COMUNIDAD CATÓLICA de

ST. GREGORY-OUR LADY OF FATIMA

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME QUINTO DOMINGO DEL TIEMPO ORDINARIO

FEBRUARY 4 DE FEBRERO, 2018

PARISH OFFICE ~ OFICINA PARROQUIAL: 316 S Peach Ave, Hart 49420 Phone: 231-873-2660; Fax: 231-873-4823 Website: www.stgregoryathart.org Open Tues-Thur 9:30-3:00

Fr. Tom Bolster, Pastor/Párroco tom@stgregoryathart.org Anne Gurecki, Business Manager/Negócios anne@stgregoryathart.org Vickie Oomen, Bookkeeper/Secretary parish@stgregoryathart.org

HISPANIC MINISTRY ~ MINISTERIO HISPANO Sister Guadalupe Moreno 301-1899 gmoreno@dioceseofgrandrapids.org

FAITH FORMATION TEAM Linda Foster 873-3071 reled@stgregoryathart.org Sr. Guadalupe Moreno 301-1899 Mary Lorenz 861-2475

BREAD OF LIFE FOOD PANTRY Wednesdays 3-5:00; 11 Washington St., Hart

MASS SCHEDULE ~ LA MISA

Saturday 5:00 pm Shelby

Sunday 9:30 am Hart

Domingo 11:30 am Hart; Español

Our Lady of Fatima: 1372 S Oceana Dr, Shelby St. Gregory: 316 S Peach Ave, Hart

RECONCILIATION Saturday 4:00 pm Shelby By appointment (231) 873-2660

BAPTISM~ MARRIAGE~ANOINTING Please call the Parish Office (231) 873-2660

BAUTISMOS~ MATRIMONIOS Por favor llame a la oficina (231) 873-2660

MINISTRY SCHEDULE MINISTERIOS DE LA MISA

Feb 10/11 de Febrero

Ministers of the Word/Lectura 5:00 pm OLF Kathy Lound 9:30 am StG Jim Cunningham 11:30 am StG Raquel Ramirez Ministers of the Eucharist 5:00 pm OLF K Freeman, J Freeman, D Carrier 9:30 am StG M Dold, R Umstead, S Vanderstelt 11:30 am StG A Barron, M Barco, E Lerchen Ministers of Hospitality/Bienvenida 9:30 am StG L VanZoeren, M Jastrzembski 11:30 am StG Efigenio Barron y Familia Acolitos 11:30 am StG Maya Morales, Jazmin Luevano Ushers/Colecta y Ofrendas 9:30 am StG D Schaner, R Umstead, T Bosse, J Schaner 11:30 am StG Gerardo Morales y Familia

CALENDAR ~ CALENDARIO Feb 4-11 de Febrero

Mon/Lunes St G 6:30-7:45 Gr 6-8 & Confirmation

Wed/Miércoles 3-4:45 pm Food Pantry, 11 Washington, Hart

St G 3:30-4:45 Rel Ed Gr 1-5

OLF 6:15-7:45 Rel Ed Gr 1-5

Thurs/Jueves StG 7-8:30 pm Bible Study

Sat/Sabado OLF Potluck after 5 pm Mass

Sun/Domingo StG 12:30 am Youth Group

REMEMBER IN PRAYER: Jeanne Strzyz, Mike Oomen, Richard & Oralia Davila, Eugene Rodriguez, Bryan Cramer, Fidencio Vasquez Jr, David Adamczyk, Barb Schaner, Lucia Nicomedes, Jean Manor, Lorraine Avery, Julio Lopez, Agnes Kokx,

Trinidad Diaz, Rosemary Strzyz, Michelle Grace, Noah Bosse, Carl Prowant, Whitney Hintz, Peighton Perry, Jasmine Bosse, Fr Norbert Leyrita, Leticia Gonzalez, Eva Spencer, Kenneth & Velma Croff, Patti Johnson and family, Cody Clark, Chavella Saucedo, Amanda Merten, Jerry Spencer, Felipe Pacheco Santos, Ann Brandt, Anthony Aerts, Shelley Aerts, Kathy Grantz, Samuel Adam Kilgore. Peter Oten, Amanda Dodge, Joel Rivera, Nancy Tate, Deb Kenney, Ed Eckerle, Audrey Baranek.

