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Rejoice in the
Lord always.
I shall say it again:
rejoice. Philippians 4:4
Holy Martyrs Church 3100 Old Weymouth Rd Medina OH 44256
Third Sunday of Advent
Father Stephen Dohner
Pastor
Father Robert F. Pfeiffer
Pastor Emeritus
Janet Payton
Pastoral Associate
Dorothy Thomas
Coordinator of Pastoral Care
Father Mark Ott
Weekend Associate
Diane Bruce
Director of Religious Education
Nancy Fiamingo
Pastoral Associate
Adam Nestor
Youth Minister
Dino Paoletta
Deacon
Jason Falkofsky
Director of Music
Libbie Radecky
Office Assistant
Paula Phillips
Bookkeeper
Parish Staff
Church Office hours: Monday - Friday:
9:00 am - 12:15 pm, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
330-722-6633
This week at Holy Martyrs
Sun 12/11 Donut Sunday
MOA Give-a-gift slips: Last weekend to return
wrapped gifts
Red Stocking Collection: After all Masses
Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 203
El Salvador Golf Meeting 10:30 AM Room 103
Life Teen, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space
Mon 12/12 PSR Advent Gathering 6:00 PM Worship Space
Small Group Meeting 6:00 PM Lounge
RCIA Team Meeting 7:00 PM offsite
Tue 12/13 Glory Bees: 8:00 AM Worship Space
Kathy Cooley, Mary Lou Melchior, Mary Porinchok
Little Rock Bible Study 1:00 PM Room 103
NO PSR & SPIRIT
El Salvador Trip Prep Meeting
7:00 PM Room 103
Prep Meeting
Wed 12/14 Intercessory Prayer 5:30 PM Chapel
Women’s Spirituality 7:00 PM Lounge
Choir Rehearsal 7:15 PM Worship Space
Thu 12/15 SB Small Group 10:45 AM Lounge
VDV Small Group 7:00 PM Lounge
Parish Council 7:30 PM Room 102
Fri. 12/16 American Red Cross Blood Drive Martyrs Hall
3:00-7:00 PM
Sat 12/17 Men’s Group 9:00 AM Room 103
Sun 12/18 Red Stocking Collection: After all Masses
Time Travelers 9:00 AM Room 2 03
Assemble Trees for Christmas: After 11:30 AM Mass
Life Teen, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space
Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Third Sunday of Advent - December 11, 2016
Pray for those who have died in Christ:
Thomas Sonnie, son of Tim & Antonia Esser
Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week
Sat 5:30 pm Parishioners
Sun 7:30 am Gladys Francis
(Bruce & Barbara Francis)
9:30 am Ralph & Emma Youngmann
(Tom & JoAnn Urban)
11:30 am Laura Trusnik
(Peggy Gillespie)
Mon 8:00 am Mark Mazanec
(Debby, Paul, and
Jacqueline Kapur)
Tues 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace
7:00 pm Danette Thompson
(Jim & Mary McClelland)
Wed 8:00 am All Souls
Thurs 7:00 pm Joel Trabert
(Eileen Trabert)
Fri 8:00 am For all those in the Military
Sat 5:30 pm Aaron Graham
(Mom, Dad & Evan)
Sun 7:30 am Parishioners
9:30 am Mary Palya
(Palya Family)
11:30 am James Donnelly, Sr.
(Tim & Pat Barrett)
BAPTISM
Tristan Thomas Spilker,
son of Thomas & Shannon Spilker
Parish News
Third Sunday of Advent
Christmas, 2016
Mass schedule for Christmas:
Christmas Eve - Saturday, December 24
4:00 pm
6:00 pm
10:00 pm (Choir begins at 9:30 pm)
Christmas Day
Sunday, December 25
7:30 am
9:30 am
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
Saturday, December 31, 5:30 pm
Sunday, January 1
7:30 am
9:30 am
11:30 am
Oplatki is now available in the church office
during the week and in the
Sacristy after Masses.
