St. Leo the Great Parish October Newsletter 2018
Blessing, Dedica on and Open House at the St. Leo Food Pantry and Community Service Building Sunday, September 9, 2018
Because of You . . . Pastor’s Ponderings . . .
St. Leo’s struggle and its gi is its poverty. In order to con nue and expand its mission and ministry to the “As a na on, we are in a cri cal moment of defining community and our immigrant and refugee parishioners who we want to be moving forward and the Catholic we need to reach out to others to help us through prayer, community has an important responsibility in helping to finances, and service. Through God’s grace it becomes speak out for jus ce.” This is the message that I brought mutual blessing. home with me when I visited the border in El Paso, Texas and
I celebrated an interfaith prayer service with some immigrants, priests and religious leaders of all faiths and And so we thank you … denomina ons with the Catholic Bishop of El Paso.
I was invited to come and meet Jesus at the border and there is no doubt in my mind and heart that Jesus is who I met. I met the Lord in stories of more than 500 immigrant “They who have compassion on the poor lend to the Lord children who were ripped from their parents’ arms and are and he will repay them for their good deed.” s ll separated, including 23 under the age of five. I hear the Proverbs 19:17 Lord in the tears of the parents of a toddler who died a er St. Leo Food Pantry in conjunc on with being released from a government deten on facility in Texas. Catholic Chari es of Southwestern Ohio I see the Lord in the stories I heard about psychologically wounded children being returned to their families, in apprecia on for the mul tude of benefactors, donors and volunteers frightened to be hugged and lovingly united with their that contributed their me, talent and resources parents. This is the same Lord that I meet each me I hear to the remodeling of the food pantry facility, including: about ICE performing raids on communi es and workplaces Air Condi oning Contractors of Greater Cincinna throughout our country including Covington, Kentucky.
Anderson Automa c Parents are suddenly not returning home from Corcoran & Harnist HVAC work. This cloud of fear and darkness hangs low over Corken Steel immigrant families in Cincinna and throughout Ohio as real Schmidt Hea ng & Air Condi oning possibili es to be the next targets. With the zero‐tolerance Anastacio Remodeling policy in effect, immigrants are being dehumanized, Catholic Chari es Southwestern Ohio criminalized, and demonized. But in it all, the Lord remains Con nental Building Products ever so present asking us, “As a na on, is this who we want Corne e/Viole a Architects to be?” So ly I hear, and I am reminded that “whatever we Gerke Electric do to the least of our brothers and sisters, we do to Him.” HGC Construc on Juan the Handyman, LLC Also, I met the Lord, at the border, in the universal Kroger Company church that is impelled and empowered to speak out against Loth Furniture the injus ces to and the inhumane treatment of immigrant M & M Drywall families. The church’s voice is the Lord’s voice for the voice Na onal Associa on of Remodelers Industry of the immigrant who has been silenced and denied. The Boh Construc on immigrant has no voice if it is not for the universal church, all Cincinna Floor & Wall Covering faith‐based communi es and faith‐filled people speaking out Kessler Construc on for them, caring for them, and trea ng them with the human dignity and respect that they deserve. V‐Collec on Wynn’s Services There are places such as Annuncia on House and La Nisbet Brower Casa del Inmigrante who receive immigrants who have been Our Lady of Visita on Parish released from deten on camps to be joined with their PDT Architects families or who have been deported to Mexico. When PNC Bank deported to Mexico, caregivers help them find jobs and give ReRoof America Contractors them a safe place to stay. At Annuncia on House, caregivers Schulhoff Tool Rental provide legal resources and medical help and try to create a SC Ministry Founda on more humane environment and healthy family atmosphere Sherwin Williams Store 1129 un l they are deported as a family. Here, I met the Lord Saint Igna us Loyola Parish loving beyond condi ons with compassion, and solidarity, Uni‐Strut and trying to forgive, heal, redeem and renew. Here, I heard the Lord ask again, “As a na on, is this who we want to be?” “Let us love not in word or speech and I heard, as church this is who we must be.” Again, I am but in deed and truth.” 1-John 3:18 reminded that “whatever we do to the least of my brothers and sisters, we do to Him.”
Con nued . . .
