Dear Parishioners:
The Catholic Church is in the news quite a bit these days. Sadly, the “spin” put on just about all the news makes it sound bad. The news that is good, and would be received by everyone as good, somehow never makes it to the front page.
We have to admit that we are a Church that is both human and divine, and that we who are meant to represent Christ often fail miserably through our own faults and sins. This takes away nothing from the Good News that the Church is to proclaim. We acknowledge that our human nature is in a fallen state and that salvation can come to us only through Christ. This humble admission of our need is the first step toward our receiving the fruits of the Redemption Christ won for us.
Once we have acknowledged our need, then the next step is to put our trust in God. This is not just a one-time event. Rather, it is ongoing. Trust is a living relationship. When we experience fear or doubt, the response is not to reject that feeling, but rather to transform it into trust. “Jesus, I trust in You” is the attitude we want to cultivate.
At the same time as we put our trust in God and in the action of His Spirit, we have to put our trust in the Church, even given all her faults. God has never ceased to create Saints through the Church in any age, no matter how corrupt it may be at any given time. Grace abounds. The Spirit that prepared the world for the Coming of Christ in Bethlehem is still at work preparing for His Second Coming. There is no real relationship with Jesus without including the Church.
Baptism is the one and only “ticket” to membership in the Church. To live our Baptism, responding to the Grace of God’s Call is to be Church, on our way to the Communion of Life offered to us in Eternity. The celebration of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, Corpus Christi is about the center of our life together as Church: The Holy Eucharist is the Source and Summit of the Christian Life.
Here are a few implications: We need to be participants in the Mass every Sunday and every Holy Day of Obligation, just as we need to breathe and to eat. If we absent ourselves from church for a spurious reason (i.e. not due to illness or impossibility), then we are missing something that our spirits require for survival. We don’t feel this hunger in the same way as we do physical hunger, but over the course of our lives, the presence or absence of spiritual nourishment becomes evident. Parents have a special responsibility to watch the menu their children are consuming for body and soul. And their example is crucial throughout the lives of their children.
Hear the call of our Eucharistic Lord to believe in His Presence in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Spend time with the Lord at Mass and in Adoration and you will have all the resources you need for this life and the next.
Celebrating our Golden Jubilee: Getting to know Saint Timothy’s Community of Faith.
We are looking at St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, since Ephesus was the see where St. Timothy served as Bishop. This may offer some perspectives on the Church and the Community among whom Timothy lived and ministered.
Live as children of light, for light produces every kind of goodness and righteousness and truth. Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them, for it is shameful even to mention the things done by them in secret; but everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says: “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” (Ephesians 5:9-14)
The contrast between light and darkness has been a constant in human history. St. Paul calls the Ephesians to live as children of the light and to see all things in the light of their effort to please the Lord. Christ is the source of the light. To be a follower of Christ means to acknowledge and live the truth. When we awaken to the truth of our relationship with Christ, we are given ever more understanding concerning God’s ways.
This Week in Our History: June 10-17
1963: The collection last week amounted to $1,190. We ask you please to keep up your Sunday contributions during the summer months. We are now entering a period of purchases for school furniture and furnishings. We want to do this out of current income rather than from borrowing. We want our school to be well equipped to begin operating in September.
Holy card mementos of the Holy Father (Pope John XXIII) will be distributed this morning. The official period of mourning will continue until the election of the new Pope. The College of Cardinals will begin balloting this week. Prayers to the Holy Ghost are said after the Masses for a happy choice for the new Pope.
1964: Now that school has recessed for the summer, parents should take care that the youngsters do not neglect the sacraments; confessions once a month and Holy Communion every Sunday.
The Civics Club of the 7th and 8th grades gave gifts of altar bells and a huge St. Timothy banner, now hanging in the hall, to the parish at the completion of the school year. We are all grateful to them.
Father Winkler will celebrate the televised Mass this morning at 10:00 am on Channel 4. Delegates to the Convention of the Ohio Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice will be the studio congregation.
St. Timothy’s Men’s Club Ball Team is in dire need of players. The last three games have had to be forfeited due to lack of players. If you are 25 years old and are interested in becoming a member of the team, please call Frank Kabealo.
1965: On Tuesday this week Father George Tumeo, newly ordained, will begin his duties as assistant pastor of St. Timothy’s. I know that you will all welcome him and make him feel at home in the parish.
