Saint Paul & Saint Patrick Catholic Parishes Mass Intentions, Prayer Opportunities & Stewardship

The Sanctuary Candle

Burns This Week

For St. Paul Parishioners

St. Patrick

SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY Sun. – April 23 9:30 am Barbara Bailey, by Mary Catherine Tortora

Monday, April 24 9:00 am Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion Prayer Leader: Lynn Eskay Musician: John Simonds

Wednesday, April 26 9:00 am Liturgy of the Word with Holy Communion Prayer Leader: Judy Nelson Musician: John Simonds

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Sun. – April 30 9:30 am Mike Cross, by Rose & Jerry Hanna

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT:

“Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’” John 20:19

Are you good at making people feel welcome? When you meet someone new, a new neighbor, a new work colleague, a new parishioner, do you make them feel at home? Many of us can probably do a much better job at this. When we make people feel welcome, we make them feel like they are included instead of being excluded. A simple “hello” and a smile goes a long way.

St. Paul Sunday/Holy Day Collections:

April 16th & April 23rd collections will be reflected in April 30th bulletin.

St. Patrick Sunday/Holy Day Collections: Attendance -

April 16th & April 23rd collections will be reflected in April 30th bulletin

Bulletin announcements for May 14th are due Thursday by 2:00 pm, May 4th. E-mail: agunning@stpaulsalem.org.

St. Paul

SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY Sat. & Sun.—April 22 & 23 10:00 am - First Communion 4:30 pm - Josephine Divita, by Jack & BrendaThompson

8:00 am - Mass for Parishioners 11:15 am - John Rottenborn, by Barbara 5:30 pm - Spanish Mass

Monday: April 24

8:00 am – Mass for Vocations

Tuesday: April 25 8:00 am - Anthony DeCrow, Sr., by Wife, Libby DeCrow

Wednesday: April 26 9:00 am - Leon Kuniewicz, by Margaret, Peggy, Barbara & Judi

Thursday: April 27 8:00 am - Norbert Moran, by Wednesday Night Ladies Bible Study Eucharistic Adoration: (8:30 am until 7:45 am Friday)

Friday: April 28 8:00 am - Betty Allison, by Jennie Carmelo

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Sat. & Sun.—April 29 & 30 4:30 pm - Mass for Parishioners

8:00 am - Howard & Anna Hunter, by Daughter, Janice 11:15 am - Vi Taugher, by Bill & Sue Gregg 5:30 pm - Spanish Mass

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Salem & Leetonia, OH – April 23, 2017

St. Paul’s $3,500+ Bingo Format April 25th at 6:30 pm in St. Paul Gym

With Purchase of $10 Master Set - Get 1 Free Early Bird Card Free Master Set for your Birthday Week

Regarding our faith, a good YouTube video to view is: Bishop Barron on What Faith Is and What Faith Isn’t. He reminds us that Pope Benedict had led us in the Year of Faith 2012/2013. It’s good to think these things over. If you don’t know how to use YouTube, ask one of your children or grandchildren, etc., to watch it with you – and discuss it!

Thank you to all who helped us to celebrate our Easter liturgies: people in the congregation, those who cleaned the churches, all our various liturgical ministers, our choirs and Music Director, Religious Women, Sister Joan and Deacon Larry. Special thanks to Fritzie Schlueter who acted as emcee for the Easter Vigil. Fritzie is a third year college seminarian at the Pontifical College Josephinum and was home for the Easter break.

Congratulations to those who receive First Holy Communion this weekend. Congratulations to all those who entered the Church at the Easter Vigil: Michael Moore, Billie Votaw, Fredda Work, Dave Fitch and John Mancuso. They now participate with us in the full participation of the Mass.

With love and prayers,

Father Bob Edwards

Father Bob’s Corner . Dear Friends,

They devoted themselves To the teaching of the apostles

And the communal life, To the breaking of the bread And to the prayers. -- Acts 2:42

We celebrate, in our Masses this weekend, the Octave of Easter. Recently we have come to know this Sunday as the Sunday of Divine Mercy. Easter, the Sunday and as part of the Triduum, is the greatest feast of our faith. We also celebrate it for 50 days – through Pentecost. In our first reading this Sunday, from Acts of the Apostles, we see a summary of the practices of the faith of the first Jewish Christians – those who believed the preaching of the apostles on Pentecost. We might see in these activities the working of Divine Mercy in the Church. We can ask ourselves if we have made these practices part of our lives. Do we …

…study the Bible and the teaching of the Church?... ….Pope Francis and our Bishops?

…participate in Parish Life? …attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation? …pray everyday? Morning? Evening/Night?

