ST. Therese Catholic Church 701 S. Charles G. Seivers Blvd.

Clinton, Tennessee 37716

Administrator’s Desk

Dear parishioners of St Therese, this weekend’s liturgy suggests various themes for our reflection, but we shall meditate on Jesus’ description of what the kingdom of God may be compared using the two parables. The first parable is apparently a farmer sowing wheat and the second mustard seeds, smallest of all seeds. We see in this gospel Jesus searching for the right metaphor to pre-

sent the concept of the kingdom.

A farmer has sown a tiny seed; he now watches and waits for it to bear fruit. Jesus makes a comparison between the small and negligible start and the extraordinary results. The farmer is in no hurry, he simply waits and lets things

happen. Whatever happens will take its own time and he must certainly not try to hurry it. He does not try to find out how this happens, but allows things to develop as they will. When the time is ripe the farmer knows that he must get to

work.

In as much as the majority may count in some situations, does this not suggest too, we ought not to confuse size with importance? “The bigger is sometimes not the better.” Events attracting large crowds aren't necessarily good events. Crowds could and have often been quite wrong. For example, at one time slav-ery was practiced by a majority of people in the world. Today, we know they were dreadfully wrong. Public opinion polls are not necessarily gauges of what's

right or what's wrong as the media seems to suggest.

The parables of Jesus today suggest, we stay with the slow movement, the first signs of the crop before it is harvest time. Don't confuse large numbers with what's right or what's good for your soul. We need to share Jesus’ words of encouragement. Everything does not depend upon us. Isn't it pride and arro-gance to think so? Besides, as Christians we ought to know by now that alone we can do nothing, but with God there's nothing we cannot do. Very often as Christians, little things turn into big things. A thought becomes a novel as it is

often said; a spark grows into a forest fire! An idea can change the whole world.

Jesus’ analysis of mustard seeds and grains of wheat this weekend should be a great source of encouragement to all of us; even though we may think we have little faith God can take it and make something wonderful out of it. God is always taking small and seemingly insignificant things and turning them into infinite worth. Therefore, let us not allow ourselves to be stampeded by the

crowd. Jesus is giving us fair warning!

Office Hours

9 A.M.—1:30P.M.

Mon—Thurs

9A.M.-12 N Fri

Mission Statement

St. Therese Parish joined together by the love of Christ, desiring to further the understanding of

prayer and religious commitment, pledge ourselves to continue and improve our mission to Jesus,

which is loving and serving the Lord and our neighbor

Most Reverend Bishop Richard Stika

Bishop of Knoxville

Parochial Administrator: Father Julius Abuh

Office 865-457-4073

Rectory457-1317

Pastoral Associate: Sister Yvette Gillen

865-463-8935

Secretary : Karen Baird

office 865-457-4073

Regular Weekly Mass

Schedule:

Sat. Confessions

4:15 -4:45 P.M

Mass 5 P.M.

Sun. Mass 11 A.M.

Tues. Mass 6:30 P.M

Wed. Mass 9 A.M.

Thurs. Mass 9: A.M.

Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament after Mass

until 12 noon

Fri. Mass 9 A.M.

Pastoral Council

Chairperson:

Becky Hatmaker

Vice Chairperson:

Cathy Owens

Council Secretary:

Peg Chase

Jerry Brown

Linda McCune

Henry Bentz

Fr. Julius Abuh

(ex-officio)

Sr. Yvette

(ex-officio)

Finance Board

Chairperson:

Don McCarthy

Becky Hatmaker

Dave McCune

Fr. Julius Abuh

(ex-officio)

Sr. Yvette Gillen

( ex-officio)

Karen Baird

(ex-officio)

Committee

Chair persons

Liturgy:

Sister Yvette

Parish/Family Life:

Thais Family

Parish Plant :

Fred Jackson

Religious Ed:

Sister Yvette

Social Action:

Connie Mikeal

Spiritual Life:

Peg Chase

Building:

Joyce Klee

Hospitality:

Becky Hatmaker

Parish website :

www.saintthereseclinton.org

Parish facebook: Sainttherese Clinton

Sacraments Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15–

4:45 P.M. or by appointment

Baptism: By appointment. Please call

the church office at least 4 weeks prior to

desired baptism date.

