Parish Pastoral Staff

Reverend John P. Singler, Pastor

Reverend Mike Feldtz, Parochial Vicar

Reverend Robert J. Cole, Retired, In Residence

Deacon Tom Cully, Pastoral Associate

Mrs. Angela Kovic, Music Director

Parish Support Staff

Mrs. Diana Lipfird, Homebound Coordinator

Mr. John Mastandrea, Adult Faith and Education Coordinator

Mrs. Johanna Garr, Religious Education Coordinator

Mr. Bob Sferra, Sacramental Catechetical Leader

Parish Office Staff

Mrs. Janel Abraham

Mrs. Lorri Masie

School Administrative Staff

Mr. Andrew Carner, Principal

Mrs. Sandi Ziegler, Program Coordinator

Mrs. Nancy Kaesgen, Director of Development

School Office Staff

Mrs. Mary Beth Hennessy

Mrs. Diana Zjaba

Parish Mass Schedule

Weekday: 9:00am Monday through Friday

Weekend: 4:00pm Saturday Vigil

7:30am, 9:30am, & 11:30am

Holy Day Consult Bulletin

Sacramental Ministries

Baptisms: On Sundays After 11:30am Mass

Reconciliation: Saturdays 3-3:30pm

Seasonal Celebrations

Marriage: Contact Parish Office

Anointing of the Sick: Contact Parish Office

Seasonal Celebration

Communion Calls: Contact Parish Office

Celebrating 166 years of Pastoral Service to the Catholic Community of Berea

Mission Statement

St. Mary is a faith community which worships together, follows the teachings of Jesus Christ in our everyday lives,

evangelizes others by our lives and actions, gives generously of our time and resources in service to others, shows

compassion and love towards one another, provides religious education and works for social justice for all.

Saint Mary Parish

250 Kraft Street, Berea, Ohio 44017-1499

Rectory: 440-243-3877 · FAX: 440-891-9417 · Website: www.stmaryberea.org

3rd Sunday of Easter - May 5, 2019

Congratulations to our First Communion Candidates who

will receive the Lord’s Body and Blood for the very first time this weekend! Thank you to the parents and grandparents and families for saying, “yes” to leading your children to the Table of the Lord. We are a richer and fuller faith family as your children gather around the Table and receive the precious Body and Blood of Jesus. Thank you for all you do to raise your children in the ways of Jesus!

Congratulations, Boys and Girls!

The Annual Catholic Charities Appeal 2019 FOLLOW-UP APPEAL will be NEXT WEEKEND here at St. Mary. The FOLLOW-UP Appeal Funds will

be invested at Camp Christopher to create a camp without limits for campers with dis-abilities to experience God in nature. So many of us en-joyed our youth at summer camp and Camp Christopher

was THAT PLACE where we discovered crafts, swimming, canoeing and the natural beauty of God’s creation. NOW imagine THAT PLACE for campers with disabilities to enjoy the SAME camp experi-ence as others their age. Not only to play, craft, swim, canoe and make friends with other, but BEST OF ALL they can pray and experi-ence God in the natural beauty of their surroundings.

The FOLLOW-UP Appeal Funds will be used to OPEN THE DOOR to camp for more youth and adults with disabilities.

The $100,000 Challenge Grant doubles the Impact of Gifts Made this weekend with the MATCHING GIFT OFFER. All new, increased and additional gifts will be doubled!

There is a special Insert in today’s Bulletin. Share your blessings! Give to the FOLLOW-UP APPEAL next weekend.

ENVELOPES will be available in all the PEWS NEXT WEEKEND for your gift. THANK YOU!

Deacon Tom’s homework last week was to answer these two questions: “What has the Lord done in my life? How has my life changed since I started to live for Him?” Did you take the time this past week to reflect on and answer these questions? There’s still time: “What has the Lord done in my life? How has my life changed since I started to live for Him?”

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Deacon Tom! THANKS for your willing service and commitment to St. Mary!

