February 2nd, 2020

Saint John XXIII Catholic Join us at St. John XXIII Parish’s Wine Tasting after next Saturday’s Mass, to raise funds for the parish’s CSA obligation. Parish There are only 100 tickets at $25 and they are on sale now after Mass. More information is on page 8. Fr. Greg Piatt, Administrator

12100 Beech Daly Rd. Redford, MI 48239 (248) 800-6081 www.stjohnxxiiiredford.org [email protected]

Masses Sat. 4pm Sun. 8:30am & 10:30am Mon.Thu. 8:30am  Reconciliation Sat. 3pm Tue. 6pm  Eucharistic Adoration Tue. 9am7pm  Benediction Tue. 7pm Page 2 | Feb. 2, 2020 Wed. St. Agatha, Virgin &  2 Sm 24:2, 917/Ps 32:12, 5, 6, 7 [cf. 5c]/ Feb. 5 Mk 6:16  8am6pm Parish Office Hours  8:30am Mass | CH  Parishioners of St. John XXIII  The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle  Sat. B. Ludovia Albertoni, Roman Widow  6:30pm Alpha | PH Feb. 1 2 Sm 12:17a, 1017/Ps 51:1213, 1415,  1617 [12a]/Mk 4:3541  Thu. St. Paul Miki & Companions,   1 Kgs 2:14, 1012/1 Chr 29:10, 11ab, 1pm Seniors | PH Feb. 6 11d12a, 12bcd [12b]/Mk 6:713    3pm Reconciliation | CH 8am6pm Parish Office Hours   4pm Mass | CH 8:30am Mass | CH  Margaret Miller By The St. Hilary  Maurice Haezebrouck By Graziano Goldenaires Canini  Albert Moliassa By Wife, Dorothy and  9am Carpool to St. Leo’s | OS Family   Special Intention of Mary Ziaja By St. John Bosco, Priest  Family Fri. Sir 47:211/Ps 18:31, 47 and 50, 51 [cf.  Feb. 7 47b]/Mk 6:1429  The Presentation of the Lord  Sun. Mal 3:14/Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 [10b]/Heb 2:14 Parish Office Closed  Feb. 2 18/Lk 2:2240 or 2:2232 7:30pm AA | PH  8:30am Mass | CH   Parishioners of St. John XXIII Sat. St. Jerome Emiliani  St. Josephine Bakhita, Virgin 10:30am Mass | CH Feb. 8 1 Kgs 3:413/Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14  Theresa Poma By Mom, Ann Caruso [12b]/Mk 6:3034  Victor “Bill” Caruso By Wife, Ann  3pm Reconciliation | CH  Karl and Margaret Hykal By  Grandchildren 4pm Mass | CH  Albert Moliassa By Wife, Dorothy and  John DiManno By Vicki Bury Family  Albert and Helen Jankowiak By  Meals after Masses Breakfast | PH Bernadine Krol   Special Intention of Mary Ziaja By 4:30pm Family Super Bowl Party | PH Family   St. Angela Merici, Virgin  5:30pm Wine Tasting Event | PH Mon.  2 Sm 15:1314, 30; 16:513/Ps 3:23, 45, th Feb. 3 67 [8a]/Mk 5:120 Sun. 5 Sunday in Ordinary Time  World Marriage Day 8am6pm Parish Office Hours Feb. 9  Is 58:710/Ps 112:45, 67, 89 [4a]/1 Cor 8:30am Mass | CH 2:15/Mt 5:1316 32   Patricia Twomley By Marcia Allen 8:30am Mass | CH  Theresa Lynch By Marcia Allen  Bill Condron By Rita Dziadzio   Maurice Haezebrouck By Graziano Tue. St. Joseph of Leonessa, Capuchin Friar Canini 2 Sm 18:910, 14b, 2425a, 30N19:3/Ps  Feb. 4 86:12, 34, 56 [1a]/Mk 5:2143  10:30am Anniversary Mass | CH   Mary Ellen Allen (Anniversary) By 8am6pm Parish Office Hours  Marcia Allen 8:30am Mass | CH  Henry Fegley By Norma Russell &  Parishioners of St. John XXIII Cousins, Bradley & Brian  9am Adoration | CH  Patricia Boryski By Mary Toal and  Maureen Franklin 6pm Reconciliation | CH   Helen Cervantes By Alfred & Victoria 7pm Benediction | CH Cervantes  Meals after Masses | PH St. John XXIII Catholic Parish | Page 3   5 By Fr. Greg Piatt  [email protected] We hope St. John XXIII We welcome those of you attending St. John XXIII this is a blessing in weekend and hope you encountered Christ with us. your life. We know you are a This Sunday, we would like to invite you to attend our blessing to us! Whether you’re Superbowl breakfast after Sunday’s Masses and to our Super Bowl just visiting us for a brief time, Party Sunday afternoon. looking for a new parish home, returning to the practice of your After the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Masses, the parish will be serving Catholic faith or are interested breakfast to hungry churchgoers through St. John XXIII’s meals in finding out more about the ministry, Meals After Masses.  Catholic Church, we’re happy to Then, the parish’s Knights of Columbus Council will host a Super have you here.   