Living Our Discipleship: Stewardship - A Way of LifeMAY 2007

Non Profit OrganizationU.S. Postage

PaidWilloughby, OHPermit No. 108

St. Mary Magdalene Parish Community32114 Vine StreetWillowick, OH 44095

Address Service Requested

The Christian Steward - Reflection Questions

STEWARDSHIP PRAYEROh Lord, giver of life and source of our freedom, we are reminded by the Psalmist

that Yours is “the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it.”We know that it is from Your hand that we have received all we have and are and will be.

Gracious and loving God, we understand that You call us to be the stewards ofYour abundance, the caretakers of all You have entrusted to us.

Help us always to use Your gifts wisely and teach us to share them generously.May our faithful stewardship bear witness to the one love of Christ in our lives.

We pray with grateful hearts, in Jesus’ name. Amen

Living a life of stewardship is a disciple’s response to God’s gracious love and mercy through Jesus Christ. Stewardship has many faces and our parish newsletters reveal the visible face of stewardship, namely the people right here at St. Mary Magdalene: loving, serving, celebrating, caring, reaching out to those in need, attending mass, living the life of a follower of Jesus right here in our midst. It is important not to think about stewardship as a vague idea but rather a way of life. A steward’s way of life isn’t someone else’s way of life, but it is our way of life, it is your way of life.

To be a steward means that God is first in our life. God and what God asks of us is not last on our list, but rather first on our list. Being a steward means we have to make choices. We need to set priorities. Think about what is most important in your life. What values guide your life? Do we take seriously the mission of the mass to “go forth to love and serve the Lord?” Do we look at the church as a “store” that we come to when we need something? Or rather do we see ourselves as the church, a people set apart

for God’s work, for Jesus’ work, for the work of the Holy Spirit? These are tough questions, but we need to consider them.

There is a cute message that appears on church signs all over the country: Church is only ch __ __ ch when U R a part of it. Are you? We have to remember that being a part of something is not receiving something but offering something. Perhaps that is why we teach our children that it is “better to give than receive.” Because the truth is when we give we do receive. At mass, when we give God thanks and praise for all that we have, then in return God gives us Jesus Christ, God gives us salvation. It is not something we earn or deserve, but it is God’s gift to us in love. Giving and receiving, taking and eating, loving and serving is how we live our stewardship as a disciple.

We are inviting you to give and receive, to take and eat and to love and serve at Mass every weekend. We invite you to live your discipleship and be a good steward at our 16th Annual Parish Festival. We invite you to help us to throw a huge party not only for St. Mary Magdalene Parish, but for the Cities of Willowick and Eastlake along with our neighboring parishes and cities. We are inviting you to come and enjoy, we are inviting you to come and help.

Mrs. Darlene Bednarz Sr. Joan Franklin, OP. Fr. Ted lucas Fr. Ron Wearsch

The disciples were fishing by the Sea of Tiberias. They cast their nets out and caught nothing. When it was dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, “Children, have you caught anything to eat?” They answered him, “No.” So he said to them, “Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something.” So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish. So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad, and jumped into the sea. The other disciples came in the boat, for they were not far from the shore, only about a hundred yards, dragging the net with the fish. When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you just caught.” So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred fifty-three large fish. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come, have breakfast.” And none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?” Because they realized it was the Lord. Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them and in a like manner the fish. This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after being raised from the dead.

Do we see Jesus in our daily work, in the empty and the full times?When we hear the call of Jesus, do we listen and act quickly?How do we share with others the fullness of the work in our lives?How often do we see the presence of God in our everyday lives?

••••

Third Sunday of Easter …Gospel Reflection: John 21:1-14

Stewardship:To receive gratefully,

to cultivate responsibility,to share lovingly and

to return abundantly to the Lord.

