St Raymond-OLGC Catholic Church

Sunday Mass from one of the Trinity Family of Northeast Detroit (Our Lady Queen of Heaven-Good Shepherd, St Jude & St Raymond-Our Lady of Good Counsel) will be live streamed each week. Our Lady Queen of Heaven-Good Shepherd will stream their 10:00am Mass this Sunday 8-14-2022

  Mass will be live streamed on the Our Lady Queen of Heaven-Good Shepherd Facebook page starting at 10:30am
Trinity Mass 

Bible Study with Sister Rosemarie takes place every Thurday @ 1:30 pm in the Parish House.
 

September 2022 Millennium Raffle Winners

$250   Carol Hofer   #2317
$50    Daniel Adams    #2918
$50    Judith Peterson #1058
$25    Evelyn Mortier       #1156
$25    Tom Bissa #2730
$25    Denise Schubel  #3241
$25    Patricia Klimkowski #2174
 

August 2022 Millennium Raffle Winners

$250    Paul Horbal #2308
$50      Pauline Swindell #1356
$50      Dave Andrews #3069
$25      Joan Lyczkowski #1161
$25      Claudia Heinbuck #2346
$25      Chuck White #1033
$25      Patricia Groll #3165

July 2022 Millennium Raffle Winners

$250    Kristin Wulff #0227
$50      Maureen K. Meuser #1200
$50      L Kettler #2186
$25      Cindy Woznick #2832
$25      Gene Haley #0826
$25      Tom Bartkowicz #0482
$25      Lisa Whiteley #1806

June 2022 Millennium Raffle Winners

$250 Sam and Karen Mada #0262
$50 Dennis Balicki #1554
$50 Ray Klucens #3325
$25 Mary Toussaint #2122
$25 Marge Rama #1927
$25 Dennis Capa #1420
$25 Madalene Mannino  #2372


 

Links to recent Special Bulletins
Apple Harvest Festival
Families of Parishes Commissioning 

Thrift Store



Who is my neighbor??? Know someone struggling??? See a Vincentian and take them some food.....
 
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PLEASE CALL 313-372-0437
 St. Vincent de Paul Conference

(St. Raymond-Our Lady of Good Counsel )
Community Center , 20055 Joann Ave.
Tues. 9:30-11 am;        Thurs. 4:30-5:30 pm .  

St Raymond-Our Lady of Good Counsel has resumed in-person public mass. Social distancing and AOD guidelines will be observed. 

Any questions about St Raymond-Our Lady of Good Counsel please call 313-527-0525. Leave a message as office hours are limited until further notice or email:
infosaintraymond@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Emergency Services are available (Tues 9:30-11am Thurs 4:30-5:30pm)
Call 313-527-0437

Bulletins are produced First Sunday of the month 


Please Note: If you are dropping off donation envelopes please use the mailbox outside the rectory. Thank you.
 

“WHAT THE EUCHARIST REMINDS US OF”

           On Friday, August 26, the body of one of our devoted parishioners from the former Good Shepherd parish (now Our Lady Queen of Heaven-Good Shepherd), Eunice Bak, mother of Alena Bazile, was laid to rest at Mount Olivet cemetery. Together with a wonderful Baptist pastor, Rev Duwayne Darby and his wife, who are friends of the Bak family, we performed that solemn sacred duty on that beautiful sunny day. The atmosphere at the cemetery for the home-going celebration was prayerful and uplifting. Inspiring because I saw clearly some degree of sacrifice on the part of the guests that gathered at the cemetery that day. Despite the road constructions that made traveling difficult that day, especially on VanDyke road, still those folks braved it and participated at the farewell prayer service at the graveside.

     *As I prayed and blessed the body and grave of Eunice, after listening to Scripture reading by Pastor Duwayne, and a lovely song by a young lady, coupled with the moving words of Alena from a letter of a relative from out of the state, I said to myself, " Wow! I'm glad to have sacrificed my day-off this Friday to be part of this inspiring farewell." Like many of our departed parishioners, like for instance, Louise Robinson, Bernyce Edwards, Judy Willis,  Joseph Mudd, Mildred Koyton, Claudette McMeekin's, and a host of others, Eunice Bak struck me as a faithful and devoted Catholic till the end of her difficult life. Despite life's ups and downs, she never gave up. She was an embodiment of perseverance in the face of difficulties. What an inspiration to us all! We thank God for her life and the lives of our other faithful departed ones. Their lives inspire us to be more faithful to the Lord as his followers. May they rest in the Lord whom they serve so faithfully!

