st. joseph parish 32929 lake road avon lake, oh 44012 rev...
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DIRECTORY
Parish Office ...................................... 440-933-3152
Parish Office Fax ............................... 440-933-8919
Parish Website .............. www.stjosephavonlake.org
St. Joseph School Office .................... 440-933-6233
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
Monday–Friday ........................... 8:00 AM–4:30 PM
SUNDAY, THE LORD'S DAY
Saturday Vigil Mass ....................................4:30 PM
Sunday ...................... 8:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 5:00 PM
Sunday Mass Broadcast daily on AL Community
Time Warner Cable 97 and WOW Cable 22 at 9:00
AM, 5:00 PM and 1:00 AM
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE
Monday .......................................................6:30 PM
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday ...............7:30 AM
Friday ........................................................8:30 AM
MARCH 2, 2014
8TH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
CONFESSION
SCHEDULE
Saturday .............................................. 3:15-4:00PM
Monday Evening ................................. 5:30-6:15 PM
BAPTISMS
A Pre-Baptismal Class is required.
Please contact the Parish Office.
WEDDINGS
Arrangements should begin
at least six months in advance.
COMMUNION TO THE HOUSEBOUND
Those confined to their homes due to chronic
illness or disability may receive the Eucharist
at home. Please call the Parish Office.
NEW PARISHIONERS
To register, visit or call the
Parish Office during weekday hours.
St. Joseph Parish
32929 Lake Road
Avon Lake, OH 44012
Rev. Ronald J. Wearsch
Pastor
Mrs. Patricia Vaccaro
Principal
Ms. Lorene Coughlin
Director of Music & Liturgy
Mrs. Rozann Swanson DRE
Mrs. Robin Kane
Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Peggy Murphy
Parish Secretary
Mrs. Mary Ellen Ewers-Pena
Youth Ministry Coordinator
Mr. David Aslaksen
Director of Maintenance
One
Family
In
Christ
Mass Intentions for Week of March 1, 2014
Saturday: Vigil: Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
4:30 Florence Zelasko by Brad & Sue Zelasko
Sunday Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:30 For Our Parish
11:00 Linda Weber by Family
5:00 Helen Ewers by The Pena Family
Monday Weekday
6:30pm Marie Huesman by Bob
Tuesday Weekday
7:30 Anniversary Andy Kakas by Judy
Wednesday ASH WEDNESDAY
8:30 Rose Pavlus by Agnes Doell
7pm Frances O’Malley by Circle 5
Thursday Thursday after Ash Wednesday
7:30 Mike & Eileen Lash by Kitty Murray
Friday First Friday
8:30 Joseph Heffernan by St. Joseph School Family
Saturday Vigil: First Sunday of Lent
4:30 Charles Chatlos by Carolyn & Family
Sunday First Sunday of Lent
8:30 For Our Parish
11:00 Andrew Bassi by Noel, Kevin, Toni Bassi & Family
5:00 Anniversary Agnes Meckes by Grace Gamellia
Eucharistic Adoration will begin immediately following
7:30am Mass on Tuesday in our Sacred Heart Chapel.
Closing Prayers begin at 7:30pm. 24 Hour Adoration will
take place immediately following 8:30am Mass on Friday.
Closing Prayers will begin at 8:30am on Saturday. All are
welcome to participate at any time throughout the day!
Adorers are Needed for the Following Times: Tuesday:
11-11:30 am, 3-3:30pm. First Friday: 11am-12Noon, 6-
7pm, and 1-2am. If you would like to become an adorer,
please call Barb or Chuck Yedlick: 933-8983. Thank You!
Please Note: Whenever the Avon Lake City Schools are
closed due to weather, Adoration for that day will also be
cancelled. Thank You.
Pre-Baptismal Class Schedule
Thursday, March 20, 7:30pm: Holy Spirit 933-3777
Tuesday, April 15, 7:30pm: St. Joseph 933-3152
Sunday, May 18, 12:30pm: St. Thomas 949-7744
Tuesday, June 17, 7:30pm: St. Mary 934-4212
Please call the church whose class you wish to attend to
register. Once you have attended this class, it is not necessary
to attend for any further children. At least one parent is
required to attend, and godparents do not need to attend.
Baptisms may be scheduled by calling the parish office.
Please Join Us for Hospitality Sunday following the 8:30
and 11am Masses today in St. Joseph Hall. Members of the
Spirit of Hope Prayer Group are today’s hosts.
The SVDP Monthly Food Drive will take place this
weekend. Please leave your donations on the table marked
SVDP in the gathering area. Thank you for your continued
support and generosity!
