The Children of Holy Martyrs Advent Event Tuesday, December 12th 6:30-8:00 p.m. December 10, 2017 Holy Martyrs Catholic Church 3100 OLD WEYMOUTH RD MEDINA, OH 44256
Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Second Sunday of Advent - December 10, 2017 Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week This week at Holy Martyrs Sat 5:30 pm Daniel Santiago (Bobbie Santiago) Sun 7:30 am Mary Lou Warren (Ed Warren) 9:30 am Allen Jones (Elaine Jones) 11:30 am Parishioners Sun 12/10 Red Stocking Collection After all Masses MOA Give-a-gift slips: Last weekend to return wrapped gifts Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 203 Golf Outing Committee 10:30 AM Room 103 Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space Mon 8:00 am Ed Fox (Family) Mon 12/11 No PSR Class - Students are to attend Tuesday s Advent Event Tues 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace 7:00 pm Ken Shepard (Family) Wed 8:00 am Thomas Wolfert (Dorothy Brey) Thurs 7:00 pm John Yezerski (Robert Fellenstein) Fri 8:00 am Steve Belovich (Joanne Belovich) Sat 5:30 pm Parishioners Sun 7:30 am Gladys Francis (Bruce & Barb Francis) 9:30 am Marsha Matejka (Ray Matejka) 11:30 am Healing for Rachel Hudak (Jack & Pat Holland) Pray for those who have died in Christ: John O Donald Eric V. Sonnie Tue 12/12 Glory Bees - week 2 9:00 AM Worship Space Little Rock Scripture Study 1:00 PM Room 103 Advent Event 6:30 PM Worship Space Wed 12/13 Intercessory Prayer Group 5:30 PM Chapel Teen Confirmation Prep 6:30 PM Room 102 RCIA Inquiry 7:00 PM Lounge Choir Rehearsal 7:15 PM Worship Space Thur 12/14 ChristLife Planning Team 6:30 PM Room 103 Centering Prayer 7:15 PM Kazel Room Fri 12/15 Red Cross Blood Drive 2:00 PM Martyrs Hall Sat 12/16 Red Stocking Collection After Mass MOA Food & Donation Weekend After Mass Centering Prayer 9:30 AM Kazel Room Sun 12/17 Red Stocking Collection After all Masses MOA Food & Donation Weekend After all Masses Time Travelers 9:00 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 Dino Paoletta Deacon Libbie Radecky Church Office Jane Levesque Communications
Second Sunday of Advent Parish News UNWRAPPING CHRISTMAS Small Groups are meeting throughout Advent to take advantage of this liturgical season and its purpose of preparing our hearts for Christ s coming, both at the Incarnation, and His Second Coming at the end of the age. Week 1: Christmas is the season of giving. As we unwrap Christmas, the core message is that because God is a giver, we are also called to be givers. As we know from John 3:16, For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son - the greatest gift ever given! Since we are made in the image and likeness of God, we are called to be givers too. Let us reflect on how we can grow in generosity: Do we recognize that all of our resources are pure gift from God? How can we become more willing to be generous and to give more than is strictly required or necessary? How can we give freely, with no expectation of something in return? What are you being called to give during this Advent season in order to become more like our heavenly Father? Is it time? Is it your heart? Is it some of your possessions? Thank you for helping those in need We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of our Friendship Meal at La Sagrada Familia on Nov. 11th. Because of you, we were able to serve a meal to more than 120 people. The day was filled with fellowship while preparing the meal in the Holy Martyrs kitchen and then socializing with the guests at La Sagrada Familia over dinner. If you would like to be updated on future Friendship Meal ministry efforts, please contact Nathan Klettlinger (nklettlinger@gmail.com) to be included on the email list. Save the date for our Easter -themed Friendship Meal on March 10th! Oplatki is now available in the church office during the week and in the Sacristy after Masses. 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 December 10, 2017 Medina, Ohio Join Us For Discovering Christ Parish News The next session of Discovering Christ begins Tuesday, January 9, 2018! Start the new year off right! Join us as we gather to share a delicious dinner, listen to a dynamic teaching and join in a small group discussion to talk about what you ve heard, ask the questions you ve always wanted to ask and learn from others. We will explore topics that will not only touch upon the basics of the Catholic faith through the initial proclamation of the Gospel but also allow us to gain more insight into the meaning of life! Discovering Christ is an eight-week experience held at Holy Martyrs Church. It includes a one-day retreat on Saturday, Feb. 17. Childcare is provided for the evening sessions. Sessions are on Tuesdays from 6:00 to 8:30 pm on Jan. 9, 16, 23, and 30 and Feb. 6, 20 and 27. Sign up on our website! Helping Women in the Name of Christ A new outreach by the women of Holy Martyrs involves working with our sister parish, La Sagrada Familia, to provide 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, interacting with the women or babysitting during their meeting. The groups are not large, but the impact of your help will be enormous. A couple of hours a month can help women rebuild their lives. This is part of our expanding parish outreach to link our parishioners to those in need. Please contact Diane Bruce at dbruce@holymartyrs.net if you would like to help. December LifeTeen Schedule Dec 10 - Mary: Eternal Crown Dec 17 - Christmas Social! Come join us, Sunday Nights! LifeTeen Mass 5:00pm LifeNight 6:00-7:30pm This Advent Season, come join LifeTeen in learning more about Mary and how she teaches us about bringing Christ into the world. For Text Updates about Holy Martyrs LifeTeen text HMLT to 84576 Or follow us on social media: HolyMartyrsLT
