HOLY MARTYRS CATHOLIC CHURCH 3100 Old Weymouth Rd Medina OH 44256 330.722.6633 330.273.1188 www.holymartyrs.net churchoffice@holymartyrs.net SACRAMENTAL LIFE Please visit our parish website (www.holymartyrs.net) for a full listing of our sacrament information and all spiritual and parish programs. BAPTISM Please contact the parish office before the birth of your child to prepare for this sacrament. Foundations: Faith Every Day, for Everyday Families, Monday, November 7, 2016 at 6:00 pm RCIA The process for becoming a Roman Catholic for adults and older children who have not been baptized or have been baptized but not raised in the Christian faith. MARRIAGE Couples should meet with the priest at least six months before the proposed wedding date. RECONCILIATION Celebrated individually every Saturday from 4:00-5:00 pm in the chapel. Communal celebrations of the sacrament in Advent and Lent. OF THE SICK Celebrated any time prior to entering the hospital or during illness or convalescence. All who are ill are encouraged to receive this sacrament as soon as possible. Communal celebrations of the Sacrament take place in Fall and Spring. VISITING THE SICK We are eager to visit our parishioners who are sick at home, in nursing homes or in the hospital. Please call the church office as soon as possible in the event of serious illness. November 6, 2016 WELCOME! We extend a warm welcome to our visitors. All Catholics who regularly attend here are invited to become part of our parish community. If you attend here, you should register. The staff is available in the Gathering Space of our church before and after Mass to personally welcome you to our parish family. Welcome! PASTORAL STAFF 330.722.6633 Fr. Steve Dohner Janet Payton Nancy Fiamingo Diane Bruce Adam Nestor Dorothy Thomas Dino Paoletta Pastor Director of Religious Education Youth Minister Coordinator of Pastoral Care Deacon CHURCH OFFICE 330.722.6633 FAX - 330.725.2193 churchoffice@holymartyrs.net PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION 330.952.1466 psr@holymartyrs.net SPIRIT PROGRAM 330.722.6633 spirit@holymartyrs.net LIFE TEEN 330.722.6633 lifeteen@holymartyrs.net THE EUCHARIST Saturday Vigil Weekdays Fr. Mark Ott Weekend Associate Jason Falkofsky Director of Music 5:30 pm Mass 7:30 am Mass 9:30 am Mass 11:30 am Mass 8:00 am Mass, Mon, Wed, Fri 7:00 pm Mass, Tues, Thurs
Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Thirty-Second in Ordinary Time - November 6, 2016 Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week This week at Holy Martyrs Sat 5:30 pm Mary Hood (Hood Family) Sun 7:30 am Helen Hynes (Randy & Barb Hynes) 9:30 am George & Katherine Palya (Ron Palya) 11:30 am Parishioners Mon 8:00 am Christine M. Kasayka (Mike & Kathy Kopach) Tues 8:00 am Joni Miller - 50th Birthday (Sheila Hood) 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace Wed 8:00 am Health for Dennis Rygiel (Joe & Kathie Gaebelein) Thurs 7:00 pm Enzo Chiuchiarelli (Assunta Chiuchiarelli) Fri 8:00 am Jack Cherry (Bernie & Lois Dick) Sat 5:30 pm Parishioners Sun 7:30 am Mary Clark Holland (Palker Family) 9:30 am Timothy Lynch (Kevin & Judy Lynch) 11:30 am Joan Kohanski & Anna Kohanski (Jim & Helen Loew) Please note that on Tuesday, November 8 there will be no 7:00 pm Mass. Mass will be celebrated at 8:00 am. There is a promise of marriage between: III Wedding Announcement: Clinton Midkiff & Grace Gaeckle Sun 11/6 Mon 11/7 Anointing of the Sick at all Masses Time Travelers 9:30 AM Room 203 Blood Pressures 10:30 AM Choir Room Small Groups Begin Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space Senior Events Committee 10:00 AM Room 103 Ministry of Assistance 1:00 PM Martyrs Hall Baptism Prep 6:00 PM Worship Space PSR 6:00 PM Children's RCIA 6:30 PM Clarke Room El Salvador Mission 6:00 PM Room 103 Tue 11/8 Glory Bees: 9:00 AM Worship Space Kathleen Cooley, Mary Lou Melchior, Mary Porinchok Little Rock Bible Study 1:00 PM Room 103 PSR 6:00 PM SPIRIT 6:00 PM Martyrs Hall Wed 11/9 Intercessory Prayer 5:30 PM Chapel Choir Rehearsal 7:15 PM Worship Space Thu 11/10 Wellness Ministry 6:00 PM Room 103 Sat 11/12 Friendship Meal 10:00 AM GA Kitchen Life Teen Lock-in 4:00 PM Pfeiffer Hall Sun 11/13 Life Teen Lock-in continues Pfeiffer Hall Donut Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 203 RCIA 10:30 AM Lounge Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space David & Sandra Yugulis received a Blessing in celebration of their 40th Wedding Anniversary Pray for those who have died in Christ: Enrico, Scaparotti, father of Janet Grimm Parish Staff Father Stephen Dohner Pastor Janet Payton Father Mark Ott Weekend Associate Dino Paoletta Deacon Libbie Radecky Office Assistant Father Robert F. Pfeiffer Pastor Emeritus Dorothy Thomas Coordinator of Pastoral Care Diane Bruce Director of Religious Education Nancy Fiamingo Jason Falkofsky Director of Music Paula Phillips Bookkeeper
