Rectory Office ....................................... 216-941-4313

Fax ......................................................... 216-941-1093

Website ............................. http://www.stmelparish.net

Email .............................................. church@stmel.net

St. Mel Church

14436 Triskett Road Cleveland, OH 44111-2263

Reverend Mark Q. Fedor, J.C.D., Pastor

Sunday Masses:

Saturday Vigil: ............................................... 4:30 PM

Sunday: ..................................... 7:00, 9:30, 11:30 AM

Weekday Masses:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday ……. 6:45 AM

Thursday ........................................................ 5:45 PM

Holy Day Masses:

Weekday evening before the Holy Day: ........ 5:45 PM

Holy Day ............................................ 6:45, 10:00 AM

Christmas & New Year’s Masses: ………… See bulletin

PHONES

Confessions: Saturdays: 3:00 - 4:00 PM Thursdays: 5:00 - 5:30 PM

Weddings: Couples need to make arrangements at least six months prior to the wedding date. No date may be reserved until after a discussion with the priest of the parish.

Funerals: Arrangements must be confirmed with the rectory office by the funeral director before any publica-tion in the newspaper.

Baptisms: On the first and third Sundays of the month, fol-lowing the 11:30 AM Mass. Arrangements should begin to be made about three months before the birth of the child.

Rite of Christian Initiation: Persons interested in be-coming members of the Catholic Church are asked to call the rectory office for information.

Anointing of the Sick: In the case of an emergency, please call the rectory office immediately. Please notify the rectory for communion calls to the homebound, or visits to parishioners in the hospital.

Registration: New parishioners are asked to call the rec-tory office to register. Please call if there is a change in address or when moving out of the parish.

Rectory Office Hours: Monday through Friday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon; 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Hall available for catered events. Call Catered Affair of Cleveland at 216-671-9833.

Share-a-Meal Program: Sponsored by St. Ignatius Church and supported by St. Mel Parish. Meal is held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at St. Ignatius Church, 10205 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland. Doors open at 5:00 PM. Dinner is served at 5:30 PM.

MASSES

PARISH INFORMATION

MONDAY MAY 9 6:45 AM Rita Hennie - Patricia Kleinhenz

TUESDAY MAY 10 - St. Damien de Veuster 6:45 AM Dianne Cleary Lahl - Family

WEDNESDAY MAY 11 6:45 AM (Anniv) Mary Ellen Schrafel - Gary Furin

THURSDAY MAY 12 - Ss. Nereus and Achilleus; St. Pancras 5:45 PM Juel Meade - Daughters

FRIDAY MAY 13 - Our Lady of Fatima 6:45 AM Stanley Meade - Daughters

SATURDAY MAY 14 - Vigil: Pentecost Sunday 4:30 PM Nancy Roche - Family

SUNDAY MAY 15 - Pentecost Sunday 7:00 AM St. Mel Parishioners 9:30 AM Ted & Mary Helen Ostrowski - Family 11:30 AM Marcia, Amelio, & Sam Leanza - Family

God mounts his throne amid shouts of joy; the LORD, amid trumpet blasts. Psalm 47:6

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 19:1-8; Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab; Jn 16:29-33 Tuesday: Acts 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11a Wednesday: Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-36ab; Jn 17:11b-19 Thursday: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26 Friday: Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab; Jn 21:15-19 Saturday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17 Sunday: Vigil: Gn 11:1-9 or Ex 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ez 37:1-14 or Jl 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24, 35, 27-30; Rom 8:22-27; Jn 7:37-39 Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17; Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26 HYMNS AT ST. MEL Opening Hymns for Masses 05/08 Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise #284 05/15 Come Holy Ghost #293 05/22 O God Almighty Father #294 05/29 I Am the Bread of Life #393

May Memorial Acclamation We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection, until you come again.

May Communion Refrain All the earth proclaim the Lord; sing your praise to God.

THIS WEEK’S ADVERTISER RAYMOND VOTYPKA MD - EAR-NOSE-THROAT

LAST SUNDAY’S COLLECTION

In May 610 packets of envelopes were mailed out. Last week, 151 parish families/households contributed to Saint Mel Church. Thank you. MOTHER’S DAY BLESSING Loving God, You have given us life and cared for us through our mothers. We thank you for their lives, their care and the wisdom they have taught us. Fill them today and all days with your Holy Spirit of wisdom and love. Help them to hear your voice, follow you and teach their children to do the same. May we honor them with profound respect and by living your Gospel. Grant this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

MAY IS DEDICATED TO OUR BLESSED MOTHER

St. Mel Rosary Group extends an invitation to all to join them on WEDNESDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30 AM in the church to pray the Rosary.

THANK YOU

St. Mel PSR 2015-2016 finished its school year on May 2nd. Our parish family is grateful to Mrs. Laura Ferguson and her PSR Volunteers, Rich Biel, Barrie Stanton, Lori Hardony, Sharon Link, and Eva Stanton, who volunteered their time and talents so that our young people may grow in the Catholic faith.

ROOTED IN FAITH - FORWARD IN HOPE

St. Mel, Thank You for Your Generosity!

St. Mel Statistics Total Parish Pledges: $258,310.00 Number of Gifts: 113

Every payment you make benefits our parish. As you know, 30% of the funds collected up to our goal return to our parish to use for our own local projects. Our parish receives distributions quarterly. To date, we have received $58,376.00, most of which has been used for the needed replacement of the school building roof. Thank you to everyone who make 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 or call Angie Pavlik at the Catholic Community Foundation at 216-696-6525, ext. 1303.

