St. Malachi Parish, Cleveland, OH
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Mass Intentions |
Saturday,
December 1 |
4:30 pm- |
Stanley Habrat (Anniv) |
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Sunday ,
December 2 |
9:30 am- |
Charles White, Sr |
11 am- |
Lou Schroeder (Anniv) |
12:30 pm- |
Theodore Janus |
Monday,
December 3 |
7:00 am- |
St. Malachi Living and Deceased |
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12:00 pm- |
Lorraine & Joe Donnelly |
Tuesday,
December 4 |
7:00 am- |
Fr. Norm Riley |
12 noon- |
Allen, Osborne, & Smith Family |
Wednesday,
December 5 |
7:00 am- |
Coletta Gabel |
12 noon- |
Bill Jacob (M/M) |
Thursday,
December 6 |
7:00 am- |
Coleman-Berg Family Dec. |
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12 noon- |
Nicholas Roberto |
Friday,
December 7 |
7:00 am- |
Inglis Family |
5:30 pm- |
Jeanne Bangert |
Saturday,
December 8 |
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10:00 am- |
St. Malachi Living and Deceased |
4:30pm- |
Daryl Kilbane |
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Sunday,
December 9 |
9:30 am- |
Geraldine Primavesi (M/M) |
11:00 am- |
Pulizzi/Kozelka Family Dec. |
12:30 pm- |
Angela Patton |
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SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (PENANCE)
Saturday: 3:00-4:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:45-9:00 a.m.
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Offertory Report
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Sunday Collection
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......... $ 2,672
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Weekly Goal Amount
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......... $ 3,250
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Budget to date ($3250/week x 22 weeks) ... $
71,500
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Collections to date
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........ $ 66,237
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Collection surplus/(deficit) to date
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.......... $ (5,263)
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Thank you for your support!
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Please Pray for the Deceased: Alex Medlin, Elizabeth Sis Alyward, Edward Gaeda
Also for the Sick: Diane Grodek, Mary Kay Schlientz, Tom Laubenthal, Erin Potter
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RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS APPEAL
Next Sunday is the annual appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious. This fund supports women and men from religious communities who have served God's people in ministry, are now retired, and whose communities lack the funds they need to provide for them in their retirement. There will be a second collection at all the Masses.
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VOL.
38, NO. 1 |
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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION HOLY DAY
This Saturday, December 8, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is our country's patronal feast; the United States is dedicated to Mary and her Immaculate Conception. The Holy Day Vigil Mass is Friday at 5:30 PM (there is no Noon Mass Friday); on Saturday, the Holy Day Mass is at 10 AM, with the Vigil Mass for the Second Sunday of Advent at 4:30 PM.
ST. HERMAN BENEFIT SPAGHETTI DINNER
St. Herman's Annual Benefit Spaghetti Dinner is this Sunday, December 2 in the School Hall from 11 AM to 5 PM. Door prizes and entertainment. Take out available.
SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE ADVENT BOOKLET
Daily Prayers and Reflections for Advent/Christmas 2007-2008 booklets are available at the doors of the church. Please take one home this advent season; feel free to take an extra one to share.
HOLIDAY FRUIT BASKETS - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
On Sunday, December 9, we will again deliver fruit baskets to the elderly in the Lakeview & Riverview Hi-rises starting at noon. Meet at
St. Malachi Center. To help or if you have questions, call Sr. Francis at (216) 861-5343.
2008 COLLECTION ENVELOPES
Please pick up a box for your 2008 collection envelopes at the doors of the church. As you begin using the envelopes in the new year, please write your name & address on the envelopes so that we may record your contributions.
CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS CHOIR
The next practice for the Children's Christmas Choir is Friday, December 7, at 4:30 PM in church. This year's activities include leading music at the Christmas Eve 4:30 Vigil Mass and a play for our annual Epiphany Festival. All children from ages 7-13 are invited to come! Children who play an instrument are especially welcome! Call Charlene McElwee, (216) 861-5343.
CHILDREN'S BOUTIQUE
St. Malachi Center is again collecting new or gently used items for our Children's Boutique. Children from our After School Program "shop" for gift items for their families at the Boutique, so gifts of all sorts, for all ages, are welcome and appreciated. Please bring these items to the Center or place in the boxes at the front of church by December 14. Please call Ginny Suhr at the Center (216) 771-3036 if you have any questions. Thanks for your help!
