MARCH 7, 2021 • THIRD SUNDAY OF

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. Third Sunday of Lent ~ March 7, 2021

Mass Intentions for the Week 2021 Cluster Lenten Speaker Series

Monday, March 8 ~ St. John of God, Religious The annual Lenten Speaker 8:30AM The All Souls Intentions Series for the cluster Tuesday, March 9 ~ St. Frances of , Religious parishes of St. Bridget of 8:30AM The People of the Parish Kildare, St. John Bosco Wednesday, March 10 8:30AM Esther Segul & Agnes Hagemann and Mary Queen of the Apostles will be different this year Thursday, March 11 due to COVID-19. There will not be a soup meal offered, 8:30AM Bea Vitkovics and all 3 talks will take place at St. John Bosco in the church 8:30AM Mass with the Anointing of the Sick building (6480 Pearl Rd., Parma Hts.), as it is the largest Friday, March 12 ~ A Day of Abstinence church in our cluster for social distancing. The talks will also 8:30AM The All Souls Intentions be live-streamed so you can watch them on the St. John Saturday, March 13 Bosco Facebook page. Each evening, the doors will open at 4:00PM William J. Browning 6:45PM, the speaker will be introduced at 7:00PM and the 5:30PM Bobby Herron Sunday, March 14 ~ Fourth Sunday of Lent; Daylight evening will conclude with Night Prayer, ending by Savings Time Begins 8:30PM. You must have a ticket to enter. Each cluster 8:00AM The All Souls Intentions parish has 50 tickets to give away. The tickets are available 10:00AM Eugene P. Campbell in the narthex before the weekend Masses, on a first come, 12:00PM Galileo & Elvira Pellegrino first served basis. The tickets are free, but please do not request one unless you are certain you will use it. The dates, speakers and topics are as follows:

Monthly Anointing Mass Schedule  Tuesday, March 9th: Edward Malesic will speak on the topic, “You Are Not Without a Shepherd.” The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is offered on the  Tuesday, March 16th: Fr. Bill Thaden will speak on second Thursday each month “Becoming an Uncomfortable Missionary - The Life-Altering Experience of Meeting People Where They Are.” after 8:30AM Mass. (The next opportunity will be Thursday, March 11th.) All  Tuesday, March 23rd: Sr. Natalia will speak about are welcome to attend Mass and to be Anointed. “Finding Hope in the Desert.”

Mass Intentions for 2021 & 2022 Lenten Food Collection for the Needy

Masses are available to reserve for your intentions for the The St. Vincent de Paul Southwest remainder of this year and for next year. Request Forms Ozanam Food Pantry is still providing are available before Mass in the church narthex, or contact emergency food rations for more than the Parish Office to schedule your Mass Intentions at 700 families each month and continues [email protected] or 440-886-4434. to have a difficult time maintaining an adequate food supply. Members of the Good Samaritan Ministry and other parish volunteers are actively engaged in Liturgical Fund Update the support and operation of the pantry. In keeping with the spirit of Lent, the parish Outreach Commission is In Memory Of: Gift Of: asking for your support of the pantry. The fourth week of Gordon Carlson Lori Strickland Edward Wagner Richard Scheske, Jr. Lent, we will be collecting cereal. Please bring your

In Thanksgiving: Gift Of: donations to the narthex next weekend, March 13/14. For Blessings Received Josie Carlson When cleaning out your cupboards or purchasing your donations, please check to see that the “best by” date has not expired. Thank you for your generous support of the Offertory Collection Update hungry in our local community.

Remaining Collection Dates and Items Requested: Offertory collection for February 27/28 March 20/21: Pasta and pasta sauce -Mail-in/Drop-off Offertory ...... $8,820.00 March 27/28: Canned pasta (spaghetti rings, ravioli) -Offertory Collection at Mass ...... $4,600.50 -Online Giving ...... $2,605.00 Total Offertory ...... $16,025.50 Good Samaritan Ministry Meeting

Thank you for your kind and The Good Samaritan Ministry will meet on Monday, March generous support ! 15th at 9:15AM in the church narthex. Welcome to St. Bridget of Kildare Parish

ST. BRIDGET OF KILDARE PARISH Parish Activities this Week 2021 LENT & SCHEDULE Monday, March 8 8:25AM Miraculous Medal Novena (CH) 7:00PM RCIA (Via Zoom) Wednesday, March 10 9:00AM-6:30PM Adoration/Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (CH)

6:30PM “I Heard God Laugh” Zoom Book Discussion Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 7:00PM Parish Council Meeting (M2) Wednesdays from 9:00AM - 6:30PM Friday, March 12 March 10, March 17, March 24, March 31 7:00PM Stations of the Cross (CH) Saturday, March 13 (Though the Chaplet of Divine Mercy has been suspended on Wednesday 3:00PM The Sacrament of Reconciliation (M1) {Enter evenings due to COVID-19, you are invited to view a recording of the the school building through the silver Chaplet on the parish website, www.stbridgetparma.com) breezeway doors. If the door to Meeting Stations of the Cross, Fridays at 7:00PM Room #1 is open, walk to the designated spot (face-to-face or behind the screen). Six feet March 12, March 19, March 26 of space is marked between the presider and (If you are unable to join us in person, we invite you to view a recording penitent. If the door to Meeting Room # 1 is of the Stations of the Cross on the parish website, www.stbridgetparma.com) closed, another penitent is already seated. Lenten Schedule Remain outside the room at the designated spot while waiting, maintaining 6 feet of Saturdays at 3:00PM in School Meeting Room #1 space between other individuals in line.} (Confessions are not scheduled for Holy Saturday, April 3) Sunday, March 14 Monday, March 22: 9:00-10:00AM in the Church 10:45AM PSR (S)

