Saint Edward. 501 Cottage Street Ashland, Ohio Mass Times. Reconciliation. Perpetual Adoration. Sacraments

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1 Saint Edward February 4, 2018 Mass Times THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 501 Cottage Street Ashland, Ohio Reconciliation Perpetual Adoration Sacraments Parish School of Religion (PSR) St. Vincent de Paul Society Catholic Daughters of the Americas Knights of Columbus St. Edward Parish Mission Statement Parish Pastoral Council of those around us.

2 St. Edward Parish February 4, 2018 Mass Schedule: Monday, February 5-St. Agatha No Mass Tuesday, February 6-St. Paul Miki No Mass: Wednesday, February 7 1:15pm: Mass: Joseph & Elizabeth Connely (School) Thursday, February 8-St. Jerome Emiliani 7:35am: Rosary 8:00am: Mass: Jay Jaworski (Jaworski Family) Friday, February 9 7:35am: Rosary 8:00am: Mass: Elizabeth Schlotterer (Neel Family) Saturday, February 10 4:30pm: Mass: Ralph Reinmann (K of C) Sunday, February 11-6th Sunday in Ord. Time 8:30am:Mass: Marta Sandoval (Kratzer Family) 11:00am: Mass: For the People of St. Edward Offertory: Budget: $11, January 28, 2018 In-Pew Collection Online Total Military Support Group A new Christian group to support our active military is organizing here at St. Edward. The first gathering will be on Sunday, February18, 2018 at 7 pm in the Activity Center in the large meeting room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, please contact Nancy Pauly at Giving made easy with egive Details on the parish website. $ 8, , The following was posted on patheos.com, a religion Question and Answer website: Does God care who wins the Super Bowl? You gotta be kidding. Spiritual suffering, physical and mental illness, anxiety and loneliness, natural disasters, oppression, wars, terrorism, kidnapping, senseless murders, broken families, kids without dads, homelessness, addiction, materialism, privation, pestilence, prejudice, impossible decisions that must be made, and all manner of other woes and perplexities are abroad in the world. How could the Deity possibly be concerned about the outcome of a mere football game, no matter how big the TV audience is? Still. Though such claims of divine attention seem theologically suspect perhaps there s more to be said about an underlying question: Is it proper to bother God with prayer about life s trivialities like this? What do religious figures think we re supposed to do about little prayers? Personal gridiron prayers are baked into American pop culture. In a January 2017 poll for the Public Religion Research Institute, 26 percent of Americans said they ve prayed to God to help their favorite team, and 19 percent thought God actually plays a role in who wins. For some reason, football fans report praying more often than those who follow other sports. Fully 48 percent of adults thought athletes of faith are rewarded with good health and success. On that question, agreement jumped to nearly two-thirds among white Evangelicals and minority Protestants. Atheists smirk at the idea that God cares about who has the most points on the scoreboard. For instance, how might He decide which team to favor? On salon.com, Gary Labyrinthitis commented on prayers for one s team to win: There is something basically wrong with God deciding the outcome. It s illegal to fix sports games... It diminishes the game if the outcome depends on to whom God throws the game. So why do we allow God to get away with it? And doesn t this call into question God s sense of fair play and honesty? And yet. The God depicted in the Bible is so intent on mundane matters that He numbers the hairs of your head (Luke 12:7). The Bible also urges, In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Everything? Really? Does this cover (actual examples from preachers) a broken toe, lost car keys, or the need for a parking space? Yes, proclaimed the late Adrian Rogers, prominent pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in the Memphis area. If it concerns you, it concerns God, Rogers wrote. The biggest thing you can think of is small to God, and the smallest thing you can think of is important to God if it s important to you. A writer in the inspirational magazine Guideposts advised folks to pray about even the tiniest of matters rather than reserving prayer just for those high and mighty occasions when they ve exhausted every possible human solution and prayer is all that s left. This practice was said to teach people how to depend on Him in everything. If athletic prayers are proper, should they call for one s team to triumph? The Dallas-based Jesus Calls ministry cites this Bible verse: Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 15:57). Most interpreters say that addresses spiritual and moral victory, but Jesus Calls thinks it literally justifies prayerful partisanship and provides an example: The Scripture says that we are more than conquerors through You. You are the only all powerful and wise God. I trust you to grant me victory in this field Pope John Paul II provided a very different example in a talk at the 2000 Jubilee for the World of Sport. His prayer is posted on the soccer Website of Baltimore s appropriately named Our Lady of Victory school (which was built on the site of the Catholic reform school and orphanage where the boyhood Babe Ruth lived for 12 years): Lord Jesus Christ, help these athletes to be your friends and witnesses to your love. Help them to put the same effort into personal asceticism that they do into sports. Help them to achieve a harmonious and cohesive unity of body and soul. May they be sound models to imitate for all who admire them. Help them always to be athletes of the spirit, to win your inestimable prize: an imperishable crown that lasts forever. Amen. Enjoy the game! St. Edward, pray for us. Treu in Christus, faithfully in Christ, Fr. Rod

