Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - November 15, 2015 Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week Saturday: 5:30 pm Parishioners Sunday: 7:30 am Helen Basak (Basak Family) 9:30 am George Kaspar (Kaspar Family) 11:30 am Elizabeth Hughes (Vanuch & Lebus Families) Monday: 8:00 am Andrew Jirka (Andrea Jirka) Tuesday: 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace 7:00 pm Carl VanTilburg (Rose Hoffman) Wednesday: 8:00 am Francesco & Placida Colabianchi (Assunta Chiuchiarelli) Thursday: 7:00 pm Margery Sowa (Robert Sowa) Friday: 8:00 am For all those in nursing facilities Saturday: 5:30 pm Mary Margaret Hogan & Karen Roberts (John & Linda Hogan) Sunday: 7:30 am Parishioners 9:30 am Trisha Dibbin (Rich & Lori Ruh) 11:30 am Ed & Dorothy Radecky (Radecky Family) Church Office hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00 am -12:15 pm, 1:00 pm-5:30 pm. Sunday: This week at Holy Martyrs Donut Sunday RCIA: 10:30 am, Lounge Life Teen LOCK-IN: through 11:00 am Monday: Seniors Soup and Service Project: 12:00 pm, Martyrs Hall PSR: 6:00 pm Tuesday: Wednesday: Glory Bees: Pat Ramler, Brenda Haumesser, Kathy Flecher, Laura Kalish Ministry of Assistant: 9:00 am, Room 200 (prepare slips for gift requests) Little Rock Bible Study afternoon session: 1:00 pm, Room 103 RCIA for Children: 6:00 pm, Room 101 PSR: 6:00 pm SPIRIT: 6:00 pm, Martyrs Hall Intercessory Prayer: 5:30 pm, Chapel Discovering Christ: 6:00 pm, GA Adult Choir: 7:15 pm, Pfeiffer Hall Thursday: Parish Council: 7:30 pm, Room 102 BAPTISM Easton Douglas Berger, son of Shane & Alison Berger Remington Mead Pham, daughter of Lu & Margaret Pham There is a promise of marriage between: II Wedding Announcement Jacob McCoy & Rachel Spetrino Saturday: Sunday: SPIRIT Retreat: 8:30 5:00 pm, Pfeiffer Hall Men s Group: 9:00 am, Ford Room Ministry of Assistance Give a Gift Slips: after all Masses Ministry of Assistance Give a Gift Slips: after all Masses No RCIA: participants to attend Turkey Run TURKEY RUN to St. Augustine s Hunger Center: Caravan leaves at 1:00 pm Life Teen: 5:00 pm Mass followed by Life Night from 6:00-7:30 pm, GA The Bake Sale Is Coming! Pray for those who have died in Christ: Deborah Borowiak Holy Martyrs will hold their Annual Advent Bake Sale on December 12 & 13 th. Watch for details on-line and in our weekly bulletins. Parish Staff Father Stephen Dohner Pastor Father Robert F. Pfeiffer Pastor Emeritus Janet Payton Pastoral Associate Dorothy Thomas Coordinator of Pastoral Care Office Manager Father Mark Ott Weekend Associate Diane Bruce Director of Religious Education Nancy Fiamingo Pastoral Associate Dino Paoletta Deacon Elizabeth Ockunzzi Youth Ministry Jason Falkofsky Director of Music Libbie Radecky Office Assistant Paula Phillips Bookkeeper
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Parish News November/December Activities at Holy Martyrs Give-a-Gift - If you and your family, co-workers, social group, or neighborhood friends would like to adopt a family for Christmas, please contact Donna Horton at 330-722- 8176 by November 15 th. Thanksgiving November 22: Holy Martyrs Annual Turkey Run to St. Augustine s Hunger Center. Turkey Run - Father Steve invites all parishioners to donate turkeys, foodstuffs, or money for the run up to St. Augustine s Hunger Center on Nov. 22 after the 11:30 Mass. St. Augustine s Hunger Center provides over 18,000 meals on Thanksgiving Day at twenty centers throughout Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties. Also, they expect to deliver over 5,000 of these meals to homebound people throughout the Cleveland area. St. Augustine hopes that the donations they receive in preparation for Thanksgiving will not only assist in providing Thanksgiving meals, but also will assist in providing two meals a day, Monday through Friday, and a special meal on Saturday and Sunday from Thanksgiving Day until Christmas. With your help, the Center has struggled to provide clothing, rental assistance, utility help, advocacy for disabled people, as well as crisis intervention to families and individuals in need. The Center is deeply grateful and indebted with the help you have given to meet these needs. Prayers for the success of the work among the poor and the disabled and donations are truly appreciated. Christmas November 21/22 and 28/29 and December 5/6: Give-a-gift slips available in the Gathering area. (Please attach gift slips to the outside of your wrapped packages. The coding on the slips