St.

Augustine Church, Barberton, OH – November 3, 2019

Rest In God’s Peace

Helene VanOss & David Lukezic
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord!

Readings for the Week of November 4

Monday Rom 11:29-36, Ps 69:30-31,33-34,36-37, Lk 14:12-14
Tuesday Rom 12:5-16ab, Ps 131:1,2,3, Lk 14:15-24
Wednesday Rom 13:8-10, Ps 112:1-2,4-5,9, Lk:25-33
Thursday Rom 14:7-12, Ps 27:1,4,13-14, Lk 15:1-10
Friday Rom 15:14-21, Ps 98:1,2-3,3-4, Lk 16:1-8
Saturday Ez 47:1-2,8-9,12, Ps 46:2-3,5-6,8-9, 1 Cor 3:9c-11,16-17, Jn 2:13-22
Sunday 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14, Ps 17:1,5-6,8,15, 2 Thes 2:16-3:5, Lk 20:27-38

372 Holy Hours were kept before the Blessed Sacrament this past week.
The First Commandment is often the hardest of all to observe: “I am the
Lord, you shall not place others above me.” All of us are tempted to place
something or someone else in place of the true God. Often something good:
our career, hobby, a favorite sport, or a person we love and admire.”
Eucharistic adoration would be a good time to “examine ourselves: Who or What is
the God I am serving?” (Fr. Martin Pable, O. F. M.) Call for your hour today 330-745-
6852.

The following are still vacant hours in need of an adorer. Consider filling a spot
and spend time with our Lord. Monday midnight-1:00am and Wednesday 2-3am.

Time, Talent & Treasure

October 20 October 27

Sunday Offering $ 5,263 $ 7,926

Faith Direct Offering $ 1,644 $ 1,644

Total Offering $ 6,907 $ 9,570

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

(Shortfall) Overage $ $ (4,893) $ (2,230)

School Support $ 376 $ 101

Capital Support $ 491 $ 121
Endowment $ 66 $ 20
Propagation of Faith $ 166 $ 300
Annual School Fund $ 5 $ 400
St. Vincent de Paul $ 40 $ 878
Blanket Sunday $ 10 $ 2
Organ Campaign $ 20 $ 21

Organ Campaign – Goal $660,000 Total to date $ 629,238

A Barberton Area Community Ministry item for the month of November is Vegetables – corn,
peas, carrots, beans. etc. 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.

November 4-10

Monday, November 4 – Bishop Charles Borromeo, Bishop

12:05 John Zwick
6:00 Confessions

Tuesday, November 5 – Weekday

8:30 School Mass – Students and Staff of St. Augustine School
5:15 John W. Baker

Wednesday, November 6 – Weekday

12:05 Anna Lazar

Thursday, November 7 – Weekday

12:05 Evelyn Lieberth

Friday, November 8 – Weekday

12:05 Judy Kreuter

Saturday, November 9 – Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

8:30 Mary Lou Gearhart
3:00 Confessions
4:00 Jack & Marge Weigand (Fr. Browne)

Sunday, November 10 – Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 Fr. Claude Gabelein- Anniversary (Fr. Browne)
10:30 The People of St. Augustine Church (Fr. Majikas)
5:15 All Souls (Fr. Majikas)

Please pray for our Sick especially: Betty Bartel, Lisa Gnap, Judy Kriston, Anne
Trischan, Shanon Johnson, William Bedford, Carol Garman, Chad Trischan, Pat
Shemuga, 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, 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, Julian Gonzalez, Honey Ann Zagar, Paulette Holland, Carol
Newhouse, Carol Grimes, Nick Shirey, Mary Zinkovitch, Ed Brogan, Angela Rollins,
John Anzaldi, Gary Morgan, Pam Schlernitzauer, Tom Rasicci, Sarah Brown, Laurie
Shantz, Susan Cutshall, Margaret Genet, Phil & Alyce Sherman, Kathy Steinwand,
Virginia Dellapa, Leslie Coffey, Brian Gortney, Megan Anson, Alice Rhoades, Margo
Trenta, Andy Drobnak, Therese Fay, Stephen Trenta, Michael Yurich, Ed Vesa, Tod
Copaci, Di Vickers, Betty Gombaski, Kirk Shemuga, Tom McCourt, Carol Elliot, Steve
Sanford, Mike Yocky, Vicki Cornelius & Deb Messenger

If you are in or have entered the hospital and would like to be visited by one of our
priest’s, please call the rectory at 330-745-0011. If you have a surgery planned and
would like to be anointed, please call prior to hospitalization as to make sure you
receive the sacrament. If there is someone you know who has been returned to
health and can be removed from the sick list, please contact the rectory.

