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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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Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
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September
10,
2006
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IMPORTANT, VITAL MEETING NEXT SUNDAY !!!
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Following our 11 o’clock Liturgy next Sunday, Sept. 17, there will be a
Community of St. Malachi Membership Meeting in the hall concerning the CSM’s
Cluster Leadership Team’s Vibrant Parish Life – Phase II proposal, a copy of which is being made available as an addendum to this newsletter
today.
Your presence and input are important!
Questions? Call any team member;
Jim Connell, Chuck Garven, Eileen Garven, Marianne Kerr, Gene Kramer, Paul
Kunkel, Kim Langley, John Lavelle, Jan Leitch, Gary Pritts, Stephanie Pritts,
Bob Simoneau, Fr. Tony Schuerger, Kay Vine, Bruce Wacker.
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PRAYER WALK FOR PEACE
To mark the anniversary of 9/11, there will be a “Prayer Walk for Peace”
Wednesday, Sept. 13, with participants gathering in St. Malachi parking lot at
7:15 p.m. for prayerful walk to Public Square and further prayer there.
Information: Mary Masterson, 216-671-4938
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MONDAY NIGHT MEAL COOKS NEEDED
Message from Bill McLaughlin:
“There is a need for folks to prepare, at home, the main dish for the
Monday Night Meals for the first three Mondays of each month. The need is rising
and our complement of cooks for these nights is low, so we need new volunteers.
If interested, please call me at 440-465-8317.” - B.M.
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Sep 11:
Meat Balls in Gravy
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Sep 18: Chicken |
Sep 25: Italian Sausage |
Oct 2: Beef Stew |
Oct 9: Chicken |
Oct 16: Macaroni & Cheese |
Oct 23: Kielbasa |
Oct 30: Smorgasbord |
Bill McLaughlin
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CSM SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS
for the family and friends of Mary Marsick.
CSM HEALTH DEPARTMENT –
– Please keep in your prayers
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Sis Aylward |
Virginia Genterey |
Maureen Murray |
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Ernestine Bellini |
Richard Grace |
Marie Murray |
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George Bender |
Gregory Gutierrez |
Mary Ann Murray |
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Gavin Blades |
Luis Gutierrez |
Patrick Murtha |
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Ken Bohland |
Germaine Hahnel |
Lee Oglesby |
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Alice Bowen |
Katherine Hanrahan |
Carol O’Malley |
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Kay Boysen |
Mary Heaney |
Betty Pellegrino |
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Thomas Brennan |
Elmer Hennessey |
Vivian Perez |
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Tom Brooks |
Steven Herceg |
Evelyn Petrovic |
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Eric Bruno |
Mary Lou Hlivak |
Judy Petrovic |
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Jennifer Bugaj |
Ross Holowenko |
Barb Price |
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Rita Burns |
Jennifer Hoskin Grosel |
Patty Pringle |
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Lynne Caine |
Roseann Kaminsky |
Tom Pultz |
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George Cicero |
Karen Klaus |
Megan Reilly Torres |
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Jim Connell |
Tom Kunkel |
Bob Rink |
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George Conner |
Mary Laubenthal |
Kevin Rogers |
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Maureen Conway Flanagan |
Judy Lavelle |
Marie Rozman |
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Jack Daley |
Fr. Eugene LaVerdiere |
Stephenie Rulli |
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Dorothy Dalton |
Charles Liddell |
Charlie and Lucy Russo |
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Bill Dick |
Dorothy Liddell |
Mary Joy Schwartz |
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Florence Dick |
Barb Mandy |
Tom Schwartz |
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Lois Dingman |
Jim Majewski |
Eva Sierzputowski |
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William Dingman |
Drew McAuliffe |
John Sievers |
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Bernie Domann |
Michael McDermott |
Jane Smith |
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Pat Donnelly |
Pat McDonnell |
Nancy Smith |
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Joan Dworznik |
Jane McNamara |
Laura Sosnowski |
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Nancy Eliason |
Maria McNamara |
Michele Speck |
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Angelo Farace |
James McWilliams |
Paul Stein |
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David Flaherty |
Florene Michel |
Stephanie Taylor-Ayers |
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Tom Flaherty |
Helen Miles |
Susan Thibo |
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Matthew Forkas |
Jean Miller |
Kathleen Thomas |
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Connie French |
Bernie Milota |
Eric White |
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Helen Misener |
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CSM SPECIAL PRAYERS ROSTER
– Please keep in your prayers all the victims of
warfare, both civilian and military, as well as these young people now in the
armed forces, and their families: Ricky Brezinski, Daniel Bugaj, Brian Chambers,
Brian Collins, Jim Curtin, Gary Faerber, Carter Gaffney, Michael Gomez, T. J.
