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CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

A TRANSCENDENT LENT

Bailey Burke, Campus Missionary Disciple

As we near the end of Lent, it seems like my impossibly busy schedule only gets busier: events to plan and run, millions of mee ngs, and the ﬁnal weeks of walking in discipleship with our gradua ng students. This season has been one of immense and beau ful growth at our parish, especially in campus ministry. I feel honored to have been a part of it, but, as we ﬁnish out another academic year, day-to-day, most of the me, my head is spinning.

Perhaps this Lent has also been a busy or mentally-clu ered me for you, too. I always want to enter into Lent really well –to spend me with Jesus in the desert and grow spiritually. And some days it feels like I do. But most days I’m surviving, hurrying from one thing to the next and trying to simply “get it all done.” It’s easy to lose sight of the transcendent when there are mee ngs to a end and meals to make. However, I’ve come to realize that it’s in the midst of life’s busyness that Christ most wants to meet us, that He most wants to break through our clu ered vision and remind us to ﬁx our gaze on Him.

I was gree ng at the 8pm mass last week, as I do each week. There was a massive storm that night, but we caught a brief window of reprieve in the 20 minutes before mass. It was warm enough to stand outside as students ﬂooded in, and I got to witness an incredible sunset. The sky was an ombré e-dye of orange, yellow, pink, and purple. The previously darkened grey sky was cast into glorious light for those 20 minutes. Beforehand, I had been running around – at the peer minister mee ng, se ng up Sunday Snack, and making last-minute adjustments to the mass announcements. But as I greeted, God broke through my clouded tunnel vision (always focused on the next task) and reminded me of His glory. He knew I’d be there for those 20 minutes, so He painted the sky for me. He took my breath away so that I’d slow down for half a second and remember why I was there – for His glory, not simply for the comple on of tasks.

The sunset was the reorienta on that I needed that night to carry out the rest of my responsibili es with tranquility and joy. I ﬁnd the transcendentals – truth, beauty, and goodness –are needed daily for me to keep my gaze properly ﬁxed on the glory of God. The beauty of the natural world in par cular (especially in this beau ful, messy, wonderful season of Spring!) helps me reawaken myself to the goodness of God. I also experience this reawakening when wri ng poetry or sto-

ries (which are o en inspired by encounters I have with the beauty of crea on).

If you’d like to take an evening this Lent to refocus on the transcendentals, to remember and celebrate the truth, beauty, and goodness of God and His crea on, I invite you to join us at the second annual Transcendence launch party. Transcendence is a literary magazine I started last year to “ﬁnd God in all things.” It’s a collec on of student and resident parishioners’ poetry, artwork, short stories, and other crea ve expressions that meditate on the transcendentals. It’s going to be an evening of slowing down and rejoicing in our ability to co-create with God. We’ll have live readings, free magazine copies, and some meatless (Friday during Lent) refreshments. It’s at 7pm in Donnelly Hall this Friday (April 11th) and all are welcome. If you aren’t able to make it, our website bburke431.wixsite.com/ transcendence/single-project will be updated a er the launch party with a digital copy of the latest edi on.

Lastly, thank you again for your support of campus ministry, especially through the March Match Madness campaign. Your support helps bring students into the truth, beauty, and goodness of God. Have a blessed rest of your Lenten season, and I hope to see you Friday!

WOMEN OF THE HEART

All Women of the Parish are Warmly Invited to our next mee ng on Thursday, April 10.

This year’s Women of the Heart theme will reﬂect on the gi of WISDOM. Recognizing that the Book of Wisdom ascribes the feminine pronoun to wisdom and acknowledging the vast and diverse wisdom that exists among the Women of the Heart members we decided on this theme.

Women of the Heart will meet on the second Thursday of the month from September through May from 10:15 am to noon in Donnelly Hall. Next mee ng : May 8

CATHOLIC THINKERS BOOK CLUB

All are welcome to join us on Tue. April 8th from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Loyola Room to discuss "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot". Set in purgatory and earth this play is a comedy drama by Stephen Adly Guirgis involving a court case that reexamines the plight and fate of Judas Iscariot. Witnesses who tes fy include Satan, Caiaphas, Mother Teresa, and Sigmund Freud among other famous characters. This play can be watched on YouTube.

