St. Stephen Roman

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 Email: [email protected]

Third Sunday of Easter — April 18, 2021

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Bapsm The bapsm of infants and children under 1st Friday 6:30pm / 1st Saturday 9:30am the age of seven is celebrated monthly.

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Marriage Weddings should be arranged with the Pastor at least 6 months in advance.

This Week’s Church Services SCHEDULE CELEBRANT SCHEDULE

We welcome all Parishioners and Visitors to Mass at St. Stephen. Saturday 5PM Sunday 8AM Sunday 11AM

The Confession schedule is as follows— April 17 & 18 Fr. Caroli Fr. Franz Fr. Benjamin Saturday: 4:15—4:45 pm — Club Room (parking lot entrance) April 24 & 25 Fr. Benjamin Fr. Franz Fr. Caroli

Sunday: before 9:30 am Mass—Vesbule at South entrance All Sundays at 9:30am & Holy Days: Rev. Bede Kotlinski Please call the Parish Office if you wish to scheduled a private Confession. LITURGICAL MINISTRIES — April 17 & 18

______Saturday 5PM Sunday 8AM Sunday 11AM Saturday, April 17, 2021—Church Lector Russ Nieling Evelyn Trucks Jerry Nowesnick Vigil of the Third Sunday of Easter 5:00 PM Ed & Awilda Habjanic Family LITURGICAL MINISTRIES —April 24 & 25

______Saturday 5PM Sunday 8AM Sunday 11AM Sunday, April 18, 2021—Church Lector Glenn Sneed Evelyn Trucks Diana Lipfird Third Sunday of Easter 8:00 AM End of Pandemic READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 18 9:00 AM Pray the Holy Rosary; Confession Monday: Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29 9:30 AM Tridenne Lan Mass (Second Sunday aer Easter) Tuesday: Acts 7:51 — 8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21ab; (Good Shepherd Sunday) — Thomas A. Cables II Jn 6:30-35 11:00 AM Living and Deceased Members of the Telesz Family Wednesday: Acts 8:1b-8; Ps 66:1-3a, 4-7a; Jn 6:35-40

______Thursday: Acts 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51

Monday, April 19, 2021—Rectory Chapel Friday: Acts 9:1-20; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 6:52-59 Easter Weekday Saturday: Acts 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-17; Jn 6:60-69 6:30 PM Special Intenon—Eric & Jessie Kabdebo Sunday: Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29;

______1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 /OBSERVANCES — WEEK OF APRIL 18 Easter Weekday Sunday: Third Sunday of Easter 6:45 AM Tridenne Lan Mass (Feria in Paschalde) (Church) Wednesday: St. Anselm † Paul Kotlinski Friday: St. George; St. Adalbert 6:30 PM (Rectory Chapel) Those Suffering from Coronavirus Saturday: St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021—Church PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING: St. Anselm Walter Allen Larry Haynes Gus Rivera 6:30 PM Tridenne Lan Mass — † Rita R. Krock Luann Ashby Barb Helon Randy Rollins 7:00-8:00 PM Confession, Holy Hour, Benedicon Willie Averyhart Catherine Henry Alberta Scroll

______Victoria Bailey Cecilia Hoefer Bruce Schirhart Thursday, April 22, 2021—Church Tom Beercheck Agnes Hogan Ken Schneider Saints Soter & Caius Burley Blankenship Michael James Adriane Simovic 6:30 PM Anonymous—Special Intenon for Children Lawrence Blasius Milan Kovatch Glenn Sneed

______Barbara Bradley Betsy Kraus Sharon Sneed Friday, April 23, 2021—Rectory Chapel Patricia Burfield Fred Krisch Ann Stromp Easter Weekday / St. George, St. Adalbert Ann Caldwell Roger Lipfird Isabel Guadiz Tobey 6:30 PM The McClain Family & Friends Fr. Joseph Callahan Inis Lustri Evelyn Trucks

______Fran Corbin Ann Malone Tina Vehar Saturday, April 24, 2021—Church Deacon Moisés Cruz Jennifer Marnc Fr. Albert Veigas Vigil of the Fourth Sunday of Easter Rebecca D’Andrea Maureen Masterson Noel Walters 5:00 PM † Sean Hennessey, † Jamie Hennessey William Fry Ben McDonald Karin Whyde

