What’s happening at St. Mark this week MONDAY, November 11 6:45 p.m.—Alpha 7:00 p.m.– Choir TUESDAY, November 12 6:30 p.m.—Mass: (Fr. Dave) Living Birthday Scott Rohner Yee/Harvey & Ann Marie Yee 7:00 p.m.—CCW Meeting WEDNESDAY, November 13 8:30 a.m.—Liturgy of the Hours 9:00 a.m.— St. Joseph Guild – Parish Center 10:00 a.m.—AA—Rooms 1 & 2 2:00 p.m.—Basket Weaving—Parish Center 7:00 p.m.—Welcome Matthew—Fr. Dave THURSDAY, November 14 6:30 p.m.—Holy Family K of C FRIDAY, November 15 8:30 a.m. —Mass: (Fr. Dave) Birthday Cameron Hartley/Harvey & Ann Marie Yee SATURDAY, November 16 Noon : Men’s Club—Michigan vs Michigan State Game— Parish Center 4:30-5:15 p.m.—Confessions 5:30 p.m.—Mass: (Fr. Dave) +Chuck Fumich/ Ann & Larry Monnier SUNDAY, November 17 9:30 a.m.—Mass & CLW (Fr. Dave) +Joyce & Spence Alford/Kelly Alford 10:30 a.m.—Parish Breakfast 11:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m.— REF K-5 2:00 p.m.—9th grade confirmation mini session #2 5:00-6:30 p.m.—Youth Group (6th-12th graders)

PARISH PASTORAL MINISTERS:

Pastor, Rev. Joseph Krupp frjoe@hfgb.org Parochial Vicar, Rev. Peter Lawrence frpeter@hfgb.org Senior Priest in Residence, Rev. David Howell dfrhowell@gmail.com

Pastoral Associate, Deacon Ronald Kenney rkenney@stmarkgoodrich.org

Director of Music Ministry, Michael Goetz mfjgoetz@gmail.com

PARISH SUPPORT STAFF: Administrative Assistant, Joanne Salvati jsalvati@stmarkgoodrich.org

Business Manager, Sue Griffith sgriffith@stmarkgoodrich.org

Stewardship Coordinator, Sharon Roberts sroberts@stmarkgoodrich.org

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m.. – 4:30 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Tuesday 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome! Individuals who actively participate with us are asked to register by contacting the Parish Office.

BAPTISM, MATRIMONY, ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please contact the Parish Office.

St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Community Address: 7296 Gale Rd. – Grand Blanc, MI 48439 – Parish Office phone: (810) 636-2216

Website: http://www.stmarkgoodrich.org – Facebook: Goodrich Saint Mark

November 10, 2019—Thirty Second Sunday In Ordinary Time

Our mission: St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Community is a growing community of faith which strives to help its members follow Christ’s commandment: “Love one another, as I have loved you.” (John 15:12)

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St. Mark Men’s Club Join the men of St. Mark in fellowship and service here at St. Mark. Our first event will be a Michigan vs. Michigan State Football watch party on Saturday, November 16th at noon; food, fun, football squares and more. This will be an opportunity to determine where the group will be going in the future. First regular monthly meeting will be Tuesday, December 3rd,7p.m. (following 6:30p.m. Liturgy). All men of St. Mark are welcome. For more information contact Deacon Ron at rkenney@stmarkgoodrich.org.

Music Hymnal Memorials This Advent as we start our new liturgical year, we are moving to new a hard covered music hymnal “Gather”. This hymnal/Mass book will save money and resources over its lifetime. To help defer the cost of these hymnals we are offering memorial labels in honor of a loved one or a special celebration. These memorial labels are available for $20 each and will be placed in the front of each book. More information is available in the Gathering Space.

In the know with Fr. Joe—Nov. 20 Fr. Joe's well-known Faith Magazine column, "In the Know with Fr. Joe" has gone LIVE. Next month it is here in our Parish Center on November 20th at 7:00 p.m. Come and enjoy a faith filled evening with Fr. Joe and ask those questions about our Catholic Faith. Light refreshments will be served.

CCW Basket weaving—Nov 13 Would you like to learn how to weave a basket? Two classes will be offered on Wednesday Nov. 13: an afternoon session—2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and an evening session—6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Baskets will be different for each session. The cost is $25.00 per person, which includes instruction and materials. Sign up with the Parish office or in the Gathering Space.

Parish Breakfast—Nov. 17 Join your parish family for a delicious pumpkin pancake breakfast after the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, Nov. 17th.

Ron’s thoughts…. Some time ago at a previous parish, members of the Pastoral Team would give the yearly message about Stewardship. When it was my turn I prepared diligently a message about what it means to be a good steward of our parish community. I used some good Scripture passages about Time, Talent and Treasure. Honestly I thought I did a good job without pushing a guilt trip upon those sitting in the pews. The message about giving in many different ways was conveyed to help the people of God see that it is through their generosity that ministry is alive and well in the parish. For the most part it was well received. But at the end of Liturgy one gentleman, who I knew well, came up to me and said, “Ya” know Dcn. Ron I get what you said, but I hate all this money talk. I come to church to pray, not to pay.” My response to him was simple. I said, “Yes I agree, but please realize prayer does a lot but it doesn’t keep the lights on.” Well, I guess he didn’t like that response and he stormed off. I have worked in parishes full-time for over 30 years. The hardest thing to do is give a talk about stewardship and tithing. No one wants to hear the talk about money. I get that, but at the same time it is important to present and reflect on where we are, not only as a parish in terms of Stewardship, but also in our own personal lives. This weekend we will hear the state of the parish. Since coming to St. Mark I have been so impressed with the generosity of this community. The leadership at St. Mark strives to continue to be good responsible decision makers when it comes to the resources put before us by you the people of God. Thank you for continuing to see the need and responding to that need. St. Mark moves forward because of your generous hearts. Continue to pray and ask God where he needs you to be a good steward in time, talent and treasure. Thank you again. Walk the talk. Be Peace! D-Ron (rkenney@stmarkgoodrich.org)

Religious Education Formation (REF) – Serve One Another Through Love – Galatians 5:13

11/17 – Confirmation Mini Session #2 (2-5pm) 11/17—Regular Sessions (K-5 11-12:30 p.m., 6-12 5:-00-6:30 p.m.)

