St. Charles and St. Patrick

Otterbein, IN Parishes Oxford, IN (765) 583-4641 Rev. Thomas J. Haan, Administrator (765) 385-2587

Mailing Address: 502 S. Michigan St. Oxford, IN 47971

Fax: (765) 385-0225 spchurch1@att.net

Father Haan’s e-mail: fatherhaan@gmail.com Website: www.stcharlesotterbein.com or www.stpatrickoxford.com

Baptisms: Contact the parish office for arrangements.

Marriages: Initial arrangements must be made at least 6 months in advance.

Parish Membership: All persons are welcome to become members of our parish community. You are encouraged to register with the parish office as soon as possible. Persons who are moving are also asked to inform the parish office.

Bulletin Info: Deadline for bulletin information is on Wednesday.

July 12, 2020

St. Patrick Sunday: 7:30 & 10:30 a.m.

Daily Masses: Monday 8:00 a.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m.

Religious Education K-8 Sunday 8:45 a.m. LIFE TEEN (Grades 9-12) Life Night 7:00 p.m.

Reconciliation: (starting June 6) Saturday 8:30-9:30 a.m. or by appointment.

St. Charles Saturday Vigil: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday: 9:00 a.m.

Daily Masses: Tuesday 8:00 a.m. Wednesday 5:45 p.m. Thursday 8:00 a.m.

Religious Education K-12 Sunday 10:00 a.m. LIFE TEEN (Grades 9-12) Life Night 7:00 p.m.

(at St. Patrick, Oxford)

Reconciliation: (starting June 6)

Monday 5:30-6:30 p.m. or by appointment.

Fifteenth Sunday

in Ordinary Time

St. Charles Parish, Otterbein

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Week at St. Charles

July 13 - 19 Monday, July 13 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.: Confession, Rectory (Porch) Tuesday, July 14 - St. Kateri Tekakwitha 8:00 a.m.: +Beverly Montcastle Kiger by Richard Kiger Wednesday, July 15 - St. Bonaventure 5:45 p.m.: +Paul Satchell by Betsy Satchell Thursday, July 16 8:00 a.m.: +Poor Souls Saturday, July 18 5:30 p.m.: Vigil Mass: Intention of Barry Virgin by Barbara Virgin Sun., July 19 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:00 a.m.: +Cathy Chaney by Steve & Nancy Wittenauer

Collection Report from July 5 (We have issued 120 envelopes)

Regular Collection: $ 1331.00 (20 envelopes) Loose: $ 40.00 Total: $ 1371.00

Liturgical Ministers for July 18/19 There will be no assigned lectors, servers, or Extraordi-nary Ministers of Holy Communion, beyond our assigned seminarians.

Ushers/Greeters: 5:30 p.m.: Brad Wetli, Brian Geswein 9:00 a.m.: Mike Dwenger, Dan Rhoades 1

The tithe for next Sunday, July 19 will go to Catholic School Tuition Assistance.

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St. Bridget Prayer Chain:

Kim Deno Home: 583-1505 Cell: 765-714-3671 email: kbdeno@sbcglobal.net

Julie Kerkhoff Home: 583-4110 Cell: 765-586-5978

email: jkerkhoff@comcast.net

Congratulations to Chad and Abbie Spitznagle on the baptism of their daughter,

Jaime Rene Spitznagle on February 16, 2020.

To Brad Gephart and Brooke Wallpe on the baptism of their daughter, Annabelle Marie Gephart

on May 9, 2020. To Curtis and Megan Shidler on the baptism of their son,

Rhett Michael Shidler on June 14, 2020.

To Brent and Kelsey Budreau on the baptism of their son, Booth Joseph Budreau

on June 14, 2020. Also to Gregory and Rachel Jones on the baptism of their

son, Jameson Allan Jones on June 27, 2020.

Stewardship by the Book

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 11/12, 2020

In today’s second reading, Saint Paul gives us reason to hope for a wondrous future beyond our imagination. He preaches

this hope amidst the suffering of the early Christian communi-ties. “Brothers and sisters: I consider that the sufferings of this

present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us” (Romans 8:18). Good stewards realize that

by remaining faithful to the Gospel with persistence, fervor and endurance, our hope in the promises of Christ Jesus will be

rewarded. Reflect this week on concrete ways you can remain faithful to the Gospel during these challenging times.

Would you pray for a priest each day this week?

July 13 - Fr. Travis Stephens July 14 - Fr. William Summerlin July 15 - Fr. Clayton Thompson

July 16 - Very Rev. Eric Underwood July 17 - Fr. Peter Vanderkolk

July 18 - Fr. Mark Walter July 19 - Fr. Richard Weisenberger

Volunteers for sanitizing Church July 18/19: After 5:30 Mass: Deb Wallpe, Linda Rhoades After 9:00 Mass: Theresa Miller, Melissa Miller

St. Patrick Parish, Oxford The tithe next Sunday, July 19

will go to Catholic School Tuition Assistance.

