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Parish Mission Statement
The Parish of St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy, inspired by Mary’s “Yes” and led by the Holy Spirit,
strives to be a faith-filled community, joyfully welcoming all to witness and to celebrate the Gospel.
AUGUST 27, 2017 • 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
CAUSE
OF St. Mary, Our Joy 8200 N. Wayne Road • Westland, MI 48185
734-425-4421 • stmarycooj.org
Joyful News
Did all of the talk of the solar eclipse tire you out? By the time Monday arrived, I was worn-out by it all and couldn’t wait for it to happen so that we could get on with our lives. Sure, it was an interesting
scientific phenomenon that happens infrequently, just another proof of the wonder of creation and how much God’s hand has crafted this wonderful world that we live in.
In past cultures, of course, things were different. If you watched any of it on the television, you learned how some cultures felt that some animal, anything from a goat to a frog to dragon was eating the sun. One particular culture saw it as the end of the battle between the moon and the sun, and this was a moment of reconciling, as both sides were coming together to be one again. I kind of like that explanation, although it is very unscientific. Some native cultures converted after experiencing the eclipse.
We know that some natural phenomena can have an effect on us. A full moon can affect our sleep patterns, the birth of babies and even criminal acts. In some Asian cultures, rice is only planted during the first quarter of the moon. On very sunny days, many people are in good moods whereas if the days are dark or cloudy, some people tend to be more tired and irritable. Typically the day after a typhoon in Japan (probably the same for a hurricane), the sky would be cloudless and blue, the humidity low and the weather just perfect.
St. Francis refers to the sun, wind, air and fire as his brothers, and to the moon, stars, earth, water and death as his sisters. God has created all of them for us. All of this leads me to be more in awe of God and the wonders of his creation and how it all fits in together. And of his immense love for us.
Fr. Ken
From the
Desk of
Fr. Ken
2nd Annual Parish Picnic August 20, 2017
Last Sunday, the sun was shining for another wonderful outdoor Mass and picnic. You couldn’t ask for a better day! There are many hands that made such a day possible. We especially thank Shannon Galoch and Matt Andreson, our tireless staff members who coordinated all events for the day. Thank you to our Knights of Columbus, Forever Young Seniors, Holy Name Fraternity and Joyful Women for sponsoring our big day. We thank the many hands who stepped in to help with all the behind the scenes and whatever was needed. We are grateful to our choir and our youth for providing fun activities for everyone to enjoy. Lastly we thank Fr. Ken, Deacon John and our lectors for leading us in prayer.
Page 2 PARISH INFORMATION
Mass Schedule
MON, THURS & FRI
WED
SAT
SUN
8:30 am
12:00 Noon
4:30 pm
8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 Noon
Baptisms Please call our Parish Office during regu-lar business hours. Parish membership and preparation class required.
Confession Saturdays: 3:30pm
Office Hours Monday to Thursday: 8:00am−4:00pm Friday: 8:00am-Noon
St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy
8200 N. Wayne Road, Westland, Michigan 48185 Phone: 734-425-4421 Email: [email protected] Fax: 734-425-0650 Website: www.stmarycooj.org
St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy
Marriage Arrangements must be made by registered parishioner at least six months in advance to allow sufficient time for instructions and preparation.
Anointing of Sick and Ministry to Homebound Our pastor, deacon or lay ministers are available to visit upon request.
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) For those interested in becoming a full member of the Catholic Church. Please call the office.
Parish Registration Please call the office at 734-425-4421 to register with our parish. Please notify our parish of any address or phone changes.
