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St. Charles and St. Patrick

Otterbein, IN Parishes Oxford, IN (765) 583-4641 Rev. Thomas J. Haan, Administrator (765) 385-2587

Mailing Address: 502 S. Michigan St. Oxford, IN 47971 Fax: (765) 385-0225 [email protected] Father Haan’s e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stcharlesotterbein.com or www.stpatrickoxford.com

Baptisms: Contact the parish office for arrangements. Marriages: Initial arrangements must be made at least 6 months in advance. Parish Membership: All persons are welcome to become members of our parish community. You are encouraged to register with the parish office as soon as possible. Persons who are moving are also asked to inform the parish office. Bulletin Info: Deadline for bulletin information is on Wednesday.

September 8, 2019

St. Patrick Sunday: 7:30 & 10:30 a.m. Daily Masses: Monday 8:00 a.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. Religious Education K-8 Sunday 8:45 a.m. LIFE TEEN (Grades 9-12) Life Night 7:00 p.m. Reconciliation: Sunday 7:00 a.m. or by appointment.

St. Charles Saturday Vigil: 5:30 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. Daily Masses: Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Wednesday 5:45 p.m. Thursday 8:00 a.m. Religious Education K-12 Sunday 10:00 a.m. LIFE TEEN (Grades 9-12) Life Night 7:00 p.m. (at St. Patrick, Oxford)

Reconciliation: Saturday 5:00 p.m. or by appointment.

Twenty-third Sunday

in Ordinary Time

St. Charles Parish, Otterbein

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Week at St. Charles

September 9 - 15 Tuesday, September 10 8:00 a.m.: +Genevieve Hewitt by Tim & Diana Muller Wednesday, September 11 4:30 p.m.: Legion of Mary, Parish Hall 5:45 p.m.: +Betty Fassnacht by Helen Bresnahan Thursday, September 12 8:00 a.m.: John Eder Family Saturday, September 14 5:30 p.m.: Vigil Mass: Intention of Jean Sondgerath by Debbie, Cheryl and Nancy 6:30 - 8:00: Meet and Greet for Fr. Haan, Parish Hall Sun., Sept. 15 - Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

9:00 a.m.: +Kevin Leuck by Janice Collier & family 10:00 a.m.: Religious Ed Classes, K-12, Parish Hall

Collection Report from September 1 (We have issued 153 envelopes)

Regular Collection: $ 7945.00 (40 envelopes) Loose: $ 270.00 Total: $ 8215.00

Liturgical Ministers for September 14 & 15

Eucharistic Ministers: 5:30 p.m.: Nathan Flook, Susan Freeland, Steve Wright 9:00 a.m.: Mark Probasco, Ron Brost, Glenn Hardebeck

Lector: 5:30 p.m.: Jenny Douglas 9:00 a.m.: Stepheny Lemenager

Servers: 5:30 p.m.: Anna Douglas, Volunteer Needed Cross: Volunteer Needed 9:00 a.m.: Megan Hardebeck, Volunteer Needed Cross: Volunteer Needed

Greeters: 5:30 p.m.: John Freeland, Pat Douglas 9:00 a.m.: Bob McTaggart, Rick Ponto

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Church cleaning this week:

Janet Kult

Tithe for next Sunday, September 15 will go to Matthew 25 Soup Kitchen.

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St. Bridget Prayer Chain:

Kim Deno Home: 583-1505 Cell: 765-714-3671 email: [email protected]

Julie Kerkhoff Home: 583-4110 Cell: 765-586-5978

email: [email protected] Dishes There are many dishes in the parish hall from recent dinners. Please stop by and pick up your dish. Religious Education Classes Religious Education classes resume this Sunday, Sep-tember 8 at 10:00 a.m. There will also be a 2nd grade parent meeting in the 2nd grade classroom.

Would you pray for a priest

each day this week? September 9 - Fr. Donald Gross

September 10 - Fr. Thomas Haan September 11 - Fr. Kevin Haines September 12 - Fr. David Hasser

September 13 - Fr. David Hellmann September 14 - Fr. William Holbrook September 15 – Fr. P. Keith Hosey

St. Patrick Parish, Oxford Tithe next Sunday, September 15

will go to Matthew 25 Soup Kitchen.

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Debbie Barnard 299-6214

Nancy Brost 385-5247 Coffee & Donuts next Sunday, September 15th will be served compliments of Team #1: Ivan Daily, Nolan Deckard, Cy Barce, Maddie Vandeveer, Cassie Burgett and Sidney Datzman. Religious Education Classes Religious Education classes will resume next Sunday, Sep-tember 15 at 8:45. Dishes There are several dishes in the parish hall from recent funeral dinners. Please stop and see if one belongs to you. Operation Christmas Child Once again the students at St. Patrick’s will be sending shoe-

boxes of school supplies, personal care items, and toys as part of the Operation Christmas Child. These shoeboxes are then sent through-out the US and world. Now while school sup-plies are on sale, we are asking for your help in purchasing the supplies. You are asked to pur-

chase the items and then place them in the tote in the vesti-bule. Thank you for your help.

