Third Sunday of Advent December 15, 2019

Holy Martyrs Catholic Church 3100 OLD WEYMOUTH RD MEDINA, OH 44256

Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; they will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee.

IS 35:10

Father Stephen Dohner

Pastor

Father Mark Ott

Weekend Associate

Father Robert F. Pfeiffer

Pastor Emeritus

Janet Payton

Pastoral Associate

Diane Bruce

Director of Faith Formation

Christopher Ilg

Director of Music

Sr. Marie Ellen Kuhel

Bereavement Coordinator

Skip McQuate

SPIRIT Coordinator

Michael Cox

Life Teen Coordinator

Parish Staff

Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Third Sunday of Advent - December 15, 2019

Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week

Sat 5:30 pm Jack Brobst

Sun 7:30 am Portia Wolfe

(Gary and Mary Kozel)

9:30 am Parishioners

11:30 am Hilario Tiongco Balisi

(Candy Biggs)

Mon 8:00 am Martha Jacob

Tues 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace

7:00 pm Vince Walsh

Wed 8:00 am Gregory Kubis

(Gary and Mary Kozel)

Thurs 7:00 pm Stephen Domchick

Fri 8:00 am Chester F. Tesny

(Jerry and Eloise Dolph)

Sat 5:30 pm Aaron Graham

(Graham Family)

Sun 7:30 am Gladys Francis

(Bruce and Barbara Francis)

9:30 am Parishioners

11:30 am John McCartney

(Gaeckle Family)

This week at Holy Martyrs

MINISTRY OF ASSISTANCE

RED STOCKING COLLECTION

Sun 12/15 Time Travelers 9:30 AM Rooms 201/202

Youth Mass 5:00 PM Worship Space

SPIRIT 7th & 8th Grade 6:00 PM Parish Life Ctr.

NO LIFE TEEN 6:00 PM Martyrs Hall

Mon 12/16 NO MONDAY HM KIDS

El Salvador Golf Committee 6:00 PM Ford Room

Tue 12/17 Glory Bees - Week 3 9:00 AM Worship Space

NO TUESDAY HM KIDS

NO JOURNEY FOR CHILDREN

Wed 12/18 Intercessory Prayer Group 5:30 PM Chapel

Women’s Spirituality Board 6:30 PM Room 102

Choir Rehearsal 7:15 PM Worship Space

Thurs 12/19 SPIRIT Prayer Group 4:00 PM Chapel

Parish Council 7:30 PM Lounge

Sat 12/21 Men’s Group 9:00 AM Room 103

Contemplative Prayer 9:30 AM Chapel

Sun 12/22 Time Travelers 9:30 AM Rooms 201/202

Youth Mass 5:00 PM Worship Space

SPIRIT 7th & 8th Grade 6:00 PM Parish Life Ctr.

LIFE TEEN 6:00 PM Martyrs Hall

Oplatki is now available in the

church office during the week

and in the Sacristy after Masses.

Parish News

Daily scripture readings for this week can be obtained

on the USCCB website, where you can sign up to have

readings emailed to you.

You can also download one of these apps on your

Church Office hours: Monday - Friday:

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

330-722-6633

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Hymns for December 14 & 15

Entrance Hymn: O Come, Divine Messiah, 50

Offertory: Beyond the Moon and Stars, 46

Communion: To Be Your Bread, 322

Sending Forth: Let the Valleys Be Raised, 48

Following each Mass, all are invited to stop by

The Café to enjoy coffee, tea, pastry and

fellowship.

BAPTISMS

Emilia Ann Schweda

Daughter of

Zachary and Elizabeth Schweda

Rose Elizabeth Gow

Daughter of

Richard and Emily Gow

Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima

As a special opportunity for family prayer

and devotion, a pilgrim statue of Our Lady

of Fatima has been made available in our

parish. You may welcome the statue into

your home for a week by signing up in the

Gathering Area or by calling the church

office at 330-722-6633.

A Huge Thank You

for Your Support of Our Youth

Thank you to all who donated to the

#WeGiveCatholic campaign on Giving Tuesday,

December 3, 2019. Donations totaled a little

more than $9,000.

Your generosity shows our young people that

you care about their faith.

Parish News

Holy Martyrs Church December 15, 2019

Medina, Ohio

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Change in Saturday Vigil Mass Time

Several weeks ago parishioners where given the opportunity to vote on whether the Saturday

Vigil Mass should remain at 5:30 PM or be changed to 4:30 PM.

Based on the results, beginning Saturday, January 4, the Saturday Vigil Mass will now be

at 4:30 PM.

Please share this change with fellow parishioners, family and friends.

Beginning January 4, Holy Martyrs weekend Mass schedule is as follows:

Saturday Vigil Mass at 4:30 PM

Sunday Masses at 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM and 5:00 PM Youth Mass

Thank you to all HM Kids and Families, Parishioners and Friends who donated and assisted with

our outreach this year to the poor for the Thanksgiving Turkey Run and Christmas gifts and

baskets. Because of your generosity, we were able to provide food, clothing and toys to many.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME,

TALENT, TREASURE

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Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish

November 23 & 24

Weekly Offering $ 12,652.55

Total $ 12,652.55

Thank you!

Retirement Fund for Religious

Religious give thanks. “’Thank

you’ hardly seems adequate to

convey what it means to us,“ says

a Catholic sister of the financial

assistance her community

received from the Retirement

Fund for Religious. Prayer-filled

thanks for your donation to last

week’s second collection.

For more information, go to retiredreligious.org.

