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In the Dayton Deanery

JULY 26, 2020

Pastoral Region XII

SAINT PETER

OUR LADY

OF THE ROSARY

HOLY CROSS

SAINT ADALBERT

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME JULY 26, 2020

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Pastor REV. ANTHONY CUTCHER [email protected]

Parochial Vicar REV. AMBROSE DOBROZSI [email protected]

In Residence REV. JOSEPH KINDEL

Deacons LEO CORDONNIER, ROBERT GUTENDORF, TIMOTHY HARRIS, ROBERT KOZLOWSKI, DAVID MCCRAY, NORBERT NAGY, DANIEL WADE

DARREN BACKSTROM Business Manager 937.233.1503 JOY BLAUL Pastoral Associate 937.237.3516 NICK CLUNE Athletic Director/ Youth Minister 937.233.3519 ANDREW LAROCHELLE St. Peter Music Director 937.233.1503 JACKI LOFFER OLR School Principal 937.222.7231 RON ALBINO St. Peter School Principal 937.233.8710 TERI VANMETER St. Peter ECC Director 937.237.3526

6161 Chambersburg Road Huber Heights, Ohio 45424

937.233.1503 Phone 937.237.3523 FAX OFFICE CLOSED DAYTONXII.ORG

MASS TIMES and INTENTIONS

SATURDAY, JULY 25: St. James, Apostle 8:30 am @ St. Peter Alvera Zink 4:30 pm @ St. Peter Kenneth Stapleton: Birthday Remembrance (AC) 5:00 pm @ OLR Grant Gonzalez: Anniversary of Death Henry Horn and Family, Barbara Palmere (AD) SUNDAY, JULY 26: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 am @ St. Peter Living and Deceased Members of the Neff and Lokai Families (JK) 8:30 am @ OLR For the Parish (JR) 9:00 am @ St. Peter Lourdes Delos Santos (JK) 10:30 am @ Holy Cross For the Parish (AC) 11:00 am @ OLR Special Intention: The Stibich Family (JR) 11:00 am @ St. Peter Eugene Huecker (AD) 6:00 pm @ St. Peter Robert M. Huston (AD) MONDAY, JULY 27 6:30 am @ St. Peter Shirley Widmeyer 8:30 am @ St. Peter Joseph Mantz: Birthday TUESDAY, JULY 28 6:30 am @ St. Peter Angela Volpone: Anniversary of Death 8:30 am @ St. Peter Joanne D. Peltier WEDNESDAY, JULY 29: St. Martha 6:30 am @ St. Peter Special Intention: Father Deepak D’Souza 8:30 am @ St. Peter Edna Brennan: Birthday THURSDAY, JULY 30: St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop & Doctor of the Church 6:30 am @ St. Peter Living and Deceased Members of the Brinkman, Goubeaux, and Foley Families 8:30 am @ St. Peter Eberhart Kummer: Anniversary of Death FRIDAY, JULY 31: St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest 6:30 am @ St. Peter The Schlorman Family 8:30 am @ St. Peter Special Intention: John Schons SATURDAY, AUGUST 1: St. Alphonsus Liguori Bishop & Doctor of the Church 8:30 am @ St. Peter The Franck and Hemmelgarn Families 4:30 pm @ St. Peter Edna Brennan: Anniversary of Death (AD) 5:00 pm @ OLR Anita Marting Nielsen (AC) SUNDAY, AUGUST 2: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 am @ St. Peter Marquetta Lokai: Anniversary of Death (AD) 9:00 am @ OLR Mary Merta, Ed Sypulski: Anniversary of Death Charles Walker, Virginia Wolski: Birthday (JR) 9:00 am @ St. Peter Living and Deceased Members of the Liette and Murlin Families (AC) 10:30 am @ Holy Cross Special Intention: Father Deepak D’Souza (AD) 11:00 am @ St. Peter Genevieve Kotlinski, Victor Reinhart (JK)


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GOSPEL MEDITATION Encourage Deeper Understanding of Scripture

A single mother who has a child with special needs works two jobs and sacrifices much of her own pleasures in order to be available for her son. Being the best mother possible is important to her and brings her joy. We are willing to make great and often heroic sacrifices for those people and things that matter most to us. Unless there is something of obvious importance to us in our immediate path, we can easily approach life in a more haphazard and chaotic way. We jump from one thing to another, responding to whatever it is that is competing for our attention at that moment. When everything is important, nothing is important.

