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TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME September 1, 2019 St. Monica St. Monica

13623 Rockside Road Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125

Parish Office: (216) 662-8685

fax: (216) 662-1245 website: saintmonicachurch.net

St. Benedict: (216) 662-9380 Early Learning Center

(216) 475-3633

OCFCU (216) 663-6800

MASSES: 7 days a week Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m.

and 10:45 a.m. Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m.

Catholic Church

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday 8:00 a.m.‒7:00 p.m.

Wednesday & Friday 8:00 a.m.‒4:00 p.m.

(Closed 12:30-1:30 p.m. for lunch)

Saturday 9:00 a.m.‒12:00 p.m.

PARISH CLERGY

Rev. Thomas A. Haren, Pastor Rev. Theodore Marszal,

Senior Parochial Vicar Rev. Jerome Lukachinsky, Retired, in Residence

Rev. Thomas G. Montavon, Retired, in Residence

Stan Drozell, Deacon

PASTORAL STAFF

Sister Helene Skrzyniarz SSJ-TOSF,

Parish Catechetical Leader srhelene@saintmonicachurch.net

Bob Soeder, Director of Liturgy and Music

Stan Jakosh, Business Mgr

Mrs. Sue Shepka, Office Mgr

Kathy Piggford, Pastoral Council Chairman

Kathy Wendling, Finance Council Chairman

BAPTISM: Please make arrangements in advance. Baptisms are performed on Sundays, immediately following the 10:45 a.m. Mass. Pre-Baptismal instruction is required for parents. Please call the Parish Office for time of next scheduled class.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA): Adults and school-age children seeking full membership in the Catholic Church through the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist can make an appt. to continue their conversion process by calling the Parish Office.

RECONCILIATION: Opportunities to celebrate God’s forgiveness in one’s life are available on Saturday afternoons from 3:15‒3:45 p.m. Individual appointments with a Priest can be arranged.

MATRIMONY: The Diocese of Cleveland requires a 6-month preparation period for marriage. Call the Parish Office to set your wedding date and plan your celebration.

CONFIRMATION: Any adult or high school student needing Confirmation, please call the Parish Office to schedule preparation.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Celebrated upon request. Call the Parish Office to make arrangements with one of our Priests.

NEW PARISHIONERS: Please call the Parish Office to register.

ST. BENEDICT CATHOLIC SCHOOL: Provides Catholic education for students K‒8. School hrs.: 8:00 a.m.‒2:30 p.m. Before & After Care available. Mrs. Lisa Oriti, School Principal

GROWING OUR FAITH: Lifelong faith formation centered in the events of Church life that promotes faith, growth, and understanding. All are invited. Meets once a month.

EUCHARIST FOR THE HOMEBOUND: Parish Team and Staff Members visit the homebound on a monthly basis. If you or someone you know is homebound and would like to receive communion, call the Parish Office.

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LITURGY SCHEDULE Monday –Friday 8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and Rosary

following 8:00 a.m. Mass

Sunday, September 1 TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

9:00 People of the Parish 10:45 Hank Brown

Monday, September 2 Weekday

8:00 Elsie Shipta

Tuesday, September 3 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church

8:00 David Nowicki & Ryan Matchison

Wednesday, September 4 Weekday

8:00 Richard Lenczewski

Thursday, September 5 Weekday

8:00 Harry J. Rimmel Jr.

Friday, September 6 Weekday

8:00 Living & Deceased of Nancy Potter Family

Saturday, September 7 Weekday

3:15 Confessions 4:00 Lawrence Eppele

Sunday, September 8 TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

9:00 People of the Parish 10:45 Caterina Restifo 2:30 Divine Mercy Holy Hour of Adoration

The following members of our Parish Community:

The Family of Betty Titus, Jean Maust, Bonita Pentek, JoAnn Murowsky, Lee Paluscsak, Neal Houston, Dolores Elias, Crystal, Kathleen Pucci, Wally Voyten,

Mike Walker, Linda Chaple, Gaylene Bielawski, Richard Frantz, Deborah Dowling, Bill Exton, Garry Wojciak, Bonnie Heidenreich, Louis Kapolka, Abby, Paulette Neptune, Lisa Bielawski, Baby Dreden Andrew, Loretta Langel, Meghan, Carol Weiss, Baby Odin, Roberta Virzi, Daria Melnyc, Jean Harter, Carol Bican, Scottie Rossell, Aubrey Rae, Patricia Zak, Eugene & Sue Glover, Mike Uyek, Joanne Reddinger, Thom Machar, Lois Mansour, Paul Melzer, John Rozmarynowski, Sarah Burket, Robin Buckley, Jim Trostle, Irene Burke, Bob Dorazewski, Karen Wheeler, Richard Movens, Taylor Serafine, Larry Piechowiak, Richard Rosberil.

