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The Community of St. Malachi Newsletter
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The Community of St. Malachi – First Personal Parish of the Diocese of Cleveland
Celebrating Faith in God and in the Future!
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Fifth
Sunday of Easter
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April
24, 2005
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NEW CSM COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED
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Three new CSM Council At-Large members and four committee chairs were elected
by the Community of
St. Malachi membership during its 2005 Annual Meeting last Sunday, April 17.
New At-Large members are Jackie Bluett, Fran DeChant and Marie
James. New committee chairs are Diane Brinich, Christian Formation; Barb
Pistillo, Membership; Mike Petit, Liturgy, and
Jim Connell, Communications.
Council members and committee chairs whose terms conclude with the June 7,
2005 meeting are
Rosemary Gaffney Etheart, Joe Wegrzynowski, Michelle Johansen, Patrick Burns,
Cynthia Bender, Gene Kramer and Bill Schubmehl.
Continuing on CSM Council for the 2005-2006 year are Bill Johansen, president;
Fr. Tony Schuerger, pastor, Ed Shemo, treasurer; Stephanie
Taylor-Ayers, Hospitality; Dan Smith and Joyce Geib, Social
Action; Nicky Stary, Spiritual Development; and three At-Large members, Jennifer
DeJohn, Mary Carol Lucic and Marty Miller.
While welcoming the new council members with gratitude, the entire CSM is
also sincerely thankful for the devoted service of the outgoing leadership!
Actions of the community membership at the annual meeting included adoption
of a resolution to submit to the council for approval a draft letter to Bishop
Anthony M. Pilla protesting and requesting the rescinding of the diocesan
policy prohibiting FutureChurch activities at parish facilities. This will be presented to council at its next meeting,
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, in St. Malachi Center. Agenda also will include
proposal of the 2005/06 budget. All CSM members are welcome to attend. For info:
Bill Johansen, 440-353-0606.
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AN EVENING WITH ANTOINETTE BOSCO
7 p.m. Friday, May 13, in the hall
She will discuss “Seeking Answers When We’re Battered by Life” – how
suffering calls into question the goodness of God, the challenges it presents to
one’s faith and how faith responses lead to authentic mercy, forgiveness and
peace.
A syndicated columnist with Catholic News Service in Washington, D.C., Antoinette
Bosco is a prize-winning journalist, the author of more than 200 magazine
features and 12 books, including the award-winning “Choosing Mercy, a Mother
of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty.” This evening is
co-sponsored by St. Malachi and the diocesan Commission on Catholic Community Action. (For additional Social Action news
see Page 3.) For information call Fr. Jim O’Donnell (216-566-0531) or Gary
Pritts (216-426-0519).
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CSM SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS
for the families and friends of Virginia
Watrus, sister of
Sr. Betty Herris, CSJ; and of Sam Privitera, brother of Angelo
Privitera; and of Fr. Robert Dietrich, S.J.; and of Norman
Bringman, father of Norm Bringman.
Let us especially remember today Tony DiNardo, husband of Cindy,
one of our CSM founders and beloved friend of many. Today’s 11 o’clock Liturgy is in his memory.
CSM HEALTH DEPARTMENT – Please keep in your prayers
Sis Aylward, Ernestine Bellini, Barbie Bennett, Alice Bowen, Sheila Boyd-Seik,
Thomas Brennan, Maureen Conway Flanagan, Dorothy Dalton, Megan Dix, Ruth Duffy,
Nancy Eliason, Rosemary Farace, Matthew Forkas, Jim Fries, Virginia Gentery,
Dick Giffels, Joan Dworznik, Luis Gutierrez, Rick Hanley, Steven Herceg, Ross
Holowenko, Judy Lavelle, Jane Lenehan, Fred Leonard, Keri Majewski, Barb Mayer,
Jack McDonell, Tom McNamara, Mary Ann Murray, Barb Price, Megan Reilly Torres,
George Rice, Kevin Rogers, Lucy Russo, Tom Schwartz, Apolonia Sierzputowski, Eve
Sierzputowski, Nancy Smith, Laura Sosnowski, Dave Starre, Paul Stein, Al Sullin,
Mark Tejchmann, Susan Thibo, Kathleen Thomas, Jan vanLier, Mary Warren, Donna
Weinsheimer, Paul Witzigrueter.
