ASSUMPTION GROTTO
NEWS
ASSUMPTION GROTTO CHURCH
JUNE 28, 2015
Assumption Grotto
Parish - 1832 -
Our Lady of Lourdes
Shrine - 1881 -
A Pastor’s Descant
I
They made signs, asking his father
what he wished him to be called.
He asked for a tablet and wrote, "
John
is his name," and all were
amazed. Immediately his mouth was
opened,
his
tongue
freed,
and he spoke blessing God. - Lk 1:6264
wonder how cognizant people are about
the true state of things at this time. My
guess is that they are not much aware, or at
least not all that much troubled by them.
I’ve avoided apocalyptic warnings to you
for the good reason that they would be
false. Only God knows for sure when the
travail of the final days will be upon us.
This does not mean, however, that there
cannot be a time great turmoil in the world
–a time of disturbances which afflict the
entire societal body in the political, moral,
and religious areas of life–which is to say,
in every aspect.
The near collapse of order in beneficent
government, national and worldwide, in
societal structures, in education, the
military, in law and judiciary, in education
and arts, in economy and–hard to admit it–
even in the Church, does not seem
overmuch to worry many people, because
they’ve been lulled into reverie by an
enveloping, all-pervading sensuality. The
palliative effect of pleasures which distract
our minds and cloud our judgment tends to
make us oblivious to the disorder all
around us: the effect being much like an
anaesthetic on a body suffering some
pathological condition. Pain is a warning
that something’s amiss that needs
remedying. Covering over problems with
blithe distractions from sensual comforts
allows decay unattended to advance, to
worsen.
Men’s ambition and pride lead to
resentment of authority; their inclination
towards evil, and especially towards
sexual indulgence, leads them to want to
give way to outpourings of their lawless
passions (anger, lust and disregard for law
and discipline); and these in turn make
Excerpts from the Lectionary for
Mass ©2001, 1998, 1970 CCD.
men turn away from God and prepare
them to become practical atheists, which
is to say, agnostics. It is only at this last
phase that we begin to see clearly that
there’s more than human ambition and
weakness behind the ensuing general
disorder–that it is demonically inspired.
In any case, whether we are willing to
believe in the Enemy’s hand in this or
not, we are all feeling the effects of the
advancing chaos in the disharmony in
our marriages and families, in our
ineffective educational attempts in our
schools, in the squeeze that holds our
money and property, in the ever-wider
encroachment of big government over
more and more aspects of our lives, in
the disturbances and discomfort we are
feeling by being in a Godless public, in
the uncertainty and fears we experience
as ominous, impending calamity, in the
division in the Church, etc.
Much more needs to be said about these
things that can’t be aired here. But my
reasons for bringing them up are 1) to
assure that all this is not right, is not
normal, and is decidedly deadly for
continuance in an ordered world; 2) to
speculate about what the right response
should be in the face of this distorted
scene. Responses are basically of two
kinds: a) offensive action which seeks to
rectify the troubles by opposing the many
seducing errors and the moral decay; b)
prayer and sacrifice, both for restoration of
order and for making reparation for
damages already done. These two forms
are often posed as being in tension with
each other: the ‘direct confrontation
approach’ or the more ‘indirect’ and
(seemingly) ‘passive.’ In truth, I can’t say
that there is an alternative: both are
needed. We need front-line fighters and
we need prayer-warriors (pardon that
gooey expression). What we cannot do is
to become idle and numb, indifferent and
unconcerned, allowing evil to go
unopposed, and thus to advance.
I
f I am undecided about which of these
to recommend to you the more, I would, as
your pastor, say at least this much with
utter confidence: you must stop your own
slinking into the myriad forms of evil that
are rotting souls. You simply cannot give
way to your passions–which are the
internal originators of all the disorder and
chaos in society and in the Church. You, in
simple terms, have got to oppose the sinful
inclinations that induce you to commit
your sins. Never mind the terrible things
other people are doing, how bad the
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MONDAY, 5:00 p.m.
Monday, June 29, 2015
7:30 a.m. - Ninfa Palazzolo (D)
7:00 p.m. - No Mass
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
7:30 a.m. - Christopher Orlando (D)
7:00 p.m. - No Mass
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
7:30 a.m. - Audrey Hymnes (D)
7:00 p.m. - No Mass
Thursday, July 2, 2015
7:30 a.m. - Matthew Screws (L)
7:00 p.m. - No Mass
Friday, July 3, 2015
7:30 a.m. - Poor Souls
7:00 p.m. - No Mass
Saturday, July 4, 2015
7:30 a.m. - Reparation for sins against the
Immaculate Heart of Mary
4:00 p.m. - St. Monica Sodality
Sunday, July 5, 2015
6:30, 9:30 a.m. and Noon - People of the
Parish
Graves
For information on graves or our
cremation burial site, call the Rectory,
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Baptism
Sarah Gianna Kopke, daughter of Scott A.
Kopke & Maria A. Berardo.