The Red Stocking
Many years ago, Holy Martyrs Ministry
of Assistance began putting out the Red
Stocking to rally parishioners around the
cause of raising funds to help the poor
during the long winter months ahead.
Today, it has become a beacon of hope
for the many that depend on Holy Mar-
tyrs’ assistance to feed their families and pay for bills
that are crucial for getting by each day.
Christ tells us that the poor will always be with us and it
is how we respond to the poor that makes us true Chris-
tians. Giving to those in need is central to the Christian
way of life. Our Red Stocking collection at Christmas is
THE major way that we help those who are in need in
our area; one-quarter of the funds raised by Holy Mar-
tyrs Ministry of Assistance each year comes from this
collection. We rely on your generosity! With your gener-
ous donations, we are able to help not only parishioners
but others in the Medina County area who struggle just
to make ends meet. You can make a difference in the
lives of people who have few places to turn.
The Red Stocking will be available in the Gathering Area
at all Masses in the weeks leading up to
Christmas. Please be generous so we can continue
Christ’s work of reaching out to those in need.
Pastor’s Notes
May the peace of Christ be in your heart and in your
home this Christmas.
Mary and Joseph journeyed to Bethlehem so God’s son
could enter the world. Today we, too, share the journey
of Christmas. In our Christmas liturgies we celebrate the
great outpouring of God’s grace. In receiving the
Eucharist we encounter the Lord who came to us.
Jesus again enters our hearts.
Come, share this gift. Join us for our beautiful Christmas
liturgies. Hear our wonderful choir. Be inspired by the
story of Christ’s coming. Join in singing the great hymns
of this season.
Please invite family members and friends to join you and
the whole family of Holy Martyrs. Experience the Good
news of great joy that the angels proclaimed. In the
words of the great Christmas hymn, “Come, let us adore
Him.”
Father Steve Dohner and the Staff of Holy Martyrs
Thank You for Your Generosity. Each Christmas, the
people of Holy Martyrs show their generosity in many
ways. In addition to the regular Sunday collections that
fund our parish activities, facilities and staff, the Christ-
mas collections allow us to provide for special needs at
our parish through out the year. This year, Christmas
falls on a Sunday. Please remember both our normal and
extraordinary needs in planning your giving.
Thank you!
In the Hospital?
One of the important ministries at Holy Martyrs is
visiting the sick. Staff members visit parishioners not
only at Medina Hospital but at hospitals throughout the
Greater Cleveland and Akron area.
We are eager to visit with our parishioners who are
hospitalized and make every effort to do so. Because
many hospital stays are short and privacy rules prevent
hospitals from informing churches when parishioners are
there, it is important that a family member let the parish
office know immediately when someone is going to be
hospitalized.
The question sometimes comes up about why some
parishes bring Communion to the hospitalized and other
parishes do not. The answer is in church law. To ensure
that Catholics receive pastoral care wherever they are,
Canon Law requires that a parish with a hospital or
nursing home within its boundaries is responsible for the
pastoral care of Catholics in those institutions.
They are responsible, for instance, for bringing Holy
Communion and providing the other sacraments there.
It is one of the main reasons more priests are assigned
to those parishes than to Holy Martyrs.
We are grateful for the help those parishes provide. We
still want very much to provide pastoral care and share
the sacraments with our own parishioners regardless of
where they are at. Your help in letting us know when a
loved one is hospitalized or in nursing care will help us
do this.
Parish News
Join Us on the January El Salvador Mission Trip!
Would you like to personally meet Jesus? Then come to
El Salvador on our next mission trip in late January 2017.
Yes, you will see HIM in the eyes and hearts of the
Salvadoran people … guaranteed! Take communion to
the shut-ins, meet with school children and teachers at
Immaculada Concepcion school, and hear first-hand
from our scholarship students and Father Paul Schindler
about the importance of our work there.
If you would like to go or have been thinking about it but
have questions, the time to act is NOW!