When I visited families of parishioner families in Urge Administra on to Guatemala this past June, the parents and grandparents of our keep families out of parishioners implored us to keep working for comprehensive long‐term deten on immigra on reform and they wanted all of us to know that their facili es. children are not criminals. I heard this at the same me the first A er cancelling group of detainee children were torn from their families at the its child border. I had no response but to promise them that we will keep separa on trying to care for their children as if they were our own and in the prac ces, the way that they would love them. I’ve been to the border and I Administra on’s believe that as a na on we are in a defining moment of who we “zero tolerance policy” want to be and the Catholic community with the universal church, is now resul ng in costly, has an important responsibility in helping to speak out for jus ce, long‐term deten ons for en re families. To do this, the to declare that families belong together, that immigra on Administra on is proposing new rules that would make it deten on is not a solu on to family separa on, and to con nue to possible to detain children longer than the current 20‐day limit care for the immigrant in the way of Christ. (established by the “Flores Se lement). Encourage the
What you can do to promote greater solidarity with migrants! Administra on to not pursue this by submi ng your comments Provided by the Archdiocese of Cincinna to the proposed rule by Nov. 6. h ps:// Catholic Social Ac on Office www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/09/07/2018‐ 19052/apprehension‐processing‐care‐and‐custody‐of‐alien‐ Support development efforts in other countries. minors‐and‐unaccompanied‐alien‐children Parish twinning, Catholic Relief Services and other ministries organized by your local church are great opportuni es to help Urge Administra on to set refugee levels at 75,000/year. poor and vulnerable popula ons in other countries find By September 30, the Administra on will seek Congressional opportuni es in their homeland, so they won’t need to migrate input concerning its maximum number of refugee admi ances, to secure their lives and digni es. To learn more, contact: a process called the Presiden al Determina on. The Your own parish and find out what ministries it already has and Administra on will seek input from the Senate Judiciary how you can get involved; Commi ee. Please contact your Senators, and urge them to raise our annual limit for refugees back up to 75,000. Archdiocesan Mission Office about parish twinning: h p:// www.catholiccincinna .org/ministries‐offices/mission‐office/ Catholic Chari es of Southwestern Ohio parish‐twinning/ – Immigrant‐related services Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ overseas Catholic Chari es of Southwestern Ohio (CCSWO) provides humanitarian and development organiza on: www.crs.org. social, emo onal, and legal support to immigrants and
Help migrants integrate into our parishes and communi es. refugees from all over the world. Consider suppor ng CCSWO The Church calls us to embrace migrants as our own efforts by volunteering with the Immigra on Legal Services countrymen and women. The Archdiocesan Hispanic Ministry Department, Refugee Rese lement, and/or Su Casa Hispanic Office can help: lgasparini@catholiccincinna .org Center. More informa on on the website: www.ccswoh.org/ volunteer. If volunteering me is not an op on, we also Urge Congress to pass comprehensive immigra on reform. welcome spiritual and financial support! Call your elected representa ves and encourage them to fix out broken immigra on system. Ask them for a reform that: Support Maribel Trujillo and other separated families • Provides a path to ci zenship for undocumented persons in – Immigrant Accompaniment Campaign the country; Locally, the Archdiocese and Catholic Chari es have supported • Preserves family unity as a corner‐stone of our immigra on many immigrants and the families from whom they’ve been system; separated. Consider wri ng to a detained migrant to let them • Provides legal paths for low‐skilled immigrant workers to know that he or she is in your prayers. Occasionally, when a come and work in the United States; local deporta on case has risen to the level of a clear injus ce, • Restores due process protec ons to our immigra on we have organized protests and requests to cancel enforcement policies and does not detain immigrant deporta on. Stay tuned for such ac ons, especially in the families, especially those with children, in substandard upcoming retrial of Maribel Trujillo from St. Julie Billiart Parish. deten on facili es; • Addresses the root causes (push factors) of migra on, such “Migrants are children, women, and men as persecu on and economic disparity. who leave or are forced to leave their homes Contacts U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown: (202) 224‐2315 for various reasons, who share U.S. Senator Rob Portman: (202) 224‐3353 a legitimate desire for knowing U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot: (202) 225‐2216 and having, but above all for U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson: (202) 225‐6205 U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup: (202) 225‐3164 being more.”
~ Pope Francis
New Possibilities and Challenges . . .
