Week of December 10, 2017 Sunday, December 10, Second Sunday of Advent 10:00 a.m. .................. Michael Casella by Helen Casella Monday, December 11, St. Damasus I, Pope 8:30 a.m. ..... Albert & Margaret Lenz by Helen Kelbach Tuesday, December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe 8:30 a.m. ................. For the People of St. Jerome Parish 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ........................................Rosary Wednesday, December 13, St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr 8:30 a.m. ............................ Julia Watson by S/W Moran Thursday, December 14, St. John of the Cross, .................................. Priest and Doctor of the Church 8:30 a.m. All School Mass .......................... Joyce Durra Friday, December 15, Advent Weekday 8:30 a.m. .Anna Mayornik by Laura & Bob Holzheimer Saturday, December 16; Advent Weekday 4:00 p.m. ........................ Joseph Sotka by Betty Kryszan Sunday, December 17, Third Sunday of Advent 10:00 a.m. . Delma Mishler by Laura & Bob Holzheimer St. Jerome Church You're not too good to stay out, and you're not too bad to come in. 15000 Lake Shore Boulevard • Cleveland, Ohio 44110 Rectory 216-481-8200 School 216-486-3587 Fax 216-481-6459 Fax 216-486-4288 Email: [email protected]Parish Web Site: stjeromecleveland.org Facebook: stjeromecleveland.org Fr. Bill Jerse, J.C.L., Pastor Fr. Francis P. Walsh, Retired, In Residence Deacon Peter M. Travalik Mrs. Susan Coan, Principal Adele Markert, Business Manager Julia Wallace, Music Director Marguerite DiPenti, Ministry Coordinator Peter Buccilli, Facilities Coordinator Robert Masciere, Sexton Masses and Devotions A Look Ahead Saturday & Sunday, December 9 & 10 Altar & Rosary Cookie Sale after weekend Masses Retirement Fund for Religious Collection Holy Name Societies Spiritual Bouquet Sunday, December 10 Choir Practice - 9am, Church Liturgy of the Word with Children at 10am Mass Tuesday, December 12 Rosary - 9am and 7pm - Church Finance Council will not meet this month Thursday, December 14 SJS Early Dismissal - 1:30pm Parish Council will not meet this month Friday, December 15 Church Cleaning - 9:15am, Church Saturday, December 16 AA - 8am, Gym Sunday, December 17 Choir Practice - 9am, Church Rosary by Altar & Rosary - 9:30 am, Church Liturgy of the Word with Children at 10am Mass Last day to return your Giving Tree gifts The Beacon on the Boulevard Celebrating our 98th Year 1919-2017
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Week of December 10, 2017
Sunday, December 10, Second Sunday of Advent 10:00 a.m. .................. Michael Casella by Helen Casella
Monday, December 11, St. Damasus I, Pope 8:30 a.m. ..... Albert & Margaret Lenz by Helen Kelbach
Tuesday, December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe 8:30 a.m. ................. For the People of St. Jerome Parish 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ........................................Rosary
Wednesday, December 13, St. Lucy, Virgin & Martyr 8:30 a.m. ............................ Julia Watson by S/W Moran
Thursday, December 14, St. John of the Cross, .................................. Priest and Doctor of the Church 8:30 a.m. All School Mass .......................... Joyce Durra
Friday, December 15, Advent Weekday 8:30 a.m. . Anna Mayornik by Laura & Bob Holzheimer
Saturday, December 16; Advent Weekday 4:00 p.m. ........................ Joseph Sotka by Betty Kryszan
Sunday, December 17, Third Sunday of Advent 10:00 a.m. . Delma Mishler by Laura & Bob Holzheimer
St. Jerome Church You're not too good to stay out,
and you're not too bad to come in.
