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Holy Trinity–St. Edward        

                 Church

                                                           

Sunday July 25, 2004

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

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+     MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK      +

 

Thank you for your support!

Prayerfully consider your sacrificial gift, and it is a sacrifice!  Thank you for your generosity over these many years that have allowed this community of faith to gather, serve, and pray in the Lord’s name!

 

       Sunday Offering:                    $945.00

      Attendance:                             93

      Envelopes:                         27

 

     +  O Lord, Hear our Prayer  +

Standing in the need of prayer this week…  Nettie Booker, Hugh Henderson Sr., Mildred Hughes, Idaretta Johnson, Helen Myles, Phyllis Mitchell, Vesta Rae, Rita Rae, Jim Rae, Georgetta Smith, Stacie Parker,  Ann Cowan, Willie Culp, Helen Culp, Sarah DuBose.  Please keep them in your prayers.

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SCRIPTURES THIS WEEK

 

Monday         Jer 13:1-11 Dn 32:18-21 Mt 13:31-35        

Tuesday        Jer 14:17-22 Ps 79:8-9,11,13 Mt 13:36-43

Wednesday Jer 15:10,16-21 Ps 59:2-4,10-11,17-18 Mt 13:44-46

Thursday       Jer 18:1-6 Ps 146:1-6 Jn 11:19-27 1

                        Jn 4:7-16

Friday             Jer 26:1-9 Ps 69:5,8-10,14 Mt 13:54-

                        58

Saturday        Jer 26:11-16,24 Ps 69:15-16,20-21

                        Mt 14:1-12           

Sunday         Eccl 1:2;2:21-23 Ps 90:3-6,12-14,17 Col 3:1-5,9-11 Lk 12;13-21

                          

Scripture Reflection this Week:

 “Jesus was praying.” What a powerful example for us!  He knew this was the way to stay connected to God the Father and handle all the demands being placed on Him.  Jesus assures us if we put God first we will receive and find whatever we need from His infinite goodness and wisdom.  But, we must make the time to stop, listen and seek God first in prayer.  Make prayer a daily part of your family routine.

 

Brother Hubbard’s Cupboard

Br. Walt is coordinating the Food Pantry that serves the Central-Woodland area.  He is accepting donations of food, money, and volunteers to assist in this effort.  Please contact Br. Walt by phone at the friary or by mail at the St. Paul address.  The Pantry is open the last two Tuesdays and Thursdays of each month from 10am to 1pm.  Thanks for your prayerful support!

 

Condolences

To Reggie Doniver on the passing of his father, Reginal who was buried this past week. Please know of the prayers and sympathy of your church family in these days.

 

Southeast Interparish Wellness Ministry

in partnership with St. Vincent Charity Hospital & Saint Luke’s Medical Center, is a group of Healthcare Professionals and Lay Ministers who share in the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.  In Christian love and commitment we serve our communities through prayer, health education,

advocacy and counseling, in order to promote health of body, mind and spirit.  If you would like to participate in this ministry, or need any of our services, please   call   one of   our   coordinators: 

St. Catherine’s:  Rose Thomas at 216-341-5542, Epiphany:  Mary James at 216-561-2592, and St. Cecilia’s:  Sr. Rosella Holloman, CSA at            216-921-3310.

 

Parish Update From Fr. Bob

 

                The letter requesting Bishop Pilla that we close has been sent and will receive reply near the end of the month. In conversation with Bishop Pilla’s office, it is his desire to come and pray with the parish as a parish community.  Bishop Pilla is not able to be with us on October 24, but wants to celebrate Mass with the parishioners on Sunday, October 17, at 2pm here at HTSE.  This mass will be just with the Bishop and parishioners.  The formal closing and celebration of the parish will take place on October 24 with Bishop Roger.  In the meantime, there are a number of things that need to be addressed with regard to questions that have been put forth:

 

Current Parish Envelopes

If you desire, please continue to use your HTSE envelopes at the church where you will be going.  This will help the parish staff there to get to know who is coming, and can also allow me to follow up

with folks who may have not yet made a decision about where they will worship.

