St. Mary Parish - Elyria
St. Mary Parish - ElyriaFaith of Our FathersSt. Mary ParishIn the Heart of the CitySince 1845INSIDE THIS ISSUE:Faith Formation. . . .2School Testimonials . .4School Testimonials. . 5Altar & Rosary .6Calendar of Events. 6Thoughts From Three Twelve. .7EditorJoan PatchinContributing WritersFr. Charlie DiedrickFr. Tom HagedornSr. Mary Dorothy TeccaJoan PatchinProductionAngie PlutaAswebeginmakingpreparations for the 175thanniversary celebration of thefounding of our parish, theyear 2020 will be a time ofgrace as we remember andcelebrate the rich gift of faiththat has been handed down tous. What an incredible legacy!We have a long list of thesisters and priests who haveserved our parish downthrough the years. How do wecount the number of studentswho were educated in ourschool and made an impact onour world? As the faith was thecenter of family life, so thefamily was the center of ourparish life. Let us make ouranniversary celebration a timeof gratitude for all that wehave received and worktogether to hand on thistradition.In the coming months, our175th committee will plan thevarious events for the comingyear. Fr. Tom has beenresearching the archives towrite a history that will beincluded in our parish pictorialdirectory. I am sure that hewould appreciate any picturesor information you may haveSt. Mary Parish - Websiteabout our history. We areschedulingseveraleventsthrough 2020 culminating with aMass and formal dinner withBishop Perez on October 17th.Let us take this time to renewour own gift of faith. TheEucharist is the heart and soul ofour parish. Think of all who havegathered around our altar downthrough the years. We are drawninto communion with them. Weneed to pass on the gift that wasgiven to us. Let us strive to passon the faith to our childrenwhether it is in our school orParish School of Religion. Takeadvantage of our newestresource, ‘FORMED.’ Go tostmaryelyria.formed.organdclick ‘register’ to enter youremail address and desiredpassword.Thereisatremendous selection of videosand readings, for both adultsand children. Please check it out.The strength of the family circledepends on the depth of ourfaith. Let us not lose thisopportunity of grace that is oursin the coming year.Go to www.stmaryelyria.org to visit our web site. It is user friendly andhelps you access useful information. We hope that you will look to it forupdates on future events and programs along with inspirational wordsthroughout the week. If you are not receiving the weekly Bells and wouldlike to, send an email to stmaryelyria@aol.com so we can update ourrecords.
THE BELLS OF ST. MARYPage 2 Sister Mary DorothyCONFIRMATIONAs part of our day school and PSRprograms we prepare our 8thgradersfor the reception of the sacrament ofConfirmation. This year the Sacrament was celebrated by Bishop Grieson March 21st. Those who receivedthe Sacrament of Confirmation this year are: Frederick Camron Wayne Peter Brown, Brianna MarieElizabeth Ehrke, Haley Michele Phoebe Kapalin,Dmitry Alexander Zachariah Lipert, Cullen MichaelPatrick McLaughlin, Kiley Vivian Emily McLaughlin,Hunter Luke Martin Meszes, Brooklynn Ann JoanNeal, Lauren Frances Katherine Nix, Nathan EmileJerome Peloquin, Lauren Ashley Adelaide Ripley,Ty Cole Nicholas Roark, Autumn Grace MarieSchmotzer, Joseph Wayne Sebastian Tansey, Sierra Skye Abigail Wood, Candy Lynn and ElizabethSexton. They are now full members of the CatholicChurch having received all the Sacraments of Initiation. Let us continue to pray that they will befilled with the Gifts of the Spirit as they continuetheir journey of faith.FIRST EUCHARISTWhat a wonderful day of celebration when we see oursecond grade children receive Jesus for the first time.Our tradition has been to celebrate this sacramentduring the Easter Season so this year we celebrated iton Saturday, May 11 at a special 11:00 Mass. Part oftheir preparation included the celebration of theSacrament of Reconciliation which occurred on March4th, at a Family Reconciliation Service. Although alittle nervous at the beginning, the children were filledwith joy with their experience of receiving Reconciliation and ofknowing God's love for them.Please pray for Yanessa Amador Ramos, Zachariah AmadorRamos, Tara Frabotta, Connor Hickey, Gabriel Homza, AmeliaKirchner, Davis Lin, Thomas Lockyer, Samantha McCann, DominicNeal, Samantha O’Neill, Dominic Quinn, Kendyl Quinn, and Charlotte Taylor, that they come to know the precious gift that Godgives us in the Eucharist and that they may continue to receive theSacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist frequently.
