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 Max Cole, Parochial Vicar 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. Rhonda Johnson 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 165 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.
Monday February 5 Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13 / Mk 6:53-56 (329) 9:00 am Judy Rossi Judy Dunbrock & Fay Sliwa Tuesday February 6 Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30 / Mk 7:1-13 (330) 9:00 am Sean Welch Family Wednesday February 7 Weekday 1 Kgs 10:1-10 / Mk 7:14-23 (331) 9:00 am Dick Hultquist Special Intention Thursday February 8 Weekday 1 Kgs 11:4-13 / Mk 7:24-30 (332) 9:00 am Kathleen Rippin Special Intention Friday February 9 Weekday 1 Kgs 11:29-32, 12:19 / Mk 7:31-37 (333) 9:00 am Isabel Malloy Jim & Louise Knapik
Saturday February 10 Saint Scholastica, Virgin 1 Kgs 12:26-32 / 13:33-34 / Mk 8:1-10 (334) 4:00 pm For All Parishioners Living and Deceased Sunday February 11 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lv 13:1-2, 44-46 / 1 Cor 10:31-11:1 / Mk 1:40-45 (77) 7:30 am For All Parishioners Living and Deceased 9:30 am Diamond & Carney Families Jim & Atoinette 11:30 pm Gladys Clemons Savannah Clemons
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 [email protected]. 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.
Please remember in prayer all who are ill or homebound, especially the following:
Jackie Ayala Maggie Armstrong Donna Baker Mary Anne Bialosky William Conroy Chris Copenhaver Melanie Couper Owen Dumm Jim Duncan Chuck Duncan Michael Figlar Brian Follen Joan Foust Carol Furnadel Betty Glynn Gerry Grant Wayne Goforth
Katie Halley Betty Hardman Mark Hill Hanna Kessler Karen Kljun Jim & Louise Knapik Don Kovach Les Lindenmeier Rob Lucas Karen M. Joseph McLaughlin Shem Miller Tom Nicolay Frank Novak Leo Oblak Ed Paschke James Rollin Mary Elizabeth Ryba John Serrao Jeanine Surma Chester Talarczyk
Bulletin Prayer List
In Your Charity
In your charity, please remember the
repose of the souls of Dick Hultquist,
Lydia McMillan, and Agnes Bucciere.
May they rest in eternal peace.
Mass Intentions for 2018
The Mass Intention Book for 2018 is open
for your Intentions.
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 accommodate your requests.
Communion Distribution
During the winter months of January, Feb-
ruary and March, Communion will be dis-
tributed under one species, that of the Body
of Christ. We will suspend the distribution
of the Blood of Christ as a precaution dur-
ing the flu season. Thank you for your understanding.
The gifts of Bread and Wine offered at Sunday Mass
become the very Body and Blood of Christ. It is a joy to
present these gifts to the Priest as a sign and symbol of the
gifts the community offers – that of
their mind, heart and spirit.
We would like to ENCOUR-
AGE the FAMILY of those for whom
the Mass is being offered to PRESENT
the gifts, after the collection has been taken up.
PLEASE, make yourself KNOWN to the Usher well
before Mass begins, so that due honor of your loved ones can
Monday, February 5 7:15pm - Chapel Rosary Tuesday, February 6 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 11:00am - Chapel Bible Study 12:30pm - Chapel Quiet Prayer 5:30pm - Church Youth Choir 7:30pm - Church Traditional Choir
Wednesday, February 7 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 7:30pm - FJG Mtg Rm Who Am I to Judge Series 7:00pm - Chapel Liturgy of the Hours
Thursday, February 8 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 12:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Pinochle Club 7:15pm - FJG Mtg Rm That Man Is You (TMIY) Friday, February 9 Saturday, February 10 3:00pm - Church Confessions
Sunday, February 11 12:30pm - SMS Gym Early Childhood Family Faith Fun Event 7:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Outreach Committee Mtg
Parish Events
Collection for 1/28/18: 13,184.00 Thank you!