If we do not wear the right pair of glasses, we can get all too easily caught up in the superficial stuff and neglect paying attention to the things that really matter. The kingdom of God is like the pearl of great price that is worth selling everything for so that it can be obtained. Based on where I invest my time and energy each day, I really wonder whether I am serving God’s kingdom or my own. Have you ever considered tracking how you spend your time? You may be surprised! We allow our agendas to set the clock of our lives. We forget that joy and a true sense of purpose are not going to be found in following that timepiece. Joy is the expression of the happiness that is discovered when living in the kingdom of God. When our agenda matches God, not only do we leap for joy but God leaps with delight as well. Our well-being is what matters most to God.

Can you imagine God delighting in you? It is easy to deaden our senses to the whole reality of God and the joy that living the Gospel can bring. The demands of secular life and the agendas competing for our attention can quickly do that. We can get tired and spiritually apathetic. But if we can see our way through all of the conflicting voices and hear the voice of God, we can rediscover our zeal and passion and redirect our efforts. When we begin to see as God sees, we can rise each day and notice what really needs our attention and embrace it with exuberance. Be careful, though. It may not be what we originally had on our list. Responding to it, however, will be worth putting everything else aside.

First Reading “Give your servant,

therefore, an understanding heart

to judge your people and to distinguish right

from wrong.” (1 Kgs 3:9a)

Psalm Lord, I love your

commands. (Ps 119)

Second Reading We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are

called according to his purpose. (Rom 8:28)

Gospel “The kingdom of heaven is

like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds

and hides again, and

out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys

that field.” (Mt 13:44)

Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass

©2001, 1998, 1970 CCD. The English translation of Psalm Responses from

Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997,

International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation.

All rights reserved.

WORSHIP & MEDITATION


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What to expect when you return to Mass: we look forward to seeing you back, when you feel it is appropriate to do so.

SUNDAY OBLIGATION

Archbishop Schnurr has extended the dispensation of obligation to attend Sunday Mass until further notice.

If you have been exposed to the virus or are experiencing symptoms, please do not attend Mass.

Mass attendees are REQUIRED to wear a mask in Church. Wash your hands before leaving home and bring hand sanitizer to Church.

Maximum capacity within all churches will be limited according to Archdiocesan guidelines. Please continue to use social distancing and maintain the six feet rule. Updates will be posted in the bulletin and on social media.

Each Church will have designated entry points. All other doors will be locked. St. Peter Church main foyer doors will be opened. OLR Church doors on Notre Dame Avenue and the alley side will be opened. Holy Cross Church main foyer door open.

Ushers will seat parishioners according to social distancing protocols. There will be no holy water in the fonts.

Please do not hold hands during the Our Father. No Sign of Peace.

The line to receive Communion will be single file. Ushers will guide parishioners by rows. Holy Communion on the tongue is strongly discouraged; there will be no Holy Communion from the chalice. St. Peter Church will have three lines. OLR Church and Holy Cross Church will have one line.

Parishioners are asked not to leave Mass early. Ushers will dismiss parishioners according to social distancing protocols.

PLEASE VISIT DAYTONXII.ORG FOR UPDATED DETAILS; SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

SUNDAY offertory

There will be no offertory collection during Mass; baskets will be placed at the Church doors for your donations.

Your contributions for all Churches can be mailed to the Parish Administration Office or scheduled online on the region website at daytonxii.org.

