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

St. Michael’s Liturgical Ministers for next week.

Oct 25 7:30 a.m. Mass 9:00 a.m. Mass

Altar Servers

Karlee Kutchin Katie Jo Kutchin NEED 1 MORE

Elly Degraaf Lily Degraaf Owen Syrek

Eucharistic Ministers

Julie Reames Cork Boersma Megan Cusick Jennifer DeMull Sue Felicioni Dave Reames Mary Sorensen

Angie Syrek Cindy Bleckley Marissa Bleckley Karen Helsen Greg Helsen Lauren Helsen Peyton Helsen

Greeters Amy Anderson-Tolar Dave Tolar

Jayne Schoenborn Kevin Schoenborn

Lector Mary Sorensen Dennis Zimmer

Sacristan Judy Driedger Cindy Bleckley

Ushers Calvin Lindberg Wade Lindberg NEED 2 MORE

Tim Syrek Brandon Syrek Connor Helsen Greg Helsen

Music Craig Bleckley Craig Bleckley

Submissions to the bulletin must be made in writing and sent via mail or email to secretary@saintmichaels.us or secretary@saintmarysmarne.org. The deadline is Monday at noon for the following Sunday’s Bulletin. Thank you!

October 18, 2015 The 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Mary’s Liturgical Ministers for next week.

Oct 24— 5:00 pm Oct 25 — 11:00 am

Altar Servers

Dylan Fritz Austin Fritz

Megan Rogers Alicia Rogers

Eucharistic Ministers Host

Vito Dolci Rita Carmody Steve Lampe

Dave Benedetti Vicki Benedetti Nettie Leale

Eucharistic Ministers Cup

Kathy Gomez Austin Lampe Michelle Lampe Crysta Lampe

Donna Raap Cheryle DeVries Rick DeVries Mary Hendershot

Hospitality Ministers

Mary Northrup Mel Northrup Scott Lampe Agnes May Jerry May Duane Jingle

Leo Raap Mary Ruster Bev Mergener Marion Looks Jim Looks Pat Wolters

Lector 1 Jose Gomez Kim Lothschutz

Lector 2 Need One Gary Karr

Donuts The Dykstra Family

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

Saturday October 17 WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 5:00 p.m. MA James Rasch by The James Rasch Family

Sunday October 18 WORLD MISSION SUNDAY

7:30 a.m. MI Simon Lindberg & Marj Gardner by Lerine Lindberg

9:00 a.m. MI Steve Dupont by the Porter Family

11:00a.m. MA Don Wiest by Margaret Wiest

Monday October 19 NO MASS

Tuesday October 20 9:00 a.m. MA COMMUNION SERVICE Adoration begins after Service until 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday October 21

9:00 a.m. MI John Hornacek by the Hornacek Family

Adoration begins after Service until 5:00 p.m.

Thursday October 22 9:00 a.m. MA For Our Parish Family

Friday October 23 9:00 a.m. MI Noella Mahn by Chuck & Chris Albrecht

Saturday October 24

5:00 p.m. MA BIll Oziemkiewicz by Betty Oziemkiewicz

Sunday October 25

7:30 a.m. MI Jim Meerman by Char Rasch

9:00 a.m. MI Patricia Zimmer by Mike & Rosanne Sessions

11:00a.m. MA For Our Parish Family

Readings for the Week of October 18, 2015 Sunday Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 53:10-11; Ps 33; Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45 or 10:42-45 Monday Rom 4:20-25; Lk 1; Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21; Ps 40; Lk 12:35-38 Wednesday Rom 6:12-18; Ps 124; Lk 12:39-48 Thursday Rom 6:19-23; Ps 1; Lk 12:49-53 Friday Rom 7:18-25a; Ps 119; Lk 12:54-59 Saturday Rom 8:1-11; Ps 24; Lk 13:1-9 Sunday Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 31:7-9; Ps 126; Heb 5:1-6; Mk 10:46-52

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 support them as they strive to become priests who are models of discipleship, possessors of wis-dom and on fire with love for your people. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

We especially pray for: Philip A. Wasinski

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

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 18, 2015

William Brown, Pat Goodwin, Doris Kowalczyk, Jon Perrin, Jim Poley, William Petrauskas, Mabel Siemen, Kathleen Sobie, 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 re-quests call Darlene 616.453.0157 or email: bfa1414@yahoo.com

Visit www.saintmarysmarne.org for all church happenings! “Like” St. Mary’s Catholic Church—Marne on Facebook and “Follow “ us on Twitter.