______Wanda Eland Steve McElroy Verona Family Sunday, April 25, 2021—Church Alberta Gall Patricia McGonegal John Young Fourth Sunday of Easter Mike Gallo C. McQuaide Family Jim Zinkan 8:00 AM Pope Francis Roger Gregory Elizabeth Niehaus 9:00 AM Pray the Holy Rosary; Confession Susan Haa Mark Reynolds 9:30 AM Tridenne Lan Mass (Third Sunday aer Easter) Abbé Nicholas Johanni—Vocaon of Priesthood † Joseph John Lonardo Sister Rose-Marie (Rose Johanni) of the Passion of the Royal Heart, 11:00 AM † Chrisann Blankenship, † Dawn Tucker, Deceased Burning Furnace of Mercy Members of the Smith Family, Living & Deceased First Responders—Officer Chris Larson, and Lt. Timothy Maffo-Judd Members of the Bewley Family If you would like to add or remove someone from this prayer list, Contact the Parish Office at 216-631-5633 to schedule a please call the Parish Secretary at 216-631-5633. Mass intenon. The customary spend (offering) is $10.00. Third Sunday of Easter REFLECTION TREASURES FROM OUR TRADITION

During the third Sunday of Easter let us think about people The month of May has not only good weather, but an inter- whose lives are transformed by that first Easter experience; esng pedigree. It is named aer the Roman goddess Maia, people who encountered , risen from the dead and bring- said to be the mother of Hermes, or Mercury. The Romans saw ing new hope and meaning to their lives. On the contrary, very it as “love’s month,” while in England, more praccal farmers oen we experience what the disciples encountered in the called it “Three Milks,” since the cows grazing on springme’s bounty could produce at a phenomenal rate. Old customs die gospel of today. Several mes in our lives we have commied hard, and Chrisans have never made peace with Mayme mistakes, some serious, some trivial, when we had thought we frolics. No wonder that popular tradion dedicated the month’s knew what we were doing. Somemes we would not even prayers and devoons to Mary, although we cannot lose sight acknowledge and ask for pardon. Human understanding has its of the fact that the liturgy always has Easter at the center of own limitaons. No one would imagine that the disciples, aer celebraon. Recent developments have enriched Mary’s place their long stay with Jesus, would not recognize their Master in a cycle of feast days woven through the whole year, dedicat- aer the resurrecon. Divine illuminaon was what they ed Saturday as a weekly day for devoon, and highlighted lacked. Their sadness at his death has blinded them to what is Mary’s role in the Advent story. In fact, every day of the year happening before their very eyes. We can only recognize the Evening Prayer centers on the singing of Mary’s Cancle of risen Lord by being docile to the will of God and not relying only Praise. The fiy days of Easter culminate on Pentecost with on our intellectual fits, polical status or material possession. Mary, present of course for Christ’s birth, waing in the upper We also seek and find Divine illuminaon when we humbly room for the birth of the church. —James Field, Copyright © J.S. acknowledge our human limitaons and our mistakes. Above Paluch Co. all, our inner eyes are illumined by knowing and keeping God’s words. ~ Fr. Caroli Shao Pro-Life Corner

Easter is a Season — Just as Sunday is one day out of seven, so the Easter season, a period of 50 days, is approximately one- seventh of the year. The Easter season, a me of special rejoic- ing and celebraon of the Resurrecon of Christ, is the “Great Sunday” of the year. The liturgical prayers and readings focus on the Resurrecon and the effects that it has on believers and on the world. The Acts of the Apostles is a book of Scripture that provides the source of most of the readings of the Easter Season, and it shows the vigor with which the apostles pro- claimed the Resurrecon and brought many to the waters of bapsm to share the new life of Christ. This season is a celebra- on of life, and leads us all to a deeper commitment to pro- claim, celebrate, and serve the gi of human life. — PriestsforLife.org

Next week we will take up the Catholic Home Missions Appeal. Home mission dioceses are those Catholic dioceses in the Unit- Third Sunday of Easter ed States, its territories, and former territories that cannot pro- April 18, 2021 vide basic pastoral services without outside help. Basic pastoral See my hands and feet, that it is I my- services include Mass, the sacraments, religious educaon, and self; handle, and see: for a spirit hath ministry training for priests, deacons, religious sisters, and lay not flesh and bones, as you see me to people. Right now, over 40% of dioceses in the United States have. — Luke 24:39 and its territories are unable to fund the essenal pastoral work their communies need. Your support of this appeal helps them meet these faith formaon and sacramental needs. Please prayerfully consider how you can support this appeal. More informaon can be found at hps://www.usccb.org/ APRIL 17th & 18th — OFFERTORY COLLECTIONS commiees/catholic-home-missions Contributions/donations received from the mail, and the April 17th—18th Offertory Collections will be reflected in next week’s bulletin. MEETINGS/ACTIVITIES WEEK OF APRIL 18, 2021

All Meetings and Activities—Cancelled Thank you all for your generosity! Parish Announcements Lives of the Saints

Reminder: The Sunday, 5:00 pm Tridenne Lan Mass—the St. Anselm, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church—April 21st addional Mass added to Sunday to accommodate the social distancing requirements mandated by our Bishop — has been St. Anselm was born at August, in disconnued. The Sunday 9:30 am Tridenne Lan Mass will Piedmont, of noble parents. He accommodate all those who would like to aend with the social embraced the religious life, became an distancing requirements sll in place. abbot, and succeeded Blessed Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury. Banished by William Rufus, he found at Rome Sacramental News under Urban II a warm welcome; he assisted the Pope in combang the CONGRATULATIONS TO… errors of the Greeks at the Council of Mr. and Mrs. Kyle and Ann Marie Heinz, Bari. Full of faith he said, "God loves nothing beer in this whose daughter, Piper Jane Heinz, will be- world than the liberty of His Church." come a child of God through the Sacrament Pope Leo XIII on his death bed composed some verses in honor

of Holy Bapsm, today, Sunday, April 18, of St. Anselm and caused them to be sent at once to the great 2021 aer the 11:00 am Mass. basilica adjoining the university college of the Benedicne Order, which had been built under this Ponff. (Died April 21, 1109.)

