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, April 8, 7:30 p.m. – Fr. Mick

Saturday, April 10, 3:00 p.m. – Fr. Armstrong

BABYSITTING FOR THE 9:30AM MASS,

SUNDAY, April 11

Adult Volunteers: Lenora Wright, Delma Langenbrunner

Students: Roc R., Sydney S.

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 2^nd and 3^rd 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. 

FROM OUR PASTOR

THE ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF CINCINNATI PRESENTS:  The Lord was my Client: Church Architecture of Edward J. Schulte

    Noted architectural historian Dr. Denis McNamara will be the lead presenter in an April 17-18, program sponsored by the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati.  Edward Schulte, architect of many local landmarks, including the design of the churches of St. Monica and Christ the King, and the renovation of St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, is the focus of the two-day symposium and tour.  The symposium will be at the Cathedral on Saturday, April 17, at 1PM until 2:30PM and on Sunday, April 18, there will be guided tours of selected locations at 2PM until 4:30PM.  See www.architecturecincy.org or call 421-4469 for information.  Fr. Christopher R. Armstrong is the moderator for this program.

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

THANK YOU TO 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.

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 by calling Debbie at 922-2414. Thank you to Dave and Janet Willig who took the Traveling Chalice into their home for one week.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

     Next Saturday and Sunday the St. Vincent de Paul truck will be on the lower playground to accept your contributions of gently-used clothing, household items, toys, furniture and other items as listed in the insert included in last weekend's bulletin. (Additional copies of that insert are on the counter in the back of the Greeting Room.)

     Hours: Saturday, 9 AM - 4:30 PM; Sunday, 9 AM - 3 PM. Workers will be available to assist with the unloading of cars.

ATTENTION JR HIGH, HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE STUDENTS!  SCOUTS AND OTHERS!
     Does your program require community service hours? Or perhaps you are just interested in assisting in a good cause.  Here's one! The St. Vincent DePaul Society of our Parish is hosting a Food, Clothing and Household Items collection on Saturday and Sunday, April 10, and 11th. If you are interested in helping at the truck, please call Julie Heil at 922-3848!    Other opportunities for service will be announced as they become available!

ADULT SOCIAL GROUP

Apr. 9^th       . Steering Committee meeting @ 1PM in the Holy Family Room. Everyone welcome! Come and give us your suggestions.

 Apr. 12^th    : Communion Service @ 12:30, and luncheon in the undercroft. A presentation on Mohammedanism by Matt Robben will follow.

      Apr.21^st: Trip to Keenland. Includes buffet lunch in Phoenix Room at track. Sold out. Bus will leave at 9:00am and should return between 6 & 7pm. Don’t forget about clothing restrictions. Ladies: dresses, skirts (no mini), pant suits; no denim or athletic attire.  Gentlemen: Collared shirt, dress slacks, coat (tie optional).  No sandals or gym shoes.

May luncheon: Dr. Odell Owens, Coroner of Hamilton County will give a presentation.

ST. A WIDOWS next get-together is Tuesday, April 20, at 11AM at Perkins on Westbourne for your choice: breakfast, brunch or lunch.  If you plan to attend and were widowed during 2008-2010 or if you have already attended a group functions with us, please call the coordinator for this event, Donna Vitt at 922-0833 to RSVP by April 16. If you have not yet attended one of our gatherings, please call Rosemary Garmann at 922-2336.  

MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL has been offered for Erna Moeller.  Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

EASTERTIDE VESPERS on April 11^th, at 7:30PM in the Chapel of Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary.

FROM OUR PRINCIPAL –    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 12, 2010.

     When we come back from 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.

FROM OUR SEMINARIAN

MATTHEW ROBBEN

May the radiant grace and love of our Risen Lord be with each and every one of you on this Glorious Easter morning, Happy Easter! Easter morning brings back fond memories of waking up and hunting for our Easter baskets. Each year the Easter bunny would hide them somewhere in the house. The search was rewarded with a basket of sugar Peeps, Robin Eggs, chocolate, and of course, Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs; the true measure of the basket’s worth! One year we did go without that wonderful surprise when our baskets were hidden in the barn. I think the Easter bunny was trying to be clever, but the raccoons had a party instead! Now that I am older, the baskets have disappeared, but the search continues. After forty days of fasting and prayer, I finally get to search, find, and celebrate God’s blessings and just when I think I couldn’t be more blessed, I discover another Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg!

HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP

     After the beautiful liturgies and celebration of Holy Week and Easter, we return to our study of “Sharing Christ’s Priesthood” with Father Chris Armstrong. This series of teachings based on Scripture and the booklet of the same name have opened our eyes to many of the deeper meanings in the Bible. Our heritage is so rich and the Lord’s plan for our lives so amazing that we come away with a great sense of hope. The program continues on Tuesdays throughout the month of April. In Chapel at 7:30 PM. Please join us.

