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Holy Martyrs Catholic Church�

3100 OLD WEYMOUTH RD MEDINA, OH 44256�

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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

Church Office hours: Monday - Friday:

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

330-722-6633

Church Office - Closed Monday, Sept. 4th - Labor Day

Holy Martyrs Catholic Church

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time - August 27, 2017

Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week

Sat 5:30 pm Parishioners

Sun 7:30 am Leroy Fiala

(Gary & Mary Kozel)

9:30 am Timothy Fuerst

(Richard & Susan Stull)

11:30 am Bill Horton

(Horton Family)

Mon 8:00 am John Yezerski

(Robert Fellenstein)

Tues 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace

7:00 pm Communion Prayer Service

Wed 8:00 am For those in Nursing Facilities

Thurs 7:00 pm For all those serving in the Military

Fri 8:00 am Barbara MacDougall

(Family)

Sat 5:30 pm Mary Lou Warren

(Friends & Neighbors)

Sun 7:30 am Parishioners

9:30 am Lorraine Gresock

(Richard Gresock)

11:30 am Charles Olivo

(Kristen Bondi-Petti)

This week at Holy Martyrs

Sun 8/27 M.O.A. Food & Donation Weekend after all Masses

Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 203

Home School Orientation 10:30 AM PSR Office

RCIA Catechumenate 10:30 AM Lounge

Choir Picnic 1:00 PM Pavilion

XLT (Exalt) 5:00 PM Worship Space

Mon 8/28 PSR 6:00 PM

Grade 2 Reconciliation Parent Meeting w/Fr. Steve

6:00 PM Martyrs Hall

Tues 8/29 Glory Bees: Maintenance Crew

PSR 6:00PM

Grade 2 Reconciliation Parent Meeting w/Fr. Steve

6:00 PM Pfeiffer Hall B

SPIRIT 6:00 PM Martyrs Hall

Praying with Scripture 6:00 PM Clarke Rm.

Wed 8/30 Prayer Shawl Group 1:00 PM Room 103

Intercessory Prayer Group 5:30 PM Chapel

Adult Confirmation 7:00 PM Room 200

RCIA Precatechumenate 7:00 PM Lounge

Sun 9/03 Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 203

RCIA Catechumenate 10:30 AM Lounge

There is a promise of marriage between:

II Wedding Announcement:

Jacob Primm & Kathleen Ruhlin

III Wedding Announcement:

Kirk Stellar & Erin Chapman

Daily scripture readings for the week of

August 27, 2017 can be obtained on the USCCB

website or you can download one of the following

Apps on your phone:

Laudate or The New Missal

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Parish News

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

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WHO'S READY TO GO TO THE HOLY LAND?!

Preliminary planning is underway for a possible parish pilgrimage to

Israel! A few parishioners have expressed an interest, so we'd like to see how

much more interest there is out there. The initial plan is to go early next summer, June 2018, for a ten day

excursion. We will prayerfully visit all of the major holy places around Jerusalem and Galilee. The cost, including all

travel, lodging, and food (except lunches) will likely be somewhere around $3,900 per person. Our weekend associate,

Fr. Mark, would be the spiritual director for this pilgrimage. As you may know, Fr. Mark teaches Scripture at our diocesan

seminary, and he spent a semester living in Israel as part of his studies.

A pilgrimage to the Holy Land is often called "the Fifth Gospel," because it will change the way you read and hear the

Scriptures for the rest of your life. Please email Janet Payton, jpayton@holymartyrs.net, as soon as possible to express

your level of interest in joining this pilgrimage:

• Thinking about it: Not sure if you can go, but would like more information as it arrives

• I'd love to, but...: Very interested in going, but it depends on certain factors

• Sign me up!: Extremely interested; highly likely you'll go

GET SET! WE’RE GEARING UP FOR SMALL GROUPS!�

SEPTEMBER: Sign Up�

OCTOBER: Small Groups Begin�

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Make the decision that growing in faith will be a priority in your busy life.

Identify the times that will work best for you.

Make a mental note to REGISTER for Small Groups in September.�

Questions? Email nfiamingo@holymartyrs.net�

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Parish News

Holy Martyrs Church August 27, 2017

Medina, Ohio

CATHOLIC BUT NOT CONFIRMED?

If you are an adult over the age of 22 who has

not been confirmed, consider attending our

five-session confirmation preparation program

beginning this Wednesday, August 30, at

7:00 p.m. Those who participate should be able

to be confirmed at Holy Martyrs on October 1,

2017, at 2 p.m. or the Cathedral of St. John the

Evangelist on May 19, 2018, at 4:30 p.m.

Advance registration is required.

Contact Janet at 330-722-6633 or

jpayton@holymartyrs.net to register.

