~The Lord will bless His people with peace.~

Our weekly on-line newsletter keeping you updated on the latest news at St. Mary Parish.

If you have information or photos to be published in The Bells of St. Mary, please send your submissions to stmaryelyria@aol.com by noon on Fridays.

ST. MARY PARISH

In the Heart of the City since 1845 320 Middle Avenue Elyria, Ohio 44035

440-323-5539 www.stmaryelyria.org

January 11, 2019

UPCOMING EVENTS

Eucharistic Adoration Every Thursday Lower Church

9am - 5pm

PSR Monday, January 14

School 6:30 pm

Hot Meals

Tuesday, January 15 Cafeteria

5 pm

RCIA Wednesday, January 16

Conference Room 7 pm

Cana Club Wednesday, January 16

Cahill Library 7 pm

A&R Thursday, January 17

Weigand Room 11 am

Blood Pressure Checks Sunday, January 20

Weigand Room After Masses

Liturgy of the Word with Children

Sunday, January 20 Green Room

9:30 am

Preschool PSR Sunday, January 20 St. Joseph Building

11 am

Mass with Food & Fun Sunday, January 20

Upper Church Parish Hall

5 pm

Attention: Teens in 8th -12th grades

The Upper Room is located in the Guardian Angel Building at St. Mary on the 3rd floor. Join us for food, fun, and fellowship.

Our next meeting is January 27 at 6pm in

The Upper Room.

Jan. 1 $100 Mark & Gayle Lugas

Jan. 2 $75 Gerry Jira

Jan. 3 $100 Terri Scham

Jan. 4 $200 Carol & Craig Wiehe

Jan. 5 $100 Don Kirchner

Jan. 6 $100 Joe Klapcic

Jan. 7 $100 Jean Kirchner

Jan. 8 $100 Andy Syrowski

Jan. 9 $200 Olivia Peloquin

Jan. 10 $100 Jane Sito

Jan. 11 $100

Jan. 12 $100

Jan. 13 $100

Jan. 14 $200

Jan. 15 $100

Snowfall of Cash Calendars Thank you to everyone who participated in the Snowfall of Cash calendar fundraiser. The total number of tickets sold was 1980. After payout and expenses our profit will be $15,501.00. Congratulations to our winners so far:

St. Mary Reverse Raffle Back by popular demand, St. Mary’s Reverse Raffle will be Saturday, March 9, 2019! Put this date on your calendar now! Stay tuned for more details.

1. Hot Meals...2nd Sunday of the Month

2. Hot Meals…….2nd, 3rd, 4th Tuesday

Volunteers are needed for the following activities during the months noted. If you are interested in sharing your talents, for these particular events please contact stmaryelyria@aol and your name will be given to the various committee chairs.

If there is a need for volunteers for your group or committee, please contact Angie Pluta at 323-5539 ext. 224 and that information will be added to the Volunteer Corner.

Your commitment to volunteer this year is essential in helping all at St. Mary Parish.

THE BELLS OF ST. MARY

Please keep the following in your prayers This week please remember the intentions in our intention book, our family and friends in need, those who have fallen away from the Church, and those going through difficult

times especially CeCe, Doug, Ed, Elaine, Eli, George, Gordon, Jade, Janet, Jolanta, Kelly, Linda, Lois Ann, Luke, Mark, Mary, Megan, Sandi, Tess, Tom and all who have asked for our prayers.

Hot Meals Our Parish will be serving dinner Sunday, January 13 from 5-6 pm in the Cafeteria. Volunteers are always appreciated to serve or help with preparation at 3 pm. Thank you.

...and Jesus said...Feed the hungry… We will deliver dinner to St. Elizabeth Center in Lorain on Saturday, January 19. If you would like to participate you may do so by furnishing a pasta with meat dish, salad, rolls/bread or dessert. I also need a driver to take the meal from my home to St. Eliza-beth’s. Please call Maryann at 440-458-6159 by Wednesday, January 16. Thank you!

~ Social Action Commission

Blood Pressure Checks Blood pressure checks will be available Sunday, January 20 after the 8 and 9:30 am Masses in the Weigand Room.

Shop and Donate Do you buy items from AmazonSmile? If you do you can

donate to St. Mary Parish while you are shopping. Just sign up at smile.amazon.com before you shop and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to St. Mary.

Box Tops Keep clipping those Box Tops. Thank you!

Marco’s Pizza Day January 15 is Marco’s Pizza Day! Order pizza for the family at South Abbe Rd in Elyria. Be sure to mention

St. Mary when you are ordering so we will receive credit. Thank you for your support.

Registration Registration for the 2019-20 school year is in progress. We offer EdChoice Scholarships based on income. Please contact the school office at 322-2808 to set up an appointment to visit the school or for additional infor-mation regarding registration. Check us out on Facebook,

Twitter and now Instagram!

6th Grade Boys Basketball The 6th grade boys basketball team played in the Candy Cane Tournament sponsored by Holy Trinity. They won the championship on Saturday, January 5th with a record of 5-0. They competed against teams from Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. Overall the team has a record of 11-0.

Making Candy Members of the Junior National Honor Society came to school on one of their Christmas vacation days to make candy that they are going to sell for Valentine’s Day. They enjoyed making the various kinds of chocolates mixed with nuts, raisins, coconut, and krispies. The candy will go on sale February 2 & 3 after Masses just in time to get your sweetheart that special something!

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5

NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL Eucharistic Adoration 8:30am-5pm LC NO SCHOOL Bible Study 7 CL

NO SCHOOL

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Children’s Liturgy 9:30 Preschool PSR 10:30

PSR 6:30 Ephiphany Prayer Service 7:30 UC

RCIA 7pm CR Eucharistic Adoration 8:30am-5pm LC

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Children’s Liturgy 9:30 Preschool PSR 10:30

Hot Meals 5-6 SC

Senior Luncheon 12 WR PSR 6:30

Hot Meals 5-6 SC Marco’s Pizza Day PTU Mtg 6:30

RCIA 7pm CR

Eucharistic Adoration 8:30am-5pm LC A&R 11am WR Book Club CL 7

1:00 Dismissal

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Blood Pressures 9 WR Children’s Liturgy 9:30 Preschool PSR 10:30 Mass 5:00

NO SCHOOL

Hot Meals 5-6 SC

Academic Challenge 3:30 WR RCIA 7pm CR

Eucharistic Adoration 8:30am-5pm LC

27 28 29 30 31

Children’s Liturgy 9:30 Preschool PSR 10:30

OPEN HOUSE 10:30-12:30

Academic Challenge 3:30 WR RCIA 7pm CR

Eucharistic Adoration 8:30am-5pm LC

Legend: UC= Upper Church; LC=Lower Church; GR= Green Room; WR= Weigand Room; CR= Conference Room; SR=Staff Room; PH= Parish Hall; SC= School Cafeteria; L=Library; AR= Art Room; SJB= St. Joseph Building CL= Cahill Library KR= Kindergarten Room Blue text are events involving the school.