Vicariate News
SERF JUNE 2018
SERF — Serving, Evangelizing/Educating, Reaching Out/Witnessing our Faith ST. CLAIR SHORES DETROIT GROSSE POINTES ROSEVILLE Our Lady of Hope St. Philomena Our Lady Star of the Sea Holy Innocents/ St. Isaac Jogues St. Joan of Arc EASTPOINTE St. Ambrose St. Barnabas St. Lucy St. Basil the Great St. Clare of Montefalco St. Pio of Pietrelcina St. Margaret of St. Veronica St. Paul on the Lake Scotland
PRAYER FOR COMMYN’S SENSE VOCATIONS
ust a short time ago, priests, close Loving and Generous God, J family and friends gathered from it is You who call us by name across the Archdiocese at Blessed and ask us to follow You. Sacrament Cathedral to call upon the Help us to grow in the Love Holy Spirit, and through the and Service of our Church as we experience it today. imposition of Archbishop’s Vigneron’s hands, ordain three men to the Give us the energy and courage priesthood. How blessed the SERF of Your Spirit to shape its future. Vicariate is to know two of them. Fr. Grant us faith-filled leaders Christopher Muer of St. Clare who will embrace Christ's Mission Montefalco Parish will begin his of love and justice. priestly ministry at Our Lady of the !"# Lakes Parish, Waterford, later this Bless the Archdiocese of Detroit $ % summer. Fr. John Maksym of St. by raising up dedicated and generous !& leaders from our families and friends ! ' Ambrose Parish will serve at St. Joseph Parish, Lake Orion. Both at who will serve Your people as least will retain a nearness to the water in their new ministry settings! Sisters, Priests, Brothers, Deacons and Lay Ministers. In early June, Kevin Embach, SJ will be ordained a priest within the Society of Jesus. Fr. Embach from St. Lucy Parish will be ordained Inspire us to know You better with four other Jesuits in Milwaukee, and their first priestly assignments and open our hearts to hear are still to be announced. We thank God again for the gift of their Your call. ministry and offer our continued support and prayer as they begin their We ask this through our Lord. first assignments. Amen. Later in June, a similar group of priests, family and friends will
gather at Sacred Heart Major Seminary to honor those priests
celebrating significant anniversaries of ordination throughout 2018.
Similar celebrations will also honor men and women religious and the
permanent deacons who are also celebrating jubilees this year. What an
amazing opportunity to give thanks and reflect on vocations to the
priesthood, diaconate and religious life!
Forty-eight Archdiocesan priests celebrating 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, or
more than 60 years of service will be recognized. In total, it represents
nearly 2,300 years of priestly ministry to the Church, primarily within the Archdiocese of Detroit. Deacon John Thompson and Deacon Arthur Majkowski celebrate 15 years of service as permanent deacons this year. Other permanent Page 2 SERF Vicariate News
St. Paul on the Lake The Catholic Biblical School of St. Margaret of Scotland Encounter Michigan Summer Bible Camp June 10 The CBSM class is open to adults Monday, June 25 to Friday, June 29 7:15 - 8:15 p.m. whose hearts yearn to study the
entire Bible. Monday evening For children 3 years of age up to Fr. Patrick Setto, is the Parochial classes at Ss Cyril and Methodius Vicar of the Mother of God and including those who will will meet from September to May, have completed 4th grade as of Chaldean Catholic Church in and will study the entire Bible in June, 2018. Southfield. As a priest, it gives four years. All faculty members him great joy and satisfaction to hold graduate degrees in Catholic Children who have completed be able to make Jesus present theology—and they are 5th grade, as of June 2018, and concretely through the experienced teachers and deeply older will have the opportunity sacraments. He will be speaking devoted to the Catholic faith. to volunteer in many areas of the camp. on the topic "Faith Come To learn more about this faith- Alive!" filled study of Sacred Scripture, Summer Bible Camp runs from you are invited to attend one of 10am to 1pm each day, except Come hear his message and sing the Information Nights that the Monday when we begin at 9:30 some great praise and worship CBSM will host at Ss. Cyril and a.m. All of this excitement for Methodius Catholic Church, music, while giving all glory to only $30 per child.
