Holy Spirit Catholic Church 4341 East 131st Street

Garfield Heights, Ohio 44105

216.581.0981 www.holyspiritcleveland.org

Office hours:

Monday—Friday 9:00 am — 4:00 pm

Mass Schedule Sunday Mass

8:30 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

Saturday Vigil Mass 4:00 pm

Weekday Mass

Wednesday

6:30 p.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Wednesday

5:00—6:00 pm

For my house shall be

called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Isaiah 56:7

Pastor Fr. W. David Nestler,

O.F.M. Cap.

Deacons

Deacon Shelby Friend Deacon Ronald James

Br. Akolla Etuge, O.F.M. Cap.

Music Minister

Mr. David Williams

Archbishop Lyke School 216.991.9644

ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME AND WORSHIP WITH US

HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO 44105

Holy Spirit Parish Mission Statement

We come together as a diverse and welcoming community to glorify, praise, and give thanks to God in Christ Jesus. Inspired by God’s Word and

the Eucharist, we go forth to serve the needs of our parish and the extended community.

We are called through the Holy Spirit to spread the Gospel message and reach out to the poor and oppressed. We are committed to know, understand, and love each other as members of Christ’s body.

Mass Intentions

29 September 2018

Saturday, 4:00 pm

Vigil: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordi-nary Time (+) Fred & Anna Jefferson

30 September 2018

Sunday, 8:30 am

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time People of Holy Spirit Parish

30 September 2018

Sunday, 10:15 am

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (+) Douglas Alveranga

03 October 2018 Wednesday, 7:00 pm

Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Transitus at St. Paul Shrine

06 October 2018

Saturday, 4:00 pm

Vigil: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time People of Holy Spirit Parish

07 October 2018

Sunday, 8:30 am

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (+) Ronald Galloway

07 October 2018

Sunday, 10:15 am

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (+) Audrey McGuinea

Happy Birthday Happy Anniversary

Sunday 09/30/2018

Vallery Gaines

Monday 10/01/2018

Mary James Donald Jones, III

Tuesday 10/02/2018

Taylor Calhoun

Thursday 10/04/2018

LaShanti Pearson Frances Shellen-barger

Mary & Cedric Greene

Readings for the Week of September 30

Sunday Nm 11:25-29; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

Monday Jb 1:6-22; Lk 9:46-50

Tuesday Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23; Mt 18:1-5, 10

Wednesday Jb 9:1-12, 14-16; Lk 9:57-62

Thursday Jb 19:21-27; Lk 10:1-12

Friday Jb 38-1, 12-21—40:3-5; Lk 10:13-16

Saturday Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Lk 10:17-24

Sunday Gn 2:18-24; Heb 2:9-11; Mk 10:2-16 or 10:2-12

Collection Weekly Goal: $6,200.00

September 22-23, 2018 $6,822.00 +$622.00

Thank you so much for your continuous support!

Second Collection This Weekend

This weekend, September 29 - 30, 2018 there is a second collection for Support of the Catholic Communication Cam-paign.

The Diocese of Cleveland Respect Life Sunday

The Diocese of Cleveland will mark Respect Life Sunday with a special Mass for those who have suffered miscarriage, infertility or neo-natal death Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 5:30 pm at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, East 9th Street and Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. The Most Reverend Nelson J. Perez, bishop of the Diocese of Cleve-land, will be the main celebrant.

May the God of all comfort and compassion provide strength and hope for those who grieve.

“If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose his faith in me, it would be better for that per-son to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea…”

Mark 9:42

Trinity High School “Walking with the Spirit”

Trinity High School invites all eighth grade students to our annual Eighth Grade Retreat, “Walking with

the Spirit” at Camp Christopher, October 12 - 13, 2018.

Space fills up fast! For more information and to register, visit Trinity’s website at www.ths.org/spirit, or call 216-581-1061.

