St. Adalbert Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament 2347 E. 83rd Cleveland, OH 44120 Office: 216.881.7647 FAX: 216.421.1612 School: 216.881.6250 garychmura@gmail.com stadalbertschool.net

Sunday Mass: 11:00 AM Weekday mass: Thursdays at 9am (on school days)

 Fr.  Gary  Chmura  Fr.  Damian  Ezeani    Fr.  Faustine  Furaha  Sr.  Rita  Mrema,  CESM  

 Theresa  Bumpers  Sandra  Gay  Chapman  (Music  Ministry)    

 Mr.  James  Smith    (School  Principal)    

 Irene  Morrison    (Parish  Council  Chair)    Phillis  Fuller  Clipps  (Parish  Finance  Chair)  

June  8,  2014  Pentecost  

Needed each week: $1,300.00 The final report was not ready by the time the bulletin went to print. Please watch for a report next week. On June 22 we will adopt a budget for next year. The new fiscal year begins on July 1.Thank you for your goodness and generosity! We promise to be wise and prudent stewards of the gifts you have dedicated to God’s work.

Sr. Anna Mary Henrietta Nyangoma, Superior General of the Evangelizing

Sisters of Mary has appointed Sr. Rita Mrema, originally from Tanzania, for ministry at our parish and school. We have started the process for procuring a religious worker visa for Sister. Hopefully she will be here on time to begin work in September. Two other sisters will live with her in the convent (former rectory) and work elsewhere, but also minister to us at St. Adalbert. Sr. Rita has vast experience and has also served in leadership in her order. This is exciting and great news for us and for the whole Diocese of Cleveland as the first African Religious Order of Women Religious to make a foundation in our diocese begins work at Adalbert/OLBS!

Convent Update: The second floor has been repainted. We received donations of furniture from St. John Vianney Parish in Mentor, Our Lady of the Angels Parish in Cleveland, and Fortuna Funeral Home in Cleveland. After the painting is finished and some repair work is done in the bathrooms we will clean the carpet, arrange furniture, and begin work on the first floor kitchen, dining room, parlor, and chapel.

Some Important Dates! Put them on your calendars today!

1. June 15: 11am: First Holy Communion

2. June 19: Faith of Africa Choir Practice

3. June 21: 10am: Faith of Africa Planning Meeting

4. June 22: 12 Noon: Parish Finance Council

5. June 25: Faith of Africa Choir Practice

6. June 29: 11am: Faith of Africa Mass and Celebration

Save the date of Sunday, September 14: the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross. We will formally welcome the Sisters at the 11am Mass and meet with them at a special reception to follow.  

Congratulations to the following parishioners who were confirmed by Bishop Richard G. Lennon yesterday at St. John’s Cathedral.

Kareece Perez Karah Perez

Jasmine Walker Robert Walker

Anthony Johnson LaRyssa Walls-Lindsey Jordan Meeks-Colen

THANKS TO THE CATECHISTS AND SPONSORS OF OUR PARISH FOR PREPARING THEM FOR THIS IMPORTANT DAY.

African American Day at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue, OH will be on Sunday, July 13. Fr. Clarence Williams will be the celebrant and Fr. Gene Wilson will also participate. The Knights and Ladies of St. Peter Claver will make the pilgrimage in full uniform. For luncheon orders and further information please see Pat West before or after Mass.

REVIVAL DVDs NOW AVAILABLE A three disc set of recordings of Revival 2014 at St. Dominic in Shaker Heights are now available for only $20. There are many other DVDs made over the years as well. Contact Billy Shaw at 216-881-2278. If there is no answer, please leave a message.

The next big event at our parish will be the June 29 FAITH OF AFRICA CELEBRATION. Visitors from all across the Diocese and beyond will fill our church as we welcome immigrants from Africa. Father Francis Chishala, SJ, from Zambia will be our celebrant and homilist. The final planning meeting will be on Saturday, June 21 at 10am in Harris Hall. If you would like to help with the reception following Mass, please email Marcia Wittenbrook at mwittenbro@aol.com. If you would like to join the Faith of Africa Choir, please plan on attending the choir rehearsals on Thursday, June 19th & Wednesday, June 25th (6:00 p.m.) at St. Adalbert Church. If you have questions or need more information feel free to contact Sandra Gay Chapman at sandra.geecee@hotmail.com For more information about the annual Faith of Africa Celebration, contact Vanessa Griffin Campbell at the Diocese of Cleveland by emailing her at vcampbell@dioceseofcleveland.org

Thursday School Masses are suspended for the summer months and will resume again after the opening of School in August. If you have an email address and have not been receiving updates from Fr. Gary, please send him an email at garychmura@gmail.com. He sends an update once each week and if there is some breaking news he may send one midweek. This is a great and inexpensive way to keep informed about the news of our parish. We also have a parish facebook page. Search for us and “like us!”

June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Here is a prayer that you can offer today and every day during June.

O most holy heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore you, I love you, and with lively sorrow for my sins I offer you this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to your will. Grant, Good Jesus, that I may live in you and for you. Protect me in the midst of danger. Comfort me in my afflictions. Give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, your blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death. Amen.  

Next Sunday we will celebrate First Holy Communion during the 11am Mass. May Jesus, the Bread of Life, fill their hearts with joy and faith. As we mae room for them at the table of the Lord may God renew the grace of our first holy communion in each of us. Following the 11am Mass next Sunday we will have a social to honor our first communicants and those confirmed yesterday. Please make a special effort to join us.

Parish Census: In July we will begin a parish census to learn how we may best serve the people of God at St. Adalbert/OLBS. Please take the time to complete the census as completely and accurately as possible so that we can better serve you in the months and years ahead. è Anyone willing to pick up an elderly person to bring him or her to Mass on Sunday? Please call or email Father Gary to let him know. We have just a few people in the Cleveland Heights area who could use this service.