Saint Mary Parish 250 Kraft Street, Berea, Ohio 44017-1499 Rectory: 440-243-3877 FAX: 440-891-9417 Website: www.stmaryberea.org Mission Statement St. Mary is a faith community which worships together, follows the teachings of Jesus Christ in our everyday lives, evangelizes others by our lives and actions, gives generously of our time and resources in service to others, shows compassion and love towards one another, provides religious education and works for social justice for all. Parish Pastoral Staff Reverend John P. Singler, Pastor Reverend Mike Feldtz, Parochial Vicar Reverend Robert J. Cole, Retired, In Residence Deacon Tom Cully, Pastoral Associate Ms. Angela Kovacs, Music Director Parish Support Staff Mrs. Barbara Goebl, Spiritual Ministries Mrs. Diana Lipfird, Homebound Coordinator Mr. John Mastandrea, Adult Faith and Education Coordinator Mr. Larry Roetzer, Religious Education Coordinator Mr. Bob Sferra, Sacramental Catechetical Leader Parish Office Staff Mrs. Janel Abraham Mrs. Lorri Masie School Administrative Staff Mr. Andrew Carner, Principal Mrs. Sandi Ziegler, Program Coordinator Mrs. Nancy Kaesgen, Director of Development School Office Staff Parish Mass Schedule Weekday: 9:00am Monday through Friday Weekend: 4:00pm Saturday Vigil 7:30am, 9:30am, & 11:30am Holy Day Consult Bulletin Sacramental Ministries Baptisms: On Sundays After 11:30am Mass Reconciliation: Saturdays 3-3:30pm Seasonal Celebrations Marriage: Contact Parish Office Anointing of the Sick: Contact Parish Office Seasonal Celebration Communion Calls: Contact Parish Office Mrs. Mary Beth Hennessy Mrs. Diana Zjaba Celebrating 166 years of Pastoral Service to the Catholic Community of Berea
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 19, 2018 Like so many good teachers, Jesus is right up there with the best. He says the same thing in different ways to help us connect with a subject and come to understanding. For a fifth week, we hear Jesus tell the crowds that he is the bread of life, living bread come down from heaven, real food and real drink, and whoever eats his flesh will live forever. It is a difficult teaching to comprehend on its face. One must go deeper to discover its greater meaning. A literal interpretation of Jesus words sounds impossible. Tests have been conducted that try to discover a difference between consecrated and unconsecrated bread and wine, to no avail. These kinds of tests miss the point. While bread and wine still appear as bread and wine, our FAITH helps us see more, bread that is the Body of Christ and wine that is the Blood of Christ. When we go deeper, we hear Jesus words in the context of his offering himself as the Passover Lamb, sacrificed on the cross, giving himself totally to God and to us. His flesh and blood mingle with ours from the inside out. We BECOME what we eat and drink (St. Augustine) the LIVING BODY OF CHRIST. Jesus remains in us and we in him. The Eucharist is Wisdom s sumptuous feast that teaches to forsake foolishness and advance in the way of understanding. This feast fills us with the Holy Spirit, who gives us understanding and new life. We gather. We address each other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. We give thanks in Jesus name and come to share the wisdom that faith alone provides. We must go BEYOND appearance and enter the mystery deeply, week after week, to taste and see the goodness of the Lord who offers us eternal life. [Living the word 2018] We all have family and friends, who from time to time are unable to attend Mass due to an illness or circumstance AND ask that we bring them Holy Communion