July 4, 2021—Independence Day

OUR LADY of GRACE

OFFICE HOURS

Weekdays 8:00 am - 4:00 pm office@olghinckley.org

330-278-4121

— MASS SCHEDULE —

WEEKENDS Saturday 4:00 pm

Sunday 8:00 & 11:00 am

WEEKDAYS Monday, Tuesday, Friday

HOLY DAYS 8:00 am & 7:00 pm

— SACRAMENTS —

RECONCILIATION Saturday 3:00 - 3:45 pm

Other times by appointment

BAPTISM 1st & 3rd Sundays 12:00 pm Classes required for 1st child

MARRIAGE 6 months preparation

Call parish priest to set a date

ANOINTING OF THE SICK & FUNERALS

Call parish office to arrange

— OUTDOOR SHRINE —

Open daily, dawn to dusk

1088 Ridge Road • Hinckley, Ohio 44233 • 330-278-4121 • www.olghinckley.org • office@olghinckley.org

Mission Statement: We, the Roman Catholic faith community of Our Lady of Grace, rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and dedicated to our Blessed Mother, value our mission to make God’s presence visible in today’s world. In service to God’s will, and with the Holy Spirit’s guidance, we manifest God’s peace, love and saving presence as we pray, worship, work and live together in His Name.

REV. WILLIAM A. SMITH frbill@olghinckley.org

330-278-4121 x18 Rev. William P. O’Neill, Pastor Emeritus

— PARISH MINISTRIES & ORGANIZATIONS —

DIRECTOR OF PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION (PSR) Bridget Kovalik ................................................ 330-391-0438 psr@olghinckley.org DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY & LITURGY EXTRA-ORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Mary Gabriel .................................................... 330-636-1739 musicandliturgy@olghinckley.org

PROCLAIMER OF THE WORD Celeste Cook .................................. mcelestecook@gmail.com

PASTORAL MINISTER—BEREAVEMENT & WOMEN OF HOPE Carolyn Zaverl .................................................. 216-310-1875 cjzav@olghinckley.org MEN OF FAITH Adam Prokop ................................................... 330-515-6262 dawnprokop6@hotmail.com FINANCE CHAIRPERSON—SAFETY & SECURITY Tom Minch .................................................... (330) 278-2113

DEACON BRUCE DOBBINS bdobbins@dioceseofcleveland.org

330-278-4121 x17 or 330-203-6475

 

MASS INTENTIONS

SUNDAY JULY 4 Independence Day /14th Week Ord. Time

8 AM Ralph DeLuca / Bob & Loretta Kremser 11 AM Living & Deceased of Our Parish Family MONDAY JULY 5 Sts. Anthony & Elizabeth/Weekday 8 AM Fr. Joe Mecir / Yakich Family TUESDAY JULY 6 St. Maria Goretti/ Weekday

8 AM Lou Balzer / Lois Opincar FRIDAY JULY 9 St. Augustine Zhao Rong/Weekday 8 AM Roland Mancini / Carl & Jeannette Lemke SATURDAY JULY 10 Weekday

4 PM Living & Deceased of Our Parish Family SUNDAY JULY 11 15th Week Ord. Time

8 AM David Pesicka / Paul Davis 11 AM Al, David & Paul Zelenak / Ruth Zelenak MONDAY JULY 12 Weekday 8 AM No Morning Masses This Week or Adoration

JULY 4 Sunday Mass ............................... 8:00 am Sunday Mass ............................. 11:00 am JULY 5 Mass ........................................... 8:00 am JULY 6 Mass ............................................ 8:00 am Adoration .................... 8:30 am—6:00 pm JULY 7 Women’s Ensemble .......... 6:00—7:00 pm Schola .............................. 7:15—8:30 pm JULY 8 Rosary ......................................... 7:00 pm JULY 9 Mass ............................................ 8:00 am JULY 10 Vigil Mass .................................... 4:00 pm Confessions ........................... 3—3:45 pm JULY 11 Mass ............................................ 8:00 am Mass .......................................... 11:00 am JULY 12 No Mass This Week .................... 8:00 am

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

  Monday:  Gn 28:10‐22a; Mt 9:18‐26   Tuesday:  Gn 32:23‐33; Mt 9:32‐38 Wednesday:  Gn 41:55‐57; 42:5‐7a, 17‐24a; Mt 

10:1‐7   Thursday:  Gn 44:18‐21, 23b‐29; 45:1‐5; Mt 

10:7‐15   Friday:  Gn 46:1‐7, 28‐30; Mt 10:16‐23   Saturday:  Gn 49:29‐32; 50:15‐26a; Ps 105:1‐4, 

6‐7;  Mt 10:24‐33   Sunday:  Am 7:12‐15; Ps 85:9‐14; Eph 1:3‐14 

[1:3‐10]; Mk 6:7‐13 

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Joanne & Vince Ackermann Sandra Anawich Mary Annibale Becca Barbalato Kim Blahah Pattie Bulkowski Chris Burke Eric Burke Jane Carl Denise Ciphers Cathy Cone Christine Csicsila Colleen Darabant Phyllis DePiero Elaine Frygier Fuciu Family Lucinda Fuller Cheryl Henderson Dilma Johnson Linda Joseph Chris Kapcar Megan Keefe Brianna Kinnear Debbie Klein Mike Klein

