Saint Mary’s Catholic Church 250 Kraft Street, Berea, Ohio 44017-1499

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

Parish Mission Statement St. Mary's 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.

St. Mary’s Parish Staff

Reverend John P. Singler, Pastor

Reverend Max Cole, Parochial Vicar

Ms. Angela Kovacs, Music Director

Mr. Larry Roetzer, Religious Education Coordinator

Mrs. Diana Lipfird, Homebound Coordinator

Mrs. Barbara Goebl, Spiritual Ministries

Parish Office Staff Mrs. Janel Abraham

Mrs. Lorri Masie

St. Mary’s School Staff Mr. Andrew Carner, Principal

Mrs. Nancy Kaesgen, Director of Development

Mrs. Sandi Ziegler, Program Coordinator

School Office Staff Mrs. Mary Beth Hennessy

Mrs. Rhonda Johnson

St. Mary’s Religious Education Staff Mr. Larry Roetzer, Coordinator

St. Mary’s 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 164 years of Pastoral Service to the Catholic Community of Berea

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 9, 2017

Throughout Matthew’s Gospel, the evangelist sets up a dichotomy between the so-called “religious profession-

als” and the “little ones” (Jesus’ disciples and/or Matthew’s community). In today’s reading, Jesus praises God

for having revealed mysteries to the “little ones” that are hidden from the “wise.” Earlier in Matthew’s Gospel,

chapter 5, Jesus had directed his disciples not to pray like the hypocrites do (Matthew 5:5). Later on in Chapter

23, Jesus will denounce the scribes and the Pharisees as hypocrites. These two and other passages throughout

Matthew’s Gospel suggest that the “wise” from which the Father has hidden understanding are those who fancy

themselves “experts.” The burden that Jesus lifts likely refers to the overly scrupulous interpretation of the Law

by the scribes and Pharisees. In contrast, the yoke of obedience to Jesus’ word brings rest from one’s labors.

#KeepRKidsDry is still moving ahead. We have completed two-thirds of

the School Building and the remaining section (Gym) and finish work

will HOPEFULLY be scheduled in the next couple of weeks. Our initial

surge in revenue for the project has slowed down considerably and we

CANNOT sign the contract without the funds at ready. SO, if you have

slowed down or forgotten or not responded to this capital venture,

PLEASE consider making your investment in our future THIS WEEK!

Thanks and I hope this invitation is read as a gentle reminder!

#KeepRKidsDry!

Parish Music Director Angela Kovacs will be away this week enjoying the

company of music directors, musicians, cantors and choirs, instrumentalists,

and church worship representatives at the National Association of Pastoral

Musicians (NPM) Convention in Cincinnati, OH.

The Association gathers like-minded priests, pastors, musicians, choirs, di-

rectors, liturgists, and ALL for this annual convention to inspire, dream,

educate, form and develop men and women into wise and worthy liturgi-

cal minsters in song and word and music FOR their assemblies and commu-

nities. Angela has brought a fresh spirit to St. Mary and we pray for her

continued energy and enthusiasm in Music and Worship.

THANK YOU to all for your faithful generosity to the Sunday Collection. Thanks as

always and BE BLESSED!

Fr. John

Monday July 10 Weekday Gn 28:10-22a / Mt 9:18-26 (383) 9:00 am Earl Malloy The Stepic Family Tuesday July 11 Saint Benedict, Abbot Gn 32:23-33 / Mt 9:32-38 (384) 9:00 am Joyce Kraft Family Wednesday July 12 Weekday Gn 41:55-57; 42:5-7a,17-24a / Mt 10:1-7 (385) 9:00 am Deceased Members of the Dragan Family Daughter & Granddaughter Thursday July 13 Weekday Gn 44:18-21,23b-29; 45:1-5 / Mt 10:7-15 (386) 9:00 am Don Blaseg Wife Friday July 14 USA: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin Gn 46:1-7,28-30 / Mt 10:16-23 (387) 9:00 am Todd Grubb Mr. & Mrs. Frank Grubb

Saturday July 15 Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Gn 49:29-32; 50:15-26a / Mt 10:24-33 (388) 4:00 pm Casey Karriker Mike & Cindy Surma Sunday July 16 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 55:10-11 / Rom 8:18-23 / Mt 13:1-23 (103) 7:30 am 9:30 am Kenneth White Colleen & Family 11:30 am Martin, Margaret & Eric Blunschi Debbie Blunschi

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 Ex-traordinary 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.

