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Sacred Heart Chapel’s Novena has begun
LORAIN (Dec. 3 - 12, 2011): Lorain’s Sacred Heart Chapel
has begun its “Novena” or the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
celebrations on Dec. 3 and will run until Dec. 12, 2011, at 4301
Pearl Avenue, Lorain.
The Chapel’s “Our Lady of Guadalupe Society” is celebrating its
85th Anniversary of Founding this December. It is one of the
oldest existing groups in Lorain, celebrating 84 years of
Novenas to La Virgin de Guadalupe.
Fr. Jorge González
from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Cleveland, Ohio and from
Argentina, will lead this year’s nine day celebration honoring
the Virgin of Guadalupe. The Novena will conclude on Dec. 12
with a mass concelebrated with Bishop Roger W. Gries, O.S.B.,
M.Ed., V.G. Auxiliary Bishop of the Cleveland Diocese.
Daily recitations of the Rosary will begin on Dec. 3 at 5:30
p.m. and weekdays at 6:00 p.m., followed by mass and homilies at
6:30 p.m. on Dec. 5, and continuing each day.
Special features of the Novena this year will be the
participation of the Mariachi Banda Zelaya from Indianapolis,
Indiana, to lead traditional songs during the evening and at
midnight on Sunday, Dec. 11.
A newly formed group of Aztec Dancers, “Tonantzi,” from Sacred
Heart Chapel will perform traditional indigenous dances of
Mexico at the Monday mass.
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated throughout
Mexico and Latin America during the month of December with
moving and colorful cultural events that express the deep faith
of the Mexican and Latin American church. It has been celebrated
by the local Mexican community for 84 years.
El Centro’s grand opening is Dec. 14
LORAIN: El Centro de Servicios Sociales will host its
grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dec. 14, 2011
from 5 to 7 p.m., at its new home at 2800 Pearl Avenue, Lorain.
The Latino social service agency will have an open house for the
public and provide refreshments.
El Centro plans to move from its current 1888 E. 31st Street
location, to its new headquarters on Pearl Avenue, after the
completion of a $1.2 million renovation to the former bank. The
agency has outgrown its current site; its new building will be
three times larger with a community room, a bigger parking lot
and will be handicap-accessible.
El Centro is a non-profit agency that was founded with the goal
of helping the often impoverished and non-English-speaking
Latinos. The agency assists the Latino and non-Latino
communities with a youth program which includes: tutoring, adult
support services which include translation, money management
services for individuals with mental or physical illness, an
employment program, a family violence prevention program, and
support services for seniors under its El Dorado Senior Center.
Mexican Mutual Society will host Christmas Buffet Dec. 14
LORAIN: The Mexican Mutual Society will host a Christmas
Buffet on Dec. 14, 2011 at its club site, 1820 E. 28th
Street, Lorain, from 5 to7 p.m. Tickets are $8 per person. They
will provide tamales, enchiladas, tacos, burritos, pork loin or
lechon, turkey, ham, salads and desserts.
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