st john nepomucene
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Weekday Masses Temporarily Cancelled –COVID-19
Masses SATURDAY – 4:00 P.M. VIGIL
SUNDAY – 10:00 A.M. HOLY DAYS
Vigil of Holy Days 4:00 p.m. Holy Day Please consult bulletin
RECONCILIATION-CONFESSIONS
3:00 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday Or by appointment
Call the rectory office at 216-641-8444
New Parishioners Please call the
rectory office to set up an appointment to register in the parish.
ST JOHN NEPOMUCENE
5000 Fleet Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44105
Mailing Address: 3785 Independence Rd.
CLEVELAND, OHIO 44105 Rectory: 216-641-8444
Website: www.st-john-nepomucene.org
PARISH STAFF Pastor Rev. Robert J. Jasany, Ext. 15 [email protected]
Parish Volunteer Nurse Heidi Madsen, R.N. 440-346-7420 Office Manager Sandra Yody, Ext 10
[email protected] PSR Principal Judy Lasecki, Ext. 29 Facilities Mgr. Anthony Laboy
216-659-0975 Parish Bookkeeper Pauline Kowalski
Saturday, December, 4th 3:00 p.m. Confessions 3:15 p.m. First Saturday 4:00 p.m. Dorothy Kara Sunday, December, 5th 10:00 Ed Florek William Bican Jr All Souls Tuesday, December, 7th Vigil of the Immaculate Conception
of Mary 4:00 p.m. Jim Doan Wednesday December 8th
Immaculate Conception of Mary 8:30 a.m. Claudia DeCoursey 7:00 pm. ALL SOULS Saturday, December, 11th 3:00 p.m. Confessions 4:00 p.m. Zachary Spahn Edward Spahn Sunday, December, 13th 10:00 Diane Mraz Martin Jorski 11:15 Cell Hour of Holiness
Weddings– Parishioners should call the rectory office at least 6 months in advance of the wedding to schedule an appointment with Father Jasany. Baptisms – The 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month at 11:00 a.m. Parents are required to attend Pre-Baptism Class. Arrangements must be made a minimum of 2 weeks prior to the date of baptism. Before parents baptize their child, Diocesan and parish policy requires you to complete a Baptism Preparation Class.
There will be no Baptism Class in December. 2 Online Options. https://www.catholicbaptismprep.com/en-us/ https://www.catechismclass.com/shop/lessons_detail.php?id=85 Godparent and Sponsor Certificate Sponsors for Baptism or Confirmation must be registered and practicing members of the Church, attending weekly and Holy Day Masses for a minimum of 3 months, prior to the celebration of the Sacraments for which they have requested the certificate. Please note individuals 18 years of age and older, need to register. Pre-Cana Jesuit Retreat Center. Sunday, January 23 from 12:45pm - 7:30 p.m. 5629 State Road Parma, OH 44134
Pastor’s Column December 4th and 5th we celebrate the Second Sunday of Advent. Please pick up an Advent/Christmas Book at our church exits. The book contains daily prayers and reflections for the 27 days of Advent and the 16 days of the Christmas Season. John the Baptist invites us to “Prepare the Way of the Lord.” In prayer we prepare the way for Christ to be reborn in us at Christmas. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is Holyday of Obligation this year. Everyone is required to attend Mass. We will have a 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass on Tuesday, December 7th. We will have an 8:30 a.m. Mass and a 7:00 p.m. Mass on Wednesday, December 8th. The 8:30 a.m. Mass will be livestreamed. We are not having an Advent Communal Penance Service this year in light of COVID 19 precautions. Instead I will hear additional confessions 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm. to 8:00 pm on Friday December 17th and on Monday,
December 20th. The decorating of the inside of our church will take place on Sunday, December 19th after our 10:00 am Mass. Volunteers are NEEDED to help with the decorating. In good times and bad, senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests have dedicated themselves to service and acts of mercy. Today they pray for an aching world. Yet years of serving for little or no pay have left their religious communities without enough retirement savings. Your gift to the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide medications, nursing care, and other necessities. The collection is December 11th and 12th. Your envelope for this donation is in your monthly mailed envelope packet. Extra envelopes are at our church exits. Please pray for all religious and be generous in your financial support. Finally, please take a tag from the Giving Tree and buy a Christmas gift for a child in need. I look forward to celebrating Advent and Christmas with you. Together let us prepare a place in our hearts for Christ to be born again this Christmas. Father Jasany
Rosary Makers will meet every
Wednesday from 10:00am to 12:00
in the Rectory. There will be no
meeting on December 8
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Message from SVDP
Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. Through your generosity we were able to
assist 20 families which helped 66 individuals. Thank you for you donations
of food and paper products, at the 9:00 am Mass on Thanksgiving Day. Also Thank
You to Father Jasany for designating the collection on Thanksgiving to SVDP. Last
but not least to all who helped moving the food from the Church to the Rectory on
Thanksgiving. May God bless you all.
