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St. Helen Catholic Church
12060 Kinsman Road, Newbury, Ohio 44065
Clustered with Sts. Edward and Lucy
February 15, 2015
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fr. Jay McPhillips, Pastor
February 18, 2015
Fr. Jerry Bednar Weekend Associate, Deacon Will Payne Pastoral Associate,
Deacon Larry Somrack Pastoral Associate, Sr. Margaret Hartman SND Principal,
Mrs. Rose Torok Office Manager, Mrs. Maria Flauto PSR/EDGE, Mrs. Cindy Yokules Accounting,
Mrs. Mary Weber, Pastoral Minister, Mrs. Theresa Zickert Life Teen, Mr. Jack Tayek Music Director
Church office – 440-564-5805, Church FAX – 440 5
Mass Schedule
Sunday: - Pianist:
7:30 am
St. Helen Choir:
9:15 am
Testify:
11:00 am
Saturday Vigil Mass - Pianist
5:00 pm
64-7367, School office – 440-564-7125
Holy Day Mass Schedule
(See Bulletin for Vigil and Holy Day Mass Schedule)
Confession Schedule
Saturday:
3:30 to 4:30 pm
Sunday before each Mass by request
Life Teen: See Bulletin or call the Parish Office to see if there is a Mass.
Monday - Friday:
Friday (During the school year)
Saturday - Mass
8:00 am
9:00 am
8:00 am
Pray for our seminarians: Phillip Lewandowski and Bobby McWilliams
Baptisms: By Arrangement - Please call the Parish Office
Marriages: By Arrangement - Please call the Parish Office
Visitation of Our Sick: We are concerned and want to be advised when
someone is ill at home or in the hospital or in a long term care facility.
Please call the parish Office to have the shut in place on our Friday calls.
Pregnancy Hot Line 1-800-395-HELP (4357)
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR
Mon Feb 16, 2015 NO School
2:30p - 9:30p Vol/Basketball/soccer/G
5p - 7p Prayer Shawl Ministry/TL
6p - 9p Umpires/SL
6:15p - 7:30p PSRRecon2,3/CH
7:30p - 9:30p Knights of Columbus/ LTC
7:30p - 9:30p Testify practice/CH
Tue Feb 17, 2015
8:30a - 9:30a Bible Study/ BR
9a - 12a Adoration Exposition /A
2:30p - 9:30p Vol/Basketball/soccer/G
6p - 7p Life Teen Liturgy planning /R
7p - 10p LIFETEEN band/CH
7p - 9p Women's Renewal/C
7:30p - 9p RCIA/OLCH
A =ADORATION CHPL
BR =BRIDES ROOM
OLCH = OLD CHURCH
R =RECTORY
Wed Feb 18, 2015 ASH Wednesday
8:00a – Ash Wednesday Mass
8:30a - 10:30a Legion of Mary/ BR
10:30a - 11:30a Fatima Hour /A
11a - 12p Ash Wednesday Mass
2:30p - 4p Dance/OLCH
6p - 7:30p Girl Scouts/OLCH
6:30p - 8:30p Spring retreat mtg/LTC
7p - 8p Men’s Renew /A 8p - 10p /OLCH
7:30 p – Ash Wednesday Mass
Fri Feb 20, 2015
2:30p - 4p Dance/OLCH
2:30p - 9:30p Vol/Basketball/soccer/G
6p - 12a Renewal setup/OLCH
Thu Feb 19, 2015
8:45a - 9:45a Sunday Scripture Stdy/ BR
2:30p - 9:30p Vol/Basketball/soccer/G
6p - 9:30p Choir/CH
6p - 9p Umpires/SL
7p - 9p Geauga Teens for Life /OLCH
7p - 9p Healing Ministry BR
7p - 9p LT Core/LTC
Sun Feb 22, 2015 Men's Renewal /
SVdP Collection
9:15a - 10:15a RCIA Scripture/BR
9:30a - 10:30a Testify/OLCH
1:30p - 4:30p Dance/OLCH
6:30p - 9p life night/CH/LTC
6p - 9p AA /C
C =CAFETERIA
S =SOCCER FIELD
CF =CONFERENCE RM
SC =SCHOOL
The Monthly Calendar is available on our Web-Site http://www.sthelen.com
CH = CHURCH
G = GYM
Sat Feb 21, 2015 Men's Renewal /
SVdP Collection
8:30a - 10a Healing Tea/BR
8:30a - 3:30p Umpires/SL
9a - 2:30p Booster sports/G
LTC = LIFE TEEN CENTER
TL =TEACHER’S LNGE PO = PARISH OFFICE
Masses for the Week
were in attendance and 346 envelopes were used.