CHURCH HAPPENINGS: For more info on these events or to volunteer, please call the parish office or visit the parish website ww.saintmarysmarne.org.

Nov 7 & 8 Stewardship Commitment Weekend

Nov 7 & 8 Fatima Guild Bake Sale

Nov 8 K of C Community Breakfast

Nov 11 Jill Brown Flute Recital Accompanied by Maureen Carmody on the Piano

Nov 25 Thanksgiving Eve Mass & Slide Show

Nov 30 Christmas by Candlelight

Dec 31 New Years Eve Dance / Parish Hall

Jan 30, 2016 BINGO in the Parish Hall

Feb 6, 2016 Valentine Dinner & Dance

Feb 27, 2016 BINGO in the Parish Hall

Mar 19, 2016 Soup Supper

ST MARY’S FAITH FORMATION NEWS

PRESCHOOL & Kindergarten Sunday 11:00AM GRADES 1-7 Wed 6:15 – 7:30 PM GRADE 8 ~ Confirmation Prep Wed 7:—8:30PM Confirmation Prep classes Begin in December

All Saint Mary’s 6th grade through 12th grader are welcome to join YOUTH MINISTRY LifeTeen & Middle School. The groups meet on Sundays at St Michaels Middle School-4:30 pm—6:00 pm High School-7:00pm—8:30pm

See Cluster Page for More Information!

Giving Back to God St. Mary’s Contributions from Oct. 10/11

Adult (123) $6150.00

Loose $297.62

Children $6.00 Total $6453.62

Capital Improvement $76.00

Thank you for your continued support!

SAVE THE DATES

Do you want to learn more about the Catholic Church? Are you unbaptized and want to become a Catholic Christian through the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucha-rist? Do you attend Catholic Church because of a loved one or spouse and are not sure if the Catholic Church is for you—but are willing to ask questions? R.C.I.A. may be for you. R.C.I.A. is the process by which men and women become members of the Catholic Church. AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING ABOUT R.C.I.A. WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM ON TUESDAY, OCT. 20 AT 7pm. Call the Office for more info.

HELP WANTED! The Art & Environment Committee is re-

sponsible for creating a prayerful environment in the worship

space throughout the liturgical year. Through the use of color,

fabric, flowers, banners, lighting, statuary, sacred images, and

many original elements this committee works to create an envi-

ronment that draws the congregation into the particular season

(Advent, Ordinary Time, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Pente-

cost, etc.) or celebration. Their creative work can be viewed

throughout the year as they help to unfold the annual liturgical

calendar that moves us through the great mysteries of our faith

culminating in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

All members of the faith community, high school age or older,

are eligible to be a part of this ministry. No experience is

required, but a talent for art and decorating is helpful. This

team meets once a month to plan, and some weekends and/or

weekdays to decorate. Please call the Parish Office if you are

interested in being a part of this committee.

A Note from Fr. Anton—TOGETHER WE SERVE : As the new Liturgical year approaches, I am asking you to renew your steward-ship and commitment to God. Please review the TOGETHER WE SERVE booklet you recently received in the mail. This booklet describes the many volun-teer opportunities available here at St Mary's. Along with the booklet is our stewardship renewal form, I encouraged you to fill this out indicating what minis-tries you are interested in sharing your time and talents to as well as your financial offering to our parish for the coming year. This is a great opportunity for our Parish Office to update your Family/Personal contact information, so please fill out the form completely. Good stewardship is an offering of our time, talent and treasure. Modeling our lives after Jesus and contin-ually looking for ways we can share our gifts and give of our-selves in thanksgiving for all that we have. Bring the complet-ed form with you to Mass on Commitment Weekend which will be Nov 7th & 8th. Everyone is invited to bring forward their form at Mass as an offering of thanksgiving and gratitude to God for all of the blessings he has given us in our lives. God Bless, Fr. Anton

We are pleased to welcome our newly baptized child of God into the St Mary’s parish family.

