The Community of St. Malachi Newsletter  

· Reflection For St. Malachi Liturgical Ministers
· Futurechurch’s Benefit Dinner
· St. Malachi Parish Reverse Raffle
· Health Department
· Special Prayers Roster
· St. Edward HS Dinner To Raise $10,000 For Hurricane Victims
· Men’s Retreat – Oct. 21-23
· Cheers Department 
· Receive Newsletter/Communio Electronically
· Message From Dave Starre
· Praying for International Synod on Eucharist
· Hospitality Committee Meeting
· Interested In Children’s Liturgy of the Word? 
· Entertainment Books Are In!
· Community Council Meeting
· St. Malachi Book Club Meeting
· Communications Committee Meeting

Newsletter Editor: Mary Englert MTEnglert@juno.com

  The Community of St. Malachi – First Personal Parish of the Diocese of Cleveland
Celebrating Faith in God and in the Future! 

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 25, 2005

1-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8

River’s Edge at the St. Joseph Center

3430 Rocky River Dr., Cleveland

Speaker: Fr. Joe Fortuna, Ascension Parish Pastor

For all lectors, servers, Eucharistic ministers, musicians, choir members, sacristans, ushers, hospitality members, et al.

Please RSVP by Oct. 1 - 216-781-3110 or 216-861-5343 - malachirectory@catholic.org

FUTURECHURCH’S 15TH ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER

5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29

The Holiday Inn in Independence

Speaker: Renowned moral theologian Fr. Charles Curran on “The Catholic Church, Morality and Politics: the Church’s Involvement in Society”

Tickets: $60.

Patron: $75.

Sponsor: $125

Fixed Income: $40

Call 216-228-0869.

St. Malachi Parish

140th Anniversary Annual Reverse Raffle

6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30

Brennan’s Party Center, 13000 Triskett Rd., Cleveland

Social Hour: 6:30 p.m. – Dinner: 7:30 p.m.

Donations: $100 per couple. Call the rectory, 216-861-5343

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CSM HEALTH DEPARTMENT – Please keep in your prayers

 

Sis Aylward	Keri Majewski
Ernestine Bellini	Patricia May
Barbie Bennett	John McDonnell
Duane Bishop	Tom McNamara
Alice Bowen	Bill McNulty
Sheila Boyd-Seik	Jean Miller
Kay Boylan	Mary Ann Murray
Kay Boysen	Patrick Murtha
Thomas Brennan	Carol O’Malley
Tom Brooks	Mary Kay Peebles
Maureen Conway Flanagan	Judy Petrovic
Maggie Coyne Verdi	Barb Price
Dorothy Dalton	Megan Reilly Torres
William Dingman	Bob Rink
Pat Donnelly	Kevin Rogers
Ruth Duffy	Stephanie Rulli
Nancy Eliason	Lucy Russo
Peggy Finucane	Mary Joy Schwartz
David Flaherty	Tom Schwartz
Matthew Forkas	Apolonia Sierzputowski
Jim Fries	Eva Sierzputowski
Virginia Genterey	John Sievers
Michey Grealis	Jane Smith
Joan Dworznik	Nancy Smith
Luis Gutierrez	Laura Sosnowski
Rick Hanley	Dave Starre
Mary Heaney	Paul Stein
Steven Herceg	Stephanie Taylor-Ayers
Ross Holowenko	Mark Tejchmann
Jennifer Hoskin Grosel	Susan Thibo
Florence Knize	Kathleen Thomas
Paul Kunkel	Mary Warren
Tom Kunkel	Donna Weinsheimer
Judy Lavelle	Sharon Westerfield
Jane Lenehan	Paul Witzigrueter
Fred Leonard	Rita Mannen.
Dorothea Liddell

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:

Special prayers too, of course, for the countless victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as others throughout the world suffering because of other natural disasters and Third World AIDS epidemics. 

Message from Kim Langley:

“St. Edward High School is responding in many ways to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Join us at the spaghetti dinner this Sunday, Sept. 25 for a great dinner and help us as we seek to raise $10,000 for the hurricane victims. Mr. Bosley, chair of our math department, will cook a satisfying spaghetti dinner with all the trimmings (Remember how good that spaghetti sauce was at his last home cooked fundraiser?) from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. , so you can come for either lunch or dinner. You can now access the website for Holy Cross School, one of St. Edward High School’s fellow Holy Cross high schools in New Orleans at www.edline.net/pages/holy_cross_school. A password is not needed at this time. This website provides an effective way to communicate with the school community at Holy Cross School as it attempts to pick up the pieces after Katrina. The school is located a half mile away from the industrial levee, which gave way to floodwaters. Reports stated that the school was flooded to a depth of 4-5 feet. Please join us this Sunday!” - K.M. (Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for children six and under, or $30 per family. Take-outs are available.)
 

All men of the Community of St. Malachi and St. Malachi Parish are invited to a men’s retreat – ‘MaleSpirit’ – Oct. 21-23.

It will be led by Br. Joe Kilikevice, a Dominican friar from Chicago, who has been directing retreats for men since 1986. Informational flyers are at the doors of the church. Scholarships are available because it is not wanted that cost be a barrier for any man wanting to attend.

