Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Christ the King - November 22, 2015 Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week This week at Holy Martyrs 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) Monday: 8:00 am John Jirka (Andrea Jirka) Tuesday: 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace 7:00 pm Richard McAuliffe (Bruce McAuliffe) Wednesday: 8:00 am Orazio & Vera Chiuchiarelli (Assunta Chiuchiarelli) Thanksgiving Day Thursday: 10:00 am Parishioners Friday: 8:00 am No Mass Saturday: 5:30 pm Mary Hood (Hood Family) Sunday: 7:30 am Christine Twardzik (Twardzik Family) 9:30 am Parishioners 11:30 am Charles & Helen Wodowski & Sons (Pat Wodowski Family) Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: 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 PSR: 6:00 pm Pilgrimage to Italy information meeting: 7:00 pm, Pfeiffer Hall A Glory Bees: Maureen Macisco, Roberta Braun, Tom Yannetti 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 Adult Choir: 7:15 pm, Pfeiffer Hall Church Office hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00 am -12:15 pm, 1:00 pm-5:30 pm. The church office will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 26 & 27. Thursday: Saturday: Happy Thanksgiving! Ministry of Assistance Give a Gift Slips: after all Masses BAPTISM Declan Michael Kuty, son of Jim & Cybele Kuty Sunday: Ministry of Assistance Give a Gift Slips: after all Masses RCIA: 10:30 am, Lounge We welcome the following individuals who have completed their initiation into the Church: Jennifer Jean Ryba Rachel Stancin Spetrino There is a promise of marriage between: III Wedding Announcement Jacob McCoy & Rachel Spetrino Pray for those who have died in Christ: Carol Ann Obermeier, mother of Don and grandmother of Manny and Olivia The Bake Sale Is Coming! Holy Martyrs will hold their Annual Advent Bake Sale on December 12 & 13 th. Watch for details on-line, on our website (www.holymartyrs.net) or sign up at the Welcome Center in the Gathering Area. 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
Christ the King Parish News December Activities at Holy Martyrs 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. Pastor s Notes CHRISTMAS BAKE SALE TO BENEFIT SERVERS Every year at this time, Holy Martyrs hosts our popular Christmas Bake Sale. It s a chance for parishioners who bake to donate delicious baked goods to benefit our church. New bakers and those who aren t able to help in other ways are welcome to join our veteran bakers who prepare festive cookies, candy and cakes. The beautifully decorated goodies are greatly appreciated by those who purchase them and they benefit a most worthy cause. The proceeds from our Bake Sale are used to purchase altar linens and other items we use at Mass. This year, our Bake Sale will benefit our parish Altar Servers, the students and teens who serve at our weekend liturgies whose dedication and prayerfulness are appreciated by us all. The servers robes they wear are in great need of replacements. The money raised through our bake sales this year will go toward the purchase of new servers robes. The white Alb and belt that servers wear is based on the Baptismal garment for adults and is similar to what priests and deacons wear with their liturgical vestments. It signifies our dignity as baptized Christians and the role of service that underlies the Christian life. It is the distinctive garb worn by leaders of prayer. This is an opportunity for everyone who bakes to bring something special, to support a great cause, and for our parish to show its appreciation for our fantastic Altar Servers! We hope you ll help. Seniors Corner Inviting all Seniors to join us for our upcoming events: 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! Monday, 2/15 - Straw Bale Gardens (Ohio State Extension); Nominations for new Officers. Monday, 3/14 - St. Patrick's Day Party! Corned Beef Luncheon. Entertainment by Jim Gill. Holy Martyrs Pilgrimage to Italy March 31 - April 13, 2016 Highlights include: 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.
Holy Martyrs Church November 22, 2015 Medina, Ohio OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME, TALENT, TREASURE Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love. -St. Therese de Lisieux Grateful Giving November 7 & 8 Sunday Offering $11,013.88 Number of Envelopes 318 Electronic Donations $2,331.00 Number of Envelopes 34 Weekly Total $13,344.88 This week there will be a collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). Many American families are struggling to make ends meet but the struggle is even more difficult for the nearly 40 million Americans who have been living in poverty. Across the nation the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) offers solutions by supporting the poor and low-income in acquiring affordable housing, fair wages, and access to health care and vocational training. Your continued support helps fight poverty in America and defend human dignity. Throughout the Diocese 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. WAM Catholic Commission Hosting Advent Prayer and Christmas Card Signing for Ohio Death Row The Catholic Commission-Wayne, Ashland, Medina invites you to an Advent prayer gathering and signing Christmas cards to Ohio death row inmates on Thursday, Dec. 3, 7:00-8:30 PM at Holy Martyrs Parish (Pfeiffer Hall, 3100 S. Weymouth Rd., Medina). In the coming Year of Mercy, Pope Francis asks us to see everyone with God s mercy and dignity. Ohio has 141 people on death row needing mercy and dignity. All are welcome. Materials and refreshments will be provided. RSVP: Jeff Campbell, jcampbell@ccdocle.org, 330.263.6176. Light up a Life HMC Hospice of Medina County Celebrate someone special this holiday season 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. Readings for the week of November 22, 2015 Sunday Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Dn 7:13-14; Ps 93; Rv 1:5-8; Jn 18:33b-37 Monday Saint Clement I, Pope and Martyr; Saint Columban, Abbot; Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and Martyr Dn 1:1-6, 8-20; Dn 3; Lk 21:1-4 Tuesday Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs Dn 2:31-45; Dn 3; Lk 21:5-11 Wednesday Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dn 3; Lk 21:12-19 Thursday Dn 6:12-28; Dn 3; Lk 21:20-28 Friday Dn 7:2-14; Dn 3; Lk 21:29-33 Saturday Dn 7:15-27; Dn 3; Lk 21:34-36 Sunday First Sunday of Advent Jer 33:14-16; Ps 25; 1 Thes 3:12 4:2; Lk 21:25-28, 34-36