COLLECTION ~ LA COLECTA Jan 28 de Enero, 2018

Envelopes $1,750.00

Loose 454.00

Total $2,204.00

LITURGY ~ LITÚRGIA Feb 5-11 de Febrero

Sat/Sabado, Feb 10

5:00 pm OLF Parish Family

Sun, Domingo Feb 11

9:30 am StG Dennis Hedinger

11:30 am StG Familia Parroquial

The Sacrament of the Sick will be celebrated during the Masses.

El Sacramento de la Unción de los Enfermos celebraremos durante la misa.

Readings: Lv 13: 1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor 10: 31; 11: 1; Mk 1: 40-45

ASH WEDNESDAY ~ MIERCOLES DE CENIZA Feb 14 de Febrero

10:00am at the Medical Care Facility: Communion Service with Distribution of Ashes - All are welcome to attend. 5:00pm at OLF: Mass with Distribution of Ashes 7:00pm at StG: Bilingual Mass with Distribution of Ashes Misa bilingüe

PARISH POTLUCK: Feb 10, after 5:00 pm Mass at OLF. Please bring a dish to pass and join us for friendly conversation and good food.

LENTEN SOUP LUNCHES: Begin on Thurs., February 15! Soup and bread will be served beginning at 11:30 a.m. Ever wonder why you don't "get more" from going to Mass? We will be presenting 25 min. videos after lunch, facilitated by Sharon Hedinger. The presenter is Dr. Edward Sri, a dynamic and engaging speaker. All are welcome to join us!

MENS GROUP: Multi-Denominational Mens Meeting, Tues, Feb 6, 6-7:00 am, Morats in New Era for breakfast and a time to be challenged and encouraged. Questions: Phil Morse 231-259-0078.

RIGHT TO LIFE MEETING: Tues, Feb 6, 7:00 pm. Meets at Hart Wesleyan Church, 3757 W Polk Rd. For those who can’t speak for themselves. Contact: Wally at 231-233-1560 or Paulette at 231-742-2042.

WORLD MARRIAGE DAY/NATIONAL MARRIAGE WEEK: World Marriage Day will be observed on Feb 11 this year and National Marriage Week USA is Feb 7-14. This is an annual opportunity to focus on building a culture of life and love that begins with supporting and promoting marriage and the family. World Marriage Day is sponsored by Worldwide Marriage Encounter. In 1993, Pope St. John Paul II imparted his apostolic blessing on World Marriage Day.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION:

YOUTH GROUP: Sun, Feb 11, after the 11:30 Mass. Presenter for the program is Paula Michalko (Ms. CoCo). Join us for discussion and fun! Lunch will be served!

OPERATION RICE BOWL: A Lenten program of Catholic Relief Services will be used by our Religious Education students during Lent. The students will bring home a box to be placed in a convenient area in your homes. The idea is to put money in the box, each time you give up something as a sacrifice for Lent. The money will be collected at the end of Lent, and sent to CRS to be used to help the poor and hungry, and those affected by the natural disasters so prevalent in our world today. Prayer sheets will also be sent home, so that you can make this a family Lenten project.

Los primeros domingos de febrero en tiempo ordinario representan una gran llamada al discipulado. El quinto domingo nos invita a aceptar las luchas de la vida como el instrumento que se nos ofrece para seguir a Cristo, de una manera cercana y viva. El sexto domingo nos recuerda nuestra propia debilidad y limitación, pero también la fuerza y misericordia de Dios para superar el mal y para caminar con otros, en comunidad inclusiva y sin barreras.

Este año la Cuaresma comienza en febrero, con la constante llamada a la conversión, a vivir de cara a Dios desde el silencio y la oración, así como desde la claridad de nuestra conciencia. Es el convencimiento de que Dios, como a Jesús, nos ha dado una misión que puede ser difícil, pero que cuenta con su ayuda y fortaleza. El segundo domingo de Cuaresma nos da una fuerte base de esperanza en la revelación de la gloria en la Transfiguración.

Febrero es también el mes de la salud, por la fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y la reflexión sobre las curaciones físicas y espirituales que se llevan a cabo en Lourdes, centro de peregrinación y esperanza. Las fiestas patronales más importantes de este mes son Nuestra Señora de Suyapa, en Honduras, y Nuestra Señora de Copacabana, en Bolivia.

