December 22, 2013 The Fourth Sunday

of Advent

St. Adalbert Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament

2347 E. 83rd Cleveland, OH 44120

Office: 216.881.7647 FAX: 216.421.1612 School: 216.881.6250 garychmura@gmail.com

Sunday Mass: 11:00 AM Weekday mass: Thursdays

at 9am (on school days)

Fr.  Gary  Chmura    Fr.  Damian  Ezeani    Theresa  Bumpers  

Sandra  Gay  Chapman  (Music  Ministry)    Mr.  James  Smith    

(Principal)    Irene  Morrison    

(Parish  Council  Chair)    Phillis  Fuller  Clipps  

(Parish  Finance  Chair  pro  temp)    

Our Mission Statement

The Community of St. Adalbert/OLBS is empowered by the Holy Spirit, and bound to one another by a commitment of faith in Jesus Christ. We are a community that seeks to share the Catholic Faith with our brothers and sisters. Our hope is the life-giving message of Jesus Christ. That message calls us to truth, justice, peace, and a joyful heart. Our faith community also supports a Catholic School that provides quality education for children. St. Adalbert/OLBS Church and School are places where adults and children are free to develop physically, spiritually, psychologically, emotionally, and become open to all the possibilities within them.

STAY IN TOUCH! Find St. Adalbert – Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament on Facebook. Also, if you are not receiving emails from Father Gary,

please send him an email at garychmura@gmail.com so he can add your email address to the parish mailing list. You will receive weekly updates and an advance copy of this great bulletin! Some Important Dates! Put them on your calendars today!

1. December 22: BRUNCH! 2. December 24: 6pm Mass 3. December 29: Youth Ministry

Sunday. 4. December 31: 6pm Mass 5. January 9: 6:30 PM Parish

Pastoral Council

SCHEDULE

Gather in Harris Hall immediately after the 11am Mass on Sunday, December 29!

Come and bring a friend along with you!

SAVE THESE AND INVITE OTHERS TO JOIN YOU!

Christmas Eve Mass 6pm

Adult and Children Choirs New Year ’s Eve Mass

6pm

If you attend one of the other Masses at Our Lady of Peace, use your St. Adalbert/OLBS envelope or write your Christmas offering to St. Adalbert and place it in the offertory collection. Your generous gift will find its way back to St. Adalbert/OLBS. The Christmas Eve Mass Schedule at OLP is 4pm, 6pm, 10pm. The Christmas Morning Mass is at 11am.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the gift sharing program for needy children and our

special parish family. As always your generosity and goodness is overwhelming, heartwarming, and tremendous. May God reward you one hundred fold and may The Newborn King find joy in the gifts you provided for him in the least of his little sisters and brothers!

SAVE THE DATE! An Ecumenical Celebration – The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther

King, Jr. - “Would You Be a Drum Major For Peace and Justice” will take place on Friday, 17 January 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary Church, 300 Union Street, Bedford, OH 44146. Mark your calendars! MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Please keep 5, 6, and 7 of March 2014 open on your calendars! These are the dates for the 2014 Collaborative Revival and you won’t want to miss even a minute of these events. Deacon Royce Winters from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati will the Revivalist at the Church of St. Dominic @ 19400 Van Aken Boulevard in Shaker Heights.

Stewardship: The offertory last Sunday was a very generous $1,111. Thank you for your generous support of our parish. PARISH  COUNCIL   Our  next  meeting  will  be  on  Thursday,  January  9  due  to  the  Christmas  Holidays.  Please  mark  your  calendars  now  and  plan  on  attending!  

 Rest  in  Peace:  Former  Parishioner  Avis  Womble  passed  away  after  a  long  illness.    There  will  be  a  graveside  service  for  Avis  on  December  24.    Former  parishioner  Phyllis  Robinson  also  passed.  Her  Funeral  Mass  will  be  on  January  4  at  Communion  of  Saints  (St.  Ann)  Church  in  Cleveland  Heights.  May  Avis  and  Phyllis  and  all  of  our  departed  parishioners  rest  in  peace.  

May the Newborn King bless you, your

family, and your friends. May Mary, Our Lady of the Blessed

Sacrament, pray for us through the New Year of Our Lord - 2014.

Fr. Gary Chmura --- Fr. Damian Ezeani  

St. Adalbert School News! - Registration begins for next year on January 27, 2014. Please spread

the word that our parish sponsors an EXCELLENT Catholic School. - Catholic Schools Week is from Jan. 27th - Jan 31st. Watch for more information about how we celebrate Catholic Schools Week at St. Adalbert/OLBS. - Teacher Appreciation day will be on Thursday Jan. 30th from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Any volunteers that are able to help out with our luncheon or chaperoning classes will be greatly appreciated. Please call the school to let them know that you are available!

Fr. Damian is home in Nigeria for a family wedding and to spend Christmas with his family. He will return in mid-

January. While he is gone we are fortunate, again, to have the assistance of the Apostles of Jesus Missionaries. Fr. Jude Shayo is in the Clinical Pastoral Education Program at St. Vincent Charity Hospital and served for many years as a pastor in Kansas. Fr. Dennis Mrosso, the chaplain at Marymount Hospital, is in Nairobi, Kenya for the general chapter – a meeting of the Apostles of Jesus Missionaries from all around the world. If you would like to learn more about the Apostles of Jesus, visit their website at http://apostlesofjesusmissionaries.com

Remember that Father Gary brings Holy Communion on the First Friday of Each month to those who are unable to attend Mass due to age or illness including parishioners in nursing homes. If you know of someone who is need of this special ministry, please call Fr. Gary at the rectory or email him at garychmura@gmail.com. The next First Friday is January 3.

Prayer to Saint Joseph

O St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so strong, so prompt before the throne of God, I

place in thee all my interests and desires. O St. Joseph, assist me by thy powerful intercession and obtain for me all spiritual blessings through thy foster Son, Jesus Christ Our Lord, so that, having engaged here below thy heavenly power, I may offer thee my thanksgiving and homage.

O St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating thee and Jesus asleep in thine arms. I dare not approach while He reposes near thy heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine head for me, and ask Him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath.