THE PARISH

OF ST.

9114 LAKE SHORE BLVD. March 8, 2020 MENTOR, OH 44060

Parish Office: 440-257-5544 EUCHARIST (MASS) SCHEDULE Fax: 440-257-2318 Saturday Vigil: 4:30 PM Monday, Tuesday, PSR Office: 440-257-6988 Sunday: 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM Wednesday, and Friday: 9:00 AM E-mail: [email protected] one half hour before (First Fridays 7:00 PM) Website: www.stbedementor.org Vigil and Sunday Masses Holy Day: Refer to Bulletin Facebook: fb.me/StBedeMentor.org of Reconciliation: Saturday: 3:30 - 4:00 PM or by appointment. PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday: 8:30 AM - 8:00 PM Tuesday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

NEW PARISHIONERS An Evening of We welcome all new parishioners to make an Wednesday, March 11, 2020 appointment to register at the Parish Office and share your gifts within our community. 5:00 - 8:00 PM · Chapel

PASTORAL STAFF Pastor “The joy of is the joy of Rev. Timothy J. Plavac .” – Francis Deacon Rev. Mr. John Burke, Jr. God’s forgiveness, Francis said, “is a

Deacon & Liturgy sign of his overflowing for each of us: a love that gives us the Rev. Mr. Kenneth Knight freedom to stray, like the prodigal son, but that every day awaits our return with open arms. It is the love of the shepherd who goes in Pastoral Associate Mrs. Karen J. Roman search of the lost sheep. It is the tenderness with which each sinner is welcomed when he knocks at His door. CoordinatorWHAT’S of Religious INSIDE…. Education Mrs. Laura A. Ruque And when we come back to him, he welcomes us like children into

Pastoral Care Nurses his house, for he never ceases, not for one instant, to wait for us with Mrs. Diana Harvey love. And his heart rejoices over every child who returns. He is Mrs. Stacy Rus celebrating because he is joy. God has this joy, when one of us sinners Mrs. Daneen Warsinskey goes to him and asks his forgiveness. It is love of God and neighbor

Music Director that brings fulfillment to all the Commandments, and this is the love Miss Marjorie G. Zager of God, his joy: forgiveness. He waits for us always!” (continued on page 2) PAGE TWO ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE March 8, 2020

The Sacrament of Reconciliation offers to us the RELIGIOUS EDUCATION and FORMATION healing grace of God in restored relationships: not Confirmation Session: Confirmation candidates only our individual relationships with friends and will meet this Sunday, March 8th from 7:00 to 9:00 family, but our relationship with God and with the PM in the Youth Ministry Room of the Church. . The forgiveness of involves Please be sure to bring your “Works of ” four parts: CONTRITION: a sincere sorrow for sheet and any remaining paperwork that has not yet having offended God, and the most important act of been turned in. the penitent. CONFESSION: confronting our sins in a profound way to God by speaking about them, Operation Rice Bowl: Elementary and Middle aloud, to the priest. : an important part of School/High School students were given rice bowls our healing is the “penance” the priest imposes in to use during Lent to give alms to the poor. The reparation for our sins. : the priest children and teens are encouraged to do extra chores speaks the words by which one is reconciled through around the house to earn money in support of God’s love, mercy and forgiveness. Catholic Relief Services. Thank you to all families who will participate in this Lenten project to reach We extend to each of you an invitation to attend out to the needy here in the United States and “An Evening of Confession,” March 11, 2020, throughout the world. from 5:00 – 8:00 PM. We particularly invite anyone who may have wandered from the Catholic Health Information on Coronavirus: The Lake Church to come home this Lent, through County General Health District (LCGHD) sacramental reconciliation. Confession aides will be continues to monitor the situation regarding the available in the Gathering Space. As you continue outbreak of this respiratory illness under the your Lenten journey this Easter season, consider guidance of the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) coming Wednesday to realize that “the Lord is full and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of love and He wants to offer it to us.” (CDC). There are currently no confirmed cases in Lake County. There are currently no confirmed cases in the state of Ohio. State and Federal public health officials still consider the risk of infection in the United States to be low. Take these actions to help prevent the spread of all respiratory diseases include:  Avoid close contact with people who are sick.  Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.  Stay home when you are sick. Stations of the Cross every Friday in Lent at  Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then 7:30 PM in the Chapel. throw the tissue in the trash.  Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects Remember to pick up a Lenten booklet and surfaces using a regular household cleaning and a Rice Bowl. spray or wipe.  Follow CDC’s recommendations for using a facemask. CDC does not recommend that There are Still Take Out people who are well wear a facemask to protect Tickets for the Pierogi themselves from respiratory diseases, including Dinner on Friday, March Coronavirus. 13th: Contact the Parish LCGHD participates in biweekly Coronavirus update Office at 257-5544. conference calls with Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and ongoing communications with our Public Health Emergency Response Partners. SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT MENTOR, OHIO PAGE THREE