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First Sunday of Advent
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December 2, 2007
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Weekly Activities
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Sunday, December 2 First Sunday in Advent
St. Herman's Spaghetti Dinner 11 AM - 5 PM
Monday, December 3
Monday Night Meal 6 PM
RCIA St. Patrick's 7 PM
Tuesday, December 4
Spiritual Development Mtg. 6-8 PM, hall
Wednesday, December 5
6 PM, The Labyrinth Prayer
Thursday, December 6
Holy Hour 11 AM
CSM Choir 7 PM
Christmas Choir 7:30 PM
Friday, December 7
Weekly Church Cleaning
Children's Choir 4:30 PM
Vigil Mass for Immaculate Conception, 5:30 PM
Saturday, December 8 Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception Mass, 10 AM
Posadsa, Hall 5:30 PM
Sunday, December 9 Second Sunday in Advent
Fruit Basket Delivery, Center 12 Noon
Communal Penance Service-St. Malachi 2 PM
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MALACHI HOUSE 6TH ANNUAL LIGHTS FOR LIFE
The ceremonial tree lighting for Malachi
House's 6th annual Lights for Life is this Friday, December 7 at 7 pm at Malachi
House. Each $10 donation purchases a light on the evergreen trees in the Malachi House garden in memory or in honor of the donor's loved one. Please send your check for $10 per light with the names of your honorees & anyone whom you wish to notify, to: Lights for Life, Malachi
House, 2810 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113
ADVENT SOCIAL ACTION COLLECTION
Social Action invites the Parish & Community to join in a Christmas giving effort to support the men's clothing ministry &
St. Malachi Center. The Christmas creche has paper tags with a clothing item on it. Take a tag & purchase the item. Wrap the gift & fix the tag to the top of the gift. Return the gift to the creche by Sunday, December 23; gifts will be distributed on December 24. You can take 2 or more tags if you want to make this a family Christmas project. For questions, call Joan Daly (440) 333 1755.
FIRST FRIDAY CLUB OF CLEVELAND
Speaker Bishop Richard Lennon will speak on Faithful Citizenship in 2008 at the December meeting of the First Friday Club of Cleveland at Noon this Thursday, December 6, at The Metropolitan Restaurant Huntington Building, 917 Euclid Ave. Lunch is $15. Reserve a ticket by calling Jane Dinda at (440) 526-4382 by this Monday at 4 PM. Discount parking is available at the Huntington Garage.
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SISTERS OF NORTE DAME PRAYER LINE
The Sisters of Norte Dame have a Prayer Line Ministry. They dedicate time each day to receive calls and pray for your intentions. The Sisters will receive your calls from 10 AM-4 PM on Monday-Friday.
During weekends and holidays you may leave your requests on their answering service. These requests will also be remembered in prayer. The sisters in Assisted Living look forward to praying for you needs and requests.
The prayer line phone number is 440-279-1163.
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LAS POSADAS CELEBRATION
Many years ago,
St. Malachi Center adapted the Mexican Christmas tradition of Las Posadas, the remembrance of the Holy Family's search for a room at an inn. The celebration includes active involvement in procession, prayer, song, and meal by St. Malachi volunteers and
Center participants. The festivity takes place on the St. Malachi grounds. After the procession there is a light meal. This year the event is Saturday, December 8 from 5 to 8 pm, followed by a showing of the movie, The Nativity Story. There is a sign up sheet at the 9:30 and 11:00 coffee hours or please call
St. Malachi Center, (216) 771-3036. Please join the us and sign up to participate.
ADVENT FAMILY CELEBRATION
The Christian Formation classes are sponsoring an evening of prayer, song & community on Sunday, December 16, from 7-9 p.m. at Lakewood Women's Pavilion, Lakewood Park. Come share a moment of peace in this hectic season. Dress for the weather, as there will be a procession in the park. All ages encouraged to attend. Refreshments provided. For information call: Diane Brinich at (216) 521-1360 or Karen Duffy at (216) 346-0784.
ADVENT: A NEW LITURGICAL YEAR
The season of Advent begins a new liturgical year. This year, we will use the Year A cycle of readings, which features the Gospel of Matthew. Weekday readings will be taken from Year 2. If you would like a copy of the new missalette, please stop in the sacristy.
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Poor Clares' Prayer Line
Do you need prayer today? Are your loved ones, co-workers or neighbor in need of God's loving guidance? Call the Poor Clares' Prayer line (216-361-0783) and leave your intentions with the Sisters, confident you will receive a blessing from the Lord!
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"Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."
- Mt 24:42-44
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Readings for the Week of
Dec. 2 2007
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Sunday Is 2:1-5/Rom 13:11-14/Mt 24:37-44
Monday Is 4:2-6/Mt 8:5-11
Tuesday Is 11:1-10/Lk 10:21-24
Wednesday Is 25:6-10a/Mt 15:29-37
Thursday Is 26:1-6/Mt 7:21, 24-27
Friday Is 29:17-24/Mt 9:27-31
Saturday Gn 3:9-15, 20/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/ Lk 1:26-38
Sunday Is 11:1-10/Rom 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12
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