2008-2009

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

Chairperson Barry Auer 984-1041

Vice-Chairperson John Abraham 791-4527

Member-at-Large Amy Hobler 984-3087

Member-at-Large Mary Kay Lynch 731-7155

Member-at-Large Peg Halpin 631-7301

Member-at-Large Conrad Neumann 793-3165

Athletics Steve Schaefer 792-9455

Building & Finance Ray Bauman 984-4239

Education Comm. Ken Gleason 891-4280

Worship Debbie Kamp 891-4168

Development Comm. John Sichel 891-7237

Community Life Phil Hying 984-1533

Social Justice Comm. Chris Homan 745-9958

Festival Comm. Patti Lowe 793-1112

Seminary Intern Adam Puntel 686-1126

Communication & Volunteer Recruitment Comm.

Gerald Shannon 791-9313

Recording Secretary Maryanne Staubach 891-0949

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, March 4, 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

Monday, March 2, 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Jesus trusted in God’s promises. According to Mark’s gospel, immediately after his baptism, Jesus was driven into the wilderness where he lived with the wild beasts for forty days and was tempted by Satan. Through those desolate days, Jesus was faithful to God. And at the end of the forty days, the angels came to minister to Jesus.

Reflection: If you have ever sat with a sick child, you know the relief that comes when a fever breaks and the corner of the child’s mouth turns up into a long awaited smile. This must have been something of what Jesus felt at the end of his stay in the desert and it is what we feel when we have been faithful to our Lenten efforts.

Marianne Jackson and Russell McCarron Jr. will be recommended as candidates for Full Communion in the Catholic Church and will participate in the Rite of Election at St. Peter in Chains this Sunday, March 1. Please continue to keep them in your prayers.

ST. VINCENT FERRER SCHOOL EARLY ENROLLMENT FIGURES FOR 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR

Families are now enrolling for the fall of 2009 at St. Vincent Ferrer School, and the early enrollment numbers are encouraging. At present there are 192 students attending our school, and we already have about 185 students registered for fall 2009. We expect this number to increase over the next few months. Thanks to our principal Steve Zinser, our fantastic teachers, and all the parents who help our school have a great reputation.

LENTEN EVENSONGS

Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. on March 4, March 11 and March 18 in the Community Building Chapel

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

This year during Lent Stations of the Cross will be on Friday evenings at 7:00 p.m.

The Parish Lenten Reconciliation Service will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church. Mark your calendar!

Plan to make the Parish Mission part of your Lenten Journey. The Mission, sponsored by

St. Vincent Ferrer and All Saints Churches will be presented on March 30 & 31 and April 1 & 2. Save the dates! Jesuit Father Al Bischoff from Xavier University will be our Mission Speaker. The theme of our 2009 Mission will be “A Joy Filled Life: Stories of Faith and Love”

An important part of our Lenten alms-giving here in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has been our participation in the Catholic Ministries Appeal. Over the years, this appeal was known as the Archbishop’s Fund Drive and more recently, as the Archdiocesan Fund Drive. The name change was intended to put greater emphasis on the important Archdiocesan ministries that it funds. These include: the education of seminarians, deacons & lay pastoral ministers; Catholic Social Services; Chaplains for hospitals and prisons; College campus ministers; St. Rita School for the Deaf; and the retirement fund for diocesan priests. The appeal begins on March 14. Information will be sent through the mail to all registered parishioners. Please make all checks payable to “Catholic Ministries Appeal” and mail them directly to the Archdiocese using the white “CMA” envelope mailed to each household or use the green envelope marked “Catholic Ministries Appeal” that was in with your regular Sunday collection envelopes and drop that into the collection baskets.

Eucharistic Adoration is held every Monday following the 8:30 a.m. Mass until 5:00 p.m. in the Community Building Chapel. At least one person must be present when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. We are in need of a few people to fill the 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. time slot. Please call the Parish Office at 791-9030 if you can help.

Don’t forget to move your clocks forward one hour next weekend (March 8) to begin daylight savings time.

Your prayers are requested for the soul of Jane Bushelman whose Mass of Christian Burial was held February 24.

Please welcome the newest member of our faith community: Camden Ann Reisert, daughter of Brian & Lindsay Reisert who was recently baptized. Congratulations to the proud parent.

As we begin this Lenten season we are reminded of the everlasting covenant God made with us. Renew the promise you made with God. Believe in the Good News!

The baptism preparation class is for parents who are having their first child baptized. The next class will be offered on Sunday, March 8 at 1:15 p.m. in the Community Building Chapel. You must call the parish office 791-9030 to register.

Please keep in your prayers all the men and women who are currently in the military serving our country.

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.

