NOTES FROM FATHER TOM

APRIL 7, 2019 5TH SUNDAY OF LENT

Eucharistic Adoration Challenge When I first came to Old St. Pat’s two and a half years ago, I was astounded to find out that the parish had ALL NIGHT Adoration on First Fridays of the month! It is not unusual for parishes to have Adoration on First Friday and hopefully another day during the week… for a few hours during the day or evening… but ALL NIGHT?? That’s not something that I’ve seen since the seminary!

What do we mean when we say “Adoration”... Some of us perhaps may not be completely aware of the term, as this type of devotion has gone out of style in the years fol-lowing the Council. Simply put, Adoration is honoring the Eucha-ristic Presence of Jesus in the consecrated host! Jesus, at the Last Supper before His death, took bread and said “this is my body” he took a chalice and said “this is my blood” consecrating these elements into his flesh and blood! That in-stant the Jewish Passover ritual turned into a Catholic Mass: Jesus offered Himself as a non-bloody sacrifice the night before He would offer the bloody sacrifice on the cross of Golgotha!

St John Paul II said that the Eucharist is the Church’s greatest treasure or as Vatican II put it, it contains “the Church’s entire spiritual wealth” (Presbyterum Or-dinis #5) We worship God in the Eucharist first of all at the Holy

Sacrifice of the Mass, each time a Catholic priest consecrates the hosts and wine they become the body and blood of Christ, just like at the Last Supper with the disci-ples! The bloody sacrifice of the cross is made present again in an unbloody way, Jesus’s victory over sin and death is communicated to our lives today! That’s the beauty of the Catholic Church: only Catho-lic priests were handed the spiritual power to enact the same sacrifice Jesus offered at the Last Passover. You can’t get the body and blood of Jesus in the bread and little cups of wine served at Protestant churches. It’s only in the Mass that the strength and power of the Lord

in the Eucharist is given to us!1 That’s why it’s important to take a few minutes after receiving Holy Communion, and reflect on God’s presence now in our soul, and thank Him for coming into our hearts!

But the Mass is not the only way we grow in our appreciation of the Holy Eucharist. Over the centuries the Church has taken great efforts to bring people to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament through public Eucharistic processions, Benedic-tions, and especially Eucharistic Adoration outside of Mass! More recently Eucharistic adoration has become more widespread, as peo-ple have discovered the benefits of praying in the presence of the living Lord!

I, personally, have found Eucharis-tic Adoration a great help in my vocational journey. When first discerning my vocation, filled with doubts, I was encouraged to spend time at my local parish’s Perpetual Adoration chapel. It was sitting in front of Jesus in the Eucharist, after work, at night, before making a big decision, that helped me to get the calm and trust necessary to make the leap of faith and answer God’s calling. If it wasn’t for Adora-tion I probably wouldn’t be your priest today!

I was blessed, again, at Sacred Heart Seminary, where we had All

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TO PRAY IS TO LOVE MASS INTENTIONS TUE 700:

WED 815:

THU 830:

FRI 815:

SAT 400:

SUN 800:

1030:

1230:

• Please pray for those in need, including: Dan Krebs, Patricia Fuller, Lisa Ann Kozakowski, John LaRock Sr., Michael Cooper, Phil Rutledge, Kathy Cooley, Robin Fahmie, Karen Prins, Sandra Adams, Richard Pelkey, Tom Dawson, Pete Siebertz, Nicole Brcic, John Dziuban, Jim Stephensen, Mason Rutledge, Georgiana Bruen, Wayne DeForest, Ron Fuller, Ann Mary “Nancy” Phillips, Katie

Hutton, Betsy & Charlie Rodgers, Pam Wiitala, Chris Dreffs, Caroline Pribble, Emma Thompson, Howard Pease, Kelli Merlo, Shirley Dreffs, Bryan Eaton, Phillip Campbell Sr., Glenn Klecker, Paul Massimilla, Dolly DeVos, Patricia Dawson, Lois Roth, Tony Ragazzo, Scott Simon, Mary Boudreaux

Please pray for those in the military, including: Adam Draves, Nathan Baker, Garette Moore,

Larry Workman, Daniel Scott Brown, Mark Richard, Philip Maxwell, Tony Phillips, Anthony Darket, Samuel Chase Johnson, William Godfrey, Bill Lott, Mike Nelson, Frank Snaith, Allan Fletcher, Noah Kranz, Chas & Holly Carter,

Pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Michael Kunitz: Byzantine Catholic David Pellican: AOD

Russ Hefron Karen McClelland Chris & Mary Salata Theodore Fox Parishioners Joseph DeLellis Sharyn Wild Annalina Mae Martino

April 12th

4:30 - 7:00pm

THIS FRIDAY IS OUR LAST FISH FRY! BRING YOUR FAMILY

AND FRIENDS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU!

