June 26, 2016 - St. Columbkille Catholic Church

St. Columbkille Catholic Church
Wilmington, Ohio
Holy Name Chapel
Blanchester, Ohio
JUNE 26, 2016
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
VOCATION VIEW
Choose to follow Jesus wherever he goes. To say “yes” without hesitation requires great trust.
The reign of God needs servants to trust. (Luke 9:51-62)
CONGRATULATIONS, DEACONS!
GIFTS
ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
JUNE 19, 2016
900 Registered Families
157 Sunday Identified Gifts
Unidentified Gifts
TOTAL SUNDAY COLLECTION
HOLY DAYS:
Pentecost
REGULAR SUNDAY &
HOLY DAY COLLECTION (WEEKLY)
TOTAL SUNDAY &
HOLY DAY COLLECTION (FISCAL Y.T.D.)
NEEDED FROM SUNDAY &
HOLY DAY COLLECTION (FISCAL Y.T.D.)
COLLECTIONS LEAVING THE PARISH:
Poor & Needy
SVDP
Hope Emergency
Dimes
Ordination Anniversaries
$ 8,065.16
$
717.05
$ 8,782.21
$
Deacon Bob Baker – June 20, 1987/29 Years
15.00
$ 8,797.21
$460,289.68
$470,781.00
$
$
$
Deacon Bob Meyer – June 25, 1983/33 Years
Thank you Deacons for your service and devotion to our parish and
every day as you both continue to do God’s work. With much love and
appreciation!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
9.00
6.00
5.00
In the second collection today, we are
supporting Pope Francis and his charitable
works. The Peter’s Pence Collection is taken
up worldwide to support our brothers and
sisters on the margins of society, including
victims of war, oppression, and natural disasters. In this Jubilee Year of
Mercy, the collection is an opportunity to join with Pope Francis and be
a witness of charity to or suffering brothers and sisters. Please be
generous in today’s collection. For more information, please visit
usccb.org/catholic-giving/opportunities-for-giving/peters-pence/.
Charlie and Barb Martin
June 25, 1991
Congratulations. It takes a lot of patience, Christ’s love and commitment
to reach such a milestone. We are so happy for Charlie and Barb. Please
remember this couple, and all who are called to the vocation of marriage
in your prayers.
INDEPENDENCE DAY
The parish office will be closed on Monday, July 4, 2016 to celebrate
Independence Day. Thank you and God bless.
LITURGICAL MINISTERS FOR JULY 2/3, 2016
SERVERS
LECTORS
GREETERS
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
4:00 p.m.
Saturday, StC
Kristen Germann,
Michael Shobe,
Nicholas Spies
Jim Gumley,
Colleen Germann
Ben Germann,
Josh Germann
Deacon Bob Meyer, Terry Looft, Arvil Hines, Dan
Murtland, Volunteer Needed
6:15 p.m.
Saturday, HNC
William Rannells,
Timothy Rannells
Carol Turner
Mickey Rannells,
Tom Handra
Deacon Bob Meyer, Jim Wiederhold
8:15 a.m.
Sunday
StC
Melissa Stroebel,
Timothy Farr,
Elizabeth Farr
Diann Nadeau,
Laurie Stroebel
Volunteer Needed,
Fred Nadeau
Deacon Bob Meyer, Steve Geffre, Frank Ferguson,
Charlotte Bland, John Romer, (CL) Hue Vu,
(CL) Mary Gibson
11:00 a.m.
Sunday
StC
Caleb Fritz,
Drake Bennett,
Barek Bennett
Theresa Rembert
Jim Brausch,
Mike Cioca
Deacon Bob Meyer, Velvet Bennett, Larry Droesch,
John Merling, Bonnie Droesch, (CL) Kathy Schwab
The first name for E.M. will have the host and the others will have the cups; the first name for CL will have the host.
