LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat: 22: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
+Joseph Blasko from Carole
Pezzuto
Sun: 23: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
24th Sunday after Pentecost
+John & +Anna Biros from
John Biros
Mon. 24: 9:00 am @Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Tues. 25: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Wed. 26: NO LITURGY
Thurs. 27: 10:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Thanksgiving
For the parishioners
Fri. 28: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Sat: 29: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
+Dolly Vrabel from Tony &
Theresa Swindler
Sun: 30: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
25th Sunday after Pentecost
For the parishioners
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 NEW 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 2025-26 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.
PILGRIM VOCATION ICON PROGRAM:
Every parish has received an icon specially written for this program- “The Call of the Disciples.” Those who accept the icon agree to pray daily during that time for religious and priestly vocations. Every member of the parish is invited to have icon in their home for a week of special prayer for vocations. Prayer booklets are provided. Please see the sign-up sheet in the vestibule. Please see Fr. Michael for further information.
CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:
All parishioners are invited to our parish Christmas party on December 14th @ 12:30 pm at Byzantine at the Grove. Menu is the following: Chicken Milanese, baked white fish, roast beef, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans almandine, mixed green salad, dessert, and beverages. Cost is $25 per person. $10 for children 12 and under. There will be a 50/50 raffle and a Chinese auction. If you would like to donate a basket for the raffle, please call Paula @ (330) 799-5983. Please make checks payable to the Byzantine Social Club. Payment can be deposited in the collection basket-please mark envelope Christmas party. There is a sign-up sheet on the back table. Deadline to sign up is THIS SUNDAY, November 23rd. We hope all parishioners and families can attend and enjoy an afternoon to
celebrate the Christmas season.
STUFFED CABBAGE DINNER:
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church will host a Stuffed Cabbage Dinner THIS SUNDAY, November 23, 2025, from noon-2:00 pm, dine in or take out. This $15 dinner includes 2 stuffed cabbage, real mashed potatoes, a vegetable, bread/butter and dessert. Drinks will be available for eat in only. Child’s portion (children 12 and under) includes 1 stuffed cabbage. Pre-orders are available by calling Regina @ 330-720-2100.
CHRISTMAS LITURGY SCHEDULE:
Christmas Eve: 2:00 pm @ St. Nick
4:00 pm @ Infant Jesus
Christmas Day: 9:00 am @ Infant
11:00 am @ St. Nick’s
SACRED HEART SOCIETY:
At the end of 2025, Helen Vaclav and May Jane Backus will step down from their roles as president and secretary-treasurer. We are searching for driven individuals who would like to assume leadership of the Sacred Heart Society and cultivate a close relationship with God via prayer and devotion to the Virgin Mary and Jesus. We thank Helen, Mary Jane and Mary Perry for 20 years (now retired 3 years) for their tireless efforts over the past 2 decades and we pray that God will continue to bless them with many more years.
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of November 23-29, 2025, the left and right sanctuary candles are in memory of +John & +Anna Biros from son John Biros.
We wish all parishioners and families a Happy & Blessed Thanksgiving!
12:16-20 The Parable of the Rich Fool
SURROUNDED BY WEALTH, BLIND TO CHARITY. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA: What does the rich man do, surrounded by a great supply of many blessings beyond all numbering? In distress and anxiety, he speaks the words of poverty. He says, “What should I do?”… He does not look to the future. He does not raise his eyes to God. He does not count it worth his while to gain for the mind those treasures that are above in heaven. He does not cherish love for the poor or desire the esteem it gains. He does not sympathize with suffering. It gives him no pain nor awakens his pity. Still more irrational, he settles for himself the length of his life, as if he would also reap this from the ground. He says, “I will say to myself, ‘Self, you have goods laid up for many years. Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.'” “O rich man,” one may say, ‘You have storehouses for your fruits, but where will you receive your many years? By the decree of God, your life is shortened.'”
“God,” it tells us, “said to him, ‘You fool, this night they will require of you your soul. Whose will these things be that you have prepared?'” COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 89,
St Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church 