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PARISH STAFF Pastor ................................................... Fr. Anthony J. Strouse Deacon ............................................................. .Dave Jansen Principal………………………………………....Brian Sheeran Bookkeeper…………………………………...Danielle Sphar Minister of Music ............................................ Maria Sutara Director of Faith Formation...……………….Colleen Ontko Director of Sacred Music…………………….Joseph Dobos PARISH PHONE NUMBERS Parish Office ............................................................. 235-8574 School Office ............................................................ 235-8572 Religious Education ................................................. 235-8574 Minister of Music ...................................................... 235-8574 Powers Catholic High School ............................................................... 591-4741 E-Mail ................................................. spxparish@gmail.com Prayer Warrior Ministry................................... (810) 487-0871 SUNDAY MASSES 4:30 p.m. (Sat.); 9:30 a.m. WEEKDAY AND HOLYDAY MASSES Consult weekly bulletin. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Parents must be registered members of the parish and must attend a workshop in preparation for Baptism. Call the rectory office to make arrangements.

SACRAMENT OF PENANCE (RECONCILIATION) Saturdays 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.; Sundays 8:30 to 9:00 a.m.; Tuesdays 5:30 to 6:00 p.m.

SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Contact the parish priest at least 9 months in advance. One of the couple must be a registered member of the parish.

SACRAMENT OF THE SICK Saturdays following the 4:30 p.m. Mass or call the rectory.

COMMUNION TO THE HOMEBOUND Call the rectory if you are aware of anyone who is homebound.

BULLETIN DEADLINE Monday, 12:00 pm written or via email

Hearing difficulties? Please ask an usher for a Personal PA receiver.

St. Pius X parish PARISH MISSION STATEMENT:

We, the community of St. Pius X in Flint rejoice in our communion with our bishop and brothers and sisters in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing. Together, we worship, we teach, we serve.

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ST. PIUS X PARISH FLINT, MICHIGAN

The Weekly Calendar

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT (†Mass Intention)

SUNDAY, MARCH 15 8:30 Confessions

9:00 Morning prayer

9:30 † The parish [with Adult choir]

10:30 Liturgy Bible Study (parish center)

7:00 Youth Group, St. Robert’s

MONDAY, MARCH 16

8:00 † Robert Cushman by the family

8:30 Grades 3/4 school reconciliation (church)

6:15 Divine Mercy (parish center)

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, St. Patrick’s Day

8:00 † Tommy Grades by Uncle Terry and Mary 8:30 Grades 5/6 school reconciliation (church)

8:45 Tuesday Toasters (parish center)

5:30 Confessions (church)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, School Mass 8:00 Special intentions for Mary (Dolores) Cox

in honor of her 88th birthday by Carol Raznik

10:30 Woodhaven

THURSDAY, MARCH 19

10:00 Lenten Bible Study (parish center)

6:00 Lenten Bible Study (parish center)

7:00 Adult Choir practice (church)

FRIDAY, MARCH 20

A day of Abstinence

7:00 Adoration

8:00 † Larry and Marilyn LaPorte by Terry and Mary

8:45 Adoration

9:00 North End Soup Kitchen, Stewart Avenue (team 1)

5:30 Soup Suppers (comm room)

6:15 Lenten Reflections

7:00 Stations of the Cross

SATURDAY, MARCH 21

8:00 Diaconate formation (parish center)

3:00 Confessions

4:30 † Danny Lancaster by Mary Beth Leet

5:45 Movie Night, speaker Sr. Mary Ann McCarron

(parish center)

SUNDAY, MARCH 22, Fourth Sunday of Lent 8:30 Confessions

9:00 Morning prayer

9:30 † The parish [with Adult Choir] 10:45 Liturgy Bible Study (parish center) 7:00 Youth Group, St. Robert’s

Altar Servers for March 21 & 22

4:30 T Weeks, G Weeks, volunteer

9:30 G Taylor, A VanCamp, volunteer

Lectors for March 21 & 22 4:30 P Jansen 9:30 D Jones

ALTAR CARE-Team 1 Ramona Ranvi l le, Janet Graham, Pam Warren

Don Antonio's Dispatch…

This week we have two well-known saints: St. Patrick and St. Joseph. St. Patrick is celebrated on 17 March, especially by the Irish, but many people claim that they’re “Irish” on that day. St. Michael Catholic Church has the traditional St. Patrick’s Day Mass and celebration afterwards. While it’s almost celebrated like a national holiday (without paid time off), in the Church, unless the church is dedicated to St. Patrick, it’s a commemoration, or the lowest level of celebration in the Church’s liturgy. There’s nothing wrong with celebrating St. Patrick, even perhaps with a Guinness or two (drink responsibly!), but St. Patrick was committed to spreading the Gospel, and so a great way to honor St. Patrick is to invite someone to come to Mass with you. The other saint is St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Foster-Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We don’t hear that much about St. Joseph from the Scriptures, except that he was a just man, a carpenter, and responded to God’s will as it became known to him. I have a devotion to St. Joseph, and I’ve been praying a novena to him, especially for our school families and staff. St. Joseph is a solemnity, the highest rank of celebration in the Church’s liturgy, so it’s a great excuse to do something extra to honor St. Joseph.

Here’s our Catechism quote for the week:

“‘If you knew the gift of God!’ The wonder of prayer is revealed beside the well where we come seeking water: there, Christ comes to meet every human being. It is he who first seeks us and asks us for a drink. Jesus thirsts; his asking arises from the depths of God’s desire for us. Whether we realize it or not, prayer is the encounter of God’s thirst with ours. God thirsts that we may thirst for him.” (n. 2560)

OUR WEEKLY COLLECTION

Week of: 3/8/2020 2019-2020 Year-to-Date

Budgeted income $ 7,600.00 $ 335,413.42

Actual income $ 7,350.50 $ 302,329.14

Surplus (deficit) $ ( 249.50) $ (33,084.28)

Dynamic Catholic—BEST LENT EVER, For parishioners, and others, sign up for daily reflections and readings, follow the link: https://dynamiccatholic.com/email-sign-up Rediscover the Saints. ……The saints can help you live an integrated life!