Glorianne Barbacane, Jim Boyatt, Gerry Brinker, Jenny Castelluccio, Joe Crachiolo, Bette DiSalvo, Mark Glevicky, Mary Heinlen, John Hill, Virginia Howd, Marie Kleiman, Mary Langemeier, Mary Alice Menke, Marilyn Naehring, Stan Neumann, Maurice Niehaus, Robert O’Keefe, John Overbeck, Earlene Retford, Mary Lou Runge, Grace Schwallie, Phyllis Villari.

STEWARDSHIP OF OFFERING

Sunday February 22, 2009

Weekly Offertory

Sunday Collection $10,355

Other Donations $1,391

Estimated Weekly EFT donations $1,982

Sunday Collection Total $13,728

Offertory Budget

Weekly Offertory Budget Requirement $17,880

Offertory Budget Deficit this Week - $4,152

Finance Fact: Please use your “Promise 2009” mailer to make a Sunday collection commitment to St. Vincent Ferrer Parish for 2009. So far 175 parish families have made a “Promise 2009” pledge. Thank you for your support of our parish!

We wish to express our sincere thanks to your church community for your generous donation of $1801 that was collected on Sanctity of Life Sunday. Your donations are critical in enabling us to assist women facing a crisis pregnancy through counseling, parenting classes and promotion of abstinence. It is reaffirming to have the support of caring people who also value the importance of all life.

Now that the Kenwood Kroger is re-opened, it is a good time to remind everyone how simple it is to use your FOCAS 50 Kroger card. As you know, Kroger sends us a check every four weeks equal to 4% of the money our parishioners have loaded onto their FOCAS 50 Kroger gift cards. This money is absolutely critical to our budget and we are very grateful to those families who regularly shop at Kroger and use their FOCAS 50 card.

Now that the Fresh Fare is open, we are hoping to see our FOCAS 50 revenues rebound so that we can get back on track with this important fundraiser. Do you have a FOCAS 50 card? Are you using it every time you shop at Kroger? If you need a card, please stop by or call the parish office. It's so easy to use, and the results really add up if lots of people participate. Simply put money on the gift card before the cashier starts ringing up your order. You can use cash, check or a credit or debit card to load money onto your card. Then use the card to pay for your groceries and/or prescriptions. That's all there is to it -- and at the end of the month, Kroger will send SVF a check. Several times we've earned between $2,800 and $2,900 in a month. Let's get everyone back on board and see if we can top $3,000!!

The Roamin’ Catholics are sponsoring a Lenten Morning of Reflection on March 13^th at St. Vincent Ferrer in Hamilton Hall. Sr. Carol DeFiore will be the main speaker. She is a sister of Notre Dame and is pastoral assistant at Holy Trinity in Norwood. It will start at 10:30AM and a box lunch will be served at 11:30AM.

SVF Roamin’ Catholics’

Lenten Morning of Reflection

March 13^th at 10:30 AM

This RSVP is due in SVF Office by March 6^th.

Please make check payable to St. Vincent Ferrer for $6.00, and return to: SVF Church, 7754 Montgomery Rd., Cinti.,OH 45236;

ATTN: Roamin’ Catholics

Name:

Phone:

Number of Reservations:

Sandwich preference:

Egg Salad: Tuna Salad:

“The Glitz” Four Star Restaurant & Irish Acres Gallery of Antiques – Nonesuch, KY

Antique gallery displays 32,000 sq. ft. of glassware, china, crystal, silver, linens, dolls, jewelry, American & European furniture & more.

Summer PREP will again be offered for SVF students at All Saints this summer. The dates are June 15 - 26, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM, for the 2009/2010 school year. The program is offered for all incoming grades, except Grade 2! If interested, please go to our parish website at www.svfchurch.org; Faith Formation, PREP, and Summer PREP for all pertinent information and registration form. Your child’s registration form and full payment are due to SVF Faith Formation Office by Monday, March 16, 2009.

Grade 2 - EUCHARISTIC SUNDAY III– Mar. 15 – The next Eucharistic Sunday for Second Graders preparing for First Eucharist will be March 15^th at the 10:30AM Mass. The theme will be We Give Thanks – The children will reflect on their gifts, which are blessings from God. At the Eucharist (a word meaning “to give thanks”) we thank God for all his gifts and blessings. How do we as a parish help others develop such a grateful heart?

Thurs., Mar. 19 - Sacrament of Confirmation Candidates & Sponsors are to be lined up no later than 6:45PM in the back of Church.

In this year of St. Paul, we have invited Fr. Timothy Schehr from Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary to help us better understand the Writings of Paul to Philemon. Please join us as we learn more about this small letter with a big message.

