novena prayer to our lady undoer of knots beginning ... prayer to our lady undoer of knots beginning...
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Novena Prayer to Our Lady Undoer of Knots Beginning Wednesday, September 28th
Dearest Holy Mother, Most Holy Mary, you undo the knots that suffocate your children.
Extend your merciful hands to me. I entrust to You today this knot [mention your request here]
and all the negative consequences that it provokes in my life.
Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me.
Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because
they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exist in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exists in my life. You know very well how desperate I am, my pain, and how I am bound by these knots.
Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life.
No one, not even the evil one himself, can take it away from your precious care.
In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone. Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power
with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot.
Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me.
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Most Holy Trinity
Sept 25, 2016
Pastor - Fr. Dennis Howard
Parish Office Hours 8am-12pm & 1pm-3pm
To Contact Us: Parish Office: 593-2162 Fax: 593-2171 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: mhtparish.com
Most Holy Trinity School: 593-2616
Director of Music Ministry Kayla Feldpausch - [email protected]
Rehearsals are underway for our various music groups:
Adult Choir: Anyone high school-aged and older is wel-come to join. Regular rehearsals will be on Wednesday’s directly following the 7:00 Mass.
Children’s Choir: This group is open to grades 2-8.
If you have questions or concerns, or would like to get in-volved but are worried about the time commitment, please feel free to email me and we can discuss options. To get involved, either show up to a rehearsal or email me at [email protected]
A full Mass musician schedule for the Fall will soon be post-ed to the parish website.
Diocesan Assembly October 21-22nd
Evangelizing is not always what you may think. When you think of “evangelizing,” do you imagine going door to door, handing out religious leaflets to strangers, or standing on a street corner talking about Jesus? That’s not the kind of evangelizing most of us are called to do.
But it’s likely you have many chances to share with a loved one your personal experiences of God’s love in your life. If you’re presented with an opening in a conversation, the way you listen and the things you say may help a family member or friend to rediscover their faith.
The Diocese of Lansing is hosting a conference on October 21-22
nd to help parishioners inspire others with
the joy of their faith and learn to invite others back to the Church. The name of the conference is Called By Name – because we’re all called by name to have a personal rela-tionship with Jesus, and because God calls you in a spe-cial way to help him reach out to your spouse.
The Called By Name Conference will: Help you speak with a loved one about faith without “turning them off.” Help you share your experience of God’s love in a way that reflects your personality. Encour-age you to live your faith in a way that inspires others and learn to invite them back to the Church.
Announcements
On Wednesday, September 28th we will begin to pray as a
parish a Novena to Our Lady Undoer of Knots. She is our patroness of this Year of Mercy. We invite everyone to join us. The Novena will end on Friday, October 7
th the Feast of
Our Lady of the Rosary.
We all have some “knots” in our lives… and Mary can untie them! The devotion to Mary, Undoer of Knots has become more popular ever since Pope Francis encouraged the de-votion in Argentina, and then spoke about it during his first year as pontiff.
The theology of the devotion actually goes back to the 2nd
century. Saint Irenaeus of lyons wrote that: “The knot of Eve’s disobedience was untied by the obedience of Mary; what the virgin Eve bound by her unbelief, the Virgin Mary loosened by her faith.” So we will pray that the Blessed Virgin Mary will intercede for us all, to untie the knots of sin in our lives – so that we may be purified and ever closer to God.
God Bless, Fr. Dennis
October 7
th Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
Join us for 8:15 am. Mass this coming First Friday Which also is the Feast of the Holy Rosary
Known for several centuries by the alternate title of “Our Lady of Victory,” the feast day takes place in hon-
or of a 16th century naval victory which secured Eu-rope against Turkish invasion. Pope St. Pius V attribut-ed the victory to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, who was invoked on the day of the battle through a campaign to pray the Rosary throughout
Europe. Our present national and world stage is filled with simi-lar dangers today. Violence and terrorism and the per-secution of Christians and open hostility to the Gospel reigns in our secularized world. Selfishness is the new
morality. Please join us in prayer.
Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us!
33 Days to Morning Glory
On the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7, we will have consecration at the 8:15 am Mass
Legacy of Faith Future of Hope We’re happy to announce that our ETF Campaign has raised 131 pledges totaling $138,441, with $82,285 paid. Thanks to all who have donated and we invite everyone else to prayerfully consider a gift to our campaign so we can provide religious education to all our adults and young people.
