Join us Sat., Oct. 14 at 5PM for the Second Saturday Supper at Malachi’s. We will be serving a Clam Bake (from Stancato’s). The cost is $30/dinner and you get a dozen clams, clam chowder, baked chicken, corn, and red skin potatoes. Hospitality will provide dessert. Questions contact William Meaney 810-357-2830 and to reserve a dinner call/email Bill Graham at wegraham44@ gmail.com or 216-870-1522.
Dear Brothers and Sisters of Saint Malachi and Saint Patrick Parishes,
As a follow-up to Bishop Malesic’s vision of St. Malachi Parish becoming an Oratory and developing a formal relationship with St. Patrick Parish, we held listening sessions after each weekend Mass in July at both parishes. Attached to this letter is a summary of comments that reflect the most common themes,
concerns, questions, logistics, etc. I invite you to review these comments to see what others in both parishes are thinking at this time.
At those sessions, I stated that a timeline for a strategic plan would soon be developed. With the assistance of Ms. Rosie Dolan Baker, who will be serving as our facilitator, a general timeline is currently being developed for our parishes to come together in this new relationship.
In addition to the timeline, we will be developing an Integration Steering Committee (ISC). This group will provide leadership with Rosie for creating a useful process. The ISC will be comprised of equal members from each parish. Although the committee will ultimately be appointed by me, members of both Parish Councils and Parish Staffs are being sought for their recommendations.
Our plan is to have this committee formed by October in order to begin working with Rosie. This will help the newly formed committee evaluate what parishioners have brought to our conversations and how to proceed. They will need time in the fall to be trained for this important work.
opportunity to learn more about the basic process and timeline.
Those meetings times are:
Saint Patrick Parish Weekend of Sept. 30 and October 1 Club Bldg. Lower Hall
Saint Malachi Parish Weekend of October 7 and 8 Former School Lower Hall
In the meanwhile, we will offer opportunities at both parishes to come together and get acquainted. I want to thank the many from both parishes who have offered to lend some of their personal and professional expertise as we move forward. The process itself will present opportunities for all parishioners to become engaged at various stages. Please continue to keep this initiative in your prayers. May our two great patron saints intercede for us!
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Rev. Michael K. Gurnick
This week we will take up the Peter’s Pence Collection to support the Universal Church and the work of the Holy See, including helping Pope Francis to carry out his charitable works. These works benefit our brothers and sisters on the margins of society, including victims of war, oppression, and disasters. Please be generous.
Please join us next Saturday, July 8th, at 5:30PM for Second Saturday Supper. We will be going to Cha Tinnermann, 2054 Fulton Rd, Cleveland, OH 44113. It is an eatery with a patio in a former powerhouse for thin-crust pizza, clever small plates & craft beer.
Thank you to our 57 parish donors who are making this year’s Annual Catholic Charities Appeal a success. With $16,130 pledged, our parish has reached 50% of our $32,146 goal (as of April 30). If you haven’t had an opportunity to make your pledge, it’s certainly not too late as a follow-up appeal will be offered at Mass the weekend of June 3-4. Please go to catholiccommunity.org for more information about the 2023 diocesan appeal.
Join fellow parishioners for Centering Prayer every Tuesday at 10:00 AM via Zoom. To register, contact Mary Warren via email or telephone mwarren25 @cox.net or 216-221-2975. We will send you a Zoom link a few days before the prayer.
Wherever two or three or more are gathered in prayer (6 feet or many miles apart), let us pray for all of the members of our St. Malachi parish, their intentions, and all of the people on our prayer list at 7:00 PM on Thursday.
Come experience the beauty, stillness and joy of praying in the style of Taizé. This prayer style is characterized by repeated “song prayers”, candlelight, a reading or two, intercessory prayer and deep silence. This month we celebrate Advent and honor Mary, our mother, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Plan to come this Wednesday evening, December 8 at 7:00 PM. Enter through either side door. For more information call Charlene at the rectory.
The parish’s biggest fundraiser, the Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Malachi Church Run and WALK will be held on September 18, 2021 with Honorary Chair, Channel 8’s Kenny Crumpton. The event will feature Mass, 2 and 5 mile run/walk, a Post Race Hooley, and fantastic September temperatures! Although the Run is a fundraiser, it is SO much more! We minister to the needs of the inner city youth by letting hundreds of kids run for free. We are hoping to have a free wheel chair division this year. You never know the ways that God will call you to serve! The Run is a great community builder for the Parish! There are so many ways in which you can be involved that we are striving for 100% participation. You can come to Mass, volunteer, walk 2 miles, cheer on the runners, donate, go to the Hooley, be a sponsor, provide a sponsorship lead to the committee, have your picture taken with Kenny Crumpton and come see the Irish dancers and the bag pipers. There will be no bad weather excuses not to get out and to support those most in need. We believe that the event will be the largest celebration of Irish culture in Cleveland in 2021, so don’t miss out on the fun! Won’t you please help build our Malachi community by participating in OUR biggest fundraiser and party??? We hope to see you in your GREEN glory on September 18th!
You can get more information at our website http://stmalachichurchrun.org/. If you would like to sponsor or volunteer please contact Sharon Lowe-Chapman at runstmalachi@outlook.com or at (440) 666-8699.
St. Malachi women, family and friends, our annual Women’s Retreat, “Mourning Glories” is next weekend, June 11, 12, 13 via Zoom. Our retreat leader is Kim Langley, M.Ed., author of “Send My Roots Rain, A Companion on the Grief Journey”. We will pray and reflect about loss, healing, and celebration. Please contact Therese Mullen (tmullen0411@hot mail.com, 216-387-4444) or Judy Stowe (judystowe@gmail.com, 440-280-0675) to register and about scholarships, if needed. The donation is $50. Please make the check payable to St. Malachi Parish and send it to Women’s Retreat 2021, St. Malachi Parish, 2459 Washington Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113.
Fr. Gurnick is hosting “Parish Dialog with the Administrator” on Saturday, March 7th after the 4:30 PM Mass in Church and, due to Fr. Gurnick’s schedule, on Sunday, March 15th after the 9:00 AM and 11:30 AM Mass in the hall during “Coffee Hour”. Please join him for an informal conversation. He is interested in hearing your thoughts and concerns. We respect everyone’s time so the sessions will not last longer than 45 minutes. Due to the Parish Dialog after the 9:00 AM Mass, we will not be having the Stations of the Cross.
