St. Monica St. Monica

13623 Rockside Road Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125

Parish Office: (216) 662-8685 saintmonicachurch.net

St. Benedict: (216) 662-9380 Preschool (216) 475-3633

OCFCredit Union (216) 663-6800

February 17, 2019

The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

MASSES: 7 days a week

Saturdays: 4:00 p.m. NEW Sunday schedule 9:00 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Mondays-Fridays: 8:00 a.m.

Catholic Church

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Mondays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays

8:00 a.m.‒7:00 p.m. Wednesdays & Fridays

8:00 a.m.‒4:00 p.m. (Closed 12:30-1:30 p.m. for lunch) Saturdays 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 Bob Soeder, Director of Liturgy and

Music

Stan Jakosh, Business Mgr

Mrs. Sue Shepka, Office Mgr Jim Triptow, 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.

Bulletin Announcements due to

vfassinger@saintmonicachurch.net

by NOON on Mondays

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Monday, February 18 8:00 a.m. Edward Dzuroff

Tuesday, February 19 8:00 a.m. Margaret Piskura and Mary Kormos

Wednesday, February 20 8:00 a.m. Rosemary Shay

Thursday, February 21 Saint Peter Damian (Bishop and Doctor of the Church)

8:00 a.m. The Stetzy and Neptune Families

Friday, February 22 The Chair of Saint Peter the Apostle

8:00 a.m. Elsie Shipta

Saturday, February 23

Saint Polycarp (Bishop and Martyr) 3:15 p.m. Confessions 4:00 p.m. The living and deceased members of Corey Elliott and Family

Sunday, February 24 The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

9:00 a.m. Edward and Agnes Ostrosky 10:45 a.m. Stefania Helinski

LITURGY SCHEDULE Monday –Friday 8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer and Rosary

following 8:00 a.m. Mass

Our sympathy and prayers go out to the family and

friends of

and

and

and

who recently died. May they ~ and all our dearly departed ~ rest in peace.

Bernice Augustine

(1936—February 6, 2019)

"There are as many sorrows as there are people who feel them and there are no rules...It is solitary... Grief is such a

lonely thing. There is no-one in it with you - others may grieve for the same soul, but they do not grieve exactly for

what you also grieve. No-one has lost precisely what you have lost. Not exactly, never exactly. We are in it alone...Oh it is wild and it is lonely. It is as if you've woken to a world that you recognize but it has been tilted, somehow - coated, or

rubbed down, or made colder or less bright. It echoes where it should not echo; where it should echo, it is as echoless as a single, muffled thud. And grief is not merely sadness, as

if sadness alone was not enough to bear. I had imagined the sorrow to be as deep as a well, a howling grief, but I had not imagined the other feelings that have no right to be there, which seem wholly misplaced in a state of grieving - rage,

impatience, self-pity, disgust. They come from the dark and rush in upon you..." - Susan Fletcher, The Silver Dark Sea

Florence Biel (1928—February 5, 2019)

James Moyer

(1946—February 9, 2019)

Anthony Morbeto

(1923—February 7, 2019)

In your daily prayers for your personal intentions, please also remember those in

our community of family, friends, and neighbors who are in need of spiritual,

emotional, and/or physical healing, especially:

Bonnie Heidenreich, Mary Pigat, Louis Kapolka, Baby Desmond, Lisa Bielawski,

Linda Chapple, Aubrey Rae, Rita Slivka, Baby Dresden Andrew, Maria Ventura, Loretta Langel, Crystal, Meghan, Carol Weiss, Paul Varrati, Baby Odin, Pat Bednarchik,

Roberta Virzi, Daria Melnyc, Jean Maust, Taylor Serafine, Fr. Lawrence Tosco, Jean Harter, Carol Bican, Tim & Paulette Daley,

Scottie Rossell, Eugene & Sue Glover, Joanne Reddinger, Thom Machar, Mike Uyek, Lois Mansour, John Rozmarynowski,

Paul Melzer, Patricia Zak, Abby, Sarah Burket, Robin Buckley, Jim Trostle, Lisa Thomas, Bob Dorazewski, Karen Wheeler, Richard Movens, Irene Burke, Bill Exton, Larry Piechowiak,

Robert Phipps, and Richard Rosberil

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

Lillian Neptune (216) 662-5464

Got 20-ish minutes? Consider attending weekday Mass!

