THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
Sir. 48: 1 –
4, 9 – 11, Mt. 17: 9a, 10 – 13
3:00 p.m. Reconciliation
12:00 noon Lee
Suedkamp …
12:00 noon Elizabeth Wolf …
THURSDAY,
December 18,
Jer. 23: 5 – 8, Mt. 1: 18 – 25
6:00 p.m. Adoration
at Corpus
Christi
6:30 p.m. Mass
at Corpus
Christi
FRIDAY,
December 19,
Is. 7: 10 –
14, Lk. 1: 26 – 38
3:00 p.m. Reconciliation
At Home : Catherine Allen, Charlie Campbell, Josephine Calabro, Frank Carrick, Judy Hall, Henrietta Koch, Mary Ann Koch, Mary Laubenthal,
Tim McManus, Al Moeller, Mary Ann Prager, Larry Schwartz, Tyler Zust, Rita Ann
McCreary, James Johnson, John Wuichner, Jeff Buskey, Betty Friedlinghaus
If you are admitted to a
hospital St. Mary’s may not be notified. Please ask a family member to call us.
ECO
–schedule: Weekly: Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Bi-weekly: December 1, 15,
29 Monthly December 1 & 15
“How do I make a return to the Lord for all he has done for me.”?
OFFERTORY
Dec. 6 – 7, 2008
Envelopes $ 4,395.00
Loose
Change $ 1,315.00
ECO deposits $ 145.00
Total
offering: $ 5,855.00
Bingo: $6,589.00 (two week
period, 1130 and 12/7)
JACKPOT
AT $9,800.00 – COME & PLAY
BINGO
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
RCIA / ADULT FAITH FORMATION
The class
topic for this week is “Confirmation”
presented by Deacon Roger Minner. You
don’t have to be investigating Catholicism to attend and grow in your knowledge
of our faith. The class meets from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Burkley Atrium. Enter through
the backdoor off of the parking lot.
CANCELLED - DECEMBER MARRIAGE
INFORMATION NIGHT….due
to be held on Dec. 15th has been cancelled. The next session will be held on Jan. 19th.
CHRISTMAS LITURGICAL MINISTERS NEEDED
Lectors,
altar servers and extraordinary Eucharistic ministers are needed for the
Christmas Masses scheduled for Dec. 24th and 25th. Please
sign up on the sheets located at the back of the church under the pictures of
Pope Benedict and Bishop Campbell.
LITURGICAL/VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES for December 20 –
21 (3rd Sunday of the Month)
TIME DATE ALTAR SERVER LECTOR EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS
4:00 PM Dec.
20 Johnny Lamotte John Lamotte Chris Hilles, Pat Morris,
Lois Morris,
Vince Relli Tina Nierman Andrea
Fannin, Jennifer Yannayon, Open
9:00
AM Dec.
21 Angela
Ruiz Rick Driscoll Frances Melton, Mary
Ann Metnes, Sheila Naegale, Megan Murray
Katie Murray Mary
Kay Oris Cecelia Reis, Mike Chambers, Carolyn Redwood,
Bertha Hilsheimer
11:30
AM Dec.
21
Corey Hall Jimmy Vogt Elizabeth Vogt, Vince Maite, Lori Maite
Rebecca & Jillian Vogt Kathleen
Haytas Mike & Maureen Keebaugh, Open
COFFEE
& DOUGHNUTS: December 21 – Knights of Columbus Pray for our
men and women in uniform
CHRISTMAS TREES NOW ON SALE
Support
our school by purchasing your Christmas tree and other holiday greenery from
our Home and School Organization. Tell your friends about this opportunity!!
ATTENTION CATHOLIC WOMEN
The 2nd annual Columbus
Catholic Women's Conference will be held on Sat. February 21, 2009, at the
Lausche Building at the Ohio State Expo Center, 717 East 17th Avenue,
Columbus. Register early to reserve your spot. The main speaker is
Rwandan holocaust survivor Immaculee Ilibagiza; second speaker is Catholic
Apologist Sr. Rosalind Moss. For more information, call Eileen Fantosi at
614-457-4457.To register on-line, visit www.columbuscatholicwomen.com.