For more information, contact Janet Payton at
[email protected] or Shelley Conry at 330-687-
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 Libbie in the church office
at 330-722-6633.
Holy Martyrs Church December 11, 2016
Medina, Ohio
Do you have an hour or two on a Tuesday
morning once per month? Do you mind
vacuuming? You are needed!!
THE GLORY BEES give glory to God by
cleaning the church. Please call Libbie or Kathy at the
church office if you can help. 330-722-6633.
December Activities at Holy Martyrs
Christmas
December 10/11: Last weekend to return
wrapped gifts. Please attach gift slips to the out-
side of your wrapped packages. (The coding on
the slips represents the individual families that re-
quested help.)
December 12: PSR toy donation & gift cards
December 10/11 and 17/18:
RED STOCKING COLLECTION
(proceeds to be used for needy families).
Your generosity to this ministry is wonderful, and
we thank you for all that you do to help the needy
of our parish family and community over the holi-
days.
~Holy Martyrs Ministry of Assistance
Daily scripture readings for the week of
December 11, 2016 can be obtained on the USCCB
website or you can download one of the following
Apps on your phone:
Laudate or The New Missal
Please Welcome the Following New Families:
Samuel & Carmela Demeo
Jason & Katherine Dignan
Paul & Deborah Kapur
Stephen & Lisa Puto
Chester & Corrine Skoczen
James & Patricia Valentic
John Valentic
Tim & Chris Weis
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME,
TALENT, TREASURE
Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish
“If the only prayer you say in your entire life is
thank you, it will be enough.” ~ Meister Eckhart
Grateful Giving
November 26 & 27
Weekly Offering $11,451.65
Number of Envelopes 326
Electronic Donations $2,525.00
Number of Envelopes 25
Weekly Total $13,976.65
August Monthly ACH (102) $11,022.00
Flower Collection $1,158.00
Thank you!
Third Sunday of Advent
Order of Alhambra Al Jana Caravan No.
159 wishes to express its sincerest
thanks to all members of our parish for
your generosity in contributing to
God’s “Special Children” who cannot
help themselves.
The monies collected will be given to organizations with-
in the area, to further aid and educate these children.
WINTER SMALL GROUPS OPPORTUNITY
Holy Martyrs Small Groups have had a fruitful start with
our 6-week Fall Series on Prayer. Following a 2-week
Christmas break, groups will resume in January for a
NEW 6-week series. We are able to welcome new
members to existing groups on a space-available basis.
Please contact [email protected] if you would
like to join a group beginning in January. Most groups
meet weekly for 90 minutes in homes, while a few meet
at Holy Martyrs.
The American Red Cross is facing a looming shortage
of the most needed blood types and, therefore, has an
urgent need for eligible donors with O negative,
B negative and A negative blood to give now to prevent
an emergency situation. There will be an American Red
Cross Blood Drive at Holy Martyrs on Friday, December
16, 2016 from 3:00-7:00 pm in Martyrs Hall.
Park in the rear lot.
Please give the gift of life.
Aging religious need your help.
Senior Catholic sisters, and religious
order priests have offered their lives
in service to others—educating the
young, comforting the sick, seeking
justice for the oppressed. Today,
many are frail, elderly, and in need of assistance. Your
gift to the Retirement Fund for Religious helps to fur-
nish medications, nursing care, and other necessities.
Please give generously to today’s second collection. A very generous and awe inspiring
response from our parishioners this
year allowed Holy Martyrs Ministry
of Assistance to triple the number
of turkeys we provided to St. Au-
gustine’s Hunger Center. We want to
extend a heartfelt thank you to all
the parishioners, and students, parents, teachers, and
staff involved in PSR classes for their tremendous effort
in providing food. The donations from PSR classes also
went to the St. Augustine Hunger Center in Cleveland, via
the Turkey Run, which provides for the needy throughout
the city. The Ministry of Assistance is very grateful for all
the hard work by those involved in PSR, helping us pro-
vide for the hungry throughout Medina County and the
City of Cleveland. Without the generosity of all who are
involved in PSR we would not be able to provide as much
for so many.
