St.

Augustine Church, Barberton, OH – May 5, 2019

May 6 – 12
Monday, May 6 – Easter Weekday
12:05 Anna Lazar
6:00 Confessions

Tuesday, May 7 – Easter Weekday

8:30 School Mass – George & Barbara Kerekes
5:15 Margaret McArdle

Wednesday, May 8 – Easter Weekday

12:05 Sylvia Funk

Thursday, May 9 – Easter Week 12:05 Living & Deceased of the Ligas family
Friday, May 10 – Easter Weekday
12:05 Charles Hete

Saturday, May 11 – Easter Weekday

8:30 Amy Brickels
2:00 Wedding – Nicholas Kaiser & Angela Genet
3:00 Confession
4:00 Andrew Somercik (Fr. Browne)

Sunday, May 12 – Fourth Sunday of Easter

8:00 Bette Furcsik Milich (Fr. Browne)
10:30 Sylvia Funk (Fr. Browne)
5:15 The People of St. Augustine Church (Fr. Misbrener)

Readings for the Week of May 6

Monday Acts 6:8-15, Ps 119:23-24,26-27,29-30, Jn 6:22-29
Tuesday Acts 7:51-8:1a, Ps 31:3-4,6,7,8,17,21, Jn 6:30-35
Wednesday Acts 8:1b-8, Ps 66:1-2,4-5,6-7, Jn 6:35-40
Thursday Acts 8:26-40, Ps 66:8-9,16-17,20, Jun 6:44-51
Friday Act 9:1-20, Ps 117:1,2, Jn 6:52-59
Saturday Acts 9:31-42, Ps 116:12-13,14-15,16-17, Jn 6:60-69
Sunday Acts 13:14,43-52, Ps 100:1-2,3,5, Rv 7:9,14b-17, Jn 10:27-30

Third Sunday of Easter

Jesus invited the disciples to “come and have breakfast.” Through this breakfast at
the beach and the Last Supper, Jesus teaches us that meals can be more than eating.
Meals are opportunities to share prayer, the stories of our lives, understanding and
forgiveness for one another. Expect Jesus to be present at family meals.

365 Holy Hours were kept before the Blessed Sacrament this past week.
We have one vacant hour…Saturday, midnight to 1:00am. We also have the
following hours that are in need of a partner for the current adorer covering
these hours: Sunday 3-4am and 5-6am, and Monday 10-11am. You cannot
know, until you commit to an hour every week, the graces our good God has in store
for you. Call Gene Ryan at 330-690-9661 and sign-up. You will never regret it, ask
any adorer! Many blessings!

Congratulations to Gene Ryan, our Holy Hour Coordinator, as she celebrates

her 90th birthday on May 6.

Please pray for our Sick especially: Betty Bartel, Lisa Gnap, Judy Kriston, Anne
Trischan, Shanon Johnson, Joanne Ramsay, William Bedford, Carol Garman, Chad
Trischan, Pat Shemuga, Helene Van Oss, Paula Collins, Alexandra Kepler, Gary Reed,
Barb Shehan, Joe Patterson III, Lowell Potts, Sandra Walters, Bruce Hartung, Barb
Helms, Nicole Hahn, Tom Abbott, Bob & Patty Moses, Kelly Ann Eby, Kaleigh Shriver,
Dick Buehrle, Pauline Nonno, Allen Weidman, Conner Beish, Charlie Carroll, Katie
Marino, Cheryl Jackson, Roy Smith, Tara Ferguson, C.J., Bob Eckert, Paul Moon,
James Chalfant, Lori Meese, Sharon Lohan, Carole Ezell-Bell, Lisa Von Gunten, Julian
Gonzalez, Honey Ann Zagar, Paulette Holland, Carol Newhouse, Carol Grimes, Nick
Shirey, Mary Zinkovitch, Ed Brogan, Angela Rollins, John Anzaldi, Gary Morgan,
Margaret McConnall, Pam Schlernitzauer, Frank Wrobel, Tom Rasicci, Sarah Brown,
Laurie Shantz, Susan Cutshall, Margaret Genet, Sarah Browne, Phil & Alyce Sherman,
Kathy Steinwand, Lincoln Rickenbacker, Frank & Virginia Dellapa, Leslie Coffey, Brian
Gortney, Megan Anson, Alice Rose & Margo Trenta

