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

Mrs. Angela Kovic, Music Director

Parish Support Staff

Mrs. Diana Lipfird, Homebound Coordinator

Mr. John Mastandrea, Adult Faith and Education Coordinator

Mrs. Johanna Garr, 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.

Saint Mary Parish

250 Kraft Street, Berea, Ohio 44017-1499

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

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 4, 2019

oops! And YES, it’s the same clipart pic-

ture from last week. Someone (and that means me) got a little ahead of myself and plopped the 18th Sunday clipart pic-ture onto the 17th Sunday Pastor Column. And so it happens! The clipart picture WORKS for both weekends, as the Gospels are always about Jesus TEACHING and like last week, about prayer, and this weekend about our priorities. Where do you place your priorities? That’s a really BIG question for all of us.

What I have come to know is that our priorities in life DO CHANGE and more concretely NEED to change (read that as adapt, develop, improve, mature) as our life in Christ and our relationship with Christ grows. What WAS important THEN, may not be important NOW. And to borrow a Mat-thew parable of the sower and the seed, the image of that seed planted on shallow ground, rocky ground, pathways and on good ground; pairs well with our NEED to CHANGE – to CULTIVATE the seed planted in the good ground and NOT the “other stuff” that Matthew hints at as rocky, shallow and pathway ground. For the Lukan analogy, bigger barns are NOT the answer. But BIGGER hearts that place all and every-thing in and on Christ

and in Him IS the an-swer.

So, where do you place your priorities?

And then TEN DAYS after that St. Mary School begins for

the 2019-2020 School Year. Yes, Wednesday August 28th is THE DAY and with big smiles and uniforms neatly pressed, 247

students will walk through the main doors to greet one another as they move into their new level classrooms! Teachers are already busy preparing their rooms and lesson plans and with THANKS to those who supported our School Fundraiser, students in Grade 4 through 8 will have their own Chromebook for educational use! It’s going to be a Great Year!

TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE PARISH PICNIC! Did you sign up to help? Are you baking some goodies?

Are you putting together a “door prize” basket?

This year’s PICNIC is gonna be the BEST ONE YET – because of

YOU!

SUNDAY – AUGUST 18th, 12:30 – 3:00pm

Weekend of August 4 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 pm Richard L. Trindle Family 7:30 am For The People of St. Mary 9:30 am Maria Zema Cons Templeman 11:30 am Alan & Mary Paulson Daughter

Monday August 5 Weekday Nm 11:4b-15 / Mt 14:13-21 (407)

9:00 am Kathleen Barendt Barendt Family

Tuesday August 6 The Transfiguration of the Lord Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 / 2 Pt 1:16-19 / Lk 9:28b-36 (614)

9:00 am Jim Carney Wife Wednesday August 7 Weekday Nm 13:1-2, 25– 14:1, 26-29a, 34-35 / Mt 15:21-28 (409)

9:00 am Laverne Woytek Paris Family Thursday August 8 Saint Dominic, Priest Nm 20:1-13 / Mt 16:13-23 (410)

9:00 am Deceased Members of O’Sullivan Family Thery Family

Friday August 9 Weekday

Dt 4:32-40 / Mt 16:24-28 (411)

9:00 am Donald DelVecchio Family 6:00 pm Wedding Rehearsal

Saturday August 10 Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr

2 Cor 9:6-10 / Jn 12:24-26 (618)

1:00 pm Wedding: C Svancara/L Gilchrist 4:00 pm Tom Nicolay Friends

Sunday August 11 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 18:6-9 / Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 or 11:1-2, 8-12 / Lk 12:32-48 or 12:35-40 (117)

7:30 am For The People of St. Mary 9:30 am John Garred Family

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

Collection for the week of 7/28/19: $10,775.50

Thank You for ALL the support you give St. Mary.

Weekend Collection

Please remember in prayer all who are ill or homebound, especially the following:

Jackie Ayala Maggie Armstrong Donna Baker Mary Anne Bialosky Charles Rita Cifani Carissa Collins William Conroy Candy Corbett Pat Cosiano Doris Crist Jase Dean Elisabeth Denk Hilda Denk Owen Dumm Jim Duncan Gerald Evans Bruce Ferraro Sharon Fisher Brian Follen Joan Foust Betty Glynn Barbara Goebl Geraldine Grant Nancy Grau

Howard Gross Katie Halley Betty Hardman Hanna Kessler Karen Kljun Louise Knapik Kathleen Kolach George Kraft Colleen Kubek Melanie Kuper Frances Leopold Beth Lindenmeier-Dickson Rob Lucas Karen M. Joseph McLaughlin Shem Miller Mike Nichols Leo Oblak Alicia Oblander Dan Olsen Ed Paschke Carol Rigal James Rollin Ruth Roth Mary Elizabeth Ryba Dean Scott Jim Sperk Guy Sperk

Bulletin Prayer List

Mother Teresa

“Christ, the Head of the Family”

Christ is the Head of this family, the silent

listener at every conversation, the unseen

guest at every meal.

