Saint Brendan

4242 BRENDAN LANE NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO 44070

Phone: (440) 777-7222 • Fax: (440) 779-7997 School: (440) 777-8433 Religious Education: (440) 777-3702 Maintenance: (440) 777-7225

Website: www.stbrendannortholmsted.org Email: [email protected]

Saturday Vigil ................................................ 5:00 PM Sunday ........................................ 9:00 AM • 11:30 AM

Monday ― Friday .......................................... 8:30 AM

Holy Day Vigil ............................................... 7:00 PM Holy Day ....................................... 8:30 AM • 7:00 PM Pastor: Fr. Thomas G. Woost ....................... ext 11 Deacon: Deacon Bob Herron ........................ ext 14 Pastoral Minister: Ed DeVenney .................. ext 19 Director of Religious Ed.: Mary Oldja ......... ext 27 School Principal: Julie Onacila .................... ext 16 Director of Finance: Tom Holzheimer………ext 21 Music Minister: Richard Gullion……………..ext 15 Parish Receptionist: Gina Coyle ................. ext 10 Maintenance: Tom Truffin............................. ext 18

BAPTISM • At any Mass, or the first and third Sunday at l:00 PM. (Baptismal class required for a first child). Schedule with the parish office.

RECONCILIATION • Saturday 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, or by appointment. PRIESTHOOD, DEACONATE OR RELIGIOUS LIFE • Contact Fr. Tom or Deacon Bob Herron with questions or inquiries.

MATRIMONY • Arranged at least six months in advance, call a parish priest.

MINISTRY TO THE SICK/HOMEBOUND • We are happy to bring the Eucharist or Anointing of the Sick to the homebound. Call the parish office.

RCIA • Contact the parish office for information on becoming Catholic.

NEW PARISHIONERS • We welcome you! Please call the parish office to make an appointment.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION • Monday – Friday, l:00 PM – 8:00 PM

ROSARY • Monday-Friday at 7:00pm in the Church Saturday & Sunday at 7:00pm in the Prayer Garden

PRAYER LINE • Eileen Campbell (440) 734-1071

MISSION STATEMENT

We are St. Brendan Parish, a Catholic faith-filled community, anchored in the Eucharist, who welcomes and cares for all members through supportive and spiritual relationships, which brings us closer to God.

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ST. BRENDAN PARISH NEWS FROM THE PEWS NORTH OLMSTED, OH

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PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday-Friday

9:00 AM-Noon & 1:00-4:30 PM

All bulletin articles need to be submitted by Monday

noontime; can be e-mailed to [email protected]

LECTIO DIVINA FOR NEXT WEEKEND

The great prophet, Elijah, makes a bold promise of God’s effortless generosity to the poor, starving widow of Zarephath. A poor widow in the Gospel places in the temple offertory a sacrifice out of her need and not her extra luxuries.

• How have you seen in your life, God generously giving to you?

• How have you given to God, family, others even though it was a great sacrifice to what you needed?

WELCOME TO ST. BRENDAN PARISH To register in the parish or to find out more about us, please contact Fr. Tom at the parish office at 440-777-7222. For information on our parish school, or to schedule a personal tour, contact Julie Onacila, principal, at 440-777-8433.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1 ALL SAINTS DAY 8:30 A.M. Fr. Cornelius Murray-anniv 7:00 P.M. George & Julie Meyers TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 ALL SOULS DAY 8:30 A.M. All the Faithful Departed 7:00 P.M. All the Faithful Departed WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3

ST. MARTIN DE PORRES 8:30 A.M. Joan Rawlings THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 ST. CHARLES BORROMEO 8:30 A.M. Larry Orlowski FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 8:30 A.M. David Gyori SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 5:00 P.M. Nick Motsis SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 A.M. Frank & Connie Zelko 11:30 A.M. St. Brendan Parishioners Readings for the week of October 31, 2021 Sunday: Dt 6:2-6/Ps 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 [2]/Heb 7:23-28/Mk 12:28b-34 Monday: Rv 7:2-4, 9-14/Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 [cf. 6]/1 Jn 3:1-3/Mt 5:1-12a Tuesday: Wis 3:1-9/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [1 or 4ab]/Rom 5:5-11 or Rom 6:3-9/Jn 6:37-40a Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10/Ps 112:1b-2, 4-5, 9 [5a]/Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Rom 14:7-12/Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14 [13]/Lk 15:1-10 Friday: Rom 15:14-21/Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [cf. 2b]/Lk 16:1-8 Saturday: Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27/Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 10-11 [1b]/Lk 16:9-15 Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:10-16/Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 [1b]/Heb 9:24-28/ Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44 ©LPi

The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, ‘He is One and there is no other than he.’” And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” - Mk 12:32, 34ab Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass ©2001, 1998, 1970 CCD.

