Week of April 20, 2008

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Dear Parishioner,

As you know we have been working over the last few months to increase the use and productivity of our Banquet Center. One of our strategies is to schedule new kinds of events on open weekends during the year. In two weeks we will be offering such an event. On Saturday, May 3rd at 6:00 p.m. our Banquet Center will present an elegant five course dinner with wine tasting. The menu for the event is as follows:

Course #1           Italian Wedding Bell Soup

Course #2           Mesclun Greens W/walnuts and Blue

                            Cheese/Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing

Course #3           Tri-colored Penne Pasta W/Sun Dried

                            Tomato W/ Alfredo Sauce

Course #4           Beef Filet and Scampies

                            Duchess Potatoes

                            Eggplant, Zucchini, Yellow Squash

                            W/Red & Orange Peppers

Course #5           Cherries Jubilee and Bananas Foster Flambé over Vanilla Ice Cream

With each of the 5 courses a sampling of wine will be presented and explained by an expert from The Wine Vault in downtown Willoughby. Bottles of the offered wines will be available for purchase at the end of the evening. This gourmet dining experience will be available for only $40 per person. Chef Randy has kept the price low so that the maximum number of people might experience the superb dining opportunities of the Banquet Center.

For this we need your help. I am asking you not only to consider coming on May 3rd, but to bring family and friends with you. If you could gather together a group of friends to enjoy this experience together, it would help us greatly to promote the excellence of our Banquet Center and increase the likelihood of future bookings for our facility.

Please come on May 3rd and bring some one with you.

Fr. George Smiga

P.S. Mark you calendars for the Twist, a Vegas-style show band, on Saturday, May 24th    from 6:30-11:30 p.m. The band will present an evening of Motown favorites and oldies. Chef Randy will provide a pasta buffet. There will be a cash bar. The price is $25 per person.

SOCIAL JUSTICE/ST. AUGUSTINE- On April 27th our volunteers will be serving the meal at the St. Augustine Hunger Center. There is a sign-up sheet on the kiosk if you are able to lend a hand. After all the Masses on April 26th and April 27th, we will be collecting for our Social Justice fund. Also, if anyone would like to bake cookies please bring the cookies with you when you come to volunteer at the Hunger Center or they can be dropped off at church before Mass on Saturday. Please put the cookies in the Nativity Room on the counter and mark them St. Augustine.

SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND – In March, 2008 we collected $ 591.00. Our expenses for March were:

                                                                We thank you for your support.

FOOD PANTRY NEEDS!  Our pantry is low on the following items:  pasta, spaghetti sauce, tuna, peanut butter and jelly.  If you are able to pick up an extra jar, can or box of any of these the next time you shop and place it in the white bin in the food pantry area it would be much appreciated!  Currently we are serving an average of 65 households a month so our shelves need frequent restocking, especially with the things we cannot purchase from the Cleveland Food Bank.  Thank you! 

WOMEN’S PRAYER BREAKFAST – Please join us for our Springtime Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, May 3, 2008 from 8-10:00 a.m., in the Banquet Center/small hall. We are privileged to have Sister Jacqueline Gusdane, the President of Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School, as our guest speaker.  Her topic will focus on “Women’s Voice in a Global Community.” Bring a friend for a morning of good conversation, fellowship and prayer. As always we will enjoy a delicious breakfast buffet following the program. The suggested donation is $5.00. There will be a sign-up sheet on the kiosk. Any questions, please call the parish office at 440-946-0887.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST – GET YOUR PANCAKES TODAY AFTER MASS!!  The middle school youth group is sponsoring the pancake breakfast today (Sunday) from 10-1pm. Adults $5 and children $2.

     We had an exciting year:    

•  39 6-8th grade students in the group
•  kick-off picnic event
•  hayride
•  service projects
•  trip to Kalahari Water Park
•  movie night
•  great sessions and food
•  trained adult catechists

All the money raised will support these efforts.

