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 8:00am Mass this Sunday 

  Trinity Family Mass will be live streamed on the Our Lady Queen of Heaven-Good Shepherd Facebook page or on YouTube at "Walton Specialty Video"
starting at 8:00am
Trinity Family Mass on Facebook  



The St. Raymond OLGC Parish Giving tree....
 
This year besides supporting the Problem Pregnancy Imago Dei Image of God Support Center located at Sts .Augustine Monica Church on Seminole street ....the Justice Initiative Prison Ministry for Citizens Returning to Society needs our help this year.....Thank you to everyone that participated in the Giving Tree for both of these worthy organizations......... Know of a family in need contact our St Vincent de Paul parish conference 313-372-0437
 

Parish offices will resume after the New Year break on Wednesday January 3, 2023, at the usual time. Please, let us take note of this information, and not come to the parish offices during those times. Meanwhile, following our staff evaluation recently, there will be a few adjustments to ensure that things continue to move forward in our Family of parishes in the right direction. Kindly keep these adjustments in your prayer for God's guidance.

Bible Study with Fr Tyrone takes place every Thurday @ 1:30 pm at Our Lady Queen of Heaven-Good Shepherd Community Room

Quilt Drawing January 2023

Quilt:     Robinella Blake
$25 Target Gift Card:      Kevin & Kathy Ronan
Cake Platter:      Regina Faberklewicz

January 2023 Millennium Raffle Winners

$250       John Karski          #0202
$50         Mark Simek        #1517
$50         Don Blake            #0319
$25         Debbie Sertyn Moriarty #0855
$25         Matt Zuzga         #1161
$25         Kathy McGuire  #2398
$25         Margaret Rama #2012

December 2022 Millennium Raffle Winners

$250   Kathleen Weckesser #2884
$50    Kathryn K. Counts #2378
$50    Kathleen Weckesser #2883
$25    Bonnie Raczak Lynch #1501
$25    Charlie Moore #1173
$25    L. Kettler #2186
$25    Mariella Klucens #1785

November 2022 Millennium Raffle Winners

$250   Barry Ferguson #0218
$50    Gail Kedzior #0286
$50    Karen Westrick #1243
$25    Claudin Heinbuck #2346
$25    Walter Magreta #2635
$25    Kathy McGuire #1480
$25    Beverly Baumgart #0467

October 2022 Millennium Raffle Winners

$250   Daniel Skowronek #1020
$50    Sam & Karen Mada #2630
$50    Ray Pfister #1090
$25    Dennis Balicki #1664
$25    Ray Pfister #1090
$25    Mike Mitchell #2481
$25    Donna Klakulak #2190
 

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


 

Happy Birthday

Benjamin Smith, Sr Feb 2
Lenona Grant Feb 2
Eilleen Vallejo Feb 2
Ray Klucens Feb 3
Henry Lazarecki Feb 5
James Koyton Feb 9
Myldretta Randall Feb 13
Michael Sawicki Feb 15
Teshon Greer Feb 17
Kenneth Perry Feb 17
Filomena Dechellis Feb 24
Denise D’Orazio Feb25
Kyle Jackson Feb 27
 
Happy Anniversary

Ray & Mariella Klucens
 

 

Thrift Store

SROLGC Parish Helps Ukrainian Refugee Family
The Thrift store donated 2 bicycles to 2 sisters, (ages 3 & 9 yrs.), of a Ukrainian refugee family living in Hamtramck. Thank you to Ania Barabash who made the connection with family

AA Meetings

St. Raymond-Our Lady of Good Counsel
Community Center
20055 Joann
Det. Mi 48205
 
Tuesday at 7pm
Saturday at 7pm
 
For information
Contact Vernon   at  313-354-5448

Latest SVPD News

Who is my neighbor? Know someone struggling? See a Vincentian and take them some food.....
 
Need Help?  Want to Help?
 
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:
[email protected]

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.
 