THE SILVER ROSE CEREMONY
Mass Intentions
JUNE 25-JULY 3, 2016
SATURDAY, JUNE 25 – Vigil –
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
4:00 p.m. Charlie & Barb Martin’s 50th Wedding Anniversary
(Parish Family) [StC]
6:15 p.m. Robert Robinson (Peyton Family) [HNC]
SUNDAY, JUNE 26 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:15 a.m. All Parishioners [StC]
11:00 a.m. Mass is Cancelled [StC]
2:00 p.m. Sesquicentennial Mass [StC]
MONDAY, JUNE 27 –
St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
9:00 a.m. Irv Arszman (Fred & Diann Nadeau) [StC]
TUESDAY, JUNE 28 St. Irenaeus, Bishop & Martyr
9:00 a.m. Gus Kircher (Estate) [StC]
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 Sts. Peter & Paul, Apostles
9:30 a.m. Communion Svc [HNC]
7:00 p.m. Elizabeth Morand (Estate) [StC]
THURSDAY, JUNE 30 –
The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
9:00 a.m. Lucille Mueller (Tom & Pat Kremenski) [StC]
FRIDAY, JULY 1 – Blessed Junipero Serra, Priest
9:00 a.m. Ralph & Marie Clark (Rita Dell) [StC]
SATURDAY, JULY 2 – Vigil –
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
4:00 p.m. Gene Valentine (Doug & Terri Valentine) [StC]
6:15 p.m. All Parishioners [HNC]
SUNDAY, JULY 3 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:15 a.m. Richard & Catherine Elmy (Stephens Family) [StC]
11:00 a.m. George Winsor (William Winsor) [StC]
Knights of Columbus Council 3369 has arranged to bring the traveling
Silver Rose to St. Columbkille. The Silver Rose program was begun by the
Knights in 1960. Today, several roses are carried, from parish to parish,
from Canada, across the US to Mexico, with prayers at each stop asking
the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe in our efforts to defend the
God-given value of human life. The Silver Rose Ceremony of Prayer
and Scripture will take place at St. Columbkille Church on Wednesday
evening, July 6th after the 7:00 p.m. Mass. All are invited to participate in
this beautiful devotion. Please go to stcolumbkille.org/k-of-c-silver-roseceremony for the links or go to these sites: kofc.org/en/columbia/detail/
pilgrimage-silver-rose.html; AND kofc.org/un/en/service/church/
rose/ for more information. Plan on attending this special devotional
program! Contact: Larry Droesch at [email protected].
FUNERAL MASS GREETERS NEEDED
We need greeters to help direct families and hand out programs during a
Funeral Mass. This would be an on-call as needed and if you are available
basis. Please call the parish office at 937-382-2236 or email parishoffice@
stcolumbkille.org if interested.
BAPTISM WORKSHOP
If you are a first-time parent seeking a Baptism for your baby or child,
then you are required to attend a Baptism Workshop. The workshop
is scheduled on the second Sunday, July 10, 2016, in the Parish Center
at 12:00 p.m. if someone has registered. Please call the parish office to
schedule a baptism or to register for the class. Thank you.
VIRTUS NEWS
The next VIRTUS training class that will be held at St. Columbkille is
scheduled for July 30, 2016, from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Parish Center
Classroom 11/12. Those who volunteer with children are required to
attend a VIRTUS training class. For preregistration details, please visit
stcolumbkille.org/virtus.
Please remember to check your virtus.org account at the beginning of
this month to stay up to date on your monthly bulletin reads. Thank
you. Questions?? Please call 937-382-2236 or email colleengermann@
stcolumbkille.org.
ST. C SOCIAL SENIORS NEWS
Thank you Georges Family for the beautiful floral arrangement
that blesses our St. Columbkille Consecration Altar in memory of John
P. Georges, Sr. John was instrumental with the St. Columbkille Building
Committee in signing the papers that began the construction of our
Church 100 years ago.
FIRST SATURDAY JULY 2ND EVENTS AT STC
CONFESSIONS will be heard from 3:00-3:45 p.m.
THE ROSARY will be prayed beginning at 3:35 p.m.
ST. COLUMBKILLE PARISH PICNIC
Karaoke Music Program
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
1:00 p.m.
StC Parish Center Classroom 7/8
G.G. Walker and Jim Demmery will entertain us with karaoke music. We
ask seniors to bring a snack or dessert to share. Plan to join us! Questions?
Please contact Rita Butcher (937-382-8054 or [email protected]).
HEALTHY LIVING WITH
GOD SUPPORT GROUP
We Help Others Seek a Healthy
Relationship with God
June 27, 2016
6:15 p.m. in the StC Parish Center
A new, healthier you!
For more information, please contact Deacon Bob Baker (937-725-2213 or
[email protected]) or Denise Heckler-Roberts (419-9535587 or [email protected]).
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Camp Kirkwood, 5719 S. R. 73 West, Wilmington
1:00-5:00 p.m.
