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January 24, 2016 3RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JANUARY 24, 2016 331 Thompson Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734-663-0557 MASS SCHEDULE SUNDAY MASS 8:30 AM 10:00 AM 12:00 Noon 2:00 PM (Spanish) 5:00 PM 9:00 PM DAILY MASS Mon-Thurs 5:10 PM Friday 12:10 PM OFFICE HOURS Sun 8:00 AM-9:00 PM Mon 9:00 AM-9:00 PM Tue 9:00 AM-9:00 PM Wed 9:00 AM-9:00 PM Thurs 9:00 AM-9:00 PM Fri 9:00 AM-5:00 PM Sat 12:00 PM-3:00 PM RECONCILIATION Wednesday after the 5:10 PM daily Mass; Sunday at 7:30 PM; or by appointment. @SMSPumich SMSPNEWMAN facebook.com/smsp.um myParish the App for Catholic Life Everyday stmarystudentparish.org ST. MARY STUDENT PARISH ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Undergrads, Grad Students & Young Professionals BUSY STUDENT RETREAT (BSR) Spend time with God during Lent in the midst of your regular schedule. Bring the joys and concerns of daily life into conversation with Jesus. Invite the Holy Spirit into your decision making. Sign up by Jan 31 stmarystudentparish.org/campus-ministry/retreats/ BSR Reflection by Jessica Montgomery, given her, my companion is able to help show me that Student Intern for Hispanic Ministry God is working in every aspect of my life and calling me to whatever lifestyle will help me establish a fuller Our faith is not something for us to figure out alone. For relationship with Him. By no means have I figured out most of my faith journey, I did not realize that this was everything that God has in store for me, but this retreat true. I thought that I could figure out whatever God was has helped me figure it out in a way that I could not have trying to tell me on my own. Small conversations with done on my own. friends could help things become clearer, but they could only provide small moments of clarity. Yet as the years The Busy Student Retreat is not a big time commitment, went by, God’s plan for me was still masked in a cloud and I promise that it will help you grow in your of confusion, and I only had small glimpses of what it relationship with God. By signing up for the retreat, you was. commit to praying 15 minutes a day and talking with a spiritual advisor for up to an hour each week. This I have been discerning religious life since my sophomore retreat has helped my prayer life in a much deeper way year of high school and despite being in the discernment than I could have anticipated, and I encourage you to process for about six years, I still consider myself to be in take this time to help grow in your relationship with the very early stages. There have been moments of God. I am sure that you will be amazed by how much clarity through my own reflection throughout the years, you will see God’s presence in your life. like realizing that God does love me enough to have a plan for me, but the progress was slow. I tried to look for His signs, and I’m sure they were there, but I needed help interpreting them and figuring out how all these puzzle pieces fit into His plan for me. GRAD STUDENTS/ When talking with a campus minister last semester about YOUNG PROFESSIONALS discernment, he recommended that I find a spiritual director to help me figure out God’s call. I soon signed up for the Busy Student Retreat and started meeting with a spiritual companion. I quickly realized that this retreat Welcome Back Mass was more of a blessing than I ever could have imagined. and Dinner Whenever I meet with my companion, we talk about what has happened in our lives since we last met, and it Monday, January 25 always amazes me how much God shows Himself and All graduate students and young professionals are invited to kick His loving plan for me each week. As I talk with my off the winter semester by celebrating Mass and enjoying a companion, she asks questions that are clearly guided by home-cooked meal together. the Holy Spirit, allowing me to realize God’s presence in Mass is at 7:00 pm in the Church with Fr. Eric Sundrup, SJ, my daily and prayer life. Through the wisdom God has followed by dinner in Newman Hall at 7:45 pm. ST. MARY STUDENT PARISH ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Undergrad Student Programs It’s time to get started for this year’s Triduum Choir Rehearsals begin on Tuesday, January 26 Anyone interested in singing with the Triduum Choir for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil, please contact Paige Graham. All are welcome. For more information, contact Paige [email protected] Student Movie Night 1/29 FROM 8-10PM in Donnelly Hall Don’t give up chocolate Join us Friday for a showing of or dessert this LENT! ”Ant Man” Instead join a small