Week of August 3, 2025

1) Mision Appeal

This weekend, we welcomed Bishop Vincent Mar Paulos, the Bishop of Marthandom, India. Bishop Vincent was here for the annual Mission Appeal and preached at all the Masses. He was able to share with us the needs of his diocese in the hopes that we could help support the missionary efforts there through our prayers and financial support.

If you are interested in helping to support Bishop Vincent and his diocese, please make an electronic gift by clicking the link below or write a check to SJA with the memo field: Mission Appeal.

If you already have an OSV online account, please remember to sign in first (top right corner), or you can give it as a guest.

Below are two videos highlighting the great work being done in the Diocese of Marthandom.

2) Support ALL Students Campaign

Lawmakers are currently working to complete the state budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The state budget provides funding for services that benefit all Michiganders, including for the education of children.

Nonpublic schools educate more than 100,000 Michigan children and do so by offering high-quality academic opportunities and the formation of children into the virtuous citizens and leaders that our state needs.

Regardless of the type of school, all students benefit from essential support services that include safe and secure buildings, access to healthy meals and mental health assistance, and learning from quality teachers.

Michigan lawmakers should support all students in all schools - including nonpublic - when it comes to funding these universal support services.

3) Five Great Summer Pilgrimages

From Faith Magazine: As families continue with summer trips, remember that there are many pilgrimage sites throughout the country, and even here in Michigan. Here are Five pilgrimage sites in Michigan that are worth a visit.

Blessed Solanus Casey Center, Detroit

Blessed Solanus Casey was beatified in 2017. Should the Vatican affirm another miracle by Blessed Solanus, he will be canonized a saint. As reports of favors attributed to Blessed Solanus continue to circulate, it seems like just a matter of time. The Blessed Solanus Casey Center in Detroit is adjoined to the Capuchin Friary where Casey lived most of his life. The center features exhibits regarding Blessed Solanus’ life. And, of course, be sure to visit his tomb and pray for his intercession. You may just walk away with a miracle.

Basilica of Sainte Anne, Detroit

St. Anne Parish was founded in 1701 and is the second-oldest continuously operating parish in the United States. Father Gabriel Richard served as pastor in the early 1800s. It features neo-Gothic architecture and beautiful stained-glass windows. St. Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandmother of our Lord, is the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Detroit. Be sure to visit the shrine to St. Anne, which is a side altar in the southeast corner of the church, and which features a first-class relic of St. Anne. In 2020, Pope Francis elevated St. Anne’s to a minor basilica, affirming its importance. See the parish website for tours and Mass times. It’s located near the Ambassador Bridge and Detroit’s Mexicantown. Consider El Rancho or Xochimilco for lunch.

National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak

Also near Detroit, this church was elevated to a minor basilica in 2014 and was constructed in the 1930s in the art deco style. The shrine is in honor of the French Carmelite nun St. Therese of Lisieux, known as the Little Flower. Check the parish website for Mass times and tours.

Cross in the Woods, Indian River

Near Interstate 75 and 30 minutes south of the Mackinac Bridge is the Cross in the Woods Shrine. The shrine features the world’s largest outdoor crucifix, Stations of the Cross, and several prayer shrines. I particularly like the holy stairs leading up to the base of the cross, which you can ascend on your knees as a devotional practice. The stairs are designed to replicate the 28 steps of the Holy Stairs, the stairs Jesus is traditionally believed to have climbed to reach Pontius Pilate. The original Holy Stairs are in Rome, where pilgrims likewise ascend on their knees. Mass is frequently celebrated outdoors under the giant crucifix.

St. Peter Cathedral, Marquette

In my view, this is the most beautiful cathedral in Michigan. The cathedral was dedicated in 1939 and features a beautiful edifice with symmetrical bell towers. The interior features Romanesque columns, a spacious nave, and a mural of Christ above the sanctuary. A side chapel houses the tomb of Venerable Bishop Frederic Baraga, the “snowshoe” bishop, who was the Diocese of Marquette’s first bishop. It is an excellent, quiet place to pray.

