STAFF & ORGANIZATIONS

STAFF & ORGANIZATIONS PARISH AND SCHOOL STAFF Mr. Bogdan (Don) Pieniak, Parish Administrator Mrs. Deborah Martin, St. Stanislaus School Principal Mr. Dan Kane Jr., Business Manager Mr. David Krakowski, Director of Liturgy and Music Mrs. Denise O Reilly, St. Stanislaus School Secretary Mr. Fred Mendat, Maintenance & Social Center Manager PARISH ORGANIZATIONS Mrs. Susan Halamek, Pastoral Council Chairperson Ms. Celeste Suchocki, Finance Council Chairperson Mrs. Sophie Wasielewski, Golden Agers President Mr. Charles Janowski, Jr., Dads Club President Mr. Rick Krakowski, C.Y.O. Coordinator Mr. Matt Zielenski, St. Vincent DePaul Society Ms. Jane Bobula, Good Shepherd Catechesis Mr. Rob Jagelewski, Parish Historical Committee Mrs. Nancy Mack, MANNA Coordinator Mrs. Grace Hryniewicz, Shrine Shoppe Manager Mrs. Sharon Kozak, Alumni and Development Mrs. Denise Siemborski, Fr. William Scholarship Mr. John Heyink, Building and Grounds Committee Sister Mary Alice Jarosz, SSJ-TOSF, Stewardship Committee Ms. Marianna Romaniuk, PORADA Director Luis Ramirez, Lil Bros President SCHEDULE OF SERVICES MASS SCHEDULE Daily Masses: 7:00 & 8:30 (no 7:00 on Sat.) Sunday Vigil: Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday English Masses: 8:30 & 11:30 Sunday Polish Mass: 10:00 Holy Day English: Refer to Schedule Holy Day Polish: 5:30 PM National Holidays: 9:00 DEVOTIONS Daily Morning Prayer: 8:00 (exc. Sunday) Saint Anthony Novena Tuesdays after Mass Rosary for Life Tuesdays and Fridays after Mass Avilas prayer for vocations, second Monday of the month OFFICE HOURS The parish office is open from Monday through Friday, 7:30 to 5:00 PM. SACRENT OF RECONCILIATION Saturday 4:00 to 4:45 PM or by appointment. SACRENT OF BAPTISM Ordinarily on Sundays at 1:00 PM. Alternate times must be arranged with a parish priest. Pre-Baptism instructions are necessary in advance. SACRENT OF MARRIAGE All arrangements must be made with one of the priests of the parish six months in advance. GODPARENT AND SPONSOR CERTIFICATES Those who wish to be sponsors for Baptism or Confirmation must be registered and practicing members of the Catholic Church. If you attend St. Stanislaus but you are not registered, please contact the parish office so that you can be listed as a parishioner here. FUNERALS Arrangements are made through the funeral home. INQUIRY CLASSES (R.C.I.A.): Contact any member of the Pastoral Team. CHURCH HOURS Church is open daily 30 minutes before and after all Masses. For tours or private prayer please call the rectory. FRANCISCAN FRIARS Fr. Michael Surufka, OFM, Pastor Fr. Leonard Stunek, OFM, Friary Guardian, Parochial Vicar Fr. Placyd Kon, OFM, Parochial Vicar Br. Justin Kwietniewski, OFM, Pastoral Ministry DIRECTORY Rectory & Parish Office 216-341-9091 Parish Fax 341-2688 St. Stanislaus Elementary School 883-3307 Central Catholic High School 441-4700 Pulaski Franciscan CDC 789-9545 PARISH WEBSITE www.ststanislaus.org E-MAIL ststans@ameritech.net PHOTO ALBUM www.picturetrail.com/saintstans The artist s sketch on the right depicts the original building with the spires. Corner Stone laid in 1886, and church dedicated in 1891. MASS INTENTIONS PALM SUNDAY Apr 5, Kwietnia, 2009 Sat 5:00 PM +Stanley Krakowski Sun 8:30 +Patrick Horan 10:00 +Olga i Władysław Chomka, Weronika i Stanisław Tracewski 11:30 Sp. Int. Parishioners of St. Stanislaus Mon Apr 6 Monday of Holy Week 7:00 +Beth Ann Kucinich 8:30 +Ello Sekula 7:00 PM Sp. Int. Parishioners of St. Stanislaus Tue Apr 7 Tuesday of Holy Week 7:00 +Władysław Stanisław Klik 8:30 +Florence Bobacki Wed Apr 8 Wednesday of Holy Week 7:00 +Cecelia Tegowski 8:30 +Mary Malinowski Thu Apr 9 Holy Thursday {See the Tridium Schedule} 7:00 PM Sp. Int. Parishioners of St. Stanislaus Fri Apr 10 Good Friday of the Lord s Passion (No Mass) Sat Apr 11 Holy Saturday Easter Vigil 9:00 PM Sp. Int. Catechumens and Candidates EASTER SUNDAY THE RESURECTION OF THE LORD Apr 12, Kwietnia, 2009 Sat 6:30 Sp. Int. Parishioners of St. Stanislaus Sun 8:30 +Irene Stecki 10:00 +Cecilia & Jozef Cwiek 11:30 +Cecilia Kopec

