Physical Church Address
32467 Church St., Rockwood, MI 48173 Mailing Address 32477 Church St., Rockwood, MI 48173 Ph 734 379 9248 Fx 734 379 6548 stmaryrockwood@sbcglobal.net |
Mass Schedule Daily Mass 8:30 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Additional Mass at 7:00 p.m. on First Friday Current Weekend Schedule 4:30 p.m. Saturday 10:15 and 11:45 a.m. Sunday Confession 6:00 p.m. Wednesday 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. First Friday Adoration Thursday 9:15 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. First Friday to First Saturday 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. Office Hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9-4 Wednesday 9-12 Additional hours by appointment Mass times and locations when away from Home Are you traveling on a weekend or Holy Day? Find a Mass where you will be at www.CatholicMassTime.org |
"Force yourself, if necessary, always to forgive those who offend you, from the very first moment. For the greatest injury or offense you can suffer from them is nothing compared to what God has forgiven you."
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Lent 2024
Stations of the Cross
Fridays during Lent 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. Good Friday, March 29, Stations at 1:00 p.m. Prayer to the Shoulder Wound of Christ O Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I, a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred wound of the Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy Flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy Most Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful, I praise and glorify Thee, and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound; beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain, and by the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen. Imprimatur: Thomas D. Beven, Bishop of Springfield It is related in the annals of Clairvaux that St. Bernard asked our Lord which was His greatest unrecorded suffering, and Our Lord answered: “I had on My Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous Wound, which was more painful than the others, and which is not recorded by men. Honor this Wound with thy devotion, and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through its virtue and merit. And in regard to all those who shall venerate this Wound, I will remit to them all their venial sins and will no longer remember their mortal sins.” |
Lenten Confession Opportunities
March 16 from 8:00-8:30 a.m. and 3:00-4:00 p.m. March 18 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. March 20 from 6:00–6:30 p.m. & 7:00 pm till finished March 21 from 11-Noon, 6:00-6:30 & 7:00 till finished March 22 from 6:00pm-6:30 pm & 7:15 till finished March 23 from 8:00-8:30 a.m., 3:00-4:00 & 5:30 p.m. till finished March 25 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. March 27 from 6:00–6:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. till finished March 29 from Noon-1:00 pm |
Fasting and Abstinence
Those 18 to 59 years of age should fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. You may eat one full meal and two smaller meals that together do not equal a full meal. If possible, the Good Friday Fast is continued until the Easter Vigil.
Those 14 and older should Abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. Meat includes the flesh and organs of mammals and fowl and soups or gravies made from them.
Those 18 to 59 years of age should fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. You may eat one full meal and two smaller meals that together do not equal a full meal. If possible, the Good Friday Fast is continued until the Easter Vigil.
Those 14 and older should Abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. Meat includes the flesh and organs of mammals and fowl and soups or gravies made from them.
The Triduum
The Three Holiest Days of the Year
March 28-30
As Catholics we celebrate our faith more deeply during the Triduum than at any other time. We set aside these three days to share in Our Lord’s gift of the Eucharist, his passion, death and joyful resurrection. It is through the mysteries of these days that we receive the body and blood of our Eucharistic Lord in the Mass; through his death and resurrection we are brought to new life in the forgiveness of our sins.
Holy Thursday, March 28
Mass of the Lord’s Supper 6:30 p.m.
The oils to be used throughout the year for baptism, confirmation and anointing of the sick are received as we begin Mass. Following mass we will process to the Gathering Space for Eucharistic Adoration until 11:00 p.m.
Good Friday Services, March 29
Noon –1:00 Confession
1:00 Stations of the Cross
Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Day one of Novena
2:00 Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion
Veneration of the Cross
Distribution of Holy Communion
Church will remain open for silent prayer until 6:00 p.m.
Holy Saturday, March 30
Blessing of Easter Food 10:30 a.m.
Easter Vigil 8:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday, March 31
Mass at 10:15 and 11:45 am
Holy Thursday, March 28
Mass of the Lord’s Supper 6:30 p.m.