THANKS for your generosity in the Sunday Collections. Your financial support is truly a gift! Peace!

Father John

Weekend of May 5 Third Sunday of Easter 10:00 am Permanent Diaconate Ordination at St. John Cathedral 2:00 pm Wedding: Hinkle / Hope 4:00 pm Chuck Duncan Special Intention 7:30 am Stefan Urbancic Family 9:30 am Charles Bisesi Family 11:30 am 1st Communion Candidates

Monday May 6 Easter Weekday Acts 6:8-15 / Jn 6:22-29 (273)

9:00 am Hilda Kral Daughter

Tuesday May 7 Easter Weekday Acts 7:51-8 1a / Jn 6:30-35 (274)

9:00 am Sister Mary Irene Kane Tom & Paulette Flandera Wednesday May 8 Easter Weekday Acts 8:1b-8 / Jn 6:35-40 (275)

9:00 am John & Evangeline Basalla Family

Thursday May 9 Easter Weekday Acts 8:26-40 / Jn 6:44-51 (276)

9:00 am John E. Singler AM Rosary Group

Friday May 10 Easter Weekday

Acts 9:1-20 / Jn 6:52-59 (277)

9:00 am Rod Weger Malloy Family 1:50 pm May Crowning

Saturday May 11 Easter Weekday

Acts 9:1-20 / Jn 6:52-59 (277) 4:00 pm Thomas W. Maley Brother - David

Sunday May 12 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts: 13:14, 43-52 / Rv 7:9, 14:b-17 / Jn 10:27-30 (51)

7:30 am Jerry Lang Wife - MariAnn 9:30 am Christopher Jackman Family 11:30 am Arlene M. Smith Family

Mass Schedule and Intentions

Homebound Ministry

Our Homebound Parishioners are very important to us and we want to make sure their spiritual needs are being met. If you or a friend or family member are homebound and unable to attend Mass, we would like to bring the Eucharist to you in your home. Please call Diana Lipfird, the Home-bound Parishioner Coordinator, at 532-9491 or e-mail her at dlipfird@gmail.com. We will set up a time and day for the Extraordinary Minister to visit that best fits your schedule. If you are an Extraordinary Minister and would like to be part of our team of taking Communion to the homebound, please call Diana at 440-532-9491.

Collection for 4/28/19: $10,022.50

Thank you for ALL the support you give to St. Mary!

Weekend Collection

Please remember in prayer all who are ill or homebound, especially the following:

Jackie Ayala Maggie Armstrong Donna Baker Mary Anne Bialosky James Carney Charles Rita Cifani William Conroy Candy Corbett Pat Cosiano Doris Crist Jase Dean Elisabeth Denk Hilda Denk Owen Dumm Jim Duncan Bruce Ferraro Sharon Fisher Brian Follen Joan Foust Betty Glynn Doris Grame Geraldine Grant Nancy Grau Howard Gross Katie Halley

Betty Hardman Hanna Kessler Karen Kljun Louise Knapik Kathleen Kolach Colleen Kubek Melanie Kuper Beth Lindenmeier-Dickson Rob Lucas Karen M. Joseph McLaughlin Shem Miller Mike Nichols Leo Oblak Dan Olsen Ed Paschke Gloria Richards Carol Rigal James Rollin Ruth Roth Mary Elizabeth Ryba Dean Scott John Serrao Ray Skrovan Jim Sperk Guy Sperk Chet Talarczyk Frank Walsh Chet Yanke

Bulletin Prayer List

In Your Charity

In your charity, please remember the repose

of the souls of Pat Kassay, Herman Schaub,

Rose Doss, and Joe Ackerman.

May they rest in eternal peace.

The Staff & Parish extend best

wishes to Fr. Mike on his

One Year Anniversary of his

Ordination to the Priesthood

on May 19th!

