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James Hatfield, Pastor; Deacon Ronald Fondriest, Retired; Ms. Brenda Stilgenbaer, Pastoral Associate; Mr. Matthew Nadalin, Director of Msic Ministry; Mr. Jacinto de Paz, Hispanic Minister; Ms. Jlie Gatelaro, Bookkeeper; Ms. Cindy Teynor, Director of Religios Edcation; Mr. Coleman Boring, Yoth Minister; Mrs. Betty Bidinger, Coordinator of Family Life Center; Mr. Don Ballantyne, Chrch and Cemetery Maintenance LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Mrs. Nancy Allen, Dr. John Brnham, Mrs. Jdy Brnham, Mrs. Mary DeBois, Mr. Steve DeBois, Mr. Jim Elco, Mrs. Mary Elco, Mr. John Kczirka, Dr. Brce Malcolm, Ms. Brenda Stilgenbaer, Mr. Lyle Tope, and Mrs. Michelle Tope. FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Mr. Brian Baer, Mr. Chris Chaney, Mr. Mark Clemence, Mr. Jack Dooling, Mr. Dennis Gonano, Mr. Jan-Michael LaBrake, Mrs. Brenda Pope, Mr. Frank Rose, Mr. Joe Sciarretti. MARRIAGES Arrangements shold be made throgh the Parish Office at least eight months before any other planning. BAPTISMS Baptisms are celebrated on Snday at 12:30 p.m. (otside of Mass). Parents mst attend the Baptismal Preparation Program. This is at 7:00 p.m. on the third Tesday of each month in the Family Life Center. Godparents are also welcome to attend. Please pre-register by calling the Parish Office. BAUTISMOS Batismo en español se celebran na vez al mes despés de la Misa el Domingo. Los padres y padrinos deben recibir charles de preparación en el Centro Familiar. Deben inscribirse llamando a las Oficinas de la Parroqia. NEW PARISHIONERS Please register in person at the Parish Office or complete a registration form (available in chrch). Please retrn to Parish Office or pt in collection. BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS Please have blletin annoncements to the Parish Office by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, or e-mail stjosephchrch@roadrnner.com. 11206 Indstrial Parkway N.W. P. O. 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St. Joseph Chrch Dover, Ohio 44622 The Twenty-fifth Snday in Ordinary Time September 22 and 23, 2018 22 y 23 de Septiembre del 2018 Mass Intentions Monday, September 24, No Mass Readings: 449: Prv 3:27-34/Ps 15/Lk 8:16-18 Tesday, September 25 6:00 p.m. Mike and Lillian Gombos Readings: 450: Prv 21:1-6, 10-13/Ps 119/Lk 8:19-21 Wednesday, September 26 6:30 a.m. Special Intention 8:15 a.m. Jim Zeigler 9:00 a.m. Rosary Readings: 451: Prv 30:5-9/Ps 119/Lk 9:1-6 Thrsday, September 27 8:15 a.m. Shirley Fondriest 9:00 a.m. Adoration of the Echarist Readings: 452: Eccl 1:2-11/Ps 90/Lk 9:7-9 Friday, September 28 6:30 a.m. Special Intention 8:15 a.m. Joanne Petrella Readings: 453: Eccl 3:1-11/Ps 144/Lk 9:18-22 Satrday, September 29, The Vigil of The Twenty-sixth Snday in Ordinary Time 4:00 p.m. Liz Springhetti Snday, September 30, The Twenty-sixth Snday in Ordinary Time 8:30 a.m. Living and Deceased Members of the St. Joseph Traditional Choir 11:00 a.m. James and Angela Weaver 1:30 p.m. The People of the Parish (Mass in Spanish) Readings: 137: Nm 11:25-29/Ps 19/Jas 5:1-6/ Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 Offertory for Sndays, September 15 and 16, 2018 Loose $ 2,305.00 Adlt Weekly Envelopes $ 7,005.00 Online Giving $ 600.00 Total $ 9,910.00 Contribtions needed each week $ 12,192.00 Other Fnds: Capital Improvement $ 135.00 Poor Fnd $ 260.00 St. Joseph Catholic Schools Sbsidy $ 160.00 Yor contribtions make the mission of St. Joseph Parish possible and keep or parish financially sond. Thank yo for yor generosity. Ministry Schedles September 29 and 30, 2018 4:00 p.m. Mass Lector: Janice Cosenza 1st Reading Mary DeBois 2nd Reading Echaristic Ministers: Mary Roberts, Beth Cecil, Becky Nylnd, Dave Nylnd, Vicki Avo, Tim Avon, Jeri Middagh Servers: Chloe Contini, Charlie Montan, Piper Olson (Alt: Sage Winnie) 8:30 a.m. Mass Lector: Jack Brnham 1st Reading Matt Ritzert 2nd Reading Echaristic Ministers: Mary Jo Hanlon, Monica Boring, Andrea Settimio, Lo Settimio, John Kczirka, Sharon Kczirka, Christine Ayers, Jeannine Kennedy, Lynn Ballantyne Servers: Alex Selinksy, Sydney Selinsky, John Chaney (Alt: David Maxwell) 11:00 a.m. Mass Lector: Mike Ernest 1st Reading Anne Brno 2nd Reading Echaristic Ministers: Patti DeValt, Tom O Donnell, Chris Helbling, Joe Sciarretti, Ann Telle, Dog Telle, Sb Needed Servers: Peter Ngyen, John Ngyen, Gregory Ngyen, (Alt: Lke Telle) If yo know of a friend or family member who is in the hospital for srgery or de to illness, or is crrently homebond, please call the Parish Office and someone will visit them as soon as possible. Pray for the Priest, Deacon, or Seminarian of the Day: Posted on the blletin boards are calendars with the names of Priests, Deacons, and Seminarians. As yo come into the chrch, yo may want to look at the calendar and pray for the designated person of the day. Please Note: If yo wold like to present the gifts at the Offertory, please contact the Ushers before Mass. Prayer Chain: To place yor reqest on the Prayer Chain, please call the Parish Office or Charlene Herzig at 330-343-1063.