GIRL SCOUT TOY AND CLOTHING SALE will be on Saturday, April 24, from 9AM to noon in the undercroft.  To be a seller, register at www.saintantoninus.org or call Patty at 226-0649.

BOYS BASKETBALL UNIFORM RETURN will be on Saturday, April 10^th, from 11AM to 1PM at the equipment room.  Coaches please return all equipment at this time. Any questions?  Call Shawn Harp at 347-9340 or Scott Sportsman at 451-0599.

ATHLETIC CLUB GOLF OUTING AND FESTIVAL volunteers are needed.  Please call Dave Bengel at 922-3535 to sign up for the golf outing at Hidden Valley on Friday, May 14^th.  The festival will be on June 11, 12, and 13.

MENS 35 & OVER SOFTBALL will practice on April 16^th, at 6:30PM at Schott Field.  Games start on April 23. To sign up call Scott Lammers at 922-5130 or David Hein at 922-8983.

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.”

The Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA), formerly the Archdiocesan Annual Fund Drive, is an annual effort by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to spread the Gospel through informing and engaging the faithful with important regional ministries that benefit thousands of people throughout nineteen counties in western and southwestern Ohio. We invite you to share your gifts of time, talent, and treasure to participate in the life of our local church through these ministries.

U.C. CAMPUS MINISTRY HAS A MISSION

We, the pastoral team at St. Monica-St. George Parish Newman Center, understand ourselves and our parish community to be missionaries to the U.C. academic community. Our mission is to inspire, challenge, and support that community with the Gospel message.

We carry out this mission by:

1) empowering Catholic members of the U.C. community with an adult appreciation of their faith tradition;

2) calling forth a spirit of welcome for all people, which respects and supports their uniqueness as children of God, and by creating a community united through both social and spiritual activities;

3) gathering Catholics and interested persons for prayer, joyful and spirit-filled worship of God, educational programs, and spiritual formation;

4) creating a community of love that invites, nurtures, and empowers those who participate to full personal development and sharing of their gifts in joyful service to building up the body of Christ;

5) encouraging a vision of the Church as a servant community dedicated to the works of justice, peace, and reverence for life, and providing opportunities for action on this vision;

6) facilitating the development of Christian leaders;

7) being an active presence on campus;

8) working with other campus ministry groups to better discern and meet the needs of the academic community and promote interfaith understanding and collaboration.

College Campus Ministries are just one of the ministries supported by the Catholic Ministries Appeal. To find out more, visit www.catholicappeal.info.

CAREGIVER ASSISTANCE NETWORK – BRINGING HELP TO THOSE IN NEED

       It all began with a call to the Caregiver Assistance Network, a program of Catholic Charities SouthWestern Ohio. A grown daughter wanted to bring her mother home from the nursing home, but her apartment was not handicapped equipped. She did not know where to begin.

      The Caregiver Assistance Network caller contacted the deacon from the St. Vincent de Paul Society of a local Catholic church. The deacon went to the home of the daughter to discuss the possibility of acquiring a wheelchair ramp to bring her mother home to live with her. The deacon applied for financial assistance through the Gifts of the Magi Program, a collaborative effort between Catholic Charities, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Catholic Telegraph readers.

      The ramp was quite costly, but with the dedicated efforts of the elderly woman, her three children, and the family’s church, the family was close to acquiring a ramp. A local vendor who is active within the agency's annual Caring Matters Conference, part of the Caregiver Assistance Network, obtained a used ramp and installed it in the daughter's home. This allowed the family to bring their mother home to live with her loving family.

       Catholic Charities and Social Services are just one of the ministries supported by the Catholic Ministries Appeal. To find out more, visit www.CatholicAppeal.info.

LETTER FROM THE MOST REV. DENNIS M. SCHNURR

ARCHBISHOP OF CINCINNATI

Dear Father,

    I would like to thank you and your parishioners for your advocacy over these past few months on a reform of our nation’s health care system that reflects the teachings of the Church.  Since many of your parishioners may have questions about the Church’s viewpoint on the final bill and the President’s Executive Order enforcing abortion restrictions, I would ask you, where appropriate, to share the attached analysis from Cardinal George on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. We appreciate the work of all those legislators who in good conscience were committed to the principles of stopping the expansion of federal funding for abortions, maintaining conscience protections to healthcare providers, and offering access to healthcare for all living in the United States, including immigrants.  I hope that Catholics in the Archdiocese will continue to encourage Congress in the days ahead to fix the areas where the bill has fallen short of fully realizing these principles.  Thank you.

