Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 27, 2014

Rectory

Rev. Timothy J. O’Connor, Pastor

Rev. Joseph H. Kraker, Pastor Emeritus

Mrs. Shani Sinopoli, Business Manager

Mrs. Betsy Tavolier, Office Manager

Mrs. Ellen Dies, Youth Minister

Ms. Nancy Daley, Music Director

Mr. Herman Allshouse, Maintenance Di-

rector

Phone: .............................. 330-535-3135

Fax: .................................. 330-535-4160

Web Site: www.stvincentchurch.com

Office Hours:

Monday- Friday: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

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:

12:00 Noon Monday in Writing

Masses: Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM • Sunday: 8:30 AM and 11:00 AM

Weekdays: 6:30 AM

Holy Days: 6:30, 9:00 AM and 5:30 PM

Confessions: Saturday: 11:00 to 12:00 Noon and Thursday before First Friday;

3:30-4:30 PM 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 (Marival Ciarlariello, 330-730-

6652). Call either parish for times and registration details. Proof of attendance should

be presented to St. Vincent Church prior to the baptism. 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 2:00 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

10:15 AM to 11:15 AM. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (Convert Classes): Classes begin in Sep-

tember: 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

Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey Gibson

Masses

SATURDAY, July 26 * Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents

of the Blessed Virgin Mary

5:00 PM Cornelius M. and Alice B. Lusardi

SUNDAY, July 27 * Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary

Time

8:30 For Our Parish

11:00 Ronald L. Hollis

MONDAY, July 28 6:30 Howard Considine

TUESDAY, July 29 * St. Martha 6:30 Alberta Lenke

WEDNESDAY, July 30 * St. Peter Chrysologus 6:30 Catherine E. Pirogowicz

THURSDAY, July 31 * St. Ignatius of Loyola

6:30 Umberto Ametrano

FRIDAY, August 1 * St. Alphonsus Liguori

6:30 John Henretta

SATURDAY, August 2 * St. Eusebius of Vercelli * St.

Peter Julian Eymard 5:00 Beatrice Laatsch

SUNDAY, August 3 * Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary

Time

8:30 Edward Shuber

11:00 For Our Parish

COLLECTION FOR

SUNDAY, July 20, 2014 Thanks for your Support!

Collection of July 20 ........................................ $7,135.00

E-Give................................................................$3,702.50

Welcome to the St. Vincent de Paul Parish

Community: Harrison Steven Femia, son of

Steven and Meghan Femia, and Ryann Elizabeth

Trecaso, daughter of Stephen and Meghann

Trecaso. Harrison and Ryann were baptized after

the 11:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, July 20, 2014.

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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 27, 2014

All things work for good for those

who love God.— Romans 8:28a

JACKPOT

In our lottery- and sweepstakes-obsessed culture, it is

common to ask ourselves or others what they would do if

they won. In today’s first reading, Solomon certainly hits

the jackpot. What prize could be greater than having God

Almighty agree to give you whatever you ask for? Out of

all the things he could have asked for, Solomon chose to

ask for understanding, and was rewarded with it. We

would do well to wonder what we would ask for if God

made us the same offer. Actually God does make us the

same offer each and every day, by granting us another day

of life, a bit of the earth’s goods, some gift or ability,

some call to goodness, some portion of the divine will.

Each of these is a ―prize.‖ We should stop and examine

what we are going to do with our prize: keep it or use it

selfishly, or put it at the service of the spread of the gos-

pel? Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

WEDDING BANS

II Michael Cutlip & Mary McKoski

II Patrick McCoy & Taryn Leahy

PLEASE PRAY FOR the repose of the soul of Michael

Stimler, brother of Connie Pacanovsky and Dan Stimler.

May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest

in the peace and joy of the Lord.

