Holy Martyrs Catholic Church 3100 OLD WEYMOUTH RD MEDINA, OH 44256

November 12, 2017

Father Stephen Dohner

Pastor

Father Mark Ott

Weekend Associate

Father Robert F. Pfeiffer

Pastor Emeritus

Janet Payton

Pastoral Associate

Nancy Fiamingo

Pastoral Associate

Dino Paoletta

Deacon

Diane Bruce

Director of Faith Formation

Christopher Ilg

Director of Music

Libbie Radecky

Church Office

Adam Nestor

Youth Minister

Paula Phillips

Bookkeeper

Jane Levesque

Communications

Parish Staff

Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - November 12, 2017

Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week

Sat 5:30 pm Jim Hartman

(Tony Spinhirn)

Sun 7:30 am Mary Hood

(Hood Family)

9:30 am Timothy Lynch

(Kevin & Judy Lynch)

11:30 am Parishioners

Rich & Kathy Madansky

25th Wedding Anniversary

Mon 8:00 am Herbert Jamison

(Family)

Tues 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace

7:00 pm Jane Lang

(Family)

Wed 8:00 am Steve Belovich

(JoAnne Belovich)

Thur 7:00 pm Jim McClelland

(Family)

Fri 8:00 am Ozzie Neroni

(Family)

Sat 5:30 pm Parishioners

Sun 7:30 am David Hepp & Dan Klubnik

(Klubnik Family)

9:30 am Mary Lou Cavanagh

(John Cavanagh)

11:30 am Ed Svoboda

(Radecky Family)

This week at Holy Martyrs

Sun 11/12 Donut Sunday

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 11/13 MOA Give-a-Gift Slips 10:00 AM Room 200

PSR 6:00 PM

El Salvador Trip Prep Mtg. 6:30 PM Martyrs Hall

Thanksgiving Prayer Service 7:00 PM Worship Space

Tue 11/14 Glory Bees - week 2 9:00 AM Worship Space

Little Rock Scripture Study 1:00 PM Room 103

Diocese Liturgical Ministers Workshop

2 :00 PM G.A.

PSR 6:00 PM

SPIRIT 6:00 PM Martyrs Hall

Thanksgiving Prayer Service 7:00 PM Worship Space

Wed 11/15 Intercessory Prayer Group 5:30 PM Chapel

Women’s Spirituality Board 7:00 PM Room 102

RCIA Precatechumenate 7:00 PM Lounge

Choir Rehearsal 7:15 PM Worship Space

Thur 11/16 Centering Prayer 7:15 PM Kazel Room

Parish Council 7:30 PM Room 102

Sat 11/18 MOA Food & Donation Weekend

MOA Give-a-gift slips: After Mass

Men’s Group 9:00 AM Room 103

Centering Prayer 9:30 AM Kazel Room

Sun 11/19 MOA Food & Donation Weekend

MOA Give-a-gift slips: After all Masses

Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 203

Home School Parent & Child Meeting

10:30 AM Room 200

Seniors Group Project Set-up 10:30 AM Martyrs Hall

Turkey Run to St. Augustine’s Hunger Center

Caravan leaves at 1:00 PM

Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space

Pray for those who have died in Christ:

Edward Fox, husband of Mary Fox

Marianne Huffman, mother of Mark Huffman and

grandmother of Jennifer, Zach and Rachel

Parish News

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Daily scripture readings for this week can be obtained

on the USCCB website or you can 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

Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Next week, our second collection will be for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. More than 46 million people in the United States live in poverty. This collection supports programs to empower people to identify and ad-dress the obstacles they face as they work to lift themselves out of poverty. By supporting this collection, you give people a hand up, not a hand out. Learn more about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development at www.usccb.org/cchd/collection.

Why is Mass so important

in the life of a Catholic?

Do you like to take videos? If so, would you like to help the Communications Committee by taking short videos of parish events? Please email Janet Payton at jpayton@holymartyrs.net if you can help.

At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic sacrifice of his Body and Blood. This he did in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until he should come again, and so to entrust to his beloved Spouse, the Church, a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us. The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life. The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch. Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1323 - 1324

Parish News

Holy Martyrs Church November 12, 2017

Medina, Ohio

“In the beginning God created…”

Did you know we participate in the

creativeness of God?

