THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
Is. 7: 10
14, Lk. 1: 26 38
3:00 p.m. Reconciliation
12:00 noon Brett
Grimshaw
4:00 p.m. Charles Stumpf
Is. 52: 7 10, Heb. 1: 1 6, Jn. 1: 1 18
FRIDAY,
December 26,
1 Jn. 1: 1
4, Jn. 20: 1a, 2 8
1:00 p.m. Wedding
ceremony
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, Charles Walker
If you are admitted to a
hospital St. Marys 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. 13 14 2008
Envelopes $ 5289.00
Loose
Change $ 1732.00
ECO deposits
$ 1297 .00
Total
offering: $ 8318.00
Bingo
receipts 12/14/2008:
$2983.99
JACKPOT
AT $9,900.00 COME & PLAY
BINGO
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
RCIA / ADULT FAITH FORMATION
Classes will
resume on January 7, 2009.
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.
PARISH OFFICE HOURS - CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR
The office
will be closed on the following days during Christmas and New Year:
December 24-
25- 26- 30- 31 and January 1- 2.
Normal
office hours will resume on January 5, 2009.
From all of
us in the Parish office Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year !!
LITURGICAL/VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES for December 27 -
28 (4th Sunday of the Month)
TIME DATE ALTAR SERVER LECTOR
EXTRAORDINARY
MINISTERS
4:00 PM Dec.
27 Mariel Hayes
Members of John
Lamotte, Johnny Lamotte, Don Alexander
Juan
Durano the Carroll family Rita Alexander, Matt Lovett,
Open
9:00 AM Dec. 28 Taylor
Carter Mike Keebaugh Dave &
Marge Smigelski, Ray & Terry Thomas
Charlie
Collins Maureen Keebaugh Frank & Mary
Wickham, Mike Gerlach, Stephanie Martt
11:30 AM Dec.
28 Annie Minner Pam Mortimer Angie Stoller, Tommie Zervas, Ann
Anderson
Andy Price, Natasha Mattox Don Metnes Sandra
Thompson, Tyler Lawler, Open
COFFEE
& DOUGHNUTS: December 28 Cecelia & Mike Chambers
Pray
for our men and women in uniform
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.
YOUTH GROUP 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.
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.
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. Marys 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.
LIVING with BENEDICT WEEKENDS
The Benedictine
Monks of St. Andrew Abbey in Cleveland will be holding Living with Benedict
vocation discernment weekend for men between the age of 18 45 on
Jan. 30 -
Feb. 1, 2009. For additional information contact
Fr. Gerard
at 216.721.5300, ext. 210.
DIOCESAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES
This
collection allows the diocese to meet a variety of basic needs directly and
through diocesan agencies and organizations. Please use your specially printed
envelopes to make your donation.
FEAST of
the HOLY FAMILY
Appropriately, the Church places the Feast of
the Holy Family on the weekend following Christmas. Let us pray for our
families:
Father, help us to live as the Holy Family,
united in respect and love. Teach us the sanctity of human love, show us the
value of family life, and help us to live in peace. We are united with Jesus,
Mary and Joseph because in your great love for us you sent your son to live in
this world and to share our human experience. Help us to love each other as you
love us, and to be more aware of those families in the world who struggle with
poverty, war, and disease. Bring us all to the joy and peace of your eternal
home. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
GALA UPDATE
CONGRATULATIONS to our
4th Annual Saint Mary Gala & Auction Honored Guests: Frank and Mary Wickham
and Ray and Terry Thomas! Come join them in the celebration and honor
their many years of dedication to our St. Mary Parish. Enjoy an enchanted
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!
Here's a Great Holiday
Gift Idea! Give a raffle ticket to 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. Only 500
tickets will be sold. Get them while they last! The winning ticket
will be pulled at St. Mary's 4th Annual
Gala and Silent Auction on January 24, 2009! You do
not need to be present to win. Help us sell tickets and you could
win $100 if you sell the winning ticket!
COLUMBUS LITERACY COUNCIL
The
Columbus Literacy Council provides free instruction to adults in reading and
English as a second language and depends on volunteers to help with tutoring or
other support services. For additional information about enrolling in a program
or to learn more about volunteer opportunities call 614.221.5013 or visit the CLC web site at www.columbusliteracy.org
THANK YOU
Thank
you to all who made our Adopt-a-Family project such a success. We were able to
reach out to all of the families we made commitments to because of your
generosity.
Special
thanks to the Young Adult group that managed this project and to our
kindergarteners for their participation.
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