- QUESTIONS OF THE
WEEK
- Fourth Sunday
of Easter
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- Today the world still values
power and control. The Gospel challenges not only our attitudes
about being believers and followers but about being leaders as
well. With a Christlike outlook we choose to empower rather than
control and to lead by serving.
- Adults: Do my motives and actions reflect
Christ’s presence within me?
Children: What other Bible stories do I know about
shepherds?
Good News! Habitat for
Humanity
Last week we added $998.00 to our Habitat House! The total
is now $2,313.00. In addition, to reaching our goal of $3,000.00,
there is another goal, perhaps even more important: Community
Participation! Please make some contribution large or small;
this will make it a truly parish project; together we can do
great things. (Since 2000, CTK has contributed $29,596.46 to
Habitat!)
- More Good News! St. Vincent de Paul
- The Beta Alpha Psi Accounting fraternity
gathered 267 sacks of food for the pantry April 25th. The Sisters
of St. Joseph donated a $400.00 line of credit in our name to
the 2nd Harvest Food Bank in Logan from their Chartable Fund.
God bless them all.
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS
If you haven’t signed up to support St.Paul/CTK
Religious Education through the Kroger Community Reward Program
– please do! Last year participation in the Kroger Gift
Card Program earned $10,000 for the Religious Education Program.
Signing up is easy – and can be done on-line. All you need
is an email address and your Kroger Plus Card. Then go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com
The NPO code for CTK/St. Paul Religious Education is 80963.
Remember, this program does NOT cost money
for individuals to participate, but instead takes eligible purchases
of items you are already buying for your household, and donates
a portion of your expenditures back to community organizations.
Participation does not affect your Kroger Fuel Points. Computers
will be available after Mass in the parish center to help facilitate
signing up.
—St. Paul/CTK Religious Education Board
- NEWMAN COMMUNITY
- On Wednesday at 7:15
The Newman Community will meet this Wednesday for a meeting on
Gnostics. Hope to see you there!!
UPCOMING PARISH MEETINGS
• Catholic Ladies of Columbia - May’s meeting
takes place in the CTK Parish Center on Monday, May 11,
at 6:30pm. Please phone regrets only to Connie Bahn, 589-7767,
Carla Rosler, 664-6311, or Pauline Zoulek, 592-5845.
- LITURGY BITS AND BYTES
First Eucharist
During the Easter season
many children receive the Body and Blood of Jesus in First Holy
Communion for the first time. We congratulate them and their
parents and teachers. They experience what we all believe about
the presence of Jesus under the signs of bread and wine: that
the Lord is truly with us to be our very life.
It is no accident that food and drink are the primary symbols
of the presence of Jesus in Christian worship. Without food and
drink we cannot survive. Without sharing the food and drink that
is Eucharist we cannot live in Jesus. Actually, in our celebration,
the ultimate sign of peace is not the handshake of friendship
but the sharing of communion—sharing at the table of the
Lord. Most parishes do fairly well at celebrating the communal
nature of the liturgy until it comes to communion, then it can
tend to become a rather individual experience. It’s not
that receiving Eucharist should not be intensely personal. But,
at the same time, we need to be aware that the presence of the
Lord must also include our brothers and sisters. We are sharing
from the one loaf and the one cup which is meant to make us one
in Christ.
We congratulate those receiving Eucharist for the first time.
As they begin to experience with us a new level of sharing in
the presence of Jesus, let’s pray that all of us can allow
our sharing in the banquet table of the Lord to help us discover
new ways to share our lives with others.
Copyright ©
2009 Resource Publications, San Jose, CA
PEACE
AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE
“There is enough food in the world today for everyone to
have to have the nourishment necessary for a healthy and productive
life”-United Nations World Hunger Program. Imagine a world
in which everyone has enough to eat! Moved by God’s grace
in the Risen Christ, Bread for the World members and covenant
churches seek to share God’s abundance, creating hope and
opportunity for people in need. They become bold apostles for
God’s new covenant with creation-a community of faith that
welcomes the stranger, offers hope to the poor, and feeds the
hungry. Join us on May 30,31 for our Offering of Letters!
ORDINATION
On Saturday, May 30, Deacon Bradley Greer will be ordained a
priest of the Steubenville Diocese. Brad spent the summer here
several years ago experiencing parish life at both CTK and St.
Paul’s parishes.
If you wish to send him a card, address it to Reverend Bradley
Greer, 5001 Lowell Hill Road, Lowell, Ohio 45744.
