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The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph December 31, 2017 St. Joseph Catholic Church, Dexter, MI
St. Joseph Parish Dexter, MI
December 31, 2017 Mailing Address and Village Campus
3430 Dover Street
Dexter, Michigan 48130
Country Church Address
6805 Mast Road
Dexter, Michigan 48130
Weekday Liturgies 8:15am at the Village Church
Saturday Communion Service 8:15am
at the Village Church 4
Weekend Liturgies at the Country Church
Saturday—5pm
Sunday—9am and 11am
Sacrament of Reconciliation at the Country Church
Saturdays 4-4:30pm
Or by appointment, 734-426-8483
To learn more about St. Joseph Parish
please call the Parish Office at 734-426-8483
St. Joseph Catholic Parish Dexter, Michigan
or visit our website www.stjos.com
Registration:
First Weekend of each month after Mass, online at
www.stjos.com, or contact the Parish Office.
Bulletin Deadlines:
E-mail notifications to Laura McKenzie at [email protected]
10 days before desired publication date.
Marriage:
Contact the Parish Office at least nine months in advance.
Baptisms:
Please contact the Parish Office for preparation information.
Ministry to the Hospitalized or
Homebound:
Contact the Parish Office to arrange
for a Minister to bring the Eucharist
or have Fr. Brendan anoint you or a
member of your family confined to
home or hospital.
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph December 31, 2017 St. Joseph Catholic Church, Dexter, MI
Low gluten hosts available upon request.
Assisted listening devices are available.
Thank You Again
On behalf of all the staff here at St. Joseph we thank you
for all the gifts, cards, and sweets. Your kindness and
support as we together do God’s work of love and kind-
ness is deeply appreciated.
Welcome Fr. David Rosenberg
This weekend we welcome Fr. David Rosenberg, who will
preside at our 9am and 11am Masses on Sunday and
9am Mass on Monday for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother
of God.
Annual Trip to Florida
This week I make my annual trip to take my mom to
Florida. Please pray that we have a safe and enjoya-
ble trip. I will be back in the office on Tuesday, Janu-
ary 9. Fr. Terry will be covering morning Mass in the
Village and any emergencies that arise while I am
gone.
May 2018 be a time of peace and joy for all of us as we
grow in holiness, wisdom and grace.
Shalom,
Fr. Brendan
Mass Intentions
Monday, January 1
9:00am † Mark Dahmen by Dahmen family
Tuesday, January 2
8:15am † Volkmar “Pete” Megnin by Cindy Johnson
Wednesday, January 3
8:15am † Annette Sanchez Marrone by Martha DeCamp
Thursday, January 4
8:15am † Mary Farrell by Dick & Ginny Frank
Friday, January 5
8:15am Fr. Charles Irvin by Martha DeCamp
Saturday, January 6
5:00pm † Edward Lirette by Gladys Dettling
Sunday, January 7
9:00am † Chuck Naylor by Don & Betty Mannlein
11:00am Parishioners of St. Joseph
A Message from Fr. Brendan
Readings for the Week of December 31 Sunday The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Sir 3:2-6, 12-14; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Col 3:12-21 or Col 3:12-17; Lk 2:22-40 or Lk 2:22, 39-40 or, for Year B,Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 105: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9;Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Lk 2:22-40 or Lk 2:22, 39-40 Monday Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21 Tuesday Saint Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Jn 1:19-28 Wednesday The Most Holy Name of Jesus 1 Jn 2:29—3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-4, 5-6; Jn 1:29-34 Thursday Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton, Religious 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-8, 9; Jn 1:35-42 Friday Saint John Neumann, Bishop 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5; Jn 1:43-51 Saturday Saint André Bessette 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-38 or 3:23, 31-34, 36, 38 Sunday The Epiphany of the Lord Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12
Christmas Tree Cleanup Help will be needed to take down the
Christmas trees and decorations on
Sunday, January 7 starting around
12:30pm. This is a great opportunity for
Confirmation candidates to earn
“hours”. There will be pizza and pop
when the work is done!
Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. Psalm 128
Pray For The Sick
Marvin Bolton Ron Brunt
David Burch Tony Buto
Ken Cebula Margie Cebula Mary Cornils
Mary Lou Dunlavy Virginia Dyke Nancy Ehnis
John Farrell, Jr. John Finke
Richard Frank Tricia Garner Sally Gavin
Frances Gordenier Sheila Grant
John Hammer Henry Hungerford
Ron Jurewicz Jordan Keen
Jeannette Kobylarz Gary Koke
Don Kruszewski Al LaCosse
Peg Lewinski
Tim Lewinski Carl Maynard
Regina Maynard Kevin McCallum Craig McCreight Russ Mynning
Wilma Mynning John Nimitz
Brook Noesen-Bosscher Mark Olexa Ned Palmer Kelsey Roller
Mary Ann Stephenson Tricia Suttmann Jean Swantek Jim Szymusiak
Becky Torok George Torok
Bob Turck Mary Lou Veasman
Linda Veltri Amber Wanlass
Myron Welch Mackenzie Wilkerson
Ron Willett Mary Zabinsky
Witness to Hope/Stairway to Unite
$2,694,269
485 gifts
12/21/17
Carol Anderson Gordon Aulbach Ken Banchoff
Bill Boltrick Judy Bublitz Josh Calcut
Ginny Casser Elliot Clark
Randy Clark Molly Cooke
Kathleen Craig Kristie Crisler Tom Dawson
Patrick Donnelly Darleen Dumont Norman Dumont
Mike Eisel Chris Eshelman
Arthur Evans Jan Flaherty
Baby Gretchen Gill Joe Gill
Jessica Gill Dan Golin
Tiffany Gordon Maurice Haley Carolyn Hass
Lois Heller Fr. Charles Irvin
Jamie Jarrell Brad Kellogg
Autumn Kotowski Michael Lee
Mara Markovs Betty McCormick
Stefan Miller Misty Morales Willetta Mundy Bonnie Murphy
Rita Murphy Joseph Niedbala
Margaret O’Connor David Peruski
Gloria Plotkowski Jeff Post
James Potvin Anna Quist
Margie Rahimi Christine Schneider
Kathy Schubert Carrie Reed Sciberras
John L Sherry Thomas Sullivan
Rod Sweeny Jocelyn Turgeon
This Week in Our Parish
Parishioners
Our Family and Friends
Happy New Year!
Monday, January 1
Parish Office Closed
9am Mass at the Country Church
Tuesday, January 2
6:30pm Forgiveness for Ladies AA, Joseph’s Room
8pm AA, Parish Center
Wednesday, January 3
8am St. Leo’s, Village Church, parking lot
7pm Bible Study, Parish Center
Thursday, January 4
7am Men’s Group, Joseph’s Room
7:30pm AA, Church Basement
Welcome Weekend
Saturday, January 6
10am Adult Formation Team Training, Parish Center
pm Prayer Shawl, Country Church, office
4pm Reconciliation, Country Church
4:30pm Holy Rosary, Country Church
Pizza and Pop after Mass
Sunday, January 7
12:30pm Christmas Cleanup, Country Church
12:30pm RCIA, Mary’s Room
4:30pm Mustard Seed Leadership Meeting, Parish Center
6pm Mustard Seed, Parish Center
Coffee and Donuts after Sunday Masses
Prayers for the Sick Please call or email the Parish Office to add, update or
remove names on the prayers for the sick list. Parishioner
names are read at Mass and appear in the bulletin weekly.
Friends and family names are read at Mass for two weeks
and will appear in the bulletin for one month. After one
month they will be prayed for the by the Ministers of Praise
volunteers.
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph December 31, 2017 St. Joseph Catholic Church, Dexter, MI
Mustard Seed (9th –12th Youth Group) From 5:30-6pm on youth group nights we
will meet for dinner. Contact Don Dalgleish
at [email protected] if you would like
to help with preparing meals.
Upcoming meeting dates:.
Sunday, December 31 — No meeting
January 7 — 4:30 — 5:45 Leadership Team
Meeting, dinner at 5:30pm (pizza) and Mustard
Seed will meet from 6 to 8pm for our annual
Movie Night.
January 14 — Dinner at 5:30pm and Mustard
Seed from 6 to 8pm.
January 21 — Dinner at 5:30pm and Mustard
Seed from 6 to 8pm.
January 28 — Dinner at 5:30pm and Mustard
Seed from 6 to 8pm.
Confirmation News January 14 — Confirmation Sessions
start back up — 11am or 4pm
January 21 — Confirmation candidate
and sponsor/mentor meeting in the Coun-
try Church at 1pm . We will be doing part 2
of the Mass. Remind your sponsor of the
meeting.
God Squad (7th & 8th Grade Youth Group) Friday, January 26 — Sky Zone indoor
trampoline trip. Meet at the Parish Cen-
ter at 5:30pm to carpool to Brighton.
Parent drivers and chaperones will be
needed. Permission forms will be available at REP
or at www.stjos.com.
