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ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH LORAIN, OH
There are times when we must act cautiously if
we would achieve a purpose (As the proverb says,
“Look before you leap”). There are also times when
we must act quickly or lose an opportunity (As an-
other proverb says, “Strike while the iron is hot.”)
Raoul Wallenberg usually had to make split
second decisions; to strike while the iron was hot.
The task he had undertaken was nothing less than
saving Jews condemned to Hitler’s “holocaust”.
Raoul was a fascinating, even an unlikely
“Scarlet Pimpernel”. A Swedish Lutheran, aged
thirty, he was employed as first secretary of the
Swedish legation in Hungary in the early 1940’s. He
had coaxed from the King of Sweden, his diplomatic
appointment to Budapest for precisely the purpose of
rescuing victims. He had also coaxed from the King
the authorization to give asylum to anybody who held
a Swedish protective pass. Handing out protective
passes to Hungarian Jews kept him constantly on the
go, but by means of protective passes, he was able to
save the lives of 100,000 Jewish people.
One day, for example, Raoul learned that a
crowd of Jewish Hungarians had been corralled and
packed into a train for a Nazi extermination camp. He
reached the railroad station just in the nick of time.
Brushing by the Nazi guard, he climbed on the roof of
the train and moved along from car to car handing
Swedish passes through the open doors and windows.
The German officers ordered him down. The Hungar-
ian Nazis shot at him. Nevertheless, Raoul finished
his work calmly and efficiently. Then he got down
and shouted, “All who have passes leave this train!”
The pass-holders came out and he directed them to a
fleet of autos bearing Swedish flags. Thus, he saved
the lives of dozens of Jews, and the Nazis were too
befuddled by his quick strategy to do anything about
it.
In 1945 Raoul Wallenberg was finally ar-
rested. Some think he may have been imprisoned in a
Russian camp. But even in prison he could only have
been consoled by the memory of the day when he had
“proceeded in haste” to rescue that train car full of
Jews.
~Rev. Edward J Smith
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday: 4:00 pm • Sunday: 10:00 am
WEEKDAYS
Monday & Tuesday: 8:30 am
HOLY DAY MASSES
Consult your weekly bulletin.
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
440-288-0106 • www.stanthonylorain.org
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday:
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Wednesday: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS
CONFESSION: Saturday 3:00 pm or by appt.
BAPTISM: Call the Parish Office to register.
Baptisms will be held on the 3rd Sunday of the month
MARRIAGE: Parishioners only.
Call at least 6 months in advance. No date may be
reserved until discussion with priest of the parish.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Call the Parish
Office
PARISH SCHOOL OF RELIGION
(PSR)
Grades 1−8 meet in school on Monday at 6:15 pm
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
440-288-2155 • www.stanthonylorain.org
Lucia Heddleson, School Principal • ext 232
Lisa Stefan, Secretary • ext. 231
PASTORAL STAFF
Rev. Edward J. Smith, Pastor • ext. 248
Father Thomas Sanders, OSB, Weekend Associate
Deacon Paul Heise
Deacon James Stewart (retired)
Eric Gilles, Maintenance Supervisor
Kim Kuhn, Parish Secretary • ext. 221
Diana Lesiecki, Business Manager
Kathleen Obermiller, Communications Director
William Shaffer, Music Minister
READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 23, 2018
Sunday: Mi 5:1-4a/Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-18 [4]/Heb 10:5-10/Lk 1:39-45
Monday: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16/Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29 [2]/Lk 1:67-79
Tuesday: Vigil: Is 62:1-5/Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29 [2a]/Acts 13:16-17, 22-25/Mt 1:1-
25 or 1:18-25
Midnight: Is 9:1-6/Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13 [Lk 2:11]/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2:1-14
Dawn: Is 62:11-12/Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12/Ti 3:4-7/Lk 2:15-20
Day: Is 52:7-10/Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 [3c]/Heb 1:1-6/Jn 1:1-18 or Jn 1:1-5,
9-14
Wednesday: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17 [6]/Mt 10:17-22
Thursday: 1 Jn 1:1-4/Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12 [12]/Jn 20:1a, 2-8
Friday: 1 Jn 1:5-2:2/Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8 [7]/Mt 2:13-18
Saturday: 1 Jn 2:3-11/Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6 [11a]/Lk 2:22-35
Next Sunday: 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28/Ps 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10 [cf. 5a]/1 Jn 3:1-2, 21-24/Lk 2:41-52
Sunday - December 23 - 4th Sunday of Advent
10:00 am - †Deceased Members of the
Delgado & Kosonovich Families
Requested by: Tony & Susan Delgado
Monday - December 24 - Christmas Eve
8:30 am - †Boniface Obst
Requested by: Rev. Edward Smith
4:00 pm - †Sr. Gladys Zimmerman
Requested by: The Peace Family
Tuesday - December 25 - The Nativity of the
Lord / Christmas Day
10:00 am - Living & Deceased of the Parish
Saturday - December 29 - St. Thomas Becket,
Bishop & Martyr
4:00 pm - †Ed & Vitginia Rogala
Requested by: Flo Gilles
Sunday - December 30 - The Holy Family of
Jesus, Mary & Joseph
10:00 am - †Denise Berger
Requested by: Zvoswcz Family
DECEMBER 23, 2018 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
OFFERTORY REPORT
will be available in the next bulletin.
