Parish Weekly Bulletin

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, March 26, 2008

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

These Scriptures proclaim: Thomas believed because he saw the risen Jesus. Although we have never seen him, we believe in him. We give thanks to the Lord for this gift of faith, especially when we gather for the breaking of the bread and the prayers.

Monday, March 24, 2008

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

Sunday, March 30, 2008

We welcome all visitors to St. Vincent’s on Easter. We welcome all the friends and relatives of our parishioners, “home comers” who have moved away or are home from college or the military, bereaved persons whose loved ones have died this past year, Catholics who may occasionally join us, and our neighbors who are of another faith tradition. Happy Easter to you.

PLEASE NOTE: All Parish Offices will be closed Easter Monday. Also, there will be no Solemn Exposition on Monday, March 24. There will be a Communion Service on Thursday & Friday (March 27 & 28). Fr. George will be taking a few days vacation.

This is an opportunity for those who are in need of healing in any way to receive the Sacrament of the Sick and to participate in a special Mass. Our driving ministry will be available to assist those who would like to attend. Please call Donna Piening (791-7449) if you need transportation or can provide transportation to the Mass.

Those preparing our Sunday Liturgies (Priest, Sacristan’s and other liturgical ministers) have requested that you try to arrive 10 minutes before Mass begins so we can maintain a prayerful atmosphere in preparation for each Mass.

Please return your Letter of Intent as soon as possible. Fr. George Kunkel has asked all St. Vincent Ferrer parishioners to increase their Sunday Collection for 2008 by at least $100. If you need another Letter of Intent Form call the SVF parish office at 791-9030.

The Catholic Ministries Appeal continues this week in our parish. We are most grateful to those who have been so generous. We ask that everyone in our parish participate with a gift of any amount. Every gift helps.

We celebrate today the foundation of our lives as baptized Catholic Christians. In the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, God’s plan for salvation is realized. Christ is raised to glorious new life – new life that we inherit. All the powers of evil that can bind the soul forever lifeless are rendered powerless in the quiet of dawn on that first Easter.

The angel said, “Do not be afraid.” Trust that the risen Christ empowers you to go and spread the good news. (Matthew 28:1-10)

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.

Florence Bailey, Glorianne Barbacane, Gerry Brinker, Jenny Castelluccio, Bud Connor, Frank Corder, Joe Crachiolo, Bob Ford, James Grever, Mary Heinlen, John Hill, Virginia Howd, Mary Langemeier, Shirley Milostan, Marilyn Naehring, Richard Nurre, Earlene Retford, Phyllis Villari.

Thank you for the donation of $717 to our St. Vincent for the Poor Society monthly collection. Your generosity is appreciated.

STEWARDSHIP OF OFFERING

Sunday March 16, 2008

Weekly Offertory

Sunday Collection $16,114.00

Other donations $1,525.00

Weekly Donation Total $17,639.00

Other collection

St. Vincent for the Poor $717.00

Fiscal Year Offertory

Offertory Budget to Date $742,381.00

Offertory Received to Date $664,289.00

Offertory Budget Deficit to Date -$78,092.00

Finance Fact: 257 families have returned their “Promise 2008” Sunday collection Letter of Intent, with a total of $556,035 pledged for 2008. Please support St. Vincent Ferrer Parish with your “Promise 2008” commitment.

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

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.

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.

Congratulations and Welcome to our new Catholics: Derek Brewer, Jodi Kastner and Ken Whitney! They became members of our faith at the Easter Vigil and were honored by our parishioners at a reception following.

Tom Hughes, Rob Lawrence, and Julie Sieber, who walked the faith journey with them for the past nine months.

And thanks also to our GIFT Team members who set up and hosted the reception.

Happy Easter! PREP & Early Childhood classes will resume next Sunday, March 30^th.

Operation Rice Bowl - This Lenten season PREP and School students joined in collecting coins for Catholic Relief Services’ Operation Rice Bowl.

Operation Rice Bowl makes a huge difference to people all around the world, and our participation will challenge us to expand our own horizons.

Easter – Rejoice! Our Lord is risen, offering us new joy and hope. By generously giving through Operation Rice Bowl, you too are offering hope to the millions who benefit from the work of Catholic Relief Services. Please remember CRS’ efforts during times of famine or natural disaster.

Together, we continue to plant seed of real hope throughout our world and to foster their growth.

Students are asked to please turn in their Operation Rice Bowl donations are due Sun., March 30^th,or Mon., March/31^st.

Thank you to School and PREP Students who prayed for and donated to those people around the world assisted by Catholic Relief Services. Your joint efforts are appreciated!

Banner turn-in date has been extended. PREP, may bring completed banners to class on Sun., March 30^th, - School to class on Mon., March 31^st.Thank you.

EUCHARISTIC SUNDAY V will be held April 6^th, during the 10:30 AM Mass. Children preparing for First Eucharist and their families will gather to celebrate the theme “We Remember. ” reflecting on what Jesus celebrated at the Last Supper. The Eucharistic prayer is the Church’s great prayer of thanksgiving. At the Eucharist through the power of the Holy Spirit we join with the living Christ to give praise and glory to the Father.

Each Sunday as we gather, we acknowledge the importance of remembering and celebrating Jesus within our community. Let us be grateful for Jesus’ presence.

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.