The oils to be used throughout the year for baptism, confirmation and anointing of the sick are received as we begin Mass. Following mass we will process to the Gathering Space for Eucharistic Adoration until 11:00 p.m.
Good Friday Services, March 29
Noon –1:00 Confession
1:00 Stations of the Cross
Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Day one of Novena
2:00 Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion
Veneration of the Cross
Distribution of Holy Communion
Church will remain open for silent prayer until 6:00 p.m.
Holy Saturday, March 30
Blessing of Easter Food 10:30 a.m.
Easter Vigil 8:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday, March 31
Mass at 10:15 and 11:45 am
Attention Graduating Altar Server High School Seniors
If you are a member of St. Mary’s Our Lady Of The Annunciation or St. Roch’s parishes, graduating from High School, going to college, and have been an active Altar Server throughout High School, your local Knights of Columbus Council is once again offering our $1000 college scholarship competition. Applications and instructions are available via the pdf below and due April 1st. This opportunity encourages all High School students to remain active by serving our parish communities. If you have any questions, or if you wish to help sponsor High School students and donate directly to the Knights of Columbus college scholarship fund, please call Steven Kardel at 734-306-4676. Our mission is to assist as many college bound Christians as possible, so the more money we raise for this worthy cause, the more students we can support. Good luck and God Bless to all of our graduating seniors.
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CSA 2023
Thanks to your generosity we have Greatly EXCEEDED our goal! We have received 115,250 in payments and pledges. This exceeds our goal by $41,631. All donations are now free of assessment and do not impact next years CSA target.
If you would like to support this important effort donations can be submitted, made payable to Catholic Services Appeal, to the parish office through the mail, weekly offering basket or online through my eoffering, see link below. |
The Regular Joe Men's Prayer group
CALLING ALL MEN… You are invited to the attend the Regular Joe Men’s Prayer Breakfast gatherings twice a month on each second and fourth Thursdays at 5:45 am until 7:00 am. The prayer breakfast is an opportunity to learn, strengthen, share, and take responsibility for our faith in a comfortable non-formal environment. The objective is to make us better men, leaders, husbands, fathers, and disciples of Jesus Christ. The meeting will be in the St Mary of the Annunciation school hall/cafeteria. This meeting is an excellent opportunity to get started on transformation for the Lord. Registration is not necessary. A light breakfast will be available. If you have questions, please contact us: Pat Szymanski 734-755-7150 pszymanski5065@gmail.com or Joe Rutkowski 734-560-6722 ijoemail@me.com
Pray for Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life
My God , I pray for all Your priests and beseech You to sanctify them.
Let them love their sacrifice deeply so that they may live it lovingly.
I beg You, grant them obedience, a spirit of detachment, a chastity which is constant and true, a spirit of self-denial, humility, sweetness, zeal and dedication.
I beg You that all those who may approach them may leave them with a greater love for you.
My God, I pray that, through them,
Your Kingdom on earth may grow and be strengthened.
O JESUS, I promise with all my heart to sacrifice myself with you.
Amen.
Canon Formigao
Let them love their sacrifice deeply so that they may live it lovingly.
I beg You, grant them obedience, a spirit of detachment, a chastity which is constant and true, a spirit of self-denial, humility, sweetness, zeal and dedication.
I beg You that all those who may approach them may leave them with a greater love for you.
My God, I pray that, through them,
Your Kingdom on earth may grow and be strengthened.
O JESUS, I promise with all my heart to sacrifice myself with you.
Amen.
Canon Formigao
Eucharistic Adoration
Thursday's 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
First Friday following 7:00 p.m. Mass until 8:30 a.m. Saturday
The most powerful thing we can do on this earth with our time is to spend it in Eucharistic adoration. Nothing can do more to change the world, to bring about peace, to convert hearts, to make reparation for the many evils committed. Spending time in prayer may seem, on the outside, to be a passive thing; however, it is anything but! Our world is in desperate need of hope, of renewal, of a ‘turning back’ to the things of God. By visiting Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, we take up the best weapon for the battles of our age and contribute to the healing of our culture. Cultivating a Eucharistic life of adoration also bears tremendous fruit in our own hearts and lives. We cannot spend time in the rays of His Eucharistic Presence without receiving His grace, His love, His mercy, His peace. As we gaze upon Him Face to face, we are transformed little by little into a closer reflection of His divine image.”
—Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration
—Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration
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Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life
Are you called to the priesthood?
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 |
St Vincent de Paul-Help us Help Others!
The St. Mary Conference of St. Vincent DePaul would like to thank you for your support over these last 8 years. We have made many lifelong friends, memories, helped countless families and sadly lost some wonderful friends.
We thought you would appreciate hearing what we do with your donations. We visited 19 “Friends” this year. The majority of them were in need of rent or utilities; but we provided beds, clothing, food, and even a hot water heater. Utilizing the St. Mary Clothing Closet we gave them the clothing they needed.
In the month of December alone, through your generous donations, the Society of St. Vincent DePaul, at St. Mary’s, brought the spirit of Christmas to those suffering and in need. Assisting families, with household bills, providing food, Christmas gift cards, warm coat, gloves, and shoes, and a mattress. We
are grateful for your generosity, so we are able to help those in need in our own area. Thank you.
St. Vincent’s uses “Twinning” to extend our generosity and kindness. For example, a Conference has a request for $1,000 for rent and only have $500. They ask the other Conferences if they can help with the other $500. We have assisted many other Conferences by “Twinning”, and they in turn twin with us. A very effective way to help.
It seems like an apparent thing to say, you will always have the poor, but who are they and why are they poor? As a volunteer for St. Vincent DePaul I have come to better understand “poor”. For many of us we are only one paycheck away from being “poor”. Sometimes circumstances make us or keep us poor. That is when St. Vincent’s can help. It is so rewarding to see a family be able to stay in their home. To see children run to their new bed. To see the face of a mom when we have provided the means to heat their home. So many wonderful things happen to OUR hearts when we help the poor If you are interested in becoming a Vincentian please join us the next meeting, Thursday, January 19th at 6:00 p.m. in the school. We provide on-the-job learning about the various ways we can help. It’s not hard (I can do it!), but it sure is rewarding.
You can do hands on help, review client information to determine the best course of action for them, or be an Associate Member and pray for us. You can be as involved as you are able…no dues, no mandatory meetings, just a desire to help a child of God. You can reach us at 734 277-5620.
“Our business is to attain heaven; everything else is a sheer waste of time” St. Vincent DePaul
We thought you would appreciate hearing what we do with your donations. We visited 19 “Friends” this year. The majority of them were in need of rent or utilities; but we provided beds, clothing, food, and even a hot water heater. Utilizing the St. Mary Clothing Closet we gave them the clothing they needed.
In the month of December alone, through your generous donations, the Society of St. Vincent DePaul, at St. Mary’s, brought the spirit of Christmas to those suffering and in need. Assisting families, with household bills, providing food, Christmas gift cards, warm coat, gloves, and shoes, and a mattress. We
are grateful for your generosity, so we are able to help those in need in our own area. Thank you.
St. Vincent’s uses “Twinning” to extend our generosity and kindness. For example, a Conference has a request for $1,000 for rent and only have $500. They ask the other Conferences if they can help with the other $500. We have assisted many other Conferences by “Twinning”, and they in turn twin with us. A very effective way to help.
It seems like an apparent thing to say, you will always have the poor, but who are they and why are they poor? As a volunteer for St. Vincent DePaul I have come to better understand “poor”. For many of us we are only one paycheck away from being “poor”. Sometimes circumstances make us or keep us poor. That is when St. Vincent’s can help. It is so rewarding to see a family be able to stay in their home. To see children run to their new bed. To see the face of a mom when we have provided the means to heat their home. So many wonderful things happen to OUR hearts when we help the poor If you are interested in becoming a Vincentian please join us the next meeting, Thursday, January 19th at 6:00 p.m. in the school. We provide on-the-job learning about the various ways we can help. It’s not hard (I can do it!), but it sure is rewarding.
You can do hands on help, review client information to determine the best course of action for them, or be an Associate Member and pray for us. You can be as involved as you are able…no dues, no mandatory meetings, just a desire to help a child of God. You can reach us at 734 277-5620.
