March 29, 2015

Saint Mary’s Church

Office: 15164 Juniper Dr.—Marne, Mi 49435 Office: 616-677-3934 / Fax: 616.677.5866 Parish Hall: 616.677.5065 / www.saintmarysmarne.org

Our Cluster Parish: St Michael’s—Coopersville, MI 49404 616.384.4026 / www.saintmichaels.us

Pastor: Rev. Anton Tran / pastor@saintmarysmarne.org

Parish Secretary: Cathie VanGessel / secretary@saintmarysmarne.org

Business Manager: Todd Kline / businessmanager@saintmarysmarne.org

Pastoral Minister, RCIA and Marriage Programs, Director of Cemetery : Dr. Allan Ten Eyck / dre@saintmarysmarne.org

Director of Faith Formation: Kim Lothschutz / kimlothschutz57@gmail.com

Youth Minister—EDGE grades 6–8 /Life Teen grades 9-12

Craig Bleckley / youthministry@saintmichaels.us

Adult Faith Formation: Rev. Anton Tran, Dr. Allan Ten Eyck

Director of Music: John Vesbit 616.453.6689

Martha League: Parish Office: 616.677.3934 (assistance with meals during illness or injury)

Pastoral Council: Sharon Davis, Cheryle DeVries, Jim Lothschutz, Sara Lothschutz, Wendy Reffeor, Judy Wensink

Finance Council: Arlyn Doornbos, Angie Hanks, Ruth Kasul, Todd Kline, Cindy Sabo, Barb Forseman, Lois Lothschutz

Care and Visitation of the Sick: Parish Office: 677.3934

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saint Mary’s- Saturday 4:00 PM—5:00 PM (or anytime by appt.) Saint Michael’s– Wednesday 3:00 PM—4:00 PM (or anytime by appt.)

Sacraments of Baptism & Matrimony: Parish Office-616.677.3934

Mass Schedule: Saint Mary’s- Saturday 5:00 PM / Sunday 11:00 AM Tuesday 9AM - Adoration begins after Mass until 4:00 pm

Thursday 9:00 AM Saint Michael’s– Sunday 7:30 AM & 9:00 AM Wednesday 9AM - Adoration begins after Mass until 5:00 pm

Friday 9:00 AM

Prayer Line: Parish Office 616.677.3934 or Linda at 677.3269 for evening requests call Darlene 616.453.0157 or email: bfa1414@yahoo.com

Welcome to the Cluster Parishes of St. Mary and St. Michael.

St. Michael’s Liturgical Ministers for next week.

April 4 & 5 EASTER VIGIL 9:00 a.m. Mass

Altar Servers

Daniel Schumaker Will Reames Need 2 More

Andrew Roush Kaitlin Roush Sam Roush

Eucharistic Ministers

Zach Nelson Denise Nelson Liz Nelson Deb Wiggins Dave Reames Julie Reames

Chris Albrecht Lauren Anderson Michele Anderson Joe LeMieux Joel Meintsma Rose VanDenBrink Dennis Zimmer

Greeters Need Volunteers Al & Winnie Spencer Marjorie Cristell

Lectors Deb Wiggins Craig Bleckley

Sacristan Need Volunteer Chris Albrecht

Ushers Need 4 Ushers

Cliff Kozminski Julia Kozminski Otto Nemecek Jim Ponshair

Musician Anna Jonaitis Anna Jonaitis

March 29, 2015 Palm Sunday of The Passion of The Lord

Mass Schedule and Intentions MA=St. Mary’s MI=St. Michael’s

Saturday March 28

5:00 p.m. MA Bernard & Edna Rasch by Judy Wensink

Sunday March 29

7:30 a.m. MI Donald Morgan Jr. by Al & Winnie Spencer Jeanette & Joseph Romberger by Clair Romberger

9:00 a.m. MI Greg Russell by Al & Winnie Spencer

11:00 a.m. MA Our Parish Family

Monday March 30—NO MASS

Tuesday March 31

9:00 a.m. MA Loretta Dietrich by Mary Bradley

Adoration begins after Mass until 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday April1

9:00 a.m. MI The Nick Brown Family by the Morren Family Adoration begins after Mass until 5:00 p.m.