Last October we shared our dreams for the future on this neighborhood held its first mee ng of the year on Thursday, page and several of them are coming true. There’s almost September 20th.
standing room only at Mass every Sunday. Youth group is ac ve While our dream of becoming a community hub is beginning and thriving and young people are deepening their faith. O en to take shape, we are also faced with new challenges. While we there are as many as 100 children taking part in Children’s liturgy have had a weekday ESL class for a number of years that is no on Sunday. Music is becoming more and more mul cultural with longer available. We offer ESL on Saturday mornings from the congrega on singing and clapping in languages not their 10:00am to noon, but several of our immigrants and refugees na ve tongue. The food pantry is bustling, though it could always would benefit from an evening class. We would need volunteers use more volunteers. Parishioners are ac vely involved in and someone to head this program. Our refugees are hard and neighborhood projects. St. Leo’s is a busy place. reliable workers but many of them are unable to find permanent In order to accommodate our growing ministries, one of our employment that pays enough to allow them to support their dreams last year was to have a welcoming place for the families and move ahead so they frequently move from job to job community. This too, has become a reality as we now have access seeking be er wages. While some were trained professionals in to the large mee ng space and offices in the St. Leo Food Pantry their na ve lands, these skills don’t translate to similar jobs here. and Community Service building. We’re excited about the We need help in suppor ng them to find stable jobs that provide a opportuni es it gives us to be a hub of ac vi es and opportuni es living wage.
for the community. The large mee ng space will be available for St. Leo’s was the ini al site of the TriHealth parish nurse community events and there are offices available for a low rent program when it began 28 years ago and parishioners, for agencies who might like to have a satellite office in the area. community residents, and more recently immigrants and Among the ini al community events to be offered there was refugees have benefited from their educa on and support to the first in a series of free workshops on home maintenance lead healthy lives. However these services are likely to be sponsored by Working in Neighborhoods (WIN) on Wednesday, changing and there are no other community resources to take September 19‐, ”How to Achieve Simple and Inexpensive their place. Managing their health care on their own is difficult Improvements for the Home” and “Learning how to use simple for our refugees and immigrants due to language, educa on, power tools.” The following workshops will be Wednesday, Oct. cultural differences, the complexity of the healthcare system, 10, “Tips for Staying Safe in My Home; and Wednesday, October and the demands of survival. We will do what we can but will it 24, “Seasonal Maintenance for the Home in Fall and Winter.’ be enough? Classes will run from 6 to 8 pm. Our plate is full, so our dreams now are that God provides Fairmount Providers’ group which brings together for these needs in ways we are not able to do ourselves. community leaders, churches, community centers, and agencies to network and collaborate on common projects to benefit the
Fairmount Providers . . .
It all started with a Childhood Food Solu ons, a separate non‐profit that neighborhood fall block party 15 years addresses childhood food insecurity was born from a mee ng ago. The goal was to offer a one‐ me about hunger and lack of access to healthy food and high infant event to meet neighbors, learn what is mortality rates in the neighborhood.
going on in the community, and get The Na onal Day of Prayer caravan of prayer throughout informa on about events and services in the community is an annual event ini ated by providers. the Fairmount area. There was free food, Par cipants drive and follow each other to 12 loca ons in the door prizes, music, and a neighborly community praying for God’s blessings there and invi ng people spirit. It was a great day—so great in fact, at those sites to join us in prayer. Stops have included schools, that a endees wanted to build on addic on recovery centers, clinics, recrea on centers, Police rela onships made then. The result was headquarters and St. Leo’s prayer wall. the Fairmount Providers’ group that has met nine months a year ever since to We’ve had police chiefs, city managers, college professors, network and collaborate on community community organizers, innovators, and elected officials come and projects. Though an average of 20 people meet with us. We’ve a ended community development trainings. a end the monthly mee ngs more than We’ve worked together on health fairs and programs for youth. 120 are on the email list and receive summaries of mee ngs and We’ve connected each other to Big Brother programs, grants, and updates on ac vi es and needs. other resources. We cheered when the Millvale Rec Center received a Cincinna Reds’ grant for a makeover. Members have come to know each other so well that at mee ngs if someone says, “I need help with…” a hand goes up in Members and agencies have come and gone over the the room— “I can do that.” One of our annual collabora ons is years but each has le a las ng mark. We’ve prayed together, providing treats for Lisa Hyde‐Miller’s annual career costume we’ve worked together, we’ve eaten together. We’ve also grieved party in October at the Villages at Roll Hill community center. together when one of our members, Kelly Kerr, died of cancer.
Instead of dressing as ghosts and superheroes for Halloween, The group keeps evolving and changing yet there is s ll youth research a career—educa on needed, likely opportunity, the spark of excitement when we gather…”I’ve got an idea…” “I and poten al salary—dress as one would in that career and can help. Let’s get started.” explain their findings to the other party‐goers.