Offertory envelopes can be dropped off in the black secured box located by the Parish Administration Office main doors, in the mail slot located in the St. Peter Church main foyer Youth Ministry glass case, and in the mailbox slot at the Our Lady of the Rosary Church rectory house (be sure the envelope goes into slot into the house).


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CLEANING PROCEDURES

In between Masses, our staff will clean the Church, and the pews will be sanitized.

Restrooms are cleaned on Saturday and Sunday.

Hand sanitizer and wipes are available at the entrance of all Churches.

Doors will be propped open 30 minutes before Mass to minimize interaction with handle surfaces.

After mass

Please do not socialize in the church or outside following Mass. Ushers will dismiss parishioners following Mass. Always maintain the six feet social distance protocol.

Livestreamed mass

The 9:00 am Sunday Mass and 8:30 am weekday Masses from St. Peter Church will be livestreamed every week. Visit daytonxii.org for the direct link to the new streaming service we are using.

COMMUNION

The line to receive Communion will be single file. Ushers will guide parishioners by rows. Holy Communion on the tongue is strongly discouraged; there will be no Holy Communion from the chalice. St. Peter Church will have three lines. OLR Church and Holy Cross Church will have one line. Ushers will dismiss by pews; maintain the six feet social distance protocol. Remove mask to receive Communion.

SACRAMENT of RECONCILIATION

Confessions are held on Saturdays from 3:00 to 4:00 pm at St. Peter Church and from 4:00 to 4:30 pm at Our Lady of the Rosary Church. Hand sanitizer will be available in the church. Penitents are encouraged to sanitize their hands before and after Confession. Maintain six feet social distance protocol.

Parish OFFICE

Although the Parish Administration Office is closed, we are still here for our parishioners. The parish staff is in the office Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Please call 937.233.1503 to make an appointment with staff members.

SUNDAY BULLETIN

Bulletin articles are due in writing by Friday at 12:00 noon (ten days before bulletin date) through email at [email protected] or in writing. Please call Laura Joliat at 937.233.1503 for details. The Sunday bulletin can be found on daytonxii.org.

Updated information

For up-to-date information on events in the region, please visit our website at daytonxii.org as well as our Facebook page (search for DaytonXII).

Baptismal prep class

The next Baptismal Preparation Class will be on Saturday, August 1, from 9:00 to 10:30 am in Classroom 118 at St. Peter School. Please call 937.237.3516 to RSVP for the class.


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FAMILY FAITH MOMENTS

The Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola is July 31. After reading about Christ and lives of the Saints, while recovering from a war injury, Ignatius turned his life around. He gave up his uniform and sword and dedicated his life to God’s service. He returned to school at the University of Paris to study theology, serve the poor and to pray often. Ignatius wrote his Spiritual Exercises, a guidebook for closer union with God. As others came to share in his vision, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) was formed. Some became missionaries, others began schools.

Celebrating the Feast Days of the Saints at home. After spending a day outdoors and getting plenty of physical exercise, try some spiritual exercise by spending quiet restful time with God. Read a Bible story, a story about a Saint, or spend time just in quiet prayer.

PRAY the ROSARY

All are invited to pray the Rosary at 8:00 am (before the 8:30 am Mass) at Our Lady of the Rosary.

Please note that the new time will be 8:30 am when the new Mass schedule begins on August 1 and the Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary is at 9:00 am.

We have been closely monitoring the Mass attendance in our region since we returned on May 31. With the risks associated with COVID-19 and given that the obligation to attend Mass is not going to be reinstated anytime soon, the Mass schedule will change the weekend of August 1 and 2. There will be no 6:00 evening Mass at St. Peter, and the only Sunday Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary will be at 9:00 am. All other Masses remain the same. The new schedule is listed below.

ST. PETER CHURCH Saturday Vigil @ 4:30 PM

Sunday Masses @ 7:30, 9:00, and 11:00 AM

OUR LADY of the ROSARY CHURCH Saturday Vigil @ 5:00 PM Sunday Mass @ 9:00 AM

HOLY CROSS CHURCH Sunday Mass @ 10:30 AM


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ACT of SPIRITUAL

COMMUNION

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the

Most Holy Sacrament. I love you above all

things, and I desire to receive you into my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment receive you

sacramentally, come at least spiritually

into my heart. I embrace you

as if you were already there and unite myself

wholly to you. Never permit me to be

separated from you.

