What the Nuns Story is Really About

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1 14040 Puritas Ave., Cleveland, OH Phone: (216) Fax: (216) Web-Page: Pastoral Team Rev. Mr. Dick Beercheck, Deacon, Ext 17 Mrs. Katie Corbett BS Ed., Youth and Family Minister, Ext 20 Rev. Mr. Jack A. Koch, Deacon, Ext 12 Fr. Doug Koesel, Pastor, Ext 21 Mr. Daniel Maier, Music Minister, Ext 23 Mrs. Carol Roberts, Pastoral Assistant, Ext 19 Rev. Mr. Bill Staab, Deacon, Ext 15 Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Children s Liturgy of the Word: 11:00 a.m. Mass Vigil of Holy Days: 7:00 p.m. *Holy Days: 8:30 a.m. and Noon. Monday see worship calendar for time & location Tuesday, Wednesday*, Friday: 8:30 a.m. *see location on worship calendar inside Reconciliation Saturday 3:00 to 3:30 p.m., other times by appointment. Office Staff: Mrs. Linda Wilson, Office Manager, Ext 10 linda@blessedtrinitycleveland.org Mrs. Devra Konjura, Bookkeeper, Ext 26 devra@blessedtrinitycleveland.org Bulletin Notices to: bulletin@blessedtrinitycleveland.org or deliver them to the rectory office. Deadline for notices is Monday of the week before the bulletin is distributed. Prayer PRAYER line LINE requests REQUESTS can to: be gracesamarin@att.net. ed to: gracesamarin@att.net. May 27, 2012 Rectory Office Hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p. m. (Closed for lunch 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.) Saturday: 1:00-3:45 p.m. West Park Catholic Academy Puritas Avenue Cleveland, OH Mrs. Annemarie Rajnicek, Principal Phone: (216) Fax: (216) Music by Paul Lisicky, 1985 GIA Publications, Inc. (Assistive devices are available in the sacristy)

2 BLESSED TRINITY PARISH From the Desk of Fr. Doug What the Nuns Story is Really About Many of you have asked me to comment on the recent investigation into the US nuns. Here goes. In short, the Vatican has asked for an investigation into the life of religious women in the United States. There is a concern about orthodoxy, feminism and pastoral practice. The problem with the Vatican approach is that it places the nuns squarely on the side of Jesus and the Vatican on the side of tired old men, making a last gasp to save a crumbling kingdom lost long ago for a variety of reasons. One might say that this investigation is the direct result of the John Paul II papacy. He was suspicious of the power given to the laity after the Second Vatican Council. He disliked the American Catholic Church. Throughout his papacy he strove to wrest collegial power from episcopal conferences and return it to Rome. One of the results of the council was that the nuns became more educated, more integrated in the life of the people and more justice-oriented than the bishops and pope. They are doctors, lawyers, university professors, lobbyists, social workers, authors, theologians, etc. Their appeal was that they always went back to what Jesus said and did. Their value lay in the fact that their theology and their practice were integrated into the real world. The Vatican sounded like the Pharisees of the New Testament; legalistic, paternalistic and orthodox while the good sisters were the ones who were feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, educating the immigrant, and so on. Nuns also learned that Catholics are intuitively smart about their faith. They prefer dialogue over diatribe, freedom of thought over mind control, biblical study over fundamentalism, development of doctrine over isolated mandates. Far from being radical feminists or supporters of far-out ideas, religious women realized that the philosophical underpinnings of Catholic teaching are no longer valid. Women are not subservient to men, the