~You are my inheritance, Oh, Lord!~ 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
November 16, 2018 UPCOMING EVENTS Eucharistic Adoration Every Thursday Lower Church 9am - 5pm PSR Monday, November 19 School 6:30 pm Thanksgiving Prayer Service Monday, November 19 Church 7:30 pm Hot Meals Tuesday, November 20 Cafeteria 5 pm Set up for Thanksgiving Meal Wednesday, November 21 Parish Hall 11 am Thanksgiving Meal Thursday, November 22 Parish Hall 12 pm Liturgy of the Word with Children Sunday, November 25 Green Room 9:30 am Sunday, November 25 St. Joseph Building 11 am Day of Giving - Are YOU Ready? Ten days away! Giving Tuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, a national day of giving for nonprofits. This is the third annual Day of Giving. This event is called We Give Catholic, and will take place on Tuesday, November 27. St. Mary School is participating in this Giving Tuesday. Donating to benefit St. Mary School is a simple experience that you can do from your computer, tablet or smartphone at any time beginning at midnight on November 27 and continuing for a 24 hour period. Secure, taxdeductible donations will be accepted on the website wegivecatholic.org. By designating St. Mary School, the money you contribute will benefit us directly and place us in the running to receive cash prizes throughout the day. We have also secured an anonymous matching donor up to $10,000. Every dollar donated will be matched up to $10,000! Thank you in advance for your support! 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 meetings are November 18 and December 2 at 6pm in The Upper Room.
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 Anne, Beth, CeCe, Elaine, Gordon, Joanne, Joe, Maria, Mark, P.J., Pat, Sandi, Sharon and all who have asked for our prayers. 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. Zumba Do you want to meet new people and get fit at the same time? Mercy Health Parish Nursing presents Zumba! Every Tuesday and Thursday 5:00-6:30 starting August 28 at Second Baptist Church, 427 Chapman Lane, Elyria. The instructor is Jeanette Craigo. Bring a towel and water bottle. Call 935-5119 for more information. If you can t make it on Tuesdays or Thursdays Zumba is offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00-6:00 pm at LaPorte Methodist Church on Grafton Rd and Route 10. January Raffle Tickets It s that time of year again! Time to pick up your January Calendar Raffle Tickets. They are outside the Weigand Room. Please pick up an envelope and sell 10 tickets. The proceeds will go towards the school. Thank you for your support. A&R Bake Sale Altar & Rosary Society is sponsoring a Bake Sale after all Masses next weekend, November 17 and 18. Please plan to stop and see what the ladies have to offer! Blood Pressure Checks Blood pressure checks will be available Sunday, November 18 after the 8 and 9:30 am Masses in the Weigand Room. Sponsor a Veteran for Christmas The Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky is a facility with 600 male & female residents. Almost 60% of the residents are from Lorain or Cuyahoga County and have nothing when they arrive. My goal is to make sure each resident receives a gift during the holidays. This is my 6th year doing this ambitious project. I coordinate with the Veterans Home on what the residents could use and put together various combinations of men & women s toiletries. It costs $20 to sponsor a Veteran and each gift is wrapped and hand delivered. I need people who would like to sponsor one or more veterans. If you have the ability to help, please contact Cindy Urig 440-567-4319. Thank you for your past and continued support!
Harvey On Thursday, the fifth through eighth grades went to Elyria Catholic to see the play Harvey. They enjoyed watching the EC performers and met with them after to discuss the play. Elyria Police Officer Visits SMS Friday afternoon an Elyria police office came to visit St. Mary to talk about his occupation with the students. He explained what kind of training he had to go through to become an officer, the various things he would see on a typical day, and answered many of the students questions. The students thanked the Elyria police officers by giving them cards and a basket full of goodies. Marco s Pizza Day November 20 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. Box Tops Keep clipping those Box Tops. Thank you! Look for us on Facebook at St. Mary School Elyria
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 Eucharistic Adoration 8:30am- 5pm LC All Souls Day Prayer Service 7 UC Bible Study 7pm L End of 1st Quarter 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Children s Liturgy 9:30 10:30 PSR 6:30 Called to Protect Parent Meeting 6:30 WR Hot Meals 5-6 SC RCIA 7pm CR Eucharistic Adoration 8:30am- 5pm LC 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Children s Liturgy 9:30 10:30 Hot Meals 5-6 SC Senior Luncheon 12 WR PSR 6:30 NO SCHOOL Hot Meals 5-6 SC PTU Meeting 6:30 RCIA 7pm CR Baptism Class 6:30 WR Report Cards home Eucharistic Adoration 8:30am- 5pm LC A&R 11am WR Book Club CL 7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Blood Pressures 9 WR Children s Liturgy 9:30 10:30 Mass 5pm UC followed by Food & Fun PH PSR 6:30 Thanksgiving Prayer Service 7:30 UC Hot Meals 5-6 SC Marco s Pizza Night Set up Thanksgiving Meal 11 PH RCIA 7pm CR NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Meal 12-3 PH NO SCHOOL 25 26 27 28 29 30 Children s Liturgy 9:30 10:30 PSR 6:30 Hot Meals 5-6 SC DAY OF GIVING RCIA 7pm CR OPEN HOUSE 3-6 Cana Club 7 CL Eucharistic Adoration 8:30am- 5pm LC Picture Retakes NO SCHOOL Advent Family Night 5 WR 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.