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

Zacchaeus went out of his way to get a better look at Jesus. This changed his life. To his surprise,
Jesus invited himself over to become more acquainted. He changed from being a selfish taker to a
generous giver. When families take time to know one another better, Jesus reveals himself more
clearly and can heal problems and relationships. Take another look at family members and
relationships. People change. So can you!

Pastor’s Pick of the Week: “Changing Sides”

Can hearts really be changed on the issue of abortion? This film tells the powerful
true story of the conversion of a dedicated Planned Parenthood director to a leading
Pro-life Activist. Abby Johnson was the director of the abortion facility that was the
launching pad of the bold new pro-life effort – 40 Days for Life.

Abby believed that she was helping women by working for the nation’s largest abortion
operation, Planned Parenthood. She quickly rose in the ranks to become the director
of an abortion facility and was even given an “Employee of the Year” award.

But one Fall morning everything changed. Abby suddenly found herself on the other
side of the fence, facing the truth about abortion. The real question now was, in her
time of crisis, what would she do and who would help her?

This film reveals what happens when people pray, fast, sacrifice, love their enemies
and take a stand on the most controversial issue of our time - abortion. Fences come
down, hearts change, and the love of God shines light in the darkest, most unexpected
places. And the evil of abortion is exposed and defeated.

The film includes exclusive interviews with those Abby encountered while she was on
both sides of the fence including – the activists who prayed for her daily, the secular
media who broke the big story of her conversion, the attorney who won the massive
lawsuit that Planned Parenthood tried to silence her with and more.
Plus great “bonus” material featuring Fr. Frank Pavone,
David Bereit, Shawn Carney, Peter Kreeft and former abortion provider Carol Everett!

Christ’s Peace!

Fr. David Majikas

Next weekend our parish will take up the Collection for the Archdiocese for the
Military Services, USA (AMS). Established by St. John Paul II in 1985, the AMS is the
only U.S. diocese responsible for providing pastoral care to men and women serving in
the U.S. Armed Forces, enrolled at a U.S. Military Academy, being treated as a patient
at any of the 153 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, or working for
the federal government beyond U.S. borders – including those from our own parish
and diocese. Including families, AMS priests and deacons serve approximately 1.8
million Catholics who hail from 50 states and U.S. Territories. While the salaries and
retirement of Catholic military chaplains are paid for by the U.S. Government, the
AMS does not receive any funding from the government or military for program and
administrative costs. To learn more about the AMS, go to
www.milarch.org/nationalcollection. Please be generous.

HOLY LAND GIFTS are at St. Augustine Church this weekend November 2
& 3, 2019. There will be a display (in the school) of hand-carved items such
as Nativity scenes, crucifixes, rosaries, the Last Supper and much more.
Make your way over after Mass, all items are available for purchase and
make wonderful gifts for loved ones. Start your shopping early this year!

Join us for the next Euchre, Friday, November 8 beginning with dinner at 6:30pm in
the cafeteria. Bring a covered dish to share. For questions, contact Bernadette at
330-745-0011. Hope to see you there!

There are many items in the lost in found basket located by the book rack in the vestibule. Please
go through the items and see if any of them are yours. Thank you!

Borromeo Seminary’s Novemberfest – Annual Italian Dinner. Join us

Saturday, November 9 from 5-8:00pm at the Center for Pastoral Leadership,
28700 Euclid Avenue, Wickliffe. Dinners are: Adults $10, Children 6-12
$5.00 Children under 6 Free. Dinner tickets are sold at the door until 7:30pm. No
reservations are needed. Come and enjoy Great Food, 50/50 Raffles and Raffle
Baskets, all while supporting the activity fund for the college seminarians. For more
information call 440-943-7600!