September 8, 2019

This week at St. Patrick

September 9 - 15

Monday, September 9 - St. Peter Claver 8:00 a.m.: Intention of the Catechist & Life Teen Core Members of St. Patrick & St. Charles by Barb Richardson 7:00 p.m.: Knights of Columbus, Parish Hall Friday, September 13 - St. John Chrysostom 8:00 a.m.: +Don Blankman by Brad & Kathy Blankman Sat., September 14 - The Exaltation of the Cross

8:00 a.m.: +Catherine Leuck by the Leuck Family 3:00 p.m.: Burton/Deno Wedding, Church Sun., Sept. 15 – Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

7:30 a.m.: For the People of St. Charles & St. Patrick’s

8:45 a.m.: Religious Ed Classes, K-8, Parish Hall 10:30 a.m.: +Leo Etter 11:30 - 1:00: Meet and Greet for Fr. Haan, Parish Hall

7:00 p.m.: Life Night, Parish Hall

Liturgical Ministers for September 15

Eucharistic Ministers: 7:30 a.m.: Kathie Cox, Sue Wallpe, Adam Wallpe 10:30 a.m.: Sherry Fischer, Helen Center, Gary Veverka

Lector: 7:30 a.m.: Barb Richardson 10:30 a.m.: Keith Glotzbach

Servers: 7:30 a.m.: Nicholas Wallpe, Maddie Barnard 10:30 a.m.: Kaysie Anthrop, Ryan Anthrop

Ushers: 7:30 a.m.: Bill Barnard, Keith Gretencord 10:30 a.m.: Tim Muller, Robert Anthrop

Greeters: 7:30 a.m.: Larry Barnard 10:30 a.m.: Wayne Crumbaugh

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Collection Report from September 1 (We have issued 135 adult envelopes)

Regular Collection: $ 1849.04 (44 envelopes) Children’s Collection: $ (0 envelopes) Loose: $ 179.00 Total: $ 2028.04

Rosary next Sunday, September 15 Sandra Glotzbach

Church Cleaning this Week: Chris Sheetz

Stewardship by the Book

September 8, 2019 Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus tells the crowd that only those who renounce all of their possessions can be His disciples. Is He truly asking us to five up everything? Perhaps in-

stead He is trying to help us see that everything we think we own is really a gift from God. Good stew-

ards know that and strive to use those gifts accountably.

From the Desk of Father Haan

Making Good on an Offer Just a couple of weeks ago in this space I had mentioned my openness to suggestions for bulletin article topics.

A couple of people have already responded, so I felt the need to make good on the offer. A parishioner asked me to ex-plain the concept of love, as it is a word often used in a variety of ways (“I love pizza!” “I love Purdue!” “I love my mother!”) This a great question, because no subject is more important than love, nor is any subject more misunderstood! Luckily, I don’t have to rely on my own intellect to answer that question. Rather, I’ll rely on the writings of the great 20th Century author C.S. Lewis, who wrote a wonderful book called The Four Loves. (I highly recommend any of Lewis’s writings. His theological books are not too difficult to understand, and I consider his Narnia series to be required fiction reading for all teenagers!)

It helps to realize that our English language is impoverished in this area in comparison to other languages. The Greek language has four different words for love, and these four constitute Lewis’ descriptions of various experiences of human love. Storge: simple affection, or a bond of empathy. This arises among acquaintances, family members, or others who are

familiar to us, such as a parent’s affection for their child. It is a natural affection and predominantly emotional. Philia: friendship love. It is a bond between who have a common worldview and desire each other ’s betterment. Friend-

ship love is not necessary for human existence, but essential for human flourishing. A true friendship is an art form which takes much work.

Eros: romantic, sexual love. This is a desire-based experience of which we typically refer to as “being in love.” It must be guided by reason and subordinated to #4.

Agape: unconditional charity toward another. It is selfless, absolute, and goes beyond personal desires and needs. This is the divine love that God has for us.

This last category is most important for our understanding of authentic love. A simple definition from St. Thomas Aqui-nas would be “to will the good of the other for their own sake.” This is developed in the Cathechism of the Catholic Church (every home should have one!) which defines charity as “the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God” (#1822). Pope St. John Paul II deepens our idea of love with his language of “self-gift” which is necessary in any authentic love. St. Paul writes that charity is superi-or to all other virtues: “So faith, hope, and charity abide, these three. But the greatest of these is charity” (1Cor 13:13), and he says that without charity we are nothing (1 Cor 13:1-4). Why is it helpful to reflect on the concept of love? I can think of three good reasons. God is love (1 Jn 4:8). If we do not understand the concept of love, how can we understand God? How can we know how

to live friendship with Him? Examine your love for God. Do I love God? Or is my relationship with him based primarily in selfish motives? How

could someone else see that I love God with agape love? Examine your relationships. Often teenagers can confuse infatuation with love, or base their friendships or dating rela-

tionships on how it makes them feel. We adults can do the same! Love is not a feeling or an emotion, nor is it merely kindness. As the author Peter Kreeft puts it, “Kindness is sympathy with and the desire to relieve another's suffering. But love (agape) is the willing of another's good. A father can spank his child out of love. And God is a father.”

