Parish Mission Statement

The Parish of St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy, inspired by Mary’s “Yes” and led by the Holy Spirit,

strives to be a faith-filled community, joyfully welcoming all to witness and to celebrate the Gospel.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017 • 22ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

CAUSE

OF St. Mary, Our Joy 8200 N. Wayne Road • Westland, MI 48185

734-425-4421 • stmarycooj.org

Joyful News

As you know, each parish in our country receives a missionary every year to inform the parishioners of the work on the missionary and of the missions, and also to ask for assistance – financial and spiritual – for their work. In the years before I became pastor here at St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy, I did many of these “Mission

Appeals”, traveling to many places in our country. I would sometimes drive; other times fly and rent a car. It was always interesting to me to see

and experience different parishes, how things are done. Sometimes I would be assigned to a large parish, other times to a very small one. In addition to this being a great way to see and experience our country, it also made me feel proud to be a missionary, and to tell “my story”. Continued on page 3

From the

Desk of

Fr. Ken

ASSISTANCE TO TEXAS

Archbishop Vigneron encourages the faithful in the Archdiocese of Detroit to remember those affected by Hurricane Harvey in their prayers. “Let us join in prayer to St. Anne, our patroness, for all those in the path and aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Christ, have mercy.”

If you would like to donate to relief efforts, please go to www.aod.org. Up to date information about dona-tion to relief efforts coordinated by Catholic Chari-ties USA can be found there.

REMINDER

The parish office will be closed

on Labor Day

Monday, September 4th.

Mass will be celebrated at 9:00am.

Page 2 PARISH INFORMATION

Mass Schedule

MON, THURS & FRI

WED

SAT

SUN

8:30 am

12:00 Noon

4:30 pm

8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 Noon

Baptisms Please call our Parish Office during regu-lar business hours. Parish membership and preparation class required.

Confession Saturdays: 3:30pm

Office Hours Monday to Thursday: 8:00am−4:00pm Friday: 8:00am-Noon

St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy

8200 N. Wayne Road, Westland, Michigan 48185 Phone: 734-425-4421 Email: office@stmarycooj.org Fax: 734-425-0650 Website: www.stmarycooj.org

St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy

Marriage Arrangements must be made by registered parishioner at least six months in advance to allow sufficient time for instructions and preparation.

Anointing of Sick and Ministry to Homebound Our pastor, deacon or lay ministers are available to visit upon request.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) For those interested in becoming a full member of the Catholic Church. Please call the office.

Parish Registration Please call the office at 734-425-4421 to register with our parish. Please notify our parish of any address or phone changes.

PASTOR

Fr. Ken Mazur, PIME Ext. 213 pastor@stmarycooj.org

PRIEST IN RESIDENCE

Fr. Joe Plawecki

DEACON John Burke deaconjohn@stmarycooj.org

DEACON Jim Hensel (Deacon Emeritus)

FAITH FORMATION (pre-K to year 8)

Sr. Gemma Legel, OSF Ext. 217 faithformation@stmarycooj.org

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

Steve Reyes Ext. 230 music@stmarycooj.org

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE/

CHRISTIAN SERVICE

Paul Zbytowski Ext. 221 paul@stmarycooj.org

YOUTH MINISTRY

Carol Nelius Ext. 215 youthministry@stmarycooj.org

SECRETARIES Peggy Fox Ext. 210 Sandy Young Ext. 211

office@stmarycooj.org

BULLETIN / MINISTRY SCHEDULING Jennifer Newman Ext. 218 joyfulnews@stmarycooj.org

BOOKKEEPER

Carol Pates Ext. 214 bookkeeper@stmarycooj.org MAINTENANCE Shannon Galoch Ext. 220 Matt Andresen KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Bob Schoenborn Grand Knight GK15204@mikofc.org 734-812-8734

