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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 12, 2017
RECTORY
Rev. Norman K. Douglas, Pastor Rev. Joseph H. Kraker, Pastor Emeritus Rev. David Halaiko, In Residence Deacon Bob Bender, Pastoral Minister Connie Pacanovsky, Business Manager Peggy Wellemeyer, Office Manager Ellen Dies, Coordinator of Parish Faith Formation Nancy Daley, Music Director
Marimargaret Roberts, Office Staff Mike Bauman, Director of Maintenance
Phone: .............................. 330-535-3135 Fax: .................................. 234-571-2919 Web Site: www.stvincentchurch.com Office Hours: Mon-Fri : 8:30 - 3:00
ST. VINCENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Mrs. Maria Meeker, Principal Mrs. Laurie Belair, Secretary Phone: .............................. 330-762-5912 Address: 17 S. Maple St., Akron, OH 44303
PSR Mrs. Ellen Dies, Principal, 330-864-5484
BULLETIN DEADLINE: In writing by 10 a.m. Thursdays 10 days
prior to the date of bulletin
MASSES: Saturday Vigil: 5 p.m. • Sunday: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Weekdays: 6:30 a.m. Holy Days: 6:30 a.m., 9 a.m., and 5:30 p.m. CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Thursday before First Friday: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Parish Registration: New Parishioners are most welcome and should register at the rectory as soon as possible. If moving out of the parish, please notify the rectory. Baptisms: It is necessary that parents attend a Baptism Preparation Program before the Baptism of their first child. Baptism Preparation classes can be completed at either St. Hilary (Beth Rado, 330-867-1055) or at St. Sebastian (Cathy Sivec 330-836-2233 ext. 134 or [email protected]). Call either parish for times and registration details. Proof of attendance should be presented to St. Vincent Church prior to the baptism. Please call the rectory to schedule baptisms. Baptisms are scheduled for the 2nd/4th Sundays of the month after 11 a.m. Mass (12:30 p.m.) Marriages: Couples intending to marry should call at the rectory at least SIX MONTHS prior to the marriage. It is required to have copies of Baptism, First Communion, and Confirmation records if these sacraments are not received at St. Vincent. Wedding times on Saturday are at 2 PM. Parish School of Religion (PSR) Pre-School - 8th: Classes are September through May. Classes are held in St. Vincent Grade School on Sundays from 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (Becoming Catholic): Presentations begin in September: For information, call 330-535-3135. Hospital/Sick/Shut-in Visitation: Please notify the Rectory when a parishioner is hospitalized, shut-in, or ill. Funerals: Please notify a Priest as soon as possible regarding arrangements, either personally or through the funeral director.
St. Vincent de Paul Church
164 West Market Street ● Akron, OH 44303-2373
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COLLECTIONS
THANK YOU!
The collections for February 5 and February 12 will be printed in the February 19 bulletin.
SATURDAY, February 11 * Vigil/Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 Mary Bonomo Poland SUNDAY, February 12 * Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 Gilbert Dilley 11:00 Dominic, Sr., and Marcella Fallucco MONDAY, February 13 * Weekday 6:30 All Souls TUESDAY, February 14 * Sts. Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop 6:30 Blanche O’Neil WEDNESDAY, February 15 * Weekday 6:30 Horace “Phil” Phillips - Anniversary THURSDAY, February 16 * Weekday 6:30 The living & deceased members of the St. Vincent de Paul Altar Society FRIDAY, February 17 * The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order 6:30 Maureen Morris Maloy SATURDAY, February 18 * Vigil/Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 Jack Leonhard SUNDAY, February 19 * Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 Don Shipman 11:00 Catherine Anne Donahue
MASSES READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: Gn 4:1-15, 25; Ps 50:1, 8, 16bc-17, 20-21; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1a, 2, 3ac-4, 3b, 9c-10; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Gn 8:6-13, 20-22; Ps 116:12-15, 18-19; Mk 8:22-26 Thursday: Gn 9:1-13; Ps 102:16-21, 29, 22-23; Mk 8:27-33 Friday: Gn 11:1-9; Ps 33:10-15; Mk 8:34 -- 9:1 Saturday: Heb 11:1-7; Ps 145:2-5, 10-11; Mk 9:2-13 Sunday: Lv 19:1-2, 17-18; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Cor 3:16-23; Mt 5:38-48
CHOICE
"If you choose you can keep the commandments," Sirach tells us. God "has set before you fire and water; to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand" (Sirach 15:15, 16). This is a great mystery: God does not control us so completely that we cannot choose our own path. We have certain boundaries, of course, but no one but we can choose our way within those boundaries. In today's reading from Matthew's Gospel, Jesus reminds us of our freedom and our responsibility for our lives. He calls us to look beyond the words of the commandments, all the way to their meaning. Look beyond the adultery to the selfishness that poisons our love. Look beyond the murder to the anger that eats away at our compassion. Look beyond the perjured testimony to the lies and d e c ep t i o n t h a t d r i v e ou r b ehav i o r . Our vocation is to choose life for ourselves, and to choose a path through our part of the world that helps make life possible and more abundant for others as well.