Saturday, March 27: 2:30-3:30PM in School Meeting Room #1 BH Blair Hall Narthex School Meeting Room 3 CHurch Grove Rectory Meeting Room Monday, March 29: 6:30-7:30PM in School Meeting Room #1 Commons Outdoor Field Rectory COunting Room School School Meeting Room 1 Rectory Conference Room *** THE SACRED TRIDUUM *** School CHapel School Meeting Room 2 School MUsic Room

Holy Thursday, April 1, at 7:00PM, Mass of the Lord’s Supper Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the church following Mass until 10:00PM. Night Prayer prayed at 9:50PM. Padua Mission Trip Fundraiser Update

Good Friday, April 2 One year ago, a bake sale was held at St. Bridget of Kildare 12:00PM Parish by students of Padua Franciscan High School for a Stations of the Cross mission trip to Tanzania that was being planned for June 3:00PM 2020. As you probably know, the trip did not happen because Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion of the Coronavirus pandemic and, unfortunately, could not

Holy Saturday, April 3 be rescheduled for the summer of 2021 either. Due to this 11:00AM situation, the total sum of $720.00 that was raised at the Blessing of Food & Baskets bake sale was donated to the Apostles of Jesus Missionaries who do work in Africa. Thank you for your generosity and 8:30PM willingness to help these students with their goal of going Mass on a mission trip and ultimately, for helping with the work Easter Sunday Masses, April 4 of the Apostles of Jesus Missionaries. 8:00AM 10:00AM 12:00 Noon Reminder ~ Disciple Maker Index Survey

Just a reminder that the Disciple Maker Index Survey is Easter Flower Memorial Envelopes open! If you haven’t already done so, please take this 10- 15 minute online survey at https://portal.catholicleaders.org/ Your March envelope packet includes an Easter dmi/survey/d9atc1tatc, or click the DMI Survey link on the Flower Memorial Envelope. The fresh flowers main page of the parish website, www.stbridgetparma.com. purchased with the funds collected will decorate The survey will only be available through March 21st. our sanctuary for the Easter season. Please return You will be asked to reflect on your own spiritual growth your envelope by Sunday, March 28th if you and provide feedback on our parish’s efforts to help you would like your intentions to be printed in the Easter grow. All responses are confidential. It is preferred that bulletin. When writing the name of your deceased you take the survey online, however , if you do not loved ones on the back of the envelope, please print have internet access, you may obtain a paper copy by calling legibly (please do not write in cursive). Thank you! the Parish Office at 440-886-4434. Third Sunday of Lent ~ March 7, 2021

Virtual Magic Show Zoom Meeting for Seniors 2021 Virtual Catholic Men’s Conference

Fr. Bob Kraig and Michael Mage Although attendees will not be able to gather in person for invite all senior adults to a Virtual the 2021 Catholic Men’s Conference, the virtual event will Magic Show Zoom meeting on include all the hallmarks of previous conferences. The first Thursday, March 18 at 1:00pm. session of the daylong program, presented by the Catholic Please have with you a deck of Men’s Fellowship of Northeast Ohio, begins at 9:00AM on cards (if you have one), and a marker and a piece of paper March 13th with prayer and reflection. The day will include a to write a number on. presentation by Peter Herbeck, of Renewal Ministries, on

Fr. Bob writes, “Michael is a friend of mine from St. John “A Call to Holiness.” Greg Wasinski, of Let Me Be Ministries, Neumann where I was pastor from 1990-2018 before will speak on the Eucharist and Deacon Larry Oney’s topic retiring. He is great at what he does – very interactive and will be, “Hope and Transformation.” Father Michael I know and believe the senior adults of St. Bridget Parish McCandless, director of the diocesan Vocation Office, will will find him very interactive, entertaining and be grateful offer a Lenten reflection and Gary Zimak will discuss how they took 45 minutes to view his show. I have seen him to “Give up Worry for Lent.” Bishop Edward Malesic will perform virtually over the Christmas holidays and he is just address the conference in a pre-recorded message. For fantastic, funny, creative and very enjoyable to watch and conference registration, visit cmfneo.com. Those who register be a part of his performance.” So please join us! for the program will receive information on how to access the online portal for the event. Cost for the day is $25.00. Seniors who have given us their email address in the past Student fee is $10.00; religious can attend for free. For will automatically receive an email invitation with the more information, contact Ray Andreas, registration chairman, Zoom link. If you are not on our senior email distribution at [email protected] or 216-403-5336. list and wish to join the Zoom gathering, contact Betty Lou Dembkowski at [email protected] or 440-888-5896. Gospel Meditation ~ Third Sunday of Lent

Pictures with the Easter Bunny Hippity Hop! Hop! Hippity Hop! Hop! Easter’s on its way. We all know what that means, it’s time for the Easter Bunny. Come and join us Sunday March 28th on Bunny Lane in Blair Hall, have your picture taken with the Easter Bunny, take home an activity bag filled with many surprises including a goodie bag, plus be entered in a special drawing to win an Easter Basket (winner need not be present)! To make sure we have enough activity and goodie bags for children age 9 and under, please complete and return the below Registration Form by Monday, March 8th via the collection basket, in person or by mail to the Parish Office. Please mark your envelope to the attention of Cindy Grogan. This event is being sponsored by the St. Bridget Youth Group. Contact Cindy Grogan with any questions at 440-886-1468, ext. 13 or [email protected] Easter Bunny Photo Session Registration Form:

First & Last Name:

Phone#

Address:

Number of Children Age 9 and Under:

Child(ren)’s Age(s):

To ensure social distancing, we’re asking you to please check off the time slot that corresponds with the first initial of your last name. If necessary, adjustments can and will be made. Reminder that face masks are required.

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