THE ANGELUS

V/. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R/. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary…

V/. Behold the handmaid of the Lord. R/. Be it done unto me according to Your Word.

Hail Mary…

V/. The word became flesh R/. And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary…

V/. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God R/. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray. Pour forth, we beseech You, O Lord, Your grace into our hearts: that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Your Son, was made known by the message of an Angel, may, by His passion and cross be brought to the joy of His Resurrection, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

ST. MARTHA: July 29 Feast Day

Martha, Mary, and their brother Lazarus were

evidently close friends of Jesus. He came to

their home simply as a welcomed guest, rather

than as one celebrating the conversion of a

sinner like Zacchaeus or one unceremoniously

received by a suspicious Pharisee. The sisters

feel free to call on Jesus at their brother’s

death, even though a return to Judea at that

time seems almost certain death.

No doubt Martha was an active sort of person.

On one occasion, she prepares the meal for

Jesus and possibly His fellow guests and

forthrightly states the obvious: All hands should

pitch in to help with the dinner.

Yet, as biblical scholar Father John McKenzie

points out, she need not be rated as an

“unrecollected activist.” The evangelist is

emphasizing what our Lord said on several

occasions about the primacy of the spiritual:

“…[D]o not worry about your life, what you will

eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will

wear…. But seek first the kingdom [of God]

and his righteousness” (Matthew 6:25b, 33a);

“One does not live by bread alone” (Luke 4:4b);

“Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for

righteousness…” (Matthew 5:6a).

Martha’s great glory is her simple and strong

statement of faith in Jesus after her brother’s

death. “Jesus told

her, I am the

resurrection and the

life; whoever believes

in me, even if he dies,

will live, and everyone

who lives and

believes in me will

never die. Do you

believe this?’ She said

to him, ‘Yes, Lord. I

have come to

believe that you are

the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is

coming into the world’” (John 11:25-27).

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ST. VINCENT de PAUL

If you, or someone you know, is in a

financial crisis, please call St. Vincent

de Paul Society at 937.237.2111 for

those in the 45424 zip code and

937.228.7021 for those in the 45404.

ST. PETER FOOD PANTRY

The St. Peter Food Pantry is open on

Saturdays from 10:00 am to 12:00

noon for those in the 45424 zip code. PRAYER CHAIN

We are called to pray for each other

as a region family. If you or a loved

one is in need of prayers, send your

prayer request by calling the Parish

Administration Office at 937.233.1503

or to Jan Barbour through email at

[email protected]. Prayer

request will be sent out so that others

may pray for your intention. Your

privacy will be respected.

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SUNDAY BULLETIN

Bulletin articles are due in writing by

Friday at 12:00 noon (ten days before

bulletin date) through email at

[email protected] or in

writing. Please call Laura Joliat at

937.233.1503 for details. The Sunday

b u l l e t i n c a n b e f o u n d o n

daytonxii.org.

SURVIVORS of ABUSE

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati regards

child abuse in all its forms as gravely

sinful and criminal. Anyone who

knows of or suspects child abuse by a

legitimate member of the clergy or

hierarchy, employee, or volunteer of

the Archdiocese should first report the

abuse to the appropriate secular

legal authority and then to Teresa

Maley, Coordinator of Ministry to

Survivors of Abuse of the Archdiocese,

at 513.263.6623 or 1.800.686.2724,

extension 6623.

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BAPTISMS

Welcome the newly baptized

member to our Dayton Region

XII family: OLIVER KEGAN

SICKELS, son of Kegan and

Elizabeth Sickels, was baptized

at St. Peter Church on July 19 by

Father Joseph Kindel.