CATCH IT BEFORE IT’S GONE!

Night adoration once a month. Seminarians would sign up for an hour, and there were at least two of us praying in front of Jesus in the chapel all night. Those late night hours took a lot of sacrifice, as most of us had classes and activities in the day, but they also turned out to be some of the great-est times of prayer and graces! In fact, it was Eucharistic Adoration that saved the seminary from burning down! One night, two seminarians were adoring in the main chapel, when they smelled smoke… some wires caught fire in the rafters! They alerted the rector and called the fire department, that night all of us were evacuating the books from the library below the chapel to save them from all the water from fire hoses! Because the fire was caught early the dam-age was minimal!

This brings us to Old St. Patrick’s First Fridays! I have noticed a handful of parishioners who have consistently signed up for the difficult hours in the middle of the night! It’s been mostly the same people over the last two years… and we really need fresh bodies before Jesus! If we want to be a grace filled parish then we need more people to commit to adora-tion at our church and especially in the middle of the night! My own hour has been 11pm-Midnight, only because I have health issues that affect sleep and need to get up to celebrate Benediction and Mass Saturday morning. But If we can get new people to cover the Mid-night to 6am hours, I will commit to coming at 3am in the night for a year and praying for you and your intentions! I believe Jesus will give me the grace to do that… If we can get all new names from

Midnight to 6am then I’ll do it… Can you imagine the graces that would come to our parish from the new people offering holy hours in the night? What do you say, can you spend an hour with Jesus once a month?

St. John Paul II said that Eucharis-tic Adoration brings Christ’s “consoling presence” into our lives! Don’t we need that now more than ever? Every moment in adoration… “every act of reverence, every gen-uflection that you make before the Blessed Sacrament, is important because it is an act of faith in Christ, an act of love for Christ.”2 Will you take me up on this chal-lenge, and sign up to be with Jesus in the middle of the night?

1 Pope John Paul II talk at Phoenix Park in Ireland October 1979 accessed online: http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/pea/pjpdevot.html 2 Ibid

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ST. PATRICK PARISH CALENDAR

ALTAR SERVERS SATURDAY 4:00/Apr 13 M. Lizzio M. Lizzio

SUNDAY 8:00/Apr 14 J.P. DeJak A. Hehmann

SUNDAY 10:30/Apr 14 J.P. Deemer B. Deemer D. Franzonello N. Palazzolo P. Schloss J. Schloss J. Schloss

OLD ST. PATRICK PARISH DIRECTORY

Knight of the Month

Our Knight of the Month

for April is Joe Dixon. Joe is

one of the original mem-

bers of the Knights since

it was chartered on October

12, 1992. An active Knight

for 27 years. He has helped out on our

Tootsie Roll Drives, Pancake Breakfasts

(we use his pancake recipe), Festivals (30

years as Security Guard), Fish Fry’s,

St. Patrick Dinner and Scrap Metal

Drives. Joe has served in several council

officer positions—Trustee, Advocate and

Warden. He has taught Hunter’s Safety for

41 years, introduced ladies to firearms and

collected Toys for Tots. Congratulations

Joe and thank you for your dedicated

service to Old St. Pat’s and our communi-

ty. God Bless You.

Family of the Month

Our Family of the Month for April is the

Eriksen Family. David and Diane are

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

and Catechist’s for Second Grade, First

Communion and First Reconciliation. David

has helped at Pancake Breakfasts, Fish

Fry’s and other Knight Activities. David and

Diane help coordinate Vacation Bible

School, Corpus

Christi Proces-

sion, Divine Mer-

cy Sunday, May

Crowning,

St. Patrick Dinner, decorations for the

Church for Christmas and Easter and are

members of the Worship Committee. Diane

is the chairwoman of the Worship Commit-

tee. Ben has been an altar server for 13

years and an altar server trainer for 10

years. He also has worked at our Fish Fry’s,

Festivals, helped with Youth Group events

and helped coordinate the Vacation Bible

School. Ben is always involved in decorat-

ing the Church for major feast days and

assisting in Corpus Christi and other pro-

cessions. He has worked in our Parish Of-

fice, landscaped the Cemetery Entrance,

and painted the entrance gate and

sign. Ben is a graduate student in Philoso-

phy at Catholic University of America in

Washington, DC. Thank you David, Diane

and Ben for your outstanding service to our

Church and May Our Lord Bless You.