     My fellow reflectors and friends, as I reflect on the sacrifice made by all of our loved ones who followed the Lord Jesus to the end of their lives, and as I also ponder on our own daily sacrifices these days, my mind runs to the Holy Mass. Without a doubt, the Mass is the ultimate sacrifice from which all other sacrifices take their inspiration and origin. Simply put, we sacrifice our time and talents because Christ Jesus has first sacrificed Himself for us. Therefore, the Eucharist we receive regularly is the model of true sacrifice. It beckons us to learn to sacrifice for others. To receive the Eucharist and still remain self-centered is to repudiate the amazing gift of Christ's sacrifice. Put differently, a selfish and parochial Christian is a contradiction in terms. For instance, any Catholic who benefits from the amazing and priceless sacrifice of the Lord but is still hell bent on being compensated for any little function he or she performs for others or the church, has a lot to learn on the ageless concept of redemptive sacrifice. Such a person has little or no idea of what discipleship or mission entails.  Consequently, such a Christian may be described as a mercenary, and not a missionary. This is because folks like that are out to line their pockets, not to serve the Lord. By their actions you shall know them. But thank God there are brave and selfless disciples even in our own time, people who allowed the Eucharist to touch and influence their lives even on their sick beds. Eunice Bak was one of them, so was that faithful servant of the Lord, Bishop Dale Melczek, as well as those we mentioned earlier. They are our inspiration because they allowed the Eucharist to influence their lives. 
 
To be sure, the Eucharist proclaims the Lord's death. This sacrament is by its very nature proclamatory. In other words, it announces in no uncertain terms what Christ's death meant for humanity. It does not make us selfish, but rather it makes us more eager to sacrifice ourselves for others without weighing the cost. This is why I'm convinced that, to understand and appreciate the Eucharist, is to understand and appreciate the significance of Christ's Death and Resurrection. When we receive the Eucharist with sincerity, we receive that person who empowers us to imitate his heroic sacrifice for humanity. Do you disagree?

     This explains why the Catholic bishops of the United States have designated the next three years, including this year, as the time to focus more closely on the significance of the Eucharist in our lives and in our wounded and bleeding world. Let us, therefore, take this period seriously and pray that we may individually and collectively rediscover the importance of the Eucharist in our daily lives as pilgrims on life's journey. 

      As we joined friends and well-wishers of Eunice Bak family on Friday August 26, to wave goodbye and commend Eunice to the Lord, the Good Shepherd, let us remember that the most important thing we have in common with her (Eunice) is her faith in the death and resurrection of the Lord, made manifest in the Holy Sacrifice of Mass and Baptism. This is what makes us disciples of Christ Jesus. Hence Pope Francis was right when he reminded us some years ago that, "today the world needs to see prophets in the Lords’ disciples” that is, people who are courageous enough to persevere in responding to their Christian vocation in every circumstance of living, people who follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit to proclaim hope and salvation to their families and the wider world. I agree. Eunice Bak did just that in her own little way till the end of her life. Also, the late Bishop Dale Melczek did so in his own situation. What about us? Are we people of sacrifice, hope, and perseverance,   or people of self-indulgence and mercenary attitude?

     Think about it and have a blessed September month!


       FR. MICHAEL C. NKACHUKWU

 
As we temporarily participate at Mass in this different way, each of us and our families are encouraged to make a daily Spiritual Communion by praying the following prayer:

My JESUS,

I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
 
I love You above all things and I desire to receive You in my soul.
 
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally,
Come at least spiritually into my heart.
 
I embrace You as I know You are already here with me,
and I unite myself wholly to You
 
Never permit me to be separated from You.
 
LORD, JESUS CHRIST, You are Alive
and we trust in Your unfailing love, grace, mercy, and care!
 
Amen

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