2007-2008

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

Chairperson Gerald Shannon 791-9313

Vice-Chairperson Barry Auer 984-1041

Member-at-Large Bill Mountel 793-7634

Member-at-Large Mary Kay Lynch 731-7155

Member-at-Large Peg Halpin 631-7301

Member-at-Large Conrad Neuman 793-3165

Athletics Rick Sanz 791-0545

Building & Finance Ray Bauman 984-4239

School Comm. Denis McGrath 733-9264

Worship Debbie Kamp 891-4168

Development Comm. Tom Kronenberger 792-0109

Community Life Sandie Wubbolding 561-1911

Social Justice Comm. Chris Homan 745-9958

Festival Comm. Patti Lowe 793-1112

Communication & Volunteer Recruitment Comm.

Gerald Shannon 791-9313

Communion Visits to the Homebound -Members of this ministry take Holy Communion and visit with parishioners who are unable to attend Mass. This service is available for short and long term convalescence. Please call the Parish Office (791-9030).

Driving Ministry– For parishioners needing transportation to weekend Mass, for health related appointments and grocery shopping. Please call Donna Piening (791-7449) or the Parish Office (791-9030).

Prayer Chain – To request prayers for a special intention call the Parish Office (791-9030).

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Friday, November 2, 2007

Monday, October 29, 2007

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Friday, November 2, 2007

Sunday, November 4, 2007

In last week’s Gospel, Jesus teaches about prayer. In this Gospel, Jesus gives us a model of prayer. He tells a story about two men praying in the Temple. One man is boastful; he focuses on his own goodness. The other man is humble; he focuses on God’s goodness. He comes into God’s presence knowing his great need for God’s mercy. Jesus states that the “latter went home justified,” that those who humble themselves will be exalted. Jesus gives us the prayer of the tax collector as a model. We pray with reverence and with an awareness of our sinfulness and need of the unconditional love and mercy of our Creator God.

Prayer Moment: Dear Lord, bless us with experiences of reverent, humble, and grateful prayer.

Thanks for voting on the weekend of October 13/14 for the Regional Ministry you wanted more information. Most St. Vincent Ferrer Parishioners wanted more information on Catholic Social Services. We will be providing you with more information on Catholic Social Services in the upcoming weeks.

Thursday, November 1^st is the Feast of All Saints – a Holy Day of obligation.

Holy Day Mass schedule Nov. 1 at 8:30 am, 5:00 pm & 7:00 pm. All Masses will be celebrated in the Church. At times the lives of many of the canonized Saints may seem a bit distant or remote from our everyday experiences and situations. All Saints Day gives us the opportunity to honor the unsung heroes and heroines of our Catholic heritage – the men and women in our families and circle of friends who lived good and loving lives and are now with the Lord in heaven

Our annual Memorial Mass for the Faithful Departed will be celebrated on All Souls Day, Friday November 2nd at 7:00 p.m. in the Church. We will remember in particular all of our parishioners who have died since last November, as well as those members of our local community whose funeral services were held here at St. Vincent’s. As part of our ritual of remembering, their names will be prayerfully read and a candle symbolizing the light of their eternal life will be presented to a family member or friend who is present.

This weekend, October 27/28, you are invited to inscribe the names of your beloved dead in the register at the rear of the Church. Each of these loved ones, along with all the faithful departed will have a prominent place in our prayers throughout the month of November.

On Monday, October 29, Karen McMichael, our Director of Faith Formation, Steve Zinser, our School Principal and Fr. George Kunkel will distribute the report cards to our parishioners who attend Mt. Notre Dame High School. They look forward to seeing you.

Please welcome the following families who recently joined St. Vincent Ferrer Parish.

The baptism preparation class is for parents who are having their first child baptized. The next class will be offered on Sunday, November 18 at 1:15 p.m. in the Community Building Chapel. You must call the parish office 791-9030, to register.

Several Ushers are needed for the Saturday 5:00 p.m. Mass and Sunday 12:00 noon Mass. This is an opportunity to serve your Church in a worthwhile ministry. Please call Ed DeGregorio at 791-1160 if interested.

Fr. George Kunkel

and

St. Vincent Ferrer Parish

Cordially Invite You, Our Parishioners,

To Revisit Our Past …

To Acknowledge Our Growth …

And to Ensure the Future of

Our Parish Community

When: Pick one of the three dates listed below

Please join us for sandwiches and fellowship. Watch a wonderful video of “precious moments” at our parish. Discover how, together, we can reduce the parish debt and promote our parish mission.

Please complete the form below to RSVP. Drop the form in the collection basket, or return it to the parish office.