Friends of Mother Teresa: Meets on Wednesday, March 11th at 7:00 PM in St. Bede Annual Scout Pancake Breakfast the Youth Ministry Room. If you wish to learn more about the group, please consider attending. All you can eat pancakes! Take out available! Sunday, March 22, 2020 Widows, Widowers & Senior Singles (WWSS): 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Father Tulley Center The first meeting of the year is Saturday, March 14th at Scouts are selling advance tickets or you can WWSS 11:00 AM in the Youth Ministry purchase at the door. Tickets: Adults/$8; Seniors/$7; Children 6 - 12/$5; Children 5 & Under/ 2020 Room. Deacon John Burke will give us “food for thought” about FREE. the season of Lent. Questions? Contact Barbara Ulman through the Parish Office. Come enjoy a fabulous pancake breakfast complete with syrup, sausage links, juice and coffee, served by St. Bede’s own Scout Troop and Cub Scout Pack. Thank you for your continued support. Rosary Makers Meeting is Sunday, March 15th All proceeds go to our own Troops 383, 222 and at 3:00 PM in the Library. All are Pack 383. welcome whether you are an experienced rosary maker or would like to learn. One-time help is also February 2020 most welcome! New Parishioners: Ms. Karen Wittlinger Mr. John Savage Mrs. Paulette Rinderle

Baptisms: Parker Luis Raglow Madelynn Jane Neumann Elin Rae Sederholm Notice All Men Parishioners: Have you ever thought you ought to stretch yourself (even a little) and do something Jail Ministry Request: Donation of spiritual for Lent but then didn't lined loose leaf notebook paper is get around to it? Make this the needed. Please drop off at the Parish year. Try on the St. Bede Office. Thank you. Men's Study for size.

We meet Saturdays at 8:30 AM in the church If Someone You Know Is Sick or Going Through library and take summers off. It doesn’t matter if a Difficult Time, consider purchasing a you are 18 or 80, as long as you are a parishioner. candle. Candles are available for purchase ($4.00/ We think you just may be glad you did. each) after each Mass in the Shrine area behind the Questions? Contact Al Grywalski through the Altar or at the Parish Office. Intention cards are also Parish Office. available at no charge. PAGE FOUR ST. BEDE THE VENERABLE March 8, 2020

Growing Through Grief Program: Bereavement BOOK OF INTENTIONS: You will find our Book of Intentions on a special table in the Gathering Space, in Support Series to help you work through the stages which you are encouraged to write in prayer intentions of grief and find ways to continue on. Tuesday yourself. If you are unable to write a name in yourself, evenings March 10th - April 14th, 7:00 - please call the Parish Office at 440-257-5544. 8:30 PM. St. Parish, Religious Education Office (in the school), 9925 Johnnycake Ridge Rd, Please pray for these members of our parish family: Concord Twp. For more information, call Eileen at Regina Rowan, Mike Conlin, Jim Mulholland, 440-255-1447. Albert Ruscitto, Albert Pocsics, and Jerry Yurick. Christ Child Society of the Western Reserve Please pray for the repose of the souls of the Spring Luncheon: “Bloom Where You Are James Stanek, Mary Lou Jones, Lynn Simenc, Planted at the Red Wagon.” Wednesday, Virgil Brittain and father of Bill Perish. April 29th, LaMalfa Party Center. 10:00 AM Doors Open. Luncheon $50.00 at Noon. Basket and Secular Franciscans Seeks Members: St. Francis Silent Auctions, Cash Bar. Contact Elaine Rozic at of Assisi founded the Order over 800 years ago and 440-352-1172. we follow the example of St. Francis. We’re a group of lay people seeking deeper spirituality by going CATHOLICS COME HOME!: Sadly, we all “from Gospel to life and from life to Gospel.” know someone that no longer attends Mass on a Membership is open to active, fully-initiated weekly basis. It’s especially hard for us to Catholics age 21 and older. Our group, Brother understand why they’ve dropped out of the very Jacopa Fraternity, meets on the third Monday at thing that gives us hope, and we want them to come 6:00 PM in the Youth Ministry Room. home. CATHOLICS RETURNING HOME If interested, please contact Dennis Ross at begins on Wednesday, April 15th at 6:30 PM at 440-255-4676 or email: [email protected]. Church in Willoughby. In our first eight years, over 50 adults have returned to SUPPORT St. Bede and SHOP Amazon Smile: the regular practice of the faith, and we can say not St. Bede’s receives 0.5% of a single one of them said they ever lost faith in God! your Amazon purchase price That means God never stopped speaking to them, as a donation just by naming and we’re sure He’s still speaking to your loved St. Bede as your charitable organization choice. ones as well. Never give up praying for their You may search at the following link: https:// return, and invite them to join us for smile.amazon.com/ch/34-1206374 or search on St. CATHOLICS RETURNING HOME. For more Bede the Venerable Mentor. Thanks for your information and details: Lee 440-728-6640 or support! [email protected]

