St. Anthony of Padua Parish Pastoral Staff Mass Schedule Pastor: Fr. Dale W. Staysniak Saturday Vigil: 4:30pm, 6:00pm Parochial Vicar: Fr. Peter T. Kovacina Sunday: 8:00am,10:00am, ! Deacon: Rev. Mr. Gerard Blanda 12:00pm DRE/Pastoral Minister: Mr. Randy Harris, M.R.E

Pastoral Minister: Sr. Roberta Goebel, OSU - Principal: Mr. Patrick Klimkewicz Monday Friday: 7:00am, 8:00am

Parish Secretary: Mrs. Joyce Fanous - ! Music Minister: Mrs. Nancy Tabar Holy Days: Vigil 5:30pm 7:00am, 9:00am ! 5:30pm, 7:00pm Parish Directory Parish Address: 6750 State Road ! Confession Schedule Parma, Ohio 44134 - Parish Office: (440) 842 -2666 Saturday: 3:00pm 4:00pm

Religious Education: (440) 845 -4470 or by appointment Parish Office Hours: Mon - Thurs 9:00am -7:00pm Friday 9:00am -4:00pm Stay Connected Parish Website: stanthonypaduaparma.org parmastanthony

School Directory @parmastanthony School Office: (440) 845 -3444

School Website: stanthonyofpaduaschool.org Parmastanthony ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH PARMA, OH

Baptized on Sunday, December 31, 2017: Olivia Mae Green

Rocco Michael Scharf Cali Kyrie Stillman MONDAY, JANUARY 8, The Baptism of the Lord. 7:00AM Michael Venditti 8:00AM Jane Michnicki

TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 7:00AM Jean Pala 8:00AM Marian Shanahan Victoria Gronowski WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10 Vincent Ruvo 7:00AM Anna Kreidler 8:00AM Sophie Ciulla

THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 Contributions For: 7:00AM Severino Romanin

8:00AM Barbara Kubat Weekend December 23/24, 2017: $15,675.20

(includes Faith Direct) FRIDAY, JANUARY 12

7:00AM Robert Boldizar Weekend December 30/31, 2017: $14,400.62

8:00AM Jerry Thomas (includes Faith Direct)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 Christmas: $48,476.00 (includes Faith Direct) 4:30PM Frank & Rosemary Geraci

6:00PM Donna Krejsa Mary the Mother of God: $3,213.00

SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Poor Box: December 23/24, 2017 : $124.00

8:00AM Edward Davis Poor Box: December 30/31, 2017: $59.00 10:00AM Gary & Margaret Vitteck (55th Wedd. Ann.) 12:00PM For People of the Parish (living & deceased)

Please Pray For : Ed & Helen Bartkiewicz, John Baraona, SUNDAY THOUGHT Irene Bednar, Maxine Cerny, Joe & Marcia Demko, Gary DiRosa, Matthew 2:1 -12 Ray Dmytriw, Margaret Double, Norbert Erker, Rita Fecek, Greg

Findura, Anne Kilbane -Friedl, Sandra & Logan Friedl, Frances Funtek, Sam Gappa, Josephine Gaul, Robert Gielski, John Gladden, On the Feast of the Epiphany, we celebrate our belief Frank Gumina, Rose Marie Hewitt, Ron Hicks, Celeste Hurley, Marian Jarabek, Colleen Jarvis, Millie Jasany, Janet Johnson, Pat that through Jesus, the Son of God, we come to know Jones, Lou Ann Keith, Betty Kilbane, Donald Kotarsky, Cynthia God and His immense love for each of us. It is so easy Kufleitner, Karen Kulju, Andrea Lagzdins, Dorothy Laquatra, in the course of our busy lives to lose touch with the Margaret Lewandowski, Michael Lieske, Corinne Lipinski, awareness that God is with us and loves us. In the Elizabeth Madar, Thomas Madej, Edward & Josephine Maskulka, hectic pace of modern day living, God often gets Lenore Masterson, Claudia & Russell Mazanec, Peyton McCarthy, pushed aside, or sometimes even forgotten about for the Rosemarie Medvin, John Metzger, Dorothy Nagy, Jane Najlepszy, moment. Then one day something happens. It doesn’t Mary Niec, Rose Nosse, Dora Oney, Joe Okleson, Agnes Padar, seem to matter whether the event is either happy or sad; Timothy Petro, Carrie Piechowski, Deanna Pisano, Nicholas J. we are reminded that we need Him and we begin to Precario, Mary Jane, Nick, & John Precario, Jan Ravas, Christopher - look for Him again. Often it is at times like these that Reeves, Leigh Ann Revay, Frances Rymut, Mary Sabo, Lorraine God seems so far away and so difficult to find. Schmidt, Robert & Teresa Setele, Margaret Sheridan, Helen Smith, Joan Smyke, Doug Stos, Sylvia Stibley, Diane Straub, Michael Epiphany is one of the days in the Church’s liturgical Szpendyk, Phyllis Tomaselli, Alice Tucker, Loretta Vacca, Annie year that reminds us that if we are searching for God, Vorndran, Beverly Von Alt, Margaret and Mary Williamson, Cathy don’t look far away. He is very near. Look within and Yappel, Andrew Yaronczyk, Christopher Yurko, Amanda Zmecek. you will find Him waiting for you where he has been all the time … in the quiet of your heart.

