OCTOBER 18, 2020 R TWENTYRNINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 

MISSION STATEMENT

We are a community of evangelizing disciples being transformed by the Gospel in order to transform our parish,  our neighborhood and our world. We will do this by culvang faith formaon, parcipang in spiritRfilled worship,  fostering stewardship, and reaching out in the name of Jesus to those in need.

513R541R5560 | WWW.LITTLEFLOWERRCHURCH.ORG | 5560 KIRBY AVE, CINCINNATI, OH 45239

PASTORAL STAFF
MASS SCHEDULE
REGIONAL SCHOOL
Fr. Dennis Bosse, O.F.M., Parochial Vicar
Weekend
Our Lady of Grace Catholic School

frdennis@lileflowerRchurch.org
Saturday 4:30 p.m.
2940 West Galbraith Road
Greg Niehaus, Director of Faith Formaon
Sunday 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Cincinna, OH 45239

gniehaus@lileflowerRchurch.org
Weekdays
Mrs. Mandy Kirk, Principal
Joe Rivers, Director of Music Ministry
Monday R Thursday 8:30 a.m.
Phone: (513) 931R3070

jrivers@lileflowerRchurch.org
St. Therese Novena
Website: olgcs.org
Monday a er 8:30 a.m. Mass
Kelsey Schneider, Business Administrator
PRAYER CHAIN
Holy days: see schedule inside

kschneider@lileflowerRchurch.org
Send request via email to Fr. George Jacquemin, Parochial Administrator
Reconciliaon: Saturdays from 3:30R4:00 ParishOffice@lileflowerchurch.org or call p.m. and by appointment

frgeorge@lileflowerRchurch.org
the Parish Office at (513) 541R5560.
General Parish Email
SACRAMENTAL AND MEMBERSHIP
ParishOffice@lileflowerRchurch.org
INFORMATION
FIND US ON Pastoral Council Chairperson, Pat Mooney
Please call the Parish Office.
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PARISH OFFICE HOURS

MONDAYRTHURSDAY: 8:00 A.M.RNOON & 1R4:00 P.M. 2 St. Thérèse Little Flower Parish

CONGRATULATIONS, CAROL! Carol
Gabis is one of the winners of the 2020
Monday, October 19  Saints John de Brebeuf and Isaac Spirit of Dorothy Stang Award, which is Jogues, Priest and Companions, Martyrs
given by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
8:30
+Jerry Sasson
Mission Office to honor those in the Tuesday, October 20  St. Paul of the Cross, Priest
Archdiocese who exemplify the values of
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+Bud and Rosemary Ciccullo
Sister Dorothy through their social justice Wednesday, October 21
ministry and teaching. Carol was nominated because of her
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+Joan Focke
work with Little Flower’s St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry.
Thursday, October 22  St. John Paul II, Pope
These awards honor the works of Sister Dorothy Stang, who
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+Kathy Hays
went to Brazil nearly 50 years ago along with four other Saturday, October 24
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. In 1966, the Sisters 3:304:00
Confessions
established a new convent at Coroatá in the state of
4:30
Members of the Rosegarden
Maranhão. As the Sisters learned about the oppression of the Sunday, October 25  30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
farmers at the hands of landowners, they began to teach the
9:00
For the Spiritual Needs of the People of Little people about their rights as human beings. While she was Flower Parish
recognized globally for her work in defending the human
11:00
+Patricia Osterkamp
rights of the poor, she became a target for those who wanted her work stopped. She was murdered in Anapu, in the
Amazon Basin of Brazil in February 2005. For Sister Dorothy Stewardship
it was always about the people. In a letter home Dorothy said, Sunday, October 11, 2020
“I don’t want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of
these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. Envelopes (90)

$3,750
They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land Loose

$369
where they can live and work with dignity while respecting Weekly EFT (10)

$275
the environment.”
Monthly EFT (17)