Thank you all for your continued generosity.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, SIXTH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
In today’s second reading, St. Paul urges the
Corinthians to “do all for the glory of God.” If we
follow that advice in everything we do, we cannot
help but be good stewards.
Lv 13:1-2, 44-46, 1 Cor 10:31—11,1, Mk 1:40-45
7:30 – Rita Rozum – (Mike and Diane Lionti)
9:15 – Denver and Marsha Sallee (Living)
(50th Anniv.) – (The Family)
11:00 –
Steve Bernard (Living)
(90th Birthday) – (The Silvernail Family)
5:30 – Mario Mormile and Family – (Life Teen)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, WEEKDAY,
Gn 4:1-15, Mk 8:11-13
8:00 – Mary Peck – (The Family)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, WEEKDAY, THE
SEVEN HOLY FOUNDERS OF THE SERVITE
ORDER Gn 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 10, Mk 8:14-21
8:00 – Timothy O’Brien – (The Family)
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, ASH
WEDNESDAY, Jl2:12-18, 2 Cor 5:20—6:2
8:00 – Rae Finomore – (Linda Koeth)
11:00 – Edward D’Elicio – (The Bucar Family)
7:30 – Christine Polzer – (Craig Polzer)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, THURSDAY
AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY,
Dt 30:15-20, Lk 9:22-25
8:00 - Nick Artino – (Bill and Clare O’Brien)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, FRIDAY AFTER
ASH WEDNESDAY Is 58:1-9a, Mt 9:14-15
8:00 – Bill and Clare O’Brien (Living) –
(John and Mary Lou Wolfram)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, SATURDAY
AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY, SAINT PETER
DAMIAN, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE
CHURCH Is 58, 9b-14, Lk 5:27-32
8:00 – Parishioners of St. Helen
5:00 – Florence and Tony Bustardo (70th Anniv.)
(Living) – (The Family)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, FIRST SUNDAY OF
LENT Gn 9:8-15, 1 Pt 3:18-22, Mk 1:12-15
7:30 – George Frances Rowan –
(The Rowan Family)
9:15 – Milan and Helen Urbancic – (The Family)
11:00 – Robert Schonbachler –
(The Richard Taylor Family)
5:30 – NO LIFETEEN MASS
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STEWARDSHIP
The offering for the week of Feb. 8, was
$14,611.48 with 1,370 of our faithful parishioners
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A Reflection from Robert McWilliams:
You Promised…
The story goes that a mother barged into a PSR
classroom and verbally attacked the teacher. She
said: “It’s your fault that my daughter isn’t learning
the faith. I send her to you so that she can learn
religion.” She went on for a few more moments
before the teacher calmly asked her to have this
conversation out in the hallway. After exiting the
room the mother started again and when she finally
took a breath the teacher simply said: “I wasn’t
there.” “What?” she said. “I wasn’t there.” He said
again. “Are you just going to get smart with me or
answer my questions?” she asked. His reply was
priceless. “I wasn’t there at your daughter’s
Baptism. You promised to train her in the practice
of the faith. It’s your duty to bring her up to keep
God’s commandments. No one else promised these
things, but you and your husband. I do what I can in
the hour and fifteen minutes I have each week, but
if she’s not getting it at home then there’s nothing
else I can do.”
This story, I’ll admit, is a bit harsh and before any
parent gets up in arms, keep reading, I am not
placing the lack of knowledge about our faith solely
on you and some of you, not at all. There were a
number of years when we as a Church didn’t
catechize as well as we ought. My PSR days in the
80’s told me a lot about God’s love, but not much
about the faith. Add to that a culture that preaches
what is contrary to the faith and the onslaught of
social media and entertainment, which vies for our
attention, and we have a large number of people
who aren’t comfortable talking about their faith and
don’t even know where to go to dive deeper into the
faith. Whatever the factors may be, and there are
others, this story should cause all of us to take pause
and reflect about how we pass on the faith to those
we care for. Are we equipped to do it?
