Saint Mary s Catholic Church

Saint Mary s Catholic Church 250 Kraft Street, Berea, Ohio 44017-1499 Rectory: 440-243-3877 FAX: 440-891-9417 Website: www.stmaryberea.com Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Masses: 4pm Saturday, 7:30am, 9:30am & 11:30am Sunday Penance & Confession Service: 6:30pm Sunday Evening Spy Wednesday, March 23 Morning Mass: 9:00am Evening Tenebrae Psalm & Lamentation Service: 8:00 pm Holy Thursday, March 24 NO Morning Mass St. Mary s School Holy Thursday Prayer Celebration: 10:00am Holy Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord s Supper: 7:00pm Good Friday, March 25 NO Morning Mass Morning Prayer in the Resurrection Chapel: 9:00am Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord: 3:00pm Holy Saturday, March 26 Morning Prayer in the Resurrection Chapel: 9:00am Midday Prayer with Food Blessing in Church: 1:30pm NO CONFESSIONS & NO 4:00 pm MASS The Solemn Easter Vigil in the Holy Night: 8:30pm Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, March 27 Masses: 7:30am, 9:30am, & 11:30am

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord March 20, 2016 Dear Friends, Palm Sunday of the Lord s Passion opens Holy Week with the first of our yearly proclamations of the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Palm Sunday passion focuses clearly on Jesus suffering and death. Today s liturgy moves from loud shouts of Hosanna! in Jesus favor (the gospel BEFORE the procession) to angry demands for his crucifixion, Crucify him! Crucify him! From Jesus lips we hear his words of forgiveness, his words of welcome to the repentant thief, and his words of surrender as he gives his spirit over to his Father. The words from the lips of our Lord Jesus direct us in our proper celebration of the Holy Week Services. We need to celebrate the Lord s forgiveness in our lives SO join us in the celebration of Confession on Sunday evening at 6:30pm. 6 priest friends of ours will be here to pray with us and offer us the absolution we desire to live in the fullness of the Lord. On Holy Thursday we begin the THREE DAYS (TRIDUUM) of prayer that celebrate our call to BE SERVANTS as we hear John s Gospel of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples and GIVING us the same challenge As I have done, so you must do! Holy Thursday celebrates the GREAT INSTITUTION of the Eucharist and as such we NEED to be here as one in celebration of the greatest GIFT given to us. Jesus welcomes the repentant thief while hanging on the Cross, as we hear in the passion chant on Good Friday. We are likewise CALLED to be a welcoming people SO let s take Jesus example and make it ours. He surrenders to the hands of his crucifiers and is laid in a tomb, awaiting the glorious Resurrection! So let us on Holy Saturday celebrate his death and Resurrection in the Solemn Easter Vigil at night. If you have NEVER been COME and SEE because Holy Saturday VIGIL is truly an amazing celebration of wonder and awe, mystery and fullness as we gather AROUND the fire outside the front doors of the Church, beginning at 8:30pm. Gathered and bathed in the warmth and brightness of the Easter Fire we LIGHT for the very first time the Paschal Candle which is a SIGN and SYMBOL of the power and presence of Jesus Christ, the Light of the World! We process into Church, following the Light and then hear this truly incredible chanted prayer TO THE PASCHAL CANDLE The Paschal Proclamation (Exsultet) asking for mercy and strength in our lives! Then we listen and respond to the wonderful stories of creation, salvation and redemption 4 Old Testament Readings and Psalms that recapture for us OUR lives from creation to redemption and then St. Paul s Letter to the Romans about our baptism and then SINGING the Alleluia for the very FIRST time since Lent began, we hear the story of the Lord s Resurrection! Jeremy Hutchison has been yearning to become one with us and then we celebrate his Baptism! He is one with us called, blest and sent to BECOME like Christ in the world. And then Brian Whitlock, Katherine Pavella, Tom Knapp and Barbara Hunter will be received and together ALL will be confirmed and receive the Holy Eucharist for the very first time! WHAT A WELCOME! Don t you want to be a part of this? It is WHO we are and HOW we celebrate. Everyone Come and See and celebrate the Wonder of the Lord s Death and Resurrection! Father John