MUSIC PALM SUNDAY ENGLISH MASS Processional Offertory: Communion: Recessional: All Glory, Laud and Honor #287 O Sacred Head #253 Agnus Dei Lord Jesus Christ (3X) Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom. SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK Sun 3:00 PM Palm Sunday Concert 6:00 PM Vespers in church. Tue 7:00 PM Dads Club meets in the school AP room Mon 7:00 PM Rekolekcje Msza św. Wed 2:00 PM Golden Agers meet in the social center 7:00 PM Communal Penance & Confessions (English & Polish) 8:00 PM A.A. & Al-Anon in the social center. Thu 8:30 Morning Prayer 7:00 PM Mass of Our Lord s Last Supper POLSKA MSZA ŚWIĘTA Procesja Ofiarowanie: Na Komunię: Zakończenie Chrystus Wodzem #109 (śpiewnik) Słońce nagle zgasło (chór kam.) Agnus Dei, Ludu mój ludu #99 (mszalik) Krzyżu święty #95 (mszalik) Jezu, w królestwie Twym, wspomnij na swojego sługa. Fri 8:30 Morning Prayer 2:00 PM Liturgy of the Lord s Passion 7:00PM Droga Krzyżowa Sat 8:30 Morning Prayer 10,11, Noon, 1 & 2 PM Blessing of Easter Baskets/święconka 9:00 PM Easter Vigil Sun 6:30 Rezurekcja 8:30/11:30 English Easter Mass 10:00 Msza Wielkanocne Let Your Heart Write On the Shroud The white shroud is out, waiting for your words to cover it before it takes the place of the body of Jesus in His tomb. Will you write those words on the white cloth? Can you? Will your heart allow it? In the midst of all of your private suffering, have you turned to Him in trust? Do you believe His mercy extends even to you? Do you think the one who already died on one cross is still ready and available to help you carry yours in spite of your doubts and reservations? If you recently learned of the loss of your parish community, do you believe He still waits for you at another that His arms are opened to hold you and help you through your feelings of abandonment? Will the friend of Lazarus and the foster son of Joseph weep with you as you mourn the loss of a husband or wife or friend or child? In the face of difficult economic times, job losses, insecurities, loss of pensions and savings, can you approach the table and still write those words? With all your physical suffering and your mental anguish and your feelings of loneliness, will your heart be able to move your hands to write those words? His divine mercy is greater than all our burdens, losses and pains combined.he not only waits for our hearts to write those words, He seeks us out every moment of time to experience His mercy and love. David Krakowski SCHEDULE FOR MINISTERS Easter Sunday, April 12, Kwietnia 2009 Sat 9:00 PM EASTER Corpus VIGIL Christi READERS Sunday, May AND 25, MINISTERS Maja 2008 Sun Sat 6:30 5:00 PM RESURECTION Lector Rob Jagelewski MASS READERS AND MINISTERS 8:30 Euch. Min. Lector Michael Jim Wilks, Sadowski Stan Witczak, Marge & Andrew Flock Sun 8:30 Euch. Min. Lector Loretta Marcia Horvath, & Don Chris Stech, Luboski, Alice Nikole Klafczynski, & Mark Yolanda Kobylinski Kane 10:00 Euch. Min. Lector Alice Klafczynski, Teresa Cyranek M. Mosinski, Adeline Nadolny, Sharon Kozak 10:30 Euch. Min. Lector Ewelina Teresa Ejsmont, Cyranek, W. Sztalkoper, Bill Bobowicz A. Jankowski, Tom Monzell 11:30 Euch. Min. Lector Eucharistic James Ministers Seaman to be scheduled Euch. Min. NO 11:30 Diane Bulanda, MASS Ron ON Grams, CORPUS Frank CHRISTI Greczanik, Marie SUNDAY Ostrowski PARISH SUPPORT Last Sunday s Collection 5:00 PM Vigil (86).......