THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
6:00 p.m. Choir
practice (11:30 choir)
WEDNESDAY, February 24
6:00 p.m. Adoration at Corpus Christi
6:30 p.m. Mass at Corpus Christi
FRIDAY, February 26
9:45 a.m. For victims of natural disaster
12:00 noon Ludwig
J. Heigel …
7:00 p.m. Stations of the
Cross @ St. Mary
OFFERTORY – Feb. 13-14, 2010
Offertory:
$5,683.00
ECO
deposits: $675.00 (weekly & 15th)
Total offering: $6,358.00
Bingo receipts for Feb 14, 2010: $2,773.00
Jackpot: $9,000.00!!
Come and play, have a good time and support St.
Mary
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, James Johnson, Betty Friedlinghaus, Charles Walker,
Paul Wingert, Virginia and Tim Deweese, Jake Sterpka, Brian Burson, Margaret
Campbell, Evelyn Holleran, Marty Jarrett, Ruth Neal, Elizabeth “Betty” Reiner
If you are admitted to a hospital St. Mary’s may not be
notified. Please ask a family member to call us.
RCIA – 2009 – 2010
The RCIA session this week will be
devoted to “The Moral Life of the
Christian”. RCIA sessions are held
in the Atrium every Wed, at 7:00 p.m.
Sessions are open t0 anyone interested in learning more about your Catholic
faith. All are welcome!
SACRAMENT
SCHEDULE CHANGE
Father will not be available for confession on
Monday, February 22nd.
SCHOOL MASS TIME CHANGE
The weekly school mass
normally held on Wednesday will be held on Friday. Note, this applies to this
week only.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
February 27, 2010: Columbus Catholic Women’s Conference at
the Ohio Expo Center-Lausche Building. Visit www.columbuscatholicwomen.com for
additional information or to register on line.
March 3, 2010: All interested in joining the weekly bible study
session, please join us for pizza at Plank’s on Parsons at 6:00 p.m.
March 6, 2010: Register now to attend the 13th Annual
Columbus Diocese’s Catholic Men’s Conference at the Ohio Expo Center-Lausche
Building. To register Click on Link: www.columbuscatholicmen.com
March 14, 2010: The annual Daughter’s of Erin
breakfast. Watch your bulletin for further information.
Saturday, Apr. 10, 2010: Young adults, mark your calendar for a conference at
Christ the King church. The cost is $30.00.
Watch the bulletin for further update
LITURGICAL/VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES for Feb. 27-28, 2010 (4th
Sunday of the Month)
Extraordinary Ministers are reminded to cleanse the vessels after
each Mass
TIME ALTAR SERVER LECTOR EXTRAORDINARY
MINISTER SACRISTAN
4:00 P.M. Mariel Hayes Lori
Mitchell John
Lamotte, Don Alexander, Rita Alexander
Juan Durano John
Rees Ann
Martin, Russ Martin, Open Evelyn Holleran
9:00 A.M. Nate Gain Mike Keebaugh Dave & Marge Smigelski, Ray & Terry
Thomas, Michael Badurina
Dominic Mattox Maureen Keebaugh Frank & Mary Wickham, Stephanie Martt
Jacquelyn Carone
11:30 A.M. Mary Weilbacher Pam Mortimer
Angie Stoller, Tommy Zervas, Ann Anderson
Katie Price, Morgan
Dawson open Sandra
Thompson, Tyler Lawler, Annie Minner
Jacquelyn Carone
COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS: Feb. 28 – Knights of St. John Pray
for our men and women in uniform
Collection counters for the 4th Sunday of the month: Don
and Rose Hodgson
ST. MARY’S on
FACEBOOK
Become a Fan of St. Mary’s on FACEBOOK! Stay up to date with the
events and news from St. Mary’s and meet new people by becoming a fan of St.
Mary’s Catholic Church on Facebook! This is a great way to stay connected
throughout the week.
LOOKING for a WAY to GIVE BACK
Many nursing home residents have no regular visitors or may not have
family living nearby. The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is looking for
volunteers to visit nursing home residents in central Ohio. For only 2 hours a
week you can make a difference in someone’s life. Please contact Ruthie
Fortkamp at 614.857.1230 for additional information.