PRIME TIME -  No meeting tonight – pray for those on retreat.  Plan on meeting April 27th and then Rap with the Pastor on May 4th. 

COR RETREAT – members of PRIME TIME will join other teens on a “Christ in Others” (COR) retreat on April 18-20 at the St. Leonard Retreat Center in Avon.  Please pray for our teens

MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP – our next session is this Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:00pm in the lower level. Bring your bibles.

RELAY FOR LIFE – Jessica Lipold, one of our awesome teens, and some classmates from Willoughby South have formed Team Hope to participate in the relay for life and raise money for the American Cancer Society.  The team will be hosting a Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser at Stadium Grille on 8330 Tyler Blvd, in Mentor. It is on Sunday, May 4th, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Adults cost $10 and children under 10 cost $5. (Beverages not included in ticket price.) The Spaghetti Dinner will also include Door Prizes, 50/50 Raffle, and a Chinese Auction. If you are interested in going or have further questions please contact Jessica Lipold at 440-942-9628. We all hope to see you there and thank you for helping to find a cure for cancer.  

CARING FOR CREATION: "The New Cosmology"

Sunday, April 27, 5:30-7:30 pm in the Banquet Center/ Small Hall. Do you still think there are nine planets in our solar system?  There are now eight plus three little cousins.  We now know so much more about cosmology than ever before.  Learn the latest information about the heavens from Cleveland Museum of Natural History astronomy educator Joe DeRocher. As with previous programs in this series, there will be a potluck dinner; please bring a dish to share as well as your own non-disposable place setting. Can’t make it to the potluck – join us at 6:15 p.m. for the program. There will be time for prayer, reflection, discussion and questions.

AROUND THE WORLD IN MUSIC, a recital featuring flutist Linda White and pianist Denella Sing, will be presented at St. Noel on Friday, April 25 at 7:00 PM.  Around the World in Music is a highly imaginative, fascinating and beautiful program.  Much of the music is from living composers from around the world.  While the music is fresh and contemporary, all of the composers employ folk techniques that represent their region of the world.  The music is at once both modern and yet beautifully accessible to the general music audience.  The program includes works from Japan, Argentina, Haiti, Russia, and more.  The concert is free of charge.  A free-will offering will be taken to benefit the Water for Life Project, an initiative of the Cleveland Diocese Council on Global Solidarity and the Social Action Office which aims to provide healthy drinking, cooking and hygiene water to school children in sub-Saharan Africa.  Please plan to join us for this exciting musical program and to support this important health initiative.

ST. NOEL FELLOWSHIP – Activities for April are as follows: -April 24th – Bingo- we will celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. Also, please remember to bring your food donation for the food pantry to this meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend the Senior Fellowship on Thursdays.

BABY BOTTLE BOOMERANG – Hannah’s Home is a Christian facility located in Mentor, which provides a home and supportive services to young single women who are pregnant and in need. As a fund raiser, they are launching their “Baby Bottle Boomerang” project on Mother’s Day and concluding it on Father’s Day. You will find baby bottles on the table in the narthex, which we ask you to pick up on Mother’s Day (or after) and fill with change, and then return it to the office on Father’s Day (or before). You will also find brochures on the table in the narthex giving an extensive explanation of Hannah’s Home and their services.

CLIMATE CHANGE – A VISION FOR THE COMMON GOOD - Archbishop Celestino Migliore, a recognized expert on global issues concerning human development will be speaking at St. Hilary Catholic Church in Fairlawn on Wednesday evening, April 30th at 7 p.m. on the topic of climate change.  More details can be found on the kiosk.

GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - Bishop Lennon will celebrate the annual Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration this year at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. Registrations are now being accepted for couples married 50 years (married in 1958). Deadline for registration is June 15, 2008. Please call the parish office at 440-946-0887 to register

SEEDS OF LITERACY - is a non-profit adult literacy organization that relies on the help of volunteer tutors to assist students at ten locations throughout Cleveland.  Seeds of Literacy provides basic education and GED preparation classes to adults free of charge. Interested adults should call (216) 661-7950 for more information or to register. Our currently scheduled training dates are: Saturday, April 26th and May 3rd from 9 am to 1 pm

FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP – Save the date!  On Thursday evening, May 22, 2008 at 7 p.m. in our small hall, we will be hosting a forum on Faithful Citizenship, the document written by our Bishops which addresses the forming of our consciences for faithful citizenship and our call to political responsibility.  Speakers will be from St. Mary Seminary and our Diocesan Social Action office.  Registration is important to insure adequate materials for all in attendance.  You may register by calling 888-620-5280 or email axcoplan@clevelandcatholiccharities.org.  See you there!

NEEDED: VOLUNTEER COMPUTER ASSISTANTS - Sr. Sheilamarie Tobbe, from the Thea Bowman Center in Cleveland, is looking for volunteers to help economically disadvantaged people learn about assistance available through the Ohio Benefit Bank.  There is a special training session for volunteers taking place on May 17, 2008 from 9a.m. to 12 noon.  Call 216-491-0699 to register and learn more.

CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN TO END THE DEATH PENALTY –   Catholic teaching offers a unique perspective on crime and punishment.  It begins with the recognition that the dignity of the human person applies to both victims and offenders.  It affirms our commitment to comfort and support victims and their families.  It also acknowledges the God-given dignity of every human life, even those who do great harm.  Our Bishops remind us, “We cannot overcome crime by simply executing criminals, nor can we restore the lives of the innocent by ending the lives of those convicted of their murders.  The death penalty offers the tragic illusion that we can defend life by taking life.”   The Cleveland Coalition to End the Death Penalty is launching an effort to gain support for ending the death penalty in Ohio.  Specifically they want to put up four billboards protesting the death penalty in Ohio, at the cost of $2100 for one month.

If you would like to support this effort please put your donation in what was formerly the “penny jar” in the narthex.   Checks can be made out to St. Noel and we will forward a check to the coalition.

MORTGAGE PROBLEMS? - Check the pockets of the Social Justice section of the kiosk for a brochure from United Way of Lake County with some ides on preventing foreclosure.

VOCATION PILGRIMAGE for single Catholic Women and men, junior and senior high school to 40-something, are invited to participate. We ask that these men and women be those who may be discerning a religious vocation. The men’s pilgrimage will take place on Saturday, April 26th and the women’s pilgrimage will take place on Sunday, April 27th.  To register please call Sister Lenore Thomas at 800-869-6525 ext 3460 or

ithomas@dioceseofcleveland.org. 

OHIO BOY CHOIR - See the kiosk for the flier listing all the upcoming performances of the Ohio Boy Choir for their spring concert series.  

VOICE MINISTRIES – a call to Young Adults – Young Adults (18ish through 30’s) are invited to join us every first Sunday of the month at the Conversion of St. Paul Shrine (4120 Euclid Ave, Cleveland 44103). 7:03 p.m. Scripture Study; 8:03 p.m. :( because we’re inspired by Deuteronomy 8:3) Mass; 9:03 p.m. social. Come be filled with faith, fellowship, and fun, then bring that fire back to your home parish!  Voice is supported by the Youth & Young Adult Ministry/CYO office of the Diocese of Cleveland. For more information and to stay in touch, email us at voice.ministries@gmail.com or join the Voice Ministries group on Facebook or go to http://groups.myspace.com/voiceministries. 

UPCOMING SEMINAR – ALL ARE INVITED – Ross De John, Jr. – Funeral director and Albert G. Hehr III, Attorney at Law will be presenting a seminar on How to Protect and Provide for the People you Love. The seminar will take place at Our Savior Lutheran Church 2154 SOM Center Road, Mayfield Hts., Ohio 44124 on Sunday, April 20th at 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The primary goal is to inform you that there are simple and inexpensive plans designed to protect your loved ones for a better tomorrow.

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