We wish you all a glad & peaceful Christmastide
with all its memories sweet; May hope & love &
joy be yours with kindly friends to greet; The echo
of the angel’s song, The star’s clear guiding light,
The Christ Child in your heart & home, to make
this Christmas bright.
Merry Christmas to All,
Fr. Smith, Fr. Thomas,
Deacon Paul, Deacon Stewart, &
The Parish & School Staff
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
The Solemnity of Mary,
The Holy Mother of God
Monday, Dec. 31st Mass - 4:00 pm
Tuesday, Jan. 1st Mass - 10:00 am
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH LORAIN, OH
ADORATION CHAPEL
“The Eucharist completes the restoration begun in the crib. Make merry, therefore, on
this beautiful day on which the sun of the Eucharist is rising. Let your gratitude never
separate that crib from the altar, the word made flesh from the God - Man made Bread
of Life in the Most Blessed Sacrament.”
~St. Peter Julian Eymard
“We see the Christmas event happen at every Mass. It’s like Christ is born at every Mass. Ok, so it’s an
altar and not a manger. Instead of looking like a baby, he looks like bread and wine. But it is the same
Christ. It is God in the flesh who we can see and adore. The Eucharist is the most profound reason to
believe that God is with us; not only for us to see and adore but to receive. God is not only with us in the
Eucharist, but He is within us.”
~Ordained a Priest Forever; Spiritual Reflections of a Spiritual Father, Fr. Greg Shaffer
1305 E. ERIE AVENUE LORAIN, OH 44052-2226
Call the Parish Office if you would like to add someone to this list. Please notify us when to remove the name.
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Call the “Prayer Line” for immediate prayer requests, Georgianna: 440-288-1644 or Dee: 440-984-3874
PLEASE KEEP THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Gilbert Amador Lindsey Marie Ballas Janet Baxter
Joanne Bilancini Loretta Bliss Tim “Swampy” Burton
Gary Butchko Donna Clark Nancy Cline
Lynn Coscho Ann Cusella Helen DiLuciano
Jerry Donovan Anna Mae Ebinger Bea Ellis
Scott Friges Bea Giacobbe Brian Grace
Delores Gonzalez Fr. John Raphael Hadnagy, OFM Conv Tim Haupt
Ralph Koontz Nancy Kurianowicz Ann Marshall
Linda Mathewson Ellen Morgan Victor Munoz
Mary Nazario Nick Penick Liz Profant
Elizabeth Raddell Emily Raddell Louis Repko
Elizabeth Savinsky Amy Schmidt Elmer Schneider
Deacon Jim Stewart Celia Stanislaw George Simonovich
Andrea Taylor Stacie Velasquez Florence Veroni
Sherri Wedgeworth Peg Young
Weekly Activities
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23
MONDAY, DECEMBER 24 - CHRISTMAS EVE
The Parish Office will be closed until Thursday, 12/27/18
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25 - MERRY CHRISTMAS!
COME LET US ADORE HIM!
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26
3:00 pm - Basketball Practice (Gym)
3:15 pm - Cheerleading Practice (Social Hall)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27
3:00 pm - Basketball Practice (Gym)
3:15 pm - Cheerleading Practice (Social Hall)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28
3:00 pm - Divine Mercy Holy Hour (Adoration Chapel)
3:00 pm - Basketball Practice (Gym)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29
5:30 pm - PAC School Open Gym (Gym)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30
MONDAY, DECEMBER 31 - NEW YEAR’S EVE!
The Parish Office will be closed until Wednesday, 1/2/19
DECEMBER 23, 2018 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
CHRISTMAS REFLECTION
In the readings for the first three Masses of Christmas (the Vigil Mass, the Mass During the Night, and
the Mass at Dawn) we celebrate the two births of Jesus: as son of Mary and as Son of God from all eter-
nity. Luke’s Christmas story details the events surrounding the birth of the human Jesus as son of Mary,
and therefore as son of David. All the details of the infant’s life point to this child as the fulfillment of
Israel’s hopes and the climax of their experience of God. But John’s Gospel at the last mass (the Mass
During the Day) focuses on the divine Jesus, the perfect image of God. The Word becomes flesh; the un-
thinkable is thought and spoken; the untouchable transcendent One reaches out and touches us. God joins
our family and shares our experience, our pains and our infirmities, our joys and our sorrows. In Jesus,
God teaches us how to be better at being human. Even more wondrous “God becomes human so that hu-
manity might become divine” (Pope Saint Leo the Great). Christmas celebrates this union of heaven and
earth, this connectedness, this communion which is at the heart of Christian faith. ~ Fr. Smith
PRO LIFE THOUGHT OF THE WEEK
Merry Christmas! Today our Savior, Christ the Lord
is born! The Word, Jesus Christ, was with God from
the beginning and brought life to the world. What an
awesome thought! Jesus being born in time reminds
all of us that our birth is not an accident. God
uniquely created each one of us and gave us life out
of love. He designed us with purpose and blessed
each one of us with gifts and talents. Jesus, Em-
manuel and Son of God, shows us who we are and
who we are meant to become!
