A clambake is a fun way to spend an evening. Whether the clambake is held on the beach or in in a social hall, you are certain to have a great time!

For more information or to purchase tickets , please call the parish offices at 330.743.2308. The last two years have been sold out, so please plan ahead.

The national exhibition includes stories of two area sisters. Sr. Ignatia Gavin, CSA, a member of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, who worked with Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Dr. Bob Smith to open the nation’s first hospital-based program for alcoholics at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio. She later opened a similar program in Cleveland: Rosary Hall at St. Vincent Charity Hospital.

Sister Dorothy Kazel, OSU, of the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland, is also featured in the exhibit. While serving on the diocesan Cleveland Latin American Mission Team in El Salvador, she was martyred in December 1980, along with lay missioner Jean Donovan and Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, The event catapulted U.S. foreign policy with that country into the national limelight. Five El Salvadoran national guardsmen who had acted on orders from their superiors were convicted in the rapes and murders of the women.

About The Producers: Exhibit design was conceived by Bob Weis Design Island and produced by Seruto & Company. This team also produced such renowned projects as Top of the Rock and CSI: The Experience. Seruto & Company managed design and production for the blockbuster touring exhibitions as Tutankhamen and America I Am: The African American Imprint for AEG. www.seruto.com and www.design-island.com.

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Click here for registration form: Women and Spirit Exhibit

We had several of St. Edward youth gather for “Things beginning with ‘M’” spring meeting.  Tony, Val, Hanna, Logan, Ryan & Dominic participated.

We started the meeting by taking part in the May Crowning ceremony.

Afterwards we went to Room ‘B’ for pizza and some discussion of the May events: Mother’s Day, May Crowning, May Pole, Messiah, Mary & Marriage.

To wrap up the meeting we all made wrist rosary with beads and stretchy string (or ribbon).  The youth enjoyed the challenge and fun of beading and ended up with a great gift to give to their own mother next weekend – made by their own hands.  Domonic found that he has some latent skill in jewerly making and Tony finally found something he wasn’t so good at (his words, not mine).

Check out pictures from the May Crowning and the Meeting in the slide show below or view them on Picasa by clicking here.

A Grief Education/Support program, sponsored by the Ministry of Consolation of St Edward parish, has been organized for all who are grieving the death of a loved one. This program will be held on MONDAYS: 19 April,   3 May and 10 May 6:30 PM

Topics to Include:
• STAGES OF GRIEF
• SURVIVING STRESS AND LONELINESS
• FEELINGS. EMOTIONS– DENIAL, BARGAINING, GUILT, ANGER, DEPRESSION
• SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS OF GRIEF AND HEALING and THE VALUE OF MEMORIES

After a major loss, it is not uncommon to question our faith. We may ask why this has occurred, we may feel angry at God, or we may feel nothing at all toward God. Such feelings are normal. True faith, as R.S. Sullender reminds us, is not a matter of feeling, but of the courage to go on believing and hoping.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

For everything there is a season,and a time for every matter under heaven. . . .a time to weep, and a time to laugh;a time to mourn, and a time to dance. . . .

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

There is secure parking available. For more information or to RSVP please contact Sister Therese Ann Rich at 330.743.2308, 330.501.3038 or by email — tarich@theursulines.org

Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

Christ:

Can you be brave enough my other self to wipe my bloody face?

Where is my face you ask?

At home whenever eyes are filled with tears
At work when tensions rise
On playgrounds, in slums, at the courthouse, the hospitals, the jails

Wherever suffering exists there is my face
I look for you to wipe away my blood, my tears

All:
Lord, live in us, act in us, love in us so that we may reveal your glorious face

Fr Shori’s presentation focused on why people of faith need to be concerned about acting to transform the world

• Our faith calls us to it. The Gospel and church teaching place our service of the poor and vulnerable and our work for justice at the center of Christian witness.

• Our nation needs it. Too many Americans, especially children, are growing up poor in the richest nation on earth. The blessings and burdens of American life are not being shared fairly.

• Our world requires it. More than 30,000 children die every day from hunger, deprivation, and their consequences. Disease and debt, corruption and conflict are threatening the lives and dignity of millions in our increasingly globalized world.

• Our salvation demands it. In Jesus’ description of the Last Judgment, Matthew 25:31ff the critical question is ‘What did you do for the least of these?’ Jesus identified himself with the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, the imprisoned, and the stranger, insisting that when we serve them we serve him.

• Our actions can make a difference.

The questions for us today:
• What are you doing personally and what do you see others around you doing to serve the poor and vulnerable?

• What is our church doing to serve the poor and vulnerable?

Here is a hand-out that can help you in your prayer and action in serving our neighbors- Transforming the World Action Plan

Through the divine guidance of the Holy Spirit the Youth Ministry group enacted a moving and spiritual portrayal of the 14 Stations of the Cross to an audience of approximately 50 lenten pilgrims at St. Edward Parish.

The “cast” comprised of 11 youth:

• Jesus – Ryan Cox
• Pilate – Anthony Thomas
• Chief Priest / Judas – Joe Hosa
• Roman Guards – Noah Patoray & Greg Ferechak
• Mary -Valerie Thomas
• Simon of Cyrene – Anthony Thomas
• Veronica – Hanna Rhiel
• Weeping Women of Jerusalem – Logan Hunkus, Amanda Leone, Halee Sepulveda, Anna Marie Thomas
• Joseph of Arimathea – Joe Hosa

Pictures of the Cast:

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Living Stations 2010

We are called to hear the Scriptures with both mind and heart, to be transformed by God’s Word. One way to be transformed by God’s Word is to allow the community of faith to guide us. A reputable Bible study group, the Sunday homily, sharing the Word with a friend are but a few of the ways to hear God’s Word with our hearts and be transformed.

The true test to hearing God’s Word is how we are living. Living well in response to God’s Word means that what we allow what we hear in Scripture to guide every dimension of our lives.

Fr Walker invited us to hear God in the messy diapers, in our jobs, in our households, in our finances, in our friendships. God’s Word is present in all of life.

So the question I ask today: How do I live well through hearing God’s Word? How do I read the Scriptures with my heart?

Our days and our weeks are consumed by activity as we rush from place to place, task to task, one more meeting, sports event, call to make, item to buy, thing to do.  Fr Peters reminded us that we all hunger for rest; that keeping Sabbath offers us the God-given gift of rest whereby we deepen our relationship with God, ourselves and others. During Sabbath, we switch to “God time”, the quality of our time for each other.

Finally, Fr. Peters suggested we live with the attitude of keeping Sabbath each day and see how our life changes. Adopting a Sabbath attitude keeps us balanced throughout every facet of our lives. It allows us to see the work we do as part of the big picture, to know we are more than our jobs, more than the roles we play; we are God’s blessed creation.

How do you mark the Sabbath in your home today? In what ways are your practices like those in your home while growing up?

What would you like to change in the way you celebrate Sabbath?