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ST. PIUS X PARISH FLINT, MICHIGAN
The Weekly Calendar THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
(†Mass Intention)
SUNDAY, APRIL 30, SPX 4th/5th grade selling donuts after all Masses for school fundraiser 9:00 † Edward Starr by Irene Starr 9:00 Adult Choir (church) 10:00 RCIA (library) 10:00 VBS meeting (library) 11:00 † The parish 6:00 No Youth Group MONDAY, MAY 1, St. Joseph the Worker Mass & Luncheon 8:15 No Mass 12:00 Special Intentions for St. Joseph the Worker 1:00 Altar Society meeting (parish center) TUESDAY, MAY 2 8:15 † Claire Rivard by Judy Middleton (29th Anniversary) 8:45 Tuesday Toasters (parish center) 6:00 PPTA meeting (library) WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, School Mass 8:15 † Richard Cox by Wayne and Julia Partridge 6:00 Pictures First Eucharist (church) THURSDAY, MAY 4 6:45 Adult Choir practice (church)
FRIDAY, MAY 5 8:15 † Memorial Association 10:00 Woodhaven Mass, Bldg 5191 SATURDAY, MAY 6, Altar Society bake sale after Mass 10:00 Sacrament of First Reconciliation (church) 1:30 First Eucharist practice (parish center/ convent/church) 4:30 † Memorial Association SUNDAY, MAY 7, Altar Society bake sale after all Masses
9:00 † Rob Page by the family (11th Anniversary) 9:00 Adult Choir (church) 10:40 First communion children arrive & line up 11:00 First Communion (church) 11:00 † The parish 6:00 Youth Group (youth room/comm room)
Altar Servers for May 6 & 7 4:30 D Dickson, A Glynn, volunteer 9:00 D Stacy, D Mulligan, volunteer 11:00 M Hendrickson, A Brady, G Taylor
Lectors for May 6 & 7 4:30 J McAvoy 9:00 R Shand
11:00 J Albee
ALTAR CARE-Team 3 Pam Warren
Don Antonio's Dispatch…………
I’ll be gone Monday and Tuesday for a conference I need to attend in Lansing. My apologies for being away so much. Hopefully I’m not accused of being an absentee dad!! Monday our Mass time is at 12:00 noon instead of 8:15 a.m. because we are honoring the great work of our St. Joseph Guild. These are men who work to beautify our grounds and help to keep our parish looking nice and maintained well. I am very appreciative of their work. Some of the members are getting more senior, so if there are any young men in the parish who are willing to help as they are able, please contact the parish office and we can get you in touch so you can know when the St. Joseph Guild works. Monday is the Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker, which is why we will honor them, and members of other St. Joseph Guilds from around Genesee County, on that day. Saturday, our second grade students will celebrate the Sacrament of Penance for the first time. That Sacrament is so amazing and beautiful, and I hope we can all appreciate more the importance of receiving God’s mercy. Just because the Year of Mercy ended does not mean that we no longer have to be merciful!! Last but not least, I want to invite you to take a pilgrimage with me to the Holy Land in May of 2018. We will be seeing the major spots of Jesus’ life, Death, and Resurrection. If you sign up by 16 May 2017, you can save $250 per person. Some parishioners have already expressed interest in going, and I know my parents will be going as well. To register, please visit https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/797834 or call Fuller Travel Service at (517) 819-8442. If you go, you will never hear the Gospel in the same way again!!
OUR WEEKLY COLLECTION
Week of: Apr 23, 2017 Year-to-Date
Budgeted income $ 13,452.88 $ 578,473.84
Actual income $ 8,415.61 $ 499,737.12
Surplus (deficit) $ (5,037.27) $ (78,736.72)
All Graduating High School Seniors from St. Pius X Parish and their families are invited to attend Mass and Breakfast in their honor on Sunday, May 21, 2017 at
St. Pius X Church 9:00 am Mass; Breakfast following in the Bishop Povish Community Room
Please RSVP to the church office at (810) 235-8574 by Tuesday, May 16, 2017.
Congratulations to our St. Pius X candidates who made their Confirmation at St. John the Evangelist in Davison with Bishop Earl Boyea on April 26, 2017. Thank you for keeping our candidates in your thoughts and prayers as they prepared for this holy sacrament.
St. Pius X Altar Society will hold their meeting on Monday, May 1st at 1:00 pm in the parish center. All ladies of the parish are cordially invited. We gladly welcome new faces! Hope to see you there!
Spring Bake Sale sponsored by the St. Pius X Altar Society will be held on Saturday, May 6th and Sunday, May 7th following Masses. We are kindly requesting your favorite goodies to help make our fundraiser a true success! Your help is greatly appreciated!
