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

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

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. Nancy Whelan

Mrs. Mary Beth Hennessy

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 163 years of Pastoral Service to the Catholic Community of Berea

Ascension of the Lord May 8, 2016

Dear Friends,

History of the Ascension of Our Lord The reality of Christ's Ascension is so important that the creeds (the basic statements of belief) of Christianity all affirm, in the words of the Apostles' Creed; that "He ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of God the Fa-ther almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead."

Christ's bodily Ascension foreshadows our own entrance into Heaven not simply as souls, after our death, but as glorified bodies, after the resurrection of the dead at the Final Judgment. In redeeming mankind, Christ not only offered salvation to our souls but began the restoration of the material world itself to the glory that God intended before Adam's fall. The Feast of the Ascension marks the begin-ning of the first novena, or nine days of pray-er. Before His Ascension, Christ promised to send the Holy Spirit to His apostles. Their prayer for the coming of the Holy Spirit, which begins on what was formerly, Ascension Thursday, ended with the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday, ten days later.

Today, we recall that first novena by praying the Novena to the Holy Spirit between Ascension and Pentecost, asking for the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the fruits of the Holy Spirit. (Copies of the Novena are on the Altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

THIS WEEKEND’S Second Collection SUPPORTS the enhancement of our Catechetical and Faith For-

mation Programs both in the Diocese and in our Parish. Please be as generous as you are able and thank you in advance for your generosity and support!

PRAY for the Men Ordained to the Permanent Diaconate this weekend at St. John the Evangelist Cathedral by Bishop Richard Lennon. Permanent Deacons are called to Service in the Diocese of Cleveland in Liturgy and Service, by Word and Sacrament. Pray for them this weekend.

Looking Ahead: The SECOND In-Pew Appeal for the Annual Catholic Charities will be taken up on the weekend of May 22nd. It is an opportunity for those who weren’t able to make a contri-bution in February. This is a second request for your financial support to meet the Diocesan Goal. Please be generous in your response.

Thank you for your very faithful support in the Sunday Collections! The Finance Council is appreciative of everyone’s efforts to financially SUPPORT the Parish. The Council is working diligently on preparing the BUDGET for next year and your faithfulness and even your increase in your weekly contributions would be MOST beneficial to the overall healthy financial picture of St. Mary’s! THANK YOU for your prayerful and sacri-ficial support AGAIN and AGAIN!

Father John

Monday May 9 Easter Weekday Acts 19:1-8/Jn 16:29-33 (297) 9:00 am Charles Phillipp Wife 1:50 pm All School Mass 6:45 pm PSR Closing Mass

Tuesday May 10 Easter Weekday Acts 20:17-27/Jn 17:1-11a (298) 9:00 am Deacon Bob Martin Wife, Judy Martin Wednesday May 11 Easter Weekday Acts 20:28-38/Jn 17:11b-19 (299) 9:00 am Elizabeth Ann Singler Fr. John Thursday May 12 Easter Weekday Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Jn 17:20-26 (300) 9:00 am Marie Theumer Ingrid Zaharewicz Friday May 13 Easter Weekday Acts 25:13b-21/Jn 21:15-19 (301) 9:00 am Winifred Duncan Mitchell Family Saturday May 14 Saint Matthias, Apostle Acts 1:15-17,20-26/Jn 15:9-17 (564) 4:00 pm Casey Karriker Mike & Cindy Surma Sunday May 15 Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7,12-13/Jn 20:19-23 (63) 7:30 am Jim Marquard Betty & Jeff Marquard 9:30 am Martha Sasena Pat & Donna Hickey 11:30 am Helen & Paul Moss Family

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.

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

Thomas & Dorothy Goebel May 3rd - 69 years

Don & Lucy May 5th - 54 years

Michael & Marie Noar May 9th - 41 years

Michael & Cindy Surma May 10th - 19 years

Mike & Donna Von Duhn May 12th - 60 years

Dan & Debbie Malloy May 22nd - 34 years Jerry & Janet Duber May 24th - 25 years Tom & Peg Nicolay May 25th - 59 years

Joe & Janel Abraham May 29th - 23 years

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

Larry Buchwalter Nathan Conrad Sue Esker Brian Follen John Kern Roger Lipfird

Ray Louis Joseph McLaughlin Jonell McMillen Betty Shupek Michael VonDuhn

Bulletin Prayer List

“As He blessed them He left them and was taken up to heaven” (Lk 24:51). Jesus makes it “easy” To make it easy for us to really love God, really be holy, Jesus again and again and again said the same thing: “Love one another as I have loved you.” When we look at the Cross we know how much He loved us. When we look at the Tabernacle we know how much He loves us now. And to make it, again I say, “easy” for us, He says, “Whatever you do to the least of My brethren, you do it to Me.” “I was hungry; I was naked; I was homeless…” Excerpted from: Tape recording of Mother Teresa speaking to Co-Workers of Mother Teresa, San Francisco, June 19, 1986.

