Sunday, June 27th 2021 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr. Greg Piatt, Pastor Encounter Christ With Us! St. John XXIII rd 12100 Beech Daly Rd., Happy 3 Birthday Redford, Michigan 48239 (248) 800-6081 St. John XXIII Parish! Masses Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Let’s Celebrate Together! Thursdays at 12 p.m. Saturdays at 4 p.m. Did you enjoy Friday Night’s Sunday, June 27 at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 4 at 9:30 a.m. Ice Cream Social & Indoor Movie? Sunday, July 11 at 9 & 11 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration The Birthday Fun Continues Tuesdays from 10 a.m. with an Outdoor Mass to 7 p.m. and Parish Picnic!* Benediction Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Sunday at 11 a.m. Confessions Saturday, June 26 at 2 p.m., BYOC—Bring Your Own Chair Chapel *In case of adverse weather, events will be moved indoors. IN OUR PARISH June 25 at 7:30 p.m. Indoor Movie Night & Ice Cream Social June 27 at 11 a.m. Outdoor Mass & Parish Picnic July 11 at 9 & 11 a.m. New Sunday Mass Schedule stjohnxxiiiredford.org [email protected] StJohnXXIIIRedford St. John XXIII Redford MI WEEKLY READINGS Sunday: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24/Ps Welcome to our church family. 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 We’re glad you could be with us [2a]/2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15/Mk today. We’re honored to share the 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43 Parish’s 3rd Birthday and 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time with you. Monday: St. Irenaeus We hope God touches your life as Gn 18:16-33/Ps 103:1b-2, 3 we worship side by side and you -4, 8-9, 10-11 [8a]/Mt 8:18- 22 leave us today with the peace of God in your mind and heart. To Tuesday: Sts. Peter and Paul learn more about St. John XXIII Acts 12:1-11/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [5]/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17- Parish, visit our website or 18/Mt 16:13-19 Facebook page. If you are new to the parish, we encourage you to Wednesday: The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church Gn 21:5, 8-20a/Ps 34:7-8, 10-11, 12-13 [7a]/Mt 8:28-34 register at the parish office. We look forward to meeting with you! Thursday: St. Junipero Serra Gn 22:1b-19/Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 [9]/Mt 9:1-8 PASTORAL STAFF Friday: St. Oliver Plunkett Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67/Ps 106:1b-2, 3-4a, 4b-5 [1b]/Mt 9:9-13 Saturday: St. Thomas Father Gregory Piatt, Pastor Eph 2:19-22/Ps 117:1bc, 2 [Mk 16:15]/Jn 20:24-29 [email protected] Next Sunday: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Independence Day Laura Scanlan, Pastoral Associate [email protected] Ez 2:2-5/Ps 123:1-2, 2, 3-4/2 Cor 12:7-10/Mk 6:1-6a Steve Morello, Deacon [email protected] PRAYER REQUESTS PARISH STAFF Deacon Ziggy, Donna Thornburg, Mary Toal, Larry Skotzke, Esther Linda Hudy, Secretary Johnson, Bob Frank, Jim Frank, Marianne Corrigian, Mike O’Connell, [email protected] Tiffany O’Connell, Lynn Richart, William Saxby, Lorraine Waling, Scott Frank Munoz, Maintenance Miller, Martha Batayeh, Ed Furstenberg, Ted Tabeek, Carol Walsh, Gail [email protected] Witt, Yvonne Lowry, Christine D’Ambrosio, Alice Stefanich, Benjamin Colette Renaud-Maher, Bulletin [email protected] Hodge, Kenneth Rozmys, John Verkest, Baby Kaiya, Tom & Bridget Please email your bulletin submissions Hurley, Loretta Gasiorek, Tony Capraro, Jr., Sylvia Clark, Jack on or before Monday at noon. Flanagan, Victor Waling, Eileen Roy, Dennis Sokol, Joe Zasa, Enrico “Ricky” Canini, Patricia Griffin, Fr. Larry Kaiser, Evelyn Martin, and Bob COUNCILS & LEADERSHIP Witt request your prayers. Finance Council Jim Allan, Jim Francis, Michelle Pope Francis’ Intention for June is for The Beauty of Marriage. Let us Poisson, Cheryl Roza, Fred Schneider pray for young people who are preparing for marriage with the support & Jack Templin. Parish Council of a Christian community: may they grow in love, with generosity, Mark Cochran, Denise Zuzow-DeKett, Maureen Franklin, Chuck Sudekum & REST IN PEACE Jim Vote. Parish Leadership Team Patricia Chipman Pam Condron, Shane Foley, Maureen Franklin & George Salloum. Sign Up Today for St. John XXIII Parish has several ways in which we support each other in Flocknote Texts special personal prayer. Prayer requests and Mass intentions are accepted at Text the parish office. Mass Intentions are dedicated to the intentions of the petitioner and are mentioned out loud during the Prayers of the Faithful. STJOHNXXIII Intentions for Mass may be for the support of the sick, for repose of the soul of to a loved one, in thanksgiving, on the occasion of an anniversary or for other 84576 special intentions. 