natural law is much broader than once thought, the OT is not as important as the NT, love is more powerful than fear. They realized that you can have a conversation with someone on your campus who thinks differently than the church without compromising what the church teaches. (For example, I could invite Newt Gingrich here to speak. You d all still know what the church teaches about divorce in spite of him) Women religious have learned to live without fear (Srs. Dorothy Kazel, Maura Clark, Ita Ford) and with love (Mother Teresa). And the number of popes and bishops and cardinals following in their footsteps, Jesus footsteps, is? This is what annoys American Catholics. The Vatican is hypocritical and duplicitous. Their belief is always that someone else needs to clean up their act; the divorced, the gays, the media, the US nuns, the Americans who were Disciple of the Week CLEVELAND, OH using the wrong words to pray, the seminaries, etc. It never occurs to the powers that be that the source of the problem is the structure itself. We can say that now with certainty as regards the sex abuse crisis. It was largely the structure of the church itself, the way men were trained and isolated, made loyal to the system at all costs and not to the person, that gave us the scandalous cover-up. US nuns work side by side with the person on the street. They are involved in their everyday lives. Most cardinals spent less than five years in a parish, were never pastors, are frequently career diplomats. Religious women in the US refuse to be controlled by abusive authority that seeks to control out of fear. They realize that Jesus taught no doctrines, but that the church, over time, developed what Jesus taught in a systematic way. Nuns have always tried to work within the system. This time their prophetic voices may take them out of the system. They may take a lot of Catholics and a lot of their hospitals, schools, colleges, orphanages, prison ministries, convents, women s shelters, food pantries and, of course, the good will they have earned over the centuries with them. This investigation is not about wayward US nuns. It is the last gasp for control by a dying breed, wrapped in its own self-importance. It is a struggle for the very nature of the church; who we are, how we pray, where we live, who belongs, why we believe. The early church endured a similar struggle. The old order died. The Holy Spirit won. Happy Pentecost Sunday! P.S. On Wednesday, May 30, there will be a prayer rally for US nuns at St. Colman on W 65 th St. All are invited and encouraged to attend. The nuns were there for us. Let us be there for them. Cheryl Carrasco is a founding member of Blessed Trinity. She is Eucharistic minister and recently became an adult altar server. We thank Cheryl for her dedicated service to our parish and for living out her baptismal call. THANKS TO YOU! Our 2 nd collection donations for the Walk for Hunger totaled $1, and our walking team collected $617. Blessed Trinity s grand total contribution to the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland was $ ! The funds raised will provide nutritious food to help reduce hunger in our community. OFFICE VOLUNTEER NEEDED Could you help out Saturdays, 1:00 pm 3:45 pm, in the office? This disciple would answer phones, do some typing, and other miscellaneous tasks. Contact Linda at (216)

