Our Lady Queen of Peace Church

708 Erie Street ~ Grafton, Ohio Established ~ October 29, 2006

Mission Statement

We are a Roman Catholic family centered in the Eucharist, rooted in our immigrant traditions since the 1800’s and devoted to our Blessed Mother. Humbly guided by the Holy Spirit, and with the warmth and hospitality that springs from a small community, we seek to share our faith in Jesus Christ through prayer, devotion, education, stewardship, and service to others.

PARISH OFFICE 708 Erie Street, Grafton, Ohio 44044

Phone: 440 926-2364 Fax: 440 926-3783 Email: info@olqpgrafton.org

Website: www.olqpgrafton.org

Parish Office Hours Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 5:00pm

(Please call before you come up)

April 25, 2021 Fourth Sunday of Easter

Rev. John P. Seabold—Pastor Jim Andrews - Business Office

Rob Keshock - Parish Music Director

Patrick Weir - Maintenance Supervisor

& St. Mary’s Cemetery Sexton

MASS SCHEDULE

Church Saturday Vigil……………………………….4:30pm Sunday……………………….8:30am & 11:00am

Church - Weekday Mass

Monday –Wednesday……. 7:00pm Tuesday -Thursday - Friday ... 9:30am

Parish Council Mike Ruebensaal

(Chair) Ann Pickering

(Vice-Chair) Andy Booth Greg Dore Rob Drawl Dan Lewis

Chuck Magel Chris Serdinak Darlene Stutz

(Co –Secretary) Ray Toombs

Dan White Sandy Yovanovich

(Co-Secretary)

Finance Council Patti Lutke

Jim Ries Bryan Scheetz Mark Stewart

Tim Strah Sue Wiedenmannott

Sunday, April 25, 2021 - Fourth Sunday of Easter Page 1

Monday, April 26 7:00pm - Leo & Mildred DeChant - Family Tuesday, April 27 9:30am - Ed & Jean Banks - Family Wednesday, April 28 7:00pm - Confirmation (By invitation only) Thursday, April 29 9:30am - Jerry Severns - John Murtaugh Friday, April 30 9:30am - Wanita Grondin - Donna Perehot Fifth Sunday of Easter Saturday, May 1 4:30pm - Special Intention Sunday, May 2 8:30am - Rosemary Lance - Joe & Mary Kay Filipiak 11:00am - Freda Murtaugh - Family

Pray for the Sick: Pray for the Sick: David Blackburn, Jose' Magiste, Leon Denomme, David Myers, Kathy Borowy, Lee Severns, Bille Updegrove, Al Machovina, Pat Wracker, Cathy Buckland, Don Gates, Ken Schroeder, Shayne Reisinger, Dennis Frabotta, Carol Cordy, Alex Krutowskis, Guy Page, Pastora Galarza, Colette Williams, Gail Falk, Jeff Frantz, Kevin Stanard, Randy Wrege, Mark Petricevic, Gladys Rising, Jeff Pfeiffer, Gloria Janosko, Becca Mullins, Grace Smith, Michele Miller, Monica Schaefer, George Schaefer, Patricia Norris, Al Traxler, DeeDee Tumbas, Edward Bahl, and Cathy Cornish. Please call the Parish Office 440-926-2364, or email us at info@olqpgrafton.org to have a name of a friend or relative included in this list.

Wedding Banns III - Anthony Merlene & Gina Laufman

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-7; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: Acts 12:24 — 13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Jn 12:44-50 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25: Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Jn 13:16-20 Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 14:7-14 or (for the memorial) Gn 1:26 — 2:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24; Ps 90:2-4, 12-14, 16; Mt 13:54-58 Sunday: Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22:26-28, 30-32; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8