Encountering Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration

A Holy Hour before the most Blessed Sacrament so pleases the Heart of Jesus, that every man, woman and child on earth receives a new effect of God’s graces. -Saint Faustina

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Saint Paul & Saint Patrick Announcements

St. Patrick

St. Patrick needs 1 new member for Pastoral council beginning August 2017. Nomination forms will be available after Easter. We are still selling tickets to our next 500 CLUB raffle. The first drawing has been held, but there are still more weekly drawings plus the final drawing. See or call Jeff Kiliany (427-9874) for tickets or information.

Tickets are available for the Jeff Kiliany “for State Warden” Reverse Raffle fundraiser on Saturday, April 29th at the Saint Patrick Social Hall at 6:00 PM. Main prize is $500. The cost of a ticket is $20 per individual. The cost of your ticket includes dinner, a chance to win $500 or other cash prizes. The winner does not need to be present. A 50/50 drawing, basket raffles, and cash bar will be available. Please call (330)853-6099) or email jtktg@yahoo.com to get your tickets. Can’t make the dinner that night? Please consider a contribution to help fund Jeff’s campaign.

Resisting Happiness Book Discussion will be held the 2nd & 4th Thursday at 6:00 pm in the St. Barbara Room. The next session will be April 27th. All parishioners are welcome to attend.

The town of Leetonia will hold a pasta dinner Sunday, April 30, from 2:00—4:00 pm at the American Legion Hall. Cost is $7.00 for adults and $4.00 for children under 10. Profits will help beautify the downtown by buying benches and hanging baskets. There will also be a Chinese auction and 50/50 drawing. For more information, call Cheryl Pittman (330-853-9334) or Toni Manzeti (330-427-2756).

Catholic Men’s Fellowship The next meeting is Wednesday, May 3rd at 7:30 pm in the Rectory Meeting Room. All Catholic men are welcome.

Parish Pastoral Council Nominations

St. Paul Pastoral Council is in need of new members to begin August 1, 2017. Nominees must be Baptized and Confirmed Catholics, who are active and participating in St. Paul Parish. If you

would like to serve or know of someone, please pick up a form at the church doors and place in the basket of the next collection. Nominees will be announced on May 20th & 21st. Selections by lot will be made at the Pentecost Masses, June 3rd & 4th. Please submit no later than April 30th.

“Scrip Gift Cards”

Gift card sales have resumed. Now is the time to think of St. Paul’s gift card program for those special spring occasion - Mother’s

& Father’s Day, graduations & weddings, etc. St. Paul’s Church gift cards are good for any of these occasions & more. They are available from a variety of retailers in various denominations. Please visit the scrip representatives at the back of church after the 4:30 pm and 8:00 am Masses or before the 11:15 am Mass each weekend. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to see the scrip representative in the back of the church or call Beth at 330-332-8185.

The Sanctuary Candle Burns this Week

In Memory of Mary & Mike Dudick

From Cheryl

2017 Measure Up Campaign

Knights of Columbus, Council 1818 will be holding their 2017 “MEASURE UP CAMPAIGN” on Saturday & Sunday, April 29th & 30th. A Knight will be at each of the church doors after Mass.

Ohio Knights Supporting Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, Our Flagship Charity!

COLLECTING DIAPERS The Diaper Bank at Making Kids Count exists to fill an unmet critical need for diapers among the most vulnerable in our community. None of the “safety net” programs pay for or provide diapers, not WIC, Food Stamps or Medicare, leaving those with the fewest resources even fewer options. Making Kids Count distributes over 10,000 diapers a month to partner agencies, one of which is Centro San Pablo. PLEASE HELP by making a donation of disposable diapers. Collection boxes will be available at the front entrance of the church during the first three weeks of May. (If you would rather make a financial contribution, you can drop that off at the parish office during the same time period.)

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Diocesan & Local Events – April 23, 2017

Men’s Rally in the Valley

Coming Soon!

Saturday, April 29th

The Covelli Centre - 8:45 am 4:00 pm

“Stand in the Gap”

Featured speaker - Lou Holtz

Find more information at www.MensRally.org—Free Admission

RECIPES NEEDED FOR COOKBOOK Recipes are being collected for a new cookbook to

benefit Animals of Alchemy Acres Animal Sanctuary.

Please send recipes to: jalbert97@student.egcc.edu or mail to Alchemy Acres, 1859 Depot Road, Salem. Your name will be

acknowledged with the recipe.

2017 Bishop’s Appeal

Our parish joined with parishes throughout the Diocese of Youngstown in making a commitment to the 2017 Bishop’s Appeal for Catholic Charities and Church.

Thank you to those members of our parishes who have responded to the in-mail phase or through the in-pew packet.

There has been an ever-increasing number of needy persons coming to Catholic Charities for help, and they depend on our support of the Bishop’s Appeal. This year, St. Paul’s goal is $55,788; $41,402 has been pledged to date; & St. Patrick’s goal is $12,932; $8,942 has been pledged.

