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- 27TH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
- RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY
October 6/7, 2007
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- When has your faith given you
strength?
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- Gospel Reflection (Luke
17:5-10) The two sayings of Jesus in today’s gospel
make us wonder abut the other side of the story. When the apostles
ask, “Increase our faith,” are they secretly quite
satisfied with their record of faithfulness? Jesus tells them
that if they really have faith they can tell a tree what to do,
and it will do it! The story about the servant tells us that
Jesus’ disciples should be grateful to God. When we do God’s
will, we should not expect to receive a gold medal. We have,
after all, done no more than “what we were obliged to do.”
Discussion Points for Gospel: Think
about this gospel passage from Jesus’ point of view. Jesus
wants to do so many good things for people. He wants to tell
them the good news and what his Father wants. He wants the Father’s
loving will to be done on earth. Yet, so many times, when Jesus
wants to move forward, he is held back by his disciples who lack
a basic faith and trust in him. They stand around quibbling about
details, when Jesus would like to hear: “We’ve got
the idea! Let’s do it!”
What is your attitude toward the next good
thing asked of you? Is it to stand around and quibble about it?
Or do you say, “I’ll get it! I’ll do it! I’m
on it!”? All Jesus asks is that we love one another, not
that we just stand around talking about loving one another! (from Sadlier “We Believe”)
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- MASSES FOR THE WEEK
SATURDAY
5:15 p.m.
John Repar - Mary Kline
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. Lou Ruman -
Joe & Billie Jo Essman
10:30
a.m. John Namey - Chip & Terri
Rogers
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6:15 p.m. People of Our Parish
MONDAY 12:15
p.m. Sick & Shut-ins of Our
Parish
TUESDAY 5:15
p.m. Tony Udvardy
WEDNESDAY 12:15 p.m.
Beulah Udvardy
THURSDAY 5:15
p.m. R.C.I.A. participants
FRIDAY 12:15
p.m. Madge Kiener - Pauline Rodgers
SATURDAY 5:15
p.m. Alice Mulligan - the Pierantozzis
SUNDAY 8:30
a.m. Salvatore & Teresa Davoli
- the Brays
28th
Sunday in
10:30
a.m. James Rodgers - Pauline
Rodgers
- Ordinary Time 6:15
p.m. People of Our Parish
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- PARISH CALENDAR: October
7 - 14
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- Sunday 27th
Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Respect
Life Sunday
- 9:30
a.m. Rosary
11:30
a.m. Prayers for Peace
- 4:30
p.m. Religious Education classes
- 5:15
p.m. Reconciliation
- 7:30
p.m. Knights of Columbus
- Monday
- 6:30
p.m. Catholic Ladies of Columbia
- 7:00
p.m. Decree Workshop @ St. Paul's
- Tuesday
- 4:30
p.m. Religious Education Classes
- Wednesday
- 7:00
p.m. Newman Community
- Thursday
- 1:00
p.m. "Needlers" Why
Catholic?
- 7:00
p.m. Habitat
- 7:15
p.m. R.C.I.A.
- Saturday O.U.
Homecoming
- 4:15
p.m. Reconciliation
- Sunday
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Vocation
Awareness Sunday
9:30
a.m. Rosary
- 11:30
a.m. Prayers for Peace
- 4:30
p.m. Religious Education classes
- 5:15
p.m. Reconciliation
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- QUESTIONS OF THE
WEEK
- Twenty-Seventh
Sunday in Ordinary Time
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- In today’s first reading the
prophet Habakkuk, who is surrounded by “destruction and
violence. . . strife and contention” (Habakkuk 1:3), cries
out to God for the strength and the vision to deal with turbulence
in the life of God’s people.
Adults: When have I been faced with a seemingly
impossible task to live my faith? How did turning to the Lord
in prayer help me?
Children: When do I ask Jesus to help me live
as his friend and disciple?
On Sunday,
October 14, the 9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Paul’s Church
will be offered for Phillip Bebb.
WHY
CATHOLIC? BEGINS THIS WEEK
If you are interested in learning more about
your faith or want to join a small group for discussion and reflection,
Why Catholic? might be the program for you. Please contact the
Reddans at 594-8591 for more information or to sign up with a
group. The six-week session begins today and continues through
the week of November 11.
ATTENTION LITURGICAL
MINISTERS. . .
You may now access your schedule via the internet.
Just log onto the CTK website: www.ctkathens.org and check the
link for liturgical ministry schedules.
- PRAYER/MEDITATION BOOKLETS
The new Living Faith booklets are available
at the bulletin boards in church. The months of October, November
and December are included in this issue.
We also have available the October issue
of Living with Christ. These particular booklets are very
well done. Each issue is $2.00, or you can purchase a yearly
subscription for $15.00; contact the office for more information.
RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION NEWS
It is not too late to enroll in Religious Education.
Contact Nancy Denhart 592-2711 or 594-8718 or email her at ndenhart@ctkathens.org
for more information. Classes meet on Sundays at 4:30 or
Tuesdays at 6:30. Families choose which night to send
their child.
