EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Every Friday after the 8AM Mass

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.

Thursday, April 16, 7:30PM – Fr. Mick

Adult Volunteers: Mary Ann Catanzaro, Joan Gay

Students: Leigha & Gabriella K., Katie F.

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

FROM OUR PASTOR

     Recently, someone gave me a photocopy of an Easter card's message because it had struck a chord within that person: "As we lift high the cross, there's much to gain/ In the mystery and beauty the cross can contain./ The message it shares/ can bring great joy to you -/ Joy you can carry in all that you do./ It's a message of caring -a free gift of love-/ We only need accept from Our Father above./ In that cross is the sacrifice/ Jesus Christ made,/ So our souls could be cleansed/ with the great price He paid./ It's a personal promise to me and to you/ That God loves and accepts us when we love Him, too."   I had mentioned the card's message to another person well acquainted with the Eastern Catholic Churches to which the person added: "We say to one another 'Christ is risen' and the response is 'He is truly risen.'" Easter is the vindication of the Cross.  In His Resurrection, Jesus is cleared of all suspicion.  He is not the lunatic or liar some took Him to be, but LORD, the Victor over sin and death, the One who lives forever and ever and Who shares His own divine life with us.  Christ is risen! He is truly risen!  Have a Blessed Easter!  

-- Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong

THANKS TO Mr. Pepe Ramundo for donating the

Paschal (Easter) Candle in memory of his late wife, Yvonne.  Yvonne was a sacristan here at the parish for many years.  May she know the glory of the Risen Lord.

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. We earn 4% of every dollar from Krogers and 6% of every dollar from Bigg’s.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED to sell Biggs & Kroger grocery cards. Please call Fran Feldman at 451-3428 to sign up.

CLEAN UP DAY will be on Saturday, April 25th, at 9AM. Bring your own rakes, brooms, shovels etc. For information call Greg Forrest Lester at 922-3270.

CATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL

Need exists in the community, be it financial, social or spiritual. More low and middle-income families are turning to the agency’s food pantry this year, plus help with utilities, rent and medical needs. We have assisted over 25% more people than last year. To meet the growing needs of the poor, we must count on goodwill that is extended throughout the year. For info see www.CatholicAppeal.info.

TRAVELING CHALICE

Sign up to help pray for our needed vocations. Also, you could be praying for Deacon Dave Endres and his classmates as they ready themselves for ordination. Please call 451-7435 to sign up.

BIBLE STUDY

We are walking in the footsteps of our first Pope, St. Peter, via an on-site video, with Stephen Ray as our travel guide. We meet on Monday night in the Undercroft/Holy Family Room from 7-8 p.m. All are welcome. (Note: We do not meet on Easter Monday.)

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

Next Saturday and Sunday the St. Vincent de Paul truck will be on our lower playground to accept your contributions of gently-used clothing, household items, toys and non-perishable food. The complete list of acceptable items was in the flyer inside last weekend's bulletin. (Additional copies of the flyer are on the Greeting Room counter.) Hours: Saturday, 9 AM - 4:30 PM; Sunday, 9 AM - 3 PM. Workers will be on hand to assist in the unloading of cars.

Father Larry Mick Burse: A Living Legacy

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. To date, Fr. Mick’s Burse has $31,290! The goal of a burse is to fully endow one seminarian’s formation. Burses may receive additional capital over one’s lifetime, and even beyond, through inclusion in one’s will.

FROM OUR PRINCIPAL, MR. JACK COREY

Dear Parishioners,

     All of us here at St. Antoninus School wish you a happy and holy Easter season.  Our faculty, staff and students are using this week to enjoy the company of our families as we rejuvenate ourselves.  The school will reopen Monday, April 20, 2009.

     When we come back from Easter break we will still be in our open enrollment period.  For those interested in sending your children to St. Antoninus, feel free to call me for a tour at 922-2500.

St. Antoninus Girl Scout Toy and Clothing Sale.  Saturday, April 25, 9 a.m. - 12 noon, in the St. Antoninus Undercroft. Cash only.  Featuring children’s and maternity clothing, toys, books, videos, and baby equipment. Questions call Julie Kraemer at 451-9575.