Matrimony: A four month preparation

period in the Knoxville Diocese

St Therese Operating Budget Fiscal Year (July 2011-June 2012)

Weekly Operating Budg-

et

$3,600

Collections

Received Last Week

$2609

Budget Excess/(Deficit)

($991)

Yearly Operating

Budget

$180,510

Collections Received

Year to Date

$133,265

Budget Excess/(Deficit)

Year to Date

($38,902)

Building Fund Received Last Week

$1100

Year to Date

$40,859

Ministries Jun. 23 & 24 Lector

Sat. T. Ferguson

Sun. V.Chiaro

Servers

Sat. J. Ferguson, H. Bentz,

D. Montgomery, F. Jackson

Sun. A&A Hundley, V. Chiaro,

M. Govelitz, A. Govelitz

Eucharist

Sat.

*

Sun.

*

Ushers

Sat.

Sun.

Cantor

Sat. C. Owens

Sun. T. Ferguson

Music

Sat. J. Bentz

Sun. J. Bentz

If you are unable to minister on

the assigned date please find

your own replacement.

This year we will not have a Fun Fair as we have had in the past .

On Friday, August 17, we will have a light meal followed by an

auction and a movie for the children. More details later. If you have

any new or almost new items for the auction please contact Sister

Yvette.

The 2nd collection next week is for Peter’s Pence

St. Joseph's Vacation Bible School is scheduled June 24, 25,

26 and 27th from 6:30 until 8:30 each night. The program is open to grades K-8. The theme this year is "SUPER HEROES

FROM THE BIBLE" . Virtus trained volunteers are also need-ed. Please sign up in the church hall.

Bishop Stika will be here to celebrate Mass on Sunday August 12. More details to come Landscape Plan Landscape plans are posted in the rear of the parish hall. If you are interested in making a pledge, complete on of the forms at the display and return it to he parish office or place in the collection offering. Checks should be made to St. Therese Catholic Church and marked Landscape Plan. If you have questions, contact Jim Ferguson, 494-8081.

Bereavement Committee Needs Volunteers The Bereavement Committee is looking for volunteers (men or

women) to help prepare ,serve and clean up after the luncheon on the day of the funeral. If you can help with any of these, please

contact the church office 457-4073 . Please consider this ministry. It is very helpful for the families on their day of mourning.

Mass Intentions for this

week

Sat. (6/16)

People of Therese

Sun. (6/17)

People of St. Therese

Tues. (6/19)

*

Wed. (6/20)

* Lila Rose

Thurs. (6/21)

*Cardinal Anthony

Bevilaqua

Fri. (6/22)

*

Sat. (6/23)

People of Therese

Sun. (6/24)

People of St. Therese

Please sign up for

Summer

Notice: Change in Sunday Mass Schedule Beginning on Saturday June 30th the Saturday Evening

Vigil Mass will be celebrated at 5:30 P.M. and the Sunday

morning Mass will be at 10:15 A.M. Confessions will be heard

from 4:45 to 5:15 P.M. on Sat.

Please remember in your prayers: Kristin Schramm, Louise Kendra, Rocky May, Helen Beckner, Pa-

trice Thompson, Katie York, Lydia Hatmaker, Louise Poly, La Donna Koenig, Heather Phillips, Sandy Boles,

Miranda Lawrence, Monica Svendsesn, Kenny Kavanagh, Barb Bieleski

Jessica Parker, Ron Spurlock, Travis and Tyler Ervin, David Trent, Lee Welty, Jesse Baker, Bradley Ad-

kins, Andrew Adkins , Tyler Buss, and Adrian Agbanlog who are on military assignment, and for all the oth-

er men and women currently serving in the military.

Celebrations this Week

Birthdays

Margaret Govelitz-6/17

Chase Lockard-6/17

Eddie Weaver– 6/18

Elaine Clevenstine –6/20

Fran Pisano-6/23

If you do not see your special date above you might need to update your

parish registration.

This Week

at St. Therese

Tues.6/19 6:30 P.M. Mass

Wed. 6/20 9A.M. Mass

Thurs. 6/21 9A.M. Mass

Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament after Mass

until 12 Noon

Fri. 6/22 9A.M. Mass

Sat. 6/23 5P.M. Mass

Sun. 6/24 11A.M. Mass

Knights Of Columbus

Next Meeting:

Fri. June 22nd

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St. Therese

Women’s Group

Have a great

Summer !

