- Sunday Scripture Readings
- Reflection on the Scriptures has become
more and more a part of basic Christian spirituality. At times
we would like to return to the Sunday Scriptures at home, but
we do not have the missalette with us. At other times we may
be interested in seeing just what came before or immediately
after the reading for the day to gain more insights.
To encourage this encounter with
the Scriptures, we will be including in the bulletin the scripture
reading references for the current Sunday and the following Sunday.
In addition, in our on-line bulletin we will have the actual
links to the readings.
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New
American Bible
Third
Sunday of Easter
Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41
Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13
Revelations 5:11-14
John 21:1-19 or 21:1-14
Fourth
Sunday of Easter
Acts 13:14, 43-52
Psalm 100:1-3, 5
Revelation 7:9, 14-17
John 10:27-30 |
- QUESTIONS OF THE
WEEK
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
If we are to follow the example of Peter in today's Gospel, we
will live the connection between love and sorrow. Sometimes the
path of love consists in recognizing the ways in which we have
hurt others.
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- Adults: Is there someone in my family whom
I have offended and to whom I should offer an apology?
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- Children: Do I understand that when I have made
a mistake, Jesus asks me to say I'm sorry?
THE LITURGICAL MINISTRY SCHEDULE
April through June is available on-line. Please contact the parish
office if you are unable to access the schedule.
SPAGHETTI
DINNER
The Catholic Ladies of Columbia Annual Spaghetti
Dinner will be held today Sunday, April 22, at CTK from 11:30
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Salad, bread, homemade spaghetti and dessert
will be served. The prices are $6.00 per adult; $3.00 per child.
All are welcome to attend this fund-raising effort; bring your
friends!!
The CLC supports many worthy causes including
the Athens Pregnancy Resource Center, the homeless in Columbus;
the proceeds from the 2006 dinner went to rebuilding St. Joseph
Church in Pearlington, Mississippi.
PANCAKE
BREAKFAST
IN TWO WEEKS!
The Newman-sponsored Pancake Breakfast for
Spring Quarter is scheduled for Moms’ Weekend on Sunday,
May 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
CATHOLIC
HOME MISSIONS APPEAL
The Bishops’ Committee on the Home Missions
was founded as the American Board of Catholic Missions in 1924.
In cooperation with the Black and Indian Missions Board (1885)
and the Catholic Church Extension Society (1905) the Committee
provides financial support for missionary activities that strengthen
and extend the presence of the Church in the United States, in
its island territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
An Internet journey to a few of the home missions
can be found at www.usccb.org/hm. Click on Stories and Pictures
from the Field.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
Next weekend, April 27/28, a youth
retreat will be held at the Sacred Heart Retreat Center. The
subject of the retreat, “These Three Remain,” deals
with faith, hope and love.
Taylor Morgan and Rachel Chihil are the retreat
facilitators for youth in grades 7 - 9. Registrations can still
be sent in; contact Nancy Denhart, 592-2711, for more information.
The cost of the retreat is $25.
Please keep these young people in your prayers.
NEWMAN COMMUNITY
“Do you like dressing up? Newman Formal
is on May 12. Tickets are $16 and will be sold during the Newman
Meetings at 7PM every Wednesday Night at the Parish Center. Hope
to see you there.”
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
SOCIETY
Members will meet Monday, April 30,
at 7:00 p.m. in the CTK conference room. Please note the
time change.
ST. FRANCIS SOCIETY
The activity planned for May will be a bus
trip to Roscoe Village north of Zanesville. We will tour this
historic village and have lunch at a local restaurant. The bus
leaves Friday, May 4, at 9:00 a.m. from CTK and returns
around 5:00 p.m.
CATHOLIC LADIES OF COLUMBIA
The next monthly meeting of the CLC will be
Monday, May 14, 6:30 p.m. at CTK in the Parish Center.
LITURGICAL
BITS AND BYTES
To whom is the prayer at liturgy directed?
If you listen to the prayers, you will notice
that it is God the Father. If we think of ourselves as individuals
coming to worship, we lack the focus inherent in the liturgy
itself. If we think of ourselves as the gathered assembly, the
Body of Christ, come together to worship God in Christ’s
name, then it becomes understandable why the prayers are addressed
to the Father to whom Jesus also prayed. Listen to the prayers,
all addressed to the Father, all first person plural. (from Ministry Resource Update, December,
2006; Resource Publications)
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- Christ is risen, creator
of all; he has shown pity on all people.
**Please return your Lenten Almsgiving project folders/envelopes
-- the money from this project supports Athens County Habitat
for Humanity.
**No social after the 10:30 Mass.
Instead, please plan to attend the CLC Spaghetti Dinner at 11:30!!
BIRTHDAYS: April
23 - 29
Jean Andrews, Vickie Ball-Seiter, Nicholas Barga, Janet Bell,
Ben Colvin, Bob Colvin, Janet Hammer, Betty Hoffmann-Pinther,
Judy Houska, Katie Luehrman, Melanie McLaughlin, Moira O’Dea,
Don Peterson, Sarah Robles, James Shestina, James Thomas, John
Tysko, Jill Wagner, and Susan Weaver.
Student: Glenn Shortman
ANNIVERSARIES: Carol
& John Costanzo (30th), and Kay & Terry
Fulks (36th).
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
Let's be one in hope and prayerful presence to all on our prayer
list and continue to pray for Alice Mulligan, Jennifer Kreiser’s
grandmother, Susie Shanmugham, Kathleen Morrow, Cliff Wasko,
Bill Kane, Tim Ewing, Teresa Walsh, and Mike Mulligan. (Remembered in the petitions)
RESPECT
LIFE
Prenatal testing for some 450 medical conditions
is now available. While prenatal screening may seem to give couples
more power, it often actually takes choices away. “Society’s
demand for physical perfection places enormous pressure on couples
to ‘conform to the norm’ by aborting less-than-perfect
children.” Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. The Southern Cross,
8/17/06
PEACE & JUSTICE MINISTRY MOMENTS
An invitation from Fr. John Rausch and
the Catholic Committee of Appalachia: “Climate Change: Our
Faith Response,” a program dealing with the morality of
global warming, invites resource people and participants to discuss
climate change in light of Catholic teachings. Using teleconferencing,
this program will link four sites in four states (Richmond, KY,
Institute, WV, Abingdon, VA and Asheville, NC) on Saturday,
April 28. A group from CTK will be going to WV – PLEASE
JOIN US! For information: 592-0419.
- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Philomina
Nweze, a blind first-year graduate student in the program of
Communication and Development Studies requests for volunteers
who would help read some of her course materials. Her address
is: 35 Wolfe Street, Apt. 21 and her phone number is: 740-592-3184.
Please give Philomina a call; your help would be very much appreciated.
RETROUVAILLE
-- help for troubled marriages
Retrouvaille has helped thousands of couples
at every state of disillusionment, even those thinking of divorce.
Don’t wait. Call for information about our June 1,2,3 weekend
at Best Western Motel, Caldwell, Ohio. For more information,
call 740-749-3335 or on-line at www.retrouvaille.org or www.HelpOurMarriage.com
JOIN
THE AOH
The Msgr. Donal O’Carroll Division of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians will be having a Shamrock Degree
on April 28 for those wishing to join the Division at
11:00 at Moran Construction, 417 Virginia Street, Marietta, Ohio.
All members are encouraged to attend. The AOH is an organization
of Catholic men of Irish heritage. If you are interested in joining
the AOH, please contact President Tom Moran 374-2362 or Pat Kelly
374-0538 in advance of the meeting.
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