18th Sunday after Pentecost: October 12,
Weekly Mass Schedule For the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
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SUNDAY: October 12th - 18th Sunday after Pentecost (sd)
† Donald A Billard.............................................................7:00 a.m. Mass
Missa Pro Populo..............................................................9:00 a.m. Mass
MONDAY: October 13th - St. Edward, King of England, C (sd)
Andrey Ella Billard.............................................................No scheduled Mass
TUESDAY: October 14th - St. Callistus I, PM (d)
† Donald Charles Riley..................................................... .8:00 a.m. Mass
WEDNESDAY October 15th - St. Teresa of Avila, V (d)
† Fred Skierka.................................................................. 8:00 a.m. Mass
THURSDAY: October 16th - St. Hedwig (sd)
† Mary Rita Riley.............................................................. 8:00 a.m. Mass
FRIDAY: October 17th - St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, V (d)
† Vincent Skierka............................................................. 8:00 a.m. Mass
SATURDAY: October 18th - ST. LUKE, Ev (d2cl)
† John Skierka.................................................................. 8:00 a.m. Mass
SUNDAY: October 19th - 19th Sunday after Pentecost (sd)
† Bernice Skierka.............................................................. 7:00 a.m. Mass
Missa Pro Populo.............................................................. 9:00 a.m. Mass
Sanctuary Lamp is burning for the soul of Fred Skierka
~ Confession Schedule ~
Saturday — 7:30 a.m. - 7:55 a.m.
Sunday — 6:30 a.m. - 6:55 a.m. — 8:10 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
~ Altar Boy Serving Schedule ~
Oct 12—1st Mass: Stephen Rollins &Brentlee Bomgardner
2nd Mass: MC - Peter Skierka Th - Blaise Skierka Boat B - Jordan Skierka
Ac - Callen Skierka & Charles Lightner CB - Jeremy Lowder
TB - Maurice Marshall, Owen Skierka, Alexander Bogner
TB - Samuel Kalafat, Robert Skierka, Adam Lowder
Oct 19 — 1st Mass: Thaddeus Bradshaw & Alexander Bogner
2nd Mass: Blane Lightner &Quentin Skierka
Oct 26 — 1st Mass: Maurice Marshall &Jeremy Lowder
2nd Mass: Blane Lightner &Quentin Skierka
~ Rosary Leader ~
Oct 12— 1st Mass: Brian Drewes — 2nd Mass: Damian Skierka
Oct 19 —1st Mass: Tim Riley — 2nd Mass: Stephen Skierka
Oct 26 —1st Mass: Brian Drewes — 2nd Mass: Cole Lowder
~ Church Cleaning Schedule ~
Oct 12 — Maria Fleshman & Angela Skierka
Oct 19— Bryar Rollins, Hannah Shawhan, Sydney Lapp
Oct 26 — Kelsey Farrenkopf & Julie Skierka
~ Treat Schedule ~
Oct 12 — Brunch
Oct 19— Lisa Skierka, Theresa Koch, Nicole Bogner
Oct 26 — Hannah Lowder, Tiffany Skierka, Becky Lowder
~ Announcements ~
If you or a loved one is admitted to the hospital, please let your parish priest know.
6 Day Votive Lights: The price per candle is $3.00: $70 per case; the small 8 hour votive lights are 50¢ each.
Reliquaries on the Altar: contain the reliques of St. Stephen King, St. Gregory the Great, St. Maria Goretti and St. John Bosco.
Fr. Jenkins online instructions: wcbohio.blogspot.com
6 Day Votive Lights: The price per candle is $3.00, $70 per case; the small 8 hour votive lights are 50¢ each.
Altar boy Servers: I need all the Altar Boys serving for next Sunday High Mas to come to the Sacristy after Mass today,
Our church is dedicated to the practice of the traditional Roman Catholic religion. This includes the traditional Latin Roman Rite of Holy Mass and the sacraments. We do not regard the New Mass created after Vatican Council II to be a true Catholic Mass. Only those who regularly attend exclusively the traditional Latin Rite of Mass, who are properly dressed (see below), and are in the state of Sanctifying Grace may receive.
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Difference Between Catholicism and Prodtestantism
Non-Catholics Would Like to Know Series
There is question of the essential difference between these two systems of religion; i.e. the starting pint from which all their differences arise.
