September 2006
Month of Our Lady of Sorrows
Year of Prayer for Priestly Vocations

Don't miss the Oktober Choral Fest!
A benefit concert of German choral music.
Our first annual German vocal music festival will take place on October 22, 2006.
Click here for more information.

Adult Faith Formation begins again on October 2. See the schedule for details. The biweekly classes are also listed on the parish calendar.

This year, the parish Anniversary Mass will be held on November 5. It will mark the end of our 150th year and the beginning of the 151st. At noon there will be a solemn Mass in Latin, celebrated with a choir and orchestra. For more information on the Mass times, the music and the schedule for the day, click here.

The parish will hold a dinner to mark the end of its 150th anniversary year.
Location: Ukrainian Cultural Center, 26601 Ryan Rd., Warren, MI 48091
Ticket Prices: $35 per person/$60 per couple; Children (12 and Under) $15
Cash Bar ~ Luxury Prize Raffle ~ Gift Basket Raffle
Tickets will be on sale before and after masses starting September 17th.

Get involved in the Parish Council!
All parishioners are welcome to attend the meetings and participate in the governance of the parish. You can download the minutes from the last meeting here.

REGISTRATION
If you have been attending St. Joseph Parish but have not registered as a parishioner, please consider joining us! You can download a registration form here. Once you have completed it, please drop it into the collection basket at Mass, or send it to the address at the top of the sheet.

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

We desperately need more advertisers for our church bulletin! At the present time we are down to one patron. We need 13 to pay for our printing. Suburban parishes are subsidizing the bulletins for St. Joseph & Sweetest Heart of Mary but will not continue to do so much longer. We will soon have a combined bulletin for our cluster. One unit of advertising 1 x 2 1/2 inches is $332.47 per year. A half unit 1/2 x 2 1/2 is $202.54. Please contact the parish office if you know of anyone who will advertise with us

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

The choir is currently on summer break.
A new season is tentatively set to begin on September 10.
Details on the new season will appear on News page and the Music Schedule page.

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

News: September 24, 2006
TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Quentin and Gerthugh Clark are still in Oakpointe Nursing Home since July 1st, 18901 Meyers, corner of 7 Mile Rd. Detroit 48235. Visiting hours are from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm.

Bake Sales resume next Sunday! We need more people to bake. Three ladies including Sister Judie Ann have been baking a minimum of 40 to 60 items apiece per bake sale. We need more folks to bake. We seem to have plenty of folks who want to buy the baked goods. Profits now go to help pay utilities. Our candelabra has been sent out for restoration, which was the goal of our bake sales last year.

Didn't get the parish e-letter?
Some people who signed up for the parish e-letter did not receive the first issue, which was sent out last Monday. This happened due to one of two reasons:

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OKTOBER CHORAL FEST
The German Community who worship here at Saint Joseph is planning the largest fund raising activity ever hosted by our parish. It will take place on Sunday, October 22nd. The German Mass will move to 10:30 that day. A buffet dinner will be served in the Social Hall from noon to 2:30 pm. At 3:00 pm, the activity will move to the church for a fantastic concert featuring the following German choirs: Carpathia, Schwäbischer Männerchor, Teutonia Windsor and GBU - Saxonia Rheingold.

Unfortunately, the White Pine Glee Club, a group of Japanese singers mentioned in the bulletin, will be unable to participate this year, but we hope to see them next year.

Each choir will perform one classical, one religious and one folk song. Also featured will be soloists, duets and trios.

Before and after the performance, a meal and dessert will be served in the hall. A tent will be set up adjacent to the hall.

We will need a host of volunteers from the parish in order to make this a success. As mother used to say, “Many hands make light work.” Look for sign-up sheets today; to fill all the positions that we will need to make this event a resounding success! Bill Mozer has donated a Baldwin piano to the church for this event and it will be moved to the Social Hall afterwards to replace our poor old worn-out piano.

WATCH WHERE YOU PARK!
Some folks who have trouble walking usually park on Jay Street in front of the church. On weekdays, an overzealous policewoman has been issuing tickets to anyone parked within 15 feet of the corner of Jay and Orleans. Apparently there is an ordinance against parking too close to a corner or blocking the crosswalk.