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PASTOR’S COLUMN HEART OF A SHEPHERD CAMPAIGN GOAL: $30 MILLION PARISH GOAL: $252,773 … 50% RAISED COMES BACK TO THE PARISH PART I… RENOVATION OF BORROMEO AND ST. MARY SEMINARIES $20 MILLION The interior of our seminaries in Wickliffe, Ohio have not been renovated since the building was built over 70 years ago. The wiring for current technological needs, the heating system, lack of air conditioning, and the water system has been insufficient and long overdue for updating. The lack of adequate space and the thin walls have always been a challenge to quiet prayer or silent studies in the residential areas. The seminary is the home to our future priests for a potential of up to nine years of discernment, prayer, and studies. The seminary is also home to a community of both Capuchin Franciscan priests and Diocesan priests who serve fulltime as faculty members to our students. Being able to live in an environment that is safe and comfortable is important to all students today. St. Brendan Parish, from its early days, has always been instrumental in being a site for seminarians to come for field education experience, internship, and deaconate formation. This campaign is but another way for us to help those young men who are discerning the priesthood within the seminary formation program. PART II… CARE FOR RETIRED PRIESTS $7 MILLION In our Diocese, we are fortunate to have 258 active priests and 97 retired priests who have dedicated their lives to serving the Church. Many priests continue to serve our community of faith after retirement, and we are called to do what is necessary to provide them adequate care. However, the Retired Clergy Pension Fund is not yet fully funded, raising a concern that future retired priests will not receive adequate pensions. To ensure proper care for our clergy, while reducing annual premiums for parishes, this initiative will help us to meet the needs of our retired clergy. At one time, St. Brendan was a three to four priest parish. Given that we are now a one priest parish, many times, the retired priests in our area are called upon to fill in for Masses when the pastor is fulfilling other duties. PART III… SUPPORT FOR STUDENT LOAN REDUCTION FOR NEWLY ORDAINED CLERGY $3 MILLION When a seminarian is called to Holy Orders, many are burdened with financial hardship. A seminarian graduating today may have accumulated between $8,000 to $112,000 in educational debt. This initiative will help to reduce the debt that they have incurred over their seminary years, so that their limited income as a newly ordained priest can provide for their basic ongoing needs. PART IV… SUPPORT TO THE PARISH OF ST. BRENDAN St. Brendan Parish will be celebrating in 2024, 60 years of proclaiming the Gospel and lifting up the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. In order to ready ourselves for this milestone year, I would like to rejuvenate the interior of our church, the heart of where we worship God, gather as a community, and extend hospitality to those who come to us for events like Marriages, Funerals, (Pastor’s Column cont’d on page 4)

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE Please remember in your prayers Marty Klayko, husband of Marge.

May his soul and the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

ALL SOULS --EVENING MASS On All Souls Day, Tuesday, November 2, there will be an additional Mass at 7pm. We invite the whole parish community - AND IN A SPECIAL WAY, ALL THOSE WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE WITHIN THE PAST YEAR - to come together and support each other as we remember all of the faithful departed.

PARISH BOOK OF LIFE Our parish Book of Life for our faithful departed is now displayed near the baptismal font. You are invited to enter the names of your deceased relatives, friends and neighbors. The faithful departed will be remembered during the month of November and especially at the Masses on All Souls Day, November 2.

Sacrificial Giving

17 October 2021 Sunday Offertory: $5,616.00 Electronic Online Giving: $1,660.10

Thank you for your generous and ongoing support.


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COME TO SCRIPTURE SHARING Please consider joining us for Scripture Sharing on Sundays from 10:15 to 11:15am in the Brendan Room. Allow your faith to be deepened by the powerful Word of God. Coffee will be served. Hope to see you there! God bless!

