MARCH 28, 2021 • OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

PARISH STAFF 5620 HAUSERMAN ROAD PARMA, OHIO 44130 Rev. Robert W. Wisniewski, Jr. Pastor

Rev. Donald C. Ewulu Parma Hospital Chaplain, In Residence Parish Office: 440-886-4434 Rev. Robert J. Kraig Assisting Celebrant Parish Fax: 440-886-4431 Rev. James E. Sheil Assisting Celebrant Parish Website: www.stbridgetparma.com Mr. James J. Armstrong Deacon Parish Email: [email protected] Mr. Steven V. Malec, BBA, NCBF Business Manager & Pastoral Associate School Office: 440-886-1468 Mrs. Charlene Milligan Secretary to the Pastor/Parish Office Secretary School Fax: 440-886-5121 Mr. Matthew Falk, MA Ed School Principal Mrs. Tracey Bresnahan School Secretary PARISH OFFICE HOURS Mrs. Dana Steimle Parish Catechetical Leader Monday−Friday: Mrs. Cindy Grogan, BA Youth Ministry Director 9:00AM−12:00 Noon, 1:00−3:00PM Mrs. Lauren Kelly Parish Music Director (The office is closed on weekends) Mrs. Georgeann Miller, BA Parish & School Accountant Ms. Mary Pat Sloan, RN, Med Parish Nurse MASS SCHEDULE Mr. Daniel J. Steimle Facilities Manager

Saturday Vigils ...... 4:00PM & 5:30PM Sunday ...... 8:00AM, 10:00AM & 12:00 Noon RCIA: The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the process of welcoming Weekdays ...... Monday thru Friday at 8:30AM new members into the Catholic faith. If you are interested in becoming a Catholic or completing your initiation into the Catholic , please call the RECONCILIATION pastor. The initiation rites for children (First Reconciliation, Eucharist and Saturdays at 3:00PM in School Meeting Room #1, or Confirmation) are provided through the parish school and the PSR program. by appointment.

NEW PARISHIONERS BAPTISM: Parents are asked to attend an information and faith enrichment session before scheduling the baptism of their first child. Sessions are held in Our warmest welcome. To register at the parish, February, June & October. The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated on the please call the parish secretary at 440-886-4434. If second Sunday of the month at 1:00PM. Arrangements can be made by calling you have a question about the Catholic faith, we the parish office. will always do our best to help. Please ask to speak with the pastor. : Please contact the pastor to make arrangements for your PARISH MISSION STATEMENT wedding before any other arrangements are made. Diocesan policy requires at Saint Bridget of Kildare, a Roman Catholic parish, least a six month notification in order to complete the necessary preparation. exists to live and to proclaim the of Christ. We welcome all as we reach out to the entire HOSPITAL & NURSING HOME VISITATION WITH community through prayer, sacrament, education COMMUNION: Please notify the parish office if you will be hospitalized or and support. require an extended stay at a nursing facility. Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord ~ March 28, 2021

Mass Intentions & Schedule for the Week ST. BRIDGET OF KILDARE PARISH SCHEDULE Monday, March 29 8:30AM Grace Scardicchio Tuesday, March 30 8:30AM James Caine Wednesday, March 31 8:30AM Grayce Roach Thursday, April 1 ~ Holy Thursday 7:00PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper (With Eucharistic Adoration following Mass until 9:50PM) 9:50PM Night Prayer (CH) Friday, April 2 ~ Good Friday (A Day of Fast & Abstinence) 12:00PM Stations of the Cross (CH) Final Lenten Opportunity to Celebrate 3:00PM Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion the Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday, April 3 ~ Holy Saturday Monday, March 29 11:00AM Blessing of Food & Children’s Baskets 8:30PM Vigil Giovanni Boggs 6:30-7:30PM in School Meeting Rooms 1 & 3 Sunday, April 4 ~ Easter: The Resurrection of the Lord 8:00AM Rosemary Green Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 10:00AM Ann Reitenbach Wednesday, March 31 from 9:00AM - 6:30PM 12:00PM Cecilia Malec

*** THE SACRED TRIDUUM ***

Parish Office Holiday Hours Holy Thursday, April 1, at 7:00PM The parish office will be closed beginning on Good Friday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper April 2nd, through Tuesday, April 6th. The office will reopen on Wednesday, April 7th at 9:00AM. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the church following Mass until 10:00PM. Night Prayer prayed at 9:50PM.

