SACRAMENTAL LIFE Please visit our parish website (www.holymartyrs.net)

for a full listing of our sacrament information and all

spiritual and parish programs.

BAPTISM Please contact the parish office before the birth of

your child to prepare for this sacrament.

Pre-Baptism Session: October 13, 2016, 7:30 pm

RCIA The process for becoming a Roman Catholic for

adults and older children who have not been baptized

or have been baptized but not raised in the Christian

faith.

MARRIAGE Couples should meet with the priest at least six

months before the proposed wedding date.

RECONCILIATION Celebrated individually every Saturday from 4:00-5:00

pm in the chapel. Communal celebrations of the

sacrament in Advent and Lent.

ANOINTING OF THE SICK Celebrated any time prior to entering the hospital or

during illness or convalescence. All who are ill are

encouraged to receive this sacrament as soon as possible.

Communal celebrations of the Sacrament take place

in Fall and Spring.

VISITING THE SICK We are eager to visit our parishioners who are sick at

home, in nursing homes or in the hospital. Please call

the church office as soon as possible in the event of

serious illness.

WELCOME! We extend a warm welcome to our visitors. All Catholics who

regularly attend here are invited to become part of our parish

community. If you attend here, you should register. The staff

is available in the Gathering Space of our church before and

after Mass to personally welcome you to our parish family.

Welcome!

PASTORAL STAFF 330.722.6633

Fr. Steve Dohner Pastor

Janet Payton Pastoral Associate

Diane Bruce Director of Religious Education

Dorothy Thomas Coordinator of Pastoral Care

Dino Paoletta Deacon

Nancy Fiamingo Pastoral Associate

Adam Nestor Youth Minister

CHURCH OFFICE 330.722.6633 churchoffice@holymartyrs.net

PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION 330.952.1466 psr@holymartyrs.net

SPIRIT PROGRAM 330.722.6633 spirit@holymartyrs.net

LIFE TEEN 330.722.6633 lifeteen@holymartyrs.net

Fr. Mark Ott Weekend Associate

Jason Falkofsky Director of Music

HOLY MARTYRS CATHOLIC CHURCH 3100 Old Weymouth Rd Medina OH 44256

330.722.6633 330.273.1188 www.holymartyrs.net churchoffice@holymartyrs.net

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August 14, 2016

THE EUCHARIST Saturday Vigil 5:30 pm Mass

Sunday 7:30 am Mass

9:30 am Mass

11:30 am Mass

Weekdays

Mon, Wed, Fri 8:00 am

Tues, Thurs 7:00 pm

Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time - August 14, 2016

This week at Holy Martyrs

Monday: VIRTUS Training: 10:00 am, Pfeiffer Hall B

Catechist Meeting: 6:00 pm, Martyrs Hall

Tuesday: Glory Bees: Pat Ramler, Brenda Haumesser,

Kathy Flecher

Catechist Meeting: 6:00 pm, Martyrs Hall

Wednesday: Intercessory Prayer: 5:30 pm, Chapel

Women’s Prayer Walk: 600 pm, Pavilion

RCIA Precatechumenate: 7:00 pm, Lounge

Thursday: VIRTUS Training: 10:00 am, Pfeiffer Hall B

VIRTUS Training: 6:00 pm, Pfeiffer Hall B

Parish Council: 7:30 pm, Room 102

Friday: American Red Cross Blood Drive: 3:00 -

7:00 pm, Martyrs Hall

Sunday: Life Teen: 5:00 pm Mass followed by

Life Night from 6:00-7:30 pm, GA

Father Stephen Dohner

Pastor

Father Robert F. Pfeiffer

Pastor Emeritus

Janet Payton

Pastoral Associate

Dorothy Thomas

Coordinator of Pastoral Care

Father Mark Ott

Weekend Associate

Diane Bruce

Director of Religious Education

Nancy Fiamingo

Pastoral Associate

Dino Paoletta

Deacon

Jason Falkofsky

Director of Music

Libbie Radecky

Office Assistant

Paula Phillips

Bookkeeper

Parish Staff

Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week

Saturday: 5:30 pm Mary Ann Spinhirn

(Steinle Family)

Sunday: 7:30 am Steven Polasko (Family)

9:30 am Tom & Helen Tekaucic

(Ron Palya)

11:30 am Parishioners

* * * * *

Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Monday: 7:30 am Grace J. Fink

(Mike & Kathy Kopach)

7:30 pm Rev. Stephen Radecky

(Radecky Family)

* * * * *

Tuesday: 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace

7:00 pm Dolores Bonnell & Scott Clark

(Donna Horton)

Wednesday: 8:00 am James Donnelly Sr.