 

 

Registration Forms

From the following parishes are available on the fellowship table to assist all in this time of transition.  Please feel free to call the parish of your choice and speak to the pastor or someone on the staff directly.  If Fr. Bob may be of any help to anyone in making a choice about a new church home, please feel free to contact him at 216-431-8854.  We thank these communities for their openness and welcome:

 

  St. Adalbert

  St. Aloysius-St. Agatha

  St. Agnes- Our Lady of Fatima

  St. Cecilia

  St. Henry

  St.Catherine

  Christ the King

 

Mass Intentions:  The Mass intentions that have been scheduled for HTSE through the end of December, and unless otherwise requested by the donor, will be transferred to St. Agnes-Our Lady of Fatima and celebrated on Sundays and Weekdays as the church calendar permits.  Once that schedule is finalized, I will be able to contact families as to the dates and times of the intentions.

 

Parish Finances:  While we are still open (October 24 is the suggested date for closing with Oktoberfest), bills, debts, and expenses are still the responsibility of the parish.  After the closing date, all things become responsibility of the Diocese of Cleveland.  The offering at the Closing Mass will go to the Holy Trinity-St. Edward Scholarship Fund for educational needs of students from our church community.

 

At that time, any sale of the property will go to covering the roof debt.  Anything left will be decided by the Bishop.  It will be the task of the parish council to make some recommendation to the Bishop what might be done with any left over proceeds from the disposal of the church and rectory buildings.

 

 

 

Religious Artifacts

As Father Jurcak noted last week, religious items such as art and statues, altars, windows, etc., will be removed and stored by the Diocese for use in future church buildings.  Some items may indeed go to other churches already in need of these things, but that is to be determined.  If you or your family donated any of these items, and you would like them to go to a particular church or institution, please place your name, address, phone #, DATE, the description of the item, and the proposed location in a sealed envelope and give or mail to Father Bob ASAP.  These will be considered according to the dates they are received.  Ultimately, it will be to the Bishop to decide where things will go.

 

Planning Committees

Those who signed up to assist on the various planning committees should seek out their chairperson and schedule a meeting date soon:

Closing Mass:                  Doris St.Clair  216-581-3833

Dinner:                   George Erker   440-845-7751

Memory Book:  Nancy Minter  216-229-6083

 

Oktoberfest Celebration

We will gather Sunday, October 24 for the closing celebration of Holy Trinity-St. Edward Church with Mass at 2pm followed by dinner.  There has been some discussion on the committee as to the location of the dinner, either the Coast Guard Club downtown or at Sterle’s Restaurant on East 55^th and St. Clair.  If you have an opinion on this matter, please contact George Erker who is chairing this committee.  The current price for that gathering is set at $40.00.  This includes the dinner, a souvenir/memory book, some other mementos, as well as a small contribution to the Holy Trinity-St. Edward Scholarship Fund.  This fund was begun by Ann Cowan and John Dokler to assist our youth with Catholic education.  The fund is currently very small, but may be increased to be of service to children in need of financial assistance, particularly if there are any proceeds from the sale of the property.

 

 

 

Contact for Records

If you are in need of baptismal, marriage, or other records from HTSE, you may contact the Archives of the Diocese at 216-696-6525.  If the records are after 1960 and before October 25, 2004, you may contact Fr. Bob at SA/OLF at 216-391-1655.  After October 25, all records will be in care of the Diocesan Archives.

 

Sick Calls, Hospitals, and Deaths

It may take some time for us all to adjust to a new church home and make the decision to actually register.  Please know that you may call on Fr. Bob for any emergencies in this regard.  Many of the hospitals do have chaplains and communion ministers, but do not hesitate to contact SA/OLF if you have special needs.

 

Please let us continue to keep each other in prayer, let us be attentive to the voice of God and the activity of the Holy Spirit, and trust that the Providence of God which has brought us this far in Faith, shall not fail us as we move forward in that Faith together.  Call me if you have any questions or needs at 216-431-8854 – I’ll still have a room at Saint Paul’s, or at 216-391-1655 at St. Agnes/Our Lady of Fatima. 

 

Thank you all, for four wonderful and spirit-filled years as your pastor.  If I have caused anyone pain or harm in my time with you, please know that it was not intentional and yet I need to ask your forgiveness if it happened.  To all who have worked so tirelessly for this community, please know of my gratitude and that of the whole church.  To those who have gone before us in these last years, to those who have entered into nursing care and assisted living in these years, you are the giants of faith on whose shoulders we stand, and we ask for your prayers from earth and from heaven.  I hope that we might see one another from time to time as we join with the larger church to celebrate our life of faith in Jesus. With every best wish and prayer for each of you, I remain in the Lord,