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This morning we send our condolences to the family of Birute Vedegys, who passed away this week after a protracted battle with cancer. Birute was a quiet, but active member of St. George and St. Casimir parishes, and her company, Biruta Designs created First Communion dresses worn by many young girls in the Cleveland area. The funeral mass for Birute Vedegys was held yesterday at St. Casimir. The full obituary is available in the News-Herald.
The Holy Week schedule for St. Casimir Parish is as follows: Holy Thursday mass at 7:00 pm on April 1st, Good Friday Commemoration at 7:00 pm on April 2nd. Holy Thursday and Good Friday liturgies will be in Lithuanian and English.
The Blessing of Food will be held on Saturday, at 1:30 pm.
The Easter Vigil will be celebrated at 9:00 pm on Saturday, April 3rd, in English. Easter Sunday morning masses will be on April 4th at 8:00 am in Lithuanian, and 12 noon in English. There will be no 10:00 am mass on Easter Sunday. Confessions will be heard at 6:00 pm on Holy Thursday and Good Friday evenings.
The Cleveland Lithuanian Academic Scouts Filisterai invite you to a concert by soprano Virginija Bruozyte Muliolis entitled Welcoming Spring, on Saturday, April 10th in the upper hall at St. Casimir. Virginija will be accompanied on piano by Michael Borowitz, and together they'll perform works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Dvorak, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Lerner & Lowe, and others. Tickets and information are available by calling 216-631-2010.
On Sunday, April 11th, the organization "Child's Gate to Learning" invites everyone to lunch, served immediately after 10 o'clock Mass in St. Casimir’s Parish lower hall. “Child’s Gate to Learning” works with neglected and abused children in Lithuania. It has established 10 after school centers, where children can come and spend a few hours each day. The children get help with their homework, are taught good behavior, and are able to spend a small part of their day in a normal and loving environment. Proceeds from the lunch will benefit these after-school centers.
Also on Sunday April 11th, the traditional Children's Easter will be held after 10:00 am mass in the lower at St. Casimir. All pre-school age children are invited to this fun event.
Don't forget that Juventus is coming up on April 24th. This event will feature 168 dancers from Gintaras of Toronto, Grandis of Chicago, Spindulys of Lemont, and of course our own Svyturys performing both traditional and new Lithuanian folk dances. The dance performance will be followed by dinner catered by Europa. The evening concludes with an opportunity for you to get out on the dance floor. Tickets and information are available by calling Ricardas Sirvinskas at 440-749-2121.
As a new parish, St. Casimir's is trying to identify parish programs that would be beneficial and interesting to all members. If you have an idea for a new parish program, please contact Teresa Craighead at 216-469-6088 or by email at tcraighead@aol.com.
Toronto will be the host city for the 9th Lithuanian Song Festival, July 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 1,100 singers from North America and all over Europe are expected to participate, and the guest artist will be Marijonas Mikutavicius. Tickets and information are available at dainusvente.org.
Congratulations to Exultate on the release of their most recent CD entitled Life - A Sacred Song. You can acquire your copy of this CD at the St. Casimir parish bookstore, or by contacting Rita Kliorys via email at ExultateCD@gmail.com, or by calling 216-531-6459.
The Lithuanian Scouts of Cleveland will welcome the start of Spring by presenting their annual Kaziuko Muge fundraiser this morning at 11:00 am in the upper hall at St. Casimir. Admission is free, and dinner, tortes, pastry and hand crafts will available for purchase.
If you're a member of the St. Casimir Parish Steering Committee, the first meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 23rd at 7:00 pm in the rectory conference room. Dr. David DeLambo of the diocesan pastoral planning office will give a presentation on examples of parish council constitutions and parish mission statements.
Fr. Bacevicius would like to thank everyone for their well wishes and support during his recovery from arm surgery recently. He reports that his hand and arm are healing well, and he should be fully recovered in a few weeks.
