Saint Luke Roman Catholic Church

5235 South Avenue – Boardman, Ohio – 44512 | (330) 782-9783 | saintlukes@zoominternet.net

Mass Schedule

St. Luke Weekend Mass:
…..Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

Saturday Vigil Mass
4:00 p.m. St. Charles Church
Sunday Mass
9:00 a.m. St. Charles Church
10:00 a.m. St. Luke Church
11:30 a.m. St. Charles Church
Daily Mass
Monday: 8:30 a.m. St. Charles Church
Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. St. Luke Church
Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. St. Charles Church
Thursday: No Mass
Friday: 12:00 noon St. Luke Church

St. Luke Parish Office Hours

Monday-Thursday 8:30 am – 3:00 pm, Friday 8:30 am – 2:00 pm

Confessions

Confessions are available after weekend masses by appointment or you can call St. Charles at 330-758-2325.

St. Catherine of Siena Parish Prayer Almighty God, through the intercession of St. Catherine of Siena, grant us the courage to speak your truth with love and conviction. Help us to be a fearless advocate for justice and righteousness, guided by the Holy Spirit. Teach us to be compassionate as we strive to be a faithful witness to the gospel message. In Jesus’ name, we pray…  Lord, hear our prayer.

Celebrating The Eucharist Sunday Mass 10:00 am Tuesday Mass 8:30 am Friday Mass 12:00 noon Holy Days, please consult the bulletin

Stewardship Reflection for
October 19, 2025

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The four pillars of parish stewardship are hospitality, prayer, formation, and service. Today’s readings show us the immense value of prayer and the privileged place it must have in our individual lives and in our parish community.

Our Lord Himself calls us to prayer — and persistence in prayer — in the Gospel passage from Luke. Jesus tells the parable of the nagging widow who finally wears down the judge with her unrelenting persistence in her pursuit of a just ruling from him on her behalf. Jesus goes to great lengths to describe this judge, saying he “neither feared God nor respected any human.” Yet even this corrupt judge responds with a just judgment because of the widow’s persistence.

Jesus uses this outlandish example to draw a vivid contrast between a reluctant, dishonest judge and our loving, all-merciful Father. If even a bad judge will give a good result in response to a persistent request, how much more (infinitely more) eagerly and perfectly will our good Father respond to our persistent prayers to Him.

If he delays in responding, if he provides a different response from the one we were expecting, we can remain confident and trusting in His goodness, knowing that His response, whenever it comes and in whatever form, will be the very best one for us.

Our job then, as Christian stewards, is simply to remain faithful to our relationship with God through prayer. We must lean on each other in our communities — family and parish — as we support each other in prayer. A strong pillar of prayer will make all our other stewardship efforts fruitful.