Gordon, Andrew Harlan, Rob Katelic, David McLaughlin, Randy Mieskowski, Bill
Nelligan, Tom Nemes, Michael O’Nwil, John Parkowski, Chuck Porter, Kate
Rybarczyk, Dave Salinas, Provented P. Taylor Jr., Louis Torres, Victor Valentino
Jr. and Michael Whalen.
Please continue with special prayers, as well, for the countless victims of
the tsunamis, hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, mud slides,
forest fires and the AIDS epidemics.
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· RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
- a journey of faith for
adults interested in the Catholic faith. Sessions are held 7-9:30 p.m. Mondays,
beginning Sept. 18, in St. Patrick (Bridge Ave.) rectory. Information: St.
Malachi rectory, 216-861-5343.
· CSM Council - Meeting
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, St. Malachi Center.
All welcome. Information: Kay Vine, 440-871-5868.
· CSM Cluster Leadership Team
- Meeting, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, school
library. Info: Kay Vine, 440-871-5868.
· CSM Sexual Abuse Task Force
- Meeting, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in the
rectory. All welcome. Information: Kathy Burke, 216-228-6782.
· St. Malachi Book Club
- Meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, home of Mary
Warren, #1604, 12500 Edgewater Dr., Lakewood (216-221-2975). Book: “Reading
Lolita in Tehran” by Azar Nafisx, who will speak at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11,
at Baldwin Wallace College. Info: Casey Stangel, 440-234-8766.
Deadlines
Sept. 24 CSM Newsletter, Sept. 17
Sept. 24 Communio, Sunday, Sept. 10
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Messages from Helen Misener, chair, CSM Social Action Committee:
· “Lisa Moser, representing the Cleveland Diocese Office of Migration and
Refugee Services, will give a brief presentation to the CSM during coffee hour
following our 11 o’clock Liturgy Sunday, Sept. 24. Lisa and her family have
hosted newly arrived refugee families on Cleveland’s West Side. With this
experience and her background with the diocesan office, she will describe a
mentoring program designed to help incoming families successfully adjust to
their new homes and country.
“We will learn of ways to participate. Volunteers are needed for language
tutoring, assisting children with school work and life skills instruction.
Families arriving now have spent years in refugee camps. We can offer a helping
hand to navigate unfamiliar situations. Everyone is encouraged to welcome this
important representative. Bring your questions and ideas about how you might be
part of a vital social action project in our diocese.” –
· “The committee believes that there is a real need by members of the
Community of St. Malachi for an occasional helping hand in times of serious
illness or family loss, for instance. We are currently looking for CSM members
who would be willing to lend a helping hand to those people on an as-needed
basis. A few examples would be: A ride to a doctor appointment; pick-up of a
prescription or a few needed groceries; a caring friend in a family emergency.
This would not be a daily commitment, just whatever you can do whenever you are
able. If you are interested in being a helping hand, please call Jan Galvin
(440-871-0231) or Helen Misener (440-427-8023) for further information. If we
get a good response, we will go ahead with this plan.”
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· St. Malachi Center 14th Annual Golf Outing & Steak Roast
- Friday, Sept.
15, Cherokee Hills Golf Course, Valley City. Includes full breakfast, GPS golf
carts, digitally calculated score-keeping. To register call Marilyn,
216-252-6443 – e-mail mcox4393@cs.com.
· St. Malachi Parish Annual Reverse Raffle
- Social 6:30 p.m.., dinner 7:30
p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, Brennan’s Party Center, 13000 Triskett Rd. Main prize:
$3,000. Tickets: $100 per couple; available at rectory (216-861-5343) or back of
church after Sunday Masses.
· FutureChurch 16th Annual Benefit Dinner
– 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5,
Holiday Inn, Independence. Speaker: Dr. Paul Lakeland, Professor of Catholic
Studies, Fairfield University, on “WE are the Future of the Church:
Rediscovering our Baptismal Priesthood.” Tickets: sponsor $125; patron $75;
individual $60; limited income $40. Information: 216-228-0869. (Note :
FutureChurch new address: 17307 Madison Ave., Lakewood OH 44107.)
· Seeds of Literacy Benefit Brunch
– with silent auction, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 17, Massimo da Milano, Detroit Ave. and West 25th St. Tickets:
$35. Information: 216-651-4302.
· COAR Annual Benefit Luncheon
- 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3,
Cleveland Playhouse Club, 8501 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland; to help educate and
heal impoverished children in El Salvador. Tickets: $35. Reservations, by Sept.
