Sunday, January 15th 2012
Second sunday in Ordinary TIme
Masses for the Week -Rosary is recited daily before Mass
Monday, January 16– Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Mass
Tuesday, January 17 – St Anthony
No Mass
Wednesday, January 18 - Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Mass
Thursday, January 19 – Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Mass
Friday, January 20– St. Fabian, pope & martyr/St. Sebastian, martyr
No Mass
Lord’s Day Masses
Saturday, January 21 – Vigil: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
4:30 p.m. – St. Isidore - Delaware Bend – Harold ‘Red’ Steele by Ronnie Hastedt
Servers: Chynna & Nathan Graham, Matthew Kunesh
6:30 p.m. –St. Michael Ridge - Henry Leopold
Saturday, January 22 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:30 p.m. –St. Michael Ridge- Janice Singer
10:00 a.m. – St. Isidore - Marysdale – For the Intentions of those families battling cancer by Mansel- Pleydell family
Servers: Matt & Timothy Meyer, Kevin Coolman
St. Isidore Parish Stewardship January 7/8, 2012
$ 310.00 Loose
$ 2067.00 (89) Regular Envelopes
$ 115.00 (5) Mary, Mother of God
$ 3.00 (1) Christmas Flowers
$ 74.00 (13) Initial Offering
$ 100.00 (1) Christmas
$ 5.00 Candles
$ 500.00 Anonymous Donation
Total - $3,174.00Thank you. May God Bless You!
A very sincere thanks to all who donated to the Right to Life Signature Ad Campaign last weekend. St. Isidore collected a total of $437.00 with 134 signatures and St. Michael’s donated a total of $234.00 with 58 signatures. Both parishes done an excellent job in supporting this campaign. Your names will be in a full page ad in the Defiance Crescent Newspaper and the Napoleon Northwest Signal Newspaper around the weekend of January 22 in support of life. May God bless you for your support of this great cause.
St. Isidore Altar-Rosary Society will meet January 19, at The Bend. 7:00 p.m. Please join us in this New Year.
Birthday Wishes
Aaron Layman, January 16th
Zachary Shininger, January 18th
Emma Elston, January 20th
Lynnette Waters, January 21st Pat Schindler, January 21st
Dan Dietrich, January 22nd
Anniversary Wishes:
Robert & Monica Hearne, January 19th
Pray for the sick:
Cody Davis, Denny Fronk, Pat Oskey, Martin Sheets Anne Shininger, & all who need our prayers
“Around Our Parishes”
Today: Respect Life Sunday
Monday: Fr. Bob on vacation Jan. 16-27
Thursday: St. Isidore Altar Rosary Society mtg. beginning with Rosary at 7:00 p.m.
Next Weekend: Latin American Collection (envelope pack)Cross International Priest, Rev. Jack O’Malley, celebrant & homilist at all Masses
For the next 12 days, Monday, January 16, 2012 through Friday, January 27, 2012, I will be taking some time for a winter vacation in the sunny south (hopefully) - in Florida – to do some camping with my priest friend, Fr. Jerry Knueven. There will be a Dominican priest, Fr. Jack O’Malley, coming in from Chicago for the weekend Masses on Jan. 21/22 who will be speaking for the missions of Cross International. Please welcome him warmly. In case of emergency while I am on vacation, please contact one of the area priests including Fr. Bob Holden (419)-265-4954 and Fr. Fred Duschl (419)-212-0312. Also Mary Kay Imber at the CCD Office (419-497-3122) would be happy to assist you. Please keep me in your prayers – as I will for you also!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Glenn Park of Defiance, the senior living community located on SR 66 at the south edge of Defiance, is looking for someone to help with Sunday morning church transports. Time commitment for the transports is 8:00 a.m. to noon each Sunday. It’s a leisurely pace and a complimentary brunch for two is included. If you are interested in helping out one or more Sundays per month, contact Robin Small for more information at (419) 782-3000.
Father John J. O’Malley, O.P. will be visiting our parishes on the weekend of January 21 & 22 to speak at all the Masses on behalf of Cross International Catholic Outreach which was founded to create a meaningful link between parishes in America and the priests and nuns working in the Church overseas in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia Central and South America. Born and raised in Chicago, Fr. Jack O’Malley was ordained at priest in 1959 in the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). He taught philosophy at the University of Dallas and DePaul University. He was also Dean of Students at Fenwick High School in Illinois and was chaplain in the US Air Force. For 17 years Fr. O’Malley taught morality to the upper classmen at Fenwick while serving in the Illinois Air Guard and the US Air Force Reserves.