Becoming ourselves . . .
My 5‐year old grandson Josh is very fond of his Aunt Megan like the trees in fall and winter‐‐dying, unseen and unknown.
who lives out of town and he really looks forward to her yearly Anyone who knows me will tell you I tend to be bull‐ visits to Cincinna . When she wasn’t able to come this year he was headed and like to be in control. My babies taught me something I sad. “She knew me when I was a baby and one and two and three, could only have learned from that experience of staying at home‐‐ but not when I was four,” he said. Even at that young age he seems how to be ac vely present to them and to begin to savor the small to understand that he’s older now and she missed a whole year of moments and experiences of daily life. Yet I s ll felt the hunger for who he was at that me. It’s true for all of us—we’re not the way the pres ge and visible success I had previously experienced. I we were yesterday or how we will be tomorrow. talked about this with my friend, Gloria, who once was on staff at Becoming and growth are so St. Leo’s, and mentored me as a busy much more than ge ng taller and young mom. “What you really need is older. They’re about discovering and the Lord,” she’d gently remind me. I living out of the image and likeness of responded with all the reasons why I God within us from which we have didn’t have me. But she persisted. been created. If you’re anything like Mostly to get her off my back I agreed me you generally don’t progress on to devote the first 10 minutes of the the journey without some wrong day to consciously being with God. turns, small and larger deaths, and And that ny step has changed my bumps and bruises along the way. life and con nues to do so. It put me
Fall with its dazzling display of in touch with an empty space where mul ‐colored leaves followed by the God and I connect and I miss it if I go a day without it. stark barrenness of naked trees reminds us of that life is ever‐ It was that daily conscious changing and much of growth contact that carried me through happens slowly and o en unseen. We divorce and annulment, single can choose to say “Yes” to that paren ng, mes of more “month at growth or we can plant our feet firmly the end of the money,” remarriage, and try to stay in place. It works for a accompanying my husband as he while, but o en we find ourselves journeyed toward death, and le ng with an empty gnawing that’s hard to go of my plans for a long marriage ignore and we reluctantly begin that and las ng deepening rela onship. journey, o en kicking and screaming An unexpected gi of those short and wan ng keep things as they are—in our control. years together was the prayer we shared together twice a day and
If anyone would have told me as a cocky young journalist the depth of in macy that it created—not just with each other but covering Va can II, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam also with God. It was something I suggested to couples I worked War in the 1960’s that I would choose to leave that exci ng world with as a counselor and was blessed to see how that simple act to do something as ordinary as to stay home with my babies when o en brought healing and growth to their rela onships. I’ve learned that gi s received o en become gi s to share. they were young, I would have told them they were crazy. A er all, I had my own weekly column at that me, was invited to make I realize that there are fewer years ahead than behind for speeches in the community, and hobnobbed with movers and me, but I am convinced that there is s ll more growth ahead. New shakers. I even had visions of making such a difference in a major leaves are growing unseen on aging branches and there is new fruit third world country that there would be my statue in the town s ll to blossom and mature. I have no idea of the journey will lead square, and a fes val in my honor. When I look back at this, I’m but I know who goes with me. God con nues to lt the mirror of embarrassed by my arrogance. As Josh would say, that’s who I my spirit to see God’s reflec on in me—and both of us smile. was at 25. It was a step on the journey, recognizing and using my
gi s, but, as I discovered, there was so much more—most of it —Angela Anno
St. LEO FOOD PANTRY
MONTHLY OVERHEAD SPONSORSHIP
