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Augustine Church February 7, 2016)

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Monday, February 8 Weekday
12:05 Richard Siwik Anniversary
6:00 Confessions
Tuesday, February 9 Weekday
8:30 School Mass Michael Jerin Sr.
5:15 William & Isabel Rehman
Wednesday, February 10 Ash Wednesday
8:30 Vicky Beck Anniversary
12:05 Beau Kepler
7:00 Carl Frank Anniversary
Thursday, February 11 Thursday after Ash Wednesday
12:05 Patricia Ann Patterson
Friday, February 12 Friday after Ash Wednesday
12:05 John Edward & Mary M. Witt
2:00 Stations of the Cross
7:00 Stations of the Cross
Saturday, February 13 Saturday after Ash Wednesday
8:30 George Kozarevic
3:00 Confessions
4:00 Bill Williams Anniversary
Sunday, February 14 First Sunday of Lent
8:00 Dan Incorvati Anniversary
10:30 The People of St. Augustine Church
5:15 Alex & Margaret Toth
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Readings for the Week of February 8

1 Kgs 8:1-7,9-13, Ps 132:6-7,8-10, Mk 6:53-56
1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30, Ps 84:3,4,5,10,11, Mk 7:1-13
Jl 2:12-18, Ps 51:3-4,5-6,12-13,14,17, 2 Cor 5:20-6:2, Mt 6:1-6,16-18
Dt 30:15-20, Ps 1:1-2,3,4,6,Lk 9:22-25
Is 58:1-9a, Ps 51:3-4,5-6,18-19, Mt 9:14-15
Is 58:9b-14, Ps 86:1-2,3-4,5-6, Lk 5:27-32
Dt 26:4-10, Ps 91:1-2,10-11,12-13,14-15, Rom 10:8-13, Lk 4:1-13
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Time, Talent & Treasure

Sunday Offering
Faith Direct Offering
1,662

January 24
6,651

$
$

1,662

January 31
8,340
$

Total Offering
10,002

8,313

Weekly Budget to meet Operating Cost $

11,800
(Shortfall) Overage
$
$
(1,798)

11,800

(3,487)

School Support
Capital Support
St. Vincent de Paul
14
Parish Endowment

$
$

Catholic University
5
Latin America Mission

588
1,021

--30

1,183

196

$
$

$
$

131
308

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$
$

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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Simon Peter reluctantly obeyed Jesus command to put out into deeper water for a
catch saying, Master, we worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your
command I will lower the nets. Peter along with James and John were then
astonished at the almost net breaking load of fish they caught. We may also be
astonished when we obey the Lord:
Insert Graphic 2000-0047.tif) Please pray for our Sick especially: Karl Bartel, John
Baylock, Joseph Benear, Betty Bartel, Jack Weigand, Lisa Gnap, Irene Lyle, Jenny
Moslowski, Mike Macko, Judy Kriston, Anne Trischan, Fred Kormanic, Shanon
Johnson, Tina Muren, Betty Morlan, JoAnn Mullett, Stephen Deibel, Joanne Ramsay,
Leroy Morlan, Jason Glaros, William Bedford. Karen Gondor, Carol Garman, Chad
Trischan, Pat Shemuga, Andrew Somercik, Helene Van Oss, Paula Collins, Jodi
Johnson, Paulette Holland, Alexandra Kepler, Gary Reed, Kristine Hornacek, Vicki
Martin, Camilla Pieffer, Barb Shehan, Gloria Rondy, Joe Patterson III, Lowell Potts,
Sandra Walters, Bruce Hartung, Barb Helms, Sherrie Owens, Nicole Hahn, Carol
Hendricks, Marilyn Dugan, Clay Walton, Eileen Gustafson, Tom Abbott, Florence
Vesalo, Bob & Patty Moses, Therese Weigand, Marge OBoyle, Bill Judge, Agnes Hurley
& Nancy Fuss
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Avery Gresser
Daughter of Jason & Gina (Cich) Gresser
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Vera Judge
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!

Mercy demands justice True mercy, the mercy God gives to us and teaches us,
demands justice, it demands that the poor find the way to be poor no longer, Pope

