Saint Mary Parish

250 Kraft Street, Berea, Ohio 44017-1499

Rectory: 440-243-3877 • FAX: 440-891-9417 • Website: www.stmaryberea.org

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

Mrs. Mary Beth Hennessy

Mrs. Diana Zjaba

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

Celebrating 166 years of Pastoral Service to the Catholic Community of Berea

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.

Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 26, 2018

Today we CONCLUDE the Bread of Life Discourse in John’s

Gospel with Jesus’ words: “The words I have spoken to you are spirit

and life!” But many gathered on that mountain chose not to believe

and walked away. And many believed in him and stayed close.

We have heard and listened and learned over these many weeks

that Jesus “took what we have (who we are) and uses it wisely and

wonderfully for all.” What gifts and talents we have, first, are from

God, and second, are to be used wisely and wonderfully for others.

That’s a pretty clear message, as is the message that the Lord Jesus loves

us so much that He wants to be into me and Deacon Tom used the play

on words last week of intimacy – the Lord wants to in to me see

(intimacy) and so he offers us his very self to be consumed by us so that

we are consumed in Him. It’s the TOTAL PACKAGE – when we receive

His Body and Blood, we receive HIM and BECOME HIM. And for this

WE ARE ever GRATEFUL and THANKFUL.

Live like Him this week!

WELCOME BACK STUDENTS

BLESSING OF THE BACKPACKS As our children begin (or have begun) the new School year,

we offer you a prayerful hope that each and every one truly grow in

faith and learning. Let God be your guide and strength and be open

to all the NEW that will come your way. The students of St. Mary

School will have their backpacks blessed at the Back to School

event TODAY and ask that all families with students – no matter what age or grade or School – pray this prayer as they begin the

year.

All begin with the Sign of the Cross. Parents - lead the Prayer:

Lord God, bless our children and all educators and leaders of learning and faith. May the name

of Jesus be ever present on their lips and in their hearts and minds as they grow in faith, hope and love.

Lord God, bless their backpack(s) and my son/daughter who will use it. Be with them as they

learn and grow this year. Show them how to serve you and help them to teach us all about your love. All

this we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Pray the Our Father together and then together make the Sign of the Cross.

Did you get it, your 2018-2019 Program Booklet? If

you haven’t received it yet, call the Office and don’t forget to check the

pamphlet racks in the Mother Teresa Vestibule. Great Living in Berea!

Great THANKS for your constant generosity in your weekly Offering! Grateful Living!

Father John

Weekend of August 26 Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 pm Bernice Skvarch Fran & Eric Border 7:30 am James & Cecilia McDonnell Kathleen Dorsey 9:30 am Tom White Family 11:30 pm Bob & Dottie Carroll Miodrajovic Family Monday August 27 Saint Monica

2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12 / Mt 23:13-22 (425) 9:00 am Dorothy Biesiada Husband Tuesday August 28 Saint Augustine, Bishop &

Doctor of the Church

2 Thes 2:1-3a, 14-17 / Mt 23:23-26 (426) 9:00 am Anthony Cifani Family Wednesday August 29 The Passion of Saint John the Baptist 2 Thes 3:6-10 / 16-18 (427) / Mk 6:17-29 (634) 9:00 am John & Rita Grodek Family Thursday August 30 Weekday 1 Cor 1:1-9 / Mt 24:42-51 (428) 9:00 am In Memory of Frank Bianchi Mary Ferrante Friday August 31 Weekday 1 Cor 1:17-25 / Mt 25:1-13 (429) 9:00 am Thomas C. Schweda Mother 10:00 am Opening School Mass

Saturday September 1 Weekday 1 Cor 1:26-31 / Mt 25:14-30 (430) 4:00 pm Special Intention Deb Barnosky

Sunday September 2 Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Dt 4:1-2, 6-8 / Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27 / Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 (125)

7:30 am G.P. Schneider Kathleen Dorsey 9:30 am Arlene Smith Family 11:30 pm Al Kljun Wife

Mass Schedule and Intentions

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 Home-bound 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.

Collection for 8/19/18: $12,321.50 Thank You for your generous Contributions.

Weekend Collection

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 Melanie Kuper Owen Dumm Jim Duncan Chuck Duncan Bruce Ferraro Sharon Fisher Brian Follen Joan Foust Marie Gallagher Betty Glynn Howard Gross 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

Bulletin Prayer List

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 ac-

commodate your requests.

