Happy New Year!

2nd District Clothing Drive (Ends January 14th)

Your help is needed to collect items for the Cleveland Police Department’s Second District clothing drive for our homeless population. There is a box in the back of the church for our donations.

“The Cleveland Police Second District will be teaming up with the community to collect cold weather clothing for our homeless population. Specific items that are most needed are socks, boots, gloves, and thermal underwear for adult men and women. Lightly used laundered items will be accepted. We look forward to your generosity!”

Prayer Garden Dedication, July 29th

Saturday July 29th is the Fifth Anniversary of our re-opening and we will bless and dedicate our new St. Wendelin statue in the Prayer Garden after mass, followed by a reception. Expect your invitation in the next week’s mail. If you do not receive one, please call the rectory!

Save postage and drop your reply card in the basket during mass.

We Need Your Help During Holy Week

We’re using SignUp.com to organize our upcoming Sign-ups for Holy Week. We need your help to volunteer to get your feet washed on Holy Thursday, or to carry the statue on Good Friday, or to carry the Risen Jesus at the Vigil on Holy Saturday.

Here’s how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp.com:

http://signup.com/go/bnBXHL

2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.

3) Sign up! It’s Easy – you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.com.

Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me, Susan, at office@stwendelincleveland.org and I can sign you up manually.

Fr. Marek Visnovsky: Icons: A View Into the Sacred

Meet Fr. Marek Visnovsky, as he speaks about icons which are well known to the Christians of the Eastern Rites. These sacred images can lead you to the appreciation of the church as an icon of Christ, and of yourself as an icon as well. Perfect for Lent, spend time with us at 12 noon or at 7pm on Tuesday, March 21st. Call St. Wendelin Parish at 216.696.1926 for more information.

See [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=218 linktext=’the flyer’ /] for more information.

2017 Lenten Season

“In an acceptable time I heard you,

and on the day of salvation I helped you.

Behold, now is a very acceptable time;

behold, now is the day of salvation.”

(2 Corinthians 6,2)

Lent is an opportunity to be deeply aware of the working of God’s grace in our lives. Surely, an attitude of penitence can make us more aware of our need for God and our dependence upon God. But the words above, from the Ash Wednesday scriptures, point to this time as graced rather than a time of penitence.

Someone once suggested that what we “give up” during Lent is really something we want to “give up” for life. So perhaps this year we can focus on habits we would truly like to grow in our life, things such as generosity, forgiveness, mercy and understanding.

Please see the [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=217 linktext=’Lenten Calendar’ /] for the many opportunities for you to participate in this Lenten celebration.

Also, if you would like to volunteer to help during Holy Week, we are using signup.com for that. Simply click the following link.

Sign Up

Stained Glass Window Restoration has Begun!

The process of restoring the beautiful stained glass windows in the church has begun. See some of the initial pictures below. Updates will be posted as progress continues.