represents the individual families that have requested help.) December 12/13: Last weekend to return wrapped gifts. December 14: PSR toy donation & gift cards December 12/13 and 19/20: Red stocking collection (proceeds to be used for needy families). EMPLOYMENT NETWORK GROUP If you are an executive, professional or manager who is looking for employment opportunities, we encourage you to connect with our Employment Network Group. This parish networking group meets twice a month at the following locations: First Wednesday of each month at Holy Martyrs Church, Martyrs Hall (off the back parking lot) Third Tuesday of each month at Knights of Columbus Hall 131 North East Street, Medina First-time attendees should plan to come to a short orientation session at 6:30 p.m. The regular group meetings begin at 7 p.m. For more information about the Employment Network Group, please contact Erin Rankin at erinremote@yahoo.com. Seniors Corner Holy Martyrs Pilgrimage to Italy March 31 - April 13, 2016 Highlights include: Milan where we will visit the Basilica of St. Ambrose; Assisi, the city of St. Francis; Papal audience; visit to the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums and the catacombs; celebrate daily Mass in historic churches or chapels. If you are interested in learning more about this pilgrimage, please join us on Monday, November 23 at 7:00 pm in Pfeiffer Hall for an information meeting. Inviting all Seniors to join us for our upcoming events: Monday, 11/16 - Join us in Martyrs Hall! Bring a favorite soup or dessert for lunch and help to assemble the gift bags for our Disabled Veterans Project. Contact Bill Dyer at 330-722-7994 if you have more donations, or leave them at the Church office. Monday, 12/7 - Christmas Luncheon at Williams on the Lake. Entertainment by Chris Ilg and the Highland High School group "Added Attraction." Gift Exchange and Door Prizes! For information, contact John Solecki at 330-722-5981. Monday, 1/18 - Forget those winter blues! Join us in Martyrs Hall, and enjoy a great Movie - with Pizza and beverages!
Holy Martyrs Church November 15, 2015 Medina, Ohio OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish It is not the actual physical exertion that counts toward a man's progress, nor the nature of the task, but the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken. -St. Francis Xavier Grateful Giving October 31 & November 1 Sunday Offering $13,949.30 Number of Envelopes 353 Electronic Donations $1,948.00 Number of Envelopes 19 Weekly Total $15,897.30 Join us for our next trip to El Salvador, January 31st - February 7th! Let the Holy Spirit open your mind and hearts to the people of El Salvador. Your life will be enriched and your faith deepened! Contact Janet Payton or Shelley Conry (330-687-6927) for more information. Throughout the Diocese In witness to the living legacy of the Churchwomen of El Salvador, John Carroll University, Ursuline College, Notre Dame College, the Ursuline sisters of Cleveland, COAR, and the InterReligious Task Force on Central America invite you to A film, dinner and discussion hosted by Notre Dame College and IRTF CHOICES OF THE HEART on Tuesday, November 17, at 6:00 at Notre Dame College, Performing Arts Center, Administration Building, 4545 College Rd., South Euclid, OH 44212, This event is free and open to the public. See ursulinesisters.org/35 for more information. Young Adult Advent Retreat: A Time for Mercy Young adults 20-40, begin your Advent season with a mini retreat, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 5, 2015. We will focus on Advent as a season of mercy. Our speaker will be Fr. Joe Fortuna, pastor of Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Euclid. Lunch is included. Receive Advent reflection materials and purchase an Advent wreath if you wish. Cost for the retreat is $15. Advent wreaths are $5.00. Location: Cuvilly House 18021 Marcella Rd. Cleveland, OH 44119. Register by December 1 to Sr. Kate Hine: khine@ndec.org or 440-476-6094. Light up a Life HMC Hospice of Medina County Celebrate someone special this holiday season Readings for the week of November 15, 2015 Sunday Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Dn 12:1-3; Ps 16; Heb 10:11-14, 18; Mk 13:24-32 Monday Saint Margaret of Scotland; Saint Gertrude, Virgin 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; Ps 119; Lk 18:35-43 Tuesday Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious 2 Mc 6:18-31; Ps 3; Lk 19:1-10 Wednesday The Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles; Saint Rose Philip pine Duchesne, Virgin 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31; Ps 17; Lk 19:11-28 Thursday 1 Mc 2:15-29; Ps 50; Lk 19:41-44 Friday 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59; 1 Chr 29; Lk 19:45-48 Saturday The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1 Mc 6:1-13; Ps 9; Lk 20:27-40 Sunday Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Dn 7:13-14; Ps 93; Rv 1:5-8; Jn 18:33b-37 Join the Circle of Light Ceremony on Medina s Square Gazebo on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 5:00 pm as we light candles to honor and remember friends and loved ones. This event is held in partnership with Main Street Medina s Candlelight Walk. Also, stop by the HMC Hospice of Medina County Holiday Trees located at the Center Court on the second floor of SouthPark Mall in Strongsville to Light up a Life Tree on November 27-December 20, Friday - Sunday, 12:00 noon - 8:00 pm. Leave a special note of remembrance on the tree by making a self determined contribution. Prince of Peace Church, 3355 Medina Rd., Medina, OH, will be providing meals for the community the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 27. They will serve a free turkey dinner and all the trimmings continuously from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. For all of you who may find yourselves alone on this day and/or in need of a meal or just desiring to spend an afternoon with friends, please join us. For dinner reservations or a meal delivery in Medina County, please call Eric at 330-635-2044.
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Parish School of Religion Spirituality. What is it Anyway? The subject of spirituality can be elusive. If we are to understand its importance in our childrens lives, we first need to define it. In 1997, a twin study on religion and health resulted in a landmark scientific article published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. It determined that spirituality is a sense of a close personal relationship to God, and a vital source of daily guidance. * Memorizing creeds or simply having a knowledge of one s faith without personal investment is not enough to develop a deep personal relationship with God. For some adolescents, questioning faith is crucial to ownership, but in all cases, what makes spirituality meaningful is personal choice and ownership. So, while organized religion can clearly play a role in spiritual development, the primary engine that drives natural spirituality is innate, biological, and developmental. In other words, we are born spiritual, but in order to attain a personal relationship to God, we must be guided and encouraged in its development so that we can make a personal choice that makes this relationship real and vital in our daily lives. *Lisa Miller Ph. D. The Spiritual Child- The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving, New York: St. Martin s Press, 2015. ANNUAL TURKEY RUN Saturday, November 21 at the 5:30 Mass and Sunday, November 22 at the 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 Masses. Children from the PSR classes will be presenting their gifts of food in the Sanctuary prior to the beginning of each Mass. The children will have a CONTEST and vote for the BEST DECORATED TURKEY RUN BOXES on Monday and Tuesday, November 16 and 17 during PSR. Awards will be given out to the winning class at the next PSR class. Perhaps you would be interested in being a part of the CARAVAN that delivers the food items to the St. Augustine s Hunger Center on Sunday following the 11:30 Mass. ADVENT GIVE -A - GIFT EVENT Monday, December 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the church. Our first grade angels and the older children will present the Nativity story with song and our annual Give-a-Gift. Children will be providing gifts for other children and participate in the gift brigade. Join us for cookies and milk at the BETHLEHEM INN. MASSES Bread Cup MINISTERS SCHEDULE - November 21 & November 22 EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS LECTORS SERVERS USHERS VIDEO B1 Ed Kirk C1 Linda Earhart Linda Joseph Alex Ambro Jeff Hood Saturday 5:30 PM B2 Judith Linton B3 Ken Kuruc (sub req) C2 Paul Wendt C3 Noreen Wendt C4 Steve Brownfield (pyx) Mary Lawrence- Kirk Logan Szantay Bobbie Santiago Sunday 7:30 AM B1 Debbie Kells B2 Allie Solecki C1 Paul Steinle C2 Donna Horton (pyx) Joann Smith Bob Kronander Sam Arnold Vincent Pfahl (sub req) Gary Kozel Mary Kozel B1 S. Mueller C1 B. Wehe C5 D. Wallace Tim Boyle Michael Moran Tony Giovinazzo Sunday 9:30 AM B2 B. Cesareo C2 N. Klettlinger C6 L. Leyden B3 T. Korte C3 B. Steinmetz C7 R. Ruh B4 B. Mueller C4 D. Boyle (pyx) L. Ruh Amanda Lutz Michael Green Ben Stobbs B1 Cindy Sauthoff C1 Dinah Lambert Mary Anne Mayer Maggie Selva Jim Gaeckle Sunday 11:30 AM B2 G. Mogyorossy B3 C2 Dorothy Barry C3 Mike Terrell C4 Debbie Terrell (pyx) Dave Stankiewicz Gracie Selva Steve Sauthoff Mike Szabo
