top of page

Welcome to St. Therese's

The clergy and parishioners of St. Therese adhere firmly to the unchangeable Catholic Faith and Sacraments as taught by all true Popes, from St. Peter to Pius XII.

St. Therese of Lisieux by Leonard Porter, 2008
Home: Welcome

Mass Schedule - Week of May 3rd, 2026

Finding of the True Cross

Sunday, May 3

Finding of the True Cross

4th Sunday after Easter

St. Alexander I, P, & Comp., Mm

8:00 am Low Mass (RIP Jerry Winkler from The Mader Family)

  • Server: Isaac Smith

9:35 am Holy Rosary

10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: MC: Paddy Omlor.

  • Thurifer: Peter Creighton.

  • Acolytes: Michael Peck & Blane Straight.

​

Monday, May 4

St. Monica, W

**NO MASS SCHEDULED** (Private intention from Patrick Omlor)

 

Tuesday, May 5

St. Pius V, PC

7:00 am Low Mass (Private intention from Patrick Omlor)

 

Wednesday, May 6

St. John before the Latin Gate, ApEv

7:00 am Low Mass (Private intention from Patrick Omlor)

 

Thursday, May 7

St. Stanislaus, BM

8:00 am Low Mass (Private intention from Patrick Omlor)

 

Friday, May 8

Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel

6:00 pm Low Mass (Private intention from Patrick Omlor)

 

Saturday, May 9

St. Gregory Nazianzen, BCD

**NO MASS SCHEDULED** (Private intention from Patrick Omlor)

 

Sunday, May 10

5th Sunday after Easter

St. Antonius, BC 

Ss. Gordian & Epimachus, Mm

8:00 am Low Mass (Private intention from Patrick Omlor)

  • Server: Aiden Sellers

9:35 am Holy Rosary

10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Peter Creighton

Home: Text

Announcements

† No Mass scheduled on Saturday May 9 as Father will be traveling to Tennessee.

 

† There are holy cards from the priests ordained last Tuesday out in the vestibule. Please feel free to take them, but allow others to get one as well.

 

† Breakfast: There will be a pancake and eggs breakfast on May 17th after both Masses. All are welcome! Free will donations to support the Sisters and the academy will be greatly appreciated!

 

† 2026 Ohio Pilgrimage to venerate relics of Saints Maximina & Hyacinth will be on May 23 in North Royalton, Ohio. Please see flyer in vestibule for more information or www.tradtionalcatholicevents.blogspot.com

​

† Easter Duty:

  1. All the faithful who have reached the use of reason are bound under the pain of mortal sin to receive Holy Communion worthily at least once during the Easter season.

  2. In the United States, this extends from the 1st Sunday of Lent to Trinity Sunday.

​​

​​​​†  14 DAY SANCTUARY LAMP:  

  • is burning for the weeks of (4/20 to 5/4) for the INTENTIONS of Ann Williamitis.

  • Next INTENTIONS will be for Jamie Kennedy.

  • If you would like to donate to light the 14 day sanctuary candle for your intention, please let Father know.

  • The donation for each candle is $25 (candles generally last 14 days, but sometimes they burn faster than expected). 

​

† In your charity, please pray for the sick of the parish and those whom Father sees: Keith Sellers, Hope Wright, John Wright.

​

† The Novena to St. Therese after the Low Mass will be said for the INTENTIONS of obtaining a Hall, classrooms for the school, and a Priest Rectory.​

Home: Text

Bulletins

Note: Our bulletin is printed in bulk and is available in hardcopy for all in the vestibule, but it is also available here.
If you would like to download a PDF copy, you may do so at the links below.

April 26

April 19

April 12

Home: Files
Reflection: The Catechism Explained by Stories and Examples

by Fr. Francis Spirago

Thirteenth Lesson: On The Sacraments in General

Question: Besides sanctifying grace do the sacraments give any other kind of grace?
Answer: Besides sanctifying grace the sacraments give another grace, called sacramental.

The Testimony of Goethe: The sacraments, as the spiritual medicines of our souls, not only restore the dead to life, but fortify them with helps whereby, whenever occasion calls for it, they may fittingly discharge the duties of the spiritual life. Goethe, poet and philosopher, and one of Germany’s greatest nineteenth-century geniuses notwithstanding his many errors, thus discourses on the sacraments: “It is important that the source of salvation which springs for us in these sacraments should flow, not once only, but whilst we are on earth. And these means, the efficacy of which we shall have experienced during our whole life, we shall feel ten times more at the gates of death. Following the pious custom of his life, the dying Christian embraces with fervor the visible symbols of the truths which promise him a new life, and in which he receives from Heaven the pledges of an eternal felicity.”

Question: What is sacramental grace?
Answer: Sacramental grace is a special help which God gives to attain the end for which He instituted each sacrament.

Our Divine Commander-In-Chief: In our spiritual warfare against the powers of darkness, Jesus Christ is our Commander, and it is characteristic of Him that He never asks His soldiers to go into any danger where He Himself does not lead. “Follow Me,” is ever the tenor of His commands. Kings and great generals view the battle from the neighboring hills, but Christ is ever with us in the thick of the struggle. We are not, therefore, left to our own weak devices in fulfilling the promises we made in the reception of each sacrament; when the hour of trial comes, Christ is with us by His sacramental grace shielding us, cheering us on, and leading us to the onset.

Question: Do the sacraments always give grace?
Answer: The sacraments always give grace, if we receive them with the right dispositions.

Light and Darkness: A soul in mortal sin is like a room in darkness, and a soul in a state of grace resembles a chamber brightly illuminated. It is not necessary to remark that the darkness and the light cannot exist in the room at the same time, but it is well to remember that. God will never do violence to man’s freedom of will, and that however often we may receive the sacraments we will never experience their illuminating effects as long as we voluntarily allow our souls to remain in the darkness of mortal sin. If, however, we, by a worthy reception of the sacraments, dispel the darkness, our souls will be flooded with the light of God’s grace as naturally and as necessarily as day follows night.
bottom of page