SS. Edward & Lucy Parish Clustered with St. Helen Church Rev. John T. Burkley, Pastor Websites: www.ssedwardlucy.com * Pro-Life: www.prolifehelp.org REGISTRATION: Call the office or download a form at www.ssedwardlucy.com. P.O. Box 709, 16150 Center St. Parkman, Ohio 44080 ** P.O. Box 98, 16280 East High St. Middlefield, Ohio 44062 Karen Thrasher, Business Manager * Sister Rosemary Janezic, Director of Religious Education Office: (440) 548-3812 E-mail: kt@simcon.net Sister Rosemary E-mail: sisterrose@simcon.net Masses: Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm-St. Edward 6:30pm-St. Lucy and Sunday: 8:30am-St. Edward 10:30am-St. Lucy Confessions: Saturday at 4:15-5:00pm-St. Edward 7:15pm-St. Lucy Weekday Mass: Monday, 6:00pm and Tuesday through Friday, 8:00am-St. Edward Chapel Holydays: Vigil Mass 6:30pm-St. Edward Holyday: 9:00am-St. Edward 6:30pm-St. Lucy OUR MISSION The vibrant Catholic community of SS. Edward and Lucy teaches, proclaims and lives the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We do so through the celebration of the Eucharist, the administration of the sacraments and in loving and merciful service to all.
Life in Our Parish I met with Fr. Jay and Theresa Zickert about youth ministry in our parish. Our meeting here last Sunday pointed to our concentrating on grades 6-8 first. Until we are in a position to make a high school program available for our youth, we thought a plan B might be possible. Fr. Jay and Theresa have generously invited our youth to be part of their Life Teen program. It is an open invitation to all our high school parishioners to be part of their program. At the same time, we need to surface a group of parents who would join the Life Teen parents advisory group already functioning. We already have several young people active in Life Teen at St. Helen. Fr. Jay expressed a concern that our youth would not leave SS. Edward & Lucy Parish even though they would be members of Life Teen at St. Helen. I will approach our Finance Councils and ask that we make an effort to contribute a token support of Life Teen. We should, I think, make a reciprocal gesture to offset the extra expense. This will also include a regular program at Cardinal HS eventually. We will work out the details. Just know that our youth are welcome to become full and active members of Life Teen. They are welcome! For more information call Theresa Zickert at 440-564-5805 x248...at the same time, folks at the meeting last week took an important step and scheduled our first event for our young people in grades 5-8. It will be on Saturday, October 13 from 6-9pm at Chickigami Park on Tavern Rd. (rt.168) in Parkman. We will have a cookout/ campfire and an evening of fun. Thanks to Marcia Mikolaj and team for building it so they will come. More information next week...by now you know about the Women s Retreat on Saturday, October 6 from 9:00am to 1:00pm at St. Lucy. Get acquainted at 8:30am Call to register at 440-223-4700. Make time for this important spiritual event...if you were not at the Men s Fellowship dinner last week, you missed a great meal and program and just a chance to get together with other Catholic men as spiritual leaders in our parish community. The meetings begin with prayer time. What a concept! It is not just social time, it s also spiritual time tailored to men s spirituality...congratulations to Ann Bierer and Kathy Holmes who will be installed as Stephen Ministers in our parish this weekend. Because the work of the Stephen Ministers is always private, you probably don t see all the great ministry our people do. God bless them all and God bless the people to whom they minister in the name of Christ! avoiding the near occasions of sin A few years ago a young mountain climber was faced with a terrible choice. His hand was caught in a crevice, and he couldn t get it out. He was all alone, and there was no one to help. He eventually cut off his hand, because that was the only way to save his life. Just hearing about it is horrible. It took enormous courage. But if he had not done it he would be dead. Today Jesus tells us what we must do if our life is at stake, not our physical life, but the life of our soul. If an eye or a hand or a foot gets in the way of our salvation it has to go! To many people that sounds unreasonable. I mean, how important is my soul? What s he talking about.? What Jesus is really doing is asking us: What is your scale of values? What is most important to you? This idea is not original. The police and firefighters risk their lives to protect others. Parents