25th, 40th, 50th AND OVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

The Diocese of Youngstown will sponsor a Wedding Anniversary

Celebration on Sunday, June 11, 2:00 p.m. at St. Columba Cathedral in Youngstown, honoring couples observing their 25th, 40th, 50th, and over, wedding anniversaries in 2017.

The Wedding Anniversary Celebration will include Mass with Bishop George V. Murry, S.J., renewal of marriage vows and a personalized certificate for each couple. Following the Mass, there will be a reception for the couples and their families in the Cathedral Hall.

You must make advance reservations for this event by contacting the parish office at 330-332-0336, before May 11.

Stuffed Pepper Drive-Up Dinner

St. Jude Women’s Guild is sponsoring a Drive-Up Dinner the First Thursday of each Month from 4:00 - 6:00 pm (or until gone), at St. Jude Activity Center, 180 Seventh Street, Columbiana. Cost: $8 for stuffed pepper, homemade mashed potatoes, homemade applesauce, roll and butter and dessert.

On the Second Sunday of Easter of the Jubilee Year 2000, at the Mass for the canonization of St. Faustina Kowalska, Pope John Paul II proclaimed to the world that “from now on throughout the Church this Sunday will be called Divine Mercy Sunday.”

Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun, reported visions and visitations from Jesus and conversations with Him. He asked her to paint the vision of His Merciful Divinity being poured from His sacred heart.

Beginning on February 22, 1931, until her death in 1938, Saint Faustina received revelations and visits from Christ. In 1934, she began recording these in a diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul.

According to St. Faustina’s Diary, Jesus Christ made a special promise, which she was to communicate to the whole world (Diary, 699):

“My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and

shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy.”

The Catholic Divorce Survival Guide in Lisbon

Part I of the Catholic’s Divorce Survival Guide will be offered on Tuesday, May 9, 16, 23 & 30 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm, in the St. George Parish Hall, 271 W. Chestnut, Lisbon. All divorced and separated Catholics are welcome to attend. There is no cost. The Catholic’s Divorce Survival Guide is a DVD-based series with accompanying materials created to bring hope and healing to divorced and separated Catholics.

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Saint Paul & Saint Patrick Catholic Parishes Activities & Church Ministries

ST. PAUL’S PARISH ACTIVITIES

For the Week Ahead:

Saturday: April 22nd 9:00 am First Communion Pictures, gym 10:00 am First Communion at St. Paul

Sunday: April 23rd 9:00-10:30 am Coffee & Donuts, gym 9:15—10:45 am K-6 CCD, School 12:30 pm RCIA, Parish Living Room 6:30—8:00 pm Jr High Ministry, School Monday: April 24th

11:00 – 5:00 pm Centro San Pablo Open 12:30 pm Legion of Mary, Rectory Mtg. Room 6:30 pm Boy Scouts, gym

Tuesday: April 25th 11:00 – 5:00 pm Centro San Pablo Open

6:30 pm Bingo, Scullion Hall

Wednesday: April 26th 1:00 - 4:00 pm 55+ Activities, Rectory Mtg. Rm.

Thursday: April 27th 6:30 pm Rosary, Church 6:00 - 7:45 pm Advanced Spanish, Centro San Pablo

Friday: April 28th 9:00 am Friendship Circle, Rectory Meeting Room

Saturday: April 29th No Activities Scheduled

Sunday: April 30th 9:15—10:45 am K-6 CCD, School 12:30 pm RCIA, Parish Living Room 6:30—8:00 pm Jr High Ministry, School

Thanks to our Sponsor of the Week

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ST. PAUL CHURCH MINISTRIES:

Sat. - Sunday, April 29th and 30th Lectors: Ministers of Holy Communion:

4:30 pm Greg Arcuri Dee & Ray Stryzinski, H. Young, S. DeLoach, M. Johnson

8:00 am Dotti Miller G. Toot, R. Markovich, Deborah Cody R. McClish, D. McKinley, H. Huprich 11:15 am Ruth Huggins M.C. Bixler, P. Pinkerton, Timothy Barry P. Keller, K. Weikart, S. O’Donnell

Liturgy of the Word with Children 11:15 am - Celeste Baronzzi

Ushers: April 29th and 30th t

4:30 pm R. Clunen, T. Yuhaniak, R. Flanigan, V. Samblanet 8:00 am L. Markovich, B. Cody, M. Belaney, B. Blubaugh 11:15 am D. Plegge, J. Staudt, L. DiMuzio, P. Morrissey

Daily Altar Servers: April 24th—28th

Sarah Bungard & Jillian Pieren

Altar Servers: April 29th & 30th 4:30 pm Wyatt Apicella, Sarah Bungard, Colleen Bungard 8:00 am Annie Fitch, Maya Moore, Michael Moore 11:15 am Ward, Wyatt & Elizabeth Kiko

