LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat: 13: 11:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Funeral Liturgy for Msgr
Alexis Mihalik
4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
+Paula Angelo from Tyler
& Arica Hardgrove
Sun: 14: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday of Our Forefathers
+Josephine Turjanica from
Joseph Turjanica
Mon. 15:9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Tues. 16: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Wed. 17: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Thurs. 18: NO LITURGY
Fri. 19: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Sat: 20: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Sunday before Christmas
For the parishioners
Sun: 21: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday before Christmas-of
The Ancestors
Happy 25th Anniversary
Patrick & Davene Garvey
From Robert & Helen Marie Vaclav
Collection Report
Week of 12/07/2025
$ 1037.00 Sunday Offering
$ 95.00 Holy Day
$ 300.00 Christmas Flowers
$ 54.00 Christmas Candles
$ 133.00 Candles
$ 40.00 Maintenance Fund
$ 10.00 Archdiocesan Charities
$ 14.00 BCW
$ 1683.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 23
Sunday: 14
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 $118,778.10 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 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 2026 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. There are a few dates still available.
SANCTUARY CANDLE:
The 2026 Sanctuary candle sign-up sheet is on the table. Cost is still $10/candle. PLEASE CALL PAULA @ 330-799-5983 for ALL REQUESTS. Just deposit your money in the collection basket.
CHRISTMAS PARSIH PARTY:
Reminder, the Christmas Parish Christmas Party is THIS Sunday, December 14th at 12:30 at Byzantine at the Grove for all those who signed up. Payment can be put in this week’s collection or bring to the party. Please make checks out to the Byzantine Social Club.
DECORATING THE CHURCH:
Thank you to all parishioners who came on Friday to decorate the church. The church looks beautiful. May God bless all of you for your continued support of our parish –it is greatly appreciated.
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
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of December 14-20, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Ann Kohl from Rose Bonamase. There is no request for the right sanctuary candle.
Last week, December 7-13, the left sanctuary candle was in memory of +Charlotte Baicco from Rose Bonamase.
THE HEAVENLY FOOD OF JESUS’WORD. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: The holy agape is the sublime and saving creation of the Lord…. An agape is in reality heavenly food, a banquet of the Word. The agape, or love, “bears all things, endures all things, hopes all things. Love never fails. “Blessed is he who eats bread in the kingdom of God.” The most unlikely of all downfalls is charity that does not fail” to be thrown down from heaven to earth among all these dainty seasonings. Do you still imagine that I refer to a meal that will be destroyed? “If I distribute my goods to the poor and do not have love,” Scripture says, “I am nothing.” The whole law and the word depend on this love. If you love the Lord your God and your neighbor,’ there will be a heavenly feast in heaven. The earthly feast, as we have proved from Scripture, is called a supper. It is permeated with love yet is not identified with it but is an expression of mutual and generous good will.
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