New Parishioners

We welcome to our Parish Community:

Ms. Gia Giordano

Mr. Matt Rich

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Jer 13:1-11; Dt 32:18-21; Mt 13:31-35

Tuesday: Jer 14:17-22; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Jn 11:19-27 or

Lk 10:38-42

Wednesday: Jer 15:10, 16-21; Ps 59:2-4, 10-11, 17-18;

Mt 13:44-46

Thursday: Jer 18:1-6; Ps 146:1b-6ab; Mt 13:47-53

Friday: Jer 26:1-9; Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14; Mt 13:54-58

Saturday: Jer 26:11-16, 24; Ps 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34;

Mt 14:1-12

Sunday: Is 55:1-3; Ps 145:8-9, 15-18; Rom 8:35, 37-39;

Mt 14:13-21

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL AUXILIARY

We are in GREAT NEED of pasta, canned pasta

sauce, chili or baked beans, soup, crackers,

peanut butter, jelly, tuna, Spam, stew, boxed

potatoes and macaroni and cheese. OUR

CUPBOARDS ARE BARE AFTER EACH

PACKING. We shop and restock but really do depend on

your help to feed the needy. Thank you so much for your

generosity!

ALTAR SOCIETY BRIDGE FLIGHT NEWS It is time to sign up for the 2014-2015 Altar Society Bridge

Flight. If you are interested in joining the couples, men’s or

women’s groups, please call Annette at 330-836-7552 or

email aclord2812@gmail.com as soon as possible. Games

will be played at the convenience of the players. Schedules

will be sent out in early August.

ALTAR SOCIETY There is still time to join the Altar Society. Just place your

envelope marked clearly, Altar Society Dues, into the

collection basket. We invite everyone to please join. The

dues are just $5.00 per person.

MARKET DAY Thank you all for supporting our school this past year. We

look forward to seeing you this coming September.

Remember, you can support our school this summer by

purchasing Market Day at GFS Market Place. The school

earns 5% when you purchase Market Day or 1% when you

purchase other items in the store. You can also go on-line to

place your order at marketday.com, and pick items up there

during the summer. We are still in need of a Market Day Co

-Chair for the 2014-2015 school year. If you are interested,

please contact the rectory office at 330-535-3135.

THANK YOU TO OUR KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS A special thank you to our Knights of Columbus for their

generous donation given for the continued upkeep of our

cemetery. The Knights have also made a donation toward

the mulch that will be sprayed onto all the landscape beds

across our entire parish campus, including the parish and

parish school grounds. We are so grateful for all that you

continually do for St. Vincent de Paul!

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St. Vincent de Paul Parish School SAVE THE DATES!

Back to School Night for Current Students August 7th @ 6:00 PM in the School Cafeteria

St. Vincent de Paul Parish School

Family Mass followed by Donut Meet and Greet

in School Cafeteria August 17th @ 8:30 AM or 11:00 AM Mass

First Day of School! August 20th

GARDEN CLUB MINISTRY

Do you like to plant?

We are in need of volunteers to join this fun, relaxing

ministry that will beautify the parish grounds! We will

meet outside the church each Saturday at 10:00 a.m., if

you would like to come down and lend a hand. Ques-

tions, please contact the parish office at 330-535-

3135!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! OUR PARISH

OUR GOAL: $1,008,000

OUR TOTAL RAISED: $1,401,433.52

NUMBER OF GIFTS: 344

OUR AVERAGE GIFT: $4,073.93

As you know, 30% of the funds collected up to our goal

return to our parish to use for our own local projects.

Please keep in mind that our parish started receiving

payments six months after our campaign ended, and

then quarterly after that. Every payment you make

benefits our parish. To date, we have received

$256,164.00. Thank you to everyone who made this

success possible. If you have not yet made a gift to the

Campaign but would like to do so, or if you’d like to

make an additional gift, please go to

www.catholiccommunity.org/rif/newgift. Alternately,

you may contact Angie Pavlik at the Catholic Commu-

nity Foundation at 216-696-6525 ext. 1303. NEW!

Your monthly or quarterly pledge payments can now be

made online at www.catholiccommunity.org/rif/

pledgepayments. May God bless you and your loved

ones for your commitment to His Church!

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YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS-SUMMER 2014

Senior High Events:

Sunday, August 3rd- Mass and then Cedar Point! 8:30 a.m. – ??? Cost is $40 plus food, etc. We will

meet at St. Vincent for 8:30 Mass, have a quick breakfast and off to Cedar Point!

Sunday, August 24th- Let’s host an ice-cream social after the 11:00 Mass. Later that day, let’s meet at 6:00 –

8:00 to plan September events and OPEN GYM!

Junior High Summer Camp -August 4-8 All Parishioners in grades 7 & 8 come and join the fun!

