OUR LADY of GRACE

OFFICE HOURS

Weekdays 8:00 am - 4:00 pm office@olghinckley.org

330-278-4121

— MASS SCHEDULE —

WEEKENDS Saturday 4:00 pm

Sunday 8:00 & 11:00 am

WEEKDAYS Monday, Tuesday, Friday & 1st Saturday 8:00 am

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

Call parish priest to set a date

ANOINTING OF THE SICK & FUNERALS

Call parish office to arrange

— OUTDOOR SHRINE —

Open daily, dawn to dusk

1088 Ridge Road • Hinckley, Ohio 44233 • 330-278-4121 • www.olghinckley.org • office@olghinckley.org

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 PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION (PSR) Bridget Kovalik ................................................ 330-391-0438 psr@olghinckley.org DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY & LITURGY Mary Gabriel .................................................... 330-636-1739 musicandliturgy@olghinckley.org

EXTRA-ORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Adrienne Bures ............................................... 330-289-3119 adieappleby@earthlink.net PROCLAIMER OF THE WORD Celeste Cook .................................. mcelestecook@gmail.com

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—SAFETY & SECURITY Tom Minch ........................................ trminch@hotmail.com

DEACON BRUCE DOBBINS bdobbins@dioceseofcleveland.org

330-278-4121 x17 or 330-203-6475

 

MASS INTENTIONS

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 14 6th Sunday Ordinary Time

8 AM Living & Deceased of Our Parish Family 11 AM Frank Renko / Renko Family MONDAY FEBRUARY 15 Weekday 8 AM James & Lillian Decker / Decker Family TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16 Weekday

8 AM Barbara Blake / Thursday Rosary Group WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17 Ash Wednesday/Fast & Abstinence

8 AM Frank Renko / Sue Renko 7 PM L. Raineri & E. Rodgers Families FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19 Day of Abstinence

8 AM Cecilia Gardeman / Ruth Zelenak SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20 Saturday after Ash Wednesday

4 PM Deceased of Our Parish Family SUNDAY FEBRUARY 21 1st Sunday of Lent 8 AM Patricia Robinson / Kirchner Family 11 AM Barbara Blake / Joseph Melinz Family MONDAY FEBRUARY 22 The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle

8 AM Harry Witkiewicz / Pat Witkiewicz

FEBRUARY 14 Sunday Mass.............................. 8:00 am Sunday Mass............................ 11:00 am FEBRUARY 15 Mass—Office Closed ................. 8:00 am FEBRUARY 16 Mass ........................................... 8:00 am Adoration .................. 8:30 am—6:00 pm Women of Hope ....................... 1:00 pm FEBRUARY 17 Mass — Ash Wednesday ............ 8:00 am Mass — Ash Wednesday ............ 7:00 pm FEBRUARY 18 Rosary ........................................ 7:00 pm FEBRUARY 19 Mass ........................................... 8:00 am Stations of the Cross ................. 7:00 pm FEBRUARY 20 Reconciliation ........................... 3:00 pm

Please wear your mask Vigil Mass .................................. 4:00 pm FEBRUARY 21 Sunday Mass.............................. 8:00 am Sunday Mass............................ 11:00 am

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday:  Gn 4:1‐15, 25; Mk 8:11‐13 Tuesday:  Gn 6:5‐8; 7:1‐5, 10; Mk 8:14‐21 Wednesday: Jl 2:12‐18; Mt 6:1‐6, 16‐18 Thursday:  Dt 30:15‐20; Lk 9:22‐25 Friday:  Is 58:1‐9a; Mt 9:14‐15 Saturday:  Is 58:9b‐14; Lk 5:27‐32 Sunday:  Gn 9:8‐15; Ps 25:4‐9; 1 Pt 3:18‐22;    Mk 1:12‐15 

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WEEKLY COLLECTIONS — February 7  Improvement ............................................................ $150 Shrine ........................................................................ $225 Sustaining Spiritual Home ........................................ $750  WEEKLY REVENUE ................................................. $5,519 Opera ng Expenses ............................................... $6,181 Weekly DEFICIT .................................................... $<662> YTD Revenue...................................................... $298,424 YTD Expenses ..................................................... $207,072 YTD Surplus .......................................................... $91,352 

Thank you for your deep faith and generosity.