Weekend Collection
Please Remember Our Military In Prayer & With Gratitude
SSgt. Jeffrey R. Anzalone—USAF, Hurlburt Field, FL
Private 1st Class Nicholas Cozzarin—US Army, Ft. Hood, TX ; Iraq
Chief Warrant Officer Scott Dean—Afghanistan
Spec. Hanna M. Geiger, US Army
Sgt. Justin P. Gertsma—USMC, Afghanistan
Major Theresa M. (Ponstingle) Livingston—Dobbins Air Force Base
Major Leonard J. Livingston, Dobbins Air Force Base
TSGT Zachary McLeish, USAF 76 APS Youngstown Ohio Captain Frank P. Mercurio, Jr.—Ellsworth AFB, SD
Staff Sgt. Stefen Neuwar—Ft. Belvoir, VA
Sr. Airman Anthony J. Phillipp—USAF, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ MA2 Gary L. Stephen—US Navy
Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Sgt. Sean M. Walters—US Army Green Berets
* * * * * * * * * * * * * Cpl. Brad D. Squires—KIA in Iraq, June 9, 2005
May God bless and keep
Note: please keep the office informed of changes to this list, or if you
have a picture for the board in the Mother Teresa Vestibule.
“Pray while you work”
You should spend at least half an hour in
the morning and an hour at night in
prayer. You can pray while you work.
Work doesn’t stop prayer, and prayer
doesn’t stop work. It requires only that
small raising of mind to Him “I love You,
God, I trust You, I believe in You, I need
You now.” Small thinks like that. They
are wonderful prayers.
Excerpted from: Love: A Fruit Always in Season Daily Meditations by Mother
Teresa (Ignatius Press 1987)
Mother Teresa
Family Perspective
Today’s gospel shows us how Jesus modeled the
Rhythm of work and prayer. Jesus knew that this time
of “retreat” was necessary if He was to minister to the
needs of others. How true this model of prayer is for
married couples. Couples who regularly pray together
report having happier, stronger marriages and are bet-
ter able to meet their parenting and work responsibili-
ties. How do you pray as a couple?
Anniversary Wishes
If you will be having a wedding anniversary in the month of February and would like your names listed in the bulletin, please call the parish office (440) 243-3877 or email [email protected]
Gerald & Joan Foust February 1st - 60 years
Richard & Kathy Wesbecher February 1st - 49 years John & Janice Goetz
February 23rd - 61 years
Please join us in supporting the
Cleveland Pregnancy Center
through the “Loose Change For Life Campaign”
Please take a baby bottle or envelope and
fill it with coins, bills or a check to assist this
This weekend’s readings are all about the healing power
of God. Here on earth, we are restless as we wait for
him to soothe our human weaknesses. God is always
here, giving us freely his grace for us in our physical,
emotional, and spiritual needs. Music can also be a
source of healing. There is actually an scientifically
studied and evidence-based form of medical practice
called Music Therapy that is used to help emotional and
neurological needs to further help the patient. This type
of music needs a degree to be considered clinical, but
we can find our own solace in music in our own situa-
tions.
Have you ever been stressed out, and felt better after
listening to one of your favorite sacred songs? God has
given us the gift of music to delight and rehabilitate all
who are there to listen. There’s a reason that I pick such
specific hymns for each week! Take care to resonate
with the lyrics of the music you sing as well as you con-
nect with the scripture in the Bible.
Choir Rehearsal Schedules: Traditional Choir meets to
rehearse on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm. Youth Choir
also rehearses on Tuesdays at 5.30pm. If you are inter-
ested in participating in any of these choirs, cantoring,
or playing an instrument during mass, please call or see
Ms. Angela Kovacs after mass up in the loft. The Music
Ministry office number is 440.243.3877 ext 27.
