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

MAY 11 2014

FOURTH SUNDAY OF

EASTER

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 May 10, 2014

Saturday Vigil: Fourth Sunday of Easter

4:30 Kevin Ely by Jack & Linda Hall

Sunday Fourth Sunday of Easter

8:30 Victor Ragon by Bob & Carole Nelson

11:00 Andy Rusnak by Sharon & Family

5:00 For Our Parish

Monday Easter Weekday

7:30 Alexa Miecznikowski by Family

Tuesday Easter Weekday

7:30 Norb & Sheila Kloc by Arlene Aslaksen

Wednesday Saint Matthias, Apostle

7:30 Kathy Portman-Schiebel by The Klare Family

Thursday Easter Weekday

7:30 Intentions of the Ladies Guild

Friday Easter Weekday

8:30 Elmer Zimmerman by Richard & Jeanne Hausrod

Saturday Vigil: Fifth Sunday of Easter

4:30 Ann Marie Bechard by Donald Bechard & Family

Sunday Fifth Sunday of Easter

8:30 Baby Collins by Mike & Patricia Sweeney

11:00 Lorraine Jankowski by Brian & Jenny Walsh

2:30* Father Scott Goodfellow’s First Mass For Our Parish

*NO 5:00 Mass Today

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers, grandmothers,

godmothers, aunts, and all who have a motherly influence

on others! Enjoy your day!!!

Eucharistic Adoration will begin immediately following

7:30am Mass on Tuesday in our church. Closing Prayers

begin at 7:30pm. All are welcome to participate at any time

throughout the day!

Adorers are Needed for the Following Times: Tuesday:

11am-noon, 3-4pm. First Friday: 6-7pm, and 5-6am. If you

would like to become an adorer, please call Barb or Chuck

Yedlick: 933-8983. Thank You!

The Pro-Life Ministry Group will be selling Mother’s Day

Carnations for $1 each after all Masses this weekend. Also

the “Blessings for Babies” collection begins this weekend—

please take a baby bottle from the playpen in the gathering

area, fill with your change, and return the bottles on Father’s

Day. Both of these activities benefit Birthright of Lorain

County. Thank you for your generosity!

To the Parishioners of St. Joseph Church… on behalf of

the members of the Knights of Columbus, we would like to

thank you for your generous donations to our recent

“Measure Up Campaign” which benefits those with

developmental disabilities. Your kindness will impact the

lives of many. God Bless You.

Cluster Parish Save the Date: September 8-10, 2014

Pilgrimage to Catholic Maryland, hosted by Father Timothy

Gareau, Pastor, St. Raphael Parish. Call Ann: 440-895-0964

for information and reservations. Deposits to hold

reservations ($50) are due on May 15.

Please Join us for Hospitality after the 8:30 & 11:00am

Masses next weekend. Our hosts will be members of our

CYO. Please note: Our last day for donuts will be next

Sunday. We will take a break for the summer, and there will

be no donuts from May 25-August 31. Donuts will resume

on September 7.

Each Year in the Diocese of Cleveland a special collection

is taken up in all parishes to support the Catechetical

Ministries of the Office of Catechetical Formation and

Education. Funding from this collection supports Newman

Campus Ministry, Adult Faith Formation, Media Literacy,

Parish Catechetical Leadership training and Catechist

Certification. This year the collection will be held this

weekend, May 10-11. A contribution to the Catechetical

Ministries is an investment in the faith formation and

religious education of every person of every age in the

Diocese. Please consider giving a gift to this very special

collection.

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St. Joseph CYO is Sponsoring a CYO Sports Physical

Night on Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00pm in St. Joseph Hall

and school using MobilMedical. The cost is $20/physical. All

students athletes must have a physical to be eligible to play

CYO sports. If performed on May 21, eligible students are

covered for CYO sports until June, 2015. (covers all sports—

fall 2014-through spring 2015) Students from second to

seventh grade considering playing any CYO sport next year

should strongly consider getting the physical now to avoid

paperwork delays later!

Pro-Life Ministry Has Changed Our Meeting Date to the

third Thursday of every month at 7:00pm. We are looking to

add new members to our group, so hopefully this will be a

convenient time for you to join us! Our next meeting is

scheduled for Thursday, May 15 at 7:00pm in St. Joseph

Hall. Hope to see you there!

