Week of November 8, 2026

1) Veterans Day - Wednesday, November 11, 2026

As we observe Veterans Day this week, we give thanks to God for all the men and women who have served our nation in the Armed Forces. We remember with gratitude their courage, sacrifice, and dedication to protecting the freedoms we enjoy. We pray especially for those who were injured in service to our country and for those who continue to carry physical, emotional, or spiritual wounds because of their service. May God grant healing and strength to our veterans, comfort to their families, and eternal rest to those who have died.

2) Archdiocese of Detroit Restructuring Round 2 Draft Models: Review the Models and Share Your Thoughts

As part of the Archdiocese of Detroit restructuring process, each parish has been asked to provide a parish response to the new Round 2 draft pastorate models.

For Planning Area 11, two models, 11D and 11E, are being proposed. We are asking SJA parishioners to review both models carefully and share what you believe works well, what concerns you may have, and any other thoughts you would like included in our parish response.

Your feedback is important. The comments we receive will help us compile a response that reflects the perspectives and concerns of our parish community.

3) SJA’s 20th Annual Gala - Final Chance to Buy Tickets

Dear SJA Parishioners and Friends,

We invite you to the 20th Annual St. Joan of Arc School Gala on Saturday, November 14, 2026, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

This year is especially meaningful as we celebrate our 20th Gala! We return to the Assumption Cultural Center, the very place where our Gala tradition began twenty years ago. We hope you will join us for an evening of great food, fellowship, exciting auction items, and support for the mission of St. Joan of Arc School.

Dinner tickets are now available for purchase! Choose the option that works best for you:

• Single Ticket ($135)
• Couple's Ticket ($260)
• Table of 10 ($1,300)

To purchase tickets, please visit:

If you wish to contribute to the 2026 Gala, click on the image below to download a PDF copy of the Contributor Form.



Gala Book Family Ads

Celebrate your SJA family, recognize your children, share a favorite photo, give a shout-out to a teacher or coach, honor your family’s years at St. Joan, or simply send your congratulations on 20 incredible years of Galas!

Whether your family is brand new to SJA or has been part of our community for generations, this is a special opportunity to leave your mark on our 20th anniversary celebration.

Make it sweet, sentimental, spirited, or FUN... it’s your family’s ad!

4) Annual Feather Party

5) Crossroads THANK YOU

We were blessed to serve 500 meals on Sunday, October 11, at Crossroads Soup Kitchen. We served spaghetti with meat sauce, breadsticks, bananas, oranges, chocolate chip cookies, Rice Krispies Treats, and Lay's potato chips.

Our heartfelt thanks to all the families of St. Joan of Arc School whose generous donations helped fill more than 200 blessing bags with essential personal care items, including shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, soap, body wash, and razors. Each bag was made even more special by a handwritten blessing card from our students. We are equally grateful to everyone who contributed monetary donations to help provide the meals, and to the many parent and student volunteers who gave their time to prepare and serve them.

We are truly blessed to be part of such a generous, compassionate, and caring parish and school community. None of this would have been possible without our wonderful St. Joan of Arc family. To each and every one of you, thank you for putting your faith into action and sharing Christ's love with others. May God bless you abundantly! 

St. Joan’s Crossroads Team.

6) Center for Exceptional Children

7) Hallow

We are thrilled to announce that our parish has partnered with Hallow, the #1 prayer app! Through prayer and meditation rooted in the Catholic faith, Hallow helps people grow closer to God and find peace. 

As a Hallow Parish Partner, our parishioners can enjoy a special trial offering full access to the app’s premium content for just $1 for the first year, followed by $35 per year during our partnership. 

If you’d like to forgo the $1 offer and remain on the free version, simply hit “Skip” and you’ll have access to our parish page. Throughout the year, we’ll take part in a series of prayer challenges together - stay tuned for announcements!