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Name: ______________________________________

Date I/we are coming (check one):

Sun. Nov. 11 ____ Thurs. Nov. 29 ____

Fri. Nov. 30 ____

Number of people attending _______ Telephone No. __________________

Email (print clearly) ______________________________________

STEWARDSHIP OF OFFERING

Sunday Oct 21, 2007

Sunday Collection $9,660

EFT Donations for October $2,760

Weekly Donation Total $12,420

Fiscal Year Offertory

Offertory FY Budget to Date $301,901

Offertory FY Received to Date $237,785

Offertory Budget Deficit FY to Date -$64,116

World Mission Sunday $950

Finance Fact: Your parish pays over $6,000 each year for hosts, altar wine, altar candles and other sacramental items for the celebration of the Mass.

Over $9,000 Received Year-to-Date…

A huge thank you to the families who continue to participate in FOCAS 50. St. Vincent Ferrer has received $9,027 from Kroger so far this fiscal year. We receive 13 checks a year from Kroger (one every four weeks) totaling 4% of all money loaded onto the cards. Having now received 4 of the 13 checks for 2007-2008, we are well on our way to the $30,000+ total we have earned each of the last three years ($31,396 in 04-05, $32,887 in 05-06, and $32,267 in 06-07). This money is absolutely critical to our budget and we are very grateful to those families who shop at Kroger and use their FOCAS 50 card.

November and December are always our biggest revenue months for this program. Thank you in advance to everyone who will consistently use their FOCAS 50 card as you buy Halloween candy and prepare for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s celebrations. If you need a new card, this is the time to get one so that St. Vincent can benefit from your holiday grocery spending! It costs you nothing but a moment of your time to load the card before you checkout, but it helps so much in Funding Our Church And School. Call or stop by the parish office to get a card and get on board with this important fundraiser.

So that as a parish we can keep in our prayers those in our community who are ill, St. Vincent Ferrer Parish would like to publish the names of those parishioners and their families who are in the hospital, recovering from an illness or going through treatments. We ask that you contact the Parish Office at 791-9030.

Florence Bailey, Glorianne Barbacane, Charles Beckman, Marion Blohm, James Boyatt Sr., Terry Chifari, Joe Crachiolo, Bob Ford, Ferd Forney, Audrey Hanley, Mary Heinlen, John Hill, Virginia Howd, Mary Langemeier, Bonnie McLaughlin, Les Meldon, Marilyn Naehring, Richard Nurre, Sue Sagrati, Mary Speed, Tom Sweeney, Tom Tressler, Phyllis Villari, Virginia Zimmerman.

ALL ST. VINCENT FERRER

FALL VOLUNTEERS & CHAPERONES

must participate in a Child Protection Workshop and be Fingerprinted prior to volunteering

and/or by September 30^th.

Workshop & Fingerprinting Dates

New parish volunteers who will be working with children this school year, or those who have not yet had a chance to be fingerprinted or take the workshop will have the opportunity to participate in them at neighboring parishes.

WORKSHOPS: Call to confirm!

Immaculate Heart of Mary–Beechmont–388-4466

2^nd Monday of each month @7:30PM

3^rd Wednesday of each month @ 4PM

PERMANENT FINGERPRINTING SITES:

Archdiocese of Cincinnati - 421-3131

100 E. 8th Street

Mon. ~ Fri., 9:00AM - 4:00 PM

Holy Trinity, Norwood – 366-4400

Mon. ~ Thurs., 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

St. John, West Chester – 777-6433

Wed., 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Mon. & Tues., 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Sat., 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Additional Child Protection Orientation Workshop and Fingerprinting dates and times can be found at www.catholiccincinnati.org , the Archdiocesan website. Click on “Fingerprinting Information”, then onto “Sites” and “Calendar.”

For further information please call Marc Greenberg in the Parish Office at 791-9030.

All PREP and Early Childhood families are invited to attend the Fall Family Gathering on Sunday, November 4^th at 9AM, with special guest and juggler, Tom Sparough, The Spacepainter. A continental breakfast will begin promptly at 9AM, followed by Mr. Sparough’s “Encountering the Living Christ” presentation. Parents are asked to refer to the flyer for what breakfast item they are to bring to the cafeteria before 9AM. See you there!

Consider taking one of our spiritually renewing companions for a leisurely break on a quiet evening or afternoon. Stop by the ushers’ room located near the main entrance of the church to browse the wide selection of reading material in the bookcase.

Yearly membership dues of $10.00 are now being accepted. Make checks payable to SVF and mail or drop off at the Parish Office (Mark envelope H.W.)

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Don’t be left out- extra flyers in the back of church
This casino trip includes an Argosy buffet lunch, round trip motor-coach transportation.