29: 216-252-5572.
· LaSagrada Familia Church - Craft Bazaar
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10,
church hall, 7719 Detroit Ave. Information: 216-671-9089.
– 25th Annual Peace &
Justice Awards Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, Knights of Columbus Hall,
10808 Granger Rd., Garfield Heights. Speaker: Sr. Mary Sujita Kallupurakkathu,
SND, superior general, Sisters of Notre Dame, Rome, Italy, on “Signs of Hope
in Working with the Poor.” Organization award: Christ Child Society. “Church
in the City” Recognition Awards: Sr. Mary Lou Trivison, SND, and Women’s
Re-Entry Network. Tickets: $45. Info: 216-939-3840
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MESSAGES FROM CSM SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Chaired by Jackie Bluett
I) “Thank you to those who helped with hospitality, setting up, and
cleaning up at our Thomas Merton evening with Fr. Steve Krupa, SJ. Thank you,
too, to all who attended our Aug. 30 event. The Spiritual Development Committee
(SDC) is planning many more spiritual development activities – at least one
per month. Please watch the CSM Newsletter, Communio and the church bulletin
boards for notices.
II) “St. Malachi is the recipient of a new prayer labyrinth, courtesy of a
local artist, Stephen Mantis. It is one of his series ‘Asphalt Repairs,’
part of a new exhibit titled ‘Street Repairs’ that opened Sept. 7 at Spaces
Gallery (near St. Malachi Center). He is creating various images to mark
locations of organizations that engaged in some form of urban social repair. The
images were created using asphalt crack-filler as the primary element.
“For St. Malachi, this is more than an interesting artistic image or
symbol; because it is a prayer labyrinth, it has a sacred character. Although
this image will eventually fade (unless we choose to ‘repaint’ it), it is
our hope that people will use it for what it is – a prayer labyrinth.
“Thank you, Fr. Tony, for asking the artist to paint the labyrinth so we
can walk it. SDC is arranging to have a labyrinth evening very soon.
(Locations of other images and rationale: 1) St. Malachi (urban repair:
social programs that underpin the most fragile community members). 2) The
Cleveland Playhouse Theatres (urban repair: housing the arts, restoring
culturally significant buildings). 3) The Cleveland Playhouse Museum of
Contemporary Art (MOCA) (urban repair: housing the visual and performing arts,
especially while the Cleveland Museum of Art is under a grand renovation). 4)
Richard Melvin Building, E. 185 and St. Clair (urban repair: sericulture center
with a mission to create chemical free soils as well as other sustainable
industries. 5) Detroit-Shoreway Community Development Center (urban repair:
neighborhood improvement initiatives. 6) SPACES Gallery (urban repair: Host to
the exhibition entitled ‘Urban Repair.)
III) “The CSM Spiritual Development Committee wants to help spread the word
about spiritual events and places in the Cleveland area. Please look for our
information in each edition of the CSM Newsletter. We do need help to start this
resource. If you know of any spiritual event (like a prayer service, speaker or
concert) or place (like a chapel or retreat center) that you think the CSM
should know about, we want to put it in our area in the newsletter. Please send
the name, address, phone number, web site, e-mail address, and a little
explanation to Bill Jacob at cbjacob@cox.net
or give it to Bill or Jackie Bluett
before or after Mass.
IV) “Diarmuid O’Murchu, MSC, is speaking at River’s Edge from 7-9 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 29; from 9 a.m-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 and 9 a.m.-noon Sunday,
Oct. 1. Title of the weekend is ‘Christian Faith in our Evolving World.’ Kim
Langley is gathering a group to attend this series. If you are interested,
please register with River’s Edge
(RiversEdgeCleveland.com) or 216-688-1111,
X251 and e-mail kimlangley@core.com.
Put ‘O’Murchu’ on the subject line. Kim will get in touch about where to
meet and sit together. Cost for the weekend series is $75 and includes a
continental breakfast and box lunch on Saturday.”
V) “Retreat, ‘Praying with St. Ignatius of Loyola,’ conducted by Fr.
Clem Metzger, SJ, 7-8:30 p.m. nine consecutive Sundays beginning Sept. 17, St.
Malachi Hall. Guidance through different methods of prayer, meditation,
journaling and small group discussion. Information: Jan Leitch (ltch5@aolcom)
or Jackie Bluett (jackierose@aol.com)
VI) “Next Spiritual Development Committee meeting is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 20 in St. Malachi Center.
Please join our committee as we work to help bring opportunities to learn
more about and to deepen our spirituality and the spirituality of the Community
of St. Malachi.”
