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St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Catholic Church
Mailing Address:
37200 Neville St.
Romulus, MI 48174
www.staloysiusromulus.org
734 941-5056
August 1, 2021
Ordinary Mass Schedule
Please look inside bulletin for possible
seasonal changes.
Daily Mass:
Weds., Thurs., Fri., & Sat. 9:00 a.m.
Tuesday 7:00 pm
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.
Holy Hour: Tuesday 6:00 pm
Sacrament of Confession:
Tuesday evenings 6:15 pm.
First Friday and Saturday of the month
following morning Mass.
Every Saturday: 3:30-4:30 pm.
“You cannot see the forest for the trees” is a widely known saying that can bring wisdom to Rosary: After each Mass
our understanding of our journey. Often, our sight becomes limited to what is immediately
before us. We lose touch with lessons and experiences from the past and promises and
hope for the future. As human beings, we have the privilege of being able to choose things. Parish Directory
What I like and don’t like, want, and don’t want can be major preoccupations of our minds
and hearts. Our preferences and desires begin to define us more than the simple fact of our Office Address: 37200 Neville St.
being. Who we are matters more than what we are or what we have. If we don’t move Romulus, MI 48174
beyond the external and superficial stuff to what really is of essence, we risk becoming very Phone: 734-941-5056 734-941-6018 (fax)
unsettled, disorientated, angry, and unhappy. We fail to see the bigger picture of hope and Email: st_aloysiuschurch@yahoo.com
promise that lies ahead and the Divine Presence that has sustained and carried us before.
We like it when the “now” time of our lives satisfy us. Even the people who witnessed Jesus Pastor:
feed the five thousand got confused and distracted. It felt good when thousands of people Fr. John Dumas
were able to eat. They wanted to know what they could do to get this to happen again! But
Jesus quickly reminds them that this is not the point of this sign. As much as the now time Faith Formation:
of our lives is of concern, it is not what is ultimately important. We need to learn the Contact either:
difference between being and doing, drawing more strength from who we are and who God St. Stephen, New Boston 734-753-5268
is rather than what is happening around us and the choices we can make. Jesus is the true or
bread that came down from heaven. Jesus is the very incarnate presence of God who
sustains life and assures us that we will not perish. This is not easy to understand and feel. St. Anthony, Belleville 734-697-1211
We have to practice being in the presence of ourselves, others, creation, and God. We are
brought to a holy place when we encounter the sacredness of being. This is real prayer. Finance Council Chair:
Theresa McLachlan 578-6197
Then, we learn to trust. It is when we cease trusting that we start to become afraid,
uncertain, apprehensive, and doubtful, and overly self-concerned. We even start to Parish Council Chair:
grumble. God has our back. That is the essential powerful message of the living bread Shannon Hamby 637-9220
come down from heaven. God, who is alpha is also omega, the beginning and the end, and
has everything in between in his care as well. A woman once remarked that her most Ushers Club:
powerful God moment happened when she and her husband cuddled with their new baby Mike Wojtylko, President 955-9049
for a time. Without exchanging words and using only the affection communicated through
sight and touch, they rested in being with each other. This brought them to the sacred,
where they realized that a greater Being was with them. It was real. They knew that they
Knights of Columbus:
were part of something bigger, intimate, and profound. When we rest in the Living Source Paul Sujdak 699-9373
of life, we will find that our souls are no longer hungry or thirsty.
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St. Aloysius
Mass
Parish Registration Complete and drop in the
collection basket. We thank God for your Intentions
presence here.
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Name:________________________________
Weekday
Address:_______________________________ 7:00 pm †Mary Kay Loosbrock req. by
City/Zip________________________________ Husband, Marcel
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Phone #_______________________________
Weekday
I would like to become a parishioner. 9:00 am †Marian Hamel req. by Family
I’m from out of town. Please add me to your Thursday, August 5, 2021 Readings for the week of
mailing list. 9:00 am †Helen Rupinski req. by Walter and August 1, 2021
Jean Zaleski
Mission Statement First Friday, August 6, 2021 Sunday: Ex 16:2-4, 12-15
St. Aloysius is a friendly parish with a sense of Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25,
Weekday ~The Transfiguration of the Lord 54 [24b]
family. Gathered in the name of Jesus Christ 9:00 am †Phil Renke req. by His Wife, Eph 4:17, 20-24
to pray and worship, we serve one another Michele Jn 6:24-35
with understanding and compassion. Our First Saturday, August 7, 2021 Monday: Nm 11:4b-15
mission is to share, live and witness the Weekday Ps 81:12-13, 14-15, 16
Gospel, as we celebrate the sacraments and 9:00 am Jim Hughes req. by John Jarrett -17 [2a]
practice the works of Christian service, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Anticipatory Mt 14:13-21
education, justice and peace. We support a Mass Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13
vision for growth rooted in the belief that all 5:00 pm For the Parishioners of St. Aloysius Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 6cd-
things are possible when trusting in God. Gonzaga 7, 12-13 [cf. 3a]
Sunday, August 8, 2021 Mt 14:22-36 or
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mt 15:1-2, 10-14
Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25—14:1,
9:00 am For the Deceased Parishioners of 26-29a, 34-35
St. Aloysius Gonzaga Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14,
11:00 am †Joan Lakos req. by The 21-22, 23 [4a]
Ron Ark Retta Matt
McLachlan Family Mt 15:21-28
Irene Bergeson Rob McLachlan
Thursday: Nm 20:1-13/Ps 95:1-
Dave Buck Cathy Mulligan 2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]
Barbara Bruckner Richard Niemiec Mt 16:13-23
Nellie Chadwick Oliver Sadler Friday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14
Hal Dubisky Angela Stambersky Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9 [1a
Roseann Farnstrom Helen Thomas and 9a]
Carol Gilliland Greg Wendland 2 Pt 1:16-19
Connie Havens Mike Wojtylko Mk 9:2-10
Saturday: Dn 6:4-13
Jack Kramer Darryl Zilka
Ps 18: 28, 3-4. 47 and
51
Father, your only Son took upon himself the
Mk 17:14-20
sufferings and weakness of the whole human race;
Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:4-8
through his passion and cross he taught us how
good can be brought out of suffering.
Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-
9 [9a]
Look upon our brothers and sisters who are ill, Eph 4:30—5:2
whom we now remember in a special way. In the Jn 6:41-51
midst of illness and pain, may they be united with
Christ, who heals both body and soul.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Lay Minister Schedule
To add someone to our prayer list, please contact August 7 and 8, 2021
the parish office. Altar Server
5:00 pm
REQUIESCANT IN PACE: 9:00 am
11:00 am
Laura Hager White Elephant sale Reader
Jerome “Jerry” Ladach 5:00 pm Paul
Mary Kay Loosbrock THANK YOU TO ALL Who 9:00 am Nancy
Joyce Weber haVE DONATED ITEMS. 11:00 am Jackford
EMHC
And All the Faithful Departed AT THIS TIME WE ARE NO LONGER 5:00 pm
ABLE TO ACCEPT ANY DONATIONS. 9:00 am
MEMENTO MORI 11:00 am
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EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP -
RECOGNIZE GOD IN YOUR
PRAYER TO
ORDINARY MOMENTS ST. JOSEPH
Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer, Spouse of the
Practicing Graciousness in the Desert Blessed Virgin Mary.
Looking back over my journey of To you God entrusted His only Son;
parenthood, I know there were days in you Mary places her trust;
with you Christ became Man.
when I traveled the extra mile for my
children. I made their toast the way they Blessed Joseph, to us too,
like it, let them play in the park an extra show yourself a father and
ten minutes, or let them go to the movies guide us in the path of life. This Coming Week
with their friends and I finished up the We consecrate our family, our home, and our Rosary prayed after every Holy Mass
lives to your protection.
chores on my own. And then, it hap- Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage, and Tuesday, August 3, 2021
pened: the attitude. The request for the defend us from every evil. Amen 6:00 pm Holy Hour w/Confessions
smallest thing from one of them is met (and Pope Francis adds) 7:00 pm Holy Mass
with disdain or bewilderment. Glorious Patriarch Saint Joseph, Wednesday, August 4, 2021
whose power makes the impossible 9:00 am Holy Mass
Sometimes you can be made breathless possible, come to my aid in these times of an- 9:30 am Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion
with the ingratitude of another person guish and difficulty. Thursday, August 5, 2021
who takes so much and with so little Take under your protection the serious and 9:00 am Holy Mass
shame, only to scoff at the idea that troubling situation that I commend to you, that 9:30 am Infant of Prague Devotion
they may have a happy outcome. 6:00 pm Legion of Mary
they, too, give even the smallest amount. My beloved father, all my trust is in you. Let it
First Friday, August 6, 2021
not be said that I invoked you in vain, and since
But if we’re being honest with our- you can do everything with Jesus and Mary, 9:00 am Holy Mass w/Confessions
selves, we will admit that we do the show me that your goodness is as great as your First Saturday, August 7, 2021
exact same thing to God. Haven’t we all power. Amen 9:00 am Holy Mass w/Confessions
been the Israelites in the desert at one 3:30 pm Confessions
point or another? God has parted our 5:00 pm Holy Mass
Red Sea in some way. He’s led us out of Sunday, August 8, 2021
some great trial, given us some great 9:00 am Holy Mass
blessings. But then we run into a little 11:00 am Holy Mass
resistance somewhere along the way and
we throw up our hands. How could you
do this to us, Lord? How could you ask OUR GIFTS OF LOVE
this of us? No, I can’t go any further. July 18, 2021
No, I won’t do any more.
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nothing short of a temper tantrum. It
robs our Everyday Stewardship of its Your Continued Support is Needed
and Appreciated.
graciousness, of our ability to accept
with joy the trials of life because we are We do not have to talk very much
also constantly aware of its blessings. in in order to pray well. For safety precautions donations
We know that God is there in His can also be mailed to the parish
— Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS holy tabernacle office, at the following address:
let us open our hearts to Him;
St. Stephen Stallions
let us rejoice in His Presence: St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church
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