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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.
RECONCILIATION No Confessions on Thursday, March 12 Saturday, March 14, 3:00PM – Fr. Mick
BABYSITTING FOR THE 9:30AM MASS, SUNDAY, March 15 Adult Volunteers: Joan Gay, Kate Hein
Students: Leigha & Gabriella K.,
Katie F.
WAY OF THE CROSS DURING LENT Tuesdays at 7:00PM / Wednesdays at 12:50PM
THANK YOU TO, Tom’s Foreign Car Repair for advertising in our bulletin.
ADULT STUDIES Bible Study on Mondays from 7-8PM in the Holy Family Room in the church undercroft. For info call Mary Lynne Rapien at 922-0902.
NEXT AND LAST COFFEE & DONUTS SUNDAY is on March 8. (2nd Sunday in April is Easter; in May is Mother’s Day).
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED to sell Biggs grocery cards on the first and third Sundays at the 11:30AM Mass. Please call Fran Feldman at 451-3428 to sign up. |
Designate a gift to Saint Antoninus Church in your will and give witness to your faith.
come to your home! We encourage parishioners of all ages, those with families and those living alone, to participate in this special mission of praying for vocations. Our new coordinators for the Traveling Chalice program is Joe and Mary Beth Nolan. Call them at 451-7435 or e-mail at MBNOLAN@cinci.rr.com.
Learn more about your Catholic Faith! Read The Catholic Telegraph. Call 421-3131 ext. 496 to order your copy today.
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FROM OUR PASTOR I do not wish to offend Fr. Mick's modesty; therefore, I will not gush about him on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of his ordination to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ. However, I remember a visiting professor in the seminary telling us that the ministry of the priest was the ministry of thanksgiving. There is no more sublime way to give thanks than by celebrating Mass, both priest and people together. Supposing that Fr. Mick celebrated Mass everyday of his sixty years as a priest, that would be at least 21,900 Masses. Moreover, as I saw in a sacristy once: "Priest of God, celebrate this Mass as if it were you first Mass, your last Mass, your only Mass." I can't help but think Fr. Mick has done just that at least 21,900 times in his life! For all of that and more, we give thanks to the Lord. Ad multos annos, Fr. Mick! -- Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong + CATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL On March 7 and 8, we will have the 2009 Catholic Ministries Appeal Announcement Weekend; we will be playing an audio message detailing the Appeal and asking every Catholic household to make a pledge. Please begin to prayerfully consider how you will participate. Every gift matters. For info see www.CatholicAppeal.info.
St. Antoninus Parish is seeking a part-time (20 hr/wk) Business Manager. The Parish Business Manager is an administrator in support of the Pastor’s responsibilities to the parish. This administrator is a steward of the physical, financial and personnel resources of the parish. Candidates must have excellent computer skills, a knowledge of accounting principles and practices, excellent interpersonal communication skills and good record-keeping ability. The candidate should have supervisory experience and, if at all possible, should have a college degree and/or five to ten years business experience. Please send your resume to: Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong, Church of St. Antoninus, 1500 Linneman Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45238. Deadline for resume submittal is March 27, 2009.
2009 GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS at Saint Peter in Chains Cathedral will be on Saturday, May 2, at 2PM. Principal celebrant will be Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk.
ALL MARRIED COUPLES CELEBRATING THEIR 25th, 50th, 60th, 70th and 75th Wedding Anniversaries during this year of 2009 should call the rectory office at 922-5400, Monday – Friday from 8AM to 3PM. Leave your name, address, wedding date and phone number. |
Father Larry Mick Burse: A Living Legacy for 60-year Jubilee A burse is a permanently restricted endowment, with the interest used to help offset the cost of training local seminarians for the priesthood including tuition, room and board – about $30,000 a year. The goal of a burse is to fully endow one seminarian’s formation. A burse currently: * To be established requires a minimum pledged donation of $25,000. * Provides naming opportunity rights – benefactor or honoree, or as a memorial. * Is regulated by the board of trustees with interest presently allocated annually at six percent. Burses may receive additional capital over one’s lifetime, and even beyond, through inclusion in one’s will. Please make check out to St. Antoninus Parish and mark the memo line “Fr. Mick Burse.” The actual date of Fr. Mick’s 60th anniversary is March 12, 2009. We will celebrate it as a parish on Sunday, March 8, 2009, at the 11:30AM Mass.
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.
PILGRIMAGE TO IRELAND WITH FR. CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG on September 15-26, 2009. $3,650 + airtax per person/double occupancy. Air Taxes and Insurance not included. Brochures are on the greeting room shelf. For info call Best Catholic Pilgrimages, info@bestcatholic.com or 1-800-908-2378.
EASTER FLOWERS FOR ALTAR Please help the parish with a monetary donation to defray the cost of Easter flowers. Drop an envelope marked Easter Flowers in the rectory mailbox or the collection basket. Thank you.