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Director of Evangelization & Faith Formation Andrea Schneider - [email protected]
Director of Youth Ministry Mary Schomisch - [email protected]
Sponsor of the Week
Our thanks to the many businesses that make it possi-ble for the bulletin to be cost-free to our parish.
Terry L. Smith, Builder LLC
Principal of Most Holy Trinity School Anne Hufnagel—[email protected]
MHT School – Connecting Faith to Life
Important Upcoming Dates: Tuesday, Sept. 27 Mass @ 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 Picture Day Friday, Oct. 7 Mass @ 8:15 a.m./First Friday
Volunteers Needed: MHT School is looking to set up two study sessions a week for students who need a little extra help completing homework. We are looking for adults 18 years or older who are interested in helping out with this program. The study sessions will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:05 until 4:00 p.m. Interested adults will need to complete the Protecting God’s Children Session (see information below) if they have not already done so. For more information or to sign up to help, contact the school office at 593-2616.
Protecting God’s Children Session: A Protecting God’s Children Session will be offered here at Most Holy Trinity School on Tuesday, October 4, at 6:00 p.m. in the school computer lab. The session will last at least 2 hours or longer so please plan accordingly. This educational session is required by adults (18 years of age or older) in order to volunteer to work with children at the school, including recess duty, chaperoning or driving for field trips, working in the classroom, and lunch helpers. You can register online at virtus.org or by calling the school office.
Picture Day: This year school pictures will be taken on Wednesday, September 28.
SCRIP: Don’t forget to take advantage of the school’s SCRIP program to purchase gift cards for various retailers such as Exxon Mobile, restaurants, including Subway, Meijer, and other retail stores. The gift cards are valued at the exact amount of purchase. The retailers give the school a percentage which is split between the tuition account of your choice and our technology fund. More information can be found online at www.mhtparish.com under the school tab or by contacting the school office. This is a valuable program that has really kept our technology program at the school current in an ever-evolving technological world.
Cultivate Humility: The best way to fight this self-centeredness, of course, is by cultivating the virtue of humility, which is the opposite of self-centeredness. Humility helps us keep our ego in check by recognizing our faults, shortcomings, and our constant need for the mercy and love of God. Humility reminds us that there is a God and it’s not us. – from Beyond Me, My Selfie & I.
Connecting faith to life
Director of Religious Education Paul Fahey—[email protected]—593-3174
33-Days to Morning Glory: Our Parish wide 33-Days to Morning Glory Retreat began on Sunday, September 4 through First Friday, October 7.
This Do-It-Yourself retreat will allow you to get to know our gentle Mother on a deeper level through short daily read-ings. Corresponding videos for each week can be accessed from our website:http://www.mhtparish.com/formed.html
Thursday, October 6 at 6:30pm there will be Adoration and Confession. We will consecrate on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7. Please contact Andrea Schnei-der at [email protected] with questions.
St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body: Richard Budd, the Director of Marriage and Family Life Ministry at the Dio-cese of Lansing is hosting a “short-course” on St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. As John Paul pointed out in his time, much of the confusion we have in the world re-garding marriage, relationships, and sexuality stem from a misunderstanding of who the human person is as created by God. This course will try to address this confusion using the Theology of the Body tool that John Paul left us. We will be showing the classes via webinar (live-stream from the Downtown Lansing office) on Tuesday evenings at St. Mary Parish Hall, Westphalia beginning September 27th and run-ning until October 25th. The classes will go from 7:00pm until 8:30pm.
Adult Retreat: The next Adult Retreat is October 7-9 at Bethany House in DeWitt! The retreat starts at 7pm Friday night and goes until Noon on Sunday. Deepen your rela-tionship with Christ as you learn how to walk with the Lord as his disciple and learn how to disciple others. Whether this is your first retreat, or you have been on many, this will be a great weekend for you! You can register by going to our website and clicking on the retreat flyer or by calling the parish office.
RCIA: Are you interested in becoming Catholic? Haven't practiced your faith but would like to come back to the Church? Or would you like to learn more about the faith? Please contact Paul Fahey at (989) 593-3174 or via email at [email protected]. We would love to help you grow in your faith!
Youth Holy Hour: The next youth Holy Hour will be Mon-day, October 10th after the 7pm Mass. After adoration in the youth center, Mary Schomisch will be presenting on "Finding God's Will: Where Do I Go After High School?" Bring your questions about college and everyday discern-ment.