Larry & Roberta Latanich Melissa Calero & Family

Jeff & Ashley Matis & Family Karen Smith

Jamison Henry Jeffery & Amanda Taylor & Family

Christine Stanko & Family Sherry & Michael Geschke

Welcome to St. Mary’s

New Parishioners

Due to early submission of the bulletin - Collection for 7/02/17

will be available at a later date.

Weekend Collection

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

Maggie Armstrong Donna Baker Mary Anne Bialosky Larry Buchwalter William Conroy Owen Dumm Brian Follen Joan Foust Betty Glynn Gerry Grant Wayne Goforth

Katie Halley Dennis Jamiot Amy Johnson John Kern Les Lindenmeier Rob Lucas Karen M. Joseph McLaughlin Leo Oblak Alice Olszewski Mary Elizabeth Ryba John Simpson Briana Lynn Smith Jeanine Surma Chester Talarczyk

Bulletin Prayer List

A pure heart can see God

But to be able to see the face of God you

need a clean heart, a heart full of love, and

you can only have a heart full of love if it is

completely pure, clean and free; and as long

as we in our own hearts are not able to hear

that voice, the voice of God when He speaks

in the silence of our hearts, we will not be able to pray, we

will not be able to express our love in action . . .

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

Teresa (Ignatius Press 1987)

Mother Teresa

Anniversary Wishes

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

Sunday, July 9 Monday, July 10 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 12:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Rosary Makers 7:15pm - Church Rosary Tuesday, July 11 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 11:00am - Chapel Bible Study 12:30pm - Chapel Quiet Prayer Wednesday, July 12 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 7:00pm - Chapel Liturgy of the Hours Thursday, July 13 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 12:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Tri-City Seniors Pinochle Club Friday, July 14 9:30am - Chapel Rosary Saturday, July 15 3:00pm - Church Confessions

Parish Events

Bible Study & Faith Sharing

Evening Bible Study is taking some time off and will not

meet again until September. Watch the bulletin for the

date of the first session.

Family Perspective

“Come to me all who are weary and carrying heavy

burdens. I will give you rest.” Why do we acquire

possessions that we have to worry about and protect

with alarms? Why do we overwork ourselves trying

to stay in control? Are we the problem? Jesus tells us

today: “Learn from me...my burden is light.” It is

time to lighten our burden.

Quiet Prayer

Due to early submission of the bulletin - information for Quiet

Prayer will be available next week! Thank you for your pa-

tience.

Men of the parish:

Would you like to serve your

parish in a greater capacity during these summer

months? Become a member of the KNIGHTS OF CO-

LUMBUS. Contact Steve Hupp for your membership ap-

plication at stevenmhupp@hotmail.com or at (440)239-

0057.

Also if you'd like to join in the "Defending the Faith" con-

ference at Steubenville during the weekend of July 28th-

30th under the direction of Catholic Scholar Scott Hahn

please contact Steve Hupp as well!

Your Knights of Columbus Council 14416

Coffee, Tea & Thee

The Next Coffee, Tea & Thee will be on:

Sunday - July 16th - 12:30pm

Fr. John Garrity Center (Meeting Room)

Coffee, Tea and Thee will meet again at the above

date & times, ALL are Welcomed. Come share a

donut, coffee, tea, and a warm conversation with us.