All parishioners – paid subscribers and those on the free version – are invited to be a part of St. Joan of Arc’s parish page in the app. There, you’re able to create a profile, share prayer requests, and take part in prayer challenges together. 

To join, visit hallow.stjoan.church, and follow the prompts or click the button below.

8) Authentic Discipleship Group

9) Traveling Vocations Chalice

The Traveling Vocations Chalice Program helps families pray for more people to say “yes” to God’s call – especially to the priesthood and religious life. The special chalice serves as a beautiful reminder to pray that God will raise up faithful priests, sisters, and brothers for our Church.

The Church has always encouraged everyone – not just priests and sisters – to pray for vocations. Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI both reminded us that the call to pray for vocations belongs to all of us!

When we pray for vocations, we are asking God to bless and guide those he is calling to follow him in a special way. Every prayer helps! Families who take the chalice home are invited to pray together each day that God will inspire and strengthen those discerning his call.

How It Works

• At Mass: At the end of Mass, Father invites a family to come forward to receive the chalice and a special blessing.

• At Home: The family takes the chalice home and places it in a special spot – perhaps on the dining table, prayer corner, or mantle.

• During the Week: Each day for two weeks, the family takes a few moments during their regular prayer time to pray for more vocations and for perseverance among those already following God’s call.

• Share Your Experience: A journal travels with the chalice. Families can write a short note or prayer about their experience before returning it.

10) Why Series: Why Register as a Parishioner?

Belonging to a parish is about much more than finding a place to attend Mass each Sunday. It’s about finding community, a place to plant spiritual roots, and to commit ourselves to being involved. Learn why belonging to your parish is so important in our current culture and choose to commit to your parish today!

11) Want to become Catholic? Want to be baptized? Do you need to be Confirmed? Learn More about the Catholic Church

12) Ascension's Bible and Catechism App

It's Here: The Bible & Catechism App!

The word of God and the complete teachings of the Catholic Church. Answers and commentary by Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, and other experts. Video, audio, and textual commentary. Right on your phone.

13) Holy Hour on Thursdays

14) This Sunday's Readings: November 8, 2026 - The Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

15) Sunday Reflections by Jeff Cavins

The Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

In this week's Encountering the Word video for the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jeff Cavins explains the value of wisdom, how we can gain it, and how to practically pursue it in our everyday lives. The readings are:

First Reading: Wisdom 6:12-16

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8

Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Alleluia: Matthew 24:42a, 44

Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13

16) Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon

Wisdom Is Seeking You Out



Friends, our first reading this Sunday from the book of Wisdom begins, “Resplendent and unfading is wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her.” The Bible is preoccupied with the search for wisdom because Jesus is the Wisdom of God made flesh. But to get there, I want to first move step by step through this passage, which lays out an extraordinary vision of the Wisdom of God—a person who not only is sought by us but also seeks us out.

17) Grow+Go

Grow+Go, content is designed to help you understand what it means to be an evangelizing disciple of Christ. Using the Sunday Scriptures as the basis for reflection, Grow+Go offers insight into how we can all more fully GROW as disciples and then GO evangelize, fulfilling Christ's Great Commission to "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28:19) The concept behind the weekly series is to make discipleship and evangelization simple, concrete, and relatable.

Click the button or image below to download a PDF copy of this Sunday's Grow+Go.

18) Giving to SJA

I'm truly grateful for your support of SJA. Your support means so much. The increase in electronic giving has been tremendous. Giving electronically, whether on a one-time or recurring basis, is pretty simple. For more information on online giving, please click on the following button.

19) TALLer Tales

Fulfilling a Bucket List Trip (Part 17): This is the conclusion of my “travelogue” of my journey to Alaska ... and Seattle ... with my mom.

Once my mom and I were dropped off at the airport, I was immediately surprised by how crowded and busy the Seattle (SEA-TAC) airport was. And I have to laugh at how people throw out SEA-TAC like everyone is supposed to know what it stands for. I had to look it up ... Seattle-Tacoma Airport. Makes sense, but if you’re not an insider, you would never know.