$1,377.75 8:30 (72)........$1,282.00 10:00 (73)..........$887.00 11:30 (48)...........$602.00 Mailed in (44).......$1,323.00 Total (323 envelopes) $5,471.75 Black & Indian Missions (29) $171.00 Church in E. Europe (47) $330.00 Cath. Relief Service (40) $261.00 Monthly Budget (118) $1,706.25 St. Vincent DePaul $725.93

PASTORAL MESSAGE APRIL 5, KWIETNIA 2009 WALK WITH ME DINE WITH ME PRAY WITH ME DIE WITH ME RISE WITH ME Today we enter the holiest week of the year. We gather as one people, the People of God, and tell ourselves again the story of our salvation. But in this kind of retelling, we are not simply recalling events from the past. We open ourselves to be drawn into the living reality of that salvation, played out again and again, continually, for all eternity. The drama of two thousand years ago in Jerusalem is the drama of today, and we are not just spectators we are active participants. This is the week when we allow ourselves to be drawn into the very heart of the epic. Walk with Jesus through the gates of Jerusalem. Raise your palms and your voices, proclaim the Lord as King! Make his way easy, soften his steps, give a cheer yay Jesus! Hosanna! The one we ve been waiting for is finally here! Now is the moment! Our prayers are answered, our hopes are fulfilled! Hosanna! (But watch out for the Romans and the Sanhedrin, the government and the religious leaders they don t like these kinds of uncontrolled displays ) Dine with Jesus in the upper room. Recline, relax, take it easy. It s a holiday, a holy day, with your best friends. Bitter herbs, unleavened bread, roasted lamb, a sip of wine it is the Passover. God s People are free! The Angel of Death has spared us, a pillar of fire has led us, land has awaited us, the River Jordan was crossed and we were home. The Covenant: our land, our nation, our king, our laws, our God, our descendants forever. Take this, all of you, and eat it, this is my Body. It will be given up for you. What? Take this and drink, this is the cup of my Blood, the Blood of a new and eternal Covenant. A new Covenant? Why a new one? It will be shed for you Shed? No! By whom? When? Why?...and for all Everyone? Not just me? But really all? ALL?...so that sins may be forgiven. You mean truly forgiven, like gone and forgotten? Do this to remember me. Who can forget? And washing feet, too? Can you not wait one hour with me? Die with Jesus on the cross. What happened to change hosanna to crucify him? Where are the supporters, the friends? Who is left? I will stay, I will never betray you (cue the rooster ), not ever. Father, forgive them. (Because I can t right now ) It is finished. Rise with Jesus into new life. Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, the man in white asks, Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here. But where? Please join your fellow parishioners in church this week! Fr. Michael Ofiara Jezusa i nasza Niedziela Palmowa, opis triumfalnego wjazdu Jezusa do Jerozolimy oraz uroczysta proklamacja Męki Pańskiej w sposób bezpośredni wprowadzają nas do Triduum Paschalnego. Przygotowują nas do wydarzeń Wielkiego Czwartku a więc do dnia, w którym Chrystus ustanowił sakrament eucharystii i powierzył go apostołom ustanawiając tym samym sakrament kapłaństwa. Zapewne wielu z nas intrygują słowa jakie Chrystus wypowiedział podczas Ostatniej Wieczerzy: bierzcie i jedzcie to