3 Why the Knights of Columbus? Knights are Catholic men, 18 years of age and older, who are committed to making their community a better place, while supporting their Church. Being a Knight is more than camaraderie; it is being involved with your community; it is supporting your local Catholic Church, while enhancing your own faith; it is about protecting and enhancing your family life. Contact Gregg Reinmann for more information; kofc3541@gmail.com Annual Catholic Men s Fellowship Conference Saturday, February 24, :00am-5:00pm Holiday Inn Rockside 6001 Rockside Rd. Independence, Ohio Guest Speakers: Peter Herbeck: Catholic evangelist, co-host for EWTN series, The Choices We Make and Crossing the Goal. Eric Mahl: Former Cleveland Browns linebacker Promotes the message of Divine Mercy. Greg Wasinski: A nationally recognized speaker and writer. Author of Where Faith and Real Life Come Together. To register visit Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Masses: 8:00am, 1:15pm, 7:00pm Ash Wednesday is a day of Fast and Abstinence Guidelines for Fasting and Abstinence The law of fasting requires a Catholic from the 18th birthday to the 59th birthday to reduce the amount of food eaten from normal. The Church defines this as one meal a day and two smaller meals which if added together would not exceed the main meal in quantity. Such fasting is obligatory on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The law of abstinence requires a Catholic 14 years of age until death to abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent. Those who are excused from fast or abstinence: Besides those outside the age limits, those of unsound mind, the sick, the frail, pregnant or nursing women, manual laborers according to need, guests at a meal who cannot excuse themselves without giving great offense or causing enmity and other situations of moral or physical impossibility to observe the penitential discipline. Women s Half-day Retreat Living & Growing Faith-fully Saturday, February 17, 2018 Guest Speaker: Sr. Edna Michael Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Ashland will be holding a women s half-day retreat in St. Edward School Cafeteria. The retreat will run from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., a light breakfast will be provided at 8:30am. Contact Phyllis Maunus at The Knights of Columbus Annual Lenten Fish Fry Fridays in Lent Beginning Friday, February 16, 2018 $9.00 Adult $8.00 Age 60+ and Military Vets $6.00 Ages 6-12 Ages 5 and under-free

4 Support St. Edward School by making purchases through Amazon Smile 1. Go to Smile.Amazon.com 2. Log into your account, or create a new account 3. Go to : Account settings and select change your charity 4. Search for St. Edward Church and select it. 5. Start shopping! Remember to use SMILE.AMAZON.COM SAINT OF THE DAY St. Paul Miki & Companions-February 6 St. Paul Miki was born in Japan in His family converted to Christianity when he was five years old. He was educated by the Jesuits and eventually entered the Jesuit Order. The Japanese government feared the power and influence of the Jesuits and began to persecute them and other Catholics. St. Paul Miki and his companions were forced to march 600 miles to Nagasaki where they were fastened to crosses and executed. St. Paul was pierced with a lance while tied to the cross. He gave his final witness to Christ from the Cross-from an eyewitness account: When the crosses were set up it was a wonderful thing to see the constancy of all of them. Our brother Paul Miki, seeing himself raised to the most honorable position that he had ever occupied, openly proclaimed that he was a Japanese and a member of the Society of Jesus. And that he was being put to death for having preached the gospel. He gave thanks to God for such a precious favor. He then added these words: Having arrived at this moment of my existence, I believe that no one of you thinks I want to hide the truth. That is why I declare to you that there is no other way of salvation than the one followed by Christians. Since this way teaches me to forgive my enemies and all who have offended me. I willingly forgive the king and all those who have desired my death. And I pray that they will obtain the desire of Christian baptism. St. Paul Miki & Companions, pray for us! 2017 Contribution Request Form Name Phone: Envelope No: Please mail my statement or CONTRIBUTIONS Please my statement Clip this form or your request to: church@stedwardashland.org