Once we got to the gate, people were very kind. We had a bunch of carry-ons, and I was trying to figure out how to tag them and set up the power chair so that when we started down the jetway, we could easily hand it off for gate check. But our guardian angels were working overtime, and I think people were feeling sorry for us because the flight and gate attendants said that, with how the chair folded up, we would be able to bring it on board and put it in their wheelchair closet. That was perfect.

Then we were trying to figure out how in the world we could see Mt. Rainier from the air. One of my mom’s great friends, Carolyn, used to be a flight attendant for Alaska Airlines, and she gave us some great tips even about our seat assignments for the flight home, which I followed judiciously. But she warned us that even if we were on the right side of the aircraft, if it was a cloudy day or air traffic was routed in a different direction, all the tips in the world would never allow us to get a view of Mount Rainier. Given that it was a spectacularly beautiful, sunny day, I really wanted to see the famed Mount Rainier.

Once we got the power chair in place, I asked the pilot who was standing at the door when we got on board what our chances were of getting any views of Mt. Rainier on takeoff. He was rather dubious, but he made a call to someone and was told that the flight patterns at that hour were such that we would fly right next to Mt. Rainier, and from our seats we would get some spectacular views. So I was pretty happy everything was working out for one last little prize on the trip home. It was another opportunity to see the beauty of God’s creation.

Much like I didn’t know much about SEA-TAC, I didn’t know much about Mt. Rainier. I had to do a little research. What I learned was that it is the highest mountain in Washington and the highest peak in the Cascade Range. What I didn’t know was that it is an active volcano. With it being snow-covered, it just looked like this cute “little” alpine mountain.

Another thing I heard a lot during our time in Washington was that if Mt. Rainier was “wearing a hat,” there would be rain. My aunts and uncles mentioned this, and others did too. I had NO IDEA what “wearing a hat” meant. How can a mountain wear a hat? And how could that predict the weather?

Well, the “hat” is real, and the National Park Service describes Rainier as a kind of “weather-maker.” As moist Pacific air is forced upward when it hits the mountain, it cools, and its moisture can condense into clouds. The “hat” is a cap cloud that forms when moist, stable air flows across the mountain and is lifted into a standing atmospheric wave. The cloud can appear to sit perfectly still over the peak of the mountain. Some say that the clouds can even look like a stack of flying saucers. The rule of thumb is that rain usually follows within 24 hours of the hat forming!

Once we took off from the airport, we made a sharp right turn that put the mountain in direct view. I was floored by the view and even more floored that my pictures were taken from inside the airplane. You would have thought I was standing outside. The views were just spectacular. I got a few other pictures of mountain ranges and glaciers, and it was just awesome to see all of this from the air.

A few hours later, we landed in Detroit. The plan was that my sister Jackie, okay, the directionally challenged one, was to pick us up from the airport herself. That alone should have raised an alarm.

Once we got all the luggage off carousel 5, I told Jackie to just keep swinging around the airport until I called her to drive right up to our door. The airport was super crowded, and the arrivals area was overflowing with passengers inside and cars outside in the pickup area. While circling the airport, Jackie got mixed up in all the construction and took the straight path from the Delta pickup area, ending up on the service drive near I-275. She called in a panic.

While trying to deal with all the chaos in the pickup area, watching our luggage, and making sure our mom didn’t need anything from me, I pulled out my phone so I could track Jackie and see exactly where she was. It would have been too complicated for her to navigate using a map on her phone at that point, so I watched her progress and gave her directions back to the airport.

It added about 15 minutes to our time because she eventually had to work her way back to Middlebelt Road, then Goddard, and finally back into the airport. We should have known better than to allow only Jackie to pick us up. I’m not sure what we were thinking, but Mike and his tech came through, and I was able to watch her on my phone like air traffic control watching a plane and safely guide her back to the airport.