DEAR PARISHIONERS,
Thank you so much for all the prayers, cards, well wishes, and food
during our illnesses and recoveries. Knowing we have so many people
praying for us has helped tremendously, and will continue to do so, as
we grow stronger.
Blessings to you all,
Rick and Doris Pease
SACRED HEART SODALITY LADIES
Please join us this Friday, July 1, 2016 at the 9:00 a.m. StC Mass for our
monthly devotion to the Sacred Heart. After Mass, we will gather for our
“breakfast social” at a restaurant of choice.
GET WELL CARD SHOWER
THE WEEK AHEAD…
Sunday, June 26
2:00 p.m. Sesquicentennial Mass (StC)
Immediately following Mass –
Sesquicentennial Reception (PCB)
7:15 a.m. Folk Choir Practice (CL)
Monday, June 27
6:15 p.m. Healthy Living with God Support Group
PC CR 7/8
7:00 p.m. Education Commission Meeting (PCL)
Tuesday, June 28
7:00 p.m. SVDP (PC)
Wednesday, June 29
7:30 p.m. Confessions (StC)
Thursday, June 30
7:00 p.m. K of C Officer’s Meeting (CU)
Friday, July 1
7:00 p.m.
NA Meeting (CU)
Saturday, July 2
3:00-3:45 p.m. 1st Saturday Confessions
7:00 p.m. AA Meeting (CU)
AND BEYOND…
Wednesday, July 6 –
Scriptural Rosary (StC)
K of C Silver Rose Ceremony (PCB)
Saturday, July 9 –
Men’s Fellowship Breakfast (PCB)
Monday, July 11 –
CAN Meeting (PCL)
Sunday, August 14 –
StC/HNC Parish Picnic – Kirkwood Campgrounds
To visit our online calendar, please go to stcolumbkille.org, scroll
over News & Events tab, click on calendar.
Reminder: CL=Choir Loft; CU=Church Undercroft; PC=Parish
Ctr; PCL=Parish Center Library; PCB=Parish Ctr Basement; PC
CR=Parish Center Classroom; PCB CR=Parish Ctr Basement
Classroom; PCBYR=Parish Center Basement Youth Room;
HNCSH=Holy Name Chapel Social Hall
CALLED FOR FREEDOM
No yoke of slavery for us. Even though people are shackled, suppressed,
oppressed – and even though I may be, too – we are, called for freedom.
Christ, in His Paschal Mystery, His death and rising, has set us free.
Baptism makes us new and sets us free. The old and the new law – “love
your neighbor as yourself” – set us free. Singing the song for the gathering
of the gifts during the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper every Holy
Thursday – Ubi Caritas – sets us free.
• What yoke will I step out of to be free?
• Who can I help into freedom in this Mercy Year?
• Who will I love … as myself?
Phyllis Cook is a StC/HNC sick and shut in parishioner who has been at
Christ Hospital for quite sometime. Let’s shower Phyllis with words of
encouragement and support. Her address is:
Phyllis Cook
Christ Hospital/Drake Unit
2139 Auburn Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45219
SUPPORT SHERRY NIEDERBAUMER
A special envelope with “PARISHIONER SPECIAL NEED” printed
on the outside is available at StC on the front/back radiators and on
the pamphlet table at HNC. If writing a check, please make it out to
St. Columbkille Church and put “Niederbaumer” on the memo line. Any
questions? Please email [email protected] or call 937-3822236. Thank you for your consideration.
HOLY HUMOR
A father was reading Bible stories to his young son. He read, “The man
named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his
wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.” His son asked,
“What happened to the flea?”
Source: swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Religious.htm
ROSARY CORNER
“Be faithful to the time spent in prayer and make sure that at
least half of your prayer is spent in silence. This will bring you
closer to Jesus. If you deepen your prayer life you will grow
in holiness and obtain many graces for the souls entrusted
to your care. Deepen your love for one another by praying
for each other and by sharing thoughts and graces you have
received in prayer and reading.”
— Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, p. 56,
an excerpt from Thirsting For God.
SCRIPTURAL ROSARY
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
6:15 p.m., St. Columbkille Church
All are invited. Questions? Please contact Susan Baker
at 937-289-2449 or email [email protected].