Sunday, Nov 12

LifeTeen Mass 5:00pm

LifeNight 6:00-7:30pm

We’re going to Pittsburgh! HMLT is taking a group to Pittsburgh

for Catholic Heart Work Camp July 15-21

Mark your calendars and be ready for Sign-Ups in December

For Text Updates about Holy Martyrs LifeTeen text “HMLT” to 84576

Or follow us on social media: HolyMartyrsLT

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME,

TALENT, TREASURE

Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish

Oct. 28 & 29

Weekly Offering $11,659.00

Number of Envelopes 328

Electronic Donations $1,940.00

Number of Envelopes 25

Weekly Total $13,599.00

Monthly ACH for Oct. (101) $11,312.00

Thank you!

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

SENIORS’ CORNER

Seniors of Holy Martyrs, please join

us for a Soup and Service Project!

Monday, 11/20 - 12:00 Noon - Soup and Service

Project! Bring your favorite soup to share!

We will collect, organize and deliver donated

items to the Medina County Battered Women's

Shelter. A list of urgent and miscellaneous items

for donation is available on the table in the

Gathering Area.

Give-a-Gift slips ready soon

Ministry of Assistance Give-a-Gift slips will be available in

the Gathering Area Nov. 18 & 19. Gifts should be

wrapped and must be returned no later than

Dec. 9 & 10.

In order for the correct family to receive the gift, please

place the slip on the outside of the package. The coding

on the slip represents the family that has requested help.

Holy Martyrs will once again be participating in

#WeGiveCatholic.

Watch for more details in the bulletin and on

our Facebook page!

Thank you, veterans, for your service!

Parish School of Religion - 330-952-1466

Holy Martyrs Church November 12, 2017

Medina, Ohio

Mass Impact for Kids

For My Faith Challenge, each child received a booklet in class that

has spaces for stickers we will give out after Mass for eight weeks.

Completed booklets may be turned in for a Holy Martyrs coloring

book!

To receive a sticker, children should go to the place the question is

about and look for a staff person. For Week Six, we will meet at the

altar.

If your child misses any of the eight weeks, he or she may collect

one of the missed stickers at a time after the eighth week ends. Just

go to the Welcome Center after Mass.

Vote for Your Favorite Turkey Run Box

PSR classes have decorated the boxes that will hold the

Thanksgiving food we’ll donate to St. Augustine Hunger

Center in Cleveland.

Parishioners are invited to vote for the best decorated box

displayed at the top of the PLC stairs.

PSR students, ask your catechist which Mass your class

will be at for the Turkey Run. Arrive 15 minutes before

Mass to join the procession into the Worship Space.

Families are invited to join the caravan of parishioners

driving to St. Augustine’s to donate the food on Nov. 19.

Service Project Competition

We’re looking for 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 Dec. 1.

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.

Confirmation Meeting Nov. 28

Confirmation candidates and their parents should

attend the second session at 6 p.m. on Nov. 28.

Eighth graders should bring their journals.

Annual Advent Gathering

If you haven’t already, be sure to sign up for our annual

Advent Gathering, which is on Tuesday, December 12th

from 6:30-8 p.m.

We encourage PSR students to sign up to sing in

the choir or take a role in the Readers' Theater.

Signups for grades 2-6 are first come, first served, so sign

up early for rare roles. However, this year we are accepting

names for standbys for these popular parts. All first graders

will play the role of angels.

Practices are set for 5:45-6 p.m. in the church on Nov. 13 &

14, Nov. 20 & 21 and Nov. 27 & 28. Students may attend

the practice on the day of their regular PSR session.

A dress rehearsal will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9th from

1-2:30 p.m. in the church.

Throughout the Diocese

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

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

For substance abuse resources, go to

www.greaterthanheroin.com.

Spiritual Opportunities

Jesuit Retreat House (www.jrh-cleveland.org)

Sr. Ignatia AA Women’s Retreat, Nov. 24-26

6 p.m.-11 a.m.

River’s Edge (www.riversedgecleveland.com)

Experience Mindful Meditation, Nov. 14, 6:30 p.m.

Loyola Retreat House (www.loyolaretreathouse.com)

Advent Retreat: A New Pentecost, Dec. 8

5:30 p.m.-Dec. 10, noon

Retrouvaille Weekend

January 19-21, 2018

A Lifeline for Troubled Marriages

Has your marriage become unloving or

uncaring, your relationship cold and distant?

Thinking about a separation or divorce? Are

you already separated/divorced but both of

you want to try again? Then 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.

Marriage Resources

www.foryourmarriage.org