1966: Due to our unsuccessful and costly venture of the past year the parish will not provide or be responsible in any way for the transportation for Watterson students in the coming school year. Parents and students are urged to make provisions early for the school year.
Newly baptized: Marianne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Longo
1967: Banns of Marriage, for the first time between Thomas Ingram and Linda Johnson, both of this parish.
1968: Please remember in your prayers Mr. W. P. Anawalt and Mrs. George (Margaret) Hughes, members of this parish who died this past week.
1969: We welcome Father David Schilder who is our new Assistant. Father Burkhart and Father Lavelle will be in residence here for the greater part of the summer.
The first Parish Council Meeting will take place tomorrow evening, June 16, at 7:30 in the Parish Hall. Representatives for the various commissions are: Community Involvement, Ruth DuMont; Public Relations, Larry Sullivan; Ecumenism, Robert Hooks; Adult Education, Jen Jordan; Liturgy, Dr. John Verhoff; Building and Maintenance, Bill Drake.
1970: This week the parish community of St. Timothy says a fond farewell to Father Augustine Winkler, its priest and pastor and president since the Bishop of Columbus commissioned him to found the parish nine years ago.
During the decade in which he presided over the development of St. Timothy’s, the Catholic Church experienced the revolution of Vatican Council II. It was a time in which the relationship of a pastor and his people was significantly changed. Father Winkler has responded admirably to that challenge of change in the Church.
Father Winkler has welcomed, with deep understanding and genuine Christian love, the cooperation of the parishioners in the development of the liturgical life of the community, the evolution of St. Timothy’s School and CCD programs, the formation of a meaningful parish council, and the shift from old to new in so many areas of parish life.
In his position as pastor of St. Timothy’s, Father Winkler has shown us what it means to be a Catholic in the Nineteen Sixties and after. Through his nine years here he has been what a priest should be: a leader who responded to the need of his parishioners, a prophetic voice urging them to live fruitfully in the world of today, and above all, a priest who helped them immeasurably in their relationship to God and each other.
For all of this the parishioners of St.Timothy’s can only express their complete gratitude to their first pastor. They congratulate the parishioners of Holy Name whom he goes to serve. They extend to Father Winkler their profound best wishes for his continued happiness in his vocation as a priest of God in the Church.
1971: Father James Kraus will take up residence a Co-Pastor on Thursday of this week. He is a man of many talents and twenty years of experience as a priest. I am happy to have him in this capacity.
A Co-Pastor is different from an Assistant Pastor. An Assistant does most of the leg-work but does not share in the administration of the parish.
As Co-Pastor, Father Kraus will share in the responsibilities of the administration of the parish.
This has been tried is a few parishes and has worked out quite favorably. I know you will cooperate to the fullest with this new arrangement.
1976: You are cordially invited to attend a farewell Mass and reception for Fr. Kraus and Fr. Kessler on Tuesday, June 15. Mass will be at 7:30: a reception will follow on the parish hall.
1977: Our best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Doyle and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gardner, who will be participating in the Fourth Annual 25th and 50th Diocesan Wedding anniversary Celebration today at 3:00 pm at Christ the King Church, with Bishop George Fulcher as celebrant.
1978: Banns of Matrimony are announced between Linda Spillers of St. Timothy and John Hegler of St. Paul’s, Euclid, Ohio.
Did you know? The Pope did not say that Christians HAVE to eat meat on Fridays. He said that it would not be a mortal sin if they did. In fact, he said that Catholics who do eat meat on Friday should do some other penitential act to replace the abstinence from meat.
1980: Father DeVille, Father Tague, and all the staff at St. Timothy wish all the fathers and grandfathers of the parish a very HAPPY FATHER’S DAY. May God fill the day with joy for each of you.
1981: The wedding of Donna Paquette of St. Timothy and John Swartz of St. Agatha will take place Saturday, June 20 at 2:30 pm in St. Timothy Church.
Several weeks age someone broke into the parish church-school building and pulled the Poor Box off the wall. It is not being replaced because it poses a target for thieves. If you wish to give money for the poor and the hungry, put it in a plain envelope, mark it “For the Poor”, and drop it in the Sunday collection basket.
