Town Hall Meeting - Bigger and Better!

Continuing to respond to the needs of the Saint Cecilia community, the Parish & School Development (PSD) committee is hosting the next Town Hall meeting on Thursday October 16th, 7:00pm, in the parish center.  In direct response to your feedback from previous meetings we've expanded the format so come see what the buzz is all about!  And did we mention door prizes???  Read on...

 

Somewhat by definition a parish "town hall" meeting has to cover the basics -- financial health of the parish, update on PSD activities, and input about the new school year -- but we're introducing a more spiritual dimension too, including a featured speaker and a spotlight on activities related to October as Respect Life month.  Also of special interest this time around, though setup off-stage and active throughout the meeting, will be the revamped TRIP program.  Significant changes have been made to TRIP, and you'll like what you hear whether you have children in the school or not.  This is a big deal, folks!  Just remember, when visiting the TRIP table please register for the gift cards that will be given away at the close of the meeting.

 

The town hall will begin at 7:00 p m  but please come early and spend a little time with representatives from the various ministries while you enjoy some light refreshments.  Child care will be provided.  Mark your calendars now!

 

 

St. Cecilia Adult Education - The Year of Saint Paul

In celebration of the Year of Saint Paul, St. Cecilia's Adult Ed ministry will offer a 6-week series on this Apostle to the Gentiles.  Sessions will be in Meeting Rooms A&B after 9:30 Mass on Sunday (during PSR, 10:50 to 11:45 a.m.).  Using passages from Saint Paul's letters, we will learn and exercise several methods for reflecting on scripture.

 

All adults are welcome to attend any number of the sessions; we hope you will find your way to at least one.  Note that childcare will not be provided.  For additional information, or to offer help, please contact Jane O'Loughlin at 870-9427 or janeol@ameritech.net.

 

Dates, topics and presenters are outlined below:

 

 

COMING UP

 

COMMUNITY BILLBOARD

LENDING A HELPING HAND: On Sunday, October 19, our parish will join others in the Catholic Diocese of Columbus in observance of World Mission Sunday.  We are called by the Church to special prayer and sacrifice for the missions of the world.  An envelope to help support the missions is in your monthly packet.

 

A Food Pantry Collection is scheduled for the weekends of October 4 & 5 and November 1 & 2.  Please bring your donations to the Gathering Space.  New to the parish and unsure what to donate?  Foodstuffs should be non-perishable and in boxes, cans or plastic (please, no glass jars!) and with unexpired use-by dates.  The pantry can also use donations of toilet paper, toothpaste, and deodorant.

 

TRIP NEWS: The TRIP program will become available to St. Cecilia parishioners in October!  The TRIP program is a fabulous opportunity to support the parish and religious education programs all without spending any extra money.  More information will be presented at the Masses in October.  We are currently gathering a team of trusty volunteers.  If you are available to sell gift certificates at one Mass per month, please contact Kim Jackson 851-8389.  A great opportunity for volunteer hours!

 

BREAKFAST FOR VOCATIONS: The Knights of Columbus Council 5899 will be hosting a "Breakfast For Vocations" on Sunday, October 12 in the School Hall from 8:30 am to 11:30 am.  The breakfast will consist of: Plain or Blueberry Pancakes, Hashbrowns, Egg Strata, Sausage, Sausage Gravy/Biscuits, Juice and/or coffee.  The cost will be $4.50 - Adults, $3 - Child (12 and under), $17 - Family (2 adults and up to 4 children).  The proceeds of this breakfast will go to the Knights of Columbus Vocations Program.
 

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: We are currently looking for a boys/girls basketball commissioner(s) for the upcoming season.  Anyone interested, contact Dan Siesel at 614-870-8859.

 

WE INVITE ALL to spend 30 or 60 minutes in prayer at the Monthly Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.  Join others in the Day Chapel on the First Friday and Saturday of each month.  Sign-up sheets are available in the Gathering Space the preceding weekend if you wish to commit to a particular prayer time.  On October 3 & 4, our special prayer intention is victims of abuse and neglect.  The prayer intention for the November adoration (November 7 & 8) is for the deceased.

 

ST. CECILIA MOMS’ GROUP invites you to join us on Wednesday, October 22 at 9:30 am.  We are in Meeting Rooms A & B and kids are welcome.  Any questions, please call Michelle Gentner at 527-7475.

 

TIME CHANGE: Daylight Savings Time ends this year on Sunday, November 2.  So please reset your clocks to “fall back” an hour before going to bed on Saturday, November 1.  This might also be a good time to change the batteries in your carbon dioxide and smoke detectors, if you didn’t do so in the spring.

 

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING INFORMATION NIGHT: A diocesan-certified NFP teaching couple will discuss the Myth and Reality of Natural Family Planning at an NFP Information Night on Wednesday, October 22, 7 - 9 PM, in Meeting Rooms A & B.  For more information about this event, NFP or diocesan NFP workshops, contact the Marriage and Family Life Office, (614) 241-2560 or FLOMailbox@colsdioc.org.

 

IT TAKES A COMMUNITY!

Like to prepare (or buy) food?  Eating together is an important part of community.  Reaching for the same cookie or selecting the piece of cheese are great conversation starters which may develop into a profound pondering of the Holy Trinity or Catholic calisthenics.  RCIA inquirers are typically strangers to each other and to the Church:  Chips and dip may open the door.  Call Winnie McFarland if you can provide a snack some Monday evening (274-6511).