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CELEBRATING THE SAINTS SOCIAL CONCERNS Saint Salomone (Solomon) Leclercq, Martyr (1745 -1792) COMMISSION

The St. Anthony Social Concerns - - Saint Solomon Leclercq was born Guillamune Noclas volunteers will be serving lunch at the - - Louis Leclercq in Boulogne sur Mer, France on West Side Catholic Center on Tuesday, November 15, 1745. His father, a wealthy merchant, January 16, 2018. Your homemade wanted Guillaume to follow him in the merchant trade, desserts are truly appreciated by the people who eat at but Guillaume wanted to be like the Christian Brothers the center. Some of the men and women from the of St. John Baptist de La Salle who taught him at center ask us to package their desserts to take home so - school. At twenty one, he entered the novitiate, taking we are asking for brownies (preferably without icing), the name Salomone (Solomon). After his profession, cookies, bar cookies, or breads that can be sliced he taught mathematics for several years at the (banana, pumpkin, etc.). You can drop off your scholasticate at Melun. bakery at the rectory on Monday, January 15, 2018. If

In 1792 Salomone was serving as the secretary you would like to help us in our mission to serve the to the Superior general in when the revolutionary needy and you really don’t like to bake, please government began cracking down on priests and consider a cash donation to help defray the cost of our religious who refused to take an oath to uphold the meals. Any donations are welcome. Thank you. French Constitution, thereby rejecting the authority of the pope. After their schools were closed, the Christian Brothers left the city. Salomone alone remained to SEMINARIAN OF THE WEEK watch over the Paris house. On August 15, Let’s promote vocations by praying for revolutionaries broke into the house and arrested him. our diocesan seminarians. He was imprisoned with other religious at the nearby Hotel des Carmes, a Carmelite monastery. On Please pray for James Winings September 2, the prisoners were given the chance to declare their adherence to the constitution. They unanimously refused, and were brutally hacked to 2017 TAX STATEMENTS death in the monastery garden. If you would like your contribution statement for One hundred eighty -eight of these “September 2017, kindly fill out the form below and drop it in the Martyrs” were beatified in 1926 by Pope Pius XI. The collection basket, or at the rectory office. Statements miraculous cure of a Venezuelan girl from the bite of a will be available for pick up after January 25, 2018. venomous snake in 2009 set the stage for Salomone’s 2016 by on 16 October 2016. Saint Salomone Leclercq’s feast day is 2017 TAX STATEMENTS September 2 nd .

ST. ANTHONY FOOD PANTRY NAME:______As we begin a new year, we would like to thank everyone for their generous contributions to our food pantry in 2017 and we look forward to a prosperous ADDRESS:______2018. The requested items this week are paper towels, spaghetti sauce, tuna, cereal, macaroni and cheese and jelly . Thank you for your continued support of ______this important parish ministry.

EVANGELIZATION TIP PHONE:______The Magi came to meet Jesus by way of a star. Be the star today. Let your words and deeds bring - people to Jesus. E MAIL______

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RETROUVAILLE NIGHT AT THE RACES: Retrouvaille is a three -month program to help couples Please join us for a fun night on struggling in their marriages. It has three phases, Saturday, February 17, for our starting with a weekend experience in which couples annual Athletic Association learn to re -establish communication and to gain new Night at the Races fundraiser to insights into themselves as individuals and as a benefit our grade school athletic programs. Tickets couple. Post sessions are held over a period of 12 are only $25 with a catered dinner by weeks to further develop and enhance the techniques Antonio’s. Beer and pop are also included. Gym learned on the weekend. A support group is available doors open at 5:30pm, dinner at 6:00pm, and races offering interaction with other couples who are begin at 7:30pm. In addition, you can be a horse striving to improve their relationship. The 2018 owner for $20, and reserved tables of 10 or more get weekends scheduled are: January 19 -21, April 13 -15 a free horse. We are also looking for business and September 21 -23. For more information go to sponsors to purchase ads in the program. Tickets will their website www.helpourmarriage.com, for be sold after all Saturday and Sunday masses registration or email Marce & Liz Gliha at beginning the weekend of January 13/14, 2018. They [email protected]. are also available the rectory office Mon. - Fri. from 9:00am to 4:00pm only. For more info contact Lisa