Page 3CELEBRATING THE SACRAMENTSOF INITIATIONOn Saturday, April 20, at the Easter Vigil wewelcomed into our church community withthe reception of the Sacraments of Baptism,ConfirmationandEucharist:JasmineBednarski, Layla Newcomb, Joshua Yergin,Sunil Green, Augustus Green, and Gab'Brielle Norfus. ZakMorey, made a profession of faith in the Catholic Church andalong with Ray Schmitz and Tate Smith, who were baptizedCatholic, received the Sacraments of Confirmation andEucharist. Three year old Bradley Watkins and six year oldBri'Lee Watkins received the Sacrament of Baptism. Havingreceived the gift of faith by God, may they continue to nourish that faith through frequent reception of the Sacraments,prayer, and participation in the St. Mary Church community.Check out Faith DirectAre you enrolled in Faith Direct? We are and have found it to behelpful to ourselves and St. Mary Parish. Whether we’re out of townor unable to attend church due to weather or illness, our gift is always received. There’s no longer the need tofind the envelope, write a check or use on-hand cash to make our contribution. We have the security of knowing that our information is protected, every transaction is secure and that our donations are automatically transferred to St. Mary.Creating a Faith Direct account is simple. You can enroll online or by mail and choose to use a credit/debit cardor a bank account for payment. You have the option of scheduling your own monthly recurring gift or making aone-time gift at any time and a list of special collections are included. The easy online system allows you tomanage all aspects of your account.We’ve also found that using a credit card for our donations gives us the added bonus of perks offered by ourcredit card company.Customer Service is available to respond to your needs by email, phone and online chat and each month wereceive an email with a summary of upcoming donations. Annual statements are sent for tax purposes. Information about Faith Direct is available on our parish website: www.StMaryElyria.org. Check it out!Dave & Joan Patchin
THE BELLS OF ST. MARYPage 4St. Mary School: Making a Difference Every Day since 1859160 Years and Still Going Strong!My name is Andrew Copa. I was a student at St. Mary School from2002 to 2011. As a student at St. Mary, I was amazed by the community that I was a part of every day. St. Mary instilled in me thestudy skills that allowed me to move on to study at St. Edward HighSchool. Thanks to the faith development and religious education atSt. Mary, I have been inspired to serve others in all that I do. Thanksto my strong development at St. Mary School, I will be completingmy bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Ohio Statethis spring. I will always be thankful for my time as a cougar!My husband and I attended St. Mary School from 1946-1955.Our Mothers also attended together and graduated in 1919.My 5 children and several grandchildren are SMS Grads.Great education by Sisters of Notre Dame and many happy memories!Mary Brigid St. Mary, (Mrs. Leon J. St. Marie)St. Mary School provided me with such a lovingfoundation to my education. The students frommy class will always hold a special place in myheart, and I am full of gratitude for my wonderfulteachers.Laura St. Marie Jackson8th Grade Class of 1992I attended St. Mary School from 1968-1976. At St.Mary, I learned about faith, family and community,and the importance of all 3. St. Mary provided a verydisciplined learning environment and the teachersand staff had high expectations for every student andsought to help each student become the best personthey could be.Carol (Schubert) WieheI graduated from St. Mary's in 1980 after 8 years of school there. St. Mary's will always hold a special placein my heart. Some of the friends I made in 1st grade are still my good friends today. I learned to read in Mrs.Chew's class. Mrs. Moya taught us how to act like young ladies and gentlemen. In 4th grade, Miss Histtaught us about cold-blooded animals while we enjoyed snacks of peanut butter and celery. She loved peanut butter so much she named her dog Peanut butter! 5th grade camp with Sister Linda was a blast!Mr. Dostell in 7th grade and Miss Szabo in 8th grade prepared us for high school with geography, speech,and math. Religion was woven through each day and year at St.Mary's and laid a foundation of faith that Iwould carry with me for the rest of my life. Go SMS!Michelle St. MarieClass of 1980