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Christmas Schedule 2021
ADVENT BEGINS NOVEMBER 28TH
Tuesday, December 7, Vigil of the
Immaculate Conception
4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 8th,
Solemnity of the Immaculate
Conception
8:30 a.m. Mass
7:00 p.m. Mass
Friday, December 24th Christmas
Eve
4:00 p.m. Mass
10:00 p.m. Mass
Saturday, December 25th
Christmas Day
10:00 a.m. Mass
Sunday, December 26th 10:00 a.m.
Holy Family Sunday
Live Stream Schedule Christmas
2021
Immaculate Conception:
December 8th 8:30 a.m.
Christmas Vigil:
December 24th 4:00 p.m.
Christmas Day:
December 25th 10:00 a.m.
December 26th 10:00 a.m.
Stewardship of Treasure
Sunday November 28, 2021
Weekly Offering 2199.00
Memorials 16.00
Maintenance 128.00
Capital Improvements
567.00
Utilities 67.00
Assessments 12.00
Novena Lights 95.00
All Saints 10.00
Christmas Flowers 115.00
Christmas 365.00
Catholic Campaign 20.00
SVDP 324.00
Little Blue Books 33.00
Immaculate Conception
40.00
Religious Retirement
2.00
Total 3993.00
Online Giving 1260.00
COMBINED TOTAL 5253.00
The St. John Nepomucene Annual Giving Tree Program provides children’s gifts to families in need during Christmas. You are invited to select a tag, or more than
one, from the Giving tree and purchase a gift for a child. Tags are available on the tree now. The tags are labeled boy/girl with an age range. Purchase a gift (one
per tag) $20.00 suggested amount. PLEASE DO NOT WRAP THE GIFT. Place your gift in a bag and attach the tag and
put your gift under the tree. All gifts need to be received by Wednesday,
December 15th. If you are not attending Mass, you can call the rectory 216-641-
8444, and we will pull a tag for you. You can then just drop your gift off at the rectory, and we will handle the rest.
Sunday: Bar 5:1-9/Ps 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 [3]/Phil 1:4-6, 8-11/Lk 3:1-6 Monday: Is 35:1-10/Ps 85:9ab and 10, 11-12, 13-14 [cf. Is 35:4f]/Lk 5:17-26 Tuesday: Is 40:1-11/Ps 96:1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13 [cf. Is 40:10ab]/Mt 18:12-14 Wednesday: Gn 3:9-15, 20/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [1]/Eph 1:3-6, 11-12/Lk 1:26-38 Thursday: Is 41:13-20/Ps 145:1 and 9, 10-11, 12-13ab [8]/Mt 11:11-15 Friday: Is 48:17-19/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [cf. Jn 8:12]/Mt 11:16-19 Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11/Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19 [4]/Mt 17:9a, 10-13
Prayer for the Second Week of
Advent –Peace Lord, in a season when every heart should be happy and light, many of us are struggling with the heaviness of life—burdens that steal the joy right out of our stockings. Tragedy arrives as innocent victims suffer, and an inner voice whispers, “Be afraid!” We need your peace, Jesus. We confess that our hearts are too often filled with wonder of a different kind: wondering when the bills will be paid, when the terror will stop, when rest will come. Will it ever? Is the message still true? In a world where worry, not peace, prevails, stir up that good news again. This Advent, make it real in our hearts. Never have we needed Your joy and peace more than now. Thank You for the gift of Jesus, our Emmanuel, the Word made flesh. Please remember to pick up a Blue
Advent Book from the church. The
book, has 6 minute reflections for
each day of Advent. What a
beautiful way to prepare the way of
the Lord. You can get one from the
rectory Monday through Friday 8:30
to 2:30 or in the church after Mass.
