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January 3, 2010 |
Eucharistic Adoration Church will be open, but there will not be Eucharistic Adoration on Friday, January 1, 2010
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.
PARISH DIRECTORIES, in limited quantities, are available at the rectory during office hours for $5.00 each
THANK YOU to Hart Pharmacy for advertising in our bulletin.
CONFESSIONS SCHEDULE Thursday, Jan. 7, 4:30 PM - Fr. Mick
7:30 PM – Fr. Mick
Saturday, January 9, 3:00PM – Fr. Mick
BABYSITTING FOR THE 9:30AM MASS, SUNDAY, January 10, 2010 Adult Volunteers: Susan Fluegemann, Leslie Keller
Students: Samantha M., Sarah P.
ADULT BIBLE STUDY every Monday from 7:00 to 8:00PM in the Holy Family Room of the undercroft. If you have questions please call Mary Lynne Rapien at 922-0902. RCIA on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Holy Family Room of the undercroft. Questions call Deacon Bob Schroeder at 922-4759. CHOIR PRACTICE Regular scheduled rehearsals will be on the 2nd and 3rd Wednesday evenings of each month from 7-8:30PM in the school music room. Please call Peg Delaney at 922-5400 for information and to set up an audition time. MOM’S ROSARY CIRCLE GROUP is every Friday from 10AM to 11:30AM at Mary Ann Baverman’s home, 5327 Quailwood off Sylved Ln. All Moms and all kids are welcome. Rosary instruction is available. Call before you come the first time 922-3461. LITURGY OF THE WORD for children in grades 1 and 2 (until they have received their First Holy Communion), at the 9:30 Mass every Sunday. PREP classes for Catholic students in public schools are on Sundays. To register please call Deacon Bob Schroeder at 922-4759. ST. ANTONINUS SUNDAY SCHOOL for 4 and 5 year-olds will be held in the school cafeteria during the 9:30 Mass on Sundays starting October 4th. Students registered for the 4 year-old group must be eligible for Kindergarten in the fall of 2010. Call Deacon Bob at 922-4759. |
Remember St. Antoninus in your will. + The first reading today provides a challenging blueprint for the good stewardship of our family relationships. How do I measure up? +
come to your home! If you would like the Traveling Chalice for one week, please call Debbie at 922-2414.
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Dear Parishioners, Today’s Solemnity of the Epiphany has been called “little Christmas” but there is nothing little about it! It is, in fact, the Christ Child’s manifestation of Himself as Lord and Savior of all Nations, represented by the Magi. The Epiphany also gives us pause to think how each one of us manifests the Lord in our lives. For example, I have been reading Fr. Burger’s book Hear God’s Voice . He relates a story about President Jefferson who helped a man and his horse cross an icy stream. (To paraphrase,) “Why did you ask him to help? Didn’t you know he was the President?” The man replied, “No, I didn’t know. But when I was looking for help, all your faces said ‘no’, but his said ‘yes!’” As Fr. Burger stated: “Jesus is the One sent from the Father with ‘Yes’ on His Face.” And what about us? When people look at our faces what kind of Epiphany of Jesus will they have?
THANKS to all of parishioners on behalf of Fr. Armstrong, Fr. Mick, and Matt Robben, our seminarian intern, for your best wishes and gifts for Christmas and the New Year. During this “Year of Priests,” all of you have been most kind and generous in expressing your gratitude for the Priesthood of Jesus Christ to which the Lord has called us. In this New Year, may He find us worthy of serving you.
THANKS TO Tim Klapper’s family for putting up the outdoor Nativity scene this Christmas. Fr. Christopher R. Armstrong |
STOCK DONATIONS If you wish to contribute stock to Saint Antoninus Parish Church, please contact Mrs. Steffany Reid, our business manager, at 922-5400 for instructions.
Nativity Scenes: When we broke up our family home, I inherited the nativity scene. When my oldest brother was a child, each year he would purchase a figurine at Kresges’. The figurines are now chipped and a little faded but they remain a cherished memento. Thus, you can imagine my sadness when I discovered that so many of our parish school children did not display a Nativity Scene at home. It is my hope that this Christmas will be different. I urge parents to see to it that their children understand the true meaning of Christmas. One of our parishioners and a long time usher, Vince Walter, reminded me of the Nativity pageant at the Krohn Conservatory on JANUARY 3, 2010, the Solemnity of the Epiphany, at 2PM, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. It would be a great family activity to take your children to see it and publicly witness to our faith: KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS!