Joanne & Vince Ackermann Sandra Anawich Mark Augustyn Pattie Bulkowski Chris Burke Eric Burke Jane Carl Denise Ciphers Cathy Cone Christine Csicsila Colleen Darabant Phyllis DePiero Fuciu Family Cheryl Henderson Linda Joseph Megan Keefe Debbie Klein Mike Klein Kathleen Klosinski Richard Konnerth

Jan Krivos Autumn Lemke Gloria Lemire Rio Miller Nick Piro LD Nerlich Mathilde Nerlich The Novak Family Ed & Carol Pickering Martin Puljic Milan Racanovic Christine Rigo Dennis Rogozinski Braidyn Schneid Charles Schodowski June Schodowski Marilyn Schodowski Geraldine Slatkovsky Michelle Trisk Brandon Vanek Derek Vita Helen Vujevich Mort Winer

Pray for Comfort and Healing

Is there someone you would like us to pray for? Please call the Parish Office (330) 278—4121

 

WORDS FROM OUR SHEPERD T h i s c o m i n g Wednesday, February 17th is the beginning of the Lenten season. As always, Lent begins with Ash Wednesday. This Ash Wednesday will be different from years past. Because of CoVid, a Cross

will not be placed on one’s forehead while hearing one of the two sayings, “Repent, and believe in the Gospel” or “Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Instead, the priest will say one of the two sayings after Blessing the ashes. If someone would like to receive ashes, the ashes will then be “SPRINKLED” upon their head in silence. This is being done this way in order to protect everyone. Ash Wednesday is also a day of fasting and abstinence. The rules for fasting and abstinence are elsewhere in this bulletin.

Lent is the time that one may abstain from something they enjoy. One year I abstained from Wendy’s but found myself getting to know everyone’s name at Burger King. Maybe this year, instead of eliminating something, one should try to take on something extra for Lent. Some suggestion: Attend a Mass during the week, (There is a weekday Mass at OLG on Monday, Tuesday and Friday); One hour a week at Eucharistic Adoration, (Tuesday from 8:30 am until 6:00 pm); Vespers on Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm; Rosary on Thursday evenings at 7:00 pm; Stations of the Cross, Friday evenings at 7:00 pm; read Scripture and or increase daily time in prayer. All the above will help us to grow Closer to God, not just for Lent, but always.

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MINISTRY SCHEDULE

February 13—14

4:00 PM Reader:  Cheryl Valasik 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

8:00 AM Reader:  Ed Majes c 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

11:00 AM Reader:  Wendy Stanek 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

February 17  

8:0 0 AM  Reader:  Ruth Ann Manley 

EOMOHC:  Lore a Kremser 

Reader:  Cheryl Valasik 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

February 20—21

4:00 PM Reader:  Pa y Kadlec‐Dobbins 

EOMOHC:  Tom Minch 

8:00 AM Reader:  Ed Majes c 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

11:00 AM Reader:  Hannah Kovalik 

EOMOHC:  Robbie Cerrito 

7:00 PM 

Fr. Donald Oleksiak will be the

Presider at all the Masses this weekend. Please give him a warm OLG greeting. He was my first Pastor and I think he is still scarred from that time. I will be celebrating the Lunar New Year 4719!

Have a Blessed week!

Fr. Bill

 

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Sacred Steps to Peace: Catholic Divorce Recovery Program

Contact Deacon Bruce  if you are interested in learning more about the program.  

 Office: (330) 278 – 4121 x17   Mobile (330) 203 – 6475    Email: bdobbins@dioceseofcleveland.org     

 

See the Ves bule Bulle n Board and the OLG website (olghinckley.org) for more details.

MEN OF FAITH

ATTENTION—MEN OF THE PARISH! Join the MOF group as we embark on a guided tour of the “Holy of Holies” of

biblical theology. Hebrews: the New and Eternal Covenant, is steeped in rich truths that are foundational to our Catholic Faith

First evening, February 25, 7 pm in the

church hall.

Join us for prayer, reflection, and conversation.

Call Adam Prokop for additional

information: (330) 515-6262

OLG CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS FOR

2020 NOW AVAILABLE

Pick up in-person Mailed to the address listed

E-Mailed

Please call the office to request yours. (330) 278-4121

February 2021 ‐ Jesuit Retreat Center Programs & Retreats Jesuit Retreat Center, 5629 State Rd, Parma, OH 44134. h ps://www.jesuitretreatcenter.org 