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SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME February 12, 2017
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A NOTE FROM OUR PASTOR
Several parishioners asked me last weekend where they could get information about our Catholic teaching on immigration and refugee resettlement. The best resource is to go to the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: www.usccb.org. Look up Church Teach-
ings on the Rights of Migrants and Refugees. Also go to our diocese of Cleveland Catholic Charities web-site: www.ccdocle.org/social action. Both these web-sites give excellent summaries of Scripture and church teachings on the various ways we can promote the consistent ethic of life, standing up for life in positive ways – from conception to natural death. If you wish to get more involved locally, please go to the website for the International Institute in North Akron: www.iiakron.org. Check out the page marked How You Can Help. As you already know, I am not celebrating the Eucharist with you this weekend. I am on vacation combined with some retreat time in Phoenix Arizona. (I am sure that you are now feeling sorry for me :-) I will return on Friday evening, February 17. On Saturday evening, February 18, I will not preside at the 5 pm Mass because I will be celebrating a 50th wedding anniversary Mass at Holy Family Parish with a couple I have been close to for 38 years. I thank all of you for being my parish family at this time in my life.
RCIA CALENDAR
2/12/17 - 9:45 - 10:45 am Scullen Room
RCIA Period of Catechumenate Deacon Bob
Topic: Christian Morality 11 am - Noon - Church, Scullen Room
Mass, Breaking Open the Word
2/19/17 9:45 - 10:45 am - Scullen Room RCIA Period of Catechumenate
Deacon Bob and Fr. Norm Topic: Social Teachings
11 am - Noon - Church, Scullen Room Mass, Presentation of the Creed,
Breaking Open the Word
2/26/17 - 9:45 - 10:45 am - Scullen Room RCIA Period of Catechumenate
Deacon Bob Topic: Lent and Liturgical Calendar
11 am - Noon - Church, Scullen Room Mass, Breaking Open the Word
JOIN FR. NORM DOUGLAS AT THE FAITH ALIVE RETREAT
• Learn how you can strengthen the connections between faith and the challenges of daily life. • Discover how to experience the Lord’s presence and guidance in our everyday experiences. • Find how to be more prayerfully centered in the midst of life’s many distractions. We will meet in the Spiritual Center at St. Hilary Parish on Friday evening, March 3, and again all day on Saturday, March 4. All are welcome, including inactive Catholics, persons of other faiths, or those with no faith affiliation. For more information or to receive a registration form, you can simply call the parish office at 330-535-3135 x101, email [email protected], or fill in the following information requesting a registration form and mail to:
MARCH 1
Faith Alive St. Vincent de Paul Parish 164 West Market Street, Akron, OH 44303
NAME _____________________________________________________________ ADDRESS__________________________________________________________ PHONE: DAY__________ EVENING__________ EMAIL_____________________________________________________________
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Thank you for your generous support last week of the Collection for the Church in Latin America. Our collection will be used to share the faith with our brothers and sisters in Latin America and the Caribbean. If you missed the collection, it’s not too late to give! Just visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections and click “How to Give” on the left. Your gift will certainly make a difference!