FeStival CoMMittee Executive Board

Ed Dulzer Chair Carol Mondichak Vice ChairFr. Ron Wearsch Team Member

Advertising/PublicityJulie Dulzer ChairTheresa Bisbee Co-Chair

Beer/BeveragesJim Ezzo Co-ChairRick Hamila Co-Chair

Café MagdalenaMaria Bazdar Co-ChairKaren Adams Co-Chair

Chinese AuctionAlicia Boyd ChairNancy Kosek AssistantMarcy Andrews Daily Raffle

entertainmentRalph Sylvester Chair

FinanceDorothy Seitz Chair

Food tentTerri Eubanks Co-ChairMarilyn Belevice Co-ChairChris Trock Co-ChairAl Belevice AssistantConnie Latini AssistantRalph Sylvester Assistant

MaintenanceElaine Aranavage Afternoon SupervisorDan Koratich Evening Supervisor

Midway & Children’s GamesRolanda Streb Children Games ChairCarol Petro Children Games Co-ChairDarlene Bednarz Midway Games Chair

Monte Carlo/Instant BingoThomas Fink Monte Carlo ChairRose Ann Masci DealerFr. Ted Lucas Instants & Monte CarloDenise Chay Instants Chair

RafflesRick Hamila Car Raffle CoordinatorEunice Montgomery Vine St. Car Ticket SalesIrene Veres Raffle Ticket Money CounterGene Takacs Raffle Ticket Money Counter

SecurityJohn Kosek Chair

Site Preparation & ElectricalRon Schutz Site CoordinatorBill Streb Head ElectricianJohn Majdiak Site Helper

volunteer CoordinatorMaria Bahr ChairCharles Berenson Volunteer Check-In

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Festival Committee - Working Hard to Serve You! - We need your help to be a success!

Volunteers Volunteers Volunteers

Sign up sheets will be posted in the gathering area from May 19th to the festival weekend

PlEASE conTAcT MARIA BAHR at festival@smmwillowick.org

or call the parish office: 440-854-6002

THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

DURING THE FESTIVAL…

You can be a Dealer for Monte Carlo… Black Jack, Let it Ride, Texas Hold-em (Training sessions for dealers will be held Sun. June 3rd 7-9 pm and Thurs. June 7th, 7-9 pm)

Sell Raffle Tickets...Sign up with a friend and sell them together

Help the kids play games in the Children’s Tent or just have your kids help! Want to get involved with one of your kids, work one of our Midway games together.

Assist in the Parish Food Tent

1.

2.

3.

4.

Don’t know how, we’ll train you!

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Spring is here and so are the preparations for St. Mary Magdalene Homecoming Festival. We have much planned already and things are starting to happen.

As always the festival is intended to be:

WE ARE WORkING HARD TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

You will notice that they are not assembled in books this year, they are on sheets. Some parishes have moved to this format and we thought that the perforated sheets are easier

to handle and to distribute. The tickets in this format are also less expensive to print and do not need to be stapled together and then unstapled later after they are sold.

TICkETS ARE $1 EACH OR 6 FOR $5. AN ENTIRE SHEET OF TICkETS IS $20.

Included in this mailing are 2 sheets of Cash or Car Raffle tickets and 1 sheet of Grill Raffle Tickets. We are asking you to purchase yourself or

to sell at least these 3 sheets which amounts only to $60.

Raffles - CASH OR CARGRILL plus some other fun stuff!

• A homecoming event to gather and build community

• A fund-raiser to generate the necessary funds which are needed more than ever to cover our operating expenses and to support our combined school.

WIN$15,000CASH

the car raffle is a large part of the money we receive from the festival. Your help in purchasing and selling as many tickets as you can

is greatly appreciated!

PLEASE NOTICE:• The $15,000 worth of cash does not have to be used

to purchase a car!• The 2nd Prize and 3rd Prize are also in cash $1,000

and $500 respectively. • $50 Early Bird Drawings are on April 30 and May 30

so get your tickets in early.• The winning ticket seller receives $100.

MAIN RAFFLE($15,000 Cash or choice of 2007 Jeep Patriot or 2008 Dodge Avenger)

GREAT GRILLIN’ RAFFLE(Jenn-Air, stainless steel cooking surface, rotisserie accessory, cover, cooking tools and $200 gift certificate from Rudy’s Meats)

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FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS

Have you thought about getting involved in the parish but not really sure how?

Just ask us! Volunteering at the Parish Festival is one of the

most rewarding ways to get involved!

Here are a few ideas of how your talents can help.