Send My Roots Rain ‐ Virtual Program. Saturday, February 20, 1:00  ‐ 2:30pm. Presented by Kim Langley, M.Ed. This virtual program  is designed to help caregivers, chaplains, Stephen’s ministers and all who are past the first pain of bereavement (6 months or more since the loss). Our focus will be on resilience  in grief that  is evidence based and data driven. Par cipants will  leave with many fresh  ideas  for how  to  improve coping  skills whether  they are  the bereaved, or  the person who companions them. Cost: $25  Cinema & Conversa on: Of Gods and Men. Monday, February 22 from 7:00 ‐ 9:00pm. Join us at Jesuit Retreat Center on the 4th Monday of each month for films that inspire and entertain. A er each movie, there will be  me for conversa on and ques ons. We con nue  in February with the 2010 French drama, Of Gods and Men  (in French and Arabic with sub tles). Due to COVID social distancing, please make a reserva on and wear a mask. Free Will Offering. 

 

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JESUS’ WAY Today’s readings present a contrast between “Jesus’ way” and the “old way.” An example of the old way is the law given to Moses and Aaron about leprosy: the leper was unclean and cast out of the community. Jesus’ way is the opposite: the leper is reached out to, touched, and finally cured. Nor ought we think of the “old way” as restricted to the days of Moses and Aaron, or even to the “old” testament. The difference between the old way and Jesus’ way arises in own lives. We still choose, every day, to live in our old way or in Jesus’ way. Jesus dared to touch a leper, disregarding the old way. The leper then was changed forever. He felt a calling. He couldn’t keep himself from proclaiming that he had been touched by Jesus (even though Jesus told him not to!). Once Jesus touches us, we are called to proclaim his way. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. 

HAVE NEWS TO SHARE?

We’d like to be able to share any and all news of parishioners with you.

We have various methods:

1. Our website: olghinckley.org 2. Prayer List—published in the bulletin 3. Carolyn Zaverl, Pastoral Minister 4. OLG Prayer Circle—news of funerals and

requests for those who are ill or facing a difficult situation via e-mail messages. Call the office to be added to the group.

5. Announcements made during Mass

Just call the office to let us know, Monday-Friday; 8 am—4 pm (330) 278-4121.

Timing is sometimes an unavoidable issue and we may not be able to communicate in a timely fashion. Know that we try our best.

Keep in mind, because of HIPPA rules and privacy issues, we need to hear directly from the family involved before anything is published.

At-Home Marriage Retreat: See olghinckley.org for complete retreat Na onal Marriage Week 2021 

Dear Married Couples, This year’s theme for National Marriage Week is To Have, To Hold, and To Honor, a reminder of the promises made on your wedding day. The stories and reflection questions that follow are intended to help you renew your commitment “to have, to hold, to honor” your spouse. Celebrate and enrich your marriage this week by taking some time each day to listen to the Word of God, meditate, reflect, and pray together. Each day is an opportunity to read and meditate on a passage from Scripture followed by a re-imagined story from a different perspective. Reflect on the questions that follow and close with the prayer for couples. This exercise of praying with the Scriptures is called Lectio Divina. It consists of four steps: lectio (the reading of Scriptures), meditatio (meditation), oratio (prayer), and contemplatio (contemplation). God bless you! 

Monday, February 15

February 14 

 

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FEAST OF FAITH The Gloria (2)

The Gloria is a rejoicing prayer, an exclamation of praise. It begins with the song of the angels at the announcement of the birth of Jesus (Luke 2:14), a heavenly burst of praise for God’s loving action in the world. But in the Gloria, the song goes on, leaping, as it were, from height to height, with every kind of praise, blessing, adoration, glory, and thanksgiving. We begin by thanking and praising God the Father; then we turn our gaze to Christ, the Lamb of God. The paschal mystery of Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection is found here, at the heart of this prayer, which descends to the depths with Christ, but then rises with him to the heavens, where he is seated at the Father’s right hand. The Gloria ends with a series of acclamations to Christ, emphasizing over and over that he “alone” is the Holy One, the Lord, the Most High, truly God, with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Our prayer of praise ends where it began, in the “glory of God the Father.” The Gloria, with its arc leading us from the glory of God to the suffering of Christ and again to glory, is the pattern of the Mass itself. At the center of all our prayer is the sacrificial love of Christ. —Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Thank You from Hope & Healing Survivor Resource Center

This is an excerpt from a letter we received this past week:

I cannot possibly help you understand the impact that your donation makes on the adults and children in the shelter and protective programs. It’s so hard to try to describe to you the feelings and emotions that are felt by our clients when they receive holiday gifts, food and other surprises. Most of them know that we are going to “try” to help them some during the holidays. But the outpouring of love from you is incredible.

