All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, is a solemn holy day of obligation, dedicated to all the Saints of the Church. Please join us for Mass: St. Patrick: Monday Vigil: 5:30PM; Tuesday at 8AM and 5:30PM. St. Malachi.
Tuesday Nov. 1: Noon. All Souls’ Day, November 2, is a day of prayer for the faithful who have died and not yet reached heaven. Please join us for Mass: St. Malachi: Noon; St. Patrick: 5:30PM
On November 29, 2022 #weGiveCatholic returns as a one-day major fundraiser event supporting our Back Door Ministries. Last year, the Back Door Ministry served over 45,000 meals. They provide free meals for our guests: Monday-Friday takeout lunches, Monday night takeout dinners and Saturday morning breakfasts.
Listen to our Back Door Ministry Saturday Breakfast guest, Mario, as he shares what the Back Door Ministry: St. Malachi Parish | #WeGiveCatholic
Please join us on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022 at 11AM at the Keystone Pavilion at the West Creek Reservation of the Cleveland Metro Parks in Parma for Mass and annual picnic. Located off of West Ridgewood between Broadview and State Roads.
We are looking for support with side dishes and help with this event. Please sign up to volunteer
at https://bit.ly/SMPPICNIC22. Hospitality is providing main course (pulled pork, vegan pulled pork, hotdogs) beverages and condiments. Bring a game to share while we wait for grilling to happen. Food will be served after Mass.
This anonymous survey will help us better understand why people participate with our Parish and ministries and provide another way of sharing your hopes for the Parish. It should take no more than 20 minutes to complete. Access the survey here. https://docs.
If you would like copies of the handouts from the Listening Session last weekend – 2018-2022 financial report; 2018-2022 Parish Statistics and 2018-2022 Completed/Planning Facility Needs and Updates click on this link: SMP-Strategic-Planning-
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The Strategic Planning Committee thanks everyone who participated in the Listening Sessions this past weekend! The ideas shared were very energizing and helpful to us as we move forward! Thank you! The next phase of our work will involve the Steering Committee (SC) and the Strategic Planning Work Group (SPWG) doing interviews with various people and organizations that have or have had connections with St. Malachi’s over the years. Along with the surveys and information parishioners are giving us in various ways, we want to understand our broader relationships in the Cleveland community and learn from them.
The SC and SPWG will spend most of September compiling and digesting all of this material. We will then present the Main Options to be explored to Parish Council. These are very “key” steps in this process and we want to give these steps the time needed to produce a quality outcome. The Options will be shared with the Parish at the end of September-Stay Tuned! While the SC and SPWG are doing the above work, we are also asking that PARISHIONERS STEP FORWARD to join an Option Team. Each Option Team will take a “deep dive “ into a particular option to discern its pros and cons beginning in mid-October.
The Training Session to be on an Option Team is Saturday, October 15th,9AM-3:30PM. PLEASE contact a member of the Steering Committee below to volunteer for an Option Team. We need everyone’s help to create our BEST FUTURE! Thank you all! The Steering Committee (Jim Connell, Cathy Graham, Joe Nagel, Therese Mullen and Pat Masterson). Please complete the survey. This helps the team judge the number of ACTIVE Parish members and provides more information to discern viable options. Y
The introductory study Opening Your Heart begins online on Tuesday, Aug 23, at 7PM. Contact Claudia Cabrera at claudia.c@stmalachi.org or Marisol Guzmam at mgv.marisol@gmail.com. See https:/walkingwithpurpose.com/
Those who’ve completed the intro study can begin the next level Keeping in Balance online on Thur., Aug 25th. Contact Carli at carli.l@stmalachi.org or Olivia at obraude1@gmail.com.
A heartfelt thank you for the exceptional work of the MANY hands who helped clean, re–arrange and set up church so that we were able to celebrate the last three weekend Masses AND view the progress of our painting project! When the work was finally completed last Friday, it took a village (the Martha Ministry, Carol Schiro and Mike Pellegrino, Willie Cummings and about 15 ladies from Stella Maris) to eliminate many layers of dust and debris left behind. We are truly blessed!
Anyone active or interested in parish life is invited to join an evening workshop on Wednesday June 22, from 5:30-8:15PM. A trainer from Thriving Congregations, a grant we’ve been privileged to receive through the Lily Foundation, will walk us through ideas to make our hearts and physical spaces best able to welcome others into God’s love! E-mail: stephanie.p@stmalachi.org for more information. Workshop-on-Radical-
Painting the inside of the Church – Beginning June 6th, 2022the second phase of painting the inside of the Church will begin. It is estimated that the project will last three weeks. Weekend Masses will continue to be celebrated in the Church. However, due to the painting, there will be NO Noon Masses celebrated in the Church for 3 weeks – June 7th and 10th, June 14th and 17th, and June 21 and 24. We invite you to attend the 11:00 AM Mass at St. Wendelin’s on Monday, Tuesday and Friday or St. John’s Cathedral for Noon Mass each weekday. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause
Please join Bishop Malesic and St. Malachi Parish for 10AM Mass and Blessing of the Homeless Jesus Sculpture on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Homeless Jesus depicts the basic need for shelter and raises awareness of the homeless population in our community in nee of care and compassion. The Homeless Jesus Sculpture is one of six figures in the Matthew 25 Collection by Canadian artist, Timothy Schmalz acquired by Community West Foundation to expand important conversations around issues of social justice, privilege, compassion, and empathy.
A Social to follow in the Parish Hall. We are in need of pastries and would appreciate your donation. Please bring your pastries to the hall beginning at 8:30AM that morning. Your generosity is appreciated.
