January 28, 2018 Holy Martyrs Catholic Church 3100 OLD WEYMOUTH RD MEDINA, OH 44256
Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time- January 28, 2018 Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week This week at Holy Martyrs Sat 5:30 pm Lee LeVoyer (Paul & Noreen Wendt) Sun 7:30 am Parishioners 9:30 am Ken Shepard (Cliff & Carol Koppmann) 11:30 am Leyden Family (Perrone Family) Mon 8:00 am David Saxer (Bob & Rose Saxer) Tues 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace 7:00 pm John Hoffman (Yakelis Family) Wed 8:00 am All Souls Thurs 7:00 pm Louise Paul (Family) Fri 8:00 am Jim Loew (Brad & Dorothy Thomas) Sat 5:30 pm Rose Gazzo (Gazzo Family) Sun 7:30 am Glen Bohusch (Bohusch Family) 9:30 am Evelyn Miller (Popagain Family) 11:30 am Parishioners Sun 1/28 Donut Sunday Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 203 Eucharist Retreat - 2nd Grade 12:30 PM Pfeiffer A & B Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space Mon 1/29 PSR 6:00 PM Tue 1/30 Glory Bees - week 5 Little Rock Scripture Study 1:00 PM Room 103 PSR SPIRIT - Grade 7 6:00 PM 6:00 PM Pfeiffer B SPIRIT - Confirmation Parent + Candidate Meeting 6:00 PM Martyrs Hall Discovering Christ 6:00 PM G.A. Wed 1/31 Prayer Shawl Group 1:00 PM Room 103 Intercessory Prayer Group 5:30 PM Chapel Social Concerns Outreach Grp. 6:30 PM Room 103 Choir Rehearsal 7:15 PM Worship Space Thur 2/01 Buildings & Grounds Mtg. 7:30 PM Room 200 Taizé Prayer Service 7:30 PM Worship Space Men s Group 7:30 PM Room 103 Sat 2/03 Centering Prayer 9:30 AM Kazel Room Pray for those who have died in Christ: Nancy Downey Sun 2/04 Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 203 No Life Teen Mass, Life Night 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
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Parish News ONCE-A-YEAR OPPORTUNITY! JUST FOR LENT Small Groups! Join the many, many parishioners who are loving their small groups and the fantastic opportunity to grow, connect and belong! Groups will meet for 6 weeks, beginning the week of February 11. Please complete a Registration Form by February 5. NEW! We have limited openings for an online Small Group. Catholic Charities Annual Appeal: Transforming Lives and Communities Your support of the 2018 Catholic Charities Annual Appeal will help those who are most in need and most vulnerable. From Matthew s Gospel: Whatever you did for the least of these, you did it for me. When we feed the hungry, take care of the sick and welcome the stranger, we are also serving Jesus himself. We appreciate your donation and will take special care to use it wisely to provide essential programs and services to people in need throughout all eight counties of the Diocese of Cleveland. For more information, visit www.catholiccommunity.org/2018appeal. Little Rock Bible Study We started a new study on Tuesday, Jan. 23 on Paul s captivity letters. Please join us on Tuesdays in Room 103 at 1:00 pm. Books will be available. No prior Bible Study is required. All are welcome! Traveling Charismatic Mass Catholic Renewal Ministries' Traveling Charismatic Mass for February will be held at St. Ambrose Church, 929 Pearl Road, Brunswick 44212, on Friday, February 2nd. Praise and Worship will begin at 7:00 and the liturgy will start at 7:30. Fr. Bob Franco will be the celebrant. 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 January 28, 2018 Medina, Ohio Parish News 8th Grade Confirmation Retreat Sunday, Feb 11th 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Concludes with 5 p.m. LifeTeen Mass Registration Forms by PSR Office See Adam for more details Chaos - A LifeTeen Weekend Retreat February 23-25 @ St. Leonard Retreat Center Teens, come for a weekend of relaxation, community and prayer. Registration Forms by PSR Office January LifeTeen Schedule The Drive of Your Life Deep down, all we want is to be happy. Tonight, HMLT is discovering how a formed conscience aids in our happiness. Come join us, Sunday Nights! LifeTeen Mass 5:00 p.m. LifeNight 6:00-7:30 p.m. Jan 28 - The Drive of Your Life Feb 4 - No LifeTeen Mass/LifeNight Feb 11 - Social Night Feb 18 - Desert-ed (A Night on Lent)