Cooking for Domestic Violence Survivors

The Latina Project, an outreach by the women of

Holy Martyrs and our sister parish, La Sagrada

Familia, provides a meal once a month during a

support meeting for women who are survivors of

domestic violence.

You can help by providing part of a light meal,

spending time with the women or babysitting

during their meeting. The next meeting is

Dec.16th. An invitation to help is emailed to

parishioners each month.

Food needs to be dropped off at Holy Martyrs

before 1 p.m. Sunday and until 3 p.m. Monday

before each meeting. Please contact Diane Bruce at

dbruce@holymartyrs.net if you would like to help.

Red Stocking Collection

A collection will be taken

during this weekend of

Dec. 14/15 to help our

neighbors in need.

For many years, the Red

Stocking has been a symbol

for the Ministry of Assistance

to ask parishioners for funds

to help the poor during the

winter months ahead.

Although we may do a bit

m o r e t o h e l p o u r

parishioners, we do not turn

our back on anyone else

within Medina County who

may need help.

Christ reminds us that the

poor will always be with us,

but it is in how we respond

to the poor that makes us true Christians.

Thank you for your generosity!

Please Remember: Two Envelopes at Christmas

Each Christmas, the people of Holy Martyrs share their generosity in many ways. In addition to the

regular Sunday envelopes that fund our parish programs through the year, we rely on the

extraordinary support of our people at Christmas time to help support our many activities,

ministries and special needs. Both are a vital part of what we do.

This year, Christmas falls on a Wednesday. Please remember both our normal and extraordinary

needs in planning your giving. God bless you!

Bake Sale Success

Thank you to everyone who helped with baking,

pricing or selling baked goods for the Advent Bake

Sale. Also, thank you to those who purchased the

baked goods! You helped us raise $1,054.00

for Holy Martyrs.

HM KIDS, SPIRIT & LIFE TEEN

Holy Martyrs Church December 15, 2019

Medina, Ohio

December 15, 2019

YOUTH MASS at 5:00 PM

SPIRIT 7th and 8th Grades at 6:00 PM

NO LIFE TEEN TONIGHT

Celebrating Advent

Here are some ideas for helping your child make the

most of Advent.

Give kids opportunities to be part of Advent

preparations.

Ask them to help their parents to wait for the

Lord by being helpful and listening.

Spend time with Jesus in six minutes in prayer as

a family using the "Pray As You Go" app.

Go to www.dynamiccatholic.com and sign up for

the "Best Advent Ever" emails.

If you missed celebrating the sacrament of

Reconciliation, come to confession at 4 p.m. on

Dec. 21.

SPIRIT Brown Bag Lunch Project

During our SPIRIT session this

evening, the SPIRIT students,

Core Team and I will be putting

together brown bagged lunches

for St. Bernard’s in Akron.

St. Bernard’s Church will distribute the lunches to the

homeless. Thank you and God Bless you for your

continued support in our monthly mission.

On Sunday, Dec 8, 2019, the SPIRIT students

discussed the "Divine Mercy Chaplet". We played a

game that involved the students relying on each other

with some being blindfolded and others not being

blindfolded. We finished the evening in the chapel

praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. The kids were

so reverent in the chapel and you could feel the real

presence of Jesus. Our next Spirit session on

Sunday Dec 15, 2019 will be about the Solemnity of

the Body and Blood of Christ. We will also be

assembling our brown bagged lunches for the

homeless and less fortunate. We will have SPIRIT on

Dec 22, 2019 and then will have time off for

Christmas break. We do plan on having a fun activity

for the students over Christmas break with more

information to come.

Holy Martyrs SPIRIT information is on Facebook,

Instagram, the Holy Martyrs website and Snapchat

Throughout the Diocese

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For substance abuse resources, go to

www.greaterthanheroin.com.

The FEST Internship

Looking to do something extraordinary this summer? The FEST

(www.theFEST.us) is looking for marketing & communications,

event planning, and logistics management interns to join the team

that puts together our annual Diocesan Family Festival. Interns

will be a part of a fast-paced team and will play a critical role in

the marketing, planning and coordination of annual event for

40,000+ people.

Interns will provide support and have responsibilities including

public speaking, marketing, mailings, digital and social media,

press releases, logistics, event planning, and more. Interns must

have strong people skills, work ethic, critical thinking,

organizational skills, and reliable transportation. For more

information or to apply, please send your resume to

Caitlin@theFEST.us by January 10th.

Help for victims of domestic abuse

Victims of domestic abuse may call the BATTERED

WOMEN’S SHELTER of Summit & Medina Counties’

confidential hotline for help 24 hours a day,

7 days a week.

Medina County Hotline 330-723-3900

Toll Free 877-414-1344

Summit County Hotline 330-374-1111

Toll Free 888-395-4357

Local Advent Reflections from AM 1260 The Rock

Fr. Ryan Mann, Parochial Vicar at St. John Neumann

Parish in Strongsville, will share his Advent reflections

on AM 1260 The Rock. Each week he will help us

prepare for the coming of our Savior with a new

reflection. Tune in to AM 1260 The Rock to hear

Fr. Mann’s reflections, daily Gospel reflections, and

other great programming to make your Advent a time

of prayer and preparation.

Visit www.am1260therock.com for our complete

program schedule.

“Proclaim the TRUTH and do not be SILENT through FEAR.” -St. Catherine of Siena

LEAF Ministry Helps Family and Friends

of the Incarcerated

LEAF meets the fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at

the Medina County Jail, 555 Independence Drive.

Support and fellowship, confidential and free