Parochial Vicar: Fr. Peter T. Kovacina Deacon: Rev. Mr. Gerard Blanda DRE/Pastoral Minister: Mr. Randy Harris, M.R.E
Pastoral Minister: Sr. Roberta Goebel, OSU
Principal: Mr. Patrick Klimkewicz Parish Secretary: Mrs. Joyce Fanous Music Minister: Mrs. Nancy Tabar
Parish Directory Parish Address: 6750 State Road! Parma, Ohio 44134
Parish Office: (440) 842-2666
Religious Education: (440) 845-4470
Parish Office Hours: Mon - Thurs 9:00am-7:00pm
Friday 9:00am-4:00pm
Parish Website: stanthonypaduaparma.org
School Directory School Office: (440) 845-3444
School Website: stanthonyofpaduaschool.org
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH PARMA, OH
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, Labor Day.
9:00AM For People of the Parish (living & deceased)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
7:00AM Eva Thomas
8:00AM Andrea Kolo
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
7:00AM Michael Rodkey 8:00AM George & Joyce Macko
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
7:00AM Leona Grad
8:00AM Ed & Theresa Tutie
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
7:00AM Gaetano Spina
8:00AM Betty Cehlar
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, St. Peter Claver, Priest.
1:00PM Imbrogno / Thomas Wedding
4:30PM Ron Klusak
6:00PM Michael Pacak
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, Twenty-Third Sunday in
Ordinary Time.
8:00AM Harry Thom
10:00AM For People of the Parish (living & deceased)
12:00PM Lucy & Mathew Migliore
Please Pray For: Martha Ashton, Ed & Helen Bartkiewicz, John Baraona, Irene Bednar, Maxine Cerny, Raymond Chmielecki,
Joe & Marcia Demko, Gary DiRosa, Ray Dmytriw, Margaret
Double, Norbert Erker, Rita Fecek, Greg Findura, Anne Kilbane-
Friedl, Sandra Friedl, Frances Funtek, Sam Gappa, Josephine Gaul,
Robert Gielski, John Gladden, Frank Gumina, Rose Marie Hewitt,
Ron Hicks, Celeste Hurley, Marian Jarabek, Colleen Jarvis, Millie
Jasany, Janet Johnson, Pat Jones, Betty Kilbane, Donald Kotarsky,
Cynthia Kufleitner, Karen Kulju, Andrea Lagzdins, Dorothy
Laquatra, William Laskey, Margaret Lewandowski, Michael
Lieske, Corinne Lipinski, Elizabeth Madar, Thomas Madej, Edward
& Josephine Maskulka, Lenore Masterson, Claudia & Russell
Mazanec, Peyton McCarthy, Rosemarie Medvin, John Metzger,
Dorothy Nagy, Jane Najlepszy, Mary Niec, Rose Nosse, Dora
Oney, Agnes Padar, Ed Perko, Timothy Petro, Carrie Piechowski,
Deanna Pisano, Nicholas J. Precario, Mary Jane & Nick Precario,
Jan Ravas, Christopher Reeves, Leigh-Ann Revay, Vinny Ruvo,
Frances Rymut, Mary Sabo, Lorraine Schmidt, Robert & Teresa
Setele, Margaret Sheridan, Joe Skerl, Helen Smith, Joan Smyke,
Doug Stos, Sylvia Stibley, Diane Straub, Phyllis Tomaselli, Alice
Tucker, Loretta Vacca, Annie Vorndran, Beverly Von Alt, Cathy
Yappel, Andrew Yaronczyk, Christopher Yurko, Amanda
Zmecek.
