SPRING OPEN HOUSE

John Paul II Catholic School

1590 Riverbank, Lincoln Park 313-386-0633

SPRING OPEN HOUSE

Wednesday – April 13, 2016   6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

John Paul II Catholic School offers:

  • Excellent education in grades K-8.
  • Comprehensive Preschool 3 year old and 4 year old programs.

Preschool 3 year olds:  Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:00-11:15

Preschool 4 year olds: Choice of 5 half days (8:00- 11:15) or 5 full days (8:00-3:15)

  • Affordable private education with many payment options.
  • Teachers are highly qualified and the curriculum is aligned at or above the state and core curriculum standards.
  • Learning is enhanced with an onsite Reading Specialist, an Academic Development Room, state of the art Computer Lab, Science Lab, Art Room, Library with Library/Media Specialist, Gymnasium, Foreign Language (grades 4-8), Music (grades K-5).
  • Catholic Youth Organization Sports program for grades 5-8 and Intramural Sports programs that include our youngest Warriors.
  • Children’s Choir, Environmental Classroom, Eco-Warrior Club
  • Before and after school latch key – facilitated by our faculty.
  • Accredited by MNSAA
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The Annunciation of the Lord

April 4 

The Annunciation, as much as or even more so than Christmas, represents Christ’s Incarnation. When Mary signaled to Gabriel her acceptance of God’s Will, Christ was conceived in her womb through the power of the Holy Spirit. While most of the Fathers of the Church say that Mary’s fiat was essential to God’s plan of salvation, God foresaw Mary’s acceptance of His Will from all eternity.

The narrative of the Annunciation testifies powerfully to the truth of the Catholic tradition that Mary was indeed a virgin when Christ was conceived, but also that she intended to remain one perpetually. Mary’s response to Gabriel—”How shall this be done, because I know not man? was universally interpreted by the Fathers of the Church as a statement of the Mary’s resolution to remain a virgin forever.

Quick Facts

  • Date: The Annunciation of the Lord is usually celebrated on March 25, unless that date falls on a Sunday in Lent, at any time during Holy Week, or at any time in the octave of Easter (from Easter Sunday through Divine Mercy Sunday, the Sunday after Easter). In that case, the celebration is transferred either to the following Monday or to the Monday after Divine Mercy Sunday, hense the April 4 date.
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Divine Mercy Sunday

Our Lord Jesus said, “The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet…. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy.” (699) The plenary indulgence that was issued for Divine Mercy Sunday does not change the promises of Our Lord. Rather it provides the Church’s highest mark of approval and endorsement and gives souls more time to go to Confession.

Please join us for Confessions on Saturday, April 2 at St. Joseph Church, starting at 2:45 p.m. to 3:55 p.m. for Confessions. (Mass starts at 4:00 p.m.) We will have two priests available so all will have time to have their confessions heard.

Jesus is relying on us to help Him.  By virtue of our Baptism, we are called to evangelize.  Make it your business to do everything possible to save the souls of the lost within your family and at our parish. Encourage them to go to Confession on Saturday and receive Holy Communion on Divine Mercy Sunday.

http://www.loyolapress.com/divine-mercy-sunday.htm

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White Easter Crosses

The Easter Cross Witness was created to give disciples of Jesus Christ an opportunity during the Easter Season to witness to the Risen Christ. A cross is placed blank side out during the Lenten Season and is turned on Easter Sunday to declare, “He is Risen…And It is Finished!  The Easter Cross Witness gives a visual witness that prayerfully creates opportunities for a verbal witness. If you don’t have your cross from last year and need to purchase another one, there are some still available at the St. Vincent Pallotti Parish Office for $4.00 each.

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Divine Mercy in the Second Greatest Story Ever Told

Divine Mercy sessions

Please join us on a 10 week journey with Fr. Michael Gaitley in a video series that tells the dramatic history of God’s Love and Mercy. Be moved by the transformative message of St. Faustina, the miraculous appearance of Mary of Fatima, the witness of Maximilian Kolbe, and the world-changing papacy of Pope St. John Paul II.