Since this will be our ﬁnal mee ng of the season, please bring your sugges ons for next year's reading and viewing or email ideas to David at kieras@umich.edu.

GRAD/YP SPIRITUAL DIRECTIONS

MONDAY, APRIL 7 @ 6:30 PM

We will host a Lenten Prayer Service in the Church! The service will include Praise and Worship music from our Grad/YP musicians, diﬀerent forms of group prayer, Lenten readings from For more inforLead Team

MEETINGS & EVENTS: APRIL 6 APRIL 13

SUNDAY, April 6

8:15 AM Family Faith Formation — Newman Hall, + 10:00 AM Children’s Liturgy of the Word — Newman Lounge

11:15 AM Family Faith Formation Newman Hall, +

12:45 PM ESL Loyola Room

1:00 PM Spanish Reconciliation Spiritual Direction Room

1:15 PM Bilingual Rosary Church

3:00 PM Hispanic Birthdays Newman Lounge

3:00 PM Cornerstone Ceremony

3:15 PM H/L Sacramental Prep Newman Hall, +

3:15 PM Teen Confirmation Donnelly Hall , +

4:00 PM Reconciliation Spiritual Direction Room

6:00 PM Undergraduate Women’s Bible Study Rectory Lounge

7:00 PM Reconciliation Spiritual Direction Room

MONDAY, April 7

10:00 AM Eucharistic Adoration — Church, Whitman Room

5:45 PM Rosary for Peace Church

6:30 PM Grad/YP Spiritual Direction — Church

6:30 PM Ignatian Discussion SCC Monteith Room

7:00 PM Born for Joy Whitman Room

7:30 PM Catholic Student Evangelization — Rectory Lounge

7:30 PM Rosary in Spanish Zoom

8:00 PM Middle Eastern Students’ Bible Study Donnelly Hall

TUESDAY, April 8

10:00 AM Eucharistic Adoration Church, Whitman Room

3:45 PM Eucharistic Adoration Church

7:00 PM Men's/Women's Connect — Newman Hall, +

7:00 PM Catholic Thinker Book Club Loyola Room

7:00 PM Triduum Rehearsal Church, Donnelly Hall

WEDNESDAY, April 9

5:45 PM Eucharistic Adoration Church

6:30 PM SCC Grad/YP Whitman Room

7:00 PM Cristeros Hispanic Student Group — Rectory Lounge

7:00 PM OCIA Newman Hall

7:15 PM OCIA Stations of the Cross Donnelly Hall

THURSDAY, April 10

10:00 AM Eucharistic Adoration — Church, Whitman Room

10:00 AM Women of the Heart Donnelly Hall

6:00 PM Ig.Nite — Newman Hall

7:00 PM Chaldean Mass and Reception Church, Loyola Room

7:30 PM SCC Grad/YP Newman Room

FRIDAY, April 11

8:15 AM Rosary in Spanish Zoom

2:30 PM EC Group — Loyola Room

5:00 PM Undergrad Crochet Group Loyola Room

5:00 PM Winter IM Sports Banquet— Courtyard, Newman Hall

5:30 PM Into the Light Rectory Dining Room, Rectory Lounge

7:00 PM Hispanic SCC Zoom

7:00 PM Transcendence Literary Magazine Launch Party Donnelly Hall

SUNDAY, April 13

10:00 AM Children’s Liturgy of the Word — Newman Lounge

12:45 PM ESL Loyola Room

1:00 PM Spanish Reconciliation Spiritual Direction Room

1:15 PM Bilingual Rosary Church

3:00 PM Easter Vigil Rehearsal Church

4:00 PM Reconciliation Spiritual Direction Room

7:00 PM Reconciliation Spiritual Direction Room

MASS INTENTIONS: APRIL 5 APRIL 13

SATURDAY, APRIL 5

5:00 PM Mass for Crystal Miranda Dominguez

SUNDAY, APRIL 6

8:30 AM Mass for People of the Parish

10:00 AM Mass for Margaret Salata

12:00 PM Mass for +Flordeliza Montalbo

2:00 PM Mass for 5:00 PM Mass for 8:00 PM Mass for

MONDAY, APRIL 7

5:10 PM Mass for +Emmett Bowen

TUESDAY, APRIL 8

5:10 PM Mass for Jaden Amparo

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 12:00 PM Mass for

THURSDAY, APRIL 10 5:10 PM Mass for

FRIDAY, APRIL 11

12:10 PM Mass for Gail Smithseely

SATURDAY, APRIL 12

5:00 PM Mass for

SUNDAY, APRIL 13

