Saturday, October 10, 2009

October 11, 2009

Dana Cipkus and Maryte Stachnik would like to thank all who made the 25th anniversary celebration at the Lietuviu Sodyba such a big success. Special thanks to Senator George Voinovich, Congressman Steve LaTourette, and Honorary Consul Ingrida Bublys.

A parish farewell is planned for Father Kijauskas this morning at the 10:00 Mass. A reception will follow in the lower hall after Mass. There will be no 12:00 o'clock Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help today.


On October 16th at 6:30 pm, a dinner honoring Father Kijauskas will be held at Bratenahl Place in Bratenahl. Reservations are required, and you can contact Rita Matas at 440-476-2530 for reservations and more information.

On Saturday, October 17th, Zaibas will host the North American Lithuanian Swimming Championships at Hawken School on Clubside Road in Lyndhurst. Registration opens at 1:30 pm, and the meet starts at 1:45. For more information, call Phil Taraska at 440-944-6112 or by email at ptaraska@yahoo.com.

On Sunday, October 18th, Bishop Lennon will celebrate the final mass at St. George at 9:00 am, and the final mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help at 12 noon. There will be a reception in the lower halls of both parishes after the closing masses. There will be no 10:00 mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help on the 18th.

And then on Sunday, October 25th, the bishop will celebrate the opening mass of St. Casimir parish at 10:00 am. If you are a Catholic Lithunian in the Cleveland area, please get involved in this new parish and really make it a reflection of its membership.

The St. George Memory Project has been formed to gather parishioners’ remembrances from their time at St. George’s. A dedicated phone line with voicemail has been set up so you can record your special memory, anytime, day or night through October 18th. The phone number is 440-364-5650.

The voicemails will be transferred to CD and become part of the St. George Parish archives, and you can reserve your copy of the CD by contacting Zivile Vaitkus.

On Saturday, November 7th John Yagoda will present his class in making fused glass jewelry. The class fee includes all materials and firing to make up to 15 pieces of jewelry. Contact John at 440-309-0488 for more information.

On Saturday, November 21st, Lithuanian country singer Virgis Stakenas will perform at Lithuanian Village Contact Ruta at the club for tickets

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