If you have a special intention you would like remembered in prayer, please call

Lillian Neptune (216) 662-5464

HOLY NAME SOCIETY MONTHLY RAFFLE WINNERS

Ticket# 96 - Ticket# 278

Winner: Ted Eles - Wally Voyten

Seller: Ted Eles - Wally Voyten

Captain: Will Skladany - Bob Rafal

Stewardship Offertory Collections

Regular Offertory………………………….$ 5,520.00 St. Monica Fund……………………………$ 450.00 Childrens Envelopes……………………...$ 4.00

For: August 25, 2019

To help build an endowment fund, please

consider St. Monica Church in your will.

Religion Question of the Week Who are the Four Evangelists in the New Testament?

Did You Know? Did you know that there are only two Priests in the Diocese of Cleveland with the title of “Msgr” (Msgr. Robert Wolff and Msgr. Richard Antall)?

One Liner “Some people handle the truth carelessly; some people never handle it at all”.

Answer to the Religion Question of the Week located on page 5 of this bulletin

LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE October/November/December special request schedule needs to be turned in to the Parish Office no later than Monday, September 9th. Please note that this schedule will include the Christmas holiday, so please include your Mass preference on Christmas Eve /Christmas Day (4:00pm-6:00pm-Midnight-9:00am-10:45am)

ST. MONICA HOLY NAME SOCIETY Meeting and Installation Dinner on Tuesday, September 3rd, will take place at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 10806 Granger Road. Doors will open at 6:00pm and dinner will be served at 6:30pm. There will be a $5.00 charge for the dinner.

The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, September 2nd for the

Labor Day Holiday. The office will reopen on Tuesday,

September 3rd at 8:00 am.

COMING THIS WEEK! Join us as we welcome Mary Stenger

from the American Liver Foundation.

Thursday, September 5th at 6:30 pm in the

Augustine Room in the Lower level of the

school building. (See pg 5 for more details)

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Pastoral Scene

Tuesday September 3, 2019

Feast of Gregory the Great (540-604)

Pope and Doctor

Coming events cast their shadows before: Gregory was

the prefect of Rome before he was thirty. After five years

in office, he resigned, founded six monasteries on his Sicili-

an estate, and became a Benedictine monk in his own

home at Rome.

Ordained a priest, he became one of the pope’s seven

deacons and also served six years in the East as papal

representative in Constantinople. He was recalled to be-

come abbot and at the age of fifty was elected pope by

the clergy and people of Rome.

He was direct and firm. He removed unworthy priests

from office, forbade taking money for many services,

emptied the papal treasury to ransom prisoners of the

Lombards in northern Italy and to care for persecuted

Jews, as well as victims of plague and famine. He was

very concerned about the conversion of England, send-

ing forty monks from his own monastery. He is known for his

reform of the liturgy, for strengthening respect for doc-

trine. Whether he was largely responsible for the revision of

“Gregorian” chant is disputed.

Gregory lived in a time of perpetual strife with invading

Lombards and difficult relations with the East. When Rome

itself was under attack, he interviewed the Lombard king.

An Anglican historian has written: “It is impossible to con-

ceive what would have been the confusion, the lawless-

ness, the chaotic state of the Middle Ages without the

medieval papacy; and of the medieval papacy, the real

father is Gregory the Great.”

His book, Pastoral Care, on the duties and qualities of a

bishop, was read for centuries after his death. He de-

scribed bishops as physicians whose duties were preach-

ing and the enforcement of discipline. In his own preach-

ing, Gregory was skilled at applying the daily gospel read-

ing to the needs of his listeners.

Called “the Great,” Gregory has been given a place

with Augustine, Ambrose and Jerome as one of the four

key doctors of the Western church.

Fr. Ted Marszal

Saint of the Day: Lives, Lessons and Feasts (6th Revised Edition).

Copyright © 2009, Franciscan Media. All rights reserved

Growing Our Faith (GOF) Session 1: September 4, 2019

Saint Augustine—The Teacher

Perhaps the premier example of how faith in Christ can change a person is St. Augustine’s story of personal trans-formation which provides a template for life in Christ that still captivates us today. Travel to Rome, Milan, and all of

the locations that played a significant role in the formation. Begins at 6:30 p.m. with a light meal in the Cafeteria

Please register using one of the following options:

Parish Website: http://saintmonicachurch.net

Click on ‘Growing our Faith’

Email: bsoeder@saintmonicachurch.net OR

Complete form and return to Parish Office or place it in the Collection Basket at Mass: Name: _____________________________________ Phone Number: _____________________________________ Number of Adults: _____________________________________ Number of Children: _____________________________________

NEXT BAPTISM CLASS Sept 10, 2019 at 6:30pm. If you would like to have your child baptized, please call the parish office (216-662-8685) to register.

Divine Mercy Holy Hour

Join us for a special hour of adoration and thanksgiving to the Divine Mercy of Jesus, Sunday, September 8th at 2:30 p.m. There

will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and prayers for our families, our Church, and our country. All are welcome.

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Sandwich Saturday

Returns Saturday,

September 7th

9:00 am Parish Office

school is back in session and days are getting

shorter. It’s time to resume our sandwich making

duties! All are invited to join us as we prepare

peanut butter & jelly sandwiches.