BEFORE THE FESTIVAL…

Ticket Sellers needed to sell raffle tickets on church grounds on Vine Street

Carpenters needed to help make Texas Hold-em tables for Monte Carlo

Help create baskets for our Chinese Auction Tent

1.

2.

3.

Do you have a group that would like to get involved?Schedule your group to work a shift together

in our Parish Food Tent!

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16th Annual Homecoming Festival Schedule of Events

Sumrada

Events Subject to Change

Disco Inferno

Don Wojtila Band

Pieces of Eight

2006 1st Prize WinnerDarrel thomas

Monte Carlo - 18 years old and olderWatch for Texas Hold’em Tournament Details

SUNDAY, JUNE 17TH - 1:00 pm until 10:00 pm

SPECIAL EVENTS Pancake Breakfast ...................................................... 8:30 to 11:30 Polka Mass - with Bishop Pevec in Church .....................11:30 to 12:30 Willowick Parade .................................................................... 1:00

BIG TENT ENTERTAINMENT Ed Rodick Band with Ron Sluga ...................................... 1:30 to 5:00 Don Wojtila Band ........................................................ 6:00 to 10:00

MIDWAY GAMES Tent for children ages 1 to 10 and Games for folks of all ages ....................................... 3:00 to 9:00

GAMES OF CHANCE Monte Carlo, Wheels, Instants and Chinese Auction ................................................... 2:00 to 10:00

DRAWINGS Chinese Auction and Daily Raffle .............................................. 9:00 Grill Raffle and Main Raffle .......................................................10:00

SatURDAY, JUNE 16TH - 2:00 pm until Midnight

BIG TENT ENTERTAINMENT Kang Do Wan Martial Arts .............................................. 6:00 to 6:45 Light of 2 Moons ........................................................... 4:00 to 7:00 Cheer World of Ohio ...................................................... 7:00 to 7:45 Disco Inferno ..........................................................8:00 to Midnight

MIDWAY GAMES Tent for children ages 1 to 10 and Games for folks of all ages ........................................... 2:00 to 10:00 GAMES OF CHANCE Monte Carlo, Wheels, Instants and Chinese Auction ......................................................2:00 to Midnight

DRAWING FOR DAILY RAFFLE Located in Chinese Auction Tent ................................................11:00

BIG TENT ENTERTAINMENT Sumrada ......................................................................... 7:00 to 11:00

MIDWAY GAMES Tent for children ages 1 to 10 and Games for folks of all ages ........................................... 6:00 to 10:00

GAMES OF CHANCE Monte Carlo, Wheels, Instants and Chinese Auction ............... 6:00 to 11:00

DRAWING FOR DAILY RAFFLE Located in Chinese Auction Tent ......................................................10:00

tHURSDAY, JUNE 14TH - 6:00 pm until 11:00 pm

BIG TENT ENTERTAINMENT Kang Do Wan Martial Arts ..............................................6:00 to 6:45

Pieces of Eight ....................................................... 8:00 to Midnight

MIDWAY GAMES Tent for children ages 1 to 10 and Games for folks of all ages .....................................6:00 to 10:00

GAMES OF CHANCE Monte Carlo, Wheels, Instants and Chinese Auction ............................................... 6:00 to Midnight

DRAWING FOR DAILY RAFFLE Located in Chinese Auction Tent ..............................................11:00

FriDAY, JUNE 15TH - 6:00 pm until Midnight

FATHER’S DAY

PANCAkE

BREAkFAST

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Serving 8:30 - 11:30 am

WILLOWICk PARADESunday June 17

1:00 pmStarts at Royalview School

and ends at St. Mary Magdalene Festival Entrance on Willowick Drive

2006Second Prize

Adam Rosciszewski, Jr

2006Third Prize

Joe Brickman

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Spring is here and so are the preparations for St. Mary Magdalene Homecoming Festival. We have much planned already and things are starting to happen.

As always the festival is intended to be:

WE ARE WORkING HARD TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

You will notice that they are not assembled in books this year, they are on sheets. Some parishes have moved to this format and we thought that the perforated sheets are easier

to handle and to distribute. The tickets in this format are also less expensive to print and do not need to be stapled together and then unstapled later after they are sold.