Excerpted from: Love: A Fruit Always in Season Daily Medi-

tations by Mother Teresa (Ignatius Press 1987)

Family Perspective

“Much will be required of the person entrusted with much.”

We have been blessed with abundance. Yet, we are tempted

to want even more. A Christian family reaches out to oth-

ers. Pope Francis recommends experiencing “the happiness

of giving, the nobility and grandeur of spending ourselves

unstintingly, without asking to be repaid, purely for the

pleasure of giving and serving.” The joy of Love #94. How

are you and your family doing?

In Your Charity

In your charity, please remember the

repose of the soul of Marilyn Fortunato.

May she rest in eternal peace.

Wedding Banns

Christopher Svancara & Lindsay Gilchrist

August 10, 2019

Weekend of August 4th Saturday - 3:00pm - Church Confessions Sunday - 12:30pm - FJG Social Justice/Social Concerns Speaker: Bridge School

Monday, August 5th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 7:00pm - Chapel Rosary

Tuesday, August 6th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary

Wednesday, August 7th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary

Thursday, August 8th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 12:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Tri-City Seniors Pinochle Club

Friday, August 9th Saturday, August 10th 11:00am - FJG YETI Summer Retreat 3:00pm - Church Confessions

Sunday, August 11th

Parish Events

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

Warrant Officer 2, Scott Dean—Syria

Sgt. Justin P. Gertsma—USMC, Afghanistan

2nd Class Pvt. Stefan C. Golier—Army, Fort Stewart, GA

SPC Carl Heitz, Army Reserves, Kuwait

1 Lt David J Laubert - US Army 101 ABN Divarty (USA)

Major Theresa M. (Ponstingle) Livingston—Dobbins Air Force Base

Major Leonard J. Livingston, Dobbins Air Force Base

Master Sargent 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

Master Sargent, Joshua Stark, OSAN Airbase, South Korea MA2 Gary L. Stephen—US Navy

LCDR Thomas A. Stephen—US Navy

Airman Todd Vlk - Avionics Technician, Special Projects Patrol Squadron

2 Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Sgt. Sean M. Walters—US Army Green Berets

Elaine Wisnieski—U.S. Air Force

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Cpl. Brad D. Squires—KIA in Iraq, June 9, 2005

May God bless and keep these brave men and women safely in His care!

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.

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

AUGUST and would like your names listed in the bulletin,

please call the parish office (440) 243-3877 or email

jabraham1@stmaryberea.org

Filmer & Sharon Beringuel

July 29th - 13 years

Bernard & Dorothy Canepari

August 16th - 50 years

Steve & Eve Hollender

August 27th - 42 years

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY UPDATE

We are ready to get started & need your HELP!

Sign-up’s are now open - Please consider help-

ing in the following areas:

On-site Worker

Food & Refreshments

Prayer Support

WORKING DATES for CONSTRUCTION:

Thursday, September 5th

Saturday, September 7th

Saturday, September 28th

9:00am - 3:00pm

You can sign-up at:

www.signupgenius.com/findasignup

and enter the following email address as the crea-

tor: deanna@meehanslawnservice.com

If you have any questions, please email Deanna

If you would like to give electronically, visit our

website at: www.stmaryberea.org

Click on the VANCO Link to get started!

Music Ministry & Liturgy Notes

By Angela Kovic

Director of Music and Liturgy

ACCOMPLISHED

What do you think about when deciding if you are suc-

cessful in life? Is it having a certain amount of money in

your savings account, or a big enough house? It’s easy to

get overwhelmed and bogged down by how much stuff

we have in life! This weekend’s readings remind us that

for all of the material things we have gained throughout

our earthly life, none of it will be coming with us to

heaven! Our memories and bonds that we made along the

way, the faith that we grew? Those things will continue

on. I have chosen a beautiful and delicate preparation

hymn by well known composer Dan Schutte (who also

City of God and Here I Am, Lord) entitled ‘These Alone

Are Enough.” All we need is God; our lives will be suc-

cessful with what we make with the gifts he has given to

us!

If you are at church on Saturday, I will be away in Pitts-

burg for a friend’s bridal shower! Our guitarist Pat and

cantor Kathy will do a fine job leading the music while I

am gone. I’ll be back for Sunday!

