The Catholic Community of St. Mary and St. Joseph Parish Ministering to Durand, Gaines & surrounding areas

Stay awake and be ready! For you do not know on what day your Lord will come. MT 24:42A, 44

32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time ~A November 8, 2020

Durand Location Mission Statement 700 Columbia Dr., Durand, MI 48429 As members of St. Mary and St. Joseph Parish, 1-855-288-6704 we believe that we share in the mission of Jesus Mass Times: through our baptism and commitment to the val- See liturgical schedule in bulletin. ues expressed in the gospel. Weekday Masses - See Bulletin The dedication of our parish to the Holy Spirit Office hours: Mon., Thurs., Fri., 8:30am to 2:30pm. calls us to be particularly attentive to the inspira- Tues. 8:30am to Noon tion and guidance of the Spirit as we: Website: stmarystjoseph.org · gather as a community that worships together Myparishapp.com and supports one another in spiritual growth; · witness to our belief through sharing our faith Gaines Location with others and providing for education in 9450 Duffield Rd., Gaines, MI 48436 faith to our members; 1-989-271-8434 · respond with compassion to both the spiritual Mass Time: and corporal needs of those around us; See liturgical schedule in bulletin. · care for the many gifts we have been given Weekday Masses - See Bulletin and seek to use them wisely. Office hours: Tues., 9:00am to 3:00pm We do all of this as members of a larger commu- Wed., Thurs., 9:00am to 1:00pm. nity of believers within the Diocese of Lansing Website: stmarystjoseph.org and greater Roman Catholic Church. Myparishapp.com Official correspondence should be sent to: 700 Columbia Dr., Durand, MI 48429. ~Sacraments~ 1-855-288-6704 Baptism: You must be a registered active member Parish Administrator: Deacon Wayne Corrion of St. Mary & St. Joseph Parish for three months Email: [email protected] prior to the baptism. Parents are expected to attend Secretary/Business Manager: Paul Williamson a baptismal preparation class before baptism. Email: [email protected] Marriage: Arrangements should be made at least 12 Secretary: Sandy Bensinger months before the date of the marriage to take mar- Email: [email protected] riage preparation courses. Director of Religious Education (DRE): Anointing of Sick: Upon request, contact the Du- Robin Doyle Email: [email protected] rand office, 1-855-288-6704. Deacon: Greg Middleton 989-721-7683 RCIA: Starts in the fall. Contact our parish office Sacramental Minister: Rev. Bill Wegher for times and dates. Reconciliation: Gaines location on Wednesday St. Mary and St. Joseph Catholic Church 9:00am to 9:30am. Durand location on Saturday @kofccouncil12186 3:30pm to 4:30pm. Special request, contact the Du- @stmjaltarsociety rand office. Check the bulletin for special times.

Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time ~ A PAGE 2 November 8, 2020 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SUFFERING OF St. Mary & St Joseph Parish ST. MARY & ST. JOSEPH PARISH Liturgy Schedule For those who are ill at home, in the hospital or in the nursing home. Monday, November 9 - No Liturgies Paul Delehanty, Raymond Jenroh, Tyler Ad- EZ 47:1-2, 8-9, 12, PS 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9, 1 COR 3:9C-11, 16-17, JN ams, Diane & Mike Pelky, Christian Carpenter, 2:13-22 Lisa Terry, Mike Retka, Pat Smith, Suzanne Tuesday, November 10 - No Liturgies McDowell, Frank Kondel, Al Proulx, Bruce Ti 2:1-8, 11-14, Ps 37:3-4, 18 and 23, 27 and 29, Lk 17:7-10 Wednesday, November 11 - Gaines Lawton, Tony Tuczynski, and Janice Adoration - 7:20am Proulx Mass - 8:30am - Theresa Clark by McRae Please note: Individual names will remain on the prayer list for four (4) weekends, before and Butcher Families being removed. If your illness is long term, Ti 3:1-7, Ps 23:1b-3a, 3bc-4, 5, 6, Lk 17:11-19 Thursday, November 12 - Durand your name should be put on the prayer board Mass - 8:30am - Marianne Klein by Bob in the back of your church. St. Mary’s parish office 1-855-288-6704 or the St. Joseph’s office at 989- Jonckeere 271-8434. PHMN 7-20, PS 146:7, 8-9A, 9BC-10, LK 17:20-25 Pray for all men and women in the armed services. Friday, November 13 - No Liturgies Please continue to pray for all those that have been 2 JN 4-9, PS 119:1, 2, 10, 11, 17, 18, LK 17:26-37 Saturday, November 14 - Durand afflicted with or caring for someone with the COVID 3 JN 5-8, PS 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, LK 18:1-8 -19. Also all the frontline Doctors, Nurses, EMTs, † Sacrament of Reconciliation - 3:30pm to Police, Fire and all those continuing to work at Gro- 4:30pm cery Stores, Pharmacies, Food Banks and other Mass - 5:00pm - Jose Mareno by Pat Loomis essential stores. Thank you for all you do as we continue to pray for you. (Coady) Sunday - November 15 Mass at Gaines - 8:30am - St. Mary and St. Joseph Parishioners On November 4 we reinstated our casu- Mass at Durand - 11:30am - Judy Trebtoske al get together after each Daily Mass on by the Guzniczak Family Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:20- PRV 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31, Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 , 1 THES 5:1-6, MT 10:20. During these times of fellowship, 25:14-30 we will open the floor to whatever topic you want to bring to the coffee table. It Christmas Bazaar Cancellation Notice: can be related to the daily readings, discussion on your Due to new health department restrictions on the number of spiritual curiosities, or things in general that are going people that can be indoors at one time it is necessary to on in our parish and our diocese, or whatever you would cancel the Christmas Bazaar. We look forward to all our like. vendors and groups to participate next year. Thank you for For the near future, we will hold these virtually on Zoom your understanding. and/or in person as you feel comfortable. Fr Bill and/or Deacon Wayne will be there to help guide the conversa- Upcoming Programs at St. Francis Re- tion. treat Center in Dewitt Wednesday Zoom meetings: Praying Through Advent: Hope - A Contemplative Retreat for Women No- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89931078336? vember 20-22, 2020 pwd=a2V0QW1JMHcyaERSd1A1bXM4Mm5IQT09 A largely silent retreat for women, with scriptural based Meeting ID: 899 3107 8336 meditations and plenty of time for contemplation. Facilitat- Passcode: 087986 ed by Bert Schomberger and Fr. David Rosenberg. Check Thursday Zoom meetings: in is 6:00 pm Friday followed by dinner & the opening ses- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83907154261? sion. Cost is $185 and includes all meals, materials, and pwd=WmlzRVBOc3lUMzYrSEVQdVB3VXBwZz09 lodging. Register by November 13. Meeting ID: 839 0715 4261 Save the Date: Married Couples Weekend, Passcode: 719332 December 4-6, 2020 For more information or to register, call St. Francis at FORMED.org is available to our parish through 517.669.8321 or visit www.stfrancis.ws a very generous donation. Sign up to FORMED.org: SMSJ Monthly Adoration… There are 3 easy steps to sign up - Adoration is switching to once a month Go to https://formed.org/ on the 3rd Friday of the month except "I belong to a Parish" October. They are scheduled from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Enter zip code 48429 November 20 - Gaines - December 18 - Durand Enter your name, email, and you are signed up!

From Deacon Wayne’s Desk ThirTy-Second Sunday in ordinary Time – november 08, 2020 Stay awake and be ready! For you do not know on what day your Lord will come. MT 24:42A, 44