TICkETS ARE $1 EACH OR 6 FOR $5. AN ENTIRE SHEET OF TICkETS IS $20.

Included in this mailing are 2 sheets of Cash or Car Raffle tickets and 1 sheet of Grill Raffle Tickets. We are asking you to purchase yourself or

to sell at least these 3 sheets which amounts only to $60.

Raffles - CASH OR CARGRILL plus some other fun stuff!

• A homecoming event to gather and build community

• A fund-raiser to generate the necessary funds which are needed more than ever to cover our operating expenses and to support our combined school.

WIN$15,000CASH

the car raffle is a large part of the money we receive from the festival. Your help in purchasing and selling as many tickets as you can

is greatly appreciated!

PLEASE NOTICE:• The $15,000 worth of cash does not have to be used

to purchase a car!• The 2nd Prize and 3rd Prize are also in cash $1,000

and $500 respectively. • $50 Early Bird Drawings are on April 30 and May 30

so get your tickets in early.• The winning ticket seller receives $100.

MAIN RAFFLE($15,000 Cash or choice of 2007 Jeep Patriot or 2008 Dodge Avenger)

GREAT GRILLIN’ RAFFLE(Jenn-Air, stainless steel cooking surface, rotisserie accessory, cover, cooking tools and $200 gift certificate from Rudy’s Meats)

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FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS

Have you thought about getting involved in the parish but not really sure how?

Just ask us! Volunteering at the Parish Festival is one of the

most rewarding ways to get involved!

Here are a few ideas of how your talents can help.

BEFORE THE FESTIVAL…

Ticket Sellers needed to sell raffle tickets on church grounds on Vine Street

Carpenters needed to help make Texas Hold-em tables for Monte Carlo

Help create baskets for our Chinese Auction Tent

1.

2.

3.

Do you have a group that would like to get involved?Schedule your group to work a shift together

in our Parish Food Tent!

FeStival CoMMittee Executive Board

Ed Dulzer Chair Carol Mondichak Vice ChairFr. Ron Wearsch Team Member

Advertising/PublicityJulie Dulzer ChairTheresa Bisbee Co-Chair

Beer/BeveragesJim Ezzo Co-ChairRick Hamila Co-Chair

Café MagdalenaMaria Bazdar Co-ChairKaren Adams Co-Chair

Chinese AuctionAlicia Boyd ChairNancy Kosek AssistantMarcy Andrews Daily Raffle

entertainmentRalph Sylvester Chair

FinanceDorothy Seitz Chair

Food tentTerri Eubanks Co-ChairMarilyn Belevice Co-ChairChris Trock Co-ChairAl Belevice AssistantConnie Latini AssistantRalph Sylvester Assistant

MaintenanceElaine Aranavage Afternoon SupervisorDan Koratich Evening Supervisor

Midway & Children’s GamesRolanda Streb Children Games ChairCarol Petro Children Games Co-ChairDarlene Bednarz Midway Games Chair

Monte Carlo/Instant BingoThomas Fink Monte Carlo ChairRose Ann Masci DealerFr. Ted Lucas Instants & Monte CarloDenise Chay Instants Chair

RafflesRick Hamila Car Raffle CoordinatorEunice Montgomery Vine St. Car Ticket SalesIrene Veres Raffle Ticket Money CounterGene Takacs Raffle Ticket Money Counter

SecurityJohn Kosek Chair

Site Preparation & ElectricalRon Schutz Site CoordinatorBill Streb Head ElectricianJohn Majdiak Site Helper

volunteer CoordinatorMaria Bahr ChairCharles Berenson Volunteer Check-In

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Festival Committee - Working Hard to Serve You! - We need your help to be a success!

Volunteers Volunteers Volunteers

Sign up sheets will be posted in the gathering area from May 19th to the festival weekend

PlEASE conTAcT MARIA BAHR at festival@smmwillowick.org

or call the parish office: 440-854-6002

THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

DURING THE FESTIVAL…

You can be a Dealer for Monte Carlo… Black Jack, Let it Ride, Texas Hold-em (Training sessions for dealers will be held Sun. June 3rd 7-9 pm and Thurs. June 7th, 7-9 pm)

Sell Raffle Tickets...Sign up with a friend and sell them together

Help the kids play games in the Children’s Tent or just have your kids help! Want to get involved with one of your kids, work one of our Midway games together.