“Every person sincerely open to truth and goodness can, by

the light of reason and the hidden action of grace, come to

recognize in the natural law written in the heart (Romans

2:14-15) the sacred value of human life, from its very

beginning until its end, and can affirm the right of every

human being to have this primary good respected to the

highest degree.” St. John Paul II

Please Remember in Your Prayers: Henry McCowan,

Barry Dore, Bill Mudrak, Denise Tondo, Ryan Heller, Bill

Sulak, Jill Smith, 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, Grace Vinesky, 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, Sheryl

Haskins, Mary Seitz, Ruth Powell, David Chisholm,

Marianne Andrews, and all the ill of the parish...those with

addictions...those deceased...those in need...those who are

lonely...those who are homeless...those in the military...those

unemployed. Thank You.

If You Have Experienced The Loss of a Baby, you don’t

have to feel alone. The Hope & Loss Group, presented by

Emily’s Gift of Hope (www.emilysgiftofhope.org) meets on

the third Thursday of every month from 7-8:30pm in the

Viking Room here at St. Joseph Parish. All are welcome. If

you have lost during pregnancy or infancy, please join us. Ky

Heinlen, a licensed counselor and a parishioner at St.

Raphael Parish in Bay Village facilitates group. Light

refreshments are served. No RSVP is required. Our next

group is Thursday, May 15. Any questions, please call Anne:

216-346-8630. We look forward to having you with us.

Vacation Bible School will be held at St. Joseph Parish

from June 16-20, from 9am-12:00 noon each day. Check

your bulletin for more information/registration form this

weekend.

Looking for PSR Catechists & Aides for the 2014-15 Year

Would you enjoy sharing your faith with the children of our

parish? Our parish PSR program needs classroom catechists

for Preschool, Kindergarten and grade 4, and aides for grades

2, 6, 7 & 8. We are also in need of morning and evening

volunteers who will help with a weekly craft station.

Preschool–grade 5 classes meet every Sunday from 9:30-

10:45am and Grades 6-8 meet every other Sunday from 6-

8:00pm. Make a difference...come join our team and be a

part of this important ministry at St. Joseph. If you are

interested, call Rozann Swanson in the parish office: 933-

3152, or e-mail dre@stjosephavonlake.org.

Father Ron’s Corner…

On Monday, 5/5 the Building Committee met to discuss the

presentation for our Town Hall meeting on 5/19. We are

happy to update the parish on the important addition to our

facility with a new Gym & Family Center. Please plan to

attend. It would be great if we could have a full gym for the

meeting.

The staff and Pastoral & Finance Councils continue to plan

for next year. We are working on the parish social calendar

for next year as well. My hope is to have it to you in early

July so you can mark your calendars for important and fun

dates for the year ahead. It will be in a format that will easily

hang on your refrigerator. If you are a group leader, please

make sure you contact Peggy Murphy in the office with your

dates. We would like to have every meeting and activity on

our calendar which can easily be viewed from our website.

I have added a bookshelf in the Sacred Heart Chapel so we

can have spiritual materials out for your reading at any time.

Remember that we have Adoration on Tuesdays and First

Fridays. You can also grab a book from the chapel and bring

it with you into the church and pray in front of the tabernacle

anytime from 7:00am to 4:30pm in summer months. If you

would like to join the adoration group, please call the parish

office.

Please pray for Scott Goodfellow as he makes his final

preparations for his ordination on Saturday, 5/17 at the

Cathedral at 10:00am, and celebrates a Mass of

Thanksgiving here on 5/18 at 2:30pm. Our parish is blessed

with many vocations to the priesthood and religious life over

the years. The diocese will be blessed by his ministry and

service. His first assignment will be as the parochial vicar at

Saints Robert and William in Euclid. Everyone is invited to

his Ordination, Mass of Thanksgiving and reception that

follows in St. Joseph Hall on Sunday afternoon. Remember

there is no Sunday Evening Mass that day.

May God continue to bless our parish community. I am

grateful to be your pastor.

Sincerely, Father Ron

Race for Grace! Mr. Steve Stahl, St. Joseph School PE

teacher, will run a 50K race in celebration of his 50th

birthday on June 7. This is beyond a marathon - over 31

miles! He is fundraising for the race on behalf of Grace

Vinesky, SJS graduate and Magnificat HS senior. Grace was

diagnosed with Stage 2A Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in

November, and has undergone chemotherapy since then.

Grace and her family are parishioners. She has been an

inspiration to all, and has handled this situation with Grace!!!

Please support Mr. Stahl in his “Race for Grace” this

summer. Visit www.crowdrise.com/runforgrace/fundraiser/

stevestahl. All money raised will be given directly to the

Vinesky family. Thank you for your support!