Legacy Giving Good Friday, April 2 12:00PM Put your life-long, hard-earned assets to work for Stations of the Cross the Lord. A planned gift acknowledges that we (If you are unable to join us in person, we invite you to view a recording of are simply stewards of all that God has provided. the Stations of the Cross on the parish website, www.stbridgetparma.com) We are managers of His blessings upon us. Just as we sacrificially give throughout our lives, we 3:00PM give our final gift at the end of our lives here on earth. By Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion endowing our gifts, our charity does not end when we are gone. As we enter eternal life so too does our gift. Holy Saturday, April 3 11:00AM Liturgical Fund Update Blessing of Food & Children’s Easter Baskets

8:30PM In Memory Of: Gift Of:

Edward Panek Jeanette Garcia Mass

Easter Sunday Masses, April 4 Offertory Collection Update 8:00AM 10:00AM Offertory collection for February March 13/14 12:00 Noon -Mail-in/Drop-off Offertory ...... $4,061.00 -Offertory Collection at Mass ...... $4,675.50 -Online Giving ...... $2,449.00 Total Offertory ...... $11,185.50 Good Samaritan Ministry News -Collection for the Black & Indian Mission ...... $497.00 -Collection for Central & Eastern Europe ...... $240.00 There will not be a Good Samaritan Ministry collection for -Collection for Catholic Relief Services ...... $283.00 the month of April. Thank you for your generosity during by providing food donations for the Ozanam Food

Pantry. The Good Samaritan Ministry will meet on

Monday, April 12th at 9:15AM in the church narthex. Welcome to St. Bridget of Kildare Parish

Monthly Anointing Mass Schedule Parish Activities this Week

The Sacrament of the Anointing Monday, March 29 of the Sick is offered on the 8:25AM Miraculous Medal Novena (CH) second Thursday each month 6:30-7:30PM The Sacrament of Reconciliation (M1, M3) after 8:30AM Mass. (The 7:00PM RCIA (Via Zoom) next opportunity will be Thursday, April 8th.) All are Wednesday, March 31 welcome to attend Mass and to be Anointed. 9:00AM-6:30PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (CH) Holy Thursday, April 1 7:00PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper, with Eucharistic Shop Smile.Amazon.com & Remember St. Bridget Parish Adoration after Mass until 9:50PM (CH) 9:50PM Night Prayer (CH) Did you know your purchases on Amazon Good Friday, April 2 ~ Parish Office Closed Smile can benefit our parish? Simply go to 12:00PM Stations of the Cross (CH) Smile.Amazon.com and select “St. Bridget 3:00PM Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion (CH) Church School” as your charity of Holy Saturday, April 3 choice, then bookmark the page and shop and check out 11:00AM Blessing of Food & Children’s Easter Baskets (CH) as you normally would. Without any added cost to you, 1:00PM Easter Vigil Practice (CH) 0.5% of your purchase price will come back to the parish. 8:30PM Easter Vigil Mass (CH) Remember to sign in at Smile.Amazon.com every time you Easter Sunday, April 4 shop and the parish will continue to receive donations 8:00AM Easter Mass (CH) from your purchases. Thank you for considering this easy 10:00AM Easter Mass (CH) method of donating to St. Bridget of Kildare Parish! 12:00PM Easter Mass (CH)