4) Registration for Faith Formation 2025

5) Help Connect College Students to their Faith and Local Catholic College Communities

6) CSA 2025

Each year, the CSA allows us to celebrate how our Church in Detroit responds to the material and spiritual needs of individuals and families throughout southeast Michigan. One parish alone could not meet these many needs. It is through the sharing of our gifts and our service that we, together, can be the Church Christ wants us to be.

Would you consider making a gift to this year’s CSA? Your generosity allows more than 100 ministries, services, and programs to fulfill this year's CSA theme: Feed My Sheep, taken from the Gospel of John.

Our CSA goal this year is $205,013. Anything raised above the goal will return to the parish, while the parish must cover any shortfalls. Thus, your support is greatly needed and appreciated.

If you have not given yet this year, please follow the instructions found in that mailing or make a gift electronically by clicking the button below or by visiting https://givecsa.org/st-joan-of-arc.

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10) Ascension's Bible and Catechism App

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11) Holy Hour on Thursdays

12) This Sunday's Readings: August 3, 2025 - The 18th Sunday in Orddinary Time

13) Sunday Reflections by Jeff Cavins

The 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jeff Cavins reflects on the readings for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:

First Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17

Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11

Gospel: Luke 12:13-21

14) Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon

All Things Must Pass

Friends, George Harrison once sang, “All things must pass; all things must pass away.” Almost every major religious figure and philosopher the world over has intuited this great truth about our world. It’s good, and there are good things in it—a beautiful sunset, an enjoyable meal, a great conversation—but they don’t last. With that in mind, let’s turn to our readings for this Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, which are about the theme of detachment.

15) 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.

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16) Giving to SJA:

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17) TALLer Tales

It’s ALL About the Hair: Last week, it was all about my grey hair. This week, it’s all about my sister Jackie’s hair. 

Last Wednesday, my mom underwent a two-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) surgery. During the ACDF surgery, the surgeon removes parts of the damaged disc in the neck and inserts a spacer to fuse the vertebrae, thus relieving nerve compression that causes pain. My mom tried many things in the hopes of avoiding surgery, but the surgery became necessary as nothing else was working. She explored so many different options. However, as her condition worsened and the pain increased over the last couple of months, we had to cancel the Alaska cruise we were supposed to take so she could have the surgery ASAP. The two of us would have made an interesting pair on the cruise. I could barely walk, and she couldn’t turn her head. Postponing the cruise was necessary but also a blessing for both of us. 

My mom’s surgery took place at Henry Ford Rochester (formerly Crittendon). Her surgeon, Dr. Michael Donahue, had previously operated on her back many years ago, and she has a lot of trust in him. The surgery was supposed to last only an hour, and I was amazed to see beforehand the type of spacer that would be used. Based on the model, it was only a small plastic piece that fit easily between two vertebrae, secured with two or three Allen wrench screws. Since it was a two-level fusion, she received two of these spacers.

On the day of the surgery, I was joined by my sisters Jackie and Cindy at the hospital. We tag-teamed it so I could drop our mom off, and one of them could meet her at the surgery reception area while I parked Daisy Loo. They immediately took her back and began all the pre-op procedures. Eventually, we were called back into the room to sit with her before she was taken into surgery. From past experiences, I’ve learned to fit all my prayers in with her and/or my dad before we get to pre-op because, once the team is ready to move, they are ready to move.

The nurses, doctors, and staff couldn’t have been nicer in pre-op. At one point, my sisters stepped out of the room into the hallway. Suddenly, I overheard what would become a full-blown and very detailed conversation about my sister Jackie’s hair. The nurses in the hallway were absolutely mesmerized by Jackie’s hair. They wanted to know what her “process” was. Jackie then went into GREAT detail, describing the nearly two-hour routine she follows to get her hair so perfect each morning. The nurses were amazed that her hair wasn’t scorched by the daily curling iron routine (at this point, it was WAY TOO much information for me). I just listened in amazement to this conversation; I wish I had recorded it. Then, I heard one of the nurses say, “Can I touch it?” I started rolling my eyes and thought, “You’ve got to be kidding!”

Of course, the girls had to tell the infamous story of how I used to bounce quarters off my sister’s hair when we were growing up (that’s what brothers do to torment their sisters; I read it in the “Brother’s Manual” somewhere). When you use that much hairspray, ANYTHING can bounce off that hair.