Soup Suppers During Lent– Please join us on Friday evenings during Lent for soup suppers, followed by a Lenten reflection and Stations of the Cross. Our evenings begin in the community room at 5:30 pm. All parishioners are invited! If you would like to provide a meatless soup or bread, please call Alice Fritz at (810) 695-7990.

Thank you to everyone who has made a pledge to the Diocesan Services Appeal this year. If you have not yet made your gift decision, please consider doing so today. Envelopes are available in the pews and may be placed in the collection basket or returned to the parish office. This week we reached 11% of our DSA goal for a total of $5,335. Thus far, 18 families have contributed to this year’s appeal. I am grateful for these contributions and invite others to join me and join

together to push us over goal for the benefit of our parish and the wider church. No gift is too small….remember, 50% of all contributions, in excess of our parish goal, will come back to our parish for local use.

THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 15, 2020

ST. PIUS X CATHOLIC SCHOOL

#WeBelieve #WeInspire #WeAchieve Website: www.spxparish.com

This school year has brought some new and exciting opportunities for our school. Our students have the chance to learn computer coding. The online coding class includes interacting with robots virtually, as well as robots they work with in the classroom. The course allows students to work at their own pace. The content includes lessons on action, logic, variable functions and writing JavaScript. Students are engaged and excited to learn more every day. One student shared that he enjoys the challenge of the course. Other students stated that using robots in real life is fun. Our Chargers are changing the world! Please continue to keep our students, parents and families in your prayers. God Bless SPX! Brian Sheeran Principal , St. Pius X www.spxchargers.org

Faith Formation

If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith or would like to become Catholic, please contact Colleen Ontko, Faith Formation Director in the church office at

(810) 235-8574.

Lectionary Bible Study—Join us on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 10:45 am in the parish center for faith and fellowship. Refreshments provided. Everyone is welcome.

The Divine Mercy Apostolate is a Eucharist Apostolate active at SPX. Come and join us at our next meeting on Monday, March 16, 2020 from 6:15 pm -7:45 pm in the parish center. Lenten Bible Study at St. Pius X parish featuring the series, No Greater Love, a Biblical Walk Through Christ’s Passion. Join us on Thursday, March 19 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon or 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the parish center, The facilitator will be Kathy Vickrey.

The life of St. Joseph—Join speaker, Sr. Mary Ann McCarron on Saturday, March 21, 2020 after the 4:30 pm Mass in the parish center at St. Pius X. Sr. Mary Ann will be speaking on the life of St. Joseph. Please sign up in the narthex after Mass or call the church office if you plan on attending. Food and beverages will be provided.

A Mary Book Study class will begin on Wednesday, April 29th at 11:30 am in the parish center. We will study Medjugorje: The Message by Wayne Weible - book on Mary Our Mother. Mark your calendars.

SPX/St. Robert’s High School Youth Group: No Youth group Sunday, March 8. Join us Sunday, March 15th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at St. Robert’s, Flushing.

“And sing the love amazing…”

There is not a more hard working or more dedicated choir in the City of Flint than at St. Pius X Church. The "Pius people" love to sing! One of the icons in our sanctuary is of St. Augustine who wrote, "For he who sings praise, does not only praise, but also praises joyously; he who sings praise, is not only singing, but also loving Jesus whom he is singing about/to/for." Every Sunday, I am reminded about this.

Joseph Dobos, Director of Sacred Music spxsacredmusic@gmail.com

St. Mark Catholic Church, Goodrich—St. Mark Catholic Church is hosting a Day of Penance on Monday, March 23rd from 6:00 am—8:00 pm in the parish center. There will be two to three priests available all day to hear confessions. All are welcome. For additional information, you can contact our parish office at (810) 636-2216 or email jsalvati@ st.markgoodrich.org. St. Mary’s Queen of Angels– The Luck of the Irish Casino bus

trip fundraiser presented by the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians departs Thursday, March 26 from St. Mary’s , 4413 Morrish Rd., Swartz Creek at 10:00 am. We arrive at Soaring Eagle Casino at 11:20 am, and will arrive back at St. Mary’s at 5:00 pm. Cost is $40 per person, which includes $20 back in gaming and $5 in food. Please call Kathleen at (810) 429-2535 to reserve your seat. There is limited seating and the bus fills up fast. Must be 18 years of age and have a valid ID.

St. Thomas the Apostle, Ann Arbor is hosting a Level II Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Formation this summer. (This will be in addition to the Level I formation previously advertised.) Dates for Part 1: August 5- 8 and August 10-13. (Part II will be held in August, 2021) Watch the bulletin for registration information.

Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Burton will have a special needs Mass on March 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm. We encourage and welcome all to attend this Mass, especially children and those with special needs. The Mass is a little shorter and the homily and music is tailored to those with special needs. The Mass allows everyone to be themselves and to serve, to read, to usher, play one of our many instruments, and to participate in whatever way that they feel comfortable. There will be refreshments following the Mass. All are welcome!

St. Pius X parish directory—It’s time! It’s time for us to update our photo directory. I know everyone is busy. For now, please save the date. We will be photographing all families on May 1, 2020; May 2, 2020; and May 12, 2020 right here at St. Pius X parish. Our directory will not be complete without you. Please watch our bulletin for more

information in the coming weeks.

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