Bowl Party in the parish hall in the afternoon, and all are welcome. To learn more about St. John There will be, of course, the big game on a widescreen and raffles, free XXIII Parish, visit our website at hot dogs and water. All the Knights ask is that you bring a dish that you https:// can pass around. Doors open for the party at 4:30 p.m. with the kickoff www.stjohnxxiiiredford.org/ and set for 6:30pm. our Facebook page at https:// +++ www.facebook.com/ StJohnXXIIIRedford/. Next Sunday, St. John XXIII will remember our parishioners who will  If you are new to the parish, have wedding anniversaries this year as we celebrate at 10:30 a.m. our we encourage you to register at Annual Anniversary Mass. the parish office. We look In honor of these couples, the parish’s Knights of Columbus forward to meeting you.  Council will serve breakfast after the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday  Masses. Thank you, gentlemen! St. John XXIII’s Anniversary Mass will remember those couples celebrating their 1st, 5th,10th,15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th, 50thand  50+ anniversaries in 2020. If your anniversary is one of these milestone years, please fill out the form on page 7 of this bulletin and place it in the collection basket or On behalf of all of us at St. return it to the parish office by the close of business on Tuesday. We Christine Christian Services and need a count of those who want to be honored for their milestone those we serve, we would like anniversary. to thank the St. John XXIII Furthermore, we encourage you to invite your family to attend this parish members for the Mass commemorating your milestone anniversary. generous donation of gifts provided to participants in our +++ 2019 Christmas Gift Program. In two weeks, Meals After Masses will serve dinner after the pm The gift recipients were Mass Saturday, Feb. 15. The theme for this meal is the Fr. Greg identified through our pantry, Birthday Day Dinner. You are all invited to celebrate with this writer soup kitchen and our St Vincent on his birthday. I hear there is a special meal being cooked up. DePaul conference. The Gift Program this year was able to +++ provide gifts to over 270 Justin Hammis, our Sunday music minister, resigned earlier this individuals and families. Your week effective immediately due to a personal family matter. We ask thoughtfulness brought much your patience as we search for a new Sunday musician. needed joy to families in need. We look forward to working with +++ you again in 2020. Thank you Lastly, we are looking for people who are good with numbers and for being a part of our counting money to join our unique team of parishioners who count and community of caring. May God tabulate the weekly collections. Please contact the parish office if you bless you all! have an interest.  Sincerely, St. Christine's Christmas Gift Program Committee Page 4 | Feb. 2, 2020            Thanks to each of you who pray for our prayer requests, our military active duty, our Northwest Vicariate Priests, and our recently departed. Your prayer ministry is invaluable! May God Bless You!      2/1 Rev. Shaflique Masih, Rev. Joseph Plawecki 2/2 For Vocations 2/3 Rev. Thomas Belczak 2/4 Msgr. William Tindall, Rev. Pathrose Panuvel 2/5 Rev. Michael Suhy, Rev. David Tomaszycki,  Rev. Anthony Camilleri 2/6 Rev. Dong Hyuk Jeon 2/7 Rev. Joseph Tuskiewicz 2/8 Rev. Lawrence Zurawski 2/9 Rev. Howard Vogan, Rev. Charles Morris 2/10 Rev. Stan Tokarski 2/11 Rev. Robert LaCroix, Rev. James Houbeck 2/12 Rev. Edward Zaorski    2/13 All Retired Priests 2/14 Rev. Tony Massad 2/15 Most Rev. Gerard Battersby James E. Allen  Lynn Lamb 2/16 Rev. Gregory Piatt Ann Jack Linden Carolyn Bachula Karen Marchuck Christine Bichini Carolyn May       Audrey Bolstrum  Joe Micale Joseph Bonello Mary Molascon Lt. Col. Michael S. Avey Capt. Noelle Kerr Bury Family Dorothy Moliassa Sgt. Maj. Mark Condron SPC Autumn Lees  Sharon Cannarsa  Darlene Molnar Sgt. Tyler Condron 1st Lt. Daniel McCarthy  Roland Carpen Mary Moore Maj. Ryan D. Davis  Midn. John Solimanto  Betty Crow  Kim Morawski CW2 Andrew Griffin  Pvt. Jacob Velfling III Gary Danhoff  Bob Murphy Patricia Danhoff  James N. Robert Douglas Janet Oleszkowicz       Harold Doré Sally Piotrowski  Milford Schneider, father of Fred Schneider Michael Frank Michelle Poisson Roger Fuller Rose Rabideau  Mike Fusco Pat Ranoni Matt Godbout Linda Rhodes  Celebrant Lectors Eucharistic  Shaun Grenan  Schlafmann  Ministers Sat.  