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 30 September 2018

Meetings for the Week

Sunday, 30 September 2018

Monday, 01 October 2018 7:00 pm

Bible Study - PC

Wednesday, 03 October 2018 12:30 pm 7:00 pm

Bible Study - PC Transitus, St. Paul Shrine East 40th & Euclid Avenue

Thursday, 04 October 2018 6:00 pm

Youth Choir Rehearsal - C

Saturday, 06 October 2018 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

2:00 pm

Women’s Guild Retreat - MH dFree Finance Class - PC

Sunday, 07 October 2018

after the 10:15 am Mass 5:30 pm

Men of Faith - PC Respect Life Sunday-Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Addressing Violence in our Neighborhoods Our next Town Hall Meeting

Sunday, October 14, 2018 After the 10:15 am Mass

A small committee of parishioners (Patricia Douglas, Deacon Ron James, Kathy Ewing, Jewel Jones, Stacey Collier, and Fr David) met to discuss ideas that were generated from our last Town Hall meeting on this subject and to plan next steps.

The committee has come up with some seminal ideas that they want to share with the parish community at a Town Hall meeting on October 14 after the 10:15 am Mass. The ideas are not completely fleshed-out because the committee wants to hear from our community in the hope that as we spell out details together we will achieve as high a degree of buy-in as possible as we decide on next steps.

Please save time for this Town Hall meeting.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 The Passing of Saint Francis of Assisi

The Feast of Saint Francis (October 4) is an important day in the world of Capuchins and all Franciscans. Saint Francis died the evening of October 3 — and Franciscans all over the world have a tradition of commemorating Francis’

passing from this life to the next on that evening. We often refer to it by its latin name: Transitus.

All of the Capuchin friars in the Cleveland area will be gathering that evening (7:00 pm) at the Shrine of the Conversion of Saint Paul (E. 40th Street and Euclid Avenue) to celebrate the Transitus.

For that reason, we will not have Mass that evening at Holy Spirit Church, and the regular Wednesday adult choir rehearsal is cancelled. Mr. David Williams will direct the music that evening, and we are inviting as many choir members as are able to join him. All members of our parish are invited to come to Saint Paul Shrine to celebrate with the Capuchin friars and the Poor Clare Sisters.

It is our pleasure to invite you to celebrate this ceremony with us. You are welcome. Please come.

Women’s Guild’s One-Day Retreat

On Saturday, October 6, 2018, the Women’s Guild is hosting a retreat from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in Mulligan Hall. Regis-tration is free.

Holy Spirit Choir Fall Concert

Today

September 30, 2018 at 4:00 pm under the direction of

Mr. David Williams

Free-will offering. All are welcome!

Holy Spirit Choir

Fall Concert

today at 4:00pm

Walk to Remember Catholic Cemeteries Association

On Sunday, October 7 — the beginning of the month of the rosary — the Catholic Cemeteries Association is hosting a Walk to Remember event at several cemeteries, the event will last no more than one hour. Participants will pray the rosary together while walking. For those who have difficulty walking, the rosary will be prayed at the same time while seated in a mausoleum. Registration is recommended. To register or to ask for more information, visit:

https://www.clecem.org/Events/WalkToRemember.aspx

The rosary begins at the following cemeteries next Sunday at 1:00 pm: All Saints Cemetery, Northfield; All Souls Cemetery, Chardon; Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland; Holy Cross Cemetery, Akron; Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook Park; and Saint Joseph Cemetery, Avon.

Health Council

The parish’s Health Council is entering a phase of discern-ment and reorientation. Due to a lack of participation, Friday night line dancing has already been cancelled for some time. Weekly Walks in the Park are also now suspended. The Health Fair earlier this month was poorly attended. The council wants to regroup and begin again in small and simple ways. Keep an eye out here for announcements of new initi-atives by the council. The members of the council are deep-ly committed to being of service to the good health of our parishioners and our neighbors.