Kathleen Klosinski Richard Konnerth

Mary Konnerth Jan Krivos

Autumn Lemke Gloria Lemire

Helen Murdoch Nick Piro

LD Nerlich Mathilde Nerlich

The Novak Family Ed & Carol Pickering

Martin Puljic Milan Racanovic

Christine Rigo Dennis Rogozinski

Braidyn Schneid Charles Schodowski

June Schodowski Marilyn Schodowski

Geraldine Slatkovsky Michelle Trisk

Brandon Vanek Derek Vita

Helen Vujevich Mort Winer

Pray for Comfort and Healing

Is there someone you would like us to pray for? Please call the Parish Office (330) 278—4121

WEEKLY COLLECTIONS — June 27

Improvement .............................................. $30 Priests Re rement Fund ............................. $60 Peter’s Pence ............................................ $275 Shrine .......................................................... $20 Sustaining Our Spiritual Home ................. $120 WEEKLY REVENUE ................................. $2,356 Opera ng Revenue ................................ $2,801 Opera ng Expenses ............................... $6,268 Weekly DEFICIT ................................. <$3,467>  

YTD Revenue (includes Interest, SOSH) ... $415,142 (Does not include unrealized investment gains & losses) YTD Expenses ..................................... $325,979 YTD Surplus .......................................... $89,163  

Thank you for your deep faith and generosity.

 

WORDS FROM OUR SHEPHERD

This weekend we are celebrating the 14th Week in Ordinary Time. While we all know that the Fourth of July is on Sunday this year; the Church tells

us that the Sunday celebration is more important than the holiday. The Second Vatican Council emphasized that fact in the 1964 Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium): “Hence the Lord’s day is the original feast day, and it should be proposed to the piety of the faithful and taught to them so that it may become in fact a day of joy and of freedom of work. Other celebrations, unless they be truly of greatest importance, shall not have precedence over the Sunday which is the foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year” (No. 106). The 8:00 am Mass on Monday July 5, will be for the celebration of Independence Day. Attending Mass on the 5th is not required, but I believe it is a great way to start off the holiday. Please join us. Even though we are in the middle of summer, we are beginning to plan for the fall and beyond. One of the programs I would like to start this fall is our own Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) program.

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Since I have been here, we have sent those adults who wanted to become Catholic (or fully initiated into the church) to St. Albert the Great for their program. Please give me a call if interested. I hope to start in September.

Have a Blessed week! Fr. Bill

MINISTRY SCHEDULE July 3—4

4:00 PM Reader:  Ruth Ann Manley 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

8:00 AM Reader:  Ed Majes c 

EOMOHC:  Lore a Kremser 

11:00 AM Reader:  Geri Kibler 

EOMOHC:  Robbie Cerrito 

July 5

Reader:  TBA 

EOMOHC:  Ruth Ann Manley 

July 10—11

4:00 PM  Reader:  Celeste Cook 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

8:00 AM  Reader:  Pa y Kadlec‐Dobbins 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

11:00 AM Reader:  Clare Yakich 

EOMOHC:  Deacon Bruce 

8:00 AM 

WITH SYMPATHY

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Linda Grill, wife of Joe may she hear Jesus’ voice as He welcomes her by name into the heavenly kingdom.

 

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James C. Allen PO 2, U.S. Coast Guard Louis Balzer SrA, U.S. Airforce William Dlugos Lt Co, U.S. Airforce, Retired David Lemke LCpl, U. S. Marine Carl Lemke Spec 4, U. S. Army Thomas A. Miller SPC 5, U.S. Army, Retired Andrew C. Minch PO1 Class, U.S. Navy

Maurice Murphy CAPT, U.S. Coast Guard William Rostas SSgt, U.S. Airforce Ray Tarnowski LT, U. S. Army (Korea) Edward Terry Army Air Corp. (WW II) Leonard Terry U. S. Navy Ryan Welker LT, U.S. Navy David Zeleznak SSgt, U. S. Marine

GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY To those who have served or are currently serving, Thank You!

May God bless and keep you safe. Especially those among our parish family:

If you would like your loved one’s name added to our list, please call the office (330) 278-4121. 

FEAST OF FAITH Little Mysteries Two small rites—or, as one liturgist has called them, “little mysteries”—accompany the preparation of the gifts. The priest or deacon takes a small cruet of water from the server and adds a drop of water to the wine. Then, after the elevation of the chalice (and the incensation, if incense is used), the priest washes his hands. Both of these actions were at first practical, matter-of-fact realities: in the ancient world the wine was usually quite thick, and was generally mixed with water before it was drunk. And in the early church, when the faithful brought forward a great variety of gifts at this time, there was a definite need for the presider to wash his hands! But now these rites serve a purely symbolic function. The mingling of the water and wine is accompanied by a prayer that speaks of the wonderful exchange of the Mass, the mingling of Christ’s divinity and our humanity. And as the priest washes his hands, he prays words of supplication from Psalm 51, acknowledging his own sinfulness in the presence of the assembly before he dares to approach the altar for this most sacred action. —Corinna Laughlin, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

A Prayer for Religious Liberty

Almighty God, Father of all na ons, for freedom you have set us free in Christ

Jesus. (Gal 5:1)   

We praise and bless you for the gi  of religious liberty, the founda on of human rights, jus ce, and the common good. 

