A Word from Your Pastor - August 24

Dear Parishioners:

We welcome all who are with us at the beginning of the new School Year.  To all returning: welcome back.  To all newcomers: Welcome to St. Timothy! We are glad you are here.

Welcome is the theme of the month.  God welcomes us into His Family through the Church and the Sacramental Life we share.  We are to respond to the welcome we have received by being welcoming to others.

According to the speaker Matthew Kelly, whose books many have read, there are four characteristics of Dynamic Catholics that are the sign of their real involvement in the life of the Catholic Church: Prayer, Study, Generosity and Evangelism.  Dynamic Catholic are those who pray, study the Faith, are generous with their time, talent and treasure, and who share their Faith intentionally with others.  How do you rate?  This is not something that anyone else needs to measure.  You can discover it within your own person.

Do you prayer more than perfunctory prayers?  Do you have a place for prayer in your home?  Do you participate in the daily and weekly rhythm of the Prayer of the Church?  Is prayer something that you do as a regular part of your life?

Have you come to realize the riches of the Catholic Faith?  Do you study Scripture, Tradition and the ongoing teaching of the Church?  Do you know the Saints and the writings of spiritual authors through the ages?

How generous are you?  Do you tithe your resources, giving to God His due before you make use of time, talent and treasure for your own benefit?  Do you put your money where your Faith is?

Have you begun to speak of your Faith to others in your family and beyond?  Who has come to know about Jesus Christ through you?

Please read through the bulletin and discover how you can strive in our parish to become more dynamic in your practice of the Faith.  Ask the Holy Spirit to lead you and your family to witness the Faith more truly.

As many of you know, this week I passed a landmark in my own life’s journey, reaching the age of 55.  That means I am now old enough to be considered and “elder.”  Thanks to all who have sent cards and birthday wishes.  God bless you!

 

2014 Young Catholic Woman of the Year:
Maya Steller of St. Timothy Church
with Dr. Kathy Lutter, 2012 Catholic Woman of the Year
and President of St. Timothy Women’s Club

 

We are very pleased to announce that our own Maya Steller was chosen as the 2014 recipient of the Young Catholic Woman of the Year award for the Diocese of Columbus.  Maya and her family were present at a banquet Sunday August 17 along with Bishop Campbell and many women throughout the Diocese of Columbus.  We congratulate her and thank her for her witness.  St. Timothy Parish is proud of Maya and all those who work to build up the Kingdom.
 

A Stewardship Challenge

A family in St. Timothy Parish who learned of our deficit in Stewardship for the past couple of years has volunteered to donate $25,000 to offset expenses for the 2013-2014 fiscal  year and to move us toward being current with our bills.  They suggest that other parishioners may be willing to donate to Parish Stewardship – funds for our ordinary needs in the life of the parish.  Are you willing to take up the challenge?  Your extra gift to Stewardship in response to this challenge would be gratefully accepted.  Meeting this anonymous donation with an equal amount would help a lot!  Mark your envelope with “Stewardship Challenge” or make an online gift at https://sttimothyoh.weshareonline.org/StewardshipChallenge .  Thank you!