Mass Lector Cantor Extraordinary Ministers Servers 4pm J Henry S Ward (H) A Beatty, D Beatty, M Olsen C Beatty D Goss M Urbancic 7:30am K Dorsey (H) V Dober, M Dober, A Carner J Dober M Dober J Dober 9:30am G Irvin M Reid (H) K Laneve, R Laneve, P Pacer M Laneve Deacon Tom A Kulwicki R Hook 11:30am C Rose J Schwarz (H) S Clemons, J Bajc, M E Nichols S Clemons Deacon Tom M Waters J Waters
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Weekend of February 11th
Ministry Schedules
Bible Study & Faith Sharing
Bible Study will meet on Tuesday from 11:00am– 12:00pm in
the chapel to continue our study of Ecclesiastes. We will stay
with Ecclesiastes until Ash Wednesday when we will begin
using a Lenten reflection book. If you would like to join us for
the six weeks of Lent, we do have a limited number of extra
books available. Please call Barbara through the parish office
and leave a message on her voice mail. Bring your Bible and
join us to see if the Lord might have a message for you.
Quiet Prayer
Quiet prayer will meet on Tuesday at 12:30pm in the chapel
for simple quiet prayer. Come and make use of this opportu-
nity to experience this way of praying without words.
12 Step Spirituality
** 12 step will not meet until after Easter.
The 2018 Catholic Charities Annual Appeal will take place
next weekend in our parish. Please refer to the insert in this
week’s bulletin which includes our parish’s goal and an
overview of the importance of Catholic Charities in our
communities. This year’s appeal theme is
Your Mercy: Transforming Lives and Communities
Your generous support will transform the lives of others, to
offer dignity, possibilities and companionship to those who
are most vulnerable.
We invite you to view the stories of inspiration and more
To find all the upcoming activities for both PSR and Sacramental Prepa-ration join us at our parish website (www.stmaryberea.org)
PSR
Calendar of Events
2/05/2018 – 6:45pm – St. Mary School - PSR in Session 2/12/2018 - 6:45pm – St. Mary School – PSR in Session 2/16/2018 - 5:00pm – Fr. Garrity Center – Confirmation “Social” Event 2/18/2018 – 10:30am – Fr. Garrity Center – First Sacraments Session #5
- 6:00pm – Fr. Garrity Center – Confirmation Session #5 2/19/2018 – NO PSR (Presidents’ Day) 2/23/2018 – 5:00pm – Fr. Garrity Center – Confirmation “Social” Event 2/26/2018 - 6:45pm – St. Mary School – PSR in Session 3/02/2018 - 5:00pm - Fr. Garrity Center – Confirmation “Social” Event 3/05/2018 – 6:45pm – St. Mary School – PSR in Session 3/09/2018 – 5:00pm – Fr. Garrity Center – Confirmation “Social” Event - 7:00pm – St. Mary Church – Confirmation “Spiritual” Event 3/12/2018 – 6:45pm – St. Mary School - PSR in Session 3/18/2018 – 10:30am – Fr. Garrity Center – First Sacraments Session #6
- 6:00pm – Fr. Garrity Center – Confirmation Session #6 3/19/2018 – 6:45pm – St. Mary School - PSR in Session 3/26/2018 – NO PSR (Spring Break) 4/02/2018 – NO PSR (Easter Holiday)
Sacramental Preparation
Calendar of Events
February 16, 2018 - 5:00pm – Confirmation “Social” Event February 18, 2018 - 9:30am – Sacramental Sunday Mass - 10:30am - First Sacraments Session 5 - 6:00pm - Confirmation Session 5 February 23, 2018 - 5:00pm – Confirmation “Social” Event March 2, 2018 - 5:00pm – Confirmation “Social” Event March 9, 2018 - 5:00pm – Confirmation “Social” Event - 7:00pm – Confirmation “Spiritual” Event March 16, 2018 - 5:00pm – Confirmation “Social” Event March 18, 2018 - 9:30am – Sacramental Sunday Mass - 10:30am - First Sacraments Session 6 - 6:00pm - Confirmation Session 6 May 6, 2018 - 11:30am First Holy Communion May 12, 2018 - 4:00pm Confirmation
“Sacramental Sunday” Our next Sacramental Sunday is today, February 18th at the 9:30am Mass. Greeters should meet in the Resurrection Chapel at 8:45am for your door assignment.