Assist in the Parish Food Tent

1.

2.

3.

4.

Don’t know how, we’ll train you!

Living Our Discipleship: Stewardship - A Way of LifeMAY 2007

Non Profit OrganizationU.S. Postage

PaidWilloughby, OHPermit No. 108

St. Mary Magdalene Parish Community32114 Vine StreetWillowick, OH 44095

Address Service Requested

The Christian Steward - Reflection Questions

STEWARDSHIP PRAYEROh Lord, giver of life and source of our freedom, we are reminded by the Psalmist

that Yours is “the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it.”We know that it is from Your hand that we have received all we have and are and will be.

Gracious and loving God, we understand that You call us to be the stewards ofYour abundance, the caretakers of all You have entrusted to us.

Help us always to use Your gifts wisely and teach us to share them generously.May our faithful stewardship bear witness to the one love of Christ in our lives.

We pray with grateful hearts, in Jesus’ name. Amen

Living a life of stewardship is a disciple’s response to God’s gracious love and mercy through Jesus Christ. Stewardship has many faces and our parish newsletters reveal the visible face of stewardship, namely the people right here at St. Mary Magdalene: loving, serving, celebrating, caring, reaching out to those in need, attending mass, living the life of a follower of Jesus right here in our midst. It is important not to think about stewardship as a vague idea but rather a way of life. A steward’s way of life isn’t someone else’s way of life, but it is our way of life, it is your way of life.

To be a steward means that God is first in our life. God and what God asks of us is not last on our list, but rather first on our list. Being a steward means we have to make choices. We need to set priorities. Think about what is most important in your life. What values guide your life? Do we take seriously the mission of the mass to “go forth to love and serve the Lord?” Do we look at the church as a “store” that we come to when we need something? Or rather do we see ourselves as the church, a people set apart

for God’s work, for Jesus’ work, for the work of the Holy Spirit? These are tough questions, but we need to consider them.

There is a cute message that appears on church signs all over the country: Church is only ch __ __ ch when U R a part of it. Are you? We have to remember that being a part of something is not receiving something but offering something. Perhaps that is why we teach our children that it is “better to give than receive.” Because the truth is when we give we do receive. At mass, when we give God thanks and praise for all that we have, then in return God gives us Jesus Christ, God gives us salvation. It is not something we earn or deserve, but it is God’s gift to us in love. Giving and receiving, taking and eating, loving and serving is how we live our stewardship as a disciple.

We are inviting you to give and receive, to take and eat and to love and serve at Mass every weekend. We invite you to live your discipleship and be a good steward at our 16th Annual Parish Festival. We invite you to help us to throw a huge party not only for St. Mary Magdalene Parish, but for the Cities of Willowick and Eastlake along with our neighboring parishes and cities. We are inviting you to come and enjoy, we are inviting you to come and help.

Mrs. Darlene Bednarz Sr. Joan Franklin, OP. Fr. Ted lucas Fr. Ron Wearsch

The disciples were fishing by the Sea of Tiberias. They cast their nets out and caught nothing. When it was dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, “Children, have you caught anything to eat?” They answered him, “No.” So he said to them, “Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something.” So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish. So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad, and jumped into the sea. The other disciples came in the boat, for they were not far from the shore, only about a hundred yards, dragging the net with the fish. When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you just caught.” So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred fifty-three large fish. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come, have breakfast.” And none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?” Because they realized it was the Lord. Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them and in a like manner the fish. This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after being raised from the dead.

Do we see Jesus in our daily work, in the empty and the full times?When we hear the call of Jesus, do we listen and act quickly?How do we share with others the fullness of the work in our lives?How often do we see the presence of God in our everyday lives?

••••

Third Sunday of Easter …Gospel Reflection: John 21:1-14

Stewardship:To receive gratefully,

to cultivate responsibility,to share lovingly and

to return abundantly to the Lord.