CANDLELITE PRAYER VIGIL ON MONDAY, JANUARY 4TH, at 7PM in the greeting room to remember all babies, children and adults who have died due to Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). All are invited to attend.
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY Our Conference assists parents in providing the necessities for their families. Contributions toward payment for food, rent and utility bills are the major needs for many today. Your gratefully-received contributions placed in the poor boxes enable us to play a significant role in helping those in need.
For the new year 2010, please take the Traveling Chalice into your home for one week as a reminder to pray for vocations to the priesthood and to the religious life. If you would like the Traveling Chalice for one week, please call Debbie at 922-2414. Thank you to Earl and Dede Stalf who took the Traveling Chalice into their home for one week. |
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Merry Christmas! On December 18, the 4th - 8th grade students were treated to a Vocation Challenge. The “Mt. St. Mary Seminary Minor Prophets” challenged the 8th grade men to a friendly game of basketball. The game was hard fought and everyone came out a winner. During halftime, a message challenging students to begin discerning their vocation in life was delivered. At the heart of this message was a statement given by our Most Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, which stated “Prayer itself is the first means by which we come to know the Lord’s will for our lives.” Drawing upon a song called “Dear World” in which we learn that true joy is self-giving, the students were then challenged to spiritual self-giving in personal prayer for the remainder of Advent and Christmas seasons. Overall, the game was a very humbling experience for both students and seminarians alike, the 8th grade humbled by their 2 point loss and the seminarians the next day when they realized “we’re not in 8th grade anymore!” May God bless you during this New Year and lead you to a new profound personal relationship with Christ!
HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP As we approach the New Year, we examine the past year to understand our failings and short comings, and resolve to improve. Father Al Lauer claimed that the reason for most sinfulness and bad relationships is unforgiveness. On Tuesday, we will consider the points he makes in his “unforgiveness” leaflet. It may help us to check out our behavior with an eye to correcting it in the future. Please join us. In Chapel, 7:30 PM.
MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL has been offered for Helen Steimle and Doris Duba. Please remember also Jonathan Christopher Zanitsch. Please keep them and their families in your prayers.
ADULT SOCIAL GROUP Jan. 11th: Communion Service @ 12:30, followed by Luncheon in the Undercroft. And a presentation on German Beer Steins by Fred Kellerman. Cost: $9 pp for lunch. Please get your reservations in by Jan. 6th.
VESPERS FOR THE FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD at the chapel of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary will be on Sunday, January 10, at 7:30PM. |
DO YOU RUN A BUSINESS? As a leader of a business you may qualify for membership in Legatus, an international organization of Catholic CEOs and their spouses. For info on membership criteria call Jane Dugan at 561-9715 or see www.legatus.org. Federal Privacy Regulation- HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) prohibits all hospitals from informing churches of a patient’s presence unless the patient gives permission for the hospital to do so. If you are admitted to a hospital and would like a member of the clergy or a deacon to visit you, please inform that person yourself. If you or someone you know is sick, homebound or near death and would like a visit from a priest, deacon or Eucharistic ministers, please call the parish office Monday thru Friday between 8 AM – 3 PM at 922-5400. CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO is hosting a meeting on adoption. The meeting is at Corpus Christi Church, 2014 Springdale Road, at 6:30PM on Tuesday, January 12th. Call Barbara Wentz at 241-7745 to register or for information.
SAINT ANTONINUS PARISH MAIN- A- VENT “An Evening at the Sweetheart Ranch” Saturday, February 13, 2010 6:30PM to Midnight Look for more details in future bulletins.
ST. ANTONINUS PARISH SCHOOL TUITION RAFFLE CHANCES are 1 Chance for $50, 3 chances for $100. A year’s tuition for St. Antoninus Parish School will be raffled off at the Gala on February 13, 2010.
THE MAIN-A-VENT needs vacation homes, get-away packages or weekend packages for the live auction. To discuss details, please call Mark Baker at 451-0982. |
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