Thirty-Second in Ordinary Time Parish News Pastor s Notes UPDATING OUR FACILITIES SMALL GROUPS MINISTRY UPDATE Most of our Small Groups will begin meeting this week! We have groups meeting every day of the week mostly in members homes, with one group meeting during PSR at Holy Martyrs. Small Groups is one way to make our large church small and personal. Groups are excited to explore the topic of Prayer, since prayer is at the center of one s relationship with God. If you have questions about Small Groups Ministry or would like to become involved, please contact Nancy at nfiamingo@holymartyrs.net. Your prayers for this new ministry are appreciated. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:20 Blood pressure screening is a service that is offered by our Wellness Ministry to parishioners the first of each month. We invite you to participate in the blood pressure screenings this from 10:30-11:30 am in the choir room. Little Rock Bible Study began a new study on November 1; Panorama of the Bible - Old Testament. Please join us on Tuesdays in Room 103 at 1:00 pm. Books will be available. No prior Bible Study is required. All are welcome. The Bake Sale Is Coming! Holy Martyrs will hold their Annual Advent Bake Sale on December 3 & 4. We are in need of homemade bake goods, nicely wrapped for this sale. Like to bake? Want to donate homemade bakery? Please watch for the electronic sign up link in your email or contact Melinda Zemba at 330-725-3264 if you are able to help with set up on Saturday, December 3 at 3:00 pm in the Gathering Area or after any of the Masses that weekend. Holy Martyrs is blessed to have some of the most beautiful facilities of any parish in our diocese. They are well-constructed and maintained. Keeping them in shape is the work of our parish Buildings and Grounds Committee and our very capable maintenance and cleaning staff. Behind the scenes, a lot of work goes into maintaining and updating our facilities. Most of this goes on unnoticed, but some you cannot miss. The latest project is, quite literally, right under your feet. The concrete entryway in front of the church s main entrance, that has weathered more than its share of harsh winters, is deteriorating and needs to be replaced. New technologies are allowing us to replace the old concrete with a more beautiful stone-finish surface. In addition to its aesthetic value, it will be stronger, more durable, and easier to maintain than the concrete slab it s replacing. It will serve us well into the future. This is another example of Grateful Giving in action. Grateful Giving reminds us that God has given us all that we have. In gratitude to God, we return a portion of our blessings to support our church. Our ability to maintain and improve our facilities is due entirely to the members of Holy Martyrs who give faithfully each week to provide for our parish s needs. It makes possible not only our buildings but all of our parish programs and ministries. An easy way to become part of this important work is through Electronic Giving. It makes giving easy, safe and convenient. Information on Electronic Giving is available at the Welcome Center at church or by contacting the parish office. God bless all of our faithful givers! Father Steve
Holy Martyrs Church November 6, 2016 Medina, Ohio OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE Grateful Giving Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity. ~St. Vincent de Paul October 22 & 23 Weekly Offering $12,001.39 Number of Envelopes 313 Electronic Donations $3.265.00 Number of Envelopes 39 Weekly Total $15,266.39 Thank you! This week we will support our parishioners and their families who serve or have served this nation with distinction as members of the US Military. The collection for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA will provide the Gospel, the sacraments and other forms of spiritual support to the men and women of the US Armed Forces wherever they serve and to veterans who are in VA medical centers. Please prayerfully consider a generous contribution to this