Happy ONE Year Anniversary

Weekend of May 5th Saturday - 3:00pm - Church Confessions Sunday - 11:3-am - Church 1st Communion Sunday - 6:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Social Justice/ Social Concerns Meeting

Monday, May 6th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 7:00pm - Chapel Rosary

Tuesday, May 7th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 7:30pm - Church Traditional Choir Wednesday, May 8th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 10:00am - FJG Mtg Rm Prime-Timers Mtg

Thursday, May 9th 9:30am - Chapel Rosary 12:00pm - FJG Mtg Rm Tri-City Seniors Pinochle 7:00pm - Chapel Women’s Spirituality Group 7:30pm - FJG Mtg Rm That Man is You (TMIY)

Friday, May 10th 1:50pm - Church May Crowning Saturday, May 11th 3:00pm - Church Confessions

Sunday, May 12th

Parish Events

Mother Teresa

“I Do Nothing”

Christ acts in me; He acts through me; He

inspires me, directs me as His instrument.

I do nothing… He does it all.

Excerpted from: Love: A Fruit Always in Season Daily

Meditations by Mother Teresa (Ignatius Press 1987)

Anniversary Wishes If you will be having a wedding anniversary in the month of MAY and would like your names listed in the bulletin, please call the parish office (440) 243-3877 or email jabraham1@stmaryberea.org

Tom & Dorothy Goebel

May 3rd - 72 years Michael & Cindy Surma

May 10th - 22 years Joe & Pat Heinz

May 13th - 58 years Dick & Arline Vlk

May 25th - 40 years

Bible Study, Faith Sharing & Quiet Prayer

Barbara Goebl has stepped down from her role as a

faithful spiritual minister to Bible Study, Faith Sharing,

Quiet Prayer, Prayer Shawl and 12 Step Spirituality.

We will keep you updated on the status of these minis-

tries. Thank You to Barbara for the many years she has

given to our Parish and Parishioners.

Wedding Banns

Andy Hinkle & Megan Hope

May 4, 2019

Coffee, Tea & Thee will NOT have a Spring/Summer Program - We will resume in the Fall of 2019. Thank you to all who participated & will see you in the Fall of 2019.

Coffee, Tea & Thee

The next meeting for the Prime Timers will be:

Wednesday - May 8, 2019 - 10:00am Garrity Center Meeting Room

Our guest speaker will be Shawna Gorchek from South-west General Hospital. One of the topics she will be dis-cussing is Volunteer Opportunities at Southwest General Hospital.

Prime Timers - Senior Group

By the grace of God, and your generosity and prayerful

support, AM 1260 The Rock is celebrating our 4th Anni-

versary of broadcasting faithful, engaging Catholic pro-

gramming to the people of Northeast Ohio.

We invite you to join us in prayer - 4th Anniversary Mass

of Thanksgiving

Saturday, May 11th at 8:00am

Mary Queen of Peace Parish

4423 Pearl Road, Cleveland

Fr. Doug Brown, Celebrant - Chaplain of AM 1260 The

Rock and Pastor of Mary Queen of Peace.

A reception of coffee and donuts will follow in the

Marian Lounge

Music Ministry & Liturgy Notes

By Angela Kovic

Director of Music and Liturgy

FEED MY LAMBS

This weekend’s gospel reading from the last book of

John has Jesus revealing himself in a very familiar

way: inviting the fishing disciples to follow him. We

are all called in our own ways to be the hands and

feet of Jesus since he has returned to his kingdom.

With the gifts and talents and what we have col-

lected during our time on earth, we are here to

serve in our Lord’s name. The hymn, Pescador de

Hombres, which translates to Fisher of Men, has us

singing of Jesus’ calling us to the faith in action to

care for those who are vulnerable. If communion

goes for a long time, and we finish the English

verses, I will then sing some extra verses in Spanish.

I apologize for not including the lyrics to our hymn

of praise in last week’s bulletin! But we will be sing-

ing it after communion each weekend mass, so I will

continue to include the lyrics so that all can join in

with our hymn!

We worship and adore You,

Bowing down before You.

