OUR LADY of GRACE

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— MASS SCHEDULE —

WEEKENDS Saturday 4:00 pm

Sunday 8:00 & 11:00 am

WEEKDAYS Monday, Tuesday, Friday

HOLY DAYS 8:00 am & 7:00 pm

— SACRAMENTS —

RECONCILIATION Saturday 3:00 - 3:45 pm

Other times by appointment

BAPTISM 1st & 3rd Sundays 12:00 pm Classes required for 1st child

MARRIAGE 6 months preparation

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ANOINTING OF THE SICK & FUNERALS

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SHRINE OF THE TWO HEARTS

Open daily, dawn to dusk

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Mission Statement: We, the Roman Catholic faith community of Our Lady of Grace, rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and dedicated to our Blessed Mother, value our mission to make God’s presence visible in today’s world. In service to God’s will, and with the Holy Spirit’s guidance, we manifest God’s peace, love and saving presence as we pray, worship, work and live together in His Name.

Rev. William A. Smith

frbill@olghinckley.org 330-278-4121 x18

Rev. William P. O’Neill, Pastor Emeritus

— PARISH MINISTRIES & ORGANIZATIONS —

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Bridget Kovalik ................................................ 330-391-0438 psr@olghinckley.org DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY & LITURGY EXTRA-ORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Please call the office ......................................... 330-278-4121 office@olghinckley.org

PROCLAIMER OF THE WORD Position Open ........................................ Please call the office

PASTORAL MINISTER—BEREAVEMENT & WOMEN OF HOPE Carolyn Zaverl .................................................. 216-310-1875 cjzav@olghinckley.org MEN OF FAITH Adam Prokop ................................................... 330-515-6262 dawnprokop6@hotmail.com FINANCE CHAIRPERSON Christian Staab, Protem ................................... 216-409-1912 finance@olghinckley.org

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MASS INTENTIONS SUNDAY FEBRUARY 20 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 AM Monica Kestanek Family / Herschbach Family 11 AM Living & Deceased of Our Parish Family

MONDAY FEBRUARY 21 St. Peter Damian /Weekday 8 AM Susan Jindra / From Family TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22The Chair of St. Peter, Apostle /Weekday 8 AM Pat & Joan Kirchner / Mary Kralovic FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25 Weekday 8 AM Kelly Higgins / Tom & Kathy Higgins SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 Weekday 4 PM Bill Lavelle / Tom & Kathy Higgins SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 AM Living & Deceased of Our Parish Family 11 AM Gabrielle Talarico & Steven Imbrogno/

Campea Family

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday:  Jas 3:13‐18; Ps 19:8‐10, 15; Mk 9:14‐29 

Tuesday:  1 Pt 5:1‐4; Ps 23:1‐3a, 4‐6; Mt 16:13‐19 

Wednesday:  Jas 4:13‐17; Ps 49:2‐3, 6‐11; Mk 9:38‐40 

Thursday:  Jas 5:1‐6; Ps 49:14‐20; Mk 9:41‐50 

Friday:  Jas 5:9‐12; Ps 103:1‐4, 8‐9, 11‐12;  

  Mk 10:1‐12 

Saturday:  Jas 5:13‐20; Ps 141:1‐3, 8; Mk 10:13‐16 

Sunday:  Sir 27:4‐7; Ps 92:2‐3, 13‐16;  

  1 Cor 15:54‐58; Lk 6:39‐45 

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Joanne & Vince Ackermann Mary Annibale Mark Augustyn Kim Blahah Pattie Bulkowski Chris Burke Eric Burke Jane Carl Denise Ciphers Cathy Cone Christine Csicsila Colleen Darabant Leisa DeCarlo Phyllis DePiero Cynthia Essi Robert Frygier Fuciu Family Lucinda Fuller Ernie Gayomali Cheryl Henderson Dilma Johnson Linda Joseph Chris Kapcar Megan Keefe Daina Kinderman Ali Kinnear Brianna Kinnear Debbie Klein

