To register your child for PreK-Gr 12 PSR and/or sacramental preparation for Baptism, Reconciliation, First Communion, or Confirmation, contact Stephanie Pritts, Catechetical Leader, at stepha-nie.p@stmalachi.org. Your child is welcome!
St. Vincent de Paul Blanket Sunday, 10/8-9/22
Next Sunday is Blanket Sunday. Last year, funds from the appeal were used to purchase 4,500+ winter blankets that were provided to the homeless and 126 beds/mattresses for low-income individuals and families throughout Northeast Ohio. The need is great. Donation envelopes are at the doors of the Church.
Donations can also be made securely online at https://donate.svdpcle.org/blanket-sunday-donations/
Parish Picnic 10.2.2022 11AM
Please join us on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022 at 11AM at the Keystone Pavilion at the West Creek Reservation of the Cleveland Metro Parks in Parma for Mass and annual picnic. Located off of West Ridgewood between Broadview and State Roads.
We are looking for support with side dishes and help with this event. Please sign up to volunteer
at https://bit.ly/SMPPICNIC22. Hospitality is providing main course (pulled pork, vegan pulled pork, hotdogs) beverages and condiments. Bring a game to share while we wait for grilling to happen. Food will be served after Mass.
Leave a Legacy—Gifts from Your Will or Living Trust
St. Malachi Parish is committed to building God’s kingdom for the future. St. Malachi has partnered with The Catholic Community Foundation of the Diocese of Cleveland to assist parishioners in legacy giving opportunities. When you make plans to leave a gift to the Church, you demonstrate your gratitude to God for all the gifts with which God has blessed you.
To learn more about the Legacy Giving Program, please contact Mary Lou Ozimek at 216-696-6525 x407
40 Days for Life Began, October 2022
40 Days for Life Began this Week; Please Support with Prayers and Fasting: The fall 2022 campaign for 40 Days for Life runs through November 6. There are many ways to become involved in 40 Days for Life. For those that are unable to join in the vigil on the sidewalk, please consider offering special prayers and fasting during these 40 days for the unborn.
Individuals can also sign up to stand vigil at any time for the campaign through the online calendar at CoalitionLife.com.
Coalition Life also needs volunteers to fill substitute hours on the sidewalk during the campaign and join the set up and break down crew for each day. Our witness is changing hearts and minds.
B.Y.O. Sanitizer!
Our greeters will no longer sanitize hands before the distribution of communion, so if that is a concern for you we recommend bring a small container of sanitizer or avail yourselves of the many sanitizers place around the church.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Opens its Doors for Inside Seating
Guests are now invited inside the Parish Hall for a sit-down breakfast. Thanks to Brother Phil and his efforts, volunteer groups will cook, serve and cleanup each Saturday so that our guests at Saturday Morning Breakfast can relax at a table and enjoy a hot breakfast with their friends and neighbors. Several volunteer groups will rotate throughout the month and take on this important task of serving the homeless and our less fortunate neighbors.
Back Door Ministry Coordinator on Medical Leave, October 2022
For matters of health, Racquel Jones, St. Malachi’s Back Door Ministry Coordinator, is taking personal medical leave. Please keep her in your prayers. Please contact Jeanette at the rectory regarding any Back Door Ministry needs.
Pastor Column, 10/02/22
2 OCT 2022
Dear Parishioners and Friends,
As we observe Respect Life Month 2022, we do so with an answer to a decades-old prayer when the Supreme Court bravely revisited the Roe v. Wade ruling which allowed for abortion on demand, based upon the indefensible view that the government is forbidden to protect the unborn child from the violence of abortion. The Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization rightly returned the issue of abortion to be decided by the people’s elected representatives. What is described as a major paradigm shift in American law, a segment of our human family are again welcome to enjoy natural protections which belong to everyone.
But our work to promote a culture of life does not end with this important ruling. This is the time for recommitment to building a culture of life and civilization of authentic love. Justice is essential to this recommitment. However, as stated by the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, to build a world in which all are welcome requires not only justice, but compassion, healing, and above all, unconditional love.
To this end, we’re called to a Radical Solidarity where we live in a world that embraces the reality of belonging to one another. This is essential as we move away from a Roe world where the solution is to use lethal force against one human (the baby) while abandoning another (the mother). Radical Solidarity, therefore, embraces a culture of life that insists that a pregnant woman and her baby are fellow members of our larger human community. It is a call to friendship and compassion rooted in the truth that we are made to love our neighbor as ourselves (Saint Pope John Paul II).
As we observe Respect Life Month, therefore, let us consider the following words of Pope Francis in his 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’:
In the face of the so-called culture of death, the family is the heart of the culture of life. In the family we first learn how to show love and respect for life; we are taught the proper use of things, order and cleanliness, respect for the local ecosystem and care for all creatures.
Perhaps when we embrace an authentic culture of life for the most defenseless among us and participate in a community of radical solidarity with one another, all of creation – including our planet – may then be restored to God’s original design.
In Christ Our Life,
Fr. Gurnick
Donate to Support St. Malachi Parish and its Ministries
Thank you for being a part of our St. Malachi Parish family. We appreciate all that you do for our parish and community by sharing your God-given gifts of time, talent, and treasure. This summer, We pray that you will have some quiet and restful time that includes the love, joy, and peace of being with family and friends. Please consider that St. Malachi Parish continues to be open for Mass, numerous activities and the Sacraments, and that your generosity through Faith Direct can help provide the consistent resources we need to operate our parish and ministries during these summer months. Sign up today by visiting faith.direct/OH337 or text ’Enroll’ to 216-930-1310 or visit the St. Malachi website, www.stmalachi.org, and click on the donate button. Thank you for your continued support of our parish family.
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