make sacrifices for their families; some go hungry so their family can eat. If they acted differently, they would lose their very selves. There are other situations that call for courage, and that threaten the very loss of self. James speaks out today against those who get rich by cheating others. We read of officeholders who take bribes and rob the people who elected them. Some could not resist the temptation to increase their wealth at the expense of others.. They think that money and the things money can buy were the most important things in their lives. It s who they are. Jesus asks: Who re you? What s important to you? Is anything keeping you from being the person you ought to be? Get rid of it. (James DiGiacomo, SJ)
Saturday, September 29 Sunday Vigil 5:00pm George & Dorothy Boyd /M/M John Zigman 6:30pm Tom Sabula / Marge Koynock Sunday, September 30 26th Sunday Ordinary Time 8:30am Dec. Members of Pajak Fam. / Musial Family 10:30am Pat Wynn / M/M Don Perko Baptism: Trevor John Prebish Monday, October 1 St Therese of the Child Jesus 6:00pm Constance Sidonti / Mary Smith Tuesday, October 2 The Holy Guardian Angels 8:00am Deanne Mitchell / husband, Bob Wednesday, October 3 Weekday 8:00am Special Intention for Peter, mom, Rejiner Thursday, October 4 St. Francis of Assisi 8:00am Bob Slater, / wife, Alice Friday, October 5 Weekday 8:00am Holy Souls Saturday, October 6 Sunday Vigil 5:00pm Marge & Tom Halstead / Carol Patry 6:30pm Dec. Musial Family / Andy & Ellie Sunday, October 7 27th Sunday Ordinary Time 8:30am Bud & Marianne Rzeszotarski / Family 10:30am Linda Bandiera & Family / Bob Hollowell St. Edward St. Lucy Regular: $2217.25 (103) $2473.22 (79) Regular 2017: $3064.87 (115) $2363.23 (85) Restricted: 180.00 6200.00 St. Vincent: 40.00 2.00 Parking Lot Pledge: 80.00 xxxxxx All Saints: 5.00.00 Children: 4.00 (1) 1.00 (1) Sunday: 8:30am Stephen Ministry Commissioning 10:30am Baptism Trevor John Prebish 11:30am RCIA Session L Weekend: Communications Collection Monday: Tuesday: 10am-6pm Adoration in the Chapel 6:00pm Mass & Rosary in the Chapel 7:30pm Women s Renewal Meeting St L 9:00am Rosary Makers Trip 9:45am Briar Hill Bingo 7:00pm Women s Club Meet L Wednesday: 9:45am Rosary Group Briar Hill 2:30pm Blossom Hill Mass 7:00pm Bible Study E Thursday: 10:00am Bible Study E PM Shut In Visitations and Communion Noon-6:00pm Adoration St L 7:00pm Geauga Co. Jail Ministry Friday: Shut In Visitations and Communion Saturday: 9:00am Sweet Life Café Retreat L 2:00pm Blessing of the Pets E Sunday: Children s Liturgy of the Word The Gatherings E & L 11:30am RCIA Session L Parish Having Fun Sunrise Farm Weekend: MASS COUNT AT all Masses WOMEN S CLUB Mark your calendar for October 2, at 7pm. Come join the Women s Club in making beautiful ornaments. All supplies are included for a small nominal fee of $3 per bulb. Instructions will be available and there will be help if you need. We will be getting together at St. Lucy in Winca Hall. Join in the fun. Any questions? Call Jean at 440 285 3105. LOOK IN YOUR CLOSET! We are hoping to round up all the Christ Renews His Parish books. Were you on a former renewal team and have one of these books at home? If you have one of the books, please drop it off at the office. OUR MONTHLY GATHERINGS There are now sign-up sheets at both parishes for our monthly Gatherings held the first Sunday of each month. We are asking families, ministries or parish organizations to consider signing up for a month or two to host this event. All you have to provide is coffee and donuts! Please help your parish continue this wonderful time together. Sign up TODAY! PARISH HAVING FUN TOGETHER It s that time of year. Michelle and the planning team want your input. What type of family events do you want for 2019? Michelle will be hosting a brief idea session at the St. Lucy October Gathering on Sunday, October 7th. Bring your ideas and share them with the group. Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School Open House Wednesday, October 3, 6-8pm. All 6th, 7th, and 8th graders and their families are invited to experience how NDCL s academic, spiritual, and extracurricular programs prepare students for lives that will transform the world. Learn why you belong at NDCL by joining us at 13000 Auburn Road, Chardon. For more information contact Michael Suso `03, Director of Admissions, at 440-279-1088 or visit ndcl.org/admisssions.aspx. CAUTION: New security systems being installed in both churches. Please be sure to contact the office if you have a church key. Very soon you will not be able to gain access.