Wedding Banns

III Nicholas Kaiser and Angela Genet

I Derek Meyer & Morgann Priest
Pastor’s Formed Pick of the Week: “The Second Greatest Story Ever Told”
In this vastly popular talk, Fr. Michael Gaitley describes the “Second Greatest
Story Ever Told” a story that encompasses Divine Mercy, the life of Pope St. John Paul
II and the crucial role Marian Consecration can play in your life. Fr. Gaitley is a priest
in the congregation of Marion Mothers of the Immaculate Conception and the director
of the Association of Marian Helpers a fraternal community with more than one million
members. Pope St. John Paul II is a true inspiration for developing a relationship with
Mary and trusting in the Divine Mercy.
Christ’s Peace!
Fr. David Majikas

Time, Talent & Treasure

April 21 April 28
Sunday Offering $ 6,658 $ 5,705
Faith Direct Offering $ 1,696 $ 1,696
Total Offering $ 8,354 $ 7,401

Weekly Budget to meet Operating Cost $ 11,800 $ 11,800

(Shortfall) Overage $ $ (3,446) $ (4,399)

School Support $ 445 $ ---

Capital Support $ 85 $ 80
Endowment Fund $ --- $ ---
Good Friday $ 868 $ 155
St. Vincent de Paul $ 10 $ 56
Easter Sunday $ 11,797 $ 740
Organ Campaign $ 35 $ 20
Easter Flowers $ 60 $ ---
Catholic Home Missions $ --- $ 419
Almsgiving 2019 $ 810 $ 517
Total Almsgiving to date $ 10,228
Organ Campaign – Goal $660,000 Total to date $ 625,211

Barberton Area Community Ministry item for the Month of May is Cereal. 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 brother’s and sister’s in need.

Donations towards our 2019 Almsgiving project Barberton Area Community

Ministries and the Soup Kitchen, have surpassed our goal. As of this writing,
our current total collected is $10,518.42. Thank you to everyone that
donated. Together we will make a difference in the lives of many.

Thank you for your generous support of last week’s Catholic Home Mission Appeal. Our parish
raised $419 to strengthen the Church at home and ensure that the Gospel spreads across the United
States. If you missed the appeal, it’s not too late to give! Visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections.
CATHOLIC CEMETERIES ASSOCIATION - MONTHLY GRIEF SUPPORT – MAY 19 at 3:00PM - Please join us
for an hour of learning and healing along your grief journey. Our Grief Support leaders are certified as
Ministers of Consolation by the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved, Inc. Our Catholic-based
support can be supplemental to your existing support groups. We meet the 3rd Sunday of every month
at 3:00 p.m., except on holidays, and then we meet the 4th Sunday. The next Support Group is Sunday,
May 19 at Holy Cross Cemetery, Akron (office). The topic for May will be: “Your New Normal. What is
Normal? ” No registration is required; just come and join us. For more information, visit our website
https://www.clecem.org/Information/Bereavement.aspx or contact Rhonda at 216.930.4866
rabrams@clecem.org.

Please join our parish for May Crowning! St. Augustine PSR will hold their
May Crowning on Sunday, May 5 at 9:30am and St. Augustine School will
hold their May Crowning on Tuesday, May 7, following the 8:30am school
Mass. Both will be held on the front lawn by the Statue of Mary (rain
location will be in the Church). All families and parishioners are welcome to join us!

We ask that you keep our second graders in your prayers as they prepare to
receive their First Holy Communion on Saturday, May 4. May God continue to
bless them!

When using the kneelers please do not allow them to hit the floor hard. It is
not only a huge distraction to others but it is causing them to wear down and
break. Please be gentle.

“Aloha” ~ That is a little Hawaiian greeting for our next Soup Kitchen scheduled for May 7 at the First
Presbyterian Church. We are having a Luau! Our menu will consist of pulled pork sliders, a variety of
delicious made-from-scratch salads, fruit kabobs for dessert with *special* dipping sauce and
homemade Hawaiian punch! Thank you in advance to our guest chefs helping to prepare many
components of this day’s meal. But…we can always use YOUR help! Beginning at 2:00 p.m., there will be
fruit to cut, coffee to brew, tables to dress and many other details of a family dinner. Prayers will be said
at 4:30 p.m. with dinner following. For questions contact Carolyn @ 330-234-7302.