Spirital Notes: Amos, a prophet of the northern kingdom in the eighth centry, BC, speaks words of jdgment against those who trample pon the needy. He is one of the strongest prophets to denonce injstice. The people cold hardly wait for the holy days to be over, that we may sell or grain, and fix the weights and measres for cheating. Thogh Israel is waiting for the Day of the Lord, Amos tells them that it will be a day of jdgment and jstice, not a day of joy, for God will pnish them for their sins. The writer of First Timothy asks s to pray for everyone, for this is good and pleasing to God or savior, who will everyone to be saved. By praying for kings and for all in athority, we do God s will; when we pray for them, we cannot help bt think of them in a different light. The nderstanding in early Christianity was that they shold live as good citizens, and extension of rles for condct within a hosehold. As all people are children of God, we are nited as one family and so we shold live in all devotion and dignity. In a carefl reading of today s Gospel, we see that the dishonest steward was commended not for his dishonesty bt for acting prdently. The steward acts sensibly to secre his ftre. By lowering the amont each debtor owes his master, he gains favor with the debtors. In Jess' comments following the parable, we hear calling the disciples to have similar sense. The children of the world are more prdent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of the light (referring to the Christians). This parable addressed specifically to his disciples, teaches s that while we are citizens of heaven, we still have to deal with the realities of this world, and we shold do this with the good sense of the steward. For reflection: What is my attitde toward the poor? Do I spport a system that tramples on them or assists them? Save the Date Friday, November 9, 2018 Tenta Torciano Winery from San Gimignano, Italy, is retrning to Dover! More information to follow. Dinner will be provided by Chef Colin Capozella Seating will be limited! Help is needed! If yo wold like to volnteer to help with this fn event, please call the Parish Office There is a Special Intentions Book in the Vestible. Please simply write the reqest for prayer intentions or for special needs and/or the sick in the parish in the book and give yor fellow parishioners the privilege and the opportnity to ask for God s blessings on yo and yors. Employment Opportnity St. Joseph Chrch seeks a Pastoral Minister with experience to serve the needs of a growing Latino poplation in the parish. An excellent working knowledge of Catholic worship is reqired. Qalifications for the position inclde, bt are not limited to, flexibility, flent oral and written bi-lingal commnication, pblic relations skills, interpret and translation with pblic officials and other service agencies, advocate for the needs of the Latino families, act as a liaison between Chrch and school families and ability to edcate and catechize Latino families. The candidate mst be a practicing Catholic, exhibit an attitde and behavior for cltivating lifelong learning and development in the faith. Candidates mst sbmit to a standard backgrond screening. Send résmé and references by September 28 to Father Jimmy Hatfield, c/o St. Joseph Chrch, 613 N. Tscarawas Avene, Dover, OH 44622 or e-mail stjosephchrch@roadrnner. com. Upcoming Meetings in the Life of the Parish Seclar Franciscans invite everyone wishing to attend the first Satrday of each month at 10:00 a.m. for Morning Prayer and Echaristic Prayer, followed by coffee and donts. Knights of Colmbs: The first and third Thrsday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Knights of Colmbs Hall in Dover. For more information, contact John Kczirka. L.C.B.A. Invites everyone wishing to attend the first Tesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. in the Family Life Center Downstairs Meeting Room. Crafty Ladies: The first and third Tesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. in the Family Life Center Downstairs Meeting Room. All are welcome to come and share ideas and crafts. Men s Bible Stdy Grop: Monday, September 24 at 7:00 p.m. Please read Chapters 24 and 25 of the Matthew Series. Bible Timeline Stdy: Wednesday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the Family Life Center. Please read chapter three. Finance Concil: Wednesday, September 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center, Bodner Room. R.C.I.A.: Thrsday, September 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the Family Life Center. This week s topic: Why and how shold we read the Bible? Family Life Committee: Monday, October 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the Family Life Center, Meeting Room A.