In Loving Memory of
Virginia Fortuna
from the Smetana, Kachenko, Hill
and Baur Families
In Loving Memory of
Mary & Joseph Stricek
from David Olenski
In Loving Memory of
Norbert Nieszczur
from Barbara Nieszczur
In Loving Memory of
Of my parents Joseph & Lillian Vanek
from their daughter, Elaine
Please Remember
Virgina Fortuna in your prayers.
Her funeral will be December 6th
at 11:00 a.m. at St. John
Nepomucene
FYI – You can read Fr. Jasany’s
Homily on-line at our parish
website.
https://st-john-
nepomucene.org/
Please remember
the following
Parishioners in
your prayers:
Ryan Amato, Rondell Atwater,
The Baileys Family, Matthew Balli,
Joyce Bican, Chester Betliskey,
Mary Ann Betliskey, Bonnie Donovan,
James Ciesla, Donna Czyzynski,
Bobbie Deccola, Joseph Deccola,
Katherine Dolniar, Betty Domorasky,
Shelley Forbes, Kristin Hill,
Liz Humar, Jacob Jackson,
Millie Jasany, Chris Jackson,
Marcedia Johnson, The Jorski Family,
Stanley Loszak, Stefania Loszak,
Grant Kaurich, Patti Kicielinski,
Richard Kwiatkowski,
Eleanor Peshek, Tom Konkoly,
Sharon Krzynowek, Amy Latawiec,
Richard Leonard, Barbie Lister,
Ann Marie Medve, Jeanette Miller,
Marguerite Miller, Nikki Milton,
Keenan Montgomery,
Joe Morrish, Donna Murrin,
Dorsel Nicholas, Diane Nicholas,
Louis Novak, Art Novotny,
Patricia Rhine, Joel Rivera,
Colleen Schmerick, Robert L. Seneff,
Bob Seneff Jr., Karen Seneff,
Norman Seneff, Tony Seneff,
Earl Sheets, Eileen Skiba,
Margaret Slechta, Chuck Slusarczyk,
Nancy Slusarczyk, Russ Smith,
Peggy Snyder, Kellie Span,
Barbara Sposet, Michael Sposet,
Elaine Stack, Robert Stack,
Marilyn Siwek, Toni Suchy,
Marlene Wesley, Betty Wilson,
Jerome Wisniewski, Greg Wisniewski
and Carl Zelenskas.
OPLATKI ARE HERE !
Many families observe the
Christmas Eve/Christmas Day
tradition of sharing Oplatki.
Opatki packs are available at
the Blessed Mother’s Altar.
Please renew with tradition with
your family.
HOW TO CELEBRATE THE OPLATKI TRADITION
The Oplatki are enjoyed by families, typically right before the Christmas Eve meal. The entire family will gather around the table with the Oplatek. Generally the eldest member of the family will begin the ritual by breaking off a piece of the wafer and passing it to another family member with a blessing. This blessing can simply consist of what you desire for your loved one in the upcoming year – whether it be good health, success, or happiness. The purpose of this act is primarily to express ones unconditional love and forgiveness for each member of his or her family.
