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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 March 15th, 2026

4th Sunday of Lent

Sunday, March 15

4th Sunday of Lent

Laetare Sunday

St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, C

8:00 am Low Mass (Monica Fischer from Monica Fischer)

  • Server: Aiden Sellers

9:30 am Stations of the Cross

10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: MC: Peter Creighton.

  • Thurifer: Paddy Omlor.

  • Acolytes: Blane Straight & Xavier Wright.

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Monday, March 16

Lenten Feria

St. Abraham, Hermit

**NO MASS SCHEDULED** (Monica Fischer Deceased Mother from Monica Fischer)

 

Tuesday, March 17

St. Patrick, BC

7:00 am Low Mass (Todd & Louise Malecha from Jason & Rebecca Orr)

 

Wednesday, March 18

St. Cyril of Jerusalem, BCD

7:00 am Low Mass (Poor Souls from Barb Pelzer)

 

Thursday, March 19

St. Joseph, CSpBVM

8:00 am High Mass (RIP Daniel Stone from Barb Pelzer)

 

Friday, March 20

Lenten Feria

St. Cuthbert, BC

6:00 pm Stations of the Cross

6:35 pm Low Mass (RIP Caroline Mathiowetz from Mark & Brenda Sand)

 

Saturday, March 21

St. Benedict, AbC

St. Nicholas of Flue, C

8:30 am Low Mass (RIP Caroline Mathiowetz from Mark & Brenda Sand)

 

Sunday, March 22

Passion Sunday

St. Isidore, C

St. Colette, V

8:00 am Low Mass (Tonua McLaren & Fisler Family from Ruth McGaren)

  • Server: Andrew Smith

9:30 am Stations of the Cross

10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Paddy Omlor

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Announcements

† As we approach Holy Week in three weeks, let us make a greater effort to plan to attend the ceremonies during Holy Week. By partaking in Holy Week, we are in a way partaking in the passion and cross of Our Lord. Also, in preparation for Holy Thursday, Father will need 12 men to volunteer to have their feet washed.

 

† 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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† Palm Sunday: There will only be ONE MASS (10 am Mass) on Palm Sunday due to the distribution of blessed palms and procession.

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† The Church is in need of volunteers to help clean the church. As of right now, there are only three people that periodically clean the church. If we have more volunteers, it will lighten the burden of the ones that volunteer. Please see Father or Amanda Straight, if you would like to volunteer.

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†  14 DAY SANCTUARY LAMP:  

  • ​is burning for the weeks of (3/4 to 3/17) for the INTENTIONS of Jamie Kennedy.

  • Next INTENTIONS will be for 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. 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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† Church Laws on Fasting & Abstinence during Lent:

Abstinence:

1) Everyone 7 years of age and over is bound to observe the law of abstinence.

2) Complete abstinence is to be observed on Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday. On days of complete abstinence, meat and soup or gravy made from meat may not be used at all.

Fast:

1) Everyone over 21 and under 59 years of age is also bound to observe the law of fast.

2) The days of fast are every day except for Sundays.

3) On days of fast, only one full meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to one’s needs; but together they should not equal another full meal.

4) Meat may be taken at the principal meal.

5) Eating between meals is not permitted, but liquids, including milk and fruit juices, are allowed.

6) Where health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the law does not oblige. In doubt concerning fast or abstinence, a parish priest or confessor should be consulted.

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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.

March 15

March 8

March 1

February 22

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Reflection: The Catechism Explained By Stories and Examples
by Fr. Francis Spirago
Twelfth Lesson: On The Attributes & Marks of the Church
Question: Has the Church any marks by which it may be known?
Answer: The Church has four marks by which it may be known: it is one; it is holy; it is Catholic; it is apostolic.

The College of the Propaganda: The College of the Propaganda, Rome, Italy, affords a very striking illustration of these four marks. In this college young men are prepared for and sent out to the Catholic missions of the world. Through the city are scattered the national colleges representing every nation on the earth, but the students of all of them come together for lectures twice a day at the Propaganda. The Catholicity or universality of the Church is evidenced in the varied complexions of the students, in their different uniforms, and in the multiplicity of the languages spoken. The church’s unity is strongly brought out in the fact that notwithstanding their diversity, the professor imparts the same doctrine to all in the same Latin language, and all are animated by the same lofty purpose. The venerable university that has sent forth many saints and martyrs and the soil of Rome so often watered with martyrs’ blood attest the holiness of the Church; and over on the Vatican Hill is he, the direct successor of St. Peter and the living proof of the Church’s apostolicity.

Question: How is the Church one?
Answer: The Church is one because all its members agree in one faith, are all in one communion, and are all under one head.

The Distracted Minister: A certain Protestant minister of Boston, an honest and sincere man according to his lights, undertook some years ago to combine in one volume brief sketches or expositions of creeds of all denotations. Very fairly and impartially he set forth the Catholic belief, the Episcopalian, and the congregationalist, etc.; but as he worked down through the list he began to be more and more puzzled, until finally arriving at the Baptists, hard shell and soft shell, and Christian Scientists, etc., he threw down his pen, saying: “The rest will not stand still long enough to have their pictures taken.”

Question: How is the Church holy?
Answer: The Church is holy because its founder, Jesus Christ, is holy; because it teaches a holy doctrine; invites all to a holy life; and because of the eminent holiness of so many thousands of its children.

Phillips Brooks: The devotion of Catholics to their clergy and to their religion generally is a source of never ending wonder to Protestants. The sacrifices our people in the United States have made and are making to build up a Parochial School system is a good instance of this. It is an incontestable argument for the power of the true faith and its ability to inculcate holiness of life. Phillips Brooks, the late Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, when rector of a church in Philadelphia, often remarked to his curate at breakfast that it was wonderful to peep out of one’s window on a bleak winter’s morning and see crowds of Catholics trooping to church at 4:30 am, on a holiday of obligation. “Suppose,” he would say, “you and I were to announce to our people next Sunday that on the Wednesday following there would be special services at 4:30 am. How many, think you, would we find present?” And then Brooks’ countenance would cloud over, and growing thoughtful he would say over and over to himself: “A wonderful institution, surely; a wonderful institution!” The curate in question is now a Catholic priest.
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