Tscarawas Central Catholic Elementary School Save the date!! Immaclate Conception School Steak Fry Satrday, October 6th Dennison Knights of Colmbs Hall Steak Dinner 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Live Entertainment with Teqila Mary from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Games of Chance, the cost is $25.00 per person or $40.00 a cople. Make plans now to join s for a great dinner and fn night of entertainment. Tickets will be on sale soon. Saints Booster Clb Honors Banqet The first TCC Booster Clb Honors Banqet will be held on Satrday, October 27th at Tscarawas Central Catholic High School. This year s honorees will be the 1975 State Champion Golf Team and J.J. O Rielly, the 1998 State Track Champion in the 1600 Meters and the 3200 Meters. The cost is $15.00 per person, and incldes heavy hors d oevres and dessert. A cash bar will be available. Msic will be provided by Michael Roberts. All Almni and Friends are invited to attend! To RSVP, please call Mike Fredericks at 330-308-0200 or by emailing mike@fredericksinsrance.com. Nominees soght for the Tscarawas Conty Catholic Schools Board of Trstees The Tscarawas Conty Catholic Schools are seeking nominees to serve on the Board of Trstees that works in cooperation with the parishes and diocese in the operation of Tscarawas Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School, Immaclate Conception School, and Tscarawas Central Catholic Elementary School. Two trstees will be elected to the board this fall to represent St. Joseph Chrch and the Chrch of the Holy Trinity. Trstees mst be members of the parish and have children in one of or Catholic schools. Anyone interested in serving on the Board of Trstees or nominating someone else to serve, please contact Maria Dillon at 330-933-1716 or kristyknollfarm@gmail.com. Two trstees will be elected by parishioners and parents at a general membership meeting to be held Monday, October 22, 2018. St. Joseph Sop Kitchen Everyone is welcome!! The intention for the Sop Kitchen is to serve God s children in need: the poor in spirit, as well as the needy. Teams, if yo need assistance please contact Andrea Settimio or the Parish Office. September 26, 2018 Team B (Se Capozella) October 3, 2018 Team C (Knights of Colmbs) October 10, 2018 Team D (Lisa Wiegand) Please keep or gests and volnteers in yor prayers. Get Involved in Msic Ministry! Parish Choir: The Parish Choir is open to all parishioners high school age and older. Rehearsals are every Thrsday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the chrch. This choir sings at the 8:30 a.m. Mass every Snday from September throgh Pentecost, as well as other major litrgies throghot the year. Folk/Gitar Choir: The Folk Choir is open to all parishioners high school age and older. Rehearsals are every Thrsday evening from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m. in the chrch. This choir sings at the 11:00 a.m. Mass approximately one Snday a month from September throgh Pentecost. Instrmentalists are also invited to join this grop. Teen Choir: The Teen Choir is open to all yoth of the parish in the 7th throgh 12th grades. The Teen Choir sally sings at the 11:00 a.m. Mass on the third Snday of the month from September throgh Pentecost. Rehearsals are schedled for immediately before the Mass at which we sing as well dring the week when needed. Fneral Choir: This choir is comprised of individals who tend to be available on weekday mornings and who gather to lend their collective voice in spport of congregational singing at the Fneral Mass in addition to the cantor. As fnerals are schedled, members are contacted with the time and date, and a brief rehearsal immediately before Mass will take place. This choir also sings at the annal Memorial Mass on All Sols Day (November 2). Instrmentalists: If yo play any instrment (gitar, string, woodwind, brass, or piano), we encorage yo to get involved with or parish msic program. We are always happy to share yor talents with the parish for the glory of God! New members are welcome at any time in any of or ensembles. We nderstand that it can be difficlt to make every rehearsal, bt we invite yo to come as yo are able! To learn more abot Msic Ministry at Saint Joseph, or to get involved, contact Matthew Nadalin, Director of Msic, via phone at the parish office (330-364-6661) or via email stjosephdovermsic@gmail.com. Important 2018-2019 Dates Snday, December 9 Lessons and Carols Friday, April 19 Tenebrae Snday, April 21 Easter Snday Snday, Jne 9 Pentecost Snday

