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. Pre-Baptism Session: October 13, 2016, 7:30 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. ANOINTING 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. July 17, 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 Diane Bruce Dorothy Thomas Dino Paoletta Nancy Fiamingo Adam Nestor Pastor Director of Religious Education Coordinator of Pastoral Care Deacon Youth Minister CHURCH OFFICE 330.722.6633 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 Sixteenth in Ordinary Time - July 17, 2016 Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week This week at Holy Martyrs Saturday: 5:30 pm Michael Battaglia (Fran Battaglia) : 7:30 am Jeanne Weber (Steve & Sandy Vargo) 9:30 am Gene Budd (Cliff & Carol Koppmann) 11:30 am Parishioners Monday: 8:00 am Pauline Adams (Terry & Louise Adams) Tuesday: 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace 7:00 pm For Peace Wednesday: 8:00 am Jack Garry (Joanna Garry & Family) Thursday: 7:00 pm Charles Hood (Sheila Hood) Friday: 8:00 am Anthony Belletti (Oroz Family) Saturday: 5:30 pm Flesse & Scheetz Families Ken & Kathie Flesse 50th Wedding Anniversary : 7:30 am Margery Sowa (Robert Sowa) 9:30 am Parishioners 11:30 am Michael Parente (Parente Family) : Monday: Tuesday: Ministry of Assistance food and donation weekend: after all Masses Ministry of Assistance School Supply Drive: after all Masses Seniors Group Picnic: 12:00 noon, Pavilion Baptism Prep Team Meeting: 6:00 pm, Room 103 Glory Bees: Pat Ramler, Brenda Haumeser, Kathy Flecher Small Group Pilot: 7:00 pm, Lounge Wednesday: Intercessory Prayer: 5:30 pm, Chapel RCIA Precatechumenate: 7:00 pm, Lounge Women s Spirituality Oversight Board: 7:00 pm, Room 103 Thursday: Christ Life Planning Committee: 5:30 pm, Room 103 Small Group Pilot: 7:00 pm, Lounge Please note that August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is not a holy day of obligation this year. However, we will be celebrating Mass in honor of our Blessed Mother on Monday, August 15 at 7:30 am and 7:30 pm. Church Office hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00 am -12:15 pm, 1:00 pm-5:30 pm : Ministry of Assistance School Supply Drive: after all Masses Life Teen Swim Party: 1:00 pm, offsite All are invited to La Sagrada Familia s 2016 Latin-American Cultural Festival on July 22-24 at 7719 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44109. Come and enjoy inflatables, raffles, vendors, live bands, DJ s and ethnic foods from Peru, El Salvador, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Pray for those who have died in Christ: Ted Beckman,, husband of Marian James Donnelly Sr., son of Dorothy There is a promise of marriage between: I Wedding Announcement: Piotr Szalmas and Stephanie Schultz Parish Staff Father Stephen Dohner Pastor Father Robert F. Pfeiffer Pastor Emeritus Janet Payton Dorothy Thomas Coordinator of Pastoral Care Father Mark Ott Weekend Associate Diane Bruce Director of Religious Education Nancy Fiamingo Dino Paoletta Deacon Jason Falkofsky Director of Music Libbie Radecky Office Assistant Paula Phillips Bookkeeper
Sixteenth in Ordinary Time Parish News Pastor s Notes Seniors Corner: Inviting all Seniors to join us for our upcoming events: July 18-12:00 noon, Annual Pot Luck Picnic! Hot dogs, buns, beverages provided. Bountiful buffet of appetizers, salads, desserts will be brought to share! Holy Martyrs parishioners may sign-up and those parishioners who wish to renew may do so at this time. SMALL GROUP NEWS This week two Pilot Small Groups began meeting to test resources and to identify best practices for our Holy Martyrs Small Groups. Our Core Team has also finalized a calendar of events for 2016-2017. We will host a Launch of small groups, when parishioners will have the opportunity to register for a small group, following Masses on October 15-16. Your prayers are greatly appreciated as we move forward with Holy Martyrs Small Group Ministry. If this ministry interests you, or if you have ideas to share, please contact Nancy Fiamingo, : nfiamingo@holymartyrs.net or call 330-722-6633. DISCOVERING CHRIST REUNION on MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 7:00-8:30 p.m. If you ve attended Discovering Christ, you will want to attend our first reunion! Please join us for an inspiring, fun, interactive evening with prayer, music, light refreshments, and reconnecting with other DC participants. Please RSVP by August 1 through Eventbrite or by emailing nfiamingo@holymartyrs.net. The RE NION won t be the same without U! August 12 - Take the Fan Bus to the Rock n Blast Indians Game! All-inclusive Package! Contact Bill Dyer at 330-722-7994; wcdyer@zoominternet.net. August 21-11:30 Mass for the Senior Group followed by a Dutch Treat luncheon A GREAT NEED, A GREAT RESPONSE A few weeks ago, we shared the news that our sister parish in Cleveland, La Sagrada Familia, was faced with a crisis when the van they rely on for so much of their pastoral work had to be replaced. All of us are accustomed to having easy access to the places we need to go, but in a poor urban parish it can be an overwhelming