A Lenten Reminder… Lent begins on Ash Wednesday,
March 5. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of
Fast & Abstinence. Fasting applies to Catholics age 18 to
59, and is limited to a single full meal with 2 smaller meals,
and nothing between meals except liquids. Abstinence from
meat applies to all Catholics age 14 and older. All Fridays of
Lent are days of abstinence from meat. Mass with ashes
distribution on Ash Wednesday will be celebrated at 8:30am
and 7:00pm. Our entire Ash Wednesday collection goes to
SVDP for their charitable works.
St. Joseph Parish School News…
There is a mandatory First Holy Communion Parent
Meeting at 9:30 this morning in church. Confirmation
Candidates will meet at 3:15 today in St. Joseph Hall.
March 4—Marco’s Pizza Night!
March 5—students will attend 8:30 Mass today (Ash
Wednesday); Liturgy prepared by 5B.
March 7—No School—Teacher Inservice
First Fish Fry is tonight from 5-8pm in St. Joseph Hall
Stations of the Cross 7pm in church
Junior Choir will resume on Tuesday evenings beginning
this week on March 4 from 6-7pm. This is the group that will
sing for 8:30 Mass on Easter Sunday. All parishioners in
grades 2-8 are welcome to join us!
Mark Your Calendars Now for a great Tuesday evening
event in March for a visit from the Notre Dame Handbell and
Celebration Choir! They have selected St. Joseph as the final
stop on their spring tour. There are 45 members of the
touring group, and they will need a place to spend the
night, before boarding their buses on Wednesday morning to
return to South Bend. If you can take two or more
musicians home with you after the concert and bring
them back on Wednesday morning, please call Kathie at
440-213-4215 ASAP. We will be serving them a meal
following the concert, so all you would need to do is offer
them a light breakfast in the morning. Thanks so much for
considering being part of our Parish Hospitality towards
these college students!
From March 5-April 13, you’re invited to join other
Christians for 40 Days for Life, 40 days of prayer and
fasting for an end to abortion. You’re also invited to stand
and peacefully pray during a 40-day vigil in the public right-
of-way outside of Preterm at 12000 Shaker Blvd, or Surgi
Center at 4269 Pearl Road, Cleveland, or Family Planning at
54 South State Street, Painesville. If you would like more
information, or to volunteer, contact John Noall:
216-245-9744 or e-mail [email protected].
Our website is www.40daysforlife.com/cleveland.
Don’t Forget Our Fish Fries… every Friday during Lent
except Good Friday; 5-8:00pm in St. Joseph Hall. Stations of
the Cross in church at 7:00pm.
The Indoor Clothing Receptacle for Planet Aid is located
in the hallway between St. Joseph Hall and the school. Please
drop your donated clothing and/or shoes into the “cage.”
There is also a bin outdoors next to the paper recycling bins
behind the gym on Electric Blvd. We ask that you please
limit your donations to clothing and shoes. Thank you!
Please Remember in Your Prayers: Bill DiCapua, Mary
Landmark, Dorothy Belgrave, Bob McClear, Phyllis
Hirleman, Tony Batkiewicz, Dan Krause, Nick Sisto,
Carmen Gonzalez, Diane Moore, Kaitlyn (Kilmartin)
Bouffanie, Kelly Kinney, Paul Kepic, Bernadette King, Baby
Mara Sweeney, Grace Vinesky, Dick Hassel, Wendy Fox,
Linda Lotko, Patricia Schreiner-Kerner, Mr/Mrs Jacob
Smith, Megan Smith, Tom Diffenbaugh, Brandon Baeslack,
Ann Marie Molnar, Greg Poyle, Father Connie Murray,
Christian Connors, Nancy Middlecamp, Manula Rosario,
Louis Pena, Leo Boncha, LaVern Patton, Dan Sullivan,
Jeanette Walker, Baby Autumn, Joe Dorko, Bob & Mary
Jean Garrett, Karen Hoose, Garry Edgington, Betty Gates,
Don Rakar, Haley Dunn, Lee Anderson, Carl Lowe, Marian
Kral, Dale Keller, Mary McCaffery, Mike Flash, Robert
Oswald, Linda Cobbs, Pam Todd, Petra, Jane Riggs, Anna
Milam, Ethan Bradley, Agnes Lucien, Olga Riggs, Cynthia
Butler-Carson, Milada Smith, Rae Kohut, Richard Oechsle,
Peg Schmidt, Carole Curran, Audrey Meister, Greg Akins,
John Maimone, Marianne Provenza, Mary Ellen Ewers-Pena,
Anna Fox, Sheryl Haskins, Mary Seitz, Ruth Powell, David
Chisholm, Marianne Andrews, and all the ill of the
parish...those deceased...those in need...those who are
lonely...those who are homeless...those in the military...those
unemployed. Thank You. We Remember Those Who Have
Died: Dolores Moran, mother of Chris Gates, Mark
Moran, Ed Moran, and Lorrie Bruce; Susan Trzeciak, wife
of Dr. Victor Trzeciak. May they rest in peace.