GALA UPDATE
4th
Annual Saint Mary Gala & Auction Early Bird Special! Want to save $20 on your
ticket? Gala tickets purchased
before December 31st are only $80! Enjoy an enchanting
evening of great music, cocktails, food and a fantastic silent
auction at the Columbus Athenaeum, Saturday,
January 24th, 2009. Order forms are available in the
school office, the parish office (445-9688) and the Saint Mary Website, www.stmarygv.com. Cash, check and credit card
are accepted. Sponsorship and program advertising opportunities are
available too! All proceeds benefit Saint Mary School!
Win
a $5,000 tuition scholarship to any school!!! That's right, the $5,000 scholarship
will be paid directly to ANY school - preschool, elementary school, high school
or college - towards a designated tuition bill for the 2009-2010 school year or
it may be deposited directly into a 529 account. This includes
out-of-state schools too! Tickets only cost $20 each and may be purchased
at the school or parish office. Help us sell tickets and you could win
$100 if you sell the winning ticket! The winning ticket will be pulled at
St. Mary's 4th Annual Gala and Silent Auction on January 24, 2009!
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Vocalists who would like to
participate in Midnight Mass or Christmas day services are needed. Rehearsals
are on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. All voices are welcome. For
more information contact Sandy Brown 443-3234.
Children
who are interested in singing at the 4:00 p.m. Christmas Eve service are
needed. Rehearsals will be on Sunday, December 14 and December 21 at
12:30 p.m. Contact Mrs. Monds, the music teacher at school, or Amanda
Walker.
The Bells of St. Mary Handbell Choir is
looking for Ringers for Midnight Mass. You do not need to be able to read music
to ring, just the desire to have fun and play a musical instrument. Rehearsals
will be on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. in the bell room. Please contact
Amanda Walker at awalker40@aol.com or 325-1758.
OUR YOUTH GROUP HAS A WEB PAGE
The St. Mary
Youth Group, open to 7th and 8th graders and to high
school students now has a web site at stmaryyouthgroup.org.
CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES
4:00 p.m.,
6:00 p.m., and Midnight on Christmas Eve.
10:00 a.m. on
Christmas Morning.
(The 4:00 is
the most crowded, and the mass at which a lot of people have to stand.)
SPECIAL APPEAL
We are
trying to organize at least five teams of bingo workers to take responsibility
for the games once a month at most. Call 445-9668 to volunteer. Selling
instants to folks in between bingo games is easy to learn and to do. Just
two or three hours a month would be of great help.
DANGER ALERT
Please help
us to keep children off the stage and out of the cafeteria kitchen whenever
they are not under the direct supervision of an adult (this is especially true
during the coffee & doughnut hour). They are safer on the floor level
of the cafeteria where they are not near natural gas stoves, meat slicers, etc.
A MUSICAL TREAT NEXT WEEK
On Sunday,
December 21st, there will be mass in Polish here at St. Mary’s at
3:00 p.m. At 4:00 p.m. two nationally known musicians will perform. David
Niwa will perform on the violin, and Mariko Kaneda will perform on the
piano. All are welcome to the mass and/or the concert.
INFORMATION IS NEEDED
Father
Thomas would like to know if there are cub scouts from our school or parish and
where their pack is. We are considering starting up cub scouts here, but
we need this information first.
THEOLOGY and a PUB
The
monthly gathering of Catholic young adults will be touring the Jubilee Museum
at Holy Family this month! Join us on Tuesday,
December 16 for dinner at 6 p.m. at Gresso's; then we'll head over to the
museum for a 7:30 tour. For more information, visit www.theologyandapub.org or
e-mail megan@theologyandapub.org.
GREATER COLUMBUS RIGHT to
LIFE SIGNATURE AD
An ad
in support of life will appear in the SNP newspapers on Wednesday, January 21,
2009 in observance of the January 22, 1973 anniversary of Roe-v-Wade. Add your name to this pro-life effort giving
voice to the unborn who cannot speak for themselves. Thank you for helping us to build the Culture
of Life! Names and donations must be
received by GCRTL by Tuesday, December
23 to be included in the January 21 SNP ad (only your name will appear in
the ad). Please mail this form and your
donation (payable to Greater Columbus Right to Life) to Greater Columbus Right
to Life, P.O. Box 6357, Columbus, Ohio 43207 by Thursday, December 18th.
Please print clearly:
Name:__________________________________________
Address__________________________________________
City _______________________ ST ___ Zip
Code________
Parish
_________________________________________
Donation of : __ $5 __ $10 __$15 __ $20 __$25 ___ other
Refresh them Lord, with your healing grace