Monn (440) 390 -8274 or [email protected] SAVE THE DATE!!! Mark your calendar for the second FREE THROW CONTEST annual Prayer Breakfast of the The annual Knights of Columbus Free Women’s Faith Ministry to be held on Saturday, February 10 from 8 am to 12 noon. The Throw Shooting Competition will be speaker, Sister Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND, will Monday January 15th at 6pm. It is open - present “Prayer: Touching and Being Touched by to all boys and girls ages 9 14 as of God.” Watch for further details in future bulletins January 1, 2018. Any questions please call Mike Bell 440 -668 -7034. PSR STUDENTS AND PARENTS

A reminder that PSR classes resume tomorrow,

Monday, January 8, 2018 at 6:30 P.M. LIGHTHOUSE MEDIA Please check out the CDs on the Lighthouse media display. There are many interesting topics that will enlighten you and help you to grow in your love for our Lord Jesus Christ and the Catholic Faith. The CDs are great to listen to while driving in the car. MONDAY, JANUARY 8 6:30PM PSR - School 7:00PM RCIA - LR MYSTAGOGICAL MOMENTS TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 Mystagogy (mist -a-go -gee) is prayerful reflection on 7:00PM Ladies Guild General Meeting - H R the presence of God in the midst of events. Begin 7:00PM The Way - CM your conversation with God with this question: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10 Question: What part of the Christmas season was 2:00PM Social Concerns Group - HR particularly joyful? Why was it so special to you? THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 6:30PM Cougar Comm. Coordinator Mtg. - L ibrary 6:30PM Secular Franciscan Meeting - ch/HR HEY CATHOLIC! DID YOU KNOW… 6:45PM Bingo - H Did you know that the traditional names of the Magi 7:30PM Mixed Choir - CH are Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar. 3

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CONTINUING IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS All women of the parish are invited to attend a service project and fireside chat hosted by the Women’s Faith Ministry on Wednesday, January 17 at 7 p.m. in the Hospitality Room. At that time we will take up a collection of adult socks, gently worn or new jackets, long sleeve flannel shirts, warm slacks, hats, mittens, scarves, etc. to be donated for the homeless who are served at St. Malachi. If you are unable to attend but would like to donate items, there will be a collection box in the hospitality room. We will also learn more about St. Malachi's ministry and the history of Benedict Joseph Labre, of the homeless. Feel free to invite other women outside the parish to join us for fellowship and refreshments. Please RSVP by Monday, January 15 by calling the parish office at (440) 842 -2666 or by sending an email to [email protected] . This program will be cancelled if other events in Parma are cancelled due to weather conditions. Tune in to the news for that information. PARISH CALENDARS A heartfelt thank you goes to Mr. TRACK COORDINATOR NEEDED John Riczo from the Riczo Funeral The St. Anthony of Padua Athletic Association has an Home and also a St. Anthony opening for a Track Coordinator for the 2018 Track parishioner for once again providing Season. Please contact Jerry Towalski at our parish with calendars for 2018. His continued [email protected] for additional information or to generosity to the parish is deeply appreciated. As we volunteer. begin a New Year, it’s a good time to say thank you to

all our kind and loyal bulletin sponsors. Our patronage is one good way to show our appreciation.

CATHOLIC GLOSSARY Incense: Incense is an aromatic substance used in the SO MANY PEOPLE liturgical prayer of the Church. When burned, the TO THANK! incense produces rising smoke and gives off a perfumed The people of St. Anthony have once again aroma. It signifies the zeal with which the faithful shown themselves most kind. We at the rectory should be consumed, the good odor of Christian virtue, and the ascent of prayer to God. Incense was one of the have been blessed with cards, gifts and goodies. three gifts given to Christ Child by the Magi. We have attempted to thank you individually, but if you have been missed, please accept our most sincere thank you! We make a promise of CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY CORNER prayers in return. “For by gold the power of a king is signified, by frankincense the honor of God, by myrrh the burial of Fr. Dale, Fr. Peter the body; and accordingly they offer Him gold as King, and the entire Staff frankincense as God, myrrh as Man.” — St. John Chrysostom. 4

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