Meetings will resume in

September

Bible Study

Next class:

TBA in August

Preschool –8th grade Rel. Ed.

Registration will take place in

August for the 2012-2013

school year

Senior Moments

There will not be a

meeting on July 6th

High School

Activities & Classes

Registration will take

place in August for the

2012—2013

school year

Remember our parishioners who are

in the hospitals & nursing homes:

Louise Kendra is at Brakebill Nurs-

ing Home in Knoxville

Eleanor Lux & Mary Alice

Eisenhauer are at Morning Pointe

Louise Poly is in Mabel Rose Estates

in Papillion, NE

Joan Nelson has moved to Assisted

Living in Hollywood, FL. Call the

church office for these addresses

Food City and Kroger gift

cards are available after Mass

and in the church office.

St. Therese receives 5% of

every card purchased.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry is in need of shawls ,quilts etc.

We have recently used up our supply of prayer shawls for the sick .If you can help make any of these please call the church

office 457-4073

Interested in discerning a possible vocation of

service within the Church? Interested in sup-

porting the work of vocation promotion in the

Church? Check out the Diocese of Knoxville

Office of Vocations Facebook and Twitter pag-

es: Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/

DOKvocations, Twitter - www.twitter.com/

DofKVocations.

Local World Youth Day at St. Albert the Great , August 18&19 Mark your calendars Scan the QRcode with your smart phone or visit https://www.facebook.com/LocalWorldYouthDay2012 . Check back often for

forms and updates .

FORTNIGHT FOR FREEDOM -A MAN FOR

ALL SEASONS

Friday, June 22, 7:00 p.m., St. Mary Church

Youth Center, Oak Ridge

Watch A Man For All Seasons while enjoying typical

movie treats, followed by a discussion on religious

freedom facilitated by Fr. Bede Aboh Contact: Kris-

ten von Clef kristen@vonclef.com or (865) 567-3956

Girls’ Retreat “La Vida en Rosa # 6”

Girls and young women (ages 13-20) are invited to a

bilingual retreat from Saturday June 23 at 8 a.m. to

Sunday June 24 at 2 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle

Church, 1580 St. Thomas Way, Lenoir City, TN

37772. The cost is $38. To sign up call Rosy Zavala

at 865 816-0796 or the Office of Hispanic Ministry at

(865) 637-4769.

Catholic Charities of East Tennessee’s all new, more user friendly website offers detailed information on available services and programs, feature stories, online donating, an events calendar and much more. Go to www.ccetn.org to check it out.

June 17, 2012

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

“This is how it is with the kingdom of

God . . .” Mk 4:26-34

Ever since the first human being considered

the possibility of life after death there have

been speculations and theories about what

such life would be. Names such as Nirvana

[Buddhist], Tian [Chinese], Kingdom of Heav-

en [Christian] have been applied to the place

or phenomenon of life after death. “Kingdom

of God” is another such term. But note that in

the two parables Jesus uses to teach the peo-

ple of his day, and us, so we are “able to un-

derstand it,” He is talking about the “kingdom

of God” that, every time we say the Our Fa-

ther, we pray will come “on earth as it is in

heaven.” He tells us that we must be like

small seeds that are scattered and grow into

large plants and produce much bounty. In al-

legorical terms he is stating very clearly that

God created us with many talents, abilities

and gifts that He expects us to spend a life-

time to discover, accept, develop and use for

OUR OWN benefit and enjoyment, AND for

the benefit and enjoyment of OTHERS. Do we

get hung up on that “OTHERS” part?

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Singles

June 24, Sunday

Signup deadline - BEGINNING-OF-SUMMER PONTOON OUTING on July 1st. Space is limited,

so contact Gail B. by e-mail gbemail@chater.net or call 399-7617 before June 24

th to sign up. If not enough interest,

the event will be cancelled. Relax on Norris Lake ! We re-served a double-decker pontoon boat with a slide and a grill, and cruise the lake from 11:30 am till 7:00 pm on July 1st. Bring your lunch, beverage of choice, a lawn chair, and your swim necessities and join us for fun in the sun! Cost will be about $20-25 per person.

Pregnancy & Adop-

tion Services, in-

cluding post-

abortion 990-4673.