We eventually got home at 9:00 PM, took our ceremonial selfie at the house, and the great Alaska/Seattle bucket list vacation came to a close.

Despite the lousy weather during the Alaska portion of the trip and the fact that I had the flu for a few days, it was an awesome journey. I enjoy helping my mom fulfill her bucket list items. There is a certain joy in watching her be happy, too, and in helping her accomplish things that have become important to her on this side of heaven. As I often say, she is quick to add that she’s in the checkout lane of life, and if she doesn’t accomplish things right away, there is a great chance they will never be accomplished.

And the cool part is that we met some awesome people along the journey, probably angels in disguise who were in the right place at the right time to make the journey possible and much easier on both of us. I can’t help but think of Tom and Sue, whom we met at the train station in Anchorage, and then Ben, our helicopter pilot, that first day. Then there were Muhammad and Nosky, our cabin attendants, and countless others who helped make the trip so special.

I would certainly do it all over again ... and believe it or not, WE ARE going to do it again! I convinced my mom to make a return trip to Alaska next year in August. Among other things, we plan on expanding our train journey on the Alaska Railroad, going from Seward all the way up to Denali (also known as Mount McKinley). She is ready for a return trip.

I write and talk about being with Mom and our family outings not only to share what I’m up to, but more importantly, to help others realize the joy and beauty of taking the time, and making the time, to be with aging parents or relatives. My experience with our older parishioners alone has shown me so many examples of aging people being super lonely or just wanting to take simple little trips, or even longer ones that might be out of the ordinary. Otherwise, they can get stuck within the four walls of their home or room.

Sometimes they are afraid to ask their children or grandchildren because they don’t want to be a burden. But I look at it this way: it’s our job and our MINISTRY to help make these later years the best they can be for our aging parents or relatives, whether that means enjoying the simple things or helping them fulfill something on their bucket list. The small sacrifice on our part brings not only wonderful memories but incredible joy for everyone involved.

Another thing I hear from others who share my love of making this happen for parents or other relatives is to do it at THEIR pace, not ours, letting them control the agenda and decide what they want to do. It’s okay, and even great, to say, “Mom/Dad/Grandma/Grandpa, let’s take a week-long vacation, a two-week vacation somewhere, or even a two-day journey.” You’ve set the days you can give. Let them come up with the itinerary.

What we need to do is avoid forcing activities just to check them off a list. This isn’t about checking things off a list. It’s about spending quality time with our aging parents and helping them enjoy these experiences at a time when simple things can become challenging because of mobility or other limitations.

As I mentioned above, it is a joy and a privilege to give back to them at a time in their lives when many won’t give them the time of day.

Do your parents, grandparents, or grand friends have any bucket list items they would like to accomplish? And if your parents or grandparents have already gone home to heaven and you’re still relatively mobile, adopt someone advanced in years. Ask them! Help them create a list and then start thinking of ways you or your family can help make some of it happen. Then just do it.

There are so many lonely elderly people out there who would welcome a regular visit or a regular phone call. Make the sacrifice, and everyone will be rewarded. It could be something small or something like a trip. It doesn’t matter. What matters is that you have taken the time to be with them.

I had a conversation with someone recently whose parent had died. They were feeling incredible guilt. Oh, they would show up every other day or so to make sure Mom took her meds or had a meal or, on garbage day, to take out her garbage, but those visits had become 10-minute-or-less encounters because there was “so much else to do.” I remember him saying he wished he had spent more time with her! I didn’t say it at the time because it was just a day or so after the funeral, but I wanted to say, “YES, you should have taken more time to be with her.”

Ditch the phone and don’t worry about all the text messages and emails you might miss for a few days. All that stuff will be there later. Stay focused on them like they focused on you when you were younger.

And if you can think of someone who needs to hear this advice, pass my article on to them. Or even better, I’d be happy to call them!