Catholicism, for the purposes of this leaflet, is the organized system by which the Catholic version of Christianity is taught and practiced. Protestantism, in this leaflet, is the system followed by all Protestant denominations, as a result of which each sect believes or practices its own interpretation of Christ’s religion.
The essential difference between the two systems may be reduce to these two mathematical equations:
The Bible + Private Interpretation = Protestantism
The Bible + Supreme Court = Catholicism
Protestant System
All Protestant sects claim to be based upon the Bible; each person is supposed to read the Bible carefully and prayerfully and from such a perusal to interpret the sacred volume, affiliating with the organization which most accurately upholds his own views. This method is know as Private Interpretation. However, as a matter of fact, the Protestant Bible itself teaches that individuals are not of themselves competent to interpret the Scriptures.
2 Peter 1-20 “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of many private interpretation.”
2 Peter 3-16: “As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Acts 8-30: And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Isaias, and said. Understands thou what thou readest? 8: 31. And he said, How can I , except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he should come up and sit with him.
Thus falls the whole foundation of Protestantism which is private interpretation of the Bible by each individual according to his own ideas.
The Bible also reaches WHO are the official interpreters of God’s law and God’s word.
Luke 10-16: He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Matt. 16-18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Ma. 2-7: For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
As in our country the official interpreter of the Constitution and the laws is the Supreme Court and the Judges, so in the Church the official interpreter of God’s law and Christ’s teaching is the head of the Church, aided at times by his assistants, as will appear from what follows
Catholic System
According to the already stated mathematical equation, the Catholic faith is th sum total of the Bible and Tradition together with what above is called the Supreme Court.
Bible
This includes both the Old and New Testaments in their entirety; Catholics can so “I do not understand this or that passage in the Bible,” but no Catholic can say “I don not believe this or that part of the Scriptures.”“ Catholics must take the entire Bible, as it has been handed down from the Apostle through the Church, Incidentally, this includes about seven books of the Old Testament which are not found in the Protestant version.
Tradition
The Bible itself teaches that the New Testament does not contain all that Our Lord did or consequently all that He taught.
John 20-30: And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.
John 21-15: and there are also many other things Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one I suppose that even the world itself cold not contain the books that should be written.
Conclusion: Since the Bible is incomplete, it needs something else to supplement it: i.e. the spoken or historically recorded word which we call Tradition.
Tradition comprises the many truths not in the New Testament which were handed down by word of mouth; though these were not recorded in the New Testament, they became a matter of historical record, though the writings of the Fathers, the inscriptions in the catacombs, the rules and regulation of the early Church, the official pronouncements of Popes, Councils, etc. St. Paul calls attention to these truths and insists that they be safeguarded and believed.
2 Thess. 2-15: Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
2 Tim. 2-2: And the things that thou haste heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Conclusion: Hence not only Scripture but other sources of information must be consulted to get the whole of Christ’s teaching. Religions founded on “the Bible only” are necessarily incomplete.
The truth then is that those who reject what the catholic Church calls Tradition are violating a direct command of the Bible, which insists that the Apostles and the Church must teach not only a part but all of Christ’s religion
Matt. 28:20: teaching them to observe ALL THINGS whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
John 14-26: But th comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you ALL THINGS and bring all things to your remembrance, WHATSOEVER I have said unto you.
Hence both Scripture and Tradition must be consulted.
Supreme Court
The Catholic Church believes that Christ showed the same wisdom in establishing His Church as did the fathers of the American republic in founding this government. When they had effected the union of the original colonies and had made the Constitution the bond that united them, they went a step farther: they added a Supreme Court which was to settle difficulties or doubts regarding the Constitution. Although the Constitution was supposed to be very plain, it has kept the Supreme Court busy settling difficulties that have arisen; without the Supreme Court it would be absolutely impossible to maintain unity — and long ago America would have degenerated into a seething mass of quarreling nations, far worse than what has prevailed in Europe for centuries.
The Church of Christ, as founded, was vested with this authority to decide difficult questions that would arise, as the Bible itself proves. Moreover, the Bible teaches that not the Scriptures but the Holy Ghost was the teacher of the Apostles; He the Spirit of Truth was to guide the Church, not only during the first century but during all future ages.
The Bible teaches that no the Bible itself, but the Holy Spirit guided and instructed the Apostles.
