Eucharistic Adoration

On Fridays 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.

CONFESSIONS SCHEDULE

Thursday, August 12, 7:30 PM – Fr. Mick

Saturday, August 14, 3:00PM – Fr. Armstrong

BABYSITTING FOR THE 9:30AM MASS,

SUNDAY, AUGUST 15

Adults: Mary Ann Catanzaro Joan Gay

Students: Brad H., David H.

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.

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.

Learn more about your Catholic Faith! Read The Catholic Telegraph.  Call 421-3131 ext. 496 to order your copy today.

Were you married outside the Church?   Those seeking a convalidation of their marriage or an annulment of the marriage should call Deacon Bob Schroeder at 922-4759 to set up a confidential appointment.

Remember St. Antoninus in your will. 

FROM OUR PASTOR

     On a recent Wednesday, I drove my Dad to St. Charles Center in Carthagena, Ohio, to see our former pastor, Fr. James O. Byrne. He will be 99 years old on August 28, and is currently the oldest living priest of the Archdiocese. Quite frankly, I love to be with him. He wears hearing aids and has a little trouble with his knees but his mind is clear and his heart is even purer. When we are together, we visit the Blessed Sacrament and I feel that each time he prays out loud in His Presence, it is an though he is speaking to our Lord Face to face. His love for the Holy Eucharist is more than admirable and is one of his many qualities I would love to imitate. During this month of August, which is devoted to the Holy Eucharist, (just as June is devoted to the Sacred Heart and July to His Precious Blood in popular piety) why not take some time to visit our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament? Each Friday, following the 8AM Mass, we have Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 10PM. The church opens daily at 6AM. As one parish church had it inscribed on an altar cloth beneath its Tabernacle, so we all need to be reminded: "The Master is here and is waiting for you."

LEADERSHIP NIGHT is on Monday, August 30, 7:30-9:30 pm. The elected members of the Parish Council, Education Commission and Worship Commission, as well as the appointed members of the Finance Council, are expected to attend. Also, I expect all the volunteer organizations of the Parish (those listed on the front cover of the bulletin) to send their officers to this meeting. Leisa Anslinger will be our presenter for the next step on “Growing An Engaged Church”. I look forward to seeing all of you there.

A MODEL OF THE ROSARY MEMORIAL GARDEN is on display in the greeting room along with the brochures and order forms. Praying the Rosary in our forth-coming Rosary Memorial Garden will be a wonderful way to remember our beloved dead.

Please take the Traveling Chalice into your home for one week as a reminder to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Call Debbie at 922-2414. Thank you to Alex and Tina Hawk Family who took the Traveling Chalice into their home.

TRY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER (EFT) through your bank. You can set up specific dates and withdrawal amounts.  Please call Steffany Reid, our Business Manager, at 922-5400, and she can help you get the EFT set up.

GUIDE BOOK & DIRECTORY ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY

    This book will be the Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of our parish.  The book is being provided at no cost to our parish.  Local businesses are now being solicited to advertise in the book.  If you own or manage a business and would like to find out about advertising in our book, please call the rectory office at 922-5400.

CLEAN UP DAY on Friday, August 20, from 8AM to 6PM and Saturday, August 21, from 8AM to 1PM.  Meet in front of the main entrance to school.

SAINT A’s WIDOWS

  The date for the next get-together is Tuesday, August 17, at 5PM at Kenning’s Circle K Restaurant, 6616 Bridgetown Road (near Ebenezer).  This is our first dinner get-together.  Note the change of location from the Cabana to CIRCLE K.  All widows of the parish are welcome.  For reservations or questions, call Martha Reilly at 922-8136 or Rosemary Garmann at 922-2336.

