Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 5, 2020

Holy Martyrs Catholic Church 3100 OLD WEYMOUTH RD MEDINA, OH 44256

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.”

~ MT 11:28

Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - July 5, 2020

Parish Staff

Father Stephen Dohner

Pastor

Father Mark Ott

Weekend Associate

Father Robert F. Pfeiffer

Pastor Emeritus

Janet Payton

Pastoral Associate

Diane Bruce

Director of Faith Formation

Christopher Ilg

Director of Music

Sr. Marie Ellen Kuhel

Bereavement Coordinator

Skip McQuate

SPIRIT Coordinator

Michael Cox

Life Teen Coordinator

For the week of July 4 - July 12

Sat 4:30 pm John Gallo, Jr.

Sun 9:30 am Parishioners

Mon Noon Frank Seaman

Tues Noon Zora Kozar

Wed Noon James Conway

Thurs Noon Marie McConville

Fri Noon Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cancasci

Sat 4:30 pm Francis & Helen McEldowney

(The McEldowney Family)

Sun 9:30 am Evelyn Miller

Sunday and Weekday Masses In-Person or

Livestreamed from Holy Martyrs

Mass with Fr. Steve and Fr. Mark

is now open for all to attend in

person. Weekend Masses are

4:30 PM on Saturday and

9:30 AM on Sunday.

Daily Mass Monday through

Friday is at 12:00 noon in the

Worship Space

If you are attending Mass, face masks MUST be

worn. For more details, please refer to the

SAFE PRACTICES WHEN COMING TO MASS

Located on our website at

https://www.holymartyrs.net

Mass will continue to be livestreamed each

Sunday at 9:30 AM and weekdays at 12:00 noon

To access the Worship Aid and to view Mass

please go to:

https://holymartyrs.online.church/or

www.facebook.com/holymartyrschurch

Eucharistic Adoration

In Person in the Worship Space

Friday Evenings

6:00 -7:00 PM

Come and take advantage of this

opportunity to encounter the Lord

through personal prayer

and meditation.

Eucharistic Adoration will continue to be

livestreamed on our Facebook Page.

Pray the Rosary

NOW In Person in the Worship Space

Tuesday Evenings

7:00 PM

Join Michael Cox every

Tuesday to pray the Rosary

in the Worship Space. He is

also LIVE on the Holy

Martyrs Facebook page.

You can find him at

www.facebook.com/holymartyrschurch

La Sagrada Familia

La Sagrada Familia, our sister parish in Cleveland is

in need of a new IPad for livestreaming their Masses.

If anyone is able to help, please contact the

Church Office at 330-722-6633.

Parish News

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Pray for those who have died in Christ:

Ronald Nelson

Robert Saxer

There is a promise of marriage between:

I Wedding Banns

Caitlin Terrell and Brice Gaylord

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Confessions are once again being scheduled every Saturday

afternoon from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in the chapel. Please

read the safe practices pertaining to confession which are

listed on the last page of the bulletin .

Contacting the Church Office

Due to the health and safety concerns for you and staff,

all Holy Martyrs Church buildings are not currently

accessible to the public except for the Worship Space

for weekday or weekend Masses. However, office and

pastoral staff are available during normal work hours

and can be contacted by phone, email or regular mail.

Holy Martyrs Staff

330-722-6633

churchoffice@holymartyrs.net

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS

Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

1:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Friday - CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED

Phone: 330-722-6633

Fax: 330-725-2193

Email: churchoffice@holymartyrs.net

I Can Do That

When the world slumbers in comfort and selfishness, our Christian mission is to help rouse it from sleep. Pope Francis Paul Revere is hailed as a hero because spreading the word to a sleeping community that the British were coming saved our country. You have the opportunity to help save the whole planet by speaking up about the need to protect God’s creation. Research shows that people will change their minds about the need to act when they have repeatedly heard a consistent message from reliable sources. Talk to others. Avoid emotionally charged arguments by listening and finding common ground. We all want to have safe drinking water. We all want clean air to breathe. We all want those who suffer with lung disease to breathe easier. No one enjoys the sight of litter on the ground or in the water. By educating yourself you will be able to refute the myths that others believe without getting into a shouting match. You may not change their minds, but you will have been a reliable source, a seed of doubt that will allow the truth to eventually grow and flourish. If you cause three people to make a change and they cause three people to change and so on, we will reach a critical mass that politicians cannot ignore. Change does not begin with legislation. Change ends in legislation.

Be a hero in the war on pollution.

Spread the word!

Baptism Preparation

Those parents seeking Baptism of

a child will need to complete a

Baptism Preparation Session if this

is your first child or if it has been

2 years or more since you last

attended a session.

Holy Martyrs will be holding a Baptism Preparation

Session on Sunday, July 12 at 1:15 PM in the

Worship Space.

To register, please call 330-722-6633.

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Medina, Ohio

Youth Mass — Life Night June 28, 2020

HM KIDS HQ—330-952-1466

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HM Kids - Staying connected to our

faith and our community.

We are looking at so many changes to our daily

routine that we now may want to consider using a

bit of that time to attend Mass as a family.