As we approach the end of our liturgical year, we continue to hear apocalyptic (end times) bible readings including those we hear this Sunday. These always stir up mysterious perplexing ideas and thoughts in us, especially as it pertains to our own mortality. Oh, the thoughts that come. When will the Lord come for me? When will I take my last breath? We can become so obsessed and preoccupied when thinking about our last days/minutes. No one is sure what awaits us on the other side of our last breath. So, for some, it can be scary because of the uncertainty. Woody Allen once quipped, “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” It all boils down to how well you have spent your time and treasure here on earth. If we have invested our time and treasures in showing God love, then you can find a peace that does not come from our world. Where have you spent your time, energy, money, and love? Have you spent all, on making your home, your life, your desires, your happiness, on things that have made you happy in this world? Have we made this world your home? Maybe we are a little confused as to where we are supposed to be? Sometimes, we can forget this place we call earth, is not our home. This is only a bus stop we must live through and live well while we are here. Even though we tend to make this place here on earth our home, we must remember who we are and where we came from. Love always seeks out its origin. So, it should be no surprise that we are destined to return home to the One who Loves us more than we can know. Home, which is where we want to be. Billy Graham once said, “The moment we take our last breath on earth, we take our first in heaven.” Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world! I [will] not go to heaven because I am a preacher. I am going to heaven entirely on the merit of the work of Christ.” “My home is in heaven. I’m just passing through this world.” Simply put, the recipe is to live well and die well. Do not sweat the small things, the temporal things, and the passing things. When we focus on where God wants us to be and what He wants us to do, when we focus on caring for the outcast and the poor and those who are broken, the homeless, we are in our home away from home. When we live well, we have no worries. When we live the way God wants us to, we will be thinking outside our own desires and it is there we find peace, joy and God’s love. Our lives will be full, our oil flasks (to use the biblical reference) will be full when the Lord comes and we will enter the wedding feast, heaven, full of joy. You do not want to MISS THIS!

Let us pray this week with our focus being those suffering from any illness, especially our parish family members. There is a great need for healing in our family so we pray for all those from our families and our communities. The second focus is to be on our nation as we move forward after our national election. We pray for peace among all U.S. citizens, and that God will continue to guide us to be open to His truth and give us all the courage we need to follow His WILL. Mary, patroness of America, we dedicate our nation to you and relinquish all control over to your Son our Lord Jesus the Christ. Pray for us O Holy Mother of God. Description of the roles of Sacramental Minister (Fr. Bill) and Administrator (Dcn. Wayne)

In conversations within our SMSJ Leadership Team the suggestion was made to communicate and describe the roles of Sacramental Minister (Fr. Bill) and Administrator (Dcn. Wayne) and how they work in our parish.

Understanding that for many of us this is a new arrangement of our local parish of St Mary and St Joseph is quite new. No longer having a full-time priest at every parish across most dioceses, including ours, is nearly impossible due to the number of priest vs parishes. In having the roles of a “sacramental priest” and an “administrator” is a vastly different way of managing a parish from what we may have remembered from our past with each parish having a priest/administrator. So, we take this chance to describe our roles once again and the role each of us plays and to let our parishioners know of when we are available for them. Please know that we are available for further conversation on this if you would like to speak in person.

Sacramental Minister (Fr Bill)

The purpose of this position is to ensure that the liturgical, especially the sacramental needs of a parish faith community are met. The Sacramental Minister receives his faculties from the bishop as indicated by the letter of appointment. The Sacramental Minister is the representative of the Bishop and is responsible to see that the sacramental and other liturgical rites are celebrated in conformity with the norms of the liturgical books and Diocesan liturgical regulations. The Sacramental Minister has the primary responsibility regarding the celebration of liturgy. It is recognized that a Sacramental Minister will implement his responsibilities to the assigned parish community for this purpose.

Currently Fr. Bill is at our parish at the following times. Wednesday at our Gaines location at 8:30 for daily Mass and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Thursday at our Durand location at 8:30 for daily Mass. Saturday at our Durand location at 5:00pm for Mass and the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Sunday at our Gaines location at 8:30am Mass. Sunday at our Durand location at 11:30 for Mass.

Fr Bill has been and will continue to make himself available for all our sacramental needs, including anointing of the sick which he has done both at our parish and in people’s homes. Fr Bill has been great about meeting with people to counsel them as they have requested. If you have any reason to talk with Fr. Bill about sacramental needs and/or any reason you simply want to talk, please call our offices and we will be glad to make the connection with Fr. Bill and set up a time to meet with you.

Parish Administrator (Dcn. Wayne)

Parish Administrator maintains a warm, welcoming, orderly atmosphere for parishioners and others who call or visit the church. The parish administrator is the primary person responsible for the supervision and management of all financial activities, administrative functions, human resources, church office personnel, parish facilities, and all related processes and systems for the parish. To support to the parish ministries by ensuring that the practical matters are correctly handled, the Administrator will help create the environment for excellent functioning of all dimensions of parish ministry. The parish administrator directs these efforts within a framework of shared ministry and Catholic values consistent with the mission and purpose of St. Mary St Joseph Catholic Church and the Diocese of Lansing. The parish administrator reports to the bishop and is overseen by the canonical pastor.