jest Ciało moje, bierzcie i pijcie to jest moja Krew przymierza, oraz to czyńcie na moją pamiątkę. Pragnąc w pełni zrozumieć te słowa należy odwołać się do tradycji biblijnej. W Piśmie Świętym słowo ciało nie oznacza jedynie części człowieka, które wspólnie z duszą i intelektem tworzy całego człowieka, tak jak to przedstawiali filozofowie greccy. Tutaj słowo ciało oznacza całego człowieka, nie tylko jego część, jest synonimem życia i istnienia. Wracając do słów Jezusa podczas Ostatniej Wieczerzy łatwo możemy zauważyć, że Chrystus pozostawiając nam w sakramencie eucharystii swoje ciało daje nam do zrozumienia, że ofiaruje nam to co najbardziej cennego posiada, daje nam całe swoje życie, całe swoje istnienie. Oprócz ciała, Chrystus w ewangelicznym opisie ustanowienia eucharystii ofiaruje nam coś jeszcze, daje nam swoją krew - to jest moja krew przymierza. Stwierdzenie, że Chrystus daje nam swoją krew mogłoby wydawać się zbyteczne. Jeśli ofiarował nam już swoje ciało to razem z nim dał nam przecież swoją krew. Po co więc Chrystus podkreśla, że daje nam swoją krew skoro już ofiarował wszystko to co miał? Ofiarą krwi, Chrystus zaznacza, że przez jego śmierć na krzyżu, dokonuje się nasze odkupienie. Poprzez sam fakt, że krew od zawsze i chyba wśród wszystkich kultur i narodów jest uważana jako centrum życia, Chrystusowa ofiara krwi ma oznaczać, że On rzeczywiście umarł za nas. Ofiarował za nas nie tylko swoje ciało, ale także swoją krew to znaczy swoją śmierć, ofiarował więc naprawdę wszystko to co posiadał i ofiarował to dla nas. Chrystus pozostawiając nam sakrament eucharystii wraz z sakramentem kapłaństwa pragnie byśmy poprzez posługę kapłanów, mogli czerpać z owoców tej ofiary. Zaprasza nas, byśmy z eucharystii czerpali jak ze źródła łaski, które nigdy się nie kończy. Słowa - to czyńcie na moją pamiątkę zapraszają nas także byśmy tak jak Chrystus ofiarowali nasze ciała i naszą krew za naszych bliźnich tak samo jak On ofiarował się za nas. Przypomina nam o tym także święty Paweł: proszę was bracia, przez miłosierdzie Boże, abyście dali ciała swoje na ofiarę żywą, świętą Bogu przyjemną, jako wyraz waszej rozumnej służby Bogu (Rz 12,1). Tymi słowami św. Paweł zachęca nas, byśmy na podobieństwo ofiary Chrystusa, ofiarowali nasze ciała. Niekoniecznie chodzi tu o przelanie krwi dla Chrystusa. Naśladując ofiarę Chrystusa mamy ofiarować naszym bliźnim nasze przebaczenie. Ofiara naszego ciała to także dawanie odważnego świadectwa o przynależności do Chrystusa, do bycia chrześcijaninem. W końcu ofiara naszego ciała to także ofiara naszego czasu, zdolności, naszych energii oraz dobrego słowa. o. Piotr

ST. STANISLAUS Thank you Fr. Roch for your inspiring Lenten Mission. May God bless you and bring you back soon for another visit. PASTORAL COUNCIL NOMINATIONS The annual election for new Parish Pastoral Council members will take place the weekend of May 9-10. It s not too early to begin prayerfully considering if you or someone you know would be able to serve the parish on this council. To be eligible for membership, you must be at least 18 years of age, be a registered parishioner for at least two years at the time of nomination, and be a parishioner in good standing. Evening meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month from September through June. Nomination forms will be available at the church entrances March 21 through April 5. Completed forms may be placed in the collection basket or turned in to one of the priests or council members. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Halamek at (216) 573-1243 or speak with any other PPC member. Brecksville/Broadview Hts. High School Chorus and Orchestra"Sacred Service" by Ernest Bloch Chuck Valley, Director The Brecksville/Broadview Hts. High School Chorus and Orchestra will perform Sacred Service by Ernest Bloch, along with Brandenburg Concerto #3, The Journey and St. Paul's suite (3rd mvt.). Palm Sunday, April 5, 2009 3:00 PM Freewill Offering DADS CLUB HOLY HOUR The St. Stan s Dads Club will hold its Annual Holy Thursday Holy Hour on Thursday April 9th at 9:30PM until 10:30PM. All men of the parish are invited to join them. LB CAKES AND NUT ROLLS Order your Lamb Cakes and Nut Rolls Now! Funds to be used to upgrade the security and safety of our church. The orders are being taken by the Manna Card Personnel in the rear of the church. The pick up day for completed orders is Good Friday or Holy Saturday at the Shrine Shop. The cost of the Lamb Cake with or without coconut is $15.00 and the whole nut rolls are $10.00 As always volunteers are needed and appreciated. If you can help call John Sklodowski at 216-225-5708 CLEVELAND, OHIO Hospitality Committee Do you enjoy entertaining and preparing festive meals? Do you like to host social gatherings? If you do, we need you!! We are currently trying to form a Hospitality Committee to serve as hosts for Donut Sundays, an annual parish picnic, welcoming of new parishioners, and various social events as requested by the friars, such as the Eucharistic Day dinner for visiting clergy. The committee would be free to involve as many parishioners as needed to help, but it would be the committee s responsibility to plan and host the events, including food preparation and clean-up. It is hoped that the service provided by the Hospitality Committee will bring parishioners together for the celebration of special parish events and for mutual support and enjoyment. If you are interested in this worthwhile ministry, please contact Susan Halamek at 216 573-1243, or speak with any other member of the Parish Pastoral Council. Lubisz przyrządzać i podawać uroczyste posiłki? Lubisz być gospodarzem spotkań? Jeśli tak, jesteś potrzebny!! W ostatnim czasie próbujemy zorganizować coś w rodzaju Hospitality Committee, którego zadaniem pełnić rolę gospodarza w czasie Donut Sundays, dorocznego pikniku parafialnego, w witaniu nowych parafian, i innych socjalnych wydarzeń w parafii, jak np. obiad dla duchowieństwa w czasie dorocznego nabożeństwa eucharystycznego. Jeśli jesteś zainteresowany, prosimy o kontakt z Susan Halamek 216 573 1243 lub z dowolnym członkiem Rady Parafialnej. ST. STAN S HISTORICAL FACT by Rob Jagelewski In 1918 Father Wenceslaus Krzycki OFM, Pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish completed the Church and School Report for Reverend John P. Farrelly, Bishop of Cleveland. There are many interesting items in this report. The Parish listed 2,400 families. The total baptisms for 1918 were 781 (777 were children). There were 304 First Communion recipients. The total number of children confirmed were 341 (150 boys, 165 girls, and 26 adults). The total deaths were listed as 259 (149 adults and 110 children). The Forty Hours Devotion was not held that year due to the influenza epidemic. The number of parish organizations that were listed included 110 altar boys, 175 members of the Holy Name Society, 500 members in the Young Ladies Sodality, 700 members of the Apostleship of Prayer, 450 individuals in the Third Order of St. Francis, and 650 in the St. Anne s Society. There were 2002 students in the Elementary School. These included 952 boys and 1,050 girls. They were taught by thirty Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.