DETROIT, MI
Saturday,July 4, 2015
4:00 p.m. D. Bastuba, , R & J. Praet, J.
& J. Williams
Sunday, July 5, 2015
6:30 a.m. R. Jacek, C. Kolomjec, M
Pomeroy
9:30 a.m. K. Garavaglia, D. Schuster,
K., D. Dux, J. & E. Lang, J. Prevo, G.
Heffernan, R.& A. Santine, A., J. & S
Coates, J. & J Simpson, H. Wisniewski,
B. & J. Newby, R. Grado
12:00 p.m. B. & S. Sharp, J., P. I. & M.
Doyle, C. & M. Chambers, G & J.
Venditti, A. & M. Arrigoni, A. & J.
Kopke, F. & W. Remske, J. Gallagher, P.
Cooper, C. G. & J. Rochon, D & L
Steinhaus, M. & M. Staschke
Gethsemane Eucharistic
Adoration Chapel
The Chapel, located in the Convent, is
open 9 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Monday-Friday,
and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
We need more people to be adorers. If
you can commit to one hour, or be a sub
when someone is absent, please call the
Rectory.
Join us for refreshments in the vestibule
of the gym after Mass on Sunday
Please Note: The Gif Shop will close at
11:30 a.m. this Sunday
Readings for the Week
of June 28, 2015
JULY 4, 2015
Sunday: Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24/2 Cor
8:7, 9, 13-15/Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24,
35b-43
Monday: Vigil: Acts 3:1-10/Gal 1:1120/Jn 21:15-19
Day: Acts 12:1-11/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/
Mt 16:13-19
Tuesday: Gn 19:15-29/Mt 8:23-27
Wednesday: Gn 21:5, 8-20a/Mt 8:28-34
Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19/Mt 9:1-8
Friday: Eph 2:19-22/Jn 20:24-29
Saturday: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29/Mt 9:14-17
Next Sunday: Ez 2:2-5/2 Cor 12:7-10/
Mk 6:1-6a
ASSUMPTION (GROTTO) PARISH
DIRECTORY
13770 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit, MI 48205
Pastor, Rev. Eduard Perrone
Associate Pastor, Rev. John Bustamante
Deacon James Wilder
RECTORY BUSINESS HOURS
Monday-Friday ............................. 9:00am-5:00pm
Saturday-Sunday........................... 9:00am-2:00pm
Evening hours ............................... by appointment
Rectory
313-372-0762, FAX 372-2064
Website: www.assumptiongrotto.com
e-mail: [email protected]
Assumption Grotto Gift Shop
313-332-4432
Email:[email protected]
Parish Council President
Anna Graziosi ..................................313-423-6972
Organist, Ray Long ........................313-372-0762
Email: [email protected]
SUNDAY MASSES: Saturdays at 4:00; Sundays
at 6:30, 9:30 (Tridentine), & Noon
HOLY DAY MASSES: 6:30, 9:30 (Tridentine),
Noon & evening at 7:00 p.m.
WEEKDAY MASSES: Monday-Friday 7:30
a.m. & 7:00 p.m. , Saturday. 7:30 a.m (all
Tridentine)
CONFESSIONS: Saturday 2:30-3:30 ., Sunday
9:00 & 11:30 a.m.
BAPTISMS: Every Saturday after the 4:00 p.m.
Mass or Sunday after the Noon Mass. Arrange at
the Rectory Office.
BLESSING FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS:
After the Noon Mass on the first Sunday of the
month.
REGISTRATION: Come to Rectory 9-5 p.m.,
Mon-Fri. If not possible, call for a registration
form to be sent out to you.
Weekly Holy Hours
Wednesday: after the 7:00 p.m. Mass,
“for all our Priests
Thursday: after the 7:00 p.m. Mass, in
commemoration of the Passio Domini
Friday: after 7:00 p.m. Mass - for the
souls in Purgatory
Saturday: after the 4:00 p.m. Mass - for
all our Military
First Sunday of the Month: K of C
Holy Hour after the Noon Mass, Benediction, prayers, Holy Rosary for vocations
26 Social
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19 Social
Crossroads
12 Social
..Annual Mission
Appeal
21
14
5. Social
7
Sun
Sun
15
27
29
20 No Parish Council
22
13 No Ushers Meeting
6
8
Basketball M-F
4-6 pm
1
All Saints Day
Mon
Mon
2014
To schedule the use of a
room in the school, contact
Janet at the Rectory Office
(372-0762)
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28
30
21 K of C Meeting
7:00 p.m.
23
14
7
9
2
All Souls Day
Election Day
Tue
Tue
11
18
25
Legion of Mary 30
29
7:45pm
Legion of Mary 23
22
7:45pm
24
Legion of Mary 16
15
7:45pm
17
Legion of Mary 9
8.
