THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
6:00 p.m. Choir
practice (11:30 choir)
WEDNESDAY, March 3
9:45 a.m. Catechumens
and Candidates
6:00 p.m. Adoration at Corpus Christi
6:30 p.m. Mass at Corpus Christi
FRIDAY, March 5 - FIRST FRIDAY
12:00
noon Carone
family (livng & decs’d) …
7:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross @ St. Ladislas
OFFERTORY – Feb. 20-21, 2010
Offertory:
$5,174.00
ECO
deposits: $1,067.00 (weekly & bi-weekly)
Total offering: $6,241.00
Bingo receipts for Feb 21, 2010: $4,095.00
Jackpot: $9,700.00!!
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,, 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 “Virtues, Gifts, Mercy and Sin”. 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!
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.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
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 from 8:00
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Watch your bulletin next week for
additional information.
April 3, 2010: The Easter Vigil mass is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Please
note, there will not be a 4:00 p.m.
mass on Holy Saturday. Keep all our elect in your prayers throughout this
Lenten season.
LITURGICAL/VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES for March 6, 2010 (1st
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. Jonathan Engle Don
Smeltzer Jim
Sauer, Jeanne Sauer, Marissa Campbell
Tim Engle Ann
Graf Frances
Melton, Rose Albert, open Tina Nierman
9:00 A.M. Nate Gain Annie
Ruefle Jack Auer, Christina
Badurina, Maria Disabato, Mike Gerlach
Augie & Charlie Collins Brian Collins Bonnie Jones, Amanada Breitfeller,
open, open Pat Smith
11:30 A.M. Anthony Bartholomew Pat Dineen Sandy Brown, Linnan Duren, Pam Mortimer
Will Martello, Andy
Price Mary Kelly David Martello , open, open
Sandy Brown
COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS: March 7 – Ginny & Steve Holleran Pray
for our men and women in uniform
Collection counters for the 1st Sunday of the month: Don
and Rose Hodgson
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.
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:
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 Stations.
Stations will also be held at St. Leo at
4:00 p.m. on the following Wednesday’s throughout Lent:
Mar.
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
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.
CATHOLIC TIMES - IT’S NOT
TOO LATE!!!
You can still sign-up for Catholic Times. For only $17.00 (parish rate) you will receive the
weekly news of what’s happening in the Catholic world. Use the envelope provided in your February
packet, or simply write “Catholic Times“
on a plain envelope, make your check payable to the parish, and drop it into
the collection basket. As an evangelization tool, Bishop Campbell encourages
all Catholic households in the diocese to receive and read our diocesan
newspaper, the Catholic Times.
LENTEN MEAL BEFORE
STATIONS
Corpus Christi and St. Ladislas parishes cordially invite our friends
from St. Mary to join us for a Lenten soup and bread supper on the following
Fridays of Lent: Friday March 5, (St.
Ladislas Parish), Friday March 12, (Corpus Christi Parish), and Friday
March 26, (St. Ladislas Parish). At
St. Ladislas, the supper will be held in the gathering place adjacent to the
church sanctuary and at Corpus Christi in the social area adjacent to Corpus
Christi church sanctuary. This supper will be held from 5:30-6:30 prior to Stations
of the Cross. A free will offering is optional. Please join us! For more
information please contact the parish office at 443-2828.
AREA HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE
The following Bishop
Hartley High School students from St. Mary Parish made Honor Roll for the
2nd Quarter: Erin E. Collins, Alec Kaple, Aliyah McConahay, Anne Minner, and
Colton Plageman. Students must achieve a Grade Point Average of 3.5 or higher
on a 4.0 scale in order to be named to the Honor Roll.
St.
Charles Preparatory School will
hold auditions for its spring musical, Children of Eden by Stephen
Schwartz on Wednesday and Thursday, March 3rd and 4th at
4:00 p.m. at the St. Charles Campus Theater, 2010 East Broad St. Auditions are
open to all area high school women. For further
information, call the school at 252-6714 or email Doug Montgomery at scdramadirector@aol.com
ST MARY
SCHOOL NEWS
The 32nd annual St. Mary of Ohio
Basketball tournament is right around the corner. The tournament will be held
over two weekends, Friday, Mar. 5th beginning at 5:00 p.m. and
Saturday, Mar. 6th beginning at 8:00 a.m. the 6th grade
boys and the 8th girls will compete.
The following weekend, Friday, Mar. 12th beginning at 6:00
p.m. and Saturday, Mar. 13th beginning at 8:00 a.m. the 8th
grade boys will take to the hardwood. We will host St. Mary school teams from
all over Ohio. Come and enjoy some great competition and support our young
athletes.
VINO et VERITAS: Wine
and Truth
All young adults are invited to St. Mary’s own Vino et Veritas
at Gresso’s on High Street at 7:00 p.m. the 1st Thursday of every month.
The next meeting will be Thursday March
4th! The evening will include networking with other young adults,
a wine tasting, a talk on “Resurrection
of Christ: Myth or Reality,” and you can win a free dinner by Stumping the
Priest. Invite your friends and come out for a fun and faith-filled
evening.
BIBLE STUDY SOCIAL
The bible study group just completed 1st Corinthians and
prior to beginning the study of 2nd Corinthians they will gather at
Plank’s on Parsons for pizza. If you would like to be part of this fun group
please join them on Wednesday, March 3rd at 6:00 p.m. All are
welcome!! Come and have / about.