We are better with you than without you! And so are you! Any school … All Saints, St. Vincent, St. Savior parishes … 7^th & 8^th grade for Junior High, 9^th – 12^th for High School and HOW.

For your advance notice, we plan to “Pray the Steps” again this year at Immaculata Church in Mt. Adams on Good Friday, April 10^th, from mid-morning through lunch. This is open to all Junior High and High School parishioners from all schools.

Gatherings are scheduled for March 8^th and March 22^nd in the Youth Room.

We’ll gather on March 1^st and 15^th from 6:45 – 8:30PM. Our group continues to evolve. Last week we had young folks from 6 schools!

Monday evenings from 6:45PM – 8:30PM, in the Youth Room at All Saints… that’s the when and the where and the HOW. See you on March 2^nd, and March 9^th.

For all group participants it’s time to complete the Archdiocese Release Forms for the year. Please go online www.allsaints.cc and return to All Saints by March 8.

Questions? Call All Saints’ Jeff Rosfeld at 314-1147, or SVF’s Kara Feltrup at 891-5597.

ATTENTION! - The Parish Library is now located in the Office of Faith Formation, on the 2^nd floor of the Parish Center. Hours are 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM, Mondays through Thursdays. Stop by to peruse our wide selection. Book returns can be made at that time, or placed in the blue bin in the main hall.

The Breadrunners of SVF need paper grocery bags. By providing the bags, you are part of a very “green” and win-win-win endeavor.

First, you are the initial user of these bags. Second, the Breadrunners fill them with bread, and finally, the soup kitchens use them for distribution of the bread. What a deal!

Please drop them off at Barbara Pflum’s house, 7541 Hosbrook Rd. anytime. Thank you.

Bringing your paper trash to the green and yellow bins next to the school, you are supporting SJ&O activities as well as helping the environment. We receive about $100 from Abitibi each month that we then use to sponsor mission work and to help support SVF projects.

Our paper-recycling program is doing so well – we now need two recycling bins.

St. Vincent Ferrer Parish recycles empty aluminum beverage cans. The can recycling container is located next to the paper-recycling bin. We only accept beverage cans (soda, beer, juice) - no soup cans, sauce cans or other types of cans please. Please make sure your cans are rinsed and completely empty before putting them in our container.

Joel Cornette, SVF Class of 1995, has been inducted into the St. Xavier "Hall of Fame" Joel is a 1999 graduate of St. X. and went on to Butler University. Several of Joel's awards include: GCL Player of the Year, Butler's Male Athlete of the Year-2003, Frank "Pop" Hedden Award as Butler's top male freshman student-athlete! We are very proud of Joel and our many great graduates.

Please join us at Willies Montgomery on Monday, March 2 for lunch, dinner or carryout. 10% of all food purchases will be donated to St. Vincent Ferrer School. Great friends, great food, great cause!!! Questions? Call Erika Riggs 891-2568. See this weeks insert…

The following students have earned honors for the second quarter: Ursuline High School – First Honors: Marykate Frietch, Ariel Neumann, Hilary Pitner, Ellen Neumann– Second Honors: Johanna Krogh – Freshman/Sophomore Honors: Emily Duderstadt, Molly Frost, Stephanie Homan, Claire Barrett, Nicole Stagge.

St. Ursula Academy - First Honors: Victoria Cardone – Second Honors: Maggie Abraham.

Any High School parishioner who made the honor roll needs to have their school provide us a list so your name can be included in the bulletin.

The school junior high students are continuing their quest to reach one million pop tabs before the end of this school year. Our current hallway display of 3/4 of a million is quite impressive! Please drop your pop tab donations in the box in the church entry way or at the school office. Thank you for helping us to help Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Did you know that any purchases you make at GFS can benefit SVF? Just let them know when you check out at the register that you belong to SVF Parish and a portion of your purchases will be refunded to SVF each year in February.

Fish Fry Events will be returning soon to St. Vincent Ferrer! Please join us for these community events for great food and great fun!

St. Vincent Ferrer Monte Carlo

Sponsored by the Athletic Commission

March 7, 2009 at 7PM

Reverse Raffle

(Grand prize $1000.00)

Ticket cost $25.00

$50.00 winner every 25th ticket drawn

Advance ticket purchase by calling 891-1471

Ticket sales limited - Athletic Commission members will be selling tickets for the Reverse

Raffle at the back of church after Masses Feb. 22 and March 1.

Winner does not need to be present

Food and Beverages included - See you there!