challenge. Their van is essential to bring older parishioners to church, transport youth and adults to activities, and move food and other items to where they re needed most. Parishioners at La Sagrada Familia tried to raise the funds to replace the van but fell short of their goal. They turned to us as their sister parish for help. Over the years, we have developed close ties and a shared history providing Friendship Meals, supporting our El Salvador mission, and other activities that have linked our two parishes for over 25 years. Just a few weeks after this need was made known, because of the generosity of members of Holy Martyrs, they are now able to purchase their much-needed van. The people of La Sagrada Familia parish are deeply grateful for that generosity and for the selfless spirit that prompted it. During this Extraordinary Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has challenged Catholics worldwide to find ways to respond to the needs of the poor. He said, To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us as our own. My hope is that all of us will find ways to live that spirit and that our whole parish will continue to look for opportunities to do extraordinary things, great and small, to help those who need it most. God Bless Generous Hearts! Father Steve
Holy Martyrs Church July 17, 2016 Medina, Ohio OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE Grateful Giving Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish Give what you have. To someone it may be better than you dare to think. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow July 2 & 3 Weekly Offering $11,767.41 Number of Envelopes 292 Electronic Donations $750.00 Number of Envelopes 1 Weekly Total $12,517.41 Thank You! Holy Martyrs Ministry of Assistance asks that you please watch for food sale items that can be donated to those in need. Though food collection weekends are the third weekend of each month, food donations are accepted at anytime. Certain staples are always needed, like pasta and spaghetti sauce, cereal, tuna, peanut butter, soups, can vegetables. Checks made out to Holy Martyrs with Ministry of Assistance (MOA) on the memo line are always welcome and very much appreciated. Thank you for helping those in need. The PRAYER SHAWL GROUP of Holy Martyrs has beautiful prayer shawls available for anyone who might derive comfort from a shawl. These have been made with prayers for their comfort and healing and blessed by Fr. Steve. We want to reach out to those people in their time of need (loss of family member, going through cancer treatment, divorce, extended illness, etc.). If you know of such a person, male or female, please contact Nancy Mayes, 330-764-3161 to obtain one of the shawls. Join us for our next trip to El Salvador January 22 - January 29, 2017! Let the Holy Spirit open your mind and hearts to the people of El Salvador. Your life will be enriched and your faith deepened! Contact Janet Payton or Shelley Conry (330-687-6927) for more information. School Supply Drive Ministry of Assistance s Annual School Supply Drive for the needy students in our area takes place through July 31. The following NEW school supplies are needed: 12 Inch Rulers (standard & metric measure) Pens (blue & black) #2 Pencils Glue Sticks School liquid glue Colored Pencils (12 count boxes only) Pocket Folders Notebook Paper (wide ruled or college ruled) 1 Subject Spiral Notebooks (wide ruled or college ruled) TI - 30X-II Calculator 1 1/2 inch - 3 Ring Binder 2 inch - 3 Ring Binder Drop off boxes will be available in the Gathering Area after all Masses through July 31. Financial donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your generosity! ~Ministry of Assistance Readings for the Week of July 10, 2016 Sixteenth in Ordinary Time Gn 18:1-10a; Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 5; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42 Monday Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest Mi 6:1-4, 6-8; Ps 50:5-6, 8-9, 16bc-17, 21, and 23; Mt 12:38-42 Tuesday Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8; Mt 12:46-50 Wednesday Saint Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr Jer 1:1, 4-10; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15, and 17; Mt 13:1-9 Thursday Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Ps 36:6-7ab, 8-9, 10-11; Mt 13:10-17 Friday Saint Mary Magdalene Jer 3:14-17; Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18 Saturday Saint Bridget, Religious Jer 7:1-11; Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a, and 8a, 11; Mt 13:24-30 Seventeenth in Ordinary Time Gn 18:20-32; Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8; Col 2:12-14; Lk 11:1-13