Anniversary Wishes

If you will be having a wedding anniversary in the month of September 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

Weekend of August 26th

Saturday - 3:00pm - Church Confessions Sunday - 12:30pm - SMS Back to School - Ice Cream Social @ St. Mary School

Monday, August 27th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary

7:15pm - Chapel Rosary

Tuesday, August 28th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 11:00am - Chapel Bible Study 12:30pm - Chapel Quiet Prayer Wednesday, August 29th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary Thursday, August 30th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 12:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Pinochle Club Friday, August 31st

Saturday, September 1st 3:00pm - Church Confessions Sunday, September 2nd

Parish Events

Mother Teresa

“I do nothing”

Christ acts in me; He acts through me; He

inspires me, directs me as His instrument.

I do nothing… He does it all.

Excerpted from: Love: A Fruit Always in Season Daily

Meditations by Mother Teresa (Ignatius Press 1987)

Family Perspective

Today’s second reading from Ephesians makes today

“nudge Sunday.” Husbands nudge their wives when

they hear “wives should be subordinate to their hus-

bands.” Wives return the nudge at the words

“husbands love your wives as Christ loves the

Church.” The key to this reading is the first line: “be

subordinate to one another out of reverence for

Christ.” When love is mutual and generously shared

between husband and wife—marriage goes to a whole

new wonderful level!

In Your Charity

In your charity, please remember the

repose of the souls of Mary Ann

Hennessy and Mary Fiorilli.

May they rest in eternal peace.

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 experi-

ence 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.

CONGRATULATIONS Fr. Chuck Butkowski

Pastor of St. Adalbert Parish

August 15th,2018

Fr. Chuck was ordained on

May 21st, 2011 at The Ca-

thedral of St. John the

Evangelist by the Most Rev-

erend Richard G. Lennon

for service to the Diocese of

Cleveland.

His first assignment was as

Parochial Vicar at St. Albert

the Great Parish in North

Royalton, from 2011 – 2015

and re-assigned as Parochial

Vicar at St. Barnabas Parish in Northfield 2015 until

present.

WELCOME to Berea, Fr. Chuck! God’s Blessings as

you begin your first pastorate!

Mass Lector Cantor Extraordinary Ministers Servers 4pm D Vlk (H) M Olsen, R Heitz, M E Nichols M Waters (C) C Pacer, P Pacer, J Waters R Wesolek, Deacon Tom 7:30am D Reeves (H) M Dober, V Dober, B Cashman J Dober (C) M Dole, L Durica, J Dober F Sliwa, P Flandera M Dober 9:30am C Rose (H) R Laneve, Deacon Tom, K Laneve R Hook (C) C DiSanto, S Lewis, J Hupp L Richter, L Sullivan 11:30am R Davenport (H) J Abraham, J Abraham, P Harris G Abraham (C) C Scanlon, S Scanlon, J Abraham P Hultquist, J Savinsky S Abraham

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Weekend of September 2nd

Ministry Schedules

Music Ministry & Liturgy Notes

By Angela Kovacs Director of Music and Liturgy

LEARNING THE ROOTS

This weekend is the Music Ministry Picnic at Carol Carrig’s

house! It will be from 1.pm to 3.pm, and if you need an address,

please get in contact with me! Otherwise, just make sure that

you are signed up on the sheet on the bulletin board outside of

the loft, and get ready for a good time! This is a casual affair,

and I heard that there might be some fun activities prepared as

well! Again, if you are thinking about joining the music ministry

at St. Mary, this and the first rehearsal are a perfect time to meet

everyone and get a feel for the group! I don’t think that you will

be disappointed.

Here’s a quick music theory lesson for everyone! The form or

structure of a song can be described by its musical patterns. In

one example, think of the song “Twinkle, twinkle, little star.”

The first two lines of the song are sung to the tune we all know.

The next two lines (up above the world so high..) are different

than the first two, and then the last two have the same text and

tune as the beginning. In the music world, we attribute letters to

these different sections of the music. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little

Star would be described as ABA form, also known in fancy

terms as ternary form. I explain this because this week, I will

only be teaching the beginning and the end of the Community

Mass Gloria! This is because they both use the same general

melody, and it will be easy to pick up! Next week, we will learn

the middle section, which sounds completely different!

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.

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St. Mary Cub Scout Pack 228

Invitation from St. Mary Cub

Scout Pack 228

Is your family looking for adventure? Soon, Pack

228 will be starting our 2018/2019 scout program.