FROM OUR PRINCIPAL –    JACK COREY

     In the last four years I have become a runner. Recently, I participated in the Burning River 100 mile Endurance Run. It is a 101.5 mile run in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. When I first signed up my goal was just to see how far I could run not necessarily to finish. I told my friend, a veteran of 100 mile runs, that I would be disappointed at anything less than 60 miles but happy with 75. He told me if I was happy with 75, I would drop out at mile 75 or shortly thereafter. At that moment, I knew I had to run the whole 100.

     Driving up to the run with my sister (my race support crew and St. A. graduate) I expected to be with some of the most physically fit people I have ever met. But when I arrived in Cuyahoga Falls what I noticed most was how kind, how energetic, and how positive everyone was. I cannot remember being in a room where everyone was so positive. It was almost unnerving how much positive energy permeated the room. After dinner, my sister and I talked about how we both noticed the same thing. We also discussed one runner’s comment about no matter what happens in the run, replace any negative thoughts with positive ones and then I would finish.

     Through all the challenges, I knew finishing would trivialize any temporary suffering. During the run’s 26+ hours I thought about many things including how much better would my children do in school, and in life, if they could maintain the same attitude of positive perseverance found in these runners?

     I also thought about how St. Paul writes about running the race. What if we all adopted such an attitude? No matter what happens on our journey through life, we know getting to Heaven will make our temporary earthly sufferings trivial. What if we could send our kids to school and out to the world with this attitude?

     No one can run our race for us, yet we can all encourage each other along the way. The more we do this, the better our school and parish becomes. As the school year begins, I ask all of you to help create a school with an environment of positive resolve. If our students find this and make up their minds that this will be their greatest year yet, the results will be amazing.

     Thank you for all your prayers and support through this coming year.

ATTENTION! Confirmation Candidates, Jr. High, High School and College students who require community service! Saturday, August 21st: Habitat for Humanity Lunch for the Workers. Meet in the undercroft at 10:45AM to prepare, help deliver and serve lunch. Call Julie Heil at 922-3848 before Wednesday, August 18, to volunteer.

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) begins on Tuesday, September 14^th, at 7:30pm in the Holy Family Room of the undercroft.  If you would like to attend, or if you know someone who would like to receive an invitation to become a Catholic, please call Deacon Bob Schroeder at 922-4759.

WANT TO BE A MORE COMPASSIONATE PERSON?  Just Faith Program offers an intensive study of the Catholic Church’s social teaching and the Christian’s call to address the needs of the world.  The 30-week program includes weekly meetings, regular reading, retreats and immersion experiences. The program runs from September, 2010 to May, 2011.  For more information, please call Deacon Bob Schroeder at 922-4759.

THE PTO is looking for parish school families to be part of the Welcoming Committee to new school families for the 2010-2011 school year.  We need at least 30 families to assist with this project.  E-mail Julie Ormsbee at jormsbee@fuse.net to sign up by August 6.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

    The Christmas in July collection of food and household/personal goods totaled 767 items - an increase of 300 items over last years’ July collections.  Thank you to our parishioners for your generous response to our appeal.

ADULT SOCIAL GROUP

Monday, August 9:  No meeting.  Meet at the Golden Corral on Parkcrest Lane at 1 PM.  RSVP our Event Coordinator, Bob Brown at 451-4842.

November 16-18^th: an overnight trip to “A Dickens Christmas Village” in Cambridge, OH. $330 per person, final payment by October 10^th.  Trip includes bus, hotel, four meals, admissions, baggage handling and all gratuities.

HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP

   What do you do when you don’t know how to reach your destination? Most consult a road map. Well, did you know that God’s road map to heaven is Holy Scripture? On Tuesday, Judy Erwin’s talk “Reasons for Knowing Scripture” tells us that the answer is Jesus. All of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation points directly to Jesus. The Church teaches us that He is our truth, our hope, and our life. As we grow to know Him and love Him through Scripture, we are not so likely to hit detours. And hopefully, we’ll all reach that eternal destination that awaits us. So come and learn how to know and understand the signs He has given us. In Chapel, 7:30 PM.

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