DIRECTORY

Julie Callahan Doug Cyr Michael Francis

Michael Gluth Deborah Marshall Suzanne Price

Gary Pieknik Arthur Regner Ann Schroeder

Nancy Smith Patricia Slusarz Christine VanHoet

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

Denise Barlage Cecile Boglarsky

Boyington Family

Randy & Kristy Bracket Delores Brancheau

Bob Cadotte

Tina Ciepley Tom Dobrowolski

Ron & Paul Dugas

Sean English

Carter Fox Richard Gora

Ray Grochowski

Richard Jaquish John Kaminsky

Bob Kluba

John Lardin Pat Mayle

Irene Melady

MaryAnn Magon

Edward Parisien Sr. Ruth Parisien

Jerry & Deb Peitszak

Rita Polent Lynn Rodriguez

Edward Rysztak

Grace Rysztak Emma Scaramella

Tom Shafer

Dianne Shekell

David Taillard Roberta Troher

Cathy West

Gary Woodruff Tim Wycihowski

Nova Zboyan

PRAY FOR OUR SICK

1st Reading: Ezekiel 33:7-9

Resp. Psalm: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

2nd Reading: Romans 13:8-10 Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20

READINGS for September 9/10

Report Sexual Abuse for any child or adult: Call AOD victim assistance 1-866-343-8055 or

Call the Michigan Department of

Human Services at: 855-444-3911 any time

Hearing devices are available for

use during Mass. Please see our

music director in the choir area.

Bulletin Articles due by 9 am on Monday

(5 days prior to publication). Submitted

bulletin content is subject to approval.

OUR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS

CMDR Theron R. Korsak, U.S. Navy; CPT Joey Saunders, U.S. Marines; Joseph David Onadia, U.S. Navy; SMSGT Terence Zelek, U.S. Air Force

If there are any names that can be removed from our Prayer List, please let us know by calling 734-425-4421

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Registration for Children’s Faith Formation is due this

week. Please contact the office to let us know your

intentions for this year. Thank you.

Sessions begin at 6:00 pm in church on September 18.

After a prayerful assembly, our Catechists will lead their charges

over to the other building. Parents are welcome to “Meet the

catechists” in their spaces after a brief orientation in church.

Liturgy of the Word with Children resumes Sunday, Sept 10 during

the Noon Mass. It is Grandparents Day. Encourage your children to

bring their Grandparents to Mass with them. LWC will be offered two

times a month through May.

The Bottom Line Humor, like faith, can give form to our vision.

Although we see as “through a glass dimly,” faith gives us the gift of

humor that allows us to smile with our heart and with our face. The

vision is one of peace, one of acceptance and one of grace ---–God-

with-us.

Sr. Gemma Legel, OSF

IN FORMATION

Joyful Women News…... LADIES NIGHT OUT

VENDORS SHOW

Mark your calendars for our first

parish Vendors show on:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17th

6:00pm-9:00pm

Parish Social Hall

VENDORS WANTED

Table rental is available.

$25 for a 6 ft. table

$40 for a 12 ft. table

Please call Katie Bohr 734-718-5974 to

obtain a table rental contract.

MAINTENANCE REQUESTS

Please let our maintenance staff know that an issue needs their attention by calling the office at 734-425-4421 x220 or by email at maintenance@stmarycooj. Our staff may not notice issues that occur on the weekend. Reporting directly to our staff ensures prompt attention to the problem. More immediate issues can be directed to Paul Zbytowski in our gather-ing space. Thank you.

SAVE THE DATE FAMILY BBQ DINNER

& ENTERTAINMENT

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

Doors open: 5:30pm Dinner served: 6:00pm

MORE INFORMATION TO COME

Religious Sale October 21-22

after (Sat) 4:30 pm; (Sun.) 8am; 10am and Noon Masses

St. Mary Cause of Our Joy Social Hall

All proceeds go to Missions Children’s Books Adult Books Religious Articles Greeting Cards Videos DVDs Refreshments

Fr. Ken (continued from front page)

The Missionary Cooperation Program was started by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops as a response to the needs of foreign missions. It is a reminder to all of us that we are responsible for the proclamation of the Gospel to peoples everywhere, in addition to the assisting in social activities that various missionary groups carry out, which help them proclaim the Gospel.

This year, St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy Parish was assigned as our missionary group “The Prelature of Sicuani, Peru”. This prelature, which is headed by Bishop Pedro Bustamante Lopez, is located in the mountainous region of Peru. It is a very poor area. A prelature is an area (a territory) where the church is not yet developed enough to become a diocese, although it is run very much like a diocese.