Continue on: Below is the attachment concerning the Parish Clustering Process
Report. It is also being sent to you as an “attachment” for printing. (ds)
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Questions or comments concerning the Newsletter may be
directed to the Editor,
Mary Englert, 216-228-8417, MTEnglert@juno.com
Parish Clustering Process
Report to the Community of St. Malachi
From the
CSM Vibrant Parish Life Cluster Planning Team[1]
September 10, 2006
Introduction/Background
At the Annual Meeting of the Community of St. Malachi CSM Council President,
Bill Johansen, gave an overview presentation of the Vibrant Parish Life process,
solicited comment from the Community, and invited CSM members to volunteer to
serve on the Vibrant Parish Life Cluster Planning Team. At the May Council
meeting the VPL Cluster Planning Team was formed, eventually including fifteen
Community members.
The team began by meeting weekly, then bi-weekly, throughout the summer for a
total to date of ten meetings. In June the team conducted a survey of Community
members as to the values and significant attributes of the Community that the
team should be seeking in cluster partners. From this survey the leading values
and/or attributes were: Liturgy, Welcoming Climate, Social Action, Christian
Formation/Spiritual Development, and Lay Direction. At a general Community
Meeting, held on June 25, these were explored and Community members were asked
to comment and complete a questionnaire on these points. The VPL Cluster
Planning Team studied this input in detail. The team participated in a gathering
on August 17, hosted by St. Peters, of potential cluster partners along the
Detroit-Superior corridor. Finally, on August 24 the Community of St. Malachi
and the St. Malachi Parish hosted a similar meeting of Near Westside potential
cluster partners.
This report is a result of all of this activity and deliberation, culminating
in the presentation of two clusters that the VPL Cluster Planning Team are
proposing and for which the team is seeking Community insight and comment. (It
should be noted that parishes are invited to submit 2-3 potential cluster
arrangements.) A Community Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, September 17, after
the 11:00 am Liturgy for this input.
Proposed Clusters
After considerable discussion and careful discernment the team came to the
conclusion that all cluster proposals must include both the Community of St.
Malachi and the St. Malachi Parish. The Parish VPL Team also came to the same
conclusion. Both agreed that in many ways we have already been operating as a
model for clustering. The two proposed clusters are presented below in no
priority order. They are: 1.) a potential Near Westside cluster, which in
addition to the two Malachi’s includes any or all of St. Colman, St. Patrick,
and St. Wendelin; and 2.) a potential Detroit/Superior or Downtown cluster,
which in addition to the two Malachi’s includes St. Peter and the Cathedral of
St. John the Evangelist.
Near Westside: Community of St. Malachi/St. Malachi/St. Colman/St.
Patrick/St. Wendelin:
This cluster is characterized by long standing
associations and mutual involvement in the needs of the Near Westside
neighborhood. The objective criteria are met in terms of size, geography,
sacramental needs and current workload. As a combined group we have been serving
the people of the near west side for many years. In addition, we have
affiliations with Catholic and Ecumenical social service agencies that serve
this population.
The benefits of planning and further collaboration include:
- Nurturing the nurturers through joint adult faith formation and
spirituality programs.
- More efficient use of the time and talents of the staff members we
currently employ.
- An opportunity to develop and encourage lay involvement and leadership in
each parish
- The challenge to enhance the ministry of each parish and the Catholic
social services we support.
- The challenge to eliminate redundancy among the efforts to serve our
neighborhood poor.
- Providing coordinated options for a variety of worship styles.
- Continuing and improving the shared programs that are currently in place.
As a community we have been a beacon of hope for many in this neighborhood.
Through this cluster we can infuse new energy into this collaboration to better
serve the people in this district.
Detroit/Superior: Community of St. Malachi/St. Malachi/Cathedral of St.
John/St. Peter:
This cluster represents new thinking and a new direction for the
Community. It is characterized by being a group of parishes that are often
called “destination” parishes, because a very high percentage of their
members come from outside of the parish territorial boundaries. The objective
criteria in terms of size, geography, sacramental needs and current workload are
generally met.
The benefits of planning and further collaboration include:
- The anticipated significant residential growth of the Detroit/Superior
(downtown) corridor offers the potential for increased membership in the
cluster parishes.
- The cluster partners can work to ensure that the influx of middle class
families in the area becomes one that supports the poor and homeless, not
displace them.
- The potential cluster partners have expressed a desire to make central
city social action a cornerstone.
- The Malachi model for developing and supporting permanent independent
community resources (Malachi Center, Malachi House, Malachi Mart) can be
expanded to the whole corridor.
