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FROM FATHER STEVE
On this
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear two healing stories
that teach us about the importance of being grateful. The first
story is about the healing of Naaman the Syrian (2 Kings 5). The second
is about the healing of ten lepers (Luke 17). You may remember that only
one of the lepers—a Samaritan at that!—came back to thank Jesus. We may
wonder why the other nine did not do so. “Thank you” may be the two
hardest words to learn, yet the two most important words to use. What
are you thankful for? Who needs to hear your “thank you” this week?
A Day
of Prayer for One Another is being held today, October 14 as a part
of our Legacy for Our Mission Capital Stewardship Campaign. The
archbishop’s Legacy for Our Mission Prayer and a Prayer Guide is
included in the bulletin this weekend. Someone will be praying for you
by name today. Will you pray for someone, too? As we pray for each
other, we want to thank God for our parish and her ministries and
outreach. We also pray that God bless our Campaign and help us to be
generous in our own commitment.
This
Tuesday (during the day) I will be attending the Fall Clergy Business
Meeting that will be held at St. Agnes parish in Nashville. What a
terrible time to have to go to Brown County (Ha).
On
Thursday of this week, the Terre Haute Deanery Council of Catholic
Women will be holding their meeting and celebrating Mass at St.
Paul’s. We give them a warm welcome.
World
Mission Sunday is next Sunday, October 21. Once again we have the
opportunity to reach out in faith to more than two-thirds of the world’s
people who have yet to hear of Jesus Christ. Won’t you recommit to our
Church’s evangelizing mission? The missionary work of the Church depends
on each one of us.
Don’t
cover up that gray! This quote comes from Reporter John Allen:
“There’s a common lament in Catholic circles, and it has to do with the
‘gray heads’ that show up for church events. A room full of older
Catholics is universally understood to be a bad thing, whereas a room
full of young people would, presumably, be interpreted as a godsend.
There is a common assumption that youth equals growth, while old age
equals decline. Yet given the demographic situation in which the world
today finds itself, in many ways the exact opposite is the case. In the
United States, the current total of 35 million Americans who are 65 or
older will more than double by 2030. The graying of the population
actually represents a potential ‘boon cycle’ for the churches if they
know how to react. None of this means, of course, that Catholicism ought
to abandon the young.”
For
those of you on Fall Break: Do have an enjoyable one!
Father
Steve
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Prayers for Priests
This week
please pray for: Fr. Joseph Rautenberg, Fr. Lawrence
Richardt, Fr. Paul Richardt, Fr. Todd Riebe, Fr. Joseph Reidman,
Fr. Harold Rightor, and Fr. Stephen Jarrell, and for the
following seminarians; Jerry Byrd, Oscar Vasquez, Victor
Neff, David Proctor, Andy Proctor, Adam Sullivan, and Aaron
Thomas.
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DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET
3:00 P.M. on SUNDAYS
All are welcome to attend.
Please pick up prayer sheet in narthex at the podium
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Readings for the week of:
October 14, 2007
15th
Romans1:1-7;Ps98:1bcde,2-3ab,3cd-4;Lk11:29-32
16th
Romans1:16-25;Ps19:2-3,4-5;Lk11:37-41-4
17th
Romans2:1-11;Ps7:2-3,6-7,9;Lk11:42-46
18th 2Tim
4:10-17b;Ps145:10-11,12-13,17-18;Lk10:1-9
19th
Romans4:1-8;Ps32:1b-2m,5,11;Lk12:1-7
20th
Romans4:13,16-18;Ps105:6-7,8-9,42-43;Lk12:8-12
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Knights
of Columbus
Meetings are on the 2nd
and 4th Thursdays of every month at 7:00 p.m.
Meeting are held in one of the downstairs classrooms of the
Narthex.
Congratulations
to Phillip Asbell, John Dick, Jeff King, Don Pearson, Brad
Secrest, Jeremiah Sutherlin, Johnathon Whitney, Daniel Williams,
and Robert Williams on recently becoming 1st
degree Knights.
Dates to remember:
October 21st,
2nd & 3rd degree ceremony at (Fishers)
November 9th
7:00 p.m. Meeting @ St. Paul
November 23rd
7:00 p.m. Meeting @ St. Paul
October 25th is cancelled due to Theology Night Out
If you are
interest in becoming a Knight of Columbus or just have
questions, please feel free to ask any of the gentlemen
memtioned above or fill out an intention card located in back of
church near the baptismal font or call Andrew Miller at
765.795.6484.
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