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Advent Retreat Day Exiled Children of Eve: Isaiah and the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saturday, December 6, 2025 8:30 a.m. in Centennial Hall
This retreat will reflect on Isaiah, the “prophet of Advent,” from whom we hear a great deal in the readings at Mass in this season. We will also reflect on Mary’s example of waiting and how she saw in many ways the prophecies of Isaiah fulfilled in her own life.
We will begin the day with a continental breakfast and end with attending the vigil Mass at 4:30 p.m.
Free-will offerings are gratefully accepted.
Register online or print and complete the registration form and return it to the parish center.
SAM LADIES GUILD
Thanksgiving Dinner Donations
The SAM’s Ladies Guild will be accepting monetary donations for our Thanksgiving Baskets to assist needy families in our school and Fairview Park area. The money collected will be used to purchase gift cards from grocery stores for families to use at their discretion.
Please place your donation in an envelope marked “Ladies Guild, Thanksgiving Donations” and either drop it in collection baskets at church or drop it off at the Parish Center. Checks should be made to SAM’s Ladies Guild.
The deadline for donations is November 17, 2025.
If you are aware of a family that is struggling during this Thanksgiving season, please contact the Parish Center with their name and phone number and we will try to assist them.
If you have any questions or need any more information, please call Lil Tovtin (440) 779-5151.
Parish Photo Directory
Sign-ups are now live on the Universal Church Directory website. We will have volunteers to sign you up in the coming weeks, but if you would like to sign yourself up, here are the steps:
1. Visit the Universal Church Directories website at ucdir.com.
2. Click on the red Photography Session Signup button on the top right side of the page.
3. You will then be asked to type in your church’s code and password. Our code is oh2913 and our password is photos.
4. You will then be taken to our schedule, where you will be able to see the appointments that are available by day. Chose a day.
5. The available appointments will then appear. Click on the time you would like.
6. Fill out the information requested. You will receive a confirmation email.
Adult Faith Formation: Tough Issues
This fall’s adult faith formation offering will be different than in years past. No books, no series, no worries about missing one session or another. Each session will be a stand-alone meeting on a different topic. Sometimes we will watch a video of testimonials, other times we will have a brief presentation, but we will always have time for discussion and open questions. Come learn about where the Church stands on tough, contemporary issues, and bring your questions, doubts and challenges with the teachings of Catholicism.
Join us Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. in Centennial Hall
Weekly topics include:
October 14: Women in the Church
October 21: Homosexuality
October 28: Transgender Persons
November 4: Is Catholicism the “Best” Religion?
November 11: Artificial Contraception
November 18: Life Issues
No sign-ups or advance notice is necessary; however, if you have questions, please contact Fr. Rich at frrich@samparish.org.
St. Angela Merici Parish - 100 Years and Growing
Live streaming Masses
St. Angela Merici Parish is happy to announce that, due to generous donations from our parishioners, we are offering live streaming masses.
Our 'regular' streaming schedule will include Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m. and Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
To view our streaming masses, visit us on Facebook, visit our YouTube channel or visit us here on our website.
Live streamers needed!! Interested in being a livestreamer for St. Angela Merici Parish? We are looking for a few people to cover weekday and weekend masses as well as occasional weddings and funerals. For more information, please contact David Becker or Ed Doubrava in the Parish Center at (440) 333-2133.
We encourage Those who cannot attend Mass in person to listen to or watch televised or live streaming Masses in addition to our services:
Fox 8 (television) - 5 a.m. Sunday mornings
Daily Mass with Bishop Barron (streaming video) - wordonfire.org/daily-mass
America Magazine (streaming video) - For a list of Jesuit parishes and ministries that are live-streaming Mass every day of the week, visit americamagazine.org.
Diocese of Cleveland (on demand video) - The Mass can also be accessed on demand starting Saturday evening and running throughout Sunday on the Diocese of Cleveland website, dioceseofcleveland.org.
WINT 1330 AM - Radio station WINT-1330 AM airs the Mass each Sunday at 9 a.m.
Cox Communications Cable (television) - Subscribers can view the Mass on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. on channel 45.