An Invitation

In a few weeks our choir will resume

rehearsals and singing weekly at the

9:30am Mass. Have you ever

considered becoming a member of our choir, or could

you share your musical talent as a song leader or

instrumentalist at any of the weekend Masses?

We are looking for new (and returning) singers and

instrumentalists to participate in and enhance our music

ministry. Prior musical experience is a plus but is not a

requirement. All that is needed is a desire to learn and

an enthusiasm to elevate our communal prayer at Mass

through music.

The choir will be hosting a picnic at the pavilion on

the parish grounds this Sunday, August 27 from

1:00-400 pm. All current and former choir members

along with their spouse, as well as those interested

in joining the choir are invited to attend.

For more information feel free to contact our Music

Director, Christopher Ilg at cilg@holymartyrs.net.

Holy Martyrs Ministry of Assistance will be in

the Gathering Area this weekend after all

Masses to accept your financial and food

donations. However, food donations are

accepted at anytime. Certain staples are always needed, like

pasta and spaghetti sauce, cereal, tuna, peanut butter,

soups, canned vegetables. Checks made out to Holy Martyrs

with Ministry of Assistance (MOA) on the memo line are

always welcome and very much appreciated. Thank you for

helping those in need.

LEARN TO PLAY DRUMS

Contact Joe Toth

at joemedic12@zoominternet.net

Blessed Chiara…

Pray for us!

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME,

TALENT, TREASURE

Grateful Giving

Holy Martyrs Parish�

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“The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to

acknowledge all that I am and have as given to me as a gift

of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.” Henri Nouwen

Grateful Giving

August 12 & 13

Weekly Offering $11,634.31

Number of Envelopes 350

Electronic Donations $ 2,311.00

Number of Envelopes 26

Weekly Total $13,945.31

Thank you!

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Seniors’ Corner

INVITING ALL SENIORS OF HOLY MARTYRS TO MARK YOUR

CALENDARS AND JOIN US FOR THE UPCOMING EVENTS: �

• Tuesday, 9/19 - There is still time to Hop on board

The Murder Mystery Luncheon Train. A limited

number of tickets are still available!

Travel to Blissfield, MI for a 2 1/2 hour dining and

entertainment experience aboard a moving train

making a leisurely 12-mile roundtrip through the

countryside - while actors perform an interactive

murder mystery as you enjoy your luncheon!

$98.00 per person. Contact John Solecki at

solecki@zoominternet.net OR Phone: 330-722-5981.

• Monday, 10/23 - 12:00 Noon! Join us for a

Halloween Party! Chili Cook-off Competition!

Bring your favorite recipe! Dessert and Beverages

provided. Prizes and lots of Fun - and even a

Costume Contest!

• Monday, 11/20—12:00 Noon Meeting is dedicated

to our Service Project! More information to follow!

The PRAYER SHAWL GROUP

of Holy Martyrs has beautiful prayer shawls

available for anyone who might derive comfort

from a shawl. These have been made with prayers for

their comfort and healing. We want to reach out to those

people in their time of need (loss of family member,

going through cancer treatment, divorce, extended

illness, etc.). If you know of such a person, male or

female, please contact Nancy Mayes, 330-764-3161 to

obtain one of the shawls. Please join us at our next

gathering this Wednesday, August 30, at 1:00 pm in

Room 103.

Attention all Men of the Parish

The Holy Martyrs Men’s Group would like to

invite the men of the Parish to join them on

a trip to see the Cleveland Indians play on Friday,

September 8

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. This is a Dollar Dog and Fireworks Night!

Bus transportation will be provided from the church to

Progressive Field. The cost for the bus and tickets will be

$58 per person. Please contact Chuck Levesque at

(814) 860-4330, clevesque@zoominternet.net or

Kent Von Der Vellen at (330) 421-0863,

vdv@zoominternet.net to reserve your spot. There is a

limited number of seats so please reserve yours now.

Dear Holy Martyrs Parishioners,

The Ministry of Assistance would like to

thank you for your generous support of

this year’s School Supply Drive for the needy students of

Medina and Highland school districts.

***The difference between this drive and others, like

Stuff the Bus, is that each individual school has

requested particular materials and we fill that order.

They are then delivered to our schools for the teachers

and office personnel to be used when needed.

We were able to help 986 students this year in 14

different schools in our districts that qualify for free and

reduced school meals under the federal program.

Because of you these students will start the year in a

confident and positive way!

God Bless You,

Holy Martyrs MOA

Your efforts made it possible for the

American Red Cross to make

available 16 units of blood for

needed patient care. You inspired 15 people to donate

blood in response to our drive goal of 16 units. Each

donation can help save up to three lives, so your efforts

could impact as many as 48 lives! I hope that everyone

involved in this drive will appreciate this news and we hope

that you share this with your group.

