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 15, 7:30 p.m. – Fr. Armstrong

Saturday, April 17, 3:00 p.m. – Fr. Mick

BABYSITTING FOR THE 9:30AM MASS,

SUNDAY, April 18

Adult Volunteers: Mary Ann Catanzaro, Joan Gay

Students: Suzanne S., Maria V., Abby W.

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.

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.

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?   You can have your civil marriage celebrated (convalidated) in the Catholic Church. Call Deacon Bob Schroeder at 922-4759 to set up a confidential appointment.

Remember St. Antoninus in your will. 

FROM OUR PASTOR

THE OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY: See the Pentecost Tours brochures in the greeting room.  Please mention Fr. Armstrong's name, should you call Pentecost Tours at (800)713-9800.

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

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.

According to news reports, Biggs grocery store has been bought by another parent company.  This will take place in late May.  I have been assured that Biggs $50 gift cards that we sell through our Scrips program will be honored.  Please continue to buy these cards, especially in the upcoming weeks to help us move our inventory.  If you have not purchased a card before, now is the time to help us out!!  Thank you for your continued support!!  Fran Feldman, Coordinator.

We are participating in the 40^th anniversary of Earth Day.  As a participating member of the Nationwide Paper Drive, if we as a community can recycle 6.09 tons of paper in our paper retriever bin during the month of April we will double our monthly earnings.  Please participate by depositing all of your household paper, (please no cardboard), newspapers, catalogs, magazines, old mail, school and office papers.  From July 1, 2009, to March 31, 2010, we have received $1,066.43.

The Archdiocese Mission Office has reported that St. Antoninus Parish very generously contributed an extra $2,859.00 to the Diocese of Jasikan, Ghana.  Thank you for welcoming Msgr. Vincent Anti in October, 2009.

The Catholic Relief Services Collection offers hope to millions of people worldwide through humanitarian, economic, pastoral, and advocacy efforts.  Your donation helps to fund six Catholic organizations that improve quality of life and protect human dignity. Your gift will support agricultural development to strengthen economies and create food sustainability, provide outreach services to survivors of human trafficking and supply pastoral care and advocacy for immigrants and refugees. By helping the marginalized and impoverished, you give hope to Jesus in disguise. Your generosity will circle the globe. See how the CRS collection is helping Haiti at www.usccb.org/nationalcollections.

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 Tom and Cecilia Orgo who took the Traveling Chalice into their home for one week.

THANK YOU:  This bulletin is furnished to the parish without charge.  The advertisements within defray all publishing costs with which the church would otherwise be burdened.  Please patronize these sponsors as a thank you for their kind generosity.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

    The collection of clothing and other contributed items ends Sunday at 3 PM at the truck in the lower parking lot.     

    The Lenten food collection for the Holy Family Food Pantry was our most successful ever!  A total of 1233 items was collected. Special mention should be made of the significant contribution of food items by our school children, especially by the Girl Scouts. 

    We are very grateful also for the generous cash donations made on Holy Thursday.  The collection of $968.04 will enable us to continue to be of service to the needy.

ADULT SOCIAL GROUP

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.

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.

FROM OUR PRINCIPAL –    JACK COREY

Dear Parishioners,

     On Monday, April 12, we return from Easter Break to finish the last quarter of the school year.  On Tuesday, April 13, our school is holding its fourth annual Jog-a-thon.  This is a big fundraiser for our PTO.  All the proceeds go back to the PTO to support all that we do.  During the previous three Jog-a-thons we have earned well over $50,000.00 combined.

     This past year our PTO raised enough money to purchase three additional Smart Boards, supplemental educational materials for science, periodicals for reading classes, additional classroom novels, books for the library, and additional materials for our sacramental prep activities.  Our Jog-a-thon will allow our PTO to continue to support supplemental activities for our students.  If you are approached by a St. Antoninus student for our Jog-a-thon, please consider donating.

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. 

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

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.

St. Joseph Church in North Bend will sponsor  Dan Schutte who will perform a concert on Friday, April 16, at 7PM.  On Saturday, April 17, he will have a workshop from 9AM to noon.  A Continental Breakfast will be provided at 8:30AM.   Call St. Joseph Church for details.

FROM OUR SEMINARIAN

MATTHEW ROBBEN

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” Mt 5:7

Happy Easter! The following is based upon Beatitudes Eight Steps to Happiness by Raniero Cantalamessa, O.F.M. Cap. During this Easter season, it is appropriate that we focus on this beatitude of mercy. There are two ways of looking at mercy. The first is the mercy of the heart, like that of the Father toward His children. Jesus’ entire life was dedicated to showing sinners mercy. He justified His actions by stating this is the way the Father acts. He delighted in showing mercy towards sinners; God said “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.” (Hosea 6:6) As children made in the image of God, we too must desire mercy and rejoice in it as did God over the one repentant sinner. (Luke 15:7) The second way of looking at mercy is mercy of the hands through works of mercy. St. James writes “…judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.” In order for us to receive mercy, we must be merciful to our brothers and sisters. Here are a few questions to consider as we celebrate our Lord’s resurrection. Am I merciful? Do I judge or show mercy to another’s faults? Have I been the servant forgiven and fail to forgive in return? How many times have I casually asked for and received the mercy of God for my sins without considering the price Christ paid for me to receive it? Have I presumed upon the mercy of God?

HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP

      Our study of “Sharing Christ’s Priesthood” with Father Christopher R. Armstrong is moving forward into the New Testament images of the priesthood. Are you aware that we, too, share in the heavenly calling to the priesthood of the people?  Our daily lives, our workplace, our homes, our concerns are all a part of the worship that we offer to the Lord in union with Christ’s one perfect sacrifice in the Eucharist. In the weeks to come, Father Chris will examine the calling of the early Apostles and the continuation of those vocations today among our many dedicated priests and clergy. The program continues on Tuesdays throughout the month of April. In Chapel at 7:30 PM. Please join us.

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.”

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