I have been in contact with representatives from the prelature, first the bishop and then some associates. Our parish mission appeal has been scheduled for the weekend of September 9 and 10. Just recently I was informed that the Brother who was sched-uled to come to speak to us in no longer able to be here and there is no other repre-sentative available to come. I informed them that, due to the circumstances, I would do the “appeal” for them. They have sent me a short video which hopefully we can show that weekend. I ask for your generosity in helping this poor area of Peru. Theirs is certainly a struggle not only to live a decent life despite their poverty, but also to live and preach the Gospel. Even though we will not an “official” representa-tive, we can still respond. We MUST respond. It is our responsibility.

Fr. Ken

MISSIONARY COLLECTION PLEASE remember to be generous in your donation for the missionaries this month. Envelopes are available in the gathering space and at the doors to the church. Thank you

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Forever Young Seniors… Wow! September already! I hope everyone had a pleasant and safe Labor Day Holiday. Our next meeting will be the annual Picnic in the Park on Monday, September 11th. This will be at the Westland Farmers Market, 1901 N. Carlson St., Westland. The picnic starts at 10:00am until 3:00pm and includes games, prizes and a box lunch. You must purchase a ticket for the picnic by tomorrow, Sept 4th. Tickets are available by contacting Katie Bohr 734-718-5974. Cost is $8.00 We have some wonderful bus trips coming up:

Jewels of Detroit Tues, Sept 19th 9:15am – 4:45pm

$62 due by Sept 5th

Stratford Festival “Guys and Dolls”

Fri, Oct 20th 6:30am – 9:15pm $141 due by Sept 5th passport required

Firekeepers Casino Thurs, Nov 9th 9:00am – 6:00pm

$36 due by Oct 26th

The bus trips are open to everyone. Please call me 734-525-3737 for

reservations and more details. Copies of the flyers can also be obtained at the Parish Office during regular business hours. Make checks payable to Bianco and mail to me at 8843 Linville,

Livonia, MI 48150.

Maryann Sligay

ST. PAUL OF THE CROSS MEN’S RETREAT

When Jesus calls, do you respond? Or do you walk away? Do you NEED to be closer to God? Do you WANT to be closer to God? Enhance your relationship with Jesus. A retreat at St. Paul of the Cross can provide that. ALL men of St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy Parish are reminded to make your reservation NOW for our annual retreat at St. Paul's, September 29-October 1. You can make your reservation at www.stpaulretreat.org, phone 313-535-9563; or talk with Doug Cyr, Dan Kavetsky, Don Yokley, or Paul Markus at church. A $30 registration guarantees your private room, 5 great meals, and a very spiritual weekend. Additional weekends are available if these dates do not fit your schedule. A similar retreat for women of the parish is available October 27-29.

Paul Markus

Heavenly Father, welcome Home

those whom you have called from

this world especially

Joseph St. Germain

and all the souls of our faithful

departed. May they rest in peace.

Amen

Roman & Marlene Kotrys And to all our newly registered mem-bers! If you have any questions about any of the Committees or Groups at our Parish, please call the Parish Office at 425-4421

RYAN CUBR

&

HEATHER BOHLEN

September 9, 2017 at 2:00pm

Coffee Sunday

Meet and get to know more of your

parish family members in the Social

Hall after 10am Mass.

NEXT Sunday, September 10

If you would like to donate homemade

cupcakes, cookies or other goodies for

the above date, please contact:

Don & Kathy Yokley at: 734-335-6670

ST. PAUL OF THE CROSS

WOMEN’S RETREAT

The retreat for women of our parish is scheduled for October 27-29. Other weekends are available if the above dates conflict with your schedule. The retreat theme this year is: "Called by

Name...Living Faithfully in Deed and in

Truth". The retreat begins with dinner on Friday and ends after Mass on Sunday, about noon. The Retreat Center is located at 23333 Schoolcraft, Detroit. If you need to get closer to God a retreat is for you. Please visit stpaulretreat.org for pictures, and more information. Registration may also be done at that address, or by phoning 313-535-9563. Some of your fellow parishioners will be happy to answer questions about the retreat or to help you register. Talk with Janet Carrier (734-765-5675), Katie Bohr, Marlene Chwalek, or Paula Montagna regarding the women's retreat. A $30 registration fee is required. Please consider attending. You will be glad you did!