St. Patrick: OFFICE HOURS: Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 3:30 pm

Sister Joan’s Office Hours: Mon & Wed 9:30am – 4:00pm

330-427-6577 Dial 330-427-2249

after 4:00 pm For an Emergency after Hours

Dial St. Paul Parish - 330-332-0336

ST. PATRICK CHURCH MINISTRIES:

Sunday, April 30th:

Greeters: Joe/Bev Billet, Ron/Karen Bulford

Lectors: Ministers of Holy Communion: 9:30 am Terry George Dan Fire Donna Birmingham Debbie Baker

Altar Servers: Abby George, Andrew Beck, Nick Bruderly

Salem & Leetonia, OH – April 23, 2017

St. Paul Church Established 1881

Mission Statement St. Paul Parish in Salem, OH is a Roman Catholic com-munity in the Youngstown Diocese. We are called by baptism to continue Christ’s mission through education, example and service. We are nourished by Word, Wor-ship, and Sacrament. We dedicate ourselves to minister through the sharing of time, talent and treasure.

Pastoral Ministry Staff Rev. Robert Edwards, Pastor 330-332-0336 Patrick Morrissey 330-332-0336 Business Manager Sr. Rene Weeks, OP 330-332-0336 Hispanic Ministry Patti Schaff, 1-216-246-0087 Lay Minister to the Sick & Shut-Ins Peggy Fitch, 330-332-0336 Coordinator of Religious Education, C.C.D. David Pancurak, School Principal 330-337-3451 Joe McKim, Organist & Music Director 330-720-0670 Concetta Yeager, Finance Officer 330-332-0336 Alice Gunning, Office Manager 330-332-0336

St. Paul Parish Pastoral Council 2016-2019 Rose Bedell 330-337-8353

Bernice Clark 502-655-0285 Rev. Robert Edwards 330-332-0336 Homer Huprich 330-537-4432

Rudy Markovich 330-337-8939 Tom Stockman

Donna Szanny 330-337-6262 Tony Tenzek 330-223-1477 Dee Stryzinski 330-332-0437

St. Paul Parish Finance Council Greg Arcuri 330-853-6132 Rose & Roger Converse 330-222-1813 Dave Roberts 330-614-2063 Betty Brothers 234-567-1223 Rev. Robert Edwards 330-885-4880 Jackie Berthold 330-332-8306

St. Patrick Church Established 1861

Mission Statement St. Patrick Parish in Leetonia in collaboration with St. Paul Church in Salem is part of the Roman Catholic Dio-cese of Youngstown, Ohio. We are called by baptism to live the Word of God as we celebrate Jesus’ presence in our lives. In the Spirit of Jesus we serve our neighbors in the Church community and world using our time, talent and treasure.

Pastoral Ministry Staff – 330-427-6577 Sr. Joan Franklin, OP Pastoral Administrator Rev. Robert R. Edwards Canonical Administrator Mr. Lawrence Pasko Deacon Mr. Joe McKim Music Director Mrs. Judy Kiliany Pro-Life Coordinator Toni Manzetti CCD Coordinator Brian & Stacey Beck Youth Ministry Coordinators Concetta Yeager Finance Officer

St. Patrick Parish Pastoral Council

Judy Altomare 330-427-6522 Judy Amprim 330-853-9475 James Campbell 330-427-6440 Joyce Champney 330-817-0115 Terry George 330-921-8711 Linda Lutz 330-427-6168 Toni Manzetti 330-853-5489 Suzanne Tobuck 330-427-6188 Ex officio Members - Deacon Larry Pasko

Sister Joan Franklin, OP Father Robert Edwards Secretary - Candy Steele 330-427-6469

St. Patrick Parish Finance Council Mary Selway 330-562-1347 Candy Steele 330-427-6469

Ex0fficio Members: Deacon Larry Pasko 330-427-6134 Sister Joan Franklin, OP 330-427-6577 Rev. Robert Edwards 330-332-0336 Concetta Yeager 330-332-0336

Holy Day & Weekday Masses: Consult Bulletin

Confessions: Saturdays, 3:30 – 4:00 pm, or by appointment

Baptisms: Make arrangements with Parish Office during pregnancy: Preference: 1st Sunday of the month at Masses

Option: 1:15 pm, 3rd Sunday of month

Marriages: Make arrangements with Parish Priest, as soon as engaged, at least six months before desired wedding date

Communion to Shut-Ins: Please inform Parish Office about the Sick or Aged who are unable to come to Church.

Prayer Chain: Mimi Johnson 330-222-2467

Website: www.stpaulsalem.org School Website: www.stpaul.k12.oh.us Fax Number: 330-332-7982

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