Discipleship Events February 16th - Confirmation Service “Social” Event (Fr. Garrity Center) Parish Fish Fry; Candidates will be expected to help setup, guide, control and cleanup area; this event is expected to end by 8:00am.
February 18th – First Sacraments Holy Eucharist Session #2 – “SPIRITUAL” event; Candidates will be able to support this session by helping setup, support and cleanup of this session. The session will end at 12:00pm.
February 23rd - Confirmation Service “Social” Event (Fr. Garrity Center) Parish Fish Fry; Candidates will be expected to help setup, guide, control and cleanup area; this event is expected to end by 8:00am.
March 2nd - Confirmation Service “Social” Event (Fr. Garrity Center) Parish Fish Fry; Candidates will be expected to help setup, guide, control and cleanup area; this event is expected to end by 8:00am.
For the complete schedule of events and activities for Confirmation a/or First Sacraments go to … http://www.stmaryberea.org/sacramental-prep
St. Mary Catholic School News Corner
Educating the Mind, Nurturing the Soul
Mr. Andrew J. Carner, Principal
We were very fortunate this past Sunday to be blessed
with a beautiful winter day for our Annual Open House. We
would like to thank all of the parishioners, current and new
families that took time to stop in to tour the school, talk with
the school Administrators, and meet with the classroom
teachers. If you happened to miss our Open House, and
would like to see first-hand what’s happening at St. Mary
School, please call 440.243.4555, to arrange a personal tour.
Recently the Seventh and Eighth grade students worked
for weeks on their Science Fair projects. Under the direction
of Mrs. Smith, the students were introduced to, and now
have an understanding of the Scientific Process. This con-
cept is a major part of their Science curriculum. Congratula-
tions to the following winners of the 2018 Science Fair:
Grade 7: 1st Place: Carter Snyder – “Re-Think What you
Drink”, 2nd Place: Anderson Soltis – “What is the Fastest
Way to Cool Soda?”, 3rd Place: Charles Miller – “Beating
the Bloat” & Honorable Mention: Lorelei Hack – The Ex-
ploration of the Transportation of Pigmentation.
Grade 8: 1st Place: Claire Geither – Cantenna Be the
One?, 2nd Place: Haley Gunn – Way to Glow, 3rd Place:
Allison Smith – Laundry and Honorable Mention: Antonio
Morini – Wanna C Some Vitamin C?
Congratulations to everyone; the Science Fair judges were
extremely impressed by the work all of you put into your
projects!
We are very excited to announce our Discovery Hall Grant
Writing team was one of 134 Rooted In Faith grant applica-
tions received at the Cleveland Diocese and our “team” was
awarded $10,000.00 for our STEAM Learning Program.
The amount of time that was spent on writing this grant was
astronomical. St. Mary School faculty, students, and staff
are very grateful to Mr. Carner, Mrs. Virginia Dober, Mrs.
Debbie Barendt, Mrs. Shannon Reinstatler, Mrs. Merri Jo
Meehan, Mrs. Nancy Kaesgen, Mrs. Mary Beth Hennessy
and Mrs. Lealynd Tuskan, our Teacher Academy Coach, for
the many hours spent on collaborating, gathering information
and writing this grant. The funds awarded will be put to
good use for the SMS students!
Important Dates to Remember:
2/6/18 - Student Council Mtg. / 8:00a.m. “ “ “ Ripcho Studios @ SMS photograph –8th Grade & DRAMA Club
“ “ “ Sewing Club / 3:30p.m.
2/7/18 - Band Practice / 3:30p.m. “ “ “ Twinkle Twinkle Concert / 7:00p.m. – School Gym
2/8/18 - SMS Guardian Angels Prayer Group Meet / 1:30p.m.