15000 Lake Shore Boulevard • Cleveland, Ohio 44110
Rectory 216-481-8200 School 216-486-3587 Fax 216-481-6459 Fax 216-486-4288
Fr. Bill Jerse, J.C.L., Pastor Fr. Francis P. Walsh, Retired, In Residence
Deacon Peter M. Travalik Mrs. Susan Coan, Principal
Adele Markert, Business Manager Julia Wallace, Music Director
Marguerite DiPenti, Ministry Coordinator Peter Buccilli, Facilities Coordinator
Robert Masciere, Sexton
Masses and Devotions A Look Ahead
Saturday & Sunday, December 9 & 10 Altar & Rosary Cookie Sale after weekend Masses Retirement Fund for Religious Collection Holy Name Societies Spiritual Bouquet Sunday, December 10 Choir Practice - 9am, Church Liturgy of the Word with Children at 10am Mass Tuesday, December 12 Rosary - 9am and 7pm - Church Finance Council will not meet this month Thursday, December 14 SJS Early Dismissal - 1:30pm Parish Council will not meet this month Friday, December 15 Church Cleaning - 9:15am, Church Saturday, December 16 AA - 8am, Gym Sunday, December 17 Choir Practice - 9am, Church Rosary by Altar & Rosary - 9:30 am, Church Liturgy of the Word with Children at 10am Mass Last day to return your Giving Tree gifts
The Beacon on the Boulevard Celebrating our 98th Year 1919-2017
LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE
Saturday, December 16, 4 p.m. Lector: M. Ruffing
emHC: J. Peters L. Peters
Sunday, December 17, 10 a.m. Lector: C. Preto
emHC: C. Gallagher B. Holsey M. Wagner
Pray For: Joanne Ambacher, Goldie DiLiberto, Marti DiLiberto, Michael Dudevsky, Madonna Haggerty, Paul Lozensky, Joanne Nale, Marie Rieck, Donald Schroeder, Rose Tanner, Paul Vojtush, and for all ill parishioners and their caregivers; for the safety of Jim Ruffing, and all those serving in our armed forces.
Repose of the Souls of: George Shantery, John P. Mrsnik, Renaye Delottinville, Joe Sotka, Dcn. Donald W. Lobdell, Jack Schaefer, Mary Schneider, Joseph Unick, Joseph M. Zelenka (Dybzinski), William Spring, Dcn. Donald E. Sill, Mattie Thompson Curry, John DeMell, Barbara Apanasewicz, Julia Cwiklinski, Dcn. William H. Corrigan, Fr. Daniel L. Begin, Joyce Lascio, William Jerome Mullally, M.D., Fr. Thomas R. Dunphy, Sophia A. Podboy, Fr. Albert A. Kunkel, Mandy Stoltman, Linda Erxleben Krupienski, Martin Prendergast, James Roby, Dcn. John W. Strmac, Horst Kinscher (Juran), Mary Brunetti (Murton), Fr. Carl L. D'Agostino, Margareta Slogar, Fr. John M. Jenkins, Curtis Arnold, Joan Briganti Minchak, John Ely, Shirley Peters, Dcn. Ralph Krupp, Carl Onisi, Nazmy Samaan, Amelia Kochevar, Mark Comer, Ella Prater, Tony Gabrenya, Hilda Sweeney, Josephine Kirn, Fr. Douglas T. Makowski, Leon Berry, Dcn. John A. Koch, James Dillhoefer, Judge James Porter, Marjorie Lloyd, Fr. Tony Rebol, Delma Mishler, Sophie Juran, David J. Blazevic, Fr. Mirko Hladni
(Names will remain on the Repose of Souls List for a period of one year unless notified.)
Sacraments
Help religious communities. “Your generous contribution helps us to care for our retired sisters and enables our younger sisters to continue in active ministry,” writes a religious sister. Your gift to today’s collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide medications, nursing care, and more for thousands of senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. It also helps ensure younger members can continue the good works of their elders!
Please give to this week’s Retirement Fund for Religious collection.
Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for December 2017
For the elderly
That the elderly, sustained by families and Christian communities, may apply their wisdom and experience to spreading the faith and forming the new generations.
Week of December 2 & 3, 2017
Offertory $1,630.77 Christmas 25.00 Christmas Flowers 485.00 Immaculate Conception 105.00 Solemnity of Mary 100.00 TOTAL $2,345.77
Religious Retirement $520.00 Poor $55.23 Special Needs $256.00
John the Baptist stood out from the crowd. The way he dressed, his lifestyle, his fervor, his commitment to proclaiming the coming of Jesus Christ. Families proclaim their beliefs every day by the way they live and the choices they make. Do our family’s priorities proclaim our belief in Jesus?
This Week’s Psalm
Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us
your salvation.
Baptisms Parents are required to make a pre-baptismal appointment with Deacon Peter Travalik at the rectory.