Mother Teresa

Sunday, May 8 - Happy Mother’s Day Monday, May 9 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 12:00pm - FGH Mtg Rm Rosary Makers 6:45pm - Church PSR Closing Mass 7:15pm – Chapel Rosary Tuesday, May 10 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 11:00am - Chapel Bible Study 12:30pm - Chapel Quiet Prayer 6:00pm - Church Youth Choir 7:00pm - Chapel Bible Study 7:30pm - Church Traditional Choir Wednesday, May 11 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 7:00pm - Church Liturgy of the Hours Thursday, May 12 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 1:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Tri-City Seniors Pinochle Club Friday, May 13 9:30am - Chapel Rosary Saturday, May 14 3:00pm - Church Confessions

Parish Events

Collection for the Weekend of 5/1/16: $14,095.50 Thank you for your generosity to the Parish.

Weekend Collection

In Your Charity

In your charity, please remember the repose of the soul of Anitra Blunschi.

May she rest in eternal peace.

Wedding Banns

John Paul Sadowski & Michelle Renee Downing

May 21, 2016

Ministry Schedules Pentecost - Weekend of May 15th

Mass Lector Cantor Extraordinary Ministers Servers 4pm K Kljun M Columbro (H) R Wesolek, M Feigi, K Miller Z Hritz D Pusti (C) C Scanlon, S Scanlon, M Urbancic T Morgan, S Lewis D Goss 7:30am K Zanotti K Zanotti (H) M Dober, V Dober, V Follen J Dober K Waters (C) A Mastandrea, J Mastandrea M Dober L Sullivan, S Gunvalsen J Dober 9:30am G Irvin J Schwarz (H) R Straub, C DiSanto, M A Deimling K Petitt J Irvin (C) P Hickey, D Hickey, O Petitt D Sawyer, R Heitz A Jones 11:30am M. Dole P Ponstingle (H) D Bajc, J Bajc, R Koehl I Crespo L Durica (C) J Abraham, J Abraham E Davenport R Davenport, M Carroll A Smith

Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Diocesan Center for the Enthronement of the Sa-cred Heart of Jesus will have the Annual Mass of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 3, 2016 at 7:30pm at St. Bernadette Church 2256 Clague Road, Westlake, OH 44145. All are invited to attend and make public reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Music Ministry and Liturgy Notes

By Angela Kovacs Director of Music and Liturgy

THE ASCENSION

This weekend is technically the 7th Sunday of Easter, but we are celebrating the Ascension of the Lord. Why is this? In the olden days, the Ascension was set 40 days after Easter Sunday, to reflect the 40 days mentioned in the Acts of the Apostle. This happens to land on a Thursday. In more modern times, the reformed Liturgy guidelines has recom-mended celebrating certain feast days, such as the Ascension, on the following Sunday, so that more people will be able to attend. Only 6 out of 32 diocese providences in the United States still celebrate the Ascension on Thursday.

This Sunday is also Mother’s Day, so thank you to mothers of all kinds, living and deceased!

Choir Rehearsal Schedules: Traditional Choir meets to rehearse on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm. Youth Choir also has rehearsals on Tuesdays at 6.pm. Contemporary Choir meets to rehearse on the first and third Thursday of every month at 7.30pm. If you are interested in participating in any of these choirs, cantoring, or playing an instrument dur-ing mass, please call or see me after mass up in the loft. Call the music ministry office for more infor-mation: 440.243.3877 ext 27.

James & Marilyn Ehrbar Mark & Mary Medvick Brian & Kristina Kordal

Jeff Schaeffer Jackie Benisek & Family

Jeffrey & Julia Nooney & Family

Welcome to St. Mary’s

New Parishioners

Family Perspectives

Motherhood . . . the miracle of creation! God’s mercy is present in motherhood, in their joys and in their sorrows. When mothering is inadequate, God fills the gap. From the peak moment of childbirth, through the tedious daily tasks, God is actively participating in the process of motherhood. Celebrate mothers, step-mothers, grandmothers and godmothers today!

Bible Study Bible Study meets in the chapel on each Tuesday at 11:00am and again at 7:00pm. 1 Corinthians continues to waken us to the wonder of our Christian faith. Bring your Bible and come to see what God might want you to see in these writings.

Quiet Prayer

Quiet prayer will meet in the chapel at 12:20pm. We will begin with Lectio Divina of sacred scripture and then move into Quiet Prayer. We will still have you ready to be on your way by 1:00pm. Why not come to see if this practice might benefit you on your spiritual journey.

2nd Collection

Office of Catechetical Services Collection May 7th & 8th. Each year in the Diocese of Cleveland a special collection is taken up in all the parishes to support the ministries of the Office of Catechetical Services. The office focuses on supporting and enhancing the catechetical initiative (PSR programs) throughout the Diocese and supports faith for-mation for all including adult faith formation, catechetical leader training and catechist formation for teachers of reli-gion, media literacy and the Newman Campus Ministry program.

REO News

Larry Roetzer, Religious Education Coordinator 440-243-8221—(www.stmarysbereareo.org)

REO Upcoming Calendar!