Francis notes. It asks us, the Church, us, the City of Rome, it asks the institutions
to ensure that no one ever again stand in need of a soup kitchen, of makeshift-lodging,
of a service of legal assistance in order to have his legitimate right recognized to live
and to work, to be fully a person. (Address to Jesuit Refugee Services, 9/10/13). In
your own life, and in your faith community, how do you work for justice? Do you
seek to address the root causes of problems that affect those who are
vulnerable?
325 Holy Hours were kept with Our Lord in Eucharistic adoration last week.
To visit the Blessed Sacrament is a proof of gratitude, an expression of love,
and a duty of adoration towards Christ our Lord. We are blessed to have
perpetual adoration here in our parish....but we cannot do it without you.
Please call Judy at 330-212-0926 if you can spend just one hour..
Barberton Area Community Ministries item for the Month of February is Soup. All donations can be
placed in the bench in front of the giving tree in the vestibule of the church. Donations are picked up on
Monday mornings. Thank you again for all your support in helping us serve our brothers and sisters
in need.
The Charismatic Prayer Group will meet today Sunday, February 7 at 6:30pm in the rectory. All
are encouraged to attend, reservations are not necessary.
(Insert Graphic 2404-0067.tif) Coffee and Donuts will be served today Sunday,
February 7 following the 10:30 Mass. Plan to stop in for a sweet treat before heading
home.
Attention Life Teen High School Youth Group, the meeting for Sunday,
February 7 is cancelled. Any High School Teen interested in attending a retreat
with St. Hilary students on March 5 & 6 should contact Jaclyn Snyder at 330-7451080 or DRE.staugustine@gmail.com .
Next week, our parish will take up the 131 st annual National Black and Indian
Mission Collection. Our support of this collection helps build the Church in African
American, Native American, and Alaska Native communities from coast to coast.
Schools, parish religious education programs, and diocesan ministries depend on
your generosity to help them spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

The Divorced, Separated, and Widowed Catholics of Akron is sponsoring a talk by Deacon Greg
Hoefler from Immaculate Heart of Mary on the topic of Building Relationships. This will be held
on Monday, February 8th at 7:30 pm at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Convent Building, 1945
Portage Trail in Cuyahoga Falls. This event is open at no cost to single people of all faiths.
Refreshments will be served at 7:15 pm. For information call Sue 330-554-5626.
Ash Wednesday we will take up the Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe.
This collection supports Catholic organizations that provide affordable shelter and training for
seminarians in a region that still struggles from the effects of Soviet rule. By providing pastoral
care, catechesis, and funding for building renovations, your donations help restore the Church
and build the future in the region. Please give generously to the collection next week. Visit
www.usccb.org/ccee.

THE SHROVE TUESDAY CARD PARTY will be held in the SAC Tuesday, February 9,
doors open at 5:30 pm. Card party will run from 6:30 - 9 pm. Dinner served at 6:30
pm. Ticket price: Presale $8; $10. Tickets will be sold following Mass today.
(Insert Graphic 2104-0008.tif) Our observance of Lent begins on Ash
Wednesday, February 10, it is not a Holy Day of Obligation but a day of fast and
abstinence for Catholics. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of
universal fast and abstinence. Fasting is obligatory for all who have completed their
18th year and have not yet reached their 60th year. Fasting allows a person to eat
one full meal. Two smaller meals may be taken, not to equal one full meal.
Abstinence (from meat) is obligatory for all who have reached their 14 th year. If
possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday
night) as the paschal fast to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, and
to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his
Resurrection. Fridays in Lent are obligatory days of complete abstinence (from
meat) for all who have completed their 14th year.
The next Book Club meeting will be held in the rectory on Thursday, February 11 at
1:00pm. Join us as we continue discussing My Life with the Saints, chapters 6-9.
Participation is OPEN to all men and women in the parish. If you would like to sit in
for a session or two, please know you are welcome to do so.
SAVE THE DATES: There will be a PARISH MISSION presented by Fr.
Damian Ference on March 6, 7 and 8 at 7:00 pm in the Church. Join others
for this grace-filled time of spiritual renewal and growth.
Prepare for your Lenten Meals with a cooking class on February 17! This class will
present three different dinners appropriate for serving during Lent. The class will be
held in the Altar Society Kitchen in the school from 7-9pm. Cost of class is $5.00
which includes instructions and tasting of all three dishes. Please RSVP to the rectory at 330745-0011 or Lisa Swain at 330-753-9638.
To assist people in their understanding of the Churchs teachings on marriage, divorce, remarriage and
annulments as a path to healing and closure, the Tribunal of the Diocese of Cleveland will offer First Step
on Wednesday, February 17 beginning at 7:00pm at Holy Family Church, 3179 Kent Road in Stow, Room
1 below the church. There is no cost and reservations are not necessary.
Mark the Date - Wednesday, February 24, 2016 How good it feels to come back to
Him whenever we are lost. Pope Francis tell us. Please join us for An Evening of
Confession, February 24, 3016 from 5-8pm. Individual confessions will be heard
throughout the evening. If you have family members or friends who are away from
the Catholic Church, please invite them to come home this Lent, and to experience
Gods gift of healing through the sacrament of reconciliation. For more information
see www.welcomecatholics.com.
St. Augustine Culture of Life would like to thank all who signed and or donated to
the Right to Life of Northeastern Ohio Campaign. Signatures will go to our
legislators where they can and do make a difference. Donations financially support
the billboards for alternative pregnancy centers. Save the date for the Spiritual
Adoption Baby Shower Sunday, February 28, 2016 following 10:30 Mass in the