 Grant to our leaders the wisdom to protect 

and promote our liber es;  

By your grace may we have the courage to defend them, for ourselves and for ll those 

who live in this blessed land.  

We ask this through the intercession of Mary Immaculate, our patroness, and in the name of your Son, our Lord Jesus 

Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, with whom you live and reign, 

God, for ever and ever. Amen. 

 

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American Flag Facts 1. Flag Day originated in Wisconsin in 1885 when school teacher Bernard J. Cigrand began

celebrating the flag’s birthday. He assigned his class to write essays about the flag and its significance.

2. The flag is not exactly red, white, and blue. The actual official colors of the American flag as defined by the Color Association of the U.S. are “white,” “Old Glory Red,” and “Old Glory Blue.” The red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice.

3. While the Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross is famously known for designing the flag, there is no evidence that she actually did so. She wasn’t even credited for it until 40 years after her death.

4. The most common nicknames for the American flag are The Stars and Stripes, The Star-Spangled Banner, The Red, White, and Blue, and Old Glory. While “Old Glory” is now synonymous with any American flag, the origin of the name relates to a specific flag that was owned by Captain William Driver. The original Old Glory is on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

5. There are many Federal Laws related to the display of the United States flag. Among them, as detailed in “Frequently Asked Questions About Flag Law,” of the CRS Report for Congress, are:

The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water,

or merchandise. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the

like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard.

No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform.

Have a worn-out American flag?

Drop it off at the office or place it in the container in the vestibule. Our Boy Scouts will have a proper flag disposal ceremony.

Thank You!

NO BAD NEWS

There are many times when we say, “Tell me what I want to hear, and don’t confuse me with facts.” And we don’t take kindly to someone who might be bold enough to snuff out our expectations.

The biggest problem with such an attitude is not that we miss out on the truth or the facts, but that we miss out on the new and surprising gifts others can give us. Like the townspeople in today’s Gospel story, we too often refuse to allow others to display the talents that can be good news for us.

Today’s readings call for hospitality and faith and discernment. Hospitality opens the doors of our hearts and minds to the “stranger” among us, no matter how familiar he or she may seem to be. Faith enables us to accept the gifts of others, no matter how alarming or “strange” they may seem to be. Discernment helps us discover the prophets in our midst, no matter how amazing they may seem to be. Hospitality, faith, and discernment—cultivate these. Then, nobody can bring bad news. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

 

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TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

The American summer is officially underway, and people are on the move. Signs of hospitality are everywhere. In today’s Gospel, Jesus’ visit home is hardly marked by hospitality. He goes up to the bema, the elevated place for solemn public reading of the Torah, and his message is poorly received. Today, we read from the descendant of the bema, the ambo, almost an “altar of the Word of God.” Many ancient ambos are preserved in Italy, decorated with marble, ivory, precious metal, and jewels. Six hundred years ago, the pulpit came into use, meant for preaching rather than proclamation of scripture. Before microphone systems, pulpits were often located halfway down the church, amid the gathered people, and not so clearly associated with the altar.

Today, the ambo (the plural is “ambone”!) is an expected feature of our worship spaces because the Word is once again proclaimed to the people. Before 1964, typically the readings were done quietly by the priest at the altar in Latin, and optionally repeated in English from the pulpit. With the restored place of scripture in our worship, a beautiful and worthy ambo, related in design to the altar table, has once again become a prominent and familiar feature of Catholic architecture. —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Brandon Lebeck, who attends OLG and is a member of Boy Scout Troop 506 has been working towards his Eagle Scout rank. He has been in scouting since the first grade beginning with the Cub Scouts as a Tiger Scout and then he crossed over to the Boy Scouts. Scouting has taught him to be prepared for whatever may happen next. Brandon had been thinking of his project and how to give something back to the community. After a discussion with Father Bill they mutually agreed on a Drive-up Food Pantry box. It started with a basic cabinet design and then with minor tweaks to the design he was able to create the finished project. OLG donated the

materials and Lou Balzer helped him choose the wood and hardware necessary to build it. Brandon built the box and he and his father installed the beautiful Food Pantry Box. It is located on the wall by the Church Office entrance. Anyone may drive up and take what food items you need. When dropping off donations for the Food Pantry Box, please place the dry, non-perishable items (cans, boxes, etc.) inside the box. There are plans to have the PSR classes help with the stocking of the shelves throughout the next school year. Brandon graduated from the Commercial Truck and Equipment Technology program at the Medina Career Center, and from Highland High School. Because of his training, Brandon is now employed full-time at JDS Trucking in Columbia Station as he continues to work in his field of study! Congratulations!