110 Southern Boulevard West Palm Beach, FL 33405 Phone: 561.833.6387 office Email: StCatherineWPB@gmail.com Website: stcatherine-wpb.org Fax: 561.833.6391 February 2019 Featuring February Calendar 2 Father Andrew s Thoughts 3 2019 Epiphany 4-5 Home Blessings 6 Bible Study 7 Philoptochos 8 Father Andrew Celebration 9 2019 Festival 10-13 Treasurer s Note 14-15 Stewardship 16-18 St. Polycarp of Smyrna 19 Sunday School 20-21 Greek School 22 Heart of Greece 23 Daughters of Penelope 24 Cretans 25 Sacraments/Blessings/Prayers 26 Volunteers and Notes 27 Advertisers 28-34 Please support our advertisers. Their ads help support Saint Catherine buildings, grounds, and ministries.
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2019 Philoptochos Scholarship The Philoptochos Scholarships are available for graduating high school students entering college, graduate or technical school and whose family has been a member of Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church for at least 2 years. Applications must be submitted by May 16, 2019. Applications are available through the scholarship chairperson, Sophie H. Caras at sophiehelen@comcast.net /561-632-3000 (cell) / 561-582-9619 (home) or the church office at 561-833-6387. 8
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Greek Festival Food Donations Ground Beef Penne Pasta Chicken halves - 32 halves/box Cases of Cucumbers Boxes of Tomatoes Boxes of Eggplant Greek Wine Water Bottles Greek Beer Cases of Eggs Carrots Bags of Onions Bags of Potatoes Any amount of the above would be much appreciated and help save costs to the church! 13
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St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church 2018-2019 Sunday School Calendar February 3 - Super Dad Sunday February 17 - NO SS (St. Catherine s Greek Festival) March 17 and 24 - NO SS (Sunday of Orthodoxy & Spring Break) April 19 - Lenten Retreat, Friday @ 6pm April 21 - Palm Sunday, Easter Egg Hunt April 28 - NO SS (Easter Sunday) May 12 - Mother s Day Brunch May 19 - Last Day of SS/End of Year Party/SS Certificate Presentation We thank all who attended and supported Sunday School s annual Christmas event. Many of your donations went to a family in need through Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches! Special thanks to the Dune Deck Café, Eggs-cetera Café, Continental Produce and Mr. & Mrs. Peter Dion who donated so that the delicious turkey dinner could be prepared. Thank you for entrusting your children to our care on Sunday mornings! We love them so much and pledge to do our best to support your child s spiritual education. With love, St Catherine s Sunday School Team 20
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Sacraments Baptisms January 5 Isabella Rose Nifakos, daughter of Jason and Jenny January 6 Alexander Christopher Haretos son of Christopher and Kelly January 27 Georgios Zaharias Drapaniotis son of George and Jennifer Funerals January 5 Komninos Vaxevaneris January 25 Sophia Georgopoulos January 25 Chris Papageorge Prayer List Please remember in prayer, in addition to your family, those in our Saint Catherine family who are in need. Nicholas ~ Peter & Irene Dorothy ~ Olga ~ Peter & Olga Anna ~ Jane ~ Mary ~ Theodosia Andrew & Gramatiki ~ Mary ~ Stella Golfo ~ Lawrence & Anne ~ Maria John & Sandra ~ Elias & Virginia Mary ~ Norman & Helen ~ Georgia Alex & Soumela ~ John ~ Christina Konstantinos ~ Galatia ~ Vivian Please call to add to our listing. May Their Memory Be Eternal 26
THANK YOU TO OUR FAITHFUL VOLUNTEERS! Volunteers who assembled the January Lamplighter mailing : Vanya Fragiskakis, Annette Harakas and Evangelia Pikounis We couldn t do it without you! To our dear snowbird winter residents, please notify the church office by phone 561.833.6387 or email StCatherineWPB@gmail.com when you have returned to Florida so that we can update our files and begin sending mailings to your Florida address. Thank you! Dear Parishioners: Some of our stewards have stated that they do not want to receive the Lamplighter via the U.S. Postal Service, as they prefer to access it online at stcatherine-wpb.org. This would also result in some savings in office expenses for paper, ink and labor. If you wish us to discontinue mailing the Lamplighter to your home please send an email to: StCatherineWPB@gmail.com. We will notify you each month and send you a direct link to the current Lamplighter. REMEMBER THE CHURCH IN YOUR WILL! 27
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Lamplighter Official Monthly Publication Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church West Palm Beach, Florida 33405 February 2019 VOLUME NO. 2 EDITOR Father Andrew Maginas Phone: 561.833.6387 Fax: 561.833.6391 Email: FrAndrewMaginas@mail.goarch.org DEADLINES All editorial copy and pictures for publication in the Lamplighter should be sent to the office by the 10 th of the preceding month. PARISH ADMINISTRATOR Laura Mine Email: StCatherineWPB@gmail.com CHURCH CARETAKER Germán David CHURCH OFFICE HOURS September - May Mon - Tues: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Wed - Thurs: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Closed Fridays year round Email: StCatherineWPB@gmail.com FATHER ANDREW S OFFICE HOURS Mon - Thurs: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm AFTER HOURS EMERGENCIES Father Andrew 561.313.0654 Jimmy Theodossakos 561.232.0584 CHURCH WEBSITE www.stcatherine-wpb.org METROPOLIS WEBSITE www.atlmetropolis.org/ ARCHDIOCESE WEBSITE www.goarch.org Important Info 2019 PARISH COUNCIL OFFICERS President: Nick Mitsinicos 561.727.9323 Vice President: Chris Christoforou Secretary: Lee Esopakis Treasurer: Nicholas Smith Financial Secretary: Nicholas Anadiotis MEMBERS Maria Balasis-Zahn, Joanne Dalber, John Fragiskakis, Ann Linardos, Sofia Petris, Steve Stogiannis, Frank Zahn ENDOWMENT FUND Chairman: Demetrios Theodossakos 561.232.0584 Recording Secretary: Vicki Sarides CHURCH MINISTRIES PHILOPTOCHOS President: Diana Patrick 561.968.5848 Vice President: Sophie Caras Corresponding Secretary: Olga Gevas Treasurer: Donna Ryan Stewardship: Joanne Dalber Mary Ann Babnis Advisor: Demetra Galazoudis Acolytes Spiritual Advisor: Father Andrew Maginas 561.833.6387 Cantor Dr. Panos Livadiotis Choir President: Karen Helstrom 561.214.4800 Organist/Director Eirene Werts 561.747.6250 GOYA President: Faith Amygdalitsis 561.603.8759 Heart of Greece Dancers President: Sophia P. Manolis 561.602.3226 Greek School PTO President: Antigoni Panagoulias 561.758.9262 Teacher: Eleni Manolis 561.641.2404 Stewardship Nicholas Anadiotis 727.254.0590 Sunday School Director: Antonia Theodossakos Esopakis 561.373.1886 PARISH RELATED ORGANIZATIONS AND MINISTRIES AHEPA President: Steve Stogiannis 561.848.8769 AHEPA #18 Apartments President: Steve Pavlakos 561.704.8641 AHEPA Family Charities President: George Matsoukas 561.585.0245 Cretan Society President: Lee Esopakis 561.351.6980 Daughters of Penelope President: Theodora Farsaliotis 561.289.3098 Senior Citizens Club President: Maria Balasis-Zahn 561.641.2977 35
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