- QUESTIONS OF THE
WEEK
- Nineteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
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- By eating and drinking
Jesus’ Body and Blood we not only make a statement of commitment
that we want to participate fully in the life of Christ. Our
lives should give witness to that belief.
- Adults: What is one thing that I can do
this week to make my life a living witness to the Body of Christ
that I receive in the Eucharist?
Children: What can I do this week to open my heart
more fully to Jesus when I receive him in the Eucharist?
FATHER FRANK CRONIN
Father Cronin died last Sunday after a brief
illness. He spent much of his life as a priest/professor here
in Athens. He was a professor in the English Department of Ohio
University from 1966 until 2000. He also served as associate
pastor and then pastor of CTK. Father Cronin had many friends
among the faculty and students and among the parishioners at
both CTK and St. Paul parishes. His funeral was at St. Mary Church,
Shadyside, where he served as pastor for seven years after his
retirement from OU.
On Sunday, August 16, at CTK, Father
Cronin will be remembered at the 10:30 AM liturgy. If
you have a memory to share of your time with him, please email
your remembrance to Father Marty at mholler@ctkathens.org. The
memories will be collected in a booklet for distribution at that
time.
Please remember Father Cronin in your prayers.
MASS
AT HICKORY CREEK
We will be celebrating the Eucharist at Hickory
Creek Nursing Home this Wednesday, August 12, at 2:00
p.m. We expect several residents to attend, and our parishioners
are welcome to join us for this Mass.
WELCOME
TO OUR NEW YOUTH MINISTER!
Although she has already been hard at work,
our new Youth Minister, Kate Kahler, begins her official tenure
on Thursday, 6 August (the Feast of the Transfiguration). She
joined our Catechetical team this past summer and is looking
forward to a productive year working with our youth. Her background
includes experiences working with youth as a teacher of theology
at St. Edward High School near Cleveland, in parish life as an
Assistant Youth Minister and as a Development Director, and in
the community as a Probation Officer.
Please feel free to drop in to visit with her
and get to know her a little better as she prepares for the year
ahead, leading both the Confirmation Program and developing ways
to strengthen the Youth Ministry/Youth Group offerings at St.
Paul and Christ the King parishes.
CONFIRMATION
CELEBRATED NEXT SPRING
Our new Youth Minister, Mrs. Kate Kahler, is
organizing our Confirmation Program for all High School students.
Information packets have been mailed out to all eligible Confirmation
candidates. Please look for them in the mail -- complete and
return to the parish office NO LATER than Friday, August
14, PLEASE. Mrs. Kahler can be reached at her office
at Christ the King Parish Center at 592-2711 or by e-mail at
KKAHLER@ctkathens.org If you are a high school student who has
not been Confirmed and do not receive an information letter by
Wednesday, please contact Mrs. Kahler or call the parish office,
592-2711.
Check the bulletin for news on the Youth Group
as well.
- LITURGY BITS AND BYTES
Assumption
On
August 15 we celebrate the feast of the Assumption of Mary. This
is usually a holy day of obligation unless it falls on a Monday
or Saturday. It is a feast of the highest significance. It celebrates
Mary’s welcome into heaven. It is a feast for all of us
because Mary, the Mother of the Church, has accomplished what
each of us hopes and expects to happen. As we believe that Jesus
was the first to rise from the dead, so we believe he has also
received his mother first into eternity. Eastern traditions called
this event the “Dormition” or the “sleeping”
of Mary indicating that she did not die but was taken to heaven
as if asleep. Pope Pius XII declared the bodily assumption of
Mary a dogma of the church in 1950.
There are two curious traditions connected
to this feast: 1) If you cut back lilies from Easter and planted
them, they should bloom on August 15th and 2) A swim in the ocean
on today’s feast was said to insure good health. You can
give them a try and see what happens.
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- BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
August 10 - 16
Birthdays: Camilla
Benencia, David Brown, Sarah Carbone, Baelyn Carey, Judy Copeland,
Mary Dailey, Howard Dewald, Karl Eberts, Dale Gloeckner, Casey
Grimm, Jonathan Kochis, Adam & Ryan Luehrman, Patty Manzey,
Miranda McLaughlin, Tricia Foster, Michele Papai, Rachel Petrik,
Stephen Rodriguez, Mitchell Sass, Sallie Sauber, Mary Schreck,
Laurel Welsh, and Aba & Erica Wilson.
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- Anniversaries: Congratulations to the following couples
who are celebrating their anniversary this week: Janet &
David Gustafson (36th), Audrey & Paul Carey (14th),
Kathy & Arthur Marinelli (44th), Jackie &
Marco Jeffers (28th), and Tere & Raymond Frost (17th).
- PRAYERS FOR THE SICK -
Please pray for Kathi
Hahn, Mary Ann Gorman and Bill Rader. (Remembered
in the petitions)
REST
IN PEACE
We offer our sympathy and prayers to Pauline,
Trevor, Jenny and Rebecca Rodgers and the Rodgers/Herndon/Kiener
family on the death of Jim Rodgers. Jim, a long-time
CTK parishioner, was Pauline’s son and dad to Trevor, Jenny
& Becca. Jim died peacefully in his sleep Thursday.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday,
August 10, at 11:00 AM. May Jim and all who have died,
rest in the peace of our Lord.
OUR GARDENS --
BLESSED ABUNDANCE
We continue to invite you to bring your surplus vegetables
to the Gathering Space in church at the Sunday masses. You are
also invited to take home with you any of the vegetables that
have been brought to share. If there are any veggies remaining,
they will be distributed on Monday to the needy of our area.
This is such a wonderful exercise and experience of ‘community.’
And it’s fun, too!
CATHOLIC LADIES OF COLUMBIA
Members of the CLC will gather at CTK on Monday,
August 10, at 6:30 pm for their regular monthly meeting.
Contact Pat Moorehead, 592-3704, or Carla Rosler, 664-6311, with
regrets only.
SACRED HEART RETREAT HOUSE NEWS
Our annual Day of Celebration is coming! Mark
your calendar for Saturday, August 15. Sacred Heart Retreat
House grounds will be open from 11:00 till 9:00 for your pleasure.
Come, enjoy some time to relax and play and visit. Meat and drinks
will be provided. Bring a dish to share.
FAMILY
VOCATION OUTING
- This
Saturday, August 15, there will be a Family Vocation Outing
sponsored by our Diocesan Office of Vocations and the Knights
of Columbus from the southern area of our diocese. The event
is entitled “Mary, Our Model for Vocations” and will
take place in Marietta, beginning at 10:30 AM and ending by 6:30
PM. There is no cost for this event.
Details can be found on the Diocesan Vocations
Website at: http://home.catholicweb.com/diosteubvo
or call Steve Musser at 740-992-3381.
SPECIAL
MASS FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS
To bless and recognize the ministry of health
care providers (professional, personal and volunteer), Bishop
R. Daniel Conlon will celebrate a White Mass symbolic of the
white coat/uniform on Tuesday, September 1, at 6:00 PM
at CTK. Light refreshment will follow and all are welcome.
SISTER
ON THE RIVER 2 RETREAT
This year’s Retreat for Christian women
begins Friday evening, October 2, and continues through
Sunday morning October 4. This year’s theme is “Women
in the Bible.” Mark these dates on your calendar and plan
to attend. More information will follow in later bulletins or
phone 740-698-8254.
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