Saint Mary Parish

250 Kraft Street, Berea, Ohio 44017-1499

Rectory: 440-243-3877 • FAX: 440-891-9417 • Website: www.stmaryberea.org

Parish Pastoral Staff

Reverend John P. Singler, Pastor

Reverend Mike Feldtz, Parochial Vicar

Reverend Robert J. Cole, Retired, In Residence

Deacon Tom Cully, Pastoral Associate

Ms. Angela Kovacs, Music Director

Parish Support Staff

Mrs. Barbara Goebl, Spiritual Ministries

Mrs. Diana Lipfird, Homebound Coordinator

Mr. John Mastandrea, Adult Faith and Education Coordinator

Mr. Larry Roetzer, Religious Education Coordinator

Mr. Bob Sferra, Sacramental Catechetical Leader

Parish Office Staff

Mrs. Janel Abraham

Mrs. Lorri Masie

School Administrative Staff

Mr. Andrew Carner, Principal

Mrs. Sandi Ziegler, Program Coordinator

Mrs. Nancy Kaesgen, Director of Development

School Office Staff

Mrs. Mary Beth Hennessy

Mrs. Diana Zjaba

Parish Mass Schedule

Weekday: 9:00am Monday through Friday

Weekend: 4:00pm Saturday Vigil

7:30am, 9:30am, & 11:30am

Holy Day Consult Bulletin

Sacramental Ministries

Baptisms: On Sundays After 11:30am Mass

Reconciliation: Saturdays 3-3:30pm

Seasonal Celebrations

Marriage: Contact Parish Office

Anointing of the Sick: Contact Parish Office

Seasonal Celebration

Communion Calls: Contact Parish Office

Celebrating 165 years of Pastoral Service to the Catholic Community of Berea

Mission Statement

St. Mary is a faith community which worships together, follows the teachings of Jesus Christ in our everyday lives,

evangelizes others by our lives and actions, gives generously of our time and resources in service to others, shows

compassion and love towards one another, provides religious education and works for social justice for all.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 5, 2018

We sing often, “I am the bread of life. You who come to me shall not

hunger; and who believe in me shall not thirst.” The crowd mistakenly

thought that Moses gave their ancestors the bread of heaven. The Israel-

ites needed the reminder that the Lord gave them bread to eat. Like

them, we can forget that Jesus feeds us to become one with us, and bake

us into bread for others. Too often we mistakenly view the Eucharist as

something meant only for us to receive. We forget that celebrating the

Eucharist TRANSFORMS us to become what we eat and drink (St.

Augustine), the Body and Blood of Christ. We get so caught up in the

sign of Christ’s “Real Presence,” we forget that Jesus feeds us to become

REALLY PRESENT to others through the way we live.

So, like the Ephesians we need to “put on a new self and live in right-

eousness and truth so others can find the words that come from the

mouth of God in our witness.” [Living the Word, Year B 2018]

BTW: Check out the BULLETIN INSERT on Parish son, Fr. Marty Solma, SM.

Youth Engagement

– Teen Initiative (YETI)

met for the first time this past Sun-

day and according to Teen Leader

Chris Garr, Deacon Tom, Fr. Mike

and Fr. Max, who stopped by, it

was a GREAT first gathering!

There are some “kinks” to work

on as we move ahead; but what

first initiative doesn’t have some

things to work out? All will be

well, as St. Julian of Norwich

prays, “all will be well!”

THANKS for your support

and more to come as we teens are

Living Great-fully!

This past week, the parish

Staff met and has been busy putting the FINAL TOUCHES on the Calendar for the new year. CERTAINLY Mon-

day nights are set aside for Faith Formation – Grades 1 – 8, or as many still call it, PSR, which will INCLUDE

some Parent nights for faith and learning; and we are still looking for a time and

place for RCIA. The Men’s Night will be Thursday and Women’s Night ALSO on

Thursdays. There are LOTS of sports teams and LOTS of requests for the Fr. Garrity

Center for practices and games – SO – if you want a room or place for a SPECIAL

EVENT, get your request in early.

We’re planning a Parish Anniversary Dinner on Wednesday August 15th at 6pm fol-

lowing the 5pm Mass AND a special Churches Tour of many of the historical

Churches in Cleveland. The Annual Thanksgiving Pasta Dinner will be on the calen-

dar AND a few more Donut Sundays and Pancake Breakfasts. It’s going to be GREAT Living at St. Mary this

year!

Great THANKS for your constant generosity in your weekly Offering! Grateful Living!