7:45pm
10
Legion of Mary 42
13
7:45pm
Wed
Wed
Thu
Thu
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19
12
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31
24
17
10
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FriFri
27
20
13
6
25
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11..Annual Mission
Appeal
4. Carmelites
..St. Monica Sodality
Mass 4pm
SatSat
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THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Pastor’s Descant (Continued)
world is getting, how dizzying the turmoil in the Church. Be saintly, and do
not budge from the way of righteousness. Be tough on yourselves and be
holy people. The reform of the world
begins with you, in your own soul.
Then, and only then, should you proceed
with your plan of righting the wrongs of
others. This program is a version of
what our Lord Himself said: remove the
plank in your own eye before removing
the splinter in the eyes of others.
Don’t mistake my meaning. I am not
suggesting that we should not oppose
the tremendous evils that are upsetting
the God-willed harmony and order of
the world and the Church. We must oppose these. Nor am I saying that we
should not be making the much-needed
Eucharistic holy hours to appease divine
justice and petition divine intervention.
We, however, must not be hypocrites,
outwardly valiant and righteous but inwardly unconverted. What is inexcusable is indolence and apathy and, of
course, complicity in the great movement to overthrow the God-given order
of truth, goodness, beauty, and holiness,
a movement which is not fundamentally
a thing but a destructive and malevolent
person who rails against God and seeks
to frustrate His plans for the salvation of
the human race.
Fr. Perrone
P.S. This will be my last Descant for a
while as I take my summertime lease for
mental and physical refreshment. Fr.
John, to whom I confidently entrust your
pastoral care, will no doubt graciously
supply in my absence.
Please Note: There will not be a 7:00
p.m. Mass beginning the week of June
21st through August 14th due to Fr.
Perrone and Fr. Bustamante’s vacation schedules.
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Grotto St. Vincent De Paul Helpers
will have envelopes on the side tables
for donations to help parishioners in
need.
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Parishioners are invited to have your
home consecrated to Jesus and the
JUNE 28, 2015
Immaculate Heart of Mary and receive
his special graces for this devotion and
the twelve promises. Call Tom Ulrich at
586-775-8138 or Deacon Jim Wilder at
586-776-7774. Men of the Sacred Heart:
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We are in need of Lectors for the 4:00
p.m. Saturday Mass and the Noon Sunday Mass. We would like to see some of
the younger men of the parish volunteer. Normally we would have 4 men
for these masses so that it would only be
a once a month commitment. Call the
rectory to volunteer.
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Adoration Chapel News We really need
new adorers to commit to an hour of adoration. There are several sick people and a
few others have left their hours. We want
to thank those who have filled in by taking
additional Holy Hours to cover these absences. Thanks also to several substitutes
new and old who are making daily Holy
Hours. God will reward you!
Independence Day
Prayer
"We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
We all know these words by heart. They
are from the United States Declaration of
Independence. However, are these words
held with the same reverence around the
world as they are held here at home? Sadly, no. There are many places in the world
where it is a life-threatening endeavor to
practice one's faith, that faith that was
given to each human by that Creator who
endowed us with inalienable rights.
Let us take a moment to remember all
those people in the world who are not free
to seek life, liberty or happiness.
Let us pray…O God, you willed that the
Jewish people be free from slavery by
their Egyptian captors. You will that all
people should be free to worship you
without fear and to celebrate their religious beliefs freely, even if they have not
yet found you.
Grant that those of us who live in this
great nation will thank you daily for our
freedom, and work for the freedom of
others around the world that do not yet
have the freedom to practice their faith
openly and proudly.
We seek your wisdom where hatred
abounds, and ask for humility to offer our
good works to others who live in fear and
bondage.
We ask all this through Christ our Lord,
who frees us from sin and death through
the wood of the cross. Amen.
13th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
"And they ridiculed him."
So he hung his head in shame and slunk
gloomily out the back door? So he pleaded and whined and called them all names?
No. Instead, Jesus "put them all out" and
went about his business, raising Jairus'
daughter from the dead.
Jesus wasn't concerned about what others
thought. And lest we imagine that everyone around him was constantly worshiping him and adoring his divinity, today's
reading reminds us that even in the presence of the Lord, skeptics were a dime a
dozen. So should we be surprised if we
must deal with a bit of ridicule ourselves?
As faithful Christians, we will at times be
called to chart a course that doesn't make
sense in the eyes of the world. And, yes,
some people will say we're crazy. We
may be called to take a stand for the unborn or the elderly in a culture that considers life to be expendable. We may be
faced with a decision at work that requires
us to adhere to an ethical code that our
boss thinks is laughable. Perhaps we will
have to sacrifice a relationship because of
pressures to ignore Christian morality. Or
maybe the situation could be as simple as
dealing with the smirks that arise when
we say a prayer before eating at a restaurant.
Whether we face a snicker or blatant discrimination against our religious freedom,
we should not flinch or waver when such
opposition comes our way. Jesus faced it
and so will we. The question is only how
we will respond.
Today, Jesus gives us an example of calm
confidence as he marches forward with
his mission. He knew that he was doing
the right thing, and that was enough for
him. It should be enough for us too.