special triennial collection approved by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2012 and last taken in 2013. Join Us on the January El Salvador Mission Trip! Would you like to personally meet Jesus? Then come to El Salvador on our next mission trip in late January 2017. Yes, you will see HIM in the eyes and hearts of the Salvadoran people guaranteed! Take communion to the shut-ins, meet with school children and teachers at Immaculada Concepcion school, and hear first-hand from our scholarship students and Father Paul Schindler about the importance of our work there. If you would like to go or have been thinking about it but have questions, the time to act is NOW! For more information, contact Janet Payton at jpayton@holymartyrs.net or Shelley Conry at 330-687-6927. November Friendship Meal You are invited to join in serving our neighbors in need on Saturday, November 12 th. We will cook the meal in the Holy Martyrs Gathering Area kitchen on Saturday morning and serve the meal at Sagrada Familia Parish in Cleveland the same afternoon. The event will conclude at approximately 6:00 pm. We are asking for food donations of turkey, stuffing ingredients, green beans, pies, milk, butter and other items such as Giant Eagle Gift cards (for bus passes). Please sign up for cooking, serving, or donating via Signup Genius which has been distributed in an email from the parish office. Please place perishable items in the refrigerator and mark all donations "Friendship Meal"! For additional information please call/text Nathan Klettlinger at 330-697-7879 or email nklettlinger@gmail.com Holy Land Carvings are back! Holy Land carvings have been popular at Holy Martyrs for many years. The sale of Holy Land carvings will take place on the weekend of November 26 & 27 in the Gathering Area. Bishop Lennon has designated Suhair Musleh as the official vendor of the Holy Land carvings. Because of the conflict in the region, many Christian families in Bethlehem are struggling to make ends meet. Holy Land Gifts represent over 100 Christian families who make a living selling traditional olive wood handcrafts and religious articles. When you purchase one of these beautiful gifts, you are helping artisans in the Holy Land provide for their families and live and work with dignity in a region fraught with tension. Thank you for supporting this project to keep the Christians present in the holy land of Jesus birth. November is National Adoption Month Mary Queen of Peace invites all to their Seventh Annual Mass for National Adoption Month on, November 13, 2016 at 2:00 pm. Birth parents, adoptive parents and adopted children will be recognized during Mass. Guest homilist will be Deacon Jim Armstrong, Executive Communications Director for the Diocese of Cleveland and Deacon at St. Bridget of Kildare in Parma. Mary Queen of Peace is located at 4423 Pearl Rd., Cleveland. Please contact Mary Queen of Peace at 216-749-2323 or info@maryqop.org for more information.
Thirty-Second in Ordinary Time Parish School of Religion - 330-952-1466 SAINTS Wax Museum will visit Holy Martyrs Church on Monday, November 7th and Tuesday, November 8th 6:30-7:20 p.m. in the Gathering Area. Join our 4th graders for coffee/tea to support and encourage our 4th grade students as they present the lives of the saints in costume. This is an important event in the life of our Church because the saints provide us with a true and realistic look at ordinary people who have lived lives in ordinary and sometimes horrific life situations and have given their life to Christ. Vote for your favorite Turkey Run Box All PSR parents are invited and encouraged to vote on November 7 or 8 for your favorite Turkey Run Box between 6:00 and 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Life Center second floor. Little Philosophers Our children are born with a capacity for spiritual knowledge just as they are born with a capacity for math, science, language arts, etc. Rather than leave this capacity to drop by the wayside due to neglect, we can instead support their natural spirituality. One of the ways to do this is by talking with our children about life s BIG QUESTIONS- the kind that sometimes make us nervous. Examples could sound like this: Why do we help some people and not others? If we re not supposed to hit, why do some people spank their kids? If you tell a lie and no one gets hurt, why is it wrong? Our answers provide a framework for teaching spiritual values and moral issues that deal with