Many of you have already submitted your Commitment Card to the parish and have committed your offertory support to continue to advance our parish mission. Thank you so much!  Our goal through this initiative is 100% participation from our parish community.  Please turn in your Commitment Card if you have not already done so.   Please continue to pray for our parish.  Please become involved in the life of our parish by joining a ministry to help serve those in need.  St. Mary of the Falls Parish is a wonderful parish because of YOU and what each one of you make of it!

Mass schedule:
December 24: 4:00pm, 6:00pm & midnight
December 25: 9:00am and 11:00am
 

Eternal rest grant unto them:
Most Reverend Richard Lennon
Rebecca Schwedt
John (Jack) Tinter
Mary Hayes
Mary Jo Gurchik

Letter from Bishop Perez (June 24, 2019)

Father Ryan's follow-up to our February 25, 2019 meeting: "Fertilizer and Flowers"

Letter from Bishop Perez (Oct. 26, 2018)

Diocese of Cleveland Questions and Answers regarding the clergy sexual abuse scandal (November 2018)

Watch and share Bishop Robert Barron's  video here: http://bit.ly/2wADHHo

Normal Office Hours

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

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!

Enrolling with online giving via Faith Direct will provide the church with consistent support and simplify your giving without the wasteful envelopes. 

Signing up is easy!  Visit www.faithdirect.net and use our church code: OH445. 
Phone: 866-507-8757

Thank you for your continued support of our parish family! 

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
 

Fr. Wally will retire effective January 1, 2020
If you were at Mass the weekend of June 30 then you know that Fr. Wally’s official retirement date has been set.

Please pray for Fr. Wally, his family, and the people of St. Mary of the Falls, as he prepares for his new life in retirement.  Let us thank God for the grace, honor and support he has offered us for the past twelve years.  And pray, as well, for wisdom for Bishop Perez as he discerns over the appointment of our next pastor.  One more day, God’s way, right?

After Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber-Monday, it will be time to kick-off a season of giving. On Tuesday, December 3, starting at 12am, visit wegivecatholic.org and make a donation to St. Mary of the Falls and/or to any of the great participating Catholic organizations. You will have 24 hours to make donations, and all giving will end at 11:59pm on December 3.
All gifts you make on December 3 will increase our impact by allowing us to continue the work in the Day School, EDGE, and Life Teen Programs of our Parish.
 

Have you been spiritually, emotionally, or otherwise, hurt by the clergy abuse scandal in the Catholic Church? Do you struggle to answer others when they ask why you remain a Catholic? Or are you sure in your faith but are trying to help a family member or friend who is struggling with their faith in the fallout from this terrible scandal? Please join us as we begin a parish discussion on the topic of the clergy abuse scandal and why we should choose to "stay and fight" as Bishop Barron says in his book Letter to a Suffering Church, available to each family for pick-up in the Parish Office. We will have a group discussion on Monday, December 9th from 7-8pm in the Church to discuss Bishop Barron's book and how we can heal as a Church community and be Stronger Together.
The sign-up is available here online: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0c4ea5aa2fa5fb6-suffering

Thank you for all the gracious gifts that you provided to our parish so far this year.

Your prayers, support, and monetary gifts are what allow St. Mary of the Falls to spread the Gospel and share God’s message of love and peace with others. This fall, I prayerfully ask that you consider using our secure and easy-to-use electronic giving program, Faith Direct. Faith Direct will automatically process any offertory or second collections donation of your choosing. To enroll in online giving, visit faith.direct/OH445.

Thank you for your continued support of our parish family.

One more day, God’s Way!
Fr. Wally

Beginning on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 28, all churches in the Diocese of  Cleveland have changed the Communion Rite posture to reflect the original policy, first established in 2003. 

We now remain standing after the Lamb of God, throughout the singing of the Communion Hymn, until the end of the distribution of Holy Communion.  Once the last person has received Holy Communion and the Communion Hymn ends, we may sit or kneel for private prayer.

Please see the following bulletin inserts:

• Communion Posture Letter to the Faithful from Bishop Perez

• What is Liturgy?

• Postures and Gestures

• Communion Rite

For more information, including documentation, visit the Office for Worship website, www.dioceseofcleveland.org/worship.