May God bless you for your commitment to His Church! SERVERS 4:30 PM Saturday May 14 Michael Rees, Matthew Smith

7:00 AM Sunday May 15 Susan Mitchell

9:30 AM Sunday May 15 Claire & Conor Forrestal

11:30 AM Sunday May 15 Audrey & Spencer Harrington

MASS INTENTIONS

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2016: Offertory $4537 Monthly $412 Capital Improve $812

2015: Offertory $4905 Monthly $389 Capital Improve $776

MON. 9 Choir Practice: 7:30 PM.

WED. 11 Rosary: 10:30 AM in the church.

THUR. 12 Confessions: 5:00-5:30 PM.

SAT. 14 Confessions: 3:00-4:00 PM.

SUN. 15 Violinist, Mary Beth Ions: 11:30 AM Mass.

JUBILEE INDULGENCE On September 1, 2015, Pope Francis issued a letter granting an Indulgence to the Faithful on the Occasion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. In the Diocese of Cleveland, all Members of the Christian Faithful who wish to seek the Jubilee Indulgence are:

• Make a brief pilgrimage to the Holy Door, open at the Ca-thedral of St. John the Evangelist, Cleveland, Ohio, and at Our Lady of Lourdes National Shrine at any time during the Year of Mercy, and cross over the threshold of mercy as a sign of their deep desire for true conversion;

• Sacramentally confess their sins; • Participate in the celebration of, and receive, the Holy

Eucharist with a reflection on mercy; • Make a profession of faith; • Pray for the intentions of the Holy Father, Pope Francis

While the first two conditions may be fulfilled several days be-fore or after the performance of the indulgenced work, it is fit-ting that Communion be received, the prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father be made, and the profession of faith be said on the same day.

A single sacramental confession suffices for several plenary indulgences but receiving Communion and praying for the in-tentions of the Holy Father are required for each indulgence.

Those who perform the spiritual and corporal works of mercy may also, by their actions, obtain the Jubilee Indulgence. The Holy Father states, “Each time that one of the faithful person-ally performs one or more of the works of mercy, he or she shall surely obtain the Jubilee Indulgence. Hence the commitment to live by mercy so as to obtain the grace of complete and exhaus-tive forgiveness by the power of the love of the Father who ex-cludes no one. The Jubilee Indulgence is thus full, the fruit of the very event which is to be celebrated and experienced with faith, hope, and charity.”

JUBILEE OF MERCY PILGRIMAGE Please watch your mail for a Year of Mercy Pilgrimage Pass-port, coming to you in late May, and check the diocesan Year of Mercy website http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/yearofmercy/ for updates and more information. Let us truly heed Pope Francis’ words: “Mercy overcomes every wall, every barrier, and leads you to always seek the face of the person. It is mercy which changes the heart and the life!” MOTHER LOVE There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. —Chinese proverb

“TOUCH OUR WORLD ONE CHILD AT A TIME.” Today more and more children find themselves homeless. Blessing House, a crisis care center for children in the Cleve-land area, provides children a safe and loving environment until they can go home. The Sisters of Notre Dame invite single women ages 18-35 to volunteer at Blessing House from June 26-July 1, 2016. For more information, contact Sr. M. Kelley Rush, SND at 440-241-3124 or e-mail krush@ndec.org. Online registration available at www.sndchardon.org.

CHAPLAIN SERVICES AT THE PRISONS AND JAILS IN THE DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND

If you have a loved one incarcerated in one of the eight counties of the Diocese and would like to have a priest, deacon or one of our lay volunteer ministers visit with them, please call the Par-ish Life Office at 216-696-6525 x 3500. The Diocesan Ministry to the Incarcerated has a presence in the three state prisons, the county jails and the juvenile facilities located within our dio-cese. We would be glad to have someone visit with them.

YOUR OLD CAR CAN EARN YOU A TAX

DEDUCTION & HELP SOMEONE IN NEED Your used car can become food, medicine and rent for the poor in our community. When you donate your late model car, truck, RV or boat to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, not only will you receive a tax deduction to the fullest extent of the law, you’ll be free from the troubles of insuring, licensing, repairing and sell-ing your vehicle. We’ll even provide free towing within 24 hours. It’s quick and easy to donate! Call 800-322-8284 or do-nate online: www.svdpusa.com.

Growing in FAITHFAITH

Discovering hope and joy in the Catholic faith

Give Your Prayer Life a Boost A rich prayer life is the key to happiness in this life and the next. Enriching our prayer is not always about the prayers we say, however. How we ap-proach our time in prayer can be as important.

“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:11). When we greet a dear friend, we may wave, hug, or say, “hello.” When beginning prayer, start by placing yourself in God’s presence and greet him as a dearly loved one.

Come as you are. God is the only one in our lives with whom we can be completely ourselves. We don’t need to have special clothing, use flowery language, or fold our hands a certain way. For prayer to work, we just have to bring our whole selves. You will be amazed by what he will do with that.

Take time out. “Silence is so lacking in this world which is often too noisy, which is not favorable to recollection and lis-tening to the voice of God” (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI). Find fifteen minutes you can make silent and place God at the center of your attention.

Don’t stop with prayer. Prayer helps us to learn God’s will for us. When we act in communion with his will, it is then that our whole life becomes a prayer in action.

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