LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat. 7: NO LITURGY
Sun. 8: 11:00 am @ THE GROVE
29th Sunday after Pentecost
Maternity of the Holy Anna
+Josephine Turjanica from
Mr. Joseph Turjanica Sr.
Mon. 9: NO LITURGY
Tues. 10: NO LITURGY
Wed. 11: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 12: NO LITURGY
Fri. 13: NO LITURGY
Sat. 14: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
For the parishioners
Sun. 15: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday of the Forefathers
+Mary Bednar from Dolly
Vrabel
Collection Report
Week of 12/01/2024
$ 607.00 Offering
$ 80.00 Maintenance Fund
$ 40.00 Holy Day
$ 155.00 Christmas Flowers
$ 33.00 Christmas Candles
$ 25.00 Rental
$ 132.00 Candles
$ 1044.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday:19
Sunday: 21
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Michael Volsko- Briarfield Manor, Kevin Ulrich Ivywoods Manor, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, 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 $139,750.90 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 2025 is on the back table in the church. Cost remains $10 per candle. Please call Paula @ (330) 799-5983 for ALL requests. Money can be deposited in the weekend collection.
CHURCH CALENDARS:
The 2025 church calendars are available on the back table for all parishioner and families.
CHRISTMAS DECORATION:
We will be decorating the church for the Christmas season on Friday, December 13th @ 4:30 pm. We hope to see you there!
REMINDER:
Next Sunday, December 15th is the Parish Christmas party at the Holiday Inn @ 5:00pm for those parishioners who signed up. Looking forward to celebrating the Christmas season.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Altar Linens are being changed for Christmas on December 11th, at 10:00 am. Your help would be very much appreciated.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions. The week of December 8-14, 2024, the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Mary & +Joseph Hudran from the Graneto & Vrabel families. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle.
December 9 – (8) – Conception of St. Ann
Conception of St. Ann
Saints JOACHIM and ANN — PARENTS of Mary
Sts. Joachim and Ann, both of the tribe of Judah of the royal house of David, are venerated by the Church as the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary who was probably their only child.The other Mary mentioned in the Gospels as the sister of the Mother of God was, it is believed, her cousin; for this was a customary way of designating relatives in the East.
St. Ann has been honored from early Christian times. Churches were dedicated to her honor, and the Fathers, especially of the Eastern Churches, loved to speak of her sanctity and privileges.
She is often represented as teaching her little daughter to read the Scriptures.
St. Joachim has been honored from time immemorial in the Churches of the East, and since the 6th century public devotion to him has been observed in all countries. However, as in the case of St. Ann, the Gospel tells us nothing about his life.
Tradition, grounded on very old testimonies, informs us that Sts. Joachim and Ann in their old age came from Galilee to settle in Jerusalem, and there the Blessed Mother of God was born and reared; there also they died and were buried.
A church was built during the 4th century, possibly by St. Helena, on the site of the home of Sts. Joachim and Ann in Jerusalem. PRAYER — Lord, God of our fathers, through Sts. Joachim and Ann You gave us the Mother of Your Incarnate Son. May their prayers help us to attain the salvation You promised to Your people. Amen.
—Lives of the Saints.
St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church 