Baptized on Sunday, August 27, 2017:
Gracelyn Elizabeth Brickel
Wedding Banns BANNS III Michael Imbrogno & Melinda Thomas
BANNS II Nicole May & Jeffery Rath
BANNS I Caroline Hearn & Zachary Bryant
SUNDAY THOUGHT
Matthew 16:21-27
Christians can never say they weren’t warned. Once
again Jesus in today’s Gospel reminds us that it will be
costly to follow Him. “If you want to be my disciple,
you must first of all deny yourself, take up your cross
and follow me. For the one who loses his life will find,
while the one who seeks to save his life in this world
will lose it.” We all know that there is a difference
between truly living and just existing. To just exist, all
you need to have is a bit of food and drink and the
power to keep breathing. While it looks like you are
alive, in a much deeper sense, you are just taking up
space. This is not the way God intends us to be. God
wants us to be fully alive. And to do so means that we
are alive in His Son, Jesus Christ. To achieve this
fullness of life, we must first of all put aside the
attitudes and values of the world and take on the heart
and mind of Christ. Our old self, alienated from God,
will fight this transformation tooth and nail. And like
our first birth into natural life, our rebirth into Christ’s
own life will not come about without its own share of
pain. The crossing over from our natural life in order to
live our new supernatural life in Jesus Christ will only
be accomplished by our taking up the daily struggle of
living the Gospel. With the help of Jesus, we pray that
this Way of the Cross will safely lead us home to
heaven.
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Contribution for Weekend August 26/27, 2017:
Total Offering : $13,624.00
Sunday Collection: $9,971.00
Faith Direct: $3,653.00
Poor Box: $136.00
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 3, 2017
CELEBRATING THE SAINTS
Saint John Joseph of the Cross, Priest (1654-1739)
Carlo Gaetano Calosirto was born on August 15, 1654
on the island of Ischia off the coast of Naples, Italy.
He entered the Order of Friars Minor in Naples before
he turned sixteen and assumed the religious name of
“John Joseph of the Cross”. He was the first Italian to
follow the reform movement of Saint Peter of
Alcantara. In 1674, he was sent to found a convent of
for the Alcantarine Reformed Friars in Piedmont and
as an act of humility assisted in the actual construction
of the friary. He was ordained to the priesthood, much
against his will, and as the superior of his community
performed the lowliest tasks. In 1702 because of tensions between the
Spanish and Italian reformed friars, the Italian
convents were formed into a separate province. Saint
John Joseph of the Cross was appointed as the Vicar
Provincial of the Alcantarine Reform in the Italian
peninsula. As the superior he ordered that no beggar
should be dismissed from the convent gate without
some form of relief: in times of need he devoted to
their necessities his own portion of food and even that
of the convent he lived at. When he trekked across the
mainland as the provincial he would not make himself
known at the inns where he lodged because he disliked
distinction and did not believe such should be paid to
him. Upon his retirement, Saint John Joseph of the
Cross dedicated himself to spiritual direction, notably
guiding the future saint, Saint Mary Frances of the
Five Wounds. Those who knew him reported his many
extraordinary graces: a healing power, levitation,
prophecy. He died at eighty, after much physical
suffering, as he gazed on an image of the Blessed
Mother. Saint John Joseph was entombed in the
Franciscan Church of Santa Lucia al Monte in Naples
also containing the body of Saint Mary Frances of the
Five Wounds. His feast day is celebrated on March
5th.
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Monday of this week, September 4th,
is Labor Day. Mass for the day will
be concelebrated at 9:00 a.m. The
Parish Office will closed and will
resume regular hours on Tuesday,
September 5th.
50+ SOCIAL CLUB
St. Anthony's 50+ Social Club will have our meeting on Thursday, September 7, 2017 in the Hospitality Room of the church. All 50+ers are welcome. The meeting will start at noon with the Rosary and then we will enjoy some pastry, coffee, or tea. We play bingo for $1 a card with all money collected given out as prize money, join other players for a game of Pinnacle cards, or just enjoy the camaraderie with fellow social club members. We hope to see you there!
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION (ADULTS) The Sacraments help us to live the Christian life. If you are an adult and have never received this Sacrament, contact Fr. Peter at the rectory or by email [email protected].
