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Advent and Christmas Season Schedule

Dear Friends! Below is the current schedule for Advent and Christmas.  Please note that it is available on the website and will be updated on the website anytime new information is available. ST. MALACHI CHURCH ADVENT EVENTS 2011 Wednesday Evening Prayer:      Wednesdays at 7PM November 30: Eucharistic Adoration December 7: Praying With Scripture December Read more ..
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Parish Stewardship Education and Formation

Thanks to Jan Leitch for this piece. The Kingdom Steward is above all human! To be human is to be in relationship with God and others. This relationship calls us in “equity and justice,” to share our gifts with the needy. Through this sharing we also fulfill our need to give as those created in Read more ..
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A Personal Reflection On Stewardship

My name is Mary Jo Schwartz and I was one of six children raised in a loving Catholic family.  My father was deeply spiritual and I think way ahead of his time.  My husband, Jeff, and I have been married 42 years; we have three children; we were foster parents and we have 7 grandchildren.  Read more ..
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Christmas 2011 — Birth of a New Tradition

As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods – merchandise that has been produced at the expense of American labor. This year will be different. This year Americans will give the gift of genuine concern for other Americans. There is Read more ..
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Stewardship Commission Education – final page

Below is the final page to the pieces offered to us by the Stewardship Education Subcommittee.  Please take time to pray and reflect.  See the previous post here for the other pages. October 22 & 23, page four, Stewards share their treasures and gifts!
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All Saints Day!

  Please join us Sunday, Ocotber 30th to celebrate All Saints! Here are some highlights! All Saints Day Celebration! Sunday October 30 at St. Malachi 9:30 Mass followed by breakfast and PSR presentations on saints  in the hall Egg & cheese strata will be provided Bring bagels & breads, milk & juice, or fruit to Read more ..
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Stewardship Commission Education SubCommittee

  The wonderful folks on the Stewardship Committee have developed these handouts for our reflection this month.  Below are the links to the first two handouts, with the last page to come next Sunday.  Please read, reflect and enjoy. Special thanks to Jan Leitch. October 8 & 9, page one, Stewards know that they are Read more ..
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The Addiction Awareness Program, a Samaritan Ministry Workshop, teaches AND gives hope!

If you know someone who may have a problem with alcohol and/or other drugs, please consider attending this workshop on Saturday Oct. 22nd. During this FREE session, speakers will discuss relevant topics including: addiction as a brain disease; effects of drinking/using on others; treatment options; 12 step programs of recovery; resources in the community. Attached Read more ..
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More On The Learn The Mass Series That Begins This Saturday!

On the third Wednesday of each month, some of us get together to read, reflect and engage a taste of Thomas Merton in the Wednesday evening prayer group. The following piece is from this past Wednesday. Thomas Merton is writing about a way of life; among many ways Christianity is apparent in our lives are Read more ..
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Learn the Mass, Pray the Mass, Live the Mass

St. Malachi Church brings you a wonderful opportunity to deepen our understanding of worship together. There are three sessions, come to what you can.  October 1, 11 and 18.  No cost and open to all. Click here for the flyer!
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