Boys and girls who will be in Kindergarten thru

4th grade are invited to join. Some events in-

clude:

Pinewood Derby Car Race

Rain Gutter Regatta Boat Race

Rocket Blastoff

Hiking and Fishing

Participating in community service projects

Other outdoor activities

Want to join in the FUN!! Join us at a Recruitment /

Informational Meeting on Wednesday September 5th

from 6:00pm—7:00pm in the Father John Garrity Cen-

ter. Questions - email: Rich Noga at:

rnoga@stmaryberea.org

ST. MARYS WOMEN’S GROUP FALL BOOK STUDY

In The Friendship Project, Faehnle and Jaminet explore the cardinal and theological vir-tues with an eye toward friendship. Focusing on faith, hope, love, prudence, gratitude, loyalty, generosity, and prayerfulness, they help us answer questions such as, “What does it mean to be women of hope, and how does that change our lives and make us more compassionate friends during difficult times?” and “How does prayerfulness teach us how to listen to and talk with both God and our friends, which helps us reach out to those we love?”

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018, 7:00PM St. Mary Church, Resurrection Chapel

The Group will meet every Thursday for 8 weeks, beginning on September 13th. A group order for the book is being placed and the cost is $9.50. The deadline to order at the group price is August 31, 2018. Questions, Please contact Alane Mastandrea at amastandrea@stmaryberea.org or contact the Rectory Office 440.243.3877. Books may be picked up at St. Mary Rectory during normal business hours starting Sept.7.

Bring payment to first meeting. Books also available through Amazon and Ave Maria Press.

Parish Ministry Spotlight

Religious Education News

Welcome Back PSR Families

and Students!

Important Dates and Reminders

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 Cate-

chist - Contact Johanna Garr at:

reoinformation@stmaryberea.org

Mr. Andrew J. Carner, Principal

Ice Cream Social

Join us as we kick-off the School Year

Sunday - August 26th

12:30pm - 2:00pm

Bring your school supplies

St. Mary Catholic School News Corner

Educating the Mind, Nurturing the Soul

Chris Garr currently serves as Program Director for Youth Challenge (YC) and in January will

become CEO. YC is a local non-profit providing sports, art and recreation for young people

with physical disabilities by incorporating teen volunteers. Chris oversees planning and imple-

mentation of programming, works directly with participants and families to ensure an out-

standing experience. A Certified Disability Sport Specialist, Chris has a passion for making sports

accessible and engaging for people of all ages and abilities.

Chris is the Chairperson of ADA Cleveland, an advocacy collaboration of 19 social service agen-

cies in Greater Cleveland whose work directly impacts the lives of people with disabilities. He

also teaches Adapted Physical Activity at Baldwin Wallace University’s School of Health, Physical

Education, and Sports Sciences.

Active in his home Parish of St. Mary, Chris comes on board as Youth Group Director (YETI) and along

with his wife, Johanna, chairs the Parish CYO Athletic Commission. He is a Lector and Extraordinary Minister of

Holy Communion and will be the 8th grade catechist for PSR this school year.

Prior to joining YC, Chris was the Social Studies Department Chair and an English and Religious Studies

teacher at Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford, Connecticut from 2001-2008. While there, he also

served as intramural sports director, yearbook advisor and girls soccer coach. He worked with the Superinten-

dent of Schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford to develop social studies and service learning curriculum consis-

tent with Catholic teaching.

Chris attended graduate school at Trinity College in Hartford and holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in

both History and African American Studies from Fordham University (2001). While at Fordham, he was recog-

nized for his contributions to the Athletic Department and Community Service program. He graduated from St.

Ignatius High School in Cleveland in 1997.

Chris resides in Berea with his wife Johanna, and two daughters, Emma and Victoria, who attend St.

Mary School.

St. Mary Church 250 Kraft Street

Berea, OH 44017 www.stmaryberea.org

Chris Garr

JoHanna Garr Johanna Garr, originally from Connecticut, met Chris at Fordham University where they recog-

nized their mutual passion for faith, family and education. Daughters Emma and Victoria attend

St. Mary School and are actively involved in CYO Sports among other faith, education and spiri-

tual activities.

Over the last few years, their family began increasing their involvement at St. Mary, Emma as a

server, Chris as a lector and Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion and involved in the Ath-

letic Commission of St. Mary. Chris is Commission President and Johanna is the Athletic Director.

Johanna joins the St, Mary Staff as Parish Catechetical Administrator of the Parish Faith Formation

Programs and Sacramental Preparation Programs.

Johanna is a licensed and certified Counselor and School Psychologist and is excited to share her vast

experiences with the parish youth in every endeavor.

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.