NOW YOU KNOW –
The St. Anthony’s Ladies Guild is an organization open to all ladies of the parish. We meet once a month from September through June. Each meeting includes a fun/educational program and refreshments and our yearly dues are only $10. Our first meeting will be Tuesday, September 12 at 7:00 PM in the Hospitality Room with an ice-cream social! Some of our other programs planned for this year include speakers on technology & social media and women of aviation & space. Events include Fall flower arranging, our Christmas Mass and dinner, a Lenten program, May crowning, a potluck dinner and more. Fund raisers are also an important part of the Ladies Guild. Our Bake Sales, the Our Town Book sales and Valentine’s Raffle have supported the purchase of vestments for the priests and deacon, supplies for our volunteer church cleaners, mulch and flowers for around the Church and more. We invite you to join in as many activities/meetings as you would like. You just may find it an enjoyable evening and look forward to coming back.
RCIA CORNER If you know someone who is interested in becoming
Roman Catholic, RCIA begins in September. Contact the rectory if you know of someone interested in
joining the Catholic Church.
SEMINARIAN OF THE WEEK Let’s promote vocations by praying for our
diocesan seminarians.
Please pray for Michael Petkosek.
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH PARMA, OHIO
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
7:00PM Knights of Columbus Business Mtg. - SA
7:00PM Women’s Faith Book Study - HR/ch
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
12:00PM 50+ Social Club Meeting - HR
6:45PM Bingo - H
7:30PM Mixed Choir - CH
MYSTAGOGICAL MOMENTS
Mystagogy (mist-a-go-gee) is prayerful reflection on
the presence of God in the midst of events. Start your
conversation with God with this question:
(If you watch the Installation of Bishop Nelson Perez)
What about the event appealed to you? Why?
PARISH GROUP OF THE WEEK
Sunday Coffee and Donuts is a great way to show
hospitality to one another and to meet new people at
the parish. Coffee and donuts are available after the
8:00am and 10:00am Mass from September to April.
Volunteers are called upon two or three times a year to
help serve. Our Coffee and Donut ministry begins
September 17, 2017. To volunteer , please call the
rectory office. (440) 842-2666.
CONFIRMATION STUDENTS AND PARENTS
Confirmation Preparation classes begin September 24,
2017. Students will meet at the 10:00 a.m. Mass each
week, followed by classroom sessions. Please keep our
Confirmandi in your prayers as they prepare for
Confirmation on November 8, 2017.
AIDES AND VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR
2017-2018 PSR
We are in need of classroom aides, hall monitors and
parking lot monitors for the 2017-2018 PSR year. It is
a wonderful blessing to be part of a child’s faith
your time to be part of the PSR program. If interested,
please call Randy Harris at 440-842-2666.
PSR REMINDER
PSR classes begin Monday, September 11, 2017.
Classroom assignments will be posted in the church
gathering area this weekend September 2/3 and the
following weekend of September 9/10 .
WELCOME….. The Diocese of Cleveland will be
welcoming a new bishop, the Most
Rev. Nelson J. Perez, on Sept. 5, 2017.
There will be two special events at the
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in
downtown Cleveland to mark the
arrival of the diocese’s 11th bishop.
On Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4, vespers (evening
prayer) will take place at 5:30 p.m. The following day,
Tuesday, Sept. 5, Bishop Perez will be installed as the
Bishop of Cleveland during Mass beginning at
1:30 p.m. Because of limited seating at the cathedral,
both liturgies are by invitation-only and tickets are
required.
However, there will be several opportunities to
view vespers and the installation Mass. Both liturgies
will be streamed live online on a special website,
bishopperezinstallation.org, and on the diocesan
website, dioceseofcleveland.org, as well as on the
Diocese of Cleveland Facebook and You Tube pages.
The live stream of the vespers will begin at 5:25pm on
Monday, September 4. The live stream of installation
Mass will begin at 1:30pm on Tuesday, September 5.
Live television coverage of the installation Mass
will be offered on the EWTN nationwide cable
television network, beginning at 2 p.m. Sept. 5.
Spectrum Cable is also planning to carry the Mass on
Channel 1314. In addition, the CatholicTV cable
network and radio stations WCCR AM 1260, The
Rock, and WILB 1060, Living Bread Radio, will
broadcast the installation Mass.
