18^th Sunday in Ordinary Time Scripture:

Jesus has pity on the crowd and miraculously feeds them. In his compassion, the Lord answers all our needs, thus renewing his covenant of love with us. Nothing can ever separate us from the love of Christ.

MASS INTENTIONS

SATURDAY: AUG. 3

4:30 pm Richard Precario (Wife)

SUNDAY: AUG. 4 – EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY

IN ORDINARY TIME

8:00 am Nazzereno Turchi (Nino and Julie Miscioili)

10:00 am For the Parishioners

12:00 pm Pasquale and Judith Ali (Family)

MONDAY: AUG. 5

7:30 am Jeanette Zendarski (Karen)

TUESDAY: AUG. 6- TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD

7:30 am Raymond W. Pfeiffer

(Mr. and Mrs. William Pfeiffer)

WEDNESDAY: AUG. 7

7:30 am John and Angline Picklo (Blanche Kolesnik)

THURSDAY: AUG. 8 - DOMINIC

7:30 am Theresa Zingale (Daughter)

FRIDAY: AUG. 9

7:30 am Joseph Jarosz (Ruth Uminski)

SATURDAY: AUG. 10 – LAWRENCE, DEACON, MARTYR

4:30 pm Dorothy Cartellone (Anna Mae Sopata)

SUNDAY: AUG. 11 – NINETEENTH SUNDAY

IN ORDINARY TIME

8:00 am Clementine Lepkosky (Lepkowski Family)

10:00 am Lenny Glinka (Mary Ann Blatnik)

12:00 pm For the Parishioners

THIS WEEK IN THE LECTIONARY

Mon Jer 28:1-17; Ps 119:29-102; Mt 24:22-26

Tue Dn 7:9-14; Ps 97:1-9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9

Wed Jer 31:1-7 (Ps) Jer 31:10-13; Mt 15:21-28

Thu Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:12-19; Mt 16:13-23

Fri Na 2:1-7 (Ps) Dt 32-41; Mt 16:24-28

Sat 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-9; Jn 12:24-26

Sun 1 Kgs 19:9a-13a; Ps 85:9-14; Rom 9:1-5;

Mt 14:22-23

DIOCESAN HOT-LINE

The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland has established a hot-line number at which anyone with a concern, a need, a complaint about sexual abuse or any other related matter can get help and can be heard. That phone number is (216) 696-6525 ext. 6600 or 6601.

PARISH BUDGET BUSINESS

Offertory Contributions

Contributions for July 27 and 28 $ 8,149.23

Please note: $10,500.00 is needed weekly

to pay our bills and avoid going into debt

Thank You!

PLEASE PRAY

Please keep in your prayers the sick and the homebound of our parish, Elizabeth Baroni, Nick Balishin, Robert Bartkowski, Ellen Blados, L.C., Mary Cala, Maria Carriero, John Cegonko, Geraldine D’Amico, Eleanor Dembowski, Rita Downey, Dominic Fabrizio, Cheryl Gesik, Judy Glaros, Helen Glinka, Edward Globokar, Steve Hajdu, Virginia Harley, John Husack, Jessica Kickham, Charles Kolesnicky, Millie Kulchar, Don Lubecki, Camille Manzo, Abigail Morrow, Elizabeth Miller, Judith Nagorski, Helen Plewacki, Josephine Radic, Clara Rocco, Eleanor Sabo, Jordyn Sansavera, Catherine Schiffbauer, Daniel Sholz, Bonnie Sobiesienski, Jean Toth, Stanley Trojanowski, and Michael Tustan.

And the recently deceased: Harold McGinnis and Marge Puleo.

ST. MARTIN OF TOURS ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE

St. Martin of Tours 3^rd Annual Pilgrimage

Where: Our Lady of Consolation Shrine in Carey, OH

When: Wednesday, September 11, 2002

Cost: $30, lunch included

Sign-up and Money due by August 28, 2002

There will be a Pilgrimage Mass, lunch, Stations of the Cross on your bus, Devotions-Enrollment in the Confraternity, Rosary, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Scripture Reading, Homily, Benediction, Prayers for Healing and Individual Prayers with Pilgrims.

Please save this day and join Fr. Jamie in a day of prayers and Thanksgiving. For further information you may call Dolores Machen at 216-663-7443.

Sign-up sheets are in the vestibule of the church.

PLEASE HELP!

We need to replace 3 large area rugs in the school building at minimal cost. If you have a contact in the carpet business or are able to help us with this effort please call Kathy Dombrosky at 216-581-0749. Thank You!

FROM THE PASTOR

Dear friends,

Parish activities start to pick up with the beginning of August. The school is being readied for another school year. Painting, fixing-up, polishing and cleaning are all taking place and will be completed to ensure a smooth beginning for all the events and meeting that take place in the school.

