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to live a sacramental life to share our faith SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM 2:00 pm on first and third Sundays. Pre-Baptism class is at 2:00 pm on second Sunday. All by appointment. Sponsors need letter from their pastor. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION 2:30 - 3:30 pm on Saturday. Anytime upon request. (call for appointment.) SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE No date should be set prior to seeing a priest or deacon six months before desired date. TO SERVE IN LOVE SACRAMENT OF THE SICK Please contact the Parish office at 614.885.7814. HOLY MASS SCHEDULE SEE BULLETIN FOR HOLY DAYS SATURDAYSATURDAY 8:158:15 am, am,4:00 4:00pm pm SUNDAY 8:30 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm SUNDAY 8:30 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm DAILY 6:30 am MON.-FRI. DAILY 8:156:30 am amMON., MON WED., - FRI THURS., FRI., SAT. 7:008:15 pm amTUE. MON, WED, THURS, FRI, SAT 7:00 pm TUE 614.885.7814 SAINTMICHAEL-CD.ORG facebook.com/stmichaelworthington 5750 NORTH HIGH STREET WORTHINGTON, OHIO 43085 PDF DOCUMENT ONCE DTP! SAINT MICHAEL MAY 26, 2019 PARISH STAFF SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER PARISH CONTACT DAILY MASS INTENTIONS AND READINGS INFORMATION TELEPHONES SUNDAY, MAY 26 Parish Office: 885-7814 8:30 a.m. Michael Calderone St. Michael Fax: 885-8060 10:30 a.m. Kenneth Dietrich (The Richard Wade Family) School Office: 885-3149 12:30 p.m. For the People Rel. Ed.: 888-5384 Cafeteria: 885-8268 Monday, May 27 9:00 a.m. Domenica Canini (Domenico Canini) OFFICE STAFF Pastor: Fr. Anthony A. Dinovo, Jr. Tuesday, May 28 Parochial Vicar: Fr. Timothy Lynch 6:30 a.m. Special Intention of Deacon Chris Campbell Permanent Deacons: 6:00 p.m. Special Intention of the Dcn. John Crerand St. Michael 2019 8th Grade Class Dcn. Bill Demidovich Dcn. Klaus Fricke Wednesday, May 29 Business Manager/ 6:30 a.m. Jack English (Elaine Damo) Bookkeeper: 8:15 a.m. Living and Deceased Benefactors of St. Michael School Becky McAninch Parish Secretary: Kelly Nasdeo Thursday, May 30 Safe Environment Coordinator: 6:30 a.m. Norma Hoheisel (Mary Sue Pichert) Kollene Caspers 8:15 a.m. Betty Petrarca RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Director: Katie Roden Friday, May 31 6:30 a.m. Dr. Richard O’ Brien (Jack & Tina Middendorf) High School Youth Director: David Szolosi 8:15 a.m. Joseph Brett (Ann Pratt) Middle School PSR/Youth Ministry Director: Saturday, June 1 Maggie Simon 8:15 a.m. Thomas P. Maney, Sr. 4:00 p.m. Lisa DiCenzo (Don & Jody Munhall) MUSIC Choir Director/Organist: SUNDAY, June 2 Ron Barrett 8:30 a.m. For the People Vigil Mass: 10:30 a.m. Norma Bender (The Hatem Family) Mary Fristad 12:30 p.m. Special Intention of Fr. Anthony Dinovo SAINT MICHAEL SCHOOL Principal: Sr. John Paul, O.P. Website: http://stmichael.cdeducation.org MAY 26, 2019 – 6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER BULLETIN DEADLINE “…do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.” To submit a bulletin request, (John 14:27) the request must be made no later than 12:00 noon, Monday. Our limited human understanding cannot begin to Send bulletin requests to understand the immense power of God. Instead [email protected] with of trusting in God, we think we can control every “BULLETIN REQUEST” in subject outcome. Do you want to make God laugh? Tell line with all details and contact Him your plans. The next time worry, anxiety or person for questions. Please do not fear creeps in, thank God for all He has given you format your request with special and trust that He has a better plan for you. fonts/colors; however, attaching a logo or graphic is acceptable. All PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE: requests must be approved by That the next time worry, anxiety or fear enters our life, trust that God has Father prior to publication. a better plan in store for you. SAINT MICHAEL Dear Parishioners, Thank you all who have made your pledges for the 2019 Bishop’s Annual INFORMATION Appeal. We are already over three quarters of the way to our goal with $96,885.42 pledged toward our parish goal of $128,836.54. Please CENTER remember that anything over our goal comes back to the parish for NEW MEMBERS our own use. No gift is too small, and no gift is too big! May God Registering in a parish is a bless you for your generosity. declaration of your desire to be Please remember in your prayers our students who are graduating part of a Catholic community and this week from St. Michael School and other area Middle Schools, a commitment to the life of the and our High School graduates from Bishop Watterson, St. Francis parish family. DeSales, St. Charles and area Public Schools in the Worthington and We are