Third Sunday of Easter April 15, 2018 Holy Martyrs Catholic Church 3100 OLD WEYMOUTH RD MEDINA, OH 44256
Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Third Sunday of Easter-April 15, 2018 Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week This week at Holy Martyrs Sat 5:30 pm Steve Belovich (Joanne Belovich) Ben & Joyce Staunton (50th Wedding Anniversary) Sun 7:30 am Parishioners 9:30 am Donald Johnson (Laura, Carrie, Kaysie & Emma) 11:30 am Rose Camarato (Radecky Family) Mon 8:00 am Dolly Hood (Family) Tues 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace 7:00 pm Robert Leach (Family) Wed 8:00 am All Souls Thurs 7:00 pm Mike Terrell (Mike & Kathy Kopach) Fri 8:00 am Bernie & Lois Dick (60th Wedding Anniversary) Sun 4/15 M.O.A. Food & Donation Weekend Time Travelers 9:30 AM Room 203 Photo Shoot for The Voice 1:00 PM Pavilion Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space Mon 4/16 HM Kids 6:00 PM 2nd Grade Jesus Day Retreat 6:00 PM Pfeiffer Hall A Following Christ 7:00 PM G.A. Tue 4/17 Glory Bees - week 3 9:00 AM Worship Space Little Rock Scripture Study 1:00 PM Room 103 HM Kids 6:00 PM 2nd Grade Jesus Day Retreat 6:00 PM Pfeiffer Hall A SPIRIT 6:00 PM Martyrs Hall Wed 4/18 Intercessory Prayer Group 5:30 PM Chapel Journey: Inquiry 7:00 PM Lounge Women s Spirituality 7:00 PM Room 102 Choir Rehearsal 7:15 PM Worship Space Thur 4/19 Centering Prayer 7:00 PM Kazel Room All-Commissions 7:30 PM G.A. Fri 4/20 Red Cross Blood Drive 3:00 PM Martyrs Hall Sat 5:30 pm John Hoffman (Yakelis Family) Sun 7:30 am Joseph & Clara Bigelow (Bruce Family) 9:30 am Parishioners 11:30 am Dick Gaeckle (Jim, Mary Gaeckle & Family) Sat 4/21 Marriage & Family Prep 8:30 AM Martyrs Hall Men s Group 9:00 AM Room 103 First Communion Photos 9:00 AM G.A. Centering Prayer 9:30 AM Kazel Room Sun 4/22 Donut Sunday Time Travelers 9:30 AM Room 203 Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space Parish Staff Father Stephen Dohner Pastor Janet Payton Pastoral Associate Diane Bruce Director of Faith Formation Adam Nestor Youth Minister Father Mark Ott Weekend Associate Nancy Fiamingo Pastoral Associate Christopher Ilg Director of Music Paula Phillips Bookkeeper Father Robert F. Pfeiffer Pastor Emeritus Libbie Radecky Church Office Jane Levesque Communications
Third Sunday of Easter Parish News ALLELUIA! CHRIST IS RISEN and LOVE LIVES! Our 4-week Spring Series, LOVE LIVES is underway! This series is based on the first letter of St. John. In Week 1 we discussed our love of the things of the world vs. our love of God. Our world is temporary, whereas God is eternal. Where are you investing in that which is fleeting or in that which lasts forever? Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. -1 John 2:15 LEAF Ministry Helps Family and Friends of the Incarcerated LEAF meets the fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Medina County Jail, 555 Independence Drive. More and more people are liking our Facebook page. Have you visited our Facebook page lately? www.facebook.com/holymartyrschurch Support and fellowship, confidential and free There is a promise of marriage between: BAPTISM Eliza Ann Razek Daughter of Dean & Nicole Razek Corvin Moskaluk Son of David Moskaluk & Krystal DeVore I Wedding Announcement: Michael Hoying & Patty Kuhar Renner Pray for those who have died in Christ: Patricia Ann Melhuish Helen Loew Daily scripture readings for this week can be obtained on the USCCB website, where you can sign up to have readings emailed to you. You can also download one of these apps on your phone: Laudate or The New Missal Church Office hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 12:15 pm, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm 330-722-6633
Holy Martyrs Church April 15, 2018 Medina, Ohio Parish News ENCOUNTER As a part of #WeGiveCatholic on Giving Tuesday this past November, Holy Martyrs raised funds to help our junior and high school teens encounter God in a meaningful way with a 3-day service retreat called Encounter. Encounter provides opportunities for teens to live as disciples of Christ through serving others. Encounter seeks to foster participants Catholic faith with dynamic speakers, hands-on mission projects and the nourishment of the sacraments. ENCOUNTER June 19-21, 2018 10 a.m.-9 p.m. each day Incoming 8th - Outgoing Seniors Check future bulletins for more info! Sometimes we approach the Holy Spirit as if He is something extra, an epilogue to the Good News. The Holy Spirit is not extra, but vital to the Christian life. This April, come check out LifeTeen as we get to know the Holy Spirit! April LifeTeen Schedule Come join us, Sunday Nights! LifeTeen Mass 5:00 p.m. LifeNight 6:00-7:30 p.m. Apr 15 - Gifts of the Holy Spirit Apr 22 - Life with the Holy Spirit Apr 29 - Social Night!
