2813 Lincoln Way NW, Massillon, Ohio 44647 www.SaintBarbaraParish.com

SBP: Vol 3, Issue 4

Saint Barbara

Catholic

Church

Pastor: Rev. Brian Cline

School Principal: Jacqueline Thomas

Dir. Religious Education: Mollie Luginski

Church Secretary: Judy Wellin

Youth Minister, PR, Marketing, PLC: Amy Davis

Parish Council Chairperson: Cindy Giltz

Finance Council Chairperson:

Church Office: Phone: (330) 833-6898

Fax: (330) 833-5164

E-mail: StBarbMassillon@aol.com

St. Barbara School: Phone: (330) 833-9510

E-mail: StBarbaraElem@YoungstownDiocese.org

Parish Life Center: Phone: (330) 832-4773

Parish Office Hours:

Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Friday

8:30am - 4:30pm

Bingo: Wednesdays at 6:30pm (PLC)

SCHEDULE OF MASSES:

SATURDAY 4:30pm

SUNDAY 8:00am, 10:30am

HOLYDAY Vigil ~ 7:00pm

9:00am and 7:00pm

WEEKDAY Monday, Tuesday, Friday 9:00am

Monday, School Mass 9:00 am

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION SATURDAY 3:30pm

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

January 26-27, 2019

The Lord sent me

to bring glad tidings

to the poor, and to proclaim

liberty to captives.

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Ministries and Contact Information:

Adult Servers: Joel Fichter (330) 830-9301

Caring Stitchers: Mary Sirgo (330) 837-4588

Child Servers: Lisa Spinden (330) 833-9510

Eucharistic Ministers: LaDonna Kraus (330) 837-3669

Faith in Action: Arlene Nussbaum (330) 837-2705

Church Coordinator

Finance Council:

Gift Bearers: Julie Turkal (330) 832-7868

Greeters: Joan Galant (330) 830-5311

Lectors: Judy Wellin (330) 437-9240

Liturgy Committee: (330) 833-6898

Music Ministry: Marisa Stoll (330) 833-6898

Parish Council : Cindy Giltz (330) 936-2968

Prayer Circle: Sue Ziegelhofer (330) 832-1992

P.T.O.: Bethany Perkowski (330) 833-9510

Sacristans: Paulette Martin (330) 704-1706

School Office Admin: Lisa Spinden (330) 833-9510

Ushers: Thomas Kraus (330) 837-3669

Youth Ministry: Amy Davis (330) 833-6898

BAPTISM

Mandatory Baptism Preparation Sessions are held quarterly: February /May/August /November. Baptisms are held the fourth Sunday of the month.

REGISTRATION

New families should register by phone or by coming to the Rectory. Every wage earner should make a real effort to sup-port the parish with Christian generosity.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)

The RCIA is the ancient and currently renewed process for initiating adults into the Catholic Church. It is for those desiring full membership through Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist. We invite newcomers who are seeking membership to join us! Call the church office for information.

MARRIAGE

Arrange six months in advance.

MINISTRY OF CARE

For visits to shut-ins or the homebound, call: Tess Simonetti- (330) 832-0597 and Julie Turkal- (330) 832-7868

Bulletin Submissions

Bulletin submissions are due to the rectory by Tuesday at noon. Inserts should be sent in electronic form whenever possible.

Calendar

January 26-27 Simple Blessing & Anointing of Sick January 27 Open House 11:30-1 School February 4 Evangelization Committee 7 pm Comm Rm February 5 Parish Council 7pm Comm Rm February 23-24 Simple Blessing & Anointing of Sick February 24 Social Club March 5 Parish Council 7pm Comm Rm April 2 Parish Council 7pm Comm Rm May 7 Parish Council 7pm Comm Rm May 16-19 Parish Festival June 4 Parish Council 7pm Comm Rm

Jan. 19 and 20, 2019

Weekly Budget $12,621.00

Needy $ 176.00

Regular Collection $ 3,153.76

Mail-in $ 1,160.00

On-line $ 95.00

Total $ 4,408.76

Deficit ($8,212.24)

Mass Attendance

196: 4:30 – 76; 8:00 – 25; 10:30 – 95

76: Envelopes

Capital Campaign Pledged $835,403.10

Collected $809,765.39

Flowers on the Altar – in memory of Pius Soehnlen

with love from Mike and Erica Soehnlen and Family.

The Sanctuary (Tabernacle) Candle is lit for Bob and Mary

Kring in honor of their 50th Wedding Anniversary with love

from Arlene. Please, dear parishioners, pray for them all week.