school Cafeteria, all are welcome to attend the celebration of life and prayer.
Donations will benefit the Community Pregnancy Center in Barberton and the St.
Augustine St. Elizabeth Ministry which donates beautiful baskets to the newly
baptized babies of the parish. Donations are gratefully appreciated but not required
for participation in the shower. In addition to the Spiritual Adoption Program, St.
Augustine Culture of Life also holds: Holy Hour for Life on the First Friday of every
month at 11:00am. Whenever two or more are available there is an opportunity to
"gather in His name" and witness in front of the abortion clinic or Planned
Parenthood following Mass.
Holy Hour for Religious Freedom is held every
Wednesday from 1:00-2:00pm featuring a Patriotic Rosary. The Culture of Life
meets the first Tuesday of every month following the 5:15 Mass and benediction. If
you are looking for ways to fulfill Pope Francis call for works of spiritual and corporal
mercy the Culture of Life provides many opportunities for both and would welcome
your ideas also. For more information contact Lynn Willig @ 330-658-2642.
The next round of Euchre will be Friday, March 4 beginning at 6:30pm in the
school cafeteria.

Players of all ages are welcome to attend.

Ireland and Scotland Trip Deacon Robin & Paula Adair, and Fr. Norm
Douglas, will be hosting at trip to Ireland and Scotland, August 19-31, 2016
with Proximo Travel. (See www.proximotravel.com. Scroll down on Custom
trips).
An Information night will be held at Guardian Angels Church on
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 6:30. Consider this opportunity to travel Ireland
and Scotland with fellow parishioners and friends. For additional questions please
contact Deacon Adair at 330-283-4983.
SAVE THE DATE FOR HOPE (Healing Our Pain Every day) a faith-based, safe
and fun weekend retreat for teens ages 13-17 years old, coping with the death of a
parent, grandparent or sibling.

It will be Saturday, April 23 at 9:30am until

Sunday, April 24 at 4:30pm at Our Lady of Victory in Tallmadge.

For more

information or to register, contact Linda Herold at 330-633-3637.

(Insert Graphic 1103-0041.tif) For those preparing to have a child baptized
in the near future, One requirement is that the parents attend a Pre-Baptism Class.
The next class will be held on April 19, 7:00pm Immaculate Conception Church.
Please contact Immaculate Conception at 330-753-8429 to register.
St. Augustine Preschool is celebrating 20 years of service to our families and
the community this year. The Preschool has touched many lives through the
years and we would love to hear from you with stories, photos, or just great
memories. You may contact Kathy Bogdan at the Preschool at 330-745-5735 or at
staugpreschool@gmail.com. You may also contact Bernadette at the rectory at
augustine1898@rrbiznet.com. Thanks so much. I look forward to hearing from you
soon with wonderful memories!
(Insert Graphic 2403-0001.tif) In the February/March envelope packets there is an
envelope for Easter Flowers. Donations to the Flower Fund help to defray costs of flowers and
decorations in our church during the Easter Season. Monies received also aid the Parish
Sacristan in keeping the sanctuary supplied with all necessary items throughout the year. For

those using Faith Direct, if you choose to make a donation, please drop an envelope in the
offertory basket with the name of your intention. Donations must be received by Wednesday,
march 16 in order to make the flower list.
The 2016 Catholic Charities Annual Appeal is underway with an
in-pew commitment process taking place this weekend. This is
not a special collection; rather, the Catholic Charities Annual
Appeal represents the chance for all Catholics to make a
significant pledge, payable in installments, to Catholic Charities. Diocese of
Cleveland in order to support its mission of a society that stands united in its
support for the least among us. Many parishioners have received a letter from
Bishop Lennon requesting their support. If you have received the mailing, please
respond to it. There is a box on the in-pew envelope to indicate that you have
responded by mail. Love Powers Our Mission! Your support of the 2016 Catholic
Charities Annual Appeal is an act of mercy that will change the lives of over 400,000
of your brothers and sisters in Christ. Please consider a generous gift to the
Catholic Charities Annual Appeal. Pray for its success which provides essential
programs and services in need throughout all eight counties of the Diocese of
Cleveland. On behalf of the poor and needy of Northeast Ohio, thank you! We
invite you to view the stories of inspiration and more information at
www.catholiccommunity.org/2016Appeal.
The Elizabeth Ministry would like to thank all those who donated items through the
Giving Tree and The Culture of Life. I would also like to thank those people
who make homemade items for our baskets and those who think about our
ministry during the year and drop off items at the rectory for us. We were
able to put together 20 baskets in 2015 as a welcome gift for children
being baptized into our faith family. If you are interested in helping out in this ministry,
please call Beth White @ 330-690-3726. Thanks for your support.
(Insert Graphic 1108-0048.tif) For couples preparing for marriage, Pre-Cana Day is
available on the following Sundays in 2016: March 6, April 24, May 22 or June 12 The day will begin with registration at 10:30 a.m., followed by Mass at 11:00 a.m.
Lunch is served at 12:00 p.m. The day will conclude at 6:00 pm. The cost is $75.00
per couple which includes lunch.
To register, visit our website at
www.loyolaretreathouse.com to download a registration form or call the Retreat House
at 330-896-2315.