Please contact Amanda Mazi for any questions

at (216) 727-6779 or a.mazi0319@gmail.com

Music Ministry and Liturgy Notes By Angela Kovacs

Director of Music and Liturgy BACK TO ‘SCHOOL’

Just kidding! It’s too early for that just yet. After church this Sunday I will be headed down to Cincinnati for the 40 th annual National As-

sociation for Pastoral Musicians convention! This is a weeklong sacred music convention that focuses on how we can do MORE than just

playing the organ and picking out hymns. Of course, I consider my job to enhance and constantly encourage people to participate within

the Mass and other types of worship through the music that I provide. I am here to build a comfortable, inviting, invigorating environment

that inspires people to feel faith to their core! Going to these kinds of continued education programs gives me new ideas and spiritual

nourishment for the next year to come! Look forward to next week’s article; I’ll be talking what I learned while in Cincinnati!

Traditional Choir, Contemporary Choir, and Youth Choir are off for the summer. All choir members are welcome 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.

Ministry Schedules

Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Weekend of July 16th

Mass Lector Cantor Extraordinary Ministers Servers 4pm J Guerrieri K Zanotti (H) R Sillasen, B Sillasen, J Savinsky C Beatty (C) R Wesolek, M Olsen, H Sisley Deacon Tom, D Vlk A Smith 7:30am D Lipfird - (H) J Haas, A Beatty, D Beatty J Draves (C) B Cashman, L Durica, M Waters F Sliwa, V Follen J Waters 9:30am G Irvin P Ponstingle (H) J Irvin, M McGinty, M A Deimling O Irvin (C) C DiSanto, S Lewis, K Vlcek L Richter, C Rose E Davenport 11:30am D Pusti P Hickey (H) D Bajc, J Bajc, P Harris A Jones (C) D Hickey, P Hickey, M Lubrano C Scanlon, S Scanlon J McArdle

Tuesday - July 25, 2017

7:00pm

Church Chapel

First time parents or parents who have not had a

child baptized for seven years or more need to

attend a Baptism Class. This class will be pre-

sented by Deacon Tom Cully and is one hour

long and presents to you the parents what bap-

tism is about, how it affects you and your child.

Call the Rectory Office to register.

** Baptism classes are offered at other Churches

if the above date & time is not convenient. Con-

tact the Rectory Office for assistance.

Baptism Class Change in Family Status

We need your help in updating our Parish

Database - If you have experienced a change in family

status (change of address/phone/email, marriage, new

family member, loss of loved one), please contact the

Rectory Office. You can do so by the following 3 op-

tions:

Email: jabraham1@stmaryberea.org

Mail: 250 Kraft Street

Berea, Ohio 44017

A Note through the weekend collection basket

We would like to update our Bulletin Prayer List - If

you would like to add a family member or friend,

please let us know. If your family member is listed and

is doing better an update would be appreciated.

Religious Education News

Religious Education News To find all the upcoming activities for both PSR and Sac-ramental Preparation join us at our new parish website (www.stmaryberea.org). Select “Teaching” from the top category bar, then select “Religious Education Of-fice”. Make us a favorite!

PSR Calendar of Events Registration for 2017-18 is now open. Forms for 2017-18 have been sent home. These forms can be returned, with this year’s fee, to the REO when completed to as-sure your child’s spot in our Program for next year. PSR will begin August 27

th. Forms can also be downloaded

from the parish website at ...

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

PSR Catechists/Aides needed! Is God calling you? Are you trying to find someplace where you can help? How about sharing your faith with the youth of our Parish? If you are 17 or older, a con-firmed practicing Catholic and, if applicable, in a mar-riage recognized by the Church, contact Larry Roetzer at the Religious Education Office (440-243-8221). St. Mary PSR program is in need of Catechists (Teachers) for both our Sunday “Littles” (Pre-K & KNDG) program & Monday evening classes (grades 1 – 8). If you’re a High School Student looking for service hours . . . we could use your help!!! Call us today!!! Classes begin August 28, 2017.