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Notify the Rectory Office – 330-833-6898 It would be very helpful if you would notify the rec-tory if a loved one has died so that we can include the information in the bulletin. We try to watch the newspaper obituaries but sometimes we miss it. It is so nice for the whole parish to pray for your loved ones; as we are a family!

Saturday - Jan. 26 – Ss. Timothy and Titus

4:30 p.m. – People of Our Parish

Sunday Jan. 27 - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 a.m. – Pat Gir t (Pat Rohrer)

10:30 a.m. - LIVING – Jim Kelley (J. Wellin)

Monday – Jan. 28 – St. Thomas Aquinas

SCHOOL MASS

9:00 a.m. – Pat Gir t (Bob and Pat Rohrer)

Tuesday – Jan 29

9:00 a.m. – Becky Wilson (John Janiks)

Wednesday - Jan. 30

9:00 a.m. - George Jurkovich (Wife, Marianne)

Thursday – Jan. 31 – St. John Bosco

8:45 a.m. – Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual

Help

9:00 a.m. – Communion Service

Friday – Feb. 1

9:00 a.m. - Anthony Fulmer (Les and Aurora

Waltz)

Saturday – Feb. 2 – The Presentation of the Lord

4:30 p.m. – Paul Malek (Judy and Keiichi)

Sunday – Feb. 3 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 a.m. - People of the Par ish

10:30 a.m. – Gerry Jenkins (Evelyn Fichter and Fam.)

Servers’ Schedule

Weekly Server: 1/28,29 and 2/1 – E. Foy School Mass – 1/30 – E. Foy, L. Eberhardt, D. Foy

Servers – Saturday/Sunday

4:30 p.m. – 2/02– I. Myers, L. Eberhardt, I. Koehler

8:00 a.m. – 2/03 – A. Car rney, K. Ehmer , L. Sey-

mour

10:30 a.m. –2/03–S. Murray, K. Sartoski, J. Majors

Lectors – Saturday/Sunday

4:30 p.m. – 2/02– M. Car rothers, S. Hall

8:00 a.m. – 2/03 – Andersons

10:30 a.m. - 2/03 – P. Mar tin, M. Ochsenfeld

Sacristans – Saturday/Sunday

4:30 p.m. – 2/02 – S. Ziegelhofer

8:00 a.m. – 2/03– P. Mar tin

10:30 a.m. – 2/03 – P. Mar tin

Greeters – This Saturday/Sunday

4:30 p.m. – G. Sinay, M. Car rothers

8:00 a.m. – D and N Bressler, D and S Unklesbay

10:30 a.m. – Jill Schott, ML Maloney, A. K-DeVault

Gift Bearers

4:30 p.m. – Jane Hensley, Margaret Car rothers

8:00 a.m. – Ken Girt, Joan Alexander

The Sanctuary (Tabernacle) Candle –There are lots of openings

to schedule the candle for a loved one. Call the office at 330-

833-6898 if you’d like to schedule it.

NOTICE

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

We are in dire need of a volunteer to take over the

Food Pantry. Tara Snyder can no longer do it. The

sad part is, if we don’t have someone to take over,

the Food Pantry will shut-down. Can you find it in

your heart to help with this most worthwhile ministry?

You may call Tara at 330-312-3604

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Music Ministry

Music Ministry is alive and vibrant at St. Barbara’s Parish! There are many op-portunities to participate in the musi-cal ensembles.

For those of you who enjoy singing but are unable to commit to the regular choir practice schedules, this is perfect for you to celebrate in memorable church histo-ry.

St. Barbara’s Adult Choir: Practices on Wednesday eve-nings from 7:00-8:15 pm and serves the 10:30 am Sunday mass. It is open to high school students and adults who have a passion for singing. No auditions required. Come and join us in singing and prayer.

St. Barbara’s Adult Bell Choir: Members should also be of high school age above. Ringing does require some tech-nique, easier than learning how to operate your IPhone!! The Adult Bell Choir practices on Wednesday evenings from 5:45-7:00 pm and plays one Sunday a month at the 10:30am mass.

St. Barbara’s Contemporary Ensemble: is a mix of musi-cians and singers who lead the 4:30 pm mass on Saturdays. Music is of the contemporary flare.