Page 5My name is Audra Waters (maiden name, Dill) and I attended St. Mary Schoolfrom Kindergarten through 8th grade (1990-2000).The benefits of attending St. Mary School and receiving a Catholic education areimmeasurable. I was well-prepared to attend Elyria Catholic High School (‘04),which I feel was cultivated through my entire education and experiences at SMSfrom day one. And while I did not choose to attend a Catholic university, I stillfeel that I was exceedingly prepared to excel during my time as an undergrad atYoungstown State University (‘08). Currently, I am pursuing my Masters ofScience in Information and Communications Technology, Project Managementthrough the University of Denver, while working full-time at the Walt DisneyWorld Resort in Florida.I enjoyed my experience at St. Mary’sschool very much, I met some life timefriends and made many memories I willnever forget. The family-like communitymakes St. Mary’s always feel like homeonce you are a part of the parish.Alex Brown2006-2017St. Mary’s instilled a strong faiththat I still continue to practicewhile at Xavier University. I feelas if St. Mary led me down thepath to success.Andy Brown2004-2014I attended St. Mary School from 1982-1990. St. MarySchool provided my platform for success in life-afocus on faith, family, fitness and friends. I haveattained my Doctorate of Physical Therapy, and Iattribute much of my success to my family and thelife foundation that I received at St. Mary School.Linda SeberI attended St. Mary School from 1982-1990. St. MarySchool offers an excellent faith based education. Theschool sets high standards for student achievementand helps students to succeed. In addition, St. MarySchool focuses on the values that parents look for in aquality education: faith formation, the building ofcharacter, and a safe and caring community.Laura Seber, PT, DPTMemories from Mary Stillwell Haupt - attended St. Mary School 1956-1964Sister Mary Cleo handing out holy cards on the last day of third grade.Sister May Paulin seventh grade class on the third floor of the Guardian Angel building. She was young, fun, and very,very tall.Sister Joan of Arc’s class on Ohio history actually made me want to learn more about it.Grilled cheese sandwiches in the cafeteria on Fridays.Monsignor Newton posing with us for our class photos. He always wore his cassock.“Aristotle class” - a handful of us were asked to take part in weekly discussions with a local attorney about philosophy.(seventh grade, I think)Being asked to help classmates who had difficulty reading (our desks would be put in the cloak room so we would workquietly, undisturbed).The playground, kickball in particular - and how cold our legs would get in the winter (we girls had to wear skirts anddresses).Being sent home early one day when the heat went on the blink. They gave us all hot tomato soup before they sent uson our way.Having 45 kids in my fifth grade class. How did teachers cope?
Page 10ALTAR AND ROSARY NEWSSt. Mary’s Altar and Rosary Society is alive and well and looking forward to another season ofprayer and friendship.Our purse sale in March was very successful, raising almost 1100 which will pay for churchexpenses of candles, wine, hosts, vestment cleaning and much more. Thank you to all whodonated purses and stopped by to check out the great selection of new and like-new items.May 9 was our instillation of officers with myself returning as president, Peggy Russell as vice-president,Kathy Freeman as secretary and Rose Freeman’s appointment as treasurer. We attended the 8:30 Mass followed by brunch, a short meeting and the instillation. We won’t be meeting in June or July but will hold ourannual audit in August with our regular meetings beginning in September.Our Day of Recollection was held on May 17 with Donna Humphrey as our speaker. The day began with Mass,a May Crowning by St. Mary’s 8th grade students and then Donna’s presentation. Our day wouldn’t becomplete without a luncheon catered by Jennifer Ehlke and of course the recitation of the rosary. Women fromthe area churches were invited to join us for this special day.As in past years, A&R will be holding a bake sale at the parish feast day celebration on August 15. All fundsdonated at that time are presented to the parish. Because this sale is just for one evening, only half of ourmembers are contacted to bake so please don’t be offended if you aren’t called! We’ll be having our annualbake sale the weekend before Thanksgiving and all members will be asked to donate goodies at that time.Those funds remain with A&R to cover altar expenses.As always, new members are invited and encouraged to join us. Meetings are usually held the third Thursday ofthe month except for during the summer and are always listed in the parish bulletin. We gather in the WeigandRoom just before 11:00 and then head to the Lower Chapel to recite the rosary with Fr. Charlie celebratingBenediction. A short meeting and refreshments follow in the Weigand Room. What a great way for ladies whoare available one Thursday morning a month to easily become more active in the parish, pray together anddevelop lasting friendships. Please feel free to contact me at JoanP821@aol.com if you have questions.Enjoy your summer months!Joan PatchinMay 28STREAM EventJune 5Preschool & Kindergarten CelebrationJune 6Honors AssemblyJune 68th Grade GraduationJune 7Last Day of SchoolJune 8200 Club DinnerPicture of the bell that was in the tower of theGuardian Angel building. Look closely you willsee that “Guardian Angel” is clearly stampedtoward the top of the bell. Other markingsprovide manufacturing history for the metalmasterpiece.
