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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.

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.

January 10, 2016-Baptism of the Lord

The greatest legacy parents or grandparents give their children and grandchildren is not money or material things, but the greatest legacy of character and Faith! NEW YEAR 2016 Resolution for Our Parish

I wish every parent the love of God, faith in Jesus and renewal of commitment

I wish each family to forgive each other, life with joy and pray always

I wish healing for the past, forgiveness of now and the future and peace to everyone

I wish God’s love and mercy dwells in each and every heart

I wish, our love of God, hope in our Lord Jesus, power of the Holy Spirit and prayers of Mother Mary remain and stay with you forever.

I wish Shalom: good health, prosperity and goodwill to each and everyone

I wish children of the parish, parents, grandparents, married couple, single persons the vocation to love God and come to church on Sundays.

Avoid negativity, be confident and have faith in

God

Be a difference, make a positive difference in your life, family and community.

Stay positive, be prompt, you are unique with God and special to Jesus.

Baptism of the Lord “This is my Beloved Son of whom I am well pleased” Christians like you and I were baptized in the life of God. To put on Christ means to live HIS life, abide HIS teaching and aquit in HIS mercy, charity and love. Make a difference in your life and be a difference in your family, community and St. Mary Mystical Rose Catholic Church. The Church is Jesus himself. You and I are the Church of Jesus who loves us. God bless!

Fr. George Patau’ave

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Mass Schedule Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 8:30 am & 10:15 am Weekdays: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 9:00 am First Fridays of the Month 9:00am Days of Obligation and Solemnity Feast Days TBA

Chaplet of Divine Mercy Opening Adoration—Wednesdays 9:00 am

concluding with Benediction at Noon Reconciliation/Private Confession

Every second and fourth Saturday at 4:30 pm and by Appointment

L i t u r g y & H a p p e n i n g s Calendar of EVENTS

Liturgical Ministers Schedule for January 16-17, 2016

MASS 5:00 PM

8:30 AM 10:15 AM

Altar Servers: Tommy Heisler Brianna Carriales Joey Gyergyov

Lectors: Pat Grudzinski Michael Flanigan Stephanie Goubert

Eucharistic Ministers:

Jean Walkowski, Rosemary Caron. Leona Leonard

Ed Stelzer, Marge Stelzer, Ed Schrand Heather Gerst, Mark Darling, Louise Bommarito

Sacristan: Paula Flannigan Judy Beauchamp Annette Goike

Ushers: William Metzger, William Caron Jerry Beauchamp, Paul Abraham Kris Ostrowski, Rob Anderson

Parish Office Hours Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: 9:00 am to 3:30 pm

Mass Intentions for the Week Tuesday, January 12, 2016 9:00 am

†Kenneth Girardot

Requested by: Family

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 9:00 am

†Phillip Pohl

Requested by: Steve and Mary Ann Westfall

Thursday, January 14, 2015 9:00 am

All St. Mary Mystical Rose Parishioners

Saturday, January 16, 2016 5:00 pm

†Dorothy Wojnowski

Requested by: Terry Raska

Sunday, January 17, 2016 8:30 am

†Bill and Charlotte Skaggs

Requested by: Ralph and Nancy Roy

10:15 am

All St. Mary Mystical Rose Parishioners

Monday, January 11, 2016 Weekday (First Week in Ordinary

Time) 7:00 pm Bible Enrichment Group

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Weekday 9:00 am Mass 6:15pm-First Eucharist Parent Mtg. 6:15-7:30pm– Faith Formation K-6

Wednesday, January 13,2016 St. Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the

Chruch 9:00 am Mass 6:30pm-AHG Board Meeting

Thursday, January 14, 2016 Weekday 9:00 am Mass 1:00 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry

Friday, January 15, 2016 Weekday

Saturday, January 16, 2016 Weekday 5:00pm Mass (Folk Guitar)

Sunday, January 17, 2016 Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am Rosary 8:30am Mass 10:15am Mass

Monday, January 18,2016 Weekday 7:00 pm Bible Enrichment Group

Tuesday, January 19 2016 Weekday 9:00am Mass 6:15-7:30pm– Faith Formation K-6

Wednesday, January 20, 2016 St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr St. Sebastian, Martyr 9:00am Mass Chaplet of the Divine Mercy immediately

following Mass 6:30pm-AHG Board Meeting

Thursday, January 21, 2016 St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr 9:00am Mass 1:00 pm Prayer Shawl Ministry

