Saint Edward R O M A N C AT H O L I C PA R I S H

Fr. Rod Kreidler, Pastor pastor@stedwardashland.org

Deacon Joseph Dietz Phone: 419-289-7224

Fax: 419-289-0515 church@stedwardashland.org

St. Edward School 433 Cottage Street

Phone: 419-289-7456 Suellen Valentine, Principal

principal@stedwardashland.org

Parish School of Religion (PSR) Linda Cuzzolini, Director

419-289-7224

Youth Ministry Lisa Manges, Youth Minister youth@stedwardashland.org

Parish Organizations

Parish Pastoral Council Deborah Madden, Chair;

Nancy Allton; Steve Carroll; Ray Jacobs; Joe Kearns, Jr.;

John Moser; Sherri Schafrath; Tracy St. John; Amy Watson

Stephen Ministry Len Leber, Coordinator

513-410-2062 stephmin@stedwardashland.org

St. Vincent de Paul Society 419-281-1195

Catholic Daughters of the Americas Deb Kemp, Regent

567-215-3181 debca411@gmail.com

Knights of Columbus Gregg Reinmann, Grand Knight

KofC3541@gmail.com

Fostering Families Ministries Jim Burson, Coordinator

419-571-8166 jrburs@zoominternet.net

Mission Statement

St. Edward is a Roman Catholic parish in the Diocese of Cleveland. We are a faith-filled people united in the

Holy Spirit and nourished by the Eucharist. We pledge to use our

talents and resources to live the Faith and serve others as we welcome all into our faith community. We are committed to work together as a parish to meet the spiritual, corporal, social and educational

needs of those around us.

501 Cottage Street I Ashland, Ohio 44805 I www.stedwardashland.org

Parish Contacts

Saturday Vigil ........................... 4:30pm Sunday ..................... 8:30am, 11:00am Mon-Tue-Thu-Fri ..................... 8:00am Wed ......................................... 1:15pm First Saturday .......................... 8:00am Holy Day Vigil ........................... 7:00pm Holy Day .................... 8:00am, 1:15pm Civil Holiday ............................. 9:00am Ashland University Sunday (during school term)….9:30pm

Mass Times

Reconciliation Saturday 3:00−4:00pm or by appointment

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January 18-25 The Week of Prayer for Christian Unit

Monday Jan 18th Martin Luther King Day;

OFFICE CLOSED

♦ 8:35am Rosary

♦ 9:00am Mass The deceased members of the

Elegios’ family (The Boals family)

Tuesday Jan 19th ♦ 7:35am Rosary

♦ 8:00am Mass Bill Jarvis (Ralph & Betty Jo Tomassi)

Wednesday Jan 20th St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr;

St. Sebastian, Martyr ♦ 1:15pm Mass

John Gasche (school)

Thursday Jan 21st St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

♦ 7:35am Rosary

♦ 8:00am Mass Tina Powrie (Mr. & Mrs. Michael

Gentry, Drina Gentry, & Rick Brittain)

Friday Jan 22nd Day of Prayer for the Legal

Protection of Unborn Children

♦ 7:35am Rosary

♦ 8:00am Mass Kathy Gibbs

Saturday Jan 23rd St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr; St. Marianne Cope, Virgin; BVM

† Confession 3:00pm - 4:00pm

♦ 4:30pm Mass Joseph Kiliany Sr.