In addition to the things mentioned above, Dcn. Wayne also is available to you for:

Sacramental preparation, Marriage Annulments, meeting with people to counsel them as they have requested.

Currently Dcn. Wayne spends time at each of our locations at the following times. Tuesday at our Durand location during the day from 9am to 1pm. Wednesday at our Gaines location during the day from 9am to 1pm Thursday at our Durand location during the day from 9am to 1pm Dcn. Wayne does his best to make himself available before and after all our Mass times for you.

ST. MARY & ST. JOSEPH PARISH PAGE 3 Serving Durand, Gaines & Surrounding Communities

Bishop Boyea’s Year of the Bible Knights of Columbus - Gaines Council 12186 Join Bishop Boyea in reading through Knight of the Month for October the Holy Bible starting this Advent and Mickey Lucky continuing through the next 12 Family of the Month for October months. Together, it will be our Year Mickey and Lisa Lucky of the Bible. Each day, Bishop Boyea will text you a chapter of Sacred Scrip- Knights of Columbus 7955 & 12186 will be having a ture directly to your cellphone. We will then read it sweatshirt drive. There will be a box in the and meditate upon it. Over the weeks, he will also text Gathering Space at the Durand & Gaines you an invitation to events; share video reflections Locations to collect Adult Sweatshirts with with you; and let you know about other Year of the Sports Logos. Bible updates. To sign up, simply text BYOB, which stands for Bishop’s Year of the Bible to 84576. The "Walking Rosary" will continue on Wed. at 2:00pm at the Gaines location, and on Thurs. at St Mary and St Joseph shirts and sweatshirts are 2:00pm at the Durand location. All are invited to on sale. See the displays in both gathering spac- join in praying the Rosary with Dcn Wayne. es. All profits go to support our parish Religious For- UPDATE: As the weather turns colder, we are mation Programs. Order forms should be filled out, now meeting/praying in the gathering spaces with the final one held on Thursday, November 19. Another arti- put in an envelope with payment and dropped in the cle will be placed in the bulletin when it’s time to start up collection baskets. Any questions call Sandy 989-721 again in 2021. -7847. Parishioners: Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time Prayer… At this time, we would like to remind parishion- …Almighty and merciful God, gra- ers the importance of using your giving enve- ciously keep from us all adversity, so lopes to receive your tax statement at the end of the that, unhindered in mind and body year, and your envelope number for online giv- alike, we may pursue in freedom of ing. Please remember to use your envelopes. Online heart the things that are yours. giving is a highly recommended and convenient way Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your to contribute to your parish, and is more cost effec- Son, who lives and reigns with you in tive. If you choose to, or are giving electronically by the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, having a check sent in from your bank, please have for ever and ever. Amen. your bank include in the memo line your envelope #. There is a link for setting up online giving at There will be a Finance Council meeting on Tues, Nov. 10 the parish website, and on the parish app. If you at 7:00pm at the Durand location. need help with any of these please contact Paul at the Durand office at 1-855-288-6704. Thank-you to all parishioners for your continued support. Parish Support Please keeP in your Prayers this week Heavenly Father, we give You thanks and COLLECTIONS FOR WEEKENDS OF praise for Your Son, Jesus Christ. Send Your NOVEMBER 1 & 8 WILL REPORTED IN NEXT Holy Spirit to inspire holy, faithful men to WEEKENDS BULLETIN. minister as priests. Lord, we pray for Your ONLINE DONATIONS… will be reported at the grace to encourage and support our seminari- same time as the envelope collections for the ans as they endeavor to become priests. We same period. ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Diocese of Lansing Seminarian Peter Ludwig, St. Peter- Sponsor of the Week Eaton Rapids Shaw’s Pharmacy & Gifts Heavenly Father, we give You thanks and See the full ad on the back page. Please patronize these praise for Your Son, Jesus Christ. Send your sponsors, as they make our bulletin possible. Also, let them Holy Spirit to inspire holy, faithful women to know where you saw it! become Brides of Christ and serve Your peo- ple. Lord, we pray that Your grace and love be The November 15 bulletin cut off is Monday, November 9 at enough for this woman in discernment of consecrated life. noon - [email protected] We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. If you want to schedule an event utilizing a Adrian Dominican Sisters, Sr. Katherine Frazier Parish facility, contact DCN Wayne using email [email protected]