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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 August 24th, 2025

St. Bartholomew, Ap

Sunday, August 24

St. Bartholomew, Ap

11th Sunday after Pentecost

8:00 am Low Mass (RIP Jane Fogg from Daniel Peck)

  • Server: Trenton Smith

9:35 am Holy Rosary

10:00 am Low Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Xavier Wright

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Monday, August 25

St. Louis, KC

**NO MASS SCHEDULED** (Zoe Jones from Cleo Speckert)

 

Tuesday, August 26

Feria

St. Zephyrinus, PM

7:00 am Low Mass (Rob Speckert from Layla Speckert)

 

Wednesday, August 27

St. Joseph Calasanctius, C

7:00 am Low Mass (Karen Speckert from Layla Speckert)

 

Thursday, August 28

St. Augustine, BCD

8:00 am Low Mass (Donald Bowman from Cleo Speckert)

 

Friday, August 29

Beheading of St. John the Baptist

6:00 pm Low Mass (Ashton Jones from Cleo Speckert)

 

Saturday, August 30

St. Rose of Lima, V

8:30 am Low Mass (Conversion of children, family & friends from The Kennedys)

 

Sunday, August 31

12th Sunday after Pentecost

St. Raymond Nonnatus, C

8:00 am Low Mass (Private Intentions from Christy Safarik)

  • Server: Aiden Sellers

9:35 am Holy Rosary

10:00 am Low Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Peter Creighton

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Announcements

† There will be a pancake and egg breakfast on September 14th after both Masses. All are welcome! Free will donation to support the Sisters and the Academy will be greatly appreciated!

 

† During the school year, the school Mass will be on Thursday at 8 am, and on Friday, there will be an evening Mass at 6 pm.

 

†The Sisters will have Catechism Classes for the children and teenagers after each Mass on September 7 upstairs in the church.

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† Annual Parish Picnic: on September 21 after the 10 am Mass.

  • This year will be held at ARMCO Park (1223 OH-741, Lebanon, OH 45306)

  • The Parish will provide the main dish, but please bring a side dish to share.

  • Directions: Enter the main entrance, make a right, make another right, and drive along the curved road until you see Shelter #33 on the right side.


†  14 DAY SANCTUARY LAMP:  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.

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† The Novena to St. Theresa 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.

August 24

August 17

August 10

August 3

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Reflection: The Catechism Explained By Stories and Examples
by Fr. Francis Spirago
Seventh Lesson: On The Incarnation & Redemption
Question: Was Jesus Christ always man?
Answer: Jesus Christ was not always man, but became man at the time of His Incarnation.

The Test of the Angels: It is believed that when God created the angels and wished, before admitting them to the everlasting joys of heaven, to test their obedience, He revealed to them the future humanity of His only begotten Son and bade them all fall down and adore. Lucifer and his followers, pure spirits as they were, disdained to worship a soul clothed with a mortal body, and so were cast into hell.

Question: What do you mean by the Incarnation?
Answer: By the Incarnation I mean that the Son of God was made man.

The Iron and the Wood: A saintly hermit and his disciple, whom he called his son, were building a house for themselves on the bank of a river. Presently, when the young man swung his ax, the head flew from the handle and sank in the stream. The youth cried out in dismay, for the ax was his only tool and was borrowed as well. Then his father, taking a log of wood, cast it into the river, and lo! The wood sank, and in proportion as it went down the iron rose and finally appeared and floated to the shore. That iron represents our human nature which tends to sink to the depths and stick fast in the mire of iniquity. God meant it to build for itself an eternal habitation in heaven, but it fell and sank. Then the Father cast His Son — the wood of the root of Jesse — into the stream of time, and lo! According as He sank into His humble earthly existence and the degradation of His passion and death, so our nature was raised up and restored to its original purpose, viz. to construct for itself — yielded by the Son — a heavenly mansion.

Question: How was the Son of God made man?
Answer: The Son of God was conceived and made man by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Holy House of Nazareth: The Blessed Virgin’s home at Nazareth, in which the Annunciation took place, no longer stands in that town; in the year 1294 it was miraculously conveyed to Loretto in Italy. Its site in Nazareth lies within the limits of the Franciscan convent. An altar graces the spot whereon the Incarnation was accomplished, and on the marble floor is this inscription: Verbum caro hic factum est (Here the Word was made flesh). The house was miraculously conveyed through the air to Loretto, to avoid desecration, and there it rests without any visible foundation, the shrine of millions of pilgrims and thousands of miracles.
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