(All forms available in the back entrance of church) Monday, August 4th - Akron Food Bank- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. No Cost- We will meet at Byrider Hall at

9:00 and depart for the food bank.

Monday, August 4th- Laser Quest -1:15 p.m—4:00 p.m. Cost is $19.00. We’ll meet in the Byrider park-

ing lot at 1:15 p.m. to travel to Laser Quest We will play 3 games of Laser Quest and have a light snack in the

reserved party room. ONLY 35 spots are available. Adult drivers are needed!

Tuesday, August 5th -SkyMax– 10:00– 1:00 Cost is $20- We will meet at Byrider Hall at 10:00 and depart

for SkyMax. Waiver Form must be signed. Adult drivers are needed!

Tuesday, August 5th Kent Lanes- 1:30 p.m. -4:00 p.m. Cost is $6- We will meet in Byrider parking lot at

1:30. Shoes included! Adult drivers needed!

Wednesday, August 6th -Cuyahoga Valley National Park -9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. No Cost. We will be

clearing an area, cutting down shrubs, and involved in the removal of all the weeds in one section of the park. We’ll be

creating an island for native plants and animals to inhabit. Adult drivers are needed!

Wednesday, August 6th-Good Samaritan Hunger Center- 1:00 p.m. – 3:00p.m. No Cost- We will meet at

Byrider Hall at 1:00 and start by decorating lunch bags. Next step is packing an individual lunch for 60 needy children.

The lunches will be distributed by Good Samaritan Hunger Center on Thursday.

Thursday, August 7th -Akron Food Bank- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. No Cost We will meet at Byrider Hall at 9:00 and

depart for the food bank. Adult drivers and volunteers are needed!

Thursday, August 7th Loyola of the Lakes Retreat House-1:00 p.m. –3:30 p.m. No Cost We will leave Byrider

parking lot at noon and travel to the Loyola of the Lakes Retreat House We will return by 3:00 p.m. Loyola's primary

purpose is to offer a warm and welcome environment for prayer, solitude and quiet reflection. There are Outdoor

Stations of the Cross, shrines, and prayer paths. Father Tim O’Connor will join us for a special Mass at the grotto.

Friday, August 8, 2014- Cuyahoga Valley National Park -9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. No Cost -We will meet in

the Byrider parking lot at 9:00 a.m. and travel to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

ST. VINCENT ALTAR SOCIETY 300 CLUB HISTORY OF THE 300 CLUB: The first drawing of the 300 Club was April 4, 1973. This Club was established as a

way for the Altar Society to make money to help the Parish. It was started with the approval of Fr. Corrigan, and today

we still have some of the first members. During the past year, the 300 Club donated $3,100 to the Fr. Corrigan Tuition

Assistance Fund and $2,968 for new cassocks and surplices for the altar servers. We also provided fresh flowers for the

altar each week, hams for funeral luncheons, new Christmas wreaths for the side aisles in church, and we paid for the

reception for the Confirmation class, among other things. We want to thank all of our members for their generous sup-

port. Your captain will be contacting you in the next few weeks for the new year, which starts in August. For only $1

per week, you have a chance to win $100 each week. There is a special drawing at 9 months for $250. At the end of

the 300 Club year, there are two drawings for $300 and two drawings for $200. This gives you 57 chances to win for

only $52 a year payable yearly, semi-yearly, quarterly or monthly. Drawings are held on the last Monday of the month,

to cover 4 or 5 Monday’s in the month. In case a holiday falls on that Monday, the drawing will be held on the last

Wednesday of the month. Winners will be notified by their captain. Membership limited to 300 people. You do not

have to be a member of the parish to join. WE HAVE MANY OPEN NUMBERS IN THE 300 CLUB THIS YEAR.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO FILL THEM!! Please call Marilyn McCafferty at 330-836-3924 for your lucky

―Irish‖ number and all the details.

GOD NEEDS YOU TO BE HIS HEART AND HANDS IN THIS WORLD Please consider joining the Women’s Board of Catholic

Charities Community Services of Summit County (CCCS/

SC). We invite adult women of all ages and parishes to

join our group. Find out how you can help support the

work of Catholic Charities here in Summit County. Make

new friends and help others at the same time. The first

membership meeting for the next club year will be held on

Friday, September 12, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in Akron at

Catholic Charities offices at 812 Biruta St. For more

information, contact Anne MacWherter at 330-342-9030.