3 PENTECOST SUNDAY MAY 27, 2012 Worship Saturday May 26 11:00 Memorial Mass for Bill Maloney 4:00 Irene Cowles (Darlene Cowles, daughter) Sunday May 27 Pentecost Sunday 9:00 Helen Johnson (Joseph Saksa) 11:00 Blessed Trinity Children s Liturgy of the Word Monday May 28 11:00 All Aristocrat West Nursing Home 4387 West 150 Tuesday May 29 8:30 Melissa C Hvizdos (Eileen Mangan) Wednesday May 30 8:30 Bill & Irene Thursday May 31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary No Mass Friday June 1 St. Justin, Martyr 8:30 Sean O Malley (Thomas Cooney) Saturday June 2 1:30 Wedding of Robbie Crane & Meghan Jacobs 4:00 Blessed Trinity Baptism of Ashley Tanzi Sunday June 3 Pentecost 9:00 Jerry Cotner (Family) 11:00 Susie Rodriguez (Patty Fowler) Children s Liturgy of the Word Servers Schedule June 2 & 3 4:00 Sharon Dippel, Molly Knipsel 9:00 Nicole Badour, Alexandra Badour Readings for the Week of May 27, 2012 Readings for the Week of May 27, 2012 Sunday: Acts 2:1-11 1Cor 12:3b-7,12-13 Jn 20:19-23 Monday: 1 Pt 1:3-9 Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday: 1 Pt 1:10-16 Mk 10:28-31 Wednesday: 1 Pt 1:18-25 Mk 10:32-45 Thursday: Zep 3:14-18a Lk 1:39-56 Friday: 1 Pt 4:7-13 Mk 11:11-26 Saturday: Jude 17, 20b-25 Mk 11:27-33 Next Sunday: Dt 4:32-34, Rom 8:14-17 Mt 28:16-20 Liturgical Publications Inc Sunday 5/20/12 Collection $ CPO Certificates Profit $ Thank you for your generous support! SUPERIOR VENDOR CARDS ON SALE at the CPO table for a 50% discount. They will only cost you $5.00! III Robbie Crane & Meghan Jacobs Please pray for: William Andre, Thomas Ausnehmer, Joan Badstuber, Kathryn Bender, Eleanor Boltz, John Brant, Norman Brindza, David Brodnik, Adele Bruen, Janice Cavoli, Eileen Chambers, Diana Chmielarski, Connie Cipro, Maria Claudio, Vera Coombs, Jack Cotter, Louis D Aurelio, Nancy Davenport, Mabel Davis, Mary Dobrovic, Phyllis Dreher, Regina Dukles, Edward Dzuro, Marlene Fagan, Susan Faley, Doris Fiorelli, Elisabeth Galauner, Dennis Gallagher, Thomas Gelske, Mary Gladis, Cindy George, Ann Goodman, Vesna Goverdovski, Kimberly Hall-Harrison, Kenneth Haught, John Heiberg, Randy Heiser, Carolyn Hendrock, Tammy Henry, Norma Holecko, Irene Hosta, Raymond Hosta, Johnie Mae Howard, Carol Johnson, Laurie Kemer, Eugene Kempf, Irene Kirby, Edith Krakomberger, Betty Krueger, David Lavelle, Frank Lemonte, Jane Mayercin, Andrea Medina, Betty Ann Menzing, Jeanette Miller, Tony Miller, Dawn Moore, Lawrence Musiek, Angela Napier, Kathryn Nickras, Marcella Newton, Phillip Ockuly, Concepcion Perez, Frank Piccola, Cassandra Reese-Woods, Madeline Repko, Melissa Roberts, Loretta Sanders, Maryann Sedlacek, John Sheehan, Genevieve Skarupa, Therese Slenscak, Steve & Sarah Smith, Cristina Snodgrass, Nadine Staresinic, Noreen Tomcik, Patricia Torres, Mary Videc, Patricia Warmuth, Richard Warmuth, Rita Wenz, Evelyn West, Agnes Whapham, Robert Winners, Marie Wooten. May They Rest in Peace Gerald O Connor (husband of June) Christina Katchmen (wife of Joseph) Please pray for all who are serving in our military, especially the following men and women connected to our parish: Kevin Delattre (Navy) son of Al & Jean David Miller (Army) grandson of Ann Jones David, Maritza and Steven Tagliaferro (Air Corps) grandchildren of Louis Tagliaferro Kenneth Price son of Murriah Mell Robert A. Fago (Army) son of Tony & Shirley Stephen Lanzola (Air Force) brother of Sara Michael Crowe (Navy) son of Teri Crowe Ralph Hess (Army) grandson of Wilma & Ralph Hess Alex Haworth (Army Airborn-Afghanistan) nephew of Jeanette & Louis Brent Gary Swisher (Army-Afghanistan) son of Terri Swisher BOUNTIFUL BASEMENT GARDEN needs donations of plastic berry containers to store fruit and other veggies. DIOCESAN 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION On Sunday, July 29, 2:30 pm at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Bishop Richard G. Lennon will celebrate Mass for couples who are celebrating 50 years of marriage. Register by June 25; forms are in the rectory office.

