Sunday, January 22, 2023
Saturday, January 21, 2023
The Virtue Of Silence
"My child, there are times when you ought to keep to yourself and avoid conversation. There is no profit in unkind talk, rash talk, of indecent talk. What is the good of wasting time with idle disputes or with boasting."
My Daily Bread
by: The Confraternity of the Precious Blood
CHAPER 11
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Friday, January 20, 2023
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Prayers Please
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Monday, January 16, 2023
You Cannot Have Resurrection Without First Going Through Crucifixion
Admonitions of St. Francis of Assisi
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Saturday, January 14, 2023
The Novus Ordo Seclorum
[We are] not bound to obey if a minister commands anything that is contrary to our life or his own conscience, because there can be no obligation to obey if it means committing sin.
True Obedience Means We Must Die To Self
Saint Francis of Assisi
Bonaventure, Major Life
Chapter VI
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Taste And See How Sweet The Lord Is
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"I Don't Go To Church Because I Don't Get Anything Out Of It."
Friday, January 13, 2023
Is The Devil Living In Your House?
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Slaves To The World
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Thursday, January 12, 2023
Proper Dress Code For Attending Mass
If you were going to visit with the King and Queen of England, how much would you prepare ahead of time? How would you dress to go before them? Most likely, the men would rent a tux and the women would run out and buy a new dress just for the occasion. Then why do we see men attending Mass in Bermuda Shorts and women in strapless summer dresses when we are visiting the King of Kings and the Lord of Lord's?
Fra Chris
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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
A Tree Is Known By Its Fruits
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Dogs Always Return To Their Own Vomit
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Sunday, January 08, 2023
Suffer To Be Ruled
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A Ladder That Leads To Heaven
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Saturday, January 07, 2023
His Most Holy Body And Blood, Living And True
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Let Humanity Kneel In Fear
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Only A Small Piece Of Bread
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Thursday, January 05, 2023
What Difference Does It Make What Church I Stay Home From On Sunday?
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How St. Francis Venerated The Eucharist
Wednesday, January 04, 2023
The Immaculate Conception Church In Ozark, Ohio

1874 A.D.
The Immaculate Conception Church (The Catholic Mission) in Ozark, Ohio
"The Catholic Mission at Ozark in Monroe County, Ohio was organized around 1874 so that the people would not have to travel to Miltonsburg to attend Mass and receive the sacraments. George J. Burkhard, Anthony Burkhard, Adam Arnold, John Huth, and Rev. Edward Fladung, who was, pastor of the parish of St. John the Baptist, Miltonsburg, are remembered as the founders. Mr. Huth offered a piece of land near the public school for the church, but wanted: $200 for it, whereas George Burkhard offered a small plot for free. The latter offer was accepted. John Adam Gertler, who owned the adjoining farm, donated an adjacent acre, the northern portion of the present site, on condition of being allowed to be buried there if he wished. The total site measures about 1.65 acres today. It is located can the west side of Monroe County Road 36, one mile south of the village of Ozark.
The two deeds by which the property was transferred to Bishop Rosecrans were signed on August 28, 1875. The church was dedicated on August 31, 1875. At that time, there were fourteen families and sixty-four souls in the mission.
About 1880 when Woodsfield first received resident pastors, Ozark became its mission. The priests came to Ozark on the narrow-guage Ohio River & Western Railroad, sometimes on a hand-car courtesy of the Catholic section boss. Rev. J. B. Weisinger in 1887 reported fifteen families there, for whom he offered Mass on any fifth Sunday of a month and on two holy days each year. Regarding the cemetery adjacent to the church, he said, "I suppose it is blessed."
Father Fladung also had a school built against the side of the church, where catechism classes were taught. Father John S. Cawley (pastor at Woodsfield from 1893 until 1902) has the school removed, remarking that they should not have "that corn shed" against the church.
In 1908 Ozark became once again a mission of Miltonsburg. The priests came on the second Saturday and fourth Sunday of each month. Rev. George F. Drescher, pastor from 1934 until 1945, began offering Mass every Sunday at Ozark, a practice which continued as late as 1976. In 1943 he wrote, "The priests have always liked the splendid people who live there, and these people have always been most faithful to their pastor." Just eleven families made up the entire congregation at that time.
The centennial observance of the mission was held on October 21, 1975, Most Rev. John King Mussio, Bishop of Steubenville, officiating at Pontifical Benediction. With the advent of good roads and automobile travel, it has become possible for the people to attend Mass every Sunday at Miltonsburg and the church at Ozark has been used but little in recent years.
The records of Immaculate Conception mission are kept at Miltonsburg by the pastor, Rev. Sam Saprano (Route 3, Woodsfield, Ohio 43793). The first burial was recorded in 1879, the first marriage in 1883, and the first baptism in 1905 (earlier baptisms were no doubt recorded in the register at Woodsfield St. Sylvester). The last record was a baptism performed on July 30, 1972, with later records made in the registers of Miltonsburg St. John the Baptist Parish. The church was torn down in 1989 by order of the Bishop of Steubenville. Bishop Daniel Conlon has given Christopher L. Dickson, Sr., (Great-Great Nephew of George C. Burkhard) permission to rebuild the little church on the condition that it be located on his family's property and not on Church property because of tax and liability considerations. It is to be called the Portiuncula (the "Little Portion") and will become the spiritual home of the Portiuncula Franciscan Hermitage and Retreat Center."
SOURCES:
Much of the above information was originally from Gerorge Cosmos "Cose" Burkhard, son of George J. Burkhard, and Great-Great Uncle of Chris Dickson. George Burkhard was one of the founders of the mission, and was provided to the Society courtesy of Rev. Sam Saprano. Other sources were the Plat Book, Archives, Diocese of Columbus; the Steubenville Register, Jan. 15, 1976; and the 1943 history of the Diocese of Columbus.
Church of the Immaculate Conception: was built from timber growing nearby on the Burkhard farm by carpenters Swab (of Woodsfield) and Godfrey (of Miltonsburg).
OLD FRENCH Lourdes RELIC Rosary Crucifix (circa 1920)
How Saint Dominic Wore The White Cord Of Saint Francis
The blessed Dominic (founder of the Dominican Order) once asked St. Francis to kindly give him the cord he wore about his waist. St. Francis was reluctant to do this, moved by the same humility to refuse as the other was moved to ask. Finally, however, the blessed devotion of the petitioner won out and Dominic very devoutly put the cord that was given him about himself beneath his inner tunic. (Saint Dominic wore it thus until his death in 1221)
Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, Second Life
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