Second Sunday of Advent OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish Nov. 18 & 19 Weekly Offering $12,089.99 Number of Envelopes 306 SENIORS CORNER Seniors of Holy Martyrs, please join us for pizza and a movie! Monday, Jan. 15 at noon More details to come! Electronic Donations $850.00 Number of Envelopes 2 Weekly Total $12,939.99 Catholic Campaign for Human Development $1,198.00 Thank you! Help religious communities Your generous contribution helps us to care for our retired sisters and enables our younger sisters to continue in active ministry, writes a religious sister. Your gift to today s collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps provide medications, nursing care and more for thousands of senior sisters, brothers and religious order priests. It also helps ensure younger members can continue the good works of their elders! Gifts for the Needy Are Due Now Gifts purchased for the Ministry of Assistance Give-a-Gift program must be returned no later than Dec. 9 & 10. Please place the slip on the outside of the package in order for the correct family to receive the gift. Red Stocking Collection A collection will be taken during the weekends of Dec. 9/10 and 16/17 to help our neighbors in need. For many years, the Red Stocking has been a symbol for the Ministry of Assistance to ask parishioners for funds to help the poor during the winter months ahead. Although we may do a bit more to help our parishioners, we do not turn our back on anyone else within Medina County who may need help. Christ reminds us that the poor will always be with us, but it is in how we respond to the poor that makes us true Christians.
Holy Martyrs Church December 10, 2017 Medina, Ohio Parish School of Religion - 330-952-1466 Annual Advent Event PSR families, in collaboration with the Ministry of Assistance, will take part in the Advent Event on Tuesday, December 12th from 6:30-8 p.m. Eighth grade Confirmation candidates are working with the younger students in the parish to provide a Christmas for the poor and less fortunate in our area by: Receiving and labeling gifts Taking cookies to the kitchen Being part of the bucket brigade of gifts Serving chocolate milk Cleaning up afterward Our eighth graders set an example for our younger students by being involved in the Advent Event, where they are an important part of the bucket brigade of gifts. Advent Event Schedule for Dec. 12 6:00-6:20 p.m. Families arrive, drop off homemade nut-free cookies and proceed to Worship Space 6:30 p.m. Nativity presentation Service Project Competition We ve extended the deadline for part of the Father, Help Me to Serve competition! The class with the highest percentage of students who complete a service project by Jan. 8/9 will receive a prize. For ideas, see a list of 100 service project ideas on our website. Bring in a picture of your family working on a service project! 7:00 p.m. Blessing and presentation of gifts 7:10 p.m. Gift brigade 7:20 p.m. Reception with cookies and milk in the Gathering Area Mass Impact for Kids For My Faith Challenge, each child received a booklet in class that has spaces for stickers given out after Mass for eight weeks. Completed booklets may be turned in for a Holy Martyrs coloring book! If your child missed any of the eight weeks, he or she may collect one of the missed stickers at a time. Just go to the Welcome Center after Mass. Christmas Card Signing for Ohio Death Row and Area Recovery Programs The Catholic Commission-Wayne, Ashland, Medina invites you to Witness to Mercy this Advent by signing Christmas cards for Ohio death row inmates and area addiction recovery residents on Thursday, Dec. 14, 6:30-8:45 p.m. in Pfeiffer Hall. After a light meal at 6:30, we ll hear Ohio death row exoneree Kwame Ajamu speak on God s mercy and human dignity after serving 28 years as an innocent man. Christmas card-signing follows. Materials and refreshments provided. RSVP: Jeff Campbell, jcampbell@ccdocle.org, 330.723.9615.
Second Sunday of Advent Throughout the Diocese Spiritual Opportunities Jesuit Retreat House (www.jrh-cleveland.org) Prayer: The Spirit s Gift, Dec. 15, 7-9 p.m. River s Edge (www.riversedgecleveland.com) Christmas Taizé, Dec. 21, 7-8 p.m. Loyola Retreat House (www.loyolaretreathouse.com) Pre-Cana Day, March 11, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Marriage Resources www.foryourmarriage.org For substance abuse resources, go to www.greaterthanheroin.com. Retrouvaille Weekend January 19-21, 2018 A Lifeline for Troubled Marriages Thinking about a separation or divorce? The Retrouvaille program may help. RETROUVAILLE (rediscovery), which is supported by the Catholic diocese of Cleveland, but open to couples of all faiths, consists of a weekend experience for couples and six follow up sessions. A registration fee of $150 is required. For more information or to register, please call Marce or Liz Gliha at 440.357.6580 or 1.800.470.2230, or go online to www.helpourmarriage.org. 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