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LENT ON OUR WEBSITE

Visit our Lent page for resources and events to enhance your Lenten journey. 

EASTER FLOWERS REMINDER

A reminder to please fill out your Easter flower envelope with the names of loved ones to be prayed for during the Easter Season.  A listing of all names in memoriam will appear in the Easter Bulletin, March 31. We must receive the envelopes by Thursday, March 21 to have the names included in the Easter Bulletin.  Again, thank you for your kindness.  May the season of Resurrection bring us the promise of eternal life. 

CHOIR PRACTICE

The choir will be singing at the 9:00 Mass on Easter Sunday, March 31.  Choir practice will be held on Sundays after the 11:30 Mass for anyone who would like to join the choir. Please contact the parish office (330-533-6839) if you would like to be a part of the choir for Easter.

CLEAN UP YOUR ACT FOR LENT

Beginning next weekend, we will be collecting personal hygiene and household cleaning items for those in need throughout our community.  Any items may be placed in the bins located at the entrances of the Church.  All items will then be distributed through Catholic Charities.  Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY EASTER PROJECT

Two students from Canfield High School are collecting items to fill Easter Baskets for children 12 years old and younger.  The items could include coloring books, crayons, toys, candy, puzzles, games, and anything that a child would like. Please place any items you are donating in the bins as the doors of the church. The items will be collected after Palm Sunday (March 23/24) and then assembled and taken to the Rescue Mission to be distributed. Thank you for your support in making this Easter a little brighter for some children.  

2024 ANNUAL DIOCESAN APPEAL – ONE IN HOPE, ONE IN MISSION

We have begun our Annual Diocesan Appeal--the major solicitation in support of Catholic Charities and the Ministries of the Diocese.  Please prayerfully consider making a gift to the 2024 Annual Appeal.  If we were able to add just another 100 parishioners to the list of generous donors this year, the difference that could mean to our brothers and sisters in need in the area would be amazing.  More information including a link to give online is available HERE.

FRIDAY LENTEN DEVOTIONS

Fridays, February 16 - March 22, 2024. 8:00am Mass followed by 8:30am Stations.

 

GARDEN GUILD

Saint Michael Garden Guild will begin it 2024 year on Wednesday, March 20 at 7:00pm in the Parish Hall.  The Guild’s guest speaker will be Marilyn Kennedy from the Ohio State Extension Office.  Her talk will be on hummingbirds. Guests are welcome!

Hostess:  Jan Sternagel 

 

CAN YOU GIVE GREEN EGGS AND HAM? or blue, or pink, or whatever you think. There’ll be no cooking, no slicing, no dicing, ordeal. Just the collection of a very nice meal. Download flyer HERE

Our local Soup Kitchens/Dining Halls are asking for some assistance again this year for their Easter meal service. We have had such success these last 2 years that we think we can do it again.

Our Parish Hall will be the collection center for hams, colored eggs, and any canned items you might wish to bring that would be a part of an Easter meal. Please bring packaged hams, colored eggs, and whatever would be part of an Easter dinner, to the Parish Hall on Monday, March 25 between 5:00-7:00pm (use the back door close to the kitchen) or on Tuesday, March 26 between 9:00am-3:00pm. We will be in the Hall between 10:00am and 3:00pm on Tuesday sorting and distributing the food to our traditional 3 Soup Kitchens in Youngstown: St. Vincent DePaul, The Community Kitchen, and The Rescue Mission. They are all serving on Holy Thursday afternoon. 

If you have any questions, please call: Mary Jo Lewis (330-651-8500) or Saint Michael parish office (330-533-6839).

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION for 40th, 50th and over 

The Diocese of Youngstown is sponsoring a Wedding Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, May 5, at 2:00pm at Saint Columba Cathedral in Youngstown, honoring couples observing their 25th, 40th, 50th and over wedding anniversaries in 2024.

The Wedding Anniversary Celebration will include Mass with the Most Reverend David J. Bonnar, Bishop of Youngstown, renewal of marriage vows, a personalized certificate for each couple and a light reception for the couple and their families in the cathedral hall. Couples must make reservations in advance. Please contact your parish office as soon as possible to fill out the necessary form, but no later than March 27.  Space is limited. 

