St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church “Lazarus,“Lazarus, come come out!” out!” P.O. Box 183 JOHN 11:43 John 11:43 Bark River, MI 49807 March 29, 2020 Rev. Darryl J. Pepin, Pastor [email protected] Cynthia DeFiore ~ Parish Secretary Bonnie Cowell ~ Bookkeeper Kelley VanLanen ~ Religious Ed. Ray Viau ~ Maintenance Call the Parish Office at 906-466-9938 Colleen Knauf ~ Organist ~ 466-2872 Ruth VanEnkevort ~ Musician ~ 280-1422 Diocesan Pastoral Council Connee Sagataw ~241-0454 or [email protected] St. Elizabeth Ann Seton St. Vincent de Paul Conference: 906-466-9050 PARISH MEMBERSHIP Parishioners should be registered, as this is the usual means to certify that one is a member of the Parish when seeking sponsor certificates for Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Call the Parish Office to register. 906-466-9938 During this time of Coronavirus concerns and suspension of Masses across our diocese, I urge all of us who are able financially to remember to tithe to our parish since we are dependent upon your support! While we cannot meet for Mass, our bills, As a member of this parish, if you have like yours, will continue. Without a email, you have access to FORMED! weekly offering, our parish may Discover thousands of books, audio struggle. God will provide, but He still talks, movies, documentaries and needs you to do your part! studies… there is something for every Know that I am praying for you and member of the family to help them am there to help with whatever grow closer to Christ and His Church. your needs may be. Let’s continue to pray and support 1. Visit FORMED.org each other as well. 2. Select your parish With God’s help and grace, 3. Enter your name & email this will pass. 4. Click the link in your email Let us put our faith and trust in Him! 5. You’re in! No more passwords! Sincerely yours in Christ, Father Darryl St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church Mass Intentions & Events: March 28st ~ April 5th SCRIP is available in the Parish Office during regular office hours. Sat. Confessions by appointment only. † Nancy Strem (A) by The Family of Nancy Strem Sun. † ProPopulo Mon. Tues. † Bonnie Teal by the Matt Miller Family Wed. † Christine (Pepin) Robinson-Dozhier by Bill & Prisilla Conine Fatima Rosary and Prayers after Mass temporarily suspended Faith Formation Classes temporarily suspended Sunday, March 22nd Offering Thurs. † Gina Slaga by Duane & Pat Scheuren Adult’s Offering……...…...$ 640.00 Fri. † Joyce Wolf by Paul & Tami Wolf Loose…………………….…….. 300.00 Candles……………………….. 59.40 Sat. Confessions by appointment only. Stipends………………………. 10.00 Bulletin Ads…………………. 450.00 † Art Schffer (1 yr. A) by Greg & Ileen Meyers Utilities…………...….…….... 100.00 TOTAL…………….……… $ 1,559.40 Sun. ProPopulo Our Father…... O God, the source of all life, preserve us from the temptation to seek life in ourselves alone, and grant us faith to seek life in Jesus Christ through our participation in the mystery of the cross, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. This Week’s Readings March 30 April 2 April 4 Thank You to all of our Bulletin Advertisers DN 13:1-9, 15-17, GN 17:3-9 EZ 37:21-28 19-30, 33-62 PS 105:4-9 JER 31:10-13 OR 13:41C-62 JN 8:51-59 JN 11:45-56 PS 23:1-6 JN 8:1-11 April 3 April 5 PALM SUNDAY JER 20:10-13 MT 21:1-11 March 31 PS 18:2-7 IS 50:4-7 NM 21:4-9 JN 10:31-42 PS 22:8-9, 17-18, PS 1023:2-3, 19-20, 23-24 16-21 PHIL 2:6-11 JN 8:21-30 MT 26:14-27:66 OR April 1 27:11-54\ DN 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 DN 3:52-56 JN 8:31 -42 CHOOSE LIFE: EVERYONE who does evil hates the light and avoids coming near the light so that his BEST LENT EVER DynamicCatholic.com/Amazing misdeeds may not be exposed. -JN 3:20 REFLECTION: A key priority of the pro-life movement must be to expose the corruption of the abortion industry. Making abortion legal never made it safe; keeping it legal This past Christmas, our parish, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, gave the can never keep it safe. You can’t practice vice virtuously. book, Rediscover The Saints by Matthew Kelly as a gift to families. If you are willing to take a baby’s life, you will be willing to do many other kinds of evil as well. Matthew Kelly is using this book, Rediscover The Saints to guide on our journey through our BEST LENT EVER! Take out your copy PRAYER: Lord, bring into the light the evils being done be- of the book and follow along. Welcome to BEST LENT EVER. Day 29 hind closed doors in abortion centers so that our nation may repent and be healed in Jesus’ Name. Amen Maximilian Kolbe - l Will Take Your Place Phil Arnt, Gladys