Ink Cartridge Recycling

There is a box in the Parish Center

Coatroom to accept any kind of ink and

toner cartridge donations. Thank you!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

IN SERVICE TO ONE, IN SERVICE TO ALL

Reconciliation Tuesday 5:30PM - 6:40PM Saturday 2:30PM or by appointment; Don’t hesitate to call for an appointment!

Weekend Schedule for Holy Mass Saturday 4:00PM Sunday 8:00AM & 10:30AM

EF/TLM Latin Mass 2nd Sunday of Month 12:30pm

Weekday Schedule for Holy Mass First Saturday of the month 9:00AM Tuesday 7:00PM Wed. & Fri. 8:15AM School Year, 8:30AM Summer

Thur. 8:30AM

Eucharistic Adoration of Our Lord Tuesday 5:30PM– 6:45PM First Friday 7:00PM– Saturday 8:45AM

Baptisms Baptism Preparation classes as required by the

Diocese of Lansing may be scheduled to accom-

modate your family’s needs. Contact Dcn. Frank-

Joseph Papp, 734-426-1070 or email

fjpapp@umich.edu to arrange date, time and

location. Marriages Arrangements are to be made at least nine months prior to the wedding. Funerals Funeral arrangements are made by contacting the parish office. Parish Registration Contact the office for a registration form.

Office hours Monday - Friday 9:00AM - 5:00PM Office: 734-662-8141 Emergency: 734-663-1851 Address: 5671 Whitmore Lake Rd, Ann Arbor, 48105 Website: www.stpatricka2.org E-mail: info@stpatricka2.org

Pastor Fr. Thomas Wasilewski (#24) twasilewski@stpatricka2.org

Deacon Dcn. Frank-Joseph Papp, fjpapp@umich.edu

Parish Secretary Debbie Welch (#21) debbie@stpatricka2.org DRE / Youth Minister Tom Merlo (#30) tmerlo@stpatricka2.org Director of Music Dr. Robert Wolf music@stpatricka2.org Facilities Manager Mark Westhoven mwesthoven@stpatricka2.org Dog In Residence Chesterton AKA “Chester” see rectory Knights of Columbus Council 10963 George Pariseau GK10963@mikofc.org Ladies of St. Brigid Nancy Keough nkeough@mac.com Altar Server Coordinator Jennifer Holody ospaltarservers@gmail.com OSP Library osplibrarian@gmail.com Prayer Requests ospintentions@gmail.com

Contributions: Weekend of March 31, 2019: $6,361.07 Bulletin announcements must be submitted in writing to bulletin@stpatricka2.org by Monday at noon and will be edited at the discretion of the editor or pastor.

SUNDAY, April 7

Pretzel Sunday

9:15 Religious Education

No Youth Group

MONDAY, April 8

7:00 Confirmation @ Holy Spirit Parish

7:00 Penance Service– St. Thomas

TUESDAY, April 9

7:00 Penance Service– St. Mary Ann Arbor

7:30 Young Adult Group

WEDNESDAY, April 10

2:30 Rosary at Regency Home

7:00 Penance Service–OSP

THURSDAY, April 11

6:30 American Heritage Girls

7:00 Choir Rehearsal

7:00 Penance Service– St. Francis

FRIDAY, April 12

4:30-7:00 Fish Fry

7:00 Stations of the Cross

Humility is to the various

virtues what the chain is in a Rosary. Take away

the chain and the beads are scattered; remove humility,

and all virtues vanish.

~St. Josemaría Escrivá

K of C Tootsie Roll Drive Knights of Columbus Council 10963 will be holding their annual "Tootsie Roll" drive Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14 at various locations around Whitmore Lake. Last year we helped raise $900 to help St. Francis Camp provide services and recreation opportuni-ties for people with intellectual disabilities. Please consider helping us by signing up at https://bit.ly/2C16vwh or contacting Thomas Cook at thomaslcook1998@gmail.com.

