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September 30 - October 1, 2017

ALL SOULS DAY and CANDLES

Thursday, November 2nd, is the Feast of All Souls, the day we remember our dead. The three traditional All Souls Day Masses will be offered at 7:30am (Engl.), 12:00 noon (Engl.) and 7:00pm (Lith.). Following the evening Mass we will have the traditional Lithuanian All Souls procession and prayers for the dead. We invite the families who have lost a loved one since last November 2nd, to participate in the commemoration. An All Souls Day envelope is included with the offering envelopes with space to include the names of the dead you want to be remembered in the Masses.

     In addition, All Souls Day candles will be available at the Rectory which can be inscribed with the name of the deceased you want remembered. These candles will burn for 5 days beginning on November 2nd. The donation for each All Souls Day candle is $5. We invite everyone to participate in this commemoration.

PASTORAL COUNCIL

We are looking for a few good people to run for a seat on our Pastoral Council. This year we will elect four members to the Council. Application forms are available in the Book Room. Applications will be accepted until October 29th. Any member of the parish, age 16 and older, with a few exceptions, is eligible to run for a seat on the Pastoral Council. We invite you to seriously consider serving on this important council in our Parish. Click HERE to download the application form. You can fill out one or both pages.
 

FALL FUND RAISER

Our 7th Annual Clambake/Steak Roast/Autumn Raffle will take place on Saturday, October 21st beginning after the 5:30 Mass in our upper hall. Raffle tickets are now available at the back of the Church. All parishioners are asked to pick up their envelope with Raffle tickets, as this will save us the cost of mailing them to everyone. Dinner tickets will be available after Labor Day.
        We invite everyone to participate in the fund raiser to support our parish. In addition to great food, there will be plenty of refreshments, a basket auction, split raffles and much more.

PURCHASE YOUR DINNER TICKETS

Dinner tickets are available after weekend Masses at the back of the Church, in the lower hall after 10:00 Mass, and at the Rectory during the week. Dinner tickets are $35, additional clams - $10/dozen. Purchase 8 dinner tickets and reserve a table. We invite everyone to participate in the fund-raiser and support our parish. In addition to great food, there will be plenty of refreshments, a basket auction, split raffles and much more.

       WE ARE ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS to help with this project. Set up, clean up, bakers, and other volunteer positions need to be filled. Please sign up in the Book Room to help us out. We look forward to seeing everyone on October 21st.

       PROGRAM BOOK Again this year, we are printing a program book for our Fall Fund Raiser. Parishioners, Parish Organizations, and businesses are invited to advertise or send their greetings showing support for our Parish. An ad can be placed in the book for as little as $10. Ad forms are in everyone’s ticket envelope. Additional forms are available at the back of the church. We invite and encourage everyone to participate.

LITHUANIAN DAYS:

The Cleveland Chapter of the World Lithuanian Community, Inc. is sponsoring “Lithuanian Days” in Cleveland on October 13-14. Friday, October 13th at 7:00pm - a concert by singer Jurga, and Saturday, October 14th from 12-4pm - a lecture and film seminar. Both of these events will be at the Lithuanian Club. On Saturday evening at 8:00pm there will also be a concert by cellist David Geringas at Cleveland State University For more information, contact the Lithuanian Club: 216-531-8313 after 12:00 noon.

     Today is Respect Life Sunday and October is Respect Life Month. When most of us think about respect life or pro-life, often we limit our thoughts to abortion and the legality of abortion in the United States. True, abortion is a great moral evil, not only here in our country, but in many parts of the world. All of us do need to show our support for anti-abortion legislation, keeping this issue in the open, and work and pray to end this evil in our world.

 

     But being pro-life is much more. To call oneself a believer or supporter of life, one is committing oneself to support the dignity of all life from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. Issues of euthanasia, assisted suicide, and capital punishment are important pro-life issues in our society, as are issues of crime, poverty, and starvation.  It is too easy for us to just ignore these issues as most of us live a comfortable healthy life. Yet, our call as Christians and as Catholics is to form our conscience to see the dignity of all human life and to take whatever actions we can to support efforts to address our social ills and to see the dignity of each person in our world as a creation of a loving God.

 

     We can do this first by prayer, then by supporting legislation that protects all people, and then by being involved in our own communities working to improve the quality of life of everyone, especially the most vulnerable people among us.  When we are able to do these things, then we can truly call ourselves pro-life. 


                                                                     
God Bless!   Fr. Joe Bacevice

PLEASE PRAY

Remember in your prayers the souls of Judith Surace and Gertrude Brugh who died recently and were buried through our parish. May they have eternal rest in the peace of God’s kingdom.

SPEND TIME WITH THE LORD

Friday, October 6th, is the First Friday of the month. We will have our First Friday Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament in the Church from 8-9 am. Also, on Wednesday, October 11th, we will have our monthly Eucharistic Adoration from 6-9 pm. All are invited to stop in and spend some time in quiet prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. We encourage you to make a commitment to spend a specific time in prayer on these days. If you are able to make such a commitment, please sign up in the Book Room. 

BISHOP PÉREZ WRITES TO US…

…I am grateful to the faithful of the Diocese for their generosity of prayers, outreach and donations toward the collection for Hurricane Harvey, and this weekend for Hurricane Irma. Once again, the US Conference of Bishops has asked me to encourage people to continue their generosity to help those affected by Hurricane Maria and also the earthquake in Mexico City.

     The Bishops’ Office of National Collections has set up special funds for these disasters; contributions will be used to support the reconstruction and pastoral needs of the Church as well as humanitarian and recovery assistance through Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Relief Services.

     Please make your check out to “St. Casimir Parish” and mark it with the memo “2017 Calamities.” We will accept these donations through October 15th.

 


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SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 1, 2017

NEXT WEEKEND - OCTOBER 8, 2017

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