8:30 AM Mass for 10:00 AM Mass for People of the Parish 12:00 PM Mass for 2:00 PM Mass for +Bonitacio Romero Bautista

5:00 PM Mass for + Erick Shawn Brock 8:00 PM Mass for

SPRING SCHEDULE

OFFICE HOURS

Sunday 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Monday– Thursday 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Friday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Saturday 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

MASS TIMES

SATURDAY VIGIL 5:00 PM

SUNDAY MASSES

8:30 AM 10:00 AM

Watch live or any me a er the mass h ps://www.michigancatholics.org/category/live-mass/ Noon

2:00 PM (Spanish)

Watch live or any me a er the mass h ps://www.michigancatholics.org/category/misa-en-linea/ 5:00 PM

8:00PM

DAILY MASSES

Monday-Thursday 5:10 PM Friday 12:10 PM

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Sunday 4: 00 PM - 4:30 PM & 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Wednesday 5:45 PM - 6:30 PM or by appointment

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Wednesday 5:45 PM - 9:00 PM

Cornerstone Reinstalla on

This weekend, April 6th, beginning at 3:00 p.m. !

At this ceremony, items that have been selected to go into the time capsule will be returned for the next 100 years, and the cornerstone will be reinstalled! The ceremony will not be longer than 10 minutes, although you are welcome to stay and watch the whole reinstallation if you choose! If you did not get a chance last week to view our parishioner interviews being done as a part of our centennial year, we invite you to view them here!

michigancatholics.org/parishioner-stories/

Save the Date: September 21 – All-Parish Outdoor Mass!

Join us as we celebrate our centennial year with one united Mass for the entire parish. Location to be announced, but for now, please mark your calendars for this special event. We are also seeking a photographer to capture a memorable photo of our entire community on this remarkable day. If you're interested in helping, please let us know!

Gabriel Richard Newman Center construc on, 1953. Photo Credit: St. Mary Student Parish Records, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.

CROSSROADS 2025 EASTER MEAL: VOLUNTEERS AND MONETARY DONATIONS NEEDED!

On Easter Sunday, 20th April, our St. Mary's community will again prepare and serve a meal at Crossroads Soup Kitchen in downtown Detroit. Learn more about Crossroads at www.crossroadsofmichigan.org. Dona ng and/or Volunteering is a wonderful way to celebrate the love of the Easter season with Detroit community members and other St. Mary’s parishioners! We are asking for monetary dona ons as this allows us to purchase in bulk which is helpful. If you or your family would like to donate other items please reach out by emailing: CrossroadsEaster@umich.edu

Make a monetary dona on.

The meal that we share with our neighbors in Detroit is only possible because of our community support. Your generosity will enable us to provide the meal as well as an Easter basket for each child we will serve. Our preferred method of receiving dona ons is through St. Mary’s website – u lizing the “GIVE” link here: michigancatholics.org/give/ or directly here giving.parishso .com/app/ giving/smsp . Indicate “Lent – Crossroads Easter Meal” from the dropdown when comple ng the dona on informa on. You may also make checks payable to: St Mary Student Parish with “Crossroads Easter Meal” on the memo line.