(Dorothy Donnelly)

Thursday: 7:00 pm Rich & Barb Lorius

(Anniversary)

Friday: 8:00 am David Osheim

(Bernie & Lois Dick)

Saturday: 5:30 pm Marion Biranowski

(Dave & Beth Lofy)

Sunday: 7:30 am Parishioners

9:30 am Margery Sowa (Robert Sowa)

11:30 am For all Seniors (Blessing of Holy

Martyrs Seniors Group officers)

Church Office hours:

Monday - Friday: 9:00 am -12:15 pm, 1:00 pm-5:30 pm

BAPTISM

Elizabeth Rose Polt,

daughter of John & Brittany Polt

There is a promise of marriage between:

III Wedding Announcement:

William Branca & Alicia Lambert

Pray for those who have died in Christ:

Joyce Ramos, sister of Jane Groh

Douglas Cunningham, husband of Rita,

father of Chris and grandfather of Cody & Austin

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parish News

Seniors Corner:

Inviting all Seniors to join us for our upcoming

events:

August 21 - 11:30 Mass for the Senior Group;

Blessing of new Officers; followed by a Dutch Treat

luncheon at the Royal Buffet & Grill.

Sept. 12 - 12:00 noon, Picnic lunch at Mugrage Park,

Medina. Chicken, potato salad, etc. will be provided!

SAVE THE DATE: September 19th-21st for our three-

day tour package including Frankenmuth, Mackinaw

Island, Charlevoix (home of Castle Farms) and The

Cross in the Woods! Reservations are still availa-

ble! Contact Joni Dyer for more information at

wcdyer@zoominternet.net; Phone:330-722-7994.

Oct. 17 - 12:00 - Chili Cook-off Luncheon; Vietnam

War Presentation by the American Legion Post 202.

Join us for our next trip to El Salvador

January 22 - January 29, 2017!

Let the Holy Spirit open your mind and hearts to the

people of El Salvador. Your life will be enriched and your

faith deepened! Contact Janet Payton or Shelley Conry

(330-687-6927) for more information.

SMALL GROUP NEWS

Holy Martyrs Small Group Pilots are underway and enjoy-

ing our weekly gatherings. The discussions are enlight-

ening, affirming, and relevant to life in 2016. We pray

for each other’s needs, hear a relevant message and

discuss the implications in our daily lives as Catholics,

striving to become holier. We look forward to growing

this ministry and forming more small groups in the fall.

Please pray for this ministry as we work to offer some-

thing meaningful, relevant, and uplifting to our Parish

family. If this ministry interests you, please contact

Nancy Fiamingo, Pastoral Associate:

nfiamingo@holymartyrs.net or call 330-722-6633.

The PRAYER SHAWL GROUP

of Holy Martyrs has beautiful prayer

shawls available for anyone who might

derive comfort from a shawl. These have been made with

prayers for their comfort and healing. We want to reach

out to those people in their time of need (loss of family

member, going through cancer treatment, divorce, ex-

tended illness, etc.). If you know of such a person, male

or female, please contact Nancy Mayes, 330-764-3161 to

obtain one of the shawls.

EMPLOYMENT NETWORK GROUP

If you are an executive, professional or manager who is

looking for employment opportunities, we encourage

you to connect with our Employment Network Group.

This parish networking group meets twice a month at

the following locations:

First Wednesday of each month at Holy Martyrs

Church, Martyrs Hall (off the back parking lot)

Third Tuesday of each month at Knights of

Columbus Hall – 131 North East Street, Medina

First-time attendees should plan to come to a short

orientation session at 6:30 p.m. The regular group

meetings begin at 7:00 p.m.

For more information about the Employment

Network Group, please contact Erin Rankin at

erinremote@yahoo.com.