There are no Lithuanian films this year at the Cleveland International Film Festival, but Marius Juodisius passed along information about a Estonian film showing this week. December Heat is a action drama based on the attempted Communist takeover of Tallin on December 1st, 1924. The film was directed by Asko Kase, and runs 90 minutes. It's in Estonian and Russian with subtitles, and screens at Tower City Cinemas on Tuesday at 2:00 pm, Wednesday at 7:30 pm, and again on Thursday at 9:20 am. Complete information is available at clevelandfilm.org.
The Holy Week schedule for St. Casimir Parish is as follows: Holy Thursday mass at 7:00 pm on April 1st, Good Friday Commemoration at 7:00 pm on April 2nd. Holy Thursday and Good Friday liturgies will be in Lithuanian and English. The Easter Vigil will be celebrated at 9:00 pm on Saturday, April 3rd, in English. Easter Sunday morning masses will be on April 4th at 8:00 am in Lithuanian, and 12 noon in English. There will be no 10:00 am mass on Easter Sunday. Confessions will be heard at 6:00 pm on Holy Thursday and Good Friday evenings.
The Cleveland Lithuanian Academic Scouts Filisterai invite you to a concert by soprano Virginija Bruozyte Muliolis entitled Welcoming Spring, on Saturday, April 10th in the upper hall at St. Casimir. Virginija will be accompanied on piano by Michael Borowitz, and together they'll perform works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Dvorak, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Lerner & Lowe, and others. Tickets and information are available by calling 216-631-2010.
Don't forget that Juventus is coming up on April 24th. This event will feature 168 dancers from Gintaras of Toronto, Grandis of Chicago, Spindulys of Lemont, and of course our own Svyturys performing both traditional and new Lithuanian folk dances. The dance performance will be followed by dinner catered by Europa. The evening concludes with an opportunity for you to get out on the dance floor. Tickets and information are available by calling Ricardas Sirvinskas at 440-749-2121.
Toronto will be the host city for the 9th Lithuanian Song Festival, July 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 1,100 singers from North America and all over Europe are expected to participate, and the guest artist will be Marijonas Mikutavicius. Tickets and information are available at dainusvente.org.
I hope you remembered to set your clocks one hour ahead, last night, as we changed back to Daylight Saving Time. Think about that extra hour of daylight you'll be enjoying this evening as you're rubbing your tired eyes this morning.
Congratulations to Exultate on the release of their most recent CD entitled Life - A Sacred Song. And congratulations on a very successful CD release party this past Friday night.
Father Bacevicius would like to thank all who attended the March 4th celebration of the feast of St. Casimir, with a special thanks to Rita Klorys and Exultate for the special music.
The Senior Scouts Zidinys celebrated the March 11th Day of Lithuanian Independence this past Thursday with a special program featuring guest speaker Nomeda Vucianis, and music by Eugenijus Dicevicius. The St. Casimir Lithuanian Saturday School also celebrated March 11 last Saturday. The planned celebration at Lietuviu Sodyba was postponed because of Father Bacevicius' arm surgery, and we wish him a full and speedy recovery.
During Lent, St. Casimir is joining with St. Jerome's, Holy Redeemer and St. Mary's for a special Lenten spiritual series each Monday evening during Lent. Tomorrow, March 15th the Lenten observance will be held at 7:00 pm at St. Casimir. Mass will be followed by a social in the lower hall. Volunteers are needed at 2:00 pm to set up the hall; please call Hilde Novak at 216-481-1957 if you can help. On March 22nd there will be a Lenten penance service at Holy Redeemer on Kipling Avenue.
Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid will ask for your support on this morning at St. Casimir. The members of the Cleveland Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid committee are Father Joseph Bacevicius, Zenonas Obelenis, Henrikas Stasas, Regina Silgalis.
If you're a fan of the style of music performed by Antanas Sabanisuaskas, you may be interested in an upcoming broadcast on WVIZ/PBS Channel 25. Max Raabe and das Palast Orchester is from Berlin and the group performs European music that was popular in the 1920's and 30's. A couple of my Lithuanian friends saw Max Raabe and his group when they appeared at E.J. Thomas Hall in Akron recently, and they enjoyed the show very much. The upcoming broadcast on WVIZ is next Sunday morning at 2:00 am, so unless you're up verayset your Tivo or DVR or VCR, or whatever to record the program.
