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- SIX SUNDAY OF
EASTER
May 8/9, 2010
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- Who are the
people who have helped you believe? Whom do you help?
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- Gospel Reflection: (John 14:23-29) In the gospel today, Jesus continues to speak about
love. Those who live will experience God’s love in their
lives and the gift of peace that only Christ can give. Jesus
also promises to send the Paraclete, or the Comforter, to his
disciples. The Paraclete is the Holy Spirit, who will guide the
Church for all time. Jesus’ followers will not be left on
their own.
- Discussion Points: If
Jesus’ gift to us is peace, why do we so often lack peace
in our hearts, in our homes, and in our world? What does loving
Jesus and being true to his word have to do with the gift of
peace that he promises?
We believe that God is Trinity—Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit. The sign of the cross that we pray so often
affirms our faith. One day this week, be aware of yourself as
a child of God the Father. How does this affect you, your attitudes,
your prayers? Another day, be aware of the gift of Jesus to us.
How does this affect you, your attitudes, your prayers? Another
day, be aware of the Comforter, God the Holy Spirit, that Jesus
promised. How does this awareness of the Spirit affect you, your
attitudes, your prayers?
- (--Sadlier “We Believe” www.webelieve.web.com)
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- MASSES FOR THE WEEK
SATURDAY 5:15 pm Mary
C. Repar - Mary Kline
SUNDAY 8:30
am Mary Porvaznik - her children
10:30
am Phyllis
& Roy Cross - Laura Chapman
6:15
pm People of Our Parish
MONDAY 12:15
pm Tony Udvardy
TUESDAY 5:15
pm Bertilla Rodgers - Pauline Rodgers
WEDNESDAY 12:15 pm
Jose Ojano - Olivia, Ryan &
Matthew Sheehan
- 2:00
pm Mass @ Hickory Creek
- THURSDAY
5:15 pm Beulah Udvardy
FRIDAY
12:15 pm James Rodgers
- Pauline Rodgers
SATURDAY 5:15
pm Norb Denhart - the Schreck family
- SUNDAY 8:30
am People of Our Parish
Ascension of 10:30
am First Communicants & their families
- the Lord 6:15
pm Area Needy
- PARISH CALENDAR: May 9 - 16
Sunday Sixth Sunday of Easter
- Mothers Day
9:45
am Rosary
11:30
am Prayers for Peace
- 12:15
pm RE classes
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5:15 pm Reconciliation
- Monday
- 6:30
pm Catholic Ladies of Columbia
- Tuesday
- 6:30
pm RE Family Event
- Wednesday
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2:00 pm Mass @ Hickory Creek
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7:15 pm Newman Community
Friday
- 1:00
pm Faith Sharing Group
- 6:00
pm Parents Night Out
Saturday
- 10:00 am 1st Communion Rehearsal
4:15
pm Reconciliation
Sunday Ascension
of the Lord
9:45
am Rosary
- 10:30
am First Communion
11:30
am Prayers for Peace
1:30
pm NFP class
4:30
pm Youth Mass @ St. Paul’s
5:15
pm Reconciliation
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- QUESTIONS OF THE
WEEK
- Sixth Sunday
of Easter
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- In the Gospel, Jesus reveals
the Father’s plan to sustain the disciples’ belief
when Jesus returns to the Father. This departure should be marked
by joy rather than sorrow. The departure of Jesus offers to us
the gift of peace and the Holy Spirit for all time.
- Adults: How have I observed the action of
the Holy Spirit in the Church?
Children: When has the Holy Spirit guided
me to follow Jesus’ way of love?
- Lent/ Easter Parish Project
Habitat for Humanity
Our totals for Habitat amounts to $1,313.75. We are nearly
$1,000.00 behind our efforts at this time last year.
We will be successful as a community, if each person gives something.
Please do not overlook this opportunity. Your $20.00 offering
will truly be well spent.
BABY BOTTLE CAMPAIGN UPDATE
- We had 24 bottles to fill at the beginning of the annual Baby
Bottle Campaign, and as of last weekend, we had filled 20 bottles!!!
There are 4 bottles that haven’t been returned so PLEASE
bring your bottle, filled or not, to the office ASAP. The Pregnancy
Resource Center reuses these bottles every year.
CATHOLIC
COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN - Help us connect the world with God’s
Word! Next weekend you will have the opportunity to participate
in the Collection for the Catholic Communication Campaign. Collection
proceeds support a wide variety of media projects that spread
the gospel message and connect communities and individuals to
their faith and to the Church. Please contribute generously in
the Collection, and visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections
for more information. Remember, half of the collected funds stay
right here to support diocesan media projects. Envelopes are
located at both bulletin boards in church.
RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION NEWS - First Communion will be celebrated at the
10:30 Mass next Sunday, May 16. Please pray for our children
as they finish their preparation to receive this sacrament.
YOUTH
MASS - Next Sunday, May 16, we will have our final
youth group meeting of the year with a youth Mass @ St. Paul
at 4:30 pm with a celebration immediately following in the church
hall. We will be recognizing all graduating seniors at this Mass.
ALL Jr. High and High School students are encouraged to attend
with their families.
- NEWMAN COMMUNITY - There
will be a Parents Night Out event this Friday, May 14,
in the CTK Parish Center. Sign-up sheets are posted on the PC
bulletin board and at the front desk.
