St. Leonard Catholic Church

To love, serve and reach out to our parish family and the surrounding community by living and celebrating the life of Christ

St. Leonard Masses now available for viewing on YouTube

Please watch St. Leonard's weekly Mass video recordings (available 2 hours after each Mass).   The link to YouTube is listed below. Click on each weekly Mass to view. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzrP3h-vm9LhLfHYQtfRXaA

Community Ecumenial Thanksgiving Service

Please watch the Community Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service at Christ Lutheran Church  The link posted below will not be active until Wednesday evening, November 25^th.  An offering is associated with the service as it is every year.  This year people can send contributions to Licking County Coalition of Care at www.lickingcountycoalitionofcare.com or send it to their office at 105 Jefferson St., Newark, OH 43055.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCGA15u0bcpb9ISwNheuz-PQ?fbclid=IwAR36itVShi2JmFzWgXBOGdzvgtlDUi6bssyUp3RTxdOYbvXK7xi0I7MePxo

St. Leonard Annual Giving Tree: If you know of someone who needs some help with Christmas this year, please let us know so we can put something on our Giving Tree for them. Their names will be kept confidential. This year because of COVID-19, we will not actually put out the tree, but we would like to ask that you purchase gift cards for us to hand out to families according to their needs. We do not want wrapped presents, nor will we be delivering presents to their homes. Gift cards, such as Walmart, Speedway Gas Cards, and grocery store gift cards, would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Deacon Larry, Father Bill, or Peggy with names as soon as possible.

The St. Leonard Knights of Columbus Council 12641 & The St. Leonard’s Women’s Guild

The Knights of Columbus Coats for Kids Campaign will be collecting new winter coats to provide for children in need within our community in time for Christmas. The coat drive continues  until Sunday, November 29. Over the past two years our parish has contributed 139 new coats and 135 hats and 130 pairs mittens/gloves to the Newark Salvation Army.   Please donate by placing new children’s (assorted infants to teens) coats, gloves, and hats in the receptacle in the back of church.  For those who want to participate but are currently unable to attend church services, the Knights of Columbus will pick up directly from your home.   Please contact Glenn Wirth at [email protected] or 740-973-0741 or Al Smith at 740-334-3343 to make arrangements, or if you have questions.

St. Vincent de Paul Haven News: 

We want to express our gratitude for your past and future support of our SVDP mission. Due to ongoing concerns regarding large public gatherings, we have prayerfully discerned that it is best to cancel our previously postponed “2020 Spring Fling”. We intend to have an in-person event in March 2021, with the help of some online software. There will also be an option to participate virtually (including a virtual silent auction). This will allow for you to participate as you feel comfortable, and expand the options for friends, family, and donors, who are unable to attend in-person.

Many of you have been very generous already with sponsorships for the 2020 event. For those who have given sponsorships, purchased tickets, or tables, or donated auction items in 2020, those gifts will be recognized during the "2021 "Spring Fling” Auction Dinner. We will be honoring the great work of both Sarah Reese Wallace, and Chuck Dilbone.

We need your help, COVID required us to remain open 24/7 and increased our staffing and supply needs. This increased our costs while our fundraising dollars fell by approximately $100,000. In response, your help is needed to make the "2021 March Spring Fling” the largest, most successful fundraising event in our history. Please prayerfully consider making your gift to the “2021 Spring Fling” now, whether in the form of a sponsorship, a table, a ticket(s), a donation of any amount, a monthly pledge, or simply your continued prayers.

Again, thank you to those who gave toward our “2020 Spring Fling”, we humbly ask that you give again to this event. We would not be successful without your assistance and prayers. For more information about the event, please email [email protected] or call 740.670.0822

Volunteers needed for the new St. Leonard streaming service:

St. Leonard will be streaming its services very soon, and we are looking for volunteers to help record the Mass with our new digital technology. One person will be needed to assist with each Mass. Training will be provided by the  streaming technology installer in November. Please let the church office know by November 9 if you would like to assist the parish in this way. We welcome anyone who would like to help with this. Youth are welcome  and invited to help with streaming as well. Getting our services out to the public via technology is very important during these challenging times.

Click on the link to the St. Leonard Facebook Page here:

https://www.facebook.com/stleonardheathohio 

Tune in to St. Gabriel Catholic radio programs at 820 AM.

Live stream daily Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus at 12:05 pm.

Live stream Sunday Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus at 10:30 am. 

Use this Link for Cathedral Masses and Columbus Diocese information- https://www.columbuscatholic.org