Pizza Kit Fundraiser: Forms were handed out to the high school students at religious education classes. Contact the students to place your order. Orders are due to the parish office, Sunday October 16th or can be dropped off to Mary in the youth center before class on Monday. Pick up is from 3-6pm in the Activity Center on Thursday, October 20th.
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News & Events From Our Parish & Other Areas
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Looking for more understanding, close-ness, and romance in your marriage? Join a Worldwide Marriage Encounter to renew and enrich your marriage and your faith, too! A retreat weekend is scheduled for Oct. 21-23 at St Pat’s in Brighton. For more information on these and other
Weekends or to apply, please visit www.wwme.org or call Harry & Karen Porter at (888) 628-7433 or Paul & Vicki Ho-rak at 989-640-3611.
MHT Dinner Raffle News
MHT Dinner raffle ticket sales will be Saturday, October 1, 2016 at Becker Furniture. Sale times are 9:30a.m. to approximately noon.
This year’s Dinner Raffle will be held on Saturday, November 5th.
Knights of Columbus News
Membership Drive: The Knights of Columbus will host a membership drive at all of the Mass-es next week. We would like to extend an invi-tation to catholic men, 18 years and older to
join our organization. For more information please see the bulletin board at the back of church on the east side.
Candy Drive: The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a "candy" drive on the weekend of October 8 & 9. This fund raiser will be in support of the No More Sidelines organiza-tion.
Vocations and Pro-Life Breakfast Buffet: Knights of Co-lumbus will be serving a delicious all-you-can-eat benefit breakfast buffet (sausage, ham, eggs, pancakes, etc.) on Sunday, September 25th from 8:30 am to noon at the Most Holy Trinity Activity Center in Fowler. Please bring your family and friends! Price: At-Will Donations accepted.
Vocation Discernment Retreat for Young Women
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist are holding a Discern-ment Retreat for young women, ages 16-34 on October 29-30 at Spiritus Sanctus Academy in Ann Arbor. The retreat will be led by Fr. Todd & Fr.
Gary Koenigsknecht. Cost is $35. For more information: www.sistersofmary.org
October
Month to reflect on the Gift of Life
What can I do to support life?
40 Days for Life - Pray & Fast! September 28th till November 6th
This fall’s 40 Days to Life campaign will be the largest na-tional effort ever with campaigns in all 50 states. Daily prayer vigil and fast begins on September 28th and ends November 6th. Register and sign up at: https://40daysforlife.com/lansing. Questions, please con-tact Rosie Feldpausch at [email protected]
Daily vigil location: Across from the Frandor Planned Parenthood on Clippert St.
Praying the Rosary after Monday Mass in October On Monday, October 3rd, 10th, 17th 24th
The rosary will be prayed after evening Mass at the tomb of the unborn. Please come and join us as we pray for the conversion of hearts, for mothers in crisis pregnancies, for those involved in the abortion industry and for the protec-tions of life at all its stages. The Knights of Columbus will lead the rosary on Monday, October 3rd.
Holy Hour to End Abortion Please join us in church on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:00 am. for a holy hour to pray for women thinking about having an abortion. This is the hour that the women begin to arrive at the abortion clinic on Mt. Hope in Lansing
Quilters Needed
Quilters are needed to complete a quilt for the 2017 MHT parish festival. Quilt-ing will begin on Monday, October 3rd at 10:30 am in the activity center.
Couple to Couple League - NFP
Have you ever thought about what unnatural birth control methods really do to your body? To your marriage? The Couple to Couple League has the answers and more. At-tend a short course and learn a natural method of family planning that is safe, effective, and morally accepta-ble. Great for achieving as well as postponing pregnan-cy. Courses are starting in September. For more infor-mation and registration please visit www.ccli.org.