The Lithuanian Scouts of Cleveland will welcome the start of Spring by presenting their annual Kaziuko Muge fundraiser next Sunday, March 21st at 11:00 am in the upper hall at St. Casimir.
If you're a member of the St. Casimir Parish Steering Committee, the first meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 23rd at 7:00 pm in the rectory conference room. Dr. David DeLambo of the diocesan pastoral planning office will give a presentation on examples of parish council constitutions and parish mission statements.
The Holy Week schedule for St. Casimir Parish is as follows: Holy Thursday mass at 7:00 pm on April 1st, Good Friday Commemoration at 7:00 pm on April 2nd. Holy Thursday and Good Friday liturgies will be in Lithuanian and English. The Easter Vigil will be celebrated at 9:00 pm on Saturday, April 3rd, in English. Easter Sunday morning masses will be on April 4th at 8:00 am in Lithuanian, and 12 noon in English. There will be no 10:00 am mass on Easter Sunday. Confessions will be heard at 6:00 pm on Holy Thursday and Good Friday evenings.
The Cleveland Lithuanian Academic Scouts Filisterai invite you to a concert by soprano Virginija Bruozyte Muliolis entitled Welcoming Spring, on Saturday, April 10th in the upper hall at St. Casimir. Virginija will be accompanied on piano by Michael Borowitz, and together they'll perform works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Dvorak, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Lerner & Lowe, and others. Tickets and information are available by calling 216-631-0210.
Don't forget that Juventus is coming up on April 24th. This event will feature 168 dancers from Gintaras of Toronto, Grandis of Chicago, Spindulys of Lemont, and of course our own Svyturys performing both traditional and new Lithuanian folk dances. The dance performance will be followed by dinner catered by Europa. The evening concludes with an opportunity for you to get out on the dance floor. Tickets and information are available by calling Ricardas Sirvinskas at 440-749-2121.
Our world traveler listener Regina Motiejunaiate sends greetings to friends and family this week from Bangkok, Thailand.
Check out ClevelandPeople.com for photos and videos from Cleveland's recent celebration of Lithuanian Independence Day.
This coming Thursday, March 11th, the Lietuviu Sodyba in Wickliffe will celebrate the anniversary of the end of Soviet domination of Lithuania. Sodyba President Maryte Stachnik and Administrator Dana Cipkus invite everyone to this 2:00 pm celebration on Thursday, just call 440-944-6305.
During Lent, St. Casimir is joining with St. Jerome's, Holy Redeemer and St. Mary's for a special Lenten spiritual series each Monday evening during Lent. Tomorrow, March 8th the Lenten observance will be at St. Mary's, and on March 15th at St. Casimir. On March 22nd there will be a penance service at Holy Redeemer.
Exultate invites you to a CD release party for their most recent recording, entitled Life - A Sacred Song. The CD release party will take place on Friday, March 12th at 7:00 pm in the lower hall at St. Casimir. There will be refreshments, and you'll have a chance to hear excerpts from the new CD, and purchase a copy at a special discounted price.
Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid will ask for your support on the weekend of March 13th and 14th at St. Casimir. For more information please contact chairperson Zenonas Obelenis.
Next Saturday we set our clocks one hour ahead, lose an hour of sleep, and change back to Daylight Saving Time. Don't forget to Spring Ahead next weekend so you don't miss the first hour of the Lithuanian Voice.
The Lithuanian Scouts of Cleveland will welcome the start of Spring by presenting their annual Kaziuko Muge fundraiser on Sunday, March 21st at 11:00 am in the upper hall at St. Casimir.
The Cleveland Lithuanian Academic Scouts Filisterai will sponsor a concert by soprano Virginija Bruozyte Muliolis on Saturday, April 10th in the upper hall at St. Casimir.
Don't forget that Juventus is coming up on April 24th. Mark your calendar to celebrate Lithuanian-American youth and the tradition of folk dance with groups from Cleveland, Chicago and Toronto. More details to come in the next few weeks.
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