Support the Collection for the Church in Latin America
TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION By the early 1950s some scholars were calling for the restoration of Communion of the faithful on Good Friday, since by then only a priest received, consuming the host from the Holy Thursday repository. In 1955 the new Good Friday liturgy was timed to begin at three o'clock everywhere, and included the option of Holy Communion, but without the Precious Blood that had originally been part of the liturgy. Today, there is increasing debate among theologians. Some feel that it would be better to fast from the Eucharist on Good Friday, focusing on the mystery of the cross and highlighting the Easter Communion. Others say that this Communion infuses the sadness of the day with awareness of Christ's victory. It is not a day of mourning, of course, and the Passion according to John grounds the liturgy in a sense of Christ's victory over death and the triumph of the cross. The tradition is rich and varied, and we are still in the early stages of recovering an ancient way of doing things. Why do we call the day "good"? The English and Dutch languages share this name, and its origin stems from the name "God's Friday." The traditional name for the day in Latin is Feria VI in Parasceve, which translates as "The Sixth Day of the Week of Preparation." Other languages make do with "Holy Friday." In another part of England, as in Denmark, the people used to call it "Long Friday," a good description for a quiet day without work and no chance for play or a good meal! --Rev. James Field, Copyright (c) J. S. Paluch Co.
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH MINISTRY FEBRUARY 2017
CALENDAR February 2017 15 - Service project for the month! Continuing with our service to the nursing
homes, we will be making new items for those at Hickory Ridge and The Merriman. Meet Mrs. Dies at the Scullen Room after school. We should be done by 4:30.
22 - Baking to help the Cookie Brigade What’s that? You haven’t heard of the
Cookie Brigade? It is a new group who volunteers its talents to bake items for special celebrations and events in our parish. Meet Mrs. Dies after school and we will bake some wonderful items to share with the parish. We should be done by 4:30.
25 – SkyMax in North Canton
Leave St. Vincent at 11. Arrive in North Canton at 11:30 to jump! $13 for an hour of jumping. Add $4 if you would like to go another ½ hour. Return to St. Vincent by 2 at the latest. If more than 14 attend, I will need parents to help drive. If less than 5 go, the event will be cancelled. R.S.V.P by March 19th.
WAIVER MUST BE SIGNED BEFOREHAND BY PARENTS:
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UPCOMING EVENTS! March 31st … Cleveland Cavs Game! Do not be left out! Limited tickets…$38 per ticket and you will get to go down on the floor to greet the Cavs or the ‘76s before the game. We would leave St. Vincent in the church van at 5:30 and travel to Cleveland in time to go on the floor. Tickets must be paid for when ordered. Families are welcome to attend.
Ellen Dies Youth Ministry Director
St. Vincent: (330)535-3135 ext 101 [email protected]
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FAMILY PERSPECTIVES Today’s Gospel is from the “Sermon on the Mount.” Jesus gives strong and lofty ideals to inspire and guide our living. Today we celebrate World Marriage Day and are reminded that ideal marriages
are not lived on lofty mountaintops, but in the nitty-gritty of everyday life. In their love, mutual sharing and forgiveness, couples give us a glimpse of the Kingdom of Heaven.
PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY
St. Vincent Parish is beginning a Prayer Shawl Ministry. If you enjoy knitting or crocheting, please consider joining this wonderful ministry. People involved in this ministry knit/crochet shawls which are then given to console those who are grieving, comfort those who are ill, and bring hope to those going through difficult times in their lives. Knit in prayer, the shawls are then blessed by Fr. Norm. Two meetings are scheduled for those interested in learning more about this new ministry: Tuesday, February 28, 9:30 a.m. or 7 p.m. in the Scullen Room. If you would like to attend, please call Ellen Green at 330-867-1364.
