A Guanellian Family Ministry PIOUS UNION OF ST. JOSEPH FOR THE SUFFERING AND DYING
SHRINE OF ST. JOSEPH 953 East Michigan Avenue Grass Lake Michigan 49240
Pastoral Bulletin of June 2019
Volume 19 Num 6
Fr. Leo Joseph, SdC
Director of PUSJ
Staff: Patrice Casto
Josephine Doyle
Annabella Venditti
Shrine of St. Joseph Mass Times
Mon, Tues, Thurs,
Fri, Sat 11:30 am
Wed 8:30 am
Adoration follows
Benediction 4:30 pm
Sunday 10:00 am
Sacrament of
Reconciliation Before upon request
and after Mass
Anointing of the Sick
First Saturday
and upon request
Phone 517-522-8017 FAX 517-522-8387 Email— [email protected] Website—www.pusj.org
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1 First Saturday, St. Justin
11:10 AM Rosary, 11:30 AM Mass
Anointing of the Sick
2 7th Sunday of Easter, The Ascension of the Lord,
World Communication Day
10:00 AM Mass
3 St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
11:10 AM Rosary, 11:30 AM Mass
5 St. Bonifice
8:30 AM Mass, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament,
4:30 PM Benediction
7 First Friday
11:10 AM Stations of the Cross, 11:30 AM Mass
8 Boy’s Retreat @ SLC
9 Pentacost Sunday
10:00 AM Mass
11 St. Barnabas
11:10 AM Rosary, 11:30 AM Mass
12 8:30 AM Mass, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament,
4:30 PM Benediction
13 St. Anthony of Padua
11:10 AM Rosary, 11:30 AM Mass
15 Fr. Leo Returns from Vacation
16 The Most Holy Trinity, Father’s Day
10:00 AM Mass
19 St. Romuald
8:30 AM Mass, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament,
4:30 PM Benediction
21 Men’s Group Meeting, 7:30 PM, Pastoral Center
23 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
10:00 AM Mass
26 8:30 AM Mass, Exposition and 4:30 PM Benediction
28 The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
11:10 AM Rosary, 11:30 AM Mass
29 SS. Peter and Paul
11:10 AM Rosary, 11:30 AM Mass
30 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
10:00 AM Mass
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“Do not let the past disturb you, just leave everything in the Sacred Heart and
begin again with joy”. - St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
The month of June is always seen with a lot of new leaves and new flowers
which capture our eyes. Similarly, this month commemorates with many saints
and important feast day celebrations and the liturgical calendar begins with the
ordinary season.
First among the commemoration of saints in the month of June is the feast of
St. Anthony of Padua. St. Anthony is one of the most venerable saints around
the world next to St. Joseph. He is a very powerful saint against devils. He
says that, “The devil is afraid of us when we pray and make sacrifices. He is
also afraid when we are humble and good. He is especially afraid when we
love Jesus very much. He runs away when we make the sign of the cross. “ In
addition, people who worship and venerate evil practices and believe in black
magic are afraid of St. Anthony as he is a wonderful destroyer of evil.
We also celebrate in this month the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. As the
heart is very essential for the human body, similarly, the love which emanates
from the Heart of Jesus is necessary for every family. The Heart of Jesus is
aflame with love, radiant with love, wounded for love to each one of us. This
image of the Heart of Jesus focuses on the self-sacrificing love of Jesus Christ
for us.
Also we celebrate the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Cor-
pus Christi; the food that nourishes our soul and transforms our attitude and
character towards God and His ways. Often we pray only to Jesus, Mary, and
Joseph but very rarely do we pray to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, the third
person of the Holy Trinity, is the mediator between God and humanity.
Finally, the month of June invites us to partake more in the holy sacraments
and to obtain God’s mercy in abundance by requesting Jesus to transform our
lives from darkness to light, doubt to faith, sinful life to virtue.
Happy Feast of the Sacred Heart!
With Love and Prayers,
Fr. Leo Joseph
Apostleship of
Prayer Intentions
June 2019
The Mode of Life of Priests:
That priests, through the modesty and humility of
their lives, commit themselves actively to a solidar-
ity with those who are most poor.
June 2019
Women’s Faith Sharing
No Women’s Faith Sharing in June
Men’s Group
Friday, June 21, 7:30 pm, Pastoral Center
For more information contact Jim Phillips
216-536-2640 ▪ [email protected]
Saturday, June 8, 2019 Boy’s Retreat @
St. Louis Center
8:15 AM - 12:00 Noon
No Girls Prayer & Pizza
June 16, 2019
Happy Father’s
Day
St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
On June 3, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Charles Lwanga and Companions for their cou-
rageous martyrdom of their Faith. In 1877, King Kabaka Mutesa of Uganda welcomed English
Anglicans and French Roman Catholic White Fathers missionaries to Namugongo. As a result,
the priests converted many of the young boy pages of the king’s court to Catholicism. Upon
King Kabaka Mutesa’s death in 1884, his son, Kabaka Mwanga became king. King Kabaka
Mwanga was a perverted man who was involved in pedophilic acts with younger pages. He
strongly opposed Christian morality and began persecuting Christians and all foreigners.