church community during Lent to read Scripture and share your faith. Small groups meet once a week We will be transforming Donnelly Hall into a movie for 90 minutes, 6 days a week and at various times. theatre for the night. Don't miss out on a night of fun, friendship, snacks, and, of course, a great movie! Sign up by Jan 24: HTTP://GOO.GL/FORMS/JF3K7ERYN0 On the Menu 1/21 ST. MARY STUDENT PARISH ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN January Daytime Warming Center Sunday, Jan 24 at 11:15 AM VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED During the month of January our parish community provides Please join us downstairs in Newman a welcoming, safe, and warm environment where people experiencing homelessness can find companionship, Hall after the 10 am Mass for hot compassion, kindness, and respect. It is a place of encounter coffee, a delicious donut, and time that Pope Francis so often speaks about. We provide food, coffee, a warm place of rest, the spent with friends & family. opportunity for conversation, and the building of relationships. Solidarity and mutual giving are the values All are welcome! that guide this ministry. Link to sign-up: http://www.signupgenius.com/ go/20f0449a5a728a7f49-january NO TIME TO VOLUNTEER? Warming Center Donations We are enhancing the giving and receiving of new and gently Sunday, January 24 used donations by creating a gift registry. These needs may from 3:30 –5:00 PM in the range from personal toiletries, winter gear, lightly used or Loyola Room new clothing, cleaning supplies, and well-kept furniture (some of our guests are recently housed). For furniture St. Mary's Youth Group is for teens looking for an outlet to donations, you will need to be able to transport the items deepen their faith. We’ll meet twice a month for Sunday directly to the person requesting; we will help connect you afternoon gatherings including faith formation, discussion, with the guest. prayer and music. Donations/Gifts will ONLY be accepted in the parish Contact Emily at [email protected] office from Sunday, January 24th through Wednesday, January 27th. We cannot accept or process any donations after this time. Sign up for specific items at http://tinyurl.com/ SMSPWarmGifts or provide your name, email, and phone number in the space below and someone will contact you. Healing & Anointing Please only donate items that you have signed up for. Any items unclaimed by guests will be donated to the Service community. Wednesday, February 3 If you would like to make general donations to warming center guests or volunteer to help with food or hosting 7:00 PM in the Church responsibilities please see the parish website, http:// Scripture readings, a witness talk, and song followed by www.stmarystudentparish.org/january-daytime-warming- shelter/, or call the parish office for more information on the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and silent this opportunity. prayer for healing with individuals or couples. Led by Fr. Ben Hawley, S.J. Questions, please contact Bill Alt at [email protected] ST. MARY STUDENT PARISH ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Encounter the Face of Mercy ASB Bucket Drive Sunday, February 7 Moved with compassion, almost 120 students will put their faith into action through our Alternative Spring Break program. They will serve with the people of rural Appalachia and in the inner cities of Baltimore, Chicago, Rotating Men’s Shelter and Flint. They will help welcome the stranger in Louisville, Monday, February 15-Monday, February 22 KY and build homes in Meridian, MS. They bring their Newman Hall passion and love to serve with the people of El Salvador, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. Wherever they go, Each winter, St. Mary Student Parish hosts an overnight shelter for men experiencing homelessness. This year we will host men they are prepared to encounter Christ in all they meet and from Monday, February 15 through Monday morning, February to be transformed. 22. We are in need of a hospitality team to welcome guests and They will be collecting donations after all the masses to an overnight staff to spend the night. help defer the costs of the ASB program. This will be the Sign-up link: http://tinyurl.com/h6ysfc6 only fundraising event that will take place at the parish this If you would like to donate snacks for the shelter, please contact year for ASB. Your prayers, support, and generosity are Bill Alt at [email protected]. greatly appreciated. This is an excellent opportunity to celebrate the Questions, please contact Bill Alt at [email protected] Year of Mercy.
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