Please remember in your prayers all
those who are sick or suffering, especially those homebound or in nursing
homes.
Refresh them
Lord, with your healing grace.
Nursing Home: Tim McManus, Evelyn Spiert, Anna Czernik, Irene Doughton
At Home: Charlie Campbell,Diane Carrick, Josephine
Calabro, Fred Courtney, Marie Ebelberger, Sondra Fisher-Goodwin, Judy Hall,
Henrietta Koch, Mary
Ann Koch, Marie McGrath, Rita Redwood.
If you are admitted to a hospital St. Mary’s may not be notified. Please give us a
call if you would like a visit. Due to privacy issues no one will be listed in
the bulletin sick list unless the person themselves or an immediate family
member requests it.
ECO (Electric Contributions Option)
Program is always open for new sign-ups. See the information at the rear of
church or call the parish office. ECO –schedule: January weekly: 22, 29; Bi-weekly: 29; Monthly
January 1st or 15th.
Jordan Conference – (Baptism preparation) is
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the church. Please call the
parish office to register for this class.
The Family Life Office and Marriage
Ministries
Leadership Council call your attention to World Marriage Day, February 11, 2007. Plan
to celebrate this special day at Sansbury Hall Chapel, OhioDominicanUniversity, 2-5 PM.Jim Healy, Ph.D., will present "How to Be Married and Stay
Engaged." Light refreshments and an opportunity to speak with the
presenter will follow.A counseling
psychologist and director of the Center for Family Ministry of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, Dr. Healy has spoken across the
country on marriage. His materials on marriage are used in every Catholic
Diocese in the United States. He and his wife, Madonna, are the
parents of four children. Contact the Family Life Office at 614/241-2560 to
register or for additional information.There is no registration fee; a freewill offering will be taken.
The sign up sheets for the February and March
Fellowship Dinners are located directly under the pictures of our Holy Father
and Bishop Campbell. The Welcome Committee invites you to join Father Thomas for an evening of fellowship and
dinner. Please sign up if you are interested.
Coffee & Donuts January 28, 2007: Knight of Columbus.
High School Students: How
would you like the opportunity to celebrate the Holy Mass, rock out to some
intense praise and worship music, hang with 400 of your closest friends, hear
from great speakers, devour tasty treats, be entertained by some of the world’s
greatest skits and dramas, and meet a precious few of the most incredibly holy
Holy Orders that our Church has ever seen? My friends, encounter Jesus Jams!
January 21: pizza at 4:30 in the
rectory followed by free transportation to the Jesus Jam at St. Agatha Church.
Please call today so that we can plan for transportation.
We
are in need of Extraordinary Ministers for the 4pm and 11:30am Masses. If you would like to
be trained for this ministry please contact Jason Shanks at jasonshanks@stmarygv.com. or
445-9668.
St.MarySchool reminds
you…
Hey! Whoa! Stop! Don’t throw this bulletin away --
RECYCLE IT! Help SaintMarySchool earn a few extra dollars and help
to save the planet at the same time! The big green and yellow bin on our
parking lot holds all of our recycled paper; every month, we receive a check
(averaging about $90.00) for the paper we have in our bin.Many GermanVillage residents use our bin and we invite
our parish families to recycle all their household newspapers, junk mail, and
magazines, too. The more paper recycled, the more we earn-- and we’ve saved a
tree or two, as well.
From now until March 31, Abitibi
Recycling is offering a special recycling promotion: If we can increase our
paper recycling by 25%, they will send us a check for $250; if we increase our
recycling by 50%, we’ll receive a check for $500! Please save up your household
paper and drop it in the recycling bin and make sure this bulletin is recycled,
too! No cardboard please.
Fiat discernment retreat
Who? High school students
When?February 9-11, 2007
Where? YMCA CampKern, Oregonia, OH
Fiat
is a retreat that focused on assisting high school aged students who are
discerning a vocational call, especially to the priesthood or religious life.
Go to www.seekholiness.com for
registration or more information. Sponsored by seekholiness.com in conjunction
with Jesus Jams.
PRAYER TEAM members are needed! Pregnancy Decision Health Centers compiles a list of
abortion-vulnerable women (names are not included) every week in order that
prayers may be said for the woman and her baby. If you would like to be a
member of the group, please e-mail Kathy Chellis(kathychellis@hotmail.com). If you knowanyone who might need their free services, the 24-hour
hotline # is 444-4411.
Dear
Friends—HAPPY NEW YEAR
St. Mary Catholic
Church
GermanVillage, ColumbusOhio
2nd Annual
Gala
Sunday—May 20,
2007
Hyatt Regency Columbus
5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Proceeds to benefit the School
CALL TODAY for Sponsorship and ticket information or visit our
Parish Website!
·NO School Monday, January 22nd – Staff In-Service
Day.
“How do I
make a return to the Lord for all he has done for me.”
OFFERTORY: 1/13-14envelopes$4,821.00
loose change1,217.00
15 ECO1,040.00
Total$7,078.00
Catholic Times$5.00
Bingo Deposit January 14 $3,019.00
Thank you
to those who worked Bingo January 14th: Dick Hilsheimer, Leo Thurn, Jim
Morbitzer, Kathy Morbitzer, Kelly Mullins, Susan Brouillette, Tracie Johnson,
Shanisia Ricks, Sandra Thompson, Tawana Motton, Theresa Ellen, Greg Ellen.
Look
for a financial statement in the bulletin by the end of January.
APPRECIATION DINNER
Father Thomas and Sister Regina will be
cooking for an appreciation dinner on Friday, February 2nd in the
gym. Current and past school and parish volunteers and donors and supporters
are all welcome. There is no charge, but reservations are required one week in
advance. Please clip out and mail the form below, or drop it in the collection
basket before January 22nd. The event begins with drinks and snacks
at 6:00 p.m., with dinner to follow.
LITURGICAL/VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES January 27-28