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, June 25, 7:30PM – Fr. Mick

Saturday, June 27, 3:00PM – Fr. Mick

BABYSITTING FOR THE 9:30AM MASS,

SUNDAY, JUNE 28

Adult Volunteers: Julie Ashe, Joan Friedman

Students: Leigha & Gabriella K., Katie F.

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.

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

FROM OUR PASTOR

     First, I want to wish all of our Fathers a Happy Father's Day and to remind them just how important they are in the lives of their children.   Recently, I baptized a grand niece and nephew. At the end of the liturgy, one of the grandfathers collapsed with what we thought was a heart attack.  Thankfully, it was not. But as we waited for the EMT his daughter asked: "Did you tell them it was my Dad?"  I was struck by the question.  The EMT would respond no matter who it was, and yet this daughter was so concerned with her father she thought everyone would be equally concerned.  It reminded me of just how much influence fathers have on their children.  The baptismal liturgy for infants underscores a father's importance in the life of his children in the blessing prayer:  "God is the giver of all life, human and divine.  May he bless the father of this child.  He and his wife will be the first teachers of their child in the ways of faith. May they also be the best of teachers, bearing witness to the faith by what they say and do in Christ Jesus our Lord”.

                              -- Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong

CELEBRATION OF THE PAULINE YEAR: Concert and Hymn Festival on Friday, June 26^th, at 7:30PM in the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, Dr. Helmut J. Roehrig, Conductor.  Suggested free will offering of $10.00 per person.

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

The Parish Directory Photos will be taken on June 23-25, in the undercroft. All participating families will receive a complimentary 8X10 photo and a copy of the Directory. Two camera crews will be available. You can sign up online at www.saintantoninus.org or call Julie Scott at 922-3015 or juliescott2@hotmail.com.

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    St. Paul reminds us in the second reading that Christ died “so that those who live might live no longer for themselves”. What we give to and do for others, we give to and do for Jesus! (2 Corinthians 5:15).  How can we best give to others?

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.

Note:  The Rectory Office will be closed all day on Friday, July 3^rd.  There will be the 6:45AM and 8AM Masses that morning.

FINANCIAL PLANNING SEMINAR to be held Wednesday, July 8^th, at 7pm in the undercroft. Topics to be covered include: techniques to assess your current situation, and planning for the future (including debt reduction, insurance basics, and savings and investment options, tax implications).

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.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

      Applicants are being sought for the 2009-2010 AmeriCorps positions.  Volunteers help provide spiritual, emotional and financial assistance on a person-to-person basis to the poor, lonely and forgotten in our community.  The service year runs from September 1, 2009, to August 1, 2010. Benefits include a living allowance, health insurance and child care.  For info call Kevin Lab at 562-8841, x 233.

FROM OUR PRINCIPAL, MR. JACK COREY

Dear Parishioners,

   This coming school year we will continue to grow in service to others.  This past school year our faculty not only taught in the classroom about service but also modeled it as well.  Twice our faculty went to the Ronald McDonald house to serve breakfast to families with sick children.  Many of these children have life threatening illnesses or injuries.

Also this coming school year, the theme for Catholic Schools’ Week is: Catholic Schools-Dividends for Life.  After many have seen a big decrease in financial dividends, this is a timely theme.  This year’s theme reminds us all that the sacrifices our parishioners and families make to pass on our faith is worth it.  Truly the “dividends” of a Catholic Education are infinite.

       Just a reminder to incoming eighth graders wishing to be on Student Council, your letter is due before the school office closes on June 30^th.

THE 8^TH GRADE OF ST. ANTONINUS PARISH SCHOOL Car Wash will be on Saturday, June 27, from 10AM to 2PM at Hudepohl Jeweler parking lot on Anderson Ferry Road. The car wash is a fundraiser for their trip to Washington, D.C. in 2010.

HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP

     From time to time we’ve heard differences of interpretation from our Protestant brothers and sisters concerning what the Bible teaches. How do we know that our interpretations are the correct ones? On Tuesday, Joe Brinck speaking about the “The Bible and the Catholic Church” will elaborate on the great gift of the Magisterium and the Holy Spirit in protecting and guiding the Church to the truth through the centuries. Many of the Church councils played a prominent part in defining and interpreting God’s Word. The Bible as we know it today came out of the early Catholic Church and continued through the centuries always under the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit, who will lead us to all truth.  In Chapel, 7:30PM.

THE FINGERPRINTING PROGRAM HOURS at St. Teresa of Avila rectory office will be changed beginning on July 1^st:  Monday thru Friday from 1PM to 2PM; 9AM to 10AM only on Fridays and on every 2^nd Thursday of the month from 5PM to 6:45PM.  Any questions call 921-9200.

ADULT SOCIAL GROUP

July 3, Steering Committee Meeting in the Holy Family room @ 1:00 p.m.

July 6, 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’ at your own expense.  Tour limited to 44 people. Deposit $75 per person.  Get your name in early.

SOCCER REFEREE TRAINING classes for WCBM/SAY soccer league referees will be held on Monday, July 13^th, Wednesday, July 15^th and Thursday, July 16^th from 6-9PM at Our Lady of Lourdes.  You must be able to attend all training nights and be at least 14 years of age.  For info call WCBM Referee Coordinator Frank Kohorst at fkohorst@fuse.net or 467-6667. 

CINCINNATI POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME PREVENTION 101 is a free seminar open to the public on Monday, June 22, at 6:30PM at the Elder High School Schaeper Center.  Topics will be burglary prevention, personal safety and theft from auto prevention.  Presented by District Three Neighborhood Liaison Unit.

MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND ON July 17-19, at the Comfort Inn in Erlanger, KY.  Call Keith and Lori at 1-800-547-1251 Code 00.

HELP WANTED FOR THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO Caregiver Assistance Network is in need of volunteers to assist with facilitation of support groups that meet once a month.  Call the CAREline at 929-4483 to volunteer.

The West End Center is in need of volunteer receptionists to answer phones, data entry, light office work and running errands.  Call 241-7745.

WORD OF LIFE

      In our own trials, and standing alongside others in their struggles, we glimpse the essence of our humanity, we become, as it were, more human.

--Pope Benedict XVI, Address in Amman, Jordan, May 8, 2009.