BH Blair Hall Narthex School Meeting Room 3 Mass Attendance CHurch Grove Rectory Meeting Room Commons Outdoor Field Rectory COunting Room School School Meeting Room 1 Rectory Conference Room The church remains open for weekday Mass at 8:30AM and School CHapel School Meeting Room 2 School MUsic Room weekend Masses, with Saturday Vigils at 4:00 and 5:30PM and Sunday Masses at 8:00AM, 10:00AM and 12:00 Noon. The weekly opportunity to celebrate Reconciliation is offered on Saturdays at 3:00PM in School Meeting Room #1. Lenten Reminder - Fast & Abstinence Please enter the school building through the silver breezeway doors next to the church and follow the signs. Masks are Good Friday, April 2nd, is a day of required and social distancing must be maintained. abstinence from meat and a day of fast, An important reminder for persons in the “at-risk” category limited to one single full meal. The law and those caring for a senior or at-risk family member to of abstinence binds all Catholics 14 please consider staying home, and those who are not feeling years and older. The law of fasting binds all Catholics from well or have a fever of 100.4 or higher are asked to stay their 18th birthday until their 59th birthday. home. We will continue to record and post the weekly Sunday Mass on our parish website, stbridgetparma.com. Those without internet access can watch the weekly Diocesan television Mass, now airing on Sundays at 10:00AM on Mass Intentions for 2021 & 2022 WUAB Channel 43, the CW43. In addition, the Mass can be heard on the radio, at 4:00PM on Saturdays and Masses are available to reserve for your intentions for the 10:30AM on Sundays on AM 1260 The Rock. Radio station remainder of this year and for next year. Request Forms WINT-1330 AM airs the Mass at 9:00AM on Sundays and are in the narthex, or call the Parish Office to schedule Cox Communications cable subscribers can view the Mass at your Mass Intentions at 440-886-4434. 11:30AM on Sundays on channel 45. Please strive to keep the Lord’s Day holy and join in a Spiritual Communion while watching the Mass on the internet or the television.

Ushers Needed at Saturday, 5:30PM Mass

Act of Spiritual Communion: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love You We are in need of Ushers at the Saturday, 5:30PM Mass. above all things, and I desire to receive You into my Ushers assist by directing people out of the pews during soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come Communion to allow for social distancing, reserving pews, at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if you greeting people, directing and seating people, and assisting in were already there, and I unite myself wholly to You. Never emergency situations. If you would like to help, please call permit me to be separated from You. (St. Alphonsus Liguori) Arlene Schade at 440-888-2798. Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord ~ March 28, 2021

Good Friday Collection for the Holy Land Become FORMED in Faith

Christians around the world are united in a special way during St. Bridget parishioners are Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Our hearts, minds and prayers invited to sign up for your are also especially aware of the Holy Land. Once a year on FREE subscription to Good Friday, our parish is called on to support Christians in Formed.org to access to the the Holy Land. Many Christians in the Holy Land depend on latest and greatest Catholic the collection for their lives. As a pontifical collection movies and documentaries. requested by Pope Francis, the annual Good Friday collection Listen to audio books and offers a direct link for parishioners to be witnesses of peace podcasts about some of the and to help protect the Holy Places. When you donate on ‘hot topics’ of the Church today. There are also fun, faith- Good Friday, you are supporting Christians in the Holy filled cartoons and movies for children that will help them Land. Please consider a generous donation. Franciscans grow in their faith as well. To obtain our parish code, pick and others in the Holy Land are housing and feeding the up a green brochure in the narthex, or contact Dana Steimle poor, providing formation and education, maintaining at 440-886-1468, x17 or [email protected]. shrines and parishes, and conducting pastoral ministry. For more information, please visit www.myfranciscan.org. Free Book, Compliments of Zabor Funeral Home, Everyday Stewardship ~ Available in the Narthex beginning on Recognize God in Your Ordinary Moments Holy Thursday through Easter Weekend

Walk Every Step with Christ

Holy Week is a week for being mindful. We must set loose the baggage of Lent, and not be deterred by the dazzling sunrise of Easter morning beckoning in the distance.

It’s okay for us to be excited for Easter. We’ve waited so long, after all. In my opinion it’s one of the best feelings there is: the yearning we have in our hearts for the Resurrection as we embark on Palm Sunday. And in a purely logical sense, many of us have Easter celebrations for which we are preparing, and practical considerations to contend with. It’s go- ing to be a busy week, one likely full of happy distractions.

But my friends, we simply must keep our feet on the ground. Let’s not “skip” Holy Week. Resist the urge to flip to the last page of the book, to fast-forward to the final scene of the movie. Don’t rob yourself of the journey. This week is a blessed opportunity. It is this week that teaches us who we are. In the span of the Triduum, we have the birthday of the priesthood, the institution of the Eucharist, the sacrifice on Calvary and so many other vivid and meaningful scenes.

It may sound strange, to advise someone to savor the moments of Holy Week. There are so many violent and heartrending moments, after all. But this is the valley of tears, remember, we are not in Heaven yet. And here, in our world, it is the heartrending moments that seem to matter the most. These are the moments that define us as Catholics. Live them. Cherish them. Be present for each one.

~ Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS ©LPi