If you have questions, please contact Marisa Stoll at the par-ish office @ 330-833-6898 or mstoll@saintbarbaraparish.com.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

INCLEMENT WEATHER CANCELLATION

Listen to the RADIO - WHBC, AM 1480 or 94.1 FM if you are

not sure about the weather. It will be announced that St. Barba-

ra School is closed. You can also go on WHBC.com to check it

there as well. That also means that Eucharistic Adoration auto-

matically is cancelled for the entire day.

St. Barbara School closing does not show up on television. We

do NOT follow Massillon City Schools decisions as has been

done in the past.

Philadelphia 2019

The class trip will be to Philadelphia this year. Dates

are May 6,7, and 8th. If you are interested in going

along, please contact the school at 330-833-9510.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION - will begin Tuesday, JANUARY 29, 2019 after the 9:00 a.m. Mass.

Verla Lorenz, 330-833-1125;

Judi Frank, 330-828-8343 (available only 5-8pm)

Sue Ehmer, 330-704-0965

and Bob Kracker 330-833-1885.

If they are not available, then call the rectory.

Church Overseas Combined Collection – Catholics around the country have always responded to the needs of people everywhere. Next weekend the Diocese of Youngstown will hold this collection In order to assist the Church in its ministries throughout the world. This combined collection supports four major overseas services: Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Holy Father/Peter’s Pence, the Church in Central and Eastern Europe and the Church in Latin America. Please remember as we move forward toward the season of Lent, to support these important programs of charity in the Church.

Thank You – once again to all St. Barb parishioners who

took angels from our Giving Trees. Your support of this year’s Christmas Giving Tree was instrumental in providing many wonderful gifts, clothes, toiletries and food gift certificates for 25 area families in need. These families totaled 88 people who so greatly appreciated our support!! Many smiles, hugs and tears were seen on distribution day. We also supported the Faith in Action organization, so that all could enjoy a wonderful holiday. A heartfelt thank you goes out to the following committee mem-bers whose invaluable assistance helps keep this wonderful ministry moving forward: Fran Bush, Terry Cox, Tim Bush and Cathy Saunders, Camden Brenner, Mackenzie Brenner, Bob and Mary Kring, Jane Wyman, Tess Simonetti, Joan Parr, Bon-nie Pratt and Sue Gibbons. A very special thank you goes out to all the ushers who gathered all the gifts after every Mass (which is no easy undertaking), and Father Brian for getting the live trees, and whose invaluable assistance along with Mary, Jen and the 7th and 8th grade teachers and students who filled the angels not taken, as a service project! God bless you!!! And as always a special thank you to Judy and Jen at the par-ish office who help in so many ways! And last but certainly not least, a BIG thank you to Mary Workman for all your help and assistance with getting into the bride’s room so that we could organize and distribute all the gifts!! Until next year, may God

continue to keep you in His care.

Karen Cox, Stacie Brenner and Kim Mitchell

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Victoria Menches, Mahaylee Neace and

BreAnna Piorkowski of our Parish. These three Washing-

ton High Senior Girls are candidates for the title of Miss

Massillonian. They were selected from a field of 19 girls

and then were narrowed down to a field of 12 . They will

now be vying for the title which will be announced in May

along with Outstanding Senior Boy. To be nominated for

the honor they must have a 3.3 grade point average, fewer

than 24 absences from freshman to junior year. The stu-

dents submit an impromptu essay and are selected on

academic achievement, attendance, involvement in extra-

curricular activities, a vote by fellow seniors and the essay.

Saint Barbara Parish Family is very proud of the three girls

accomplishments and wish them well.

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School Calendar Bingo Every Wednesday

January 27— Open House 11:30-1

January 28 — MONDAY, SCHOOL MASS

February 9—Reverse Raffle

BINGO Help Needed Bingo is looking for help on the floor selling tickets and other duties. Bingo is every Wednesday. Doors open at 4:30 and Bingo starts at 6:30. Help would need to be there at 5:30. For more information contact the school.

Are you a Parishioner of St. Barbara’s? Are you and your family registered parishioners? Please do not assume you are registered just be-cause you attend Mass. If you have not called the Rectory or stopped in, we do not have record of you. Please call the Rectory at 330-833-6898, from 8:30-4:30 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday to get registered.

YOUTH MINISTRY

Youth Ministry is open to students in grades 7-12. All are welcome. We would love to see some new faces in the New Year! Two sessions are currently offered. High school girls meet from 9:15-10:15 AM Sunday mornings to discuss the video series and book, Go Bravely, by Emi-ly Wilson. Topics include establishing healthy friend-ships, dating relationships, courage in standing up for the faith in the world, forgiveness, and discerning one’s future vocation.