Eventually, the conversation in the hallway came to a close. It was a good thing because I was thinking, “It’s nice of you all to be so caught up with the hair process, but Mom here is waiting for her spacers and titanium-grade Allen wrench screws and hardware … so she can, among other things, go back to doing her hair by herself each day without pain.” Hmm, I guess in the end, it really is always about the hair!

The Consequences of Living a Busy, Hurried Life (Part 3): Last week, I shared how we need to be intentional in our quest to spend time with God. In a hurried, busy life, prayer and any time spent with God often fall to the back of the list. Yet, prayer, solitude, and time spent with God are absolute necessities for any Christian life. We can’t just think about it; we need to be intentional about making time for God. It needs to be a regular item scheduled into our day, ideally, even as a calendar event with a reminder, so it can’t easily be glossed over.

I had a priest friend in Washington, DC, who regularly scheduled prayer time into his daily routine. He knew he couldn’t always pray at the same time each day because of his unpredictable schedule, but he would find pockets of time throughout the week that worked. Ideally, getting up super early and praying before the chaos of the day begins would be best, but the ideal doesn’t always work. By looking ahead at the coming week and identifying those pockets of time that worked for him, he was able to create more intentional moments for prayer.

In the end, it doesn’t take rocket science to understand that a hurried, busy life destroys our relationship with God … and THAT’S EXACTLY what Satan wants.

When you look at the story of Martha and Mary when Jesus came to visit them, Martha is busy doing many things for the Lord. But she misses the very point of being in His presence and listening to Him. Jesus is straightforward in His challenge to Martha when He says to her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her (Luke 10:41-42).”

It should be clear that the “one thing necessary” is prioritizing time with God over the distractions of life. Most of us can relate to Martha. We juggle work, family, social obligations, and endless notifications, only to find ourselves burnt out and, paradoxically, unsatisfied. Whenever we prioritize tasks over connectedness, whether with others or with God, we risk losing sight of the “one thing necessary.”

When we focus on the “one thing necessary,” we find peace and clarity amid life’s demands. We need peace. We need clarity. Mary’s example teaches us the value of resting at the feet of Christ. The amazing thing is that when we take time to listen, learn, and be present with Christ, we can transform our everyday lives, aligning them with the Kingdom and eternal truths, things that endure to eternity.

Each of us should ask the question: Are we choosing the better part? The answer to that question not only shapes our days and gives meaning to what we are trying to accomplish, but it also ultimately prepares us for the life that will never be taken away from us. Choosing the better part, that is, taking time to be with Christ, no matter how busy we are, has rewards that absolutely nothing else can provide. Choosing the better part is so worth it!

Enjoy the week. Know of my prayers.

In Christ,

gmb@sjascs.org

18) Voiland's View

It almost seems dangerous – or at least unfortunate – that we have such weak signs of our Catholic faith, our symbols of God, of Jesus in our world. We have, as our most familiar identifier, a crucified man – Jesus hanging naked and dead on a cross. And not only is he a man, but he is also God himself, fastened immovably in place. Not much of a threat, would we say? And not much of an advertisement either. He hung there to be jeered at and ridiculed. What corporation would have a symbol of defeat as their logo to draw customers in?

Then, we have Jesus in the Eucharist – the actual presence of God in bread and wine. Really dramatic, huh? The real presence of God himself in the form of two of the most common things on earth – bread and fermented grape juice. Even though we believe that the bread and wine become the true Body and Blood of Jesus, he still appears to our senses to be bread and wine. God’s presence in our world is utterly disarming.

Even further, consider the man we know as Jesus in Scripture. He is basically a “nice guy.” He never comes across as arrogant or self-absorbed. He is gentle and approachable to the lowest of people. On the few occasions when we hear of him getting upset and demanding, it is with obnoxious “leaders” who think more of themselves than the people whom they serve.

Because God makes himself so readily accessible in such self-effacing ways, it makes him easy to abuse. Sadly, we seem more than ready to take advantage of the opportunity. That we would treat him the way that we do, that we would say the things to him that we say, is quite disgusting. There are many examples. In Matthew, Chapter 12, Jesus is in the midst of some powerful teaching and healing, only to be interrupted by the Pharisees who say, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” “We wish. .” Really! And who are we to demand a sign from God?! The Pharisees are taunting Jesus. They want him to perform like a monkey, to prove to them, on their terms, that he is who he says he is. Now he is ticked off: “This generation will have no sign but the sign of Jonah.”