Other Information to Note: Mass Intentions: Please be reminded that any parishioner is welcome to reqest Masses be celebrated for deceased or living loved ones. To schedle a Mass Intention, please contact the Parish Office. Low-Glten Hosts: If yo are a person who needs to receive a low-glten host becase of wheat allergies or celiac disease, please call the Parish Office. Blletin deadline: The blletin deadline is Monday at 12:00 p.m. Please inclde yor contact information with phone nmber and email address. Blletin notices may be in writing, faxed to 330-602-7488, dropped off, or emailed to stjosephchrch@roadrnner.com. Help s to have the correct information Are yo a registered parishioner? Do we have yor crrent phone nmber? Registering in the parish is a declaration of yor desire to be a part of the Catholic commnity and commitment to the life of or parish. If yo want to register, there are forms in the Vestible, simple fill one ot and drop it in the collection basked or stop in the Parish Office dring the week or on Snday mornings after the Masses and reqest a form. 7th Annal Tscarawas Conty Walk for Life Satrday, September 29 at 9:30 a.m. beginning at Sacred Heart Chrch in New Philadelphia, Ohio. This year s featred speaker is Andi Dominick. Andi is a parishioner from Immaclate Conception Chrch in Dennison, Ohio. Everyone is welcome! Bring the kids! Office of Social Concerns Action Alerts! For Action Alerts, visit http://socialconcerns.colsdioc.org Friends of the Poor Walk: Join the Society of St. Vincent de Pal for the 2018 Colmbs Friends of the Poor Walk on Satrday, September 29 at 10:00 a.m. (Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.) It will be held at St. Francis de Sales High School, 4212 Karl Road, Colmbs. To register, visit https://www.fopwalk.org/eventlisting. Care for the Unborn: Several prolife bills calling for a redction of abortions will work their way throgh the Ohio General Assembly and Congress. For pdates, visit www.ohiocathconf.org/i/ab/abortion.htm. Immigration Reform: With a new Congress, comes a renewed debate on immigration reform. The immigration system is broken. Visit the USCCB s Jstice for Immigrants Campaign website for the latest action alerts and edcation resorces, www.jsticeforimmigrants.org. St. Joseph Cemetery If yo are interested in prchasing lots, or if yo have qestions regarding rles and reglations, please call Don in the Parish Office, and he will be happy to assist yo. Online Giving If yo manage yor bills online, we re sre yo ll like giving to yor chrch online. It s safe and secre, and yo decide exactly when yor gift is made and where it goes. To get started, please visit www.stjosephdover.org. If yo have any qestions or need assistance, please call the Parish Office. When traveling and yo need to know where the closest Catholic Chrch is and the times for their Masses, please check ot www.masstimes.org. THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION Gift Planning for Yo And Or Parish Giving is a very important part of the life of a person devoted to Jess Christ. Planned giving simply means planning for the ftre whether it is yor retirement or the ftre of St. Joseph, Dover, yor planned gift is a tangible way to express yor nending gratitde to God for a lifetime of blessings. For more information on naming St. Joseph Parish in yor will, contact The Catholic Fondation at 614-443-8893 or visit catholicfondation.org. Please remember in yor prayers all the sick, homebond, and recovering in or parish. Also, pray for those coping with physical or mental conditions. Please inclde all those on or prayer lists who have asked for or prayers and those who have no one to pray for them. The Holy Father s Prayer Intentions September 2018: Universal Yong People in Africa That yong people in Africa may have access to edcation and work in their own contries. OUR ADVERTISER OF THE WEEK USA LABEL EXPRESS, INC. 11206 Indstrial Parkway N.W. P.O. Box 518 Bolivar, OH 44612 330-874-1001 1-800-445-2069 Fax 330-874-2558 Please patronize or advertisers. They make or blletin possible. Thank Yo! This blletin is frnished to the parish withot charge. The advertisements that appear completely defray all pblishing costs, with which the chrch wold otherwise be brdened. Please patronize these sponsors as a thank-yo for their kind generosity.

