Third Sunday of Easter

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

April 15, 2018

Father Stephen Dohner

Pastor

Father Mark Ott

Weekend Associate

Father Robert F. Pfeiffer

Pastor Emeritus

Janet Payton

Pastoral Associate

Nancy Fiamingo

Pastoral Associate

Diane Bruce

Director of Faith Formation

Christopher Ilg

Director of Music

Libbie Radecky

Church Office

Adam Nestor

Youth Minister

Paula Phillips

Bookkeeper

Jane Levesque

Communications

Parish Staff

Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Third Sunday of Easter-April 15, 2018

Mass Schedule & Intentions this Week

Sat 5:30 pm Steve Belovich

(Joanne Belovich)

Ben & Joyce Staunton

(50th Wedding Anniversary)

Sun 7:30 am Parishioners

9:30 am Donald Johnson

(Laura, Carrie, Kaysie & Emma)

11:30 am Rose Camarato

(Radecky Family)

Mon 8:00 am Dolly Hood

(Family)

Tues 6:30 pm Rosary for Peace

7:00 pm Robert Leach

(Family)

Wed 8:00 am All Souls

Thurs 7:00 pm Mike Terrell

(Mike & Kathy Kopach)

Fri 8:00 am Bernie & Lois Dick

(60th Wedding Anniversary)

Sat 5:30 pm John Hoffman

(Yakelis Family)

Sun 7:30 am Joseph & Clara Bigelow

(Bruce Family)

9:30 am Parishioners

11:30 am Dick Gaeckle

(Jim, Mary Gaeckle & Family)

This week at Holy Martyrs

Sun 4/15 M.O.A. Food & Donation Weekend

Time Travelers 9:30 AM Room 203

Photo Shoot for “The Voice” 1:00 PM Pavilion

Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space

Mon 4/16 HM Kids 6:00 PM

2nd Grade Jesus Day Retreat 6:00 PM Pfeiffer Hall A

Following Christ 7:00 PM G.A.

Tue 4/17 Glory Bees - week 3 9:00 AM Worship Space

Little Rock Scripture Study 1:00 PM Room 103

HM Kids 6:00 PM

2nd Grade Jesus Day Retreat 6:00 PM Pfeiffer Hall A

SPIRIT 6:00 PM Martyrs Hall

Wed 4/18 Intercessory Prayer Group 5:30 PM Chapel

Journey: Inquiry 7:00 PM Lounge

Women’s Spirituality 7:00 PM Room 102

Choir Rehearsal 7:15 PM Worship Space

Thur 4/19 Centering Prayer 7:00 PM Kazel Room

All-Commissions 7:30 PM G.A.

Fri 4/20 Red Cross Blood Drive 3:00 PM Martyrs Hall

Sat 4/21 Marriage & Family Prep 8:30 AM Martyrs Hall

Men’s Group 9:00 AM Room 103

First Communion Photos 9:00 AM G.A.

Centering Prayer 9:30 AM Kazel Room

Sun 4/22 Donut Sunday

Time Travelers 9:30 AM Room 203

Life Teen Mass, Life Night 5:00 PM Worship Space

Parish News

Third Sunday of Easter

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

phone: Laudate or The New Missal

Church Office hours: Monday - Friday:

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

330-722-6633

BAPTISM

Eliza Ann Razek

Daughter of Dean & Nicole Razek

Corvin Moskaluk

Son of David Moskaluk & Krystal DeVore

Pray for those who have died in Christ:

Patricia Ann Melhuish

Helen Loew

There is a promise of marriage between:

I Wedding Announcement:

Michael Hoying & Patty Kuhar Renner

ALLELUIA! CHRIST IS RISEN and LOVE LIVES!

Our 4-week Spring Series, “LOVE LIVES” is underway! This series is based on the first letter of St. John. In Week 1 we discussed our love of the things of the world vs. our love of God. Our world is temporary, whereas God is eternal. Where are you investing —in that which is fleeting or in that which lasts forever? “Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.” -1 John 2:15

More and more people are liking our Facebook page.

Have you visited our Facebook page lately?

www.facebook.com/holymartyrschurch

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

Parish News

Holy Martyrs Church April 15, 2018

Medina, Ohio

ENCOUNTER

As a part of #WeGiveCatholic on Giving Tuesday this

past November, Holy Martyrs raised funds to help our

junior and high school teens encounter God in a

meaningful way with a 3-day service retreat

called Encounter.

Encounter provides opportunities for teens to live as

disciples of Christ through serving others. Encounter

seeks to foster participants’ Catholic faith with

dynamic speakers, hands-on mission projects and the

nourishment of the sacraments.

ENCOUNTER

June 19-21, 2018

10 a.m.-9 p.m. each day

Incoming 8th - Outgoing Seniors

Check future bulletins for more info!

Sometimes we approach

the Holy Spirit as if He is

something extra, an

epilogue to the Good

News. The Holy Spirit is

not extra, but vital to the

Christian life. This April,

come check out LifeTeen

as we get to know the

Holy Spirit!

April LifeTeen Schedule

Come join us, Sunday Nights!

LifeTeen Mass 5:00 p.m.

LifeNight 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Apr 15 - Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Apr 22 - Life with the Holy Spirit

Apr 29 - Social Night!