******************** St. Patrick Prayer Chain:

Debbie Barnard 299-6214

Nancy Brost 385-5247

Family Volunteers Needed for Church Cleaning We are still in need of family volunteers for each week from June 22 - December 20 to help clean the church. If you would call the parish office we can schedule a week for you. We appreciate the help with this ministry.

First Communion Congratulations to our First Communion students who

will be receiving the Body and Blood of Christ for the first time this Sunday, July 12 at 10:30 a.m.

Emma Boehle River Gobel

Jacob Pitstick

July 12, 2020

This week at St. Patrick

July 13 - 19

Monday, July 13 8:00 a.m.: +Thelma Brost by Jeff & Lana Best

Wednesday, July 15 7:00 p.m.: Pastorate meeting, Parish Hall 7:00 p.m.: Young Adult Women’s Small Group

Friday, July 17 8:00 a.m.: +Kevin Leuck by Bill & Rose Moyars

Saturday, July 18 8:00 a.m.: +Nels Oneal by Wayne & Berneice Oneal 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Reconciliation, Sacristy

Sun., July 19 – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 a.m.: For the Parishioners of St. Charles & St. Patrick’s

10:30 a.m.: +Joe Kult by Pat Dwenger

Liturgical Ministers for July 19

There will be no assigned lectors, servers, or Extraordi-nary Ministers of Holy Communion beyond our as-signed seminarians.

Ushers: 7:30 a.m.: Kevin Brost 10:30 a.m.: Larry Richey, Tim Tabert

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Collection Report from July 5 (We have issued 109 adult envelopes)

Regular Collection: $ 915.00 (17 envelopes) Children’s Collection: $ (0 envelopes) Loose: $ 25.00 Total: $ 940.00

Church Cleaning this Week: Nancy Brost

Stewardship by the Book Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 12, 2020

May our stewardship of time, talent, and treasure show us to be among those who have

heard the message of Christ and taken it in, yield-ing a hundred - or sixty - or thirty-fold!

Bulletin Article by Seminarian Jason Diebolt Active Participation at Mass

Since we have removed the missalettes and the hymnals from the pews, we might ask the question, how can we fully and actively participate in the Mass? Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy) from the Second Vatican Council emphasizes the importance of active participation in the litur-gy. It says, “Mother Church earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to that fully conscious, and active participation in liturgical celebrations which is demanded by the very nature of the liturgy. Such participation by the Christian people as ‘a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a re-deemed people’ (1 Pet. 2:9; cf. 2:4-5), is their right and duty by reason of their baptism.” (14)

When we look back at the Latin used in the document for the word “active”, the term is ‘actuosa.’ This is different from the word ‘activa’, which is usually what we think of when we hear the word, “active.” ‘Activa’ describes a physical notion of doing something. ‘Actuosa’ is more of an interior notion by uniting our hearts and minds to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. This “participatio actuosa” can only be exercised through our Baptism by which we are adopted children of God. The outward, physical actions that we do at Mass should more importantly reflect our internal actions. These internal actions should give us a deeper sense of the mystery which is occurring during the Mass. Our beautiful churches help us to lift our hearts, minds, and souls to God to allow us to focus on the supernatural.

This idea of active participation is not a new concept. In fact, Pope Pius XII mentioned active participation in his encyclical, Mediator Dei (Mediator between God [and men]). In paragraph 199, he states, “the clergy and people become one in mind and heart, and that the Christian people take such an active part in the liturgy that it becomes a truly sacred action of due worship to the eternal Lord in which the priest, and the ordinary faithful are united together.” Each of us is called to be unit-ed with Jesus Christ where we offer our own joys and sufferings at Mass together with the priest. Through this unity, we open ourselves up to the graces that we receive at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which is the ultimate sign of unity and a bond of love.

Sacrosanctum Concilium says that we are not supposed to be just spectators, but to unite ourselves to the perfect Sacrifice, which is Christ Himself, who is present at every Mass. It is at the Mass where we listen to the Word of God and are nour-ished with Christ’s body, blood, soul, and divinity. It is exactly at this moment where we should give thanks to God where we grow in closer union with Jesus Christ so that we can give everything to Him.

In my own experience, I have found it helpful to prayerfully read over the Scriptures that are assigned each Sunday before Mass. This has helped me to fully engage in the readings when they are read during the Liturgy of the Word. This practice can help us actively participate by taking the Word of God to heart and meditating on the Scriptures. If we allow our hearts to be open, the Word will speak to us during Mass.

During the Liturgy of the Eucharist, bring your own offerings to the altar. This includes our intentions for our family and friends along with our own prayers, works, joys, and sufferings. When the priest says, “Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father”, this is the time to bring our offering and to make what the priest is saying our own words. Through these internal actions, we will be able to actively participate (“participatio actuosa”) in a deeper way that Pope Pius XII and the Second Vatican Council called for in their own respective documents.

