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, June 24, 7:30 p.m. – Fr. Armstrong

Saturday, June 26, 3:00 p.m. – Fr. Armstrong

BABYSITTING FOR THE 9:30AM MASS,

SUNDAY, June 27

Adults:  Joan Friedman, Julie Ashe

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.

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.

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

Today is Father's Day.  I want to acknowledge all of our fathers and those who have taken on the role of a father in our lives.  Page after page of research indicates how important fathers are in the lives of their children.  It is by way of contrast that I have mentioned more than once the experience I had visiting a maximum security prison for juvenile criminals: not one boy knew who his father was.  (By the way, all of them were white.)  Therefore, I want to praise our fathers for the sacrifices they make in rearing their children.  As the blessing prayer for fathers states in the liturgy of Baptism of Infants, "...[Fathers] will be the first teachers of their children in the ways of faith; with their wives, may they also be the best of teachers..."  a triple AMEN to that!  Happy Father's Day!

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

MEASURING ENGAGEMENT 25: ME22

   "In my parish, I have opportunities to learn and grow."  Of the 586/625 parish respondents, 25% strongly agreed, 38% agreed, 27% neither agreed nor disagreed, 7% disagreed, and 3% strongly disagreed.  The parish mean average was 3.75/5; for all Catholics it was 3.82/5; for all denominations, it was 4.05/5. According to Growing An Engaged Church, "if you want to encourage more community outreach among your members, provide more opportunities for spiritual growth...but it means different things to different people."  The author suggests  that each one needs to take responsibility to find and create such opportunities and to track progress.  Such ongoing evaluation helps to discern which learning and growth opportunities are most effective within the parish. 

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.

Biggs/Remke Gift Cards are back in stock!!  $50 gift cards available for sale before/after all Masses and at the rectory 8-3:00 weekdays.  St. A will still earn 6% on each card sold.   Kroger rechargeable cards, Allison Landscaping, Chipotle, Holy Grail, Price Hill Chili, Ron's Roost and Skyline cards are available for sale, along with Walgreen's, Hallmark, and several other businesses that we have in stock.  So before you do your shopping, stop in and buy your gift cards from St. A and support the parish without spending any extra dollars out of your pocket!

A MODEL OF THE ROSARY MEMORIAL GARDEN is on display in the greeting room.  Brochures will be forthcoming.  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 Edgar Willig who took the Traveling Chalice into his home.

FROM OUR PRINCIPAL –    JACK COREY

Of the four National Merit Qualifiers from Mother of Mercy High School this year, two of them are former St. Antoninus students.  Katie Deitsch and Elizabeth Ruwe qualified with their PSAT scores from this past fall.  Congratulations to both of them.

     As we celebrate Fathers’ Day today an interesting statistic reminds us of the important role of fathers in the regular Mass attendance of their children.  From a 1994 survey of Swiss religious practice, key questions were asked about the impact of parents' church attendance on the subsequent church attendance of their adult children.  “In summary, if a father does not go to church, no matter how regular the mother is in her religious practice, only one child in 50 becomes a regular church attender. But if a father attends regularly then regardless of the practice of the mother at least one child in three will become a regular church attender.”  Please say a special prayer for all fathers today.

SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS FOR JUNE are 8:30AM to 12:30PM, Monday thru Friday.  The school office will be closed during the month of July.

“THE HEAVENS PROCLAIM THE GLORY OF GOD!”  Psalm 19:1

   You are invited to join us at Scott Field to look through telescopes at the Moon, at Saturn (June), star clusters and nebula.  The dates in parentheses are rain dates.  July 19, at 9:30pm (July 20); August 16, at 9:00pm (August 17).

THE EDUCATION COMMISSION meeting will be on Monday, June 21, at 7:30 PM in the school conference room.  Visitors are welcome.  If you would like to be added to the agenda, please contact Marty Ludwig at 451-5270 by June 14.

ST. ANTONINUS WIDOWS GROUP

   The next lunch is 12:30PM Tuesday, June 22, at Queen Mary Restaurant, 4050 North Bend Road, opposite Harvest Home Park.  There is a parking lot.  If you wish to attend and were widowed during 2008-2010 or if you have attended an earlier event, please call Pat Hensler at 467-1024.  Other St. A widows who wish to attend please call Rosemary Garmann at 922-2336 before June 21. 

Dear Fellow Parishioners,

  Words cannot express the gratitude for all your efforts during my short illness.  Your compassion, and your care and concern were the greatest gifts I could receive.  May the Lord bless and reward you for all your efforts.  

                      Your Sister in Christ,  Anna Bonavita

FROM OUR SEMINARIAN

MATTHEW ROBBEN

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The Parish Pro-life Coalition meeting will be held in the undercroft on Tuesday, June 29, at 7 PM. The goal of the coalition is to generate and share ideas for pro-life, pro-family activities at the parish level.  For info call Joan Loebker at 922-0348.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

  Volunteers are needed to make visits to the home-bound and/or those in nursing homes. For more information call Marilyn Wempe, 922-3570.

HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP

    The book of Psalms is a Biblical treasure of prayers and hymns that have come to us from men and women of the Old Testament who were inspired by the Holy Spirit. They cried out to God in their afflictions and in their joy with words that stir our love and trust even today. The prayer group is going to feature a series of reflections on some of the psalms and canticles over the next several months. Different members of the group will offer their thoughts on specific Bible passages. To start us off, Kay Schmidl will give an overview of the book of Psalms this Tuesday evening. She will give us some information about the makeup of this book, its divisions, and hints on how to approach it in order to appreciate it more fully. Join us, Tuesday evening in Chapel 7:30 PM.

ADULT SOCIAL GROUP

August 2^nd: Lunch and river cruise. Cost is $30 per person due by July 17^th.

November 16-18^th: an overnight trip to “A Dickens Christmas Village” in Cambridge, OH. $330 per person, deposit of $100 by July 1^st, final payment by October 10^th.

ATTENTION!  All Students requiring Community Service!  Please call Julie Heil (922-3848) if you are interested in participating July 7:  Bethany House Children’s Carnival.  LIMITED PARTICIPATION!  Shifts can be divided … will require a planning meeting for all participants. DONATIONS OF PRIZES / GAMES WOULD ALSO BE   GREATLY APPRECIATED!

ATTENTION DO YOU NEED A BUDDY CARD?  St. Antoninus 8th graders are now selling Buddy cards.  Ask any 8th grader or call Mary Nie at 451-4490.  (This is not affiliated with any school function.)

CLICK HERE to access Form of Examination of Conscience

CLICK HERE to access the St. Antoninus Gift Card order form