St. Joseph Oratory

January 20, 2019 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany St. Joseph Oratory

Living the Truth in Charity 1828 Jay Street, Detroit, MI 48207 www.HistoricRenewal.com www.StJosephOratory.org [email protected] Tel. (313) 784-9152 ORATORY CLERGY & STAFF Msgr. R. Michael Schmitz STD, JCD, Vicar General Rev. Canon Matthew Talarico, Provincial Superior Rev. Canon Michael Stein, Rector Rev. Canon Adrian Sequeira, Vicar Mr. Michael Semaan, Music Director

Regular Schedule Institute of Christ the King Sundays 9:00 AM Low Mass, 11:00 AM High Mass, 6:00 PM Vespers & Benediction Sovereign Priest Weekdays 8:00 AM Low Mass except Wednesdays

Wednesday 12:00 PM Low Mass & Perpetual Novena to St. Joseph

Friday 6:00 PM Holy Hour First Friday 7:00 PM High Mass

Saturday 9:00 AM Low Mass & Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Confessions daily 30 minutes before Mass; Sundays 8-8:50 AM & 10-10:50 AM Liturgical Calendar Server Schedule

Sunday, January 20, Second Sunday after Epiphany Sunday, Jan 20 9:00 AM Low Mass w/organ Rev. André-Joseph La Casse, 9AM Low Mass requested by Kyle Shaw AC1: open AC2: open 11:00 AM Solemn High Mass Pro Populo 11AM Solemn High Mass 6:00 PM Sung Vespers and Benediction MC: Thomas Alvarez Thur: Nicholas Alvarez Monday, January 21, Saint Agnes, Virgin & Martyr AC1: John Chisholm 8:00 AM Low Mass Roehrig family, requested by Mary Grado AC2: Aaron Marshall Crucifer: F.W. Tuesday, January 22, Saints Vincent & Athanasius, Martyr 8:00 AM Low Mass Matt Gratson, requested by Trey Elmore Wednesday, Jan 23 12PM Noon Mass Wednesday, January 23, Saint Raymond of Peñafort, Confessor AC1: open

12:00 PM Low Mass, Perpetual Novena St. Joseph Confraternity Sunday, Jan 27 9AM Low Mass Thursday, January 24, Saint Timothy, Bishop & Martyr AC1: Anthony Skinner 8:00 AM Low Mass Gail Colton, requested by Deanna Trailer AC2: Maximillian Skinner 11AM Solemn High Mass Friday, January 25, Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle MC: Francesco von Bülow 8:00 AM Low Mass Wilbert descendants, requested by Jim & Nancy Wilbert Thur: Eric Kash 6:00 PM Holy Hour AC1: Nicholas Alvarez AC2: Joaquin Escareno Crucifer: Peyton Smith Saturday, January 26, Saint Polycarp, Bishop & Martyr 9:00 AM Low Mass followed by Devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Tuesday, Jan 29 † Ronnie Joseph Patron, requested by Rogers Family 7PM Solemn High Mass cf. separate sheet Sunday, January 27, Third Sunday after Epiphany Usher Schedule 9:00 AM Low Mass w/organ † Norman Douglas Weston requested by Mr. & Mrs. Scott Gabrielson Sunday, January 20 11:00 AM Solemn High Mass Pro Populo 9am Low Mass w/ organ - Matt McGuire 6:00 PM Sung Vespers and Benediction - Eric Restuccia 11am Solemn High Mass FROM THE RECTOR: CANON STEIN - Jerrold Bartholomew Dear Oratory Faithful, - Brian Carey Blessed 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany! Last week we celebrated the - David Oroshi Feast of the Holy Family. Since we are a family, please allow me, as head of the - Rodney Pelletier

Parish Family, to make some Household Reminders (like I had to do last Sunday, January 27 year! ;) for the good order of the campus and facilities that have been entrusted 9am Low Mass w/ organ to our care. - Brian Carey 1. Please follow all of the instructions we place on signs. (ex. Pipes in the - Matt McGuire church bathrooms froze in the past because clearly marked instructions were 11am Solemn High Mass - Joe Allen not followed.) 2. If you or a child break something, please inform us. - Ismael Lebron A. Guests shouldn’t be the first to find broken material. B. We can’t replace - D. V. what we don’t know is broken. Thank you for respecting these guidelines - Max Douglas for the common good. Your attentive charity is appreciated! Ite ad Joseph! Save your Gift Baskets! Calendar of Events Please consider saving your empty Christmas Gift Today, January 20, First Communion Class after Baskets & donate them to the Oratory for Event use. 11am Solemn High Mass. Volunteers Needed! Christmas Cleanup! Jan. 26 Wednesday, January 23, Children’s Catechism We have to remove the Christmas decorations early this year because the feast of the Purification of Our Friday, January 25, 7pm The Patrons’ Book Club Lady falls on the following Saturday, February 2, and Meeting after 6pm Holy Hour the Nativity needs to be removed by then.