Nuestra Parroquia

GRUPO DE JÓVENES: Se reúnen el próximo Domingo, 11 de febrero, después de la Misa de 11:30. Presentador para el programa es Paula Michalko (Ms. CoCo). Únete con nosotros para la discusión y la diversión! CUENCO DE ARROZ DE OPERACIÓN: Un programa cuaresmal de servicios de ayuda católica, estarán usado por nuestros estudiantes de Educación Religiosa durante cuaresma. Los estudiantes traerán a su casa una caja que se colocara en un lugar conveniente en sus casas. La idea es de poner dinero en la caja, cada vez que dejas algo como un sacrificio por cuaresma. El dinero será recogido al final de Cuaresma, y lo mandaremos a los Servicios de Ayuda Católica para el uso de los que tienen hambre, los pobres y todos aquellos afectados por los desastres naturales que son muy predominantes en nuestro tiempo. Hojas de oraciones también será enviado a casa, para que puedas hacer este proyecto cuaresmal en familia.

Hope is grounded in Christ’s promise of a bright future. In its full expression, hope directs our gaze toward life eternal. In the present moment hope is experienced when

God is number one in our list of priorities. Hope suffers everything well because it creates the sense that God is in God’s heaven and we are on God’s earth. This is not pious piffle or a sop for the weak, but rather an experience of God’s being in control. This is the experience of ultimate reality. Like love, hope endures all things.

That’s because God makes all things right. In the Holy Spirit, we live in right relationship with God, ourselves and others. Baptism removes sin and restores this right relationship. It was in this right relationship of trust in God, myself and others that I served a missionary year in southern Mexico in 1980 before priesthood ordination. I was open to learning and did I ever. Missionaries explain that there’s a “sensitization” to another culture and people. This occurs only when one is there long enough, open enough, and learning not only the gifts but the sins of another culture and people.

That’s when we take others “for real”. We notice them, pay attention to them, and care for them, as much as we do for any group of people.

I suggest we notice, pay attention to, and care for Hispanics in our county. Similarly, I challenge Hispanics to integrate in our community, while bringing their native culture to the table. Together, we are enhanced.

When I was assigned as Rector of the Cathedral of St. Andrew by Bishop Rose in 1994, he asked me to start the Mass in Spanish. Before long the Mass in Spanish had standing room only; more than one thousand people attending. My parents, grey haired as they were then (I’m just taking after them), pointed out that they were all black haired heads at the Spanish Mass.

It’s like here, in that our Anglo parishioners are mostly retired, and our Latino parishioners are mostly young with kids. This is reflected in our Shelby and Hart public schools, where most of the students are Hispanic.

Most of the parishioners in the mid 1990’s at St. Andrew’s Cathedral embraced having large numbers of Hispanics celebrating Mass there. Some few left for nearby all-white parishes, saying that “The Hispanics are taking over the Cathedral.” Some few Anglo parishioners did not want any interaction. But most embraced the diversity. Many chose to go beyond the occasional shared liturgies of Christmas Eve, Holy Days, Holy Week and Ash Wednesday. They sought social and educational ways to interact, learn about, and experience the Hispanic culture. When, after nine years, I left the Cathedral the waters were calm, people content and parish life was operating smoothly. Although such a process takes time, it is hastened by noticing our neighbors, paying attention to them, and caring for them. Not only, as Jesus preached, is the Kingdom of God among us - so also is the future of the Catholic Church in Oceana County among us.

There’s hope for a bright future. Peace, Fr. Tom

ALMUERZOS DE SOPA CUARESMAL: Empiezan el jueves, 15 de febrero! Sopa y pan serán servidos comenzando a las 1:30 am. Alguna vez se preguntó “porque no obtiene más” yendo a la Misa? Estaremos presentando un video de 25 min después del almuerzo facilitado por Sharon Hedinger. El presentador, Dr. Edward Sri, un altavoz dinámico y atractivo. ¡Todos están bienvenido!