often asked to provide Olentangy school Districts. May they know of God’s love for them affidavits for parishioner standing. and our support for them always. We can only do this if a person is a Congratulations to Fr. Kyle Tennant, Fr. PJ Brandimarti, Fr. Christopher registered, active, and contributing Yakkel, and Fr. Brian Beal, who are the newly ordained priests of the member in our parish. Diocese of Columbus. God bless them in their calling! You can register We had a very nice turn out for the “Our Faith, Our Mission” presentation by one of three easy ways: last Monday. I hope and pray that this vision for the future of St. Michael By visiting our parish website at Parish will be of benefit and that we will move toward working as a people www.saintmichael-cd.org, click of strong faith toward a common goal. The call to Mission given by Christ is “About Us,” and then “Welcome a gift of who we are. Please pray for us as we move forward! New Members.” There you can fill out the online preregistration Come join us for Mass on Monday, May 27th, at 9:00 a.m., and the form to begin the process. Worthington Memorial Day Parade, which will pass by here shortly after. By visiting the “New Member” And free Hot Dogs for the first 800 people! Come and show your support area in Marian Hall, where you’ll to those who have served and gave the ultimate price for our freedom! find preregistration forms to fill This is a reminder that in the Diocese of Columbus, the Solemnity of the out and place in the collection bin. Ascension of the Lord is transferred to Sunday. So, this Thursday is not a By emailing us your full name Holy Day of Obligation in our Diocese. and mailing address (including In Christ, zip code), at welcomehome@ Fr. Anthony A, Dinovo, Jr. saintmichael-cd.org, and request Pastor a New Family Registration form to be mailed to you. PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Martha Bogue FINANCE COUNCIL SUNDAY OFFERING Finance Chair – Jennifer Battle Offertory Collection Reports for May 19, 2019 STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL Greg & Margie Eckert Collections – May 19, 2019 $ 12,160.80 Online Giving – May 19, 2019 $ 9,369.50 SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD Chad Wilson Total Collections YTD as of May 19, 2019 $ 1,112,929.75 Budget Needed YTD as of May 19, 2019 $ 1,250,190.25 ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Matt Gregory Surplus/Deficit ($ 137,260.50) KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Chris Fricke ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Pete Schlom BISHOP WATTERSON SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE Joe Hull ST. FRANCIS DeSALES SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES Joseph and Christine Zaremba, Mary Beth and Bill Hinger AROUND THE PARISH We are pleased thus far with the response to PARISH CALENDAR the Bishop’s Annual Appeal and are making MAY/JUNE 2019 good progress towards our goal, but there are still some parishioners who have not yet Sunday, May 26 returned a pledge envelope. We urge you to prayerfully consider a gift in support of the 12:30 p.m. High School Senior programs and ministries available through Mass & Reception our diocese, many of which benefit the good (C & UMR) people of our parish. Our hope is to have 100% participation. No gift is too small, and our parish will receive any amount over our goal. Pledge envelopes Monday, May 27 are available in the pews or in the vestibule. Thank you for your generosity. Memorial Day 9:00 a.m. Mass – followed by the Have you considered serving as an Memorial Day Parade Extraordinary Minister or Lector? (and free hot dogs There will be a training class on Tuesday, June 11th grilled in front for any St. Michael parishioner who is interested of the church!) in becoming certified to serve as an Extraordinary PARISH OFFICE CLOSED. Minister of Holy Communion or a Lector (reader) at Mass, or if you are interested in bringing Communion Tuesday, May 28 to Nursing Homes or the Homebound. 6:00 p.m. 8th Grade Mass and To learn about the qualifications and to register, please visit our website at www. Graduation (C & U) saintmichael-cd.org, and click on the link at the top called “Spiritual Life,” then 7:00 p.m. Women’s Group choose either Lector or Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion and fill out Scripture Study the registration form. (UMR & MH) Date: June 11th • Time: 7:45-9:00 p.m. • Location: Church Wednesday, May 29 Our Parish School of Religion 7:00 p.m. Worship & Wings (C) is in need of catechists for the 2019-2020 school year (which Thursday, May 30 starts in mid-September 2019)! 7:00 p.m. Final Choir Practice (C) Please prayerfully consider this opportunity to serve our parish.
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