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GUIDING LIGHT ST. MARY MYSTICAL ROSE

We the faithful of St. Mary Mystical Rose Parish are a Catholic Community in the Archdiocese of Detroit. We serve God through His Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, with the empowerment and the

strength of the Holy Spirit: to celebrate the Holy Sacraments and Worship, Christian Service and Faith Education, to evangelize and practice our faith in active stewardship--with the faith, spirit

and humility of Mary, the Rose of God and our Patron Saint.

January 1, 2017—Mary, the Holy Mother of God

MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD

Wishing YOU and your family and friends, Happy New Year 2017! Dear Brothers and Sisters, we celebrate the New Year

of 2017, with such great joy with the celebration of the

Solemnity of our Mother, Mary, The Holy Mother

Of God! Mary, our Holy Mother and our Patron Saint, pray for

us!

It is Mother Mary’s YES, why we’re celebrating the

New Year with joy and the brightful future. She is the

“Ark Of The Covenant,” “The Tabernacle,” “The Key

of Humanity,” to give honor, glory, and praise to God

the Most High. Mother Mary is what and how we

model our lives to serve God with all the blessings and

graces He has showered on us!

We celebrated Christmas with great excitement and

joy! Why? In Jesus, Emmanuel – God come to save

us! He comes to bring us hope beyond all imaginings;

to embrace us back and show us the light and the way,

for He is the only WAY to the heavenly Father.

St. Paul attested and testified to this proof, “As proof

that you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into

our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father! So you are no

longer a slave but a son, and if a son then also a heir,

through God.” We are enslaved in the world of sin

and turn away from God. Yet, God gave His own self,

in the person of His begotten Son, to redeem, purify,

and sanctify us back to the Father.

Today’s Gospel from Luke, the message from an angel

to the shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem to see

Mary and Joseph finding the “infant Jesus,” lying in

the manger.” What message that was told to the shep-

herds about the infant Jesus? Do you want to know?

Why are you straying from the Lord and His Church?

What is God’s message to you this New Year?

Yet, only Mary and Joseph who knew the real message! And

Luke states, “And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on

them in her heart.” Then, the story didn’t end from there, Luke

states that the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God

for all they had heard and seen, just as had been told to them.

To YOU, when you returned after Christmas Holy Mass, what

ways will you continue to glorify and praising God with this

whole year 2017? What do you hear from God in His divine

living WORD, the Scripture?

Therefore, I will end up with the message and the blessing

from God for the beginning of this NEW YEAR’S 2017: TO

KNOW GOD IS TO LOVE GOD, TO LOVE GOD IS TO LIVE

AND ABIDE IN HIS LOVE,AND BLESS OTHERS WITH

YOUR GOD-GIVEN LIFE! To summarize the greatest blessing

from GOD in His OWN SOLEMN WORDS, the First Reading

from the Book of Numbers (6:22-27) states:

The Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let his face

shine upon you, and be gracious to you!

The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace!

So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites (and to

you and I) and I will bless them.

God bless you and keep you always! AMEN.

CHARITY AND THANKSGIVING Thank you for your generosity and kindness to our Parish with your Christ-

mas donation. Thank you for your selfless giving of the New Year 2017.

May God bless a cheerful giver! Thank you!

NEO-CATECHUMENS TEAM We are welcoming the Neo-Catechumens in our Parish on January 21st, 2017.

They will be here to “meet and greet” each and every parishioners, answer

questions regarding their goal and theme through their time with us. There

will be coffee and donuts!

Welcome and stay after Mass to start a conversation about “fire in Jesus’

love” and “the sanctification of the world.”

It’s going to be an exciting year with this wonderful spiritual journey! COME

AND SEE!

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOD BLESS YOU!

Fr. George Patauave

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L i t u r g y & P r a y e r Mass Intentions for the Week

Monday, January 2, 2017 9:00AM NO MASS Tuesday, January 3, 2017 9:00 AM All St. Mary Mystical Rose Parishioners Wednesday, January 4, 2017 9:00 AM All St. Mary Mystical Rose Parishioners Thursday, January 5, 2017 9:00 AM All St. Mary Mystical Rose Parishioners Friday, January 6, 2017 9:00 AM All St. Mary mystical Rose Parishioners Saturday, January 7, 2017 4:30 PM All St. Mary Mystical Rose Parishioners Sunday, January 8, 2017 Epiphany of the Lord 9:30 AM All St. Mary Mystical Rose Parishioners

Liturgical Ministers Schedule

January 7-8, 2017

Mass 4:30 pm 9:30 am

Servers Tommy Zefi and Joey

Lectors Pat Grudzinski Carol and Ed Schrand

Eucharistic Ministers Karen Klapatch Leona Leonard Mike Murphy

Denise Green Heather Gerst Mel Campbell

Sacristan Cindy Sowinski Annette Goike

Ushers William Metzger Will Caron

Dan Green Roger Cunningham

PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN

NEED OF OUR PRAYERS ESPECIALLY ………..