Mike Klein Kathleen Klosinski

Richard Konnerth Mary Konnerth

Cheryl Krejci Krivos Family

Autumn Lemke Pete Mamone

Evette Moynihan Helen Murdoch

Nick Piro LD Nerlich

Mathilde Nerlich The Novak Family

Carol Pickering Martin Puljic

Milan Racanovic Christine Rigo

Dennis Rogozinski Braidyn Schneid

Geraldine Slatkovsky Hilma Swoboda Joanne Taranto Michelle Trisk

Brandon Vanek Derek Vita

Mort Winer Ruth Zelenak

Pray for Comfort and Healing

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THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH FEBRUARY 20 Mass ........................................... 8:00 am Mass .........................................11:00 am Synod Session 1 .................. 12:00—2 pm FEBRUARY 21 Mass/Office Closed .................. 8:00 am FEBRUARY 22 Mass ........................................... 8:00 am Adoration ................. 8:30 am—6:00 pm Women of Hope ............ 1:00—3:30 pm FEBRUARY 24 Rosary ....................................... 7:00 pm FEBRUARY 25 Mass .......................................... 8:00 am FEBRUARY 26 Confession ...................... 3:00—3:45 pm Vigil Mass ................................. 4:00 pm FEBRUARY 27 Mass ........................................... 8:00 am Mass .........................................11:00 am PSR K-6 .......................... 9:15—10:45 am Confirmation #10 ......... 9:00—10:55 am FEBRUARY 28 Mass ........................................... 8:00 am PSR 7/8 .......................... 6:30—8:00 pm

WEEKLY COLLECTIONS — February 13

Improvement ................................................................. $75 Priests Re rement ......................................................... $30 Shrine .......................................................................... $165 Sustaining Our Spiritual Home .................................... $750 Sunday Collec on ..................................................... $2,436  Opera ng Revenue  .................................................. $3,456 Opera ng Expenses .................................................. $6,096  

Weekly Deficit ...................................................... <$2,640> YTD Revenue  ....................................................... $223,302 YTD Expenses ....................................................... $223,081 YTD Surplus ................................................................. $221 

 

Thank you for your generous contribu ons and your deep faith.

 

WORDS FROM OUR SHEPHERD

Of the Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church, I believe the Sacrament of Reconciliation is one of the Sacraments that some of us tend to receive less often than others. Outside of Eucharist, Reconciliation is

probably offered the most. Yet as compared to Eucharist, Reconciliation is a far distant second. Is the amount of sin down in the world? Not at all! There is more sin present in the world than ever before. Are the people in the world treating each other better? I do not think I have to answer that question, because the answer is quite prevalent. Then what is keeping us from the Sacrament of Reconciliation?

Here are three reasons, I think, why people have stopped going to Reconciliation:

1. There is no such thing as sin.

I think it was Pope Pius XII who stated that “God does not take sin as lightly as we do.” We are led to believe that sin does not exist in the world any longer. That is the commentary that society—pushing their agenda on whatever we want to do is not a sin—no matter what the church says. (a) We have been led to believe that attending Mass is optional; (b) Living together as a married couple, outside of marriage, is fine; and (c) The world is all about me—is how we should live. As Catholics, we know those three comments are false and that we need to go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation prior to receiving Communion.   

2. With everything out in the open, we have been bombarded by so many sinful things, we think it is normal and have now become immune.

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We cannot watch television, check out the Internet, read or hear about the latest news without hearing about violence, war and the inhumane things being done to people. The movies or television shows we watch have more sex and violence than one person could imagine. So, we believe that if it is “out there,” it cannot be sinful.

3. That Reconciliation (Confession) is passé. We have been led to believe that Reconciliation is not needed since we can talk to God directly from the forest or at the beach! We can talk to God from any location. Unfortunately, for a serious sin to be forgiven, one must go to a priest. I wonder if part of the reason there is an increase in the number of people seeing mental health professionals is because we need to get sinful things off our chest?