The second collection on November 3 & 4 will be for Habitat for Humanity. The St. Vincent Ferrer community has always responded generously to this worthwhile cause. Please give thoughtful consideration to your contribution this year to support our efforts for the Eastside Coalition for Habitat for Humanity. Make checks payable to St. Vincent Ferrer Church and use the Habitat for Humanity collection envelopes.

Again this year we are collecting 2008 calendars for the inner city poor. Please drop off at 7541 Hosbrook Road or the parish office. Last day to drop off calendars will be January 15.

ST. VINCENT FOR THE POOR

COAT & CLOTHING COLLECTION

The St. Vincent for the Poor’s annual fall coat, clothing & canned food drive will be held the weekend of October 27^th & 28^th. This is a good time to not only clean closets, but also simplify your wardrobe, and help the needy in doing so.

4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, October 27^th

8:45-1:30 p.m. Sunday, October 28^th

Please drop off donations at the new Parish garage next to the gym.

Did You Know??

On Wednesday, October 17th, 11 of our Eighth Graders and their Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Frost, participated in Mt Notre Dame's United Nations Model Simulation. The students included: Joey Arthur, Nathan Duderstadt, Molly Frost, Steffi Homan, Tony Molinaro, & Austin Singley represented Nigeria, while Ellie Diemer, Emily Duderstadt, Andy Feltrup, Jack Johnson, & Jake Sambrookes represented France. Our students representing Nigeria won the "Best Represented Country Award" & Tony Molinaro won the "Outstanding Delegate Award"!

The children had researched their countries position on child labor, slavery, and the use of children in the military. We are very proud of these students! They represented our school very well!!

Do you like to bake? We sure would love to have your cakes, breads, cookies and brownies for our Harvest Bake Sale on Saturday, November 17^th. Whatever your specialty, we know it will be a big hit at the sale. Last year you helped us raise over $800, I hope you will come through for us again this year. Bring your baked goods to the school or parish office on Friday, November 16^th. Thank you so much for your support!

The SVF PTO will be selling LaRosa’s Buddy Cards and Adrian Durban Gift Cards. One Buddy Card will give you 10 Buy one Get one Free Pizza stickers. Durban Cards are also $10 and can be purchased anytime at the school office during school hours. Durban cards provide you a dozen roses, bouquet of flowers, and cookies/chocolates for free as well as $5, $10, and $15 coupons. Contact Peg Halpin at 631-7301 or halpin1962@fuse.net for more information.

The SVF PTO will be sponsoring a Family Day at Dewey’s Pizza in Kenwood on Nov. 5. Dewey’s will donate 10% for dine in/carry out, all day and night for the whole parish. Make sure to bring your flyer that will be provided in this weeks church bulletin!

MANY THANKS to all the families who participated in the magazine drive. Your participation has helped us earn $6,620.00 to support our school. If you find you have a need for magazine subscriptions later in the year, go online to www.qsp.com to place your order using Account #: 425005521. This will help save you money and continue to support our school.

Any girl (3^rd grade thru 8^th grade who is a parishioner) interested in playing Volleyball for an SVF team this winter should register online by November 1^st. The season runs the 1^st week of January thru the 1^st week of March, with practices beginning in December. All coaches interested in coaching should also register at this site. Contact Tad Berger if you have any questions @ 891-8035 or tberger@theminc.com

SAVE THE DATE

MARDIS GRAS 2008

February 9^th at the Senior Sycamore Center

Featuring: Bone Voyage

(New Orleans Jazz Band)

Buffet, reverse jester raffle, silent auction, grand raffle and many, many more surprises!

MOMS! MOMS! Calling all Moms of Saint Vincent Ferrer Church. November 7, 2007 is our “Mommies Time Out” meeting in Hamilton Hall from 7-9pm. We will be getting 15 minute Massages by MassagePro. Also while listening to a book review on When Mommy is Happy Everyone is Happy; we will be enjoying chocolates, coffee, and wine. We would love to have you come join us for this relaxing meeting. If you are interested please contact Heather Leland dhleland@fuse.net. Please also mark your calendars for our Christmas Potluck dinner on December 5, 2007 in Hamilton Hall. We will also be discussing topics for next year. We are a growing group and are always looking for more SVF moms to join us. Hope to see you there!

As SVF parishioners and friends, you are invited to visit the newly landscaped memorial garden, which is located on the Montgomery Rd. side of our campus. Over the past 3 years, volunteers have been caring for the flowerbeds, which surround our wonderful commemorative brick walkway. There are close to 200 inscribed bricks with room for plenty more. This area is considered a prayer garden for all to pause, to remember, to give thanks. See flyer in the back of church for details RE: the sale of the commemorative bricks. For those of you who purchased a brick before 9-1-07, the flyer will help you in locating its placement in the walkway.