Daily Mass at Holy Martyrs is now open to the

public and is at 12 noon in the Worship Space. It

will continue to be livestreamed at

https://holymartyrs.online.church/.

Saturday Mass at 4:30 PM and Sunday Mass at

9:30 AM is also open to the public. The Sunday

Mass will continue to be livestreamed from Holy

Martyrs at 9:30 AM at

https://holymartyrs.online.church/

At this time, Time Travelers will not be held in

person at the 9:30 AM Mass. Time Travelers will

continue to be recorded each week and can be

reached from our website at

www.holymartyrs.net/timetravelers

with a link to YouTube for the video. We will continue

to offer Time Travelers through our website until

further notice.

Sign up to help out!

FEST 2020 is a little more than a month away, and we

need volunteer help to assemble craft kits, put

together giveaways, host watch parties and more!

To get involved and learn more – visit

www.theFEST.us/volunteer.

It will still take hundreds of

volunteers to make The FEST

possible this year. Volunteers will

get a free t-shirt and make this

wonderful day of faith, family and

fun possible.

Stay tuned to www.theFEST.us

for more information.

There will not be a Youth Mass, Life

Night or SPIRIT tonight, July 5.

We will resume again on

Sunday, July 12 at 5:00 PM.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING TIME,

TALENT, TREASURE

Grateful Giving

Consider a Gift of Stock to

Support the Ministries of Holy Martyrs

In gratitude for all that God has given us, we, as

Christians, are called to give back to our community

and our church. In addition to the Sunday offertory, one

way of giving back might be transferring appreciated

stock to help Holy Martyrs continue its mission to lead

people to encounter Christ, grow in faith, and make

disciples. By transferring stock directly to our parish,

you may be able to avoid capital gains taxes.

For more information about what you need to do to

make such a gift, please contact

Therese McDonnell at 330-722-6633 or

Tmcdonnell@holymartyrs.net

Want to give without writing a check?

Holy Martyrs is now using Faith Direct

To enroll:

Go to http://www.holymartrys.net/next-steps/give

Click on Faith Direct

Click on Enroll and follow the directions. There is

also a video which provides you with step by step

instructions.

Launched by Pope Francis, MISSIO

connects you with communities

around the world and helps you

make a direct and lasting impact on

the lives of others.

Casa San Jose, Street Children Center

The goal of Casa San José and its

programs is to reduce the increasing

number of children and adolescents

living on the streets in the city of

Cochabamba, Bolivia. First,

professionals work with the children in the streets,

organizing activities in order to enhance their skills,

raise their self-esteem, strengthen their identity, and

prevent their continued life in the streets and the

often-subsequent drug use and crime. Following these

activities, Casa San José invites in the boys and teens

who are open to its programs and willing to make the

effort to overcome their situation. Once they have

freely accepted the invitation to the center, they are

provided with food, medical care, education,

psychological counseling and with other formation and

training.

In 2019 a total of 454 persons

including relatives, children

and adolescents benefited

from the services offered by

Casa San José. There were

only 3 adolescents not able to adapt to Casa San José.

For more information on this and other projects,

please go to:

https://www.missio.org/explore.aspx

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Medina, Ohio

Peter’s Pence Collection

Thank you for your generous

support in last week’s Peter’s Pence

Collection! Our contributions will

be combined with those from our

brothers and sisters around the

world to help Pope Francis provide

essential relief to people in need.

If you missed the collection, it is not too late to give.

Visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections.

GLORY BEES

THE GLORY BEES give glory to God by cleaning the

church. Thank you to all who have volunteered their time

and are back to clean. Those scheduled for Tuesday, July 7

will receive a confirmation phone call from the Church

Office.

You are all most appreciated.

Safe Practices When Coming to Holy Martyrs

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Social distancing of at least six feet, except with family members who live with you, is required in the church and other indoor areas.

Everyone must sanitize their hands before entering the worship space. “The faithful are obliged to wear a mask or other face covering upon entering church and during the celebration of Mass, except for the brief moment of receiving Holy Communion.”

For the time being there will be no sign of peace at Mass. There will be a single Communion line up the main aisle with marked 6 foot intervals on the floor to maintain social distancing. Communicants seated in the middle sections will advance first up the main aisle then return to their seats

down the side aisles, followed by the side sections who will walk to the back of the church and up the main aisle then return to their seats down the side aisles, maintaining a six foot interval.

Please Note: For the health and safety of all, receiving Communion in the Hand is normative.

When approaching the minister for Holy Communion, the mask should be pulled down over the mouth only to receive the Host and immediately pulled up again.

The scheduled time for confession at Holy Martyrs is on Saturday from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in the reconciliation room, entered through the chapel.

a) A mask or facial covering must be worn when in the church buildings, including before and during confession.

b) Enter the chapel as usual and wait for the priest to be free.

c) Maintain social distance of at least six feet from others while in the chapel.

d) When entering the reconciliation room, you may either sit face to face or kneel behind the screen. The penitent and priest must maintain a social distance of six feet while in the reconciliation room.

For your safety and others, if you are not feeling well or have been exposed to someone with the COVID-19 virus you should stay home. You must self-quarantine for 14 days if you have been exposed to the virus. These steps will help keep you and those around you safe and healthy.