Thursday April 2 HOLY THURSDAY

7:00 p.m. MI Rodney Meeker by Steve & Theresa Steffes

Friday April 3 GOOD FRIDAY

2:00 p.m. MA Stations of the Cross

3:00 p.m. MI Good Friday Liturgy

7:00 p.m. MA Tenebrae Service

Saturday April 4 HOLY SATURDAY

8:30 p.m. MA Easter Vigil (Fr. Julian Reginato)

8:30 p.m. MI Easter Vigil (Fr. Anton Tran)

Sunday April 5 EASTER SUNDAY

9:00 a.m. MI Resurrection of The Lord (Fr. Anton Tran) Paula Raczkiewicz-Kelly by Bill & Mary Sienko

11:00a.m. MA Resurrection of The Lord (Fr. Anton Tran) Our Parish Family

St. Mary’s Liturgical Ministers for next week.

April 4-8:30 pm Easter Vigil Mass

April 5-11:00 am Easter Sunday Mass

Altar Servers

April Brown Wyatt Brown Need One

Ashley Lothschutz Nina Lothschutz Elizabeth Long

Eucharistic Ministers Host

Lynn Schoenborn Margie Jirous Ruth Kasul

Michael Glaza Mary Hendershot Julie Lothschutz

Eucharistic Ministers Cup

Kelley Kasul Lori Rander Rob Rander Pat O’Connor

Jim Looks Marian Looks Cathie VanGessel Sharon Kailing

Hospitality Ministers

Wendy Reffeor Austin Lampe Crysta Lampe Michelle Lampe Steve Lampe Mary LeMieux

Jon Long Brian Long Tom Schwallier Jean Schwallier Sherry Magnotta Pat & Diane King

Lector 1 Rita Carmody Gary Karr

Lector 2 Vito Dolci John Carmody

Donuts Rick & Julie Lothschutz

Readings for the Week of March 29, 2015 Sunday Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16; Is 50:4-7; Ps 22; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1—15:47 or 15:1-39 Monday Is 42:1-7; Ps 27; Jn 12:1-11 Tuesday Is 49:1-6; Ps 71; Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Wednesday Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69; Mt 26:14-25 Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Friday Friday of the Passion of the Lord Is 52:13-53:12; Ps 31; Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 Saturday Holy Saturday Easter Vigil: Gn 1:1—2:2 Ps 104 or 33; Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Ps 16; Ex 14:15—15:1; Ex 15; Is 54:5-14; Ps 30; Is 55:1-11; Is 12; Bar 3:9-15, 32—4:4; Ps 19; Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28; Ps 42 or Is 12 or Ps 51; Rom 6:3-11; Ps 118; Mk 16:1-7 Sunday Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; Jn 20:1-9 or Mk 16:1-7

BISHOP DAVID J. WALKOWIAK ASKS US TO

PRAY FOR OUR SEMINARIANS

Loving God, Raise up dedicated leaders who will shepherd your people and guide them to your Son. Give generous and willing hearts to the seminarians of our Diocese who have heard your call to live a life of service to the Church. Help us to encourage and sup-port them as they strive to become priests who are models of discipleship, possessors of wisdom and on fire with love for your people. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

We especially pray for: Andrew M. Ayers

ST. MARY’S PARISH NEWS PLEASE REMEMBER THESE ST. MARY’S PARISHIONERS IN YOUR PRAYERS

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 29th, 2015

Giving Back to God

PRE-SCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN Sunday 11:00 AM

GRADES 1-7 Wednesday 6:15 – 7:30 PM

GRADE 8 - Confirmation Preparation (See Cluster Page)

YOUTH MINISTRY Lifeteen meets on Sundays from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. (St Michael)

See the Youth Ministry News on the Cluster Page for additional information!