Info: Mike Graham (216-228-8815), Gary Pritts (216-233-4960), Dave Kennard (216-661-7130)

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CSM CHEERS DEPARTMENT - Let’s hear it for Chuck Garven, who recently spent eight days in Texas professionally tending to the medical needs of Katrina victims in the Houston Astrodome, no doubt a physically and emotionally exhausting stint of volunteerism. (Hopefully he’ll put together an account of his experience for Communio.). And a surprise salute to Jim Connell. In June he was congratulated upon his retirement as superintendent of schools for the Berea Board of Education. It was a short-lived retirement; this past week he became executive director of Tri-C’s Corporate College West. (And, most thankfully, he remains chair of the CSM Communications Committee.)

Message from the CSM Communications Committee:

To receive the CSM Newsletter and/or Communio electronically, please go to www.stmalachi.org/email.htm. You can also remove your name from the lists or change your information this way.

“My wife Barb and I want to thank Fr. Neil Kookoothe, Charlene McElwee, the St. Malachi choir, the CSM people and friends who set up the facilities and cleaned up following the potluck, and the 160 people who attended the 22nd Annual St. Malachi Community Outdoor Mass and potluck at Starre’s Acres in Granger Township on Saturday, Sept. 10. It was another terrific evening for everyone as the Mass was dedicated in honor of the late Kathy Carpenter. God Bless.” - D.S.

“FutureChurch members and supporters will be praying for the International Synod on the Eucharist at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, the Feast of St. Francis, in the public space in front of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Superior Avenue and East Ninth Street. Please join us and make our voices and our prayers heard! If you can attend, please RSVP to Emily Hoag, at emily@futurechurch.org - If you would like to attend it, daily Mass in the cathedral is at 12 noon. We are also looking for a guitar player to lead us in song.” - C.S. csj

“We will be having a CSM Hospitality Committee meeting this Sunday, Sept. 25, after coffee hour in the hall. For more info, call me at 216-651-0358.” S.T.A.

“Do you have an interest in Children’s Liturgy of the Word? Want to know more? There will be an information meeting at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, in the school building, top floor. Training for readers, homilists and musicians will be provided later. Contact me at 216-221-6722.- B. W.

“The Entertainment Books are in! Yes, it’s time for the St. Malachi Center’s Annual Entertainment Book Fundraiser. Please help support the programming at St. Malachi Center by purchasing this year’s Entertainment Books. Buy one for yourself and buy some for your friends…they make GREAT gifts! The books are filled with coupons and offers of up to 50% discounted at many finer restaurants, deli’s, fast-food stops, movies, sporting events and attractions in Northeast Ohio – thousands of dollars in savings. The cost is only $25. Please purchase them after Mass at the back of the church, or call me at St. Malachi Center, 216-771-3036.” - J.B.

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CSM Community Council - Meeting, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, St. Malachi Center. All welcome. Information: Bill Johansen, 440-353-0606.

St. Malachi Book Club - Meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, Helen Brinich’s home (216-221-3949). Book: “Three Junes” by Julia Glass. October book: “Somethings That Stay,” by Sarah Willis, who will attend the discussion. Info: Casey Stangel, 440-234-8766.

CSM Communications Committee - Meeting, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the rectory. Info: Jim Connell, 440-239-9664.

CSM Task Force on Sexual Abuse - Meeting, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, rectory. All welcome. Info: Kathy Burke, 216-228-6787.

Sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph: talk by FR. JOHN DEAR, SJ, Author and Peacemaker, on “The Path to Peace and Justice”

7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4

River’s Edge at St. Joseph Center – 3430 Rocky River Dr.

Fee: $10 – Call Nickie Stary, 216-521-4310

Community Corner Hunger and Family Center 
(Project of the West Side Ecumenical Ministry)

ANNUAL HARVEST CELEBRATION

6-10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, Windows on the River

Fun, food, prizes, silent auction, music, side boards, raffle.

Information: Center director and CSM member Lou Keim, 216-631-6508

St. Malachi Center’s 13th Annual Benefit

FAMILY GOLF OUTING AND PIG ROAST

Friday, Oct. 7

Bob-O-Links Golf Course, Avon

Cost:

$100 for 18 holes (includes lunch and dinner )
$70 for nine holes (includes lunch and dinner)
$360 for a single-reservation foursome (includes lunch and dinner)
$35 for dinner only.

After-dinner entertainment includes music.

Information and foursome reservations: Marilyn Cox, 216-252-6443

(Presented by Fran DeChant, Vice President)

The council met Tuesday, Sept. 6, in St. Malachi Center, chaired by Council President Bill Johansen. Marty Miller led the opening reflection.

Update on School Building - presented by Jim Stary, co-chair of the School Building Use Committee. After gathering information from the CMHA, which is expected to rent space for a period of 18 months to two years, the committee established short, mid-term and long-term goals for use of the building. CMHA plans use of the gym for a limited number of hours per week, two classrooms and one office, for a total of 40 hours per week. Diocesan assistance in negotiations has been requested and the diocese is expected to give final approval. Fr. Tony stated that by American civil law, the bishop owns diocesan properties. All ministries using the school building will continue, although not necessarily in the same location. Wider CSM dialogue is planned. The committee expects to make a written report in late September.

