St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church

11411 Detroit Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44102 (216) 521-0133 ------- Rectory hours: Monday through Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM. Last updated: 03/29/2007

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		Phone Numbers Mass Schedules Masses for the Week Parish Staff Sacraments Devotions Services Organizations Calendar of Events St. Rose Parish News News From Other Parishes		Sick Call Emergencies: Call anytime (216) 521-0134 Rectory Office (216) 521-0133, (216) 521-0134 Fax (216) 521-1306 Credit Union (216) 226-4580 Credit Union Hours: Monday & Wednesday evenings, 6PM to 8 PM Church Hall (216) 226-6210 Prayer Line (216) 521-7020 Rectory E-Mail Address: rose114@adelphia.net Diocese of Cleveland http://www.dioceseofcleveland.org/ The Vatican http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm

Mass Schedules

Saturday Vigil	4 PM
Sunday	8 AM & 10 AM
Holy Day Vigil	6 PM
Holy Day	8 AM
Daily	8 AM
Legal Holidays	9 AM

Masses for the Week

Sunday, April 01st, 2007 --- Palm Sunday
	8 AM	Parishioners
	10 AM	+ Fabian Toledo	Elizabeth MacIvor
	Today's readings http://www.usccb.org/nab/today.htm
Monday, April 02nd, 2007 --- Monday of Holy Week
	Saint of the day http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintofDay/default.asp
	8 AM	+ Tommy Fadian	Joe Mollo
Tuesday, April 03rd, 2007 -- Tuesday of Holy Week
	8 AM	+ Special Intention James Malloy	Friend
	7 PM - 8 PM	Communal Penance Service
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 -- Wednesday of Holy Week
	8 AM	+ Edward J. Campion	Grace Campion
Thursday, April 05th, 2007 --- Mass of the Lord's Supper
	8 AM	Parishioners
Friday, April 06th, 2007 --- Good Friday
	12 Noon	Stations of the Cross
	6 PM	Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Saturday, April 07th, 2007 --- Easter Vigil
	12 Noon	Blessing of Easter Foods
	9 PM	Easter Vigil

Pastor:  Reverand Jose Anthony Posadas, O.F.M.
Associate Pastor:  Reverand William Rooney, O.F.M.
Senior Associate:   Reverand Walter Dolan, O.F.M.

Deacon:  Brother Michael Ward, O.F.M.
Parish Secretary:  Kathleen C. McEntee
Legal Council:   Joseph Feighan
Financial Council:   Glenn Johnson, Carl Orban, Jim Rusnov
Parish Council President:  Martin Steward
Parish School of Religion:   Mrs. Bernice Johnson
Organists:   Mr. John P. DiSanto
Sacristan:  Mrs. Bernice Johnson

Sacraments

Baptism	Contact the Rectory
Sacrament of Reconcialiation	Saturdays	From 2:45 PM to 3:45 PM
	Call the Rectory for an appointment.
Weddings	Ordinarily, arrangements must be made six months in advance, according to Diocesan policy. Consult with clergy. Pre-marraige classes must be attended.

Devotions

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament	Thursdays	Noon until 5 PM
First Fridays	Fridays	Noon until 8 PM
Holy Hours	First Fridays	8 PM to 9 PM
Rosary	Sundays	11 AM
	Daily in May and October	5 PM

Services

Rectory Hours	Monday through Friday	9 AM to 5 PM
Parish School of Religion	Required for all children attending public school in grade K-12.	Sundays at 9 AM until 9:50 AM.
Consultation and Counseling	Please call the Rectory for an appointment.
Registration	Please register in your parish. Non-registered Catholics cannot be given any certification for marraige or sponsorship for sacraments. Ordinarily, the regular use of contribution envelopes is required as evidence of church membership. Eighteen-year-olds must be registered under their own name, even if still living with parents.
Wills	Please remember St. Rose Church in your will and bequests. For information, call the Rectory.