Stations of the Cross Join us at 7pm this Friday for the last stations during Lent! Dcn. Frank will lead. The stations help us prepare for Good Friday and Holy Week!

40 Cans for Lent The Knights of Columbus have started their 40 Cans for Lent Drive. One-can-per-day donation per family which is inspired by Christ’s 40 days of fasting in the

desert. A BIG BOX is located

in the Church by the St. Joseph

altar, HELP US FILL IT! Thank you for helping make

this a successful drive!

Easter Flowers We are accepting dona-tions towards the flowers that decorate our Church at Easter. Envelopes can be placed in the offertory baskets or dropped off in the parish office. Please make

checks payable to “Old St. Patrick” with “Easter Flowers” in the memo line and, if you like, list the names of those you want to remember on the back of the envelope. The special Mass for the intentions of those remembered will be at the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, April 28th.

Have you lost anything? Our lost and found is overflowing! Clothing, books, jewelry! (small children!) Stop by the parish hall and claim your items!

Easter Concert

St. Augustine’s Homeschool Enrichment Program will present a special Easter Concert on Sunday, April 14, at 4pm in the church. Reception to follow in the Parish Hall.

Employment Opportunity at Old St. Pat’s

We are seeking applicants for the part-time position of Director of Sacred Music. Sufficient organ training and skills required. Familiarity and some facility with the entire musical patrimony of the Church is

preferred: including: Gregorian Chant and Sacred Polyphony, knowledge of traditional Catholic hymns. The Director of Sacred Music is expected to accompany 4pm Saturday, 8am and 10:30am Sunday Masses, as well

as the once a month EF Tridentine Latin Mass, and to lead a weekly choir rehearsal at our parish. Please email resumes to: twasilewski@stpatricka2.org

NOTE-WORTHY NEWS from DR. WOLF Mrs. Haehyun Rosaria Park will be performing an ORGAN RECITAL on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24 at 7:00pm at Old St. Pat’s to celebrate Easter. She is an organ student of Dr. Robert Wolf and the piano accom-panist for the St. Augustine’s Homeschool Schola Choir. Haehyun Rosaria holds two Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance: one from Ewha Women's University in South Korea and one from Eastern Michi-gan University. She is a substitute organist and pianist at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Ann Arbor; and at St. Andrew Kim Korean Catholic Church in North-ville. The forty-five minute program will include famous organ works by Eberlin, Couperin, Walther, J S Bach, Haan, Reger, Dupre, Schumann and Marcello. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow to meet and greet Rosaria. We hope you’ll join us!

Sign up for an Hour of Prayer in front of

Planned Parenthood!

Location: Outside Planned Parenthood, 3100 Professional Drive in Ann Arbor

Hours: 7am to 7pm daily

April 7th– No Youth Group

April 14th– No Youth Group Easter Concert!

April 21st– Easter Sunday– No Youth Group

OSP Parish Goal $34,983

Alleluia Breakfast! It is our custom to welcome and congratulate newly received Catholics

after the Easter Vigil with an “Alleluia Breakfast” in the parish hall. (Jeremy and Tim!) This is a potluck event, please bring your favorite homemade breakfast food item

(Egg Casseroles, French Toast, Quiches, Muffins, Fruit Salads). Set-up and clean-up help is always appreciated! If you have questions about signing up,

contact Jennifer Holody at ospaltarservers@gmail.com.

See you on

Sun. April 28th

Sacred Triduum

The Sacrament of Reconciliation, 7PM

Monday, April 8 St. Thomas, Ann Arbor

Tuesday, April 9 St. Mary, Ann Arbor

Wednesday, April 10 Old St. Patrick

Thursday, April 11 St. Francis, Ann Arbor

St. John, Ypsilanti

These are “communal” penance services in

the sense that there are common readings,

a sermon, and common prayers. But of

course, all confessions are individual.

PENANCE SERVICES FOR LENT

Holy Thursday, April 18

7pm-Mass of the Lord’s Supper

with candle procession to Hall and

Adoration until 11:30pm

Good Friday, April 19

2pm-Stations of the Cross

3pm-Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

Divine Mercy Chaplet following Service

Holy Saturday, April 20

9:30am-Office of Readings and

Easter Basket Blessing

9:00pm-Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday, April 21

8am and 10:30am Masses