Friday, January 22, 2016 USA: Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection

of Unborn Children

Saturday, January 23, 2016 St. V incent, Deacon and Martyr St. Marianne Cope, Virgin 2:30pm 7/8th Grade Confirmation Class 4:30 pm Private Confession 5:00pm Mass

Sunday, January 24, 2016 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00am Rosary 8:30am Mass 10:15am Mass

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SCHEDULE

Kindergarten—Sixth Grade Faith Formation

Sessions: Tuesdays 6:15 pm—7:30 pm Next Class: January 12, 2016

Seventh and Eighth Grade Confirmation Sessions: Saturdays, 2:30 pm—4:30 pm Next Class: January 23, 2016

WHO: You and thousands of other Catholics across the Country! WHAT: 9 Days for Life is a focused per iod of prayer , penance and pilgrimage set aside to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade (the Supreme Court case which legalized abortion during 9 months of pregnancy). During this time, all are invited to participate by taking part in local events and by joining together with thousands of Catholics across the country in prayer for a new intention each of the 9 days. WHEN: Sign up now & par ticipate January 16-24. (If you’re getting started after January 16, it’s okay!!) HOW: Visit 9daysfor life.com to download a free app for your Android or iPhone or to sign up for daily emails or text messages. Printable versions of each day’s content are also available on the website. If you do not have access to a computer, please see Karen Klapatch or call the parish office.

ST. MARY MYSTICAL ROSE PARISH BAPTISMAL PREP SCHEDULE

To all those who seek baptism for their children, we have created a schedule for baptismal preparation. Our baptismal preparation is held quarterly in January, April, July, and October; on the 2nd Thursday of that month. If you are expecting a child we encourage you to plan ahead and attend a baptismal preparation class before the baby arrives to ease your schedule. Please call the Parish office at 586-784-5966

January 14, 2016

April 14, 2016

July 14, 2016

October 13, 2016

6:00 pm—7:00 pm

Parish Office Conference Room

Baptism is celebrated on the First and Third Sunday of each month at Mass:

Saturday, 5:00 pm

Sunday 10:15 am or After 10:15 am Mass on Sunday at 11:30 am.

Meditation: Do you sometimes get in the way of God’s work? How do you need to step aside?

Prayer: Lamb of God, lead us on our way and walk with us as we travel toward God’s reign brought to fullness. Amen

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

CLT 2013 Goal $ 285,688.00

Pledges to date $ 256,394.00

Amount Returned to St. Mary Mystical Rose $137,432.00

IF NOT US, THEN WHO? TIME—TALENT—TREASURE

2015 CSA Goal $ 41,850.00

Total Pledges as of 12/08/2015 $32,811.00

Current shortfall $9,039.00

Contributing Parishioners: 169

We invite you to out our updated and improved website www.stmarymysticalrose.org

December 19th and 20th, 2015 Collection: $4,346.00 Envelopes Returned:100 December 26th and 27th,2015 Collection: $3,012.00 Envelopes Retuned: 81 Christmas Collection Collection: $17, 532.00 Envelopes Returned: 148

Everyday Stewardship Recently, my high school daughter attended a baptism at a nondenominational church of one of her friends. A decent group of girls, from all different denominations, attended and congratulated her after the service. The photos from the event show faces full of joy and the love the girls had for their friend. The girl had been planning this event for many months, seemingly against her mother's wishes, but in the end, her mother and grandparents attended the service as well. I guess since it meant so much to her daughter, in the end she couldn't help but give in and put aside her bias against religion and attend. And it was very important for this girl. She not only wanted to belong to the body of Christ, she wanted to begin a new chapter in her life. Yes, she was a new creation in Christ and that made her very happy, but we sometimes focus so much on the theology of the sacrament that we can mini-mize the experience of a fresh start in life. Who we were previously exists no more, and God only sees the unblem-ished lamb before him. When Jesus sought out the baptism of John, it was not the same baptism that you and I receive. There was no sin to wash away and no dying and rising, but it was a profound new beginning, the start of a ministry that would lead to the death and Resurrection into which we then are baptized. After your baptism, what was your new life like? Do you not remember because you were a baby? If you came into the Church through RCIA later in life, maybe you can an-swer this more easily. But if you were baptized as an infant, perhaps it is time to recapture that moment and reflect on being a new creation. It will make your stewardship way of life more meaningful and provide the strength to answer the Lord's call every day. Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS © Liturgical Publications Inc

5th Annual Kroger Bringing Hope to the Table

Where: Richmond Kroger

When: Saturday, January 16th and Sunday, January 17th

Time: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday and

Noon to 6:00 pm on Sunday

This annual event is where Kroger teams up with Gleaners and local area food pantries such as ours at St. Mary Mystical Rose. It’s a great

opportunity to interact with our neighbors while we collect canned goods and other non-

perishable food items at our local Kroger.