Don’t forget the on-going Newman babysitting
fundraiser to benefit Relay for Life. Contact Ann, av195003@ohio.edu
or Courtney, cl195907@ohio.edu. You can also call the parish
office to leave a message for Ann or Courtney. Babysitting dates
depend on availability of Newman members.
CATHOLIC
LADIES OF COLUMBIA - Their next meeting is this Monday,
May 10, at 6:30 PM in the CTK Parish Center. Please call
regrets only to Carla Rosler, 664-6311, or Pauline Zoulek, 592-5845.
SACRED HEART RETREAT HOUSE annual DAY OF CELEBRATION is Saturday,
May 15, 11:00 to 7:00. The grounds and house are open to
all to come celebrate S. Mariel’s diamond jubilee as an
SSND, to rest awhile, enjoy the peace and quiet, swim, play corn
hole, visit, etc. There will be music, crafts, demonstrations
on gardening tips also. Bring a dish to pass. Hamburgers and
hotdogs will be available.”
Habitat for Humanity Event - The Faith
Build Coalition will hold a scrap metal collection drive at the
Athens County Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 22, from 9-1.
For more information contact George Bain (592-3828 or gbain45701@yahoo.com).
CATHOLIC
WOMAN’S CLUB CONVENTION - All women of the Diocese of
Steubenville are invited and encouraged to attend this annual
event. The convention starts with social hour and a pre-convention
dinner on Tuesday, June 1, at 6:15 PM at the Rose in Steubenville,
Ohio. The convention continues with various activities including
Mass with the Bishop on Wednesday. More information is available
at the parish office or contact DeDe Kidder at dkidder@gotmc.net
or 740-544-5925.
LITURGY
BITS AND BYTES
Mystagogy
Mystagogy is reflecting. It is a time set aside
for those who just celebrated the Sacraments of Initiation at
the Easter Vigil to share the meaning of the rites and rituals
they just celebrated. Perhaps sharing how our experience affected
us is something that we do not do often enough. We need to take
some time to reflect, perhaps with others, on the meaning of
the Holy Week celebrations. We are so used to looking forward
to upcoming events that we forget how important it is to look
back and share how and where God touched our hearts. That is
the whole meaning of Mystagogy. To ask the question after every
Mass, “Where did God touch me during the Liturgy?”
would be a wonderful way to make more real the power of God’s
presence.
Copyright © 2010 Resource Publications, San Jose, CA
- BLESSING PRAYER
FOR MOTHER’S DAY
God of Love, listen to this prayer.
God of Holy People, of Sarah, Ruth and Rebekah; God of holy Elizabeth,
mother of John, of Holy Mary, Mother of Jesus, bend down Your
ear to this request and bless the mother of our family.
- Bless her with the
strength of Your spirit, she who has taught her child/children
how to stand and how to walk.
Bless her today, now, in this lifetime, with good things, with
health. Bless her with joy, love, laughter and pride in her child/children
and surround her with many good friends.
May she who carried life in her womb be carried on one day to
Your divine embrace: there, for all eternity, to rejoice with
her family and friends.
This blessing and all graces, we pray, descend upon the mother
of our family: in the name of the Father, and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit. Amen+
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“The Advocate, the
Holy Spirit, whom the Father wills end in my name, will teach
you everything and remind you of all that I told you.”
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES:
May 10-16 Krissy
Addison, Shelly Baker, Carl Bruggeman, Celia Burke, Joe Carbone,
Patty DeBruin, Andrew Dodd, Nicole Essman, Shea Heckman, Noreen
Hone, John Keener, Alina Kordesch, John Krubl, Ron Lefebvre,
Mary Rose Littler, Laura Luther, Susan Matters, Gary Meyer, Ava
Miller, Sandy Patton, Matthew Petrik, Olivia Pokas, Madeline
Schrock, Kim Trout, Karen Vedder, Jeff Wasko and Drew Zorn.
Congratulations to the following couples celebrating
an anniversary this week: Cherie D’Mello & Todd Eisworth
(8th), Una & Ted Gilfert (22nd), and Vickie Ball-Seiter &
Rick Seiter (17th).
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK - Please
continue to pray for Kathi Hahn and Pauline Rodgers. (Remembered in the petitions.)
BAPTISM - We welcome with great
joy Claire Martha Dodson, newly-born today through
the waters of Baptism! She is the daughter of Sara (Jeffers)
and Scott Dodson. Congratulations!
ANNUAL BOY
SCOUT RETREAT will be held at Immaculate Conception parish
in Fulda, Ohio. Please mark your calendar for June 11-13.
The retreat is open to all Boy Scouts in the Diocese of Steubenville.
Flyers and forms can be found on the website: www.bsatroop401.org/ccs.htm
or call Susan Molloy
at 740-282-3631, ext. 151; email smolloy@diosteub.org
2010
SERVICE LEADERSHIP CAMP for students who have completed grades
10-12. The Camp will be centered at St. Lawrence parish in Ironton
starting June 20-24. Space is limited; register early.
Contact Susan Molloy at 740-282-3631, ext. 151 or email her at
smolloy@diosteub.org
CAREGIVER NEEDED days
for elderly woman. Please call Linda Maher at 740-541-1771 for
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