The Avon/Avon Lake Knights of Columbus will hold a Pre
-St. Patrick’s Day Party on Saturday, March 15 from 5:30-
10pm at their hall located at 1783 Moore Road, Avon (next
to BJs). Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner will be served, and
a wide variety of Irish beers will be available for purchase.
The Blues DeVille Band will provide entertainment.
Admission is $15 a person. Reservations are recommended
in advance and can be made by calling Vic: 440-748-9400 or
Jim: 934-4053 or John: 933-9955. There will be a 50/50
raffle and a number of Chinese raffles. The Cleveland West
Side Irish American Club Pipe Band will also be here
sometime during the evening. Proceeds will be used to fund
the charities of K of C Council 3269 such as help for needy
families, help for the homeless, and funding for the
developmentally disabled. It has just been decided that our
parish St. Patrick’s Day Party will be combined with this
one—let’s all come together for a great celebration!
Religious Items from the Holy Land will be on display
and for sale in the gathering area after ALL Masses this
weekend. These are handmade by artisans in the Holy Land,
and your purchase directly benefits them.
Father Ron’s Corner…
I really enjoy the Season of Lent. I particularly appreciate
the reflective quality of the season. We are encouraged to
intensify our Prayer, Fasting and Giving Alms. In order to
facilitate our Lenten “effort,” we will be participating in
“Operation Rice Bowl” which is headed by Catholic Relief
Services. Also, we are offering a daily reflection book
published by the Archdiocese of Chicago’s - Liturgical
Training Publications. It will be a great guide through the
Lent, Paschal Triduum and Easter Seasons. Remember that
we fast not to lose weight or some other physical reason but
rather to “make more room” for God in our lives. We are to
replace the added “space” in our lives with a big heaping
portion of God. It is always good to take action. Many of us
grew up “giving up” something. That certainly is a good
discipline and one I would encourage. But it is also fine to
engage in something new and positive - for example, you
could spend a day volunteering at “A Day of Caring”,
organized by our Project Outreach Director, Steve Krajny. I
am planning to write at least one “thank you” note every day
along with keeping my life as clutter free as possible. We
will see how that goes. Greater joy, peace and charity is the
outcome of Lenten and any spiritual practice.
Please schedule time for the Stations of the Cross on Friday
evenings at 7pm or time in the church or chapel for quiet
prayer and of course at our Friday Fish Fries from 5pm to
8pm.
Our Ash Wednesday Schedule is Mass at 8:30am and 7pm
with ashes distribution;
Holy Spirit : Mass at 8:30am & 7pm; Communion Service at
12:00, all with ashes distribution;
St. Raphael : 7:45, 9:15, 11am Mass; Prayer Service at
4:30pm; Mass at 7:30pm, all with ashes distribution.
I am very much looking forward to my first Lent, Holy Week
and Easter at St. Joseph as your new pastor. (I will not be
able to say that much longer.)
May God richly bless you this Lent through your practice of
prayer, fasting and giving alms.
Peace,
Father Ron
“Jesus said to his disciples ‘No one can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to
one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and
mammon.’”
CYO Track Coach URGENTLY NEEDED!!! Jeff Burns,
Track Coach and Commissioner, has stepped down this year,
which leaves a spot for a head coach/assistant coaches. The
track season is quickly approaching. Coach Burns has
graciously offered to help transition the new volunteer(s) into
the position, so anyone willing to help will not be on their
own. If you are interested, or know someone who may be,
please contact Glenn Kuemerle: [email protected] or Erin
Hess: [email protected] as soon as possible. Thank
You!!!
Warehouse Sale: Please join us for Hospice of the Western
Reserve’s upcoming Warehouse Sale. The sale features
gently-used furniture, antiques and collectibles, artwork, sets
of tableware, outdoor furniture and seasonal decorations. All
proceeds support seriously ill patients of all ages and their
families, Veterans in need of specialized care, grief, trauma
and bereavement counseling in schools and the community
of caregivers, Friday, March 14—8am-4pm, and
Saturday, March 15—9am-3pm at Hospice of the Western
Reserve Headquarters, 17876 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland.