But even this taunting of God, of Jesus Christ, is too easy. His demeanor seems to invite people to be as nasty as they can be. He is strong, but never aggressive. He is never hostile, and he came across as being a very kind guy. But he set himself up. And it sets us up to treat him like he's weak. “He's hanging on a cross, you know? What's he gonna do? Come down from the cross? We know you! Come down from the cross! Save yourself, if you're the Son of God!” But he is the Son of God.

It is absolutely astonishing that he allows this. He is the actual Son of God. And people are doing this to him! They do such things when he is arrested before his crucifixion. The soldiers slapped him. Imagine slapping God in the face! They whip him. They beat him brutally. They taunt him . . . crown him with thorns . . . shove a reed in his bloody hand. They are beating God to a pulp. And He does not destroy them – instantaneously – for what they are doing to him.

So, where was the Father? Although the Father desired his Son’s saving sacrifice for us, we have to ask if he seriously wanted it to happen in this way. It would seem the Father had to be infuriated when he saw what was happening to his Son. This harkens back a thousand years before Christ, when King David was transporting the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. There were very strict rules in place for moving the Ark, which contained God’s presence. No one was allowed to touch the Ark itself, for fear of death. As the Ark was being moved on a cart, it began to fall from the cart due to the movement of the oxen pulling the cart. An attending Levite, Uzzah, reached out and touched the Ark to steady it. He was immediately struck dead by God for his transgression. King David couldn't believe that 

God would kill him for this. All he was trying to do was steady it. But he wasn't supposed to touch it. No exceptions. God makes the rules. Uzzah was struck at that very moment. Maybe he should have let it fall on him and crush him. We don’t know how that would have played out. But God was not fooling around.

When Jesus was struck in the face, God could easily have done the same thing: instantaneous death for the one who struck him. Instantaneous death for the ones who would offend his Son. But Jesus’ response was, “Father, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing.” Jesus constantly pleads with the Father for us with this very same plea, because when we offend God, we strike him. We slap God in the face – when we stubbornly question him, when we ask him for personal proof, when we persist in baseless doubts. We are selfish and arrogant by being stuck in our desires for things to be proven in the way we want them to be proven and demanding this of God. Yet, he puts up with us. It's like Jesus's full-time job is to be there before the Father saying: “Remember, this is why I died. This is why I died. This is why I died. This is why I died.” And he does it constantly because of our obstinate, childish, tantrum-throwing, insolence. And he keeps letting us off the hook!

We can't take his mercy for granted. We can't just let this slip. We cannot presume upon Christ’s intercession for us and say, “I’m good! Everything is fine! All good! No worries!” This is idiocy. We’re absolute idiots in our arrogance and our ego, if we continue to abuse God in the way that we do, that we don't respect him. Yes, Jesus continues to intercede for us, but how Father reacts to his intercession will finally become clear on Judgment Day. Jesus will judge in the way that the Father wants him to judge. The Father and the Son are One. Even in light of Christ’s saving sacrifice, both Father and Son know how to balance justice and mercy.

Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross is the means of our salvation – but we must accept him. We must acknowledge that he is God. We must bow down to the truth that we are not God and that the true God deserves worship, honor, and respect. We are culpable when we fail at that. We don’t get a pass for thinking we are God. And when we persist in our sin, that is exactly what we are doing. Even if the soldiers didn’t know that the man they were crucifying was the Lord God himself, they knew they had no right to strike him, to beat him, to spit on him, to ridicule him, and to kill him. Something had to have felt ‘off.’ They did all of this to God – and there’s a price to be paid for it. Jesus is Lord.

Fr. Bob

rvoiland@sjascs.org

19) Ascension Presents: Father Mike Schmitz

Fr. Mike’s Top 10 Moments

Join us as we celebrate 10 amazing years of Fr. Mike on Ascension Presents! We're taking a trip down memory lane to revisit the top 10 videos from each year of Fr. Mike’s journey. 