right from wrong. We have help with these conversations. Children s Literature is often about the deepest and most profound questions and themes good and evil, right and wrong, heroism and cowardice. The story themes in Stone Soup provide even 3 yr. olds with lessons they meet in everyday life. They elicit such questions as: Have you ever wished someone would help you, but nobody did? Have you ever wanted to help someone but were afraid to? Do you know anyone who is hungry? We need to put Harry Potter, Spiderman, Superman, the Avengers, and Princess Elsa to work for us! These superheroes offer our little philosophers the language to talk about life s big questions and to draw analogies to their own lives. In doing so, we develop their spiritual language. ~Miller, Lisa, Ph. D. The Spiritual Child. New York: St. Martin s Press, 2015. MINISTERS SCHEDULE - November 12 & November 13 EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS LECTORS SERVERS USHERS VIDEO MASSES Bread Cup B1 Chaz Jeronis C1 Judith Linton Susan Broderick Alex Ambro Cindy Steinbacher Saturday B2 Linda Earhart B3 Michelle Koewler C2 Cory Koewler C3 Rosemary LeVoyer Christian Durny Larry Steinbacher 5:30 PM C4 Mary Schwarz pyx Steve Brownfield 7:30 AM B1 Barb Lorius B2 Rich Lorius C1 Paul Steinle C2 Allie Solecki (pyx) Betty Romito Bob Steinmetz Kaden Gordon Not Filled Gary Kozel Mary Kozel Ken Smith Dylan Gorczyca Jeanette Cottrell 9:30 AM Michael Moran Ben Stobbs Michael Green 11:30 AM B1 Dorothy Barry B2 Becky Johnston B3 Eileen Trabert C1 Dave Stankiewicz C2 Jen Coppolino C3 Mike Terrell Jim Friedl Sam Arnold Jonathan Friedl Jim Gaeckle Mike Szabo C4 Debbie Terrell (pyx) Gary Link
Holy Martyrs Church November 6, 2016 Medina, Ohio Ministry of Assistance of Holy Martyrs Church The holiday season will soon be upon us, and with much to do. Hopefully, this list of coming events will be helpful! Thanksgiving November 11: Deadline for Thanksgiving Basket requests from parishioners. Pick up on November 21 from 9:00-10:00 am. November 19/20: Give-a-gift slips will be available in the Gathering Area. November 20: Annual Holy Martyrs Turkey Run to St. Augustine s Hunger Center after 11:30 Mass. Christmas November 26/27: Give-a-gift slips available in the Gathering Area. These gifts should be wrapped and must be returned no later than December 11. In order for the correct family to receive the gift, it is important to place the slip on the outside of the package. December 3/4: Give-A-Gift slips available in Gathering Area. (Please attach gift slips to the outside of your packages. The coding on the slips represents the individual families that have requested help.) December 10/11: Last weekend to return wrapped gifts. December 12: PSR Advent Event December 10/11 and 17/18 Red stocking collection (proceeds to be used for needy families) Your generosity to this ministry is wonderful, and we thank you for all that you do to help the needy of our parish family and community over the holidays. Holy Martyrs Ministry of Assistance
Thirty-Second in Ordinary Time Don t forget to Vote on November 8 11/06: LifeTeen Mass 5:00 pm followed by Life Night - 6:00-7:30 pm Mark your Calendars! Lock-In! Nov. 12-13 Cleveland Catholic Youth Conference Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 See Flyer for more information http:www.cleyouthconference.org lifeteen@holymartyrs.net spirit@holymartyrs.net Visit www.faithfulcitizenship.org to explore how you can love your neighbors by advocating as a faithful citizen on behalf of those who are poor and vulnerable. As you prepare to vote this week, read the U.S. bishops' statement on Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, watch videos and access other great resources on faithful citizenship. The Catholic Commission of Wayne, Ashland, Medina Advisory Committee has passed a resolution in support of Medina County Issue 28, the.2 Mill Five- Year Renewal Levy for the Medina County Home, on the November 8, 2016 ballot. Citing US Catholic Bishops statements on the common good and protecting the vulnerable among us, the Catholic Commission understands this funding as vital in support of Medina County s vulnerable residents, regardless of age or ability to pay, who need temporary custodial-care as a basic safety net. The WAM Catholic Commission encourages your prayerful consideration of Issue 28 and our vulnerable neighbors whom this funding serves. For questions, please contact the Catholic Commission at (330) 723-9615, x.11.