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION From its earliest days, the Church has had an interest in the education of young people. In ancient Rome, teachers of boys had to resign their posts in order to become catechumens, since the education of boys was so keyed to the lore and worship of the gods. In other ages, public education has been so attuned to other values that creative solutions have arisen. In late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Ireland, government schools had a goal of Anglicizing the Irish in culture and religion. Most Irish Catholics opted out in favor of hedge schools. In these largely secret schools, meeting not just in the shadow of hedges but also in cottages and barns throughout Ireland, schoolmasters provided eager students with a classical education grounded in Greek and Latin, Irish literature, the banned Gaelic language, and the catechism of the Church. The so-called penal laws forbade Catholics from teaching young people publicly or privately, and civil disobedience ruled the day. In 1826, a British government study showed that of half a million Irish children enrolled in schools, 403,000 were in hedge schools! A woman named Nano Nagle defied the law by opening schools for the poor. Eventually her companions became the Presentation Sisters. A layman named Edmund Rice, inspired by her courage, founded the Irish Christian Brothers for the same purpose. By 1820, the situation eased, since Irish Catholics had shown that they would defy any law that diminished their love of learning and threatened their faith. Rev. James Field, Copyright J. S. Paluch Co. NOT AGAINST US Like Moses before him, Jesus corrects his disciples misunderstanding of the gift of the Spirit. They saw people who were not of their company casting out demons and doing other works such as Jesus had done. Jesus points out that no one who does a good deed in his name can be opposed to him at the same time. He goes on to point out the importance of the little ones, : the poor, simple people, children, the meek ones who are not important in the world. It is to them that he was sent, not to the wealthy and the self-righteous. He underscores the importance of small works done in faith, as well as big works like driving out demons. Anyone who gives you a cup of water... because you belong to Christ... will surely not lose his reward (Mark 9:41). God builds the coming reign little by little in our actions, however small and unassuming, when they are done out of love of God and neighbor. Copyright J. S. Paluch Co., Inc. HAPPY 50TH ANNIVERSARY (September 29, 2018) Bill and Jan Helt The Diocese of Cleveland will mark RESPECT LIFE SUN- DAY with a special Mass for those who have suffered miscarriage, infertility or neo-natal death at 5:30pm on Sunday, October 7 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, East 9th Street and Superior Ave., in Cleveland. The Most Reverend Nelson J. Perez, bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, will be the main celebrant. In reflecting on the problematic events at fertility clinics earlier this year, the diocese is offering this special Mass for those who suffer the silent sorrow of having experienced infertility, miscarriage or neo-natal death. All are welcome. May the God of all comfort and compassion provide strength and hope for those who grieve. CATHOLIC CEMETERIES ASSOCIATION WALK TO REMEMBER - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 1-2PM During the month of the Most Holy Rosary, we pray for your loved ones with a one-mile walking Rosary. For those who cannot walk, or in case of rain, the Rosary will be prayed in the mausoleum. The Walk to Remember is scheduled for 1 p.m. on October 7, 2018 at the following cemeteries: All Saints Cemetery Start at: Nativity Mausoleum All Souls Cemetery Start at: Mary Queen of Peace Mausoleum Calvary Cemetery Start at: The Main Office Holy Cross Cemetery Start at: St. Jude Mausoleum Registration is recommended online or in the cemetery offices. Online registration at https://www.clecem.org/ Events/WalkToRemember.aspx. For more information please email Rhonda Abrams at rabrams@clecem.org or call 216-930-4866. ROSE HALL AND WINCA HALL RENTALS: CALL THE OFFICE 548-3812