4:30 pm George Rericha, Sr. (Hedy and Family)

9:00 am Stanley E. Mroz

(Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gawryszewski)

11:00 am Harold McGinnis (John and Sue Urasek)

7:30 am Catherine Gillota (Gerry Howe)

7:30 am No Mass

7:30 am Communion Service

7:30 am Marie Cusamano

(Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gall)

7:30 am Mary Rusbasan (Daughter)

7:30 am Louis Trocchio (John and Phyllis Nicholas)

Wedding

4:30 pm John Bene, Sr. (Wife and Family)

9:00 am Irene Kasparzak (Lillian Sweat)

11:00 am In Thanksgiving --Ted Bizon

Please note: $10,500.00 is needed weekly to pay our bills

And the recently deceased: Carmel Rosa.

This Sacrament will be celebrated on Saturday, May 31 at the 4:30 pm Mass. Those with advanced age or suffering from physical, spiritual or emotional illness are invited to share in this Sacrament.

How about a gift certificate. She could buy herself something at Kohl’s Penney’s or Kaufman’s–Bath and Body Works or Borders–take herself to eat at Cracker Barrel, Olive Garden or Applebee’s etc. Give her a "Simply Certificate" that is good at a whole list of places. Gift certificates are always the right size and right color! Available after Mass and at the rectory during regular business hours.

Bishop Anthony M. Pilla will honor couples married 50 years in 2003 (married in 1953) with a special Eucharistic Liturgy on Sunday, July 27, 2003, at 2:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. Couples who wish to attend are required to make reservations by June 2. For registration forms or more information call the rectory at 216-475-4300.

Dear friends,

The day of First Communion brings back a flood of memories for most of us. We remember dressing in a white dress, white shoes, white gloves, white stockings and a white veil; or, we remember wearing a blue suit, white shirt, blue tie, and polished black shoes. We remember where we were in line and who distributed communion to us. We remember parties with all the family present, with delicious foods and a great big cake. We remember receiving lots of presents, including gifts of money. We remember being the ‘star’ of the day. And we have cherished that moment and that day in our memory enhanced through viewing the photos and videos taken way back when. Our First Communion Day was certainly one for the memory book.

It still is. This day, Sunday, May 4, we celebrate group First Communion for twenty-two second-graders of our parish. This is a day for the memory book because we celebrate the Eucharist in memory of Jesus, who gave us his body and blood to eat and to drink. This central truth of our faith is what binds us together as Catholic Christians, uniting us to Jesus himself and to the entire community of baptized persons throughout the world. Through this unity to the Lord, we are to take on his character, his heart and his Spirit whenever we receive the Eucharist. We become more like him. In addition, the reception of Eucharist unites us to humanity, leading us to a lives of service, just as Jesus served the needs of others.

Congratulate these children on their journeys of faith. Encourage them to receive the Eucharist often. Witness to them the powerful effect that regular reception of Communion has in the lives of those who believe. Pray that all of us may become more like Christ inside of ourselves and more like Christ in our actions toward others.

In communion with you,

Fr. Jamie

On Sunday May 4, Fr. Jamie has 8:30 am Mass at St. Wenceslas; at 9, Fr. Winkel comes to St. Martin of Tours, Fr. Foster goes to St. Pius X, and Fr. Mahoney travels to St. Mary.

Fr. Jamie met with the schoolteachers to gather their input about the new principal. The Search Committee also met, reviewed the ten applications received and scheduled five interviews from among those ten. The interviews began Thursday and will conclude this week. The committee will then make a recommendation based upon those interviews. Our hope is that the new principal will surface clearly through this process.

This Saturday, May 10, Bishop Pilla will ordain eleven men as deacons of the Diocese of Cleveland. One of the men to be ordained is our own Ted Bizon, who will follow in the footsteps of our current deacon John Bender. Ted and his wife Bernadette have completed four long years of study at the Center for Pastoral Leadership in preparation for the Diaconate. Even during this time, Ted has remained active and involved here at St. Martin’s. He and Bernadette run our baptismal program; they are involved in Pre-Cana. Ted is a Eucharistic Minister and he continues to serve as co-chair of our Vibrant Parish Life Committee.

Volunteers are needed to bake for Ted Bizon’s reception, which will be held on Sunday, May 11, sign-up sheets are in the vestibule of the Church.