We read in Sacred Scriptre that Or Lord Jess Christ, sent on earth for the salvation of the hman race, did not begin by teaching; He began by doing. And what He did was to integrate flly into His life every type of virte. He then went on to teach, by preaching the good news of salvation to poor people, and by passing on to His Apostles and disciples what they needed to know to become gides for others. ~SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL Monday, September 24 ~ Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Holy Gospel: Lke 8:16-18 Jess said to the crowd: No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it nder a bed; rather, he places it on a lamp stand so that those who enter may see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light. Take care, then, how yo hear. To anyone who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he seems to have will be taken away. Meditation: What do the images of light and a lamp tell s abot God's kingdom? Lamps in the ancient world served a vital fnction, mch like they do today. They enable people to see and work in the dark and to avoid stmbling. The Jews also nderstood "light" as an expression of the inner beaty, trth, and goodness of God. In his light we see light (Psalm 36:9). His word is a lamp that gides or steps (Psalm 119:105). God's grace not only illmines the darkness in or lives, bt it also fills s with spirital light, joy, and peace. Jess sed the image of a lamp to describe how his disciples are to live in the light of his trth and love. Jst as natral light illmines the darkness and enables one to see visally, so the light of Christ shines in the hearts of believers and enables s to see the heavenly reality of God's kingdom. In fact, or mission is to be light-bearers of Christ so that others may see the trth of the gospel and be freed from the blindness of sin and deception. Prayer: O God, who fonded all the commands of yor sacred Law pon love of yo and of or neighbor, grant that, by keeping yor precepts, we may merit to attain eternal life. Throgh or Lord Jess Christ, yor Son, who lives and reigns with yo in the nity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Contemplation: Jess remarks that nothing can remain hidden or secret. We can try to hide things from others, from orselves, and from God. How tempting to sht or eyes from the conseqences of or sinfl ways and bad habits, even when we know what those conseqences are. And how tempting to hide them from others and even from God. Bt, nonetheless, everything is known to God who sees all. There is great freedom and joy for those who live in God's light and who seek his trth. Those who listen to God and heed his voice will receive more from him abndance of wisdom, gidance, peace, and blessing. Do yo know the joy and freedom of living in God's light? Tesday, September 25 ~ Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Holy Gospel: Lke 8:19-21 The mother of Jess and his brothers came to him bt were nable to join him becase of the crowd. He was told, Yor mother and yor brothers are standing otside and they wish to see yo. He said to them in reply, My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it. Meditation: Have yo given any thoght to the real meaning of what it means to be Christian? While being a Christian involves doctrine, precepts, and commandments, it is first and foremost a relationship a relationship with Christ bilt on trst, affection, commitment, loyalty, faithflness, kindness, thoghtflness, compassion, mercy, helpflness, encoragement, spport, strength, protection, and so many other qalities that bind people together in mtal love and nity. God offers s the greatest of relationships nion of heart, mind, and spirit with himself, the very athor and sorce of love (ref. 1 John 4:8,16). God's love never fails, never forgets, never compromises, never lies, never lets s down nor disappoints s. His love is consistent, nwavering, nconditional, and nstoppable. Nothing can deter him

from ever leaving s, ignoring s, or treating s nkindly. God wants all of or relationships to be rooted in his love. Jess is God's love incarnate God's love made visible in hman flesh (ref. 1 John 4:9-10). That is why Jess describes himself as the good shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep and the shepherd who seeks ot the sheep who have strayed and lost their way. God is like the father who yearns for his prodigal son to retrn home and then throws a great party for his son when he has a change of heart and comes back (ref. Lke 15:11-32). Jess offered p his life on the cross for or sake, so that we cold be forgiven and restored to nity and friendship with God. It is throgh Jess that we become the adopted children of God his own sons and daghters. Prayer: O God, who fonded all the commands of yor sacred Law pon love of yo and of or neighbor, grant that, by keeping yor precepts, we may merit to attain eternal life. Throgh or Lord Jess Christ, yor Son, who lives and reigns with yo in the nity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Contemplation: Ask yorself a very fndamental qestion: Who do yo love and cherish the most? God did not intend for s to be alone, bt to be with others. He gives s many opportnities for developing relationships with family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers. Why does Jess seem to ignore his own relatives when they pressed to see him? His love and respect for his mother and his