An Invitation

In less than a month our choir will

resume rehearsals and singing weekly

at the 9:30am Mass. Have you ever con-

sidered becoming a member of our

choir, or could you share your musical

talent as a song leader or instrumentalist at any of the

weekend Masses? We are looking for new (and returning)

singers and instrumentalists to participate in and en-

hance our music ministry. Prior musical experience is a

plus but is not a requirement. All that is needed is a de-

sire to learn and an enthusiasm to elevate our communal

prayer at Mass through music. The choir will be hosting

a picnic at the pavilion on the parish grounds on Sun-

day, August 28 from 1:00-3:00 pm. All current and for-

mer choir members, as well as those interested in

joining the choir are invited to attend. For more infor-

mation feel free to contact our Music Director, Jason

Falkofsky at 216-548-4898 or jfalkofsky@ignatius.edu.

Holy Martyrs Church August 14, 2016

Medina, Ohio

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME,

TALENT, TREASURE

Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish

“Say not to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give,” when you can give at once.”

~ Proverbs 3:28

Grateful Giving

July 30 & 31

Weekly Offering $10,485.43 Number of Envelopes 294

Electronic Donations $3,750.00 Number of Envelopes 50

Weekly Total $14,235.43

July Monthly ACH (100) $10,492.00

2016 First Step Program:

Continuing education regarding marriage

and divorce in the Catholic Church

Do you want to:

Deepen your knowledge of the Church’s teaching on

marriage?

Learn about ministry to the divorced/separated in

the Diocese of Cleveland?

Hear the true facts about the annulment process and

how to submit a case?

Discover a path to healing after divorce?

The First Step Programs are scheduled around the Dio-

cese, open to anyone, with no pre-registration. The next

sessions are:

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at Immaculate Heart

of Mary Parish, Cuyahoga Falls at 7:00 pm

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at St. Ambrose Parish,

Brunswick at 7:00 pm

This program is offered as a way to reach out to those

whose marriage, for whatever reasons or circumstances,

is not valid in the Church, and find a way to re-establish

full communion in the sacramental life of the Church.

For more information call 216-696-6525, ext. 4000, or

visit dioceseofcleveland.org/tribunal.

Calling A Few Good Men: First & Ten men’s ministry (a ser-

vice of Community Pregnancy Center, Barberton) is search-

ing for a few good men to join our ranks. Be on the front

line of mentoring young fathers into strong dads! If you are

interested in finding out more about this growing ministry,

email us at firstandten@communitypregnancycenter.org

or call 330-825-1900 and ask for First & Ten!

There will be an American Red Cross Blood Drive at

Holy Martyrs on Friday, August 19, 2016 from

3:00-7:00 pm in Martyrs Hall. Park in the rear lot.

Please give the

gift of life.

Catholic Schools are communities of

faith, knowledge and service. Catho-

lic Schools exists to form young

people in the Catholic faith. Aca-

demic success and rigorous achievement mark our

schools as outstanding institutions. Essential to the

Christian message is the command of Christ to serve

others. Our students are at their best when they exem-

plify in their actions this command, and they do so daily.

Students, their parents, grandparents and other family

members sacrifice to provide a Catholic education and

are grateful for tuition assistance provided through the

Faith and Values Appeal for Education. Please pray

that the generosity of our parishioners next weekend

will continue to support the formation of our youth in

Catholic schools as they are taught to be the very best

that they can be.

The Ministry of Assistance of Holy

Martyrs would like to thank our

parishioners for their generous sup-

port of this year's School Supply

Drive for the needy students of

Medina and Highland school districts. With your financial

and material contributions, we were able to help approxi-

mately 900 students, in 14 schools of the elementary,

middle and high schools who qualify for the free and

reduced price school meals under the federal program.

Because of you these students will start the year in a con-

fident and positive way!