Also, Cleveland.com and Ohio.com are expected to
stream the installation Mass. Local television stations
may carry the installation Mass on their websites, as
well. Check the stations’ websites for programming
details.
Visit bishopperezinstallation.org for the latest
details relating to the installation of Bishop Perez.
CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
CORNER
“I am not capable of doing big
things, but I want to do
everything, even the smallest
things, for the greater glory of
God.” — St. Dominic Savio
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TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 3, 2017
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POTLUCK AND A MOVIE
All women are invited to join the Women’s Faith Ministry on Sunday, October 1 from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Hospitality Room at St. Anthony for a potluck dinner followed by the
movie “War Room”. The movie focuses on a family who seemingly have it all. But as they go through tough times, a new friend helps them find happiness through prayer as they develop their own “War Room” where prayer and discernment lead to resolution. If you can, please bring something of your choice for the potluck dinner. Beverages, popcorn and paper products will be provided by WFM. Seating is limited so please RSVP by September 25 and leave your name, phone number and email address (if you have one) with the parish office at (440) 842-2666 or by sending it in an email to [email protected].
PRO-LIFE MINISTRY
St. Anthony Pro-Life Ministry will once again sponsor a Krispy-Kreme Doughnut sale fund raiser September 9/10 after all the Masses. All proceeds from the sale will go to organizations that help mothers to save babies from abortion. Cost of the doughnuts are $3.50 for 6 or $7.00 per dozen. Please support this important cause.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Our Bingo program is in need of volunteers to help as bingo callers, instant bingo ticket sellers and floor workers. You do not have to commit to working every week, just a few hours of your time even once a month will help. Details about the positions may be obtained by calling the rectory (440) 842-2666 and leaving your name and number for a representative from bingo to call you back, or stop by Bingo any Thursday in the lower level of the school and speak with Gerry. The Bingo program is a vital help in meeting our parish’s ever increasing financial obligations. Please consider giving us a hand.
WEEKLY MASS REMINDER
Sunday Mass is truly a special moment. When we
wear our “Sunday finest,” it reminds us of this
reality.
EVANGELIZATION TIP
Attach a bible passage or a quote from a saint at the
bottom of your emails. It is an easy way to share the
good news with everyone.
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH PARMA, OHIO
EMERGENCY COLLECTION FOR
HURRICANE HARVEY
The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland and diocese across
the country have been asked by the leadership of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to have
an emergency collection to assist the victims of
Hurricane Harvey. All of us have been following the
historic flooding in southeast Texas as Hurricane
Harvey has created an unprecedented and catastrophic
weather event of immense proportions. This
emergency collection will be used both to support the
humanitarian and recovery efforts of Catholic
Charities USA and to provide pastoral and rebuilding
support to impacted diocese through the USCCB. In
support of this major relief effort, St. Anthony will
have a special collection which will take place next
weekend, September 9-10, 2017. All checks should
be made payable to St. Anthony of Padua with the
memo line marked Emergency Collection for
Hurricane Harvey. Thank you.
SUNDAY PRESCHOOL
Parents of 3, 4, and 5 year olds, we are now taking
registrations for our Sunday preschool program.
Classes are held on Sunday mornings from 10:00 a.m.
to 11:00 a.m. in the school. Classes begin October 8,
2017. Registration forms are available at the rectory,
on the bookshelf in the gathering area in church and
online at www.stanthonypaduaparma.org. We are in
need of Classroom aides to help with the preschool
program. This is a perfect opportunity for High
School students that need service hours. If
interested in helping with this ministry, please call
Randy Harris at 440-842-2666.
HEY CATHOLIC! DID YOU KNOW…
Did you know that the Sacraments of Matrimony and
Holy Orders are called the Sacraments of Service?
Sacramental grace is given to live like Jesus for
others. Husbands and wives give their life for their
spouse and to their family. Bishops, priests, and
deacons give their life for the Church. Jesus says:
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s
life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13)
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