The Community of St. Malachi Newsletter  

• Public Meeting – “Voices Against the War” – 5:30 p.m. today, Jan. 12, Antioch Baptist Church, Cedar Avenue and E. 89th St. Speakers from various faiths and institutions, including Rev. Joan Brown-Campbell, former National Council of Churches leader, and John Ryan, AFL-CIO, discussing America’s need for funding for jobs, healthcare, education and affordable housing, not for war. Sponsored by Intercommunity/Interfaith Push for Peace (IIP).
• 2003 Calendars – St. Malachi Calendars, courtesy of Berry Funeral Home, and calendar planners from the West Side Ecumenical Ministry are available at the church doors.
• St. Malachi Center – Third annual Soup for the Soul benefit, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Apr. 3, Windows on the River in the Flats. Tickets: $35. Needed are gifts and services for the silent auction and raffle. Volunteers before and during the event needed, as well. Call Peggy Cooney (440-835-1959) or Barb Parkowski (440-734-5822).
• St. Malachi Book Club – Meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, home of Ellen McIntyre, (440-777-7724). Book: “Wounded Prophet,” a biography of Henri Nouwen, authored by Michael Ford. February read: the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor. Info: Casey Stangel, 440-234-8766.
• Ministry to the Incarcerated – Inspirational books and pamphlets needed for inmates at the Cleveland Justice Center. Container in church or bring to the rectory. Information: Drew McAuliffe, 216-407-3891.
• St. Malachi Picture Directory – If you did not participate in picture sessions but would like a directory, send – or drop off -- $5 to the rectory by Friday, Jan. 17. Checks payable to Lifetouch Church Directories.
• Grief Support Group – Six-week series sponsored by Lutheran Hospital Pastoral Care Department, 7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 21 through Feb. 25, Rehab Activities Room 3-D, 1730 W. 25 St. Facilitator: Robin Schreiber, M.Div. Open and admission-free. Details or to register: 216-363-2220. Information: Chaplain Jim Kulma, 216-363-2395.
• “A Night of Hope” – Benefit for Resolve of Ohio, Inc., 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, Museum of Contemporary Art, 8501 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland, featuring “culinary delights,” spirits, a silent auction, and jazz and Broadway tunes by Mary Klaehn. Admission $40 in advance, $45 at the door; RSVP by Jan. 17 to CSM member Terri Geiger, 440-250-9306. According to Terri, the support group Resolve of Ohio is “a chapter of a national nonprofit organization that provides education, advocacy, and support for those who experience infertility or need information about any aspect of family building or infertility resolution.” Call her too to donate items to the silent auction. 
• Retrouvaille – Help for Troubled Marriages – Weekend of Jan. 17-19, Sheraton Four Points Hotel, Wickliffe. Retrouvaille has helped thousands of couples at every stage of disillusionment, including separation and divorce. Information: Al and Diane Miskinis, 216-481-1467. Or www.retrouvaille.org.
• St. Joseph Academy – First All Sports Mass and Pancake Breakfast, 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, at the school, 3430 Rocky River Dr. NW, Cleveland. Cost: adults $4; children 12 and under, $3. Reservations: Lori Longo, 216-251-5495.

CSM SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS
  for the families and friends of Mary Uschlbec, mother of Jane Smith; and of John J. Dick, brother of Bill Dick; and of Claudia Gehring, mother of Michelle Gehring; and of Judith Bender, aunt of Rich Bender; and of Joseph A. Beebe, husband of Elly (VanLier); and of Anthony DiLisi, father of Therese Kastelic.

CSM HEALTH DEPARTMENT
 – Please keep in your prayers Sharon Kolk Janiak, Irene Gomez, Carol Rolfes, Dave Starre, Anthony Ayers, Loretta Mohar, Bea Donofrio, Nancy Eliason, Dennis Stramel, Jan VanLier, Florence Dick, Ray Centa, Walter Culkowski, Judie Flynn, Lucy Balser, Matthew Forkas, Marilyn Bohn, Mark Tejchman, Charles Russo, Mary Beth Gibbons, Maureen Miller, Maureen Cooney Flanagan, Jim Schwartz, Megan Reilly Torres, Sheri Glassman, William Reiser, C. J. Finohr, Jim Harrison, Nancy Smith, Bernadette Bluett.