Sunday afternoon sessions are open to all interested students in grades 7-12. Gatherings begin with lunch and discussion from 11:45-12:15. A variety of activities follow through 1:45 PM. We are going to begin doing activities to study and gain a deeper understanding of the Mass.

Any questions or ideas for youth ministry can be di-rected to Amy Davis by emailing amy.davis@saintbarbaraparish.com or calling (330) 284-9257. Please continue to keep our youth in your pray-ers!

The school Reverse Raffle is coming up on February 9th. If you

would be willing to sell raffle tickets, please contact the school at

330-833-9510. Dinner will be served at 5:30 pm.

Saint Barbara Parent Online Survey

Please help us in better meeting the needs of our parish com-

munity. If you have a couple of minutes, please fill-out our

Saint Barbara Parent Survey online. You can access the survey

by either scanning the code below with your smartphone, us-

ing a QR reader, to directly navigate to the Saint Barbara par-

ent survey or by typing http://tiny.cc/stbarbparentsurvey into

your web browser.

We appreciate your assistance and we

hope to better serve you in the future!

Catholic School Week

Catholic Schools Week kicks off Sunday, January 27th with Open

House from 11:30-1:00 pm. Students from the School will be taking up

the 2nd collection at each mass this weekend to kick start their Food

Pantry Collection. Students will be collecting money all week to donate

to the Food Pantry.

Parents of St. Barbara students will be talking at each mass about their

experience with the school. Please feel free to ask them any ques-

tions, you may have. Registration is currently going on for Pre-

Kindergarten 3 through 8th grade. Call the School at 330-833-9510 for

an appointment.

Dedication of the School Library

There will be a Dedication of the School Library on March 25th starting

with a Mass with the Bishop. More information coming..

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Scripture Readings for 1/27/19-2/03/19

Sun. - Neh 8: 2-4a, 5*6, 8-10; 1Cor 12: 12-30; Lk 1: 1-4; 4: 14-21

Mon. - Heb 9: 15, 24-28; Mk 3: 22-30

Tues. - Heb 10: 1-10; Mk 3: 31-35

Wed. - Heb 10: 11-18; Mk 4: 1-20

Thurs. - Heb 10: 19-25; Mk 4: 21-25

Fri. - Heb 10: 32-39; Mk 4: 26-34

Sat. - Mal 3; 1-4; HEB 2: 14-18; LK 2: 22-40

Sun. - Jer 1: 4-5, 17-19; 1 Cor 12: 31; 13:13; Lk 4: 21-30

Quote for January 27, 2019

”Compassion for the mother is extremely important, but is never served through destroying the innocent.”

Randy Alcorn, Pro Life Answers to Pro Choice Questions

Marked By Faith (Ages 21 to 39)

Marked By Faith is a Catholic young adult ministry formed by St. Barbara Parish. It is open to all young adults at any parish, married or single, between the ages of 21 and 39. The events take place usually on the first Sunday of the month from 3 PM to 5 PM in the Community Room. This ministry aims to strengthen faith and build community among Catho-lic young adults in northeastern Ohio through pray-er, discussion, and service.

For more details about this event and future events, join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/markedbyfaith or contact Mollie Luginski at mlugin-ski@youngstowndiocese.org or 330-833-6898.

Attention 18-Year Olds or Older !

Persons who are 18 years old or older need to register in their own name at the Rectory as a parishioner since they are now adults. It does not matter whether living at home or not. If you are 18 or over and have not registered in your own name, please come to the Rectory and register as an adult. This is important since you may need proof of active parish participa-tion for Marriage or to be a Sponsor for Baptism or Confirma-tion. Please call the Rectory at 330-833-6898.

K OF C MATCHING FUND PROGRAM

I wish to thank everyone in Saint Barbara’s parish for their

support of our Massillon Council 554 for 2018. You may

not be aware of the different ways your Massillon K of C

supports our Church and School. One of the things the K

of C does to support Catholic Education is called the

matching fund program. Our Massillon Council 554’s con-

tribution to the fund will assist in strengthening the Catholic

Education efforts in every Catholic school, in every reli-

gious program, and in every RCIA program of our dio-

cese. The Matching Funds Program ran from September 1

through November 15, 2018. The Ohio Charity Foundation,

Inc. of the Ohio State Council was matching the first

$25,000 donated to this year’s program. All contributions

from our council and participating councils from our dio-

cese, as well as any amounts matched, will go to the Reli-

gious Education Department of our Diocese. The Youngs-

town Diocese was presented a check for $10,356.27. Your

council in Massillon was the 2nd highest contributor in the

Youngstown Diocese and the 5th in the state of Ohio.

