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HOLY ROSARY CATHOLIC CHURCH CEDAR, MI Masses, Confessions & Devotions For the Coming Week’s Masses Saturday, May 15th–St. Isidore (St. John Baptist de la Salle) 4:00 pm OF May 22nd 7:55 am Rosary Procession for St. Isidore Anticipated Mass for Pentecost 8:15 am OF Mass & Confession Int.- St. Monica Sodality Propers: TBA 11:00 am OF Mass Int.- Kenneth Poineau (+) & Family Cantor: Margaret Altman 3:00-3:45 pm Confession Lector: Larry Petroskey 3:35 pm Rosary Procession for St. Isidore Ushers: Bob Piche; Bryan Brzezinski & Byron Bolton 4:00 pm (OF) Anticipated Mass & Confession for the Ascension rd Int.- Farmers and Cherry Blossoms 7:55 am OF May 23 Propers: Jim Thoreson & Gabe Salgat Cantor: Bridget Thoreson Sunday, May 16th – THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Lector: Mike Mawby (EXTERNAL SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION) Acolyte: Jason Maday 7:55 am OF Mass & Confession Int.- Bill & Rose Melnik (+) by Ushers: Dale Pleva; Fred Peplinski; Tim Lowe Bill & Cindy Melnik 9:25 am EF Mass Int.- Curt Wong (+) by Doug & Jan Wigton 9:20 am OF May 23rd- First Sacraments Mass 11:00 am EF Mass & Confession Int.- For All Parishioners Ushers: Charles Knapp; Tom Lesausky; Brent Weaner Bernard Zacharias Monday, May 17th –Easter Weekday (St. Paschal Baylon) 8:15 am EF Mass & Confession Int.- Special Intention 11 am EF May 23rd 6:20 pm OF Mass Int.- Blessings for Todd & Heather Maxon by Ushers: Al Garvin; Mike Kelly; Greg Lucas; Nic Fiorvento Grace Robinson Tuesday, May 18th – St. John I (St. Venantius) Save the Date! 8:15 am OF Mass Int.- James Peters by Marv & Jill Anderson Chant and Fine Arts Camp June 21st-25th. Chant, Art with Mrs. 5:30 pm EF Mass & Confession Int.- Jacob Stewart by Chad & Harper, kickball and recreation with Fr. Nursey. 9 am to 12 noon Christine Stewart each day. More details to follow! 7:00 pm Parish Council Wednesday, May 19th –Easter Weekday (St. Peter Celestine) From the Raffle Ladies 8:15 am EF Mass & Confession Int.- Special Intention The Holy Rosary raffle will be here in less than FOUR MONTHS… 6:20 pm OF Mass Int.- Godchildren of Emily Hollabaugh scheduled Sunday, July 25, 2021. It is NOT too late to call in your individual donation or drop off your check or certificate in the box Thursday, May 20th –St. Bernardine of Siena (Both) in the Adoration Chapel area. We still need monetary donations for 7:15 am EF Mass Int.- Deceased Members of the Davis Family the top prize, and individual prizes as well. Please contact Joan by Cheryl Davis Gauthier @ 231-228-6179 or Shirley Mikowski @ 231-228-3406 to 10:00 am OF Mass & Confession Int.- Marion Little by Mary let us know what you would like to donate this year. Email Ellen Farkas addresses are [email protected] and [email protected]. We want to thank those that have Friday, May 21st – St. Christopher Magallanes & Companions already called or sent in their prize. Let 2021 be our BEST YEAR (Feria after Ascension) YET! Thank you! 8:15 am OF Mass Int.- Charles & Sarah Berninger on their 10th Wedding anniversary 4:45 pm EF Mass Int.- Special Intention by Michele Ensign Confirmation & First Holy Communion Mass rd Saturday, May 22nd –St. Rita of Cascia (Vigil of Pentecost) The Confirmation & First Holy Communion Mass will be May 23 8:15 am EF Mass Int.- All Volunteers; Followed by St. Monica at 9:20 am. This Mass will only be open to the Confirmation Sodality prayers candidates, their sponsors, & family. 3:00-3:45 pm Confession; 3:35 pm Rosary 4:00 pm (OF) Anticipated Mass for Pentecost Int.- Joe Petroskey (+) by Jim & Arlene Balesh GTACS Job Openings Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools has various job postings: Sunday, May 23rd – PENTECOST (BOTH) Part-time lead teacher for 3 year old classroom, Elementary School 7:55 am OF Mass Int.- For All Parishioners teaching position, Middle School teaching position and Middle (9:20 am OF Mass-NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC) Int.- School long-term substitute teaching positions. Qualified candidates Confirmands & First Communicants please send questions and/or resume, cover letter and references to 11:00 am EF Mass Int.