The new, men’s prayer group will begin on Saturday morning, August 11. This looks like a great opportunity for men to gather for fellowship and prayer. What was missed this summer was the opportunity to have a Vacation Bible School for our younger ones. We hope to have it back next summer. Bible Study will return this fall. Pre-Cana is on the calendar for March 8, 2003.

Some have called these early days in August the “dog days of summer.” It’s during these dog days that much planning is underway to renew the church, the priesthood, and our parish. One difficulty has been how to work toward the vibrant parishes the Bishop calls us to be in the midst of the clergy scandal. You can be assured that this will be a topic of meeting that the Bishop is holding with all of the priests of the diocese during the latter part of summer. On July 29, Bishop Pilla began a series of listening sessions at various sites on the subject of sexual abuse of minors and the response of the church by its leaders. Please keep Fr. Matt and me in your prayers as we participate in the process, which will conclude in a day of reflection on September 23 of this year.

May God bless you during these “dog days.”

In Christ,

Fr. Jamie

THE SPAGHETTI DINNER

St. Pius X Parish has given us permission again to hold our annual Spaghetti Dinner there on Sunday, November 24. It would be great to add to the wonderful afternoon we had there last year.

RCIA

If you are interested in becoming Catholic, the RCIA (rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) process is for you. If you know of someone--spouse, fiancé, relative, friend—who might be ready to become Catholic, contact Fr. Jamie or Fr. Matt at the rectory. This includes persons who are never baptized, baptized Christian but not Catholic, baptized Catholic but not communicated or confirmed. If you fit in any of these categories, or would like to be part of the RCIA Team give a call and we’ll answer your questions. The process will begin in September on Monday nights.

THE NATIONAL SHRINE CHAPEL PRAYERS

Here is the sixth set of prayers from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., prayers petitioning the Blessed Virgin Mother for her intercession. You may want to cut these out or copy these prayers for your personal use.

OUR LADY, QUEEN OF IRELAND

Holy Mary, if thou wilt, hear Thy suppliant;

I put myself under the shelter of Thy shield.

When falling in the slippery path, Thou art

my smooth supporting hand staff.

There is no hound in fleetness or in chase,

north wind or rapid river, as quick as

the Mother of Christ to the bed of death,

to those who are entitled to her kindly protection. Amen.

OUR LADY OF SILUVA

O most Holy Virgin, you who have appeared to

the shepherds in the fields at Siluva, you whose

tears bathed the rock where once an altar stood,

you who with plaintive voice said: “You plow and

seed here where formerly my Son was honored,”

grant that we, moved by your tears, may once,

as our forefathers did, revive the spirit of adoration

of your Son in our fallow hearts, strengthen the

tottering structure of the shrine which is the family,

and seek forgiveness for the negligence and sins of our nation.

O Mother of God, we desire to raise up the glory of

your revelation from forgotten ruins, that we may all the

more honor you the patroness of our country, and, with

your help, obtain for our nation the spirit of living Faith.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA

Most Holy Virgin, who hast deigned to come to

Fatima to reveal the treasures of graces hidden in

the recitation of the Rosary, inspire our hearts with

a sincere love of this devotion, that meditating on

the Mysteries of our Redemption recalled therein,

we may obtain the conversion of sinners, the conversion

of Russia, and the favors we ask you now for the greater

glory of God, for your own honor, and for the good

of souls. Amen.

WEEKLY EVENTS

Sun: Aug 04: Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

Mon: Aug 05 6:30 pm Rosary and Novena (C)

Sun: Aug 11: Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

SACRAMENTAL COORDINATOR/PSR PRINCIPAL

By mutual consent, Deacon Jim Hostutler has resigned his position here at St. Martin’s as sacramental coordinator/PSR principal. We are forming a religious education team to fill those roles. Please contact Fr. Jamie if you are interested in the coordination of either the sacramental preparation program (First Penance, First Communion, Confirmation) or the PSR (Parish School of Religion)

NEWS FROM PSR

Registration forms for PSR and the Sacramental Program have been mailed. There are blank registration forms in the narthex of the church. As stated in the letter the PSR program has been moved to Tuesdays not Sundays for grades 1-8, Kindergarten and pre-school will be on Sundays at 10:00 AM. Opening session is September 10, 2002 at 6:45 for 1^st thru 8^th grades, with a parent meeting in church at that time. Preschool and Kindergarten will commence on Sunday September 22 at 10:00 AM. We are in need of a 4^th grade teacher. We are still looking to form a Confirmation committee, and a First Reconciliation/Eucharist committee. The last 2 committees will not meet until the fall. Our date for Confirmation is May 19, 2003. Anyone interested in being on any of these committee’s is asked to contact the rectory.