SYMPATHY

Please keep in your prayers the

fami l ies of the recently

deceased members in Dayton

Region XII: Richard Condi and

Mary Lou Sullivan from St. Peter

Parish.

PRAYER for TEACHERS

Christ our Teacher, You conveyed Your message through parables and

Proclamations; through mighty deeds and miracles; and through silence, sacrifice,

and love. As we begin a new school year, may all educators be inspired by Your example of patient invitation to truth.

Grant them the grace to lead by example, to teach with wisdom and authority, and to treat every child with dignity.

May they be strengthened to continue in this necessary work for the

Kingdom of God. Amen.


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NEW MEMBER REGISTRATION

Holy Cross • OLR • St. Adalbert • St. Peter

MR./MRS. • MR. • MRS. • MS. • MISS

Single • Married • Widowed

Separated • Divorced

NAME

ADDRESS

CITY, STATE, ZIP

PHONE

UNLISTED YES NO

E-MAIL

Place mail form to the Parish Administration

Office. New member registration can also be

completed at daytonxii.org. To update your

parish records, please call 937.233.1503 or

email [email protected].

BAPTISM: The Baptismal Preparation Class will resume on August 1 (and thereafter on the first Saturday of each month) from 9:00 to 10:30 am in Classroom 118 at St. Peter School. Please call 937.237.3516 to RSVP for the Baptism class and to schedule the Baptism. Baptisms are held after the 11:00 am Sunday Mass at St. Peter. Baptisms at Holy Cross, and Our Lady of the Rosary are by request.

COMMUNION: Please contact the Parish Administration Office at 937.233.1503 if you or a family member needs Communion brought to your home or nursing facility.

MARRIAGE: Arrangements are to be made six months in advance. Please call the Parish Administration Office at 937.233.1503.

RECONCILIATION: On Saturdays from 3:00 to 4:00 pm at St. Peter and from 4:00 to 4:30 pm at Our Lady of the Rosary. Also, by request.

ANOINTING of the SICK: Priests are available to administer the Sacrament of the Sick. Please call the Parish Administration Office at 937.233.1503.

POPE’S INTENTION for JULY

Our Families. That today’s families may be

accompanied with love, respect and guidance.

READINGS for WEEK of JULY 26

Sunday: 1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12/Ps 119:57, 72, 76-77,

127-128, 129-130/Rom 8:28-30/

Mt 13:44-52 or 13:44-46

Monday: Jer 13:1-11/Dt 32:18-19, 20, 21/

Mt 13:31-35

Tuesday: Jer 14:17-22/Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13/

Mt 13:36-43

Wednesday: Jer 15:10, 16-21/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7,

8-9, 10-11/Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42

Thursday: Jer 18:1-6/Ps 146:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab/

Mt 13:47-53

Friday: Jer 26:1-9/Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14/

Mt 13:54-58

Saturday: Jer 26:11-16, 24/Ps 69:15-16, 30-31,

33-34/Mt 14:1-12

Next Sunday: Is 55:1-3/Ps 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18/

Rom 8:35, 37-39/Mt 14:13-21

STEWARDSHIP of TREASURE

for July 18 & 19

HOLY CROSS $ 1,477.00

OUR LADY of the ROSARY $ 4,460.65

ST. ADALBERT $ 767.00

ST. PETER $17,304.10

PARISH CONTRIBUTIONS

Everything we have, everything we are, and

everything we will become is a gift from Almighty

God. As stewards of those gifts, we are called to

return those gifts to God in gratitude for His great

bounty. In these difficult times, please keep in your

prayers your brothers and sisters.

Your contributions to our region can be mailed to

the Parish Administration Office or scheduled online

on the region website at daytonxii.org. Offertory

envelopes can be dropped off in the black secured

box located by the Parish Administration Office

main doors, in the mail slot located in the St. Peter

Church main foyer Youth Ministry glass case, and in

the mailbox slot at the Our Lady of the Rosary

Church rectory house (be sure the envelopes goes

into slot into the house).

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