Liz Grier Pam Sidor Fr. Greg Sr. Barbara If you would Clarence Guilbault Dennis Sokol Feb. 1 L. Scanlan 4pm like to serve Francis Guilbault Baby Ace Szima  as a Jeff Griffin  Pat Tabeek Sun. Fr. Greg C. Roza Eucharistic Michelle Griffin Ted Tabeek Feb. 2 G. Salloum 8:30am minister, Kathleen Grix John Verkest  please take a Nancy Haight Greg Verkest  Sun. Fr. Greg J. Griffin cross Feb. 2 L. Scanlan Allison Holthausen  Elaine Wisner  10:30am medallion as Dr. Ken Honn Gail Witt you enter the Frank Igielski  Mary Ziaja  Sat. Fr. Greg M. Lafferty church.  Feb. 8 S. Meyer Jim Jarembo Carole Zwick 4pm The location Dianne Kapulta  Gary Zwick where you will Karhu Family Sun. Fr. Greg V. Gibson serve is Feb. 9 S. Maher labelled on Mary Katina 8:30am Roxanne Kozlowski the back of Sun. Pat Kowalske  Fr. Greg K. Johnson each cross Feb. 9 R. Mucha medallion.  Marge Kucharek  10:30am St. John XXIII Catholic Parish | Page 5         5         By Laura Scanlan Joseph and Mary followed the [email protected] Laws of Moses. One Law was to present a male child, so this child         could be consecrated to the Lord.  To fully understand today’s Gospel reading, we  need to look at the traditions rooted in the Old Your Extended Family member for this week is Testament.  St. Josephine Bakhita, who is an African  She was born in Sudan around When the Pharaoh would not let the Israelites 1869. She was kidnapped as a leave Egypt, God struck down every firstborn male, child and taken as a slave by human or animal, in the land of Egypt. Due to this Arab traders, and she suffered a fact, “That is why I sacrifice to the Lord everything of difficult life until her eventual the male sex that opens the womb, and why I freedom in . Josephine’s redeem every firstborn of my sons.” Ex 13:15 The freedom came when she needed Israelites carried out this instruction by presenting a temporary place to stay while their firstborn to God in the Temple: the firstborn of her masters moved abroad their animals were sacrificed to God. In contrast, without her. Her owners left her in their firstborn sons were bought back (redeem) by the custody of the Canossian substituting animal sacrifices in their place to God. Sisters in . There, she was baptized, Joseph and Mary followed the Laws of Moses. confirmed and received Holy Communion. They fulfilled this law by presenting Jesus in the Josephine eventually became a nun with the Temple and making an offering “…of a pair of Canossian Daughters of Charity and lived and turtledoves or two young pigeons….” The Holy Spirit worked with them for 45 years.  was upon a man named Simeon, who was righteous  Look up St. Josephine Bakhita on the internet and and devout. “It had been revealed to him by the Holy learn more about her. Spirit that he should not see death before he had  seen the Christ of the Lord.”  Take Time to Chat! When Joseph and Mary presented Jesus to the  What do you think Joseph and Mary thought Temple, Simeon recognizes that he is the Messiah. when they heard what Simeon told them? Simeon lets everyone know that this child is the  How did Simeon know about Jesus if he’d never Messiah who will save all people Jews and Gentiles met him before? alike. “…for my eyes have seen your salvation,  Have you ever listened to the Holy Spirit speak which you prepared in the sight of all the peoples a into your heart or give insight into something you light for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your do not know? Share your experience. people Israel.”  Fun Facts! The Blessing of Throats is celebrated on Feb. 3, the feast day of St. Blaise. St. Blaise was a and doctor. He was reputed to have miraculously cured a little boy who had a fishbone lodged in his throat. At Blaise’s command, the child was able to cough up the bone. 

