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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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Week of September 27th, 2026

18th Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, September 27

18th Sunday after Pentecost

Ss. Cosmas & Damian, Mm

8:00 am Low Mass (RIP Mary V. Omlor from Patrick Omlor)

  • Server: Aiden Sellers

9:35 am Holy Rosary

10:00 am Low Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Michael Peck

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Monday, September 28

St. Wenceslaus, DukeM

**NO MASS SCHEDULED** (RIP Mary V. Omlor from Patrick Omlor)

 

Tuesday, September 29

Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel

8:00 am High Mass (RIP Mary V. Omlor from Patrick Omlor)

 

Wednesday, September 30

St. Jerome, PrCD

7:00 am Low Mass (RIP Mary V. Omlor from Patrick Omlor)

 

Thursday, October 1

Feria

St. Remigius, BC

8:00 am Low Mass (In honor of St. Joseph & private intentions from Holly Hall)

 

Friday, October 2

Holy Guardian Angels

6:00 pm Low Mass w/Holy Hour & Simple Benediction (Sr. Sophia Marie, CMRI from Daniel Peck)

 

Saturday, October 3

St. Therese of Lisieux, V

9:15 am High Mass (Amanda Straight from Connie Sellers)

 

Sunday, October 4

19th Sunday after Pentecost

St. Francis of Assisi, C

8:00 am Low Mass (Safarik Family private intentions from Christy Safarik)

  • Server: Isaac Smith

9:35 am Holy Rosary

10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: MC: Paddy Omlor.

  • Thurifer: Peter Creighton.

  • Acolytes: Xavier Wright & Blane Straight

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Announcements

​† There will be a pancake & egg breakfast after both Masses today. All are welcome! Free will donations to support the Sisters and the academy will be greatly appreciated!

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† Men’s group next meeting will be on Saturday, October 3rd.

 

† This coming week there are a number of beautiful feasts starting on Tuesday.

  • The feast of St. Michael the Archangel and Mass will be at 8 am on Tuesday.

  • Friday will be the feast of the Guardian Angels. Mass will be at 6pm followed by Holy Hour & Simple Benediction to make reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

  • On Saturday is the beautiful feast of our parish, St. Therese of the Little Flower. Mass will be at 9:15 am on Saturday October 3rd. 

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​† During the month of October, the month of the Holy Rosary, there will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament/Benediction & recitation of the Holy Rosary during the school days of the week after the morning Mass, except Thursday.

 

† Candle Light Rosary:

  • On Wednesday, October 7, for the feast of the Most Holy Rosary,

  • Mass will be at 6:15 pm.

  • When it gets a little dark outside, we will begin the candlelight rosary in the chapel, possibly at 7:45 pm or 8 pm.

  • The rosary will be said while the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. There will be food and refreshments after Mass.

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† 14 DAY SANCTUARY LAMP:

  • is burning for the weeks of (9/26 to 10/9) for the INTENTIONS of Ann Williamitis.

  • If you would like to donate to light the 14 day sanctuary candle for your intentions, 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, John Wright, Jackie Sellers.

 

† 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.

September 27

September 13

September 6

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Reflection: The Catechism Explained by Stories and Examples

by Fr. Francis Spirago

Sixteenth Lesson: On the Gifts & Fruits of the Holy Ghost

Question: What are the Beatitudes?
Answer: The Beatitudes are: — 5th. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

The Bread & Butter: With the same measure wherewith man measures out to his fellow-men will God measure to him again. A peasant used to go into the neighboring town to take the butter from his farm to supply a baker and pastry cook. He carried in five pounds daily, and took back five pounds of bread for his family. Now one day the baker thought he would weigh the butter. To his surprise he found it was half a pound short. The next morning he took the farmer to task, but the man was not in the least abashed. He answered quietly: “That was not my fault, sir; I could not help it. I have no weights in my house, so this is what I do: I put the bread that I have bought of you in one scale and my butter in the other, and thus I know when I have the right quantity.” The baker was thoroughly ashamed, and from that time forth was careful to give his customers full weight. God will act toward us on the judgment day as that farmer acted. Our Lord Himself says: “With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”

The Boy Found in the Snow: Out of gratitude alone we ought to treat animals well, for they are often instruments in saving man’s life. One winter evening a farmer was driving home from the annual market in a neighboring town. On the road a little dog ran up to him, whining piteously; then it turned down a byroad, barking. As the farmer took no notice, it came up to him again, barking in a yet more demonstrative manner, and getting in front of the cart he was driving. Then it went again to the by-road, and turning round, looked appealingly at the man, who, struck by the animal’s behavior, stopped his horses and followed it. At a short distance he found a boy lying unconscious on the snow, benumbed with cold. He lifted him up, carried him to his cart, wrapped him in a rug, and at the first inn he came to, inquired who the child was. The innkeeper knew him, and sent him to his parents, who lived near. They said that the boy had been sent to the market, and had probably lost his way, and, overcome with cold and weariness, had been unable to reach home. Had the little dog not been with him, he would have died of exposure to the cold.

The Dogs of St. Bernard: On the frontiers of Italy and Switzerland, to the southeast of the lake of Geneva, is the pass of St. Bernard, over which a road leads from Switzerland into Italian territory. In days of yore hundreds of thousands of travelers passed over this road, and even now, although communication by railroad has been opened between the two countries at this point, some twenty thousand persons annually make use of the old route, attended as it still is with considerable danger. For, on those lofty mountains, where wintry cold prevails almost all through the year and the snow never melts, the traveler may easily lose his way in a snow-storm or find the road blocked by a snow-drift; or he may be overtaken by an avalanche and be hurled into an abyss. It is also no uncommon case for travelers to be unable to proceed on their way through the effect of the intense cold.

In the year 960 St. Bernard built a monastery and hospice on one of the highest points. The monastery, as it is at present, consists of a three-storied building, and the hospice attached to it is capable of accommodating four hundred guests. The yearly expenses, amounting to some 80,000 francs, are defrayed out of the funds of the convent, which has been richly endowed by benefactors. The work of the monks is to hasten to the assistance of travelers in distress, and to afford them hospitality. Consequently, when there is a heavy fall of snow, the monks ring the convent bell, to serve as a guide to wanderers who might otherwise lose their way. They also go out in different directions to assist any who may be in need of help, accompanied by the large, well-trained St. Bernard dogs.

These dogs bark continuously when in search of travelers, and often find unfortunate persons buried beneath the snow. In this case they scrape the snow away, lick the hands and face of the benumbed individual, and endeavor to restore animation to his frozen limbs by the warmth of their own bodies. If he recovers consciousness, they let him take the restoratives attached to their collars. Meanwhile they utter loud, short barks, to give notice to any monks who may be near, so that generally before long human aid is at hand or one of the dogs will hasten back to the monastery, to call its inmates to his assistance.

Immediately two Brothers set out with the necessary appliances for saving life, and carry the traveler to the hospice where every care is taken of him. This work of charity is not without risk for the monks; sometimes they fall into crevasses and lose their lives. Nor can any endure this arduous work for more than fifteen years, although no one over twenty years of age is admitted to their number. The poor dogs, too, are sometimes sacrificed. One of them, a fine animal of extraordinary intelligence, known by the name of “Barre,” saved the life of no less than forty persons in the course of a few years; the forty-first to whose help he went was alarmed at seeing him, and shot him dead. A memorial is erected in the past to the memory of this useful and sagacious animal.
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