Marge Brohl Jackie Lualdi

Carl Easton Agnes Maa

Suzanne Gauvreau Bonnie McNichol

Patrick Goike Bernice Osborne

Rick Haller Sapi Patau’ave

Bill Holloway Joseph Roberts

Dean Kaster Michelle Schapman

Yvonne Kaster Timothy Schrand

Joe Sowinski Baby Haskings(King)

Victor Zarate Doug Wade

Peggy Zabel

Please call the Parish Office at 586-784-5966

to add a loved one to the list . Please inform

us, as to any updates that need to be made to

the existing list.

Readings for the Week of January 1, 2017

Sunday Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7;

Lk 2:16-21

Monday Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen,

Bishops and Doctors of the Church 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Jn 1:19-28

Tuesday The Most Holy Name of Jesus

1 Jn 2:29—3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-4, 5-6; Jn 1:29-34

Wednesday Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious

1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-8, 9; Jn 1:35-42

Thursday Saint John Neumann, Bishop

1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5; Jn 1:43-51

Friday Saint André Bessette, Religious

1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147: 12-13, 14-15, 19-20;

Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-28 or 3:23, 31-34, 36, 38

Saturday Saint Raymond of Penyafort

1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-2, 3-4, 5 and 6a and 9b;

Jn 2:1-11

Sunday The Epiphany of the Lord

Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13;

Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12

Remembering Those in the Military Master Sgt. Julie Curtis

Adam S. Girardot

PFC Ethan Jacob

Cody Kelly

Evan Malkowicz

Phoebe Malkowicz

Andrew Richards

MC2 Jeffery Richardson

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H a p p e n i n g s i n O u r P a r i s h Calendar of Events

Monday January 2, 2017 9:00 AM NO MASS Tuesday, January 3, 2017 9:00 AM MASS Wednesday, January 4, 2017 9:00 AM Mass 11:00 AM Fragrant Rose Prayer Group 6:00PM AHG Board Meeting Thursday, January 5, 2017 9:00 AM Mass Friday, January 6, 2017 9:00 AM MASS Saturday, January 7, 2017 4:30 PM Folk Mass Sunday, January 8, 2017 Epiphany of the Lord 9:30 AM Mass ———————————— – ————————Monday, January 9, 2017 9:00AM NO Mass 6:00PM Food Pantry Distribution Tuesday, January 10, 2017 9:00 AM Mass 6:30PM Faith Formation Resumes Wednesday, January 11, 2017 9:00 AM Mass 11:00 AM Fragrant Rose Prayer Group 6:00PM AHG Meeting Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:00 AM Mass 6:30PM Faith Formation Resume Friday, January 13, 2017 9:00 AM NO Mass Saturday, January 14, 2017 1:00PM Wedding/John and Lindsay 4:00 PM Private Confessions 4:30 PM Folk Mass Sunday, January 15, 2017 9:00AM Rosary 9:30AM Mass

We’re following Pope Francis’ directive to “Go

and Make a Loud Noise for the Lord”

From the Faith Formation Team

Happy New Year. As we continue to cele-brate the Christmas season (yes, the Christmas season continues until January 9th, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord) let us strive to share the Good News of the savior with everyone we encounter.

Some Reminders:

Classes for Faith Formation resume on January 10 (K-6) and Janu-ary 12 (7 & 8), 2017.

Faith Formation challenge – During the season of Christmas we will continue our can and bottle drive to send the gift of a farm animal to a family in need through our missionary partner Food for the Poor. All pa-rishioners are welcome to participate, we will have a box for returnables and a jar for loose change in the lower narthex. We can do great things through small acts of kindness. So far we have raised $157.47. The chil-dren want to help more than one family & we will be voting on which ani-mals we want to gift on January 10. THANK-YOU to everyone who has

donated to this wonderful cause.

