Sacred Heart Sunday, March 8, 2020 2nd Sunday of Lent HAPPENINGS AT THE HEART Sunday, March 8 Daylight Savings Time Begins Intercessory Prayer 10:00am Right to Life Baby Shower Monday, March 9 Religious Ed. 6:00pm Thursday, March 12 Letter to a Suffering 10:00am Church Program & 7:00pm AA Meeting 12 Noon Finance Meeting 6:15pm Parish Council Meeting 7:00pm Friday, March 13 K of C Fish Dinner 4:00pm Stations of the Cross 7:00pm Women's Bible Study Saturday, March 14 Men's Bible Study 7:30am AA Meeting 8:00am Protecting God's 12:30 – Children Program 3:30pm SVDP Easter Food Collection Sunday, March 15 SVDP Easter Food Collection

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SACRED HEART This weekend the Christian Service ANNUAL Commission in conjunction with Right to Life – Lifespan will be hosting its annual baby shower to support the Friday’s, March 13 – April 3 women and babies that need our help through Oxford Pregnancy Center. 4:00pm-7:00pm | Fr. Kreft Hall Please drop off your generous gifts in $8.00 each | carry-out and an the baby playpen at the back of Church. all-you-can-eat option are available Thank you for your generous gifts that Baked or Pub Style Cod, Baked Potato or help moms and their babies that have Pub Style Chips, Broccoli with or without no place else to turn for the basics in childcare. Thank you for assisting these cheese, Mac and Cheese, Coleslaw, courageous women and please keep them in your prayers because the support Desserts, Beverages, and more. you give them is all they have. All proceeds will benefit the charities Christian Service Commission of the Knights of Columbus. Page 2 Sacred Heart Catholic Church

EVERY FRIDAY IN LENT HEARTS ON FIRE AT 7:00 PM at Sacred Heart MARCH 13 Where Faith is Known, Mary’s Way of the Cross Lived, & Shared Women’s Bible Study

I have come to set the earth on fire, and how MARCH 20 I wish it were already blazing. (Luke 12:49) Everyone’s Way of the Cross LISTEN to the Archbishop: GUIDEPOST St. Vincent DePaul Society 10—CALLING UPON THE ADVOCATE: Marker 10.3: Victory Over Spiritual Oppo- MARCH 27 sition—The faithful need help in understand- The Way of the Cross ing how to resist the evil one, exercising the for Young Christians authority they have in Christ. We must use all Religious Education Students the weapons the Church has given us: prayer, especially the rosary, Scripture, the sacraments, APRIL 3 Sacred Heart and sacramentals such as holy water. “Resist the Stations of the Cross – devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to Stations of the A Scriptural Version God, and he will draw near to you” (James 4:7-8). Cross Men’s Scripture Reflection UNLEASH THE GOSPEL, pg 49 St. Luigi Orione PRAY: Tear or cut off this prayer and keep March 12 it where you’ll remember to pray it through- out the week On March 12, it is the feast day of. Luigi Come, Holy Spirit, to your people at Sacred Heart Orione was born in Church. Help us to “resist the evil one.” Show us Pontecurone, Italy, on 23 June 1872. At thirteen years how to “exercise the authority we have in Christ.” of age he entered the Franciscan Friary of Voghera, Guide us to choose the “weapons” the Church but he left after one year owing to poor health. From has given us in prayer, Scripture, all the sacra- 1886 to 1889 he was a pupil of at the Valdocco Ora- ments, and sacramentals. Then strengthen us to tory in . On 16 October 1889, he joined the diocesan seminary have the will and persistence to use those weap- of . As a young seminarian he devoted himself to the care of ons in resisting the devil”so that he will “flee from others by becoming a member of both the San Marziano Society for us.” Draw us near to God so “He will draw near Mutual Help and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. On 15 October to us.” Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your 1893, Luigi Orione, then a seminarian of twenty-one, started a boarding faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love school for poor boys, in the Saint Bernardine estate. On 13 April 1895, to understand how to resist the evil one. Amen! Luigi Orione was ordained priest, and, on that occasion, the Bishop gave the clerical habit to six pupils of the boarding school. ACT: What is this letter saying to you? Pick one of the “weapons” suggested by Archbishop Vi- Inspired by a profound love for the Church and for the salvation of gneron above and use it this week, intending Souls, he was actively interested in the new problems of his time, such to “exercise the authority you have in Christ" as the freedom and unity of the Church, the Roman question, modern- against the evil one: e.g. pray the above prayer ism, socialism and the Christian evangelization of industrial workers. every day; pray a Rosary an extra time this He rushed to assist the victims of the earthquakes of Reggio and Messi- week; meditate on the above Scripture from na (1908) and the Marsica region (1915). By appointment of Saint Pius James or another for protection; receive the X, he was made Vicar General of the diocese of for three years. Sacrament of Reconciliation; attend Mass an On 29 June 1915, twenty years after the foundation of the Sons of extra time this week; pray before the Blessed Divine Providence, he added to the "single tree of many branches" Sacrament; or pray any prayer that commands the Congregation of the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity who are the devil to leave. inspired by the same founding charism. Alongside them, he placed the To read the entire letter, “Unleash the Gospel” go to Blind Sisters, Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament. For lay people he set unleashethegospel.org up the associations of the "Ladies of Divine Providence," the "Former Pupils," and the "Friends." Following the First World War (1914-1918), he set up the "Little Cotto- lengos," for the care of the suffering and abandoned, which were usually built in the outskirts of large cities to act as "new pulpits" from which to speak of Christ and of the Church - "true beacons of faith and of civili- zation." He was canonized on 16 May 2004. www.esacredheart.org Page 3 ST VINCENT DE PAUL THE PARABLE PROJECT EASTER DINNER March 25, 2020 | 7:00 pm | Fr. Kreft Hall FOOD DRIVE Jesus knew the power of a good story. Magic Carpet Theatre uses their unique As we consider style of theatre to tell the stories Jesus told. People of all ages will respond to what we are God’s lessons that shape human hearts. doing this Lent IT WILL BE ENTERTAINING. Christ’s parables are brought to life using drama to draw closer and humor. This is a fun and creative way to be engaged in scripture while gath- to the Lord by ering the resounding messages of goodness. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. serving our neighbor; please IT WILL BE INTERACTIVE. By using consider helping audience participation and improvisation those who are the stories are experienced in a fresh way. having financial Prayer and dialogue help to foster the difficulties and can’t feed their families. lessons of love. This Easter, the Sacred Heart SVDP ABOVE ALL, IT WILL BE HOLY. The society and our Eight Grade Confir- stories are written by God the Father, as mation students will be conducting told by Jesus the Son, brought to you by a food drive to help those in need. the Holy Spirit. Please pick up a blue bag next week- end and help bring the hope of Easter Please join us to experience this to our clients. special performance for all ages. St Vincent de Paul

