November
Year of the Eucharist
Month of the Poor Suffering Soul in Purgatory

Don't forget Daily Mass!
Fr. Mark has reinstated daily Mass in our cluster. Mass is held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at St. Joseph's at 12:10 p.m., Thursday noon at St. Josaphat's, and Fridays at Sweetest Heart of Mary, also at noon. Take the time for midday worship!

ADULT FAITH FORMATION RETURNS
Adult faith formation is starting again in our cluster:
Time: 7:15 p.m., biweekly from October 6, 2005 through May 4, 2006.
Place: Parish hall at Sweetest Heart of Mary
Subject: The Gospel of Mark
Materials: Study guide to Ignatius Catholic Study Bible ($10.00)

WE NEED ADVERTISERS for our bulletin. Ads cost $300 per year. Parish Publications is losing money on our bulletin for lack of advertisers and is considering dropping our business. Ads can be commercial or personal. If you know of businesses who might be good candidates to place ads in our bulletin please notify the bulletin editor, Patrick Degens at 586 463-6178 or call the business office 313-831-6659 and give the information to our secretary, Chris Hubbard. Many thanks!

WE STILL NEED USHERS!
Mike Singelyn is the interim captain of the ushers' club. Men and women who are able to usher at our regular Sunday Masses and the monthly German Mass are asked to call Mike at 313-885-5333 to volunteer their services.

Choral Mass schedule

November 27
December 11

Christmas Midnight Mass (Jakub Jan Ryba, (1765-1815) Missa Pastoralis in B-Flat (first American performance)

New Organist and Choir Director
Welcome to our new organist and choir director, Dr. David Wagner. Those of you who know him from the radio and from other places realize how lucky we are to have him.

New choir members -- trained or not -- are very welcome!

News: November 20, 2005
FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING

OUR HARVEST DINNER on November 6th was prepared by Bob Tringali, sons Tony and Phil, and daughter Jackie. Jackie also baked and decorated the beautiful 150th Anniversary Cake. The Tringalis have been very generous to St. Joseph Church for every dinner they have prepared for us. The day after our dinner, the family opened a carry-out restaurant and catering service on the south side of 15 Mile Rd. at the Parkside Plaza just west of Garfield where the Fraser and Clinton Township border meets. The address is 16712 15 Mile Rd. Fraser, MI. Phone (586) 415-8020. Hours are 11-8 Monday through Friday, and 11-6 Saturday. They offer an extensive menu for carry-out that includes a variety of desserts and pastries. The dinner menu includes the same type of choices of that we had for our Harvest Dinner. Special thanks & congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Tringali and their family from St. Joseph parishioners and best wishes for success in their new endeavor.

THANKSGIVING GIVING THE YEAR ROUND
Donate to our Food Pantry!
The Pilgrims who settled in New England in the 1600s survived with the help and kindness from Native Americans who shared their food and their knowledge with the Europeans. At their first harvest in the New World the Pilgrims then reciprocated by sharing their bounty with their benefactors. Here in our cluster we have the same opportunity to help those in need, just as the Indians helped the Pilgrims. It is by donating every week to our food pantry. Our Food Pantry continuously runs short of food. Sometimes it only functions one day a week. The requests are so many that in order to be fair to those in need, we have to limit each individual to one bag of groceries per month. Each person receiving groceries is required to show their photo I.D. We make a record of each bag of groceries that is given out and we cannot make exceptions if someone comes earlier than once a month. Most people who patronize our pantry are very understanding and comply with the rules. Many of our recipients are the elderly who walk to our pantry from the neighborhood. If each parishioner in our cluster could donate one food item per week, we think we could meet the needs of those people who come to us for help. It is very difficult to turn someone away who has walked to our pantry only to find out that we are out of food. Our pantry has also been adopted by the parishioners of St. Mary of Creation in New Baltimore. Without their help and that of many other non parishioners who have been very generous, we would not be able to keep this Christian Service going.

News: November 13, 2005
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

BAKE SALE TODAY!
Come to the Social Hall for some delicious baked goods. Coffee and juice will be available for those who can’t wait to get their goodies home. Help to restore our candelabra in the rear of the church.

Help Keep Their Heads Warm
Sister Judie Ann Ruggirello and her order of nuns who live in our rectory serve children with cancer whose families live below the poverty level. The children lose their hair and can use sweat shirts with hoods. Any donations of these items of any size including pre-school to teenage are greatly appreciated. Items may be left in the church vestibule near the food pantry. Scarves, knitted hats and gloves are also useful. These items do not have to be new.

Our 150th Anniversary Mass with Cardinal Maida was a step back in history. The choir sang the same Mass by Franz Joseph Haydn that was sung at the dedication of our present stone church in November of 1873. If anyone wonders how the music was obtained for the choir, please picture our music director in the main Detroit Library, searching microfilm week after week to obtain all of the beautiful music that he makes available to the choir. He also accesses archives in Europe. Much of the music has never been recorded before, and the performances of some pieces at St. Joseph's are the first in over 100 years, and sometimes the first in North America.

Thoughts on Purgatory From a Former Pastor
“We have friends, relatives and other Christian associates who are languishing in Purgatory waiting desperately for some little help from us. Thoughtlessly and selfishly we are inclined to pass them by without even a gesture towards assistance. It would be an excellent thing to imagine ourselves in their position of helplessness, and consider what others’ prayers, penances and Masses would do for us. The entire month of November is a special time of devotion to the poor souls. Here is where everyone has an opportunity of becoming a real hero. Rescue a helpless soul.” -- Fr. Theodore Lindemann, Pastor of St. Joseph Church 1917-1940.

News: November 6, 2005
THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Welcome
Please welcome Fr. Paul Ward, the new assistant that Cardinal Maida has sent to our cluster to assist Fr. Mark. Fr. Paul is fluent in several languages and will celebrate our monthly German Mass here at St. Joseph’s besides working throughout the cluster. Because we have so many downtown workers who attend our noonday Mass on Wednesday, Fr. Mark has scheduled extra Masses here on Monday and Tuesday at 12:10 pm starting November 7.

Farewell
Because of the appointment of Fr. Paul Ward as assistant to Fr. Mark, Fr. Lawrence Fares and Fr. John Kiselica will no longer be coming to Saint Joseph's on a regular basis to help out. Fr. Fares wishes to thank those parishioners who signed a farewell card this weekend and also those who wanted to sign the card but were unable to because of the confusion in the Social Hall during the reception following the 150th Anniversary Mass. He takes leave from us with a heavy heart. If you would like to contact Fr. Fares and Fr. Kiselica, here is their information:

Fr. Lawrence Fares, 31980 Mark Adam Lange, Warren, MI 48093, tel. 586-264-5926

Fr. John Kiselica c/o Divine Child Parish, 25001 Herbert Weier Drive, Dearborn, MI 48128, tel. 313-277-3110

Altar Cloths
The prices listed in last week’s bulletin for replacement altar cloths have been revised by the supplier. High altar $350; Mary altar $400; Saint Joseph altar $400; movable altar $300. See the poster in the vestibule.

The Saint Joseph Purgatorial Society offers Masses throughout the year for our beloved deceased. Envelopes are available on the shelves behind the last pews during the month of November for anyone who wishes to enroll their loved ones in the Society. Funds received in those envelopes are combined as Mass stipends to be used throughout the year for randomly scheduled Masses for the poor suffering souls. There is no minimum amount required.

In the charity of your prayers, remember the sick

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