DAILY ROSARY FOR PEACE Our Lady of Knock is the Queen of Peace. She is represented in our prayer garden and stands to greet all those who come to our church. For such a loving, gentle Mother who leads us to her Son, we pray the rosary each day at 7:00pm. Please join us.

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(Pastor’s Column cont’d from page 3) Baptisms, First Communions, Confirmations, Graduation, etc. Depending on how much we raise through this campaign and other donations will help us plan for how vast the rejuvenation will take place. I would like to invest in painting the interior, tile under the pews and in the sanctuary, placing new carpet throughout the church and chapel, and updating furniture in the sanctuary. Thank you for your consideration and participation in investing not only in the future of the priesthood in our Diocese, but also in the life of our St. Brendan Community. I live for Jesus Christ, Fr. Tom

YEAR OF SAINT JOSEPH (December 8, 2020 - December 8, 2021) Prayer to Saint Joseph for Employment Saint Joseph, you were yourself once faced with the responsibility of providing the necessities of life for Jesus and Mary. Look down with fatherly compassion upon me in my anxiety over my present inability to support my family. Please help me to find gainful employment very soon, so that this heavy burden of concern will be lifted from my heart and that I am soon able to provide for those whom God has entrusted to my care. Help us to guard against bitterness and discouragement, so that we may emerge from this trial spiritually enriched and with even greater blessings from God. Amen.

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES ASSOCIATION CCA Grief Support November 21st “In-Office” at 3:00pm and “Virtual” at 5:00pm: Catholic Cemeteries Association provides free monthly grief support groups in two formats: In-Office (3pm) and Virtually (5pm) via Zoom. We meet the 3rd Sunday of every month; 4th Sunday if the third Sunday falls on a holiday. Meetings are open discussion, surrounding a monthly topic or whatever is on your heart. The November 21st topics are “Thanks-Giving Grief” and “Preparing for the Holidays”. We offer a comfortable, private, and safe environment where you are free to explore your grief. Come and be in the presence of those who understand. 3:00 pm In-Office Grief Support groups meet in the main office building at the following cemetery locations: Holy Cross, 14609 Brook Park Road, Brookpark; St. Joseph, 32789 Detroit Road, Avon Catholic Cemeteries Association follows the guidelines set by the CDC, the State of Ohio, and the Diocese of Cleveland regarding COVID-19 protocols.

5:00 pm Virtual Grief Support group meets for an hour via Zoom and follows the same monthly topic discussion as the in-office groups. Sign-up at http://bit.ly/ccavirtualgriefsupportgroup to receive login information and to download the handout materials. You can join virtually from any Wi-Fi enabled area via computer, laptop, smartphone, or even without Wi-Fi (via audio only) from your analog phone. If you do not have Wi-Fi or email, please contact Rhonda at 216-930-4866. Your RSVP for both In-Person and Virtual Grief Support is appreciated but not required to attend. For more information or if you have questions, please contact Rhonda at 216-930-4866.

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SUPPORT ST. BRENDAN SCHOOL

NAVIGATOR NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL 4th Grade Bird Beak Experiment – Mrs. Daisy Johnson’s 4th grade has been studying the internal and external structures of animals in Science class. To help bring one of the lessons to life, they used items such as chopsticks, clothespins, spoons, and toothpicks to represent different types of bird beaks. The students were challenged to pick up various types of bird food, represented by pasta, sunflower seeds, rubber bands, and popcorn kernels, with each type of beak and then discuss adaptations for each beak that would allow for greater food consumption. The overall consensus was that birds with wider beaks have it easier than those with narrow beaks. 6th Grade Mineral Identification – In a recent Science class with Miss Jenna Baechle, the 6th grade made observations and performed tests to identify minerals. For example, the class was able to identify the mineral magnetite because it has the special characteristic of being magnetic. The students worked together to identify 12 other minerals including quartz, kaolin and mica. Library Mysteries – October is once again Mystery Month in the St. Brendan School Library. The 5th grade students, who are reading mysteries this month for their ELA genre projects, arrived in the library last week to discover quite a mess on the floor. They were tasked with studying the visual clues and examining the text statements of the main suspects to draw conclusions and identify the culprit. The junior high students are also all attempting to use their close reading skills to solve a “5 minute” mystery story during one of their October library classes, while the 2nd and 3rd grades worked to connect four clues from the Mystery Board to identify a popular character from children’s literature. Volleyball Success – Two of our girls volleyball teams ended the season with great playoff success. The 8th grade team coached by Mrs. Charlotte Seith and Mrs. Suzanne Smith and the 6th grade team coached by Mrs. Jill McNamara each finished as the runner-up in the CYO city-wide championships for their grade level. Congratulations!