relatives is nqestionable. Jess never lost an opportnity to teach his disciples a spirital lesson and trth abot the kingdom of God. On this occasion when many gathered to hear Jess he pointed to another higher reality of relationships, namely or relationship with God and with those who belong to God. Wednesday, September 26 ~ Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Saints Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs Holy Gospel: Lke 9:1-6 Jess smmoned the Twelve and gave them power and athority over all demons and to cre diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He said to them, Take nothing for the jorney, neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tnic. Whatever hose yo enter, stay there and leave from there. And as for those who do not welcome yo, when yo leave that town, shake the dst from yor feet in testimony against them. Then they set ot and went from village to village proclaiming the good news and cring diseases everywhere. Meditation: Why does Jess tell the apostles to "travel light" with little or no provision? "Poverty of spirit" frees s from greed and preoccpation with possessions and makes ample room for God's provision. The Lord wants his disciples to be dependent on him and not on themselves. He wills to work throgh and in each of s for his glory. Are yo ready to handle the power and athority which God wishes yo to exercise on his behalf? The Lord entrsts s with his gifts and talents. Are yo eager to place yorself at his service, to do whatever he bids yo, and to witness his trth and saving power to whomever he sends yo? Prayer: May yo be magnified, O Lord, by the revered memory of yor Saints Cosmas and Damian, for with providence beyond words yo have conferred on them everlasting glory, and on s, yor nfailing help. Throgh or Lord Jess Christ, yor Son, who lives and reigns with yo in the nity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Contemplation: When people se the phrase yo can t teach an old dog new tricks as a crtch to say that they do not have the ability or the capacity to change their lives, they are shortchanging themselves, the power of God, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the transformative words and teachings of Jess Christ. God's word has power to change and transform or lives. Do yo recognize the power and athority which God has entrsted to yo as his son or daghter? Jess gave his apostles both power and athority to speak and to act in his name to cast ot evil spirits, to heal, and to speak the word of God. When Jess spoke of power and athority he did something nheard of. He wedded power and athority with love and hmility. The world and the flesh seek power for selfish gain. Jess teaches s to se it for the good of or neighbor. Abot Saints Cosmas and Damian: This is one of the most ancient feasts of the Chrch, and these two martyrs have been honored in the East and West in many ways, inclding the bilding of chrches in their honor in Rome and Constantinople. Along with St. Lke, they are the patron saints of doctors. Sts. Cosmas and Damian were venerated in the East as the moneyless ones becase they practiced medicine gratis. According to the legend, they were twin brothers, born in Arabia, who stdied in Syria and became skilled physicians. They were spposed to have lived on the Bay of Alexandretta in Cilicia, in what is now Trkey. Since they were prominent Christians, they were among the first arrested when the great

persection nder Diocletian began. Lysias, the governor of Cilicia, ordered their arrest, and they were beheaded. Their bodies, it was said, were carried to Syria and bried at Cyrrhs. What is certain is that they were venerated very early and became patrons of medicine, known for their miracles of healing. The Emperor Jstinian was cred by their intercession and paid special honor to the city of Cyrrhs where their relics were enshrined. Their basilica in Rome, adorned with lovely mosaics, was dedicated in the year 530. They are named in the Roman Martyrology and in the Canon of the Mass, testifying to the antiqity of their feast day. Cosmas and Damian were not only ideal Christians by their practice of medicine withot fee, they also symbolized God's blessing pon the art of healing and that respect for every form of science, which is an important part of Christian tradition. Thrsday, September 27 ~ Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Saint Vincent de Pal, Priest Holy Gospel: Lke 9:7-9 Herod the tetrarch heard abot all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed becase some were saying, John has been raised from the dead ; others were saying, Elijah has appeared ; still others, One of the ancient prophets has arisen. Bt Herod said, John I beheaded. Who then is this abot whom I hear sch things? And he kept trying to see him. Meditation: Who do yo most admire? People with important titles, power, inflence, fame or wealth? Scriptre warns s of sch danger (see Proverbs 23:1-2). King Herod had respected and feared John the Baptist as a great prophet and servant of God. John, however did not fear to rebke Herod for his adlteros affair with his brother's wife. Herod, however, was more of a people pleaser than a God pleaser. Herod not only imprisoned John to silence him, bt he also beheaded him simply to please his family and friends. Now when reports of Jess' miracles and teaching reach Herod's cort, Herod becomes very trobled in conscience. He thinks that John