Have a Blessed week! Fr. Bill

March 16, 5-8 pm April 3 @ St. Albert’s 3-5 pm April 9, 2-3:45 pm April 13, 4:30-6:30 pm

MINISTRY SCHEDULE February 19—20

4:00 PM Reader:  Geri Kibler 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

8:00 AM Reader:  Ed Majestic 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

11:00 AM Reader:  Bridget Kuchta 

EOMOHC:  Robbie Cerrito 

February 26—27

4:00 PM  Reader:  Ruth Ann Manley 

EOMOHC:  Claro Caluya 

8:00 AM   Reader:  Hannah Kovalik 

EOMOHC:  Loretta Kremser 

11:00 AM  Reader:  Carolyn Zaverl 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

 

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WHEN: NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS:    Saturday, March 12—

a er 4 pm Mass  

WHO: Any parishioner  

WHAT: Meal provided with beverages 

 

WHERE: Church Hall, immediately a er Mass 

 

YOU are invited to par cipate in this process of listening, dreaming, and discerning God’s call for the Church amid the present signs of the mes.  

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PRAYER OF THE WEEK

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Grant, we pray, almighty God, 

that, always pondering spiritual things, we may carry out in both word and deed 

that which is pleasing to you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 

who lives and reigns with you  in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 

God, for ever and ever. 

Reflec on ques on: What can I do this week that is pleasing to God? 

 Collect text from the English transla on of The Roman Missal, © 2010, Interna onal 

Commission on English in the Liturgy Corpora on. All rights reserved. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Company, Inc. 

In observance of President’s Day the Church Office is 

closed on Monday, February 21. 

 

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LOVE AS GOD LOVES

  Our  Gospel  today  con nues  Jesus’ Sermon  on  the  Plain,  in  which  we  heard Luke’s version of  the Bea tudes. This week, Jesus gives us new “commandments,” telling us  how  to  live  and  act  in  the world  as  his disciples,  rooted  in  the  radical  love  of  God for  humanity.  It  reminds  us  of  his  later speech about loving one another as he loves us,  in other words with a God‐like  love,  the kind  we  see  in  today’s  psalm  about  God’s mercy. How else could we do as Jesus tells us by  loving  our  enemies,  which  seems impossible,  un l  we  remember  that  God gave us the example of Jesus, who is like God but  also  like  us?  David  understands  this merciful  love when he  spares  the  life of his enemy  in  the first  reading. Finally, Paul  tells us that we will become like Jesus if we act as he did, as God does. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. 

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

  This  week’s  calendar  appears  at  first  to have a feast day for a piece of furniture: the Chair of Peter.  In  fact,  it  func ons as a kind of  ecclesial  “Presidents’  Day.”  The  church day  points  to  Peter,  but  just  as  Presidents’ Day  began with Washington’s  birthday  and now  includes  all  presidents,  this  day  cele‐brates the Petrine ministry: Peter’s apostolic presidency passed  down  in our  tradi on  as an essen al aspect of Catholic iden ty. May‐be the day should be sub tled “Popes’ Day.” As  for  the  “chair”  itself,  it  can be  traced  to the  house  of  Priscilla  and Aquila  in  ancient Rome. Peter sat there to instruct the faithful and  to  receive  the  newly  bap zed.  When Chris anity  became  legal,  the  house  was transformed  into  a  place  for  public  prayer, and  soon  the  chair was  transported  to  the tomb  of  St.  Peter  on  the  Va can  hill. Over the  centuries,  the  hill was  leveled,  but  the tomb and the chair were preserved.   Today,  it  is  said  that  the  chair  from  that ancient  Roman  community  is  raised  high above  the altar  in  St. Peter’s,  clearly  visible just  beneath  the  oval window  showing  the descent of the Holy Spirit. The symbol of the chair  reminds  the  current  occupant  of  the Petrine office of his du es  to  shepherd  the flock  by  clear  teaching  and  by  building  up the  unity  of  the  Church.  Last  year,  on  this very  day,  Pope  Benedict  XVI  named  fi een new cardinals as an expression of this pasto‐ral care for the unity of the Church, drawing them  from a variety of cultures everywhere around the globe.  —Rev. James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

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