COMMUNITY NEWS APRIL 5, KWIETNIA 2009 JULIA KOCIUBAN WINNER OF THE 2008 NATIONAL CHOPIN PIANO COMPETION TO PERFORM HERE! The Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation will present its last event of the 2008-2009 season with a piano recital by Julia Kociuban on Sunday, April 19, at 4:00 P.M. in the Shrine of St. Stanislaus, 3649 East 65 th St., Cleveland, OH. Winner of the 2008 National Chopin Piano Competition of Poland, and numerous international competitions since 2000, 18-year old Kociuban has participated in festivals in Kaunas, Lithuania; Parnu, Estonia; Vienna, Austria; Altenburg, Germany, as well as those in Krakow and Warsaw, Poland. She has been soloist with orchestras in Poland, France, Germany, Russia, Estonia, Canada, Austria, and Lithuania, and performs solo recitals throughout Europe. She is in the United States to give a series of six recitals including one at Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, and the Chopin Foundation of the United States in New York. Born in 1992 in Krakow, Poland, Ms. Kociuban studied piano performance at the M. Karlowicz State Music Academy in Krakow with Olga Lazarska and most recently with Professor Piotr Paleczny. She has won several important Polish and inter-national piano competitions, among them the International Piano Competition Konzerteum in Greece in 2000; the Milosz Magin International Piano Competition in Paris France, 2005; and the International Piano Competition: A Step Towards Mastery in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007. Ms. Kociuban appears in cooperation with the International Chopin Foundation of the United States in Miami, Florida. Tickets purchased at the door are: $10 KF members and seniors, $15 adults, $5 students. For further information see the website, http://www.northeastohio.thekf.org/events or contact Mary Kay Pieski, President of the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation. VISITST. STANISLAUS SHRINE SHOPPE For your EASTER gifts Four Eagle Award The Four Eagle Awards Banquet and Silent Auction is quickly approaching. We ve already asked you to save the date for Friday, May 8, 2009. In the next few weeks, you will be receiving an invitation. This year we are proud to honor the area funeral homes as recipients of the Four Eagle Award: Bican Brothers Funeral Home, Fortuna Funeral Home, Golubski Funeral Home, Komorowski Funeral Home, and Mosinski Funeral Home. Please join us in recognizing their special ministry and commitment to the St. Stanislaus Community. INFANTS AND TODDLERS OF SLAVIC VILLAGE April is a time of hope new life springs forth visible in budding trees, daffodils pushing up through the frozen ground, birds gathering twigs to make new nests for their young. Let it also be a time of new hope for the Infants and Toddlers of Slavic Village. Go through your children's cloths and put aside the things they don t wear. Please make a donation. You may enter the April 19th drawing for one of two $25.00 Manna Gift Cards with each donation you make. Help them start a new season with hope and happiness in their hearts. LAST CHANCE FOR EASTER HS The St. Stan s Dads Club is having its first Easter Ham/ Dave s Gift Certificate Raffle. Twenty (20) Gift certificates worth $20.00 will be given away at Dave s Supermarket to the lucky winners. You can get 3 tickets for a dollar from any Dads Club member. Call Ron Grams at 216-581-1943 for tickets, or stop at the rectory during normal business hours. The drawing will be held at the Dads Club meeting on Tuesday April 7th. LENTEN SCHEDULE Communal Penance Service Spowiedź Parafialna April 8, Wednesday AT 7:00 PM English, i po polsku ELEVEN PRIESTS AVAILABLE FOR CONFESSION ST. STAN S DAD S CLUB will present A Night At the Races at St. Stan s Social Center on Saturday, April 25, Doors will open at 6:30 PM, dinner will be served at 7:00PM and the first of 10 great races will begin at 7:30 PM. There will be a featured Auction Race after the regular races. Tickets are $15.00. Included with your ticket will be dinner with all the trimmings, beer, pop, wash, and snacks. NO BYOB. For tickets, to buy a horse, to place an Ad in the Race Booklet or for more info please call Frank Krajewski 441-4258, or John Heyink 341-2019, SACRED TRIDUUM SCHEDULE April 9, Holy Thursday Morning Prayer at 8:30 ; Liturgy of Our Lord s Last Supper at 7:00 PM, followed by Procession to the Repository with Adoration until Midnight. April 10, Good Friday Morning Prayer at 8:30; Stations of the Cross at Noon; Liturgy of the Lord s Passion at 2:00PM; Outdoor candlelight Stations of the Cross in Polish at 7:00PM. April 11, Holy Saturday Morning Prayer at 8:30 ; Blessing of Food Baskets at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 Noon, 1:00PM, and 2:00PM; Easter Vigil Mass at 9:00PM. April 12, Easter Sunday Resurrection Mass with Procession at 6:30 in Polish; Mass in English at 8:30 and 11:30; Mass in Polish at 10:00. April 19, Sunday Easter Octave Mass for anointing the Parish Homebound at 2:00PM.