I think people who give to the Battered Women’s Shelter are incredible, because you give from your hearts. You give without ever meeting or even seeing the gift recipients. You do not see the tears. You do not see the smiles. You give from your hearts, trusting that my employees will match up the gifts and get them delivered to the client’s doorway on Christmas Eve. Unlike me, you can’t be there on Christmas morning as these broken families wake up to the true miracle of the day. There are many people in our world who give to others during the holidays…..but they need or want to see the people whom they are helping. I understand these types of donors. But I appreciate so deeply the type of donor that you are. Thank you so much for giving, without expectations or special requests that go along with your donations. For our holiday season you give freely. You gave without wanting or needed anything in return and I think that this is the truest gift of all.

Terri Heckman, CEO

  Summed up succinctly, Roman Catholics must fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 and Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Addi onally, we must abstain from meat on all Fridays during Lent.  

  Ash Wednesday is one of two yearly days of obligatory fas ng and abs nence for Roman Catholics, along with Good Friday. According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the norms of fas ng are obligatory from age 18 un l age 59.  

  Fas ng means a person is permi ed to eat one full meal. Two smaller meals may also be taken, but they are not to equal that of a full meal.  

 

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The readings from Leviticus and from the Gospel of Mark today speak of healing and hope. Leviticus outlines procedures to prevent the spread of leprosy, a skin disease understood to be a great danger to the community. Those with the disease were isolated and ritually impure. Absent some cure from God, they were considered beyond hope. Their lives were like a living death, and likely they saw no future hope in their lives. Jesus’ healing of a leper was thus a profound sign of the promised reign of God, which Jesus had earlier announced. The healing was like raising the leper up from death, and thus a hint of Jesus’ resurrection. Where are there “lepers” today, those isolated or outcast from our communities? Who are those our society considers beyond hope, or deems not worth the trouble to offer hope? How can we imitate Jesus in offering a healing touch to them?

SURRENDERING CONTROL The Gospel today concludes the first chapter of Mark, which traces the rapid expansion of Jesus’

ministry. Excitement about Jesus grows so much that he can’t enter a town without being besieged. His healing of a leper results in a reversal: the leper, who had been isolated from the community, is now free to speak with everyone. Jesus, who before could speak freely, now must isolate himself from the crowds. By serving others, Jesus lost some control over his ministry. This is the first hint of what happens later in Mark. Jesus’ displays of power—over illness, over evil spirits, over nature—eventually lead him to the “powerlessness” of the cross.

The experience of Jesus guides us in our own efforts to be of service. Surrendering control is often very difficult. To be a servant is to engage with others, where frequently we lose some control over our freedoms, time, and energies. Often there is a cross or two to bear. As Jesus let go of control in his life, he also placed his trust in his Father. He invites us to do the same.

FOR THE GLORY OF GOD In today’s passage from First Corinthians, Paul concludes his extensive reflections on a variety of

issues in Christian life, summarizing with “whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.” Beyond the specific problems he addresses, Paul invites his listeners deeper, to consider the primary orientation of life in Christ. We live “for the glory of God” when we organize our lives around God’s values and purposes. We find our identity within God’s story as described in the scriptures. We are called to join God’s work in care for others. Just like Paul, we wrestle with many difficult problems emerging from the messiness of daily living. As Lent approaches, we might claim some time to reflect upon how life’s messiness connects with our identity and calling.

Today’s Readings: Lv 13:1–2, 44–46; Ps 32:1–2, 5, 11; 1 Cor 10:31 — 11:1; Mk 1:40–45 Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION What would you say is the oldest, most frequently sung, most translated, most memorized, most beloved song text in the Christian world today? An astute and surprising answer might be the Gloria, “Glory to God in the Highest.” Soon the Lenten fast will begin, and the Gloria, sung at the beginning of Sunday Mass, will be silenced. It is an heirloom from a treasury of hymns spun from the songs of praise on the lips of Mary, Elizabeth, and Zachary. We move in the prayer from the song of the angels at the first Christmas, to the praise of God, and to a final plea to Christ to continue and complete his work in us. For nearly 1500 years, the singing of the Gloria has been a sign of the festive quality of a particular Mass. From the beginning it was a song of the people, not of the choir or clergy. These last few Sundays of winter Ordinary Time allow us a chance to savor the hymn and give ourselves over to the chorus. How is the song of praise arising from your pew? If you claim the song as yours, its absence from Lent will be more striking, and its return at Easter will cheer your heart. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.