Don Dalgleish can be reached at 734-426-2674 or
Scout Sunday We will celebrate
Scout Sunday on
Sunday, February 4
at the 9am Mass.
We invite all Boy
Scouts, Cub Scouts,
Girl Scouts, and
Scout Leaders to join
us. Scouts will be recognized during Mass and there will
be a group photo after Mass. All Scouts should wear
their uniforms. Look for more details soon regard-
ing opportunities to sign up to serve as altar servers,
readers, and hospitality during Mass.
Giving Tree Thank You! Well, we did it! God decided to see
what would happen if “He” threw a few
obstacles in our path at the end of our
2017 Giving Tree Collection. You know
the old saying “If Life gives you Lemons
make Lemonade”. Well, life gave us a
snow storm and we took on the challenge. We complet-
ed our deliveries in time for all the agencies to be able to
celebrate their Christmas parties. Thank you once again
to all the parishioners that took tags, bought their gifts
and returned them to be sorted and delivered. Also, a
big thank you to all those who sorted, checked off the
lists and then delivered all those gifts. There were over
650 tags on the tree this year and we again took on the
task of adopting 25 Washtenaw County families that
were in need. How awesome is that! Give yourselves a
big hand and just think, only 11 more months and we get
to do it all over again. We do have a lot of big hearted
parishioners here at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in
Dexter. You are the reason Jodi and I continue to do this
job. Without the parishioners, we could not make it hap-
pen. So we say “Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!”
from the bottom of our hearts. You made this a Grand
Success!
Kathy Hirth and Jodi Robards
“Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed
together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into
your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in
return be measured out to you.” Luke 6:38
Let the New Year Begin! The Third in The Cooking Series with Steven Grostick
Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 6:30 pm
As he did in the first two dinners in
the cooking series, Steven will walk us
through the prep of the meal and then
serve us his scrumptious fare. Tickets
will be $25.00 person and will be on
sale beginning January 6/7 in the Gathering Space or
online at www.stjos.com.Come with friends and have a
great evening out!
Formed Suggestion of the Week:
15 Things to do in the Midst of Suffering Suffering is a mystery we all face at some time in our
lives. Whether it is physical, emotional, or spiritual, it will
test our faith. Internationally known speaker Jeff Cavins
shares personal insights he gained through his own
physical pain. He shows us how we can join our suffer-
ings with those of Jesus on the cross, bringing renewed
meaning to the suffering we experience in our lives.
Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. Psalm 128
Caritas Love Takes Root is a foundation
started after a devastating
earthquake hit Haiti in 2010.
The Foundation supports an
orphanage for abandoned
children in Haiti. The request to support this charity
came to the Caritas Committee from parishioners Ed
and Robin Wojtys who, along with their daughter Laura,
have worked with it for the last several years. Ed, an
orthopedic surgeon, his wife, Robin, a nurse, and their
daughter, Laura, who is a hospital administrator,
support the orphanage and provide medical and surgical
care for children and adults, many of whom have special
needs. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western
Hemisphere and has been devastated recently by
hurricanes and earthquakes. Medical care in Haiti is
almost nonexistent, especially for those with special
needs. 100% of the dollars donated by St. Joseph Parish
will go towards supporting medical and surgical care;
there is no overhead.
Thank you for your prayerful consideration to support
Love Takes Root, along with the local charities your
Caritas contributions reach.
Charitable Activities & Social Justice Commission Volunteer Service Opportunities
Alpha House: Parish contact: Heidi Nelson at [email protected]. Children are welcome.
Delonis Center: Parish contact: Nancy Batchelor at 253-227-4831,
Giving Garden: Parish Contact: Barb Rutz 734-550-9668; [email protected].
Food Gatherers: Parish contact: Karin Burns 816-863-9609, [email protected].
St. Leo’s Soup Kitchen: 2018 dates: Wednesdays, January 3, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, Septem-
ber 5, October 3, November 7, and December 5. Parish contact: Ann Smart 734-424-0111,
Spiritual Health for the New Year Day Retreat Saturday, January 20, 2018 from 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
St. Francis Retreat Center, DeWitt, MI
Learn about the cornerstones of our spiritual health -
Eucharist, Scripture, Prayer and Community, and partici-
pate in a variety of prayer experiences designed to re-
fresh your spirit and provide tools to enrich your spiritu-
al journey throughout the coming year. Experience
physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits as
you pray using movement, music, guided meditation,
journaling and Lectio Divina. Basic movements will be
taught which can be done by anyone, regardless of age,
experience or physical limitation. Opportunities for
optional Mass, Eucharistic Adoration and/or Sacrament
of Reconciliation will be offered. Cost is $55. Phone 866-
669-8321 or http://www.stfrancis.ws/prayer-in-
motion.html to register.