Sacramental Preparation The dates for our Sacramental Programs have been set! If you and/or your child desires to receive the Sacra-ments of First Reconciliation and Holy Eucharist or the Sacrament of Confirmation in 2017-18 school year, mark your calendars with the following dates: September 17, 2017 10:30am First Sacraments Orientation Meeting 6:00pm Confirmation Orientation Meeting January 13, 2018 9:00am First Reconciliation May 6, 2018 11:30am First Holy Communion May 12, 2018 4:00pm Confirmation

More information will be provided as it becomes available.

ST. MARY

SATURDAY NIGHT CINEMA

OF GODS AND MEN

Eight French Christian monks live in harmony

with their Muslim brothers in a monastery

perched in the mountains of North Africa in the

1990s. When a violent event occurs, fear sweeps

though the region. The army offers the monks

protection, but they refuse. Should they leave?

Despite the growing menace in their midst, they

slowly realize that they have no choice but to

stay… come what may. This film is loosely

based on the life of the Cistercian monks of Tib-

hirine in Algeria, from 1993 until 1996.

DATE: July 22, 2017

TIME: 6:30 PM

PLACE: Father Garrity Center

Meeting Room

WHAT: Movie, Refreshments,

Brief Discussion to Follow

Summer Band Concerts - Berea

Free Concerts in Berea

All Concerts from 7:30p—9:00p

July 14th Lincoln Way - Coe Lake

July 21st The Sloppy Joe Band - McKelvey Park

July 28th Don Disantis - McKelvey Park

August 4th Pop Tarts - McKelvey Park

Outdoor Movies - Berea

Free Outdoor Movies in Berea

(Locations are subject to change)

July 22nd/9:30pm The Peanuts Movie- Berea Triangle

Aug 12th/9:30pm Middle School-Worst Years of my

Life - Berea Triangle

Oct 14th/7:30pm Sing - Malone Park

All movies will be shown on a 30ft. Inflatable screen. Please

bring your own chair or blanket.

Cluster Information

ST. MARY OF THE FALLS PARISH

25615 Bagley Road Olmsted Falls, OH 44138

Fr Walter J. Hyclak, Pastor Fr Ryan Cubera, Parochial Vicar

Office: 440-235-2222

FAX: 440-235-2937 Website: www.stmaryof the falls.org

Mass Schedules

Saturday: 8:00 am & 5:00 pm Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 12 noon; 6:00 pm

Mon, Wed, Fri: 7:00 am Tues & Thurs: 9:00 am

Confessions

3:30-4:30 pm Saturday

Baptisms 1:30 pm—1st Sunday of Month

Other Devotions

Contact the Parish Office for other devotions and special events.

ST. ADALBERT PARISH

66 Adalbert Street Berea, Ohio 44017

Fr Barry Gearing, Pastor

Office: 440-234-6830 FAX: 440-234-2588

Website: www.saintadalbertparish.org

Mass Schedules Saturday: 4:30 pm

Sunday: 8:30 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am Mon, Wed, Fri: 8:30 am Tues & Thurs: 6 :30 pm

Confessions

3:00-4:00 pm Saturday

Baptisms 12:30 pm—1st & 3rd Sunday of Month

Other Devotions

Contact the Parish Office for other devotions and special events.

Golf Outing

Greater Cleveland Safety Forces

Holy Name Society

8th Annual Golf Outing

Wednesday - July 19, 2017

Bob-O-Links Golf Course

4141 Center Road (Rte 83) Avon, Ohio

Format: 4 Man Scramble

Shotgun Start at 10:00am

Cost $75.00 per Golfer

Includes: Morning Donuts & Coffee

Lunch at the Turn in Clubhouse

Steak Dinner with Trimmings at 3:00pm

Beer, Water, Soft Drinks, Door Prizes, Etc.

Checks payable to:

Safety Forces Holy Name Society

16505 Dartmouth Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44111

(Please include your 4 man roster with payment)

Reservations: Contact Jim Leahy

(216) 403-4934 / email: leahy9572@gmail.com

Mark Lynch: (216) 233-5013

All proceeds benefit The Safety Forces Holy Name Society

Scholarship Fund