A new Mass setting will be coming this fall. Take time to listen and sing along. Practice videos have been provided. The new mass is called "Missa Pacem" which is in our Gather Book beginning with #271. Please put a note that we will sing the Gloria refrain at the beginning only, not between the verses

The St. Paul Adult Choir will have their first rehearsal on September 5th, Wednesday evening @ 6:30 p.m.  Membership is open to all adults as well as youth in at least grade 5. 

A person told me that she recently brought up the truth of Purgatory with a group of people. Someone else in the group said something to the effect of, “oh we don’t believe in Purgatory anymore.” This was a catholic person who said this!

Thank you to all who all participated in the Masses of Thanksgiving for the 92 years of St. Paul Parish Day School Ministry last weekend.  We had many visitors return to pray, share stories, walk the halls of the school, and give thanks to God for His boundless care. 

We offer our thanks to God for the 92 years of our parish day school. We focus on thanking God because in His great Providence all things work toward the Good and will give Him glory. For 92 years, students were educated in the light of Christ at our school.

Be sure to check out our updated parish website at stpaulakron.org.  List it as one of your favorites.  We are still adding content and hoping it becomes a useful resource for our parishioners but also for new folks who may be looking to join or even non-Catholics who are interested in the Church. 

Hopefully this summer is a time of true recreation.  Have you ever looked more closely at the word, “recreation.”  It is really meant to “re-create” us.  Since we were created by God, true recreation time is a privileged time to be re-created in the Lord.  In fact this is why Sunday is such a privileged day.

We will have a special choir practice on June 27th in preparation for the Celebration of 92 year of St. Paul School Weekend Liturgy. Be there in the church ready to go @ 6:30 p.m. - doors open at 6:15 p.m.

St. Paul Parish Stewards of the Land Ministry is working to beautify our campus. Our point person for this ministry is Andrea Reddest. We are in need of people for a variety of outdoor work: mulching, trimming, watering. Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. is an organizational meeting. If interested, please stop by. Questions, call the Rectory 330-724-1263.

Thank you to all our school students, families, teachers, and all parishioners for a grace-filled last day of school on June 1.  While there was sadness and some tears, there was also the recognition of God continuing to be at work in our lives.

Congratulations to our First Communicants! Six of our young people received their First Holy Communion at the 4:30 Vigil Mass this weekend. It was a wonderful celebration because not only have these kids prepared well, they are an example to all of us to have a child-like faith always relying on the strength God gives to us, especially in the Eucharist.

According to Scripture Jesus ascended into Heaven forty days after the day of His Resurrection, which means it always falls on a Thursday.  This is a great solemnity of the Church and something we should not forget because only with Christ’s Ascension are we able to celebrate Pentecost (ten days later) and the coming of the Holy Spirit.

I know this has been a difficult time for so many people since the announcement of closing our parish school at the end of this school year.  I am hopeful in this Easter Season that the Lord will continue to shine His grace on our parish in new ways.

Rejoice and be glad! For the Lord is at work in our midst! When one member of the Body of Christ rejoices, we all rejoice with them! Let us thank God for His blessings and pray for those celebrating this month.

In this Easter Season you may have noticed a couple differences liturgically here at St. Paul’s – other than the abundance of flowers and decorations as we celebrate Christ’s Resurrection.

When I was preparing for priesthood, the last major step before being ordained a priest is that the candidate must be ordained a deacon first.