CAREGIVER ASSISTANCE NETWORK MEETING
July 11, 2016
6:00-7:30 p.m. in the StC Parish Center Library
Contact Person: Mary Camp at [email protected]
Who is a caregiver? You are a caregiver whether you devote as little as 5
minutes a week or as much as 24 hours a day to providing or supervising
the care for a loved one who is disabled, frail, or elderly. It can be both
physically and emotionally demanding! Meet others who share your
experience to discuss topics like maintaining balance as a caregiver,
solving caregiving problems, the guilt/stress of caregiving, and learning
to care for yourself. This group is free and open to the public and is here
for you! If you have questions about our groups or about caregiving in
general, please call the Caregiver CAREline at (513) 929-4483 for more
information.
The St. Columbkille Altar Flower Ministry
welcomes the donation or purchase of flowers for the
church altars for any special occasion such as a
wedding anniversary, in memory of a loved one,
birthday, etc. The flower donation envelopes are on
the bookshelf in the StC vestibule, and on the pamphlet table at HNC.
You can place your donation in the Sunday collection basket. If you have
any questions or would like to place a phone order, please contact the
parish office at 937-382-2236.
ST. COLUMBKILLE
MARIA STEIN COUNTRY FEST
June 24-26, 2016
2291 St. John’s Road
Maria Stein, OH
Free Admission
Free Parking
Free Entertainment
For schedule of events, please visit mscountryfest.com.
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All are Welcome, All are Welcome,
All are Welcome in this Place
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St. Columbkille Catholic Parish is 150 years old and we are celebrating,
praising God with Thanksgiving for sustaining and nourishing us and
bringing us to this place in time. This Sunday afternoon, JUNE 26, 2016,
at 2:00 p.m.
Our Archbishop the Most Reverend Dennis M. Schnurr will join us
celebrating the Mass of Thanksgiving and will be joined by some of our
former pastors and sons of the Parish in concelebrating. Several of our
former teachers from the Ursuline Community plan to join us. The voices
of all our choirs with other parishioners are coming together to lead us
in the beautiful musical praise for which they are noted. Following the
Mass we will celebrate in the Parish Center with appetizers and birthday
cake and most of all fellowship. Memorabilia of the history of our Church
and Parish will be on display there. Many of our Parish Ministries and
Organizations including our young people are working hard to bring our
Parish and Community together to give Praise and Honor to our God for
His blessings over the last 150 years. We hope you will join your fellow
Parishioners and Community in CELEBRATION!
Couples are often surprised to learn that many NFP users report
that NFP helps improve their relationship. Those considering NFP
are usually concerned about periods of abstinence when trying to
postpone pregnancy, and yet NFP users say those times apart help
them connect on a deeper level. NFP helps keep their relationship
fresh, fun and flirty, almost like a return to their courtship days. NFP
couples also talk about increased respect for each other, often coming
from the shared responsibility of the method. NFP couples feel more
like a team, and that extends beyond the issue of family planning.
Finally, many couples find that NFP helps them build a deeper and
closer relationship to God since they are experiencing marriage as He
intended. Video-based online self-paced courses are available along
with personal consultation and help through The Couple to Couple
League. Visit ccli.org for more information on the benefits of NFP
and the options for taking a full course to learn the sympto-thermal
method based on a woman’s day-to-day symptoms of fertility. Pursue
a more joyful marriage – learn Natural Family Planning!
Contact Person: Mary Clark at 513-791-4039
Email: [email protected]
40 Days for Life is a focused Pro-Life campaign with a vision to access
God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion.
Visit our website for more information and events at 40daysforlife.com/
local-campaigns/cincinnati/.
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati regards child abuse in all its forms as
a serious matter. If you are or have been abused by an employee or
volunteer of the Archdiocese, or are aware of abuse currently taking
place, please contact Ms. Cherie Groman, Coordinator of Ministry
to Survivors of Abuse, at 513-263-6623, or 1-800-686-2724, ext. 6623.
This is a confidential, dedicated line to accept calls related to child
abuse by employees or volunteers. In addition, be sure to notify the
survivor’s secular legal authorities.
NFP BUILDS
JOYFUL MARRIAGES
MINISTRY TO SURVIVORS OF ABUSE (REPORTING)
The SURVIVORS AFTER SUICIDE SUPPORT GROUP
will meet on Tuesday, July 5, 2016, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Presbyterian
Church of Wilmington on Timber Glen Drive. For more information,
please call 937-728-1402.