SACRED HEART In this stirring manifesto, Bishop SIMON OF CYRENE’S Robert Barron, founder of Word on We all need each other’s help and Lenten Mission MissionFire Catholic Ministries explains why prayers. We also need to be like Simon this is not the time to leave, but the of Cyrene and help carry each other’s LETTER TO A time to stay and fight. Reading the crosses. This Lent the Sacred Heart current crisis through the lenses of Community will carry each other’s SUFFERING CHURCH Scripture and Church history, Bishop crosses. Write down your petitions and Thursdays - 12th & 19th Barron shows that we have faced such prayers for intercession on the little 10–11:30 am or 7–8:30 pm egregious scandals before; that the pieces of paper in the back of Church spiritual treasures of the Church were by the Cross and put them in the bas- Please join us as we delve into Bishop preserved by holy men and women kets at either side of the Cross. These Barron’s Letter to a Suffering Church. who recommitted themselves to fight- prayers of intercession will be hung on The sexual abuse scandal has gripped ing evil; and that there is a clear path the Cross for Lent. Then pray for the the Catholic Church for the past thirty forward for us today. needs of our fellow parishioners that years, and continues to wreak havoc even today. It's been a diabolical mas- For Catholics questioning their faith, are already on the cross. You can come searching desperately for encourage- early to Mass and pray for the needs terpiece, one that has compromised the work of the Church in every way ment and hope, this book will offer of your fellow parishioners; You can reasons to stay and fight for the Body spend time in the adoration chapel and has left countless lives in ruins. Many Catholics are understandably of Christ. Please pick up a book after and pray for these needs; you can fast mass and join us either in the morn- a day for the needs of parishioners. But asking, “Why should I stay? Why not abandon this sinking ship before it ings at 10 am or evening at 7pm to please pray that God will intercede for discuss. the needs of everyone posted on the drags me or my children under?" Cross this Lent. We know when two or more our WE HAVE A WINNER! present, Jesus is with us. So let us We are pleased to announce the winner of the 50/50 Raffle at the bring our needs 1st Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Dinner on Feb. 28th... to the Lord and Paul Ulrich of Bloomfield Hills won $153.00! make this a blessed Lent. Mark your calendars now to join us for the next Fish Dinner! Page 4 Sacred Heart Catholic Church LENTEN REFLECTION AT SACRED HEART THE THREE BASIC MAJOR SEMINARY WITH DR. DANIEL KEATING LENTEN DISCIPLINES Tuesday, March 10 | 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Fasting expresses our desire to find Sacred Heart Major Seminary | Bishop Gallagher Parlor happiness in God rather than in the satisfaction of our physical needs. The A simple supper will be served, followed by a presentation on “Christ's Temp- control we gain over our appetites helps tation in the Wilderness: A Model for our Lenten Pilgrimage” by Dr. Daniel us recognize more deeply that all true Keating, Sacred Heart faculty member. The evening will end with prayerful and lasting pleasure comes from God. reflection in the main chapel. This event is free and open to everyone. Knowing this we are freed to gratefully Please RSVP by March 3, 2020 by contacting Emily Berschback at accept food and savor it, or to avoid or [email protected] or 313-596-7424. limit foods that we know are unhealthy for us. Through fasting, our relationship MARY'S MANTLE GOLF OUTING to ourselves in reoriented toward God. Sunday March 22, 2020 | 5:00–8:00pm Almsgiving provides assistance to the Top Golf, 500 Great Lakes Crossing Dr., Auburn Hills, MI 48326 poor among us and helps us recognize Mary's Mantle is excited to offer a new twist to our outing this year! God as the true source of our security. Property and wealth exercise less con- Back by popular demand, we are excited to invite you to our tournament-style trol over us when we give away or share golf experience at the sate-of-the-art Top Golf Facility in Auburn Hills. It will our wealth out of love for God and for again be an evening of golf, food, prizes – without having to worry about the weather! others. Almsgiving is a