I would like to start changing this. There are
great resources out there in every medium to help us
learn, know and continue growing in our faith.
Three times during Lent, I will be putting together a
bulletin insert that tries to give a wide range of
resources to help us in this lifelong process of
growing in the Church that Jesus founded. Books,
daily reflection websites or texts, saint quotes of the
day, Catholic political advocacy groups, and many
other resources are just a click away for many of us.
I will also be adding my own thoughts on popular
culture, such as movies, books, art and music, and
how we can use these to learn about the truths of the
faith and even evangelize others. But wait there’s
more…email me at ~rdmc3180@yahoo.com~ and
let me know if you’ve come across anything that
you think would be beneficial for everyone. Also,
feel free to contact me if you have suggestions for
specific information that you think people are
lacking.
Cynthia Gellar (mother of Samantha Hoar), and for
Doris Beukmeman.
You and I have a faith that is both personal and
communal and we have been charged with passing
on this faith and making it personal for those we
have been called to serve in whatever vocation we
are living. Let us, parent, priest, religious or single,
do all that we can to raise up an army of people
equipped to live, pass on and defend the faith.
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Five Minute Bible Study
1 Corinthians 10: 31-11: 1
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PRAY FOR THOSE WHO
ARE ILL: Wayne Ardo, Ed
Bieznieks, Rita Bieznieks, Lisa
Bizjak, Sally Boyer, Laurie
Bucar, Jim Cantelli, Cliff
Cherni, Annette Cillian, Bill
Csonka, George Edgar, Bill
Felberg, Len Hosmer, Paul Kovary, Richard and
Loretta Lang, Helen Lockhart, Diane Lionti, Mary
Ellen Martin, Brendan McMeechan, Linda
Mulacek, Helen Nelson, Bill O’Brien, Mary Ann
O’Brien, Dave Omerza, Jim Page, Lucy Pishnery,
Martin Polomsky, Carol Rakoczy, John Rakoczy
Sr., Bob Rasmussen, Evelyn Rowlands, Marilyn
Segulin, Richard Stebnicki, John Strzalka, Liz
Szuszkiewicz, Derek Turk, Ida Urbancic, Bea
White, Terry Williford, Mary Lou Wolfram.
PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED: Anna
Seipel (grandmother of Theresa Lewandowski),
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ELIJAH CHALICE SCHEDULE
Feb 15 – Kathy, Victoria and William Carson
Feb 22 – Jeff and Jacquie Cicchella and Family
Mar 1 – Gil and Elena Decipeda
If you are interested in joining this vocation
prayer ministry, please contact: Marsha Sallee
440.338.8649.
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BAPTISM
MADDALINA ANN MONTAGNA
DEVON ADAM SMITH
MALACHI WILLIAM SUKALAC
St. Paul tells us today the
real meaning of living a
Christian life.: "Whether you
eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory
of God." Every act of a Christian's day, his
recreation as well as his work, his joys as well as his
sorrows, his sleeping as well as his waking hour,
gives honor and glory to God, and prepares heaven
for the Christian. There are millions of saints in
heaven who did nothing extraordinary in their
whole lives but they lived their ordinary lives
honestly and well, lives which glorified God. Lives
lived carelessly, not glorifying God, will keep your
from heaven.
Sometime this week, whether on your own,
while sitting at the family dinner table or talking
with friends, reflect on the following question: If
you don’t already, say a Morning Offering – a
prayer offering all your actions to God. Then see if
your daily actions fulfill the prayer.
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ATTENTION: ATTENTION: ATTENTION:
Men, there’s no need to fear, the Renewal Team is
here!!!! Consider joining us for 30 short hours on
Feb. 21-22. Come and grow in Christ. Don’t fear
Him He loves you! Registration forms are in the
Gathering Space or at the Parish Office.
