February 25, 2018

Focus: Tempted by Transfiguration

After last Sunday’s account of Jesus’ trials in the dessert, today we hear of his

Transfiguration. It was doing the Father’s will that he desired, not status,

wealth or power.

Parish Directory

Mass Schedule February 24/25 5:00 pm +Tom Keegan req. Mike & Theresa Keegan 8:30 am +Laier Family req. Right to Life, Livingston 10:30 am +Matthew Syrocki req. Neil & JoAnne Prewitt NO MASS MONDAY OR TUESDAY Wednesday 8:30 am Parishioners Thursday 8:30 am +Deceased Relatives & Friends Friday 8:30 am Children of Parish March 3/4 5:00 pm + John Wirkner req. Wirkner Family 8:30 am +Ed Kubek Req. Karen & David Trzcinski 10:30 am +Ron Falkner req. Nancy DesSchaine

March 3/4 READERS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS SERVERS 5:00 pm K. Schauwecker, J. Wirkner K. Roth, C. Schwartz, D. Martens J., R. & B. Gillman 8:30 am P. Bokuniewicz, D. Dinser K. Bokuniewicz, J. McClorey, C,. Rey L. & E. Goble, K. Dinser 10:30 am P. Taylor, M. Krueger T. Eickhoff, C. Krueger, T. Southerland B., O. & D. Zeppa

This Weeks Readings Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Romans 8:31b-34 Mark 9:2-10

Next Week’s Readings Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 John 2:13-25

Confessions: Saturday 4:00 pm and Upon Request Baptisms: Call Parish House Anointing of the Sick: As Requested Marriage: Call Parish House For Preparation Before Setting a Firm Date AA meets Sundays 7:00 pm in Church Basement

I mentioned it at one mass last weekend but forgot for two. I met with my urologist last week. He’s happy with my healing, outside and in, and it looks like there’s no more cancer. The bad news is that my kidney did not grow back.

Lent is in full swing and so are the fish fries. The count was low last week. And there was only one glitch. A takeout order was passed to the kitchen and then a second. When the orders came to the takeout table the second man took the first man’s order. Not happy. Sorry about that We do apologize to the first man and hope you come back to give us a second chance.

With March begins this season’s county confession schedule. Keep your eye on the bulletin for a time convenient to you.

From the Pastor

Fr Gregg A Pleiness ................ Pastor Parish House .............. (810) 750-0354

8011 Faussett Rd, Fenton, MI 48430 Deacon Emeritus Bill Sirl 810-750-2669 Deacon Jeff Southerland810-730-9444 Donna Griffon ............. 810-629-4549

Director of Religious Education Shannon Scherba ......... 810-588-7665

Youth Ministry, RCIA & Livingston YAM Becky Brown ............... 517-546-9807

Secretary/Bookkeeper Mary Burns-Coral ........ 616-481-6045

Parish Nursing Program St. Vincent de Paul ...... 810-220-9741 Penny Sobonya ............ 810-629-8865

Respect Life Ministry & Martha Ministry

6481 FAUSSETT ROAD HOWELL, MICHIGAN WWW.STAUGUSTINEHOWELL.COM

Peter, James and John saw the Lord transfigured before their eyes and heard, “This is my son, my beloved, listen to him.” Are you listening? Pray for the young that are discerning their future, especially Jon Bokuniewicz.

DATE ............................................................................................. 2-18-2018 Adult Envelopes .......................................................................... $4386.00 Electronic Giving ......................................................................... $1731.80 Loose Collection............................................................................. $496.12 Total ............................................................................................. $6613.92 St. Vincent de Paul ........................................................................... $10.00 Black & Indian Mission ................................................................. $185.00 All Saints ............................................................................................ $1.00