Page 11Fr. TomI wrote about my reflections aboutgoing to school here at St. Mary’s inthe last edition of The Bells. This article will be a short history of theschool on the occasion of the 160thanniversary of the school.The second pastor of our parish, Rev.Robert A. Sidney, started our schoolin 1859, the year he became pastor.The only parish building was a framechurch on the southwest corner ofthe 4th St. and Middle Ave, whereJim Deery’s offices are now. Fr. Sidney arranged a room in the church toserve as a classroom and for the nextseveral years we had a one roomschool. Until the fall of 1886 lay women taught the students. They wereMrs. Tompkins, Miss Hinds, Miss Tierney, and the Cassidy sisters.The fifth pastor, Rev. Louis Molon,saw the need for a larger school. Hisfirst solution was to enlarge thechurch in 1865 and make more classrooms. When that didn’t suffice, andseeing the need for a larger churchbuilding, he bought two large lots onthe northeast corner of 4th and Middle, where our church now stands.The first Elyria public school was onthe second floor of the village hall onCourt St., facing Ely Square. The parish bought this “yellow” building andmoved it to one of these lots in 1867.The next pastor, Rev. John Shaffeld,went about building the present brickchurch. It was opened in 1886. The“yellow” building was torn down andhauled away. The old frame churchwas converted into classrooms andbecame the school. Fr. Shaffeld arranged for sisters from the Congregation of St. Joseph to begin teaching inthe school. The first convent stoodon 4th St., west of the frame church,approximately where my house nowstands. The Sisters of St. Josephtaught here from the fall of 1886 tothe spring of 1897. That Septemberthe Sisters of Notre Dame beganteaching here. Over the years thatthese good women served here therewere 275 assigned to our school.The next big changes to our schooloccurred during Fr. Shaffeld’s pastorate. The school census kept growingand a larger building was needed. In1901 the Guardian Angel building waserected, complete with a school bellin the tower. As the tower aged andbecame structurally unsound the bellcould no longer be used. It was removed in the late 1950s and now sitson a porch on Catawba Island. In 1907a new convent was built to the eastof the Guardian Angel building,where the Marian building nowstands.In 1915 there were 10 teachers and410 students in the school. In 1912 ahigh school was started as part of theparish school. It was a three partprogram. It was closed in 1923 tomake more room for the elementaryprogram.The next major changes took placeshortly after Msgr William Newtonwas named pastor in 1945. One of hisfirst tasks was to help get a Catholichigh school off and running. As partof this the Marian building was erected and in 1949 became the first ElyriaDistrict Catholic High School. Whenthe present EC was completed thehigh school students moved there.The Marian building became our junior high. To make room for this newbuilding the stone convent wasmoved further east, to where the St.Joseph building is now.The baby boom was being felt in theschool and in 1952 Msgr Newton arranged for the purchase of the StangMotor building on 3rd St. This wasmodified into classrooms and giventhe name Pius X building. The primarystudents went to school there and ifmy memory serves me correctly theold show room was used as a gymuntil the St. Paul Presbyterian churchwas purchased. This was used as gymand parish hall until the present hallwas built on its site. The convent wastorn down and hauled away whenthe St. Joseph building was erected.Sadly, we did not have nuns teachingand staffing the school anymore.This was pretty much a nuts and boltshistory of our school. As I said thisyear we are celebrating the school’s160th anniversary. Next year we willbe celebrating the 175th of our parish. There is much more to historythan nuts and bolts. We would like toinclude these stories in our celebrating and reminiscing. We would like toinclude stories of our history in theweekly online Bells. If you have memories of our school and/or parishplease get them to me or the churchoffice so we can include them as weremember these two anniversaries.Remembering thepast.
St. Mary ParishOur Lady of the Assumption320 Middle Avenue - Elyria, Ohio 44035Phone: 440-323-5539 - Fax: 440-322-2329If you are no longer a member of our parish,please send us an email at stmaryelyria@aol.comor call the Parish Office at 323-5539 and your namewill be removed from our roster. Thank youJoin us in our Celebration of the Eucharist!SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE:Saturday Vigil: 4:30 p.m.Sunday:8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE:Monday5:00 p.m.Tuesday8:30 a.m.Wednesday5:00 p.m.Thursday8:30 a.m.Friday8:30 a.m.Saturday9:00 a.m.HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULE:8:30 a.m.; 12:15 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.Check us out on the Web!Our website can answer many of your questions.www.stmaryelyria.org Parish Mission Statement As people of God on the pilgrim journey to the Kingdom, we the people ofSt. Mary, benefiting from a rich tradition of faith, are a Christ-centeredcommunity blessed by a diversity of talents and gifts.As a Catholic, Christian Community, we value the teaching of Jesus Christand the Sacrament
Great education by Sisters of Notre Dame and many happy memories! Mary Brigid St. Mary, (Mrs. Leon J. St. Marie) I attended St. Mary School from 1968-1976. At St. Mary, I learned about faith, family and community, and the importance of all 3. St. Mary provided a very disciplined learning environment and the teachers
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