Staying Informed Online – You can keep track of Navigator News online at the school website at http://school.stbrendannortholmsted.org or on the school facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/St-Brendan-School/123606694382530?ref=ts.

MARCO’S FUNDRAISER – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 This Thursday is the monthly Marco’s Day for St. Brendan School. Order from the North Olmsted or North Ridgeville Marco’s locations anytime on Thursday and St. Brendan will receive 20% of online orders or 15% of phone/walk-in orders! To enjoy a delicious meal and a break from cooking, simply go to www.marcos.com to order and click on “Fundraisers”, then select “St. Brendan”. Thank you in advance for supporting St. Brendan School! Did you know that we earn points towards cash prizes throughout the school year? In addition to the fundraiser days the first Thursday of each month, we earn points for each order placed. Please remember to add St. Brendan to every order!


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AMAZON Did you know that Amazon.com has a corporate give-back program called AmazonSmile? All you need to do is type in the following link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/34-0943753 and log into your account to choose St. Brendan as your charity of choice. After making that designation, use smile.amazon.com (instead of just Amazon.com) each time you shop and Amazon will donate a percentage of eligible sales back to our school!

GIFT CARD PROGRAM You can still support St. Brendan School by purchasing Gift Cards. Although sales at weekend Masses are temporarily suspended, you can still stop by the Parish Office to purchase select physical gift cards, or you can place an order by Monday at 10am, and pick up your gift cards on Friday. Also, you can still shop online at www.shopwithscrip.com and make sure to use the SBS enrollment code: C39684EB633L5 so that St. Brendan School will benefit from your purchase. Please contact Patty Quinn at 440-777-8433, x27 with any questions. Thank you for your ongoing support of St. Brendan School! The Big Egg Family Restaurant

We have reached the final week of the fall 40 Days for Life campaign. Thank you to everyone who participated with us in offering prayers and fasting for the end of abortion. Thank you to all those who were able to give witness to the value of life by praying in front of the Bedford Heights Planned Parenthood. We are so appreciative of your time and efforts!

GENTLE WOMAN FELLOWSHIP An INTER-PARISH GROUP meets on First Fridays at Saint Clarence Parish Center, 30106 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, 44070. FIRST FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021 SCHEDULE of ACTIVITIES: 8:30 am Attend Holy Mass in the Chapel or Church About 9:00 am Pray the Holy Rosary after the Mass in the Chapel or Church About 9:30 am Enjoy a Gathering with Coffee and a Snack in Classroom 8 We will be attending St. Clarence’s 8:30 am Mass and rosary in the chapel or church. You must R.S.V.P. to Mary Hoover at 330-636-1698 or Mary Tschanz at 440-235-6258 if you will be attending the 8:30 am Mass and gathering about 9:30 am. That activity will be held in Classroom 8 in the hall across from the office. ALL WOMEN WELCOME! COME AND BRING A FRIEND! QUESTIONS? CONTACT MARY HOOVER AT 330-636-1698 OR MARY TSCHANZ AT 440-235-6258. Our group’s policy is to cancel our gatherings when North Olmsted City

Schools are closed.

JESUIT RETREAT CENTER November Morning Prayer for Women. Monday, November 15, from 9:30 - 11:00am. Presented by Sr. Mary Ann Flannery, SC. Women from all walks of life are invited to pray together and learn more about the beauty of prayer. Led by Sr. Mary Ann Flannery, S.C., this prayer group will refresh your spirit and help you find strength in regular prayer habits. Just bring your Bible and come as you are! Price includes coffee and pastry. Registrations are encouraged, but walk-ins welcome! Cost: $10

To access this media presentation, go to the parish website, log on or register with the access code: PQ4TBP.

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