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER APRIL 30, 2017
ST. PIUS X CATHOLIC SCHOOL
FAITH MOVING FORWARD Website: www.spxparish.com
Please Let Me Grow Old With You About 20 years ago I made my wife a musical CD with one of the tracks on it titled: “Please- Let Me Grow Old With You”- by Elton John. One line in the song: “After everything we’ve been through what’s left to prove? Please, please, please, let me grow old with you.” For twenty years the song only reminded me of her but that all changed the other day… It was the beginning of the week and the Charger Derby Auction was looking like it was going to be unsuccessful at best (by the time you read this the auction will be over- I hope it was good). Things seemed abysmal and we were barely selling the kind of tickets for dinner we have grown accustomed to selling. It is a struggle to keep picking up your chin to lead when the shifting landscape says stay down for the count, and you wonder how many times you can stand up after being knocked down so many times- count ‘em out 6, 7, 8, 9. When suddenly a young mother, who has stood by me for the last ten years, said, “why don’t you go up to the parish center and try selling to the Tuesday Toaster’s group- they’ve been here forever and are huge supporters of the church and school.” So off I went (begrudgingly) to make my pitch and try to sell tickets. When I stood in front of them, I realized something. It is kind of hard to explain what I felt, but I wanted… to become them- maybe not today or tomorrow, but someday I wanted to “grow old with them”. They are the parish and the people who stayed and believed in something greater than a priest or brick and mortar. They are the ones who stuck it out through the highs and lows, the light and the dark, and the times when the church and school looked like they were going to close some forty years ago. I want someday to be here in thirty years and support some young principal and let him or her know, “kid, I’ve been there- you’ll do fine.” Standing there in front of them I wondered what it takes to grow old with them. And then I recalled that this past Easter my wife and I read on Good Friday. With us was a junior at Powers, Ben, who narrated the Passion. Again, even behind people my age the next generation is stepping up and carrying our parish. And beyond them the future looks great when this week our own son and others receive the Sacrament of Confirmation, and become adults in our parish. The young will continue to carry us, so long as we remember to grow old with them. From the depths of my soul I thank you, our parish and supporters, who have chosen to grow old with us. While I’m not sure what the future will bring, I know my wife and I will stay and grow old with this parish. Keep the Faith (1 Timothy 6:12) R.J. Kaplan Principal
Pope Francis Prayer Intentions for May-Christians in Africa- That Christians in Africa, in imitation of the Merciful Jesus, may
give prophetic witness to reconciliation, justice, and peace.
Reli ious Education Department Special thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday with the newly formed cenacle here at St. Pius X. We enjoyed praying the chaplet with the parish at the most holy hour of mercy.
Congratulations to our students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on Wednesday, April 26, 2017: Natalie Hayes MacDonald (St. Daniel) Abigail Louise Wagener (St. Louise de
Marillac) Sara Grace Thomas (St. Veronica)
Nicole Elisabeth MacDermaid (St. Dymphna) Emily Nicole Carroll (St. Bernadette) Noah Joseph Kaplan (St. Francis of Assisi) Max Michael Hendrickson (St. Sebastian) Congratulations to our Neophyte Alexis and candidate Christine. May you always be filled with the joy of the Lord. This Wednesday, May 3-group and individual First Eucharist photos begin at 6:00 p.m. Children should come ready for pho-tos and bring any items such as missal and rosary if desired for the photo. Can you believe it? It’s time to start planning for Vacation Bible School. Let’s have some fun in the sun! The VBS meeting is scheduled for this Sunday April 30 at 12 p.m. in the school library. Interested people please come to the meeting and help plan for an exciting time for our children. If you want to be volunteers, reply anytime at 235-8574 and ask for Cindee. Service hours apply.
The Divine Mercy Apostolate is a Eucharist Apostolate now active at SPX. Our next meeting is Monday, May 8 at 6:00 p.m. in the church. Come prepared with having completed Week 6 in the manual. All are welcome to attend!
St. Pius X Youth Group: No Youth Group this Sunday, April 30th. Enjoy your weekend!!
ST. PIUS X School Athletic Department Mother’s Day Flowers will be available for pick-up on Monday, May 8, 2017 from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm in the community room. Thank you for your support!
Dear Parishioners, Students, and Staff of St. Pius X: I would like to offer my humblest apologies for missing Mass on Wednesday, April 19th. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the most important thing for a Catholic community to celebrate each day in order to worship God and to be strengthened by His grace. As the priest who committed to offering mass for you on that day, I ask your forgiveness for not being there to provide this for you.
In Christ, Fr. Dan Kogut
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