CSM SPECIAL PRAYERS ROSTER
– Please keep in your prayers
all the victims of warfare, both military and civilian, as well as these young
people now in military service, and their families:
Ricky Brezinski, Daniel Bugaj, Brian Chambers, Brian Collins, Jim Curtin,
Edward Dvorak, Christopher Dvorak, Gary Faerber, Carter Gaffney, Michael Gomez,
T. J. Gordon, Andrew Harlan, Brian McCullough, David McLaughlin,
Randy Mieskoski, Bill Nelligan, Tom Nemes, Michael O’Neill, John Parkowski,
Kate Rybarczyk, Dave Salinas, Provented P. Taylor Jr., Louis Torres, Victor
Valentino Jr., Anthony Zona.
Special CSM prayers, too, for the countless tsunami victims as well as others
throughout the world suffering because of natural disasters.
And again, last but certainly not least, CSM prayers for our new Pope
Benedict XVI
as well as for the people he has been chosen to lead.
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CSM WELCOME to Marian
Tomasov, a seminary intern
who will be staying at St. Malachi for the next two months. From Krompacky,
Slovakia, he has completed four of his six years of study for the priesthood and
his visit here is part of his pastoral training. He is named for his father, Marian,
and smiles broadly when he tells you that his mother’s name,
coincidentally, is Mary. He is one of their two sons; the other’s name
is Matthew.
CSM
CONGRATULATIONS to longtime member Patrick Murtha, who
has been honored by The Center for Community Solutions as one of six Greater
Clevelanders named “Most Treasured Volunteers of 2004.” For more than 21
years he has been a volunteer at the West Side Catholic Center and, according to
the Plain Press, a conservative estimate of the number of people he has helped
with clothing over that period is 216,000. Pat continues to pass out clothing
twice a week, greeting people, cleaning up afterward and restocking clothing for
the next distribution.
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St. Malachi Center Annual Raffle will be held, as usual,
on Memorial Day, May 30, to benefit center programs. Main prize is $10,000, with
$200 for the seller. Second and third prizes are $2000 and $500, respectively.
Tickets are $20, with just 2500 printed. The drawing will take place in the
center, with a continental breakfast following the 9 o’clock holiday Mass. To
help with selling tickets call Jackie Bluett, 216-771-3036.
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Message from the CSM Social Action Committee …
“Our nonfiction book club
will begin meeting in late May or June. First book will be ‘God’s Politics:
Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It’ by Jim Wallis. The
group will meet at Joyce Geib’s at a date to be announced. For
information call her, 216-521-4252. The CSM committee and St. Malachi Parish
Social Action Committee are promoting a ‘Spring Spruce Up’ at the
neighboring hi-rise from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 7; info: Joyce Geib (216-521-4252)
or Lois Westerkamp (440-331-3705). The committees are also co-sponsoring
a ‘Fair Trade Coffee Sunday’ after the May 15th 9:30 and 11 a.m.
Masses. A 10-minute video on fair trade will be shown in the hall and fair trade
coffee will be available to purchase and to drink. “
Sacrament of Confirmation - 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, St.
Wendelin Church, 2281 Columbus Rd., Cleveland, with Bishop Roger Gries OSB presiding.
Info: Fr. Tony Schuerger
or Mary Jane Treichel, 216-861-5343 or 216-781-3110.
CSM Task Force on Sexual Abuse - Meeting, 7 p.m. Thursday,
April 28, in the rectory. All welcome. Info: Kathy Burke, 216-228-6787.
Prayer Walk for Peace - Every Wednesday, with group
gathering at 7:15 p.m. in St. Malachi parking lot for prayerful walk to Public
Square and further prayer there. All ages welcome.
Malachi Book Club – Meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 27,
home of Pat O’Malley (440-816-0847). Book: “Mountains Beyond
Mountains” by Tracy Kidder. Information: Casey Stangel, 440-234-8766.