SCHOLARSHIP: We will be awarding two $500 scholarships to eligible parishioners who complete the application form by May 16th. To be eligible a candidate must be a parishioner of Our Lady Queen of Peace and active in the parish, or active in the church on campus were they go to college. Applications can be picked up at the Parish Office or on the parish website at: https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/13722/documents/2021/3/Scholarship%20Application.pdf To fund these scholarship there will be a second collection the weekend of May 1/2. HELPING HANDS: On Saturday, April 17th it was one year since Helping Hands Ministry pantry started their first drive thru pantry. Since then, we have held the pantry twice a month serving those in the community. We have had 432 household visit the pantry and we have given out a total of 2,198 food boxes to these households. This is pretty amazing and couldn’t have been done without the help of this parish and our community. Thank you if you have donated your time, money or items to help us. The Helping Hands Ministry will have a meeting on May 8th at 9:15am in the parish hall. Please consider coming to this meeting to see what we are about. PRAYER SHAWL: The next meeting will be Saturday, May 1st at 12:00 noon in the church hall. Masks are mandatory. Yarn will be spread out for easy choosing. Please park in back if Helping Hands Ministry is working in front. During the months of March & April, we were blessed to provide 28 prayer shawls, some of which went to Abbewood. If you know of anyone that would benefit from our ministry, please contact the church office. Any questions, please contact Kathy Behlke 440-935-3344, Kathy Smeltz 419-544-2491 or Sue Schniegenberg 440-926-1610. THE GLORY OF GOD The glory of God is humanity fully alive. —St. Irenaeus

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PASTOR’S CORNER: Bishop Malesic has granted me the faculties to confirm the candidates who are listed below this Wednesday, April 28th. This is the second year that the bishop has granted permission to pastors to confirm due to the pandemic. I am so honored to be able to confirm this group. This is a great group who are being confirmed and it will be exciting to see how the Holy Spirit will be manifesting itself in them in the years to come! They will need our continued support, however. It is through the support of the community that we develop and share the gifts that God has given to us. It is also in community that we challenge one another to use our gifts. I pray that these candidates will also challenge us to see how the Holy Spirit is manifesting itself in our lives. To those who were instrumental in their faith formation in the classroom and out, thank you. The Confirmation catechists are Jen Filipiak, Mark Hoover and Greg Rowe. However, it was also the catechists over the years who brought them to this point in their faith journey. Parents, family and friends have played a crucial role in their faith formation as they have nurtured the seeds of faith planted at baptism. And of course, to the community who have prayed and supported these young people in various ways. Well done good and faithful servants to everyone who has played a part in the lives of these candidates. The journey is not even close to being over. It will be exciting to see what God has in store for these candidates as well as for all of us through the Spirit dwelling within us. Please keep these candidates in prayer and to congratulate them when you see them:

Fr. John

WOMEN OF FAITH: Women of all ages are welcome to come together and grow spiritually in community. We will gather Sunday, May 2nd at 6:00pm in the Parish Hall. Treat yourself to some time for prayer and reflection to nurture your soul. SUNDAY GOSPEL REFLECTION will be Saturday, May 8th at 10:00am in the parish hall. We will be reading the gospels for the Sundays in the next month which includes the remainder of the Easter season. In reading the gospels we will be listening for the word that God has for us in His Word. We will hear of how the mystery of the Resurrection is unfolded through the weeks of the Easter Season concluding with the Solemnities of the Ascension and Pentecost. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Confessions will be Saturday, May 8th at 1:30pm. CATHOLIC HOME MISSION: Support the Catholic Home Missions Appeal today! Over 40% of dioceses United States and its territories are considered mission territories, because they are unable to fund essential pastoral activities needed in their communities. Your support funds religious education, seminary formation, lay ministry training, and other programs that build vibrant faith communities right here in the United States. Please be generous. More information can be found at www.usccb.org/home-missions.

Evan DiFranco Olivia DiFranco

Savannah Dunlap Elizabeth Filipiak

Hannah Foor Michael Gale

Makenna Rowe Cynthia Sandoval

Madison Schade Lauren Shaver

Lily Tomasheski Lindsey Wade Bobbi Wervey Zander Yoho Cecilia Young

Victor Vilchez Jr.

2021 Confirmation Class