St. Leo Food Pantry is seeking organiza ons that would be willing to “Sponsor” Rent $1,250.00 one month of our opera ng cost (see numbers to the right). Phone/Internet 107.89 Sponsor’s name will be recognized in the food pantry foyer, on St. Leo’s Gas & Electric 797.11 website, in the monthly newsle er and in the weekly Sunday bulle n during their month; and if interested, the organiza on’s members would be welcome G.C. Water Works 104.65 to volunteer by working in the pantry serving our clients. Pest Control 35.35 If interested, please contact Casey Betz at 513‐921‐1044 x 30, Insurance 28.53 [email protected], or mail to: Casey Betz, St. Leo the Great Church 2573 Saint Leo Place, Cincinna , OH 45225. Total Monthly Overhead $2,323.53 St. Leo Parish and Clancy’s Community Contact Information Cliché’s Pastor: Rev. James R. Schu e Being a very tac le Address: 2573 Saint Leo Place, creature, there is much I no ce Cincinna , OH 45225 Phone: 513‐921‐1044 around me. Sounds, smells, shapes, Parish Nurse: 513‐862‐4398 Fax: 513‐921‐8048 colors and sensa ons all set off E‐Mail: stleocin @aol.com Website: www.saint‐leo.org feelings and connec ons. That’s Facebook: St. Leo The Great Catholic Church why I’m easily distracted while I’m St. Leo’s YouTube Channel: StLeotheGreatParish not napping. Here, in no par cular Worship Schedule: Saturday 6:00pm Mass in Spanish; order, are some of those I’ve Sunday Mass: 10:30am; Weekday Mass: Thursday 7:00pm contemplated lately: Exposi on of the Blessed Sacrament: First Thursday following 7:00pm Mass. Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m wri ng this poem for all of you. FOOD PANTRY: At the corner of Carll & Bal more Corduroy’s bumpy and silk is so smooth, Serving Hours: Mon., Wed., & Fri., 1:00pm to 3:30pm If either is so , it’s sure to soothe. Pantry Requirements: Serving North Fairmount, English Cat food is grey, dog food is brown, Woods, Roll Hill Apts., and Millvale once every 30 days. Yet there is nourishment for all around. See website: www.saint‐leo.org or call (513‐921‐1044) Night skies are dark, day me is sunny to see if your street is covered. To meet St. Leo’s Acts Live life for love, and not for the money. of Mercy pantry donor guidelines, current proof of residence Stop signs are red, hydrants are yellow, (Duke or telephone bill), photo ID & Social Security Cards for all It’s wise to have grace ‐ keep your cool and be mellow. members of household must be presented at each visit. Plan
Teens have it hard ‐ even dogs will get pimples ahead: Children must be supervised while at our Food Pantry. Breathe it all in ‐ keep your life simple. Extra Volunteers Needed: Mon. Oct. 15 & Mon. Oct. 22. Oranges are (well..) orange, and limes are green, Call 513‐921‐1044 If you can help out! Share your love and don’t be mean. Bach was a genius, Odie was silly, Plan Ahead For Any Emergency: Give 9‐1‐1 the informa on they Everyone counts, so no willy‐nilly. need to help you fast. Go to: h ps://www.smart911.com/ Horseradish smells, so does manure, Once you've signed up for Smart911, first responders will be aware Some things in life you just can’t ignore. of important informa on you have provided that will help Police, Chickadees peep, while bu erflies fli er, Fire, and EMS locate and help you in an emergency. Wouldn’t it be fun if we all wore gli er? Potatoes are white, some grapes are black ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES Bad days do happen ‐ cut folks some slack. We welcome all wishing to learn English. FREE! Lilies are white, Dahlias are pink. Saturday 10:00‐Noon.
This poem’s quite long, I really do think. COMMUNITY PHONE NUMBERS I’ll bark my goodbye, as birds sing their song, North Fairmount Community Center/ Keep good thoughts in mind, and for now, so long! Referral Services: Linda Klem: 513‐921‐5842 Housing: 513‐921‐5889, Healthy Moms & Babes: 513‐591‐5600 Howlin’s hootn’; Growlin’s not gooten! ‐ Clancy Hopple Street Neighborhood Clinic: 513‐541‐4500 Literary Network: 513‐621‐7323
HELPING HANDS STORE 2568 Beekman St, 45225, at the corner of Beekman and Dempsey, and Clancy’s Cackles ANGELS’ ARMS STORE, 1882 Bal more Ave. Both accep ng dona ons of clothing, kitchen, bath and bedding. Open 9:00‐
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How do you fix a cracked pumpkin? Save the www.saint‐leo.org site in your “favorites” list to visit With a pumpkin patch! patch! pumpkin a With o en. Feel free to send correc ons, updates, news and/or info to be included on the website to Casey Betz, Development Director, at [email protected]. If you’d like to receive St. Leo’s Newsle er, call 921‐1044 and we’ll add you (or anyone else you know) to the mailing list.
How You Can Help . . .
