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.

THE PARISH LIBRARY is open every Sunday morning in the Holy Family Room of the undercroft.

CONFESSIONS

Thursday, July 16, 7:30PM – Fr. Armstrong

Saturday, July 18, 3:00PM – Fr. Armstrong

BABYSITTING FOR THE 9:30AM MASS,

SUNDAY, JULY 19

Adult Volunteers: Gretchen Wrolstad, Kate Hein

Students: Laura N., Carly N., David N., Alyse P.

See the Catholic Telegraph’s new website www.thecatholictelegraph.com for additional international news stories and other local information.

RECTORY OFFICE SUMMER BUSINESS HOURS will be Monday thru Thursday from 8AM to 3PM and Fridays from 8AM to 12noon.

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL has been offered for Larry Eyink. Please keep him and his family in your prayers.

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

FROM OUR PASTOR

      Did you know how important our parish fundraisers are to the financial health of our parish?  I am deeply grateful to all who participate in our Kroger/Biggs/SCRIP programs.  If you haven’t done so, please help your parish meet its financial responsibilities. Thanks.

- Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong

Biggs Sales Summary

*6% of the cards’ value, less one $50 gift card given away each month in a drawing, ceased on June 1, 2008.

Note:  There are 625 households with 1 or 2 members

                        825 households with 3 or more members

                        1,450  households    

If each household brought just one $50 Biggs card in a month that would equal to $72,500.00 and the parish receives 6% which will be $4,350.00.

Kroger’s Rechargeable Card Sales Summery

For the year 2008 the Kroger cards were reloaded with $77,738.87.  Our 4% rebate for 2008 was $3,109.56.  For the year of 2009 as of this June, the Kroger rebate total is $522.61.

Biggs and Kroger Gift Cards are available during rectory office hours of Monday-Thursday 8AM to 3PM and Friday from 8AM to noon and after all weekend Masses.

THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD! (Psalm 19:1)

    On Monday, July 27, 2009 come by Schott Field and see the night sky through the new telescope recently awarded to St. Antoninus.  We will gather beginning at 8:30pm and stay as long as anyone is interested.  We will look at lunar craters and mountains (early in the evening), a double-star, one gold, one blue, and later on, Jupiter will rise.  Solid cloud-cover will cancel this event and we will try again the next evening. Questions call Deacon Bob at 922-4759.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

HOME CONSTRUCTION ON FYFFE AVE.

(Fyffe Ave. turns off of McHenry and crosses Westwood-Northern in Westwood).

     From 8:00am to 3:00pm or any hours you can help, on July 18, August 15, September 19, October 17, and November 21.   

     If you would like to help, call Deacon Bob Schroeder at 922-4759 or send e-mail to: w8cro@arrl.net.  To help with lunch call Julie Heil at 922-3848

TRAVELING CHALICE 

     Thank you to Tom and Cecilia Orgo who took

the Traveling Chalice into their home for one week to help pray for vocations to the religious life.  If you would like the Traveling Chalice for one week, please call Debbie at 922-2414.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

    The demand of daily Christian living is to spend our life primarily searching for the Kingdom of God. Know that as you give your gift to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to help the poor, you have indeed found the Kingdom of God. Please remember the Christmas in July non-perishable food collection for the Holy Family Pantry. The collection barrel is in the Greeting Room.

THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS

Are you concerned about the mortgage crisis?  Have you seen more empty houses in your community?  Do you know of someone who is behind on their mortgage payments or in danger of foreclosure?  The Cincinnati Parish Collaborative of the Archdiocesan Catholic Social Action Office and Working In Neighborhoods will sponsor a forum on Thursday, July 30, 7PM, at St. Ann Church in Groesbeck. For info call 541-5109 x 105 or 421-3131 x 2660.

HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP

Continuing with our presentation of four teachings on the Beatitudes, Mary Cappel will speak on the second and eighth. When Jesus spoke of these in His Sermon on the Mount, He was inviting us to live in the kingdom. What does that mean? His teaching was thought to be radical then and is still regarded so by today’s culture. But Mary’s talk, “CRY BABY”, refers to lives of sorrow and of those who give up all for God. Such lives would seem to be joyless. Yet Jesus says they can be joyful because they lead us to the kingdom of God and our reward will be great in heaven. Let’s hear more on this. In Chapel, 7:30 PM.

ADULT SOCIAL GROUP

Monday, July 13, Communion Service @ 12:30, followed by Lunch & “The Liars Club” in the undercroft.  Cost: $9 per person, get your reservations in by July 1^st.

In Process – Trip to “Our Lady of the Snows Shrine” to see the Christmas Displays and “Way of Lights.”  Leave Tues, Dec. 1^st, return Thur. Dec. 3^rd. Stay 2 nights at the Shrine hotel.   Tour will also include a sightseeing trip to the St. Louis Arch:  Noon Mass at the Basilica:  and a tour of the Anheuser Bush Brewery.  Cost $175 per person for transportation, lodging and continental breakfasts.  Additional food, fees and souvenirs are at your own expense.  Tour limited to 44 people. Deposit $75 per person.  Get your name in early

St. Antoninus Family VBS Discovery Canyon

Wednesday, July 22:  “Rejoice!”

Wednesday, July 29:  “Prayer & Asking”

Wednesday, August 5:  “Seek & Discover”

Time:  6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

     Eat dinner with your family and your fellow parish families; sing songs, play games, make crafts, pray, learn Bible stories & verses…Family-style!

     Interested!  Sign up!  Call Julie Heil to RSVP: 922-3848 or rjdcp@fuse.net

     Want to help!  Want to be in the skits?  Lead songs! Questions! Call Julie!