Bittner, Maryann Brayak, Eric Castor, Cheryl Clifford, Jerry Cappaert, JoAnn Davis, Marilee DeMars, Last fall, Pope Francis invited me to the Vatican to speak Carol Derocher, Kathy Derocher, Rick DeSalvo, David Diedrick, at a conference on the New Evangelization. And I began Terry & Debby Frossard, Terri Fulton, Abe Getzloff, Sue(Smith) Gorzinski, Rocky Guenette, Barbara Jean Hodgins, Jerilyn Houle, my remarks by saying, “Everybody evangelizes about Dan Johnson, Pat Johnson, Patti Johnson, Henry Kleiman, something.” Some people evangelize about their Ev Kleiman, Lily Kwarciany, Steven Kwarciany, Jr., Bill Labadie, Mike Labadie, favorite vacation place. Some people evangelize about Dan LaFave, Kevin LeBoeuf, Gary Meshigaud, Clara Meyers, Gwen Meyers, their favorite restaurant, their favorite movie, their Sharon Melin, Liz Miller, Betty (McNaughtan) Morris, Rick Nelson, Tom favorite musician. Some people evangelize about their Neuens, Terry Otradovec, Caz Palmgren, Darrell Peltier, Bonnie Peterson, Janet Pirlot, Cindy Poehlman, Nancy Robinette, Greg Rouse, John Sheski, Jerry new iPhone. I made the point that there are 2.5 billion Shiverski, Brock Smith, Joan Stevenson, John Strahl, Heather Teal , Bill iPhones on the planet today, and that didn't happen Themel, Kelly Sue Tourangeau, Katie Correll-Vandermissen, Helen Veeser, without serious evangelization. The reality is that Frank Wandahsega, Ethan Whitney, Pamela Zell. New names will be in BOLD! everybody evangelizes about something. PRAY FOR THOSE IN NURSING HOMES/ASSISTED LIVING: Please take a moment to look over our Betty Arvan, Gene Draze, JoAnn Good & Ray Mott Prayer List to advise us if someone should be added or removed. Please call the parish office with corrections. Most people do not evangelize about God and the Gospel message. Why don't we? Well, maybe it hasn't PRAY FOR OUR SERVICE MEN & WOMEN The following parishioners’ family members are serving Our Nation in the Armed impacted us enough yet. Maybe it hasn't touched our Forces: Paul Cappaert, Josh Chaney, Nick Cox, Tommy Fitzpatrick, lives deeply enough. But whatever the reason, I think it John Gendron, Michael Gereau, Dustin Hall, Shawna Johnson, Adam is important to understand that we do have these Kleikamp, Alan Luchay, Terry Mercier, Hunter Messersmith, Dave Mott, Jacqueline Mott, Rachel Mott, Travis Mott, Kadin Mustafa, muscles, that we do have this gift, that we do have this Chelsi Peterson, Adam Rausch, Nicholas Sagataw, Jerry Stinnett, ability to bring our enthusiasm about something or Joshua Strahl, McKenna Thibeault, Brady & Casey Tighe, Andy Vandermissen, someone to other people. And by bringing our Jordan & Dallas VanEnkevort. Pray for the souls of the 4,815 U.S. & Coalition Troops and the 186,957+ total enthusiasm about something or someone to other Iraqi deaths since Mar. ‘03. people, we can have an enormous impact on their lives. We can change their lives. It's a very powerful gift, and Saint Who? Saints Who Were Converts ~Blessed Hildegard Burjan so what we choose to focus this gift on really matters. Hildegard was born in Goerlitz, Austria, to secu- lar Jewish parents. At the university, she met We have a similar experience with our saint today, who Alexander, an agnostic Jew who shared her desire is Maximillian Kolbe. And if you're not familiar with the for truth. Soon after they were married, Hildegard story, he was in Auschwitz and a prisoner escaped, so was struck with a serious kidney disease requiring they decided to kill 10 prisoners to teach the prisoners a repeated surgeries. The witness fo the Sisters of lesson. And one of the prisoners that gets chosen is a Mercy of Saint Charles Borromeo who cared for father with a family, and he's begging the guards for her in the hospital drew her to the Church. Later she wrote, “Only the Catholic Church can achieve mercy saying, "I've got a family!" And Maximilian Kolbe, this miracle of filling an entire community with such a spirit. a Catholic priest, steps up and essentially says, Man left to only his natural faculties cannot do what these "I'll take his place." sisters do. In seeing this, I experienced the power of grace.” He lays down his life so that this other man can live. She was baptized on August 11, 1909, and the next year Alexander came into the Church. The birth of their only child, And so, the question I want to put before you today is Lisa, tested Hildegard’s faith. During her troubled pregnancy, really the question Maximilian Kolbe's life and example she was encouraged to have an abortion, but she firmly resisted, and witness and death puts before us. And that is, and her daughter came safely into the world.