Pantry Press Treasure Chest Treasure Chest Tickets are sold on a monthly In August the Food Pantry served 877 individuals, in 319
basis at $5.00 each. households, including 367 children and 104 seniors. · Winner based on Pick 3 played straight every day. · Each $100.00 prize will be sent in the mail. Needs for October: · Get In On the Fun! To purchase Treasure Chest ckets, Peanut Bu er!!! send $5.00 per cket by the first of the month to: St. Canned: baked beans, vegetarian vegetable soup, cream of mushroom Leo Treasure Chest, 2573 Saint Leo Pl., Cin ., OH 45225 soup, tuna, salmon, chicken, ham (especially with the upcoming · Volunteers Needed to help sell ckets! holidays!), mixed veggies, spinach, pineapple, mixed fruit Spices (cinnamon, onion powder, mustard powder), grated Parmesan August Winners: Dan Keegan, Constance Widmer, cheese, vinegar, cooking oil Mike Robison, Debbie Swain, Laura Heuneman, Tom Deodorant, shaving cream, ssues & Clorox wipes (‘ s the season for the Sweitzer, Cheryl Hayes, Barbara Simmons, Jean sniffles!) Kessler, Donald Laible. Spaghe , egg noodles, 1‐lb bags of rice
Many thanks to Bobbie Brockman for most x sold! BAGGIES ‐ quart size Diapers: size 1, 2, 3, 6 Electric Bread Slicer‐Sharpened/Commercial Grade: Gently used about Wish List $1600.00. We get at least 30 unsliced breads each serving day, that’s Air/Hea ng unit for new classroom/mee ng room in old over 4,600 loaves a year! Un‐sliced breads that are always the last to pantry area ‐ $550.00 be taken and a used bread slicer would help immensely! Galvanized gate for outside storage area ‐ $100‐$160 FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Wireless Doorbell w/Flashing Light for Centennial Hall ‐ Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, noon to 4/4:30 are typical volunteer $30‐$60 hours, but if you happen to only have a couple of hours to share on those Toddler size Bap sm Bibs (about 20) and Baby sized days, we certainly can use extra help. “Many Hands Make Light Work”, as Bap sm Bibs (about 15) they say! Call 513‐921‐1044x30. Ma for the baby changing table in the rest room. Materials for Sacramental Prep (First Communion & Extra Volunteers Needed: Mon. Oct. 15 & Mon. Oct. 22. Confirma on) 65 students x $30.53ea. = $1,984.45 Call 513‐921‐1044 If you can help out! 2 Correll Seminar 96'' Rectangular Training Tables, Item: 1560623Model: SP1896PX‐15 $272.69 Ea. Only Available Online at Staples: https://m.staples.com/‐/ Volunteer Needed 3‐4 hours each week to do light housekeeping at the rectory, including product_1560623 cleaning the restrooms and kitchen, vacuuming and dusting the offices 6 8 x30in lightweight folding tables h ps:// and meeting spaces. If you are interested, please call 513‐921‐1044. www.samsclub.com/sams/life me‐8‐stack‐stacking‐table‐ 8/prod20051460.ip?xid=plp_product_1_3) 20 lightweight stacking chairs Building the Kingdom of God
Gi Cards for the con nuing work and maintenance of the St. Leo’s is growing! Please join us in living the spiritual and corporal parish, and our Youth Group func ons: Home Depot, works of Mercy in real and concrete ways by: Staples, Hobby Lobby, Kroger, Priceless! Making a donation by cash or check. Your weekly, monthly, or quarterly gift helps maintain us throughout the year. Sustaining gifts are most Easy Online Giving welcome and are tax deductible. Make a one‐ me dona on, or set up a weekly, bi‐weekly, Remembering a Loved One. Your gift to St. Leo’s is a caring way to honor monthly, quarterly, semi‐annual or annual gi to be or remember a special person, or mark a special occasion. deducted from your banking account, or to Gifts‐In‐Kind including food items, clothing, toiletries, and wish list items charge your gi to your credit card: are just a few of the useful and practical items that help us assist those
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1 2 3 4 5 6 Food Pantry Open Food Pantry Open 7:00pm MASS Food Pantry open; Mass in Spanish AA Meeting 7:30pm 6pm; nd English as 2 lang. class 10-noon
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Mass: 10:30am Food Pantry Open Food Pantry Open 7:00pm MASS Food Pantry open; Mass in Spanish Columbus Day AA Meeting 7:30pm 6pm; Office Closed English as 2nd lang. class 10-noon
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Mass: 10:30am Food Pantry Open Food Pantry Open 7:00pm MASS Food Pantry open; Mass in Spanish AA Meeting 7:30pm 6pm; nd English as 2 lang. class 10-noon
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Mass: 10:30am Food Pantry Open Food Pantry Open 7:00pm MASS Food Pantry open; Mass in Spanish Parish Council AA Meeting 7:30pm 6pm;; English as 2nd lang. class 10-noon
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