Father John

Weekend of August 5 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 4:00 pm Mary Voigt Husband 7:30 am Kathleen Barendt Family 9:30 am Maria Zema & Lorenzo Cons Templeman 11:30 pm Norma Milby Cheryl Spanulo Monday August 6 The Transfiguration of the Lord Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/2 / Pt 1:16-19 / Mk 9:2-10 (614) 9:00 am Tom Maley Mary Abdahhah Tuesday August 7 Weekday Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 / Mt 14:22-36 or 15:1-2, 10-14 (408) 9:00 am Dan Malloy Jim & Louise Knapik Wednesday August 8 Saint Dominic, Priest Jer 31:1-7 / Mt 15:21-28 (409) 9:00 am Joseph Hatala Therese Hohman Thursday August 9 Weekday Jer 31:31-34 / Mt 16:13-23 (410) 9:00 am Emily Gannon Harvey Gannon Friday August 10 Saint Lawrence, Deacon & Martyr 2 Cor 9:6-10 / Jn 12:24-26 (618) 9:00 am Robert & Phyllis Leek Walt & Fay Sliwa

Saturday August 11 Saint Clare, Virgin Hb 1:12-2:4 / Mt 17:14-20 (412) 4:00 pm Jeannette Perna Kilbane Family Sunday August 12 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kgs 19:4-8 / Eph 4:30– 5:2 / Jn 6:41-51 (116) 7:30 am For All Parishioners Living & Deceased 9:30 am John Garred Bill & Rosanne Sillasen 11:30 pm For All Parishioners Living & Deceased

Mass Schedule and Intentions

Homebound Ministry

Our Homebound Parishioners are very important to us and we want to make sure their spiritual needs are being met. If you or a friend or family member are homebound and unable to attend Mass, we would like to bring the Eucharist to you in your home. Please call Diana Lipfird, the Home-bound Parishioner Coordinator, at 532-9491 or e-mail her at dlipfird@gmail.com. We will set up a time and day for the Extraordinary Minister to visit that best fits your schedule. If you are an Extraordinary Minister and would like to be part of our team of taking Communion to the homebound, please call Diana at 440-532-9491.

Collection for 7/29/18: $10,888.50 Thank You for your generous Contributions.

Weekend Collection

Please remember in prayer all who are ill or homebound, especially the following:

Jackie Ayala Maggie Armstrong Donna Baker Mary Anne Bialosky James Carney Eneo Cifani William Conroy Chris Copenhaver Melanie Kuper Owen Dumm Jim Duncan Chuck Duncan Bruce Ferraro Sharon Fisher Brian Follen Joan Foust

Marie Gallagher Betty Glynn Katie Halley Betty Hardman Hanna Kessler Karen Kljun Louise Knapik Kathleen Kolach Rob Lucas Karen M. Joseph McLaughlin Shem Miller Leo Oblak Ed Paschke James Rollin Mary Elizabeth Ryba John Serrao Peyton Sullivan Chet Talarczyk Chet Yanke

Bulletin Prayer List

Welcome this weekend the newly baptized -

Preston Daniel Novak

Welcome - Newly Baptized

Mass Intentions for 2019

The Mass Intention Book for 2019 is

open for your Intentions.

Please Note at this time Masses will be

limited to 2 per family.

Contact the Office to schedule or submit your request

in writing - please include a phone number in case

we need to contact you. We will do our best to ac-

commodate your requests.

In Your Charity

In your charity, please remember the re-

pose of the souls of Jim Knapik, Patricia

Mattson, Marie Kilbane, Rose Strebler,

Dominic Sacco and Melvin Volan.

May they rest in eternal peace.

Weekend of August 5th

Saturday - 3:00pm - Church Confessions

Monday, August 6th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 10:00am - FJG Prepare Brown Bag Lunches

7:15pm - Chapel Rosary

Tuesday, August 7th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 10:00am - FJG Prepare Brown Bag Lunches

11:00am - Chapel Bible Study 12:30pm - Chapel Quiet Prayer Wednesday, August 8th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 10:00am - FJG Prepare Brown Bag Lunches

7:00pm - FJG Young Couples Ministry Meeting

Thursday, August 9th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 10:00am - FJG Prepare Brown Bag Lunches

12:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Pinochle Club Friday, August 10th 10:00am - FJG Prepare Brown Bag Lunches

Saturday, August 11th 3:00pm - Church Confessions Sunday, August 12th

Parish Events

Mother Teresa

“Jesus: The Living Bread,

Understanding Love”

The meaning of this Eucharist is under-

standing love, Christ understood. He un-

derstood that we have a terrible hunger for God. He

understood that we have been created to be loved,

and so He made Himself a Bread of Life and He said,

“Unless you eat My flesh and drink My blood, you

cannot live, you cannot love, you cannot serve.” You

must eat this Bread and the goodness of the love of

Christ to share His understanding love.