Organizations

Samaritans	Shirlee Needles
Saint Vincent de Paul	Eugene Miller
Liturgical Ministers	Melanie Zuik

Calendar of Events

Date	Time	Location	Event
Monday, April 02nd	7:15 PM	Rectory	Bible Study
Tuesday, April 10th	7 PM	Rectory Living Room	Parish Council
Tuesday, April 17th	7 PM	Rectory Conference Room	Saint Vincent de Paul conference meeting

Offertory was $ 2,535

Diocesan Assessment Collection  $ 1,069.

  127 envelopes were used out of 708 distributed.
Thank you!

Please pray for those who are ill
	Tommy Fistek

Please pray for the repose of the souls of the following parishioners:
	John Roman
	Irene Romano
	Mary Alice Stredelman

Contribution statements for 2006 are available upon request. Call the rectory at (216) 512-0133 if you would like a statement mailed.

Please pray for all the men and women in uniform who serve our country, especially for the safety of the following parishioners:

Nicholas Johnson, (Son of Bernice & Glenn Johnson)  (Graduate of St. Rose School and Saint Ignatius High School).

PFC John Paul Maline, (son of Paulette & John Maline)  Serving in the US ARMY, Mosul, Iraq (Graduate of St. Rose School and Cleveland Central Catholic High School).

Paulo Shakarian, Currently serving overseas (Graduate of St. Rose School and St. Edward High School, brother of Elise Rispoli.

Please join us on Fridays during Lent in the Church at 3 PM for the Stations of the Cross.

Please bring in your old palms and place them in the specially marked containers at both entrances in church. These will be burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday.

Holy Week Schedule
A Communal Penance Service (with individual confession) will be held on Wednesday, April 04th, 2007 from 7 PM to 8 PM.
Holy Thursday	Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7 PM
Good Friday	Stations of the Cross at Noon. Celebration of our Lord's Passion at 6 PM.
Holy Saturday	Blessing of Easter foods at 3 PM.  Celebration of the Easter Vigil at 9 PM.
Easter Sunday	Masses at 8 AM and 10 AM.

Following the 6 PM Liturgy on Good Friday, please join us in the Church Hall for soup and bread which will be provided by the church.

Raffle Tickets for a drawing on April 20^th, 2007. Prizes include a week in a Tuscany Villa, a week for four in a home in County Mayo, Ireland, a $5,000 tuition grant for elementary, high school or college, and more !!! All proceeds benefit LifeWorks Ohio. Contact Jon Cudnik at (216) 521-1499 if you are interested.

Our Jesus has been arrested, and beaten down by his captors. The crowd eagerly awaits the mighty hosts of angels that will save Jesus, defeat the Romans, punish the wicked, and give the Jewish people their land and their King. Sorry, that is not going to happen. Is it no surprise that that the crowd who loved Jesus when he entered Jerusalem, will now be the ones who jeer and spit upon him? They didn’t get what they wanted. They wanted miracles. They wanted spectacle. They wanted free food and drink forever. They wanted their dream king for their free country. Instead they got to see an innocent man die.

We bring to our religion the same hopes and expectations. We want this. We want that. We want the good old days. We want the future. So what do we get this Passion Sunday? We get one another and the one faith that we share. We are united in story and the Eucharist. Who will wipe away our tears? We will, for one another. Who will visit the sick and the imprisoned? We will. Who will fight for justice? You know whom. Get off of your seat and get to work. Jesus chose to die as a human being, so as to sanctify our human estate. That which is not redeemed, is not saved. Jesus was not about caring for himself, but for the lost ones of Israel.

Our faith and religions must be inseparable from our flesh and blood. We should not let our customs and religion get in the way of the Acts of Charity. We have for our consolation the Beatitudes, and our hope in the love that cannot be limited by time, space, or even Death. Hail King Jesus, whose kingdom has no borders, whose only weapon is charity, his foot soldiers carpenters and fishermen, whose treasure is the word and love of God.

Father Tony

Holy Week is the culmination of the Liturgical Year. On either end of the week is the proclamation of The Passion of Jesus. On Palm Sunday this year we proclaim The Passion from Luke’s Gospel. On Good Friday, The Passion found in the Gospel of John is always proclaimed.