ARCHDIOCESAN DECREE ON CHILD PROTECTION ORIENTATION Thurs. March 19, 7PM; Thurs. Apr. 23, 7PM; Tues. May 12, 1 PM. All meetings will be held in the Holy Family Room. |
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Dear Parishioners, At school all our students received “Rice Bowls” for Lent. At an all school Mass, Deacon Schroeder asked the students to assign a small monetary value to anything they are doing for Lent. For example, if a student who drinks pop assigns a quarter to each glass of pop, every time the student goes without the customary pop, a quarter is dropped into the Lenten rice bowl. If a student decides to keep his room clean, that student can put an assigned amount for every day the room is kept clean. The money is used to help those less fortunate than ourselves. This allows our self-denial to serve a good purpose. Please encourage your children to assign a value to their Lenten self-denial. Congratulations to Fr. Mick as he celebrates 60 years as a priest from all of us at St. Antoninus Parish School.
ALADDIN PLAY TICKETS for performances on Friday, March 20, at 7PM and Saturday, March 21, at 6PM in the school gym. Tickets are $5/adults, $3/students. Please see order form on the St. A website or call school for more details.
LaRosa Buddy Cards are being sold by the 8th grade to raise money for their field trip to Columbus. The cards are $10.00 each and are valid until February 2010. Please call an 8th grader or JoAnn Gay 922-7705(home) or 470-6349 (cell).
FROM DEACON DAVID ENDRES This weekend Fr. Mick celebrates sixty years in the priesthood! Commemorating his many years of faithful service is a great joy for all of us who have been impacted by his ministry. I have enjoyed living, working, and praying with Fr. Mick during my time here. Assisting him at Mass and sharing meals with him has been a particular source of joy for me. I often joke that I hope that I am half the priest that he is when I am in my eighties (presuming I make it that far). He is wonderful example of commitment, generosity, and humility. Congratulations, Fr. Mick!
SAINT ANTONINUS TROOP 614 FISH FRY every Friday in Lent. Dinner is served between 5-7PM in the undercroft. Eat in or carryout.
“The Way of Love” Pro-Life 7th Annual Prayer Walk on Sunday, March 22, 29, and April 5th, at 2PM starting at the Burnett Woods bandstand in Clifton. For info call 314-9121 or see www.thewayoflove.org. |
YOUTH CLUB UPCOMING EVENTS! Friday, March 13: YMCA Lock In: 7th Grade & up, 9 PM to 1 AM (March 14): $10.00 Sunday, April 5th: Prayer Walk: 7th Grade & up. Attend 9:30 AM Mass, depart St. A at about 10:45AM. Walk and pray with neighboring youth clubs for approximately 5 miles. Return to St. A for lunch and fellowship. Thursday, April 9th through Friday Morning: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER: 7th Grade & 8th Grade DINNER, BIBLICAL PRESENTATIONS AND OVER-NIGHT LOCK-IN! For info, please call Julie Heil 922-3848 or rjdcp@fuse.net.
HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP During Lent (and any time) it is very encouraging to hear testimonies of faith. In our parish we have an occasion to hear such a story, titled A Faith Journey, as told by teen-ager Gabriella Therapiawan and her father Herman. Their long trip from Indonesia to Cincinnati and the events since make a fascinating tale. Throughout it all their total reliance on God’s care and guidance and their unfaltering faith are examples for us all. It is especially heartwarming to hear this from a teenage perception. We invite all to come and be inspired, especially young people. In Chapel on Tuesday at 7:30 PM.
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Lent is a call not just to "give up something" but more important to "give something for the poor." When you place your donation in the St. Vincent de Paul poor box, know that you are embracing your brothers and sisters in mercy and love.
ADULT SOCIAL GROUP March 9th, Communion Service in Chapel at 12:30 pm followed by lunch in the Undercroft and a presentation: “The Lewis & Clark Expedition” cost $9. The cost to the caterer is based on the number of reservations made. April 22, Keenland Race Track; Phoenix Room plus buffet lunch. Trip sold out! Bus leaves at 9:00 a.m. Coming Attractions: April lunch; “The Mysterious Box-es”. May Lunch; “Hummel Figurines” presented by Fred Kellerman. June Trip –“City Tour” hosted by Bob Doolan. Dues: Just a Reminder! Did you pay your dues?
St. Antoninus Girl Scout Toy and Clothing Sale. Friday, April 24(set-up) ,and Saturday, April 25 (sale), 9 a.m. - 12 noon, in the St. Antoninus Undercroft. To register as a seller, please email Mollie DiGiacomo at mddig@yahoo.com. Questions call Julie Kraemer at 451-9575.
2009 ST. ANTONINUS FESTIVAL on June 12, 13,14th. Rides, entertainment, games, an air-conditioned Casino and great food. Volunteers are needed. |
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Traveling Chalice wants to
FROM OUR
PRINCIPAL, MR. JACK COREY