Excerpted from: Love: A Fruit Always in Season Daily Meditations by Mother

Teresa (Ignatius Press 1987)

Family Perspective

Pope Francis is reminding Christian families to guard

against being swept away by a hectic, competitive

throw-away society. Jesus calls us to center our work

and activity in Him—the bread of life! Make sure to

make time for family meals, Sabbath rest, prayer and

conversation that includes God.

Anniversary Wishes

If you will be having a wedding anniversary in the month of August and would like your names listed in the bulletin, please call the parish office (440) 243-3877 or email jabraham1@stmaryberea.org

Len & Eleanor Stitt

August 26th - 70 years Steve & Eve Hollender August 27th - 41 years

Bible Study, Faith Sharing Bible study will meet in the chapel from 11:00am -

12:00pm on Tuesday. 2 Kings takes us into the heart of

a loving God Who is always ready to forgive us. Come

and meet God as a God of second chances, a message

we need today. Come join us, no experience neces-

sary. Bring your Bible and an open heart.

Quiet Prayer

This Tuesday Quiet Prayer will be followed by the a

Thomas Keating CD. Come and meet with us at

12:30pm to explore a type of prayer that allows us to

listen to what God may be asking of each of us. Then

allow Fr. Keating to help you understand just a little

more about your own spiritual journey.

Religious Education News

PSR

The 2018-19 PSR Registration is now open. Registration

forms were sent home with students. Open enrollment

forms are available on the parish website:

http://www.stmaryberea.org/contacts-forms

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

Stay tuned for information about next year’s Sacramental

Program. Planning will begin soon!

Please Remember Our Military In Prayer & With Gratitude

SSgt. Jeffrey R. Anzalone—USAF, Hurlburt Field, FL Private 1st Class Nicholas Cozzarin—US Army, Ft. Hood, TX ; Iraq

Spec. Hanna M. Geiger, US Army

Sgt. Justin P. Gertsma—USMC, Afghanistan

SPC Carl Heitz, Army Reserves, Kuwait

Major Theresa M. (Ponstingle) Livingston—Dobbins Air Force Base

Major Leonard J. Livingston, Dobbins Air Force Base

TSGT Zachary McLeish, USAF 76 APS Youngstown Ohio Captain Frank P. Mercurio, Jr.—Ellsworth AFB, SD

Staff Sgt. Stefen Neuwar—Ft. Belvoir, VA

Sr. Airman Anthony J. Phillipp—USAF, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ MA2 Gary L. Stephen—US Navy

LCDR Thomas A. Stephen—US Navy

Todd Vlk - Avionics Technician, Special Projects Patrol Squadron 2 Marine

Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Sgt. David Walsh—Air Force, Abu-dhabi

Sgt. Sean M. Walters—US Army Green Berets

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Cpl. Brad D. Squires—KIA in Iraq, June 9, 2005

May God bless and keep these brave men and women safely in His care!

Note: please keep the office informed of changes to this list, or if you

have a picture for the board in the Mother Teresa Vestibule.

Mass Lector Cantor Extraordinary Ministers Servers 4pm M J LaLonde M Columbro (H) S Butcher, G Butcher, S Lewis M Urbancic (C) C Scanlon, S Scanlon, C Jamison D Beatty, A Beatty 7:30am E Jansen (H) P Flandera, Deacon Tom, V Follen J Waters (C) R Straub, M Dole, M Waters D Lipfird, C DiSanto T Flandera 9:30am T Morgan M Reid (H) A Laubert, J Laubert, R Sillasen M Laubert (C) K Laubert, K Laubert, M Laubert J Haas, Deacon Tom M Laubert 11:30am R Davenport S Scanlon (H) D Hickey, P Hickey, R Koehl C Snyder (C) L Durica, D Sawyer, E Davenport R Heitz, L Sullivan

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Weekend of August 12th

Ministry Schedules

Music Ministry & Liturgy Notes

By Angela Kovacs Director of Music and Liturgy

LAST WEEK’S ERROR, AND FOOD FOR THOUGHT

I must admit to a lapse of memory: last week, I said that the

choir picnic sign-up sheet would be up and ready for people

to fill out, but that definitely didn’t happen. It is up this week

instead! So to everyone who will be coming to our August

26th Choir Picnic, make sure to put down what you will be

bringing. It isn’t a successful potluck unless everyone helps

out!

There is an easy theme for this weekend’s readings: bread!