MASS SERVERS FOR DECEMBER
24TH, 25TH, 29TH, & 30TH
Nativity of the Lord - At the Vigil Mass
Monday, 12/24 - 4 pm
Max Fultz, Thomas Moore, Grace Obermiller
Nativity of the Lord - Mass During the Day
Tuesday, 12/25 - 10 am
Kaylie Rawlins, NEED HELP!
The Holy Family Vigil Mass
Saturday, 12/29- 4 pm
Ella Kelovsky, NEED HELP!
The Holy Family Mass
Sunday, 12/30 - 10 am
Max Fultz, Christian Collazo
THE PARISH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED
December 24th, 25th & 26th, 2018
in observance The Nativity of the Lord
and
December 31st, 2018 & January 1, 2019
in observance of Mary, the Holy Mother of God.
The School Office will be Closed
until Monday, January 7th, 2019
Phone: 440-288-0106 • www.stanthonylorain.org
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA CHURCH LORAIN, OH
Please join us
Saturday, January 5th
from 10:00 am-3:30 pm,
for our
Marathon of Rosaries to
Save the Unborn.
We will begin a
rosary every half hour.
The final 3:30 pm rosary
will be prayed in the
church before 4 pm Mass.
All are Welcome!
OUR NEXT MONTHLY DINNER WILL BE
Saturday, January 5th, after the 4 pm Mass
The menu will be city chicken, baked potato, peas & carrots, salad & dessert with a beverage.
The cost of each dinner will be only $10.
Please sign up at all church doors or call the Parish Office, 440-288-0106, to give us a count.
You may pay at the door. Hope to see you there!
ST. ANTHONY FAMILY SKATE NIGHT
Sponsored by the School Parent Advisory Committee
Thursday, January 3rd from 6:30-8:30 pm
at Lorain Skate World
Admission is free, you just have to pay for skate rental.
All school and parishioner families are welcome.
Hope you can join us!
2018 CONTRIBUTIONS
The cutoff date for 2018 contributions is December 31, 2018. This year, December 31st is a Monday.
All Contributions made this last weekend of the year will be recorded as a 2018 contribution. The mailed
contribution envelopes contained both a December & January envelope. If you send both months back in
December, they will be reflected in your 2018 contributions even if it is a January envelope. The contri-
bution must go by postmark date, not the date of check. Any ?’s, call the Parish Office.
JOIN THE CURSILLO!
Cursillo (Spanish for "short course") is a
movement deeply rooted in Catholi-
cism. The mission of Cursillo is to provide adult
men and women a method to come to know Jesus
Christ in a more intimate way. Through prayer, fel-
lowship and working together. Cursillo developed a
way to bring the light of Christ to families, the com-
munity and work environments. The Diocese of
Cleveland has scheduled Cursillo Weekends to be
conducted in English for the following dates:
Men’s Weekend - February 7
th
- 10
th
, 2019
Women’s Weekend - March 7
th
– 10
th
, 2019
If you would like more information about Cursillo or
would like to register for one of the above scheduled
weekends, please call 440-915-4886.
CLUSTER PARTNERS WEBSITES
St. Teresa of Avila Parish
stteresaparish.com
St. Thomas the Apostle Church
saintthomaschurch.net
DECEMBER 23, 2018 4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
If you would like to submit an article for an
upcoming Bulletin, please send requests to
by Monday at 10 am.
Bulletins are sent to print every Tuesday!
PADUAN TRAVELERS NEW YEAR’S EVE BUS TRIP
TO THE HARD ROCK ROCKSINO
MONDAY, DECMEBER 31ST
Bus arrives at the Iowa Ave. parking lot at 1pm & leaves at 1:30 pm SHARP!
We will leave the Casino at 8:30 pm & arrive home at 9:30 pm
Cost is $23. You will receive a $20 BONUS.
Checks can be made to “Paduan Travelers”
Call Virginia, 440-724-9595 to RSVP.
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Reidy-Scanlan-GiovannazzoFuneral Home & Cremation Service
2150 Broadway • Lorain, OHTraditional Funerals
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Jason PetkovsekResidential • Commercial
LAWN MAINTENANCE 440-233-LAWN (5296) [email protected]
American Slovak Club2915 Broadway
www.americanslovakclub.comHall Rental/Catering
Fish Fry • BowlingMeeting Rooms
440-245-5146
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Complete Catering Services37500 Colorado Rd., Avon
440-934-5403
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RAY GIDICHHEATING & AIR
CONDITIONING, INC.Residential & Commercial440-245-1772
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The Stores That Save You the Runaround2253 Colorado Ave. • Lorain, OH
440-288-0191
Since 1951
Flowers, Plants, Garden AccessoriesFruit, Gourmet & Wine Baskets
2 Floors of Unique Gifts & Decor1001 Reid Ave. (10th & Reid)
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440.960.5211
Serving Lorain Since 1923Like Us on Facebook for Event Updates
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