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St.St. KateriKateri CATHOLIC CHURCH 16101 Rotunda Dr. Dearborn, MI 48120 JUNE 9, 2019 PENTECOST SUNDAY STAFF Rev. Terrence D. Kerner, Pastor FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK By Fr. Terry Kerner Rev. Gary Morelli, Weekend Associate Rev. Mr. Thomas Leonard, Deacon Pentecost Mass this weekend gives us an opportunity to reflect on our Grace Lakatos, Faith Director “spiritual assets”, i.e. the gifts of the Holy Spirit received at our baptism and reaf- Kevin Jakubowicƶ, Organist firmed at our confirmation. No doubt any one of us could easily recite those seven Office Staff gifts if asked, but just to refresh our memories, they are: wisdom, understanding, Mary Masley, Ellie Sajewski counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord. All seven empower us Christians to live lives of empowerment and creative engagement with our con- DIRECTORY PHONE: 3133363227 temporary society while embracing the Gospel and its vision of hope. One of those FAX: 3134416769 gifts—fear of the Lord—is perhaps the most misunderstood of the seven. It does WEBSITE NOT mean being afraid of God or terrorized by the “fires of hell”. Fear of the Lord www.stkateridearborn.org means taking God seriously and consistently in our lives. It does not mean taking EMAIL the Lord for granted and praying and worshiping only when convenient or when [email protected] we think we need helpful intervention. Fear of the Lord is like growing up with OFFICE HOURS loving parents who expected the best from you while you knew all the time how MondayMFriday: 9:00 AMMNoon much they deeply loved you. Don’t be afraid to “fear the Lord”, be worried about and 1:00M4:30 PM having no feelings for Him at all! LITURGIES This Saturday Archbishop Vigneron ordained three fellow Catholics to the Saturday: 4:00 PM Sunday: 9:00 & 11:00 AM Priesthood empowering them to serve us in the years ahead. Some of you have al- Tuesday: 6:40 PM ready been praying for John McKenzie, Adam Novak, and Derik Peterman. May WednesdayMFriday: 9:00 AM all of us pray for them and in thanksgiving for their willingness to answer the call of Christ. CONFESSIONS Saturday: 3:00 PM Anyone wishing to volunteer doing gardening, cleaning or light maintenance ADORATION around the parish are asked to give me a call. We are trying to pick up the slack Tuesday: 4:00M6:30 PM due to the temporary absence of our parish maintenance man, Ric LaFata. We hope in his absence to keep things up as he has been doing in past years. PERPETUAL HELP DEVOTIONS Tuesday at 6:30 PM and Dearborn police have alerted us to certain individuals, men and women, Thursday at 9:00 AM asking for financial help from churchgoers and shoppers in the city. We have been visited by these individuals for two weekends. DO NOT give them any money and For Marriage, Baptism and don’t let them try to make you feel guilty. St. Kateri is very generous and helpful Confirmation information, please to the legitimate and honest needs of others. Have them see me or go to the parish call the Parish Office. office. Please report any begging as requested by the police. ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT www.AOD.org Have a nice weekend and take some time to do some praying outdoors! BOOK & GIFT SHOP Open weekends before & after Masses Page 2 June 8, 2019 Tuesday, June 11th St. Barnabas, Apostle Dear Brothers and Sisters, 6:40 PM †Mary Suter Praise to be Jesus Christ, now and forever! At the first (by Lakatos Family) Pentecost, Christ came to his apostles and breathed onto them the transform- ing power of the Holy Spirit. He breathes on us today, his faithful in the Arch- Wednesday, June 12th diocese of Detroit. 9:00 AM †Antonette Zadrozny We find ourselves very much like the apostles who were gathered in a (by Mark Zadrozny) room. Like them, our hearts rejoice when we encounter Jesus. Like them, he sends us on a mission and gives us his Holy Spirit so that we may go out and Thursday, June 13th Unleash the Gospel. St. Anthony of Padua 9:00 AM God is pouring out his Spirit so we can continue the work of the apos- -Lauren Davis—Birthday tles. The Spirit enables us to proclaim the Good News to those in our families, (by Roland Family) workplaces and communities. The Holy Spirit, our Advocate, gives us the cour- age to continue our missionary journey. Friday, June 14th 9:00 AM And on this day, I would like to announce the next phase of our †Jean Schneider movement to Unleash the Gospel: the renewal of our parishes. For the (by Pastor Family) Gospel to truly be unleashed, we must re-found our parishes so that every- thing we do– how we pray, how we minister, how we serve—leads us to be Saturday, June 15th more effective witnesses to the Gospel. 