KNITTING ITEMS NEEDED

Yarn is needed to make baby blan-kets. Any knitting or crochet supplies is also greatly appreciated. Please drop them off at our Parish Office or in the specially marked container in our Gather-ing Space. All donated items will go to the Ministry Center at St. Thomas the Apostle parish in Garden City. Thank you.

Christian Service Commission

E u c h a r i s t i c E x p o s i t i o n

FRIDAYS

9am to Noon in Church

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ARCHDIOCESE AND

COMMUNITY NEWS

St. Robert Bellarmine Harvest Auction

Saturday, September 30 6:00-10:00pm

Tickets $30 per person Tickets available at the office

Contact: Denise Cieglo 313-300-3615

Your Donations Are Needed

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been dedicated to the corporal works of mercy in the Archdiocese of Detroit for over 130 years. Your donations of furniture, household goods and clothing can be dropped off at the SVDP Thrift Store located at Wayne and Hunter. Drop off is at the

FRONT of the Store. The SVDP Thrift Store phone number is 734 629-8250 and they are open 7 days a week.

~ visit our parish website ~ WWW.STMARYCOOJ.ORG

Electronic giving provides you with the opportunity to make automatic financial contributions from your bank account or credit card directly to our parish. It is FREE and SECURE - Online Giving needs top level security and we take your transactional security very seriously! We are PCI Compliant and meet all the strictest PCI/DSS security stands, such as SSL Certificates and encryption, intrusion detection and transaction security. To begin, go to our website - www.stmarycooj.org - Click on the Menu link. Scroll down and click Our Parish then Online Giving. On the next screen click the big blue DONATE button. When signing up for the first time, click on the top left - First Time? button. If you have any questions or need

assistance with set up, please come in

or contact the parish office at

734-425-4421.

Grandparent’s Day

Fun for the whole family

Ste. Anne in Detroit

Saturday, September 9

3:00-5:00pm

Petting Farm, Face-painting, enter-tainment, snacks and more.

Cost: Free Questions? 313-496-1701 Ext. 14

CHOIR REHEARSALS RESUME

Our adult choir will begin a new year together. We invite all vocalists and instrumentalists to join us beginning Thursday, September 7 from 7:30-9:00pm. If you have questions, please call Steve at 734-425-4421.

ALL YOU CAN EAT Pancake & French Toast

Breakfast

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 8:30am to NOON

Saint Mary, Cause of Our Joy

Social Hall

COST: $3 Adults

$1.50 Children ages 2 to 10

MENU: Pancakes, French Toast, Ham, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Applesauce,

Tea, Coffee, Milk, & Juice Sponsored by

HOLY NAME FRATERNITY

HOLY NAME FRATERNITY

Holy Name Fraternity agenda for Sep-tember, 2017: Sunday, September 17, 8:30am-12 noon we will resume service of our all you can eat Pancake and French Toast Breakfasts in the social hall. Tuesday, September 19, 7 pm we will meet in the small hall; Friday, September 29—-October 1

6:30pm Friday until 12 noon Sunday: Retreat for ALL men of our parish at St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center, Detroit.

Paul Markus

As summer as been winding down, teens are back now volunteering at the Gleaners Mercado Food Hub in Mexicantown at the Ford Resource Management Center. We will be volunteering Wednesday afternoons 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. throughout the school year. At the Mercado the teens help client shop as well as stock and clean up the store. A big thank you for our teen volunteers on August 16 and August 23, Jose Perez, Marcela LeCourt, Adriana Ufferman, and Makenna Burden. If teens are interested in volunteering on an upcoming Wednesday, please contact Carol Nelius, Coordinator of Youth Ministry at youthministry@stmarycooj.org Carol Nelius

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UPCOMING EVENTS

September 4--September 10

MON. Sep. 4 9:00am Mass

WED. Sep. 6 10:30am 11:00am

12 Noon

6:30pm 7:00pm

Doors open for cards & coffee Cards & Coffee in social hall

Mass

St. Joseph Anne Circle Mtg. Rosary

THURS. Sep. 7 8:30am 9:00am

7:30-9pm

Mass Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions

& Rosary

Choir Rehearsal in Church

FRI. Sep. 8 8:30am 9am-Noon

Mass Eucharistic Exposition

SAT. Sep. 9 3:30pm 4:30pm

Reconciliation Mass

SUN. Sep. 10 8:00am 10:00am

11:00am

Noon

Mass Mass

Coffee & Goodies

Mass

TUE. Sep. 5 6:30pm Our Lady of Medjugorje Circle Mtg. —Small Hall

MASS INTENTIONS

Mon.