If you need to have your child baptized, the next baptism class is scheduled for Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Francis

Room in the Parish Office Building. Please call the Office to register (216) 662-8685

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MONDAY, February 18 4:30 & 5:30 p.m. Walking with Leslie Sansone (J) 5:30 p.m. Career Services Session (F)

TUESDAY, February 19 2:40 p.m. Living Stations Practice (+) 4:00 p.m. Athletic Practice (g) 6:30 p.m. Yoga (J) 6:45 p.m. SVdP Meeting (p.o. kitchen) 6:45 p.m. Boy Scouts (c)

WEDNESDAY, February 20 12:00 NOON Tai Chi (J) 2:40 p.m. Living Stations Practice (+) 4:00 p.m. Athletic Practice (g) 4:30 & 5:30 p.m. Walking with Leslie Sansone (J) 7:00 p.m. G.A. (AR) 8:00 p.m. Ushers Meeting (c)

THURSDAY, February 21 2:40 p.m. Living Stations Practice (+) 4:00 p.m. Athletic Practice (g) 6:30 p.m. Guild Meeting (c) 6:30 p.m. Athletic Board Meeting (F)

FRIDAY, February 22 5:00 a.m. Communion Banners (M) 4:00 p.m. Athletic Practice (g)

SATURDAY, February 23 5:00 a.m. Communion Banners (M) 7:30 a.m. Men of the Vine (ocu1 & 2) 9:30 a.m. First Communion Retreat (c)

SUNDAY, February 24 5:00 a.m. Communion Banners (M) 9:00 a.m. Coffee and Doughnuts (c) 1:00 p.m. Baptist Bible Study (F)

2:00 p.m. Let Your Light Shine Talent Show

THE FINALS (at the Center for Performing Arts on the Garfield Heights High School campus) 8:00 p.m. AA. Meeting (AR)

PARISH ACTIVITIES

Religion Question of the Week Who was the third son of Adam and Eve?

Did You Know? Did you know that St. Monica Church has sponsored a Boy Scout Troup at our parish since 1954?

One Liner “I used to be indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.”

Answer to the Religion Question of the Week

located on page 5 of this bulletin

Catholic Cemeteries Association

Monthly Grief Support Sunday, February 17th (3 p.m.)

The topic for February 2019 will be: “Smell the Roses”

No registration is required; just come and join us.

For more information, visit our website https://www.clecem.org/Information/Bereavement.aspx or contact Rhonda at

(216) 930-4866

The Rock Community News Tune in to AM 1260 The Rock’s Community Calendar

at www.am1260therock.com. Have an event you would like to share? Click on “submit news” and invite others to

participate in your Catholic activities.

Holy Name Breakfast This Weekend! Sunday, February 17

Enjoy a hot and delicious breakfast

prepared by the Holy Name Society

this Sunday! Breakfast will be served

from 8:00 am until 12:30 p.m. and includes: French toast,

scrambled eggs, sausage links, coffee, and orange juice!

Adults: $6.00; kids $4.00 anyone under 3 — FREE!

All the proceeds donated to St. Monica parish.

Please join us for an hour of learning and healing

along your grief journey. Our Grief Support

leaders are certified as Ministers of Consolation by

the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved,

Inc. Our Catholic-based support can be

supplemental to your existing support groups.

We meet the 3rd Sunday of every month at 3:00

p.m., except on holidays, then we meet the 4th

Sunday. The next Support Group is Sunday,

February 17th at St. Joseph Cemetery, Avon

(temporary trailer office); Holy Cross

Cemetery, Akron (office); and Holy Cross

Cemetery, Brook Park (office).

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Answer to this Week’s Question:

Seth

Answer to this Week’s Question:

Seth

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February Guild Meeting Thursday, February 21st (6:30 p.m.)

If you have never been to a Guild meeting, or you haven’t been to one in a very long time,

please consider attending this month’s meeting on Thursday, February 21st at 6:30

p.m. You don’t need to know anyone — so you can arrive alone, or bring a friend! It’s a very welcoming organization and you’ll instantly feel right at home! The planned program for this month includes a guest speaker — Karen

Lakus, a Historical Interpreter with the Cleveland Metroparks! Karen presents

programs about a variety of local history topics, and is especially interested in

Prehistoric Ohio; she’s even participated in a number of archaeological digs! When not at work, Karen can

still be found in the parks hiking and bird watching.

Sandwich Saturday March 2nd (9:00 a.m.)

It’s Sandwich time again! Join us on Saturday, March 2nd at 9:00 a.m.

in the Parish Office as we will make over 200 sandwiches for Front Steps Housing. A small act that takes little time to complete, is such a

blessing for many! We will be sending extra treats of Valentine’s candy along with the

sandwiches. If you would like to donate some candy items, please bring them to the Parish

Office or leave them in Church with “Sandwich Saturday” clearly marked on them.

Thank you for your help and generosity.

St. Benedict Catholic School

Spotlight

Alyssa Welms and

Natalie Wolf for receiving

First Honors for the second quarter

from

Holy Name High School

The faculty is proud of your accomplishments!

St. Benedict School is sponsoring a Malley’s Easter Candy Sales beginning

February 25th. Forms to order your favorite Easter treats are available both in the back

of the Church and in the Parish Office. If you’d like your order delivered to the school, you’ll need to get your form (with payment)

in by March 20th. If you are placing your order online and having it shipped directly to

your home, you have until April 15th.