ST MARY’S FAITH FORMATION NEWS

ST MARY’S KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL #11581 NEWS

William Brown, Sharon Cook, Pat Goodwin, Mike Klein, Kelley Kasul, Doris Kowalczyk, Jon Perrin, William Pet-rauskas, Kathleen Sobie, Al & Gloria TenEyck, Darrel VanSpriell, John Vesbit and the personal intentions that St Mary’s Parish parishioners hold close to their hearts. If you or a loved one would like to be added to this prayer list, please contact the parish office at 677.3934 or Linda at 677.3269 for evening requests call Darlene 616.453.0157 or email: bfa1414@yahoo.com

Upcoming Events: During Lent the Knights will lead the Rosary a half hour before Mass Saturday and Sun-day. Everyone is welcome! Next Community Breakfast- April 12 ~ 9:30am—1:00pm. The Knights meet on the 1st Thursday of the month at 8:00 p.m. For more info please contact Grand Knight: Chris Booth cboothx6@gmail.com Thank You for your support!

St. Mary’s Contributions from March 21/22

Adult (155) $6,696.80

Children $.00

Loose $242.86

Total $6,939.66

Capital Improvement $70.00

Thank you for your continued support!

Catholic Service Appeal—2015 Thank you for your gifts to CSA 2015. Your generous support will fund essential diocesan ministries that support our seminarians, provide training for teachers and faith formation staff, as well as assist our brothers and sisters in need. CSA Pledge Goal: $48,181.00 Total Pledges Made: $30,150.00 (62%) Balance: $18,031.00 Participation: 110 of 425 households (25%) Our goal is 100% participation, which means a completed pledge card from every household. If you have not responded, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you for your stewardship! . Please help us reach 100% participation and turn in your pledge card today.

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FAITH FORMATION FAMILIES PLEASE NOTE OUR CALENDAR CHANGE: Our last Faith Formation Class for Grades 1

st – 7

th will be on Wednesday, April 29

th. The last day

for Sunday School will be Sunday, April 26th. Two weeks are being eliminated due to lack of snow days, etc. Hope this helps all families with their very busy spring schedules!

Benefit for Levi Robert Looks: Grandson of Jim & Marian Looks. Sat. April 18, 4PM to 10PM. At St Vincent DePaul Hall-Conklin. For more information contact Elaine—299.5083 or Mike –389.4204. All funds donated will be used to help cover medical expenses and loss of wages due to the numerous trips that are required to U of M for treatment and care. Read their story: http://www.gofundme.com/mc074k

SAVE THE DATE: Sun June 7 We are currently looking for parishioners to be on the planning committee for our Parish Picnic. Can you help? Please Call the parish office for more information. Thank You!

People of St Mary’s Parish: Thank you for your prayers for my husband Bill. His back is still painful but is better. He has to go through a series of bladder cancer treatments in a bout a month and we will appreciate your continued prayers. They are so much appreciated. Ruth Brown

Vacation Bible School- June 22 - June 26 This VBS promises to be mountains of fun! Plus, kids walk away with a rock-solid faith that they can rely on God when life gets tough. Join our climbing team―register to be a part of Everest VBS Online– www.saintmarysmarne.org

The family of Joan Szotko would like to express their sincere appreciation and thanks to Fr Anton for the beautiful funeral Mass, Craig for the special music and to Gordon Powers for serving. Gratitude also to Allan TenEyck f or the comforting vigil service. The luncheon provided was tasty and wonderful. Thank you to all who donated, prepared and served it. We are grateful. Sincerely, Ed Szotko and families.

Welcome to the Cluster Parishes of St. Mary and St. Michael.

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY (YM)2

St. Michael’s Council #9909 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS: The St. Michael’s Knights meets on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.

Next Pancake Breakfast ~ April 12

CLUSTER & COMMUNITY NEWS

FITNESS FUN FOR ALL—Tuesday and Thursday

evenings from 6:00—6:45 p.m. at St. Michael’s Church. All classes incorporate flexibility, strength, cardio, toning and fun and are formatted for ALL ages, gender, and fitness level. Classes can be joined at any time and are $3 each class. Questions? Contact Deb Spinner at 616-837-7167.

PRAY FOR OUR ENGAGED COUPLES

Lifeteen and Middle School Faith Formation will resume on April 19. Have a fun and safe spring break! Please pray for all of our students who are on the Shine Retreat this weekend!

All forms for events can be found online at https://ymsmsquared.wordpress.com/ under the “FORMS” tab, on the bulletin board or from Craig.