the Baptist has risen from the dead! Herod soght to meet Jess more ot of criosity and fear than ot of a sincere desire to know God's wisdom and trth. Prayer: O God, who for the relief of the poor and the formation of the clergy endowed the Priest Saint Vincent de Pal with apostolic virtes, grant, we pray, that, afire with that same spirit, we may love what he loved and pt into practice what he taght. Throgh or Lord Jess Christ, yor Son, who lives and reigns with yo in the nity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Contemplation: Who is most inflential in yor life? And who do yo most want to be like? We natrally look p to other people we want to imitate. If we trly want to be like God and to live as his sons and daghters, then it greatly helps s to have models and examples of godly people who show s how to live in the power of God's love and holiness. God's grace frees s from the tyranny of fear and the pressre to please others rather than to please God. Do yo allow God's grace to fill yo with faith and corage to choose what is good and pleasing to him and to reject whatever wold keep yo from embracing his love and will for yor daily life? Abot Saint Vincent de Pal: St. Vincent de Pal was a great apostle of charity, and broght a great revival of the priesthood in the 17th centry. He was born near Dax in the Landes (France) in 1581. As a yong priest he was captred by Moorish pirates who carried him to Africa. He was sold into slavery, bt freed in 1607 when he converted his owner. Having retrned to France, he became sccessively a parish priest and chaplain to the galley-slaves. He fonded a religios Congregation nder the title of Priests of the Mission or Lazarists (now known as Vincentians), and he bond them by a special way to ndertake the apostolic work of charity; he sent them to preach missions, especially to the ignorant peasants of that time, and to establish seminaries. In order to help poor girls, invalids, and the insane, sick and nemployed, he and St. Loise de Marillac fonded the Congregation of the Daghters of Charity, now better known as the Sisters of St. Vincent. St. Vincent worked tirelessly to help those in need: the impoverished, the sick, the enslaved, the abandoned, the ignored. He died in 1660 at St. Lazars's hose, Paris. His motto: God sees yo. Friday, September 28 ~ Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Saint Wenceslas, Martyr Holy Gospel: Lke 9:18-22 Once when Jess was praying in solitde, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, Who do the crowds say that I am? They said in reply, John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, One of the ancient prophets has arisen. Then he said to them, Bt who do yo say that I am? Peter said in reply, The Christ of God. He rebked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone. He said, The Son of Man mst sffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.

Meditation: Peter's faith was sorely tested when Jess explained that it was necessary for the Messiah to sffer and die in order that God's work of redemption might be accomplished. How startled the disciples were when they heard this word! How different are God's thoghts and ways from or thoghts and ways! Throgh hmiliation, sffering, and death on the cross Jess broke the powers of sin and death and won for s eternal life and freedom from the slavery of sin and from the oppression of or enemy, Satan, the father of lies and the deceiver of hmankind. If we want to share in Christ's victory, then we mst also take p or cross and follow him where he leads s. What is the "cross" that yo and I mst take p each day? When my will crosses with God's will, then his will mst be done. To know Jess Christ is to know the power of his victory on the cross and his resrrection. The Holy Spirit gives each of s the gifts and strength we need to live as sons and daghters of God. The Holy Spirit gives s faith to know the Lord Jess personally as or Redeemer, and the power to live the gospel faithflly, and the corage to witness to others the joy, trth, and freedom of the gospel. Who do yo say that Jess is? Prayer: O God, who taght the Martyr Saint Wenceslas to place the heavenly Kingdom before an earthly one, grant throgh his prayers that, denying orselves, we may hold fast to yo with all or heart. Throgh or Lord Jess Christ, yor Son, who lives and reigns with yo in the nity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Contemplation: A fndamental, yet critical qestion for each one of s: Who is Jess for yo? Many in Israel recognized Jess as a mighty man of God, even comparing him with the greatest of the prophets. Peter, always qick to respond whenever Jess spoke, professed that Jess was trly the Christ of God. No mortal being cold have revealed this to Peter, bt only God. Throgh the eyes of faith Peter grasped who Jess trly was. He was the first apostle to pblicly recognize Jess as the Anointed One whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world as Lord and Savior (Lke 2:11, Acts 2:36). Christ is the Greek word for Messiah, the Hebrew word which is also translated as the Anointed One. Abot Saint Wenceslas: This Dke of Bohemia was born abot the year 907 at Prage, Bohemia (now the Czech Repblic). His father was killed in battle when he was yong, leaving the kingdom to be rled by his pagan mother. Wenceslas was edcated by his grandmother, Ldmilla, also a saint. She taght him to be a Christian and to be a good king. She was