High School Retreat at Subiaco Retreat Center—January 3-5, 2020 A great way to start the new year. All 10th—12th

graders are invited. Friends, faith and fun. Contact rkenney@stmarkgoodrich.org to sign up.

Adult Faith Formation Men’s Fellowship – 1st Saturday of the month, next

one will be our Men’s Advent Breakfast which will be held December 7th – 8am-9:30am in the Parish Hall. Sign up in the Gathering Space soon.

LET US PRAY:

For Peace; for Women/Men in the Military Service: SSG J Gillett; Maj. S Halleaux; Maj. C Kaighen; SSG T Kenney-Wasliewski; S/Sgt. D Kendall; LCpl Greg Misiak, ATAN Daniel P. Wood

For Our Sick: Those who are homebound, or in the hospital or another healthcare facility.

For Prayer Ministry requests: Contact Joan Turner at joanturner38@sbcglobal.net or 248-410-2286.

PARISH STEWARDSHIP of TREASURE November 2 and 3 2019

Weekly Collection .............................................$5,818.23 Online Giving……….…………………………………………$3,610.00 Children and youth…………………………………………$ 9.49 Holy Day…………………………………………………………$ 887.00

Thank you to those who regularly and generously give of your treasure, time and talent.

Scripture readings for this week:

Mon,11/11: Wis 1:1-7; Ps 139:1b-10; Lk 17:1-6

Tue, 11/12: Wis 2:23 — 3:9; Ps 34:2-3, 16-19; Lk 17:7-10

Wed, 11/13: Wis 6:1-11; Ps 82:3-4, 6-7; Lk 17:11-19

Thu, 11/14: Wis 7:22b — 8:1; Ps 119:89-91, 130, 135,

175; Lk 17:20-25

Fri, 11/15: Wis 13:1-9; Ps 19:2-5ab; Lk 17:26-37

Sat, 11/16: Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9; Ps 105:2-3, 36-37,

42-43; Lk 18:1-8

Sun, 11/17: Mal 3:19-20a; Ps 98:5-9; 2 Thes 3:7-12;

Lk 21:5-19

A cup of Joe . . . Greetings in Christ, all!

In our readings this week, we are hearing from a book in the Old Testament that we do not often hear from: II Maccabees (mac-uh-beez). This is a short book in the OT that is hyper focused on a short period of time in the history of the Jews: covering the Jewish revolt against Greek dominion. It primarily focuses on the great Jewish General Judas Maccabee and his family, who helped lead the revolt. An interesting historical note is that this book reveals a few things that we as Catholics hold dear: Praying for the dead, the value of martyrdom, the intercession of the saints and the belief that the dead will rise body and soul. At the time these books were written, these ideas were gaining real traction in the Jewish world, mostly em-braced by a group of Jews that were called "Pharisees". As much as we used to thinking of the Pharisees as Jesus' enemy, they were in fact at different times defenders of Jesus and the movement that came after him because of the belief in the resurrection of the dead. So, anyway, the Greeks and Jews fought an awful, ex-tended war within Israel and many of the Jews laid down their lives rather than break God's laws. The story we hear in our first reading is a shortened account of one of those martyrdoms. We are so grateful to God that, despite our best efforts, He reveals Himself to us and helps us pass along the truth about Who He Is and what He calls us to be. I love you guys and thank you for letting me be your priest.

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Book of Remembrance The Book of Remembrance has been placed in the Gath-ering Space. You are invited to add the names of your deceased loved ones to the book so we may pray for them during the month of November.

Welcome New Parishioners Dennis and Catherine Trainor, Walt and Doreen Bednard, Robert and Krysten Fitch and their children Grace and Luke, Gregory and Darlene Wise and David and Linda Blauet. Thank you to all parishioners who donated jewelry for the CCW Vintage Jewelry sale. To our delight, it was a re-sounding success. A special thank you to Eva Galubenski for her countless hours of help. We invite all women of the parish to join us at the future meetings and events. Please watch bulletin for details.

Thanksgiving prayer service—Nov. 27 Give thanks to the Lord at a special Thanksgiving prayer service at St. Mark on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 7:00 p.m.

Diocese is looking for a part time Communications Intern. The Diocese of Lansing is looking for an enthusiastic Cath-olic committed to the evangelization mission of the Cath-olic Church to serve as a part time Communications In-tern. The position will report to the Director of Commu-nications and will work 15 - 19 hours per week. The posi-tion promotes and reports upon Catholic events and initi-atives happening throughout our diocese in a way that uses multi-media on various platforms. To learn more about the position and apply, please visit our website at www.dioceseoflansing.org/employment.

CCW bake sale—Nov. 23 and 24 CCW will host the annual fall bake sale the weekend of Nov. 23-24 after all Masses. We are looking for donations of baked goods to help make our sale a success. Please drop off your items on Friday before 12:30 p.m. or before either Mass on Saturday or Sunday, and then, please be sure to stop by afterwards and shop the goodies. Ques-tions? Call Donna Brothers at 810-636-7041 or Mary McFarlane at 810-344-9859.