Mass Schedule and Intentions Monday March 21 Monday of Holy Week Is 42:1-7/Jn 12:1-11 (257) 9:00 am Jeffrey Pearson Monday Counters Tuesday March 22 Tuesday of Holy Week Is 49:1-6/Jn 13:21-33,36-38 (258) 9:00 am Martha Nairn Michael Nairn Wednesday March 23 Wednesday of Holy Week Is 50:4-9a/Mt 26:14-25 (259) 9:00 am Catherine Patrick Carol Patrick 8:00 pm Tenebrae EASTER TRIDUUM Thursday March 24 Holy Thursday of the Lord s Supper Ex 12:1-8,11-14/1 Cor 11:23-26/Jn13:1-15 (39) 10:00 am SMS Prayer Service 7:00 pm Mass of the Lord s Supper Friday March 25 Friday of the Passion of the Lord Is 52:13 53:12/Heb 4:14-16;5:7-9/Jn 18:1 19:42 (40) 9:00 am Morning Prayer 3:00 pm Celebration of the Lord s Passion Saturday March 26 Holy Saturday 7 Old Test. readings/rm 6:3-11/Mk 16:1-7 (41) 9:00 am Morning Prayer 1:30 pm Blessing of Easter Baskets 8:30 pm The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Sunday March 27 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Acts 10:34,37-43/Col 3:1-4/Jn 20:1-9 (42) 7:30 am Kelly Family Kevin & Nancy Whelan 9:30 am Arthur Traverso Mark Cahlik 11:30 am Veronica Dougherty Fr. John Singler Stations of the Cross Mother Teresa Jesus said to the people of His time, If you want to be My disciples, take up your cross and come follow Me.... Today in young people of the world, Jesus lives His Passion, in the suffering, in the hungry, the handicapped young people in that child who eats a piece of bread crumb by crumb, because when that piece of bread is finished, there will be no more and hunger will come again. That is a Station of the Cross. Are you there with that child? Excerpted from: Such a Vision of the Street, 282. (1985) Bulletin Prayer List Please remember in prayer all who are ill or homebound, especially the following: Anitra Blunschi Karen M. Michael VonDuhn Our Sick and Homebound Parishioners are very important to us and we want to make sure your needs are being met. Our Homebound Ministry can minister in many ways, especially to bring the Eucharist to those not able to attend Mass. Families please help us update our Bulletin Prayer List - Please call the Rectory Office at (440) 243-3877. 2016 Mass Intentions If you would like to schedule a Mass Intention for 2016 the Mass Book is Open for your intentions. Your request can be made by contacting the parish office (440) 243-3877, email at jabraham@stmaryberea.com or by mail. The usual Mass stipend is $10.00 per Mass. We will do our best to accommodate your requests. Weekend Collection Due to Early Submission of the Bulletin / Collection for 3/13/16 will be reported in next weekends bulletin. Family Perspectives When Jesus died, Mary grieved alone. Most friends and followers had fled to safety except for a few acquaintances. We have friends and neighbors who have lost a loved one and feel alone in their grief. Resist the urge to avoid them. Even when we don t know what to say, we can comfort the sorrowing by just listening and compassionately being with them. Anniversary Wishes If you will be having a wedding anniversary in the month of March and would like your names listed in the bulletin, please call the parish office (440) 243-3877 or email jabraham@stmaryberea.com

Sunday, March 20 6:30pm - Church Monday, March 21 9:30am - Church 7:15pm - Chapel Tuesday, March 22 9:30am - Chapel 11:00am - Chapel 12:30pm - Chapel 6:00pm - Church 7:00pm - Chapel 7:00pm - Cathedral 7:30pm - Church Wednesday, March 23 9:30am - Chapel 7:00pm - Church 8:00pm - Church Thursday, March 24 10:00am - Church 7:00pm - Church Parish Events Parish Penance Service Rosary & Stations Rosary Rosary Bible Study Quiet Prayer Youth Choir Rehearsal Bible Study Chrism Mass Traditional Choir Rehearsal Rosary Liturgy of the Hours Tenebrae All School Prayer Service Mass of the Lord s Supper Friday, March 25 GOOD FRIDAY DAY OF FAST & ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT 9:00am - Chapel Morning Prayer 3:00pm - Church Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ Saturday, March 26 9:00am - Chapel Morning Prayer 9:30 Noon - FJG lawn Easter Egg Hunt 1:30pm - Church Blessing of Food NO 4:00 pm Mass or Confessions 8:30pm - Church Easter Vigil Bible Study On Tuesday, at 11:00am and again at 7:00pm, we will be finishing up our Lenten study of the Sunday readings. As we prepare to enter into the wonder of this most sacred week, come and spend some time opening to the scriptures that speak of the most sacred of out Christian teachings. Quiet Prayer Quiet prayer will meet on Tuesday at 12:30pm in the chapel. We will begin with 20 minutes of quiet prayer, opening our hearts and minds to the still voice that can only reach us in the silence. We will follow the quiet with a Thomas Merton CD on contemplative living. All are welcome to come and sample this type of prayer to see if this might be where God is calling them. Prayer Shawl Prayer shawl will meet in the chapel this afternoon, Sunday, March 20th. We welcome anyone who would be interested in this ministry of knitting and crocheting. It is also an opportunity to come and select a shawl to give to someone in need of comfort or consolation. The shawls are appreciated by those who are grieving, those facing a difficult illness, those experiencing a difficult divorce, or any other situation in which the touch of God s presence needs to be felt. Stop in between 3:00pm and 4:00pm. Music Ministry and Liturgy Notes THE HOLY WEEK By Angela Kovacs Director of Music and Liturgy Hosanna! Blessed is the king to comes in the name of the Lord! With Palm Sunday we enter Holy Week. This might just be the busiest, if not most exciting, week in the Liturgical Year. We start off with Palm Sunday, welcoming Jesus to Jerusalem, follow through with the Triduum, which includes Holy Thursday, the celebration of the Last Supper, Good Friday, the acknowledgement of his death, and Easter Vigil, the first celebration of Christ s resurrection. Easter Sunday wraps up Holy Week with our joyful cries for Jesus rising from the dead. It s an emotional rollercoaster of faith! We will also be welcoming 5 new members to the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil mass! If you have never attended the Easter Vigil mass before, I highly recommend that you do this year. While it is late and a longer service, it is a beautiful liturgy and completely worth it. Give it a try! A reminder to Traditional Choir: We will have one more rehearsal that lasts until 9:15pm this week. Thank you for all of your continued hard work as we progress towards Holy Week! Choir Rehearsal Schedules: Traditional Choir meets to rehearse on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm. Youth Choir also has rehearsals on Tuesdays at 6.pm. Contemporary Choir meets to rehearse on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7.30pm. If you are interested in participating in any of these choirs, cantoring, or playing an instrument during mass, please call or see me after mass up in the loft. Call the music ministry office for more information: 440.243.3877 ext 27.