ST. MICHAEL’S SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

COOPERSVILLE FLORAL 270 Main Street Downton Coopersville 616-837-8525

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR BULLETIN!

Katie VanLier & Jeremiah Kol / May 16 (St Mary) Samantha Carano & Chris Morden / July 11 (St. Michael) Brianna Eldred and Michael Willacker / Sep12 (St. Michael) Angelina McFarlane & DJ Parks / Sept 12 (St Mary)

Lord God, the source of all love, the wise plan of your providence has brought these young people together. As they prepare them-selves for the sacrament of marriage and pray for your grace, grant that, strengthened by your blessing, they may grow in their respect for one another and cherish each other with a sincere love. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen

Holy Week Schedule Holy Thursday - April 2— Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:00 p.m. at St. Michael—(Followed by Adoration until 10pm)

Good Friday - April 3 2:00 p.m. at St. Mary - Stations of the Cross 3:00 p.m. at St. Michael - Good Friday Liturgy 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary - Tenebrae Service

Holy Saturday - April 4 8:30 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass at both St. Michael’s and St. Mary’s.

Easter Sunday - April 5 Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord 9:00 a.m. at St. Michael’s / 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s

St. Mary’s Council # 11581 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS: The Knights meet on the 1st Thursday of the month at 8:00 p.m. For more info please contact Grand Knight: Chris Booth cboothx6@gmail.com Next Community Breakfast - April 12—9:30 AM to 1PM Thank You for your support!

Please pray for our Confirmation Candidates as they continue to prepare to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation at St Andrew's Cathedral on Sunday, April 19 at 3 PM.

8th GRADE CONFIRMATION NEWS

Bishop Allocates First Half a Million Dollars in Catholic School Scholar-ships Now Encouraging New Students to Apply! Bishop Walkowiak invites ALL Catholic families to consider a Catholic school edu-cation: “Children have a body and a soul. Both need care.” (Bishop David Walkowiak) Visit www.CatholicSchools4U.org for your tuition scholarship application and school listings.

2015 NAMED THE YEAR FOR MARRIAGE Prayer for Marriage and Family- Heavenly Father, your Son, Jesus, once part of a family, is a blessing for husbands and wives, for fa-thers and mothers and their children. Help our moms and dads to be faithful to each other and open to new life, your gift to them. Guide them to raise their children to be good citizens of both heaven and earth. Pour your Holy Spirit upon married couples to strengthen their bond, upon all families that they may face the challenges of our times with strength that comes from the Gospel, and upon our homes that they may be places of love and joy and thus a source of blessing for our Church and our society. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. For more information on the Year of Marriage, go to www.dioceseofgrandrapids.org

ST. MARY’S SPONSOR OF THE WEEK ARSULOWICZ BROTHERS

MORTUARIES, INC. Family Owned & Operated ~ 616.458.1297

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR BULLETIN!

Abram Anderson Graciela Becerra Christopher Creswick Anielya Farmer Madison Forseman Noah Fuller Isabel Gomez Olivia Jastrezembski Leah Johnson Tatum Johnson Grace King Kayleigh Kutchin Kayela Malewitz Garret Mayse Joshua Mc Carthy Matthew Mc Carthy Sally Moore Emma Mull

Andy Pelfresne Nickolas Pelfresne Kylee Rasch William Reames Lucas Ring Kaitlin Roush Kobe Russo Allyson Schoenborn Chad Schuiling Gabrielle Schuiling Zayda Slabbekoorn Megan Sorenson Lanie Stream Peyton Turmell Samuel Way Rae Zemaitis Sara Zomberg

Preschool enrollment for 2015-16 is open!!!! Preschool meets M/W/F from 8:45—11:45 a.m. After school care is available until 4pm also. Your child must be 3 or 4 years old by October 1st and potty trained. For more info or to talk to our Preschool Director, Annette Lown, call 616-384-4026 Ext: 203

WELCOME SCHOLARSHIPS are available for

anyone registered at a Catholic Church in our Diocese. If your child will be a NEW student, and if you don’t have chil-dren currently enrolled in a catholic school, your preschool-er could be eligible for $250! Visit: catholicschools4U.org for more information.