Men’s Fellowship will meet next Saturday, November 9 from 7-8:25am in the school cafeteria. We will
continue our study of Mark’s Gospel, and we will pray a rosary for Marriage, Family, and Respect for
Life, and world peace. Any questions, contact Gib Adolph at 330-634-3738 or email
adolphbiz@email.com.

Sunday, November 10, we will commission our new Extraordinary Ministers of Holy
Communion; Wane Goss, Sally Knorr, Jamie Murawski and Dorathy Ulichney. May
God bless you and may you continue to grow in love of the Eucharist as you minister
here at St. Augustine Church.

The November book club selection is The Red Address Book by Swedish writer
Sofia Lundberg. It shares the life memories of a 96-year-old woman who reflects on
the names of people she knew and shared a relationship with during her long and
eventful life as well as the stories she desired to pass on to the next generation
about her experiences. Come share your opinions at our session at 1pm on November 14 in the
rectory. Our group will also begin discussing book selections for 2020. If you would like to join
the group and suggest a book for consideration, we welcome you! Contact Anne Sweeney
at 330-825-6302 for additional information. All adult parishioners/friends may join to discuss one
book or all.
Saints Peter & Paul Holy Name Society's 70th Fall Stag Fish Fry is Friday, November 15, at
the parish school (169 W Clinton St, Doylestown). Admission is $30 per person; the
event runs from 7:00pm till 12:30am. This event features delicious Lake Perch, beer,
refreshments, friendly game of chance and quality door prizes, 50/50 and grand prize
raffles. Pre-sale tickets are Included in an "Early Bird" $100 drawing. Presale tickets are
available, call Ted at 330 658-3057. Tickets will be available at the door.

CATHOLIC COMMISSION OF SUMMIT COUNTY COSGROVE

JUSTICE DINNER NOVEMBER 15 - The Catholic Commission
of Summit Co. celebrates its 41st Annual Bishop Cosgrove
Justice Dinner/Awards and Silent Auction on Friday,
November 15 at The Tangier, Akron. Social Hour/Silent
Auction begins at 6:00PM, dinner at 7:00PM. For listing in our program book as a Patron or Ad
sponsor, or for tickets ($45/person), contact Jeff Campbell: 330-535-2787, x.10,
jcampbell@ccdocle.org. Mail checks payable to “Catholic Charities Corp.”, sent to: Catholic
Commission c/o Cosgrove Dinner, 795 Russell Ave., Akron, OH 44307.

The Mass for the Anointing of the Sick will be Saturday, November 16 at the 4:00 Mass, sponsored by
the 5th grade school and PSR. If you know anyone in need of this special sacrament, please invite them,
they do not have to be parishioners to participate.

Food, Fellowship and Faith for Adults -Join us on Monday, November 18 at 7:30pm,
as we welcome our Guest speaker Sr. Lourdes of the Holy Eucharist, of the
Mercedarian Sister of the Blessed Sacrament, who will present a talk entitled “A Call
To Family” at The Tangier Bistro Bar, located at 532 West Market Street, Akron. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
$10 admission fee includes appetizers – cash bar available. Sponsored by St. Sebastian Parish, Akron.

Please join the Women of Faith for the next meeting, November 19 at 6:30 in the school cafeteria. We
will be hosting Dorothy Somerville, the director of BACM. It will be a good opportunity to get informed
and get involved in this wonderful Barberton/ Norton outreach. Refreshments will be served. All are
welcome, so won't you please join us!

God bless you/Gesundheit! Cold & flu season is just around the corner, so please consider donating a
box or two of Kleenex to BACM. The Women of Faith will be collecting Kleenex to present to our speaker
from BACM at our November 19 meeting. There is container in the back of the church for your
donations. Let's spread the love, not the germs. With your help we hope to donate 100 boxes. THANK
YOU!

Please note: Information for the December 1 bulletin must be received into the
rectory by Thursday, November 21.

Please note: St. Augustine Rectory will be closed November 28 & 29 for Thanksgiving. The Mass on
Thanksgiving Day (November 28) will be at 9:00am. Canned goods will be collected during the offertory
and placed in the Christmas food baskets to be distributed to those in need.

