The Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Unforgiving Servant We all want to be forgiven, right? This servant was on top of the world. The king just forgave his debt. Now that’s what I’m talking about! So what happened??? The servant just doesn’t get it. But why? It’s easy enough to figure out. Right? Well apparently not because the forgiven missed a very important step: that he must go out and do the same—forgive. Forgiveness is a heart issue. You can’t put a Band-Aid on it. Can you think of a situation in your life where you were called to forgive and how difficult that was? Maybe it was very personal and something you wouldn’t share with others. Or maybe it was very public and is now out of your hands. Regardless, forgiveness is the answer to your sadness and pain. I know you didn’t do anything. It’s ok. God knows and is at work. Why does Jesus ask us to do something that is so hard and unfair, like forgive someone who has hurt us deeply? How will we ever trust again? I guess we may never understand until we need to be forgiven at such a painful level. “Let us pray. Lord, teach me to forgive.” Or, maybe you’re the one that needs to be forgiven. You messed up royally; now how are you going to get turned around? Put your pride aside. Say you’re sorry, go to confession and ask Mary to help lead you back to Jesus. Be on a mission with a vengeance to make things right and good again in Christ.

ST. PIUS X PARISH FLINT, MICHIGAN

The Weekly Calendar 24th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

(†Mass Intention)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, K of C selling tickets ARISE sign up in the narthex after Masses 9:00 † Jack Milito by Neil and Nancy Frederick 9:00 Adult Choir (church)

11:00 † The parish MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 8:15 (no intention)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 8:15 (no intention) 8:45 Tuesday Toasters 5:30 Confessions

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, SCHOOL MASS 8:15 For those suffering from the hurricane disaster. 10:30 Woodhaven Mass 6:00 CCD(convent) 6:00 Religious Education parent meeting (parish center)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 7:00 Adult Choir practice (church)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, First Middle School Mass 8:15 (no intention)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, Spread the Faith weekend 9:30 Lansing Diocese Women’s Catholic Conference (parish center) 3:00 Confessions

4:30 † Ellen Cushman by the Cushman family SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, Spread the Faith weekend 9:00 † Dick Kirbitz by MSL Detroit 9:00 Adult Choir (church)

11:00 † The parish 12:15 Parent meeting/Cindee (library) 6:00 Confirmation preparation (youth room/comm room)

Altar Servers for September 23 & 24 4:30 A Glynn, T Weeks, G Weeks 9:00 D Stacy, J Rinoldo, T Rinoldo 11:00 V Mathew, R Banwell, G Taylor

Lectors for September 23 & 24 4:30 J McAvoy 9:00 B Krebs

11:00 M Love

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Don Antonio's Dispatch…

This Thursday marks the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. St. Pius X was formed partially from St. Matthew parish in Flint, so we wish our mother parish a very blessed feast day!! Also, since we are finishing up with the lectionary year that uses St. Matthew as the primary Gospel, I thought I’d give you a few facts about his account of the Gospel. St. Matthew himself was a tax collector, and was also called Levi. He was called directly by Jesus to follow Him, and in return St. Matthew held a dinner at which Jesus and tax collectors attended. Caravaggio has a very famous painting of the calling and martyrdom of St. Matthew, which are both located in the church San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. He is said to have been martyred, perhaps in Persia. The Gospel according to Matthew is traditionally the first Gospel, because of the way that early Church Fathers recorded the four canonical Gospels (other false gospels were written that were not accepted as part of Divine Revelation). By Tradition St. Matthew wrote his account in Hebrew or Aramaic, which would have appealed to the first Christians, the Jewish converts. At some point, the Gospel was translated into Greek (though we have no extant older versions in Hebrew or Aramaic that I know of). St. Matthew depicts Jesus as the new Moses, the prophet that Moses told the people to wait for, and to whom they were to listen. Just as Moses gave the Chosen People the Law from Mt. Sinai, so Jesus gave the new law to the people in the Sermon on the Mount. Moses was also attributed with writing the first five books of the Old Testament (the Pentateuch). The Gospel according to Matthew is easily divisible into five parts. St. Matthew reminds us to preach the Gospel by our life and by our words in ways that our own people can understand. He is also a great inspiration that, even if we don’t seem like the person God would call to covert the world, it can happen. May St. Matthew inspire us this week and always!!

OUR WEEKLY COLLECTION

St. Paul writes about taking up a collection for the Church in Jerusalem: “…not that others should have relief while you are burdened, but that as a matter of equality your surplus at the present time should supply their needs…” (2 Cor. 8:13-14a). Am I praying to God to ask Him what I can do as my best

sacrificial gift for the Witness to Hope campaign?

Week of: 9/10/2017 Year-to-Date

Budgeted income $ 13,000.00 $ 133,900.00

Actual income $ 12,182.46 $ 119,213.81

Surplus (deficit) $ (817.54) $ (14,686.19)

The 2017 Diocesan Marriage Day will be celebrated on the weekend of September 30 through October 1, 2017. In each parish of the diocese, the celebrant will bless all married couples that weekend. There will also be a special anniversary Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas in East Lansing on Sept 30th at 4:30 pm for those couples celebrating their first anniversary in 2017 as well as for all couples celebrating a significant anniversary (10th, 15th, 20th, 25th etc.) All couples celebrating any anniversary of 60 years or more are invited. There will be a reception following the Mass. Any couple who plan to attend the Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing, are asked to RSVP either by going to the Diocese of Lansing website at: https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/event/anniversary-mass or by contacting Cheryl Olsen at (517) 342-2556 or by email: colsen@dioceseoflansing.org.