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish Jan. 6 & 7 Weekly Offering $11,555.19 Number of Envelopes 346 SENIORS CORNER Seniors of Holy Martyrs, join us on Monday, February 19 for a Spiritual Day of Reflection. 10:30 AM 3:00 PM in Pfeiffer Hall Includes: Eucharist, lunch, guest speaker, faith sharing, private prayer Contact Joni at 330-722-7994 to register. Electronic Donations $1,425.00 Number of Envelopes 13 Weekly Total $12,980.19 Thank you! Second Collection for Catholic University Thank you for your generous contributions to last week s special second collection for The Catholic University of America! Your support enables Catholic University to provide an education based in the Catholic intellectual tradition to the next generation of leadership for our Church and nation. You can learn more about your impact, and the University, at: collection.cua.edu. Collection for El Salvador/Latin America This weekend is the collection for the Church in El Salvador/Latin America. This is the only appeal that supports the Latin American Mission in El Salvador and its two priests. Many people in Latin America and the Caribbean do not have access to church programs and ministries because of rural terrain and a lack of ministers. Your generosity makes it possible for them to share in the life of the Church and grow closer to Christ. Please be generous. To learn more, please visit usccb.org/latin-america. Holy Land Trip Is On! Back in August, we began exploring the possibility of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land this coming summer. Since then, Fr. Mark has been working with a highly regarded pilgrimage company to develop the itinerary. The trip is now planned and nearly ready for registration! The pilgrimage will be from June 10-19, 2018. It will include 8 full days of visiting all of the major sites of Jesus' life around Galilee and Jerusalem. Stops include Bethlehem, Nazareth and the Mount of Olives. Information sheets with full details are available at the Welcome Center. BAPTISM Sophia Christine LoPresti Daughter of Sarah and Ryan LoPresti
Holy Martyrs Church January 28, 2018 Medina, Ohio Women s Outreach Starts in February The Latina Project, 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 first meeting is Feb. 12. Please contact Diane Bruce at dbruce@holymartyrs.net if you would like to receive a signup email for providing part of a meal regularly or from time to time. Food would need to be dropped off at Holy Martyrs Sunday through Monday at 3 p.m. before each meeting. This is part of our expanding parish outreach to link our parishioners to those in need. Parish School of Religion - 330-952-1466 Reminders for Confirmation candidates: Choose a Confirmation sponsor. Your sponsor will need a letter from his or her parish. Materials in the brown envelope are due at the Jan. 30 meeting. Service Project Competition Continues Have you sent in your photos for the Father, Help Me to Serve competition? A prize will be awarded to the class that has the highest percentage of students who completed a service project by Jan. 8/9. We ll award prizes in late January because of the Jan. 8 class cancellation. A prize will be awarded to a group of three families or more who do a service project together. Take a group photo (by Feb. 14) of the three families while they are doing the service project. Then, submit the photo for the contest. A prize will be awarded to the family that has done the most original service project by March 1. For ideas, see a list of 100 service project ideas on our website. Don t forget to bring in a picture of your family working on a service project.
Answer the Call Men s Conference The Catholic Men s Fellowship of Northeast Ohio will hold its 18th annual conference on Saturday, Feb. 24 at Holiday Inn in Independence. The conference theme is Developing Your Relationship with Christ. Key speakers include Peter Herbeck, VP and Director of Missions for Renewal Ministries; Eric Mahl, a former linebacker who spent three years with Carmelite hermits; and Greg Wasinski, a nationally recognized speaker and writer. Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Throughout the Diocese For more information, visit www.cmfneo.com. If you would like to carpool with the Men s Group, contact Chuck at clevesque@zoominternet.net. Spiritual Opportunities Jesuit Retreat House (www.jrh-cleveland.org) Lenten Luncheon, Feb. 19, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. For substance abuse resources, go to www.greaterthanheroin.com. River s Edge (www.riversedgecleveland.com) A Sacred Meditation, Feb. 3, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Loyola Retreat House (www.loyolaretreathouse.com) Help for victims of domestic abuse Pre-Cana Day, March 11, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 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 Marriage Resources www.helpourmarriage.org www.foryourmarriage.org