5 THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Scripture Readings O Come Let Us Adore Him! Eucharistic Adoration is held Thursday through Sunday. For more information, please contact Jeanette Allton at We need adorers for Thursdays: 2:00pm; Fridays: 9:00pm. Saturday at Noon. Could you not watch one hour with Me?" (Mt 26:40) Eucharistic Adoration's goal is to have a constant vigil before the Blessed Sacrament. Would you be able to give an hour each week, or maybe even every other week? Could you be a sub for a particular hour or hours? Readings for the Week of February 4 Sunday: Jb 7:1-4,6-7/1 Cor 9:16-19/Mk 1:29-39 Monday: 1 Kgs 8:1-7,9-13/Mk 6:53-56 Tuesday: 1 Kgs 8:22-23,27-30/Mk 7:1-13 Wednesday: 1 Kgs 10:1-10/Mk 7:14-23 Thursday: 1 Kgs 11:14-13/Mk 7:24-30 Friday: 1 Kgs 11:29-32,12-19/Mk 7:31-27 Saturday: 1 Kgs 12:26-32/Mk 8:1-10 Sunday: Lv 13:1-2,44-46/1 Cor 10:31 11:1/Mk Please Pray For: At Home: John Bisesi/Lina Canlas/Betty Caucci/ Helen Davis/Deane Eggert/ Mr & Mrs. Geraci/ Katie Gipson/ Andy Grimm/ Helen Hickey/Joe Kiliany/ Theresa Moffett/ Ruth Shea/John Yeagle/Thomas McDonough/Dana Wheeler Belmont Towers: Laura Hickey/Janine Pagano Brethren Care: Tom McDonough/Ed & Rose Sterle Bradford Place: Dottie Cassidy/Belle Ridenour Brookwood Assisted Living: Mary Cooke/ Pat Lefever/Ceil Mikla/ Crystal Care: Irene Balyint/Richard Barr/ Regina Knight/ Vivian Nemeth Good Shepherd: Judy Lombardo/Butch Payne/ Mary Ann Smith/ Helen Violet Kingston: Irma Braley/Alice Christie/Betty Deak/ Roxie DeVault/ Ralph Dillon /Kathy Henrick/Robert Massa/ Bob Pence/Bill Stockton/ Kathryn Thomson/ Irene Traicoff/ Jim Valerio Lutheran Village: Richard Gallas Family Perspectives Today s gospel shows us how Jesus modeled the rhythm of work and prayer. Jesus knew that this time of retreat was necessary if he was to minister to the needs of others. How true this model of prayer is for married couples. Couples who regularly pray together report having happier, stronger marriages and are better able to meet their parenting and work responsibilities. Catholic Catechism Quote # 383 God did not create man a solitary being. From the beginning, "male and female he created them" (Gen 1:27). This partnership of man and woman constitutes the first form of communion between persons. Liturgical Ministries for February 10 & 11 Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion 4:30pm Camillia Bohrer Gerald Bohrer Dcn Joe Dietz 8:30am Dcn Joe Dietz J. Schenkelberg L. Schenkelberg 11:00am Dcn Joe Dietz Linda Fulmer Harvey Thomas Readers & Commentators 4:30pm Beth Gehrisch Max Watson 8:30am Michael Donatini Dan Schlitt 11:00am Rob Lavengood Patti Lanzer Altar Servers 4:30pm K. Gehrisch Emma Higgins 8:30am C. Schenkelberg Bobby Schlitt 11:00am Alivia Fulton Catherine Gray Greeters 4:30pm Randy & Sue Emmons 8:30am Tom & Valerie Mapes 11:00am Nella Blackford Mon. & Tues Feb. 5 & 6 No Mass No Servers Weekday Altar Servers Wednesday Feb. 7 Mass: 1:15pm H. DiPuccio M. Franz Thur. & Fr. Feb. 8 &92 Mass 8:00am Brianna King Matthias Wood Hunger Center Feb. 7, :00-5:00pm Frey/ Helal/Shafer 5:15-7:00pm Ebert/ Edson/Edwards/ Farnsworth/Schirmer/Hickey/ Valentine

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