I would also like to thank the parents of our Faith Formation Chil-dren. Every time I have asked for extra help or even needed an ex-tra hand or two there have been volunteers in abundance. Again, THANK-YOU so much.

We are building a team for Children’s Liturgy of the Word. Please join me in welcoming Mrs. Jennifer Nikkle as a new leader for Children’s Liturgy of the Word. We are still looking for another team member or

two to join us in this most rewarding ministry.

Wishing you all the peace of Christ in this Christmas Season.

Denise Coordinator , Religious Education 586-784-5966 Ext. 106

In January, we are asking that the children of the parish

bring a non-perishable item for donation to the Food

Pantry up to the altar during collection time. There will

be a basket on the apron of the altar to collect their do-

nations. THANK-YOU for your help.

ST. MARY MYSTICAL ROSE IS

LOOKING FOR A VOLUNTEER

FOR A WEDDING COORDINA-

TOR. HAVE ANY INTEREST ?

PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH

OFFICE

586-784-5966

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S t e w a r d s h i p — T i m e - Ta l e n t - Tr e a s u r e

Angel’s Memorial Garden

Everyone who is interested in having a brick engraved

in memory of a loved one, please pick up the order form

which is on the table, down in the Narthex. There are

Instructions on how to fill it out. After you decide on the

wording, please return it to the parish office along with

your check. You may place it in an envelope marked Angel

Garden and place it in the offertory basket. All of the stones

will be installed in the Spring, as soon as weather permits.

If you have any questions there will be someone available

after Mass or, you may call the parish office and Karen

will get back to you within two working days.

Wanted: People of Prayer to lift our

Sacramental Candidates in Prayer

We are asking our parishioners, the community of St.

Mary Mystical Rose, to take a prayer angel or dove

and offer prayer, fasting and almsgiving on behalf of

one of our children in our Sacramental Programs. An-

gels and Doves are available on the bulletin board in

the Lower Narthex.

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Stewardship

Offering for the Week of December 18, 2016 Offertory…………………………………………………...…...$4,301.00 Envelopes Returned………………………………………………….108 Thank you for your generosity and continued support! Budgeted Amount …………………………………………. $5,769.23

2016 CSA

Goal ................................................................. $40,576.00 Pledges by December 15, 2016 ...................... $36,951.00 Current shortfall ....................................................... 3,625 Contributing parishioners………………………………………….163

BUS PILGRIMAGE TO MONTREAL

October 9-13, 2017

SEE THE ENCLOSED

FLYER FOR

ALL THE

INFORMATION ON THIS

WONDERFUL TRIP

TIME & TALENT CORNER

Altar Servers:

Young people (boys and girls) who have received the Sac-

rament of Eucharist are strongly encouraged to serve the

parish as Altar Servers. The Altar Servers assist the cele-

brant throughout the Mass, beginning with the procession

at the beginning of Mass, right through to the very end of

the Liturgy. In addition, they help prepare the altar prior

to the beginning of Mass, and assist after Mass is over.

They are truly present during every part of the Mass, and

are an essential component of the celebration. This min-

istry requires a commitment on the part of the young

person as well as the parents. Adult Servers are also

needed to serve and assist the Celebrant at Mass on the

weekends as well as weekday Mass and Funerals. Exten-

sive training is provided.

Proclaimes of the Word/Lectors:

Lectors are an integral element in our liturgical celebra-

tions, proclaiming God's word to the assembly. If you

possess superior reading and language skills, and have a

background or interest in public speaking, drama, theater

or other performing arts, you would be a perfect candi-

date for this important and rewarding ministry. Men,

women and young people are encouraged to participate

in the Mass as Proclaimers of the Word. Young people

may Lector after they receive the Sacrament of Confirma-

tion. The Lector proclaims the first and/or second read-

ing, as well as reading the announcements prior to Mass

and the General Intercessions. Volunteers are assigned

to serve at weekend Masses as well as special liturgies

throughout the year. Training is provided.

