(St.

Augustine Church, Barberton, OH February 14, 2016)

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Monday, February 15 Lenten Weekday
12:05 Craig Wilson
6:00 Confessions
Tuesday, February 16 Lenten Weekday
8:30 School Mass All Souls
5:15 Anna Lazar
Wednesday, February 17 Lenten Weekday
12:05 Sam Reynolds
Thursday, February 18 Lenten Weekday
12:05 Vada McNeal
Friday, February 19 Lenten Weekday
12:05 Genevieve Benedick Bania
2:00 Stations of the Cross
7:00 Stations of the Cross
Saturday, February 20 Lenten Weekday
8:30 Emma Young
3:00 Confessions
4:00 Elizabeth Krizan Fr. Browne
Sunday, February 21 Second Sunday of Lent
8:00 Mary Geraldine Witt - Fr. Browne
10:30 The People of St. Augustine Church Fr. Majikas
5:15 Terrie Given Fr. Misbrener

Readings for the Week of February 15

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Lv 19:1-2,11-18, Ps 19:8,9,10,15, Mt 25:31-46

Is 55:10-11, Ps 34:4-5,6-7,16-17,18-19, Mt 6:7-15
Jon 3:1-10, Ps 51:3-4,12-13,18-19, Lk 11:29-32
Est C:12,14-16,23-25, Ps 138:1-2,2-3,7-8, Mt 7:7-12
Ez 18:21-28, Ps 130:1-2,3-4,5-7,7-8, Mt 5:20-26
Dt 26:16-19, Ps 119:1-2,4-5,7-8, Mt 5:43-48
Gn 15:5-12,17-18, Ps 27:1,7-8,8-9,13-14, Phil 3:17-4:1, Lk 9:28b-36
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Time, Talent & Treasure

Sunday Offering
Faith Direct Offering
1,662
Total Offering
9,852

January 31
8,340

February 7
8,190

1,662

10,002

Weekly Budget to meet Operating Cost $

11,800
(Shortfall) Overage
$
$
(1,948)
School Support
Capital Support
St. Vincent de Paul
441
Parish Endowment
30
Home Missions

$
$

11,800

(1,798)

--30
$

14

$
$

$
$
$

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512
169
$

80

First Sunday of Lent

Notice that Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. What is a wilderness in
your life to which the Holy Spirit is leading you this lent? Perhaps there are
uncharted areas in your marriage or family relationships which you have avoided?
In the forty day of Lent, it is not a matter of us working on things but God working in
us. Open your heart, trust the Spirit and spend this Lent in your wilderness.
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, Clay Walton, Eileen Gustafson, Tom Abbott, Florence Vesalo, Bob & Patty
Moses, Therese Weigand, Marge OBoyle, Bill Judge, Agnes Hurley, Nancy Fuss, Dr.
Bhe, Mark Soberano & Rebecca Starr

Ideas for Living Mercy during the Jubilee Year

There are many ways we can respond to the call to live mercy. Here are a few ideas:
Put Two Feet of Love in Action. Use the Two Feet of Love in Action guide
to consider how you can strengthen both charitable works and social
justice at home and as part of your faith community. Visit
www.usccb.org/twofeet for more information.
Get Involved Locally. Explore the map at PovertyUSA.org to find local
organizations that practice mercy by learning about and addressing
poverty. Or, contact your diocesan director for the Catholic Campaign for
Human Development.
Engage Your Faith Community. With your faith community, use Pope
Francis prayer for the Jubilee Year, and the resources mentioned below, to
pray,
reach
out,
learn,
and
act
during
the
year.
Visit
WeAreSaltAndLight.org for stories of how communities of faith around the
country are living mercy.

Attend the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering (Jan. 23-26, 2016). This
years theme is Called to Live Mercy in Our Common Home
(www.CatholicSocialMinistryGathering.org).
Participate in Action Alerts on issues of life and dignity from the U.S.
Catholic bishops (cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops).
326 Holy Hours were kept with Our Lord in Eucharistic Adoration last week.
Our Lord hears our prayers anywhere, but he has revealed to His servants that
those who visit Him in the Eucharist will obtain a more abundant measure of
grace (St Alphonsus Ligouri). For more information on Eucharistic Adoration ,
please call Judy Soltis at 330-212-0926.
Are you looking for a quality kindergarten experience for your child or
maybe a fresh start for grades 1-8? St. Augustine School is now accepting
enrollment for 2016-2017. Need-based financial aid for students entering
K-8 and need-based scholarships for students entering grades K-3 are
available.
Please
call
(330)
753-6435
or
e-mail
sch_staugustine@dioceseofcleveland.org for more information.
The Red Cross is in great need of diapers and wipes for newborn and toddlers,
please consider a donation to this great cause.
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 Augustine Athletic Board would like to thank all those who made this year's reverse raffle a
huge success. To all our generous parishioners that made monetary donation, area businesses
who said yes to help us out with a donation, and especially our friends in Barberton. We would
also like to thank all those who attended; because of you we reached our goal. We will be
purchasing new uniforms for the volleyball teams and t-shirts for the track team. Check us out
on Facebook at St. Augustine Athletics for updates.
Today, our parish will take up the 131st 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! You can help meet unmet needs with a generous
contribution today. Thank you for your support.
(Insert Graphic 2104-0008.tif) Our observance of Lent began on Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of universal fast and
abstinence. Fasting is obligatory for all who have completed their 18 th year and
have not yet reached their 60 th 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.

ANNUNCIATION (Visitation of Mary) FAMOUS FISH FRY! You are invited to come and
enjoy these famous Fish Frys beginning on Friday, February 12 and continuing every Friday
during Lent (NOT including Good Friday) from 4:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Only $9.00 for adults,
$8.50 for seniors and $4.00 for children 12 years & under. Dinner will be held in the school
building cafeteria at 88 Kent Street in East Akron. Excellent menu including Baked or Fried
Cod, Scalloped Potatoes or French Fries, Spanish Rice, Macaroni & Cheese, Vegetable, Cole
Slaw, Coffee, Tea & Lemonade; Massoli's Bread, Desserts and Soft Drinks also available. Don't
miss out on these fantastic, fabulous fish fry! Come try it!!
St. Augustine Mens Fellowship will meet in the School Cafeteria from 7-8:25 am on Saturday,
February 20. We will continue our series Life is Worth Living by Bishop Fulton Sheen. All men
of the parish and friends are invited to join us. For additional questions call Gib Adolph at 330848-1043 or e-mail adolphbiz@email.com.
(Insert Graphic 2404-0067.tif) The next Coffee and Donuts will be served Sunday,
February 21 following the 10:30 Mass. Hosts will be Jean Luxeder and Cindy Cook.
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.
St. Augustine Culture of Life reminds you to: PLEASE SAVE THE DATE for The
Spiritual Adoption Baby Shower being held on 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 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.
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 He brings us the mercy of the
Father who forgives. (Pope Francis) The sacrament of reconciliation offers to us the
healing grace of God in restored relationships: not only our individual relationships
with friends and family, but our relationship with God and with the Catholic Church.

All are asked to join us for An Evening of Confession, February 24, 2016 from 58pm. We particularly invite anyone who may have wandered from the Catholic
Church to come home this Lent, through the sacramental reconciliation. For more
information see www.welcomecatholics.com.
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.

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.
(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.