Exodus 90 Ed McDonald would like to invite a group of men to join
him on a 90 day spiritual journey of prayer, asceticism,
and fraternity beginning January 1 and ending on Easter.
To learn more, please see exodus90.com/about/. If
interested, please contact Ed at 312-712-4057 or ed-
Showing of POVERTY, INC. St. Joseph members are invited to a showing of the video
POVERTY, INC., an informative and thought provoking
film about how we help the less fortunate of the world.
The event is sponsored by St. Mary - Chelsea’s Respect
Life & Charity and Justice Commissions. Following the
video there will be a presentation by the priests from
St. Louis Center on international poverty as well as a
presentation on poverty and ministry in Flint. There is no
fee for the evening, but all free-will donations will go to
the Servants of Charity. The event starts with a light
meal on Saturday, January 13, at 5:30 PM. Registration,
schedule, and additional information is available at the
website below or call Don at 734-475-1619 x 121.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poverty-inc-st-mary-
catholic-church-of-chelsea-tickets-40933718855
HUSH Documentary Coming to St. Martha, Okemos
"Women Deserve to Know"
At 6:30 pm on Monday, January 8, the St. Martha Council
of Catholic Women (CCW) will be showing the award-
winning documentary HUSH http://hushfilm.com). Indo-
Canadian Director, Punam Kumar Gill, felt that question-
ing anything around abortion was treason to her feminist
identity. But when she heard that the health information
being given to women was subject to the politics of the
people involved, and that 50 million women worldwide (1
in 3 in America) could be affected annually, she decided
to take an honest and comprehensive look at this contro-
versial subject. In the documentary, she wades through
the highly volatile and politicized research around abor-
tions' disputed connections with breast cancer, prema-
ture birth and psychological problems. This compelling
documentary is open for all in the community (women
and men) to attend- come watch it with us! Childcare will
be provided.
Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. Psalm 128
St. Joseph Youth
Food Sorting for Dexter Family Services and Baking for the Homebound!
Do unto to others as
you would have them do
unto you.
Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. Psalm 128
K of C Corner New Year’s brings a new beginning and a
new beginning is a perfect time to strengthen
our Catholic faith. This year make a New Year’s Resolu-
tion that includes your Catholic faith: 1) Prayer – Pray
Daily, Pray the Rosary, take time to talk with God. 2)
Faith Formation – religious education is not just for the
young, it is designed to deepen our faith; we are never to
old. 3) Be Active and Get Involved – Going to Mass on
Sunday is only part of being a Catholic. Participate in par-
ish and charitable activities. 4) Attend Mass – We should
always try to attend Mass on Sundays and other Holy
Days of Obligation. 5) Take Your Christianity with You –
Don’t leave it in the church pew when you leave Mass. 6)
Join the K of C - the K of C is a group of men that will help
you keep these New Year’s resolutions. Vivat Jesus!
Upcoming K of C Schedule
January 3: Dinner, KofC Meeting, Rosary 6:30pm
January 21: Parish Breakfast (Columbus Hall) 10am
January 21: March for Life (Dexter) 1pm
January 28: Corporate Communion 9am
January 31: Roasary Prayed at Village Church 7pm
Jim Delhey, Grand Knight 734-426-3606
Part-time Bus Driver Needed Father Gabriel Richard High School is looking for a part-
time bus driver that can shuttle runs for athletic teams.
This is a part time position working during the school
year, focusing on athletic school trips. Hours will vary and
include evening and weekend trips. For more information
regarding responsibilities and/or requirements contact:
Hally Yonko- [email protected] or Joan Maloney: jmalo-
Livingston Vicariate Monthly Catholic Men’s Night
“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
St. Patrick Church, 711 Rickett Rd., Brighton 48116
Thursday January18th
Prayer: 6:15 pm Mass: 7:00 pm
Speaker: 7:30 pm, followed by Refreshments
The Men of our area gather on the Third Thursday of each
month to grow in faith, discipleship and brotherhood with
prayer, Mass, and a dynamic speaker presentation of rel-
evance. Come, join us to be strengthened in community,
with reflection and practical application to grow in disci-
pleship and live as a faith-filled man. We finish with great
food, beverages and fellowship.
Our Speaker this month is Fr. Mark Rutherford.