Ursuline College Art Exhibit: Toward a Non-Violent Society - From
5 p.m. today until 3 p.m. Saturday, April 30, with various activities including 5-7 p.m.
reception today, Silent Witness Display tomorrow, Interfaith Prayer Vigil 7 p.m.
Friday, Non-Violence Workshop Saturday, April 30, Ursuline Sophia Center, 2600
Lander Rd., Pepper Pike. Co-sponsored with Domestic Violence Center and 40 other
groups and agencies and is part of Women Watch 2005 commemoration of the 10-year
anniversary of the murder of Sr. Joanne Marie Mascha. The Ursuline
Sisters established Women Watch in response to that tragedy, seeking to
transform an act of violence into an educational and consciousness-raising
effort as a tribute to her. Exhibit features healing art of women and children
victims of domestic violence. For hours and other information call Sr. Susan
Bremer, 440-449-1200, Ext. 114.
Greater Cleveland Police, Fire and EMS Holy Name Society -
Annual
Communion Breakfast following 9 a.m. Mass Sunday, May 15, Our Lady
of Angels Church, 3644 Rocky River Drive. Tickets: $6. Call 440-238-9799 or 216-749-0017.
Centering Space -
Come to the Quiet – times of prayer
and reflection – with silence, input, prayer, a simple meal and optional faith
sharing, 5-9 p.m. Monday, May 9 and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, Centering Space, 14812 Lake Ave., Lakewood (between St.
Augustine Academy and Lakewood Park). Cost: $20 per session. Reservations
requested: 216-228-7451.
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Apr 25: Chicken |
May 2: Sausage |
May 9: Beef Stew |
May 16: Chicken
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May 23: Rigatoni
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May 30: Hot Dogs and
Potato Salad
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Jun 6: Chicken
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Jun 12: Kielbasa
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Jun 19: Beef Stew
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Jun 26: Chicken
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Deadlines
May 8 CSM Newsletter, May 1
May 22 Communio, May
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A COMMUNION REFLECTION – BY KAY VINE
(The following is excerpted from Kay’s January 1, 2005 Communion
Reflection. It’s appropriate to repeat it here today, April 24, because our
Mass is in memory of Tony DiNardo, a loving and dedicated CSM founding
member as well as both an outstanding leader in our mission
and developer of our ministries.)
Thirty years ago the Community of St. Malachi was established as an official
parish of the Diocese of Cleveland. It actually had its beginnings eight years
earlier – in late 1967 – as a small group began responding to the call of
the Second Vatican Council. They gathered each Sunday for the celebration of the
Liturgy in this church at 11 a.m. Gradually, the formation of “community”
began with home-based prayer times and liturgical services as well as social
(really, “food-based”) gatherings. Challenging conversations and an activist
spirit led to the formation of committees to address needs of this particular
neighborhood and eventually the organization of a new type of parish – one
personally chosen by its members.
These were remarkable times – both in social climate and church culture!
The growth of this new parish also was remarkable. A vibrant sense of faith and
the beauty of spiritual life was witnessed. The importance of stewardship for an
area of this city that was not one’s own backyard was also part of the active
expression of living the Gospel. Those, of course, continue today.
In this 30th anniversary year, the Community of St. Malachi continues to be
challenged to its “groundbreaking” call. Rich FAITH in God established a
history. The work of the Community and its many partners – especially St.
Malachi Parish – help bring HOPE to many each day. The call of the future is
OUR RESPONSE to God’s call to LOVE in the continued living of faith as a
community….
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Bill Johansen has shared with us this prayer,,, |
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STEWARDSHIP PRAYER
Oh Lord, giver of life and source of our freedom,
we are reminded by the Psalmist that
Yours is “the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it.”
We know that it is from Your hand
that we have received all we have and are and will be.
Gracious and loving God,
we understand that You call us to be
the stewards of your abundance,
the caretakers of all You have entrusted to us.
Help us always to use Your gifts wisely
and teach us to share them generously.
May our faithful stewardship bear witness
to the love of Christ in our lives.
We pray with grateful hearts, in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
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Questions or comments concerning the Newsletter may be
directed to the Editor,
Mary Englert, 216-228-8417, MTEnglert@juno.com
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