Volunteer opportuni es for the Crossroads Meal

Prior to the Meal please email if you are interested in these opportuni es : Meal organiza on, Plas cware packet prepara ontask ideally for one group or family, Snack bag decora ng (bags supplied), Snack bag assembly (a group ac vity), Possible other tasks that need comple on

Good Friday : Transport food/supplies to Crossroads

Easter Sunday

+First Shi : 8:00am-11:45am (Meal Prepara on) + Second Shi : 10:15am-2:15pm (Meal Serving)

A er Easter

Mothers’ / Fathers’ day items If possible, we may assemble items for guests on these days also.

1. Visit kroger.com/communityrewards

2. Create a digital account

3. Link your card to "St. Mary Student Parish" #JF263

Note: If you don't have a Kroger Rewards card, they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger.

We use ParishSo giving for our online giving pla orm. Using this pla orm you can make one- me dona ons or set up recurring donaons.

Please click HERE to use the pla orm. Or copy and paste: h ps://giving.parishso .com/app/giving/smsp

If you have any ques ons please contact Kristen Gowman

These can be sent in our oﬀertory envelopes or in another envelope with a note for alloca on, such as oﬀertory, Sunday mass, etc.

These can be sent to our mailing address: St. Mary Student Parish, 331 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

If you have misplaced items while at church, we may have them wai ng for you in the parish oﬃce! Please stop by the oﬃce to check the Lost & Found box.

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SMSP STAFF LIST

Fr. Kyle Shinseki, SJ Pastor ext 221 kshinseki@smspnewman.org

Fr. Dan Dixon, SJ Parochial Vicar ext 225 ddixon@smspnewman.org

Fr. Patrick M. Casey, SJ Pastoral Associate ext 234 pcasey@smspnewman.org

Fr. Robert (Bobby) E. Karle, SJ Pastoral Associate ext 246 bkarle@smspnewman.org

Julia Novotny Faith Doing Jus ce Coordinator ext 244 jnovotny@smspnewman.org

Cathy Welch Business Manager ext 224 cwelch@smspnewman.org

Constance Heskia Communica ons & Development Coordinator ext 240 cheskia@smspnewman.org

Dorota Best Administra ve Assistant ext 226 dbest@smspnewman.org

Bailey Burke Campus Missionary Disciple ext 235 bburke@smspnewman.org

Julie Mussio Marriage Prepara on & Ministry Schedule Coordinator ext 243 jmussio@smspnewman.org

Kristen Gowman Bookkeeper ext 241 kgowman@smspnewman.org

Karen Foster Family Ministry Coordinator ext 247 kfoster@smspnewman.org

Maribel Rosas-Palma Hispanic/La no Sacramental Prepara on Coordinator ext 222 mrosas@smspnewman.org

Rita Zyber OCIA & SCC Coordinator ext 230 rzyber@smspnewman.org

Camryn Hurley Music Coordinator churley@smspnewman.org

Rosa Luz Pos go Hispanic/La no Ministry Coordinator ext 248 rpos go@smspnewman.org

Sue Walters Database Coordinator ext 239 swalters@smspnewman.org

Ron Qua lebaum Custodian/Maintenance Technician ext 0 rqua lebaum@smspnewman.org

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April 6 – Fi h Sunday of Lent

Reading I Is 43:16-21

Psalm Ps 126:1-6

Reading II Phil 3:8-14

Gospel Jn 8:1-11

To the exiles in Babylon, Isaiah foretells a new exodus, when the Lord will lead his people from cap vity to freedom. True freedom is rooted in the person of Jesus, not in observance of the Law. It is he who challenges us to examine our own hearts before self-righteously judging others.

April 13– Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Procession Lk 19:28-40

Reading I Is 50:4-7

Psalm Ps 22:8-9

Reading II Phil 2:6-11

Gospel Lk 22:14-23:56 or 23:1-49

Jesus, humbling himself out of love for us, did not shield his face from buﬀets and spi ng, but oﬀered his life on the cross. He relied on his father’s love.

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