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St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church A National Historic Landmark ~ Founded April 1869 Celebrating 150 Years of Tradition 1930 West 54th Street • Cleveland, Ohio 44102 Parish Office: 216-631-5633 Fax: 216-631-5634 Website: ststephencleveland.org Fourth Sunday of Easter ~ May 12, 2019 Parish Office Hours Monday thru Friday 9am-5pm Closed Saturday/Sunday/Holidays Pastoral Staff Pastor: Rev. Caroli B. Shao, A.J. (ext. 17) Parochial Vicar: Rev. Benjamin Koka, A.J. (ext. 14) Latin Mass Celebrant: Rev. Bede Kotlinski, OSB German Mass Celebrant: Rev. S. Michael Franz (Ret.) Parish Staff Church Secretary: Debbie Hemphill (ext. 11) Mission Statement Church Accountant: Saint Stephen Parish, as guided by the Holy Spirit and empowered by the Sacraments, is sent forth to know, love and serve God. For the salvation of souls, we endeavor to evangelize the Gospel message through Christ-centered ministries Russ Nieling (ext. 12) and truthful witness. Our parish pledges fidelity to the Magisterium, the teaching authority of the Holy Catholic Church. We offer traditional, orthodox and reverent practice of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the edification of the Maintenance: faithful and for the making of saints. The Saint Stephen parish family seeks to actively build a culture of life and Glenn Rollins recognizes the dignity of all persons as children of God. Sacristan: English Weekend Masses Reconciliation Melissa Daubert Saturday: 5pm Saturday 4:15-4:45pm Organists: Sunday: 8am and 11am Sunday 9-9:20am (or by appointment) Joe Kolecki and Matthew Tirabassi Baptism Latin Schola Director: Latin (Tridentine) Weekend Mass The baptism of infants and children under Nathan Marinchick 1st Friday 6:30pm / 1st Saturday 9:30am the age of seven are celebrated monthly. St. Vincent de Paul: Sunday: 9:30am Call the Parish Office to Register. Marriage Steve McElroy (ext. 16) German Weekend Mass Weddings should be arranged with the 1st Sunday of every month: 11am Pastor at least 6 months in advance. Anointing of the Sick / Funerals Metro Catholic Parish School th Weekday, Holy Days & Holidays Contact the Parish Office to arrange. 1910 West 54 Street See full schedule inside bulletin Sister Anne Maline, SND, Director 216-281-4044 New Parishioners Please contact the Parish Office to register. Sisters of Notre Dame Convent Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults 1891 West 57th Street Those wishing to become Catholic are encouraged to contact the Parish Office 216-631-0754 at 216-631-5633. This Week’s Church Services MASS SCHEDULE CELEBRANT SCHEDULE Saturday 5PM Sunday 8AM Sunday 11AM May 11 & 12 Fr. Caroli Fr. Franz Fr. Caroli Saturday, May 11, Church May 18 & 19 Fr. Ben Fr. Franz Fr. Ben Vigil of the Fourth Sunday of Easter All Sunday & Holy Days at 9:30am: Rev. Bede Kotlinski 4:15 – 4:45 PM Reconciliation (Confessions Heard) 5:00 PM † Bud and Edna Nelson LITURGICAL MINISTRIES May 11 and 12 Saturday 5PM Sunday 8AM Sunday 11AM Sunday, May 12, Church Lector Steve McElroy Barb Rieth Matt Minarik Fourth Sunday of Easter Euch.Min Jim Lisi John Rieth Diana Lipfird / Liz Filippi 8:00 AM Deacon Moisés Cruz Acolytes Terry Shannon Kevin Kroesen Minarik Boys Sergio and Bella Rivera 9:00 AM Reconciliation (Confessions Heard) / Pray the Holy Rosary 9:30 AM Tridentine Latin Mass (Third Sunday after Easter) LITURGICAL MINISTRIES May 18 and 19 † Colea Spuhler Saturday 5PM Sunday 8AM Sunday 11AM 11:00 AM Alumni Mass—Living and Deceased Members of Lector Steve McElroy Barb Rieth Glenn Sneed St. Stephen Alumni Association Euch.Min Russ Nieling John Rieth Dianna Hosta/Diana Lipfird Acolytes Terry Shannon Kevin Kroesen Mason Martina/Augustine Cruz Monday, May 13, Rectory Chapel Sergio and Bella Rivera Easter Weekday (Our Lady of Fatima) SAINTS AND OBSERVANCES WEEK OF MAY 12 6:30 PM Lawrence Blasius Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Easter; Mother’s Day; Tuesday, May 14 World Day of Prayer for Vocations Saint Matthias, Apostle Monday: Our Lady of Fatima 6:45 AM Tridentine Latin Mass (Feria of Paschaltide) (Church) Tuesday: St. Matthias † Art Burke Wednesday: St. Isidore the Farmer 6:30 PM (Rectory Chapel) Patricia Burfield Saturday: St. John I; Armed Forces Day Wednesday, May 15, Church READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 12 Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Confessor Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:1-10 6:30 PM Tridenne Lan Mass † Salvatore Bevelacqua Tuesday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113:1-8; Jn 15:9-17 7:00-8:00pm Holy Hour (Adoration, Confessions, Benediction) Wednesday: Acts 12:24 — 13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Jn 12:44-50 Thursday, May 16, Church Thursday: Acts 13:13-25: Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Saint Ubaldus, Bishop & Confessor Jn 13:16-20 