Classes begin April 6/7 and conclude June 8/9. You have the option of attending either Wednesday evenings, 6:30pm-8:00pm or Thursday mornings, 9:00am-10:30am. We will meet in the room one of the St. Joseph Church Hall, 344 Elm Street, Wyandotte.  Registration is not required but it is helpful for us to plan accordingly. Please call 734-285-9840 ext.102 or email: dre@stvpp.org if you would like to register or need more information. There is no cost for this series. All are welcome.

If you have your Parish Code, click this link to watch sneak peak: https://formed.org/courses/#/course/563251abdae5616c1fcd9a29

If you do not have your Parish Code, simply call the Parish Office at 734-285-9840, ext. 102.
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Unleash the Gospel

Unleash the Gospel – The New Evangelization is unfolding and breathing new life into the Church in Detroit.Unleash the Gospel is a major push to change the DNA of the Church in Detroit to one of a Body of Christ on mission. What we are attempting is nothing less than a radical overhaul of the Church in Detroit, a complete reversal of our focus from inward, or maintenance-focused, to outward, or mission-focused.

We seek to bring about this change first in our hearts, through an encounter with Christ. Then in our homes as we grow in our faith. And finally in our culture as we become a witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Why Now?

There is a need to elevate the presence and importance of Christ in individuals, families, parishes, schools, and Catholic institutions to receive the good news, to live it, and to share it with our friends, our families, in our workplaces and beyond.

The natural state of the Church is one of growth. We are living in a time of unnatural deterioration of the Church. The decline in sacramental participation and vocations as well as the closing of parishes are unnatural aberrations rooted in an erosion of evangelization. We need to undo some of what we’ve become as a people of Christ – passive in prioritizing and living our faith, sad about the perceived decline of the importance of Jesus and Church institutions, and accustomed to a malaise rooted in believing there is little that can be done.

Just as we are seeing revitalization in our city, we seek to bring about rebirth of the Church in Detroit.

To watch the video message from Archbishop Allen Vigneron, click on this link: https://youtu.be/R69Yai1DrPU

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Songs of Taize’

A Lenten Taize will take place Sunday, February 21 and March 13 at 4 pm at St. Joseph Church.

The Taize prayer service will combine candlelight, silence and prayers of intercession with song to help us become aware of God’s presence within us.

Refresh your spirit this Lenten Season and turn to our spiritual rock, which is Christ, Himself.

The Taizé prayer experience is very powerful and healing. The service will be led by Kim Kilburn, Music Director at St. Vincent Pallotti Parish. The service is only 30 minutes and will be well worth your time. Will you make this part of your Lenten journey?

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Divine Mercy Novena

Join us at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wyandotte for this Lenten season Novena to Divine Mercy.

March 25 – Good Friday:                 after Solemn Liturgy (church)

March 26 – Holy Saturday:              3:00 pm (church)

March 27 – Easter Sunday:              3:00 pm (church)

March 28 – Easter Monday:             3:00 pm; 7:00 pm (church)

March 29 – Easter Tuesday:             3:00 pm; 7:00 pm (church)

March 30 – Easter Wednesday:       3:00 pm; 7:00 pm (church)

March 31 – Easter Thursday:           3:00 pm; 7:00 pm (church)

April 1 – Easter Friday:                      3:00 pm; 7:00 pm (church)

April 2 – Easter Saturday:                 3:00 pm (chapel)

April 3 – Divine Mercy Sunday:        3:00 pm (church)

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Stations of the Cross

Please join us on Fridays at 6:30 p.m. throughout Lent for Stations of the Cross at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 344 Elm Street, Wyandotte.

If you have never experienced this devotion, it is a beautiful and easy way to follow our Lord’s Passion.

If you are unable to join us, you can click on this link: https://youtu.be/tLGwLMLcq8k and go through the stations online with Fr. Robert Reed from Catholic TV.

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Ash Wedneday

Distribution of Ashes

St. Joseph Catholic Church

344 Elm Street, Wyandotte

February 10, 2016

7:00 – 7:30 a.m. Simple service of distribution of ashes

12 Noon Mass with ashes

7:00 – 7:30 p.m. Simple service of distribution of ashes

Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer.

Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday, and is cheifly observed by Catholics, although many other Christians observe it too.

Ash Wednesday comes from the ancient Jewish tradition of penance and fasting. The practice includes the wearing of ashes on the head. The ashes symbolize the dust from which God made us. As the priest applies the ashes to a person’s forehead, he speaks the words: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

 

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