Pray for our parishioners in the military:

Saundra Clark Melissa James Stephanie Wentz Andy Hutchinson Uchechi Onwuanaibe

Melissa James Tyrone Franklin, Jr. Mario Williams Steven Daniel Sadé Powers

Dennis Ross, II Steven Rau Glen Pfleger Maurice Williams Joshua Sanchez

Pray for Our Brothers and Sisters

If you or members of your family are admitted to the hospital and would like to be visited and remembered in prayer, please notify the parish office. If you are unable to attend Mass and want to receive a visit from the pastor or deacons, please contact the parish office.

Let us always pray for our sick and shut-in parishioners. In particular, please remember in prayer:

Rochelle Larkin-Carr Rose Thomas Olivia Allen Amanda Lewis Rosie Bridges

Jesse Traylor Kay Tucker Daphne Allen John P. Jones, Jr. Irby Lynch

Calvin Singleton, Sr. Marvin Young Geraldine Kersey Elissa Coleman Shirley Liston

Roger Raines Donna Clayton Demateress Richards Len Rosky Pauline Reed

Rosemarie McBride Fletcher Posey Juanita McPherson Luis Lorenzo John Murphy

Vera Payne Darling Watson Catherine Wilson Jewell Gardner Bettina & Horace Bowling

Earl Turner Marian Mauldin Marlene Land Maria Hanan Patricia Polk

Carmen Whaley Don Miller Denise Curry Connie Raines Tony Friend

Edith Richardson Allyssa Brand-Bey Theresa Talbott Frederick Whatley Thelma & Rufus Arnold

Helen Collier Reaver Jones Margaret Luton Daniel Jefferson Mattie Smith

Dorothy Minor Della Powell Sandra Cummings Sharm Starks Catherine Vlach

Phyllis Partee Raman Belinson Maureen Belinson Linda E. Williams Terry Lester

Sara Dickson Ruby Fett Jesse Smiley Barbara Galloway Frances Shellenbarger

Kiana Pearson Mildred Jackson Mary Evans Tammy Larkin Jonathan Traylor

Connie Raines Marlene DeBrossard Ray Kress Lillie Baker Carrie Aaron

Carrie Cohea Estalla Fortson Jesse & Jessica Carr James Wilson Bill & Monica Starks

Building Projects at Holy Spirit Church

An Update

Several projects are underway at this time and are slowly moving toward completion.

1. Parking lot repairs and resealing. Two sections of the lot have undergone repair and the rest of the lot has been resealed and lines repainted. A few trouble spots have been identified which may require more extensive sectional replacement in the future.

2. Heating system in the church. The Smith and Oby Company has been working on changing the way heat is delivered throughout the church from an antiquated pneumatic system that no one wants to repair, to an electronic system. When this project is complete, we expect to have reliable heat in the church throughout the cold season.

3. Boiler in the school. With a tenant in the school building the parish is required to replace a secondary boiler which had become irreparable. The installation of a new boiler is nearing completion.

4. Roofs. The flat roof over the chapel in church has been replaced. Bishop Perez has been asked to give his permission for us to replace two other flat roofs on the church: the one over the sacristy and the one over the choir room. The leak in the parish center roof is scheduled for repair this week.

5. Exterior lighting. The many fixtures that are not functioning will be replaced with LED lights, and as other fixtures fail they will be similarly replaced. That work may not begin for several weeks, but we are on the schedule. Once complete, we should all be able to notice a significant difference in the parking lot after dark.

6. Church carpeting. We have set a goal to have new carpeting in the sanctuary before Christmas, ideally before the beginning of Advent.

We are able to undertake these significant expenditures because of the selfless generosity of our parish community and your love for your church and church community. Once these projects are complete, we will put into place mechanisms to pay closer attention to ongoing maintenance to make these repairs last for a long time. And then we can turn our attention to rebuilding our investment portfolio to prepare for the next rainy-day need.