LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat: 6: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
For the parishioners
Sun: 7: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday Before the
Exaltation of the Cross
+Joe & +Ann Sweetko
From Mr. & Ronald &
Mrs. Lynda Sweetko
Mon. 8: 6:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Birth of the Theotokos
For the parishioners
Tues. 9: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Wed. 10: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Thurs. 11: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Fri. 12 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Sat: 13: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Saturday Before the
Exaltation of the Cross
For the parishioners
Sun: 14: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Exaltation of the Cross
+John & +Mary Backus &
Deceased Members of their
Family from Mary Jane
Backus
Collection Report
Week of 08/31/2025
$ 725.00 Sunday Offering
$ 25.00 Holy Day
$ 108.00 Candles
$ 42.46 Gas Royalties
$ 900.46 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 21
Sunday: 17
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:
Michael Volsko- Briarfield Manor, Kevin Ulrich- Ivywoods Manor, Minerva Zepeda at Oasis, John Porubensky-Windsor House at Omni manor, 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 total collected is $141,363.90 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.
LITURGICAL REQUESTS:
Liturgical request for 2025 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.
ECF CLASSES:
ECF classes for all school-aged children (pre-school-high school) will begin Sunday, September 28th. Classes are held @ Infant Jesus of Prague. Pre-school-1st grade will be during liturgy in the cry room. Second grade and up will be following 9:00 am liturgy @ 10:30 am. Teachers are Christine Bero, Mary Sinowski and Elena Slemons. May God bless our teachers and students as we begin the new ECF year!
CORN ROAST:
ALL parishioners are invited to the Infant Jesus of Prague Corn Roast on THIS Wednesday, September 10th @ 5:30 pm in their pavilion. Hot dogs, hamburgers, condiments, beverages and corn will be provided. Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert. There is a sign-up sheet on the back table. We hope to see everyone there as we close the summer season!
REVERSE RAFFLE:
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, Campbell is having their annual Reverse raffle on Saturday, October 4th at their church hall. Grand prize is $2500 along with other prizes, games and chances to win. Ticket numbers 1-200 are being sold at $100 per ticket ($150 with guest) which includes entry into the raffle, appetizers, dinner and open bar. Call 330-755-4831 for your ticket. Appetizers begin @5:00 pm followed by dinner & the raffle starts @7:00pm.
PURSE BINGO:
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church in Hermitage is hosting a Purse Bingo on Saturday, September 27th, doors open @ 5:00 pm and bingo starts @ 6:00 pm. Admission is $30 (18years and up). Call Megan @ 724-699-0613 or Donna @724-877-6736 for reservations.
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of September 7-13, 2025, the right sanctuary candle is in memory of +Katherine Fuzer from Myron Terlecky. There is no request for the left sanctuary candle.
THE CROSS RAISED FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE.
ANDREW OF CRETE: The cross is raised and appears above the earth, which until recently malice had kept hidden. It is raised, not to receive glory (for with Christ nailed to it what greater glory could it have?) but to give glory to God who is worshiped on it and proclaimed by it…. It is not surprising that the church rejoices in the cross of Christ and robes herself in festal clothes, revealing her bridal beauty as she honors this day. Nor is it surprising that this great throng of people has gathered together today to see the cross exposed aloft and to worship Christ whom they see raised upon it. For the cross is exposed in order to be raised and is raised to be exposed.
What cross? The cross, which a little while ago was hidden in a place called The Skull but now is everywhere adored. This is what we rejoice over today; this is what we celebrate; this is the point of the present feast; this is the manifestation of the mystery…. For this hidden and life-giving cross had to be exposed, set on high like a city on a hill or a lamp on a stand, for all the world to see. HOMILY II ON THE EXALTATION OF THE VENERABLE CROSS.
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