Songs of praises singing, Hallelujahs ringing.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, Amen.

Choir Rehearsal Schedules: Traditional Choir re-

hearses on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm. If you are

interested in participating in choir, cantoring, or

playing an instrument during mass, please call or see

Mrs. Angela Kovic after mass up in the loft. The Mu-

sic Ministry office number is 440.243.3877 ext 27.

Ministry Schedules Fourth Sunday of Easter - May 12th

Mass Lector Cantor Extraordinary Ministers Servers 4:00pm D Canepari M Columbro (H) C Causey, C Garr, D Vlk, D Rodriguez J Guerrieri (C) S Butcher, G Butcher, M Urbancic Deacon Tom, M Olsen M Dorries 7:30am C Lindsay K Zanotti (H) Deacon Tom, V Follwn, N Picard, A Lindsay M Dole (C) B Cashman, R Straub, T Bryden K Zanotti, P Flandera M McGinty

9:30am J Pae S Scanlon (H) L Sullivan, B Draves, M A Deimling J Draves J Haas (C) K Laubert, K Laubert, M Laubert D Grosptich, A Laubert M Laubert 11:30am B Satow S Ward (H) J Abraham, J Abraham, P Harris S Abraham T Morgan (C) P Hickey, D Hickey, J Abraham P Hultquist, C Rose G Abraham A Fadrowski

We are happy to announce that Martin Dober has petitioned and been called by The Most Reverend Nelson J. Perez for Priesthood Ordi-nation. It is the responsibility of the Church to present to the bishop suit-able candidates for ordination. It is the bishop’s responsibility to weigh the recommendations of those in charge of formation as well as the larger Church community. Through this notice the members of St. Mary Parish are given the opportunity to offer their personal input on the suitability of this candidate for or-dination either directly to the bishop or to me as Pastor of the Par-ish. Your relationship to this man during his years of formation gives your input a special importance. We ask your prayerful support dur-ing these final days of discernment and preparation. Father John P. Singler

Fr. Garrity Revitalization Raffle

Tickets available after all Masses - Rectory Office & School Office

Academic Achievements

St. Edward High School Honor Roll: Noah Rios Joseph Straub Peter Haas, Jr. Anthony Ritson Brandon Sherrard Asher Soltis Richard Straub III Devin Crowder Carter Jacobs Chase Justice Jacob Vlcek Joseph Zacharyasz

Holy Name High School First Honors: Grace Abraham Will Ehrbar Chloe Geither Claire Geither Olivia Petitt Matthew Vrabel

Second Honors: McKayla Chapman Celeste Leopold

Elyria Catholic First Honors: Emily Rapacz

St. Mary Catholic School News Corner Educating the Mind, Nurturing the Soul

Mr. Andrew J. Carner, Principal On April 9th our 6th grade students had a

wonderful lesson taught by P.J. Ziegler, Fox 8

Sports Newscaster. He retaught students how to hook read-

ers by creating engaging introductions and conclusions

when writing. Students visualized themselves as newscast-

ers and determined whether or not their rough drafts would

engage audiences at home, or if they would click to the next

station. In the end, all of the students had motivated the

class to read their writing passage, which were detailed

stories about their morning.

Congratulations to all of our Second Grade students,

who received their First Holy Communion this Sunday.

Mrs. Giblin has spent much of this year preparing the chil-

dren for this Sacrament.

Mrs. Giblin, Fr. John, and Mr. Carner would like to thank

you, our good and responsible Catholic parents who care

about this important spiritual event in your child’s life. The

way you all helped by embracing the important faith forma-

tion events leading up to this special day was commendable

and we thank you for your support in your child’s spiritual

growth.

Important Dates:

Mon., 5/6/’19 - Chess Club–Last Session – 7:30a.m.

Student Council – 8:00a.m.

Kdg. field trip

MAP testing continues

Tues., 5/7/’19 - DRAMA rehearsal – 6:30p.m.