ARE WE GRATEFUL ENOUGH?

           An African adage says, "Isi na ura kunie, kene Obasi di  na igwe make ndu gi na ihere nile inwere; Oburu ma ihugh  ihe  obula  iga-eji  nye ekene, uta bu nke gi."-- When you wake up in the morning, give thanks to the Most High (OBASI) for all you have and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Wow! What a truth! Everyone has a reason to thank the Most High for blessings known and unknown.

    A few weeks ago, on the eve of the New Year, I received a touching letter from a priest friend, Fr. Felix, who survived a serious vehicle accident in Africa on November 23 last year. According to him, what saved him was the timely arrival of a medical doctor who was just going to work. The lady doctor called the hospital ambulance immediately she saw the accident, and before the ambulance arrived ten minutes later, she has already stabilized him by stopping the bleeding, and placing him in a more comfortable position. All this time he was unconscious.
    In the words of my grateful friend, without that lady doctor, he would have likely bled to death before the paramedics arrived at the scene. Providential, isn't it? The priest didn't regain consciousness until hours later at the Emergency Unity of the hospital. When he eventually woke up, he said that he asked, "How on earth did I come here?" Those around his bed began telling him to thank God, because it wasn't yet his time to depart this life.
 
     My fellow reflectors and friends, who says that life is not fragile. Indeed, it is. But what captured my attention from my friend's letter was his closing statement. In his very words, "Without a doubt, I owe my life today to my God and that good Samaritan doctor. Without these two factors I would probably be a dead person by now. After my discharge from the hospital a few days before Christmas, I seem to have developed a new sort of admiration and appreciation for doctors and nurses for all they do. I cannot thank them enough. In fact, I thank God for them."
 
      As I pondered on those poignant words, the African expression I quoted above readily came to my mind, and I began to wonder whether we humans are grateful enough to God and to one another. We have a lot to thank God for each single day, but more often than not we prefer to choose to dwell on the negative side of life, biting and blackmailing one another behind their back. If only we can learn to cultivate the golden virtue of gratitude, things may become a bit easier for everybody. Let's try to take baby steps every day toward this important goal.

       My late charismatic bishop, Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, who departed this life more than two decades ago, used to say that "those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." I agree. We benefit from our good deeds to others. For instance, as members of St. Vincent De Paul Society in our midst, and the Deo Gratias ministries at St. Jude, touch lives by their acts of charity and outreach, their good deeds invariably bounce back to them in the form of God's blessing and the joy of knowing that they are making a difference in the lives of others. But let us be grateful to the folks that make a difference in the lives of others in our parishes and communities. Also, let's form the healthy habit of gratitude to one another. At times, it is difficult to practice, but we must not give up, as the great writer and thinker, G.K Chesterton, reminds us, "When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted, or take them with gratitude." Think about it, because to some degree, we all may be guilty of taking things for granted.
 
Perhaps, the words of the famous French writer, Voltaire may enable us to situate thankfulness correctly on life's journey. According to Voltaire, "Appreciation is a wonderful thing, because it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." Is he right? I think so. Therefore, let's form the important virtue of gratitude to avoid the famous indictment of Cardinal Newman who said that "the greatest sin of modern man and woman is the sin of ingratitude. According to Newman, we are ungrateful to our Maker and to one another.
   As we get ready to enter the Lenten season this month, let's pray for one another for the virtue of gratitude. May the Lord enable us to be more grateful to Him and to one another, also exercise more patience with ourselves and with one another. Amen!
   Have a wonderful month of February, and a great Lenten season!

 
       FR. MICHAEL CHIDI 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

The Archdiocese of Detroit Office of Priestly Vocations offers resources for any young men
discerning the priesthood. Our new website has information on applying to seminary, frequently asked questions, and how to get in touch with the vocation director.
Learn more at www.detroitpriestlyvocations.com

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(Weekly giving or CSA donations)

 

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