for spiritual support. This is a wonderful request that we can honor. In order for that to happen, a PYX (pix) is the appropriate vessel with which to carry Holy Communion to the sick. If you HAVE BEEN ASKED to bring Holy Communion to a family member or neighbor at home, please STOP IN THE SACRISTY AND ASK FOR A PYX BEFORE MASS BEGINS. Holy Communion will be placed in the pyx at communion time and the pyx will be placed on the Altar and can be picked up by you after Mass is over. Also, if your family member / friend needs a personal visit from one of us, for confession or spiritual counsel, or by one of our homebound ministers on a regular basis, please let us know that as well. THANKS for helping to CELEBRATE 166 years of St. Mary. What a wonderful FAMILY celebration. THANKS to YOU who made it happen! Here s to ANOTHER year of GREAT LIVING at St. Mary. And speaking of GREAT LIVING in Berea, our 2018-2019 Program Booklets will be in your hands this week! Check your mail for our Faith Formation Programs, Parish School of Religion and Spiritual Growth Opportunities for the New Year! Great THANKS for your constant generosity in your weekly Offering! Grateful Living! Father John
Mass Schedule and Intentions Weekend of August 19 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 pm Amanda Worley Bill & Rita Worley 7:30 am Nancy Madej Eileen Yoder 9:30 am Caesar Buzzelli Miodrajovic Family 11:30 pm Alan & Mary Paulson Daughter Monday August 20 Saint Bernard, Abbot & Doctor of the Church Ez 24:15-24 / Mt 19:16-22 (419) 9:00 am Dan Malloy Jim & Sue Dedrick Tuesday August 21 Saint Pius X, Pope Ez 28:1-10 / Mt 19:23-30 (420) 9:00 am Alice Olszewski Kathleen Dorsey 2:00 pm Aristocrat Berea Mass Wednesday August 22 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ex 34:1-11 / Mt 20:1-16 (421) 9:00 am Frank Webb Koster Family Thursday August 23 Weekday Ex 36:23-28 / Mt 22:1-14 (422) 9:00 am Rebecca Murphy Michael Murphy 1:30 pm Northwestern Mass Friday August 24 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle Rv 21:9b-14 / Jn 1:45-51 (629) 9:00 am Tom Maley John Schwarz Saturday August 25 Weekday Ez 43:1-7ab / Mt 23:1-12 (424) 4:00 pm Bernice Skvarch Fran & Eric Border Sunday August 26 Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b / Eph 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32 / Jn 6:60-69 (122) 7:30 am James & Cecilia McDonnell Kathleen Dorsey 9:30 am Tom White Family 11:30 pm Bob & Dottie Carroll Miodrajovic Family Please remember in prayer all who are ill or homebound, especially the following: Jackie Ayala Maggie Armstrong Donna Baker Mary Anne Bialosky James Carney Eneo Cifani William Conroy Chris Copenhaver Melanie Kuper Owen Dumm Jim Duncan Chuck Duncan Bruce Ferraro Sharon Fisher Brian Follen Joan Foust Marie Gallagher Betty Glynn Howard Gross Bulletin Prayer List Katie Halley Betty Hardman Hanna Kessler Karen Kljun Louise Knapik Kathleen Kolach Rob Lucas Karen M. Joseph McLaughlin Shem Miller Leo Oblak Ed Paschke James Rollin Mary Elizabeth Ryba John Serrao Jim Sperk Guy Sperk Peyton Sullivan Chet Talarczyk Chet Yanke 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. In Your Charity In your charity, please remember the repose of the souls of Tom Nicolay and Earl Garner. May they rest in eternal peace. Mass Intentions for 2019 The Mass Intention Book for 2019 is open for your Intentions. Please Note at this time Masses will be limited to 2 per family. Contact the Office to schedule or submit your request in writing - please include a phone number in case we need to contact you. We will do our best to accommodate your requests. Weekend Collection Collection for 8/12/18: $12,321.50 Thank You for your generous Contributions. Welcome - Newly Baptized Welcome this weekend the newly baptized - Adeline Ruth Sandrev Patrick John Kruchan Juliana Marie Hyde
