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Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 24, 2013
April 24, 2011 , 2010
Saturday, November23rd 5:00 PM Arthur M. DeThomas Jr+ Sunday, November 24th 9:00 AM For the People of the Parish 11:15AM Ric Havel+ Monday, November 25th 8:30 AM Intention Available Tuesday, November 26th 8:30 AM Helen Murawski+ Wednesday, November 27th 7:00 PM Intention Available Thursday, November 28th Happy Thanksgiving 9:00 AM Intention Available Friday, November 29th 8:30 AM Intention Available Saturday, November 30th 5:00 PM Karen & Tom Tischler 50th Anniversary Sunday, December 1st 9:00 AM For the People of the Parish 11:15 AM Betty Walker & All Departed Souls+ Liturgical Minister Schedule Saturday, November 30, 2013, 5:00pm Lector: Mia Preston Servers: M. Levanoff / C. Dunn E.M.s: R. Hirsch / P. Apidone / J. DuRell Sunday, December 1, 2013, 9:00am Lector: Richard Vanderwyst Servers: S. Schonfeld / J. Mycek E.M.s: D. & L. Linder, P. & B. Chamberlin Sunday, December 1, 2013, 11:15am Lector: Carole Zumack Servers: F. Jr. & G. del Guidice E.M.s: F. Sr. & G. del Guidice

Given my announcement last weekend of my new assignment which begins January 1st, I will ask in a special way for your prayers, both for me and for the parish. Whenever I have left a parish, I have always taken a part of that community with me. They remain forever in my thoughts & in my heart. I know that there are ties made that will keep us connected in some ways. And I know that youve helped me grow in my time here. St. Leo the Great is a parish of about 2100 households. It has a school as do many of the parishes in that area. It clusters with St. Thomas More in Brooklyn and St. Charles Borromeo in Parma. I know several priests who have been Parochial Vicars (what we used to call Associates) there, including my cousin, Fr. Dan Schlegel. I know I have big shoes to fill as the present Pastor, Fr. Russ Lowe, begins his new assignment at Our Lady of Angels. As was the case when Fr. Uhler left St. Stephen, the Personnel Board will visit St. Stephen and ask for your input as they search for a new Pastor. I will give you more information about that as soon as it is available to me. I will offer the second part of my presentation on the Liturgy of the Hours this Sunday at 10am, so please join us, even if you were not able to make it last Sunday. Next Sunday we will pray Morning Prayer together after the 9am Mass & anyone is welcome to join us. I do pray that your Thanksgiving will be blessed. Please join us for Mass at 9am that morning so that we can give proper Eucharistic thanks to the One who is the Giver of all we have and are. Please note that there will not be Mass on Friday morning after Thanksgiving and that the Parish Office will be closed.

Sunday, 10:00am 10:00am Monday, 9:00am 7:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm Tuesday, 7:00pm Wednesday 7:30 am 5:30pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8:45am 8:00pm

Readings for the Week of November 24, 2013 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 2 Sm 5:1-3; Ps 122; Col 1:12-20; Lk 23:35-43 Monday Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr Dn 1:1-6, 8-20; Dn 3; Lk 21:1-4 Tuesday Dn 2:31-45; Dn 3; Lk 21:5-11 Wednesday Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dn 3; Lk 21:12-19 Thursday Dn 6:12-28; Dn 3; Lk 21:20-28 Friday Dn 7:2-14; Dn 3; Lk 21:29-33 Saturday Saint Andrew, Apostle Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19; Mt 4:18-22 Sunday First Sunday of Advent Is 2:1-5; Ps 122; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44 Sunday

November 24th Offertory Counter Team 4 PSR (Hall) Adult Ed. (Church Meeting Room) November 25th Liturgical Life Committee (Church Mtg. Room) Guitar Group Practice (Church) Parish Council (Church Meeting Room) Boy Scouts/Webelos (Hall) November 26th Choir Practice (Church) November 27th Eucharistic Adoration Meals & More (Hall) November 28th Thanksgiving Day Office Closed November 29th No Events Scheduled November 30th Mens Prayer Group (Church) AA Meeting (Rectory Meeting Room)

