Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Algis Penkauskas, who recently underwent surgery.
Tevynes Garsai welcomes Julius Veblaitis, who is a new online listener from New Jersey.
Last Sunday's Plain Dealer Metro section featured an article on Alex and Freda Kunevicius and how they met and married during World War II. The article is available at Cleveland.com, along with a short video of the couple, who have been married 62 years now.
Yesterday, Raimundas Obalis and his choir from Rochester, NY were in town to make a recording with Svaja at St. George's in preparation for the Song Festival coming up in Vilnius this July.
Congratulations to the Cleveland Cavaliers on their 102-84 domination of the Detroit Pistons yesterday in Game 1 of the NBA playoffs. Z contributed 12 points in the win. Game 2 will be Tuesday at the Q, with tipoff at 8:00 pm. The game will be televised by TNT and Fox Sports Ohio. Game 3 is Friday in Detroit at 7:00 pm, with TV coverage on ESPN and Fox Sports Ohio.
The pastors of St. George and Our Lady of Perpetual Help parishes, together with their two representatives, met on April 14th. Also present at the meeting was deacon Jim Amstrong, appointed by Bishop Lennon to be in charge of the entire diocesan parish merger/closure process.
The topic of the meeting was choosing the parish closure date, which must be submitted to the bishop by April 22nd. The parish merger process requires that both parishes close, and both pastors along with their respective staffs resign. Approximately one week later, the newly formed parish opens with a new pastor and staff.
Committee members have decided to submit a suggested closing date of October, 2009. Bishop Lennon will make the final decision regarding the exact dates for closure and opening and is expected to announce his decision some time in the middle of May. We will make that information available to you as soon as we have received it.
The next merger team meeting will take place on April 28th with the goal of establishing committees needed to handle various merger details, and suggesting persons who would head up and work on the committees.
This morning, the Lithuanian Girl Scout Auxiliary will present an Atvelykis Brunch from 11:00 am to 12 noon in the lower hall at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Proceeds from this brunch will go to the parish.
St. George paris will also celebrate Atvelykis today after 10:30 mass this morning.
Today there will be no Buffet at Gintaras because of the Atvelykis celebrations at St. George and Our Lady of Perpetual Help. If you’re not going to Atvelykis, you can stop by Gintaras for a cepelinai or three.
Gintaras at Lithuanian Village will offer a Mother’s Day brunch buffet on Sunday, May 10th, from 11:30 to 1:30. Reservations are required, and you can call Ruta at 440-669-4145 for details.
Ruta is also looking for volunteers to help with yard cleanup, spring cleaning and landscaping in and around Lithuanian Village.
Lithuanians will go to the polls to elect a new president next month, and Lithuanian citizens living in Cleveland can cast their vote from 11:00 am to 12 noon in the lower hall at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunday May 17th. Contact Honorary Consul Ingrida Bublys at 216-486-8692 for more information.
Mark your calendar for Abiturientu Balius or Graduates Spring Fling, coming up on Saturday, June 6th at Lithuanian Village. Please contact Vilija Klimas at vilija@nasvytis.com or Shirley Kizys at 216-554-9729 for more information, and especially if you have a graduate in your family this spring.
The Baltic community of greater Cleveland will gather on Sunday June 14th to commemorate the 1941 deportations of Baltic peoples to Siberia. The prayer service begins at 3:00 pm.
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