FRESH FARMERS MARKET after 10:00 a.m. Mass every Sunday in the parking lot near the rectory.   NOSY NEIGHBORS BLOCKWATCH meeting will be on Monday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m. in room 103.  Please note the change of the date due to Labor Day on Monday, September 6.   ALTAR & ROSARY: Annual Pot Luck Dinner will be on Wednesday, September 8 at 6:00 p.m. on the rectory lawn.  Admission is a covered dish/casserole to share with all.  A social will follow.  Dues will be collected throughout the month of September, which are $5.00 for the year, and can be dropped in the collection basket on Sunday.  Please make sure your name, current address and phone number are with your dues.   RCIA: Spread the word.  Once again our parish community is offering you, your spouse, a friend, or a neighbor an opportunity to take part in sessions for Christian Initiation.  This exciting, meaningful, growth-filled experience is for those who have never been baptized and are seeking a loving and welcoming church; and for baptized men and women who have not received Eucharist and Confirmation.  If you have been thinking of inviting someone to explore our faith invite them to ask a few questions.  To begin RCIA is simply to ask questions  then, if the person wants more, more is available.  If someone you know would like to know more about this faith journey, please call Joan Lawson at 330 792 3875 x12.   CCD NEWS – CCD begins on September 19.  There will be a meeting for all parents and guardians of CCD students on Saturday, September 11, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 103.  There will be an opportunity to discuss the program for the year, to register new students, to examine the CCD text series and supplements, to pick up new handbooks for the year, and to review the calendar.  If you are unable to attend, please call Joan Lawson by September 9th.    SCRIP NEWS: Check out the new items added to our Scrip order form.  Now with school starting, we have added new stores, and remember if you don’t see something you want please feel free to call us.  Don’t forget yourself for special needs or wants.

PARISH LIFE WINE TRIP Mark your calendar for our 6th Annual Wine Trip on Sunday, September 26.  Since it was such a success, we are returning to Debonne Winery for a tasting session and tour.  Then we will be off to Ferrante Winery for more wine and a delicious dinner and a choice of three dinner options: 1) Pollo Romano with Penne Marinare, 2) Salmone Linone with Garlic Mashed Potatoes, or 3) Filet Mignon tips Black & Blue with garlic Mashed Potatoes.   Cost is $55.00 per person and we have seats for 35 persons only!  To make reservations, drop your check in the Sunday basket or at the rectory.  Mark your menu selection on your check.  Call Patty Infante 330-799-3339 for more information.   CHANGE OF ADDRESS We are currently updating our records, and need your help.   If you, or anyone you know, have recently moved, changed phone numbers or added an email address,  please contact Fran Warino at the rectory with the updated information.  All unlisted phone numbers are kept private.  Thank you.   On Labor Day, we honor the worker and the role of labor in the social and economic development of our country. What does the church say about labor?  Labor has been the cornerstone of the social justice teaching of the church. At the very beginning of the labor movement, Pope Leo XIII wrote an encyclical letter called Rerum Novarum. In it, he discusses the right to private property and the rights of workers. It was seen for many years as a masterpiece of work, bringing traditional Catholic teaching to the new problems that the Industrial Revolution brought to the workplace. In fact, this document was so significant that later popes issued encyclicals on its anniversary: Pope Pius XI wrote Quadragesimo Anno and John XXIII, Pacem in Terris. Paul VI issued Octagesima Adveniens while John Paul II wrote Centesimus Annus. Pope Benedict XVI added his voice with Caritas in Veritate.  These documents all furthered the teaching of the church concerning the dignity of workers, the right to a fair wage, the importance of housing, and the need to take care of those who were in need. In 1967, Pope Paul VI wrote in Populorum Progressio that work "is something willed and approved by God." God gave people intelligence, sensitivity and the power of thought-tools with which to finish and perfect the work God began. Every worker is, to some extent, a creator-whether artist, craftsman, executive, laborer or farmer (#24-25).©2009 Liturgical Publications Inc