SAINT MARY OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS A Journey in Faith To Love and Serve the Lord FOUNDED 1890 SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING • NOVEMBER 24, 2019 THANKSGIVING BASKETS THIS WEEKEND ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH, St. Mary will be delivering Thanksgiving Food Baskets to families in our area that may not otherwise have the opportunity to celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving meal. COME AND VOLUNTEER TODAY for the packaging and/or delivery of the Thanksgiving food baskets. We will be packing non-perishables on Saturday, November 23rd, after 5:00 PM mass. Delivery of the Sunday, November 24th. YOUR ASSISTANCE IN packing and delivery is necessary for a successful Thanksgiving project. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP! THANKSGIVING DAY MASS MASS WILL BE celebrated on Thursday, November 28th, Thanksgiving Day, at 9:30 am. THERE WILL ALSO be regular morning mass on Friday, November 29th at 9 am. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION THERE WILL BE NO EUCHARISTIC ADORATION ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH. There will be exposition, benediction and adoration on Friday, December 6th. OFFICES CLOSED The Parish and Faith Formation offices will be closed on Friday, November 29th. Have a safe and Blessed Thanksgiving Holiday. ATTENTION LECTORS: Please pick up your new liturgical workbooks in the vesting sacristy. FAITH FORMATION SAINT MARY, OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS FAITH FORMATION SESSONS 1955 E. Commerce, Milford, Michigan 48381 Pastor: Msgr. John Budde Mon-Thu Nov 25-28 No Sessions all grades [email protected] Happy Thanksgiving! Weekend Associate: Rev. Gordon Judd, CSB Mon Dec. 2 EDGE Grades 6-7 Deacon: Paul Nickels Tue-Wed Dec. 3-4 Faith Formation Grades K-5 Pastoral Associate: Valerie Thompson Wed-Thu Dec. 4-5 Faith Formation Grade 8 [email protected] Mon Dec. 9 EDGE Grades 6-7 Website: www.stmarymilfordmi.org Tue Dec. 10 The Parable Project drama Phone: 248-685-1482 FAX: 248-684-5642 PARISH OFFICES Secretary: Cherie Makie [email protected] Christian Service Assistant: Judy Vance [email protected] Technology Coordinator: Cathy Gannon [email protected] FAITH FORMATION OFFICES 248-685-2702 Director of Faith Formation: Colleen Gonzalez: [email protected] Director of Adult Formation/RCIA: Anita Daroczy VBS IS BACK ON TRACK [email protected] AT ST MARY FOR 2020! Men’s Ministry: Mel Boomer [email protected] Director of Youth Ministry: Olivia Frailing Please welcome Mr. Matt Hoef who will [email protected] be our director of the Rocky Railway! Faith Formation Admin Assistant: Wendi Hines [email protected] If you would like to get on-board MINISTRY OF MUSIC to help, Matt may be reached at Music Minister & Organist: [email protected] or 313-378-4703 Steve Hansen: 734-730-7970 [email protected] Joe Hassell: Guitarist—810-623-4794 New Covenant Youth Ensemble THE SAINTS CAN LEAD US TO VIRTUE Maureen Simms 248-684-5289 [email protected] THE CHURCH RECOMMENDS four virtues that PARISH COUNCIL will help us get to Heaven. Saints are people Council President: Larry Chludzinski whose examples can help us acquire these Council meeting is the fourth Monday of the month. important virtues. WORSHIP Chairperson: Judy Ulbrich 248-685-7066 Temperance - This virtue teaches moderation Commission meeting is the second Tuesday of the month. and self-discipline. St. Therese of Lisieux was indulged as a child, CHRISTIAN SERVICE but through temperance, gave up her selfish ways. She is known for Chairperson: Jerri Somervell her little acts of great love. Commission meeting is the second Tuesday of the month. FAITH FORMATION Justice - Justice encourages us to respect others’ rights. St. Peter Chairperson: Mike Ciarelli Claver used to meet the ships docking in Columbia full of people to Commission meeting is the second Tuesday of the month. be sold as slaves. He gave them food and medicine and shared God’s FINANCE Chairperson: Art Kasik 248-770-6324 love. He baptized almost 300,000 slaves. Commission meeting is the third Tuesday of the month. BAPTISMS Please call the Parish Office to arrange for your Fortitude - This virtue helps us do what is right despite difficult child’s baptism. circumstances. St. Gianna Beretta Molla was a pediatrician and MARRIAGES Arrangements may be made by contacting the mother. She became ill while pregnant but refused to end her unborn Parish Office at least six months before the wedding date. child’s life, even though it meant her certain death. You must also be a Parishioner six months previously. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Individual Confession on Prudence - St. Joseph, the husband of Mary, used reason to make Saturdays between 9:00 & 9:30 am or anytime upon request by calling the Parish Office. the right choices. He determined how best to protect his family, and was a faithful husband and father. rev. 09/24/2019 2 visit us online: www.stmarymilfordmi.org FAITH FORMATION UNCLOKING THE MYSTERY OF THE BIBLE THE BIBLE IS at the heart of our faith and our relationship with God. Reading the Bible should bring us closer to Christ, but ATTENTION MEN – SAVE THE DATE many people find it hard to even begin. The aim of this learning Event: Men’s Retreat Location: St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center system is to make the complex Dates: January 24th – 26th, 2020 simple! TO MAKE A reservation or get more information please THIS WILL INCLUDE home Bible contact one of these co-captains: reading, thought-provoking Dennis Belcuore 248-891-2730 Peter Schappach 248-363-8853 discussion questions and will Terry Webb 248-686-4246 open the door to a newfound understanding of God’s Word and his plan for your life. Thursdays beginning January 9 7 pm, Rooms 7,8 To register please contact Faith Formation office at 248-685-2702 or [email protected] $25.00 materials fee Questions: Contact Anita Daroczy Does it seem to you that each year the holiday season gets busier and busier, and we get further and further away from the true meaning of Advent and Christmas? The Vision of Vatican II Deacon Tim Pilon The best way to combat this tendency is to adopt or renew Advent traditions in the home. Whether you are single, a EVEN THOUGH THE Second busy parent with kids, or empty-nesters, you can celebrate Vatican Council did its work Advent like you are actually anticipating the coming of just a little over 50 years ago Christ—which is the whole point. and many of its reforms have It’s a spiritual journey! been implemented in today's church, surprisingly few Catholics have a deep understanding of the council itself Remember the reason for the season; Advent and Christmas and its broad purposes and outcomes. We invite you to join are CHRISTIAN LITURGICAL SEASONS. When you know Deacon Tim Pilon, who was a seminarian during the years what the season is meant to be, you will more likely do of the council and who is part of a generation of clergy the kinds of things that emphasize that purpose. who hung on every word that came out of Rome for the council’s duration. Through video and other types of WHAT DOES ADVENT MEAN? Advent derives from the presentations, as well as lively discussion, we hope to Latin adventus meaning ‘arrival’ or ‘approach’. provide insight into Vatican II and its outcomes. THE SERIES WILL continue at St. Mary on WHEN DOES ADVENT BEGIN? Advent is the liturgical season November 25th @ 7:30 pm in room 5. we celebrate as the precursor to the Christmas season. *IT IS RECOMMENDED for all adults, especially those who Don’t skip it! It’s there for a reason. are involved in catechizing and evangelizing as well as those who simply would like to know more about the trends in Advent begins on the fourth Sunday (December 1, 2019) Church thinking today. before Christmas and ends on December 24th. We strongly invite the “merely curious.” Please join us. an excerpt from Gretchen Filz www.catholiccompany.com visit us online: www.stmarymilfordmi.org 3 CHRISTIAN SERVICE CHRISTMAS HAM ORDERS THE GIVING TREE IF YOU HAVEN’T decided what you are going to serve TAGS ARE ON THE TREE! for Christmas dinner (you know it’s really not that WELL THE TREES are up and the tags are on. far off, only 31 days!) you might want to consider a Please help those in need in our community by Dearborn Ham or Kielbasa. taking a tag from the Giving Tree. After ORDER FORMS ARE available in the courtyard lobby and purchasing your gift, please return it to the area in the on the parish website. courtyard lobby. Please be sure to securely attach the WE WILL HAVE them available in future tag to the gift with the gift description facing up. bulletins as well. All gift certificates may be returned to the basket also located in the courtyard lobby, again with the tag securely RIGHT TO LIFE CHRISTMAS attached and gift description facing up. CARDS PLEASE PURCHASE ONLY the gift that is on the tag. Many of you like to add items for the children, but please RIGHT TO LIFE Christmas cards are available in remember most of the children on the tree have siblings. the Parish Offices. You may come into the office to When additional gifts are purchased for one tag, it creates purchase them during the day. The Faith Formation Staff an imbalance of gifts for all the children in the family. can also provide you with them in the evening. If you would like to do more, then please take additional tags. PROCEEDS FUND VARIOUS programs in an effort to promote life for all. IF YOU LOSE your tag after purchasing your gift, not to worry, just give us a call and we can figure out what numbers belong on your gift.