EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
 

Friday, December 5^th is the First Friday of the Month. We will have Eucharistic Adoration from 8 to 9am. All are invited to spend some time in quiet prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.

HOLY DAY
 

Monday, December 8^th is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of our Blessed Mother, a holy day of obligation. Masses to fulfill this obligation will be celebrated here at St. Casimir on Monday, December 8^th, at 7:30am and 7:00pm.

THANK YOU

Thank you for your contributions to the Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)! Your generous gift will help CCHD end poverty in America through better education, improved housing and economic development. Through CCHD and its benefi-ciaries, we manifest Catholic social teaching and carry out Jesus’ mission to "bring glad tidings to the poor...to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to free the oppressed free" (Luke 4:18).

CELEBRATION OF ADVENT VESPERS
 

St. Jerome Parish will host an Advent Vespers service for our cluster on Monday, December 1^st at 7:00pm. Bishop Roger Gries will preside. A reception will be held following the service in the school gym. All are invited to attend.

PENANCE SERVICE
 

We invite everyone to attend the Annual Collinwood Cluster Parish Advent Penance Service on Monday, December 15th, at 7pm at Holy Redeemer Parish. Priests from our cluster parishes will be available for individual confessions during the prayer service. Come join us for this opportunity to reflect on our lives and prepare for the coming of Christ into our hearts through this sacrament.

CHRISTMAS COOKIE COFFEE SOCIAL
 

PASTORAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Pastoral Council elections begin this weekend and continue through December 7^th. Ballots and candidate statements are available at the main entrance of the Church. If you are unable to pick up a ballot, please call the rectory and a ballot will be mailed to you.

     Completed ballots can be returned to the Rectory, placed in the collection basket or put in the ballot box which is located in front of the Church next to Father Bacevice’s confessional. Ballots will be accepted until 2:00pm on Sunday, December 7^th. We encourage all registered members age 16 and older to vote.

RETIREMENT FUND FOR RELIGIOUS
 

Next weekend we are accepting donations for the Retirement Fund for Religious. Money collected is distributed in our own diocese as well as across the country to assist our retired religious Sisters, Brothers, and Priests with their needs in retirement. Our religious men and women have dedicated their lives in service to the Church by teaching in our schools, working in hospitals, orphanages, and so many other places that have touched all our lives. They are now asking our support to help them provide for them in retirement. Please us the envelopes provided in your envelope packets. Also, PLEASE BE GENEROUS!

GIVING TREE
 

Our Holy Name Society is again sponsoring a Giving Tree to assist families in our own Parish who are in need of "a little help" at Christmas. This year, the items on the ornaments are various gift and food cards in denominations of $5, $10 and $25. Simply choose what ornaments you want, purchase the gift cards, and return them either in the collection basket, at the Rectory or give them to any member of the Holy Name Society by December 14^th. They will be distributed to the families before Christmas.

CALENDARS
 

Our 2015 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 in the main lobby of the Church building.

10:00 MASS COFFEE SCHEDULE FOR 2015
 

The After-10:00 Mass Coffee schedule is being organized for 2015. All organizations and parish families are invited to continue hosting the coffee socials. New participants are also invited to join. To volunteer, please contact any of the following by December 28: Dalia Armonas: jarmonas@sbcglobal.net Loretta Gudėnas: lgudenas@yahoo.com / 216-481-0465 or Ingrid Civinskas: icivinsk@yahoo.com / 440-838-0652.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT
 

The Cleveland Exultate Choir invites you to a Christmas celebration for all – "MUŠKIM BŪGNAIS - pa rum pum pum pum!" on Sunday, December 14^th, from 12-3pm at the upper hall of the Lithuanian Club, 877 E. 185^th St. Lunch buffet, Christmas carols, sing-along and fun for all. Adults (17 and older) $20, youth (12-16) $10, children (6-11) $5, and under 5 years old are free. Please make your reservations by December 7^th with Kristina Petraitis (440) 749-3185.