We hope to see you on September 12.

54TH ANNUAL SALAD SMORGASBORD CARD PARTY Saints Peter and Paul Altar Society in Doylestown would

like to welcome all to our 54th Annual Salad Smorgasbord

Card Party on Wednesday, July 30th. Doors open at 9 a.m.

with lunch served at noon. There will be a 50/50, raffle and

door prizes. Admission is $8. The hall is air conditioned.

Bring your own cards. Come enjoy the day with us!

DISCIPLES FOR THE DYING The next First Friday Mass will be at St. Sebastian on

August 1 at 5:00 p.m. The schedule is as follows: St.

Bernard, September 5 at 12:10 p.m., and the intentions of

the dying will be included in the Prayers of the Faithful at

St. Vincent, October 3 at 6:30 a.m. All are Welcome.

THE FEST The highlight of summer! Every year, after The FEST, we

receive a ton of emails from those who were there telling

us how much they enjoyed our annual Catholic Family

FESTival and how it was the ―highlight‖ of their summer.

Don’t miss out next Sunday, August 3-be at The FEST

from 12 noon until 10 p.m. at the CPT (28700 Euclid

Avenue in Wickliffe). Come hear great music (Third Day,

Mandisa, Colton Dixon, for King and Country) along with

great activities and displays. Check out Marc’s Mom’s

Relaxation Station with over 150,000 give away items for

busy moms. It’s the perfect family day. There’s plenty of

parking and affordable food (thanks to Executive Caterers

and Marc’s) come and get a brat off the world’s largest

grill while watching your kids learn lessons of faith and

family. It’s all FREE. Go to www.theFEST.us for details,

parking instructions and a complete schedule of the day.

HOW WE ROLL BYCYCLE TOUR OF AKRON FREE How We Roll Bicycle Tour of Akron – All

Summer!!! You are invited to experience a FREE fun

family, friend or group event by participating in the How

We Roll Bicycle Tour. Short tours (6 miles) of Akron are

given by Trained Guides from the University of Akron

Department of Sport Science and Wellness Department

every week Wednesday through Sunday through the end of

August. Get a group of friends or family to ride, all ages

and abilities are welcome. Ride and get free stuff (front &

rear lights, Akron entertainment card, dri-fit shirt and

more). Bring your bike or borrow a loaner. Tours begin and

end at Lock 3 in downtown Akron. For more information

go to: www.howwerollua.com or call Andy Davis at 330-

715-1368.

MASS FOR NURSES St. Paul Parish will be offering for the 8th year, a Mass of

Thanksgiving and Blessing for all those serving in the

nursing profession on August 7 at 7:00pm. The intention of

this service is to pay tribute to and to offer thanks and

prayers for all nurses in the community. The Peace

Together Choir will be singing and Father Neil Kookoothe

R.N. will be returning for the celebration of the liturgy. A

reception will follow the Mass in the Parish Activity

Center. St. Paul is located at 1580 Brown Street. Please

contact St. Paul Parish at 330-724-1263 with any further

questions.

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We will begin scheduling Mass intentions for 2015 on

August 1, 2014. When scheduling a Mass for the de-

ceased, there will now be a maximum of 3 weekend

Masses ~ per intention ~ per year. This allows more

families to schedule a weekend Mass. If you would like

additional Masses, they can be set up for the 6:30 a.m.

Mass on weekdays.

Mass Intentions for 2015

CYO Soccer and Cross Country

If your son or daughter is interested in playing

fall soccer for St. Vincent please contact Dawn

Curtis at mlcurtis2@yahoo.com. Coaching

opportunities exist, please express your inter-

est. If your son or daughter would like

to participate in Cross Country please contact

Mike Klein at vhk0530@ameritech.net. Fall

sports practices will start in August, please

don't wait to sign up!

CYO FOOTBALL: Dates to Remember

8/1/14 Practices Start

There are only 30 slots per team for grades 4-8 and we

are close to being full for 5th, 6th and 8th grades. If you

have any questions, please contact James Lucas at 330-

472-7773 or at jamesalucas@msn.com.

CYO NEWS