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The Community of
St. Malachi Newsletter |
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2459 WASHINGTON AVENUE- CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44113-216-781-3110
Guest Editor: Paul
Kunkel 440-232-7622
Communio Editor: Dan Alaimo 216-221-5346 |
The Community of St Malachi - First personal Parish of the Diocese of Cleveland
Celebrating 25 Years ot
Faith in
God and in the Future!
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December 5, 1999 |
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Lucille "Lou" Schroeder
R.I.P.
All of St. Malachi is saddened and offers our condolences to the Schroeder
family at the death of Lucille ("Lou") Schroeder, who died at Malachi House
Wednesday evening and was buried from St. Malachi on Saturday morning. For more than 20
years -- until this time last year -- Lou served at St. Malachi, in neighborhood ministry, in the office for
many years and in a host of other ways, great & small. As she wrote in this Newsletter a few months ago, My time at -- and with -- the Community of St. Malachi and St. Malachi Parish
was rooted in a faith-based wish to be of service. Sort of a minister to the ministers. As
Matthew’s Gospel says, Well done good & faithful
servant! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you" (Mt. 25:34) May she rest in
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St. Herman’s Annual St. Nicholas Day
Spaghetti
Dinner, Bake Sale and Christmas Craft Boutique-
Today in the Parish Hall from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Spiritual Development Program - Advent
Customs and Spirituality
presented by Kimberly A. Langley M.Ed.
Married, singles, parents and grandparents will come away prepared to celebrate the season
with an opportunity to deepen the spiritual practice of the domestic church, their home.
Participants will enjoy finding many ideas for reclaiming the holiness of the
season for themselves.
There will be prayer, art slides, and handouts loaded with ideas for keeping the Advent
spirit going and getting a head start on the season. Because this will offer
a wonderful opportunity to strengthen our awareness of the celebration of the birth of our
Lord Jesus Christ the usual $15.00 fee will be waivedDATE:
TUESDAY, DEC. 7,1999
TIME: 7 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Place: ST. MALACHI HALL
Spiritual Development Co-chairmen
Dick Gibbons: 440-716-1750
Frank Schiros: 216-521-4195
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NOTE: Kim Langley
facilitates approximately 200 workshops per year. In 1990, she was named Outstanding
Director of Religious Education and selected as one of 8 Master Teachers to author a book
on Ministry Models. She is an active member of the American Society for Training and
Development (A.S.T.D.) & a founding member of the Catholic Diocesan Family Ministry
Network. Prayers -- For
the sick, keep Jean O’Malley Teeter and Pam Herceg
in your prayers. Also, pray for the repose of the souls of Lou Schroeder,
Audrey Krejcik, mother of CSM member Jackie Bluett and Albert
Kunkel, father of CSM member Paul Kunkel.
Squares & Rectangles - Cindy
DiNardo asks that all of you squares get your rectangles in for the Anniversary
quilt. Assembling the panels will begin after Christmas. For info call Cindy at
440-356-2480.
Fruit Baskets for High Rise — Next Sunday, December 12, between Noon -
2 p.m., St. Malachi is delivering Christmas fruit baskets to the residents of
Lakeview & Riverview Hi-Rises. Individuals & families are urgently needed to
distribute baskets & share some St. Malachi spirit! Call Sr. Francis 216-861-5343.
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| Families Celebrating God - meets this Friday Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. Two choirs will sing. After the
prayer service, the Family Tree Decorating Party will follow at the Malachi Center
complete with Santa. Families welcome! Holy Day - This Wednesday, Dec. 8, is the Feast of the Immaculate
Conception of Mary, the patron of the U.S. There is a Vigil Mass on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
& Masses on Wednesday at 7 a.m. & 12 Noon.
Retired Religious Appeal - Next weekend is the annual appeal for the Retired Religious. This
national collection supports many retired Sisters & Brothers who served God’s
people for many years for little or no pay, are now retired and whose community retirement
funds are inadequate to support them. There will be a second collection.
Advent Communal Penance -
Sunday, December 12, at 2 p.m. at St. Malachi Church. There will be several
confessors.
Taize Prayer - Monday,
December 6 at 7 p.m. at St. Malachi church. Taize prayer utilizes simple chant
forms in creating a peaceful atmosphere for reflection. All welcome!
Mike Kramer, son of JoAnn and Gene
traveled to Fort Benning Georgia with a Cleveland delegation to protest the continued
operation of the School of the Americas which trains counter insurgents from Central and
South America
25 Anniversary Education Committee is being
organized in conjunction with the Spiritual Development Committee to develop and implement
a six-week education program on Vatican II documents during Lent 2000. Interested? call Pat
Forkas at 216-226-7603 or Bill and Kathy Jacobs at 440-356-1190.