RCIA at St. John XXIII is a faith journey providing an opportunity to grow and deepen in faith while discovering how God is active in everyday life. Whether a person has a strong faith with a lot of religious formation or none at all, RCIA is a chance to learn more about the Catholic Church. For more information, please contact Laura Scanlan at (248) 8006081. Page 6 | Feb. 2, 2020

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Prayer to St. Blaise be throat blessings with blessed martyrdom in the Acts of St. Blaise. O Blessed St. Blaise, you candles along with a prayer of the received from God the power saint concluding with a blessing. The veneration of St. Blaise in to protect men from throat Europe emerged as early as the 8th diseases and other maladies. While we will be asking for the century, with the blessing of throats Take away the illness that intercession of St. Blaise for his coming around the 14th Century. afflicts me, keep my throat healthy and perfect so that I protection against any physical St. Blaise became one of the most can talk correctly and be able ailment of the throat, we should popular in the spiritual life of to proclaim and sing praises to also ask his protection against any the Middle Ages, and churches all God. I promise you, St Blaise, spiritual ailment that may be over the world bear his name. that the words coming from my produced from our speakingN mouth will always speak: The profanity, cursing, unkind remarks, During the Middle Ages, his cult truth and not lies; justice and as a miraculous saint was so not calumnies; goodness and detraction, or gossip. not harshness; comprehension widespread that he was listed as and not intransigence; Blessing and curse come out of one of the 14 Holy Helpers, whom forgiveness and not the same mouth, may St. Blaise Christians at the time believed condemnation; pardon and not protect us from all evil, physical could cure a variety of personal accusation; respect and not and spiritual, which may attack the medical problems. disparagement. Conciliation throat. and not intrigue; calmness and The German Dominicans not irritation; unselfishness and not egotism; edification For centuries, has promoted the veneration of the 14 and not scandal; enthusiasm been the saint whose intercession Holy Helpers as early as the 12th and not defeatism; conformity is invoked for diseases of the century. Here are the 14 Holy and not complaint; love and throat. The practice of blessing Helpers: not hate; joyfulness and not throats on Saint Blaise’s feast  St. Blaise, throat ailments. sadness; faith and not commemorates a miracle where disbelief; hope and not despair.  St. Denis of Paris, headache St Blaise, keep my throat free the saint cured a boy who was and rabies. from illness so that I can praise either choking or suffering from  St. Erasmus or Elmo, colic and God, my Creator, and thank some other malady of the throat. cramp, you, my protector. Amen. th  St. Barbara, lightning, fire, A 4 Century bishop, St. Blaise explosion, and sudden death. was dedicated to encouraging the Devotions like receiving ashes on  St. Margaret, possession and spiritual and physical health of his Ash Wednesday, praying the pregnancy. peoplein Sebastea, Armenia. Stations of the Cross during Lent  St. , and venerating the Holy Cross by Not only a bishop, St. Blaise was philosophers and students. kissing it on Good Friday are some also a physician and was regarded  St. George, protector of of the essential things we do that as a righteous man as he was soldiers. defines us as Catholic. elected bishop at an early age.  Sts. Achatius and Eustace, Each of these rituals excites our hunters. During the persecution of  St. Pantaleon, tuberculosis. spirit and tend to elevate our Licinius, a former ally of hearts, and we come away with a  St. Giles, epilepsy, insanity, Constantine who began and sterility. sense that something beyond the persecuting the Church, Blaise was ordinary has just happened.  