The Vibrant Parish Council Committee met with the Parish Pastoral Council this past Monday in order to gather a direction and focus as to what some of the hopes of the VPL are. Taking the words and thoughts from Bishop Pilla’s document and translating them into meaningful goals and values for us here at St. Martin’s and in our community seem to be the greatest challenge that lies before us. Parish Pastoral Council wants to get involved in ways that are helpful to the vitality, spirituality, and community life of our parish.

Parish Council plans to meet jointly with our Parish Finance Council soon to have a clearer picture of our parish’s financial status.

"My third conviction is that priests, deacons, religious, and lay ecclesial ministers serving the parishes of our Diocese must be respected and that their faithful cooperation is essential.

"Our parish leaders are as prepared, gifted, committed, and generous as any in the Church.

"We need to move quickly in planning for the future in order to honor, encourage and preserve the treasure we have in our parish ministers because these challenges strike them most significantly every day."

The celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation will be held on Monday evening, May 19^th. Bishop Roger Gries, OSB will be the celebrant. Please keep our confirmandi in your prayers as they continue in their sacramental preparation.

St. Martin of Tours is in need of Adult Altar Servers for Funeral Masses. Training for this ministry will be graciously provided. Do you think you might feel called to this ministry? If you are interested or would like more information, please call the Parish Office at 216-475-4300.

Our parish Funeral Choir is in need of singers. No prior choral experience is needed, just a willing heart and voice! Won’t you consider joining this ministry? For more information, please contact the Parish Office 216-475-4300.

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Pastor’s blooper. The priest made this announcement at Mass: "This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Johnson to come forward to lay an egg on the altar."

(from HOLY HUMOR, edited by Cal and Rose Samra, 1996)

The egg symbolizes the new life we received through Baptism when we became children of the Resurrection. By the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord opens our minds and hearts to understand and to live out our lives according to his word.

Ss. Peter and Paul, Garfield Hts.

St. John Neuman, Strongsville

Our Lady of Victory, Tallmadge

St. Jude, Elyria

St. John Vianney, Mentor

Holy Spirit Byzantine, Parma

The event will start at 1:45 pm, with a musical prelude followed by Liturgy. Refreshments will be served. All older adults and their families are invited to join in the day’s festivities. See bulletin board for more detail.

Parishioners are invited to share carnations with the "Mothers" in their lives or to place them in memory of loved ones in the vases that will be provided in the daily Mass Chapel near the Holy Family statue and by the Adoration Chapel door.

The next meeting will take place Saturday morning May 10. Coffee at 7:30 am in the church lobby, prayer and discussion from 8:00 to 9:00 am.

This month’s theme will be "The Flesh is Weak" a discussion about moral decision-making. What steps should we follow to make a responsible moral decision? What role should the Bible play in the process of deciding the morality of a particular act? Open to all men of the parish.

The Westside Catholic Center recently received a $1,888.15 donation from the students at our day school!
Colleen Maher will receive an award this May from the Midwest Talent Search.  After scoring high on her Iowa Basics test, she was invited to participate in taking the ACT college entrance exam in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade.  Because of her recent high composite score, she placed in the top 200 out of 4,225 Midwest participants.  Congratulations Colleen!

May 9 - Lisa Umina, a spiritual children's author, and local

leaders will come be a part of Young Author's Day

Once again, the SMT Youth Ministry joined together to celebrate their faith and have some fun! 17 Youth attended 4:30 Mass on Saturday, April 26 and then carpooled to Fun ‘N’ Stuff. There, the Youth had a great time driving go-karts and playing mini gold. They also enjoyed playing video games and Lasertron (laser tag). All of the Youth would like to extend a big thank you to Maggie Bugaj who organized this event.

Plans for Vacation Bible School are currently being developed. VBS will be held from June 23^rd through June 27^th at St. Martin’s. Please mark these dates on your calendar. If you are interested in having your child participate in VBS, please contact Diana McCormick at (216) 475-3455 for more information.

Garfield Hts. Civic Center–Room 117A

Chicken Marsala, Swedish meatballs/gravy, Whipped potatoes, Green beans with Mushrooms, Green toss salad, Rolls, Butter, Assorted Pastries

Punch, Coffee Tea

Paid up dues for 2003 members $8.00

Guest $14.00

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Last day to purchase tickets is May 8, call 216-475-4985

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