PASTOR
Fr. Ken Mazur, PIME Ext. 213 [email protected]
PRIEST IN RESIDENCE
Fr. Joe Plawecki
DEACON John Burke [email protected]
DEACON Jim Hensel (Deacon Emeritus)
FAITH FORMATION (pre-K to year 8)
Sr. Gemma Legel, OSF Ext. 217 [email protected]
MUSIC AND WORSHIP
Steve Reyes Ext. 230 [email protected]
PASTORAL ASSOCIATE/
CHRISTIAN SERVICE
Paul Zbytowski Ext. 221 [email protected]
YOUTH MINISTRY
Carol Nelius Ext. 215 [email protected]
SECRETARIES Peggy Fox Ext. 210 Sandy Young Ext. 211
BULLETIN / MINISTRY SCHEDULING Jennifer Newman Ext. 218 [email protected]
BOOKKEEPER
Carol Pates Ext. 214 [email protected] MAINTENANCE
Shannon Galoch Ext. 220 Matt Andresen KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Bob Schoenborn Grand Knight [email protected] 734-812-8734
DIRECTORY
Julie Callahan Doug Cyr Michael Francis
Michael Gluth Deborah Marshall Suzanne Price
Gary Pieknik Arthur Regner Ann Schroeder
Nancy Smith Patricia Slusarz Christine VanHoet
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
Denise Barlage Cecile Boglarsky
Boyington Family
Randy & Kristy Bracket Delores Brancheau
Bob Cadotte
Tina Ciepley Tom Dobrowolski
Ron & Paul Dugas
Sean English Carter Fox
Richard Gora
Ray Grochowski Richard Jaquish
John Kaminsky
Bob Kluba John Lardin
Pat Mayle
Irene Melady MaryAnn Magon
Jerry & Deb Peitszak
Rita Polent Lynn Rodriguez
Edward Rysztak
Grace Rysztak Emma Scaramella
Tom Shafer
Dianne Shekell Roberta Troher
Gary Woodruff
Tim Wycihowski Nova Zboyan
PRAY FOR OUR SICK
1st Reading: Jeremiah 20:7-9
Resp. Psalm: My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
2nd Reading: Romans 12:1-2 Gospel: Matthew 16:21-27
READINGS for September 2/3
Report Sexual Abuse for any child or adult: Call AOD victim assistance 1-866-343-8055 or
Call the Michigan Department of
Human Services at: 855-444-3911 any time
Hearing devices are available for
use during Mass. Please see our
music director in the choir area.
Bulletin Articles due by 9 am on Monday
(5 days prior to publication). Submitted
bulletin content is subject to approval.
OUR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS
CMDR Theron R. Korsak, U.S. Navy; CPT Joey Saunders, U.S. Marines; Joseph David Onadia, U.S. Navy; SMSGT Terence Zelek, U.S. Air Force
If there are any names that can be removed from our Prayer List, please let us know by calling 734-425-4421
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Registration for Children’s Faith Formation is due
this week. Please contact the office to let us know
your intentions for this year. Thank you.
Sessions begin at 6:00 pm in church on September 18. After a
prayerful assembly, our Catechists will lead their charges over
to the other building. Parents are welcome to “Meet the
catechists” in their spaces after a brief orientation in church.
Liturgy of the Word with Children resumes Sunday, Sept 10
during the Noon Mass. It is Grandparents Day. Encourage
your children to bring their Grandparents to Mass with them.
LWC will be offered two times a month through May.
The Bottom Line Humor, like faith, can give form to our
vision. Although we see as “through a glass dimly,” faith gives
us the gift of humor that allows us to smile with our heart and
with our face. The vision is one of peace, one of acceptance
and one of grace ---–God-with-us.
Sr. Gemma Legel, OSF
IN FORMATION
No matter what your present status in the Catholic Church; No matter what your current family or marital situation;
No matter what your personal history, age, background, race, or color; No matter what your self-image or esteem;
You are invited, welcomed, accepted, loved, and respected at
St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy.
Joyful Women News…... LADIES NIGHT OUT
VENDORS SHOW
Mark your calendars for our first
parish Vendors show on:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17th
6:00pm-9:00pm
Parish Social Hall
VENDORS WANTED
Table rental is available.
$25 for a 6 ft. table
$40 for a 12 ft. table
Please call Katie Bohr 734-718-5974 to
obtain a table rental contract.
ATTENTION: ALL CATHOLIC
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS If your child attends a Catholic Grade School or high School, and the school is NOT giving you an in-parish price of tuition and fees, please contact Fr. Ken. Funds may be available to assist you.
RCIA: WHAT IS RCIA?
Do you know someone who wants to become Catholic? Have you com-pleted all the Sacraments of initia-tion? Are you interested in a refresh-er course? Would you like to jour-ney with someone interested in be-coming Catholic? Would you like to be a sponsor for someone becoming Catholic?
If you can answer yes to any of the above questions, please give the Par-ish Office a call at 425-4421.
FUNDRAISER NEWS
St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy recently received a license from the State of Michigan, and successfully completed its first fundraiser, at the poker room of Krazy Kops. Four days of work netted a profit of $4431 for the parish. Thank you to all who helped out. If you have any experience in working at a poker room (not a parish gambling room), or think you might be able to do so, please contact the parish office. Once again, thanks to all the volunteers.