The Passion accounts are wonderful invitations to participate, pray and reflect on the suffering of Jesus and how that suffering has meaning for us today. I suggest “producing” these accounts with your family at home. You may be surprised with new insights.

Luke’s account is marked by high emotion. An angel comes to Jesus in Gethsemane, as his sweat drops like blood. Luke is the only writer to refer to this event as an “agony.” Also Luke writes that Jesus turned and looked at Peter as his friend denied him the third time. This adds to the pathos of the event. Yet Jesus continues to heal. He reaches out to the women of Jerusalem, asks forgiveness for those who persecute him and he comforts the repentant thief. Intensifying the horror of the event, Luke mentions that Herod and Pilate reconciled their differences! Luke portrays Jesus as the innocent martyr that paves the way for future martyrs. Jesus’ innocence is stated by Pilate, Herod, one of the thieves and the centurion (a roman soldier)!

John, on the other hand emphasizes that Jesus is not a victim. He voluntarily lays down his life and Jesus is in control of his own destiny. In John’s version, no one helps Jesus carries his cross. John’s concern in The Passion, and his Gospel, is the cosmic conflict of dark vs. light, truth vs. falsehood and life vs. death. The betrayal and arrest of Jesus takes place under the cover of darkness, and despite the presence of the “Light of the World,” the men need torches to light their way. Concluding John’s “majestic” passion is the sacramental death of Jesus. The water and blood flowing from Jesus’ side symbolizing baptism and Eucharist. These sacraments mark the beginning of the new community that is to be started by “the mother of Jesus” (John never mentions Mary’s name!) and the beloved disciple. John is the only Evangelist to show Jesus not totally abandoned at the cross. Don’t miss the opportunity the passion accounts offer. Read them with your family and enter into the mystery of God’s saving work. Peace and All Good! Br. Mike. Next week’s readings:    Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Col 3:1- 4; Jn 20:1-9

Peace, Br. Mike.

Readings for next week (Palm Sunday) Is 50: 4-7; Phil 2:6-11; Luke 22: 14 – 23:56.

While the St. Vincent de Paul Society at St. Rose church currently has many members, we are always looking for parishioners who are interested in joining our group. We meet in the rectory on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 PM. Please join us for a meeting. Financial emergencies can happen at anytime and to anyone. A donation to the parish SVDP Society will help the needy individuals and families who live within our parish community. Your contribution does help! The ushers, standing at the doors as you exit church will have the SVDP baskets. Your continued support is appreciated and a big thank you to our ushers.

Helps make possible the community-wide food, clothing, furniture, neighborhood center, winter blanket, back-to-school and thrift store programs of St. Vincent de Paul. Save yourself the trouble of selling your old car at the same time you help SVDP help people in need, plus get the maximum legal tax deduction. The SVDP program is the only Catholic car donation program in the Diocese of Cleveland. It’s simple and easy and there’s no cost to you. Please call (216) 741-7837, ext. 100 for more information.

Invites all Catholics in their 20’s and 30’s to participate in their upcoming spiritual and social events. For more information please contact Mary at (216) 261-2775 mike213@yahoo.com or Tony at (440) 895-1347 amp721280@yahoo.com The group’s website is http://www.stroseyag.com.

The Senior Clementines & Friends have been meeting monthly since January of 2007. All older adults from St. Clement, SS. Cyril & Methodius, St. Hedwig, St. James, St. Luke, and St. St. Rose are welcome. Meetings are on the 2^nd Thursday of each month from 1-3pm. At this time we have 86 members who have paid $5.00 dues for the year and are enjoying the opportunity to meet old friends, make new friends, hear interesting speakers and enjoy delightful entertainment and refreshments. Our next gathering is Thursday, April 12. Megan Clay, a doctoral student in music, will lead us in song! For further information, or if you plan to come for the first time, please call Sr. Kathy Thomas at St. Clement Parish at 216-226-5116. All older adults are welcome.

Spring Open House- Sunday, April 22^nd, 2007, Noon—2 PM. Reservations recommended-Refreshments will be served.