Weekend of August 19th Saturday - 3:00pm - Church Monday, August 20th 9:30am - Chapel 7:15pm - Chapel Confessions Tuesday, August 21st 9:30am - Chapel 11:00am - Chapel Bible Study 12:30pm - Chapel Quiet Prayer 7:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Young Couples / Family Ministry Wednesday, August 22nd 9:30am - Chapel Thursday, August 23rd 9:30am - Chapel 12:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Friday, August 24th Saturday, August 25th 3:00pm - Church Parish Events Pinochle Club Confessions Sunday, August 26th 12:30pm - SMS Back to School - Ice Cream Social @ St. Mary School Mother Teresa Love for Our Lady During this month ask from the Sacred Heart one very special grace love for Our Lady. Ask Him to help you love her as He loved her and be a cause of joy to her as He was. Share everything with Mary, even the cross as Jesus did. Excerpted from: Love: A Fruit Always in Season Daily Meditations by Mother Teresa (Ignatius Press 1987) Family Perspective The World Meeting of Families takes place in Dublin, Ireland this week August 21st-26th. Please pray for the success of this event which will promote the theme: The joy of love in families is also the joy of the Church. Also pray for the safety of all pilgrims in their travels. Consider: who or what brings you joy in your family? Offer God prayers of thanks for this. Consider sharing that good news of joy with family members and friends when you gather for a meal. Bible Study, Faith Sharing Bible Study will meet in the chapel from 11:00am - 12:00pm on Tuesday. It is the faithfulness of the Kings that is inconsistent and eventually leads to the fall of the kingdom. Come join us to meet God as a God of second chances, a message we need today. No experience necessary. Bring your Bible and an open heart. Quiet Prayer This Tuesday Quiet Prayer will begin at 12:30pm and be followed with reflection on Everything Belongs by Richard Rohr. Come and meet with us to explore a type of prayer that allows us to listen to what God may be asking of each of us. Anniversary Wishes If you will be having a wedding anniversary in the month of August and would like your names listed in the bulletin, please call the parish office (440) 243-3877 or email jabraham1@stmaryberea.org Bernard & Dorothy Canepari August 16th - 49 years Tom & Diane Krukemeyer August 16th - 60 years Jim & Ronda Heitz August 17th - 33 years Ray & Margaret Nolan August 23rd - 60 years Kevin & Mary Hurst August 26th - 46 years Len & Eleanor Stitt August 26th - 70 years Steve & Eve Hollender August 27th - 41 years 2nd Collection - This Weekend Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Cleveland are changing the lives of children and their families. When you give to the Faith & Values Appeal to support tuition assistance for a Catholic school student, you are giving a gift that will live on in the lives of those served in our schools. Students, their parents, grandparents and other family members sacrifice to provide a Catholic education and are grateful for tuition assistance provided through the Faith & Value Appeal for Education. Please pray that the generosity of our parishioners will continue to support the formation of our youth in Catholic schools where faith makes a difference. To donate online, go to www.catholiccommunity.org/eddonate or call Karen Joyce at 800-869-6525 ext. 1910.