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

MINISTERS SCHEDULE - August 20 & August 21

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS LECTORS SERVERS USHERS VIDEO

MASSES Bread Cup

Saturday

5:30 PM

Linda Joseph Christian Durny

Emily Hathcock

(sub req)

Jeff Hood

Jean Peterson

B1 Ed Kirk

B2 Judith Linton

B3 Rose Mary LeVoyer

C1 Steve Brownfield

C2 Mary Lawrence-Kirk

C3 Linda Earhart

C4 Colette Dowling

Pyx Judith Placko

Sunday

7:30 AM

B1 Steve Jindra

B2 Debbie Kells

C1 Jerry Emmert

C2 Judy Emmert

(pyx

Erin Rankin Sam Arnold

Vincent Pfahl

Gary Kozel

Pete Rojas

Sunday

9:30 AM

Tim Boyle Josh Bobey

Michael Moran

Michael Green

Ben Stobbs

Sunday

11:30 AM

B1 Jen Coppolino

B2 Corey Koewler

B3 Michelle Koewler

C1 Bart Conry

C2 Dave Stankiewicz

C3 Becky Johnston

C4 Jack Holland

(pyx) Shelley Conry

Vicki Link Gracie Selva

Maggie Selva

Jim Gaeckle

Steve Sauthoff

Mike Szabo

Parish School of Religion

Parish School of Religion

For families who will have a child preparing for the

sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist in 2016/17;

the preparation time for these sacraments begins in

the first grade. We would like to be able to provide an

opportunity for all our children to have a spot held

for them. Parents are asked to

contact the office of Faith Formation

(PSR office) to register if you haven't

received our online registration email.

If You Build It, They Will Thrive….Spiritually

(Continued from last Sunday)

Suggestion 2.

Remind our children that everyone’s happiness goes up when each person in the family does the

loving thing.

Example: “There’s your brother/sister walking home from school. Let’s go meet him and give him a

hug.” A child feels empowered when they understand that they co-create the field of love.

~Miller, Lisa, Ph. D. The Spiritual Child. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2015.

(Continued next Sunday)

PSR begins Monday and Tuesday,

August 22 and 23.

Catechist and classroom assignment

begins at 5:30 for all families.

Rally at 6:00 p.m.

CONFIRMATION

OCTOBER 2016

Holy Martyrs will be celebrating the

Sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday,

October 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

Practice for Confirmation will be on

Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 12:45 p.m.

Candidates and sponsors meet in Martyrs Hall.

CONFIRMATION 2018

Preparation for Confirmation is a two year

process, beginning with SPIRIT in 7th grade. Our

current 8th graders will be focusing on the

sacrament of Confirmation beginning in

September. Confirmation orientation for candidates

and parents is: September 27 at 6:00 pm

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Medina, Ohio

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Aaaand…wE’re Back

August 21st

5:00pm LifeTeen Mass

(open to all parishioners)

LifeTeen Kick-Off Event

6:00—7:30pm in Gathering Space

Food

Fun

Faith

Fellowship

It’s going to be…

lifeteen@holymartyrs.net

spirit@holymartyrs.net

Lego to Mass!

5:00pm Sundays, beginning August 21

Do you follow us?

@HolyMartyrsLT

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings for the Week of August 14, 2016

Sunday Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jer 38:4-6, 8-10; Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18; Heb 12:1

- 4; Lk 12:49-53

Monday The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

Mary; Rv 11:19a, 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10,

11, 12, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56

Tuesday Saint Stephen of Hungary

Ez 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-27ab, 27cd-28, 30,

35cd-36ab; Mt 19:23-30

Wednesday Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Mt 20:1-16

Thursday Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19;

Mt 22:1-14

Friday Saint John Eudes, Priest

Ez 37:1-14; Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Mt

22:34-40

Saturday Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the

Church; Ez 43:1-7a; Ps 85:9ab, and 10, 11-

12, 13-14; Mt 23:1-12

Sunday Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Is 66:18-21; Ps 117:1, 2; Heb 12:5-7, 11-

13; Lk 13:22-30

Assumption of Mary

Our bodies are meant for

immortality. That’s what we

believe when we profess in

the Creed “We believe in…

the resurrection of the body

and life everlasting.” Mary

already shares in the resur-

rection of her Son and Our

Lord Jesus as we will, too,

at the end of the world. Our

bodies are temples of the

Holy Spirit and should be

cared for and treated with

respect. The virtues of

chastity, modesty and

moderation are learned by children as they are taught

how to eat, drink, bathe, dress and talk about their bod-

ies. Families promote positive body image and holiness

in these daily actions.