Our Parish Support

PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY MEMBERS

Jonathan Horwath, CTR1, USN Brian Murphy, FS2 USCG

Eric Turk SGM, USA Terry McGowan, SGT USA

Nicklas Ramljak, CPL USMC Adam Eickhoff SPC USA

Aaron Denison E1 USA Mark Lepczyk CPT USAF Adrian Roedel SrA USAF

Maegan Siebertz SrA USAF Luke Siebertz A1C USAF

Derek Siebertz A1C USAF Jonathan Mrozek Cpl USMC

Anthony J. Diamond ITS3, USN Joshua Scheib, MM(SW/AW), USN

Monica (Narhi) Turk, CW4 USA Mitchell Adams SN USN

Daniel Lindsay Amn USAF

PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Terrence Brown, Brian Carless, Vincent Ganapini, Eva Palazzolo, Cathy Diamond, Jacob Hutton, Jim Kielczewski, Veronica Martin, Pat Morcom, Rebecca Oemke, Tonya Rauch, June Rey, Kelsi Spurlin, Vince Trenkle, Jackson Taylor, Stephanie Taylor, Dolores Tuccini, David & Collette Turkowski, Judith Wyniemko

Sunday, February 25 After all Masses Coffee & Donuts

Tuesday, February 27 6:30 pm Religious Education

Thursday, March 1 7:00 pm RCIA

Friday, March 2 5:00 pm Fish Fry

6:30 pm Stations of the Cross

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ST. VINCENT de PAUL CONFERENCE

Lent is a call not just to "give up something" but more important to "give something for the poor." Wherever you live there are poor families near your home. When in need, they call our St. Vincent de Paul phone line. They are, in effect,

calling your phone. This month, through your gifts, the St. Augustine Society of St. Vincent de Paul was able to assist many families, providing help with food, rent, utilities, and other bills.

God Bless You For Answering Their Call! Our next meeting is Thursday, March 15 at 7 pm i

WOMEN’S RETREAT

The Women's Retreat is coming up the weekend of April 27-29. The theme will be “Entering the Heart of God: Praying the Lord’s Prayer. Last year we had 26 women attend the retreat and they all had a won-

derful weekend. Please give yourself a spiritual treat as well as good fellowship and join us this year.

Call Pat at 810-750-2669 to reserve your spot.

Local Confession Schedules

St Agnes, Fowlerville 3:00 pm Sunday March 11

St Mary, Pinckney 7:00 pm Tuesday March 6

St Augustine, Howell 7:00 pm Thursday March 15

St Joseph, Howell 7:00 pm Thursday March 15

Holy Spirit, Hamburg 7:00 pm Monday March 19

St John, Hartland 7:00 pm Wednesday March 21

St Patrick, Brighton 10:00am Saturday March 24

Mary Magdalen, Brighton

7:00 pm Monday March 26

Men’s Fellowship

Come join Deacon Jeff for Men’s Fellowship on March 8 at 6:30-7:30 in the hall. They will begin with the Liturgy of the Hours, the prayer of the church, and then read the Scripture readings for the coming Sunday, with discussion on how they impact our daily lives. They will be meeting every 2nd and 4th Thursday from then on. Hope to see you gentlemen!

Middle School Rally "Set Apart" Saturday, March 10, 2018

9:30 am-5:00 pm Paul J Kim, Amanda Vernon & Bishop Boyea

$20 plus optional $10 t-shirt Register by February 20!

Get more info at Coffee & Donuts, Rel. Ed.

Coffee & Donuts/Bottle Drive Sunday, February 25

Many hands make light work as we feed the machines after donut clean up!

Make plans now to help - proceeds will boost our SVDP Lock-in contributions.

Contact Shannon 810-588-7665 livingstonyam@gmail.com

for more info on youth ministry activities.

StAY St. A Youth in the Spirit

High School

GIFT Growing In Faith Together

Grades 6-8

St. Augustine Youth Ministry Lent has begun. We began class with a group prayer. We learned about the three pillars of Lent - prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We learned about the virtue of prayerfulness. Prayerfulness

is being still, listening, and being willing to talk to God as a friend. We learned some ways to practice prayerfulness. We also watched a short video about Majd, a little boy in Iraq, and how our Rice Bowl donations are helping his family. It's help-ing to make his school safe, to have access to clean water and training teachers.

The third grade class went to church to pray the Stations of the Cross.

Class meets this Tuesday, February 27. Preschool/Kindergarten

Last Sunday we learned about how Jesus went to the desert to pray and afterward left to share the Good News - God loves everyone!!

