Incense will be used at Mass this week on Holy Thursday evening, at the Easter Vigil and at the 9:30 and 11:30 Masses on Easter Sunday.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

After the 8AM Mass on Fridays in the chapel

ROSARY

7:00 PM Fatima Prayer Group on Monday

After the 6:45 AM and 8 AM Masses Monday thru Friday and after the 8 AM Mass on Saturday.

Moms and children’s Rosary group every Friday from 10AM to 11:30AM.  Call MaryAnn at 922-3461 before you come for the first time.

Adult Volunteers: Julie Ashe, Kathy Grimm

Designate a gift to Saint Antoninus Church in your will and give witness to your faith. 

FROM OUR PASTOR

Dear Parishioners,

      The weather brought us a near blizzard last week-end.  Despite the inconveniences and sometimes tragedies such inclement weather can bring, I was really edified by how many people came to church.  Prudently, those who knew the weather would cause them problems stayed home.  But what amazed me, were the number of people who came for Eucharistic Adoration on Friday and for Sunday Mass over the week-end.  May the Lord bless our efforts to worship Him.

      This coming Holy Week is another such opportunity to worship the Lord.  As the liturgy tells us, we devoutly recall the mysteries of our Redemption.  “We remember how you loved us!”

-- Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong

49^TH INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS in QUEBEC CITY, CANADA on JUNE 15-24^TH, 2008.   Fr. Christopher R. Armstrong will be your Spiritual Leader for this “Eucharistic Pilgrimage”. For info and brochures, call the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Worship Office, Lisa Weber, at 421-3131.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY is a special feast instituted by Pope John Paul II, to celebrate the depth of God’s mercy.  This year, the three parishes of O.L. of Victory, O.L. of Lourdes and St. Antoninus will be cooperating to celebrate it together at 2:00PM on Sunday, March 30, at O.L. of Victory Church.  All three pastors will be participating.  We will observe this special feast with music, Eucharistic adoration, special devotions and confession with at least five confessors.  For info call O.L. of Victory parish office at 922-4460

ON GOOD FRIDAY, our parish will take up the annual Good Friday Collection for the Holy Land.  Your financial contribution helps to support the struggling Christian community and to protect Christianity’s holiest places.  Please be generous.

Biggs and Kroger Gift Cards are on sale in the church elevator hallway after all weekend Masses, and at the rectory, M-F from 8AM to 3 PM.

EDUCATION COMMISSION meeting will be at 7:30PM on Monday, March 17, in the school conference room.  Visitors are welcomed.

BIBLE STUDY will be on Mondays thru May 5^th, from 7-8PM in the Holy Family Room.  For info call Mary Lynne Rapien at 922-0902.

Norm Burnworth representing Diocesan Publications (our Bulletin Publisher) will be at the parish soon.  He will be renewing present advertisements and seeking new ones.  If interested, please call the parish office at 922-5400.

CHECK YOUR POCKETS!  The Nite at the Races/Silent Auction had a few unclaimed items from February 16: Rod Iron Birdfeeder- ticket # 8384388, Miscellaneous Gift Basket-#8384462, Elder Spiritwear Basket-#8385314, St. Antoninus Spiritwear-#8385940, She-Bead Bracelet – #8385320. 

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

    Today is Palm Sunday and the beginning of the holiest of Christian weeks.  Let us pray for the grace to take up our own cross and to follow Jesus through death to new life.  Please support the Society of St. Vincent de Paul so that together we can help the poor as they carry the cross of suffering and pain.

ADULT SOCIAL GROUP

Those who paid for the canceled March luncheon

will be automatically paid up for the April luncheon.

Friday, April 11 at 1PM, Holy Family Room, Steering

Committee.  All are welcome to us your input.

Monday, April 14, 12:30PM Communion Service in the

Chapel followed by lunch in the undercroft.  $9.00 p.p.

”The Liars Club” will entertain.

Future Trip will be a 3 day - 2 night trip on November 16-18, to see the famous Christmas light display at Oglebay Park and other interesting activities in and around Wheeling, WV.  Price is $349 per person, double occupancy, $433.00 p.p. single occupancy.

FROM OUR PRINCIPAL, MR. JACK COREY

     On March 6, 50 students from our parish PREP program and St. Antoninus School received the Sacrament of Confirmation.  Archbishop Pilarczyk presided over the Mass.    

     We are truly grateful to all our families who have guided their children this far.  Continue to serve as an example of Catholic living.  We also are grateful for Deacon Schroeder for his work, Mrs. Obermeyer, our seventh grade Religion teacher, and Mr. Kohls, the parish PREP teacher.  These three made sure that our students received proper preparation before receiving the sacrament. 

     Finally, we are thankful for Fr. Armstrong, Mrs. Lally, the St. Antoninus Women’s Ensemble, and the sixth grade parents for all the preparation to make this evening a memorable success before, during, and after the Mass.

SAINT ANTONINUS BOY SCOUT TROOP 614

 – LENTEN FISH FRY from 5-7PM on Good Friday.  

THE WAY OF LOVE PRAYER WALK on Sunday,

March 16, at 2PM at the Burnet Woods Bandstand. 

Sellers Needed for the St. Antoninus Girl Scout Toy and Clothing Sale on Saturday, April 5, 8:30 a.m – 12:00 p.m. in the Undercroft. Register by calling Mariellen Rechtin, 467-1616.

HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP

As we continue in prayer to unite ourselves with the holy will of the Sacred Heart, we have come to the Passiontide of Lent. Only one week is left to prepare our hearts for the agony of Good Friday and the glory of Easter. God is merciful and quick to accept our sorrow for any failures we have slipped into. Let us now renew our efforts to make this last week an act of complete reparation to His Sacred Heart. It is also an excellent time to intercede for God’s protection for His holy priests and for an increase in vocations. Join us in Chapel at 7:30 PM on Tuesday.

FESTIVAL BID-N-BUY BOOTH SEEKING DONATIONS:

Do you have any baskets (any shape, size, color),

packing peanuts, shred/crinkle paper or ribbon?  

Please call Cara Hester for pick up at 347-0545.  

Your donations will be greatly appreciated!

Holy Week with the joy of Easter is always a beautiful time to meditate on God’s Mercy and our great need of mercy.  The joy of Easter fills us with the hope of His mercy.  How the world longs for His mercy, even if we cannot always name it.  Mercy.

A pro life friend just returned from a high security prison where he again helped to give a Kairos retreat for the inmates.  The face of Christ, the need for mercy is there, especially those on death row.  The Church reminds us that capital punishment is reserved solely for those rare situations when no other feasible means is available to protect society.  Thank God for the devoted pro life individuals who tenaciously serve in this vital area to protect and promote the sanctity of human life both of the innocent victims and their families as well as the convicted guilty.  Mercy.

Thank God for pro life ministers who, promote the God-given dignity of the sick and dying; for all who educate us on the evils of euthanasia and infanticide; for those who valiantly live with special needs and for those who are blessed to serve them.  Mercy.  Notably, the Catholic Church consistently heralds the ministry of advocating life on behalf of those waiting-to-be-born.  Our conscience must be moved by the millions who are on the death row of the womb:  unseen, unheard, condemned to death often because of their special needs.  Slavery was sheer absurdity…owning another human.  Abortion is sheer absurdity that holds the bizarre stance that we should ‘look the other way’ if someone chooses to kill an unborn child.  During this Holy season, pray for His mercy; pray that America may vote to protect the sanctity of human life.  Jesus tells us “you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:  31-32) God is good!  Jane Hoffman St. Antoninus Pro Life, Pro Family Commission.