6:30 PM Tridentine Latin Mass - Intentions of Judy Kovalsky Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-11ab; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 14:7-14 Friday, May 17, Rectory Chapel Sunday: Acts 14:21-27; Ps 145:8-13; Rv 21:1-5a; Easter Weekday Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35 6:30 PM Mass CANCELLED PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING: Saturday, May 18, Church Walter Allen Alberta Gallo Cielo McClain Vigil of the Fifth Sunday of Easter Victoria Bailey Mike Gallo Elizabeth Niehaus 4:15 – 4:45 PM Reconciliation (Confessions Heard) Kathryn Bevelacqua Michael George Teresa Rutherford 5:00 PM † Eleanor Fischbach Leo Bevelacqua Susan Hatta Thomas Rutherford 6:15 PM Baptism Burley Blankenship Agnes Hogan Terry Shannon Lawrence Blasius Robert Johnson Allan Shoman Patricia Burfield Joseph Kolecki Sharon Sneed Sunday, May 19, Church Fran Corbin Fred Krisch Ann Stromp Fifth Sunday of Easter Fred Courtright Jim Lester Laura Thomas 8:00 AM Fran Corbin Deacon Moisés Cruz Inis Lustri Fr. Lawrence Tosca 9:00 AM Reconciliation (Confessions Heard) / Pray the Holy Rosary Wanda Eland Jennifer Martinc Evelyn Trucks 9:30 AM Tridentine Latin Mass (Fourth Sunday after Easter) Karin Whyde Intentions of Alyssa Opincar 11:00 AM † Hilde Spaeth Nicholas Johanni — Discernment of Holy Orders Baptism after 11:00am Mass Our brave First Responders who work tirelessly to keep us safe, especially Chris Larson, our Sunday Cleveland Police Officer, and Lt. Timothy Maffo-Judd. -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact the Parish Office at 216-631-5633 to schedule a Mass. If you would like someone added to or removed from this The customary stipend (offering) is $10.00 prayer list, please call the Parish Secretary at 216-631-5633. Thank you. Fourth Sunday of Easter REFLECTION TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION In Jesus Christ the fullness of the Good Shepherd resides. He The reception of Holy Communion at Sunday Mass is such an personally loved, fed, healed, knew and sacrificed his life for the expected feature of the Mass these days that it is surprising to flock. Those who belong to him are marked by obedience to his realize that for many centuries, receiving Communion was a voice as he said, "My Sheep listen to my voice…." The sheep of relatively rare event in the life of a faithful Christian. “Easter Christ live in a world which has many shepherds with different duty” means that Catholics must celebrate reconciliation if voices. The promises of these voices are temporal and limited aware of serious sin, and receive Holy Communion during the to material goods, individual joy, pleasure, comfort, power or Easter season. For a while, this was a requirement of Easter success in life. The voice of Christ promises eternal unification week, and later extended to the whole season of fifty days, and of his Mystical Body with the Father. It is important that true even beyond that by a few weeks. For the majority of people sheep should learn to identify themselves with Christ in long ago, this meant Communion was a once-a-year moment. A their words and deeds. The point is that every Christian is rather complex bureaucracy grew up around this rule in the called to share in the mission of Christ and to be a good shep- Middle Ages. Amazingly, people received a kind of token at con- herd to those in need of food, shelter, consolation, medical fession admitting them to Communion in their home parish, care, education, acceptance, Word of God, the sacraments, which then kept careful records and reported them to the justice, protection, etc. Do not doubt, Christ is with you. bishop. Surviving records can tell us a great deal about our ances- ~ Fr. Benjamin Koka, A.J. tors. In fact, people were encouraged to journey to the church of their baptism in order to fulfill their duty, and therefore the Easter duty includes in its origins a grateful pilgrimage to the font in which you were first embraced by Christ. If your “Holy Mother Church” is within a drive, why not make a pilgrimage to Fourth Sunday of Easter that font a feature of your Easter celebration of these fifty May 12, 2019 days? “I have made you a light to the —James Field, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co. Gentiles, that you may be an instrument of salvation to the PROLIFE CORNER - priestsforlife.org ends of the earth.” — Acts 13:47b The People of Life It is wondrous enough that someone rose from the dead by his own power. But the Lord Jesus, in rising from the dead, does not just conquer his death; he conquers ours. He overturns the entire kingdom of death. The entire ministry of the Church is CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL FOLLOW-UP focused on bringing us – and all humanity – the eternal life that There will be a Follow-Up Parish Appeal collection taken next flows from Christ and his Resurrection.