Jade Madison Nowicki Daughter of Robert & Heather Nowicki

Baptized on October 17, 2015

On behalf of the Talsma-Ruster Families: We want to express our deep appreciation for all the love and kindness shown to us at the passing of our beautiful Becky. Thank you for all your prayers, cards and food. Please continue to keep our family in your prayers.

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 November 1 from 8:00—10:30 a.m. St. Michael’s Salatka Family Center

$6.00 Adults, $5.00 Seniors, $3.00 Children 12 & Under $15 Immediate Family Rate

ST. MICHAEL’S SPONSOR OF THE WEEK STANDARD COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. 616-235-6860 - 678 Front Ave, Grand Rapids

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR BULLETIN!

CLUSTER NEWS

PRAY FOR OUR ENGAGED COUPLES

Cara Schmidt & Justin Allison / June 18, 2016 (St. Michael) Kelli Bouchard & Doug Ferguson / Sep 30, 2016 (St. Michael) Lindsi VanGessel & Trevor Shillinger / Oct 1, 2016 (St Mary) Elizabeth DeWitt & Kenneth Emery / Oct 15, 2016 (St Mary) Lindsay Latimer & Aaron DeVos / Oct 22, 2016 (St Mary)

Are Your Recently Engaged? Congratulations! What’s next? As you prepare for this celebration and lifetime commitment, the parish will assist you in your preparation. To enhance and pre-serve the sacredness of the sacrament of marriage, we maintain high standards in our sacramental preparation at Saint Mary's & St Michaels. A sincere respect and reverence for the traditions and rites of the Roman Catholic Church is expected of all in-volved. Please contact your Parish Office to begin the process.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY...

NO LIFETEEN today!! We will resume next weekend! High School Fall Retreat: “ UNSTOPPABLE” concludes today at Little Pine Island Camp. Thanks for your prayers. Thanks to all who helped with cleaning the CHS stands this season!! SERVICE SATURDAY WILL BE ON OCTOBER 31st from 9am—Noon. Please send in the names of people who may need some help with fall clean-up so that the High School and Middle School Youth Ministry can schedule to help them.

DON’T MISS THIS! REBOOT! LIVE! CATHOLIC AUTHOR & SPEAKER, CHRIS STEFANICK WITH RENOWNED MUSICIAN AND RECORDING ARTIST, JON NIVEN

WEDNESDAY, November 4, 2015 7:00 – 9:30PM at Holy Spirit Parish, 2230 Lake Michigan Drive. Reboot!

Live! is the fun, inspiring and practical experience of apply-ing the beauty and genius of the Gospel to every aspect of your life. From prayer and spirituality, to work, dating, mar-riage, parenting, health and more! Rediscover the message of the Gospel as: Powerful for us all, Beautiful in its applica-tion to LIFE, Engaging for those searching, and Fun & Cap-tivating for all ages, including our youth! DO NOT MISS the opportunity to hear one of the most sought after voices of our time! Come! Be energized! Invite someone! For more

information and to register: Go to www.RealLifeCatholic.com or www.rebootlivegr.com.

ST. MARY’S SPONSOR OF THE WEEK INSPIRED DÉCOR

For Windows, Floors & More Lisa Potts 616.723.3213 potts.lisa99@gmail.com THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR BULLETIN!