Believe me, you will NEVER regret the time you spend with your parents or grandparents, especially as they age. It’s not just about a quick visit or a list of items to rush through; see it instead as a ministry of love. And, as a result, everyone will be filled with a joy that’s important to have on this side of heaven ... especially when your parent, your grandparent, or your elderly friend is somewhat near the checkout lane of life.

That’s what love does!

Enjoy the week. Know of my prayers.

In Christ,

gmb@sjascs.org

20) Voiland's View

At the end of the gospel of St. Matthew, Jesus told his disciples to “go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Go make disciples! This is a tall order. Jesus’ command asks much of these disciples who accompanied him while he walked the earth. Even now, he asks as much of us who follow in the early disciple’s footsteps. And we do follow. By our own baptism, we inherit the dignity and status of priest, prophet, and king as sisters and brothers of Christ and adopted children of the Father. Yet, with our exalted status as children of God comes a weighty responsibility. We too are expected to make disciples of all nations.

Making disciples for Christ Jesus is a multi-faceted, life-long project. There is no simple step-by-step process for us to follow to bring others to accept Jesus. The way we tell the Good News (to evangelize) about Jesus, in hope of drawing others to him, involves many words, caring acts, demonstrations of witness, and extensive fine-tuning of our invitation to join our family of faith. The trouble with disciple-making, odd as this may sound, is that we can be driven to overachieve. We can be overly ambitious out of zeal to save souls – inadequately prepared because we lack some of the tools to be effective evangelizers. We may, in fact, need to get our own souls beefed up before we venture into uncharted evangelizing territory.

Rather than get too tied up with reaching out, it would sometimes be better for us to focus on enriching our own souls before we venture to save the souls of others. If we do not have our own house in order and strongly protected, we run the risk of getting talked out of our own faith while trying to talk others into it. We live in a world that commonly dismisses religion and is often downright hostile to it. Many who reject religious faith argue strongly against God. In such an environment, trying to make disciples for Christ is incredibly challenging and possibly risky. The risk is introduced when we encourage a relationship with God to others while our own relationship with him is sketchy, at best.

This does not mean that we should abandon disciple-making altogether and turn to an isolated, selfish relationship with God. It simply means that we should make sure we have a solid foundation for our personal faith when we reach out to make a case for belief in God and his Church. Without working on strengthening our own faith life, as we promote God to others, we run the risk of getting flipped in our own commitment to God. The risk is real because Satan is real. When Satan has a grip on someone to whom we start “talking Jesus,” there is the potential for us to receive in return some convincing argument against Jesus. We must know when our attempt to evangelize is going nowhere and concede that it is time “to kick the dust from our feet” and move on.

Deciding to move on from such a situation is not a defeat – unless we allow it to be. We allow defeat by allowing ourselves to be hurt through our attempt to make disciples for Jesus. We are hurt when our own faith suffers from our trying to promote it. If we start to seriously question our Catholic beliefs because of arguments which arise from our Jesus-promoting efforts, we must pause and reflect on what is happening. What may be happening is that a high-minded, holy discussion has devolved into a humanist mud wrestling match. From such an encounter, everyone walks (or crawls) away dirty. These mud fights are often between family members or friends. They are fights not worth having.

When family members – parents and their children, siblings, cousins, and others – get into philosophical or religious disagreements, mud can start flying quickly. Critical differences suddenly show up among family members who seemed to be united. All of a sudden, we find ourselves in a position of having to evangelize people whom we thought were together with us in basic matters of faith and morals. Talk about unsettling and stressful! What are we to do?

What we do is use our heads and our hearts to the best of our ability. We pray for and practice the virtue of prudence. We cool our emotions to allow our rational minds to function. Then we seek to use our hearts to do the most good and limit damage as much as possible. We prudently use our heads and hearts to evangelize by honestly assessing our desire to bring others to Christ while admitting our limitations to make it happen.