Fr. Ken
Our first Christian Service Meeting of the fall was well attended. All are welcome to attend our next meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 6:00 pm.
In other news, I would like to encourage everyone to check our website stmarycooj.org for updates on events, and anyone on social media to follow us on twitter at @StMaryJoy or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/StMaryCauseofOurJoy/
Paul
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Forever Young Seniors… Our next meeting will be the annual Picnic in the Park on Monday, September 11th. This will be at the Westland Farmers Market, 1901 N. Carlson St., Westland. The picnic starts at 10:00am until 3:00pm and includes games, prizes and a box lunch. You must purchase a
ticket for the picnic by Monday, Sept
4th. Tickets are available by contacting Katie Bohr 734-718-5974. Cost is $8.00
Please keep all of our ill members in your prayers especially Betty Martin and Jim Hensel. We have some wonderful bus trips coming up:
Jewels of Detroit Tues, Sept 19th 9:15am – 4:45pm
$62 due by Sept 5th
Turkeyville “Ring of Fire”
Wed, Oct 4th 9:30am – 6:30pm $73 due by Sept 1st
Stratford Festival “Guys and Dolls” Fri, Oct 20th 6:30am – 9:15pm $141
due by Sept 5th passport required
The bus trips are open to everyone. Please call me 734-525-3737 for
reservations and more details. Copies of the flyers can also be obtained at the Parish Office during regular business hours. Make checks payable to Bianco
and mail to me at 8843 Linville,
Livonia, MI 48150.
Maryann Sligay
HOLY NAME FRATERNITY
ALL men of St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy Parish are invited to the annual Men's Retreat at St. Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat Center, 23333 Schoolcraft, Detroit. The retreat begins with dinner at 6:30 pm on Friday, September 29 and concludes after Mass about noon on Sunday, October 1. Theme of the retreat is: "Called by Name: Living Faithfully in Deed and in Truth". The retreat is conducted by the Passionist Retreat team. More information is available on line at stpaulretreat.org, or phone St. Paul's at 313-535- 9563. Locally Doug Cyr (734-634-0719), Dan Kavetsky, Don Yokley, and Paul Markus will be happy to assist you or answer questions. A $30 registration is required and may be made on-line. The suggested donation for the weekend is $210 for two nights, five meals, and a great program. Holy Name Fraternity makes a significant financial contribution to the retreat so don't let the suggested donation scare you away. Please consider a weekend of getting closer to God! Space is limited. Don't delay. A similar retreat for women of our parish is scheduled for October 27-29.
Paul Markus
Religious Assistance to Poland
and Polonia
The Church in Poland asks its friends in the United States for spiritual help through their prayers and financial help through their offerings. The annual collection will be taken up this weekend. Your donation will assist the education of Polish priests, Polish-American students and the missionary work of Polish religious across the world. It will provide charitable aid to parishes and catholic institutions in Poland and fund formation programs for lay leaders serving Polonia in the USA. Please give generously.
SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE
During the month of August we will be collecting donations of NEW (no used items please) school supplies to benefit the Westland Goodfellows’ Annual Backpack Drive. Please bring your donations to the weekend Mass and place in the specially marked plastic bins located in the gathering area. Monetary donations of cash or checks (made payable to The Family Resource Center), in lieu of school supplies, will also be appreciated.
Last year some 200 + Goodfellow families were beneficiaries of backpacks filled with your donated school supplies provided through the Wayne-Westland Schools Family Resource Center at Adams Upper Elementary School.
Heavenly Father, welcome Home
those whom you have called from
this world especially
Helen Brown
Thomas Samborski
and all the souls of our faithful
departed. May they rest in peace.
Amen
EARLY BULLETIN DEADLINE
Bulletin articles for the September 10th
bulletin are due to the office no later than August 30 at 9:00am.
RYAN CUBR
&
HEATHER BOHLEN
September 9, 2017 at 2:00pm
THANK YOU!
Thank you to everyone who donated non-perishable food via our Red
Wagon found in our Gathering Space. 255 pounds of non-perishable food items were taken to St. Mary Food Depot in Wayne for distribution to those in need in our Community on August 16th. Also, thank you to Jim DeVitis & Dan Stachow for taking our donations there.
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ARCHDIOCESE AND
COMMUNITY NEWS
St. Robert Bellarmine Harvest Auction
Saturday, September 30 6:00-10:00pm
Tickets $30 per person Tickets available at the office
Contact: Denise Cieglo 313-300-3615
Life BEGINS at Conception!