TRIP TO EWTN There will be a Lenten Pilgrimage to EWTN and the Shrine in Alabama, next March. Cost for the trip is $425 per person with two to a room. A $200 deposit is due with reservation by January 1. The bus will leave Kalida, 2:00 P.M. March 25, returning March 29th, 2012. For details and reservations call Rita Borgett, 419-532-3637 or 419-796-9168, or email: hborget@bright.net
Community Events
The Knights of Columbus annual free throw contest will be this Sunday, January 15 beginning at 1:00 pm. Registration begins at 12:00 at the hall at 111 Elliott Rd. and is free and open to all area boys and girls age 10 through 14 (as of 1/1/12). Winners of the ‘best of 15 shot’ contest move to the District competition, to be held February 12 at the Defiance K of C Hall. Please bring proof of age (birth certificate) and a parent or guardian to sign the registration form.
St. John's youth group in Defiance will be having a Vocation's Night, Wednesday, January 18. It will start with a Eucharistic Holy Hour from 5:30-6:30 in the Church. People of all ages are encouraged to come and pray for vocations. Following that all youth are invited to come over to the youth center from 6:45-8:30 for a short movie on vocations and to hear guest speakers share their vocation stories.
A Pro-Life march against the Roe vs Wade abortion decision is being sponsored by the Mother Teresa Respect for Life group on Monday January 23, The days activities begin with Mass at St. John’s Catholic Church in Defiance at 10:00am. Following Mass there will Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament throughout the day ending with Benediction at 5:00pm. The march itself will begin at 12:00 noon at the Defiance County Courthouse. A police escort will lead the march ending at the Monument for the Unborn near St. John’s Catholic Church. Various speakers will lead us in prayers and give their thoughts on this vital issue. All are invited to join us. Contact Deb at 419-782-7778 for more information
A WIN For Your Marriage! $146 Value series of 3 Natural Family Planning Classes will be given away to 4 first prize winners (4 married couples)! Sponsored by The Office of Marriage and Family Life & The NWO NFP Teaching Couples, this is your chance to discover together, your body's natural signs of fertility and in-fertility, in a way that has altered the lives of countless couples for the better. Runner-up prize! For more contest info contact Monica Martinez at 419-244-6711 ext 505 or mmartinez@toledodiocese.org.TO ENTER: By Email-Name/Phone/Ziptorogafr@gmail.com By Mail- Name/EmaiIjPhone/Zip to Office of Marriage & Family Life-1933 Spielbusch Ave. Toledo, Ohio 43604 (RE: NFP CONTEST)
2nd Annual Men’s Conference will be held on February 25, 2012 at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. It is being sponsored by the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend with the Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Ft. Wayne-South Bend Diocese promoting this event. This conference of Catholic men seeks to grow their relationship with God and asdisciples of His Son, Jesus. The theme of this year’s conference centers on leadership. The Church needs men of faith who are not afraid to be leaders in family, culture, and society, men who lead others to God, especially by their witness of faith and virtue. There is a great line-up of speakers including Tim Staples, born and raised Southern Baptist and former Marine who heard his “Call to Lead” after being challenged by a fellow Marine; Robert Rogers, who lost his wife and four children in a flash flood and heard a call from God to lead others from darkness to His divine light; Fr. David Engo, who walks around barefoot, wears a brown robe and takes his vow of poverty very seriously. His speaking style is charismatic and sure to keep your attention. The Conference is for one day only from 9:00 a.m. to the 4:00 p.m. Mass with Bishop Rhoades who is a dynamic and engaging individual whose homily will serve to close the powerful and grace-filled conference. Registration is $35 for Adults ($25 for Seniors/Students) Deadline for registration is Feb. 18, 2012 You may also register online at www.RekindleTheFire.net
There are two upcoming opportunities that might be of interest to our young men in St. Michael’s and St. Isidore parishes to visit a seminary and see what life is like there. If any young man is interested in either one of these opportunities, please contact Fr. Kill for more information. The 2 dates are:
March 9-10, 2012Mount Saint Mary Seminary in Cincinnati is hosting a “Welcome Weekend”. This overnight gathering will include prayer, a tour of the seminary, meals, information about the formation program, and a chance to see what life is like in the seminary.April 26-28, 2012The Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus is hosting their “Come and See Live-In”. It begins at 4:00 Thursday and ends with lunch on Saturday. This event includes a tour of the buildings and grounds, presentations about discernment and seminary life, meals, recreation time, prayer, and an opportunity to experience what daily seminarian life is like.