NO class this week. Happy Donut Day!

Confirmation met last Wednesday. Our lesson was about Mary - Meeting the Mother of God and your heavenly family. We took some quiet time to learn and pray the rosary. Saturday we were back at the Soup Kitchen in Flint.

Please pray for us next week-end. 22 of our teens will be on retreat at Subiaco Retreat House March 2-4.

Giving to the least

fun family friends

Sisterhood Of Catholic Women

It has been wonderful seeing all of you at our events! Our next meeting will be Thursday, March 8th.

If you would like more information, call or email: Chris Roche (810)423-7838

Roche.christine735@gmail.com Claudia King (810)599-8297

ckmjcreative@gmail.com Like us on Facebook and check our web page

http://stascw.weebly.com/

ST. AUGUSTINE KofC COUNCIL 13450

Thanks for all that you guys do for this parish and our community! If you are interested in finding out what the Knights of Columbus are all about please call Rob Dombrowski 248-245-7222 or Mike Terry 810-423-0218. We will be happy to talk about what we do and what it means. Join us at 7 pm, March 14, 2018 at our next meeting.

www.facebook.com/knightsofcolumbus13450

The Knights of Columbus and the Sisterhood of Catholic Women are once again offering a $1000 scholarship to one young man and woman for post-high school academic or vocational programs Applicants need to have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, service and extra-curricular activities, and be active parish members. There is also an application packet that must be returned by 11:30 am, April 15, 2018. The award will be given in May.

Any questions, please call Bob and Sue Fey at 810-714-1905

Join us for the study of the BOOK of GENESIS:

PART 2: GOD AND HIS FAMILY, the continuing story of God’s personal re-

lationships with His growing family members and all their ‘very-human’ problems.

Start Date: Wednesday, March 7

Time: 9:15 – 10:45 am

Place: St. Augustine Parish Center

Contents: 12 Sessions of “Hearts Aflame

Scripture Study”

No past par cipa on in any Bible Study is required!!

Please phone 517-546-9807 or email st.augustinechurch@att.net the Parish Office to register and to purchase the Study Guide.

TIRED OF WINTER? READY FOR SUMMER FUN?!

SAVE THE DATE FOR ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHICKEN BBQ

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2018

Make plans to attend and bring your family, neighbors, and

friends.

Attention Men Vicariate Catholic Men’s Night

St. Patrick, Brighton 3rd Thursday Mass at 7 pm, Speaker at 7:30

That Man is You Saturdays 7 am -8:30 am @ St. Mary Pinckney

THE MAN EVENT February 24, Our Lady of Fatima, Michigan Ctr.

February 24: Katie Reaume, Krystal Darling

February 25: Clifford Weber, Dennis Tomasyzcki, Mark Krueger, Kenneth Alexander

February 26: Frederick Goldsworthy, Thomas Burk, Kala Fisco

February 27: Daniel Scott, Grant Schwartz

February 28: Susan Johnston, Edward Hyypio

February 29: Jamie Molargik March 1: Kimberly Przekora,

Eloise Combs March 2: Louis Miller,

Kenneth Ganapini, Lori Johnson, Mary Rechul, Meghan Beste

MONTHLY MASS & DINNER Sunday, February 25

5 pm Mass @ St. Joseph, Howell 6:30 pm Dinner @ Panera

3950 E Grand River Ave, Howell, MI Come gather in prayer and grow as community as

we check in on the first couple weeks of our Lenten journey!

i.d. 9:16 LIVINGSTON DISCIPLES' NIGHT Catholic Worship. Praying Twice. Thursday, March 1, St. Joseph Howell 6:30 pm Mass with Fr. Dave Howell followed by Dinner

7:45pm Livestream Talk & Discussion in Emmaus Room RSVP by Tuesday, February 27 via Facebook, email or text

HEART OF JESUS HOLY HOUR Saturday, March 3

7:00 - 8:30 pm, St. Patrick, Brighton

MONTHLY MASS & DINNER Sunday, March 25

5pm Mass @ St. Joseph, Howell 6:30pm Dinner @ El Patron

2010 E Grand River Ave, Howell, MI Come gather in prayer and grow as community

as we embark upon Holy Week! Questions? Contact Shannon 810-588-7665 or

livingstonyam@gmail.com & Facebook: "Livingston YAM"

