Welcome to St. Therese's

† No Mass scheduled this Monday to Thursday (6/1 - 6/4) as Father will be in Omaha for Sisters’ Vows and Priest

† On Sunday, June 7th there will be a Corpus Christi Procession after the 10 am Mass to honor Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.

† Men’s Group will meet on Saturday, June 6th after the 8:30 am Mass. Repairs and maintenance for the church with social gathering to follow at Script Coffee on Broadway in Lebanon.

† Friday Devotion: Mass at 6 pm followed by Holy Hour & Simple Benediction to make reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Sacrament.

† Summer Mass Schedule: Now that school is out, the weekday Summer Mass schedule will be as follows: Tuesday through Thursday, the Mass times will be at 7:30 am. On Friday, Mass will be at 6 pm.

† 14 DAY SANCTUARY LAMP: 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, Hope Wright, John Wright, Patrick Kennedy, 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.

Reflection: The Catechism Explained by Stories and Examples by Fr. Francis Spirago. Fourteenth Lesson: On Baptism

Question: Is Baptism necessary to salvation?

Answer: Baptism is necessary to salvation, because without it we cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Louis XV and His Children: Religion makes no distinction between the rich and the poor. Cleansed by the same Baptism, they have equal rights to the same favors, and he who is most faithful to his baptismal promises is greatest before God. Louis XV of France frequently inculcated this lesson on his children. Two of them had received at their birth only private Baptism, the ceremonies being supplied seven or eight years later. When the record was being made in the parish register, their father, pointing to the name which immediately preceded theirs, — which was the name of a very

poor boy — said: “You see, children, in the eyes of God all ranks and conditions are equal; there is no distinction but that of religion and virtue. One day you will be distinguished before men, and this poor boy will be unknown, but if he be more

virtuous than you, he will be greater in the sight of God.”

Question: Who can administer Baptism?

Answer: A priest is the ordinary minister of Baptism; but in case of necessity any one who has the use of reason may baptize.

A Missioner’s Stratagem: A foreign missioner writes: “In the thickly populated parts of our district we appoint persons to impart Baptism when necessary. They are usually women skilled in the treatment of children’s ailments and thus have easy access everywhere. They carry with them a bottle of baptismal water, and when by their experience they judge that any child is in danger of death, they pour some water on its head, reciting at the same time the form of Baptism. In this way, in our mission, every year some seven or eight thousand children are secretly baptized, most of whom die soon after.”