LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 27: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
For the parishioners
Sun. 28: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
+Paul & +Margaret Bayus
From Marty & JoAnn Stock
Mon. 29: NO LITURGY
Tues. 30: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Three Holy Hierarchs
+Leonard Slemons from
Dr. David & Toni Crans
Wed. 31: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 1: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Eve of the Meeting of Our
Lord with Simeon & Anna
For the parishioners
Fri. 2: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Meeting of Our Lord With
Simeon &Anna
For the Living & Deceased
Members of the Sacred Heart
Society of St. Nicholas
Sat. 3: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
1st All Souls Saturday
For the parishioners
Sun. 4: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday of Meat-Fare
+Mary & +Nicholas Terlecky
From Myron Terlecky
Collection Report
Week of 01/21/2024
$ 1344.00 Offertory
$ 3.00 Children
$ 131.00 Garage Rental
$ 15.00 Holy Day
$ 19.00 Initial Offering
$ 182.00 Candles
$ 1694.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 16
Sunday: 25
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Michael Volsko- Inn at Glenellen, Kevin Ulrich Ivywoods Manor, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, Fr. Nicholas Kraynak at Shepherd of the Valley on Western Reserve Rd. and Margaret and William Zigarevich at home. May God grant to all the sick and homebound of our parish many blessed, happy and healthy years.
UPDATE-CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:
The NEW total collected is $122.647.10 for the Capital campaign. We continue to work towards our goal of $200,000. Thank you for your continued generosity and support to our church.
SANCTUARY CANDLE REQUEST:
The sanctuary candle request sheet for 2024 is on the back table in the church. Cost remains $10 per candle. Please call Paula @ (330) 799-5983 for specific requests. Money can be deposited in the weekend collection.
END OF YEAR STATEMENTS:
There is a sign-up sheet in the back of the church for parishioners who want their end-of year contribution statement.
PARISHIONER NEWS:
Congratulations to our parishioner Frank Bero who was recently sworn in as a firefighter for the city Youngstown. We thank you for your service!
CONDOLENCES:
Our sympathy and prayers to family and friends of Monsignor Russell Duker who passed away on January 22. Blessed repose to his servant Monsignor Duker.
LENTEN ETHNIC FOOD SALE:
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church in Hermitage is having a Lenten Ethnic Food & Bake sale on March 6th from 2:00-5:00 pm. Pre-orders only-all food is homemade and pierohi is frozen. Pierohi (potato &cheese, sauerkraut, prune & cabbage are $10/dozen and haluski (1 quart) is $9.00. Call Bill @ 724-962-4618 or Christine @ 724-866-0058 to place an order.
MEN’S RETREAT:
The Third Annual Men’s Retreat sponsored by St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Marblehead Ohio will be held on March 15-17, 2024. Please see brochure for more information.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of January 28-Feb. 4, 2024 there are no requests for the sanctuary candles.
THE FATHER WELCOMES THE PRODIGAL TO THE DIVINE FEAST AS A SON.
ATHANASIUS: Then he shall get up, come to his father, and confess to him, “I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me like one of your hired servants.”
When he confesses like chat, he will be considered worthy of more than that for which he prayed. His father neither takes him in like a hired servant nor treats him like a stranger. Oh no, he kisses him as a son. He accepts him as a dead man come back to life again. He counts him worthy of the divine feast and gives him the precious garment he once wore,
Now there is singing and joy in the father’s home. What happened is the result of the Father’s grace and loving kindness. Not only does he bring his son back from death, but also through the Spirit he clearly shows his grace. To replace corruption, he clothes him with an in-corruptible robe. To satisfy hunger, he kills the fatted calf. The Father provides shoes for his feet so that he will not travel far away again. Most wonderful of all, he puts a divine signet ring upon his hand. By all these things, he begets him anew in the image of the glory of Christ. FESTAL LETER 7.
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