“Our business is to attain heaven; everything else is a sheer waste of time” St. Vincent DePaul
Are you interested in joining the Parish
Why should you join the parish? If you want to get married, have a child baptized, be a godparent or confirmation sponsor you need to show you are attending Mass. The only way we can determine if you are here is if you drop an envelope in the basket. It's fine if the envelope is empty, it tells us you are here and that is what's important. Our faith calls us to attend Sunday and Holy Day Mass and to regularly receive the sacraments of Eucharist and reconciliation. You can complete the form below and return to the parish office via the collection basket, mail or email. Use the envelopes in the pews, or one from home, with your name and address until your individual envelopes come to let us know you are here on Sunday. Please understand it's about your attendance at Mass, not what may or may not be in the envelope!
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Prayer of Preparation before Mass
If you are not currently able to join us at Mass send your Holy Angels!
O holy Angel, at my side, Go to the church for me, Kneel in my place, at holy Mass, Where I desire to be. At Offertory, in my stead, Take all I am and own, And place it as a sacrifice Upon the Altar Throne. At holy Consecration’s bell, Adore with Seraph’s love, My Jesus, hidden in the Host, Come down from heaven above. And when the priest communion takes, Oh, bring my Lord to me, That His sweet Heart may rest on mine, And I His temple be. |
Offering and other Donations
Eucharistic Adoration
The church is open daily and Our Lord is fully present in the tabernacle.
We are blessed to adore Our Lord in his Eucharistic Presence on
Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
and when First Friday and Saturday are consecutive
from First Friday following the 7:00 p.m. Mass until 8:30 a.m. Saturday
We are blessed to adore Our Lord in his Eucharistic Presence on
Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
and when First Friday and Saturday are consecutive
from First Friday following the 7:00 p.m. Mass until 8:30 a.m. Saturday
Reporting Sexual Abuse
To inform the Archdiocese of Detroit regarding the sexual abuse of minors by priests, deacons, and other church personnel and/or to speak to the Victim Assistance Coordinator, contact 866-343-8055. A caller will be requested to provide his or her name and telephone number. All calls regarding complaints of sexual abuse will be returned in a timely manner. This toll–free telephone number has been established as part of an effort by the Detroit archdiocese to protect children, young people, and other vulnerable people in our schools, parishes, and ministries. This line is for reporting suspected sexual misconduct or child abuse within archdiocesan institutions and ministries only. Persons with complaints not involving clergy or church personnel should refer to the archdiocesan web site at www.aod.org for contact information for civil authorities.
The Gloria in Latin-including the words!
As we are learning the Latin Gloria you may find this youtube video helpful-it is sung a capella and the words are on the screen to follow along. Be patient with yourself as we learn this beautiful version of this prayer. It will all come together soon and enhance our worship of Our Lord!
Consecration of Families to the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary
The First Friday/First Saturday Communion of Reparation with its basic elements of Rosary, Eucharist, Confession and Holy Hours of Adoration is a simple yet powerful means of bringing back sanctity in the home, in the Church, and in society. More than a devotion IT IS A WAY OF LIFE that is truly Eucharistic –centered and Marian in spirituality- two pillars of hope which we can anchor ourselves onto in these troubled times. Prayer and Reparation are the spiritual weapons which the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary give us today to win in this spiritual battle.
If you have not had your family consecrated to the Two Hearts please consider this important act. The consecration will include going through the house with excised water and salt as we pray the rosary and a few additional prayers. It generally takes about an hour for a lifetime of benefits. This is more than a house blessing, rather it is a consecration of families, which includes extended family no longer living in the home, to the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary. For more information or to schedule you family consecration please call Betty at 734 671 1987.
Flame of Love
Please join us Mondays in church for prayer starting at approximately 9:30 a.m. for prayers of devotion to the Flame of Love.
Our Lady Promises: "By my Flame of Love, a new era of grace, never before known on the earth, will begin." "With this Flame you will light all the hearts in the world. This flame will become a fire, and with its shining light this fire will blind Satan." |