4 MAY 27, 2012 The Week Ahead Saturday May 26 9:00 am 11:00am Women s Faith-Sharing Breakfast (Joseph Center) 5:00 pm 11:30 pm Bingo (Fogarty) Sunday May 27 12:00 pm 2:30 pm Women s Ministry Social Group (Joseph Center) Monday May 28 Memorial Day Rectory Office Closed 9:30 am 10:30 am Legion of Mary (Church) 8:30 pm 9:30 pm AA Meeting (Rectory Basement) Tuesday May 29 9:30 am 12 :00 pm Bountiful Basement 10:30 am 12:00 pm AA Meeting (Rectory Basement) 7:00 pm 9:00 pm Renewal Faith Sharing (Rectory Basement) Wednesday May 30 5:00 pm 6:45 pm Bountiful Basement 5:45 pm 6:45 pm Bell Choir (Church) 7:00 pm 8:30 pm Choir Rehearsal 8:00 pm 9:00 pm AA Meeting (Joseph Center) Thursday May 31 9:30 am 12:00 pm Bountiful Basement 11:00 am 12:00 pm AA Meeting (Rectory Basement) 5:00 pm 11:30 pm Bingo (Fogarty) Friday June 1 8:00 pm 10:00 pm AA Meeting (Rectory Basement) Saturday June 2 5:00 pm 11:30 pm Bingo (Fogarty) 5:30 pm 6:30 pm New Parishioner Meet & Greet (Rectory Living Room) Sunday June 3 11:00 pm 12:00 PSR Closing Mass FATHERS MEMORIAL LEGION CARDS Holy Name Society/Men s Ministry will enroll Fathers, both living and deceased, in the Fathers Memorial Legion. These Fathers will be remembered monthly and on Fathers Day at Masses here at Blessed Trinity. Fathers Day cards available for the living; holy pictures available for the deceased. Donation: $2. Members of the Holy Name Society will be at the church entrances the first three weekends of June. THANK YOU, BIRCHWOOD SCHOOL! We thank the third and fourth graders from Birchwood School who donated $536 to the Bountiful Basement by raising money through a school carnival and penny wars. Some students also come now and then to help pack food, so we are grateful to their community service as well.

5 HEROESCAMP, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL June Join the fun at HeroesCamp VBS, for children who are age 4 (by June 30 th ) thru 4 th grade (grade level in school year). Campers will get excited about the love of God as they hear stories, play games, do crafts, and sing songs. Registration forms at the back table in church, at the rectory, on the website. Do you know anyone to invite? All children are welcome. Don t miss camp this year. Register today! ROCKPORT FARMERS MARKET at Blessed Trinity Wednesdays 4:30 pm 7:30 pm, starting June 13 thru Oct. 17. Locally grown fruits and vegetables, herbs, honey, grass-fed beef, knife sharpening, cooking demonstrations and more. Shop local! Eat local! WHO S GOT TALENT? The anticipation is building as our second annual Talent Show approaches, Sunday June 10, church, 7:00pm. Last year s show surpassed all expectations. This is a night to be remembered by both audience and performers! Now is the time to put together that group performance or to polish up your own act. The invitation is out to all. Sign up at back table in church or call the rectory to get your act into the show s line-up. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SPAGHETTI DINNER Sunday, June 3, 4:00 pm 7:00 pm at 3556 W. 130th St. Adults $8.00, children 5 yrs. and under, $5.00 Call Clem Nirosky (440) for more information. JUBLIEES OF SISTERS IN OUR PARISH Three of our parishioners Sr. Janet Bednar, Sr. Mary Ann Spangler and Sr. Fran Woznicki are celebrating their golden jubilees this year. That s 150 years of service! As their faith community and spiritual family, we will honor them after coffee & donuts, Sunday, June 19 th after the 9:00am Mass. BELLAIRE PURITAS ARTS FESTIVAL Sunday, June 3, noon to 6 p.m, Jefferson Park, W. 132 & Lorain. Live bands (Beatles cover band, Latin, jazz, bluegrass, Polka, Irish dance), artists and crafters, hands-on art for children, community groups and other attractions. For more information, call Bellaire Puritas at PLAN YOUR PARISH CALENDAR YEAR NOW! All parish groups are required to submit a schedule of meetings and activities (dates, times and locations) for the year beginning July 1, 2012 through June 30, In order to make sure your group is represented on the Master Calendar and to avoid scheduling conflicts, we need your plans for the year. Submit your schedule to Linda in the Rectory Office by June 15. CLEVELAND FURNITURE BANK supplies furniture, clothing and household items to needy families in Northeast Ohio. If you have furniture or items to donate, call ext. 101 or to arrange a home pick-up. They will also take clothing, household goods, kitchenware, and appliances.

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