{Donations needed: gently-used furniture, antiques and
collectibles, artwork, sets of tableware, outdoor furniture,
household items, glassware and seasonal decorations. We are
unable to accept: bedding, mattresses, books, clothing,
cribs, car seats, stuffed animals, electronics, televisions,
appliances, medical supplies, sporting goods, computers and
related hardware}. To donate, please call 216-486-6881, or e-
mail: [email protected]. All items are
previewed prior to acceptance for donation. Tax receipts
provided.
TGIFF West is an inter-parish MEN’S group that meets
every First Friday at St. Clarence, 30106 Lorain Road, North
Olmsted. Join us on Friday, March 7 as Father John Singler
will speak on “Perspectives on Lent.” Cost is $10. Join us to
register/socialize from 11:30am-noon; lunch at 12:00 noon,
with talk and Mass to follow. Please call Steve Stasik with
any questions: 933-2495.
The 22nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Event at St. Jude
Church for the benefit of the El Salvador Missions will be on
Sunday, March 9 in Carrabine Hall from 1:00-3:00pm. Hot
Dog Platter ($3) and Reuben Sandwich Platter ($7) will be
available. Along with door prizes, raffles and Irish dancers!
Mark your calendar and be sure to attend!
Gentle Woman Fellowship—An Intra-Parish Group
meets on First Fridays at St. Clarence Parish Center, 30106
Lorain Road, North Olmsted. We start at 9:30am with
praying the Rosary, followed by Mass at 10:00, a talk at
11:00, and a potluck luncheon. Our Program for Friday,
March 7, will be “West Side Catholic Center”, with speaker
Jennifer Highland. Please bring a cold salad, veggies with
dip, little cold sandwiches, fresh fruit, or something similar
to share. Dessert will be provided. All WOMEN welcome—
no reservations needed. Any questions: Mary: 440-458-5063
or Mary: 440-235-6258.
St. Jude Altar & Rosary Society is inviting all women of
the parish to join them at their Salad & Soup Buffet on
Wednesday, March 12 at 4:30pm in the Family Center. An
array of salads and soups will be served with members
bringing their favorite salad to share. Women from local
parishes are invited as our guests. Our speaker will be Sr.
Joan Tomchey, O.S.U. Reservations may be called to Fran:
365-6163 or Joan: 366-7163. There is no cost to attend.
Bring a friend and join us!
St. Agnes Parish Altar & Rosary Society is having a
Chicken Paprikas Dinner on Palm Sunday, April 13th from
12:00 Noon to 3:00pm in the church hall at 611 Lake Avenue
in Elyria. Adult dinners are $11, kids 6-12 are $5, and
children under 6 are free. Dinner includes chicken paprikas,
homemade dumplings, salad, bread & butter, dessert &
beverage. Carry-outs are available, please bring your own
containers.
Position Available : St. Agnes Church will be hiring a part-
time Maintenance person with an April 1, 2014 start date.
This person will need to be able to perform minor carpentry,
plumbing, electrical, etc. repairs, clean buildings, and
maintain the parish grounds as well as other responsibilities.
If you are interested please speak with Father Veigas (322-
5622 ext. 12) or Debbie in the parish office for an
application.
Catholic Caribbean Cruise will take place from November
29-December 6 on Holland America Statendam out of
Miami, Florida. Prices begin at $1490 for two passengers and
includes all port fees and taxes. Daily Mass will be offered.
Deposits of only $250 per person will reserve your cabin.
Space is limited. Contact Doug: 860-399-1785 or e-mail
The Cleveland Area “Sober St. Patrick’s Day” ®
celebration will take place on March 17 from 5-8pm at
Ahern’s Banquet Center on Avon Belden Road. The purpose
of Sober St. Patrick’s Day® is captured in the organization’s
mission statement: To reclaim the true spirit of the day and to
change the perception and experience of what St. Patrick’s
Day can be, by providing family-friendly, alcohol free events
celebrating the best of Irish music, dance, and entertainment.
Please call Jack Kilroy with any questions: 440-759-1253.
The Holy Spirit Ladies Guild would like to invite all Ladies
of the Parish to join them on Thursday, March 20 at 7pm for
a special event. Following a short business meeting, Kathleen
Calby will present a meditative evening as she introduces us
to the sound and art of Tibetan singing bowls and Gem
Crystal bowls. We will end the evening with home-made
refreshments. This event will be held in the Father Mosovsky
Hall on the Holy Spirit campus, 410 Lear Road. Hope you
can join us!