If you missed the latest publication of “Living Church”– extra copies are in the back of church.

Doors open at 12:30 p.m.; instants are sold at 1:00 p.m.; first Bingo game begins at 1:30 p.m.; Bingo will end by 5:00 p.m.

The parish needs 2-3 additional volunteers to count bingo "instants.” This will be at the parish, during the week, and at your leisure, but we would like a weekly, or bi-weekly commitment. It's a sitting job, and would be fun to do with a friend, or daughter/son. Please contact Debbie Kamp for more information at 891-4168, or dlkamp@zoomtown.com

Don’t forget to notify the parish office of your new address and phone number when moving.

Vets and Members of Military Invited to Attend

The Cub Scouts of St. Vincent Ferrer’s Pack 619 will emphasize God and Country at their next pack meeting on November 9, just a couple of days before Veterans Day.

· The evening will begin with a lesson in flag etiquette and a special demonstration by Xavier University’s Army ROTC color guard.

· Next, the Cub Scouts will take part in a special “Good Turn for America” service project by will assembling mission Rosaries that will then be sent to Catholic soldiers in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Pack 619 would like to invite any Veterans or current members of the military and their families to join in the activities and be recognized for your service. Any parish Boy Scouts who would like to attend to assist the younger scouts in making the rosaries are also welcome. The meeting will take place on Friday, November 9 from 7-8pm in the Community Building cafeteria. Please RSVP to Jamie Eifert, 563-7866 or jke84nd@aol.com.

St. Vincent Ferrer now has a Religious Emblem Coordinator to assist all parish Cub Scouts – whether members of the St. Vincent pack or any other pack in the community – earn their Catholic Religious Emblems. There are two Religious Emblems offered by scouting & approved through the Archdiocese for Catholic Cub Scouts:

“Light of Christ” for Tigers (1^st grade) or Wolf Scouts (2^nd grade) and “Parvuli Dei” for Bears (3^rd grade) or Webelos (4^th & 5^th grades). This is the perfect time of year to get started on one of these programs! If you’re interested, contact Jamie Eifert at 563-7866 or jke84nd@aol.com

Purcell Marian High School will be hosting its annual Open House on Sunday November 11^th from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Prospective students, alumni and those seeking a high quality Catholic, co-ed, college prep education are welcome. For more information, please call 487-3133 or visit www.purcellmarian.org

Information night – Monday, October 29, 7-8 p.m. Reservations required, 821-3044 ext. 124

Open House -Sunday, November 4, 12-3 p.m. Campus tours available. Placement Test will be held on Saturday, November 17 from 8:30-12:30 p.m.

Communion Visits to the Homebound -Members of this ministry take Holy Communion and visit with parishioners who are unable to attend Mass. This service is available for short and long term convalescence. Please call the Parish Office (791-9030).

Driving Ministry– For parishioners needing transportation to weekend Mass, for health related appointments and grocery shopping. Please call Donna Piening (791-7449) or the Parish Office (791-9030).

Mass Intentions & Readings

for the Week

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Friday, November 2, 2007

Calendar for the Week

Monday, October 29, 2007

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Friday, November 2, 2007

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Fr. George Kunkel

St. Vincent Ferrer Parish

Our Parish Community

Where: Parish Cafeteria

Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Over $9,000 Received Year-to-Date…

PARISH LIBRARY

HAPPY WANDERERS

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Don’t be left out- extra flyers in the back of church
This casino trip includes an Argosy buffet lunch, round trip motor-coach transportation.

Did You Know??

MARDIS GRAS 2008

Vets and Members of Military Invited to Attend

Communion Visits to the Homebound -Members of this ministry take Holy Communion and visit with parishioners who are unable to attend Mass. This service is available for short and long term convalescence. Please call the Parish Office (791-9030).

Driving Ministry– For parishioners needing transportation to weekend Mass, for health related appointments and grocery shopping. Please call Donna Piening (791-7449) or the Parish Office (791-9030).

Mass Intentions & Readings

for the Week

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Friday, November 2, 2007

Calendar for the Week

Monday, October 29, 2007

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Friday, November 2, 2007

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Fr. George Kunkel

St. Vincent Ferrer Parish

Our Parish Community

Where: Parish Cafeteria

Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Over $9,000 Received Year-to-Date…

PARISH LIBRARY

HAPPY WANDERERS

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Don’t be left out- extra flyers in the back of church This casino trip includes an Argosy buffet lunch, round trip motor-coach transportation.

Did You Know??

MARDIS GRAS 2008

Vets and Members of Military Invited to Attend

Don’t be left out- extra flyers in the back of church
This casino trip includes an Argosy buffet lunch, round trip motor-coach transportation.