The Holy Spirit is the ultimate disciple-maker, not us. We provide listening, seeing, touching, words, sighs, body language, and prayers for the people with whom God seeks relationship. But we do not possess the totality of knowledge or spiritual gifts necessary to convert wandering or lost souls in the way the Lord does. As Christ’s disciples ourselves, we are called to give present-day disciple-making our best shot. We accept the mission and do the work. All the while, we know we will hit spiritual walls that we cannot penetrate. But God can! And he does!

So, we take a breath in the Spirit and let God be God. Certainly, we man-up and woman-up. We do what we are called to do and are enabled to do by the grace of God. But we do not do this ‘life thing’ alone. Praise God! “Jesus is with us always, to the close of the age!” (Matt 28:20)   

Blessings, 

Fr. Bob

rvoiland@sjascs.org

21) Ascension Presents: Father Mike Schmitz

Why You Can’t Enjoy Where You Are

Why is it so difficult to recognize our current season of life and truly live in it? Fr. Mike explains how we can cultivate this "superpower," and pray for the grace to recognize the gifts we've been given in our individual states of life, savoring the moments that make each season unique. 

22) Words on the Word: November 8, 2026 - Ready, Set, Go

The unusually mild weather we enjoyed well into the fall meant there were a lot of boaters taking advantage of the opportunity to get out on the water well into October.

Unfortunately, extended time on the water, combined with darkness falling earlier and myriad other variables, also extends the season of risk for boating accidents.

Headlines were made early last month when a couple boats crashed in the early evening hours near Lake St. Clair’s MacRay Harbor in Harrison Township.

Reports at the time indicated that one of the boats capsized in the accident, and three people died. Another person, reports said, was able to swim to shore to seek help.

Such an unfortunate accident, to be sure. One minute people out enjoying themselves on the lake; the next minute tragedy had struck.

We’re all familiar with similar incidents in other circumstances, too.

People enjoying a day at the park when sudden lightning strikes create hazardous conditions.

People enjoying walks, runs or bike rides and suddenly being struck by a car.

People traveling in cars or on motorcycles and suddenly being broadsided by another vehicle.

People simply relaxing at home or in a public place and having an unanticipated fatal medical emergency occur with no warning.

The list goes on, of course, and the lesson isn’t to worry constantly about where or how tragedy is going to strike. We’re meant to enjoy our lives, after all.

The lesson, though, is to always be prepared spiritually, to keep God first, since we do not know when he’ll call us home.

“But (Jesus) said in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, I do not know you,’” we hear in today’s gospel passage from St. Matthew. “Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”

© 2026 Words on the Word

23) This WEEK on FORMED:

Our parish has a subscription to FORMED, a premier online platform filled with over 4,000 Catholic studies, movies, audio dramas, talks, e-books, and even cartoons for our children. FORMED has content from over 60 apostolates, including Augustine Institute, Ignatius Press, and the Knights of Columbus, with material that is professionally produced, engaging, and faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church. Best of all, this material is free to you because of our parish subscription.

You have easy access to all of the material on FORMED to support your own faith journey and that of your family members.

You can enjoy FORMED on your computer or on your television with an inexpensive Roku device or Apple TV. You can even listen on your phone as you commute to work or do chores. 

To gain access to all of FORMED’s content, follow these simple steps:

• Go to https://signup.formed.org/ 
• Enter our parish’s zip code 48080 or enter St. Joan of Arc
• Enter your name and your email address

That’s it! You’re in. Now you can get the free FORMED app for your phone by searching FORMED Catholic in your app store.



24) 52 Stories: Good News from Spirit Juice Studios

Prepare to be Inspired

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In a world full of bad news, these stories will give you 52 reasons to believe that God is working through the Catholic faith to transform lives through His love and mercy. Sign up today!