FREEDOM TO LOVE
Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., Ruah Woods
The New Evangelization Center, 6675 Wesselman Road
Cincinnati, OH 45248
In this powerful five-part study for young adults, popular author and
presenter Christopher West lays out a convincing and refreshing road
map to living a life of freedom. The concepts presented in this study
will change everything, including your worldview. There is no formal
registration for this iteration of Freedom to Love. Just arrive on July 28 at
7:00 p.m. to take part! For more information, please visit ruahwoods.org/
learning/adult-courses/freedom-to-love.aspx.
30TH ANNUAL BIBLE INSTITUTE
“LET US BE INSTRUCTED IN GOD’S WORD”
Friday, July 22-Friday, July 29, 2016
Xavier University Campus
3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45207
There are 20 daytime seminars, daily Mass, plus evening healing services
and weekend general sessions of various lengths. A Youth Track will be
held on Friday, July 29th. Invite a friend! Cost is a free will donation.
It is a one-of-a-kind conference that offers a variety of events to make
you a powerful disciple of Christ. To register visit our website at
presentationministries.com and click on “Bible Institute” or call us at
(513) 922-0923. Registration for housing and meals must be received by
July 3, 2016. Brochures are available upon request.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO
Do you want someone to talk to?
Catholic Charities has highly trained and licensed counselors/
social workers who can help you manage your life issues. We have 8
convenient locations throughout Greater Cincinnati and Springfield.
CCSWO strives to help clients achieve improved mental health and
family relationships. Providing highly individualized care, we strive
to strengthen our community one individual, couple or family at a
time.
Call (513) 489-8898 for a confidential appointment.
We need volunteers with a valid driver’s license who can assist in
driving people and refugee clients to appointments. Contact Jeanne
Cairns, Catholic Charities Volunteer Coordinator at 513-241-7745.
Serving Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Clermont, Clinton, Adams, Brown,
Highland, Clark, Logan and Champaign Counties.
Each year, Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio serves more than
43,000 of the vulnerable in our community in many ways:
• Mental Health Services – counseling regardless of income.
• Su Casa Hispanic Center – education, health, employment and
legal services to the Hispanic/Latino immigrant community.
• Second Harvest Food Bank – providing food for more than a
million meals a year in Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties.
• Refugees – resettlement services to more than 150 third-world
refugees a year.
• Family Services – classes, workshops, counseling and training for
parents, children, expectant mothers and counselors.
• Senior Services – Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions,
Caregiver Assistance Network and RSVP programs for the senior
population.
Faith Formation News
PRE-K THROUGH 12 FAITH FORMATION
Glenn Gigandet – 937-382-1596
or [email protected]
2016-2017 PRE-K-GRADE 8
FAITH FORMATION REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
Registration forms are available in the vestibule area of StC and HNC, parish rectory and faith formation offices,
or online at stcolumbkille.org/2016-2017-registations-schedules.
St. Columbkille,
Patron Saint
of Faith Formation
“COOL KINGDOM PARTY”
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2016
Thank you volunteers! We had a great week.
It would not have been possible without you!
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SALVATION
Middle School Retreat
Saturday, July 9, 2016, from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Ruah Woods
The New Evangelization Center, 6675 Wesselman Road, Cincinnati, OH 45248
Please fill out a registration form and waiver online at ruahwoods.org.
$50.00 per teen: (price includes meal, materials, and souvenir for teen)
This retreat is an introduction to some of the major themes found in St. John Paul II’s “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the
Body” such as: maintaining a healthy sense of identity, reflecting on what it means to be a human person, understanding the nature of love, and
most importantly, the life-changing experience of encountering the person of Jesus Christ, who is the theology of the body. All middle school
students are invited to join us, whether they have taken a class before or not! Contact Christie with questions at [email protected] or call
(513) 407-8672.
ADULT FAITH FORMATION
MEN’S FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST
Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 7:02 a.m. in the StC Parish Center Basement
After breakfast, the “Bible and Virgin Mary” formed.org program will be viewed, and discussion will follow. We will conclude with prayer
and are back to our busy schedules by 8:30 a.m. For additional information, please contact Bob Schaad at 937-725-5134 or email bschaad@
wilmingtonsavings.com or Les Conover at 937-302-9909 or email [email protected].
WEEKLY WOMEN’S ENCOUNTER GATHERING
Meets on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. in the StC Parish Center Classrooms 7/8
For more information, please email Carol Bedinghaus at [email protected] or call 239-290-3649.