Kristin Hannah’s award-winning novel, The Nightingale, will be discussed

at the next meeting of the Book Club. This is set for Thursday, May 9 at
1:00pm in the rectory. In addition to learning (a lot!) about the French
Resistance during World War II, the book reveals much about family
relationships-father/daughter, husband/wife, mother/child and in this
story – sister/sister. All are welcome to attend. June’s selection Conclave by Robert
Harris tells the story of the election of the Pope.

Please join Joyful Hearts Ministry in their Mother’s Day DIAPER DRIVE over the weekend of
May 11 & 12. Diapers will be collected at the foot of our Blessed Mother in the alcove and
distributed through BACM (Barberton Area Community Ministries) to those in need. Please
consider donating a package or two of unopened disposable diapers ~ any size. Monetary
donations gratefully accepted and will be used to purchase additional diapers. Won’t you please
help us serve those with the smallest voices? Contact: Carolyn 330-234-7302 (call or text).
The Divorced, Separated, and Widowed Catholics of Akron is having a General Meeting on
Monday, May 13 at 7:30pm (Refreshments at 7:15pm) at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Convent
Building 1945 Portage Trail in Cuyahoga Falls. The meeting will feature Lindsay Fullerman,
creator and founder of Fit from Faith. Her topic will be “The Gift of Health.” She will touch on
overall health, beauty, and prayer and how we often overlook this topic in our lives as
Catholics. This event is open at no cost to single people of all faiths. For information, call Sue at
330-554-5626.

Looking for a few *STRONG MEN* to help prepare the cafeteria for our Deacon’s 25th Anniversary of
Ordination celebration. Could you donate approximately one hour of your time on Saturday, May 18 ~
beginning at 9:00 a.m. to help take down the cafeteria tables and set up the 9 round tables and/or on
Sunday, May 19th at 1:30 p.m. to take down the tables and prepare the cafeteria for the students return
on Monday? Please call or text Carolyn ~ Joyful Hearts Ministry @ 330-234-7302.

The annual Right to Life Flowers for Life sale will be held on
Mother’s Day weekend. Carnations at $2.00 each or 3 for
$5.00 and bouquets at $10.00 each will be sold after all
Masses/services. Please say “Thank you for the gift of life!” to
wives, moms, grandmas, godmothers and loving friends with
beautiful flowers and support Right To Life of Northeast Ohio’s continuing efforts to
promote the dignity of all human life from conception to natural death.

Join us for Coffee and Donuts in the rectory Sunday, May 19 following the 8:00 Mass
in honor of Deacon Adair celebrating his 25th Year of Ordination into the Deaconate.
All are welcome to attend. A reception will follow the 10:30 Mass in the school
cafeteria (hosted by Joyful Hearts Ministry). Join them in the kitchen on Saturday
morning (May 18) immediately following the 8:30 Mass. There will be veggies, fruits
and cheeses to cut and plate, as well as, tables to dress, centerpieces to assemble and
good china to haul down from the Altar Society kitchen. We should finish in an hour
or so. Not able to come on Saturday but really want to be in on the action? Well, then,
consider serving at the reception. It is a finger-food celebration that takes many hands
to run smoothly! For questions contact Carolyn @ 330-234-7302.

The Ancient Order of Hibernians are celebrating a Corporate Communion with us

Sunday, May 19 at the 10:30 Mass. The Hibernians are a Catholic Society that promotes
Catholic Irish culture and heritage. Welcome to St. Augustine Parish.

Food, Fellowship and Faith for Adults - Monday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m., Guest speaker
Fr. Chris Zerucha, Pastor at St. Bernard and St. Mary Parishes in Akron will
present a talk entitled “Clerics In Outer Space: 5 Epic Non-fiction Tales from the
Vatican Observatory” at D’ Agnese’s, 566 White Pond Drive, Akron. Doors open
at 7:00pm, there is a $10 admission fee which includes appetizers – cash bar
available. This event is sponsored by St. Sebastian Parish, Akron.

Mark your calendars for the 2019 Vacation Bible School “Set Sail with the
Holy Trinity” featuring St. Patrick. VBS will be June17-21 from 9:00am-
12:00pm noon. Registration and volunteer forms can be found on the St.
Augustine website or on the table in the back of the church. For
additional information, please contact Jaclyn Snyder at 330-745-1080.