killed by pagan nobles before she saw him king, bt she left him with a deep commitment to the Christian faith. Throghot his life he preserved his virginity nblemished. As dke he was a father to his sbjects, generos toward orphans, widows, and the poor. On his own sholders he freqently carried wood to the hoses of the needy. He often attended the fnerals of the poor, ransomed captives, and visited those sffering in prison. He was filled with a deep reverence toward the clergy; with his own hands he sowed the wheat for making altar breads and pressed the grapes for the wine sed in the Mass. Dring winter he wold visit the chrches barefoot throgh snow and ice, freqently leaving behind bloody footprints. Wenceslas was eighteen years old when he scceeded his father to the throne. Withot regard for the opposition, he worked in close cooperation with the Chrch to convert his pagan contry. He ended the persection of Christians, bilt chrches and broght back exiled priests. As king he gave an example of a devot life and of great Christian charity, with his people calling him Good King of Bohemia. His brother Boleslas, however, trned to paganism. One day he invited Wenceslas to his hose for a banqet. The next morning, on September 28, 929, as Wenceslas was on the way to Mass, Boleslas strck him down at the door of the chrch. Before he died, Wenceslas forgave his brother and asked God's mercy for his sol. Althogh he was killed for political reasons, he is listed as a martyr since the dispte arose over his faith. This king, martyred at the age of twenty-two, is the national hero and patron of the Czech Repblic. He is the first Slav to be canonized. Scriptre passages (NAB translation) cortesy of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; prayers are from The Roman Missal, Catholic Book Pblishing, 2011; information abot saints, solemnities, feasts and memorials cortesy of the Catholic Cltre web site. frlmpe:2018

Iglesia San José Ministerios Hispanos Vigésimo qinto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario 22 y 23 de Septiembre del 2018 Calendario Litúrgico: Misas en Español Domingo Septiembre 30 1:30 p.m. Domingo Octbre 7 1:30 p.m. Misas en Ingles Sábados 4:00 p.m. Domingos 8:30 a.m. y 11:00 a.m. Confesiones Antes de misa de español de 12:45 p.m. a 1:15 p.m. Intenciones de oración del Santo Padre Septiembre 2018: Universal: Los jóvenes del África Para qe los jóvenes del continente africano tengan acceso a la edcación y al trabajo en ss propios países. Invitación al coro Gadalpe Están cordialmente invitados a practicar en el coro, todos los jeves a las 4:30 p.m. Si tiene pregntas llame a Matt Nadalin ó a la oficina al 330-364-6661. Hombres y mjeres son bienvenidos a nirse a este grpo. Noticias P.S.R. Renión de Confirmación para Padres Jeves 20 de septiembre a las 7:00 p.m. en el Centro de Vida Familiar, Si sted no pede asistir a esta renión por favor contacte a la oficina de la parroqia. Notas Espiritales Amós n profeta del reino del norte drante el siglo VIII antes de Cristo, habla palabras de jicio contra aqellos, qe pisotean a los más necesitados." Él es no de los profetas más fertes para dennciar la injsticia. La gente difícilmente podía esperar a qe los días santos sean para poder vender el grano y la medida de pesos para engañar." A pesar de qe en Israel son pesos para el Día del Señor," Amós les dijo qe será n día del jicio y jsticia, no es n día de alegría, porqe Dios los castigará por ss pecados. El escritor de la Primera de Timoteo nos invita a orar a cada no de nosotros, porqe esto es beno y agradable a Dios, nestro Salvador,/pes él qiere qe todos los hombres se salven." Orando por los reyes y por todos en la atoridad," qe hacemos la volntad de Dios canto oramos por ellos, no podemos dejar de pensar en ello desde na perspectiva diferente. Debajo de la posición en el Cristianismo primitivo era qe debían vivir como benos habitantes na extensión de reglas por condcta dentro del hogar. Como toda la gente, son hijos de Dios, estamos nidos como na sola familia, y así debemos vivir, con toda devoción y dignidad." En la lectra del Evangelio de hoy, vemos qe el administrador injsto fe elogiado no por s falta de honradez, sino por actar con prdencia." El mayordomo actúa con sensatez para asegrar s ftro. Al redcir la cantidad qe cada dedor le debe a s amo, gana el favor de los dedores. En los comentarios de Jesús despés de la parábola, escchamos el llamado a los discíplos a tener n sentido similar. Los niños de este mndo/ son más prdentes tratándose de s gente qe son los hijos de la lz." Esta parábola dirigida específicamente a los discíplos," nos enseña mientras nosotros somos habitantes del cielo, todavía tenemos qe enfrentar con la realidad de este mndo, y deberíamos hacerlo con el ben sentido del administrador. Para reflexión: Cál es mi actitd hacia los pobres? Apoyo n sistema qe pisotea sobre ellos o les ayde? Clase de Batismo: La próxima clase será en el Centro Familiar San José al 330-364-6661 o a los Ministerios Hispanos al 330-432-0811. Capilla de la Virgen de Gadalpe. Todos somos bienvenidos a venerar en la Capilla de la Virgen de Gadalpe. Podemos encender na vela qe permanece prendida por tres días, con na donación de $ 3.00. (2 velas por $6.00, etc.). Por favor sar sólo las velas de la Capilla. Por favor, recerde en s oración, a todos los enfermos, al salir de casa, y la recperación de nestra parroqia. Además, orar por aqellos qe sfren de condiciones físicas o mentales.