St. Mary’s Council # 11581 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS: The Knights meet on the 1st Thursday of the month at 8:00PM. for more info please contact Grand Knight: Chris Booth: cboothx6@gmail.com

Scrap Metal Drive: Oct 17 & 18

Please visit www.saintmarysmarne.org for more

AUTISM WALK: The Autism Family Network will host the 2015 Walk for Autism on Oct 24, at 11AM on the Coopersville Public Schools campus. . This annual event is FREE for participants and has proven so meaningful to families affected by autism! There will also be a silent auction from 12:30-1:30pm. To make a donation or for more info please contact Sheli 616.644.5671 /

The Catholic Lawyers Association of Western Michigan will host the annual Red Mass, on Monday, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. in the Cathedral of Saint Andrew. Mass will be celebrated by Bishop David Walkowiak. The association extends an invita-tion to all members of the legal profession, their families and friends, and desires to gather its colleagues of all faiths in prayer for guidance, strength, and recommitment to the high-est principles of their profession. Immediately following Mass, a dinner event will be held featuring distinguished guest and speaker Sister Veronica Schueler, FSE, a senior staff attorney with Catholic Charities of Galveston-Houston and co-director of the St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assis-tance. The dinner will be held on the second floor of Cathedral Square Center,. Tickets for the dinner are $55 / Andrea Rule at arule@wnj.com.

Franciscan Life Process Center / Beer Pairing Dinner, Thurs. Nov 12, 6 - 7:30 pm. Join us for dinner at the Grand Rapids Campus654 Davis St. NE . Taylor Remy from New Hol-land Brewery and Chef Tommy Fitzgerald from Kitchen Sage team up to create a delightful evening for beer lovers! You’ll sample a variety of beers as you enjoy a delicious three course meal. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Center. Cost: $35 per person. For more information or to register, go to “Upcoming Events” tab on our website, www.lifeprocesscenter.org

The Fatima Guild will be hosting a

BAKE SALE after Masses Nov 7 & 8

The Knights of Columbus will be hosting a

Community Breakfast on Nov 8 & Dec 13

Saint Mary’s will again be collecting grocery items at the

Thanksgiving Liturgy on Wed. November 25 at 7PM. You are encouraged to bring: canned meats, paper products, person hygiene items, laundry soap, etc. Baby food and baby necessities are also in need! Grocery Bags will be collected during the offertory. Groceries will be distributed to local families in need by Coopersville Cares. THANK YOU! Fr Anton will be celebrating Mass and we will be collecting much needed items for our annual

Grocery Collection. We will also watch a short slideshow from the past year’s activities here at St. Mary’s Parish

The Giving Tree will be up in the Narthex beginning Thanksgiving weekend. Parishioners are asked to take a tag off of the tree and replace it with one of the ornaments provided and purchase the gift listed on the tag. Please place these gifts in a gift bag and return with the ORIGINAL gift tag attached to the Giving Tree no later than Sunday, December 13 The tags on the giving tree provide gifts for the 101 resi-dents of Ferguson Apartments, clothing for the Coopersville Cares shopping day and HELP Pregnancy Crisis Center. Eve-ryone is WELCOME to join when the gifts are delivered to the residents at Ferguson. It is quite a memorable evening! (Date: TBD) THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

St. Mary’s Church of Marne

is pleased to present a recital featuring flutist,

Jill Brown with Maureen Carmody on piano. FREE ~

EVERYONE IS WELCOME. Wed, Nov. 11, 2015 ~ 7:30 PM Refreshments will follow the concert.

The St Mary’s Rosary Altar Society Presents the 41st Annual CHRISTMAS BY CANDLE LIGHT Mon, Nov 30th at 7:00 P.M. ~ . Donation - $3.00 All women of the community are invited to an elegant dinner by candlelight. The evening will include dinner, dessert, musical entertainment, raffles, faith and fellowship.

NEW YEARS EVE DANCE ~ 12.31.2015 ~ 7:00 pm - 1:00 am. Tickets: $60.00 a Couple, Price includes: Hot & Cold Appetizer Buffet, Beer & Wine, Soda, Party Favors and Music by The Shotman Band! FRIENDS & FAMILY WELCOME (must be 21 to attend) Tickets available to purchase at the Parish Office or after Masses Beginning in November. For more info, please contact Todd or Cathie 677.3934 (Come As You Are ~ No Dress Code)

Upcoming Parish Events / Save these Dates! More Information available at www.saintmarysmarne.org or call the

Parish Office: 616.677.3934 ~ Stay Connected : “Like” us on Facebook, “Follow” us on Twitter and Download our MyParishAP

Preschool meets M/W/F from 8:45—11:45 a.m. It is not too late to enroll. Your child must be 3 or 4 years old by October 1st and potty trained. For more info, please call our Preschool Director, Annette Lown at 616-384-4026.