2 MASS AGGIORNAMENTO! By Fr. Greg Piatt INTENTIONS Last weekend after Masses, a handful of people looking toward this birthday SATURDAY, June 26 weekend remarked how much has been done and accomplished since we formed St. John XXIII three years ago. Mass at 4:00 p.m. Margaret And despite a rocky beginning, we began events like Meals after Masses, hosting Kucharek By an Alpha and the Bishop Barron series, our own Triduum catechesis, held a CSA Deacon Ziggy Raffle, solidified our parishioner base, steadied our parish financial situation, fixed Dr. Gary and improved our church with moving the tabernacle, adding the pews, a new Giovagnoli By efficient cooling, and heating system, and LED lighting inside and outside the church, parish hall and onside the rectory. Graziano Canini Andrew Kososki These are just a few things that happened before the COVID-19 pandemic hit us. By Mary Toal It’s not like we weren’t doing things as a parish community before the pandemic. SUNDAY, June 27 Still, since the pandemic with its difficulties and protocols began and until now, the Mass at 11:00 a.m. true qualities of the St. John XXIII parish community have emerged. Dr. Gary We never missed a Sunday Mass during the pandemic because we cobbled Giovagnoli By enough equipment together and brought you the Mass online. This was because of Graziano Canini dedicated parishioners, who had a weekly focus on producing the online Masses. Anna Saxby By This group of parishioners grew a bit larger when we began offering outdoor Husband, William Masses. And then there was the eagerness of parishioners to return to Mass. We TUESDAY, June 29 then resumed Meals after Masses as a take-out meal, all prepared by parishioners. Mass at 9:30 a.m. We installed wall-mounted TV cameras and a control booth for the livestream Dr. Gary Masses during the pandemic, all operated by parishioners. Giovagnoli By Since the pandemic began, we installed new church doors, added Wi-Fi to the Graziano Canini church, two television screens at the front of the church, a new floor in the gathering space, touchless holy water founts, a new LED road sign, a 50x30-foot WED., June 30 tent, fixed a water drainage problem around the rectory, put a new kitchen in the Mass at 6:30 p.m. rectory, a new door on the rectory and installed a new rectory garage door. The Parishioners We launched a Fish Fry, held a volunteer dinner, a basket auction fundraiser, of St. John XXIII continued Meals after Masses, started a Sunday Scripture group, held Wednesday THURSDAY, July 1 talks on the faith, Confirmed three adults in the faith, held outdoor Confessions, Mass at 12 p.m. began taking the Eucharist to those watching the Mass online. The Parishioners One of those parishioners last weekend said: “Father, the parish has done a lot.” of St. John XXIII In about two years, we have accomplished what it takes some other parishes five to SATURDAY, July 3 ten years. Mass at 4:00 p.m. And we have more coming, in July we will have a new parking lot. We want to get Margaret a new sound system and organ. We are adding the Friday Movie Nights and other Kucharek By events on Fridays. Deacon Ziggy We have started a Catholic Men’s Group and are re-establishing the second Feliciano Ramirez st Sunday Mass. In September, we will begin the 10-week Catholicism Series. The (1 Anniversary) Wednesday after Mass talks return, we are planning a Senior Movie and lunch By Laura Denton event. In addition, we are planning for Lent to establish a Eucharistic Adoration Marie Browning chapel and a Sunday night Praise and Worship service. By William Saxby Leo Zitzewitz By And lastly, during this past year, while most other parishes’ collections decreased during the pandemic, St. John XXIII’s Charles Nowak collections increased by more than 8 SUNDAY, July 4 percent. Thank you for your support! Mass at 9:30 a.m. You probably are saying WOW. How Ray Elam By the did/do we do this. I say, every Sunday, Elam Children parishioners pray to ask the Holy Spirit for Anna Saxby By the miracles of wonder and awe. We have Husband, William our miracles, beloved sons and daughters Tom Rabideau By of God. The Holy Spirit is shining down Brother, Rick grace on St. John XXIII. Jean Papcun By Husband, Jim HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY! 3 STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS Touching the Cloak of Christ By Tracy Earl Welliver Look to today’s Gospel and you’ll find one of the most arresting images in all of Scripture.