(216) 662-9380

St. Monica Improvement Fund Dear Parishioners, The St. Monica Improvement Fund (golden envelopes) is used to pay for necessary

repairs on our Parish buildings and on our Parish grounds. This fund is also used to pay for necessary maintenance like snow plowing in the winter, and landscaping in the summer. This year we have some extra-ordinary repairs like the rectory sewer system and broken water line (over $16,000), and the Church East Entrance Roof ($13,000). Thank you for your continued generosity to this fund. This is a great help to our parish finances.

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St. Monica Guild’s 35th Annual Spring Luncheon Fashion Show Sunday, April 14, 2019 (1:00 p.m.)

Please join us for a fabulous afternoon of food, friendship, and fashion

at the beautiful Mediterranean Event Center on Rockside Road in Bedford Heights

Tickets: $25

(includes your choice of 1 of 3 Entrees and automatic entry into the

Lucky #35 Door Prize Raffle!!)

It’s a really fun day overflowing with laughter, lots of one-of-a-kind raffle baskets,

cash raffles, great food, and memorable moments with new and long-time friends!

If you’ve never been to this event, you won’t want to miss it this year!

Saint Martins and Saint Monica’s Youth Group

(Grades 6 - 12) Sunday, February 24

6:30 p.m.- 8:15 p.m.

The Youth Mass will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Church, followed by

the youth group meeting at the school where we’ll discuss

Making Footsteps Toward Lent.

Please email, call, or text Jessica Zinn

zinnj.15@gmail.com

(216) 644-6896

From March 6 - April 14, you're

invited to join other Christians for

40 days for Life - 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. You're also

invited to stand and peacefully pray anytime between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. during the 40-day vigil in the

public right-of-way outside:

Preterm (12000 Shaker Boulevard in Cleveland)

Planned Parenthood (25350 Rockside Road in Bedford Heights)

Family Planning (54 South State Street in Painesville)

Plan to join us at the Kickoff Rally

at St. Columbkille Church on March 5 at 7 p.m. with Bishop Nelson Perez as the Keynote Speaker

John Noall (216) 245-9744 clevelandpraysforlife@gmail.com

www.40daysforlife.com/cleveland www.40daysforlife.com/painesville

www.40daysforlife.com/bedfordheights

Fr. Donald is back home...in Cleveland! He has accepted a full-time position as a Chaplain at University Hospital’s Parma Medical Center! He will reside temporarily

at Holy Family Church in Parma. You can reach him at: redoan@yahoo.com

St. Monica Church Parishioners

Julia Rostorfer and

Erin Ryan for receiving

First Honors for the second quarter

from

Holy Name High School

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Stewardship Offertory

Collections

Regular Offertory…...$6,690.00 St. Monica Fund…...$910.00

Children’s Envelopes……$11.00

for: February 10, 2019

Coffee & Doughnut Social Sunday, February 17

No doughnuts today...but...see you at

the Holy Name Society Breakfast in the School’s cafeteria!

Next week: Maple Heights Knights of Columbus

St. Mary Seminary 2019 Winter Festival Friday, February 22 (5p.m.—8 p.m.)

Eastern European Dishes on the Menu! Adults: $10; Kids 12 and under $5

Held at the Center for Pastoral Leadership on Euclid Avenue in Wickliffe

(440) 943-7600 for more info

St. Michael Church Perpetual Adoration

for Life, March 7-9

"Before I formed you in the womb

I knew you, before you were born,

I dedicated you."

This verse from Jeremiah 1:5 affirms

that our Creator is as premeditated about

giving life as too many of us are about

taking it away--even while it's still in the

womb. Thankfully, we have an

opportunity to be instruments in God's

drive to give life — and it's easier than

giving blood to the Red Cross!

Starting Thursday, March 7th, while the

Bringing America Back to Life

Convention happens in Independence

at the Embassy Suites on March 8 & 9,

you can participate via prayer at a

Right to Life Mass

offered by Bishop Roger Griese

at St. Michael Church

in Independence at 5:30 pm.

You can schedule your own hour with

the Blessed Sacrament during the

perpetual adoration following Mass,

from Thursday, March 7th at 6:30 p.m.

through 10 p.m. Saturday, March 9th!

To lock in your hour of meditation be-

fore the Blessed Sacrament, go to

www.volunteersignup.org/9MHRL

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Let Your Light Shine

Talent Show FINALS 15 acts compete for a portion of

$1500 in prize money to be split between the Top 3 Acts!

Sunday, February 24

2 p.m.; doors open at 1:00 p.m.

The Center for the Performing Arts on the Garfield Heights

High School campus

TICKETS AVAILABLE:

#1 Online: https://www.garfieldtheatre.org/smts

OR #2 at the Parish Office on these two days only: Tuesday (the 19th)8 a.m.—7 p.m. or Saturday (the 23rd) 9 a.m.—12

OR #3 at the Box Office the day of the show,

Sunday, February 24th, 2019

Congratulations to these 7 acts who will join the 8

finalists from the 1st show and perform at the FINALS!