4:00 PM †Gerard Kuras The next phase of our missionary journey will require prayer, (by Family) innovation, and hard work so that our parish communities become †Fathers of Benitez & what God made them to be: places where individuals and families encoun- Bear Families ter Jesus anew, grow as his disciples and are equipped to be witnesses of the (by Mary Hobart) Risen Christ. †Fathers of Hobart & Meyer Families To spark this transformation, each parish in the Archdiocese will create (by Mary Hobart) a plan to realign all its activity and ministry to our shared mission to Unleash -Health of Sue Alexander the Gospel. These missionary strategic plans will provide the direction and (by Therese Terns) focus for each parish’s missionary transformation. Sunday, June 16th Today, ten parishes in the Archdiocese will begin the process of creating Most Holy Trinity Sunday these plans. I am grateful for the apostolic courage of these first pastors and 9:00 AM their parishes. Other parishes will follow early next year and more will contin- †Emidio DiPaolo ue after. (by Family) †Louise Isgro This is nothing short of a complete overhaul of our Church in Detroit– a (by Cataldo Family) task too great to do on our own. But we are not alone. Christ is with us. We †Charles Attard cannot fail, because we are in communion with the risen Jesus and we are in (by Family) the power of his Spirit. 11:00 AM So, I ask you to join me in prayer. Let us pray for the Holy Spirit to †Joseph Castelvetere & come and transform our hearts and our parishes. Let us pray for boldness in Vincenzo Sainato our plans and efforts. Let us pray that each one of our parishes may discern (by Lena) how it is called to Unleash the Gospel with its unique set of gifts and circum- ———————————————— stances. Ladies, in the words of Leah Chase , “Look like a girl, Act like a lady, (Continued on page 3) Think like and man and work like a dog” to be successful! Page 3 JUNE PRAYER REQUESTS (Continued from page 2) Ernie Adams As a parish and individually at home, from now and until the feast of Christ Sue Alexander the King, let us join in the Prayer for the Next Phase of Unleash the Gos- Deloris Antko pel: Tonie Basileo Julia Bernardo Heavenly Father, Lea Berta Angela Burger Thank you for the abundant graces of Synod 16: Rosemary Dantzer For awakening in us the vision and resolve Josephine Erdody To become again your Church on mission, Charleen Golen Eagerly working together to “make disciples of all nations.” Heather Glover According to our commission from the Lord Jesus. Peggy Hengesbaugh Genowesa Jamrozik Pour out upon us your Holy Spirit, as a new Pentecost, Gordon Judd To guide us in our next phase in our movement to Unleash the Gospel. Angeline Kolenda By his power at work in us, transform our parishes Stan Kozlowicz Into bands of joyful missionary disciples. Kenneth Kruse Ric La Fata Come, Holy Spirit: Frannie La Macchia Set our hearts on fire to share the Good News of Jesus with all those Sue Lang Who stumble in darkness, who hunger for hope, who thirst for eternal life. Anthony J. Madej Above all, grant us the boldness and courage of the apostles Phyllis Marek To put the mission above all else, so that our community becomes the spark Mary Valentine Merrill To ignite the fire of divine love that transforms this time and this place Dell Moore Into the Kingdom of Heaven. Kathy Moore James F. Moran We pray through the intercession of Our Lady, Star of the New Evangeliza- Anne Munir tion, and her mother, our Patron, St. Anne; Perla Navarro And in the spirit of Blessed Solanus we thank you ahead of time Ethel O’Day For “accomplishing in us far more than all we ask or imagine.” Shannon O’Day John (Jack) O’Neill We ask all of this in the all-powerful name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Carol Piasecki Who lives and reigns forever. Larry Pytleski Amen. Carmen Saliba Ed Schuler Sincerely yours in Christ, Maryann Sullivan Michael Ward The Most Reverend Allen H. Vigneron Madeline Wesol Archbishop of Detroit John Witalec, OFS Bernice Ziaja Ann Zombeck If you wish to add or re-add a name, FAITH FORMATION By Grace Lakatos please fill out the form below or call the office. Thank you. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! It has been a wonderful year for our parish’s Faith Formation, Sacramental Preparations, RCIA, and VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVRR Christian Service. 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