Christ the King Parish School of Religion Teen Girls and Spirituality Pre-teen and teenage girls are often described as helplessly emotional drama queens, and this is especially evidenced during that special time of the month. Research, however, which includes MRI and EEG brain scans, concludes that, along with menses comes an incredible augmented capacity for spirituality! Science recognizes a unified path of both spiritual and sexual development. Drawing from a large sample study of nearly 4,000 girls, it was found that the onset of physically becoming a woman was associated with a heightened sense of a personal God, and the two together showed a significant degree of protection against depression. With the arrival of puberty, emotions run high with an extraordinary increase in perceptiveness, openness to new experiences, and sensitivity. This means, that with the arrival of menstruation, the full range of a young woman s emotions appears bright and strong, and tears are part of this arrival. So, instead of saying, Get a grip, or It s not the end of the world, we, as parents, should take a page from ancient traditions which have built into female puberty ceremonies the interwoven expressions of fertility and expanded spirituality. While not mistaking high raging emotions with emotional depth, we, as parents should consider this emotionality as part of an extraordinary increase in perception, including the spiritual capacity to know God. A response which honors this could be, Because you can feel so intensely, you have the gift of a great heart, and the sensitivity to pick up on what is going on which is quite a paradigm shift for most parents! Typically, what ensues is a lively conversation and questions that range from goldfish to God. The important element here is not that we have all of the answers for our children, but that we can dialogue with our teens. They love the big questions. They are eager to challenge entrenched assumptions, explore, experience, and express! The French Jesuit priest, philosopher Tielhard de Chardin said it best when he wrote, the difficulty lies not in solving problems, but expressing them. When we allow this process to happen, we open the door for amazing spiritual awakenings and experiences for our young daughters. Miller, Lisa, Ph. D. The Spiritual Child. New York: St. Martin s Press, 2015 COMMUNAL PENANCE Preparing our hearts to receive the Lord on Christmas. For all PSR families on Monday, November 30 at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday PSR students are asked to attend on Monday, There will be no class on Tuesday, December 1 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 28 & November 29 EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS LECTORS SERVERS USHERS VIDEO B1 Judy Placko C1 Bob Hausler Judith Linton Alex Ambro Larry Steinbacher Saturday 5:30 PM B2 Sue Kuruc B3 C2 Ken Kuruc C3 Rosemary LeVoyer C4 Steve Brownfield (pyx) Mary Schwartz Logan Szantay Cindy Steinbacher Sunday 7:30 AM B1 Jeff Twardzik B2 Sandy Twardzik C1 Carol Kisilewicz C2 Bob Yanks (pyx) Bob Steinmetz Erin Rankin Sam Arnold Vincent Pfahl Steve Cika Pete Rojas B1 R. Mitchell C1 D. Wallace C5 S. Mueller Ken Smith Michael Moran Tony Giovinazzo Sunday 9:30 AM B2 T. Korte C2 S. Marco C6 B. Wehe B3 R. Ruh C3 B. Cesareo C7 B4 L. Ruh C4 B. Mueller (pyx) D. Thomas Amanda Lutz (sub req) Ben Stobbs Michael Green (sub req) B1 Gary Link C1 Dinah Lambert Christine Withrow Maggie Selva Jim Gaeckle Sunday 11:30 AM B2 Chris Lambert B3 Jen Coppolino C2 C3 Becky Johnston C4 Dick Zalack (sub req) (pyx) John Holland Gracie Selva Steve Sauthoff Mike Szabo
Holy Martyrs Church November 22, 2015 Medina, Ohio Christ the King Sunday Today 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. Christ Jesus, I acknowledge You as King of the universe. All that has been created has been made for You. Make full use of Your rights over me. I renew the promises I made in Baptism, when I renounced Satan and all his pomps and works, and I promise to live a good Christian life and to do all in my power to procure the triumph of the rights of God and Your Church. There will NOT be Life Teen next Sunday, November 29th due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The next Life Night will be on December 6th. Divine Heart of Jesus, I offer you my efforts in order to obtain that all hearts may acknowledge your Sacred Royalty, and that thus the Kingdom of Your peace may be established throughout the universe. Amen. lifeteen@holymartyrs.net spirit@holymartyrs.net CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR YOUTH The following students received scholastic honors: Archbishop Hoban High School Nicholas Bayda Georgia Nagucki Next week, there will be a Communal Penance service on Monday, November 30th at 7:00 p.m. for all PSR and SPIRIT students. There will be no SPIRIT on Tuesday, December 1st.
Christ the King HOLY MARTYRS CHURCH 3 Gatherings: Wednesdays, December 2, 9, and 16 2 time options: 1-2:45 p.m. or 7-8:45 p.m. Held in Father Pfeiffer Hall B in the Parish Life Center God calls each of us to become a saint, and he s ready to support us along the way by providing abundant blessings. Join us as we seek these blessings by participating in Bishop Robert Barron s DVD-based series: Untold Blessing: Three Paths to Holiness. Video Presentation * Small Group Discussion * Prayer Please register by Sunday, November 29 To register, please email nfiamingo@holymartyrs.net, call the Parish Office at 330-722-6633, or use Eventbrite on holymartyrs.net. Please let us know which session (afternoons or evenings) that you plan to attend. Share the journey and invite a friend or family member to also register! _ Untold Blessing: Three Paths to Holiness Registration Name Address City Preferred phone number: Email address: I will attend the afternoon sessions from 1-2:45 p.m. I will attend the evening sessions from 7-8:45 p.m.