Gathering of Parish Leaders, Central West District, June 27, 2005 – presented by Fr. Tony. Purposes of the initial meeting were to meet other parish leaders, to provide a knowledge base, and to anticipate coming changes. Joyce Geib and Marie James reported positive impressions learning about district parishes. Fr. Tony emphasized that if the question of restructuring is regarded only in the context of individual parishes, much emotional stress will result. If the life and ministry of the Church in the large picture is foremost, such changes will be easier. Next meeting: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, St. Augustine Church, to be attended by Joyce Geib, Marie James, Bill Johansen, Karen Duffy and Carol Lavelle.

Task Force to Study Feedback Mechanism for Staff – presented by Bill Johansen. Ad hoc committee formed, chaired by Bill Johansen, and including Diane Brinich, Bill Schubmehl and Mike Petit. The committee is charged with responsibility for reviewing current process and exploring ways to enhance procedures to provide feedback to paid staff on program achievements while incorporating careful consideration of constructive dynamics.

Bishop’s Staff Letter re Lay Direction - Copies of the following were handed out for review and consideration at the next meeting of council: 1) letter from FutureChurch dated August 1, 2005, addressed to members of the Community of St. Malachi Council and of the Community of St. Malachi; 2) a note on the August 1, 2005 letter of FutureChurch and a report by Gene Kramer on the lay-directed status of the Community of St. Malachi..

Pastor’s Report – In addition to written report items, Fr. Tony announced that a seminarian intern from St. Bede Parish will come to St. Malachi at the end of September and stay until Easter. He also reported that $4000 was collected for hurricane relief this past weekend.

Finance Council - Ed Shemo passed out the CSM Income Statement as of June 30, 2005. He pointed out that we have a surplus at the present time, of which $20,000 is reserve. The Finance Council is working out a report form that will be easier to understand. Ed repeated the need for volunteer collection counters following the 11 o’clock Sunday Liturgy and passed out a sign-up sheet.

· Christian Formation - Diane Brinich reported that classes will start Sunday, Sept. 18, with much work still to be done in the school building. More than 100 students are enrolled. Plans are for six to attend the youth conference to be held in Atlanta. Their travel funds were raised by the Godspell presentation and an anonymous donation.

· Spiritual Development - Nicky Stary reported plans for more retreats, one possibly with Kim Langley at River’s Edge. The men’s retreat is raising funds through sale of light bulbs.

· Social Action – Joyce Geib reported that the U.N. International Day of Peace will be celebrated with various events. On Sept. 21 there will be an evening program which Jackie Bluett reports coordinates with St. Malachi Center’s Family Night and dinner. At present there is no apparent progress in the effort to use fair trade coffee for St. Malachi activities. The possibilities for housing hurricane victim families was discussed. More information will be obtained from agencies of the city and diocese. Karen Duffy asked for assistance in a welcome project for 2000 hurricane victim teens. Joyce Geib will help.

· Liturgy Committee - Mike Petit announced that Fr. Joe Fortuna will speak at the Oct. 8 afternoon of reflection for St. Malachi liturgical ministers. The committee is analyzing GIRM (General Instruction of the Roman Missal) as relating to each part of our Liturgy. Topics for Communion reflection are also being reviewed.

· Hospitality Committee - Point was made that we need volunteers to head and work on social events. CSM participation in the annual picnic may be subject to review. Prayers were requested for Stephanie Taylor-Ayers.

· Membership - Barb Pistillo reported plans to produce an informational welcome pamphlet to be placed in the pews for visitors. Her committee has streamlined prospective member forms and procedures at the coffee hour membership table. The roster addendum will be ready to check for completeness in November. A welcome series is planned annually before Easter.

· Communications Committee - Activities were briefly noted.

Fran DeChant

St. Colman - Parish’s 125th Anniversary Celebration and Reception, 3-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, St. Christopher Hall, 20141 Detroit Ave., Rocky River. Tickets: $65 single, $125 per couple. Info: 216-651-0550.

Centering Space - Reflective prayer 7-8 p.m. every Tuesday. “Soup and Spirit” with simple meal, prayer and silent time, 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 26, Oct. 3 and Oct. 10; donation: $20. Fr. Tim Shepard SJ, on “Discernment: A Spiritual Path,” 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28; donation: $10; registration required. Centering Space, 14812 Lake Ave., Lakewood. 216-228-7451.

Beaumont School - Open House, noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9. Information: 216-321-2954.

St. Ignatius High School - Open House, 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6. Students of all grade levels and their families welcome. Information: 216-651-0222.

St. Edward High School - Open House dates, noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 and noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. Reservations recommended. Refreshments served.

St. Wendelin - Fall card party and bake sale, sponsored by Altar and Rosary Society, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, parish hall, 2281 Columbus Rd., Cleveland. Admission: $5, includes lunch. Info: 216-861-1141.

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