If you can work a shift or two at Kroger pass-ing out flyers and/or collecting canned goods,

please let us know.

This is a great opportunity for kids to earn community service.

Help is also needed to take food back to the

pantry and to shelve it that weekend.

Please contact Roger Cunningham, Bill Barr, Dana Hageman or call the parish office.

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Food Pantry Distribution for Families in Need

The Food Pantry Distribution dates for 2016 are as follows:

Monday, February 1st-Distribution and Dinner 6:00-7:30 pm

Monday, March 7th– Distribution and Dinner 6:00-7:30 pm

Monday, March 21st-Easter Ham distribution only (NO Dinner Served)

6:00-7:30 pm Monday, April 4th– Distribution and Dinner

6:00-7:30 pm

Pantry set up is at 8:00 am on the above dates.

We also 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.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU To all those parishioners who worked, contributed and distributed the donations that were on the GIV-ING TREE for Christmas...THANK YOU! Many children will be able to participate in field trips or other school activities, at all grade levels in the Armada Area Schools, due to your generosity. Thank you again on behalf of all the children and families your donations will provide in 2016. God bless! Diane Barr Project Care Coordinator and Armada Area Schools Homeless Liaison

New Titles Are Here!

Inspirational Catholic CDs We are proud to present new titles from Lighthouse Catholic Media. These CDs present a practical and effective program to help Catholics know their faith . . . to keep their faith! We all live busy, busy lives. Finding the time to learn about our faith can be difficult. But now, we are able to meet you where you are! Wherever you have a CD player availa-ble to you, in the car or at home, you can deepen your understanding and love for the Catholic faith.

On the way into church, you will see a stand offering nine different CDs and three different brochures. These feature some of the most inspiring Catholic speakers -- bishops, priests, deacons and eminent Catholic lay men and women. The CDs and brochures will be available after every Mass. When these are gone -- they're gone. A new set with different titles and speakers will be ordered. We encourage you to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity... for yourselves and to share with others…

friends and family members, Godchildren, college students… CDs:

Prepare the Way of the King – Dr. Scott Hahn 7 Secrets of Divine Mercy – Vinny Flynn Fan or Follower -Your Relationship with Jesus-Jeff Cavins For Better Forever A Catholic Guide to Lifelong Marriage – Dr Popchek Anger and Forgiveness- Deacon Dr. Bob McDonald The Big Question? God Are You Out There- Matt Fradd Glory Stories for Kids- Blessed Jose Sanchez and St Joan of Arc

We ask for a donation of $3.00 per CD to help continue this program. Checks can be made payable to the parish. Do-

nations will be used towards the purchase of additional ma-terials.

Questions? Please call the parish office.

Readings for the Week of January 10, 2016 Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11 or Is 42:1-4, 6-7/Ps 104:1b-4, 24-25, 27-30/Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7 or Acts 10:34-38/Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 Monday: 1 Sm 1:1-8/Ps 116:12-19/Mk 1:14-20 Tuesday: 1 Sm 1:9-20/1 Sm 2:1, 4-8/Mk 1:21-28 Wednesday: 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20/Ps 40:2, 5, 7-10/Mk 1:29-39 Thursday: 1 Sm 4:1-11/Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 24-25/Mk 1:40-45 Friday: 1 Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a/Ps 89:16-19/Mk 2:1-12 Saturday: 1 Sm 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a/Ps 21:2-7/Mk 2:13-17 Next Sunday: Is 62:1-5/Ps 96:1-3, 7-10/1 Cor 12:4-11/Jn 2:1-11

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P a r i s h N o t e s . . .