DISCIPLE MAKER INDEX SURVEY

Saint Michael Parish, and all our parishes in the Diocese of Youngstown, is on a journey to know, love, and serve Christ in our parish community. Together we must embrace Christ’s vision for missionary discipleship so our parish can thrive and be a place for others to grow together in faith. Read more about the survey and how to participate HERE.

BEREAVEMENT LUNCHEON MINISTRY

Thank you to everyone who volunteers with our Bereavement Luncheon Ministry here at Saint Michael Parish.  This important ministry helps to provide, when requested, a light luncheon for family and friends after a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated here in our parish Church.  To assist in the funding for this ministry, there is a once-a-year envelope in our offertory packets in March, based on the Feast of Saint Joseph, who, among many patronages, serves as the patron of a happy death, as he died in the presence of his Son, our Lord, and the Blessed Mother.  Thank you in advance for your generosity and thank you to all who are offering their service and compassion to this ministry.

SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

View our financial report for the second half of 2023 HERE.

FISH FRY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Thank you to everyone who volunteered and helped at the fish fry last year.  Your help is needed again as well as anyone else who would like to volunteer this year.  Volunteers are needed on Wednesday from 9:00am until noon to help set up. On Friday we are asking for volunteers from either 9:00am–noon or 3:00–8:00pm. The Fish Fry dates are February 16, February 23, March 1, March 8, March 15, and March 22.  If you are interested in helping, please download and fill out the attached form and either drop it in the collection basket or at the parish office during regular business hours.

More about the Fish Fry HERE.

2023 TAX STATEMENTS 

We are in the process of posting the final contributions for 2023, including the many offertory gifts received for Christmas.  As such, 2023 tax statements will be available beginning Monday, January 22. To obtain a statement, please call the office and it will be ready in two days (beginning on the 22nd).  Statements will not be done while you wait.  

MINISTERS TO THE HOMEBOUND

We have reinstated the Homebound Eucharist Ministry and are in need of a few more volunteers.  If you are a Eucharistic Minister and are interested in taking communion to the homebound, please contact Kay McCarthy at 330-533-4982.   

Please note: Anyone who takes communion into people’s homes or into nursing homes/assisted living facilities must be in compliance with the Diocesan Safe Environment Policy before beginning your ministry.  You will need to read the Diocesan policy and sign an acknowledgement, complete an online VIRTUS training, and submit your fingerprints for a background check. For more information on this policy, please call Maureen Hall at the parish office.

 

Ongoing Events

RECITATION OF THE ROSARY

​​A group gathers in the pews near the Blessed Mother’s altar for an oral recitation of the rosary the 1st Saturday of the month at 3:15pm.  Please call Mary Ann Camardo (330-2286-3432) for more information.​​

 

Please join us on Tuesday mornings (unless there is a funeral) at 11:00am in the church to say the Patriotic Rosary. For more information call Kate Pavlich (330-533-24320. Read more HERE.

FITNESS FUN is a safe one-hour total body exercise workout, which includes a warm-up, weight training, body conditioning and toning exercises, both standing and on the floor, low impact aerobics, and a cool down.   All exercises are choreographed to Christian and popular music of the present and the past.  The class meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00am to 10:00am in the lower level of the Parish Hall.  Interested persons may join anytime. 

Please wear comfortable clothes, proper shoes, and bring a mat for floor work.

OPEN GYM FOR WALKING

The Family Life Center Gymnasium is now open four days a week: Monday through Thursday, from 9:30am to 11:30am.  Parishioners are invited to come and walk for healthy exercise and companionship. Walkers are requested to stop in the open meeting room across from the restrooms to store their coats and change from outdoor boots and shoes to indoor athletic or walking shoes—required to protect the FLC floor. Now there is no need to go to the mall to exercise.  This is a great opportunity right here at home to walk your way to a healthy lifestyle. Please enter through the side door.

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SCHEDULING MEETINGS AND EVENTS

If you would like to schedule a meeting or event for any of our parish organizations, or schedule a rental anywhere in the Church, Parish Hall, or Family Life Center, please contact Audrey Geskey (330-533-3181). Email: ageskey@saintmichaelparish.net

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