Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church

 

 

 

          Liturgical Schedule

 

 

Sat. 15:  6:00pm at Infant Jesus

1^st All Souls Saturday & Parastas

            +Coralie Terleck from Ken Litwin

 

Sun 16:  9:00am at Infant Jesus

Sunday of Meatfare

            +Pauline Ragan from Mark & Nancy Stanko

 

Mon. 17:  No Liturgy

 

Tues. 18: 8:30am at Infant Jesus

            +Fr. Robert Halus from Edward Halus     

 

Wed. 19: 8:30am at Infant Jesus

            +Janice Salcedo from Mary & Kathy Matvey

           

Thurs 20: No Liturgy

              

Fri. 21: 8:30am at Infant Jesus

            Health & Well Being of Helen Yurko and Margaret Iannazone

 

Sat. 22:  6:00pm at Infant Jesus

All Holy Ascetical Fathers and Mothers

For the Parishioners

 

Sun 23:  9:00am at Infant Jesus

Sunday of Cheesefare

            Olga Kowalczyk from Mary Lou Kasper

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PARISHIONERS:

Ken & Bernie Litwin, Richard Kuty, Pearl Tablack, and Patricia Flaherty all at home, Mary Rotunno at Assumption, Sophie Cimino at Omni West Assisted Living, Thomas Urdea at Shepard of the Valley on Western Reserve Rd, Louise Macabobby at Hampton Woods, and the rest of our parishioners who are in nursing homes.  May God grant to all the sick of our parish many blessed, happy and healthier years.

 

 

ATTENTION:

If any parishioner or family member is ill & would like to be on the pray list, or receive get-well wishes, call Karen or Kathy Kollar @330-272-1857.

 

 

BYZANTINE SOCIAL CLUB: The 1^st meeting for the Byzantine Social Club will be held on Wednesday, February 19th at 6:00pm at the church.  Group A is in charge. A light meal will be served.  Dues for the year are $7.50 per person, payable to the Byzantine Social Club or Stephanie Sheely.  New members are welcome.  Please see Bob Sheely or call him at 330-536-6583.

 

GCU JUNIOR BOWLING TOURNAMENT:

All boys and girls ages 5-18 who attend a Byzantine church are invited to attend on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at Camelot Lanes. There will be no-cost bowling, food, prizes and fun! Applications and a sign-up sheet are in the church vestibule.  The deadline for entries is Saturday, March 21^st.       

 

50^TH ANNIVERSARY UPDATE: We are looking for businesses & organizations to provide sponsorships in our Commemorative Anniversary Book.  Please help by providing names of businesses you are connected with who will agree to sponsor ads at varying dollar levels which will be announced later. Please call or text Mary Sinowski at (330)540-4519 by 2/19/20 so we can get an initial estimate.

We are also asking parishioners for any pictures from 1970 to present of our church to put in the commemorative book.  Any questions, call Paula Slemons. 

 

PICTURES UPDATE:   Thank you to all parishioners who have had their pictures taken for our 50^th Anniversary Commemorative Book.  We know some were unable to meet these dates; therefore, we will be planning another sitting after Easter.  We truly hope to have all parish families represented in our book. Any questions please see Father Michael or call Paula Slemons.   

 

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES:  Classes have resumed and are held every Tuesday at 6:30pm at the Byzantine Center at the Grove.  All school aged children and adults are encouraged to attend.

 

ALL SOULS SATURDAYS:  This Saturday was the first All Souls Saturday.  If anyone wishes to have their deceased family members or friends prayed for, please notify Fr. Michael, Paula Slemons, or put your requests in the collection basket.

 

REMINDER-PIROGHI:  Anyone who ordered piroghi can pick up their orders on Sunday, Feb. 16^th from 12:00-1:00pm at the Byzantine Center at the Grove.  We do have extra for purchase if anyone would like to aid in our fundraiser.

 

FINANCIAL REPORT:  After each Liturgy this weekend,   Mr. Greg Slemons and Fr. Michael will be reviewing our 2019 Financial Report.  If any parishioners have questions that were not addressed, please feel free to see Fr. Michael or Mr. Slemons.

 

CONGRATULATIONS:  Congratulations to Jim & Jackie Murphy who will be celebrating their  

10^th Wedding Anniversary on February 19, 2020.  They had a renewal of their their vows this Saturday after Divine Liturgy. May God continue to bless Jim, Jackie and their beautiful daughter Elizabeth with health, happiness and many blessed years.

 

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS: We still have Infant Jesus of Prague 50^th Anniversary Ornaments available. If interested, please see Jerry Novak on Saturday or Greg Slemons/Bob Sheely on Sunday.

 

SANCTUARY CANDLES:The Sanctuary candles will be lit for the entire week for your intentions.   The left Sanctuary candle this week is in Memory of +John Stanko and the right candle is in Memory of +Patricia Stanko.  Both are from Mark & Nancy Stanko.   

 

Happy Birthday to: Emma Farynets Feb 1^st Ed Straub Feb 1^st, Nina Zavatsky Feb 1^st, Mary Lou Kasper Feb 2^nd, Tina Bzinak Feb 3^rd, Madeline Krasnasky Feb 6^th, Stephanie Sheely Feb 8^th, Tom Urdea Feb 10^th, David Hospodar Feb 17^th, Terrence Terleck Feb 18^th, Christopher Bzinak Feb 20^th, Jaden Rivera Feb 25^th, Greg Slemons Feb 27^th.

 

 

Collection Report

Week of 2/9/2020

$          1,260.00              Offertory

$               10.00              Holy Day

$             114.00              Candles

$             119.32              Gas Royalties

$             125.00              Maintenance Fund

$               20.00              Scott Sparks Trust

$               20.00              Envelopes

$           1668.32              TOTAL

 

Attendance from last week’s Liturgies:

Saturday:52

Sunday:60

 

 

ATTENTION PARISHIONERS: All bulletin announcements should be sent to Paula Slemons. Please call (330)799-5983 with any information to be put in the bulletin by Wednesday of that week. Thank you very much.