Vigils to End Child Labor & Sweatshops to mark the
1st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999,
4:30-6:30 p.m. Simultaneous vigils at Wal-Marts in Cleveland, on Brookpark Road and in
Cleveland Heights and Elyria. Urge retailers to embrace codes of conduct at their assembly
plants overseas. Contact IRTF at 216-961-0003. |
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Susan Shipley Seeks Job
-- Our Social Action Chairperson sends us the following
information:
Ph.D, CRC, LPCC*, seeks position. Experience includes: research, administration, college
instruction, supervision, advocacy, vocational rehabilitation, art therapy, and
counseling. Interest and expertise in LD, ADD, HR, EEOC legislation, disabilities and
adult literacy. (*eligible.) phone: 216481 -8436; e-mail:SShiper@aol.com
Tess Konkowski — CSM
member will travel in January for 10 days of mission work in Guatemala, a country where 80
percent of the population is indigent. Tess speaks Spanish and is looking forward to the
trip. Any assistance will be appreciated. Send Contributions to Tess Konkowski, BPC
Mission Fund, 27043 Oakwood Circle, Suite 216U, Olmsted Falls, OH 4438. Make checks
payable to BPC Mission Fund.
Scripture Readings:
2nd Sunday of Advent: 5: Is, 40:1-5,9-11 Ps 85: 9-
14 2 Pet 3: 8-14 Mk. 1: 1-8
3rd Sunday of Advent: Is 61: l-2a, 10-11 (Ps) Lk
1:46-50, 53-54 1 Thes 5:16-24 Jn. 1: 6-8, 19-28
Cinderella at Beck Center -
Group tickets available for matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Dec. 12. Contact Mary
Carol Lucic at 216-221-5017.
Coffee Hour is held after the Community
Liturgy each Sunday, open to all in attendance. Council members are there, ready to
discuss Community issues. --Rebecca Rocco, Council President
Jubilee Justice Pledge - Jubilee
2000: How You Can Build a Better World is attached to this Newsletter. Please review
the Jubilee Justice Pledge on the inside pages. Everyone at Mass next weekend will
be invited to sign the pledge as a way of preparing and participating in the coming
Jubilee Holy Year.
Dear Community,
On behalf of myself and my family I want to express our gratitude for the cards, the
visits and the prayers for my father, Albert, who died last Wednesday.
May he rest in peace! Paul Kunkel
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| Book Reading Group - Book to be read for the holiday season is A View from
the Ridge, the testimony of a 20th century Christian, by Morris West. Available at
Cleveland, County and Lakewood Libraries. Date: Dec. 15. Call Casey Stangel for location.
440-234-8766. Social Action Committee Report
- 11/10/99 Next Meeting -- Dec. 5, 1999, at 12:00 after Mass in the Rectory. NEW MEMBERS
WELCOME! Project discussed:
Honduras (L’Arche and Food for the Poor), Christmas gift to a homeless family
Christmas project, SAC mailing, Welfare Reform Meeting, and Member’s concerns.
1. Honduras Second Collection is scheduled for Jan. 30, 2000 with a communion
reflection on Jan. 23, 2000.
Options were discussed -- providing funds for the larger community surrounding
L’Arche (who are in greater need) through Food for the Poor.
Reports given -- L’Arche’s building status (Sister Maggie), and great need of
assistance due to effects of second hurricane (Fr. Jim O’Donnell)
2. Christmas Tree Ornaments listing homeless child were made.
Announcement and Flyer about giving a homeless child a Christmas present and the
ornaments will be placed on tree - Dec. 28, Give-a-Tree will go up on Dec. 27.
3. Review and disbursement of SAC mail.
4. SAC report about Cuyahoga County Commissioner’s 11-10-99 Welfare Reform Meeting
to be sent off to news letter.
5. Pat and Lois -- Altar cloth sewing to take place during month. Lois, Sharon &
Susan --Give-a-Christmas Flyers, Announcement and tree, Susan and Kay SAC report regarding
Welfare Reform.
Volunteers Needed - Malachi House on Cleveland’s near West
Side is looking for volunteers of all kinds for day and evening. Malachi House welcomes
without cost the dying poor who have no caregiver or funds and loves them until they can
live no longer Call Carrie Bell at 216-621-8831 for an appointment and tour.