WEEKLY WOMEN’S ENCOUNTER INTERNATIONAL VIRGIN STATUE TRIP
100th Anniversary of the Apparitions of Fatima
Thursday, July 7, 2016 at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, 5440 Moeller Avenue, Norwood, OH 45212
The day will begin with attending the 9:00 a.m. StC Mass; go to breakfast and car pool to OLHSC. The International Virgin Statue will be on
display from 12:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is available also. Hope you can join us. For more information, please email
Carol Bedinghaus at [email protected] or call 239-290-3649.
FEASTS CELEBRATED THIS WEEK
June 26 – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 9:51 – 62: This passage is troubling. Even those who say they will follow Jesus are rebuked. In following Jesus Christ, we often
encounter obstacles. Those obstacles can be from the outside when others deem our desire not worthy or a waste of time. Sometimes,
obstacles come from within when we allow insecurities and priorities to keep us from putting Jesus first. I do not think that Jesus does not
want us to “bury the dead”. It is after all a corporal work of mercy. I think he wants us to speak of God’s glory first. He wants us to work
for God’s glory first. He wants us to be other-centered.
Prayer: Take some time this week to reflect on when it is easiest to put Jesus first and when it is most challenging. What steps can you take
to respond to those challenging times?
Action: Pick a time when it is challenging to be other-centered or Christ-centered and take a step to put Christ or someone else first. It is
your morning routine that does not allow for you to talk with your spouse or other family member? What about when you get home is the
evening, do you go right to preparing dinner? When you go to Church, do you talk to the same people and sit in the same pew? Maybe
you can reach out to greet someone new.
June 27 – St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria, one of the metropolitan sees of the Christian Church in the east, was one of the great defenders
of the faith against the heresy of Nestorius who denied the oneness of person in Jesus Christ. At the Council of Ephesus in 431,
over which he presided in the Pope’s name, and at his instigation, it was defined that Christ, the Son of God, is at the same time
God and man, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, His mother, is truly the Mother of God. St. Cyril died in 444. The Church venerates
him as one of her great doctors. His commentary on the Gospel of St. John is one of the richest doctrinally of those left us by the
Fathers of the Church.
June 28 – St. Irenaeus, Bishop & Martyr
St. Irenaeus was born in Asia Minor around the year 140. It is not known when he came to Gaul. He was a priest of the Church of Lyons
during the persecution of 177 when St. Pothinus, first bishop of the city and the first martyr of Lyons, was put to death. Irenaeus succeeded
him as bishop and twenty-five years later was martyred in his turn during a fresh persecution. At a time when Gnostic sects threatened
to undermine Christianity by a perversion of Christian thought, St. Irenaeus vigorously denounced all heresies and safeguarded unity of
belief by laying down the principles of the doctrinal tradition of the Church.
June 29 – Saints Peter & Paul, Apostles
We commemorate Saints Peter and Paul, martyred around the year 64 A.D. during Nero’s persecution following the Great Fire of Rome.
Tradition says that Peter fled Rome to avoid arrest, and saw Jesus on the road. “Where are you going, Lord?” Peter asked. Jesus replied, “I
am going to Rome to be crucified again.” Peter turned back, and was crucified upside down because he felt unworthy to meet his death the
same way as Christ. Paul had been arrested in Jerusalem, and transported to Rome where he was beheaded. As a Roman citizen he could
not be subjected to the indignity of crucifixion.
June 30 – The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
These “proto-martyrs” of Rome were the first Christians persecuted en masse by the Emperor Nero in the year 64, before the
martyrdom of Saints Peter and Paul. Nero was widely believed to have caused the fire that burned down much of Rome in
the same year. He blamed the fire on the Christians and put them to death, many by crucifixion, being fed to the wild
animals in the circus, or by being tied to posts and lit up as human torches. These martyrs were called the “Disciples of the
Apostles” and their firmness in the face of their gruesome deaths was a powerful testimony that led to many conversions in the early
Roman Church.
July 2 – Blessed Junípero Serra, Priest
Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junipero when he entered the Franciscan Order
in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for twelve years. At age 37, he went to
Mexico City where he spent the rest of his life working for the conversion of the peoples of the New World. Largely responsible
for the spread of the Church on the West Coast of the United States including, San Diego, and San Francisco. Junipero founded
21 missions all together and converted thousands of Native Americans.
catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2016-06-27; 28; 01; catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=41
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