St. Cyriac, demonic beheaded in 316 AD for his faith. possession. At this weekend’s Masses, St. Very little is known about St. Blaise  St. , epilepsy. John XXIII Parish will participate in and what is know much of it has  St. Christopher, travellers.  one of these Catholic devotions, gone from history into legend. the blessing of throats to The first known record of Blaise’s commemorate the Memorial of St. life comes from the 6th Century Blaise, which is Monday, Feb. 3. medical writings. Many of the After the 4 pm Saturday and miraculous aspects of the life of Sunday morning Masses, there will this healer and physician of souls were written 400 years after his St. John XXIII Catholic Parish | Page 7     R     If Jesus walked into St. John XXIII and said, “follow me.” Would you drop everything in life to follow Him? On Sunday, Feb. 9 at the 10:30am Mass we will be celebrating our annual Anniversary Mass. This Or would you analyze His call, a conversion to is an open invitation to all St. John XXIII couples Christ and be tangled up in your own will and not celebrating their 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, God’s. th th th th 35 , 40 , 45 , 50 , and above in 2020. Couples Jesus does not want us to discuss. He puts us on who have been married 50+ years deserve to the spot and asks us to decide because love is not celebrate their anniversary every year at this annual emotion but a decision. Our life is not shaped by mass. We cordially invite you and your family to discussions but by decisions.  attend this mass. Please complete the form below and place it in the collection basket. This is your last We love someone by making a choice and we chance to submit your name for the Anniversary follow Jesus as His disciple by making a choice. Mass. All names must be submitted no later than Feb. 3. Jesus calls all His disciples throughout history to,  Last Name ______ “Come after me.” And they dropped their nets of life and followed.  Husband’s Name ______ Wife’s Name ______ Could you do that? Address ______ For us, to follow Jesus doesn’t mean we have to Phone ______ leave our family, friends, job or residence. No, it is a What anniversary will you celebrate?______ matter of leaving behind a way of living. And that is Month/Day ______ far more difficult to do. However, we don’t want to give up our nets of life, those entanglements that trap us and hold us from following Christ. Those nets of gossiping, wrong relationships, immoral behavior, arrogance, rash judgments, anger, unforgiveness, addictions and hurt separate and distance us from God. In order to follow Jesus, we have to be free from Mary Toal James Singer  the nets and distorted entanglements of the heart, Elizabeth Nowakowski Scott Franklin  soul and mind. Richard Piotrowski Mildred Colombo  What entanglements do you need to leave on the Sheryl Baker Charles Sudekum  shore in order to push out to sea and follow the Lord? Robert Biskner Kathleen Videcoq  Mary Cooney  Theresa Liptak Esther Kaszowski  Judy Feys  Helen Buckholz Sr. Barb Northrup Alfred Cervantes Doris Thiesmeyer Kenton Mills  Mary Moore  Thank you for your generosity. We are so grateful Thomas Sporer  William Stimac  for your support in what God is doing in and through Ruth Zemenski  Margaret Guilbault  our church. Giving statements for the tax year 2019 Kenneth Rodgers  Mary Fairgrieve are ready. To receive your statement, please contact James Rembowicz Fr. Greg Piatt the parish office at (248) 8006081 or [email protected]. Page 8 | Feb. 2, 2020

  (   ' Come to Prayer Temple on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3pm for the Diversity Concert. Four Churches will be participating in this year’s concert in addition to other talented individuals. All proceeds go to Redford Interfaith Relief. Prayer Temple is located at 27350 W. Chicago, Redford, MI 48239

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Wicker baskets will be in the Church vestibule through Feb. 23.

