St. Mary of the Falls

SAVE THESE DATES!

Sunday, August 19
Town Hall Meeting at 1:30PM/Parish Hall

Monday, August 20
Town Hall Meeting at 7PM/Parish Hall

Please plan to attend one of the above Town Hall Meetings to learn more and to give your feed back on the Proposed Parish Campaign Planning Study. 

Click HERE for a printable copy of the Planning Study Introduction.  

http://stmaryofthefalls.com/parish-calendar
 

HERE ARE A FEW DATES
YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAVE!

Aug. 15
Feast of the Assumption
Holy Day of Obligation
Masses at 7AM, Noon and 7PM
Parish Ice Cream Social after 7PM Mass

Oct. 4
Town Hall Meeting at 7PM
Community Room

Oct. 6
Blessing of the Animals at 1:30PM
Pavilion

Oct. 14
Volunteer Appreciation Event 1-3PM 
Parish Hall

Oct. 20/21
Anointing Masses (5PM & Noon)

Oct. 21
Parish Spaghetti Dinner

Normal Office Hours

Directions
25615 Bagley Road
Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
(440) 235-2222

NOTE: Parish Office will close at 5PM on Tuesday, July 3 and remain closed Wednesday, July 4 for Independence Day.  

Thank you for being a part of our St. Mary of the Falls family.  We certainly appreciate all that you do for our parish and community by sharing your God-given gifts of time, talent and treasure. Your active participation in the life of our parish helps us to fulfill our vision and mission.

This summer, I pray that you will have some quiet and restful time that includes the love, joy and peace of being with family and friends. Please consider that St. Mary of the Falls continues to be open for Mass, numerous activities and the Sacraments. During these summer months your generosity through Faith Direct can help provide the consistent resources we need to continue to operate our parish and ministries.

To enroll, or make changes in your contribution plan, please visit www.faithdirect.net and use our church code: OH445

Thank you for your continued support of our parish family!  One more day, God’s Way!

 

We, St. Mary of the Falls, are a spirit-led people who pledge themselves to continued growth as a Eucharistic community centered in Word and Worship.  

We dedicate ourselves to witness and openness to the unknown of God's will, to molding ourselves into a family of God - a parish all can truly call home.  
 

One more day, God's way!

Fr. Wally

JOIN US AT ST. MARY OF THE FALLS
Wednesday, August 15 ~ 7PM Mass

The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is both a Holy Day of Obligation and our Parish Patronal Feast Day! 

7PM Mass will begin with an opening procession with the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

2018 First Communicants are invited to participate, wearing your first communion clothes!

The Assumption of Mary was defined in 1950 by Pope Pius XII who solemnly proclaimed, “The Immaculate and ever-virgin Mary, Mother of God, was assumed body and soul into the glory of heaven, when her life on earth was completed.” The word “assume” may confuse us, but it comes from the Latin word meaning “taken up.”  We live in an in-between time. We know that Christ died for our salvation, but we have not yet arrived in the full glory of Heaven; we are people “on the way,” where there is a combination of hope, anticipation, and an acknowledgement of incompleteness. The doctrine of the Assumption declares that one member of our human family, Mary, has fully arrived in body and soul! Mary has received the full destiny we long for. She is totally changed, body and soul, drawn completely into the life of God.

ADDITIONAL MASSES WILL BE CELEBRATED
AT 7AM AND 12NOON



Please join us
in the Parish Hall
after the 7PM Mass
for an
ICE CREAM SOCIAL!

Thank you!  Your support of the Annual Appeal is vital to the programs and services which Catholic Charities is able to provide to people who are hurting here in our parish, our community and throughout the Diocese.  As of May 31, a total of 41,362 faithful donors across the Diocese have pledged $11.1 million towards the Annual Appeal goal of $12.5 million.

Here at Saint Mary of the Falls, 461 parishioners have pledged $80,825 toward our parish goal of $78,368.  That is 103.14% of our overall goal!  Your financial support makes a difference and transforms lives. Thank you on behalf of those served by Catholic Charities. 

If you have not yet made your gift, contact Karen Joyce at 216.696.6525 Ext. 1910 to give by phone or make a secure online gift at www.catholiccommunity.org/donate. 

Follow-Up Appeal Update: It is too early to publish the results of this recent Appeal benefitting Catholic Charities’ efforts to expand addiction services and programs into all eight counties in the Diocese, but early returns are coming in strong.  A special thanks to all who donated to help address this growing epidemic.  Your gifts will be included in our parish’s total dollars pledged and count towards our parish goal. 

We invite you to visit www.catholiccommunity.org/2018appeal to view the stories of transformation and see the faces of those impacted by your generosity. 

Oremus is the invitation to pray. 
To join the Oremus prayer team or to submit prayer requests, contact Gretchen Ratcliff at 440.655.2385 or gratcliff35@gmail.com, or drop your intention in the box on the table in the parking lot vestibule! 

No intention is too small or great for our God!