Enter to win a $3,000 travel package to a destination of your choice.  This raffle is the opportunity to make your daydreams a reality.  Take one “grand” trip, a few small trips or give this as a gift to family or friends!

The proceeds from this raffle will benefit the construction of the St. Wendelin Parish Garden and Grounds Beautification.

Tickets:  3 for $25.00 or $10.00 each

Drawing to be held on Saturday, July 18, 2015

Contact the office to purchase tickets, 216-696-1926.

See [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=113 linktext=’the flyer’ /] for more details.

The Social Committee of St. Wendelin Parish invites you to the annual

REVERSE RAFFLE!

Saturday, April 25, 2015 after the 4:30pm mass
(party start time 5:30pm)
St. Wendelin Parish Hall

Grand Prize $1,500

The ticket price of $35 includes a pasta
and salad dinner, bakery desserts and
one drink ticket.
Cash bar
Basket Raffle and $1 and $2 50/50 sideboards!

See [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=101 linktext=’the flyer’ /] for more details

Here’s a message from our music director, Chrissy Karliak.

If you have a chance to listen to it before you attend Mass this weekend you will be familiar with the tunes. The choir has been working on it for the past 2 weeks and picked it up rather quickly!  It is a beautiful setting!

When listening to the music, here are the times for each part:

• The Gloria  00:00
• Alleluia  02:10
• Lenten Acclamation  05:48
• Sanctus  07:20
• We Proclaim  08:20
• When We Eat  08:35
• Save Us  09:35
• Amen  10:14
• Agnus Dei  11:28

New Parish Teams

In November many of you participated in a Parish Retreat and Planning Meeting at the Jesuit Retreat House (see News Item).   Many good ideas came out of that day including the formation of 5 teams to concentrate on various aspects of Parish life.

These 5 teams have recently begun to meet.

* Welcome Team
* Worship and Faith Formation Team
* Service Team
* Neighborhood Partnership Team
* Communications Team

Stay tuned for more updates on the activities of these teams.

Traditionally, Advent wreaths are constructed of a circle of evergreen branches into which four candles are inserted, representing the four weeks of Advent.  Ideally, three candles are purple and one is rose, but white candles can also be used.

The purple candles in particular symbolize the prayer, penance, and preparatory sacrifices and good works undertaken at this time. The rose candle is lit on the third Sunday, Gaudete Sunday, when the priest also wears rose vestments at Mass; Gaudete Sunday is the Sunday of rejoicing, because the faithful have arrived at the midpoint of Advent, when their preparation is now half over and they are close to Christmas.

The progressive lighting of the candles symbolizes the expectation and hope surrounding our Lord’s first coming into the world and the anticipation of his second coming to judge the living and the dead.

Christmas Masses will be on Christmas Eve at 4:00 PM and 10:00 PM.  More info to come.

Source:  www.usccb.org

Our parish planning “retreat” is set for November 22nd. This day is intended to be a
planning day where we can spend some time in a guided conversation, set our priorities for
the next few years, and work on a mission statement. The retreat/planning day will be held
at the Jesuit Retreat House in Parma and will be facilitated by Rick Krivanka, the new
Director.

Please plan on attending. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING TO PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE. YOUR ATTENDANCE IS NEEDED!  Please fill out a blue sheet in church and let us know that you will attend.

October 7, 2014

Duck Island Block Club meeting.

October 10, 2014

No 11:00 AM Mass.  Priest Convocation

October 11, 2014

The next Church Cleaning is Saturday, 10/11.  Come help and have a donut!

October 13, 2014

The Parish Council Meeting is Monday, 10/13 at 7:00 PM in the rectory.

October 16, 2014

Divine Mercy Event at 7:00 PM.  See News for more information.

October 20, 2014

The Outreach/Social Justice Team Meeting is Monday, 10/20 at 6:30 PM in the rectory.

Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 7:00 PM

The evening event will be a multimedia presentation of the divine mercy message of Jesus.  The message of the Divine Mercy is simple.  It is that God loves us — all of us. He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others.  Thus, all will come to share His joy.  Let’s work together to share this message to our friends and neighbors and all who visit our parish home!  To see our online listed event go to  http://thedivinemercy.org/events/event.php?id=699

Watch this short, 3 minute, YouTube video to get an introduction to the Divine Mercy event.

Help spread the word — download and distribute these brochures for the event.

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Labor Day Mass will be here at St. Wendelin at 9 AM on Monday, September 1st.  This will be the partner parish mass.

Following the mass there will be refreshments in the rectory.

Please sign up in the back of the church if you can help serve or bake for the social after the mass.