When you see a K of C member say thanks. If you know

any Catholic men that are not K of C members ask them to

join as it will strengthen our Church and Diocese.

God Bless you all for your support of our council.

Joe Vilhosky, Parish Round Table Coordinator

Massillon Council 554

WHITE MASS FOR ALL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS

The annual White Mass - Celebrating and recognizing the ministry and

work in health professions - will be held on Sunday, Feburary 10th

at 1:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of Saint Columba located at 154 West

Wood St. in Youngstown. Bishop George V. Murry, S.J. will preside. A

reception will follow in the Cathedral Hall. All are welcome. For more

information call 330-744-8451 ext. 272 or contact

dschmidt@youngstowndiocese.org.

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Mass intentions

There are no limitations on the number of Masses that can be said for a loved one!

Mass Intentions can be scheduled for:

* A deceased loved one

* A living relative/friend who is ill

* A living person celebrating a birthday, anni-versary, special occasion, etc.

Call the Rectory to schedule a mass intention.

The Catholic’s Divorce Survival Guide – At St. Paul Parish in North Canton The Catholic’s Divorce Sur-vival Guide will be offered on Wednesday evenings: 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Feb. 20, 27

Mar. 20, 27

Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24

May 1, 8, 15 and 29

At St. Paul Parish, 241 S. Main St., North Canton 44720 in the north room, lower level of the Church.

It is a DVD-based series with accompanying top Catholic experts on Church teachings, relationships, love, sex, marriage, divorce and annulment; the presentations also feature the personal testimonies of twelve divorced Catholic men and women who share their real-life stories of hope and healing. No cost. To ensure your space or to learn about additional ministry to the divorced, contact the Office of Pro-Life, Marriage and Family Life 330-744-84 ext 272 or dschmidt@youngstowndiocese.org.

THANK YOU FROM THE CARING STITCHERS

Our St. Barbara “Caring Stitchers” group would like to say

“Thank You”, to everyone that made our yearly craft sale a

success. Because of all of you, we have the funds for batting,

thread, snap tape, and Velcro for all our projects this year.

Father Brian, thanks for letting us use the narthex for our Craft

Sale. We also had a “Spur of the Moment” sale, and sold 16

handmade pairs of wool gloves and 14 sets of cupcake pot-

holders. Profits from this sale helped us purchase 17 pairs of

pajamas for the Children’s Network of Stark County. We do-

nated 88 blankets and 2 large bags of toiletries to 55 nursing

home or homebound patients from Saint Barbara Church.

Three boxes of assorted items were donated to the Family

Living Center and 18 laundry bags were delivered to the

Massillon Pregnancy Center. Sams of Massillon received sev-

enteen utility bags, potholders, and two bed quilts. The Can-

ton YMCA received a variety of items for bingo prizes. A box

of baby items were donated to Mary Kring for Right to Life of

Stark County. We also donated two raffle baskets to the

McCarthy fundraiser. Our parish families, friends, and Father

Brian have helped us again this year to keep our mission

strong. Thank you all !! I would like to personally thank all of

our group members because without all of them there would

not be “The Caring Stitchers”.

Sincerely, Mary Sirgo and “The Caring Stitchers”

Thank You /Baby Jack We can’t say thank you enough to everyone for all of your support and prayers through Jack’s journey this far. To eve-ryone who was involved in the benefit dinner, St. Barbara Church and Father Cline for the hall. The crew that cooked, served and helped to set-up/clean-up; food donations from Giant Eagle, The Eagles, Schwebels, the Buzzetta family and for anyone who donated the desserts and baked goods and the nearly 60 baskets donated for the raffle. And thank you to our family and friends who volunteered their time. We firmly believe God’s will and the power of prayer has gotten Jack where he is today. Please continue

to pray for his healing and health.

Love, Tracy, Tommy and Baby Jack McCarthy

Massillon St. Mary’s to host

Akron Firestone Singers

St. Mary’s Parish in Massillon will host a FREE concert featuring the Akron Firestone Community Learning Cen-ter Singers on Sunday, January 27th at 4:30 p.m. 120 members of the Symphonic Choir, Women’s Chorus, Madrigal Singers, and Vocal Jazz Ensemble will provide an afternoon of beautiful music. It’s a great way to es-cape the cold and dreary days of winter, and celebrate good music performed by some of the most talented young men and women in Northeast Ohio.

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