The Community of St. Malachi Newsletter

· 11th Annual Celebration of St. Mary Of Magdala
· Liturgy Planning Meeting
· Sympathy and Prayers
· Health Department
· Special Prayers Roster
· Regular Weekly Collection
· Annual Mission Appeal
· Congratulations
· Male Spirit Campfire Storytelling
· Wednesday Evening Prayer Groups
· Volunteers Wanted Helping A Child To Read

· Old Angle Family Fun Festival Thank You
· Grand Re-Opening of Malachi Mart Thank You
· Make Sunday’s Readings Part of Your Personal Prayer
· Lord Of The Rings Symphony
· Eucharistic Ministers
· St. Vincent de Paul Benefit Concert
· St. Boniface Annual Reverse Raffle Breakfast
· Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (West) – 81st Annual Festival
· St. Malachi Center Golf Outing
· Brief Synopsis Of All Dates Mentioned
· Monday Night Meal Menus
· Deadlines

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! 

 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 

 July 8, 2007 

FutureChurch presents

Apostle to the Apostles and First Witness to the Resurrection

Untold Stories of Women and the Word Revealed” with KIM LANGLEY

7 – 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 18

Light of Hearts Villa, 283 Union St., Bedford

Free Will Offering - Information: 216-228-0869

Includes prayer, reflection and discussion of *Hidden biblical women whose stories, like Mary of Magdala’s, are either optional or completely omitted from both Catholic and Protestant lectionaries - *Women such as Shiprah, Puah, Eve, Prisca, Phoebe and Junia * Ways to hear women’s inspiring stories in our churches.

Kim Langley, a member of the Community of St. Malachi, has a Master’s in Religious Education from Duquesne University, has been a high school religion teacher, a director of religious education and family minister. Since 1991 she has been president of LifeBalance Enterprises, Inc.

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5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 21

home of Stephanie and Gary Pritts

Program to include potluck supper; bring salad bar items, rolls or dessert. If you plan to attend, please call Stephanie at 216-228-6272. If you cannot attend but want to be involved in liturgy planning for the coming year, please call anyway and you will be contacted later. To quote Marie James: “The Community of St. Malachi has agreed that liturgy is one of our charisms…Now, your ‘window of opportunity opens…’”

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CSM SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS  

– Please keep in your prayers

– Please keep in your prayers all the victims of warfare, both military and civilian, as well as these young people now in the armed forces, and their families: Ricky Brezinski, David Bugaj, Brian Collins, Jim Curtin, Gary Faerber, Michael Gomez, T. J. Gordon, Andrew Harlan, David McLaughlin, Bill Nelligan, Tom Nemes, Michael O’Neil, John Parkowski, Kate Rybarczyk, Dave Salinas, Povented P. Taylor Jr., Louis Torres, Victor Valentino Jr., Michael Whalen.

Please continue with special prayers too for the countless victims of the tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, famines, mud slides, forest fires, avalanches and the AIDS epidemics.

While the regular Sunday collections for this fiscal year are a little over $10,000 below budget targets, the Community of St. Malachi has responded generously to the appeal made last fall. This year’s regular collections are $19,600 above the previous year. On behalf of the Finance Council and the Community Council I want to thank everyone for their generous spirit. The full Annual Report will be published after our annual financial review is completed, probably in late August.

Please remember to make checks out to the Community of St. Malachi. Also, please note that the Treasurer’s phone number in the roster is in error. The correct phone number for Bob Simoneau is (440) 356-5080.

Sunday, July 8, St. Malachi welcomes Fr. Bernard Okafor from the Diocese of Okigwe, Nigeria, for our annual mission appeal. He will preach at all Masses and there will be a second collection for the missions.

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CSM CONGRATULATIONS

 to: Gloria Freire, PhD, who has been named president of the Board of Trustees of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. And to Madeline Fox, upon her receipt of academic honors at Magnificat High School. And to Kevin O’Donnell, onetime director of the Peace Corps and board chair of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs. upon his recent honoring by that council.