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME,

TALENT, TREASURE

Third Sunday of Easter

Grateful Giving Holy Martyrs Parish

March 24 & 25

Weekly Offering $12,190.90

Number of Envelopes 375

Electronic Donations $4,096.33

Number of Envelopes 39

Weekly Total $16,287.23

Month of March ACH (106) $11,932.00

Thank you!

Annual “Fore” the Kids Golf Outing

Saturday, June 9, noon, Shale Creek Golf Club

Parishioners are invited to take part in the annual

golf outing by golfing in the 18-hole scramble,

attending the dinner, sponsoring a hole or donating

raffle items.

With your help, the Holy Martyrs El Salvador Mission

Group is sponsoring 14 students pursuing higher

education. One year of tuition costs $1,000 per

student.

Our goal is to build communities and reduce poverty

in El Salvador through education.

For more information and to register or donate, go to

hmforethekids.com or contact David Chambers at

mchambers@gmail.com. Donations may also be

made off-line.

This weekend is Holy Martyrs Ministry of Assistance

food and donation weekend.

Certain staples are always needed. Checks made out to

Holy Martyrs with Ministry of Assistance (MOA) on the

memo line are always welcome and very much

appreciated. Thank you for helping those in need.

Saint Ambrose Summer Camp

June 11- August 3

Children age 5 and older (5 by June 30th and/or

entering kindergarten Fall 2018) are welcome!

Learning, friends, fun and field trips! More

information, registration and forms available at

https://saintambroseschool.us/summercamp/

Contact: Dawn Hill at DHill@StASchool.us

Ireland Pilgrimage to World Meeting of Families

The Cleveland Diocese’s Department of Marriage

and Family Ministry has planned a trip to Ireland

in August and is inviting parishioners. The nine-

day trip includes Ireland’s religious sites and

attendance at the World Meeting of Families,

where Pope Francis will lead the closing Mass.

This is an opportunity to grow in faith and meet

others from the diocese and the world.

For more information, go to www.eocatholic.com

and search for tour IR18.

HMKids HQ - 330-952-1466

Holy Martyrs Church April 15, 2018

Medina, Ohio

Healing Through Meals

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 dur-

ing their meeting. The next meeting is April 16. An

invitation to help is emailed to parishioners

each month.

Food needs to be dropped off at Holy Martyrs

Sunday through 3 p.m. Monday before each

meeting. Please contact Diane Bruce at

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

Reminder for HMKids Students

April 16 and 17: Jesus Day for second graders

Pentecost Play is April 23 & 24

Get ready for The First Pentecost, presented by the

fourth grade HMKids students! Each child has a

role and will read and sing.

HMKids students have been making windsocks to

raise awareness about Pentecost. They’ll carry the

windsocks into the fourth graders’ presentation on

April 23 and 24. The windsocks have the seven

gifts of the Holy Spirit named on them.

The First Pentecost, presented by the fourth grade,

leads up to this year’s Pentecost on May 20.

We Celebrate

This week, the young

people of the parish

who are preparing for

Eucharist reflected on

Jesus’ presence with

us in the Eucharist.

Through our sharing

the one bread and one

cup, we are made one

with Jesus and one

with his Body, the

Church.

How are we as a parish

living as peacemakers

to show that Jesus is

with us?

Award Given for Most Unusual Service Project

Josef and Natalie Plamper won the award for

most unusual service project in the “Lord, Help

Me To Serve” competition. They handed out

valentines at Transitional Living

Centers Inc. (http://Tlcdd.org)

They went to 13 houses total and visited adults

and children with mild to profound intellectual

and developmental disabilities. The people they

visited loved receiving the valentines and Josef

and Natalie loved meeting the individuals living

at the various homes. Their mother, Kela, says

this service project helped her children open

their hearts to people with disabilities.

Improving Water for Others

MISSIO (www.missio.org), launched by Pope Francis,

gives you a direct connection with his missions and with

those helping the most vulnerable communities around

the world. Choose one of Pope Francis’ missions to help

communities around the globe who suffer from water-

related issues. Your entire donation on MISSIO will go

directly to that mission.

In recognition of World Water Day, which was March 22,

you can help:

•children and families in Vietnam access clean water for

drinking and cooking

•a community in Kenya buy a water tank to collect rain

water

•a village in Myanmar drill a well for safe drinking water

•those suffering from drought and famine in Ethiopia

and in South Sudan

Throughout the Diocese

Third Sunday of Easter

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

For substance abuse resources, go to

www.greaterthanheroin.com.

Spiritual Opportunities

Jesuit Retreat House (www.jrh-cleveland.org)

Learning How to Live Fully, April 24, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

River’s Edge (www.riversedgecleveland.com)

Heart-Centered Meditation, April 19, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Loyola Retreat House (www.loyolaretreathouse.com)

Pre-Cana Day, April 22, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

Marriage Resources

www.helpourmarriage.org

www.foryourmarriage.org

Married Couples Weekend

Athletes and musicians practice hours to become

the best. How many hours have you devoted to

making your marriage the best it can be? Attend a

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend and give

your relationship the attention it deserves.

Weekends are presented by trained Catholic

couples and a priest. The next weekend held will

be May 4-6. For sign-ups & info., call 330-305-

9963 or visit www.GreatMarriagesOhio.org

Families Anonymous Meetings Resume April 19

Families Anonymous will resume meeting on April 19.

The group meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays in Martyrs Hall.

Families Anonymous is a fellowship of relatives or friends

of people using mind-altering substances or having

related behavioral problems.