Mass Schedule
Saturday ~ 5:00 p.m.
Sunday ~ 9:00 & 10:30 a.m.
Monday-Friday (except Thursday)
8:30 a.m., at the Chapel
Holy Days
Consult the Bulletin
Confessions
Saturday ~ 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
at the Church (Library)
Consult the Bulletin for
special scheduling
Baptisms
First and third Sunday
by appointment only
Marriage
Arrangements must be made six months in advance
Office/Hours
5545 Opal Drive
Monday thru Friday
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Rev. George A. Vrabel, Pastor
Chapel
Administration Building
5545 Opal Drive
North Ridgeville, OH
440-327-1978
FAX 440-327-1994
Administration Building
5545 Opal Drive
North Ridgeville, OH
440-327-1978
FAX 440-327-1994
Church
Catechetical Center
5500 Lear Nagel
North Ridgeville, OH 44039
440-327-1978
Catechetical Center
5500 Lear Nagel
North Ridgeville, OH 44039
440-327-1978
What Do You Know?
Greetings everyone!
At long last, everything has turned green, and winter is but only a memory. The Easter Season for 2013 has also come to an end, and the Church now enters into a long period of what is referred to as Ordinary Time.
Question: But what does Ordinary Time mean?
Answer: Because Ordinary Time refers to the period of the Catholic Church's liturgical year that fall outside of the major seasons (Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter), and because of the connotations of the term "ordinary" in English, many people think Ordinary Time refers to the parts of the Church year that are unimportant. But nothing could be further from the truth.
Ordinary Time is called "ordinary" because the weeks are numbered. The Latin word ordinalis, which refers to numbers in a series, stems from the Latin word ordo, from which we get the English word order. Thus, Ordinary Time is in fact the ordered life of the Church—the period in which we live our lives neither in feasting (as in the Christmas and Easter seasons) or in more severe penance (as in Advent and Lent), but in watchfulness and expectation of the Second Coming of Christ.
Fr. George
Greetings everyone!
At long last, everything has turned green, and winter is but only a memory. The Easter Season for 2013 has also come to an end, and the Church now enters into a long period of what is referred to as Ordinary Time.
Question: But what does Ordinary Time mean?
Answer: Because Ordinary Time refers to the period of the Catholic Church's liturgical year that fall outside of the major seasons (Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter), and because of the connotations of the term "ordinary" in English, many people think Ordinary Time refers to the parts of the Church year that are unimportant. But nothing could be further from the truth.
Ordinary Time is called "ordinary" because the weeks are numbered. The Latin word ordinalis, which refers to numbers in a series, stems from the Latin word ordo, from which we get the English word order. Thus, Ordinary Time is in fact the ordered life of the Church—the period in which we live our lives neither in feasting (as in the Christmas and Easter seasons) or in more severe penance (as in Advent and Lent), but in watchfulness and expectation of the Second Coming of Christ.
Fr. George