Anyone interested in sharing your time and talent through teaching or volunteering as aides for next year’s programs is asked to call the rectory.

IT’S ALMOST HERE,ST. MARTIN’S

MEN’S FELLOWSHIP

All Men of the parish are invited to attend the inaugural meeting of the Men’s Fellowship Group.

Saturday, August 10, coffee and donuts at 7:30 am in the church lobby, meeting will take place at the side Altar from 8:00 am to 9:00 am.

This month’s theme; “Authentic Christian Men” We will explore answers to questions such as:

What might Jesus say are the characteristics of a real

Man;

What are some of the influences in society that cause men

to lose touch with the sense that they are created in

his image;

Where do you look for happiness and fulfillment, and

where do you find them.

HEALING HUMOR

One pastor of a Cleveland parish had little success in persuading his parishioners to come up to the front pews of the church for mass. He put this tactful hint in his parish Bulletin: “Some people refuse to come up to the front of church unless escorted by pallbearers.”

(from JOKES PRIESTS CAN TELL, VOL. 8, by Msgr. Arthur Tonne, 1990)

We can be reluctant to let go of our comfort zone. But, if we do, we see what Jesus can do with what we have to give. He can take five loaves and two fish and feed a multitude. He will multiply his miraculous works through us as our faith in him leads us to open our hearts and lives to him.

MARTINEER’S—GUESS WHAT?

HOT DOG TIME IS COMING!

The Martineers will have their annual Hot Dog Roast at Valley View Woods on Thursday, August 15 from 12:00 pm—4:00 pm. For more information call Stella at 216-475-4985.

MARTINEERS TRAVELERS

We are sponsoring trips to:

Tuesday, September 3 Greektown Casino

Cost $29.00—payment due by August 5

Saturday, October 26 Trick or Treat Bag Going to Waterford, Spartansburg, Cambridge, PA

Wednesday, November 7 Oglebay

A guided tour of the Festival of Lights

For more information or reservations contact Dee Kritz at 216-663-7258. All are Welcome!

SCHOOL PAINTING

Volunteers are still needed to help paint the school. If you are handy with a paintbrush we need you! If you aren’t, we need help prepping walls, moving furniture and hanging shelves. The school is open from 8:00 am until 9:00 pm daily so come spend some time sprucing up our school. Call 216-581-0749.

RETREAT

The Faith and Sharing retreat Aug. 7-11 at the Christian Life Center is looking for retreatants. Bishop Roger Gries is the director. Call 566-0531 for more information

WORLD YOUTH DAY

O thank you Canada for World Youth Day 2002! It was an awesome experience in so many ways for our 10 parish pilgrims. Our eyes welled up with tears on more than one occasion for more than one reason. It was deeply moving to see Pope John Paul II up close, such a strong and hope filled witness to the Gospel of Life in Jesus Christ. We faithfully prayed for the intentions of our hearts and those from our parish at the Masses, the candle light vigil, the Stations of the Cross. The hundreds of thousands of people from over 170 of the world’s countries getting along so well was also moving. Toronto was transformed into a city of joy with youths singing, dancing in the subways, praying fervently with hundreds of thousands in a Sea of love, meeting new friends in solidarity from all over the world. What we witnessed in Toronto is hard to put into words; it was a vision of the future and a vision of heaven, of expectant faith and miracles, of people giving glory to God in the company of Jesus, the Pope and one another. With the graces also came the tears of sorrow and physical hardship that our pilgrimage brought. Eating gross mush for food, walking dozens of miles a day, lack of showers, scarce porta-potties, lack of water, large crowds, long lines, blazing heat, driving rain, broken bodies and heat stroke. We hope we have cleared out purgatory. Thank you for all your prayers and support on our pilgrimage to be “Salt for the earth…Light for the world” MT 5:13-16.

In Christ our Light, Fr. Matt and the St. Martin pilgrims.

See www.canoe.ca/CNEWSWorldYouth/home.html

CHEERLEADING

Any parish girl entering the 6^th, 7^th or 8^th grade that is interested in cheerleading for the St. Wenceslas (St. Martin of Tours) football team is asked to call Ray Barry, 216-475-5432.

PLEASE HELP US KEEP “UP TO DATE”

If you’ve recently had a child, and the baptism took place at another parish; please let us know so we can update our files.

If a child has moved out of your home, and is living on their own, please let us know.

If you are a young adult, supporting yourself, living on your own or with your parents, you should be independently registered at our parish.

If your son or daughter has gotten married, at a parish other than St. Martin’s, please let us know so we can make the appropriate notation in our records.

If you have changed your address or phone number, please let us know so we can have the correct information on file.

St. Martin of Tours 3^rd Annual Pilgrimage

Our Lady of Consolation Shrine, Carey, Ohio

September 11, 2002