May God bless you, Seminarian Jason Diebolt

Sources: Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy); Mediator Dei (Mediator between God [and men])

Seminarian Fund Appeal This weekend we will have the Seminarian Fund Appeal. All contributions to the Seminarian Fund Appeal go exclusively to funding seminarian educational and living costs, and student debt, which are expected to be over $400,000 this year. St. Charles goal is $1,765.11 and St. Patrick goal is $1,517.29.

Eucharistic Adoration There will be an opportunities for Eucharistic adoration on Wednesday, July 22nd, from 7:30 - 8:30 PM at St. Charles. Come spend an hour adoring Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament!

“The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time that you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlast-ingly more glorious and beautiful in heaven, and will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth. “ - St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Southern Newton and Benton County Town Hall Meeting

You are invited to a Pastorate Town Hall Meeting

As you have heard, the parishes of St. Charles, Otterbein St. John the Baptist, Earl Park St. Joseph, Kentland St, Mary, Dunnington St. Patrick, Oxford Sacred Heart of Jesus, Fowler

will be joining together effective August 19th as a Southwestern Newton and Benton County Pastorate within the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana.

You are invited to join our new Missionary Pastor, Father Richard Weisenberger for a Pastorate Town Hall Meeting. We will discuss our new Pastorate, the Diocesan Uniting in Heart 2030 Pastoral Plan, and necessary changes to the Pastor-ate Mass times.

We are holding two Town Hall Meetings: July 15 7:00 pm St. Patrick, Oxford Parish Hall July 23 7:30 pm St. John the Baptist, Earl Park Parish Hall

During the meeting we will provide an update on the Uniting in Heart Pastoral Plan, the immediate changes that will take place starting August 19th, and invite your input on proposed changes to the Mass schedules at parishes in the Pastorate.

We will allow for appropriate social distancing and ask everyone to wear a facial mask during the meeting.

We look forward to spending time with you in prayer and building community as we unite in the heart of Jesus Christ.

Habitat House Volunteers Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers to build a home in Wolcott beginning Wednesday, July 8 and running every Wed., Fri., and Sat. until complete. Hours needed are 8:30 am - 4:00 pm. If there’s interest in organizing a group from our churches to build on common dates, please contact Deb Wallpe at 765-414-2012. Otherwise, please email Tom El-liott at tom@lafayettehabitat.org to schedule individual work days.

Habitat House Blessing You are invited to join Habitat for Humanity and the Kat Flynn family for the house blessing at 322 W. Oxford Street, Ot-terbein (2 blocks west of the school) on Saturday, July 18 at 9 am. Contact Deb Wallpe at 765-414-2012 with questions.

Knights of Columbus Golf Outing The Knights of Columbus 9400 is sponsoring a Golf Outing at the Oak Grove Country Club in Oxford on August 15, 2020. $40 per person, longest drive & closest to pin prizes. 1 PM shotgun start, 4 person scramble. Meal served following golf.

Proceeds to benefit the Benton County Special Olympics, Local Food Pantry's, and Life Teen. Hole sponsorships are available for only $25 for personal and $50 for business. For more infor-mation or to register, please contact Tom Etter (765) 299-7581.

Pray for the Sick Let us pray for these sick: Jack Allison, Kim Dahnke, Collette Lavelle, Amber Brost, Janet Schutter, Mark Cochran, Ja-son Cole, Staci Wittenauer, Mary Reed, Sharon Eberle, Glenn Barnard, Cooper Gretencord, Mark McMaster, Charlie Senesac, Nancy Barrett, Gail Muller, Tim Booth and Samantha Klemme.

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Faith Direct If you have not yet signed up for online giving with Faith Direct, please consider this option for your contributions. Visit our parish website to enroll. The parish code for St. Charles is 1029 and for St. Patrick it is 1028. Thank you for your continued support.

Donations Needed The Community Food and Services Co-op is in ongoing need of your generous donations. The suggested item of dona-tion for this month is PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY. You can place your donation in the box at the back of church at St. Charles or the gray tote in the garage at St. Patrick’s. Thank you for your support. “For I was hungry and you fed me.”

Mexico Mission Would you consider going on the November 7-14, 2020 or the February 6-13, 2021 mission trip to make a BIG difference in someone’s life? Email John Brost at jbrost60@gmail.com or call 765-366-5329 for more details.

You are invited!

An outdoor Farewell Party will be held on Friday, August 7 at

St. Patrick’s for Father Haan, and the three Seminarians,

Matt, Elliot and Jason.

4:00-5:00 PM Drive-Thru Receiving Line

5:00-8:00 PM Ice Cream Social (provided by food trucks)

Donations are being accepted for gifts for Father and the

Seminarians as well as to cover the cost of the party. Please

mail all donations to the parish office,

502 S Michigan St, Oxford.

Bring your own lawn chair for the ice cream social where we

will follow social distancing guidelines.

For those attending that do not feel comfortable in a crowd, we invite you to say your

goodbyes using the Drive-Thru Receiving Line.