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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 June 28th, 2026

5th Sunday after Pentecost

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Sunday, June 28

5th Sunday after Pentecost

St. Irenaeus, BM

8:00 am Low Mass (The Wright Family from The Straight Family)

  • Server: Aiden Sellers

9:35 am Holy Rosary

10:00 am Low Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Michael Peck

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Monday, June 29

Ss. Peter and Paul, App

9:00 am Low Mass (For all the families of the parish from Amanda Straight)

 

Tuesday, June 30

Commemoration of St. Paul, Ap

7:30 am Low Mass (Private Intention from The Straight Family)

 

Wednesday, July 1

Most Precious Blood of Jesus

7:30 am Low Mass (Poor Souls from Matt & Bonnie Davis)

 

Thursday, July 2

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

7:30 am Low Mass (Poor Souls from Matt & Bonnie Davis)

 

Friday, July 3

St. Leo II, PC

6:00 pm Low Mass w/Holy Hour & Simple Benediction (RIP Mary DeWitt from The Straight Family)

 

Saturday, July 4

Blessed Virgin Mary Saturday (Commemoration of All Holy Popes)

8:30 am Low Mass (In reparation for offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary from The Straight Family)

 

Sunday, July 5

6th Sunday after Pentecost

St. Anthony Mary Zaccharia, C

8:00 am Low Mass (Private Intention from Brigette Holsapple)

  • Server: Isaac Smith

9:35 am Holy Rosary

10:00 am High Mass (Pro Populo)

  • Server: Paddy Omlor & Peter Creighton

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Announcements

† Friday Devotions: Mass at 6 p.m. and Holy Hour & Simple Benediction to make reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

 

† This coming week there will be a number of high ranking and beautiful feasts: On Monday is the First Class Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, and Mass will be at 9 am. On Wednesday is the First Class Feast of The Most Precious Blood of Jesus and on Thursday is the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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† Adult Catechism with the Bishop will be on August 5, 6 & 7 (location and times will be determined). There will also be children’s Catechism with the Sisters on those days. Confirmation will take place on Aug. 9th at the 10 am Mass

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† Next men’s meeting will be on July 11th after the 8:30 am Mass. The ladies/girls meeting will be held on July 25th after the 8 am Mass.

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† Modesty Standards: During the summer months, please remember to observe the modesty standards and the words of Our Lady of Fatima: “Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much.” Modesty pamphlets with practical guidelines are available in the vestibule.

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† Parish Annual Picnic: will be held on September 20 after the 10 am Mass at Armco Park Shelter #33 (1223 N. St. Route 741 Lebanon, OH 45036). The parish will provide the main course. Please bring a dish to share. Hope to see you there!

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† 14 DAY SANCTUARY LAMP: is burning for the weeks of (6/4 to 7/1) 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, 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.

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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.

June 21

June 14

June 7

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Reflection: The Catechism Explained by Stories and Examples

by Fr. Francis Spirago

Fourteenth Lesson: On Baptism

Question: Why is the name of a saint given in Baptism?
Answer: The name of a saint is given in Baptism in order that the person baptized may imitate his virtues and have him for a protector.

The Archduchess Sophie Acts as Sponsor at Ischl: The mother of the present emperor of Austria, the late Archduchess Sophie, was one day walking out with her children during a summer sojourn at the baths of Ischl, when they met a countryman in his Sunday clothes, carrying an infant in his arms. Now and again he stood still, and looked about him, as if in search of someone. The sun was hot, and beat upon the infant’s face, so that it began to wail and cry. The archduchess went up to the man, and asked why he was carrying the poor child about in the heat of the noonday sun? He replied that he would not do so if he could help it. “I have come down out of the country,” he said, “in order to get this child baptized in our parish church, and now I hear that the gentleman who promised to act as sponsor has left Ischl for Gmunden. I am at a loss what to do.” The archduchess answered with a smile that, if that was all, she could easily set matters right; she and her husband would stand sponsors for the child. The man thought she was joking, and said she need not mock at the trouble he was in. “I mean it quite seriously,” the august lady rejoined. “Let us go to the church directly; my husband is not far off.” The man was only too glad to fall in with her proposal; he thanked her gratefully, saying that almighty God would reward her kindness by a blessing on her own children. The archduchess went to call her husband, the Archduke Frederic Charles, and all three went to the parish church of Ischl. The priest was not a little amazed to see the royal sponsors accompanying the lowly peasant, and the latter was still more astonished when he learned who had consented to help him out of his dilemma; in fact he was so overawed and embarrassed, that he nearly let the child fall in his confusion. He went home a happy man, birched with many presents. As the royal sponsors left the church the archduchess said to her husband: “That worthy peasant said God would reward us in our children; I hope and pray that his good wishes may be fulfilled.” Many years have passed since then, and the blessing predicted by the countryman has not been withheld. The Emperor Francis Joseph, the son of that imperial couple, in 1898 celebrated the jubilee of his glorious reign in full mental and bodily vigor, to the joy of his loyal loving subjects.

Feast of the Most Precious Blood — July 1st: The Church, inspired by the Holy Ghost, has established a special feast in honor of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord. This saving blood was first shed at the circumcision of the divine Infant; it was next poured out in the bloody sweat of agony in the Garden of Olives; again it flowed under the cruel blows of the savage soldiery; then when the crown of thorns was pressed into His temples; and finally when “one of the soldiers with a spear opened His side, and there came out blood and water.” St. Augustine, explaining these words of St. John, points out that the Evangelist does not use the words struck or wounded, but says distinctly, “one of the soldiers with a spear opened His side,” that we may understand thereby that the gate of life was opened, and from that sacred side issued all those Sacraments of the Church without which we can never hope to gain eternal life. This precious blood was symbolized by the victim of the Old Law; but while these latter sacrifices served only to purify the outer man, the blood of Jesus Christ, by virtue of its infinite efficacy, washes us free from all sin, provided we avail ourselves of the means established by our divine Savior in His Church for the application of its infinite merits. Let us hate, then, to profit by the graces offered us. Let us wash away the stains of sin in the Sacrament of Penance, and nourish ourselves with the most blessed Body and Blood of the Holy Eucharist. Let us ever be attentive at Mass, where this adorable blood mystically pours forth again upon the altar to plead our cause before the throne of Divine justice.
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