way of bringing our relationship to others into the orbit The tournament will feature the "Top Contender" game system. Each team of of Christ’s love. 6 will track their progress in comparison to other teams on the giant leader board. Teams will also enjoy a designated warm-up,, followed by two full games Prayer changes our relationship to God. (20 shots per player, per game) Through prayer, we admit our need for a Anyone Can Play Top Golf! power that is greater than ourselves. We acknowledge our limitations and let go Whether you golf seriously, for fun, or of the drive to control everything. In the not at all, this event is for you! Each process, we open ourselves to all that team will have 6 golfers. You can sign God has to offer us. up as a team or an individual. Individu- als will be matched with fellow regis- trants to form a team of 6. You don't 2020 CENSUS: even need to bring clubs! Top Golf COUNT BEGINS provides clubs for use. However, feel IN MARCH free to bring your own! This month, you will receive a request Group of 6: $450.00 Register at marysmantle.net from the federal government to par- Individual: $75.00 ticipate in the 2020 Census. Participa- Contact Katie Montes with questions Banquet Only: $25.00 tion matters, as the census will impact [email protected] whether Michigan has fair political rep- resentation in Congress. It will also im- SACRED HEART CHURCH ON SOCIAL MEDIA pact whether the state's roads, hospitals, schools, and fire departments have the Sacred Heart has joined social media! funding they need to support Michigan- Make sure to like and follow us to stay up to date on all events! ders health and well-being for the next decade. Please take the time to respond. A full and accurate count is needed to help our communities and families Like and share us on Follow us on Follow us on thrive. More information is available at Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: www.micatholic.org/2020Census and @sacredheart7009 @sacredheart7009 @sacredHeart7009 www. census.gov. www.esacredheart.org Page 5

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Richard Booms Jim Carnacchi Jackson Hensley Saturday, March 7, 2020 Lois Bottrell Samantha Graves Jerry Lingeman 4:00 p.m. Andrew Serocki Becky Dalman Deacon Jack Parent † Virginia Kotcher Ursula Ryan Zenaida Cardenas Marguerite Fishbaugh † Ed Lentz Sherman Rainge Kathleen Stachurski Joe Kroetsch † Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Pasko Mark McDonald John Latella Margaret Zacharski by Son Robert Tom Guibord Elizabeth Jeri Leslie Wagner Sunday, March 8, 2020 Barbara Xenakis David Sargent Joan Martus 9:00 a.m. Audrey Patterson Tommie Miller Laurie Graves † John Dzienisowicz by Wife Arjola Velaj Margaret O'Donnell Ruth Caspary Helen Glinski Gabrielle Roth-Haver James Cavellier 11:00 a.m. Jerry Glinski Don Boudreaux JoAnn Eaton † Brian Farrell Victor Kochajda Orleta Cairo Richard Kessler † Patricia Monk by Choir † Frederick Samrah by Family Scripture Readings OUR MEN AND WOMEN Monday, March 9, 2020 for the Week 9:00 a.m. Communion Service IN THE SERVICE Cdt Carrigan Berard, Army NG Ursula Ryan Sunday, March 8: CPL Christopher Berard, US Marine Corp Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Gn 12:1-4a/Ps 33;4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 Sergeant Joel Bock, National Guard 9:00 a.m. [22]/2 Tm 1:8b-10/Mt 17:1-9 Lt Christopher Burns, Navy † Talon Dawson Monday, March 9: Lt Molly Hamilton Burns, Navy † Eugene Carnago Dn 9:4b-10/Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13 Lt Jamel Chokr, Coast Guard [cf. Ps 103:10a]/Lk 6:36-38 Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Joseph Destefano, serving in Iraq 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 10: Capt Brent Drabek, Air Force Is 1:10, 16-20/Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, † Richard Doll Lt Linda Erickson, Army 21 and 23 [23b]/Mt 23:1-12 Thursday, March 12, 2020 Lt Stephanie Herderich, Air