RCIA: The next RCIA session will be on Tuesday,
Feb.17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Former Church and the
topic is Anointing the Sick and Suffering.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL-the February collection
will be 2/21 and 2/22. Thank you.
FISH FRYDAY NEWS: Lent is quickly
approaching and our Lenten Fish Fry will be back
again this year, starting February 20th. We will
continue the next 5 weeks Feb 27, Mar 6,13,20,27.
We will be serving dinners from 4:30-7p. Even
though the price of fresh cod has soared, we were
able to keep our same price of $10 for a dine in All
You Can Eat FISH, fried or baked. We will also
offer fries cole slaw or apple sauce, cabbage
&noodles, mac&cheese, pizza, roll and butter
Beverages are available. DINE IN Adults - $10;
Seniors - $8;
Kids(6-12) - $6; under 6 free. TAKE OUT - $8
Fish dinner-includes Fish, fries, Cole slaw, roll &
butter.
Come enjoy a night of community with family,
friends and good food, then stay for stations of the
cross afterwards.
THE MASSES FOR ASH WEDNESDAY ARE
8:00 A.M., 11:00 A.M. (The Children’s Mass) and
7:30 p.m.
THERE IS NO BINGO ON ASH WEDNESDAY.
THE PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH FOR
PRESIDENT’S DAY.
ATTENTION LADIES! Please join us for “Christ
Renews His Parish”, St. Helen’s Women’s
Renewal, March 7th & 8th 2015. “May the God of
hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust
in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by
the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13
Who doesn’t want to be overflowed with hope?
God wants that for each one of us. Trust in Him
and He will fill you with all joy and peace. Trust in
Him and join us for a weekend of praying together,
getting motivated in increasing your faith,
reconciling and moving a step closer to God with
the wonderful women of St. Helen’s parish. Stop by
our table and pick up a registration or ask questions.
Let God fill you with all the joy and peace you
deserve and trust in Him to be renewed! For
questions or registration, contact: Mary Yeigh
(cell: 440-739-1486; MaryGraceYeah@gmail.com)
or Kathy Carson (cell: 440-552-8965;
flowerlady64@cebridge.net)
40 DAYS FOR LIFE: From February 18-March
29, you are invited to join other Christians for 40
Days for Life – 40 days of prayer and fasting for an
end to abortion. Please help spread the word about
this important community outreach. If you’d like
more information email at:
clevelandpraysforlife@gmail.com. please call Bill
and Clare O’Brien 440-840-0008.
40 DAYS FOR LIFE KICK OFF RALLY: The
rally will be at St. John Vianney church[Mentor] on
Feb.16 at 7pm. For more info please contact Bill or
Clare O’Brien at 440 840-0008.
FR. JERRY’S OPERA OUTING: Mozart’s last
grand opera, composed in 1791 (the year of his
death), La Clemenza di Tito (The Mercy of Titus)
relates the constant escalation of the envy of Vitellia
whose plots almost kill Emperor Titus. He defeats
her envy by three acts of mercy that will leave you
breathless. The opera will be performed by the
Cleveland Institute of Music on Friday, Feb. 27 at
7:30 PM. Tickets include transportation, dinner and
opera. Dinner at Primo Vino consists of salad, your
choice of Scrod or Egg Plant, vegetable, pasta,
coffee or soft drink. Vans will leave St. Helen’s
parking lot promptly at 5 PM. Tickets cost $45,
students $40. Price includes tax but not tips. To
reserve your place, send (or give) checks payable to
Fr. Bednar, together with the names of those
attending, an address, phone number, and entrée
preferences to 28700 Euclid Ave., Wickliffe, OH
44092, no later than Thursday, Feb. 19.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS: The first Stations
of the Cross will be Friday, Feb. 20th at 7:30 p.m.
They will be led by the Brothers of the Cross.