Let’s learn to live love more authentically! And keep your suggestions coming! E-mail me at [email protected]. Under the Mercy, Father Haan Pray for the Sick Let us pray for these sick: Virgil Schutter, Jack Allison, Kim Dahnke, Collette Lavelle, Ron Sondgerath, Amber Brost, Janet Schutter, Dick Bowman, Mark Cochran, Jason Cole, Brian Lemenager, Staci Wittenauer, Mary Reed, Sharon Eberle, Glenn Barnard, Cooper Gretencord, Mark McMaster, Donna Cooley, Charlie Senesac, Ray Muller, Nancy Barrett and Gail Muller. Meet and Greet All families are invited to a reception in the church hall to meet Father Haan at St. Charles on Saturday, September 14th from 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. or at St. Patrick’s on Sunday, September 15th from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Donations Needed The Community Food and Services Co-op is in ongoing need of your generous donations. The suggested item of donation for this month is CLEANING SUPPLIES/LAUNDRY DETERGENT. You can place your donation in the boxes at the back of either St. Charles or St. Patrick’s churches. Thank you for your support. “For I was hungry and you fed me.”

WILL RIDGE HEIGHTS SUB-DIVISION

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4466 S. 850 E. HM: (765) 385-2972 Oxford, IN 47971 MB: (765) 366-7007

Celebrating Christian Marriage All married couples of the diocese celebrating significant marriage anniversaries in 2019 are invited to attend a special Mass with Bishop Doherty to celebrate their years of Christian Marriage. The Anniver-sary Mass will fulfill the Sunday obligation and during Mass Bishop Doherty will offer a special anniver-sary blessing. Immediately following Mass, Bishop Doherty will greet couples at a reception of light re-freshment. Sunday, September 15, 2019 2:30 PM (EDT) at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Con-ception 1207 Columbia St, Lafayette, IN. Register online at www.dol-in.org/Anniversary Mass or contact Sandra Santucci at [email protected]

Relics of St. Padre Pio St. Patrick Catholic Church in Kokomo and The Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana are excited to announce that the relics of St. Padre Pio will be at St. Patrick Church in Kokomo for public veneration on Monday, September 16, 2019 from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm. A Mass in honor of St. Pio will be celebrated at 6:00 pm. For more information visit: www.stpatrick-kokomo.org.

Fish Fry All are invited to Church of the Blessed Sacrament, 2224 Sacramento Drive, West Lafayette, for a Nine Irish Brothers Fish Fry on Sunday, September 22 from 12:30 - 5:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 each and include Nine Irish Signature Fish/Chips/Slaw & Dessert courtesy of Dairy Queen.

Fruitful Harvest 2018 - Walking Together in the Light of Christ Thanks to all who have made a pledge to the 2018 Fruitful Harvest Appeal, “Walking Together in the Light of Christ”. Your support ensures that essential charitable, educational and pastoral ministries of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana are continued and carried forward. No gift is too small. If you have not yet made a gift to Fruitful Harvest, we invite you to do so. You may place your pledge card in the col-lection basket or mail it in the return envelope provided. As of August 30 pledges received for St. Charles are $45,477.50 and their goal is $43,245 and pledges received for St. Patrick are $43,250.00 and their goal is $37,174. Mexico Mission Would you consider going on the Nov. 9-16, 2019 and/or the Feb. 8-15, 2020 trip to make a BIG differ-ence in someone’s life? Email John Brost at [email protected] or call 765-366-5329 for more details.

Adoration at Sacred Heart Substitutes are desperately needed for Adoration at Sacred Heart Chapel. The hours have been short-ened to 9am - 11pm every Wednesday. Adorers are always needed too. We especially need Adorers for the following hours: 10am-11am (1 Adorer), 12 pm –1 pm (1 Adorer), 1 pm-2pm (2 Adorers) all other hours of Adorers are welcome to insure someone is always there. Adoration is open to everyone. If in-terested in being a sub or an adorer contact Jan Goetz at Sacred Heart 884-1818, Sandy Glotzbach (765) 918-0733 or Debbie Barnard at (765) 299-6214. Lafayette Serra Club Lafayette Serra Club promotes and prays for Vocations and Religious Life. We need more priest and religious. We ask you to pray with us. We have placed Serra Prayers for Vocations and the Persever-ance of Vocations in the back inside cover of the Missals. Please consider praying these prayers often before or after Mass individually or as a group. Thank you! Victim Assistance Indiana law requires that any individual who has reason to believe that a child is a victim of abuse or ne-glect must report immediately to: the local Child Protection Services agency (Hotline: 800-800-5556); or a local law enforcement agency. Under Indiana law, it is a criminal act not to make such a report. This law applies to all adults without exception. By phone: Doris May, Victim Assistance Ministry & Head of Pastoral Response Team, 765-464-4988 or Charles “Max” Layden, Conduct in Ministry Officer, 765-742-7646. By mail: Please compose a detailed description of the facts/incidents of the abuse and send it to Mr. Max Layden, P.O. Box 909, Lafayette, IN 47902. Holistic Prayer Journey To schedule a Healing Session call 884-0977. Please leave a message that includes your phone number for a return call.