- The strengths of the partners in the education and spiritual development
of children/youth (Malachi) and adults (St. Peter & the Cathedral) can
be leveraged for all.
- There is real potential for shared use of facilities with the
availability of the large Malachi school building.
- The variety of liturgical celebrations within the cluster provides
opportunity to enrich everyone’s liturgy.
In its beginnings the Community broke new ground in a number of ways. This
cluster offers the opportunity for the Community to renew its pioneer spirit and
break new ground in new ways. All who attended the joint meeting of these
potential partners remarked on the real sense of energy and commitment among the
people representing St. John and St. Peter’s.
Analysis of Clustering Criteria
The Diocesan VPL Team has presented a set of Objective and Subjective
criteria that all cluster planning teams should consider. In addition the
Community has indicated values and attributes, cited above, that should also be
considered. The following is a very brief analysis of the two proposed clusters
against these criteria.
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Objective Criteria |
Key Elements |
Near Westside |
Detroit/Superior |
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Size |
Minimum of 2000 households |
2417 households |
1811 households, and growing |
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Geography |
Urban: 10-15 minute drive; public transportation |
Meets Criterion |
Meets Criterion |
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Sacramental Needs |
100 or more funerals, weddings baptisms annually |
364 Annual Sacramental Needs |
162 Annual Sacramental Needs |
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Workload |
No priest should say more than 3 weekend masses |
13 weekends masses distributed among 3 full time and 2 part time
priests |
10 weekend masses distributed among 4 full time priests |
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Workload |
No pastor or parish coordinator assigned to more than 2 parishes |
Meets Criterion |
Meets Criterion |
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Pastoral Assignments |
500 households for fulltime pastor and 2800 for an associate |
Cluster meets criterion, but may need some rebalancing of work |
Cluster marginal on criterion, but Cathedral has added duties |
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Subjective Criteria |
Key Elements |
Near Westside |
Detroit/Superior |
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Shared Mission, Workable Fit |
Sense of common mission; can embrace differences |
All have common mission to serve needs of area, especially the poor |
All seek to provide liturgical meaning, challenge and opportunity to
those who come |
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Geography |
Share a common geographic area |
Near Westside in close proximity |
Detroit/Superior corridor, downtown |
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Neighborhood Needs |
Capacity to serve wider community needs |
Would enhance long history of serving wider community needs |
Developing this based on the Malachi experience |
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Existing Relationships, Common History |
Current continuing relationships to build upon |
Common heritage, RCIA, confirmation, reconciliation, AA, Urban School
support |
This will be a fresh opportunity to build for this cluster, St. Peter’s
& St. John’s both grew members numbers, last 5 yrs. |
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Capacity for Cluster Work |
Can the cluster work effectively over the long term? |
The age of the priests is a concern, but the long history of the people
and the long term commitment to the neighborhood should support the
cluster. |
The strategic location of the parishes and the downtown revitalization
offer long term opportunity for the cluster. |
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CSM Values |
Key Elements |
Near Westside |
Detroit/Superior |
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Liturgy |
Vibrant, open and welcoming liturgical atmosphere with significant lay
input |
This of course varies, but all parish representatives were enthusiastic
about their liturgy |
This of course varies, but all parish representatives were enthusiastic
about their liturgy |
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Welcoming Climate |
A place where persons of all circumstances feel welcome |
Fundamentally present and diversity in the cluster has potential to
strengthen this |
Fundamentally present and diversity in the cluster has potential to
strengthen this |
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Social Action |
Commitment to inspire our people to bring Christ to the world around us |
Many examples: feeding poor and homeless, literacy, housing, addiction,
refugee support |
Cluster can build on Malachi strength and ecumenical partnering with
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral who has a tradition of diversity & justice
emphasis |
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Christian Formation, Adult Education |
Desire to ensure that the children and adults have solid Christian
education |
Community has significant strength with children/youth and others have
good programs; all partners were seeking adult opportunities, some need a
youth group. |
Community has significant strength with children/youth, while St. Peter
and Cathedral have significant adult programs |
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Lay Direction, Lay Leadership |
Desire to have direct lay influence over important parish decisions, by
a membership that recommits each year |
Others have some lay involvement, but Community model is unique in the
cluster |
Others have some lay involvement, but Community model is unique in the
cluster |
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J. Connell, C. Garven, E. Garven, M. Kerr, G. Kramer, P. Kunkel, K. Langley, J.
Lavelle, J. Leitch, G. Pritts, S. Pritts, Fr. T. Schuerger, B. Simoneau, K.
Vine, B. Wacker
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