Family Perspectives March 8, 2020 - Second Sunday of Lent Stewardship of Treasure March 1, 2020 God wants to bless our families. Are we too busy Adult Envelopes (320 envelopes) ...... $11,707 and stressed to notice and accept these blessings? Automated Giving & Online (19 participants)...…………..$1,985 God is present, waiting to meet and bless us in our Children’s Envelopes (3 envelopes)………..…..…….$3.00 families, but needs our time and attention. We need HVAC (4 envelopes)……………… ...... …………$305 to take time together as families to have fun, to talk, Helping Hands……………………………...…...... $305 to work together, to eat and pray. Schedule some Current Year to Date “family times” in the calendar and see in the Actual Break-Even Actual Budgeted transfiguration of your family members and $13,695  $11,231 $394,145 $393,086 relationships. SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT MENTOR, OHIO PAGE FIVE

MASS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK AT ST. BEDE’S

Saturday, March 7, 2020 SS. Sunday, March 8, 2020 - Daylight Savings Time begins 4:30 PM Josephine Kaminski by Jim & Irene Baranski 9:45-10:45 AM Blood Pressure Screening (Library) (TP) (CC) 11:00 AM Nursery (ER) 11:00 AM Children’s Liturgy of the Word (Chapel) Sunday, March 8, 2020 Second Sunday of Lent 11:00 AM Preschool PSR (FTC) 9:00AM Jim Plescia by Kathy & John Galovic (TP) 7:00 PM Confirmation Preparation (YMR) 11:00AM Bob Ulman by Ulman Family (TP) (TC) 8:00 PM Mentor Sunday AA (FTC)

Monday, March 9, 2020 Monday, March 9, 2020 9:00 AM Nicholas & Angelo Feola by Feola Family (TP) 4:30 PM Food Pantry Open 7:00 PM Faith Sharing (Library) Tuesday, March 10, 2020 7:15 PM Adult Scout Committee (FTC) 9:00 AM The Parishioners of St. Bede the Venerable (TP) 7:30 PM Women’s Bible Study (YMR)

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Wednesday, March 11, 2020 4:15-9:00 PM PSR (FTC) 9:00 AM Bill Murphy by Chuck & Karen Roman (TP) 7:30 PM Contemporary Choir (CR) Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:00 AM Mass at St. Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:15PM Mass at St. Mary, Painesville 9:30 AM Wednesday Women’s AM Bible Study 7:00 PM Mass at St. John Vianney and St. Gabriel (Library) 9:45 AM Scripture Sisters (YMR) Friday, , 2020 3:00 PM Helping Hands meeting (AC) 9:00 AM Gerald Shafts by Sarkauskas Family (TP) 5:00-8:00 PM Evening of Confession (Chapel) 6:30 PM Cub Scouts (FTC) Saturday, March 14, 2020 7:00 PM Friends of Mother Teresa (YMR) 4:30 PM Mother of Trish Gordon by Ed & Trish Gordon 7:00 PM RCIA (Library) (TP) Thursday, March 12, 2020 Sunday, March 15, 2020 Third Sunday of Lent 7:00 PM Prayer Hour for those battling cancer 9:00AM Caleb Fill by Family (TP) (TC) (Chapel) 11:00AM Bill Murphy by K of C #13755 (TP) (CC) 7:30 PM KC Business Meeting (YMR) 7:30 PM Traditional Choir (CR)

TP=Fr. Plavac Friday, March 13, 2020 TC = Traditional Choir CC = Contemporary Choir 9:45 AM Faith Sharing (Library) 5:00 - 8:00 PM Pierogi Dinner (FTC) 7:30 PM Stations of the Cross (Chapel)

Readings for the week of March 8, 2020 Saturday, March 14, 2020 8:30 AM Men’s Bible Study (Library) Sunday: Gn 12:1-4a/Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 [22]/2 Tm 1:8b- 9:00 AM Greenhouse/Garden Group (Grounds) 10/Mt 17:1-9 9:00 AM - Noon Food Pantry Open Monday: Dn 9:4b-10/Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13 [cf. Ps 103:10a]/ 11:00 AM Widows, Widowers & Sr. Singles (YMR) Lk 6:36-38 Tuesday: Is 1:10, 16-20/Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21 and 23 [23b]/ Sunday, March 15, 2020 Mt 23:1-12 11:00 AM Nursery (ER) Wednesday: Jer 18:18-20/Ps 31:5-6, 14, 15-16 [17b]/Mt 20:17-28 11:00 AM Children’s Liturgy of the Word (Chapel) Thursday: Jer 17:5-10/Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 [Ps 40:5a]/Lk 16:19-31 3:00 PM Rosary Makers (YMR) Friday: Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a/Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20- 8:00 PM Mentor Sunday AA (FTC) 21 [5a]/Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 Saturday: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20/Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 [8a]/Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 Next Sunday: Ex 17:3-7/Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 [8]/Rom 5:1-2, 5- 8/Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42

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