Next Skate Outing, January 27! Saturday, January 26, Christmas Cleanup after Dear Friends and Faithful, for the second time this 9am Mass and Devotions, All hands on deck! year, we will be offering a Parish Skate outing at N.B. Marriage at 4pm Patterson Park. All are Welcome! While they do not rent skates on site, the parish rents off-site for you. Sunday, January 27, Parish Skate Outing at If you need to sign up for skates, please fill out sheet Patterson Park after 11am Mass in vestibule. Thank you! Hot Cocoa provided! Tuesday, January 29, Feast of Saint Francis de Sunday Catechism Rotations after 11am Mass Sales, Patron of the Institute of Christ the King, 8am Sunday, January 20: First Communion Class Low Mass and 7pm Solemn High Mass Sunday, January 27: Skate Outing Sunday, February 3: Lesson in Liturgy *February 2nd* in Italy Michele Alvarez, Sunday, February 10: Confirmation Class daughter of the Detroit Apostolate, will receive Ad Tollendum Schisma the Religious Habit of our Sisters, Adorers of O God who corrects errors, brings together those the Royal Heart. Join us in prayer for such a dispersed, and keeps together those gathered grace -filled occasion! “Lord grant us many together: we beseech you to pour kindly the grace of holy priests and religious vocations!” Your union upon the Christian people, so that, rejecting division, and uniting themselves to the true Saturday, February 2, Feast of the Purification of Pastor of the Church, they may worthily be called Our Lady 9am High Mass with Solemn Blessing your servants. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy of Candles and Procession. Please Note: the Spirit for ever and ever. Amen. Candle Blessing, Procession, & High Mass replace the usual 1st Saturday Schedule. SAVE THE DATE! 3rd Annual Legacy Gala Thursday, May 2nd, Eastern Market Shed 5 Saturday, February 23rd! 5:30pm Cocktails, 6:00pm Benefit Dinner 3rd Annual Oratory Talent Show! Tickets: $400 Table, $50 Adult, $35 Students Noon Lunch, 12:45pm Talent Show Join us for a seated dinner and live entertainment provided by a End the winter lull, prepare your presentations now! live band (Fast Forward!) and Clergy Jukebox Please sign up in vestibule or social hall. Skits ranging Bonus: for a 2nd Year in a row the Voice of the from theatre to instrumental to vocal to poetic to dancing Red Wings will be the Voice of our Live Auction to cooking to movie making and more! Thank you, Ken Kal !! Do not bury your talent! Tax Statements for 2018 Prayer to St. Joseph by St. Francis de Sales If you need a Tax Statement for your donations made Historic Renewal Campaign Prayer during the calendar year 2018 please email: Glorious St. Joseph, spouse of Mary, grant us [email protected] or call the Parish thy paternal protection, we beseech thee by the Office 313-784-9152. Support the Living Legacy! heart of Jesus Christ. O thou, whose power extends to all our necessities and can render Steeple Update possible for us the most impossible things, All the new/restored Copper Plates that decorate the open thy fatherly eyes to the needs of thy circumference of the Spire are installed! Take a look! children. In the trouble and distress which Save the date! afflicts us, we confidently have recourse to thee. St. Joseph Day, Tuesday March 19th - Ceremonies, Deign to take under thy charitable charge this Meals, Processions, Devotions from 7am-9pm important and difficult matter, cause of our DID YOU KNOW? worries. Make its happy outcome be for God's … that in 1898, Lewis Wattson, an Anglican minister, glory and for the good of His devoted servants. and Lurana White, a novice in an Anglican religious community started corresponding with each other on Amen. the question of practicing the evangelical counsel of poverty of the Franciscans in the Anglican Church. PRAYER CAMPAIGN FOR THE INSTITUTE’S Both were of the Oxford Movement and, eventually, NATIONAL SHRINE their discussion moved towards the goal of reunification Through your prayers and support, God has made of the Anglican and Catholic Churches under the Pope. possible the previously unthinkable at the Institute’s They formed a Franciscan religious community under Headquarters in the United States: the once fire-ravaged the tutelage of Our Lady of the Atonement in Garrison, National Shrine of Christ the King has restored masonry New York. This Society of the Atonement under the and a new roof. Our Prior General, Monsignor Gilles Episcopal Church preached the primacy of the Roman pontiff and prayed for the corporate reunion of the two Wach, and our Provincial Superior, Canon Matthew Churches. They found themselves increasingly Talarico, ask us to pray publically the Memorare each ostracized by their fellow Anglicans and in 1909 they day for phase II of in building the National Shrine of petitioned Pope Saint Pius X to enter into full Christ the King. The Memorare will be prayed at the end communion with Rome. After their incorporation into of every Mass. Prayer cards are also available to share the Catholic Church, they petitioned for an octave of with friends and family. prayer of Christian Unity from January 18 - 25, from the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter at Rome to the Feast of Marriage Banns: Catherine Wallis & Colin Bohr to be the Conversion of Saint Paul. joined in Holy Matrimony, St. Joseph Oratory 01/26/18 St. Joseph Oratory Sacrament Information: Infant Baptism: Parents requesting Baptism must be active registered members of the Oratory. First Communion and Confirmation: Children must attend the sacramental catechism classes at the Oratory. Holy Matrimony: Couples planning to marry at the Oratory must call the Rectory for the proper instructions. Anointing of the Sick: Members facing surgery, serious illness, or even death may call (313) 784-9152. Never wait, never hesitate… remember: physical healing can also be an effect of the sacrament. Don’t deprive a loved one of God’s help.