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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 May 11th, 2025

Ss. Philip & James, App

Sunday, May 11

Ss. Philip & James, App

3rd Sunday after Easter
8:00 am Low Mass (RIPs Lillian Reeder & Helen Dodge from Robert Caley)

  • Server: Wheldon Sellers

9:35 am Holy Rosary
10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Paddy Omlor & Michael Peck

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Monday, May 12

Ss. Nereus & Comp., Mm
**NO MASS SCHEDULED** (RIP Helen Dodge from Robert Caley)
 

Tuesday, May 13

St. Robert Bellarmine, BCD

Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament
7:00 am Low Mass (RIP Helen Dodge from Robert Caley)
 

Wednesday, May 14

Feria

St. Boniface, M
7:00 am Low Mass (Clergy & increased vocations from The Kennedys)
 

Thursday, May 15

St. John Baptist de la Salle, C

St. Dymphna, VM
6:00 pm Low Mass (Salvation & conversion of unsaved children, family & friends from The Kennedys)
 

Friday, May 16

St. Ubaldus, BC

St. John Nepomucene, M
8:00 am Low Mass (Tarci Pires & family from The Kennedys)
 

Saturday, May 17

St. Paschal Baylon, C
8:30 am Low Mass (Private Intention from Carmelita Benson)
 

Sunday, May 18

4th Sunday after Easter

St. Venantius, M
8:00 am Low Mass (Poor Souls from Jamie Kennedy)

  • Server: Issac Smith

9:30 am Holy Rosary
10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Clayton & Xavier Wright 

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Announcements

†  Wishing all the Mothers a Happy Mother’s Day!


†  Anyone that needs to be confirmed, please let Father know. Bishop will be coming in July for Adult Catechism and confirmation. Thank you.


†  St. Therese Academy graduation will be on Saturday, May 17th at 5 pm. The location will be at Camp Lebanon Retreat Center (4464 Emmons Rd., Oregonia, OH 45054). Please bring a meal to share. Thank you.

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† Ohio Pilgrimage to venerate relics of St. Maximina & Hyacinth on May 24. This is a Walking Pilgrimage for those who would like to do this. You have the options either to walk the entire pilgrimage, which is 8.5 miles, or meet at the half way point at the Blossom Hill Field House, or you can skip the walk by meeting at Byzantine Monastery at 3:15 pm. In between the walks, there will be a lunch break at Blossom Hill Field. There will be Mass at 9 am at Sacred Heart of Jesus (450 Dennison Ave, Akron, OH 44312) and the walk begins at 11 am. Please see Traditional Catholic Events website for further details.


†  Month of May: If you would like to donate flowers to honor Our Lady for the Month of May, please bring them to the church. Thank you! ​

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†  Easter Duty:

  • Confession: All the faithful who have reached the use of their reason must sincerely confess their sins at least once a year (C.906). One’s obligation is not fulfilled by a sacrilegious confession (C. 907).

  • Easter Communion: All the faithful who have attained the use of their reason must receive Holy Communion at least once during the Easter season. The obligation is not satisfied by a sacrilegious Communion (C.861). If someone has not made his Easter duty for a long time, and this be publicly known, he is thereby a public sinner who loses his right to ecclesiastical burial. (C.1240).  It is a mortal sin not to receive Holy Communion during the Easter Season, which begins from 1st Sunday of Lent and ends on Trinity Sunday.

 

†  Please keep in your prayers the sick and those who Father goes to see: Jackie Kroger, Connie Sellers, Hope Wright.

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†  14 DAY SANCTUARY LAMP: is burning for the weeks of (5/11 to 5/24) for the INTENTIONS of 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). 

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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.

May 11

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April 20

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Reflection: The Catechism Explained By Stories and Examples
by Fr. Francis Spirago
Fifth Lesson: On Our First Parents and the Fall
Question: What befell Adam and Eve on account of their sin?
Answer: Adam and Eve, on account of their sin, lost innocence and holiness, and were doomed to sickness and death.

The Woodcutter’s Conceit: We should have fallen into the sin of our first parents much more readily than they did, had we been in their place. In the employ of a prince there was a certain woodcutter who, while he was at work, was wont to inveigh against Adam and Eve for eating the forbidden fruit, abusing them roundly for having transgressed so easy a commandment and thereby brought such unbounded misery on their posterity. “I and my wife would not have been such fools,” he said. His employer overheard this speech, and said: “Well, well, we shall see. From this day forth you and your wife shall live at my expense and have it almost as well as Adam and Eve in Paradise; but the day of probation will come.” The wedded couple were given good rooms and grand clothes, they were not obliged to work, their daily food was brought from their master’s table, labor and anxiety were at an end for them. Then came the day of probation. One gala day the prince had them to dine at his table, and sumptuous meats were set before them; at last a dish closely covered was placed on the table and their host said: “You can eat of every dish except this one; that is to be left until I return. You must not so much as touch it.” He then left the dining-hall and was absent for a long time. The two guests began to get impatient, their curiosity was awakened; it got stronger and stronger. At length the woman could resist no longer; she gently raised the cover. But the harm was done; a beautiful little bird flew out, and disappeared out of the window. Then the master of the house came back, and drove out both the man and his wife, bidding them be wiser in future. Here we have an example of human frailty.

Question: What evil befell us on account of the disobedience of our first parents?
Answer: On account of the disobedience of our first parents, we all share in their sin and punishment, as we should have shared in their happiness if they had remained faithful.

The Heirs of an Estate: We are all inheritors of Adam’s sin and its consequences. An emperor once gave a large estate to one of his subjects, a man of rank, on condition that he should always be faithful to him. But the nobleman proved a traitor. Thereupon the emperor took his land and his title from him and banished him from his dominions. The man’s treachery brought misfortune on his children; they could not inherit either the property or the title that had been their father’s. All that he could bequeath to them was a legacy of disgrace and poverty. Our case is a similar one. Our first parents had and lost their supernatural privileges, and we also are deprived of them. They caused injury to both the soul and body; this is handed down to us. Only one thing is beyond our power to comprehend, that we inherit the sin of Adam; this is and ever will be a mystery of faith. 
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