STATIONS of the CROSS will be held each Friday
throughout the Lenten season at 7:00 p.m. The schedule and locations are as
follows:
Feb. 26th – St. Mary Mar. 5th – St. Ladislas
Mar. 12th – Corpus Christi
Mar. 19th – St. Mary
Mar. 26th – St. Ladislas
The sacrament of reconciliation will be
offered in addition to the stations.
Stations will also be held at St. Leo at
4:00 p.m. on the following Wednesday’s throughout Lent:
Feb. 24th, Mar. 3rd,
10th, 17th, 24th
The PONTIFICAL COLLEGE JOSEPHINUM….. welcomes the general public to its
commemoration of the Feast of St. Patrick at the seminary’s fifth annual Irish
Fest on February 27, 2010, from 5:00
p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The event celebrating Irish culture and heritage will
be preceded by Mass at 4:30 p.m. in the seminary’s St. Turibius Chapel,
followed by an evening of traditional Irish music, food and dance. One hundred
percent of the profit benefits seminarians in financial need.
Tickets may be purchased at the door and are $20 for
adults and $5 for youth age 11-16. Children under 11 are free. Pre-sale tickets
($15 adults; $5 youth age 11-16) may be purchased until 4 p.m. on Friday,
February 26. Call 614-885-5585 to purchase tickets by phone via credit card, or
visit the reception desk in the main lobby of the Josephinum during business
hours (weekdays 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.). Parking is free.
4-S CLUB – LADIES AUX. DINNER
The ladies of the 4-S Club will host dinner on Sunday, Feb. 21st from noon until
3:00 p.m. Come and enjoy baked lasagna, tossed salad, garlic bread and dessert,
all for $7.00 per person. Carry out available, call 443-0524.
CATHOLIC TIMES
Thank you to all new and returning readers of the Catholic Times. Contact the parish office if you missed the
special collection and learn how to sign-up for the upcoming year for just $17.00 (parish rate). As an evangelization tool, Bishop Campbell
encourages all Catholic households in the diocese to receive and read our
diocesan newspaper, the Catholic Times.
2010 YOUNG
ADULT CONFERENCE
Reboot Your Relationships.
Have you ever wished you could hit
Ctrl+Alt+Del on your life and reboot yourself and your relationships with God
and others? This is the perfect opportunity to meet, retreat, network, reflect,
learn, relax, and grow.
Saturday, April 10th, 9:00
am - 5:00 p.m. at Christ the King Church, Columbus. For more information
visit YoungAdultConference.org
2010 DIOCESAN RESPECT LIFE CONFERENCE….
featuring nationally renowned speaker, Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., Director
of Education and Ethicist of the National Catholic Bioethics Center. The
conference will be held on Saturday, March 6th from 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. at St. Patrick's, 280 N. Grant Ave. The cost is $15.00, which
includes lunch. To register, contact the diocesan office for Social Concerns at
614.241.2540.
The MARRIAGE and FAMILY LIFE
OFFICE….. encourages
you to visit our department web page on
the diocesan web site. Here you will find program information, links to
other helpful sites, and current and past MFLO quarterly mailings. We invite
families as well as school and parish leadership to turn to us for these
electronic resources for ways to make sacramental preparation a family event,
for tips on strengthening marriage, for Lent and Easter ideas – and for every
Holy/holiday and life event in between. Visit www.FamilyLife.colsdioc.org. Use this tool to help make and keep your family life sacred
and as meaningful and holy as God intended.
WHAT WE
BELIEVE, WHAT WE CELEBRATE, HOW WE LIVE, HOW WE PRAY
For a
variety of suggestions and resources to facilitate your Lenten practice and
your journey with Christ, visit the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops' Lent webpage at http://www.usccb.org/lent.
MEN’S WEEKEND RETREAT
A
silent retreat for men will be held at St. Therese’s the weekend of March
26-28. The theme will be “Sin, Conversion
and the Call to Holiness: A Message of Divine Mercy”. For additional
information contact Jack Dyas at 614.580.7807 or Bob Muetzel at 614.299.7700.