Ministry Schedules Tenebrae Wednesday March 23 8:00pm D Canepari A. Kovacs (H) J Draves M Dole M. Reid (C) S. Ward K. Zanotti J. Schwarz Holy Thursday of the Lord s Supper Thursday March 24 7:00pm J Guerrieri K. Zanotti (H) A Laubert, K Laubert, J Draves M J LaLonde (C) G Irvin, M Dole, M Hupp (C) R Wesolek, C DiSanto J Hupp O Irvin Friday of the Passion of the Lord Friday March 25 Lectors Cantor Servers 3:00 pm C Rose J. Schwarz (H) A Laubert, K Laubert J Dober J Pae J Dober M Dober Easter Vigil March 26 8:30pm P Hardman S. Ward (H) J Laubert, K Laubert J Dober T Morgan J. Schwarz (C) V Dober, M Dober, J Dober L Durica M. Reid (C) M Carroll, L Sullivan M Dober C Rose K. Zanotti M Laubert R Davenport M Laubert Easter Sunday March 27 7:30am D Reeves K. Zanotti (H) N Picard, F Sliwa, M Dole M Giuliano D M Reeves (C) D Sawyer, V Follen E Southworth J Mastandrea, A Mastandrea K Clute 9:30am J Haas M. Reid (H) K Laneve, R Laneve, K Miller A Jones L Durica (C) M Feigi, M A Deimling, S Laneve R Straub, D Vlk M Laneve 11:30am J Pae S. Ward (H) P Hickey, D Hickey, S Lewis S Hasek K Waters (C) C Causey, G Grant, J Ludwick J Abraham, J Abraham A Smith ** Please refer to your email or the sacristy bulletin board for any updates or changes to the above schedule. **