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Today we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord when Mary and Joseph brought their infant Son to the Temple in obedience to the laws of their Jewish faith. This is a beautiful, and in many ways, mysterious feast N and one that is filled with lessons for a stewardship way of life. Our Gospel passage from Luke, recounting the details of the Presentation, teaches us a Each quart costs $9.00, with stewardship lesson through the example of St. $4.50 donated back to St John Joseph and the Blessed Mother, the “Holy Parents.” XXIII. Orders must be placed by Even knowing their Son was God, they still carefully 9pm on Tuesday. Soups will be observed the faith practices of their day, bringing available for pick up after all him to the temple “to present Him to the Lord, just as weekend Masses. A limited it is written in the law of the Lord.” Later in the number of extra quarts will be passage, we read that, “When they had fulfilled all available each weekend.  the prescriptions of the law of the Lord, they  returned to their own town of Nazareth.” The Holy Feb 8/9 Parents were good stewards of their child, teaching Fiesta Chicken Chowder Him to live in obedience to the practices of their faith Cheeseburger from His infancy and throughout His “growing up” Tomato Basil years.  Feb. 15/16 Those of us entrusted with the care of children N Loaded Potato & Bacon whether our own children, godchildren, nieces, and Chicken Pot Pie nephews, grandchildren, or students N have a vital Harvest Vegetable role to play in the faith formation of these young  ones. We, like the Holy Parents, must steward these Feb. 22/23 children well, forming them in the faith by both Beef Mushroom Barley instruction and example throughout their lives. Lemon Chicken Orzo Wild Mushroom What a privilege and high calling we have as  Contact Christian stewards. Let us take these stewardship Mar. 7/8  lessons to heart and present our gifts and our young Dill Pickle Jim Vote  Broccoli Cheese & Bacon  ones joyfully to the Lord. 2484706611 Chicken Noodle   [email protected]  Mar.14/15  Guinness Irish Beef Stew Facebook at Jim’s Custom Chicken & Corn Chowder Catering Italian Wedding Page 10 | Feb. 2, 2020 Tickets on sale now! Get a chance      Support our  to win $5,000 Father Gregory Piatt, Administrator parish’s CSA  and help your [email protected] obligation. St. John XXIII Laura Scanlan, Pastoral Associate Parish cover [email protected] its Catholic Steve Morello, Deacon Services [email protected] Appeal  Assessment!        There are only Linda Hudy, Secretary 150 tickets for this raffle, so get your ticket before they sell out. Raffle team members will sell tickets in [email protected] the parish hall after every Mass until all tickets are Frank Munoz, Maintenance sold out. [email protected]  Colette RenaudMaher, Bulletin The tickets are $100, and up to five people can buy [email protected] into one ticket. If five people, who contribute $20  each to buy a ticket, win the $5,000 grand prize, then they will split the prize equally in five ways. Of (  '  course, if you are the only one to buy a $100 ticket Reconciliation: Confessions are generally heard and win, then the $5,000 prize is all yours. The every Saturday at 3pm and by appointment.  drawing will be held on Palm Sunday, April 5. Eucharistic Adoration: Adoration Time is  The St. John XXIII Parish Council decided recently Tuesdays 9am7pm If you would like to sign up for to hold this fundraising raffle, which will raise Eucharistic Adoration, please sign up at the back of $10,000 to be put to the parish’s CSA shortage. So the church. For adoration please enter the keyed entry door facing Beech Daly.  buy a ticket or a portion of a ticket and help St. John  XXIII. Michigan law states all 150 tickets must be Baptism: The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated sold and entered into the raffle. If all 150 Tickets on the third Sunday of each month after the aren’t sold, the raffle then changes to a 50/50 raffle. 10:30am. Mass. Parents, please call the parish

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