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Male Spirit Campfire Storytelling

“Attention: All St. Malachi men. When was the last time you experienced sitting in a circle around a fire and sharing a story?…As Brother Joe described in our February retreat, ‘From time immemorial, men sat around fires and shared their stories….’ What: Male Spirit Campfire Storytelling. When: 7 p.m. Friday, July 13. Where: 2152 Marshfield Blvd., Westlake (Dick Schwertle’s back yard). RSVP: Tom at trbiii@yahoo.com (440-554-7203) or Dick at wheelsage@wideopenwest.com. Please bring one snack or refreshment, lawn chairs, bug spray, your own stories and poems. … We’ll take turns speaking and listening. The speaker is encouraged to share a story poem, or song of his own, spoken in his own words. Ideally, we avoid reading from another author. No rules beyond that. Share family stories, ghost stories, fish stories, serious compositions, silly jokes, as the spirit moves you. Information: Mike Graham, 216-228-8815.” - M.G.

Wednesday Evening Prayer Groups

CSM Spiritual Development Committee - Wednesday Evening Prayer Groups, 5:30 p.m. July 11; in the church; Taize Prayers; all welcome. Committee meeting, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, school library; topics: prayer groups, retreats, and the lay ministry program; all invited. Information: Jackie Bluett, 440-526-8574..

St. Malachi Center - Volunteers wanted. If you have one hour each week to spend helping a neighborhood child to read, from September through the school year, you are asked to please consider learning more about being a Reading Buddy at the center. For information call Lynn Scott, 216-771-3036.

Message from the Center: “Thank you to all who helped make the Old Angle Family Fun Festival and the Grand Re-Opening of Malachi Mart happen. It was a beautiful day and a great success.”

Prayer, Spirituality, Scripture resources

Message from Mike Pellegrino:

“You can make Sunday’s readings part of your personal prayer during the week. For prayer, spirituality, and scripture resources visit www.stmalachi.org/parish/forum Reflecting on the spirituality of the scriptures before Mass can have a great impact on having the Word proclaimed on Sunday.” - M.P.

Lord of the Rings Symphony

“I invite Community of St. Malachi members to come hear me sing with the Blossom Festival Chorus at 9 p.m. Saturday, July 21, at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. The performance will be ‘The Lord of the Rings Symphony’ conducted by its composer, Howard Shore, We will sing in ‘Elven’ with dramatic visual effects. For more information, call me at 216-798-5568.” - S.C. 

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Eucharistic Ministers

July 8: Sharon Benyo, Jeff Barbalics, Meg Kilbane, Jackie Bluett, Teresa Chinnock, Jim Connell, Phil Daly, Joan Daley, Jen DeJohn, Diane Dorenkott, Jan Durkalski

July 15: Peg Connell, Mary Englert, Gloria Freire, Chris Dusek, Al Myers, Rosemary Gaffney Etheart, John Gerace, Charles Gerheim, Heather Gerheim Gladden, Brian Horning, Cathy Jacob

July 22: Rose Horning, Duane Horning, Roseann Kaminsky, Lou Keim, Marianne Kerr, Sue Knize, Gene Kramer, Mary Ann Kunkel, Paul Kunkel, Mary Carol Lucic, Joan Majewski

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· St. Vincent de Paul – Benefit concert, Christian Gospel music sung by James Kilbane from County Mayo, Ireland, 4 p.m. Sunday, July 15, parish auditorium, 13400 Lorain Ave., Cleveland. Donation: $8. Information: Helen Malloy, 216-251-4075.

· St. Boniface - Annual Reverse Raffle Breakfast, 9 a.m.-noon Sunday, July 29, school hall, 3555 W. 54 St., Cleveland. Adults only. Donation: $15. Information: 216-961-2713 (from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.)

· Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (West) – 81st Annual Festival, July 11-15; with games, rides, music, Italian food, casino. 6928 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. Information: 216-651-5043.

 

HOLD THE DATE – ST. MALACHI CENTER GOLF OUTING – FRIDAY, AUG. 31

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Monday Night Meal Menus

Jul 9: Chicken

Jul 16: Rigatoni

Jul 23: Kielbasa

Jul 30: Smorgasbord

Aug 6: Chicken

Aug 13: Italian Sausage

Aug 20: Sloppy Joes 

Aug 27: Rigatoni

Sept 3: Hot Dogs & Buns

John Delzani