REO News Larry Roetzer, Religious Education Coordinator 440-243-8221 (www.stmarysbereareo.org) REO Upcoming Calendar! 3/20/16 9:30am NO LITTLES PSR due to Spring Break 3/21/16 6:45pm NO PSR due to Spring Break 3/23/16 6:30pm NO Eucharist Preparation Meeting due to Spring Break 3/27/16 9:30am NO LITTLES PSR due to Easter Break 3/28/16 6:45pm NO PSR due to Easter Holiday Break 4/03/16 9:30am NO LITTLES PSR due to Easter Holiday 9:30pm First Sacraments Family Mass (St. Mary Church) 4/04/16 6:45pm PSR in Session (St. Mary School) 4/06/16 6:30pm Holy Eucharist Preparation Session (St. Mary School Gym) 4/10/16 9:30am LITTLES PSR in Session (Fr. Garrity Center) 4/11/16 6:45pm PSR in Session (St. Mary School) 4/17/16 9:30am LITTLES PSR in Session (Fr. Garrity Center) 4/18/16 6:45pm PSR in Session (St. Mary School) 4/20/16 6:30pm Holy Eucharist Preparation Session (St. Mary School Gym) 4/23/16 9:00am First Communion Retreat (Fr. Garrity Center) 4/24/16 9:30am LITTLES PSR in Session (Fr. Garrity Center) 4/25/16 6:45pm PSR in Session (St. Mary School) Calendar Change There will be NO PSR on Sunday March 20th and Monday March 21st, 2016 due to Public School Spring Break. First Sacraments The Eucharist Preparation Meeting scheduled for Wednesday March 23, 2016 has been cancelled due to Public School Spring Break! NO PSR There will be NO PSR on Sunday March 27, Monday March 28 and Sunday April 3, 2016 in observance of the Easter Holiday. Classes will resume on Monday April 4th.. REO Website The Religious Education Website is no longer current. Please do not use this site as a source of information about REO activities We will use email and the bulletin to keep our REO Parents up to date on what s going on! St. Mary Catholic School News Corner Educating the Mind, Nurturing the Soul Mr. Andrew Carner, Principal In 1994, the Bishops of Ohio formed the Ohio Catholic School Accrediting Association (OCSAA). The OCSAA is a collaborative undertaking of the Catholic dioceses in Ohio and is governed by the Superintendents of Schools who serve as the OCSAA Commission. The purpose of the OCSAA is to strengthen Catholic school identity and mission and to engage Catholic schools in the ongoing improvement of student learning. St. Mary s School has undergone our Annual Verification Forms, an Internal Visit from the Diocese, and our External Visit form an outside team of principals from our area and a chairperson from Columbus. We are fine-tuning our new current Catholic Identity and Student Performance Goals for the next six years. All information will be sent to Columbus to review and to decide if these goals meet with their approval. We will be notified of their decision sometime in May. Don t forget St. Mary s kicked off our Annual Spring Yankee Candle Sale last week. Order forms were sent home with your children last week and are due back to the school office by Thursday, March 24th. Orders will be delivered in time for Mother s Day. Extra catalogs and order forms are available in the rectory and school office. If you want your order delivered directly to your home, you can go online, www.yankeecandlefundraising.com and enter the SMS group number 990001283 in the Start Shopping box. Orders can be placed online through March 28th. Important Dates to Remember: 3/22/16 - Student Council Meeting / 8:00a.m. Gr.8 Small Group / Scranton Road Bible Church / 9:00a.m.-Noon Gr.2 / Living Stations / 1:45p.m. Gr. 8 vs- Faculty Basketball Game Fr. Garrity Center / 3:45p.m.5:00p.m. 3/24/16 - All School Holy Thursday Prayer Service / 10:00a.m. End of Third Quarter 3/25/16 - Good Friday Easter Break Begins

Extraordinary Ministers Attention All Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion We want to invite all those who have a special ministry to the sick of our parish: Homebound Nursing Home Hospitals We will be having a Day of Reflection and Prayer for all Eucharistic Ministers that take Communion to anyone outside of the Holy Mass. Please mark your calendars for: Saturday, April 2 2016 11:00am - 12:00pm We will meet in the Chapel Please Call Diana Lipfird (440) 532-9491 for information or RSVP to dlipfird@gmail.com Divine Mercy Sunday Divine Mercy Sunday April 3, 2016-2:30pm Holy Family Church 7367 York Road - Parma, OH Divine Mercy Sunday, April 3rd, the first Sunday after Easter. This world-wide devotion focuses on the love and mercy Jesus has for all of us and was established as a Feast of Mercy by St. John Paul II. Divine Mercy Devotions will include the Rosary, the recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Benediction. This is a day of grace for all people who participate and trust in the mercy of Jesus. Visit www.thedivinemercy.org to learn more about Divine Mercy. Jesus I Trust in You! Homebound Ministry Our Homebound Parishioners are very important to us and we want to make sure their spiritual needs are being met. If you or a friend or family member are homebound and unable to attend Mass, we would like to bring the Eucharist to you in your home. Please call Diana Lipfird, the Homebound Parishioner Coordinator, at 532-9491 or e-mail her at dlipfird@gmail.com. We will set up a time and day for the Extraordinary Minister to visit that best fits your schedule. If you are an Extraordinary Minister and would like to be part of our team of taking Communion to the homebound, please call Diana at 440-532-9491. Catholic Men s Fellowship Answer the Call Conference On Saturday, April 9th, 2016, Catholic Men s Fellowship of Northeast Ohio is holding their 16th annual Answer the Call conference at the Holiday Inn Rockside in Independence. Key speakers include, Father Larry Richards, gifted speaker, preacher, retreat master and author, who holds the answer to some of life s most profound questions. Ralph Martin, president of Renewal Ministries and the host of The Choice We Face, a weekly Catholic television & radio program. We urge all men to attend. Also invite your sons, fathers and grandsons. Discounted prices are available through advance registration for students and parish groups. Conference begins with a light breakfast at 8:00am and concludes with 4:00pm Mass celebrated by Bishop Roger Gries. Log on to www.cmfneo.com for more information and to register. Easter Egg Hunt Berea Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt 11 a.m., Saturday, March 26 St. Mary s Garrity Center Outside on Lawn 250 Kraft St. For children up to 8 years old Easter Bunny Sparky the Fire Dog McGruff the Crime Dog Wally, the Nutty BW Squirrel FREE