FROM DEACON DAVID ENDRES

     The Lord has risen from the dead, Alleluia!   Today we celebrate Christ’s triumph over sin and death.  It is because Christ died and was raised that we ourselves can have hope in eternal life.  That is what we celebrate at every Mass – that Christ’s sacrifice on the cross as well as His resurrection is intimately connected with our lives. When we receive the Eucharist, we receive the same Jesus that celebrated the Last Supper on Holy Thursday, died on Good Friday, and was gloriously raised on Easter Sunday.  May we allow the Lord to abide in us this Sunday and every Sunday throughout the year.  

Tuition Assistance (TAP, ESAP, PSAS)

Important Information!

• St. Antoninus offers a tuition assistance program (TAP) to families with students in grades 1-8.  To apply for assistance families must complete the Private School Aid Service (PSAS) form located on the school web site.  

• The Elder Scholars Assistance Program (ESAP) is also being offered again this year for students entering grades 5-8.  Information on ESAP is also available on the school web site. 

• The same PSAS form is used for both programs- only one application and fee is required.

• St. Antoninus policy requires that families requesting assistance through the parish MUST also apply for ESAP if they are eligible (have students entering grades 5-8).

• These applications are due to PSAS by May 1^st.

ARCHDIOCESAN DECREE ON CHILD PROTECTION ORIENTATION meeting Thurs. April 23, 7PM; Tues. May 12, 1 PM. All meetings will be held in the Holy Family Room.

HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP

Many of us have a relationship with the Lord. Perhaps we faithfully say our morning and evening prayers, we receive the sacraments frequently, and we try to attend Mass as often as possible. However, are you aware that the Lord is calling us to even more? The Holy Spirit is within us – He is with us when we shop, go to work, clean the house, and go about our daily duties. He wishes to interact with us throughout the day. Mary Handermann’s talk “Living in the Power of the Holy Spirit in Every Day” will tell us how this incredible bond can be encouraged within us. In Chapel, Tuesday 7:30 PM.

ADULT SOCIAL GROUP

Monday, April 13, 12:30PM Communion Service in the Chapel followed by lunch in the undercroft and a presentation, “The Mysterious Boxes.

April 22, Keenland Race Track; Trip sold out! Bus leaves at 9:00 a.m.

May 1st, Steering Committee meeting at 1 PM in the Holy Family Room.

May 11th ,Lunch and “Hummel Figurines” presented by Fred Kellerman. Bring your own Hummels so they can be enjoyed by all…

June 2nd, “Cincinnati City Tour” hosted by Bob Doolan. In Process - November trip to “Our Lady of the Snows Shrine” to see the Christmas displays.

MENS 35 & OVER SOFTBALL league practice is on April 17. The first game is Tuesday, April 21, at Oskamp. Games are normally on Friday nights. Call Scott Lammers at 922-5130 to sign up.

FALL 2009 SOCCER SIGN-UPS will be held Sunday, April 19th, and Sunday, April 26th, after 9:30 and 11:30 Mass in the undercroft by the main glass doors. Forms will be available at that time. Please, Please, Please - if anyone has a soccer uniform shirt from a previous season, such shirts can be turned in during sign-ups.

2009 ST. ANTONINUS FESTIVAL on June 12, 13,14th. Volunteers are needed. Call our new co-presidents; Mike Rolfes at 451-6704 or Brian Bohan at 922-4313 for more info.

THE DIVINE MERCY NOVENA

   Begins on Good Friday and concludes on the Sunday after Easter.  Our Lord makes extraordinary promises to those who pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy but above all to those who participated in the “Feast of Mercy” on the Second Sunday of Easter. 

   The following is the Revelation made to St. Faustina; My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy.  I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and a shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners.  On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open.  I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. 

   The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.  On that day are opened all the divine floodgates through which graces flow.  Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet.

   My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity.  Everything that exists has come from the very depths of My most tender mercy.  Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate My love and mercy thoughout eternity.

   The Feast of Mercy emerged from the very depths of My tenderness. it is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter.  Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy.

1.  Celebrate the Feast on the Sunday after Easter.

2.  Sincerely repent of all sins

3.  Place complete trust in Jesus

4.  Go to Confession, preferably before that Sunday

5.  Receive Holy Communion on the day of the Feast

6.  Venerate* the Image of The Divine Mercy

7.  Be merciful to others, through one’s actions, words, and prayers on their behalf.

*To venerate a sacred image or statue simply means to perform some act or make some gesture of deep religious respect toward it because of the person whom it represents – in this case, our Most Merciful Savior.