Parish School of Religion - 330-952-1466
Spiritual Multilingualism Part I
When do we teach our children that not everyone belongs to the same church or practices the same faith
that we do? According to Dr. Lisa Miller, author of The Spiritual Child, “… it is IMPERATIVE that our children
learn from an early age to appreciate the religions of other families and peoples.” Before kindergarten, and
certainly by elementary school, kids are hungry to learn about spiritual expression. They see a house of
worship, and they want to go inside. They are ready to understand other faiths, traditions, and cultures.
This is called spiritual multilingualism.
Children need to understand that diverse spiritual traditions share common themes and have parallel
ideas, ceremonies, and observances. No matter what we may think about other religions, we want to be
sure that our children are open to the spiritual presence of all people and are respectful of their beliefs,
especially in our global world.
Holy Martyrs Church December 11, 2016
Medina, Ohio
Third Sunday of Advent
Behold, I am sending my
messenger ahead of you;
he will prepare your way
before you.
Advent Give a Gift Event
The annual blessing of gifts and nativity
Pageant is Monday December 12
at 6:00—7:30 p.m.
All parishioners are encouraged to join us
for the children’s presentation of the nativity and the blessing
of toys for underprivileged children in our parish and at
St. Augustine in Cleveland. The event closes with the fun, gift
brigade, and cookies and milk at Bethlehem Inn.
Masses Eucharistic Minister Altar Server Lector Usher
Saturday, 5:30 PM
Mary Lawrence-Kirk - B1 Alicia Hathcock - C1
Steve Brownfield - B2 Rosemary LeVoyer - C2
Judith Linton - B3 Michelle Koewler - C3
Corey Koewler - C4
Ed Kirk - pyx
Emily Hathcock
Evan Hathcock
Lee LeVoyer Calvin Schwarz
Mary Schwarz
Sunday, 7:30 AM
Debbie Kells - B1 Judy Emmert - C1
Steve Jindra - B2 Jerry Emmert - C2
Sandy Twardzik - pyx
Jonathan Friedl
Regan Funfgeld
Erin Rankin Steven Cika
Pedro Rojas
Sunday, 9:30 AM
B. Wehe - B1 S. Mueller - C1
N. Klettlinger - B2 B. Mueller - C2
E. Harter - B3 (sub req) R. Ruh - C3
R. Mitchell - B4 L. Ruh - C4
D. Wallace - C5
C. Koppmann - C6 (sub req)
T. Korte - C7
D. Boyle - pyx
Kate Bobey
William Sollenberger
Tim Boyle Karen Bartkowiak
Christopher Lutz
Jeanette Cottrell
Sunday, 11:30 AM
Eileen Trabert - B1 Dave Stankiewicz - C1
Becky Johnston - B2 Jen Coppolino - C2
Gary Link - B3 Jack Holland - C3
Bart Conry - C4
Shelley Conry - pyx
Makayla Grecenuk
(sub req)
Joseph Grecenuk
(sub req.)
Rich Madansky
Kathy Madansky
David Busta
John Coppolino
MINISTERS SCHEDULE - December 17 & December 18
LEARN TO PLAY DRUMS
Contact Joe Toth at
12/11 — Follow- How Does God Guide Us
12/18 — Las Posadas: Christmas Social
and Ugly Sweater
LifeTeen Mass is 5:00pm
Our LifeNights follow from 6:00-7:30pm
Did you go to an earlier Mass? Just come to the
LifeNight!
GET HELP NOW
If you are a victim of domestic abuse, or know someone
who is, call the BATTERED WOMEN’S SHELTER of
Summit & Medina Counties confidential hotline for help
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Caring staff and trained
volunteers who understand domestic violence, can an-
swer questions, provide information, emergency shelter,
referrals, and support.
Medina County Hotline 330-723-3900,
Toll Free 877-414-1344
Summit County Hotline 330-374-1111,
Toll Free 888-395-4357
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