LIVINGSTON YAM: Events & Connections for those 18-35

www.livingstonyam.com

LEGATUS JOB OPENINGS Graphics Designer Job Opening

Legatus, an organization of Catholic CEOs, is seeking a part-time Graphic Designer to prepare visual presentations, ads, sales sheets, flyers, brochures, promotional materials for pilgrimages, and other marketing materials. This position is located in Ann Arbor and is 25 hours per week. A Bachelor's Degree and minimum of five years of related professional experience is required, as well as the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Forward resume to Nancy Haskell, Vice President at nhaskell@legatus.org.

Marketing Communications Coordinator Job Opening Legatus, an organization of Catholic CEOs, is seeking

a part-time Marketing Communications Coordinator to enhance Legatus' print and digital marketing efforts internally and externally. Duties will include developing and coordinating Legatus’ branding strategy and coordinating Legatus’ social media efforts. This position is located in Ann Arbor and is 25 hours per week. A Bachelor's Degree and minimum of five years of related professional experience is required, including graphic design experience. Forward resume to Nancy Haskell, Vice President at nhaskell@legatus.org.

St. Francis Retreat Center 3 upcoming retreats at St. Francis Retreat Center;

all including Mass, lunch, and materials. Info and reg-istration at: stfrancis.ws or 517-669-8321

March 11 "Marriage: Building Trust, Communi-cation, and Intimacy with each other and the Lord." Experience a day of renewal and joy and deepen your marital bond. Cost is $95 per couple.

March 13 "40 Days to a Better You." A Lenten retreat meant to inspire and equip you way beyond these 40 days to live a life of peace within, care for others, and intimacy with the Lord. "I make all things new"... Jesus. Cost is $65 or $55 for seniors 60+.

April 10 "St. Therese, the Little Flower: A Saint & Message for Our Times." This Doctor of the Church shows us how to love, receive love, and live in the moment with trust and confidence in the Lord. Cost is $65 or $55 for seniors 60+.

SAVE THE DATE: St. Maximilian Kolbe

Original one-man LIVE drama Friday, April 13

7:30 pm Brighton, MI

Admission: $10 Tickets available March 1 at all Livingston Catholic Churches

Suitable for ages 10 & Up livingstonvicariate@gmail.com www.stmaxdrama.com

St. Augustine Fish Fry March 2, 2018

Thursday setup 4 pm Joan & John Carless Becky Brown Tom & Cindy Rey Katie Reaume Mary Riechert Jim Sievright Gillman Family

Friday Fish Prep 9 am Tim Southerland Kevin Burke

Friday Setup 9 am Bern & Kathy Diamond Jan Phillips Mary Alice Ladd Donna Narhi Ben & Donna Keihl

Cakes/Cookies before 4 Linda Peckens Karen Trzcinski Pat Sirl Cindy Rey Jackie Pardikes Jazlyn Gajowiak Marge Haver Mary Morey

Cooks 4:00 pm Tim Fox Rob Pardikes Ted Kuderko Joe Cuddy Pete Siebertz Tom Rey Vince Trenkle Kelly Bokuniewicz

Chris Roche Lyn Peckens

Dessert Table 4:00 pm Maria Seibertz

Hostess 4:15 pm Gina Good Claudia King

Food Server 4:15 pm

Order Taker 4:15 pm Karen Schwaucker Cindy Rey Michelle Figley

Bus Tables 4:30 pm

50/50 4:30 pm Marie Robinson Tim Southerland

Takeout Lisa Dunville

Cashier 4:15 pm Emily Trenkle Becky Brown

Coffee

Back Kitchen 4:30 pm David Dunville

Friday Night clean up Steve & Cindy Clos Kathy & Bernie Diamonds

Saturday Clean-up 9 am Randy & Tammy Loiselle John Sievright Jim Sievright Ben & Donna Keihl Paul Bokuniewicz Ed Mierzwa