St. Michael’s Parish family remembers in their prayers: Rose Vargo, Margaret Langlois, Erin Plaggemars, Al Spen-cer, Marcia Meyers, Ruth Langlois, Alexandria Gordon, Charles Benkert, George and Gladys Langlois, Brooke Campbell, Linda Abel-Carroll, Jackie May, the victims of abortion, the men and women in the military.

R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)

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 Capital Campaign for our Building Fund

Thank you to everyone who already made a dona-tion or pledge. We have received $206,582.00 so far. Our goal is to raise $250,000.00. The Monthly Orange Building Fund Envelopes also go into this campaign. We are getting closer to our goal! Please turn in your pledge card if you have not already done so.

The Dennison Federal Credit Union

will be closed on October 25. If you have any questions please call Chris Albrecht at 997-6980.

HALLOWEEN FUN NIGHT AT ST. MICHAEL’S

Saturday, October 24 from 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Pumpkin carving, hayrides and bonfire (weather permitting) movie (suitable for young children), hot dogs, chips, hot chocolate. Admission: One or more non-perishable food

items for Coopersville Cares. Wear your costumes! Spon-sored by the Knights of Columbus #9909.

St. Michael’s is having another SALE! October 25th after each Mass in the old Admin Building. Items for sale include: desks, chairs, filing cabinets, end tables, shelves, cabinets, tv, pictures, Hammond organ, and more. All items sold “as is” and the buyer is responsible for picking up items by the following Sunday (Nov 1). The “sale price” for each item is a donation to the building fund.

CEMETERY REMINDER: Please remove any sum-

mer/seasonal decorations. If you have a flower vase, please remember to turn it upside down for the winter.

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.

St. Michael’s Sanctuary Lamp In Memory of

Leonard & Florence VanDussen By Paul & Becky Schmidt

Children’s Liturgy of the Word: This program

is offered on Sunday during the 9:00 Mass. Children 3-7 years old are welcome to join us. The month of October is dedicated to the Rosary. I encourage each family to pray the Rosary together.

Elementary Faith Formation: You can still reg-

ister your child and join us! The elementary program is for students in grades 1-5. We meet on Wednesday from 6:00- 7:30 pm. Contact Debbie if you have any questions (616)384-4026. Everyone is invited to our Children’s Mass on Wednesday, October 28

th at 6:00 pm.

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

Adult Envelope $5,404.23

Loose Cash $224.75

Total $5,628.98

Budgeted Income $5,790.00

Surplus/Deficit ($161.02)

Financial Assistance $10.00

Thank you for your continued support!

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 18, 2015

Scrip News: Thank you to our 21 families that pur-

chased Scrip this week. Our total earnings were $191.85. Update: Crystal Flash is no longer participating with

Middle School Youth Ministry meets this Sunday from 4:30—6:00 p.m. at St. Michaels. If you still need to register, forms can be found in the back of church and on our parish website.

MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY

Church Chuckle A priest was worried about asking

the congregation for money for repairs, so, he asked the organist if she could play some inspirational music to get the congregation in a giving mood after he made his ap-peal. “Don’t worry,” she said. “I’ll think of something.” At the end of the appeal, the priest said, “We still need $6,000 more for the new roof. Would those who can pledge at least $100 please stand up.” Just then, the organist began “The Star Spangled Banner.”

RCIA classes will begin on October 25

at 10:15 a.m. (after the 9am Mass). Interested in the Cath-olic faith? Please join us!!!! If you have any questions con-tact Deb Wiggins at mwiggins5142@charter.net or please just show up for the first information class.

ST. MICHAEL’S FAITH FORMATION