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20) Words on the Word: August 3, 2025 - Same As Always

Spend a little bit of time reading the Old Testament and it becomes clear why God needed to put a salvation plan into motion.

Lying, cheating, plundering, brutal attacks … bad stuff was part of the story from the very beginning of man’s presence in the world. 

And, still today, much of it continues. A recent day’s glance at the headlines makes it all too clear:

Politicians, pundits and even talk show hosts airing profanity-laden rages of all sorts. International threats for new or renewed bombing. A technology executive and one of his employees caught in their alleged affair by a roaming camera at a concert. Closer to home, a Detroit judge mired at the center of a bribery investigation.

And on it goes. 

And yet if we simply stopped pursuing all of these illicit vanities, as noted in today’s first reading from Ecclesiastes, we’d be the cause of – and enjoy the fruits of – a more peaceful, productive and spiritually rewarding life.

St. Paul explains it clearly in today’s second reading passage from his letter to the Colossians.

“Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly: immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry,” he writes. “Stop lying to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed, for knowledge, in the image of its creator.”

Jesus explains what’s at stake in even more explicit terms in today’s gospel passage from St. Luke. In his parable of the rich man who plotted to live off his largesse, he died that very night.

“Thus it will be for all who store up treasure for themselves but are not rich in what matters to God,” Jesus concludes.

Words to live by.

© 2025 Words on the Word

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23) Hallow App:

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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).

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24) Men of the Sacred Heart

25) Mass Intentions for the Week:

Monday, August 4, 2025, Saint John Vianey, Priest (White)

7:00 am: Special Intention for Bob & Betty Zaranek on their 44th Wedding Anniversary

Tuesday, August 5, 2025, Weekday; Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Green/White)

7:00 am: Leonard Mastay

Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Transfiguration of the Lord (White) 

7:00 am: Michelina Macioce

6:00 pm: Special Intention for Christine Bugarin

Thursday, August 7, 2025, Weekday; Saint Sixtus II, Pope and Companions, Martyrs; Saint Cajetan, Priest (Green/Red/White) 

7:00 am: David Toelle

Friday, August 8, 2025, Saint Dominic. Priest (White)

7:00 am: George J. Bugarin

Saturday, August 9, 2025, Vigil for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Green)

4:00 pm: Bonnie Batche, Agnes & Jack Hubbard, Patrick & Sharon Lamki, Eda Lucido, Lis Mckenzie, Victoria Marineau, Stephanie Romac Nikcevich, Special Intentions for the Family of Tina Calisi, for the living and deceased members of the J Champine Family, for the Thomas Family, for Connie Laprairie, for Sam Baur and for Joan Ireland on her 90th Birthday

6:00 pm: Michael & James Forester 

Sunday, August 10, 2025, Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Green)

8:00 am: The Intentions of SJA Parishioners

10:00 am: Dalton Lingar

12:00 pm: Jesse F. Champine, Dennis Venuto, Jennifer Martin, Robert E. Gainer, Sam Promesso, Bert Dygert, and Special Intentions for Laurie Ruda and for Sam Baur 

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

This week's LIVE Stream

Schedule at St. Joan of Arc:

Monday (August 4)

7:00 AM - Mass

10:00 AM - Funeral for Kelly Livingston

5:30 PM - Baptism of Alaina J. Haack

Tuesday (August 5):

7:00 AM - Mass

10:00 AM - Funeral for Evelyn Frederick (Read Obituary HERE)

12:00 PM - Funeral for Concetta Leone

Wednesday (August 6):

7:00 AM - Mass

6:00 PM - Mass

Thursday (August 7):

7:00 AM - Mass

4:30 PM - Baptism of Adelade S. Brooks

5:30 PM - Baptism of Reese A. Cleland

7:00 PM - Holy Hour



Friday (August 8):

7:00 AM - Mass

Saturday (August 9):

10:00 AM - Funeral for John Knapp (Read Obituary HERE)

12:30 PM - Baptism of Parker J. Pilotto

1:30 PM - Baptism of Ozzy D. Stitt

2:30 PM - Baptism of Mina K. Calamita

4:00 PM - Mass

6:00 PM - Mass

Sunday (August 10):

8:00 AM - Mass

10:00 AM - Mass

12:00 PM - Mass

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