St. A’s Soup Kitchen Crew ~ Our next service date is Tuesday, November 19 at the First
Presbyterian Church across from the library, in Barberton. Get ready to lick your lips because
our menu is going to make your mouth water! We will be preparing roasted turkeys and
stuffing and volunteers will be busy peeling potatoes to pair with a huge vat of “drippins’” reserved for
scrumptious gravy. Veggies and homemade desserts will round out the meal. Our friends from Grace
church will be gifting our guests with a Thanksgiving themed surprise.
Never been to a Soup Kitchen? Just show up between the hours of 2-4:00pm. There is always a
need for another pair of hands and beautiful smile. Prayers begin at 4:30 p.m. and doors close at six. (As
a side, this month we are in dire need of MEN’S WHITE SOCKS to distribute via our Soup Kitchen
FREE STORE. If you would like to donate, please leave in the vestibule with soup kitchen on the
outside of the bag or give to a soup kitchen volunteer. Thank you, in advance, for your unending
generosity!) For questions call or text Carolyn @ 330-234-7302.

Christmas Walk 2019 ~ It’s that time of year again when LOTS of cookies are needed for the annual
downtown Barberton community event on Saturday, November 30. This year, we will once again prepare
three huge roasters of homemade chili; large beverage containers with piping hot chocolate and oodles of
cookie platters to distribute.

Therefore, we are in need of tons of cookies, specifically brightly colored and sugared cut
out and kid friendly cookies, as well as, those treasured ethnic specialties that only get made
for a “special occasion”. Drop off for cookies will be on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
Elves will be making cookie trays in the school cafeteria. Carols will be playing and you are
sure to get a chuckle at their attire! (BTW…Elves desperately needed ~ Just show up at one
o’clock. We’ll train you!)

We are also requesting as many St. Augustine Ambassadors as the front lawn can hold to
serve our neighbors and friends from the Barberton area. There is no age requirement, just the ability to
shake hands, give hugs and pass out treats. For additional information contact Carolyn text or call: 330-
234-7302.

Join the Story December 6, 2019, 6-9pm Zwisler Hall St. Sebastian Parish – This is a Fundraiser of Faith
benefiting the ITE Project. A young Adult Community. Tickets are available at: TheITE Project.com.

Second Saturday of Every Month ~ Joyful Hearts Ministry has started a new tradition. The group is
meeting for mass at 8:30 a.m. on the second Saturday of every month; followed by a recitation of
the rosary and, finally, fellowship and refreshments for all in the school cafeteria. Need a familiar
smile, a good hug or just want to exchange a few cookie recipes? Join us, won’t you? There are no dues,
rules or agenda…just the desire for faith filled friendship.
WHY DO PRO-LIFERS FOCUS SO MUCH ON ABORTION? TRIAGE, more American lives have been lost to
abortion EACH YEAR since Roe -v-Wade, than on the BATTLEFIELDS of ALL the combined wars in which
Americans have fought!!! ONE IN EVERY FOUR women in America age 15-64 has had an abortion; we all
LOVE someone who is suffering with the consequences of that decision. An ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure. Every ABORTION, stops a beating heart, and BREAKS the hearts of its parents,
our nation and GOD. Please, help stop the carnage. St. Augustine Culture of Life meets the first
Tuesday of every month. For more information contact Lynn Willig @ (330)472-9452.

In the envelope packets, you will find an envelope for Christmas Flowers. A donation to
the Flower Fund helps to defray costs of flowers and decorations in our church during the
upcoming Christmas season. For those using Faith Direct, if you have made a
contribution, please drop the names of the intended into the offertory basket or contact
the rectory at 330-745-0011.

With the upcoming Holy Days and Holidays it is time to start looking for Minsters for the
Masses. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the sacristy for Lectors and a sheet in the
vestibule for Ushers. Please prayerfully consider being a part of our Masses this season.

Join Nativity of the Lord Catholic Church, 2425 Myersville Road, Akron for their 2nd Annual
Craft Show Saturday, November 16, 2019 from 9:00am - 3:00 pm. Celebrate the season and
get a jump on your holiday shopping! Over 35 vendors, a wide variety of crafts, decor, and art.
Hourly door prizes and a 50-50 drawing. The kitchen will be open from 10 - 2:30pm serving a
variety of food items. Admission is free.

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

Please keep our servicemen and women in your prayers. May they experience the
protection of the Lord and rely on Him for their strength, peace and joy!