Sep. 4

9:00am Prayers for Sue Hensel on her 90th birthday by Family

Catherine Payne by Family

Mary Rita Migliore by Barbara Hughes Kindig

Wed.

Sep. 6

12 Noon Edith Perlongo by Sandy Young Barbara Ann Penson by Tony Brinza

Thurs.

Sep. 7

8:30am Deloris O’Hagan by her husband, Don

Fri.

Sep 8

8:30am Deceased members of Family and Friends of Julie Barile by John & Julie Barile

Sat.

Sep 9

4:30pm

Lisa Corey by Rita Baran Sam Scianna by wife, Amelia and family Tessie Parsons by Robert and Geraldine Anders Ceil Zielasko by Alice André

Sun.

Sep 10

8:00am

10:00am

12 Noon

Mary L. Cprek by Cullen & Deborah Cacicedo & Family

Eleanor Sacha by Family

Vera Ballard by Joe Ballard

For our Parish Family

LITURGICAL SCHEDULE September 9/10

SATURDAY 4:30pm SUNDAY 8:00am SUNDAY 10:00am SUNDAY 12 NOON

Celebrant Fr. Ken Fr. Joe Fr. Ken Fr. Ken

Lector

Comm.

Jan Lauster Ann Findysz

Henry VerVaecke Pat Russo

Diane Pietras Nancy Smith

Evelyn Bledsoe Joan Gebhardt

Extraordinary

Ministers of

Holy

Communion

Yvonne Chisholm

Bob Chisholm

Gloria Townsend

Mary McKelvey

Flo Bozek Loretta Wood

Lou Stremich

Deacon John

Katie Bohr

Cheryl Paputa

Kathy Birchfield

Janet Carrier

Emmanuel Eze Olimpia DeToma

Deacon John

Fran Read

Ron Read

Jeanne Sullivan

John Lister Bernice Reed Geralyn Pawlaczyk

Deacon John

Annmarie Konrad

Ken Konrad Scott Ozga

Jennifer Gonzalez

Kevin Headrick

Volunteer

Altar Server Matt Mazaitis Frank Criscenti Natalie Francis Marlene Perez Emery Johnson Esmeralda Gonzalez Makenna Burden

Sacristan Pat Storey Alice André Jeff Vernon Jeff Vernon

Ushers Tony Collins

Peter Kowalski

Paul Markus

Tony Micallef

Don Niemiec

Steve Noonan

Frank Pelton

Emery Price

Jean Schmuck

Jack Rourke

Dennis Rowland

Jim DeVitis Don Koszegi

Ernie Lenard

Bill Lezotte

Paul Lukasik Dan Stachow

Chris Gieske Jim Janson

Barb Burke

John Burke

Bonnie Kinunen Ron Kinunen

Clare Masak

Dan Phelps

Annmarie Konrad

Ken Konrad

Robert Dropp

Michael Gluth

Leslie Johnston John Meconi

Jack Rourke

Greeters Keith Kudrow Carole Baranowski

Pat Slusarz Guldner Family

Sharon

Edwards Deanna Adams Florence Chance Doug Cyr

Marie DiDomizio Bethany Garfinkel Rose Rodriguez Julie Callahan

Homebound Kathy Andrus Jeanne Sullivan

Altar Care September 15 Carol Janowski Carol Kocan

SUNDAY CONTRIBUTION REPORT

Sunday Offertory

No. Env

Weekly Actual

Weekly Budget

Weekly Variance

8/27/17 372 $ 11,425 $ 10,971 $ 454

8/20/17 366 $ 15,050 $ 10,971 $ 4,079

8/13/17 365 $ 10,404 $ 10,971 $ (567)

8/6/17 400 $ 12,381 $ 10,971 $ 1,411

weekly actual includes online giving of $325.50 and

Holy Day Assumption of Mary of $147.00

FY 2017-18

YTD Actual

YTD Budget

YTD Variance

$ 105,767 $ 98,737 $ 7,031

If you are unable to walk up for Communion and you are not sitting in the handicap

section, please notify an usher when you enter Church and a Priest will come to you.