Last week, Jesus fed a crowd of thousands with just two fish

and five barley loaves. This week, the Lord is feeding the

Israelites with manna that he has rained down from heaven,

and in the gospel reading, Jesus announces that he is the

bread of life. God is always there to help us through our

troubles, to give us inspiration and energy when we are lack-

ing. By having faith in our Savior, our Father, our Spirit, we

do not need to worry so much about earthly things. The

hymns that I have chosen for this week all clearly reflect the

text that we listen to from the readings. We need food to

survive, surely, but we also need spiritual nourishment for

our souls as well. Make sure that you are thinking about the

texts as you sing rather than just rambling off words! The

mass is an interactive celebration that needs focus the entire

time!

Traditional Choir, Contemporary Choir, and Youth

Choir are off for the summer. All choir members are wel-

come to sing up in the loft during weekend masses. Summer

is a perfect time to audition for involvement in one of our

ensembles, especially for prelude solos! If you are interested

in participating in any of these choirs, cantoring, or playing

an instrument during mass, please call or see me after mass

up in the loft. Please contact the music ministry office for

more information: 440.243.3877 ext 27.

Join us today on the grounds of the Center for Pastoral

Leadership (28700 Euclid Ave. in Wickliffe) from 12:00

noon - 10:00pm.

“Without the contribution of women, society is less alive, cul-

ture impoverished, and peace less stable.”

--St. John Paul II, Angelus Address 7/23/95

Our Feminine Genius welcomes and invites all women of the

parish to join us as we meet to share and grow in our faith

through book studies, speakers, and videos. If interest exists,

we hope to provide opportunities for the group to gather for social as well as spiritual activities.

Please contact: Alane Mastandrea or Amanda Mazi at (440) 243-3877

(The term Feminine Genius is attributed to St. John Paul II from his Apostolic Letter, Mulieris Dignitatem)

Parish Ministry Spotlight

St. Mary Women’s Group

Are you interested in tour-

ing some of the Churches

in the Greater Cleveland

area? We are in the proc-

ess of planning a Bus Trip

in the Fall to visit 4 - 5

Churches along with stop-

ping for lunch.

The cost of this outing will be determined

depending on the number of participants. If

interested, please call the Rectory Office at

(440) 243-3877 or email

jabraham1@stmaryberea.org

Fr. Mike will be working on which Churches

that will be included in the tour.

BAKERY NEEDED FOR ST MARY PARISH

166TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER - 8/15/18

Drop off in the Fr. John Garrity Meeting rooms

Starting 8/14/18

Marianist Mission P.O. Box 340998 Dayton, OH 45430-1033

A MESSAGE from the Provincial Dear Friends,

This letter is my last as provincial of the Marianist Province of the United States. My term ends on July 31, 2018, just after the conclusion of our General Chapter meeting in Rome. These past eight years have flown by.

When I first received a call from the Marianist Father Manuel Cortes, our Superior General, asking to assume the responsibility, I was totally surprised. That was July 2009. I had been living and working in West and East Africa for 27 tears. Returning to major leadership was the very last thing on my radar. But, as with other experiences in my life, this time has been a blessing for me.

I especially have enjoyed my relationships with the lay leaders at. St. Mary’s University in San Anto-nio, University of Dayton in Ohio and Chaminade University of Honolulu. Such dedication and commitment in these Marianist educational collaborators! I have equally enjoyed the times I’ve visited our Marianist-sponsored schools and retreat centers. I’ve celebrated all-school Masses at most of these 19 schools! The Eucharistic celebrations at Saint Louis School in Honolulu, Chaminade College Prep in Los Angeles, St. John Vianney High School in St. Louis, Purcell Marian in Cincinnati and Colegio San Jose , Puerto Rico, come readily to mind. So much good energy and youthful enthusiasm! I shall miss all of this very much.

I’ve been privileged to visit Marianists in India at least twice yearly, as well as the brothers and priests in Eastern Africa several times since 2009. The Society of Mary is growing in these areas, just as the Catholic population continues to explode in these parts of the world. The Marianists in India and Africa are doing what Marianists have done here in the United States since 1850: Catholic education, lifting up the poor—working especially with poor mothers and children. What a gift to the Church and to these growing areas of our world!

I want to say a big, loving and heartfelt thank-you to all who read ALIVE magazine. Through your sup-port and generosity, we can continue the mission entrusted to us by our Founder, Blessed William Joseph Chaminade; in alliance with Mary, to bring Christ to our world and to witness a community of faith-filled and mission-minded religious men, dedicated to the Mother of the Lord. We could not do what we do without you.

Before I begin the next chapter of my Marianist life, I have requested to hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, an ancient 500-mile pilgrimage route across northern Spain to the shrine of St. James in Com-postela. As I make this pilgrimage, I will remember each of you and your families, asking the Lord and our Blessed Mother to fill you with peace and joy.

In gratitude,

Fr. Marty Father Martin Solma, SM Provincial