St. Michael’s Parish family remembers in their prayers: Erin Plaggemars, Quinn Janssen, Tim Johnson, Al & Winnie Spencer, Marcia Meyers, Ruth Langlois, Alexandria Gordon, Lillian Gray, Charles Benkert, George and Gladys Langlois, Brooke Campbell, Linda Abel-Carroll, Jackie May, Darnell Green, the victims of abortion, the men and women in the military.

ST. MICHAEL’S FAITH FORMATION

ST. MICHAEL’S PRESCHOOL NEWS

ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH NEWS

Parish Prayer Line - If you would like to request a prayer for our parish prayer line please contact Mary Ann Laug at 837-8223 or Lerine Lindberg at 837-8882. St. Michael’s Angel Cooks - Call Marcy at 837-8718 if you know of someone who could use our assistance with meals during an illness or recovering from surgery, etc.

St. Michael’s Capital Cam-paign for our Building Fund Thank you to everyone who al-ready made a donation or pledge.

We have received $126,070.00 in pledges so far. Our goal is to raise $250,000.00. NOTE: The Monthly Orange Building Fund Envelopes also go into this campaign.

The Dennison Federal Credit Union The credit union will not be open on Easter Sunday. If you have any questions, please, feel free to call Joan Kutchin at 616-308-3069.

RCIA - Please pray for our Candidates and Catechumens as

they make their journey to receive the sacraments at Easter.

St. Michael’s Sanctuary Lamp In Memory of Mary Jo Busman

By Dave Busman Family

Children’s Liturgy of the Word This program takes

place on Sundays during the 9:00 am Mass. Children ages 3-7 years old are welcome to join us each week as we pray, read and explore the Sunday Gospel from a child’s viewpoint. We will not have CLW the next weekend due to Easter.

Elementary Faith Formation Students in 1-5 Grades

meet on Wednesdays from 6:00-7:30 pm. We begin in Church with prayer. We will not have class on Aril 8th due to Spring Break. Faith Formation will resume on April 15th.

Giving Back to God St. Michael’s Contributions from last weekend.

Adult Envelope $5,718.45

Loose Cash $292.50

Children’s Envelope $5.00

Total $6,015.95

Budgeted Income $5,625.00

Surplus/Deficit $390.95

Financial Assistance $20.00

Catholic Relief Services $50.00

Thank you for your continued support!

Church Chuckle

The Trouble with Religious Floral Shops—Two friars are having trouble paying off the belfry, so they open a florist shop. Everyone wants to buy flowers from the men of God so business is quickly booming. The florist across town sees a huge drop in sales and asks the two friars to close their shop, but they refuse. A month later the florist begs the friars to close because he’s having trouble feeding his fami-ly. Again, they refuse, so the florist hires Hugh McTaggert. Hugh is the roughest, toughest thug in town and is hired to “persuade” the friars to close. Hugh asks the friars to close their florist shop. When they refuse, he threatens to wreck their shop every day they remain open, so they close. This proves once again that Hugh and only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 29th, 2015

Scrip News: Thank you to our 17 families that purchased

Scrip this week. Our total earnings were $151.51.

CREDIT UNION NEWS: Joan Kutchin, manager of

the Dennison Federal Credit Union, has decided to grace-fully retire to spend more time with her family. The DFCU board would like to take this opportunity to THANK Joan for her 9 years of dedicated service to our credit union mem-bers. We are excited to announce Chris Albrecht has ac-cepted the position beginning April 1st. Chris is not new to the credit union as she has served on the board for many years. Please join us in congratulating both Joan & Chris in wishing them many blessings going forward.

St. Michael’s CSA—Our Catholic faith is

a gift that unites our parish family with Catholics throughout the Diocese of Grand Rapids and in the universal Church. We all are pilgrims on a journey of faith, striving daily to become disciples of Christ through our stewardship of time, talent, and treasure. When we give to CSA, we are supporting individuals and families in our parishes, in our communities, and beyond. CSA Pledge Goal: $36,566.00 Total Pledges Made: $16,850.00 (46%) Balance: $19,716.00 Participation: 78 of 410 (19% of households) Thank you for your stewardship! Our goal is 100% participation, which means a completed pledge card from every household. If you have not responded, please do so as soon as possible.