Holy Martyrs Catholic Church 3100 OLD WEYMOUTH RD MEDINA, OH 44256

January 21, 2018

Second Grade Eucharist Retreat

Father Stephen Dohner

Pastor

Father Mark Ott

Weekend Associate

Father Robert F. Pfeiffer

Pastor Emeritus

Janet Payton

Pastoral Associate

Nancy Fiamingo

Pastoral Associate

Dino Paoletta

Deacon

Diane Bruce

Director of Faith Formation

Christopher Ilg

Director of Music

Libbie Radecky

Church Office

Adam Nestor

Youth Minister

Paula Phillips

Bookkeeper

Jane Levesque

Communications

Parish Staff

Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Third Sunday in Ordinary Time- January 21, 2018

Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week

Sat 5:30 pm Karen Mayes

(Mayes Family)

Sun 7:30 am Matthew Paul Schellenberger

(Schellenberger Family)

9:30 am Parishioners

11:30 am Marianne Huffman

(Mark & Becky Huffman

and Family)

Mon 8:00 am Homebound

Tues 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace

7:00 pm For Peace

Wed 8:00 am All Souls

Thurs 7:00 pm John Hoffman

(Marc & Julie Williams)

Fri 8:00 am For all those who are ill

Sat 5:30 pm Lee LeVoyer

(Paul & Noreen Wendt)

Sun 7:30 am Parishioners

9:30 am Ken Shepard

(Cliff & Carol Koppmann)

11:30 am Leyden Family

(Perrone Family)

This week at Holy Martyrs

Sun 1/21 MOA Food & Donation Weekend

Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 203

Home School Parent 10:30 AM Room 200

& Child Mtg.

Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space

Mon 1/22 PSR 6:00 PM

Tue 1/23 Glory Bees - week 4

Little Rock Scripture Study 1:00 PM Room 103

PSR 6:00 PM

SPIRIT 6:00 PM Martyrs Hall

Discovering Christ 6:00 PM G.A.

Wed 1/24 Intercessory Prayer Group 5:30 PM Chapel

Choir Rehearsal 7:15 PM Worship Space

Thur 1/25 Communications Committee 7:30 PM Room 102

Sat 1/27 Centering Prayer 9:30 AM Kazel Room

Eucharist Retreat - 2nd Grade 12:30 PM Pfeiffer A & B

Sun 1/28 Donut Sunday

Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 203

Eucharist Retreat - 2nd Grade 12:30 PM Pfeiffer A & B

Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space

More and more people are liking our Facebook page.

Have you visited our Facebook page lately?

www.facebook.com/holymartyrschurch

Parish News

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Daily scripture readings for this week can be obtained

on the USCCB website, where you can sign up to have

readings emailed to you.

You can also download one of these apps on your

phone: Laudate or The New Missal

Church Office hours: Monday - Friday:

9:00 am - 12:15 pm, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm

330-722-6633

Open House at Saint Francis Xavier School

St. Francis Xavier School will host an open house

on Jan. 23 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at 612 E.

Washington Street in Medina. Prospective

students may tour the school and meet students

and faculty.

BAPTISMS

Adam James Toth

Son of Michelle and Shawn Toth

Elizabeth Catherine Toth

Daughter of Andrea McCauley-Toth and Matthew Toth

In our winter series, “NEW YEAR’S REVOLUTION”, we are addressing behaviors that many people seek to change, especially in the context of beginning a “New Year”. This coming week, Small Groups will discuss the challenge of what and how we speak. In addition to our Sunday Gospel discussion and our shared prayer, we will view the following YouTube and discuss questions that will help shed light on it in our own daily lives: Fr. Mike Schmitz on “Venting or Gossip?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZrsOmxPQpw

Three

Questions:

IS IT TRUE? IS IT KIND? DOES IT NEED TO BE SAID?

Little Rock Bible Study

We are starting a new study on Tuesday, Jan. 23 on Paul’s captivity letters.

Please join us on Tuesdays in Room 103 at 1:00 pm. Books will be available.

No prior Bible Study is required. All are welcome!

Parish News

Holy Martyrs Church January 21, 2018

Medina, Ohio

Come join us, Sunday Nights!

LifeTeen Mass 5:00 p.m.

LifeNight until 7:30 p.m.

Jan 21 - Eat Your Vegetables

Jan 28 - The Drive of Your Life

Feb 4 - No LifeTeen Mass/LifeNight

Feb 11 - Social Night

Thank you for donating appliances and furniture

Our parishioners generously donate used appliances,

furniture and household items in wonderful condition. Instead

of going to a landfill, the donated items go to needy families

in Medina County at no charge, and they appreciate your

generosity very much. Those items went to 125 families in

2015, 150 families in 2016, and over 200 families in 2017.

During those deliveries, each family receives a blessing and is

asked to say a prayer for the donors. They are given a church

bulletin and are invited to Mass and events in the bulletin.

They are given flyers regarding food distributions and social

services.

Helpers are always welcome, especially those with pickup

trucks or trailers. Interested helpers and donors can contact

Ron Maitland at 330-722-3373 and

rmaitland@zoominternet.net. Please know that you are in our

daily prayers.

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES!

Think church is just a bunch of rules? Tonight, HMLT invites you to consider why we believe the Church can speak

with the authority of Jesus Christ in her teachings and how the Church wants

you to be happy.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME,

TALENT, TREASURE

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SENIORS’ CORNER

Seniors of Holy Martyrs, join us on Monday,

February 19 for a Spiritual Day of Reflection.

10:30 AM – 3:00 PM in Pfeiffer Hall

Includes: Eucharist, lunch, guest speaker, faith

sharing, private prayer

Contact Joni at 330-722-7994 to register.

Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish

Dec. 30 & 31

Weekly Offering $17,749.15

Number of Envelopes 311

Electronic Donations $3,145.00

Number of Envelopes 15

Weekly Total $20,894.15

Solemnity of Mary $1,412.00

Monthly ACH for December (103) $11,232.00

Thank you!

LET'S GO TO THE HOLY LAND!

Back in August, we began exploring the possibility of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land this coming summer.

Since then, Fr. Mark has been working with a highly regarded pilgrimage company to develop the itinerary, so

we are happy to announce that the trip is now planned and nearly ready for registration!

The pilgrimage will be from June 10-19, 2018. It will include 8 full days of visiting all of the major sites of

Jesus' life around Galilee and Jerusalem. Stops include Bethlehem, Nazareth and the Mount of Olives.

Information sheets with full details are available at the Welcome Center.

Second Collection for Catholic University

Today’s special second collection is for The

Catholic University of America, founded by the

bishops of this country and chartered by Pope Leo

XIII.

Your contributions will strengthen the work of our

top scholars, many of whom help to explain

Catholic social teaching to the rest of the world. It

will also support scholarships for students in our

diocese and others in achieving our mission of

preparing the next generation of leadership for our

Church and nation – including those studying to

become our future priests and

religious. We appreciate your generosity.

You can learn more at: collection.cua.edu.

This Is Food and Donation Weekend

This weekend is Holy Martyrs Ministry of Assistance

food and donation weekend. Please watch for food sale

items that can be donated to those in need. Though

food collection weekends are the third weekend of each

month, food donations are accepted at any time. Certain

staples are always needed, like pasta and spaghetti

sauce, cereal, tuna, peanut butter, soups and canned

vegetables. Checks made out to Holy Martyrs with

Ministry of Assistance (MOA) on the memo line are

always welcome.

Parish School of Religion - 330-952-1466

Holy Martyrs Church January 21, 2018

Medina, Ohio

Women’s Outreach Starts in February

The Latina Project, a new outreach by the women of

Holy Martyrs, involves working with our sister parish,

La Sagrada Familia, to provide a meal once a month

during a support meeting for women who are

survivors of domestic violence.

You can help by providing part of a light meal,

interacting with the women or babysitting during

their meeting. The first meeting is Feb. 12.

Please contact Diane Bruce at

dbruce@holymartyrs.net if you would like to receive

a signup email for providing part of a meal regularly

or from time to time. Food would need to be

dropped off at Holy Martyrs Sunday through 3 p.m.

Monday before each meeting.

This is part of our expanding parish outreach to link

our parishioners to those in need.

Service Project Competition Continues

Have you sent in your photos for the “Father, Help Me to Serve” competition?

A prize will be awarded to the class that has the highest percentage of students who completed a

service project by Jan. 8/9. We’ll award prizes in late January because of the Jan. 8 class cancellation.

A prize will be awarded to a group of three families or more who do a service project together. Take a

group photo (by Feb. 14) of the three families while they are doing the service project. Then, submit the

photo for the contest.

A prize will be awarded to the family that has done the most original service project by March 1.

For ideas, see a list of 100 service project ideas on our website. Don’t forget to bring in a picture of your

family working on a service project.

Second Grade Eucharist Retreat

All second grade parents should have received an

email with a signup for the Eucharist Retreat. If

you did not see this email in your inbox, check

your "junk" inbox.

Eucharist Retreat dates are Saturday, Jan. 27 from

12:30-2:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 28 from 12:30-

2:30 p.m.

Reminders for Confirmation candidates:

Choose a Confirmation sponsor. Your sponsor

will need a letter from his or her parish.

Materials in the brown envelope are due at the

Jan. 30 meeting.

Laying on of Hands

This month, the young people of the parish who

are preparing for Confirmation reflected on the gift

of the Holy Spirit who is invoked by the bishop at

the Confirmation celebration.

The sevenfold Gifts of the Holy Spirit are a way of

expressing how rich and multifaceted the presence

of the Holy Spirit is in the life of the Church.

How do we as a parish use the Gifts of the Holy

Spirit (Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge,

Counsel, Fortitude, Reverence, Wonder and Awe) to

continue the mission of Christ?

PSR Home School Reminder:

Parent and child meeting today at 10:30 a.m.

Throughout the Diocese

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Help for victims of domestic abuse

Victims of domestic abuse may call the BATTERED

WOMEN’S SHELTER of Summit & Medina Counties’

confidential hotline for help 24 hours a day,

7 days a week.

Medina County Hotline 330-723-3900

Toll Free 877-414-1344

Summit County Hotline 330-374-1111

Toll Free 888-395-4357

For substance abuse resources, go to

www.greaterthanheroin.com.

Spiritual Opportunities

Jesuit Retreat House (www.jrh-cleveland.org)

Morning Prayer for Women, Jan. 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

River’s Edge (www.riversedgecleveland.com)

A Weekend Away, Jan. 26, 3:00 p.m.-Jan. 28, 4:00 p.m.

Loyola Retreat House (www.loyolaretreathouse.com)

Pre-Cana Day, March 11, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Marriage Resources

www.helpourmarriage.org

www.foryourmarriage.org

Helping the Church in El Salvador/Latin America

Next week, we will take up the Collection for the Church

in El Salvador/Latin America.

This is the only appeal that supports the Latin

American Mission in El Salvador. It is the main

support for two priests who work in the parishes our

missionaries serve.

This appeal also supports the USCCB’s Church in Latin

America Collection. For many in Latin America and the

Caribbean, rural terrain and a lack of ministers are

obstacles to practicing their faith. Your support provides

lay leadership training, catechesis, priestly and religious

formation, as well as other programs to help share our

faith with those who long to hear the Good

News of Christ.