Christmas Mass Schedule, 2011

Here is the Christmas schedule of Masses for the three churches in our cluster.

Sweetest Heart of Mary Church

Christmas Eve, 4pm Children's Mass w/ procession

12 Midnight music starting at 11:30pm,  Bishop Reiss officiating

Christmas Day, 10:30am

 

St. Josaphat Church

Christmas Eve, 10:00pm Shepards Mass

Christmas Day, 9:30am Tridentine

12:00 Noon, English

 

St. Joseph Church

Midnight, Tridentine with music at 11:30pm

Christmas Day, 10:00am German

12:00 Noon, English

Pierogi Fest 2011 Was A Hit!

Another successful Pierogi Festival is behind us and we are all grateful for decent weather. Thank you, Lord, for seeing to it that it didn't keep attendees away. Our volunteers went above and beyond their own comfort to see to it that we all had a great time. Bravo to them! This festival of ours just keeps getting bigger and better every year.

I only snapped a few pictures this year but Tony Ziebron was kind enough to photograph the event. Those pictures will be uploaded to the parish's Flickr account where you can view them.

I tasted all three varieties of pierogi and they were just as good as ever! Thanks to all the Pierogi-ites for making such delicious food for us. I wish I could have tasted one of those terrific chicken dinners I remember from past festivals but I got there too late and they were all sold out.

I was delighted to meet Fr. Darrell Roman, our cluster's new Administrator. I heard such nice things about him from everyone I spoke to. It was a pleasure to finally meet him.

I had a wonderful time at the 2011 Pierogi Fest and I'm already looking forward to next year's festival! I hope to see you there!

Welcome Father Darrell Roman!

Sweetest Heart of Mary Parish would like to welcome Fr. Darrell Roman as our new Pastor. Fr. Roman comes to us from St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lake Orion, Michigan. He was theologically trained and ordained in Poland but was born in Detroit and grew up in Livonia. His assignment with the parish begins July 1st.

Best wishes to Fr. Paul Czarnota who is moving on to a new assignment.

2011 Pierogi Festival!

..:: Pierogi Festival! ::..

August 13 & 14, 2011

Saturday: Noon - 9pm

Sunday: Noon - 8pm

Pierogi Dinners, Grilled Food Bar, Gołąbki, Potato Pancakes, City Chicken, Nalesniki, Ice Cream shoppe

Live Music
Veritones - Saturday @ Noon
Pan Franek & Zosia - Saturday @ 5pm
The Steve Drzewicki Band - Sunday @ Noon
The Coachman - Sunday @ 4:30pm

Special Polka Masses
4pm Saturday with Pan Franek & Zosia
10:30am Sunday with Veritones

Dancers
Halka Polish Dancers - Saturday @ 5:30pm
Wawel Polish Dancers - Sunday @ 3:30pm

Olde School Resale Shoppe, Children's Games, Slide-Castle Moonwalk, Detroit Tiger "Paws" will make an appearance, 50-50 Raffles, Putt-Putt, Polish T-shirts, Games of Chance, Vegas Wheel, Face Painting, Detroit Fire Truck, Bingo, Dunk Tank, Religious Goods, Doll Booth, Church Tour, Bake Sale.

Grand Raffle: $5,000 in cash prizes!

Sweetest Heart of Mary Church

4440 Russell at Canfield

Detroit, Michigan  48207

(313) 831-6659

Fenced and Guarded Parking

Pierogi, Pierogi

The Pierogi Festival is only 12 weeks away and we have 8 empty freezers that must be filled with pierogi. Help is needed now. We need 4 people for Fridays, and 8-10 people for Mondays. This is not hard work but essential work. No experience necessary. We'll begin at 9am for approximately 4 hours. Light lunch on Mondays, snacks on Fridays. For information call Phil (810) 388-9329.

Olde School Resale Shoppe

Please bring your new and gently used household items that you no longer want to the old school building for resale at the Pierogi Festival to benefit Sweetest Heart of Mary Parish.

Drop off times: After the 4:00pm and 10:30am Masses on Saturday and Sunday. Pickup of items can be arranged. (Please, no clothes, stuffed animals, board games.) Call (313) 886-7313 for more information.

Parish Family Breakfast

Family Breakfast

June 5, 2011 - After 10:30am Mass

Scrambled eggs, pork sausages, hash browns, pancakes & syrup, coffee cake, orange juice, coffee, white/chocolate milk.

Adults $7.00  Children $3.50

Breakfast will be served in the Parish Hall. Tickets are available after all Masses at the side doors, back of the church, at the rectory, and in the Parish Hall after Sunday Masses.

Sponsored by Hearts Ladies' Guild & Men's Club

Ash Wednesday Mass

Ash Wednesday Mass at Sweetest Heart of Mary Church will take place at 6:00pm on March 9th.

Pastor's Column, March 5-6, 2011, Fr. Paul Czarnota

FR. KROL TO HEAD NEW FOUNDATION
As many people heard from the ambo last weekend, our Fr. Miroslaw Krol has been asked to head up a foundation for the canonization of Pope John Paul II, soon to be Blessed John Paul II on Mercy Sunday this year. This great honor will result, however, in Fr. Krol leaving his post as vice rector of SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary at Orchard Lake and, of necessity, leaving us.

Fr. Krol's last weekend at the cluster will be the weekend of May 14-15. He will have the Masses at Sweetest Heart of Mary Church. A reception will follow in the parish hall so that everyone will have a chance to say good-bye and thank you for his five years of service to our cluster.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT I ALSO AM LEAVING
This is correct. Our cluster of churches was published by the archdiocese as open and available for a new pastor. This change of pastors will occur at July 1st.

I came to this cluster tired. I now find myself exhausted. The pace is only going to pick up in the coming year.

It will benefit me health-wise to move to a single parish assignment. It will benefit the cluster to have a pastor who can advocate as strongly as possible for each parish in our cluster, as this year will be a redetermination for viability.

Let us all pray now that a suitable new pastor can be identified, and enjoy our time of prayer and fellowship while we are still together.

Stations of the Cross

Come and join us for this deeply moving devotion as we pray Mary's Way of the Cross. Distribution of Holy communion at the end of the devotion.

Every Friday during Lent at 6:30pm