American Martyrs and St. Patrick Catholic Church
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
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OCTOBER 3rd, & OCTOBER 11th, 2026

Saint Patrick Catholic Church

The 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

Crumbs - Spiritual Reflections of Fr. Bobby R. Titco: OUCH!

Pope - His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Archbishop – The Most Reverend Charles C. Thompson

Administrator – Rev. Brian Esarey

 

 

American Martyrs

 Office: 262 West Cherry St. Scottsburg, In 47170-2013 Phone: 812-752-3693

 

Saint Patrick

  208 South Shelby Street PO Box # 273 Salem IN  47167  Phone: 812-752-3693

 

Office Hours

Monday-Wednesday 8:00 am-4:00 pm &

Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

 

Office Manager

Tracy Winston

 

E-Mail 

amartyrs47170@gmail.com 

 

Website

 www.amartyrs.org

 

Mass Schedules for American Martyrs

Thursday and Friday at 6:00 p.m., Saturday at 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, at 8:30 a.m. Any Sacramental needs or to speak with Father Brian, please call the Parish Office.

 

Mass Schedules for St. Patrick

 Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.

 

Reconciliation times for American Martyrs

Saturdays at 4:00 – 4:40 p.m.

Thursdays & Fridays 5:00 – 5:40 p.m.

 

Reconciliation Times for Saint Patrick

 Wednesdays at 5:00 – 5:40 p.m.

 

Adoration at American Martyrs

The 1st Saturday of the Month at 4:00 p.m.

 

Adoration at Saint Patrick

 The First Wednesday of the Month at 5:00 p.m.

 

Rosary at Saint Patrick

 The 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. &

all Sundays at 9:45 a.m.

 

Baptisms & Marriages & Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults

Both Parishes Contact American Martyrs Parish Office

 

 

American Martyrs

Weekly Mass Schedule

Saturday, October 3rd at 5:00 p.m.  

The Mass Intention is Kenny Boswell

 

Sunday, October 4th at 8:30 a.m.

The Mass Intention is Daniel & Trinidad Romero

 

October Greeters & Readers

Saturday Greeter – Tina Cozart

Saturday Reader – Steve Boswell

Sunday Greeter – Cindy Light

Sunday Reader – Joe Obergfell

 

October Eucharist Ministers

Saturday – Susan Anderson & Patricia Brock

Sunday – Ed Escobales & Debbie Ludwick

 

 

October Counters

Al Riggle & Hank Jentzen

 

 

Mass Intentions

Thursday, October 8th – James Moyna (K of C)

 

Friday, October 9th – Lonnie Piet (K of C)

 

Saturday, October 10th – Jim Barrett (Ron Barrett)

 

Sunday, October 11th –

     Steve & Linda Illingworth (Jarred Illingworth)

 

Thursday, October 15th – John Read Sr.(K of C)

 

Friday, October 16th – Pete & Patty Renn (K of C)

 

Saturday, October 17th –

Kiesler & Renn Families (Jay & Janet Arbuckle)

 

             Sunday, October 18th – Brock & Dooley Families      (Steve & Pat Brock)

 

Thursday, October 22nd – Kelly Robbins (K of C)

 

Friday, October 23rd – John Salyer (K of C)

 

 

 

 

Saint Patrick

Weekly Mass Schedule

Sunday, October 4th at 10:30 a.m.

The Mass Intention is Martha & Tom Bacon

 

Wednesday, October 7th.

The Rosary at 5:30 pm. Mass at 6:00 p.m.

The Mass Intention is Father Gerry Renn

 

Lector Schedule

October 11th – Terry Thixton

October 18th – Morgan Cullins

October 25th - Peg Boulet

 

Eucharist Minister Schedule

October 11th – Carolyn Saltsgaver, Peg Boulet, & Albert Bartoch

 

October 18th - Joe Cannello, Judy Saunders, & Sarah Baiocchi

 

October 25th – Terry Thixton, Terry Sowder, & Albert Bartoch

 

 

October Counters

Chuck Cullins & David Lechlitner

 

Mass Intentions

Sunday, October 11th – Larry Dick (Willie Harlen)

 

Wednesday, October 14th – Josephine Zink

(Terry Thixton)

 

Sunday, Oct. 18th – Opal Davidson & Ginny Spurgeon

(Tracy & Lora Winston)

 

Wednesday, Oct. 21st – Opal Davidson & Ginny Spurgeon

(Tracy & Lora Winston)

 

Sunday, October 25th – Larry Dick (Evelyn Miller)

 

Wednesday, Oct. 28th – Larry Dick

 

Sunday, November 1st – John & Francis Stengal

(Judy Saunders)

 

Wed., November 4th – Father. William Murphy

(Judy Saunders)

 

Sunday, November 8th– Larry Dick (Evelyn Miller)

 

 

The 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

LITURGY OF THE WORD

 

1st READING ISAIAH 5:1-7

(The Lord’s Vineyard)

Isaiah uses the story of the vineyard to show how the Lord respects his people. The vineyard is well cultivated, but it does not produce. The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel and the people of Judah, his cherished plants.

