LITURGICAL SCHEDULE
Sat: 10: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
Saturday after Theophany
For the parishioners
Sun: 11: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
Sunday after Theophany
Special Intentions from
Lori Graneto
Mon. 12: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Tues. 13: NO LITURGY
Wed. 14: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Thurs. 15: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Fri. 16: 9:00 am @ Infant Jesus
Special Intentions
Sat: 17: 4:00 pm @ St. Nicholas
For the parishioners
Sun: 11: 11:00 am @ St. Nicholas
32nd Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday of Zacchaeus
+Monsignor Alexis Mihalik
From Sacred Heart Society
Collection Report
Week of 01/03/2026
$ 487.00 Sunday Offering
$ 98.00 Holy Day
$ 45.00 Garage Rental
$ 118.00 Candles
$ 600.00 Christmas
$ 40.00 Maintenance Fund
$ 50.00 Catholic Charities
$ 40.00 Initial Offering
$ 1416.00 TOTAL
Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:
Saturday: 22
Sunday: 16
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 2026 are now being taken. Please call Paula @ (330)799-5983 for specific dates.
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.
BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB:
The Byzantine Social Club of Infant Jesus of Prague will hold its first meeting of 2026 on Wednesday, January 28th @ 6:00 pm in the church.
ALL parishioners are welcomed to join the club. We meet once a month to socialize and plan events for the parish. Dues is $10/person. We hope to see you on the 28th!!
END OF YEAR CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS:
If any parishioner would like their end of the year contribution statement, please see the sign-up sheet on the front table in the vestibule. Your statement will be available to following week.
HOLY WATER:
Father Michael will be blessing Holy Water THIS Saturday, January 10th for Theophany. Holy water will be available in the church throughout the year. Please bring your containers.
RETREAT:
The Fifth Annual Men’s Retreat will be held on January 30-Febraury 1st at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Parma. The Thirteenth Annual Women’s Retreat will be held on February 20-22nd at the Maria Stein Retreat Center in Marie Stein, Ohio. For more information, please see the cards on the vestibule table.
SANCTUARY CANDLES:
Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week. For the week of January 11-17, the left sanctuary candle is in memory of +Lenny Kohl from Rose Bonamase. The right sanctuary candle is in memory of +George “Billy” Vrabel from Graneto & Vrabel families.
Theophany – The Holy Festival of the Lights
By St. Gregory Nazianzus
Christ is bathed in light; let us also be bathed in light. Christ is baptized; let us also go down with Him and rise with Him. John is baptizing when Jesus draws near. Perhaps He comes to sanctify His baptizer; certainly, He comes to bury sinful humanity in the waters. He comes to sanctify the Jordan for our sake and in readiness for us; He Who is spirit and flesh comes to begin a new creation through Spirit and water. The Baptist protests; Jesus insists. Then John says: “I ought to be baptized by You.” He is the lamp in the presence of the Sun, the voice in the presence of the woman in the presence of the Firstborn of all creation, the one who leapt in his mother’s womb in the presence of Him Who has already come and is to come again. “I ought to be baptized by You”; we should add: “and for You, ” for John is to be baptized in blood, washed clean like Peter, not only by the washing of his feet. Jesus rises from the waters; the world rises with Him. The heavens like Paradise with its flaming sword, closed by Adam for himself and his descendants, are rent open. The Spirit comes to Him as to an equal, bearing witness to His Godhead. A voice bears witness to Him from heaven, His place of origin.
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