5/09/16 – 6:45pm – PSR CLOSING MASS (St. Mary Church) 8:00pm – PSR End of Year Celebration (Fr. Garrity Center)

PSR

We will have our Closing Mass on Monday May 9th. There will be a End of Year celebration in the Fr. Garrity Center after Mass. Please plan on attending with your students.

2016-17 PSR Registration

Registration for the 2016-17 PSR year is now open! If you are interested in signing up, contact the REO for registration forms.

St. Mary Catholic School News Corner Educating the Mind, Nurturing the Soul Mr. Andrew Carner, Principal

School News Corner - cont.. This past Wednesday, the SMS Band performed their Spring Concert. An afternoon performance was held for the students and faculty with an evening perfor-mance for parents, relatives, and friends. SMS is proud of our talented students an their musical accom-plishments. A special HURRAY!! for Mr. Fortini and Mrs. Lukas who have spent many hours throughout the school year nurturing the children’s talent and love of music. We are preparing for the Annual Scholastic BOGO Book Fair. Students will have the opportunity next week to visit the Book Fair and create their Wish List to share with parents. Purchases can be made on Mon-day, May 9th, Tuesday, May 10th, or Wednesday, May 11th. This is a wonderful opportunity to purchase some summer reading material!

After weeks of training, this past weekend a num-ber of SMS students and faculty participated in a 5K Walk/Run at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Not only were the funds raised for a good cause, Cleveland Christian Home, SMS was also fortunate to have some team members place. Thank you and congratulations to all participants! Important Dates to Remember: 05/09/16 - Book Fair – BOGO Sale – M-W “ “ “ - 1:50p.m. All School Mass 05/10/16 - Gr. 3 Fieldtrip / Cleveland Zoo “ “ “ Spring Band Concert – 2:00p.m. 05/12/16 - Grade 6 / Camp Christopher TH/FRI. “ “ “ - Grade KA & KB Fieldtrip/ Botanical Gardens 05/14/16 - Pre3 / Donuts with Dads 9:30a.m.

Congratulations to all of our Second Grade students, who received their First Holy Communion on Sunday, May 1st. Mrs. Dedrick and Mrs. Giblin have spent much of this school year preparing the children for this Holy Sacrament. The Sec-ond Grade students spent April 29th, on a First Communion Retreat at the Father Garrity Center. This full day retreat con-cluded their preparation for the Sacrament as they made un-leavened bread, created crafts, and visited the church. Attention all grandparents of a St. Mary’s School stu-dent, mark your calendars. You are invited to Grandpar-ents Day at St. Mary’s School on Friday, May 27, 2016. Watch the bulletin for further details.

Get Ready for Summer! Vacation Bible School is back with a new date and theme! Join St. Adalbert Parish as the host for VBS in the cluster parishes (St. Mary’s, Berea and St. Mary of the Falls) June 13-17, 2016 from 9:00am—12:00noon. Planning will begin in April. If you are a teen or adult interested in volunteering please contact Annette Klanac at (440) 234-6830 ext. 247 or email: aklanac@saintadalbertparish.org. Registrations available April 11th at www.saintadalbertparish.org or through each parish’s PSR and School Programs. Don’t miss out on the ad-venture of a lifetime!

Vacation Bible School

The Annual 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration will be held on Sunday, July 31, 2016 at the Ca-thedral of St. John the Evangelist. Bishop Richard Lennon will be the principal celebrant. Reserva-tions are now being accepted for couples married 50 years (married in 1966). Couples who are cele-brating other significant anniversaries (55 or over) or have missed previous celebrations are welcome to register and attend. Seating is limited in the Cathedral. The number of guests will be determined

by the seating capacity and total number registered. All registrations should be handled through parish secretaries. Registration forms were sent to all parishes in March; couples should contact their parishes to register.

50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration

For over 55 years the Sterba family has coordinated the effort to decorate the graves of US war veterans buried at Holy Cross Cemetery. Each year, a small army of family, friends and vol-unteers spread throughout Holy Cross to place an ever increasing amount of

flags on veteran’s graves (approx. 15,200 this year). Please consider joining us this May for a rewarding ex-perience. This is a great way for high school students to obtain community service hours. The 2016 date is Thursday May 26th. We start at 11:00am and go until finished (or dusk). Our registration table will be located behind the lake by Section 10, which is very close to the Brookpark Road entrance. Please let me know if you plan on attending this year. My email is sterba@sbcglobal.net

Holy Cross / Veteran’s Flags

Tickets Available

Please reserve your tickets for the wonderful show: Peter Pan Jr. Friday May 20th: 7:30pm Number of Tickets: _______________________

Saturday May 21st: 7:30pm Number of Tickets: _______________________

Sunday May 22nd: 2:00pm Number of Tickets: _______________________ $8.00 - Adult $5.00 - Student or Senior Family Name: _________________________________________________

Email and phone: ______________________________________________ Return to St Mary’s School (250 Baker Street) by May 13, 2016. Make checks payable to St. Mary’s School

St. Mary’s School - Drama Club Presents ...