HOW TO SAY THE CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY

   In 1933, God gave Sister Faustina a striking vision of His mercy.  Sister tells us:  “I saw a great light, with God the Father in the midst of it.   Between this light and the earth I saw Jesus nailed to the Cross and in such a way that God, wanting to look upon the earth, had to look through Our Lord’s wounds.   And I understood that god blessed the earth for the sake of Jesus”.  Of another vision of September 13, 1935, she writes:  “I saw an Angel, the executor of God’s wrath… about to strike the earth… I began to beg God earnestly for the world with words which I heard interiorly.  As I prayed in this way, I saw the Angel’s helplessness, and he could not carry out the just punishment.”

   The following day an inner voice taught her to say this prayer on ordinary rosary beads:

“First say one ‘Our Father’, ‘Hail Mary’, and ‘I Believe’.

Then on the large beads say the following words;

‘Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.’

On the small beads you are to say the following words: ‘For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world’.

In conclusion you are to say these words three times: ‘Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.’”

      Jesus said later to Sister Faustina:  “Say unceasingly this chaplet that I have taught you.  Anyone who says it will receive great Mercy at the hour of death.  Priests will recommend it to sinners as the last hope.  Even the most hardened sinner, if he recites this chaplet even once will receive grace from My infinite Mercy.  I want the whole world to know My infinite Mercy.  I want to give unimaginable graces to those who trust in My Mercy.”

Knowing Internet Lingo Can Help Parents Safeguard Kids Online chat rooms, instant messaging systems, and even cell phones equipped to send text messages are environments rich in abbreviations, acronyms, and other shorthand that help increase the speed of communication. Parents need to become aware of some of the common lingo that is used in these environments. Some of these terms may be found to be vulgar, degrading, or otherwise offensive. However, parents and educators need to have a level of understanding of the dangers that face our children.   Source: Bob Farley, "Exposing the Dangers of Chat Rooms," featured March 14,2005, at www.virtusonline.orWvirtus.

Where Do Your Kids Go to Have Fun? Protecting children from harm extends beyond the time that they are under your direct supervision. Know where your children spend their time when school is out or they are not in the house. Where do they gather and play with other kids? Are there other adults in the area? If so, who are they, and what reason do they have to be there? Knowing the answers to these questions will help you to keep your kids safe even when you are not with them. Source: www.l71issingkids.com

Internet Spammers Target Kids, Too. Does your child know what to do when he or she gets an e-mail from an unknown person? If you are allowing your children to communicate with others online, be aware that they will be exposed to spam. The easiest way to avoid spam is to make sure that your children do not give out their personal information or e-mail address to anyone they do not know. Adjust the security settings on their e-mail account to filter or block unwanted messages. Encourage your children to delete any messages they get from anyone they don't know. Even when your children get e-mail or instant messages from people they know, make sure that they scan everything they are downloading for viruses first. You can do this by making sure that you have your antivirus software up to date.   Source: www.netsmartz.orglsafety/saferytips.htm

Always Keep an Up-to-Date Photo of Your Child. Picture this: A good photo could save a child's life. One of the most important tools for law enforcement in the case of a missing child is an up-to-date (take a new one every six months), good-quality photograph. The photograph should be a recent head-and-shoulders color photograph of the child in which the face is clearly seen. It should be of school-portrait quality, and the background should be plain or solid so it does not distract from the subject. When possible, the photograph should be in a digitized form and available on a compact disk (CD), as opposed to just a hard copy. This minimizes the time necessary to scan, resize, and make color corrections before disseminating it to law enforcement. The photograph should have space for accurate, narrative description useful to identify the child, such as name, nickname, height, weight, sex, age, eye color, identifying marks, glasses, and braces. Source: "The Importance of Photos." WH'w. missingkids. com.

How to Report Inappropriate or Illegal Content on the Internet -One of the main reasons that children do not report the inappropriate content they find online is fear of punishment from parents. If you let them know that it is not their fault if they come across an inappropriate site, they will be more willing to come to you when it happens. If your children ever show you a site that contains illegal behavior, contact your Internet service provider and the CyberTipline at www.cybertipline.com