Funerals After meeting with the family, your funeral director will notify St. Jerome regarding funeral arrangements. Please contact the rectory for pastoral support.
Reconciliation Saturday 2:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m. or by appointment.
Sacrament of Matrimony Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance of the wedding. Pre-marriage instructions are required.
Anointing of the Sick Please call the rectory, if you would like someone who is elderly or seriously ill to receive Anointing of the Sick or Holy Communion.
Pastoral Care/Hospital Visits When you or someone you know is hospitalized or in a nursing home, please call the parish office to schedule a visit.
ARE YOU REGISTERED? If you would like to join the Saint Jerome parish community, WELCOME! Please call the parish office or use the form in the bulletin to register.
Pray the Rosary
The Feast Day of
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Tuesday, December 12
9am and 7pm
Meet in church
Thank you, thank you, thank you! We celebrated the second annual We Give Catholic Campaign this past week. Saint Jerome Parish raised a total of 5,545 dollars from 30 donors. Once again, we took second place in the small parish division. This means that St. Jerome Church will be awarded a prize of 2,000 dollars. The Diocese raised a total of 702,370 dollars in just one day. This represents a 70% increase when compared to the 2016 We Give Catholic Campaign. The money raised will help support Catholic Charities, Catholic Education, Priestly Formation, and other diocesan ministries. Bishop Perez, who had never been to Cleveland prior to his appointment as our bishop, was recently asked what his first impressions were of Cleveland. He responded, "the friendliness and generosity of the people of Cleveland." These two qualities certainly apply to the people of St. Jerome Church. Next year I hope we can do even better, with more donors and more money raised! Have a great week! Fr. Bill Jerse
Collinwood Cluster Advent Penance Service Monday, December 18, 7pm
St. Jerome Church
The Diocesan Union of Holy Name Societies is offering a spiritual bouquet on December 9th and 10th. We ask that everyone offer up their Mass and Holy Communion for Bishop Nelson Perez.
Parishioner Registration Form - Please return the completed form to the parish office or drop in the offertory basket.
Name: Phone: Address: City: Zip:
New Parishioner _____ Address Change _____ Moving out of Parish ______ Need Envelopes _____
Mission Statement of Saint Jerome Church Established in 1919, St. Jerome is a Roman Catholic Parish Community. Through our baptism into Jesus Christ, we have become a community of believers. Our purpose is to glorify God, live the life of Christ daily, and share our gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit. We pledge to worship together, to serve our brothers and sisters in need, and to be a beacon for all future generations. We dedicate and place this mission statement in the hands of Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, and ask her to remind us, as she once did at Cana, Do whatever He tells you.
St. Jerome science teacher, Mrs. Mc Voy, had our seventh and eighth graders make dioramas of endangered animals and their habitats. The children did an awesome job. Some of the dioramas are displayed in the church. Please spend a few minutes and take a look!
Mrs. Susan Coan
Giving Tree Please put your tagged and wrapped presents under the tree or return gifts to the church or parish office by Sunday, December 17th for Christmas delivery.
Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord . . .We do so much to prepare for Christmas. Shopping, baking, cleaning, decorating, more shopping. But what are we doing to prepare for Christ? Why not set aside a few minutes each day to prepare our hearts to receive the great gift of Jesus into our lives. five minutes with the Word-offers short meditations on the reading of the day with a prayer suggestion The Little Blue Book-is designed to take up just 6 minutes each day, but is a deeply enriching experience. Each day has two pages, on the right we are invited to walk through the first chapters of the Gospel of Matthew, on the left a variety of thoughts about Advent, Christmas, our customs and traditions. Best Advent Ever-provides short (2 minute) video reflections and suggestions for prayer and further reading directly to your email. The program is free and past users speak highly of it. Go to dymaniccatholic.com/bestadventever or to our website and click the link to sign up All year long we offer the monthly Word Among Us which in some ways is like the old “Missalettes” in that it has the daily readings and the Order of Mass but also features meditations based on the readings and various spiritual articles.
We invite you to take advantage of all of these resources, the books are available at the church doors and the email program through our website or Facebook page. Each provides another way for all of us to Keep Christ in Christmas.
Holiday Bulletins ~ Submit your bulletin articles early December 24th and December 31st bulletin articles are due Thursday, December 14. Email to: [email protected]