Please donate your gently used boys and girls First Holy Communion clothing and accessories so they can be sold at the boutique in the undercroft next spring.  Proceeds will be sent to missionaries and/or parishes to assist in providing First Holy Communion articles for the people they serve.   Please bring the articles to the elevator lobby of the greeting room on July 18 and 19.  Call Julie Ashe at 451-8785 for pick up.

Lollipop Soccer Sign Ups by July 15^th, for children born between 7/31/03 and 7/31/05. Call 347-7708 or e-mail Judy_Rigney@yahoo.com with player’s name, birth date, phone number, parent names and questions.  Coaches are needed, no experience necessary, simple training can be provided!

ST. A FOOTBALL UPDATE....Sign-ups continue!  Bantam Football (1st and 2nd grade) signups should be emailed to JEFFJAMES@CINCI.RR.COM.  If you have a kindergarten student who would like to play, there will be a limited number of spaces available so call Jeff James for details at 476-1490.  Check the St. A Website for more Information and updates.

St. Lawrence Church Festival on Saturday, July11, from 5-11PM and Sunday, July 12, 5-10PM. Chicken dinner on Saturday and Sunday from 4-7PM.

St. Simon Church Summer Festival on July 18 & 19. Saturday, 5:30-11PM and Sunday, 5-10:30PM.

Main Award $5,000.  Bid-N-Buy booth! Music! Delicious food!

OUTDOOR CONCERT at “The Hollow” at St. Al’s on the Ohio Parish on Saturday, July 18.  For info see www.billtonnismusic.com or call Carol Meier at 941-9352.

SETON HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUB is having a car wash on Sunday, July 19, from 1 to 4PM at Buster’s Ice Cream on Glenway Avenue near Bridgetown Road.  Proceeds will help fund the mission trips.

CATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL Masses of Thanksgiving celebrated by Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk will be on July 19, at 11AM at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, August 2, at 10AM at Holy Redeemer Parish in New Bremen and August 9, at 12noon at Ascension Parish in Dayton.

JUSTFAITH WORKSHOP
All are invited to a workshop presented by Jack Jezreel, the founder of the amazingly successful social justice, faith formation program, JustFaith.  Jack is well known for his powerful and moving presentations on the Gospel call to peace and justice.  This will be a wonderful opportunity both for parishioners who might be interested in participating in this program and for those who just want to be energized by what Jack has to say.   Deacon Bob Schroeder will attend this workshop.  If you would like to attend with him, please phone 922-4759:  Wednesday, July 29, 6:30-9:30pm at Our Lord Christ the King Church (3223 Linwood Ave.)

Facing an Unplanned Pregnancy?  Catholic Charities supplies free, confidential counseling services and support as you consider your options to parent or make an adoption plan for your baby.  Please call anytime at 241-7745.

Are you caring for an adult family member?  Call the Caregiver Assistance Network of Catholic Charities at 929-4483 for the list of free talks and support groups in our area.

Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio is looking for volunteers for all of their programs.  See the website www.catholiccharitiesswo.org and click on the volunteer opportunities link or call Mike at 241-7745 ext. 2524.

Since many have asked for a copy of the letter Fr. Armstrong used in his homily on July 5, here it is;

From a Letter to Diognetus (N.5-6, Funk 397-401). The authorship is uncertain but it has been attributed to St. Justin the Martyr. It was written 100-150A.D.

Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of their own, or speak a strange dialect, or follow some outlandish way of life. Their teaching is not based upon reveries inspired by the curiosity of men. Unlike some other people, they champion no purely human doctrine. With regard to dress, food and manner of life in general, they follow the customs of whatever city they happen to be living in, whether it is Greek or foreign.

And yet there is something extraordinary about their lives, they live in their own countries as though they were only passing through. They play their full role as citizens, but labor under all the disabilities of aliens. Any country can be their homeland, but for them their homeland, wherever it may be, is a foreign country. Like others, they marry and have children, but they do not expose them. They share their meals, but not their wives. They live in the flesh, but they are not governed by the desires of the flesh. They pass their days upon earth, but they are citizens of heaven. Obedient to the laws, they yet live on a level that transcends the law.

Christians love all men, but all men persecute them. Condemned because they are not understood, they are put to death, but raised to life again. They live in poverty, but enrich many; they are totally destitute, but possess an abundance of everything. They suffer dishonor, but that is their glory. They are defamed, but vindicated. A blessing is their answer to abuse, deference their response to insult. For the good they do they receive the punishment of malefactors, but even then they rejoice, as though receiving the gift of life. They are attacked by the Jews as aliens, they are persecuted by the Greeks, yet no one can explain the reason for this hatred.

To speak in general terms, we may say that the Christian is to the world what the soul is to the body. As the soul is present in every part of the body, while remaining distant from it, so Christians are found in all the cities of the world, but cannot be identified with the world. As the visible body contains the invisible soul, so Christians are seen living in the world, but their religious life remains unseen. The body hates the soul and wars against it, not because of any injury the soul has done it, but because of the restriction the soul places on its pleasures. Similarly, the world hates the Christians, not because they have done it any wrong, but because they are opposed to its enjoyments.

Christians love those who hate them just as the soul loves the body and all its members despite the body’s hatred. It is by the soul, enclosed within the body, that the body is held together, and similarly, it is by the Christians, detained in the world as in a prison, that the world is held together. The soul, though immortal, has a mortal dwelling place; and Christians also live for a time amidst perishable things, while awaiting the freedom from change and decay that will be theirs in heaven. As the soul benefits from the deprivation of food and drink so Christians flourish under persecution. Such is the Christian’s lofty and divinely appointed function, from which he is not permitted to excuse himself.