150 Years of Annunciation Catholic Church

This film tells the history of the Annunciation Catholic Church in honor of its 150th anniversary. Through interviews with parishioners and clergy and archival footage, the church’s 15 decades of service and continuing mission are powerfully expressed.

25) Hallow App:

Are you looking for a one-stop app for prayer and meditation? Look no further than Hallow. Hallow is an awesome prayer app. Hallow is a Catholic prayer and meditation app that helps users deepen their relationship with God through audio-guided contemplative prayer sessions. The app launched 2 years ago and is already the #1 Catholic app in the world.

We have a number of parishioners who are already using the app and loving it (my mom being one of them and she is on the app most of the day). Great for praying alone or together with your spouse/family, Hallow truly has something for everyone, no matter what you are going through (see below for their different content categories).

Hallow is free to download and has tons of permanently free content, as well as a premium subscription, Hallow Plus.

To get started, simply click the button below to activate your account on the Hallow website.

26) Mass Intentions for the Week:

Monday, November 9, 2026, Dedication of the Lateran Basilica (White)

7:00 am: Jack Giannosa and a Special Intention for Lu Giannosa

Tuesday, November 10, 2026, Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church (White)

7:00 am: Mary and Frank Fleming and Jerry Valeck

Wednesday, November 11, 2026, Saint Martin of Tours (White)

7:00 am: The deceased Veterans in the McQuillan, Zaranek, Walters and Gaidis Families

6:00 pm: George J. Bugarin

Thursday, November 12, 2026, Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr (Red)

7:00 am: Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Trane McCloud

Friday, November 13, 2026, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin (White)

7:00 am: Hugo and Concetta Calisi

Saturday, November 14, 2026, Vigil for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Green)

4:00 pm: James Baker, Harriet Armaly, Patrick & Sharon Lamkin, Bonnie Batche, Joan Ireland, Victoria Marineau, Richard & Joyce Keller, Nora A. Francis, Dennis Lex, Stephen Tunney, Clark Stevens, Salvatore Ortisi, Sal Taormina, Joel VanDenbussche, Special Intentions for Ray & Therese Dinser, Pauline Weinbeck, Robin Bates, Don Pomaville, Don Hunsucker, Sam Manalo, Sam Baur, Hayden Smigels, Baby Mac Mackowski, and Sue Barker.

6:00 pm: Judith Kopchak

Sunday, November 15, 2026, The Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Green)

8:00 am: The Intentions of SJA Parishioners

10:00 am: Mike Timmreck

12:00 pm: The deceased members of the Calisi Family who died in the month of November, Steve Haamen, Francis Buckley, and Special Intentions for Pauline Weinbeck, Don Hunsucker, Don Pomaville, Sam Manalo, Sam Baur and Sue Barker

27) This Week on St. Joan of Arc LIVE:

This week's LIVE Stream

Schedule at St. Joan of Arc:

Monday (November 9)

7:00 AM: Mass

Tuesday (November 10):

7:00 AM: Mass

5:00 PM: Baptism of Oona F. Kaczay

Wednesday (November 11):

7:00 AM: Mass

6:00 PM: Mass

Thursday (November 12):

7:00 AM: Mass

7:00 PM: Holy Hour



Friday (November 13):

7:00 AM: Mass

Saturday (November 14):

10:00 AM: Funeral for Casimir Zalewski (Read Obituary HERE)

12:30 PM: Baptism of Logan J. Haisenleder

4:00 PM: Mass

6:00 PM: Mass

Sunday (November 15):

8:00 AM: Mass

10:00 AM: Mass

12:00 PM: Mass

Please note that all of our Masses and events can be accessed through the ARCHIVE section of our Live stream page if you cannot watch it live!

We also have our own ROKU Channel. Search for "CATHOLIC" in the ROKU channel store, and you will find SJA's channel. A Fire TV Channel is also available.

28) SJA's Latest Parish Bulletin

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for November 8, 2026

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