Jesus in adoration of the Blessed 41233 Ryan Rd., Sterling Heights, Registration ends on June 15. on Wednesdays, June 13, July 11, Sacrament. Confession, prayer and August 8 at 7:00 p.m. teams, and refreshments will be For more information, contact available. For more information, Brochures for the Scripture study the Faith Formation Office at contact [email protected]. program are found at 586.293.3280. www.cbsmich.org. All are welcome! National Prayer for Vocations to the St. Angela Class of 1968! Secular Franciscan Order St. Veronica We are planning a 50 year reunion for Used Book Sale & Garage Sale this September! O good and gracious God, June 22/23/24 God of mercy, compassion, June 29/30/July 1 We are looking for you! generosity, and love, as we live our lives today in the model of July 6/7/8 If you would like information or have St. Francis, choosing daily to live contact information for any of the St. Veronica's Used Book Sale the Gospel life, help us to help classmates please email and Garage Sale will be held in Lou Anne (Nichols) Judd at others hear your call. the Parish Gym for three [email protected] Help us to help others recognize weekends. their vocation as a Secular Franciscan that You have already We will feature books (of all Gianna House planted in their heart. Help us, so 6th Annual Golf Outing types), videos, cd's, jewelry, that together we all may work to furniture, computers, t.v.'s knick- Friday, July 13 Registration 8:00 a.m. bring the Gospel to life. knacks and much more. We are Amen! located on Toepfer just east of Greystone Golf Club Troubadours of St. Clare Gratiot (Toepfer is 8 1/2 mile 6750 Mound Rd. Washington, MI 48095 Fraternity road in Eastpointe). Secular Franciscan Order We will also be accepting $125 per golfer, $135 after July 1st Meet the Second Tuesday donations beginning Monday To register or for more information of each month in the visit: www.giannahouse.org. June 18. For more information St. Lucy Café 6:30 p.m. call 586-777-0331 or 586-777- For questions contact Bev Ballew at 8705. 586-498-2358 or email For more information: [email protected] www.stclarefratenity.org SERF Vicariate News Page 3
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R St. Philomena Detroit, MI 48224 deacons with some connections to us in SERF include Deacon Ed McLeod (15 313.882.4300 www.stphilomenadetroit.org years), Deacon Ken Nowicki and Deacon John Skladanowski (25 years). Deacon Bill St. John Hospital Kolarik who is no stranger to SERF and the Northeast Region through his ministry Detroit, MI 48236 313.343.7850 with the Archdiocesan Office of Parish Life and Services, and now assisting our schools in their strategic planning process celebrates 10 years of service this year. St. Basil the Great Eastpointe, MI 48021 The jubilee list also includes two of our emeritus bishops. Cardinal Adam Maida 586.777.5610 www.stbasileastpointe.com and Bishop Thomas Gumbleton both celebrate 61 years of priestly service. In addition, Bishop Gumbleton notes 50 years as a bishop this year. Many of the others St. Veronica Eastpointe, MI 48021 celebrating this year are familiar faces to those of us in the SERF Vicariate. A 586.777.0331 www.stveronica.weconnect.com number of former pastors who served in our area are celebrating jubilees this year. St. John’s Deaf Center Fr. Doug Bignall, Fr. Eugene Katcher, and Fr. Darrell Roman, all celebrating 25 years Eastpointe, MI 48021 of ministry, Fr. Ron Victor (40 years), Fr. Daniel Complo and Fr. Edward Mitchell, 586.439.0146 www.sjdc-oll.org both celebrating 63 years, as well as Fr. Frederick Bodde (65 years) were all pastors in Our Lady Star of the Sea our SERF vicariate at one time. Grosse Pointe Woods, MI Others such as Fr. Matthew Ellis (30 years), Fr. Don Sopiak and Msgr. Tom 313.884.5554 www.olsos.org
Johnson (40 years), Fr. Art Baranowski (50 years) as well as Fr. William Murphy (61 St. Ambrose years) served internships or first assignments within our Vicariate. Still others such as Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230 313.822.2814 Fr. Francis Weingartz (64 years), and Msgr. John Hall (63 years), now reside within www.stambrosechurch.net
our vicariate and offer assistance not only to the communities where they live, but as St. Clare of Montefalco they are able, to our parishes as well. Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230 313.647.5000 This month of June also brings with it transitions in priestly and pastoral ministry www.stclarem.org
as well. Fr. Darrell Roman has moved on from his assignment at St. Isaac Jogues; St. Paul on the Lake Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236 and Msgr. Pat Halfpenny will conclude his time as Administrator there later this 313.885.8855 www.stpaulonthelake.org month. In July, St. Isaac Jogues will welcome Fr. David Cybulski as their new pastor. Suzanne Cornelius is retiring after serving St. Joan of Arc for many years in Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe, MI 48230 Religious Education. Theresa Skwara, Faith Formation at St. Lucy, is also moving on 313.473.1656
to pursue other ministry opportunities. Our Lady of Hope St. Clair Shores, MI 48081 We are blessed as a church because of your ministry and service. Congratulations 586.771.1750 www.olohscs.org to all the jubilarians, as well as the newly-ordained. Remember to continue to pray for vocations, and encourage others to consider answering the call to serve the Lord St. Isaac Jogues Roseville, MI 48066 and the church as priest, deacons, in religious life, or as lay ecclesial ministers. 586.778.5100 www.saintisaacjogues.com The shared gifts of so many, clergy, religious and laity makes us SERF — Serving, Holy Innocents Evangelizing/Educating, Reaching out in Faith — what we continue to be about. St. Barnabas Let’s continue to hold one another in prayer as we use our talents and energies to Roseville, MI 48066 586.777.7543 continue to Unleash the Gospel! www.hisbparish.us
Enjoy the Summer! St. Pio of Pietrelcina Roseville, MI 48066
586.777.9116
www.stpioparish.org
Reverend James E. Commyn St. Joan of Arc [email protected] St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 586.777.3670
www.sjascs.org St. Lucy The deadline to submit articles for St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 586.771.8300 the July SERF Vicariate Newsletter www.stlucychurch.com is June 15, 2018. St. Margaret of Scotland
St. Clair Shores, MI 48082 Please send your articles to: 586.293.2240 Visit our website at: www.stmargaret-scsmi.org [email protected] serfvic.weebly.com Thank you.