- Susan Sharbaugh by the Berninger Debbie Ritchie at [email protected] by June 1st. Family Handmaids of the Altar The Handmaids need your used coffee grounds to create an infiorata (a flower carpet) for the Corpus Christi procession! Please collect grounds where they can dry and leave them in a covered container marked “Handmaids” in the convent by May 30th. View this bulletin online at www.DiscoverMass.com THE ASCENSION (EXTERNAL SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION) MAY 16, 2021 From Fr. Nursey Collection Totals for May 8th & May 9th Dear Holy Rosarians, May God bless you abundantly on this Ascension Sunday, OF Masses: $4,421.00 where we are reminded that Christ has gone before us to heaven and He EF Masses: $2,227.00 awaits us to join Him in glory. It is fitting at this time that we recall the Total for the weekend collection: $6,648.00 very means in which He has given us to get to heaven. The means are the seven sacraments, which are provided for us in God's Holy Catholic Church. The seven sacraments are the very rungs of the ladder that lead Marriage & Family Retreat us to heaven. (This is one reason that we desperately desire the The Opus Angelorum Priests & Sisters will be joining us for the conversion of our brethren and friends to the Catholic Faith, for it is in Marriage & Family Retreat Friday, June 11th- Sunday, June 13th. the Catholic Church that we have all seven sacraments and the There will be talks for couples, families and children, activities, opportunity of attaining eternal glory is all the more increased.) Instrumental in the conveying of the sacraments is the holy priesthood camping on site and more! Please contact the parish office if you’d of Jesus Christ, where Jesus is mediator between God and man. like to register. Although Christ has ascended into heaven, He has not left us alone. He is present in a substantial way in the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. But He is also with us through His priests. And it is only Brown Scapular & Miraculous Medal Enrollments through His priests that we are able to receive the majority of the The priests will be enrolling anyone interested in the Brown sacraments. We should pray that God send more laborers to the harvest, Scapular and Miraculous Medal on the weekend of May 15/16th at that is to say, priests. May He send us more priests and may He send us the weekend Masses. A limited supply of scapulars & medals will holy priests. And please pray for the priests that are already working in be available, and you may also bring your own. the vineyard. :) The faithful depend on priests to get them to heaven and the priests depend on the faithful to pray for them, so that they may lead the flock of Jesus Christ to the pasture of eternal rest. There is much responsibility in being a priest. And much joy. The priest's First Friday Mass Association responsibility is very real and a priest who loves Jesus wishes to feed We are taking enrollments for the First Friday Mass Association- God's flock the truth. Which leads me to a couple of things. twelve Masses (the same intention for all) are offered for $75, First, this past week on May 13th, I celebrated my 4th starting on the First Friday of June, and on each First Friday at the anniversary as a priest. I am so grateful to God and to Mary for such a morning or evening Mass for a year. Please use the form inserted in profound gift. In receiving such a gift I am not blind to the this bulletin, or call or email the office by Tuesday, June 1st if you responsibility of giving true nourishment to God's flock. This leads me would like to enroll, or re-enroll an intention. to the second point, I recently made a mistake in a homily and I wish to correct it now, so that you have the truth. At one of the daily Masses a couple of weeks ago I was commenting on how a person's first Attention All Holy Rosary Graduates! responsibility is for his own soul. Then, I erroneously stated that his You are invited to the Senior Recognition Mass on Sunday, June next responsibility is for his parents. This is not necessarily true. If a 20th. Please contact Kathleen Hughes at 231-228-6991 for further person is married, that person's next responsibility is for the spouse. A details or if you will be participating in this year’s Recognition person owes his parents greater reverence, but a person's greater Mass. love is to be for the spouse, for two become one flesh (cf. St. Thomas Aquinas Article on Charity). The proximity to one's spouse is greater than to one's parents and so the responsibility for the spouse is greater than the responsibility for the parents. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults- RCIA I hope that is clears things up. If you have any questions, Do you know of someone who would like to inquire about our please let me know. And if you know of anyone who was at that daily Catholic Faith? The initiation is a gradual process which takes place Mass, in which I spoke mistakenly, please inform that person of the within the community of the faithful.