Sixteenth in Ordinary Time Parish School of Religion Parish School of Religion For families who will have a child preparing for the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist in 2016/17; the preparation time for these sacraments begins in the first grade. We would like to be able to provide an opportunity for all our children to have a spot held for them. Parents are asked to contact the office of Faith Formation (PSR office) to register if you haven't received our online registration email. Online registration for next year s PSR classes has begun. If you did not receive an email about this and would like to register your child, please contact the PSR office. We need your child s name and parents current email address. CONFIRMATION OCTOBER 2016 Confirmation Interviews continue. Candidates are requested to bring their journal and bible. Holy Martyrs will be celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation on, October 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Practice for Confirmation will be on, October 2, 2016 at 12:45 p.m. Candidates and sponsors meet in Martyrs Hall for both events. CONFIRMATION 2018 Preparation for Confirmation is a two year process, beginning with SPIRIT in 7th grade. Our current 8th graders will be focusing on the sacrament of Confirmation beginning in September. Confirmation orientation for candidates and parents is: September 27 at 6:00 pm The Spiritual Child: The Nurturing Parent Part I After fifteen years of scientific research, the evidence is clear: we are hard-wired for spiritual connection with God. This natural spirituality, UNLIKE other lines of development, appears to begin whole and fully expressed. Without parental nurturing, however, this spiritual development weakens from a culture that constantly has our children feeling judged and pressured to perform, and that trains them to evaluate others that way. Our predominantly materialistic, 24/7 mediainfused world is not set up for introspective thought and reflection. Downtime is thought of as unproductive, and we fill quiet moments with diversions. (cont. next week) MASSES Bread Cup MINISTERS SCHEDULE - July 23 & July 24 EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS LECTORS SERVERS USHERS VIDEO B1 Steve Brownfield C1 Ed Kirk Chaz Jeronis Hope Brickman Jeff Hood B2 Judith Linton C2 Colleen Withrow Tony Spinhirn Saturday 5:30 PM B3 Alicia Hathcock C3 Shelley Conry C4 Bart Conry Emily Hathcock Pyx Mary Lawrence-Kirk 7:30 AM B1 Allie Solecki B2 Bob Yanks C1 Sandy Twardzik C2 Barb DeMichael (pyx) Jeff Twardzik Nancy Lawrence Kaden Gordon Vincent Pfahl Bruce Francis Pete Rojas Ken Kuruc Kate Bobey Tony Giovinazzo Dylan Gorczyca Jeanette Cottrell 9:30 AM 11:30 AM B1 Dick Zalack B2 Dorothy Barry B3 Gary Link C1 Michelle Koewler C2 Jen Coppolino C3 Debbie Terrell Kathy Madansky Sam Arnold Tyler Madison Rich Madansky Tom Malinak C4 Mike Terrell (pyx) Corey Koewler
Holy Martyrs Church July 17, 2016 Medina, Ohio Life Teen Pool Party! When:, July 24, 2016 Time: 11:30 am Mass at Holy Martyrs Church followed by a POTLUCK lunch and SWIM PARTY at The Killeen s ~ 1:00 pm What to bring: Bathing Suit & Towel Last Name A-L: a Side Dish to share Last Name M-Z: a Dessert to share (Hamburgers, Hot Dogs and Drinks will be provided) Graduated SENIORS, please plan on attending! We would like to wish you farewell as you begin your next journey.. Registration forms are located on the Life Teen Bulletin Board Killeen s Address 3001 Arielle Court, Medina (Montville Lake Subdivision) (330) 416-8006 Life Teen Event Cleveland Indians vs L.A. Angels Friday, August 12, 2016 7:10 pm Dollar Dog Night lifeteen@holymartyrs.net spirit@holymartyrs.net Registration forms are located on the Life Teen Bulletin Board CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR YOUTH! The following students received scholastic honors: Learn to Play Drums Contact Joe Toth at joemedic12@zoominternet.net Holy Name High School Jacob Taylor St. Joseph Academy Gianna Earhart
Sixteenth in Ordinary Time Mark Your Calendar for Help The FEST we need you! FEST 2016 is just a few weeks away, August 7, 2016 from 12 noon until 10 pm. It s a day of faith family fun and it s all for FREE. It s our 16 th Annual Catholic Family FESTival that takes place on the grounds of Borromeo and Saint Mary Seminary (28700 Euclid Avenue in Wickliffe). For all the details, visit www.thefest.us. We need your help to make sure this event has EVERYTHING you need for a perfect family day! It takes 1,400 volunteers to bring The FEST to life. Be a part of a GREAT group of people who help us create this wonderful family day for our Diocese and region. Go to: www.thefest.us/volunteer for details. We are also looking for 400 people to sing in the choir for The FEST Mass which starts at 8 pm. Interested? Go to: www.thefest.us/choir. All are invited to the 4th Annual Nickified Foundation Fundraiser on Saturday, August 6, 2016 from 4:00-10:00 pm at the Funfgeld Residence, 2259 Fixler Rd., Medina. Enjoy a day of food & drinks (dinner at 5:30 pm), children s games, inflatables, entertainment, silent auction, a 50/50 raffle, side boards & fun. Thanks to your support we are able to make dreams come true for families with special needs children. Adult Tickets are $40.00; Children (11-17) $15.00; Children (10 & under are free). For tickets or to make a donation or to make a contribution to the live auction contact: Marie Mayes at 330-714-6822 (mmayes@lorigmechanical.com) or Denise Miglich at 330-461-0561 (damiglich@lorigmechanical.com) or Jim Lorig (jlorig@lorigmechanical.com)