Most Rev. Dennis M. Schnurr

Archbishop of Cincinnati

BISHOPS ENCOURAGE VIGILANCE THAT HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION

PROTECTS CONSCIENCE, DOES NOT FUND ABORTION

Applaud efforts to expand health care to all. Emphasize need to guarantee federal money does not go to abortion.  Need to address flaws in health reform plan just passed

WASHINGTON—The U.S. bishops called on Congress and people in the Catholic community to make sure promises are kept that new health care legislation will not expand abortions in the United States.

Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, made the call March 23, moments after president Barack Obama signed the Senate version of health care reform legislation approved by the House of Representatives by a slim margin, March 21. The statement was approved unanimously by the 32-member Administrative Committee of the USCCB.

“We applaud the effort to expand health care to all,” Cardinal George said.

He noted concerns about the legislation, including that “the statute forces all those who choose federally subsidized plans that cover abortion to pay for other people’s abortions with their own funds.”

Cardinal George pointed to President Obama’s executive order that said “it is necessary to establish an adequate enforcement mechanism to ensure that Federal funds are not used for abortion services.”

The need for such an order underscores deficiencies in the bill, Cardinal George said.

“We do not understand how an Executive order, no matter how well intentioned, can substitute for statutory provisions,” he said also.

President Obama and others claimed the bill does not expand abortion, Cardinal George noted.

“We and many others will accompany the government’s implementation of the health care reform and will work to ensure that Congress and the Administration live up to the claims that have contributed to its passage. We believe, finally, that new legislation to address its deficiencies will almost certainly be required,” he said.

The statement follows.

For nearly a century, the Catholic bishops of the United States have called for reform of our health care system so that all may have access to the care that recognizes and affirms their human dignity. Christian discipleship means, “working to ensure that all people have access to what makes them fully human and fosters their human dignity” (United States Catechism for Adults, page 454). Included among those elements is the provision of necessary and appropriate health care.

For too long, this question has gone unaddressed in our country. Often, while many had access to excellent medical treatment, millions of others including expectant mothers, struggling families or those with serious medical or physical problems were left unable to afford the care they needed. As Catholic bishops, we have expressed our support for efforts to address this national and societal shortcoming. We have spoken for the poorest and most defenseless among us. Many elements of the health care reform measure signed into law by the President address these concerns and so help to fulfill the duty that we have to each other for the common good. We are bishops, and therefore pastors and teachers. In that role, we applaud the effort to expand health care to all.

Nevertheless, for whatever good this law achieves or intends, we as Catholic bishops have opposed its passage because there is compelling evidence that it would expand the role of the federal government in funding and facilitating abortion and plans that cover abortion. The statute appropriates billions of dollars in new funding without explicitly prohibiting the use of these funds for abortion, and it provides federal subsidies for health plans covering elective abortions. Its failure to preserve the legal status quo that has regulated the government’s relation to abortion, as did the original bill adopted by the House of Representatives last November, could undermine what has been the law of our land for decades and threatens the consensus of the majority of Americans: that federal funds not be used for abortions or plans that cover abortions. Stranger still, the statute forces all those who choose federally subsidized plans that cover abortion to pay for other peoples’ abortions with their own funds. If this new law is intended to prevent people from being complicit in the abortions of others, it is at war with itself.

We share fully the admirable intention of President Obama expressed in his pending Executive Order, where he states, “it is necessary to establish an adequate enforcement mechanism to ensure that Federal funds are not used for abortion services.” However, the fact that an Executive Order is necessary to clarify the legislation points to deficiencies in the statute itself. We do not understand how an Executive Order, no matter how well intentioned, can substitute for statutory provisions.

The statute is also profoundly flawed because it has failed to include necessary language to provide essential conscience protections (both within and beyond the abortion context). As well, many immigrant workers and their families could be left worse off since they will not be allowed to purchase health coverage in the new exchanges to be created, even if they use their own money.

Many in Congress and the Administration, as well as individuals and groups in the Catholic community, have repeatedly insisted that there is no federal funding for abortion in this statute and that strong conscience protection has been assured. Analyses that are being published separately show this not to be the case, which is why we oppose it in its current form. We and many others will follow the government’s implementation of health care reform and will work to ensure that Congress and the Administration live up to the claims that have contributed to its passage. We believe, finally, that new legislation to address its deficiencies will almost certainly be required.

As bishops, we wish to recognize the principled actions of the pro-life Members of Congress from both parties, in the House and the Senate, who have worked courageously to create legislation that respects the principles outlined above. They have often been vilified and have worked against great odds.

As bishops of the Catholic Church, we speak in the name of the Church and for the Catholic faith itself. The Catholic faith is not a partisan agenda, and we take this opportunity to recommit ourselves to working for health care which truly and fully safeguards the life, dignity, conscience and health of all, from the child in the womb to those in their last days on earth.

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