While Charles was a Catechumen, he became royal assistant to Joseph Mukaso who was the head of the
court pages. In 1885, King Mwanga declared the right to kill any life that disobeyed him. Joseph Mukaso
was a Catholic who openly rebuked King Mwanga for his evil acts and strove to protect the younger boys
from the King’s perverted advances. Because of this, Joseph Mukasa was beheaded on November 15, 1885.
On the night of Joseph Mukasa’s martyrdom, Charles Lwanga and other pages received baptism from the
White Fathers; and 100 Catechumens were also baptized within the week after Joseph Mukasa’s death. In
May 1886, King Mwanga, heard that one of the boys was being taught Catholicism. He became infuriated
and ordered all Christians to reveal themselves. Fifteen Christians between the ages 13 and 25 stepped for-
ward along with Charles Lwanga. They all refused to renounce their faith until death. On June 3, Charles
Lwanga was separated from his companions and burned at the stake. Even when his executioners were
slowly burning his feet, he refused to renounce his faith. Bystanders heard his companions praying and sing-
ing hymns while they too were all burned together on the same day. In all, 22 martyrs were killed under
Mwanga. St. Charles Lwanga is the patron saint of youth and Catholic action in Africa.
Heavenly Father, You made the blood of the martyrs the seed of Christians. May the witness of St. Charles
Lwanga and his companions and their loyalty to Christ in the face of torture inspire countless men and
women to live the Christian faith. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and
reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.
St. Barnabus
St. Barnabus was originally named Joseph at birth. Barnabus became his nickname because
it means “son of encouragement” and he was so full of encouragement that he was tagged
with the name. He was born to Jewish parents on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. He
was brought up as a Levite who probably spoke Greek, and since he was a Levite, he also
spent a lot of time in Jerusalem. He was also a cousin of Mark the Evangelist; and he
owned land in Jerusalem. He was converted to Christianity after Pentacost about 30 AD.
Soon afterward, he sold the property and donated the money from the sale to the Chris-
tian Church community. Acts 11:24 states St. Barnabus was “a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of
faith. Thereby, large numbers were added to the word.” He accompanied St. Paul on his missionary trips
and also introduced him to the apostles. He spent a year with St. Paul in Antioch preaching and develop-
ing the Christian community there. Later Barnabus along with St. Paul proclaimed the teachings of Jesus to
the Gentiles and helped straighten out the tensions between the Jews and Gentiles by declaring that the
Gentiles were also being saved and could gather in fellowship with the Jews. They also recommended that
the Gentiles be allowed into the Christian community without begin circumcised. They journeyed together
to Cyprus, Pamphylia, Pisidia and Lycaonia boldly evangelizing the gospel of Christ and also brought relief
to the Chrisitans in Judea who were experiencing a famine. Later, Barnabus and Paul separated due to a
disagreement over who should travel with them. Paul wanted to take Silas while Barnabus wanted his
cousin Mark to journey with him. In 61 AD, St. Barnabus was preaching in the synagogue in Salamis, Cy-
prus when a group of Jews who were provoked and enraged by his Christian teachings, dragged him out
of it and tortured and stoned him to death. His feast day is June 11th.
Grant, O God, that we may follow the example of your faithful servant Barnabas who encouraged all
who he encountered and who did not seek his own renown but the well-being of your Church and
gave generously of his life and substance for the relief of the poor and the spread of the Gospel;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever
and ever. Amen.
Pope Francis: The Lord invites us to open our hearts to the Holy Spirit
Vatican City, May 26, 2019 / 05:02 am (CNA).- Pope Francis
said Sunday that the Church can-not remain static because the
Holy Spirit guides the Church along the paths of history.
“The Lord today invites us to open our hearts to the gift of the Holy Spirit,” Pope Francis said May 26.
The mission of the Catholic Church is characterized by docility to the work of the Holy
Spirit, who continually makes the Risen Lord alive and present, he said.
In his Regina Coeli address from the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, Pope
Francis reflected on Jesus’ words at the Last Supper, “The Paraclete, the Holy Spirit
that the Father will send in my name -- he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have told you.”
“As the moment of the cross approaches, Jesus reassures the Apostles that they will
not remain alone: with them there will always be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, who
will support them in the mission of bringing the Gospel to the whole world,” he said.
“Jesus returns to the Father, but continues to instruct and animate his disciples
through the action of the Holy Spirit,” he added.
The pope recommended “docile listening to the World of God,” free from the worldly
bonds of one’s opinions, strategies, or goals, which “often burden the journey of faith.”
Pope Francis pointed to the example of the Virgin Mary, “who, with humble and cou-rageous faith, has fully cooperated with the Holy Spirit for the Incarnation of the Son
of God.”
“As our Heavenly Mother, she always protects the Church and all of humanity,” Pope
Francis said. “She helps us to let ourselves be instructed and guided by the Paraclete, so that we can welcome the Word of God and witness it with our lives.”
By Courtney Grogan