On behalf of the patients whose lives you touched, as well

as their loved ones, we offer our heartfelt gratitude.

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Parish School of Religion - 330-952-1466

Holy Martyrs Church August 27, 2017

Medina, Ohio

MINISTERS SCHEDULE - September 2 & 3

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS LECTORS SERVERS USHERS

MASSES

Bread Cup

Saturday

5:30 PM

B1 Mary Lawrence-Kirk

B2 Amy Funfgeld

B3 Jennifer Ogilvie

C1 Corey Koewler

C2 Ed Kirk

C3 Colleen Conti

C4 Calvin Schwarz

(pyx) Michelle Koewler

Susan Broderick Regan Funfgeld

Alexa Matyac

Jeffrey Hood

Bobbie Santiago

Sunday

7:30 AM

B1 Debbie Kells

B2 Darcy Lorius

C1 Mary Buehrle

C2 Allie Solecki

(pyx) Mary Kozel

NOT FILLED Kaden Gordon

Steven Cika

Pedro Rojas

Sunday

9:30 AM

Kenneth Smith Jonathan Friedl

Will Hoynes

Jeanette Cottrell

Shawn Leyden

Timothy Korte

Sunday

11:30 AM

B1 Bart Conry

B2 Kathy Cooley

B3 Lauren Duchnowski

C1 Gary Link

C2 Eileen Trabert

C3 Glenn Bogdanski

C4 Shelley Conry

(pyx) David Stankiewicz

Michele Zelazny Paul Zeiger

David Busta

John Coppolino

10 Things Pope Francis Wants You to Know About the Family (V) (part II)

Children: “Have courage and go forward”

Pope Francis continues his conversation with the children of the world. “In bringing about harmony one must see; conflict,

to be well undertaken, must be oriented toward unity. In society like yours that has one culture with many diverse cultures

inside it, you have to search for unity but with respect for each identity. Conflicts resolve themselves in respecting

identities.

In a general weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square on March 18, 2015, Francis said that adults have many things to learn

from children—from how to give emotion to how to see each person as part of the community.

In themselves, children have a richness for humanity and also for the Church because they recall to us constantly the

necessary condition to enter the reign of God: That of not considering ourselves self-sufficient, but in need of help, of

love, of pardon,” said the pontiff.

Francis said, “Children have two basic things to teach adults: How to laugh and how to cry. We have to ask ourselves:

Do I smile spontaneously, with freshness, with love, or is my smile artificial? Do I still cry, or have I lost the ability to cry?”

“God is present. And there are many signs of hope for going forward. Have courage and go forward!”

Holy Martyrs will celebrate the

Sacrament of Confirmation

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Candidates and Sponsors are asked to be present for:

• Confirmation practice on Sunday, September 24 at

12:45 p.m. in Martyrs Hall.

• And Confirmation on Sunday, October 1 at 1:15 p.m. in

Martyrs Hall.

Our Presider for Confirmation is Abbot Gary Hoover of

Benedictine High School. Mass will be celebrated at

2:00 p.m. followed by a reception in the Gathering Area.

SECOND GRADE RECONCILIATION

PARENT MEETING

All parents of second graders preparing for

the Sacrament of Reconciliation are asked

to attend a meeting on:

Monday and Tuesday,

August 28 and 29

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Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Holy Martyrs Church - Ministry of Assistance

Stewardship Report for July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017

This report summarizes some of the many stewardship activities of the Holy Martyrs Ministry of Assistance for Fiscal Year

2017.

• Supplied food to 510 families serving 1,134 adults and 500 children.

• Replenished the food pantry at a cost of $14,023.00 supplementing parishioner’s food donations.

• The 2016 school supply drive provided school supplies to 904 students in the Medina and Highland School Districts.

• Provided utility payments totaling $12,559.00 for families in need in the Medina and Highland school districts.

• Provided payments totaling $20,654.00 for rent for impoverished families in the Medina and Highland school

districts.

• Donated $1,025.00 to the St. Augustine Hunger Fund from Turkey Run donations. Food and turkeys were also given

to the Hunger Fund.

• Delivered Thanksgiving food baskets to 32 local families in need including 51 adults and 65 children. For Christmas,

provided 39 food baskets for 62 adults and 85 children.

• Collected more than 1,000 Christmas gifts and gift cards from parishioners as well as hundreds of toys donated by

our PSR students. Gifts and gift cards were distributed to families of Holy Martyrs’ parish, our sister parish La Sagrada

Familia, Medina community families, women and children of the Battered Women’s Shelter, St. Augustine’s Church

families, Birthcare of Medina, Toys for Tots, and Community Services of Medina.

Without the kind and generous support from you, our parishioners, and a limited number of local businesses none

of this could have been accomplished.

Sincere thanks to all our parishioners and business donors for being so kind and giving.