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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
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Mass Schedule - Week of April 19th, 2026

2nd Sunday after Easter

Sunday, April 19

2nd Sunday after Easter

St. Elphege, BM

8:00 am Low Mass (Salvation & conversion of unsaved children, family & friends from The Kennedy Family)

  • Server: Isaac Smith

9:35 am Holy Rosary

10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Paddy Omlor

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Monday, April 20

Feria

St. Agnes of Montepulciano, V

**NO MASS SCHEDULED** (RIP Leroy Moser from Ruth McGaren)

 

Tuesday, April 21

St. Anselm, BCD

7:00 am Low Mass (Poor Souls from Barbara Roetzler)

 

Wednesday, April 22

Ss. Soter & Caius, PpMm

7:00 am Low Mass (Conversion of Latrice Jensen Smith from Brian Jensen)

 

Thursday, April 23

St. George, M

8:00 am Low Mass (RIP Madonna Kramer from Brenda Thorn)

 

Friday, April 24

St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, M

6:00 pm Low Mass (RIP Madonna Kramer from Brenda Thorn)

 

Saturday, April 25

St. Mark, Ev

Greater Litanies

8:30 am Low Mass (Private Intentions from Brenda Thorn)

 

Sunday, April 26

3rd Sunday after Easter

Our Lady of Good Counsel

Ss. Cletus & Marcellinus, PpMm

8:00 am Low Mass (Private Intentions from Brenda Thorn)

  • Server: Wheldon Sellers

9:35 am Holy Rosary

10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Paddy Omlor

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Announcements

† Breakfast April 19: There will be a pancake and eggs breakfast after both Masses today. All are welcome! Free will donations to support the Sisters and the academy are greatly appreciated!

 

† Women’s/girl’s group will meet on April 25th after the 8:30 am Mass at the church.​

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† Information for the Ohio boys camp is in the vestibule. Also, information for the girls camp in Nebraska is also in the vestibule.

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† 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.

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† Please pray for the young men who will be ordained to the priesthood and those who will be receiving steps in Omaha on April 28th.

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​​​​†  14 DAY SANCTUARY LAMP:  

  • is burning for the weeks of (4/4 to 4/19) for the INTENTIONS of Ann Williamitis.

  • 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). 

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

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† 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.​

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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 19

April 12

April 5

March 29

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Reflection: The Catechism Explained by Stories and Examples

by Fr. Francis Spirago

Thirteenth Lesson: On The Sacraments in General

Question: What grace do the sacraments give?
Answer: Some of the sacraments give sanctifying grace, and others increase it in our souls.

Life, Physical & Spiritual: The animating principle of our body is our soul, and the animating principle of our soul is sanctifying grace. When the soul leaves the body, the body is dead; and sickness is nothing more or less than an approach toward death, or a lessening of the vivifying influence of the soul on the body. So also, when sanctifying grace is driven out of the soul by mortal sin, the soul dies spiritually, and if the sin be but venial, the grace of God is lessened and the soul becomes ill. Hence, the function of the sacraments is either to restore the soul to life by imparting sanctifying grace, or else by increasing that grace to strengthen and invigorate the soul.

Question: Which are the sacraments that give sanctifying grace?
Answer: The sacraments that give sanctifying grace are Baptism and Penance; and they are called sacraments of the dead.

The Kinds of Suicide: It is a fact worth remembering that, though we come into the world with live bodies, we are born with souls spiritually dead. That is why Christ asserted the necessity of a second birth, — of water, and the Holy Ghost. And it is a fact equally to be remembered that, as God gave us the life of our body at our creation, so in our Baptism He gave us the life of our soul and each life belongs not to us but to Him, and is ours to use only, but not to destroy. Physical suicide, therefore, is a great crime, but spiritual suicide by mortal sin is a greater crime still, for the soul is vastly more precious than the body. But blessed be God who has given us Baptism to give life to our soul, and Penance to restore to us that life when through our own folly we have lost it!

Question: Why are Baptism and Penance called sacraments of the dead?
Answer: Baptism and Penance are called sacraments of the dead because they take away sin, which is the death of the soul, and give grace, which is its life.

A Man of Eighty Only Two Years of Age: A missionary relates that he once baptized a man of eighty years of age. Two years later, as he lay on his deathbed, someone asked him how old he was, and the old man answered that he was only two. On his interrogator laughing at such an answer, the old man explained: “I did not begin to live until I received Baptism. My former years were death, not life.” In like manner one who has spent half his life in mortal sin, might truthfully divide his years by two.
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