Force Wednesday, March 11: 9:00 a.m. LCPt Dawson Innis, Marines Jer 18:18-20/Ps 31:5-6, 14, 15-16 † Lou Mahoney by Liz Mahoney [17b]/Mt 20:17-28 Capt Sean McQuade, Army Capt Sarah Burns Mobilio, Marines Friday, March 13, 2020 Thursday, March 12: Sergeant Daniel Pendell 9:00 a.m. Jer 17:5-10/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Ps † Yvonne Brown 40:5a]/Lk 16:19-31 Lt Ronnie Robinson, Army † Richard Martus Tom Yombor, Army Ranger 1175 Friday, March 13: Ian Zdral, Army Saturday, March 14, 2020 Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a/Ps Capt Todd Sullivan, Army 4:00 p.m. 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21 [5a]/Mt † Gerard McCaffrey 21:33-43, 45-46 Ssgt Joshua Coll, Air Force Sra Jake Coll, Air Force Sunday, March 15, 2020 Saturday, March 14: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 1Lt Billy Romine, Army 9:00 a.m. 9-10, 11-12 [8a]/Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Specialist Ian Zdral, Army † Joseph Rhein Sunday, March 15: Capt Kaitlyn Tullock Lloyd, Marines 11:00 a.m. Ex 17:3-7/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]/ Capt Benjamin Lloyd, Marines † Patricia Monk by Choir Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, Capt Ethan Johnson, Army † Frederick Samrah by Family 19b-26, 39a, 40-42 Petty Officer Anthony Giacopelli, Navy Page 6 Sacred Heart Catholic Church Liturgy Schedule March 7–8 , 2nd Sunday of Lent Lead E.M. Lectors Greeters Saturday, Peg Fitzpatrick Greg Barrows Bill & Celia Brown 4:00 pm Mass Linda Barrows Bob & Joanne Ames Sunday, Gerrie & Ron Iwaszkiewicz Sean Sylvester Bernie DeLano 9:00 am Mass Gena Galicia Sunday Karen & Joe Ziembo Toni Rusch Karen Ziembo 11:00 am Mass Doug Rusch March 14–15 , 3rd Sunday of Lent Lead E.M. Lectors Greeters Saturday, Linda Caspary Linda Botson Bill & Celia Brown 4:00 pm Mass Jennifer Botson Bob & Joanne Ames Sunday, Jane & Mike Maslyn Pete Keating Bernie DeLano 9:00 am Mass Sandy Stacer Sunday Lita Pascua Toni Rusch Mary Alice Merlo 11:00 am Mass Doug Rusch Randy Hopkins EUCHARISTIC SCHEDULE FOR THE INFIRMED Parish Mission Statement Pomeroy Living American House American House Oakmont (Adams) (Auburn) Sacred Heart parish is Sunday Tuesday Tuesday Thursday a loving and giving Roman Catholic community. March 8 – Team B March 10 – Team B March 10 – Team B March 12 – Team C We welcome people from all March 15 – Team C March 17 – Team C March 17 – Team C March 19 – Team D walks of life as we celebrate OUR GIFT TO GOD THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 1, 2020 God’s presence in the Eucharist and we proclaim Number of Envelopes: 113 the Good News of Jesus Christ Number of Envelopes Sent Out: 400 by serving all, teaching boldly Percent Envelopes Not Used: 71% and rejoicing always. Total Offertory: $7,947 Sacred Heart Parish SACRED HEART OFFICE MASS SCHEDULE SACRAMENTS & INFORMATION 3400 S. Adams, Auburn Hills, MI 48326 Monday: Communion Service RECONCILIATION 248-852-4170 | FAX: 248-852-5745 Tues., Wed., Thur. and Fri.: 9:00 a.m. Saturday, 3:00 p.m. [email protected] Saturday: 4:00 p.m. www.esacredheart.org Sunday: 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Please call the Parish Office for arrangements, Follow us on facebook, instagram PARISH COUNCIL Call 3 to 6 months before birth of child. and twitter @sacredheart7009 COMMISSIONS MARRIAGES Christian Service Member Arrangements to be made with priest. Call Colleen Sylvester...... 248-853-5717 at least 6 months to a year prior to wedding. Education Member OFFICE HOURS: JoAnn Eaton...... 248-361-2854 RCIA Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. RCIA program for adult entrance into Finance Member the Church begins each fall. Please call Wed, Sat & Sun: Closed Ron Iwaszkiewicz...... 248-852-1303 the Parish Office for information. LEADERSHIP AND STAFF Worship Member JoAnn Eaton...... 248-361-2854 EUCHARISTIC CHAPEL Pastor: Rev. Fr. 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