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Monday - September 26 7:00 p.m. + Richard VanElls (10th Anniversary) Tuesday - September 27 8:15 a.m. + Marla Thelen Wednesday – September 28 6:00 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations 7:00 p.m. + Donna Piggott, Including Gordon Piggott Jr. & Rosalyn Weber Thursday – September 29 8:15 a.m. + Melvin & Dorothea Smith Friday – September 30 8:15 a.m. + Joseph & Pauline Martin & Living & Deceased Members of the Family Saturday - October 1 - First Saturday 8:15 a.m. + Daniel Schaub 4:30 p.m. People of the Parish Sunday - October 2 8:30 a.m. + Steve Fedewa (14th Anniversary), Including Martha & Living & Deceased Members of the Family 10:30 a.m. + Shirley Fox & the Special Intentions of her Family
Ushers for Saturday & Sunday, October 1 & 2 4:30 p.m. - Jim Koenigsknecht, Luke Hufnagel, Kevin Feld-pausch, Volunteer 8:30 a.m. – Bill Armbrustmacher, Tom O’Rourke, Bruce Schafer, Dean Schrauben 10:30 a.m. – Stan Weber, Gene Messer, Leon Schneider, Brian Thelen
Mass Servers for Saturday & Sunday, October 1 & 2 4:30 p.m. - Sam, Anna, & Jack Vanneste, Charlie Boak 8:30 a.m. - Kara & Olivia Esch, Mason Pline, Owen Simon 10:30 a.m. – Christi & Mary Spitzley, McKenzie Feldpausch, Mariele Feldpausch
Mass Servers During This Week Mon., 7:00 p.m. - Faith Phillips, Savanah Martin Tues., 8:15 a.m. - MHT School Mass Wed., 7:00 p.m. - Austin & Alayna Vandegriff Thur., 8:15 a.m. - Volunteer Fri., 8:15 a.m. - Volunteer Sat., 8:15 a.m. - Emma & Zachary Halfmann
The Rosary is prayed before the 8:15 a.m. weekday Mass. The intention for this week is to pray for our elderly, that the spiritual wisdom of their years may be generously shared with, and gratefully received by those who need it.
Readings for the Week of September 25, 2016
Monday Job 1:6-22; Psalms 17:1bcd, 2-3, 6-7; Luke 9:46-50 Tuesday Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23; Psalms 88:2-3, 4-5, 6, 7-8; Luke 9:51-56 Wednesday Job 9:1-12, 14-16; Psalms 88:10bc-11, 12-13, 14-15; Luke 9:57-62 Thursday Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 or Revelation 12:7- 12a; Psalms 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5; John 1:47-51 Friday Job 38:1, 12-21, 40:3-5; Psalms 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab; Luke 10:13-16 Saturday Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Psalms 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130; Luke 10:17-24
Please pray for our friends and relatives who are sick or recovering especially: Frieda Gallagher, Regina Martin, Sean Dush, Evan Pung, Charlene Thelen, Davison Curtin, Jeffrey Lee Thelen, Luke Martin, Sara Sanchez, Melissa Schulte, Kenny Briganti, Sharon (Thelen) Droste, Theresa Fox, Marie Hengesbach, Edward Wohlscheid, Linda Rogala, Sarah Weber, Jean Schafer, Don Simon, Roman Arens, Julie Wieber Schafer, Irene (Luttig) Weber, Maryann Esch, Bill Barns, Bob Marshall, Dennis Smith, Sandy Herta, Fr. Bill Koenigsknecht, Dick Rehmann, Pam (Thelen) Stump, Janet Simmon, Scott Kus, Steve Thelen, Tracy Schmitt, Msgr. Sylvester Fedewa, Bryce Bongard, Gregg Platte, Charles Douglass, Fr. Dennis Howard, Frank Hufnagel, Arlene McCausey, Carolyn Klein, Norman Goerge, Fr. Charlon Mason, Reynold Goerge, Sharon Pung and a special intention.
Please contact the parish office to inform us when we can add or remove a person’s name from the list. Thank you.
Let us also keep in our prayers all those from the Parish Community who are in the Armed Services.
Our Parish Stewardship God’s Treasure at Most Holy Trinity
September 17 & 18 Collection………..……….$10,931.18
Parish Collections Spread the Faith………...………………….…….$ 150.00 Capital Improvement...…………………………..$ 235.00 Newspapers……………………………………….$ 20.00
Monthly Finance Report for August
Sunday Collections - All Sources………….…$ 57,480.25 Sunday Collections - Year-to-Date…………..$110,024.46 Sunday Collections - FY 17 Budget….……...$668,000.00
Percentage Collected through August - 16.5%
T he family of Sandy Thelen would like to thank all who donated food, worked at the funeral luncheon, sang in
the choir and offered prayers during the passing of our Mom/Wife. Your kindness and thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.