Ctl. Aurelio Carrizales Sr. Marcus A. Carrizales Master Sgt. Julie Curtis

Fr. Kelley Adam S. Girardot Evan Malkowicz

Phoebe Malkowicz Andrew Richards

MC2 Jeffery Richardson

Remembering Those in the Military

Pray for those who defend our freedom and serve our country

Pray for those who gave their lives for our freedom

Alex Borucki Marge Brohl

Marie Eichbrecht Suzanne Gauvreau

Patrick Goike Dean Kaster

Yvonne Kaster Bernice Osborne Sapi Patauave

Michelle Schapman Bill Wylin

Please call the Parish Office at 586-784-5966 to add a loved one to be the list. Please renew your request every 8 weeks. Requests not updated timely will be de-leted from the list. Also, please let us know if someone should be removed from the list.

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GUITAR MASS SCHEDULE

SATURDAYS, 5:00 pm

Jan. 16

Feb. 6 & 27

March 12 and 27 (Easter 10:15)

April 2, 16 & 30

May 14

Guitar practice is every Tuesday @ 7:30 p.m.

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The Baptism of the Lord

By the end of next weekend we will know the two teams that will be playing in Super Bowl XLVII. When the NFL draft took

place during the last weekend of April many fans watched in eager anticipation to see whom their favorite team would select.

When the draft was over, some of those same fans began an analysis of their team's picks trying to predict whether the new players would help their team develop into a winning combina-

tion. While seasoned players are often the ones who lead the way, the newest members of the team can be called on at a mo-ment's notice to perform at the highest level of the sport. Fans and coaches alike were filled with expectations for these new recruits. And at this point in the season, near the end of the

playoffs, we know whether those expectations were fulfilled or whether they were misplaced.

Early in his Gospel, St. Luke describes a similar situation in

reference to John the Baptist. Of course, in first-century Pales-tine there was no "prophet draft" to see who could make the cut as best proclaimer of the word of God. We know that there was any number of people at the time of Jesus who exercised pro-phetic ministry. Some even claimed to be the Messiah who

would throw off the yoke of a foreign oppressor, the Romans. John never claimed that.

Today's feast honors the second of three mysteries that are cele-brated as the manifestation of Christ. Last week it was the Magi who bore witness. This week it is John the Baptist and the Holy Spirit descending as a dove. Next week it will be the miracle at Cana that testifies that Jesus is the Christ, the anointed One of God. Unlike some of the rookie players who were drafted last spring, we can acknowledge that Jesus has met every expecta-

tion and fulfilled all that we had hoped for.

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Parish Council Chairperson: Laura Nikkel Parish Council Vice-Chairperson: Paul Abraham Parish Council Secretary: Missy Darling Members at Large: Ed Schrand

Mary Ann Westfall Don DeVos

Vicariate Representatives: Karen Klapatch Mary Berger Christian Service Commission Chairperson: Annette Goike Finance Council Chairperson: Michael Tandeski Worship Commission/Religious Education: Karen Klapatch Theresa Skwara

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Parish Office Phone: Emergency calls: 586-784-5966 Parish Fax: Parish Website: Parish Email:

586-784-5966 when connected dial ext: 502

586-784-9330 www.stmarymysticalrose.org

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Pastor: Rev. George Patauave ext: 101

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Director of Religious Education and Youth and Young Adult Director Theresa Skwara ext. 106

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Minister of Music: Irek Bak ext: 105

Secretary: Gracie Mooney ext. 103 [email protected]

Bookkeeper: Dor othy Rinke ext: 104

Maintenance: Br ian Kresmery [email protected]

RCIA Coordinators (Volunteer) Karen Klapatch ext. 102 Ed Stelzer Denise Green

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CSA Chairperson: Karen Klapatch

Changing Lives Together Representative: Fr. George Patau’ave

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Bible Study Coordinator: Ed Stelzer

St. Mary Mystical Rose Catholic Church 24040 Armada Ridge Road Armada, MI 48005 Parish Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00am—3:30pm

Knights of Columbus American Heritage Girls AHG Parish Rep Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts Prayer Shawl Ministry Fragrant Rose Prayer Group Food Pantry Co-Coordinators Hospitality

Ken C. Janine Gilchrist Laura Nikkel Cindy Malburg Pat Grudzynski Marge Stelzer Roger Cunningham Dana Hagemann Pat Grudzynski

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Usher Coordinator Lector Coordinator EME Coordinator Sacristan Coordinator Altar Server Coordinator

Mr. Paul Abraham Mrs. Stephanie Goubert Mrs. Missy Darling Mrs. Cindy Sowinski Miss Heather Gerst