Third Sunday of Easter OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish March 24 & 25 Weekly Offering $12,190.90 Number of Envelopes 375 Electronic Donations $4,096.33 Number of Envelopes 39 Weekly Total $16,287.23 Month of March ACH (106) $11,932.00 Thank you! Ireland Pilgrimage to World Meeting of Families The Cleveland Diocese s Department of Marriage and Family Ministry has planned a trip to Ireland in August and is inviting parishioners. The nineday trip includes Ireland s religious sites and attendance at the World Meeting of Families, where Pope Francis will lead the closing Mass. This is an opportunity to grow in faith and meet others from the diocese and the world. For more information, go to www.eocatholic.com and search for tour IR18. Annual Fore the Kids Golf Outing Saturday, June 9, noon, Shale Creek Golf Club Parishioners are invited to take part in the annual golf outing by golfing in the 18-hole scramble, attending the dinner, sponsoring a hole or donating raffle items. With your help, the Holy Martyrs El Salvador Mission Group is sponsoring 14 students pursuing higher education. One year of tuition costs $1,000 per student. Our goal is to build communities and reduce poverty in El Salvador through education. For more information and to register or donate, go to hmforethekids.com or contact David Chambers at mchambers@gmail.com. Donations may also be made off-line. Saint Ambrose Summer Camp June 11- August 3 Children age 5 and older (5 by June 30th and/or entering kindergarten Fall 2018) are welcome! Learning, friends, fun and field trips! More information, registration and forms available at https://saintambroseschool.us/summercamp/ Contact: Dawn Hill at DHill@StASchool.us This weekend is Holy Martyrs Ministry of Assistance food and donation weekend. Certain staples are always needed. 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.
Holy Martyrs Church April 15, 2018 Medina, Ohio HMKids HQ - 330-952-1466 We Celebrate This week, the young people of the parish who are preparing for Eucharist reflected on Jesus presence with us in the Eucharist. Through our sharing the one bread and one cup, we are made one with Jesus and one with his Body, the Church. Award Given for Most Unusual Service Project Josef and Natalie Plamper won the award for most unusual service project in the Lord, Help Me To Serve competition. They handed out valentines at Transitional Living Centers Inc. (http://tlcdd.org) They went to 13 houses total and visited adults and children with mild to profound intellectual and developmental disabilities. The people they visited loved receiving the valentines and Josef and Natalie loved meeting the individuals living at the various homes. Their mother, Kela, says this service project helped her children open their hearts to people with disabilities. Reminder for HMKids Students April 16 and 17: Jesus Day for second graders How are we as a parish living as peacemakers to show that Jesus is with us? Pentecost Play is April 23 & 24 Get ready for The First Pentecost, presented by the fourth grade HMKids students! Each child has a role and will read and sing. HMKids students have been making windsocks to raise awareness about Pentecost. They ll carry the windsocks into the fourth graders presentation on April 23 and 24. The windsocks have the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit named on them. The First Pentecost, presented by the fourth grade, leads up to this year s Pentecost on May 20. Healing Through Meals The Latina Project, an outreach by the women of Holy Martyrs and our sister parish, La Sagrada Familia, provides a meal once a month during a support meeting for women who are survivors of domestic violence. You can help by providing part of a light meal, spending time with the women or babysitting during their meeting. The next meeting is April 16. An invitation to help is emailed to parishioners each month. Food needs to be dropped off at Holy Martyrs Sunday through 3 p.m. Monday before each meeting. Please contact Diane Bruce at dbruce@holymartyrs.net if you would like to help. Improving Water for Others MISSIO (www.missio.org), launched by Pope Francis, gives you a direct connection with his missions and with those helping the most vulnerable communities around the world. Choose one of Pope Francis missions to help communities around the globe who suffer from waterrelated issues. Your entire donation on MISSIO will go directly to that mission. In recognition of World Water Day, which was March 22, you can help: children and families in Vietnam access clean water for drinking and cooking a community in Kenya buy a water tank to collect rain water a village in Myanmar drill a well for safe drinking water those suffering from drought and famine in Ethiopia and in South Sudan
Third Sunday of Easter Throughout the Diocese Married Couples Weekend Athletes and musicians practice hours to become the best. How many hours have you devoted to making your marriage the best it can be? Attend a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend and give your relationship the attention it deserves. Weekends are presented by trained Catholic couples and a priest. The next weekend held will be May 4-6. For sign-ups & info., call 330-305- 9963 or visit www.greatmarriagesohio.org Marriage Resources www.helpourmarriage.org www.foryourmarriage.org Families Anonymous Meetings Resume April 19 Families Anonymous will resume meeting on April 19. The group meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays in Martyrs Hall. Families Anonymous is a fellowship of relatives or friends of people using mind-altering substances or having related behavioral problems. Help for victims of domestic abuse Victims of domestic abuse may call the BATTERED WOMEN S SHELTER of Summit & Medina Counties confidential hotline for help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Medina County Hotline 330-723-3900 Toll Free 877-414-1344 Summit County Hotline 330-374-1111 Toll Free 888-395-4357 Spiritual Opportunities Jesuit Retreat House (www.jrh-cleveland.org) Learning How to Live Fully, April 24, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. River s Edge (www.riversedgecleveland.com) Heart-Centered Meditation, April 19, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Loyola Retreat House (www.loyolaretreathouse.com) Pre-Cana Day, April 22, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. For substance abuse resources, go to www.greaterthanheroin.com.