Traditional Choir is off for the rest of the summer. If you

are interested in participating in choir, cantoring, or play-

ing an instrument during mass, please call or see Mrs.

Ministry Schedules Nineteenth Sunday - August 11th

Mass Lector Cantor Extraordinary Ministers Servers 4:00pm D Canepari M Columbro (H) K Dorsey, C Garr, M Feigi J Duane (C) A Beatty, D Beatty, I Zjaba J Haas, D Vlk

7:30am D Reeves (H) P Flandera, Deacon Tom, D Lipfird J Waters (C) F Sliwa, K Zanotti, R Hook J Mastandrea, A Mastandrea

9:30am T Morgan M Schafer (H) B Draves, D Grospitch, M A Deimling J Draves (C) C Pacer, P Pacer, J Hupp Deacon Tom, B Cully

11:30am R Davenport S Ward (C) P Harris, M McGinty, P Hultquist, G Abraham P Hickey, D Hickey, S Abraham

Join Coffee, Tea and Thee for a 12-week study in the Fr.

Garrity center on Sundays at 12:30pm beginning on

September 8th - November 24th. A limited amount of

study books are available (but not required) at a reduced

cost of $10.00. Contact Janel Abraham at the Rectory Of-

fice ( (440) 243-3877 ) if you would like to pick up a

copy of the book.

This 5-star rated study program will take you on a com-

prehensive Journey through Scripture. By reading the Bi-

ble from the heart of the Church, and engaging both the

Old and New Testaments, and how they work together.

It’s grounded in history, yet actively engages topics faced

by today’s Catholic. More than just an ordinary Bible

study, it’s biblical catechesis.

The Bible and the Virgin Mary is a dynamic twelve-part

video series that beautifully explains the Catholic truths

about Our Lady, showing how she has been a part of

Gods plan to bring salvation to the world since the begin-

ning of time.

Contact with interest/questions:

Amanda Mazi at amazi@stmaryberea.org

Eucharistic Ministers NEEDED: Have you ever thought about serving as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy

Communion? This ministry needs YOU! EM’s assist during Mass by distributing Holy Communion and The Blood of

Christ. Seven EM's are scheduled for each Mass, 3 for Holy Communion, and 4 for the Blood of Christ. Ministers usu-

ally serve one to two Masses per month based on availability and Mass preference.

Ministers must be certified and classes are held throughout the year at different parishes around the region. Please

contact St. Mary's Parish office to attend a class in late September and throughout October. These sessions fill up

quickly. For more information or sign up for a session, please contact the parish office.

If you have any questions about this ministry, please contact Fr. John, Fr. Mike or Deacon Tom.

“24 Hours of GOoD” - YETI Summer Retreat & Overnight

Saturday - August 10, 2019 11:00am through Sunday - August 11, 2019 11:00am

Spiritual, Social and Service Oriented for teens in grades 7 - 12. We will be tent camping “under

the stars” on the Church grounds. Activities include team building, a service project, spiritual reflection and 9:30am

Mass on Sunday morning. Interested? Contact Chris Garr at: cgarr@stmaryberea.org

YETI - Summer Retreat

Christmas in July was a great success because

so many participated. So THANK YOU to:

All who brought items to be donated, do-

nated cash, worked the truck, helped at the

party on Saturday and all who joined the fun

by eating a Christmas cookie after Mass! We donated over

45 boxes of goods, 12 oversized packages of paper products

and $510 in cash donations! By the way, did you notice that

the truck did NOT say “Church Street Ministries”? The truck

used was borrowed because Church Street Ministries truck

needs a new starter. Your well timed generosity will be put

to good use.

Berea Summer Lunch Program: Thank You to all our Volun-

teers, who teamed up the week of July 15th to make sure

that no child or teen goes hungry over the summer months.

More than 40 volunteers gathered each day to make & dis-

tribute lunches - thanks to all the parishioners that donated

food items or a financial contribution.

The City of Berea needs volunteer drivers for our

Dinner to Your Door program, which serves sen-

iors, disabled and shut in residents well-balanced

dinners. We have 40 residents of Berea, Brook

Park and Middleburg Heights who receive these

meals on a daily/weekly basis. The meals are pro-

vided by Catering on Call and delivered to Berea

Community Outreach (Smith Elementary School,

535 Wyleswood Drive) on Mondays, Wednesdays

and Fridays. Volunteers can pick up the meals by

2:00pm and drop them off at the residents home.

The routes have about five deliveries, depending

on the area, and usually take less than 45 minutes

to complete. Please contact Natalie Guzzo at

Berea Community Outreach (440) 826-4891 or

bco@cityofberea.org if you are interested in volun-

teering.

Looking for Volunteers...