Ministry Schedules Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Weekend of August 26th Mass Lector Cantor Extraordinary Ministers Servers 4pm J Haas S Piatt (H) R Wesolek, Deacon Tom, D Sawyer A Soltis (C) M Feigi, M Olsen, A Soltis M J LaLonde, R Sillasen 7:30am D Lipfird (H) J Mastandrea, A Mastandrea, K Zanotti J Mastandrea (C) V Follen, L Madzy, M Smith F Sliwa, R Davenport K Zanotti 9:30am G Irvin M Reid (H) J Irvin, L Sullivan, R Straub T Duldner (C) C DiSanto, L Richter, A Kulwicki Deacon Tom, B Cully 11:30am C Rose P Ponstingle (H) P Harris, R Koehl, M McGinty M Lubrano (C) T Morgan, M B Morgan, L Alton J Abraham, J Abraham Music Ministry & Liturgy Notes KEEP YOUR EARS OPEN By Angela Kovacs Director of Music and Liturgy This weekend, I hope that everyone gets to church early enough to hear the prelude! I will be playing the Gloria of the mass setting we will be switching to in September! It s time to shift gears for autumn, and so we will be singing A Community Mass by Richard Proulx. If you don t recognize the name, I am almost sure that you have heard it before, and also we did it three autumns ago! Now I don t know if you remember, but this mass setting was on cardstock at the end of the pews, and I was trying to teach this giant brand new Gloria, which I had no experience doing. I was a music director baby! So we are going to try again this year, and we are going to succeed! You will be listening this week, and we will start learning next week. If you are unable to listen to the prelude, I will have posted a recording of the mass setting if you are interested in getting it into your head. Being more prepared can only help in this situation! Up Close with Bishop Perez Would you like to learn more about the Bishop? Tune in to AM 1260 The Rock on September 13th at 5:00pm for the third episode of Table Talk with Bishop Nelson Perez. Join host Dick Russ for a onehour conversation with Bishop Perez including questions submitted by you. What would you ask Bishop Perez if he was sitting at your kitchen table? Submit your questions to tabletalk@am1260therock.com by August 23rd. For audio archive of previous episodes, visit www.am1260therock.com Also, it is getting close to choir season, which will begin on Tuesday 4, after Labor Day. Youth and Traditional Choir start on Tuesday, and everyone starts up again showing up for masses on Sept 8 and 9! This is of course, the PERFECT time to jump into the music ministry! If you are on the fence, come to our first rehearsals! Think of it as a free trial; I will have some music and books prepared if you will attend. Thank you so much! Traditional Choir, Contemporary Choir, and Youth Choir are off for the summer. All choir members are welcome to sing up in the loft during weekend masses. Summer is a perfect time to audition for involvement in one of our ensembles, especially for prelude solos! 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. Please contact the music ministry office for more information: 440.243.3877 ext 27.
Parish Ministry Spotlight If you are interested in the Refugee & Immigration Ministry, please join us at A Taste of Africa to learn more about refugees in our area. Religious Education News Welcome Back PSR Families and Students! Important Dates and Reminders St. Mary Catholic School News Corner Educating the Mind, Nurturing the Soul Mr. Andrew J. Carner, Principal PSR Opening Mass: Sunday - September 9th at 11:30am. Refreshments, Registration and Meet the Catechists after mass at the Fr. John Garrity Center. 1st PSR Class: Monday September 10th from 6:45pm - 8:00pm at St. Mary School Registration is accepted on time thru September 10th - a late fee of $40.00 is assessed thereafter. The PSR Program is need of a 3rd Grade Catechist - Contact Johanna Garr at: reoinformation@stmaryberea.org Ice Cream Social Join us as we kick-off the School Year Sunday - August 26th 12:30pm - 2:00pm Bring your school supplies
YETI is on the move! Our next meeting dates for the New St.Mary Youth Group YETI (Youth Engagement, Teen Initiative): Sunday, August 19th after 11:30am Mass (12:30pm at Fr. John Garrity Center) Sunday, September 16th, 6:00pm (picnic and kayaking at Wallace Lake) Sunday, September 30th, 6:00pm at Fr. John Garrity Center) New Faces are ALWAYS welcome. YETI is for teens in grades 7th - 12th. Contact Mr. Chris Garr for more information: cgarr@stmaryberea.org WILL YOU LEAVE YOUR FOOTPRINT? Thank You Veteran s Meet and Greet Attention - ALL Military Veterans (Spouses welcome) You are invited to St. Thomas Episcopal Church 50 E. Bagley Rd. Berea, Ohio 44017 All veterans and/or spouses are welcome to the veterans lunch and program on Friday, August 31st at 11:00 am We d like to get to know area veterans better and express our thanks to you for your service to our country. Our goal is to meet with local veterans for friendship, connection and conversation. Guest speaker: Tim Grealis from United Way s Help 2 Veterans Program We will be serving Cold cuts/party trays, sandwiches, desserts. For more information contact: Clint Anderson at ahs64clint@gmail.com or St. Thomas Office at: churchoffice@stthomaschurch-berea.org or 440-234-5241