PARISH ACTIVITIES

MONDAY, September 2—HAPPY LABOR DAY PARISH OFFICE CLOSED

TUESDAY, September 3 2:00 p.m. Senior Board Mtg (F) 4:00 p.m. Athletic Practice (g) 6:00 p.m. MH K of C (AR) 6:30 p.m. Guild Board Mtg (F)

WEDNESDAY, September 4 4:00 p.m. Athletic Practice (g) 6:30 p.m. Growing Our Faith (GOF) (c) 7:00 p.m. G.A. (AR)

THURSDAY, September 5 4:00 p.m. Athletic Practice (g) 6:30 p.m. HEALTH AWARENESS SPEAKER (AR) Mary Stenger—American Liver Foundation

FRIDAY, September 6 4:00 p.m. Athletic Practice (g)

SATURDAY, September 7 9:00 a.m. Sandwich Saturday (J) 2:00 p.m. Private Party (p) 2:00 p.m. Baptist Bible Study (F)

SUNDAY, September 8 2:30 p.m. Divine Mercy Holy Hour of Adoration (+) 8:00 p.m. A.A. Meeting (AR)

COFFEE & DONUTS

Please join us after the 9 am Mass

only, on Sunday, Sept 8th for

Coffee—Donuts—Fellowship.

Hosting will be the Parish Office.

SAINT MONICA LADIES GUILD

The St. Monica Ladies Guild invites the community to join them for a very special presentation titled “Did you Hear What God Just Said?”, given by famed radio host, Trapper Jack (aka Philip Keller). The approximately one-hour talk, including time for questions, will be held in Church on Thursday, Sept. 19th, starting at 6:00pm. NO ADMISSION CHARGE, however, free will offerings will be graciously accepted at the doors to help defray the cost of the speaker. The presentation will be followed by the regular meeting for Guild members in the School cafeteria. Please see the flyer in the bulletin for more information.

Thursday, September 5th— 6:30 pm Augustine Room - St. Benedict School (lower level)

Did you know….Tens of thousands of people in the United States are living with liver disease

and don’t even know it!

Join us when Mary Stenger from the American Liver Foundation will be here to help us learn and increase our aware-ness of liver health and wellness in order to prevent the rise of liver disease, such as Viral Hepatitis and

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).

This is the first event in our

Health and Wellness Ministry Fall Lineup

of many different health topics being

presented in

September, October, and November !

There will be a drawing for a $75.00 Giant Eagle Gift Card at our last event in

November.

Attendees will receive one (1) ticket for each event. Attend

all events and receive ten (10 )additional

tickets!

SAINT MONICA ALUMNI

CLASS OF 1974

We’re planning two exciting events for the month of September!

——————— Gather together and celebrate your

45th Anniversary Mass scheduled at Saint Monica Church, Saturday, September 14th, at the

4:00 p.m. Mass. Then, let’s get together for a fun barbecue/bonfire scheduled

for Saturday, September 28th! Anyone interested in attending these events, please contact

Joe Ungarsky at (216)663-5252 or email me at josephungarsky@yahoo.com

Answer to this Week’s Question Who are the Four Evangelists in the New Testament?

Answer: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

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Have you been coming to Mass at Saint Monica Church and thought about any of the

following scenarios?

I have been attending Mass but have never been baptized—

I have children in a

Catholic school program or PSR and believe it is

important for them to receive the sacraments. I

am baptized Catholic, but never celebrated my First Communion or

Confirmation. Can I still do that?

I was baptized in another Christian faith, but would like to become Catholic.

What can I do?

I am not sure if I want to become Catholic, but I would like to learn more about the faith.

If any of the above fit your situation, perhaps the Lord is inviting you to become Catholic through the RCIA journey. To learn more

about the process, please contact Sister Helene at the Parish Office (216-662-8685) or e-mail

srhelene@saintmonicachurch.net for more information.

Looking forward to speaking with you.

Sister Helene

Journeying Into

Adult Faith

Our Parish School of Religion (PSR) is a com-

bined program for Saint Martin of Tours and

Saint Monica Parishes. The Opening Mass

and Parent Meeting for the Parish School of

Religion is Monday, September 16, 2019, at St

Martin of Tours Church. Mass will start at

6:30 pm. At the conclusion of Mass, students

will be released to their classrooms with the

teachers, and parents will remain in Church

for the parent meeting. Classes this year for

students in grades K through 8 are held on Mon-

day evenings at the Saint Martin of Tours cam-

pus from 6:30 pm to 7:50 pm. Registration forms

are available at the Parish Office and in the Gather-

ing Area behind the main altar. Registration forms

for students in the program are currently being e-

mailed.

Orientation meetings for parents with children who will be celebrating their First Holy Communion or the Sacrament of Confirmation in November will be held on the following evenings:

CONFIRMATION Monday, September 9th , 6:30 pm in the Church

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Tuesday, September 10th, 6:30 pm in the Church

Please bring completed enrollment forms for the sacrament to the meeting. IF you did not receive a mailing for either sacrament, but have eligible children / teens, please attend. Information for both sacraments will be available!

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