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CSM CONGRATULATIONS to 
Stephanie Morrison Hrbek and Cleveland”s Near West Theatre, which she founded in 1978, upon winning an Ohio Arts Council’s 2003 Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio. Lauded were its efforts to promote community and diversity, and building a sense of neighborhood unity and stability. (And we’ll include cheers to our own Stephanie Taylor-Ayers for her longtime activities with and support of that theater.)

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ATTENTION! PLEASE NOTE! CALL TO SERVICE FESTIVAL! NEXT SUNDAY!
(Printed copies will have an attached flyer.)

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FR. JIM O’DONNELL’S Little Brothers and Sisters of the Eucharist Fourth Annual Benefit Dance 7 p.m. –Midnight Friday, January 17 St. Clarence Hall – 30106 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted. Tickets: $25 Pat Donnelly, 216-521-6890 or Bill McLaughlin, 440-234-6362

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A Message from PAT BURNS: 

“Love Broadway? Help JRH! The 105-year-old Jesuit Retreat House is beginning to plan its first big fundraiser and they want to have fun! The event will be a Broadway Dinner Theater evening in September. The planning committee needs a few more members. CSM members Rosemarie DeJohn and Janet Leitch are the event co-chairs. The committee’s first meeting will be Wednesday evening, January 22. For more information call or e-mail CSM member Pat Burns” – 440-884-9300 or pburnsjrh@att.net

Report from the St. Malachi Task Force of the United Health Care Action Network (UHCAN) “Faith Project in Cuyahoga County”- 

Results of the recent RX Drug Fair Pricing Petition drive: 143,031 signatures collected (96,870 required). Even should 25% be disqualified, the total would exceed the requirement. In all, 4,487 petitions were filed. The Ohio attorney general received same Dec. 26, 2002. If the legislature does not act within four months, another petition will be circulated to get it on the November 2003 ballot to allow Ohio voters to decide on the initiative. Close to 300 signatures were collected here at St. Malachi. –Thanks to all - Mary Englert 

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VIBRANT PARISH LIFE COORDINATING COMMITTEE From Luis Gutierrez…

“The Vibrant Parish Life Coordinating Committee (VPLCC) did not meet in December but will meet again on Jan. 21. The process of inputting the data from the VPL Self-Study Surveys continues but should be wrapped up soon. I’m hoping to be able to present something substantive to the next VPLCC meeting.

“Just to remind everyone why they filled out that survey, it is one of several methods we’ve employed over the last couple of years to “listen” to the Malachi community and hear what the community has to say about where we are – what we like/don’t like, what our strengths and weaknesses are – and where we’d like to go. At the end of this part of the VPL process we are going to start looking at how we can share our gifts with other parishes in our area and what gifts we might need to enhance our spiritual growth and better serve those in need. 

“If it seems like this is taking a long time, it is. As I’ve said before, the VPLCC is determined to move forward deliberately, taking advantage of all the information available to us to get as clear a picture as we can of our faith community. Please keep us in your prayers. Here’s this week’s quote from Bishop Pilla’s pastoral letter:

“All of these opportunities require much collaboration. They demand good stewardship and the willingness to share with others – the poor with the rich, the rich with the poor, one cultural group with another. Collaboration includes sharing in the same district or neighborhood, and goes beyond to invite partnerships between parishes with different cultural roots.’”- Bishop Anthony M. Pilla

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Today’s Liturgy marks the anniversary of the rebirth into eternal life of a principal CSM founder, Gen McCloskey.   She brought the first of us together here in December 1967. God be good to her…

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Deadlines 

• Next CSM Newsletter – Jan 19
• Next Communio – today – Jan 12

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Collection Update

Dec 1: $3285          Dec 8: $3027        Dec 15: $3580        Dec 22: $3337    

Dec 25: $4386        Dec 29: 5031

Total: $22,646

(Weekly amount needed for budget $3232) I wish to thank everyone for their generous Christmas contributions - Bill McLaughlin.