1) Society of St. Vincent de Paul will have its 40th annual Blanket Sunday this Sunday, Oct. 11. Envelopes for this collection will be available in the pews this weekend, Oct. 10 and 11. Your monetary donation at the Oct. 10 and 11 Masses will help purchase thousands of warm blankets, beds and other winter essentials given directly to those in need through our parish groups, hunger centers, Labre (homeless outreach) programs and others in Northeast Ohio and Wayne County. You can also donate atBlanketSunday.orgor mail a check to SVDP at 1404 E. 9th St., Cleveland, OH 44114.
2) An invitation for non-practicing Catholics: We are asking you to invite any of your family and friends who have been away from the church to join the six evenings of Catholics Returning Home series. Our hope is that you will accompany them to the sessions: 7 pm Mondays, Oct. 12, 19 and 26 and Nov. 2, 9 and 16, in the Parish Hall. Our goal is to support them in their personal decision regarding their relationship with the Catholic Church. For more information, emailmczuercher@aol.com,call the Parish Office at 330-264-8824 and watch this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8fMpiZ-f4
3) Join us for our engaging Adult Faith Speaker Series! "What Would Francis Do?" continues this coming Wednesday, Oct. 14. Dr. Louis Mancha, Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ashland University, will be speaking on the Call to Family, Community, and Participation. Sure to be a fruitful discussion! Last week we hosted Tony Dipre, Director of the Office of Human Life for the Diocese of Cleveland. He spoke about the Church's beautiful teachings on the Dignity of Human Life. If you missed it, you can watch it here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkuof71ySpw&t=1665s