Happy Thanksgiving week!
Just a reminder that there will be no classes this Tuesday and Wednesday. Enjoy your family time this week. Thanks again to families and catechists for continuing to support the religious education of our kids. We all truly have much to be thankful for!
Blessings, Gina
There will be No Youth Group on Nov. 18th and Nov. 25th, Thanksgiving Weekend.
Upcoming GSYG Events: Breakfast w/ Santa Saturday Dec. 1st , Ladies Advent Service Wednesday Dec. 5th, Trip to St. Robert’s Youth Group Sun. Dec 9th 7-9pm.
Our next regular meeting will be Dec. 2nd to wrap gifts!
Our 10th Annual Breakfast with Santa is on Dec. 1st 9am -Noon. There will be a pancake breakfast, face painting, crafts, and Pictures with Santa! This is a charity event, the cost is freewill donations to help GSYG sponsor local children for Christmas.
The Ladies Advent Service is Wednesday Dec. 5th. We are in need of young ladies to be Hostess helpers for this great event. Anyone interested in volunteering for any of our events please contact Jessica Hillard CYM @ 639-2678.
Please check out the Youth Group website for other articles and events.
As we draw nearer to Christ the King Sunday (Nov. 25), which marks the end of our liturgical year, our Mass readings will speak more about Jesus’ return in glory and the afterlife, especially as we have just celebrated the feasts of All Saints and All Souls. So let us continue to bear fruit for the Kingdom of God, even if by very simple sacrifices (like the widow’s mite in today’s Gospel). At the very least, we can all share the gift of our time, our prayer, our faith, and our mercy.
Welcome Fr. Jonathan Perrotta! Yes, the new assignments are schedule for this Thursday, Nov. 15. Truly, I cannot thank you enough for welcoming me into your hearts, family and parish life these last three years. I hope that you do the same for Fr. Jonathan as he becomes pastor this week.
May God bless you all abundantly! – Fr. Gordon
Our Community Thanksgiving Service will be held at Good Shepherd on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. Please come and join us as we gather with local churches to celebrate our blessings.
This event includes pulpit messages centered on messages of thankfulness from Montrose area pastors from the Montrose Ministerial Association (Lamb of God, Spirit of Promise, Montrose United Methodist Church, Wesleyan Church and Good Shepherd Catholic Church). In addition, the evening features various songs and musical selections of praise and worship. A monetary collection is taken and the proceeds are used to help Montrose residents who might receive “shut-off” notices or need assistance with winter heating bills. Refreshments and fellowship will follow. For more information, call (810) 639-7600.
We are asking parishioners to bring cookies that can be served in the Parish Center following the service. Please call the Parish Office if you are able to donate cookies. Items can be brought to the Parish Center the day of the service. Thank you!
Dear brothers and sisters,
It is exciting and a real joy to be writing to you for the first time. I am looking forward to being your pastor come November 15. This move has come unexpectedly for us all. Today, I wanted to take a moment just to introduce myself and to let you know that I am already praying for you all each day.
I was born and raised in Ann Arbor, which means, even though I didn’t go to the U of M for college, I am a Wolverine through and through. GO BLUE! I am the second oldest of six children of Kevin and Mary Perrotta. I have one brother, four sisters, and presently 23 nephews and nieces, and six great nephews and nieces (wow!). After graduating from Detroit Catholic Central High School, I attended Thomas Aquinas College in California, earning a degree in Liberal Arts in 1995. I returned to Saline, MI for a time, and eventually ended up working for Trader Joe’s, a grocery store company, out in Connecticut. I worked for Trader Joe’s for nine years and in four states, including stores in Farmington Hills and Northville, MI.
In 2005, I experienced the Lord calling me to enter the seminary and pursue a vocation to the priesthood. I entered Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit for the Diocese of Lansing in 2006 and continued to find confirmation from God that He wanted me to be a priest.
Some of you St. Robert parishioners might recall that I spent a summer with you back in 2009 as a seminarian, and in May of 2010 I was ordained a deacon at St. Robert’s. On June 11, 2011, I was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Lansing. Praise God!
My first assignment was as parochial vicar at Holy Family parish in Grand Blanc. In May of 2014, I was made parish administrator of Holy Family. In June of 2015, Bishop Boyea sent me to be the pastor of St. Mary parish in Durand and St. Joseph parish in Gaines. In July of 2017, we became one, merged parish: St. Mary & St. Joseph parish.
I am looking forward to being your pastor, to seeing what God has in store for us, and in leading all of us to fall more deeply in love with God,
May God bless you and your family abundantly this week.
–– Fr. Jonathan Perrotta
If you have been abused or victimized by someone representing the Catholic Church
Please believe in the possibility for hope and help and healing. We encourage you to come forward and speak out. Every diocese in the United States now has a victim assistance coordinator who is available to obtain support for your needs, to help make a formal complaint of abuse to the diocese and to arrange a personal meeting with the bishop or his representative, if you desire. The victim assistance coordinator for the Diocese of Lansing is: Cheryl Williams-Hecksel – 1.888.308.6252 or cwilliamshecksel@dioceseoflansing.org .
In addition, you may also report through the law enforcement toll-free reporting hotline at (844) 324-3374 (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or by email at aginvestigations@michigan.gov
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November 18, 2018