There is a significant amount of misinformation circulating regarding human
fertilization, embryo implantation, and the first week of life. Here are the known scientific facts: What is pre-
sent at conception is an entire new
human, even though it is yet a single
cell. This is the most complicated cell in the universe, for it contains within itself all of the information that is need-ed for this human to develop into a ma-ture adult. It is commonly said that pregnancy doesn’t begin until implanta-tion and that any medication or object which prevents that implantation is in fact a contraceptive and will “prevent pregnancy”. In fact, life begins at the
moment of conception; life does not
wait to begin when the developing
baby implants in the womb’s lining, at around one week after conception. Any medication or object which pre-vents that implantation is actually an early form of abortion. LIFESPAN 734.422.6230 www.miLIFESPAN.org
E u c h a r i s t i c E x p o s i t i o n
FRIDAYS
9am to Noon in Church
FAITH FORMATION
REGISTRATION 2017-2018
Register today!
Families are asked to pick up their registration envelope in the gathering
space. If you are a new family, please pick up an information packet from our pastoral associate in the gathering space or call the office.
SHIRLEY’S CLUB
RESERVATIONS
Shirley was a longtime parishioner at St. Damian. When she passed away, a committee was formed to find a way to commemorate her memory. On September 13th, we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Shirley’s club.
Please join us for lunch at 11:30am at Archie’s Restaurant on Plymouth Road.
Tickets are $17. Make checks payable to Kathy McLeod And
send to:
Kathy McLeod, 8465 Terri Drive, Westland, MI 48185 734-427-7203.
After 20 years we have decided that this will be our last luncheon. Please try to join us and bring a friend to celebrate the many years of friendship and good memories.
Your Donations Are Needed
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been dedicated to the corporal works of mercy in the Archdiocese of Detroit for over 130 years. Your donations of furniture, household
goods and clothing can be dropped off at the SVDP Thrift Store located at Wayne and Hunter. Drop off is at the
FRONT of the Store. The SVDP Thrift Store phone number is 734 629-
8250 and they are open 7 days a week.
~ visit our parish website ~ WWW.STMARYCOOJ.ORG
Electronic giving provides you with the opportunity to make automatic financial contributions from your bank account or credit card directly to our parish. It is FREE and SECURE - Online Giving needs top level security and we take your transactional security very seriously! We are PCI Compliant and meet all the strictest PCI/DSS security stands, such as SSL Certificates and encryption, intrusion detection and transaction security. To begin, go to our website - www.stmarycooj.org - Click on the Menu link. Scroll down and click Our Parish then Online Giving. On the next screen click the big blue DONATE button. When signing up for the first time, click on the top left - First Time? button.
If you have any questions or need
assistance with set up, please come in
or contact the parish office at
734-425-4421.
Our next Baptism class for Parents and Godparents is
Monday, August 28th at 7pm
Parish Center Building.
Please make sure you register for one of our Baptism Classes by contacting
our Parish Office at 734 425 4421.
Coffee Sunday
Meet and get to know more of your
parish family members in the Social
Hall after 10am Mass.
Sunday, September 10
If you would like to donate homemade
cupcakes, cookies or other goodies for
the above date, please contact:
Don & Kathy Yokley at: 734-335-6670
Grandparent’s Day
Fun for the whole family
Ste. Anne in Detroit
Saturday, September 9
3:00-5:00pm
Petting Farm, Face-painting, enter-tainment, snacks and more.
Cost: Free Questions? 313-496-1701 Ext. 14
Religious Sale October 21-22
after (Sat) 4:30 pm; (Sun.) 8am; 10am and Noon Masses
St. Mary Cause of Our Joy Social Hall
All proceeds go to Missions
Children’s Books Adult Books Religious Articles Greeting Cards Videos DVDs Refreshments
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UPCOMING EVENTS
August 28-September 3
MON. Aug. 28
8:30am 9:00am
7:00pm
Mass Rosary
Baptism Class
WED. Aug. 30 10:30am 11:00am
12 Noon
6:00pm 7:00pm
Doors open for cards & coffee Cards & Coffee in social hall
Mass
Christian Service Meeting Rm. 107 Rosary
THURS. Aug. 31 8:30am 9:00am
Mass Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions
& Rosary
FRI. Sep. 1 8:30am 9am-Noon
Mass Eucharistic Exposition
SAT. Sep. 2 3:30pm 4:30pm
Reconciliation Mass
SUN. Sep. 3 8:00am 10:00am
Noon
Mass Mass
Mass
MASS INTENTIONS
Mon.