Baptisms: Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Tom and Kathy Theado; Patrick Michael, son of Mark and Linda Hennessy; Jennifer Ann, daughter of Richard and Marsha Taliaferro; Sarah Ellen, daughter of Arthur and Patricia Antry; Nicholas James, son of Scott and Jeanne DiFranceso; Carley Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eva Bigler; Sara Michelle, daughter of Jerry and Patricia Wilshire; Molly Macklin, daughter of Richard and Linda Yoder; Bryan Michael, son of Michael and Karen Brailer; Benjamin Thomas, son of Nicholas and Patricia Hoffer; Shawn Michael, son of Lawrence and Ann Riehl
1982: And many, many thanks. The weekend celebration of the retirement of the parish debt last weekend was an outstanding success, thanks to many, many people. Special thanks to Ken Leonard, Chairperson of the Saturday Night Dinner-Dance (at Sanese Services), and Mary Ann Marchese, Chairperson of the Sunday Afternoon Mass and Reception. Both celebrations were an indication of the meaning of parish community!
Mary Ann Marchese requested an expression of special thanks to Dale Beaver, Mark Bringardner, Mary Ann Davidson, Former Women’s Club Presidents, Teresa Schleifer, Peg Will, Joanne Williams and all others who helped to make the Sunday celebration a success.
1984: Our parish community rejoices that Delores McGroarty has completed the certification for the Family Life/Youth Ministry Training Program and will be commissioned by Bishop James Griffin in a special service June 10th at the Cathedral.
1988: On Saturday, June 18 at 2:30 pm Monica Gardner and Kevin Flynn will be married in St. Timothy.
Our Parish history will be included is a pictorial directory to be issued this Christmas. A very organized process is being followed which will result in each family getting a free history/directory…Help us celebrate our first 25 years in this very graphic manner.
1989: Please remember in your prayers Don Simon and J. Paul Roach of St. Timothy Parish who were buried this past week.
The Marg Mooney Scholarship Fund will be an endowed fund providing an annual scholarship recognizing a graduating 8th grader who exemplifies the goal of St. Timothy school; the formation of the complete Christian child through spiritual growth, academic growth and a sense of service. Please demonstrate our parish appreciation of Marg’s 26 years of service by making this scholarship a success that will benefit St. Timothy students for years to come.
1991: Please remember in your prayers George Fares who died and was buried this past week.
1996: Father William Arnold, who has been in residence at St. Timothy since October 1993, has been appointed Pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Dover, Ohio. Father has been Vice-Principal of St. Charles High School and weekend associate at both St. Michael Parish in Worthington and here at St. Timothy.
1999: Congratulations to Bob and Betty Fuller on their 50th wedding anniversary and to Tim and Audrey Kelsey an their 25th wedding anniversary.
2001: Congratulations to Lindsey Fish and Josh Gelhaus who will be married Saturday, June 16 at 6:30 pm.
2002: Congratulations to Jennifer Brembeck and Trevor Siders, who will be married on June 22.
Congratulations to Joe and Marie Baudo who will celebrate their 50th anniversary on June 22nd.
2004: Having celebrated with you this past Sunday the Feast of the Holy Trinity, I would like to offer a Trinitarian prayer of Farewell and Thanks.
-Praise and Thanksgiving to God the Father for having provided me with such a blessed opportunity to minister at St. Timothy Parish.
-Praise and Thanksgiving to Jesus Christ, Eternal Priest, for the priestly commitment of Fr. Shonebarger and Fr. Coleman, who have served us with dignity and fidelity during a very difficult time in the history of the Church.
-Praise and Thanksgiving to God the Holy Spirit for all the gracious parishioners who have manifested your Spirit of joy and hospitality as we prayed, played and worked together in the unity of the Holy Spirit.
-And finally, may we always remember our deceased loved ones who have witnessed to the promise of the Resurrection through their faithful living and their grace-filled dying. Amen
I leave with many cherished memories and a heart of gratitude for “All that has been and all that is yet to come”
Gratefully, Sr. Jeanne Brown
2009: Congratulations to John and Hilda Cline who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 20th.
2010: A Word from Your Pastor: As you know, this is a time of celebration for me and my ordination classmate, Fr. Jeff Rimelspach. We are very grateful to the people of St. Timothy Parish for hosting our anniversary Mass and dinner this Sunday (June 13). The actual date of the Anniversary is June 22. Fr. Jeff and I will be on our pilgrimage to Ireland and Germany for the next couple of weeks. I am including the itinerary of our journey so you can follow along and join us in prayer every day.
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