A Word from Your Pastor - July 14

Dear Parishioners and Festival Friends:

This weekend is always a banner weekend in St. Timothy Parish and in the Diocese of Columbus.  We welcome all our visitors and friends who join us for the annual Festival.   Kudos go out to Joe Lorenz and his crew for all they have done to prepare for a wonderful experience.  Thanks too to all who have volunteered, donated, and spent money to help support our School and Parish through our major fund raiser.

As we celebrate our Festival, many parishes around the Diocese are welcoming new priests into their communities.  This year is a big year for moves and changes.  Our neighborhood in the Northwest Deanery is changing.  Here are a few of the changes you will see if you visit our neighboring parishes:

Fr. Mike Watson, formerly Pastor at St. Andrew’s, is now Pastor of St. Mary’s, Delaware.  He and Watterson High School are happy that his new parish is still a feeder School, so he will be around, though it will be a longer journey. 

Msgr. Steve Moloney, formerly Pastor at Immaculate Conception, and Vicar General for the Diocese of Columbus, takes up his duties as Pastor at St. Andrew’s.  Along with him will be the newly ordained Fr. Nick Droll as Associate Pastor.

Fr. Jim Black, formerly Pastor at St. Mary’s, Delaware, has been in our neighborhood since March, as Pastor of St. Joan of Arc in Powell.  He will be joined by the newly ordained Fr. Mike Gentry, who is replacing Fr. Jeff Tigyer, who is now at Kenton, Immaculate Conception, as Associate Pastor (also called Parochial Vicar).

Fr. Mark Summers, formerly Associate Pastor of St. Michael Church, and before that of St. Brigid of Kildare, Dublin, is now Pastor of St. Peter Parish.  Fr. Justin Reis has entered into retirement and will be taking up residence at St. Agatha.

St. Michael Parish, whose Pastor is Fr. Tony Dinovo (who once had a stint at St. Andrew as Associate Pastor) now has the services of the newly ordained Fr. Matt Morris.  Notice that the three priests newly ordained for the Diocese of Columbus in 2013 are experiencing their first years of priestly ministry among us.  Keep them in your prayers!

You will notice that there are a few priests in our neighborhood who are not making changes at this time.  Msgr.  Joe Hendricks and Fr. Ty Tomson remain at St. Brigid in Dublin.  Fr. Jeff Rimelspach remains at St. Margaret of Cortona.  Fr. Bob Penhallurick and Msgr. John Johnson remain at St. Brendan in Hilliard.  Fr. Dan Ochs remains at St. Agatha.  Msgr. Romano Ciotola remains at Our Lady of Victory.  Msgr. John K. Cody remains at St. Christopher. 

And, I am happy to say, Fr. Timothy Hayes, Pastor at St. Timothy Church, remains here.   As of July 8^th, I have entered into my sixth year at St. Timothy.  How time flies!

Year of Faith October 11, 2012 – November 24, 2013

We continue our journey through the Year of Faith.  As one way of observing this year, each week a small section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is read before the start of Mass.  This is a small way of offering some food for growth in Faith throughout this year.

ARTICLE 3     SACRED SCRIPTURE

IV. The Canon of Scripture

120 It was by the apostolic Tradition that the Church discerned which writings are to be included in the list of the sacred books.  (Cf. Dei Verbum 8 § 3.) This complete list is called the canon of Scripture. It includes 46 books for the Old Testament (45 if we count Jeremiah and Lamentations as one) and 27 for the New. (Cf. Council of Trent)

The Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, the Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.

The New Testament: the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the Acts of the Apostles, the Letters of St. Paul to the Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, the Letter to the Hebrews, the Letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2, and 3 John, and Jude, and Revelation (the Apocalypse).

Comment: The formal listing of all the Books in the Bible was codified at the Council of Trent, but this list, just as it appears here, has been the Canon of the Catholic Church from the earliest centuries.  The books listed in Bold Print above are the Deuterocanonical Books, the books contained in the Catholic Bible that were taken out of the list by the Jews (whose books they were!) and later by the Protestants.  Have you ever taken the time to get to know the names of the books of the Bible?  Have you read the books that are kept by the Catholic Church that others have left out?

Focolare Word of Life for July 2013:  For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Gal. 5:14)

http://www.focolare.org/en/news/category/parola-di-vita/

 

 

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd at St. Timothy Church

We are ready to launch a wonderful new way of drawing our children into the Mysteries of our Catholic Faith.  For those who are familiar with the Montessori Method of education, it should not be a surprise that there is a corresponding approach that allows our children to come to a profound understanding of the Catholic Faith as well.

Please see the insert in the bulletin this week and in the weeks ahead to learn more about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.  We will need to think creatively about our use of space in order to create an Atrium for each of the levels.  This new venture will be a transformation for all of us.  If you are interested in learning more or in being a part of this journey with the Good Shepherd, contact Rita Feige.