THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
1Jn. 2: 29 -
3: 6, Jn. 1: 29 – 34
3:00 p.m. Reconciliation
12:00 noon Parishioners of St. Mary …
6:00 p.m. Choir practice (11:30 choir)
12:00
noon Helen Rohrer …
1Jn. 4: 19 – 5: 4, Lk. 4: 14 – 22a
6:00
p.m. Adoration at Corpus
Christi
6:30
p.m. Mass at Corpus Christi
FRIDAY,
January 9,
1Jn. 5: 14 –
21, Jn. 3: 22 – 30
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, Christopher Federer
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: Jan.
5, 12, 19, 26
Bi-weekly: January 12, 26 Monthly January 1 & 15
“How do I make a return to the Lord for all he has done for me.”?
OFFERTORY
12/20-21/2008
Envelopes $ 3087.00
Loose
Change $ 1948.00
ECO
deposits $ 145.00
Total
offering: $ 5180.00
Bingo: 12/21/2008 $1,673.00
JACKPOT
STANDS AT $10,000.00 – COME
& PLAY BINGO
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
RCIA / ADULT FAITH FORMATION
The class
topic for this week is “Catholic Customs
and Traditions”. The group will meet at the Jubilee museum at 7:00 p.m. You
don’t have to be investigating Catholicism to attend and grow in your knowledge
of our faith.
JORDAN CONFERENCE
The quarterly Jordon Conference session for parents who wish
to have a child baptized will be held on January
27, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Atrium. Please contact the parish office at
445-9668 to confirm your attendance.
CHRISTMAS FLOWER LIST – the below listed names omitted from
the Christmas flower list are acknowledged here: Frank & Margaret Bogatay, Claude &
Rita Redwood and Bruce A. Redwood.
LITURGICAL/VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES for January 10 -
11 (2nd Sunday of the Month)
TIME DATE ALTAR SERVER LECTOR EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS
4:00 PM Jan. 10 Sean Regan Don Smeltzer Dave & Lori Mitchell,
Mariel Hayes, Carol Rees
Katie Lawler Sherrie
Hayes Evelyn Holleran,
Open
9:00 AM Jan.
11 Michael
Badurina Mary Kelly Genny
Bowman, Catherine Goodall, Shirley Thibault
Frances Collins John Kenneh Christa, Megan, Erin
McKernan, Eileen Hoffman, Patricia Kenneh
11:30 AM Jan.
11
Kyle Dawson Mike Hicks Katherine Hanson,
Peggy Kienle, Katlyn Hall
Sam Agra, Cody Peruzzi Open Tina
Hall, Jeff Smith, Janet Dawson,
COFFEE
& DOUGHNUTS: January 11 – Christa, Erin & Megan McKernan 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.
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
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.
SPECIAL APPEAL for BINGO HELP
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.
THE MARRIAGE and FAMILY LIFE OFFICE… asks you to consider
what theologian Jack Shea says: that we don’t see the world as it is – we see
the world as we are. If we hold an inner idea about life’s grimness, hurt, and
pain, that’s what we’ll find. If we hold an inner idea about life’s grace,
benevolence, and joy, that, too, is what we’ll discover. Sometimes in order to
make spiritual progress we need to let go of our old notions of how life is
supposed to be, and instead see life with God’s eyes. What better time than the
start of a New Year to align our inner sight with God’s, in order to discover
joy, notice grace, and be open to life’s benevolence?
CATHOLIC RADIO….St. Gabriel Radio has announced that
they have acquired, through a lease to purchase option, a new, stronger signal
at WKVO 1580 AM that will now reach
nearly all of central Ohio. Our
broadcast will begin Christmas Eve morning!
As a non-profit 501(c) (3) listener supported station, St.
Gabriel Radio has renewed its fundraising campaign in order to support the new
larger signal and to provide additional Catholic programming, news and
information.
HEALING
AFTER ABORTION
Is God
calling you to take this journey with Him? Bethesda Healing Ministry invites you to join
them for their regular support group meetings on the 2nd and 4th
Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. We
welcome you with open arms. Please call 614-718-0277, 614-309-0157 or
614-309-2651. To speak with someone in
Spanish, please call 614-309-0810. God bless you.
JANUARY is POVERTY in AMERICA
AWARENESS MONTH…today
37 million Americans – and 1 in 6 children – are living below the poverty line.
To bring attention to this national crisis, the Catholic Campaign for Human
Development has designated January as “Poverty in America Awareness Month”.
During this special month of observance, we devote our efforts to heightening
the nation’s understanding of the breadth and depth of the problems of poverty.
For more information go to www.povertyusa.org or contact the diocesan Office for
Social Concerns at 614.241.2540.
CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S RETREAT LEAGUE
The last weekend of
January (1/30-31 and 2/1) the Catholic Laymen’s Retreat League has scheduled an
Interactive Weekend Retreat for Men. Father John D. Corbett, O.P. will be the
retreat director and the theme will be: “The 4 Last Things: Judgment, Hell,
Purgatory and Heaven”. For more
information please contact team captains Gary Hasson at 614.216.4500 or Mark
Hasson at 614.734.0591.
THANK YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
Father
Thomas wishes to thank all those who sent cards or treats this season.
The staff adds their thanks as well. May God bless you all throughout the
coming year.
Refresh them Lord, with your healing grace