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Tienda Mexicana

Venta de todo tipo de Articulos

Groceries, Restaurant & more

Atendido por sus Propietarios

19 South State Street Hart, Michigan 49420 Phone: 231-873-4069

Fax: 231-873-0489

La Fiesta Restaurant

family owned and operated since 1987 serving American and Mexican food

12 S State St - Hart; 231-873-4345 www.lafiesta-restaurant.com

Hodges Sales &Service

204 State Street, Hart

231-873-3562

CHRISTMANN AGENCY Serving The Area For Over 70 Years

213 Lincoln St, Hart

231-873-4214 231-873-4556

Independent Insurance Agent

christmannins@christmannins.com

HANSEN FOODS

“The Good Cooks Store”

231-873-2826

OCEANA EYECARE

“Advanced Eyecare For Your Entire Family”

Michael E. Jonassen, OD

44 State St, Hart 231-873-2575

IN MEMORIAM:

Don & Ginny Ashcraft Greg & Margie Mahynski Bob & Louise Busch James Bland Norman Goodwin

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 2199

109 Washington

MEETINGS 2nd Mondays,7:00 pm

Grand Knight 231-233-5529 Financial Secretary 231-301-8094

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EAGLE TOWING

24 Hour Towing

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Shelby 231-861-8988 Montague 231-894-5424 Muskegon 231-720-0728

THE BAKERY ON THE CORNER “at the corner in downtown Hart”

FULL LINE BAKERY

69 State St, Hart 231-873-0000 Christinesdold@msn.com

Christy & Greg Dold

HALLACK

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4223 W Polk, Hart

231-873-5081

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DALY ORCHARD COMPANY

3585 W Jackson Rd, Hart

231-873-3894

Fresh Fruit & Asparagus Wholesale

“Have you eaten your Daly fruit?”

BECKMAN BROTHERS, INCBECKMAN BROTHERS, INC

3581 Baker Rd 3581 Baker Rd -- ShelbyShelby

231-861-2031; 231-861-5474

Oceana, Newaygo, & S. Mason

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All your excavation needs!

231-861-5036

254 N Michigan

Shelby

Wm. P. “Bill” Harris, Manager 267 N. Michigan Avenue • Shelby

www.harrisfhcares.com 231-861-2360

Ray’s Automotive Service 24 Hour Tire Service

ON SITE REPAIRS

231-894-9258

7558 Grant St., Rothbury

JARVIS SAWMILL

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1570 S. 112th Ave, Shelby

231-861-2078; 800-290-9510

We Purchase Standing Timber Husqvarna Dealer Since 1978

We service what we sell

873-8883

4133 Polk Hart

THAT PLACE

Good Food & Ice Cream

3505 S. Oceana Dr., New Era

231-861-2405

Complete Auto Repair Services Charlie Mero

WE DELIVER 179 N Michigan Ave

Shelby, MI 49455

861-5390

113 Washington, Hart 231-873-2920

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EP NAILS & SPA 231-873-3988

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LIGHTHOUSE

CAR CARE CENTER

2359 N Comfort Dr, Hart

231-873-2349

B.C. PIZZA

Pizza * Subs Salads * Wings * Stix

231-873-5555

2327 N Comfort Dr, Hart

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Heating & Cooling 2790 Tyler Rd Hart, MI 49420

www.adamsheatingcooling.com

Toll-Free 888-361-9722 Fax 231-873-1625

231-873-2665

GALE’S IGA 710 S State

LAUNDRY BASKET Big Washers

COUNTRY ACRES

POOLS & SPAS Carpet Cleaning

OPEN HEARTH

GRILLE & BAR

2430 N 56th Suite A, Hart 231-873-8800

openhearthgrille@hotmail.com

Nicole VanderSys Kevin Fuglseth

Lucy Vasquez y Familia Jeff & Fran Aerts Ralph & Ev Wenner Lee & VanZoeren Families Jerry Dennert Paul R. Strzyz Tom C. Strzyz Jon R Strzyz

Brian L. Schaner Anita Anderson Wayne Richard Wells Marivel Brandel Familias Davila y Herrera Fred & Virginia Schaner Richard Birkman

King-Hart Chapel

2370 N 72nd Ave

Hart 231.873.3415

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White lake Chapel

413 S Mears Ave

Whitehall 231.894.5676

Pere Marquette Chapel

309 S Washington Ave

Ludington 231.843.2531

BEACON

Cremation & Funeral Service

Kirk and Courtney Barz, owners

2327 N Comfort Dr, Hart

Mon-Fri 10:30-7:00

Saturday 10:30-5:00

nails + spa pedicure & waxing

Breakfast ALL Day

Friday Fish Frys

Downtown Mears

231-873-3663