Eucharistic Ministers:

During Mass you will regularly observe lay people (that is

someone who is not an ordained priest or deacon) assist-

ing the celebrant in the distribution of Holy Communion

in both species (bread and wine). These individuals are

called “Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist” or

EMEs. This ministry responds to the condition in the

Church today whereby Catholics are encouraged to share

in communion at every Eucharist in which they partici-

pate, and the large number of persons who are coming

forward to partake of the body and blood of Christ. In

addition to serving at Mass, EMEs bring Communion to

the faithful who are homebound and those who reside in

nursing homes. Men, women and young adults who

have been confirmed are encouraged to participate in this

important ministry. Training is provided. If you are interested in learning more about any of these ministries

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Mass Schedule Saturday……………………………………………………………,………..4:30pm Sunday………………………………………………………………………...9:30am Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday..……………………….………..9:00am First Friday of every month…………………………………………..9:00am Days of Obligation and Solemnity Feast Days………………...TBA

Private Confession 1st and 3rd Saturday at 4:00 pm or by appointment.

Food Pantry Distribution for Families in Need

Monday, January 9th– Food Distribution and Dinner Served 6:00 PM We serve a hot meal to all of our pantry guests. In the event someone is in urgent need of food, please contact the Parish Office.

PARISH MEMBERSHIP: We joyfully welcome new members to our parish. Please register at the parish office during business hours. We also ask that you let us know if you plan to move from the parish. INFANT BAPTISM: Parents must be registered and regularly attending the Sunday Eucharist to begin Baptism preparation. Baptismal Preparation is held quarterly. Call the parish office to for next scheduled date. The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated on the first and third Sunday of every month. MARRIAGE: If one of the engaged couple (or their parents) is registered at St. Mary’s arrangements may be made personally by the couple at least six months in advance. 8-10 months is preferred. SICK CALLS: We are happy to visit the sick and bring Communion to them. Please notify the parish office. ANNULMENT PROCESS: If you are contemplating filing for an annulment; know that it is a healing process. It takes up to 18 months for the Tribunal to complete each case, so please take that into consideration. Call the parish office for more information.

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS

Have you been thinking of becoming Catholic, or completing your Sacraments and coming fully into the Catholic Church? Now is the time to take that first step...Call the Parish Office at 586-784-5966 and someone from the RCIA Team will get back to you within a day or two. If you know of someone who has expressed an interest in coming fully into the Catholic Church, please invite them to inquire. If you are Catholic and would simply like to learn more about your Faith, you are also welcome to join us.

Parish Directory

St. Mary Mystical Rose Catholic Church 24040 Armada Ridge Road

Armada, MI 48005 www.stmarymysticalrose.org

[email protected]

Parish Office Phone ................................... (586) 784-5966 Emergency calls ............................. (586) 784-5966 (x502) Parish Fax .................................................. (586) 784-9330

Parish Office Hours Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

9:00am-3:30pm

Pastor ............................................ Rev. George Patau’ave [email protected] Coordinator of Religious Education.............. Denise Green Youth/Young Adult Minister ……………..……...Denise Green Denise Green ………………[email protected] Secretary ................................................... Gracie Mooney [email protected] Bookkeeper……………………………………………………..Sue Smith Maintenance ............................................. Brian Kresmery RCIA Coordinator....Karen Klapatch([email protected] Ed Stelzer Denise Green Bulletin Editor ............................................ Gracie Mooney [email protected] CSA Chairperson ........................................ Karen Klapatch Bible Study Coordinator ..................................... Ed Stelzer

Parish Council/Commissions

Parish Council Chairperson ............................ Laura Nikkel Parish Council Vice-Chairperson ................. Paul Abraham Parish Council Secretary ............................... Missy Darling Members at Large ........... Ed Schrand, Mary Ann Westfall, Vicariate Representatives ... Karen Klapatch, Mary Berger Christian Service Commission Chprson ...... Annette Goike Finance Council Chairperson ......................... David Stelzer Worship Com./Rel. Ed. ....... Karen Klapatch, Denise Green Usher Coordinator ................................ Mr. Paul Abraham Lector Coordinator ...................... Mrs. Stephanie Goubert EME Coordinator: Sacristan Coordinator ......................... Mrs. Cindy Sowinski Altar Server Coordinator ..................... Miss Heather Gerst Knights of Columbus .....Ken C. ([email protected]) Am. Her. Girls ... Janine Gilchrist ([email protected]) AHG Parish Rep............................................... Laura Nikkel Boy/Cub Scouts .......................................... Cindy Malburg Prayer Shawl Ministry ................................. Pat Grudzinski Fragrant Rose Prayer Group ........................ Marge Stelzer Food Pantry ..... Roger Cunningham ([email protected]) Hospitality…………… Pat Grudzinski ([email protected])