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: Evelyn
Spiert, Carrie Heigel
At Home: Charlie
Campbell,Josephine Calabro, Frank Carrick, Fred Courtney, Marie Ebelberger, Sondra
Fisher-Goodwin, Judy Hall, Henrietta Koch, Mary Ann Koch, Marie McGrath, Rita Redwood, Sophia Grace, Anna Czernik, Tim
McManus, Mary Ann Prager, Larry Schwartz.
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 (Electronic
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: Weekly; April 15, 22, 29; Bi-weekly: April 22; Monthly April 1 or 15.
Volunteers to serve coffee & donuts between the 9:00 and 11:30 a.m. Masses are needed. Call Marge
Smigelski at 871-8142 if you are available.
Daily Mass Schedule: Please note some minor changes in the schedule of daily Masses for
next week. The noon Mass time rather
than the 8:30
a.m. time will be more
standard. The next school Mass is April 18that 8:30 a.m.
Come join us for
Mercy Sunday
April
15, 2007
Where:
St Mary’s
684 S. Third Street
Our celebration:
11:30 a.m. The Holy Sacrifice of
the Mass
12:30 p.m. Exposition of The
Blessed Sacrament
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Confessions will be
heard
2:30 p.m. The Holy Rosary
3:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy
3:30 p.m. Vespers
4:00 p.m. Benediction
Oops! Flowers in memory of Rosemary
Breitfeller Wilkes, Thomas J Tighe, Sr. and Family, Edythe A. and Miles E.
Drake.
Coffee & Donuts April 22nd – D. & M.
SmigelskiPray
for our men and women in uniform
High School Students you and our 7th and 8th
graders are invited to two upcoming gatherings: On Sunday at 7:00 p.m. April 22nd in the Atrium
the youth group will meet for quesadilla night and a presentation on BEING
REAL.
Call 445-9668 to make reservations for an
overnight retreat April 28th and 29th at St. Peter and PaulRetreatCenter in Newark.
St.MarySchool Notes…
·Registration
for the 2007-08 school year - grades PK through 8 is underway. If you would
like an application or more information about St.MarySchool
please call the school office at 444-8994.
·EdChoice Education
Scholarship: Do you or someone you know have a
child currently attending a school in the ColumbusPublic School system? Many of the district's schools are currently on the
state's emergency watch list and thus students attending those schools are
eligible to apply for an EdChoice Education Scholarship. Incoming kindergarteners are also
eligible if their designated school is on the list. If received, an EdChoice
Scholarship would provide up to $4,250 to attend SaintMaryElementary School or $5,000 to attend any of the Catholic high schools in Columbus. The deadline for application is April 20th. If you would like
more information regarding eligibility or the process on how to apply, please
contact Brian Collins at 374-5894.
·St. Mary Home & School Association
will once again be holding its annual Spring Flower Sale. Order forms are available
in the back of church; all orders due in by Thursday, April 26. Flowers will be
delivered on Thursday, May 10.
·St.
Mary’s
will host “Bully-Proofing Youth – Parent Edition Monday, April 16th
from 7:00
to 8:30 p.m.
in the school gym. Parents will learn what dynamics create bully and victim
behaviors and how to help their children not become or remain a member of
either group. The focus will be on practical things parents can do at home to
support their children, including the technique of role playing exercises with
kids, the goal being able to stop the cycle. Presenter: Jim Bisenius.
·St MarySchool Advisory Board
(SAB) has one opening for a 3 year term that starts this May.SAB meets monthly during the school year with
Sr. Regina and Fr. Thomas and acts in an advisory capacity. Active parishioners
who are interested in the school should email or call president Ruth
Mullowney-Agra for more details or to nominate themselves call 445- 6814 or
(chuckandchuck@wowway.com. Parish wide elections will be held during Masses the
weekend on April 28th and 29th.
St. Mary Library invites all parishioners
to participate in our 14th annual Family Cake Decorating Contest,
Thursday, April 16th as part of our Right to Read Week celebration.
Our theme this year is based on the 1960’s: “Reading Power!” Families may bake
and decorate a cake based on a book or a reading theme. Lots of prizes!
Parishioners are also invited to view or purchase cakes on display during the
school day, 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Family Reading Festival Friday, April 27, 6 – 8 p.m. in the school gym for preschoolers to 3rd
grade. All welcome. Call the school library for more details at 443-2532.
St.MarySchool Community Walk for
Diabetes: Please join us in our walk thru SchillerPark and the GermanVillage community Friday, April
20th from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. We will begin and end at the school. We would
like for any of our parents, Grandparents, and parishioners to join us in an
effort to raise awareness for Diabetes and the importance of staying fit.
Please remember to honor your bingo
commitment!
“How do I make a return to the Lord for all he
has done for me.”
OFFERTORY: OFFERTORY: 3/31-4/1envelopes$5,809.00
loose change1,570.79
19 ECO1,575.00
Total$8,954.79
Catholic Overseas
Relief$1.00
Holy Land$5.00
Easter Collectionenvelopes$6,858.00
Loose change$3,694.40
25 ECO$1,355.00
Total11,907.40
Holy Land$1,020.36
No Bingo April 8th
Gala
Dinner/Dance Ticket order form
Please send _________ tickets to the
Gala for:
Name
Name
Address
Find enclosed $($100.00
each)
GALA CHILD CARE MAY
20:
The parish will provide free child care in its pre-school building for
parishioners who will be attending the Gala. We are sorry that we cannot
offer this service to the general public. To register your children for
the child care, fill out the form below and return it before May 10th.