Last weeks collections: 11/17/13 Offertory - $2617.96, SVDP - $199.11 Craft Show for SVDP - $943.00 God bless you! Please remember the sick in your prayers: Ron Guidetti, Eleanor Roe, Margie Keep, Freda Brazis; Pat Siddall, Louise Bauer, Tracy Lenhoff, Mary Cooke, Alene & Raymond Smith, Bob Coon, Jim McWeeny, Sr. Clare Ellen Wittman, Ray Hirsch, Marilyn Reith, Lilly Gawlinski, Jared Johnson, Deacon Joe Johnson, Barb Ciuca, Dan Klamert, Nancy Catalano, Jessica Johnson, Lois Yehlik, June Kost, and all those on our prayer board. DEACON'S CORNER: Patricia and I hope that all of you will have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving celebration. We are looking forward to spending time with Pete Jr. and his family as well as all my siblings and their families. By this time we have already celebrated Thanksgiving with all of the helpers and guests at Meals and More on last Wednesday. This is our first big feast since Anne Rogers retired so I am a bit nervous about it as I write this column. Id also like to thank you on behalf of West Salem Outreach. We received a lot of good food last weekend for those in need. Please help us out with turkeys and hams for our December food distribution if you can. The distribution will be taking place on Dec. 4. Thanks again and may God bless your many acts of charity. Bulletin Advertising Campaign Coming Soon! Jeff Thomas representing Diocesan Publications (our Bulletin Publisher) will be at the parish soon. He will be renewing present advertisements and seeking new ones. If interested, please call the parish office. Or you may contact Jeff directly at 614738-6150 orjthomas@diocesan.com . We feel this is an excellent service and that the sponsors get good coverage with their ads. THANKS TO YOU and DIOCESAN PUBLICATIONS, the bulletin is published weekly at no cost to the parish. Second Collection Today The Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) provides funding for groups that make lasting change and uplift the poor in the United States. In the last five years, over 36% of CCHDs grants have gone to improving education, supporting economic development, and improving housing in low-income neighborhoods. Help us continue to defend human dignity and take poverty off the map. Give generously to the CCHD Collection. Red Cross Needs Local Volunteers! The Red Cross is looking for volunteers each blood drive at St. Stephen to spend a few hours in the Canteen helping with refreshments. If you are interested please contact Donna Bourdess at 419-9452283. Your help will be greatly appreciated. JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM MASS, SAT., 7 DEC. 2013 Join Catholic Charities Disability Services & Ministries for the Annual Journey to Bethlehem Liturgy on Saturday, 7 December 2013, at OLA/St. Joseph Center (2346 W. 14th St., Cleveland, OH). Mass will begin at 10:30am with a light luncheon following. This beautiful celebration marks the 29th liturgy for persons with disabilities, their families and friends. We encourage members of our Diocese to join us. Call 216-334-2963 or email mjscott@clevelandcatholiccharities.org for more information.

Parishioners asked to help Philippine Typhoon victims Cleveland Bishop Richard Lennon, in response to a request from Catholic Relief Services, is asking the 185 parishes of the Diocese to offer a special, second collection the weekend of November 30 - December 1, 2013.The funds will be sent to Catholic Relief Services, the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic Community in the United States. The funds will benefit the Philippine people who are victims of super typhoon Haiyan. With wind speeds of 195 mph, it is now recorded as the strongest tropical cyclone on record to have made landfall. An estimated 9.5 million people are suffering from the destruction. Donors are advised to make checks payable to their individual parish (memo - Typhoon Relief). The parishes are then being asked to submit a totaled single check to the Diocese Finance Office made payable to "Diocese of Cleveland." As we prepare to conclude This Year of Faith ---What is Faith? Faith is knowledge and trust. It has seven characteristics: 1) Faith is a sheer gift of God which we receive when we fervently ask for it. 2) Faith is the supernatural power necessary if we are to attain salvation. 3) Faith requires free will and clear understanding of the divine invitation. 4) Faith is absolutely certain, because Jesus guarantees it. 5) Faith is incomplete unless it leads to active love. 6) Faith grows when we listen carefully to Gods word and enter a lively exchange with him in prayer. 7) Faith gives us even now, a foretaste of the joy of heaven. (From the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church) (Youcat #21) Ladies Guild On December 2nd at 6:30pm there will be a Christmas Potluck Dinner in the Hall! Bring a $5 wrapped gift exchange item with a White Elephant/Re-Gift theme. All are welcomed to join us for this epic good time! Good food and much laughter, bring a friend! NO PSR on December 1, 2013 The weekend after Thanksgiving has traditionally been a day off to allow our Catechists to visit with family. Pope Francis comments on visions. VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Purported visions of Mary, if taken in the wrong spirit, can sow confusion and distance people from the Gospel, Pope Francis said. Curiosities distance people "from the Gospel, from the Holy Spirit, from peace and hope, from God's glory and God's beauty," the pope said Nov. 14, 2013 during a homily at morning Mass in the Vatican guesthouse, where he lives. "Jesus says that the kingdom of God doesn't come in a way that attracts attention," the pope said, according to a report by Vatican Radio. Pope Francis reflected on the day's Gospel reading from Luke (17:2025), in which the Pharisees ask Jesus when the kingdom of God will come. Jesus answers that the "coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed," and tells his disciples not to "run in pursuit" of signs of his second coming. "Curiosity pushes us to want to hear that the Lord is here or over there, or it makes us say, 'Well, I know a visionary who receives letters from Our Lady, messages from Our Lady,'" the pope said. But Mary is "not a postmaster of the post office sending out messages every day." "The kingdom of God is among us," he said. "Don't look for strange things, don't seek novelties with this worldly curiosity.