Our March meeting is Wednesday March 4 at 7pm in Hamilton Hall. This month SVF Moms group will be having a craft party. We will be doing a spring craft and working on our scrapbooks. Please bring any pictures and scrapbooking materials you have to work on and join us for a FUN evening. We look forward to seeing you and hope you will join us. Any questions please email Heather Leland dhleland@fuse.net. *FYI: Next month's meeting April 8th will be dinner out. *

The next monthly Altar Society meeting will be held on Monday, March 9^th following the 8:30 a.m. Mass. Coffee and pastry are served before the meeting which lasts only about an hour. All are welcome and we would love to have you join us.

The Golden Wedding Jubilee Anniversary Mass, for couples celebrating their 50^th wedding anniversary, will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 2, at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains. Please call the Parish Office, 791-9030 if you are celebrating your 50^th Anniversary so that your name can be given to the Archdiocese and an invitation to the Mass issued. All couples celebrating their 25^th, 50^th, 60^th, 70^th or 75^th Anniversary should also call the parish office and will be mailed a scroll. The deadline to call the parish office is March 6.

Doors open at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday; concession provided; 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. Bingo questions call 324-3788 or Brenda Hauser, 984-8446.

Patti Cron, Ed Stenger, Mary Staubach, Jodi Kastner, Amy Horstman, Karen Brown, Gail Furthman, Pauline Toennis, John and Julie Ellerhorst

We need to receive all articles in writing by Monday at 2:00 p.m. You should indicate the dates you would like your bulletin article to appear. Unless otherwise indicated, all articles will run for 2 weeks.

Please call the parish office to get your bulletin insert on the calendar. All inserts must be put on the insert calendar as soon as possible. (The number of inserts are limited to 2 per week) and the copies need to be in the Parish office by Wednesday morning. This will allow the bulletin stuffers ample time to adjust their calendar for volunteer time. A special thanks to our volunteer bulletin stuffers, we appreciate your help!

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

St. Vincent Ferrer is “adopting” Tuesday, March 17^th to participate in a 24-hour peaceful, prayerful vigil outside of the local Planned Parenthood abortion facility on Auburn Avenue in Cincinnati. Christians throughout Greater Cincinnati have been invited to take part in this national 40 Days for Life effort from Ash Wednesday, February 25^th through Palm Sunday, April 5^th. Please prayerfully consider volunteering one or more hours with your fellow parishioners to witness for life. On March 7^th and 8^th, there will be sign ups after each Mass. All hours are open. If you have any questions or want to sign up now, please call Joan Rios at 984-1538 or email pinolero@aol.com. More information is available at:

The University of Notre Dame Glee Club will perform a concert in the St. Xavier High School Performance Center on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 7:00 pm. The Glee Club will be joined by St. Xavier’s elite singing group, Something Blue, and by Shades of Blue, the Junior and Senior members of St. Xavier’s X-Men Choir. Glee Club members include 2008 St. X Alumni, St. Vincent Ferrer parishioner Scott Boyle and All Saints parishioner Doug Pernick. Tickets are $10.00 in advance or $15.00 the night of the performance. For more info and a ticket order form, go to www.ndcincy.com, or contact Tom Pernik at 777-4472 or Mark Boyle at 505-1942.

FRIENDS OF JESUS is a group for adults with developmental disabilities (18 years of age or older). This group’s focus is primarily for support, prayer and socializing. Join us for our March Gathering on Saturday, March 14^th from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at All Saints Parish Center, 8939 Montgomery Road. At this gathering our theme will be “Celebrate St. Patrick!” and everyone is asked to wear something green. We come together in prayer, have entertainment, do some craft-making and enjoy refreshments. New members are always welcome but need to register first with Jane Callan prior to attending. Also, please RSVP to Jane Callan at 793-3546

Ursuline Academy is conducting its 12^th Annual Dream House Raffle. WIN $150,000 in CASH or $200,000 towards a new home or 49 other prizes. Tickets are $100 each or 3 for $250. For information or tickets visit www.uaraffle.org or call 791-5794 ext. 1218. The drawing is April 24.

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, March 4, 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

Calendar for the Week

Monday, March 2, 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

Sunday, March 8, 2009

We are better with you than without you! And so are you! Any school … All Saints, St. Vincent, St. Savior parishes … 7^th & 8^th grade for Junior High, 9^th – 12^th for High School and HOW.

PARISH LIBRARY

Sponsored by the Athletic Commission

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, March 4, 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

Calendar for the Week

Monday, March 2, 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

Sunday, March 8, 2009

We are better with you than without you! And so are you! Any school … All Saints, St. Vincent, St. Savior parishes … 7th & 8th grade for Junior High, 9th – 12th for High School and HOW.

PARISH LIBRARY

Sponsored by the Athletic Commission

We are better with you than without you! And so are you! Any school … All Saints, St. Vincent, St. Savior parishes … 7^th & 8^th grade for Junior High, 9^th – 12^th for High School and HOW.