 

 

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 80

(Safety in the Lord)

The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel.

 

 

2nd READING PHILIPPIANS 4: 6-9

(Wholesome Thoughts)

Pray to God for your needs. God will guard over you. Discern what is true, noble, and good and pure, loved and honored, virtuous and worthy of praise. God’s peace will be with you.

 

THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 21:33-43

(The Tenant Farmers)

Jesus uses the parable of the vineyard owner. Salvation is offered to all. The chosen who reject Christ are really turning him over to the whole world. The vineyard will be leased to others. The Kingdom of God will produce fruit.

 

 

NEWS, INFO, & EVENTS

SCRIP

SCRIP orders are due on the first weekend of every month. Order forms are located at the entrances.

 

 

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please email any prayer requests to Kathy Karmire. (karmire54@gmail.com)

 

Communion Needs at American Martyrs

Please call Susan Anderson at 812-595-2139

or Ed Cozart at 812-595-1401

 

 

PARISH OFFICE

The Parish Office will be closed from October 5th to

October 13th.

 

 

AMERICAN MARTYRS

OCIA will be held on Monday evenings in the Parish Hall.

 

AMERICAN MARTYRS RAFFLE

We are raffling a freshly processed beef again this year.  We need your help selling tickets!  Please consider taking some and selling them to your family/friends/coworkers.  You may pick up tickets to sell, or buy tickets, at the parish office or after mass on Sundays.  You may also call Cindy Light @ 812-595-3673 to arrange a time to get tickets.  Tickets are $10 each or 3/$25.  We will also be having a half n half drawing at the wine tasting.  You may buy tickets, for $2 each and have a chance at winning half the money taken in.  If you want to sell these to family/friends, take down their name and collect $2/ticket.  Turn the names and money into the office or to Cindy Light.  We will fill out tickets for them.

 

 

Our Lady of Guadalupe Rosaries at American Martyrs

The 46 rosaries of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a traditional 46 - day Catholic devotion prayed from October 28 to December 12 to prepare for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Seven volunteers are needed to pray the rosary daily for one week. Father will bless the family and picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the first Sunday. Then the family will return the picture the next Sunday for the next family and so on until the seven weeks are completed. Volunteers are needed for the weeks of October 18th, October, 25th, November 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th. Anyone wishing to participate in

the weekly rosary may contact Jose Guevara or Hank Jentzen. More details will be mentioned in the announcements on Saturday and Sunday. Thank you.

 

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

10/06 LORA WINSTON

10/07 MARIA CONKLIN

10/20 BRIAN MILLER

10/20 EVELYN MILLER

10/24 MORGAN CULLINS

10/27 ED COZART

10/31 JAY ARBUCKLE

 

OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES

10/03 WILLIAM & JANET PAYNTER

10/14 MARK & JENNIFER OLESH

10/19 RICH & KAREN RUSSELL

 

 

Welcome to American Martyrs &

Saint Patrick Catholic Church

October 11th, 2026

The 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Matthew 22:1-14 Parable of the Wedding Banquet

 

American Martyrs

Weekly Mass Schedule

Saturday, October 10th at 5:00 p.m.

The Mass Intention is Jim Barrett

 

Sunday, October 11th at 8:30 a.m.

The Mass Intention isSteve & Linda Illingworth

 

October Greeters & Readers

Saturday Greeter – Tina Cozart

Saturday Reader – Steve Boswell

Sunday Greeter – Cindy Light

Sunday Reader – Joe Obergfell

 

October Eucharist Ministers

Saturday – Susan Anderson & Patricia Brock

Sunday – Ed Escobales & Debbie Ludwick

 

October Counters

Al Riggle & Hank Jentzen

 

Mass Intentions

Thursday, October 15th – John Read Sr.(K of C)

 

Friday, October 16th – Pete & Patty Renn (K of C)

 

Saturday, October 17th –

Kiesler &  Renn Families (Jay & Janet Arbuckle)

 

Sunday, October 18th –

Brock & Dooley Families (Steve & Pat Brock)

 

Thursday, October 22nd – Kelly Robbins (K of C)

 

Friday, October 23rd – John Salyers (K of C)

 

Saturday, October 24th – Jim Barrett (Ron Barrett)

 

Sunday, October 25th – Modesta & Elvira Bao (Win Terry)

 

Thursday, October 29th – Carl Spaulding (K of C)

 

Friday, October 30th – Esther Baltitas (K of C)

 

 

 

 

Saint Patrick

Weekly Mass Schedule

Sunday, October 11th at 10:30 a.m.  

