Today marks the beginning of a new Liturgical Year and the beginning of
Advent. Advent is the time of year that
we are reminded to prepare ourselves for our Lord’s coming. The Scripture readings of this season tell of
the different times in our faith heritage when the people were waiting for
deliverance, longing to be with God. As
the writers of Scripture reflect on a sinful past, they encourage repentance as
a condition for deliverance. This season re-minds us to reflect on our past,
make efforts to make things right in our lives and to eagerly wait for our own
deliverance. As we look for-ward to the coming of the Lord, let us wait with
patience, love, repentance and forgiveness.
Blessings! – Fr. Joe Bacevice
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PLEASE
PRAY
 We ask you to remember in your prayers the
soul of Thomas Verdi. May he live
forever in the peace of God’s Kingdom.
DAILY
REFLECTIONS FOR ADVENT
With Advent, the new Liturgical year
begins. A great way to begin the
Liturgical year is to spend some time each day in prayer and reflection on the
meaning of Advent. To assist you with
this, we are providing daily reflections
in a booklet for the Advent season. They
can be found at the entrances to the Church.
LITHUANIAN
PENSIONERS
Thursday, December 5TH, our
seniors are invited to the Lithuanian Pensioners luncheon and monthly meeting
at the Lithuanian Club at 12:00noon.
POINSETTIA
SALE
Those who ordered poinsettias are asked
to pick them up next weekend, December 7-8, after the Masses. We thank you for your support
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GIVING
TREE
Our Holy Name Society is again sponsoring
a Giving Tree to assist Parish families in need of a “little help” at
Christmas, The ornaments are for $25 gift and food cards. Simply choose those
you want, purchase the cards, and return them either in the collection basket,
at the Rectory, or with a member of the Holy Name Society by December 15TH.
The cards will be distributed to the needy before Christmas.
ADULT EDUCATION
WITH JACKIE
At the beginning of St. Matthew’s Gospel, we read the genealogy of
Jesus. Who are his named ancestors? Join Jackie Caruso-Taylor at Hope House on
December 10TH at 6:30pm to learn a little more about Jesus’ human
ancestors. Also all are welcome to come to the Church any time between 5 &
6 pm to spend some time in quiet prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. contact
Jackie at jackie@saintcasimirparish.org
for more information.
HOLY
DAY
Monday, December 9TH is the
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Ob-ligation. Masses to fulfill this obligation here at St.
Casimir’s will be celebrated on Monday at 7:30am and 7:00pm. ADVENT
PENANCE SERVICE
The
Collinwood Cluster of Parishes will celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation
with a Penance Service here at St. Casimir’s on Monday, December 16TH,
at 7:00pm. We will have six priests available to hear confessions. All are
invited to receive this sacrament in preparation for the coming feast of
Christmas.
WE
GIVE CATHOLIC
Tuesday, December 3RD, all
of us will have an opportunity to come together to support over 230
participating Catholic parishes, schools, and Catholic Charities program
through “we Give Catholic”. Our parish is again participating in this program
and you are invited to offer your support to the parish on this platform. To
donate, go to www.weGive
Catholic.org , follow the prompts, find our parish and make a
donation. Thank you for your support.
CALENDARS
Our
2025 Church Calendars are now available.
We thank our friends and fellow parishioners at the Jakubs Funeral Home
for providing them this year. They are
on the tables at the back of the church.
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