$1,795
Total

$6,189
October total

$10,385
(This is not a program Big Raffle earnings to date

$12,070
telling you how to vote. It provides a good reference
Thank you for your support!
for Catholics.)
During this sixth week, we focus on Rights and Responsibilities. Human beings, created in the image and HERE I AM, SEND ME! Today, on World Mission Sunday, likeness of God, have basic rights which protect our dignity we respond, “Here I Am, Send Me,” to our baptismal call to and ensure all can live a full human life. Because these rights mission, and we offer, at the Eucharistic celebration, our are universal, we have the responsibility to help maintain and prayers and our generous financial support, through the protect these rights, not just for ourselves, but for all. Under Society for the Propagation of the Faith, to continue the this principle fall issues such as access to quality education, mission of Jesus. Today we are “sent” out to witness to healthy food, healthcare, safe and affordable housing, and mission in the world through our prayers and sacrifices for our nonviolent neighborhoods. Find out more at brothers and sisters around the world. As little as $25 helps www.iVoteCatholic.org.
support a catechist for a month in remote Latin America, $75 provides for the work of religious Sisters caring for orphaned The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has children in Africa, or $100 assists families in sending their released a series of videos concerning children to schools in Asia.
Catholic Social Teaching. Videos on the As always, your prayers are your most treasured gift to the following topics are available to watch: Missions. Your prayers and financial help, offered today, Refugee Resettlement Services, Dignity WORLD MISSION SUNDAY, support mission priests, of Work, Preferential Option for the Poor (hunger), Care for religious Sisters and Brothers, and lay catechists who are God’s Creation, Faithful Citizenship, and Respect Life Christ’s witnesses to a world so in need of His healing, love, (mental wellness). Click on the “Parish News” link on our and peace. Please place the World Mission Sunday envelope homepage, www.littleflowerchurch.org to watch these that is included in your packet of envelopes in the collection.
informative videos.
 3 St. Thérèse Little Flower Parish LAY MINISTER SCHEDULE
GOSPEL MEDITATION
Saturday, October 24, 4:30 p.m.
October 18, 2020  29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lector  Carl Rosskopf, EME  Barb Schwegman
Nobody enjoys paying taxes. Despite our displeasure in being Sunday, October 18, 9:00 a.m.
forced to do so, we also realize that the monies generated from Lector  Anita Louis, EME  MaryBeth Brunsman
taxes allows governments to provide essential services for its Sunday, October 18, 11:00 a.m.
people. Corruption really gets our goat, however. When we Lector  Paul Ahrnsen, EME  Joan Kuethe
witness malfeasance, overspending, irresponsibility, and dishonesty in governmental spending, the grave injustices make
an already unpleasant and arduous task even more difficult. The FROM ARCHBISHOP SCHNURR:
inappropriate distribution and use of hardearned monies can In the month of November, the Catholic Church in the United leave a person quite angry and disconnected. It’s bad enough the States observes national Black Catholic History Month. This government wants something from me, now God does, too?
celebration of the gifts of Black Catholics to the U.S. Catholic God is not concerned necessarily with our money, although its Church assists us in remembering with gratitude the universal proper use does factor into our faith life. As the payment of nature of the Church and the diversity of the peoples God has secular taxes speaks of our allegiance to the government, our called to be His own.
return to God speaks of our allegiance to God. All of creation, In anticipation of this special month, I invite you to join me even the entire universe, is fashioned in the image and likeness of in praying a Novena from October 24MNovember 1, the Feast God. What speaks to God and has meaning and relevance to him? of All Saints. You can register for the Novena here: https:// All of creation and indeed our very selves! God delights in us and www.eventbrite.com/e/122107178859.
when we present ourselves back to him, he delights even more! We celebrate the rich history of the Catholic faith handed As the payment of secular taxes is designed to secure the equitable distribution of goods and services to all people, so is down through generations of African American believers, a our return of ourselves to God in gratitude meant to advance people who proudly proclaim that they are both authentically God’s kingdom here on earth.
Black and authentically Catholic. When we gather as the When our exclusive and sincere allegiance is given to God, universal Church, we remember in scripture and prayer the God can use us to set things right and straight again. The wounds history of God’s grace and mercy in the lives of all people. At of sin distort our relationship and disorder our world. By giving this troubled time in our country, we ask for the intercession ourselves and all of creation back to God in gratitude, we of the six saintly African Americans who are on the path to acknowledge the proper Creator and Author of life for who He is canonization: Fr. Augustus Tolton, Mother Mary Lange, and devote our labors exclusively to God’s kingdom and the Pierre Toussaint, Henriette DeLille, Julia Greeley and Sr. justice, peace, or order God envisions. In giving back to God all Thea Bowman. Saints of God, pray for us!
that belongs to God, we set the axis of our lives correctly and put We are united in the one Lord, one Faith and one Baptism our priorities in proper order. All of our relationships, especially in offering God praise for the gifts of our Black brothers and with God, our brothers and sisters, and all of creation are sisters to the U.S. Catholic Church and beyond. Please join perceived more clearly as they really are. Using, accumulating, me in praying this Novena and in celebrating Black Catholic wasting, exploiting, hoarding, and selfpreservation are no longer History Month throughout November.
necessary. ©LPi

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