(Robert Eskay & family)

Sunday Jan 24th The 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

♦ 8:30am Mass Ethel Welter

(Maryanne & Chris Chengelis)

♦ 11:00am Mass The People of St. Edward

Mass Readings

Hunger Center Schedule for January 20th

3:00-5:00pm – Veronica Negrey, Cindy Zocchi, Kathy Kish

5:15-7:00pm – Pat Edwards, Mary Ann Bilick, Eberling Family, Mike &

Theresa Edwards, Tracy St. John, Lina Etzwiler, Mike & Seiko Hupfer

Weekly Parish Schedules I Mass Readings

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Jan 23rd & 24th 4:30pm Mass 8:30am Mass 11:00am Mass

Lector ® Beth Gehrisch © John Moser

® Mary Henickman © Paul Kauffman

® OPEN © OPEN

EMHC Christine Benedetti

Jim Schenkelberg OPEN

Monday Heb 5:1-10/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/Mk 2:18-22

Tuesday Heb 6:10-20/Ps 111:1-2, 4-5, 9 and 10c [5]/Mk 2:23-28

Wednesday Heb 7:1-3, 15-17/Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 [4b]/Mk 3:1-6

Thursday Heb 7:25—8:6/Ps 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 [8a and 9a]/Mk 3:7-12

Friday Heb 8:6-13/Ps 85:8 and 10, 11-12, 13-14 [11a]/Mk 3:13-19

Saturday Heb 9:2-3, 11-14/Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 [6]/Mk 3:20-21

Sunday Jon 3:1-5, 10/Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [4a]/1 Cor 7:29-31/Mk 1:14-20

Weekly Budget….…….$11,500.00

Sunday Offertory…......$11,809.00 Online Giving……..…….…$3.655.00 Total Collection……..….$15,464.00

Offertory 1/10/2021

Heavenly Father, in Your love for us, protect against the wickedness of the devil, those helpless little ones to whom You have given the gift of life.

Touch with pity the hearts of those women pregnant in our world today who are not thinking of motherhood.

Help them to see that the child they carry is made in Your image, as well as theirs, made for eternal life.

Dispel their fear of selfishness and give them true womanly hearts to love their babies and give them birth and all the needed care that a mother can give.

We ask this through Jesus Christ, Your Son, Our Lord Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever.

Amen.

FRIDAY JANUARY 22nd

Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

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The Pastor is IN...

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court legalized abortion throughout the United States in its companion decisions Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Since that time, millions of children have lost their lives, and millions of women and families have been wounded by abortion.

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM), no. 373, designates January 22 as a particular day of prayer and penance, called the “Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children.” The Church directs:

In all the Dioceses of the United States of America, January 22 (or January 23, when January 22 falls on a Sunday) shall be observed as a particular day of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life and of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion.

As individuals, we are called to observe this day through the penitential practices of prayer, fasting and/or almsgiving.

The USCCB also sponsors an annual, nationwide novena called 9 Days for Life, which encompasses the liturgical observance of the Day of Prayer. Each day for nine days, a different intention is featured, accompanied by a short reflection, suggested actions, and related information as we pray for the respect and protection of every human life. Visit respectlife.org/9-days-for-life for more information on the annual campaign.

Often we know that this is the teaching of the Catholic Church, but we never thought about the background as to why. The following gives a brief overview of where the teaching comes:

• From earliest times, Christians sharply distinguished themselves from surrounding pagan cultures by rejecting abortion and infanticide. The earliest widely used documents of Christian teaching and practice after the New Testament in the 1st and 2nd centuries, the Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) and Letter of Barnabas, condemned both practices, as did early regional and particular Church councils.

• To be sure, knowledge of human embryology was very limited until recent times. Many Christian thinkers accepted the biological theories of their time, based on the writings of Aristotle (4th century BC) and other philosophers. Aristot Aristotle assumed a process was needed over time to turn the matter from a woman's womb into a being that could receive a specifically human form or soul. The active formative power for this process was thought to come entirely from the man – the existence of the human ovum

(egg), like so much of basic biology, was unknown.

• However, such mistaken biological theories never changed the Church's common conviction that abortion is gravely wrong at every stage. At the very least, early abortion was seen as attacking a being with a human destiny, being prepared by God to receive an immortal soul (cf. Jeremiah 1:5: "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you").