SEMINARY LIVE-IN
The next Live-In weekend at the Pontifical
College Josephinum in Columbus will be October 25-28.
Junior or senior high school men or college freshmen and sophomores
are invited to attend this weekend in order to experience life
and studies in the seminary. You will meet priests and faculty,
attend Mass and classes, talk, pray and eat with the seminarians.
Contact the Vocations Office in Steubenville at 740-282-0646
or diosteubhof@sbcglobal.net by October 22.
CATHOLIC
LADIES OF COLUMBIA will meet this Monday, October 8, at 6:30
p.m in the CTK Parish Center. New members are welcome to attend
the meeting.
CROP WALK -- Sunday, October 14,
at 2 p.m. beginning on the bike path by Peden Stadium. CROP
Walk is sponsored by Church World Services, an ecumenical, international
relief organization. Part of the funds raised here stay in our
community. If you would like to walk and get friends to support
you (or if you want to support my walk), please contact George
Bain at 592-3828 or gbain45701@yahoo.com for info sheets and
a pledge envelope.
LITURGY BYTES & BITS
Since Vatican II we have heard three times
as many Gospel readings as before. (This is also true of the
epistles.) This is because we now have three cycles. So the readings,
except for certain feast days, occur only once every three years.
The three cycles each feature one of the evangelists: A is the
year of Matthew, B the year of Mark, C the year of Luke. St.
John’s gospel is read during the Easter season and on some
specific other days throughout the year. On Good Friday we always
hear St. John’s account of the Passion. The Passion reading
on Palm Sunday rotates among the other evangelists according
to the cycle.
--Ministry Resource Update,
Resource Publications, San Jose, California
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- “If you have faith
the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree,
‘Be uprooted & planted in the sea,’ and it would
obey you.”
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
- October 8 - 14
Birthdays: Veronica
Bagnole, Nancy Bain, Grace Bell-Moran, Bob Bray, Paul Carey,
Grace Corrigan, Tammy Edwards, Howard Fox, Jim Herpy, Karen Howard,
A.W. Matters, Gavin Miller, Audrey Mulholland, Angela & Jackson
Owens, Doug Partusch, Queena Marie Prince, Kiah Smith, Verna
Stockmal & Anthony Sylvester.
Students: Natalie Wallace & Kelly Brennan.
Anniversaries: Marty
& Jerry Bayha (41st), Liz & Bill Luehrman
(19th), Sandy & George Eberts (31st), Barb & Ralph
Moran (31st), Teresa & Kevin Doughty (25th),
Maureen & Mike Miller (35th), & Kensey
& Jason Love (1st!).
Prayers
for the Sick
Let's be one in hope and prayerful presence
to all on our prayer list and continue to pray for Frieda Shields,
and Bill Rader. (Remembered in
the petitions)
REST
IN PEACE
We offer our sympathy and prayers to Verna
Stockmal and her family. Verna’s aunt, Margaret Schofield,
passed away recently. May she and all who have died, rest in
the peace of our Lord.
RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY --
OCTOBER 7
Life and Dignity of the Human Person
In a world warped by materialism and declining
respect for human life, the Catholic Church proclaims that human
life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the
foundation of a moral vision for society.
Our belief in the sanctity of human life and
the inherent dignity of the human person is the foundation of
all principles of our social teaching. In our society, human
life is under direct attack from abortion and assisted suicide.
The value of human life is being threatened by increasing use
of the death penalty. The dignity of life is undermined when
the creation of human life is reduced to the manufacture of a
product, as in human cloning or proposals for genetic engineering
to create “perfect” human beings.
We believe that every person is precious, that
people are more important than things, and the measure of every
institution is whether it threatens or enhances the life and
dignity of the human person.
-Sharing Catholic Social Teaching:
Challenges and Directives, Reflections of the U.S. Catholic Bishops
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER
WEEKEND
“Sweetest Day” observed the third
Saturday in October originated in Cleveland in 1922, and over
the years has evolved into a time to express romantic love. Remember
the long talks, fun, laughter and closeness you enjoyed when
you were dating? You can experience that intimacy again! Attend
a World Wide Marriage Encounter weekend as a way to celebrate
“Sweetest Day” with your lover and find out what thousands
of married couples have already experienced. The next two weekends
are October 19-21 in Akron and November 16-18 in
Marietta. For information or to register, call 330-305-9963 or
email WorldwideME@aol.com or go to the website www.wwME.org Hurry,
weekends fill up fast!
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF
FAITH
Holy Family Parish in Steubenville is offering
various pilgrimages in preparation for the celebration of their
50th Anniversary. Upcoming pilgrimages are November 30-December
5: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City; January, 2008: Holy Land
Pilgrimage; and June 11, 2008: Dominican and Franciscan Italy.
Contact Father Rich Tuttle, 740-264-2825, or email at rectory@holyfamilyweb.org
for more information.
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