Aug.28
8:30am Joseph and Ambrosia Paja by daughter Roberta
Frank Baran (60th Anniv.) by his daughter, Rita
Robert LaLonde by Al & Alma Pigeon
Wed.
Aug 30
12 Noon Joe Scanga by his mom, Sara Louis Courter by his family
Thurs.
Aug 31
8:30am Michael Tuley by the Andrus Family Deloris O’Hagan by her husband, Don
Fri.
Sep 1
8:30am Jerome and Larry O’Hagan by Don
Sat.
Sep 2
4:30pm
Prayers for Irene Ruzycki on her 100th birthday by her niece, Mary Ann Magon Ceil Zielasko by Mary Burek Eleanora & Jozef Czerwinski by daughter Sophia Szymoniak
Tracy Nelson by Sophia Szymoniak Prayers for Jason Brock by Grandma Virginia
Sun.
Sep 3
8:00am
10:00am
12 Noon
Remy Borromeo by Edgardo & Teresita Ramos
Bertha Iannello by Gloria Williams
Edmund & Cecelia Zielasko by their family
Paul Barbarich by his wife, Betty
For our parish family
Rita H. Hughes by Barbara Hughes Kindig
LITURGICAL SCHEDULE September 2/3
SATURDAY 4:30pm SUNDAY 8:00am SUNDAY 10:00am SUNDAY 12 NOON
Celebrant Fr. Ken Fr. Joe Fr. Ken Fr. Ken
Lector
Comm.
Ralph Costyn Julie Callahan
Katie Bohr Ellen Steele
Linda Dinsmore Don Yokley
Jim McDonnell Pat Sobieski
Extraordinary
Ministers of
Holy
Communion
MaryLou Davis
Loretta Wood
Kim Rourke
Pat Slusarz
Flo Bozek Mary McKelvey
Julie Callahan
Deacon John
Diane Fredrickson
Olimpia DeToma
Larry Janowski
Carol Janowski
Josie Klocke
Janet Carrier
Deacon John
Kathy Andrus
Jeanne Sullivan
Kathy Yokley
Diane Pietras Cathi Macko
Nicole Macko
Deacon John Annmarie Konrad
Ken Konrad
Scott Ozga
Jennifer Schaefer
Joan Gebhardt
Darlene LaFave
Altar Server Dan Kavetsky Emmanuela Nwizu Volunteer Jaden & Jashan Sarveshkumar Emma & Andrew Engler
Sacristan Fran Gleason Alice André Theresa O’Bey Volunteer
Ushers Tony Collins
Peter Kowalski
Paul Markus
Tony Micallef
Don Niemiec
Steve Noonan
Frank Pelton
Emery Price
Jean Schmuck
Jack Rourke
Dennis Rowland
Jim DeVitis Don Koszegi
Ernie Lenard
Bill Lezotte
Paul Lukasik Dan Stachow
Chris Gieske Jim Janson
Barb Burke
John Burke
Bonnie Kinunen Ron Kinunen
Clare Masak
Dan Phelps
Annmarie Konrad
Ken Konrad
Robert Dropp
Michael Gluth
Leslie Johnston John Meconi
Jack Rourke
Greeters Eunice Austin Carole Baranowski
John & Connie Flynn
JB Bearden Volunteer Bethany Garfinkel Marie DiDomizio
Vinny Konstal Geralyn Pawlaczyk Mercado Family
Homebound Kathy Andrus Jeanne Sullivan
Altar Care September 15 Carol Janowski Carol Kocan
CSA UPDATE
As of August 21, 2017
Our goal: $98,391.00 Total Pledged: $82,496.00 Total Paid: $68,704.48
SUNDAY CONTRIBUTION REPORT
Sunday Offertory
No. Env
Weekly Actual
Weekly Budget
Weekly Variance
8/20/17 366 $ 15,050 $ 10,971 $ 4,079
8/13/17 365 $ 10,404 $ 10,971 $ (567)
8/6/17 400 $ 12,381 $ 10,971 $ 1,411
7/30/17 372 $ 10,571 $ 10,971 $ (399)
weekly actual includes online giving of $2,493.00 and
Holy Day Assumption of Mary of $2,397.30
FY 2017-18
YTD Actual
YTD Budget
YTD Variance
$ 94,342 $ 87,766 $ 6,576