Urban Community School has many needs including tutors, aides,
mentors, fund-raiser, office help, etc. Call Randi Allard, 216-241-5116 |
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Christian Formation Update
- Christian Service Projects. Students will
contribute to five different ministries. Senior high students will prepare gift boxes for
battered women to be delivered to Templum House or Transitional Housing. Middle school
students have been given the Malachi House Wish List. Grades 4-6 will buy gifts for two
different families from Urban Community School. Grades 1-3 will collect socks and scarves
for distribution at the back door. The Pre-school students have received the Malachi
Center Wish List. All items will be collected at the Dec. 12 class.
Family Advent Activities - Advent
was kicked off with an Advent Preparation event sponsored for CF families. They met on
Nov. 28 at the Center and participated in the following activities: making an Advent
wreath, making a waiting chain for younger children to count the days until Christmas,
making table centerpieces for Monday Night Meals, making cards for homebound Community
members or nursing home residents, making a spiral Advent mobile ornament or writing a
letter to Jesus. The morning was a huge success.
Sacramental Preparation - The
following students have been participating in classes and will be making their first
Sacrament of Reconciliation on Dec. 7: Phillip Andreani, Devin Copfer, Ian Etheart, Owen
Galvin, Madelaine Gosselin, Tom Rehor, Maurceen Rehor, Brendan Rehor, and Hattie Wile.
Keep them in your prayers. First Communion preparation will begin in January. If you have
not registered, contact Karen Duffy at 440-331-5289.
Monday Night Meal Menus for 2000
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January |
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February |
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March |
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Beef Stew |
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7 |
Chicken |
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6 |
Rigatoni |
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Rigatoni |
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Kielbasi |
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Chicken |
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Italian Sausage |
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21 |
Beef Stew |
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Kielbasa |
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Pot Luck |
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Ital. Sausage |
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Beef Stew |
Fair Trade Shopping Day - Sunday,
Dec. 12,
Noon to 5 p.m. at One World Shoppe, 19321
Detroit Road, Rocky River, Ohio. 440-333-7790
The Living Nativity -
Euclid Avenue Christian
Church, Dec. 5. 2-5 p.m. Experience a journey
through Bethelem. 3663 Mayfield Rd. Cleveland
Heights, across from Severance Mall. |
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A Message from Marty:
"As those of you who attended the Oct. 24 Community of St. Malachi
Liturgy know, there was quite a commotion, and not the usual commotion from infants being
baptized. After the Litany of the Saints, I looked over at my mother and realized that she
was no longer with us. She was pale, her eyes were wide open and she was not responding to
my touch or gentle calls.
"I went into a panic. One CSM member said to lay her in the aisle
and let her breathe. Several members called 9-1-1. I thought she’d either had a
stroke or heart attack or something fatal. Nurses, doctors and other caring CSM members
surrounded me, but it seemed like an eternity until the ambulance came. Dr. John Gerace
offered to come to the hospital with us; I told him I was sure Mom was in good medical
hands but that I would surely appreciate it.
"I had not met John before this, but I was grateful to have a CSM
member with me and especially grateful knowing that the rest of you were with us in
prayer.
"At St. Vincent Charity Hospital Mom was monitored for over an
hour but not given any medical treatment. It seemed to me that either nothing could be
done or that none knew what to do. Then, just as suddenly as she went away, her color
returned and she woke up. When I asked how she felt, she said, ‘Rested.’ The
second thing she did was apologize for causing a disturbance. There was no apparent damage
or lingering effects. She stayed in the hospital overnight for observation. Stroke and
heart attack were ruled out and other tests were made. Today she is doing fine.
The doctors at Charity and her own doctor cannot medically explain what
happened. My sisters, who are nurses, can’t either. But our whole family is content
with a simple answer. We thank God. We thank the Community of St. Malachi for their
prayers and loving support. And we ask for your continued prayers in thanksgiving." — Marty Miller and the Family of
Robert C. Miller.
(Ed. Note: I think a good many CSM members were
gripped by the paradox that morning. There, right in our midst, three babies were joining
our faith world and another human being possibly was leaving it. Simultaneously
and right before our eyes. As Fr. Jim O’Donnell concluded the ritual and the newly
baptized were carried back into the assembly, the paramedics were wheeling Mrs. Miller
down the same center aisle. The reverential silence was almost palpable. It was an
Alpha/Omega moment. It was truly a ‘Malachi Moment.’ And by the way, many CSM
members have expressed appreciation for the consideration and respect displayed by the EMS
people in their quiet efficiency that Sunday. As ever, God bless ‘em all. — Mary Englert
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