Holy Martyrs Church November 15, 2015 Medina, Ohio Christ the King Sunday Next Sunday is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, also known as the Feast of Christ the King. This marks the last Sunday of the Church year. Pope Pius XI established the feast day in 1925 as a way for us to remember to worship and celebrate Christ as Lord and King over all creation. Almighty, everlasting God, Who in Thy beloved Son, King of the whole world, hast willed to restore all things anew; grant in Thy Mercy that all the families of nations, rent asunder by the wound of sin, may be subjected to His most gentle rule. Who with Thee lives and reigns world without end. Amen. Thank you to all of those who helped out and participated in our Lock-In this weekend! Keep an eye out for upcoming events. lifeteen@holymartyrs.net spirit@holymartyrs.net The SPIRIT Retreat will be this upcoming Saturday, the 21st. Participants can check-in beginning at 8:30, and the retreat will finish up in time for 5:30 Mass.
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Rooted in Faith at Holy Martyrs Because of the generosity of our parishioners who have supported the Rooted in Faith Forward in Hope campaign, Holy Martyrs has been able to replace the expired organ in church with a new and vastly improved instrument. Holy Martyrs Parish OUR TOTAL RAISED: $1,340,466.84 TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED TO DATE: $231,339.00 Transparency and Accountability: The Rooted in Faith Forward in Hope Oversight Committee, Chaired by Ronn Richard of The Cleveland Foundation, meets semi-annually to review the financial statements and confirm that the overall campaign dollars are being applied to the appropriate case statement components. This committee recently met in mid-october to once again review and ensure that the highest levels of accountability and transparency remain in effect. We encourage you to visit the Catholic Community Foundation website at www.catholiccommunity.org for updated financial information about the campaign, its distributions and other important campaign news. The state-of-the-art Allen Q 390 Organ now being installed has a three manual console, 80 stops, and 24 channels of amplification that was designed specifically for our worship space. Components and speakers will be located all around the church, which will mean a fuller, better-quality sound and an instrument that far better fits our liturgical needs. The photos on this page show workers laying the more than two miles of wiring that had to be completed before the organ console and speakers can be installed. The organ is ready for delivery. Once installed and after a few days of fine tuning it will be set to use at Sunday Mass. A new parish organ is just one concrete way that your commitment to Rooted in Faith is benefitting Holy Martyrs and will for years to come. Thirty percent of every dollar given to Rooted in Faith comes back to Holy Martyrs. Those funds are being used to develop our church and youth ministries. They are already making a difference in our parish life that you can see and hear. OUR PARISH Every pledge payment you make benefits our parish! As you know, 30% of the funds collected up to our goal return to our parish to use for our own local projects. Our parish continues to receive quarterly distributions based upon monies collected from your pledges. Thank you to everyone who makes this success possible. If you have not yet made a gift to the Campaign but would like to do so, or if you would like to make an additional gift, please go to www.catholiccommunity.org/ rif/newgift. Alternately, you may contact Angie Pavlik at the Catholic Community Foundation at 216-696-6525, ext. 1303. Cathedral Square Plaza 1404 East Ninth Street Cleveland, Ohio 44114 (216) 902-1303 Rooted in Faith pledge payments can be made online at www.catholiccommunity.org/rif/pledgepayment. May God bless you and your loved ones for your commitment to His Church!