The traditional celebration of the St. George — April 23rd Sacrament of Confirmation takes place at The feast of St. George is found Immaculate Conception parish today, in the Ethiopian, Copc, Syriac, and April 18, 2021, Lan liturgies. The ancient "Georgia" administered by is named aer him. He is renowned as the armed defender of the Cardinal Raymond Burke. Church, one who carried the trophies of victory over the enemy. Congratulations to the St. Stephen The Emperor Dioclean had at first favored this illustrious son of a noble family Of Cappadocia, but Parishioners receiving the when St. George reproached the Emperor with his cruelty to Sacrament of Confirmation Chrisans, he was cast into prison and put to death with such great cruelty that in the Eastern Liturgy he is styled the "Great Sarah Ruth Andrews Martyr." England chose him for her patron in 800. Anthony Carmargo Kayla Carmargo St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen Franciscan Capuchin, Martyr —April 24th

Helen Gerrity He was born Mark Rey in Sigmaringen, Damian Johanni , in 1577. A praccing lawyer, he traveled across Europe as a tutor to Joseph Peter Rotsaert aristocrats but then started defending the

poor. In 1612, he became a Franciscan Capuchin monk, taking the name of Fidelis. A missionary to , , Fidelis was so successful that Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful. And kindle in he incurred the hatred of the Swiss Calvinists who claimed that them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall he was a spy for the Austrian Emperor. He was canonized by be created. And you will renew the face of the earth. Pope Benedict XIV. Fidelis served also as the head of the Con- gregaon for the Spreading of the Faith. He is the proto- Lord, by the light of the Holy Spirit you have taught the hearts martyr of the later reformed Capuchin Minor. of your faithful. In the same Spirit help us to relish what is right and always rejoice in your consolaon. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. Opportunities to Serve

ST. STEPHEN GARDENS

The St. Stephen Garden Commiee is currently looking for Being a Vincenan means reaching out in friendship, with volunteers to care for the culvaon of the flowers, plants helping hands, to those who are poor or suffering. and landscaping of our beauful parish gardens. We work to present the natural beauty of creaon. Members from Vincenans establish a personal contact with those who neophyte to master gardener share our horcultural suffer and those in need, to bring to them the most effecve talents in a social environment. We design, plant, trans- and charitable aid possible. plant, water, weed, prune, rake and sweep to transform Would you like to be a part of our parish campus into a beauful place of prayer and helping those facing evicon or in contemplaon. In this process, members experience God need of emergency food? We through the beauty of nature and in the friendships that also assist with ulity shut-offs or are formed. noces thereof. Basic furnish- ings, when necessary, are similar- If you have are interested in ly provided by the Vincent volunteering, please call the Parish de Paul Society. Office!

Addionally, we support ex- pectant mothers, as well as those with newborns. The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Around the Diocese St. Stephen Parish does all of these things with the funds we receive from the collecons HOLY CROSS CEMETERY – Pre-Planning Seminar taken up in our parish four mes per year, food donaons The Catholic Cemeteries Associaon invites you to aend received from the Community Kindness Box, and the gis a 1-hour pre-planning seminar on Saturday, May 8, 2021, received through the Giving Tree at Christmas. at 1 p.m. Although the St. Vincent de Paul Society is called to serve “those who suffer,” our service is more than just providing Please join us to learn more about your Catholic burial material support. Oen, Vincenans are called to be good opons, including opons for cremated remains. listeners. To hear the story and respond with compassion Aendees will receive a personal reference guide and sav- may be just as important as bringing the food. Many mes ings cerficate.

Vincenans are called upon simply for a caring and under- We kindly ask that you RSVP to this event to prepare for standing smile. proper social distancing. Aendees are required to wear The St. Vincent de Paul Society is a vibrant and essenal part a facial covering throughout the seminar. of the church community dedicated to helping the poor and enhancing the spirituality of its members. HOLY CROSS CEMETERY 14609 Brookpark Rd., Brook Park If this sounds like something for you, please consider joining RSVP 216/641-7575 ext.3 the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Stephen Parish. Please contact the St. Stephen Parish office at 216.631.5633 for more informaon. HOUSE OF LORETO

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