• In the 13th century, St. Thomas Aquinas made extensive use of Aristotle's thought, including his theory that the rational human soul is not present in the first few weeks of pregnancy. But he also rejected abortion as gravely wrong at every stage, observing that it is a sin "against nature" to reject God's gift of a new life.

• From the 13th to 19th centuries, some theologians speculated about rare and difficult cases where they thought an abortion before "formation" or "ensoulment" might be morally justified. But these theories were discussed and then always rejected, as the Church refined and reaffirmed its understanding of abortion as an intrinsically evil act that can never be morally right.

• In 1827, with the discovery of the human ovum, the mistaken biology of Aristotle was discredited. Scientists increasingly understood that the union of sperm and egg at conception produces a new living being that is distinct from both mother and father. Modern genetics demonstrated that this individual is, at the outset, distinctively human, with the inherent and active potential to mature into a human fetus, infant, child and adult.

• Modern science has not changed the Church's constant teaching against abortion, but has underscored how important and reasonable it is, by confirming that the life of each individual of the human species begins with the earliest embryo.

Given the scientific fact that a human life begins at conception, the only moral norm needed to understand the Church's opposition to abortion is the principle that each and every human life has inherent dignity, and thus must be treated with the respect due to a human person. This is the foundation for the Church's social doctrine, including its teachings on war, the use of capital punishment, euthanasia, health care, poverty and immigration. Conversely, to claim that some live human beings do not deserve respect or should not be treated as "persons" (based on changeable factors such as age, condition, location, or lack of mental or physical abilities) is to deny the very idea of inherent human rights. Such a claim undermines respect for the lives of many vulnerable people before and after birth.

St. Edward, pray for us. Treu in Christus, faithfully in Christ, Fr. Rod

PRAYER REQUESTS

If you are in need of prayer please visit the Church website

at stedwardashland.org and click the Prayer Request

Quick Link to submit your prayer intention.

Contact the parish office if you have questions at 419-289-7224

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Every Thursday - Sunday Adorers are needed for:

Thursday: 10pm Friday: 12am Saturday: 1pm, 3pm, 4pm, 11pm Sunday: 12am, 7am

Contact: Jeanette Allton 419-289-7727 for more information

YOU SAW HER AGAIN TODAY...

“She’s going through such a hard time.”

You thought, “too bad no one is there for her.”

But St. Edward Catholic Church can be there for her. A Stephen Minister would like to visit, listen, and care

for your friend.

For more information about Stephen Ministry, contact Len Leber at

513-410-2062 or send an email to stephmin@stedwardashland.org.

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Parish Prayer & Participation

At Home: Betty Caucci/ Deane Eggert/Phyllis Frey/ Katie Gipson/ Ruth Shea/ Dana Wheeler/ Yvonne Shire/Jean Dunn/ Rebecca Dion/ John E. Cicillian

Belmont Towers: Laura Hickey/ Bob & LaRue Valentine/ Mia Preston/ Joan Bartosic/ Joyce Kiste / Donna Sanders

Brethren Care: Andy Grimm/ Joan Barrett/ Ann Donatini

Brookwood Assisted Living: Mary Cooke/ Pat Lefever/ Ceil Mikla/Bernie & Pat Nold/Virginia Roxie

Crystal Care: Richard Barr

Good Shepherd: Butch Payne/ Donald Newcome

Kingston: Kathy Henrick/ Jean McKay/ Bob Pence/ Jim Valerio

Lutheran Village: Shirley Hickey

The Inn at Ashland Woods: George Mitchell

Please Pray For:

Mary Elizabeth Wyllie January 10, 2021

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St. Edward Parish Announcements

Two ways to help support our School

Visit respectlife.org/9-days-for-life to download all the materials to complete this novena.

Edward Parishioners,

We’d like to thank everybody who has been using the Scrip program to support St. Edward School, and encourage those who haven’t used the Scrip program to try it! Scrip cards are available for purchase by contacting the school at 419-289-7456.