Wed., 5/8/’19 - Kdg. field trip

Wed., 5/8/’19 –Band Practice – 3:30p.m.

DRAMA rehearsal – 6:30p.m.

Thurs., 5/9/’19 - Gr. 7 field trip – 7:45a.m.

Eager Artists – 3:30p.m.

Running Club – 3:30p.m.

DRAMA rehearsal – 6:30p.m.

Fri., 5/10/’19 - Preschool field trip – P4-PK classes

Sat., 5/11/’19 - Preschool Muffins with Mom

9:00a.m. - Preschool Classroom

ATTN: YETI Crew

YETI will meet on Sunday May 12th at 6:00pm at the Fr.

Garrity Center. We will enjoy an outdoor activity (weather

permitting), finalize our t-shirt design, discuss plans for the

Parish Summer Bash on June 2nd and plan our Summer Re-

treat/camping trip and come up with a meaningful theme

YETI is open to all students in grades

7th - 12th. We welcome new faces!

Come check out YETI and make a

BIG FOOTPRINT!

Please Remember Our Military In Prayer & With Gratitude

SSgt. Jeffrey R. Anzalone—USAF, Hurlburt Field, FL Private 1st Class Nicholas Cozzarin—US Army, Ft. Hood, TX ; Iraq

Warrant Officer 2, Scott Dean—Syria

Sgt. Justin P. Gertsma—USMC, Afghanistan

2nd Class Pvt. Stefan C. Golier—Army, Fort Stewart, GA

SPC Carl Heitz, Army Reserves, Kuwait

Major Theresa M. (Ponstingle) Livingston—Dobbins Air Force Base

Major Leonard J. Livingston, Dobbins Air Force Base

TSGT Zachary McLeish, USAF 76 APS Youngstown Ohio Captain Frank P. Mercurio, Jr.—Ellsworth AFB, SD

Staff Sgt. Stefen Neuwar—Ft. Belvoir, VA

Sr. Airman Anthony J. Phillipp—USAF, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ MA2 Gary L. Stephen—US Navy

LCDR Thomas A. Stephen—US Navy

Todd Vlk - Avionics Technician, Special Projects Patrol Squadron 2 Marine

Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Sgt. Sean M. Walters—US Army Green Berets

Elaine Wisnieski—U.S. Air Force

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Cpl. Brad D. Squires—KIA in Iraq, June 9, 2005

May God bless and keep these brave men and women safely in His care!

Note: please keep the office informed of changes to this list, or if

you have a picture for the board in the Mother Teresa Vestibule.

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Totally Catholic Vacation Bible School

Are you looking for a fun way to teach your children

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June 10th - 14th

9:00am-12:00Noon

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St. Adalbert Parish—66 Adalbert Street

This Catholic VBS is an Olympic/Sports-themed pro-

gram where kids will be inspired to get goals and aim

for a commitment to excellence in their Catholic Faith.

Music, Saint Stories, Crafts, Games and Snacks are all a

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Every child needs a celebration! Think

cake mix, frosting, sprinkles, cupcake

holders, birthday candles, napkins or a

bag of balloons when you shop this

month for your pantry donation All

items may be left in the large wooden box located in

the rear side church vestibule. Your contributions will

be gathered into colorful bags to be donated to our

local food bank. A Birthday-in-a-Bag can make any

deserving child’s birthday much more special.

Pantry Donation: Birthday-In-A-Bag

Theology - On - The - Rocks West - for Adults 40 & over

Monday, May 13, 2019 7:00pm (Doors Open)

Sister Mary McCormick - Professor of Systemic The-ology at St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of

Theology in the Diocese of Cleveland.

Why Mary? Why was Mary chosen to be the Mother of our Lord?

Theology on the Rocks at the Copper Cup at the Ironwood Café, 680 Dover Center Road, Westlake. Cost is $10 (Pay at the door) and includes appetizers. There is a cash bar. You may register at: https://theologyontherocks.wixsite.com/west Questions? Email: theologyontherockswest@gmail.com