14th Annual Race for the Place, to celebrate National

Cancer Survivor’s Day will be held on Sunday, June 1 at

Beachwood Place. This will benefit The Gathering Place, a

Caring Community for those touched by cancer. Registration

begins at 7:30am followed by a Cancer Survivor’s Ceremony

at 8:45am. 5K/1mile race begins at 9am. Honorary Cancer

Survivor Chairperson, Jim Donovan, News Co-Anchor and

Sports Anchor for WKYC, Channel 3 will be present. Get

your teams together for this race—Captains of 25 or more,

and individuals raising $500 or more will be entered into a

drawing to win a $1,000 gift card courtesy of Beachwood

Place. Visit www.racefortheplace.com to register.

Opportunity to Host International Students: Elyria

Catholic High School is a local school that participates in

gphomestay, a program that supports international student

programs by arranging and overseeing safe residential

accommodations that enhance students’ overall American

experience. Are you interested in hosting an international

student for the 2014-15 school year? Not only will you earn a

monthly stipend, but the program will donate $300 toward

St. Anthony of Padua if you reference St. Joseph Parish in

your application. More information can be found on

www.gphomestay.com. Or contact Lynn Miller, Residential

Coordinator: 216-390-2903 or lmiller@gphomestay.com.

Hospice of the Western Reserve Walk to Remember

will be held on Sunday, June 8, 8am-12:00 noon. Over 2,000

participants are expected to enjoy a leisurely walk through

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo celebrating the memory of their

loved ones. The event benefits patients and families cared for

by Hospice of the Western Reserve. Registration is $20 for

an individual and $60 for a family. Children’s admission is

$10. Registration includes all-day admission to the Zoo and

Rainforest, T-shirts, snacks and live musical entertainment.

To register, visit www.hospicewre.org/walk. For more

information or assistance with registration, e-mail Bridget

Murphy: bmurphy@hospicewr.org, or call 216-383-3715.

If You Know of Anyone Who Would Benefit from free and

confidential help in healing for an abortion, please call

Bethesda House of Mercy: 800-482-4100.

Attention All Members of St. Joseph’s Garden Club…

It’s that time again! The Garden Club meets on Wednesdays

at 6:30pm from spring through fall. For those who cannot

garden on Wednesdays, assignments to an area can be made

and maintained at one’s convenience. Contact: Dominic

Bullotta: 440-653-5169 or Larry Hujarski: 440-933-2277

Are You Working Towards an Annulment? The process

of being granted an annulment of your marriage is long and

confusing. One of our parishioners, Pat Daw, went through

the process herself, and is also retired from the Tribunal

Office after 10 years there. Pat has volunteered to talk with

people about this process, or act as a procurator/advocate.

She can be reached by calling the parish office @ 933-3152,

or on her cell: 216-338-5260.

Are You Celebrating Your 50th (+) Anniversary?

The Department of Marriage & Family Ministry, the Office

for Worship, and the Cathedral of St. John are pleased to

announce the 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration on

Sunday, July 27, 2014 at the Cathedral with the Most Rev.

Richard G. Lennon as the celebrant. Mass time is 2:30pm. If

you are celebrating 50 years or more this year you are invited

to register by calling Peggy Murphy: 933-3152 or 653-5611.

Deadline to register is Monday, June 23. A confirmation

letter will be sent in early July to those who register, along

with instructions, map and driving/parking directions.

Pre-Baptismal Class Schedule

Sunday, May 18, 12:30pm—St. Thomas 949-7744

Tuesday, June 17, 7:30pm—St. Mary 934-4212

Thursday, July 17, 7:30pm—Holy Spirit 933-3777

Tuesday, August 19, 7:30pm—St. Joseph 933-3152

Please call the church whose class you wish to attend to

register. This class is required prior to the baptism of your

first child. Only one parent is required to attend. Godparents

are welcome, but not required to attend. Once you have

attended this class, it is not necessary to attend for further

children. You may schedule your child’s baptism by calling

the parish office.

Baptisms: Colton Michael McCarty, son of Brendan and

Rachel (Moriarty) McCarty

Please Keep Parishioner, Deacon Scott D. Goodfellow

and his 5 classmates in your prayers as they will be ordained

to the priesthood next weekend, May 17. Father Scott’s First

Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated here on Sunday,

May 18 at 2:30pm. There will be a parish reception

immediately following Mass in St. Joseph Hall, and ALL are

invited. There will be NO 5:00pm Mass on Sunday, May

18.

Never Alone, our Bereavement Support Group will meet

on June 1 at 1:00pm in St. Joseph Hall. We normally meet on

the first Sunday of every month, but have decided to have no

meeting in July due to the 4th of July Holiday. We will

decide at our June 1 meeting whether or not we will also take

the month of August off. Watch the bulletin for further

details. ALL are invited to join us if you are grieving in any

way, whether the grief is fresh or old. You don’t have to

grieve alone. Come Heal With Us. Please call Peggy Murphy

with any questions: 933-3152 or 653-5611.

“The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.”

~Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6