News: September 17, 2006
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

AN INVITATION: Open House
The Bishop Plagens Council of the Knights of Columbus that serves the three parishes in our cluster will host an open house on Wednesday of this week at 8:00 pm in our Social Hall. Through their own various fundraising activities, the Knights are able to sponsor various fundraising events and dinners that benefit each of the parishes in our cluster. Besides serving our cluster churches, the Council was able to send a $1,000 donation to a Catholic church in Louisiana that was destroyed by hurricane Katrina. There are many other worthy causes that the Council financially and physically supports outside of our cluster in performing Spiritual and Corporal works of Mercy. All men age 18 and over are invited to the open house on Wednesday with the hope that they will become members of this vibrant Catholic group. Membership in the K of C also features very affordable life insurance. The schedule for Wednesday is as follows:

Officers meeting at 6:00 pm
General membership meeting at 7:00 pm
Open house with refreshments at 8:00 pm

OKTOBER CHORAL FEST
The German Community who worship here at Saint Joseph is planning the largest fund raising activity ever hosted by our parish. It will take place on Sunday, October 22nd. The German Mass will move to 10:30 that day. A buffet dinner will be served in the Social Hall from noon to 2:30 pm. At 3:00 pm, the activity will move to the church for a fantastic concert featuring the following German choirs: the Carpathia Chor, the Schwäbischer Männerchor, Teutonia Windsor and GBU - Saxonia Rheingold. Each choir will perform one classical, one religious and one folk song. Also featured will be soloists, duets and trios. After the performance dessert will be served in the hall. A tent will be set up adjacent to the hall for the overflow. We will need a host of volunteers from the parish in order to make this a success. As mother used to say, “Many hands make light work.” Look for sign-up sheets soon, to fill all the positions that we will need to make this event a rounding success! The Carpathia Club will donate a Baldwin piano to the church for this event and it will be moved to the Social Hall afterwards to replace our poor old worn out piano.

News: September 10, 2006
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Altar Servers' Meeting
Father Paul Ward will meet with the Altar Servers and those interested in becoming Altar Servers today after the 12:00 Noon Mass.

An Evening in Naples
Our choir’s lead soprano, Linda Munch and her sister Diana will perform in concert on Saturday, September 16th at 8:00 pm at the First United Methodist church of Royal Oak 320 W. 7th St. at the corner of Washington. Baroque music of the Neapolitan School featuring an evening of vocal and instrumental 17th century chamber music from Naples played on period instruments. The concert will feature the music of Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, as well as other composers of the Neapolitan School. The featured performers include Valerie Sylvester and Sheila Smyth, Baroque violinists from Toronto and Linda Munch, soprano; Marilyn Fung, viola da gamba; and Diana Munch, harpsichord. Tickets are available at the door at 7:30 pm. $12.00 general admission, $10.00 seniors and EMA members, and $5.00 for students. Parking is available on Lafayette St. on the west side of the church.

Special Observance
Thursday of this week is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It celebrates the defeat of Chosroes, King of Persia , who in the 7th century had sacked Jerusalem and taken the True Cross from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher back to Persia. Heraclius, the Catholic emperor, defeated Chosroes and returned the True Cross to its place in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Fragments of the Cross have been spread throughout the world. Here at St. Joseph’s we will have veneration of our relics of the Passion on the Vigil of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, this coming Wednesday after the noonday novena to St. Joseph. Our cross shaped reliquary contains a fragment of the cross, of the crown of thorns, of the sponge, of the flagellum and a chip from the pillar of the scourging.

The month of September is dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of our Blessed Mother. They begin with the prophecy of Simeon when Jesus was presented in the Temple and Simeon prophesied that a sword of sorrow would pierce our Lady’s soul. The other six sorrows are the flight into Egypt, Jesus being lost for 3 days, the meeting on the way to the crucifixion, Jesus being taken down from the cross and laid in Mary’s arms, and finally His burial in the tomb.

News: September 3, 2006
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Altar Servers' Meeting
Father Paul Ward will meet with the Altar Servers and those interested in becoming Altar Servers next Sunday, September 10th, after the 12:00 Noon Mass.

Death Notice
Fr. Edmund (Joe) Brand died August 10, 2006. Brother of Annamary Roach, deceased sisters: Frances Bauer, Margaret Kalin and Catherine Smith, deceased brother George. Twelve nephews and five nieces survive. Burial at the Trappist Monastery of the Holy Spirit at Conyers, Georgia August 14th. The Brands were long time parishioners of St. Joseph. Joe went to St. Joseph Commercial College (our high school). His name is on the memorial in the vestibule of the church listing the servicemen who served during World War II.

Rosary Quotes
“The Rosary has accompanied me in moments of joy and in moments of difficulty. To it I have entrusted any number of concerns; in it I have always found comfort. Twenty-four years ago, on October 29,1978, scarcely two weeks after my election to the See of Peter, I frankly admitted, “The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth.” -- Pope John Paul II from his encyclical “Rosarium Virginis Mariae #2”

“Say the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the World.”
-- Our Lady at Fatima Portugal 1917

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