John 14-26: But eh Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 16-13: Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth.
Acts 1-8: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall be witness unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria and unto the uttermost parts of the earth.
In consequence, the true Church was necessarily infallible, being as St. Paul said (Tim. 3-15 “the pillar and ground of the truth:
The Bible also teaches that the Church has Christ always WITH IT and the Holy Ghost always to guide it — not only during the first century but during all future ages.
Hence it is an insult to Christ and the Holy Spirit to say that God’s Church fell into error and had to be reformed by Luther, Calvin and other men.
Consequence of the Two Equations
Effects of Protestantism
It ha been stated above that the essence of Protestantism can be reduce to this equation: Bible + Private Interpretation = Protestant Religion.
It may now be asked, “What is the consequence of the above system?”, the reply to which is: Five hundred sects already in existence (1950) with more springing up constantly. In other words — chaos.
That the interminable and innumerable-subdivisions of Protestantism have destroyed the faith of millions in immediately evident. Picture to yourself an honest, conscientious man who feels he ought to practice some religion and therefore affiliate with some church. He ignores the Catholic religion and turns to Protestantism. What does he find? He finds about five hundred sects, in each one of which are good, well-meaning people; they read the Bible carefully and prayerfully and yet each one comes to a different decision. The well-disposed searcher for the truth argues thus:
In each one of these religions are godly, upright men and women, who read the Bible conscientiously, yet each one contradicts the other. Whey? It must be that the problem is insolvable. So no matter which one of the five hundred sects I might join, I will have the other four hundred and ninety -nine telling me that I am wrong, because how can I expect t solve a problem in which all these have failed.
Effects of Catholicism
On the contrary, no matter what persons think about the Catholic Church or its essential basis, if they understand it, this they must admit: “Anyway, the system gets results”; i.e., unity of rule and unity of faith. Unity of rule throughout the world for just as every American everywhere looks to the president of the United States as head of our American government, so every Catholic in every part of the world looks to the Bishop of Rome as the spiritual head of the Church. There is also absolute unity of doctrine: all Catholics everywhere believe the same truths; even s every American accepts the decisions of the Supreme court as a rule of conduct, so every Catholic accepts the decision of the Catholic Church in matters of faith and morals.
Evidence of Chaos
A publication by the Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C., Bureau of the Census, issued in 1926 when Herbert Hoover was secretary of commerce, gives statistics on religious bodies in the United States at that time. This book shows that in the United States there wee then nineteen different organizations of Methodists nineteen kinds of Baptists, nine branches of Presbyterians, seventeen organizations of Mennonite, twenty-two of Lutherans, etc.
Some of the names listed in that volume tend to give a humorous side which it would not otherwise possess; remember that these names are given to themselves by the organizations themselves; it is, therefore, neither unkindness nor lack of consideration when one quotes them; for example.
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God.
General Six Principle Baptists.
Free Will Baptists.
Separate Baptists.
General Baptists.
Separate Baptists.
United Baptists.
Duck River and Kindred Associations of Baptists.
Primitive Baptists.
Two-Seed-in the Spirit Predistinarian Baptists.
River Brethren.
Old Order of Yorker Brethren.
Church of Daniel’s Band
Hephzibah Faith Missionary Association.
Pilar of Fire.
Liberal Church of America.
Hutterian Brethren, Mennonites.
Conservative Amish Mennonite Church
Old Order Amish Mennonite Church.
Defenseless Mennonites.
Stauffer Mennonite Church
Union America Methodist Episcopal Church.
The (Original) Church of God
Pilgrim Holiness Church.
Free Magyar Reformed Church in America.
Schwenskfelders.
Vedanta Society.
All of which verify the words of the Apostle, St. Paul;
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts they shall heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears form the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (2 Tim. 4, 3-4).
Great Falls: (Black Eagle - Immaculate Heart of Mary)
Mass every Sunday, 7:00 & 9:00 a.m.: Holy Days, 9:00 a.m
Mass every Sunday and Holy Days: 8:00 a.m. See Church Bulletin
Mass 2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays of the month 12:30 p.m.
Holy Days 6:00 p.m.
Mass 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays of the month 3:00 p.m
Holy Days 6:00 p.m.
Mass 2:00 p.m. 3rd Sunday of the month
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