USHER’S NEEDED: for the 9:15am Mass. If you
would like to become and Usher or have any
questions about becoming an Usher please contact
Shannon Vaughan. Email
shannonvaughan86@gmail.com or
cell:440.840.6028
DO YOU WRITE? ARE YOU PASSIONATE
ABOUT OUR FAITH AND WANT TO SHARE
SOMETHING YOU'VE LEARNED? DO YOU
WANT TO SHARE THE JOY OF YOUR
MINISTRY? Then submit an article to the parish
bimonthly "Hello" publication. We are looking for
submissions from 250-500 words that educate and
publicize about the joys of our Catholic faith and
ways to live it more fully through our parish
life. Articles are now being collected for the current
issue on "Lent" (due Feb 20th) and "Sacraments"
(due March 20th) Although there is a "theme", all
articles are considered, although they may be edited
for length if needed. Photos would be accepted as
well. Share your talent and passion! Email articles
or suggestions with a subject line of "Hello" to
sjbarna@windstream.net; kittrunk@hotmail.com or
submit hard copies to the Parish Council mailbox at
the rectory.
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IT’S A MATTER OF LIFE
Pro-lifers who do not agree that abortion to
"save the life of the mother" is legitimate are
portrayed as insensitive and uncaring and worse.
The
common
deception
that abortion is
sometimes necessary to save the life of the mother
is totally false. While there are maternal health risks
that require a treatment that can cause the indirect
and unintentional death of an unborn child, the
intention in these procedures is first and foremost to
save the life of the mother, and in order to do so, a
physician must perform a procedure that indirectly
causes the death of her unborn child. This is not an
abortion where the direct intention is to end the life
of a preborn child. The destruction of a baby never
saves its mother; procedures that may lead to a
child’s death may save the life of the mother.
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THE SISTER CHRISTIN DANCE ENSEMBLE
will present “I Have a Dream” on Saturday, Feb.
28th. The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the
Enrichment Center at St. Helen School. Admission
is free. Call 440-338-3696 for more information.
MISS ETTA QUETTE: Contrary to what you may
have thought this honor of bringing the gifts up
before Communion is not some kind of "prize"
awarded to the most popular, most attractive, or
most devout members of the parish, but rather
usually goes to the person(s) having the Mass said.
If the ushers cannot locate this party, then they will
recruit willing people from the pews. So, people of
God, if you would like to volunteer at some Mass,
just let the ushers know that you are available when
you arrive.
OPEN HOUSE: There will be an Open House on
February 15 for Helen Lockhart from 2 to 4 at St.
Helen Gym. Please stop to see her.
BISHOP’S ANNUAL SEMINARY BRUNCH:
On March 22, 2015 the Bishop's Annual Seminary
Brunch fundraiser will be held at Executive
Caterers at Landerhaven, 611 Landerhaven Drive,
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124. The Social Gathering
is from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm followed by the Meal
and Program from 1:00 to 3:00. The cost is $40.00
per person. This event is held to gather support for
diocesan seminaries and seminarians. It provides
men from our parishes with personal financial
support during their seminary years and recognizes
that their formation is essential to a strong, vibrant
Catholic Church.
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Mortgage Update
Loan Balance – 2/1/15
Standard Principal Payment
Additional Principal Payment
Interest Payment
Loan Balance –2/20/15
Debt reduction envelopes
February
33
$1,322,603
$7,426
$7,357
$5,638
$1,307,820
$2,986.00
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LIFETEEN NEWS
Any teen interested in attending a Steubenville
Conference we need to hear from you! As of now
we have two weekends booked. The first is June 1921 and the second weekend is July 17-19. We only
have limited space so please contact Theresa or
Tammy ASAP!!
Sunday February 22, we have been invited by
St. Barnabas Life Teen in Northfield to attend their
Life Teen Mass, concert and talk by Jackie and
Bobby Angel. We are planning to car pool so please
let us know if you are interested.
Please mark your calendars for our 24 Hour
Lenten Lock-in and Food Fast on Friday February
27 to Saturday February 28. Permission forms are
available on Facebook, in the Narthex and the St.
Helen website.
Please pray for our Juniors and Seniors that are a
part of the Spring Retreat Planning Team. Our
meetings begin on Wednesday February 11th and
continue on Wednesdays until the retreat which will
be held at Camp Wise on April 10-12
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SCHOOL NEWS
Please check our website
www.sthelen.com (Our School)
There is no Bingo on Ash Wednesday, Bingo
Workers for Feb. 25 are E. Berschig, Kolenic and
Marker.