ANCIENT
ORDER OF HIBERNIANS
The Msgr. Donal O’Carroll Division of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians will be having the Shamrock Degree Initiation Saturday,
May 16. For those wishing to join the Division, we will meet
at 11:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at 417 Virginia Street,
Marietta, Ohio. All members of the O’Carroll Division are
encouraged to attend. The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) is
an organization of Catholic men of Irish heritage. If you are
interested in joining the AOH, please contact Chip Rogers (rogersc@ohio.edu),
Jarrett Kealey (jarrett.kealey@gmail.com), Joe Mulligan (ohiomulligans@yahoo.com),
Bill Coffey (wcoffey001@columbus.rr.com), or Kieran Devane (kieran2001@yahoo.com)
in advance of the meeting.
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- “I am
the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for his
sheep.”
- BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
- May 11 - 17
Birthdays: Shelly Baker, Carl
Bruggeman, Joe Carbone, Nicole Essman, Shea Heckman, Jimmy Herpy,
Noreen Hone, John Keener, Alina Kordesch, Mary Rose Littler,
Michael Lopez, Susan Matters, Gary Meyer, Ava Miller, Sandy Patton,
Matthew Petrik, Kim Trout, Karen Vedder and Drew Zorn.
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- Student: Krissy Addison
Anniversaries: Happy anniversary to the following couples
celebrating this week: Cherie D’Mello & Todd Eisworth
(7th), Una & Ted Gilfert (21st), Vickie Ball-Seiter &
Rick Seiter (16th), and Helen & Bill Coffey (51st!). Congratulations!
- PRAYERS FOR THE SICK -
Please continue to
pray for Belle Cancellare, Barbara Petras, Mary Ann Gorman, Kathi
Hahn and Bill Rader. (Remembered
in the petitions)
- Collection May 16/17
Help us connect the world with God’s Word! Next week’s
Collection is for the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC).
CCC funds the development of traditional and new media programs
that inspire and minister to their audiences. Half of the Collection
from our diocese stays here to support local communication efforts,
while the other half supports national Catholic media initiatives.
Please give generously in next week’s Collection to help
us spread the Good News. Use the envelopes located at the bulletin
boards in church or the one from your church support packet.
To find out more about the work of CCC, please visit www.CatholicCommunicationCampaign.org
- PEACE & JUSTICE COMMITTEE
There will be a Bread for the World Sunday
Offering of Letters on Pentecost-May 30/31. Bread
for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s
decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. We are urging
Congress to reform U.S. foreign assistance so it does a better
job using our nation’s resources to reduce hunger and poverty
in our world.
Let’s pray this week: O God, you desire
that all people should eat and be satisfied. As we follow Jesus
and are transformed by his death and resurrection, may we spend
our lives so that all may share in your bounty. Amen.
MASS
AT HICKORY CREEK
We will be celebrating the Eucharist at
Hickory Creek Nursing Home Wednesday, May 13, at 2:00
p.m. We expect several residents to attend, and our parishioners
are welcome to join us for this Mass.
PRAYER
FOR MOTHERS
Dear Lord, today I turn to you to give you thanks
for my mother. With your own gift of life, she bore me in her
womb and gave me life. She tenderly, patiently cared for me and
taught me to walk and talk. She read to me and made me laugh.
No one delighted in my successes more; no one could comfort me
better in my failures. I am so grateful for how she mothered
me and mentored me, and even disciplined me.
Please bless her, Lord, and comfort her. Help her loving heart
to continue to love and give of herself to others. Strengthen
her when she is down and give her hope when she is discouraged.
Most of all, Lord, on this Mother’s Day, give my mother
the graces she most needs and desires today. I ask you this,
in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior forever and ever. +Amen
PRAYER/MEDITATION BOOKLETS
There are copies of the Living Faith
booklets available at the bulletin boards in church.
The months of April, May and June are included in this issue.
We now have the May issue of Living with
Christ. These particular booklets are very well done.
Each issue is $2.00, or you can purchase a yearly subscription
for $15.00; contact the office for more information.
“MARRIAGE
ENCOUNTER GOES WILD at the Akron Zoo on May 31, 1-5 pm”
Registration forms will be in the next issue of Footprints newsletter.
The cost for the event is $8/person (includes admission, parking,
face painting, ice cream and behind-the-scenes tours). If you
do not receive Footprints, request registration forms from Dave
& Lucy Downs at 330-546-0742 or email downhome@neo.rr.com
Join the fun at the Zoo!
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER
Husbands and wives: celebrate your marriage
together in Christ Jesus by making your marriage a #1 priority.
Give one another the precious gift of your time by attending
the July 24-26 World Wide Marriage Encounter weekend in
Marietta. Call 330-305-9963 or email WorldwideME@sbcglobal.net
or go to the website www.wwme.org
for more information.
HAVE LUNCH AT GRINDERS!
Parishioners dining at W.g. Grinders, 120 W Union in Athens,
will receive a 10% discount on a meal if you show them our church
bulletin or other information about the activity you attended
at CTK.
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