The Mass Intention is Larry Dick

 

Wednesday,October 14th. The Rosary at 5:30 pm. 

Mass at 6:00 p.m. The Mass Intention is Josaphine Zink

 

Lector Schedule

October 18th – Morgan Cullins

October 25th - Peg Boulet

November 1st – Shelly Bartoch

 

 

Eucharist Minister Schedule

October 18th - Joe Cannello, Judy Saunders, & Sarah Baiocchi

 

October 25th – Terry Thixton, Terry Sowder, & Albert Bartoch

 

November 1st – Gordon Emily, Carolyn Saltsgaver, & Peg Boulet

 

 

October Counters

Chuck Cullins & David Lechlitner

 

 

Mass Intentions

 

Sunday, Oct. 18th – Opal Davidson & Ginny Spurgeon

(Tracy & Lora Winston)

 

Wednesday, Oct. 21st – Opal Davidson & Ginny Spurgeon

(Tracy & Lora Winston)

 

Sunday, October 25th – Larry Dick (Evelyn Miller)

 

Wednesday, October 28th – Larry Dick

 

Sunday, November 1st – John & Francis Stengal

(Judy Saunders)

 

Wednesday, November 4th – Father William Murphy

(Judy Saunders)

 

Sunday, November 8th– Larry Dick (Evelyn Miller)

 

Wednesday, November 11th – Larry Dick (Willie Harlen)

 

Sunday, November 15th– Larry Dick (Diana Dick & Family)

 

 

The 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

LITURGY OF THE WORD

 

1st READING ISAIAH 25:6-10a

(God as Savior)

The Lord will set up a sumptuous feast for his people. He will wipe away their tears. Then the people will recognize him as their Lord and God.

 

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 23

(Dwelling with the Lord)

I shall live in the house of the Lord all the

days of my life.

 

 

2nd READING PHILIPPIANS 4:12-14,19-20

(Sharing in Hardships)

Paul admits that he has learned how to live and accept joy and sorrows, pleasures, and pain. The lesson he has learned in Jesus.

 

 

THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 22:1-14

(The Wedding Banquet)

Jesus teaches using the parable who gave a wedding banquet. Invited guests refused to come or mistreated his servants. The king destroyed these and invited the poor and simple. Even one of these did not accept his kindness.

 

 

 

NEWS, INFO, & EVENTS

SCRIP

SCRIP orders are due on the first weekend of every month. Order forms are located at the entrances.

 

 

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please email any prayer requests to Kathy Karmire. (karmire54@gmail.com)

 

Communion Needs at American Martyrs

Please call Susan Anderson at 812-595-2139

or Ed Cozart at 812-595-1401

 

AMERICAN MARTYRS

OCIA will be held on Monday evenings in the Parish Hall.

 

RAFFLE

We are raffling a freshly processed beef again this year.  We need your help selling tickets!  Please consider taking some and selling them to your family/friends/coworkers.  You may pick up tickets to sell, or buy tickets, at the parish office or after mass on Sundays.  You may also call Cindy Light @ 812-595-3673 to arrange a time to get tickets.  Tickets are $10 each or 3/$25.  We will also be having a half n half drawing at the wine tasting.  You may buy tickets, for $2 each and have a chance at winning half the money taken in.  If you want to sell these to family/friends, take down their name and collect $2/ticket.  Turn the names and money into the office or to Cindy Light.  We will fill out tickets for them.

 

Our Lady of Guadalupe Rosaries at American Martyrs

The 46 rosaries of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a traditional 46 - day Catholic devotion prayed from October 28 to December 12 to prepare for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Seven volunteers are needed to pray the rosary daily for one week. Father will bless the family and picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the first Sunday. Then the family will return the picture the next Sunday for the next family and so on until the seven weeks are completed. Volunteers are needed for the weeks of October 18th, October 25th, November 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th. Anyone wishing to participate in the weekly rosary may contact Jose Guevara or Hank Jentzen. More details will be mentioned in the announcements on Saturday and Sunday. Thank you.

 

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

10/06 LORA WINSTON

10/07 MARIA CONKLIN

10/20 BRIAN MILLER

10/20 EVELYN MILLER

10/24 MORGAN CULLINS

10/27 ED COZART

10/31 JAY ARBUCKLE

 

OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES

10/03 WILLIAM & JANET PAYNTER

10/14 MARK & JENNIFER OLESH

10/19 RICH & KAREN RUSSELL