Food, Fellowship and
Faith for Adults
Monday February 20 D’Agnese’s at White Pond Akron
566 White Pond Dr.
Speaker: Father John Valencheck The Secret Message Within Your Church
7:00 pm Appetizers, 7:30 pm Speaker $10 Admission includes appetizers – Cash bar
CATHOLIC RADIO Bishop George Murry, SJ, live on Living Bread Radio on The Bishop's Corner Wednesday, February 15 at 11 am; the topic is Persecution of Christians and Protection for Refugees. On air at AM 1060 and 94.5 FM (Canton vicinity). Call with questions 888-966-2903. Free phone app lets you listen anytime, any place! Download at livingbreadradio.com.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES ANNUAL APPEAL
The 2017 Catholic Charities Annual Appeal is underway with an in-pew commitment process taking place this weekend. This is not a special collection; rather, the Catholic Charities Annual Appeal represents the chance for all Catholics to make a significant pledge, payable in installments, to Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland in order to support its mission of a society that stands united in its support of the “least among us.” Many parishioners have received a letter from Bishop Thomas requesting their support. If you have not received this letter, please respond to the in-pew commitment process today! If you have received the mailing, please respond to it. There is a box on the in-pew envelope to indicate that you have responded by mail. You did it for Me. Your support of the 2017 Catholic Charities Annual Appeal helps us to carry out the mission that Jesus entrusted to us: I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Please consider a generous gift that will change the lives of the 400,000 who are served each year in Northeast Ohio. Please pray for the success of the appeal, which provides for essential programs and services in need throughout all eight counties of the Diocese of Cleveland.
On behalf of the poor and needy of Northeast Ohio, thank you! We invite you to view the stories of inspirat ion and more information at www.catholiccommunity.org/2017Appeal.
The following students have been named to the Semester 1 Honor Roll at Walsh Jesuit High School.
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DEMKEE FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
The Demkee Family Scholarship Fund of the Catholic Community Foundation provides an annual academic scholarship to a registered parishioner of a Catholic parish in Summit or Wayne County who is presently enrolled at The University of Akron or satellite branch. Scholarship applications are available online at: www.catholiccommunity.org/grants or contact Colleen Rigo toll free at 800-869-6525 x4080.
Students eligible to apply: are currently accepted to, or enrolled in, as part-time or full-time students at The University
of Akron or any satellite branch of the University; can document a minimum scholastic achievement of 3.0 GPA; and are registered in a Catholic parish in Wayne or Summit County.
Note: though financial need will be considered, it is not the sole factor in award selection.
The 2017 scholarship award will be $1,015. Applications are due by May 1 to The Catholic Community Foundation. Written notification to the awardee will be mailed by May 15.
CONGRATULATIONS:!!! HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLLS
Emma Lawson Grace Shisler
John Fiocca Audrey Smith Máire Wellemeyer
Jonathan Banks Nathan Bauer Anna Dennis Dominique Ferrer Audrey Friess
Elise Morgan Evan Pomeraning Josephine Rauh Sarah Robinson
PRE-CANA DAY Engaged Couples getting ready for the Sacrament of Marriage, please join us for the Cuyahoga Falls pre-Cana day to be held at St. Joseph School in Cuyahoga Falls on March 4, 2017. The day is open to all engaged couples. This program satisfies one of the requirements for marriage preparation as stipulated by the Diocese of Cleveland. You will receive a certificate at the end of the day. To register please call St. Joseph Office at 330-928-2173. Questions? Please call Kathy Lambacher at 330-730-8633.
THE DIVORCED, SEPARATED AND WIDOWED CATHOLICS OF AKRON is sponsoring a talk by Bob Friend. Bob is a retired Radio host of the past program Dream Machine. He will be speaking about dream interpretation. This will be held on Monday, February 13, 7:30 pm, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent Building, 1945 Portage Trail in Cuyahoga Falls. Refreshments will begin at 7:15. Our speaker will start at 7:30 pm. This event is open at no cost to single people of all faiths. For information call Sue 330-554-5626.
The following students have been named to the Second Quarter Honor Roll at Archbishop Hoban High School.
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