 

How about praying for a particular inquirer?  Call Carlene Hamilton (878-5221) to get the name of an inquirer which you would “adopt” as your prayer partner.  Then pray for that individual throughout the year – that he/she will hear God’s call and act upon it.  You would do this on your own time and in your own way:  no meetings, no dues, no formula!

 

Or accompany an inquirer in his/her journey toward Jesus.  It takes more time to be a sponsor, but along the way you will be participating in Jesus’ command to spread the Gospel, and your own faith may be awakened.  Sue Baker (853-9379) is the contact.

 

“May all those who have already been claimed for Christ draw others to the Lord and, through the rites and prayers of this ritual, force greater bonds of unity in the Church.”   (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)

 

THE SPIRITUALLY ADOPTIVE

BABY PROJECT

 

Your spiritually adopted baby is now 7 months old.  He now uses the four senses of vision, hearing, taste, and touch.  He can recognize his mother’s voice and sees changes in light and dark. His skin is less wrinkled now as fat begins to fill out his contours.  He is able to regulate his body temperature.  His brain is enlarging rapidly and its sections are taking on their specific lifetime roles.  The baby’s lungs are capable of breathing air, although medical help may be needed.

 

FALL CRAFT SHOW

 

St. Cecilia's Annual Fall Craft Show is Saturday, October 18th from 9 am – 3 pm.

 

Do you have your ADVENT wreath candle refills?   Come visit the Fall Craft Show.

 

New this year, we will have Advent candles and several other Advent-related items. 

 

Several parishioner vendors and many other vendors will have a great selection of Thanksgiving and Christmas items, fabric crafts, candles, gift baskets, jewelry, handmade cards, baby items, buckeye items and much more.

 

We also have a yummy lunch menu, and lots of baked good items.    We hope to see you this year at this great event.

  

INFORMATION ON MASSES COMING UP

Since All Saints Day falls on a weekend this year, the Holy Day Mass Obligation is dispensed.  The schedule of Masses will be: Saturday, November 1 – 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 2, 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

 

Our special Mass in Commemoration of the Faithful Departed will be held on Wednesday, November 12 at 7:00p.m.  All Saint Cecilia Parish members who have lost a loved one this past year are especially invited to attend this Mass and the reception following.

 

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

Our 2008-2009 Parish School of Religion Program is blessed with a great staff! Many of them are returning from previous years on our P.S.R. Staff, while others are new to the program.  The teaching staff includes: Preschool – Beth Good and Emily Goodhart; Kindergarten – Emily French and Andrea Grundei; First Grade Sundays – Heather Bias and Shannon Cox; Mondays – Holly Beardsley and Aleah Prater; Second Grade Sundays – Rosanne Weber and Hannah Weber; Mondays – Susie Damopoulos and Debbie Todarello; Third Grade Sundays – Kim Kowal and Julie Eberts; Mondays – Roy Peltomaa and Michelle Vent; Fourth Grade Sundays – Laura Hay and Diana Brandt, Mondays - Jim Martin and Joanne Martin; Fifth Grade Sundays - LeeAnn Breeze, Kaylie Dembowski, and Peter Lewis; Fifth Grade Mondays – Kyle Kowaleski and Ben Prater; Sixth Grade Sundays - Art McCall Jr. and Laura McCall, Mondays – Nikki Budd and Elizabeth Linzinmeir; Seventh Grade Sundays – Tina-Marie Pagan and Michelle Spohn; Mondays – Mark O’Loughlin and Gigi Wallace; Eighth Grade Sundays - Tony Stout and Allie French; Mondays – Tiffany Thimling and Lisa Clark.

 

Some of our SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION PROGRAMS are nearly ready to begin!  If you have any questions about our programs, please call Kathy Maggied at 878-0133.

 

Parent Baptism Class - Parents who wish to have an infant baptized at St. Cecilia should plan to attend one of our monthly Parent Baptism Classes.  The class meets at 1:30 p.m. in Meeting Room A (in the Parish Center, underneath the church; use the east side doors on the lower level to enter).  Parents should pre-register for the class by calling the Parish Office.  Upcoming dates are October 11 and November 8.  For families with grade-school- age children who need to be baptized, we offer our RCIC Program in early 2009.

 

The Parent Meeting I for First Communion will be held on Thursday, October 9, and the Parent Meeting for First Reconciliation will be held on Thursday, November 6.  Parents or guardians with second graders in our school or PSR program, please plan to attend these!  Both programs will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Rooms A & B.  For those planning ahead, our Penance Service for First Reconciliation will be held on Thursday, December 11.  The First Communion dates in 2009 are Sundays, April 26 and May 10. 

 

Our Parent Meeting for Confirmation will be held on Thursday, October 23. and a Sponsors Meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 29.  Both meetings will be held in Meeting Room A at 7:00 p.m. Packets of information were passed out to the students in religion class; the parent signature page and the sponsor information were due October 1^st.  The 2009 Confirmation Mass for our 8^th graders will be celebrated on Monday, May 4. 

 

Adult Confirmation - The Diocese of Columbus is celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation for any adults who have not yet received this sacrament on November 8 at St. Joseph Cathedral.  Preparation for the candidates is done in home parishes.  We plan to have our sessions at 1:15 p.m. on Sundays, October 19, 26 and November 2.  If you or a family member is interested in receiving this sacrament, please call Kathy at 878-0133.

 

Engaged couples: We remind you that prior reception of Confirmation is a prerequisite for the Sacrament of Matrimony in the Church.