Help Spread the FAITH weekend Sept 23-24—Thank you for making last year’s Help Spread the FAITH Appeal a success. By supporting St. Pius X parish and our diocese in this Help Spread the FAITH Appeal, it enables us to carry out evangelization efforts in St. Pius X, our diocese and the nation. Your support ensures that FAITH magazine will continue to be sent to every Catholic home in the Diocese of Lansing. You will ensure that the Outreach Mass will continue to be broadcast and the U.S. bishops will continue their national evangelization efforts. Your support will help us continue to answer Christ’s call to reach out with the Gospel message.

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

ST. PIUS X CATHOLIC SCHOOL

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It has truly been a great start to our new year. We are above our budgeted enrollment even though we are down in numbers from previous years. Still, the desire and determination to do more for our church and school is there within the hearts of our staff and so I feel comfortable saying that great things are still ahead for us. This past week was truly exciting as the kids went to Mass, attended a Divine Chaplet of Mercy led by our religious education director, Cindee McColley, and we finished the week off with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. It is truly an awesome feeling to see how CATHOLIC our school is becoming. Now please do not get me wrong, I feel we have always been Catholic, but what we are trying to do is to be intentionally more Catholic. This means that we have to set aside all the other things and make sure we put God first in our school and our initiatives. Is it wrong to try and be intentionally more Catholic you ask? Absolutely not. As a matter of fact it is through our intentional habits that we become more virtuous and therefore in turn more holy. So, we are really trying to be intentional in our faith and prayerfully look to create our future church leaders. Please say a prayer for our middle school children as next week will begin something new and never done before at our school; we will have Masses once a month for only middle school children so Father Anthony can be more intentional in shepherding our young men and women in their spiritual lives. Great things are happening at this great school!

Keep the Faith (1 Timothy 6:12) R.J. Kaplan Principal

Wednesday evening Bible Study begins in October —Mark your calendar for these dates: October 11 & 25, November 8 & 29, December 13, January 10 & 24, and February 7 & 21. The plan for this year’s bible study is to study the letters

found in the New Testament such as Galatians, Ephesians, etc. These letters speak to the people and give direction on how to live our Christian lives. We also plan to include some study on apologetics to strengthen our own understanding of our Catholic faith and how to share it. Lastly, our hope is to bring in Father Mathias Thelen who has a background in apologetics (check him out on YouTube) to further our understanding and excitement for this year’s bible study experience. If anyone is interested in a Tuesday morning bible study, call the church office at 235-8574.

Religious Education Department

A NEW SHAPE TO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN “Keep your children connected to their faith”

Please take a moment to sign your children up for Religious Education.

Call (810) 235-8574 to register. If you leave a voicemail, let us know if your information on file is current and a call back number. Classes began on Wednesday, September 13, 2017. A parent meeting for online is Wednesday September 20th at 6:00 pm in the parish center. A parent meeting for 2nd grade sacraments is on Sunday, September 24th at 12:15 pm in the school library.

The Divine Mercy Apostolate is a Eucharist Apostolate now active at SPX. Anyone interested in observing or joining the cenacle are more than welcome to come anytime. One of the missions the members of a DM cenacle are called to do is pray the chaplet at the last hour of a dying person. If you would like this done for someone you love during this time,

please do not hesitate to call the church office to request a cenacle member at (810) 235-8574. From the Diary of St. Faustina: He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice...Diary 1146 Confirmation Prep is starting next weekend on Sunday,

Sept 24 at St. Pius X! Confirmation prep is moving back to 8th grade, but will also include 9th grade students this year. If your child is enrolled at St. Pius X Catholic school, the prep happens in the religion classroom. If your child is not enrolled at St. Pius X Catholic school, Confirmation prep will happen every other Sunday evening from 6-8 p.m. in the Youth Room, beginning Sept. 24. Please make sure and register if you have not already done so. The cost for the program is $20 per person, not including the retreat. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of our youth!!

St. Luke N.E.W. Life Center is celebrating its15th Anniversary of founding with an Octoberfest grilled dinner and fundraiser on Sunday, October 8th at Luke M. Powers High School, Flint, MI. Dinner is served at 12:30. Tickets are $30 per person and may be purchased on the website at: stlukenewlifecenter.com or by calling (810) 239-8710. Tickets are also available at the door. You will enjoy a fun-filled afternoon and a meal cooked on site by our board members and volunteers. There will be a silent and live auction and a corner store featuring items sewn or made at the Center. All proceeds go to further the mission of the Center. Come and join in the celebration.

Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Burton hosts a Special Needs Mass, the 4th Sunday, of each month at 1:00 pm. This is an opportunity for persons with special needs and their families to pray and celebrate together. The next Mass will be September 24th at 1:00 pm at Holy Redeemer. Come as you are. All are welcome.

Annual World Apostolate of Fatima Diocesan Convention will be held at St. John the Evangelist Church, 404 N. Dayton St., Davison, MI from 8:30 am until 3:00 pm on October 7, 2017. The speakers are Fr. James Conlon, Dawn Hausman and Fr. Todd Koenigsknecht, speaking about The Relevance of Fatima Today: ‘100 Years - A Timely Message’; ‘A Marian Devotion for the 21st Century’ and ‘Fatima: Saints and Sinners’. The day will include the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, a Rosary procession and banquet luncheon. All are welcome. Those wishing to join us may purchase tickets at $20 each from Maria Pavelich (810) 730-0703. There are a few flyers placed in the narthex with further details.

RED MASS 2017—The Annual Red Mass will be at St. Mary Cathedral October 9, 2017 at 5:15 pm. A dinner reception will immediately follow. All Judges, Lawyers, Law Students and interested persons are invited. Contact Diane Arzberger (517) 402-2880 or lclguild@gmail.com to reserve a spot. Lori Buiteweg will be presented the prestigious Thomas More Award. A deserving Law Student will be given the St. Ives Award.

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