Thanks to all who have contributed paper bags for Over The Rhine Ministries. The response was overwhelming! No more needed for the near future. Hopefully, we have also saved a few trees. Thank you

Thank you, thank you generous food donors for your donations of food for the poor these many years. This food helps to reduce the suffering of families, many with hungry children. Much of the food donated by St. Vincent Ferrer parish continues to be received by the West End Emergency Center, led by Sr. Judy, SND for many years. It is distributed by the Center to needy families located in the Over the Rhine area. Additionally, a Food Pantry has been maintained at SVF for years, which is also supplied by your donations. It may surprise you, but people in our own area may also have needs. Our Parish staff occasionally receives requests for food needed by both parishioners and non-parishioners. The staff, with knowledge of the Pantry inventory, can provide some necessary food to these individuals and families.

GOD BLESS YOU, each and every one of you donors for your faithful contribution to the food barrels at Church. Please make sure your donations have a current expiration date.

Commitments to Hand in Hand Ministries for the mission trip to Auxier, KY from Wednesday, 5/7-Saturday 5/10 must be made soon. If you have been thinking about joining our group of SVF parishioners on this outreach, please contact Connie Dunn at 791-7506 for more information.

We wish to thank all of the SVF parishioners, staff, faculty and students who support the recycling program throughout the year by collecting their paper trash and taking it to the recycling bin. Bring your paper trash to the green and yellow recycling bin on the SVF parking lot near the community building. This has been a terrific way to save trees while earning money for SVF! Remember, only paper, magazines, and newspapers are accepted. NO PLASTIC BAGS, CARDBOARD or PHONE BOOKS. Thank you!

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.

Our Mother of Sorrows Young at Heart Group invites you to Bearcreek Farms – luncheon & Show “The Van Dell’s” Friday, May 16^th

Pi Day! Many special math activities were incorporated this day. Our great activities included: A school wide "Drawing the Most Perfect Circle" without a compass or other instrument, Using licorice to find the circumference of something, Coloring pages with a LOT of circles, and numerous other activities. It was a great day!

This is a wonderful preview to "Math Day" coming to SVF on Wednesday, April 16. Everyone in the parish is welcome to join us for another special occasion!

Thanks to all who have been collecting Pop-Tabs for us. Our 6th Graders continue their drive to collect One Million Tabs. Please continue sending your tabs to Mrs. Frost and our Sixth Grade Class.

The SVF Dance Team will be selling Krispy Kreme Doughnuts after all Masses, April 5th and 6th. A box of a dozen fresh glazed doughnuts will cost $5. All proceeds will help pay for recently purchased uniforms and pom pons. Thank you for your support!!!

Several members of the current PTO Board are completing their terms. The PTO Board is looking for people to fill these positions. Members of the Board serve a 2-year term. The role as Vice President will be one year and the second year will be the President position. The following PTO Board positions will be open for the 2008/2009 school year: Vice President, Treasurer, Communication, Education Programs, Fundraising, and Rebates. The PTO Board is a great way to become involved with St. Vincent Ferrer School. Everyone is welcome! Please consider volunteering! If you are interested and would like more information about these positions, please call Peggy Berger @ 891-8035.

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.

As of right now, I believe I have heard from everyone who no longer will be able to be a booth captain for this year. For those of you that are being booth captains, I need the following information to update the festival file. Your name, name of booth, telephone #, e-mail address and how many volunteers you will need for each night. Please e-mail me at pdlflorida@hotmail.com, or 910-0668. Booth Captains are still needed for the Golf Booth, Big Card Poker, Cake Booth, Split the Pot, Triple Crown and Bid-n-Buy. Thanks!!! Patti

Boys: Do you dream about taking your mom somewhere special? How about taking her to the St. Vincent Mother-Son Dance? Dust off her dancing shoes and take her for an unforgettable evening! The dance will be held on Friday, April 4th from 7- 9:30 pm in the cafeteria. The cost is $20 a couple. There will be music, snacks and lots of your fun!! Please RSVP by email to smolinaro6@yahoo.com

Doors open at 11:30 a.m.; 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.

March 30 – Terry Brown, Leisa Grothaus, Betty Flynn, Jackie Brown, Laura Engelhardt, Mark Mitchell, Audrey Hager, Maryanne Staubach, Carol Heidt and John Abraham

We need to receive all articles in writing by Monday at 3:00 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.

ARCHDIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO THE 49^TH INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS, QUEBEC CITY, CANADA JUNE 15-24

The Worship Office of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has planned a pilgrimage to the 49^th International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Quebec City, Canada. All of the week’s International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Quebec City, Canada. All of the week’s activities will be centered on the theme, “The Eucharist: Gift of God for the Life of the World.” In working with Best Catholic Pilgrimage, we have planned side trips to various shrines in and around Quebec City and Montreal a well as occasions to experience the cultural highlights of each city. Fr. Christopher Armstrong will be the spiritual leader for the pilgrimage. For more information call 421-3131 ext. 220, or visit the website, www.catholiccincinnati.org/worship/

“Preach the Gospel and as a last resort, use words,” These words from St. Francis eloquently describe the work done by volunteers at Pregnancy Center East. People caring for others in their time of need lifts their hearts and helps them in ways you may never know. Have you ever considered being a volunteer at Pregnancy Center East? Volunteers spread the Gospel by their presence to women struggling with an unexpected pregnancy or providing for their children. Call or email today to find out more about how you can help: 321-3100 or pregnancycentereast@fuse.net

The Kenwood Woman’s Club has two $1000 Woman’s Opportunity Grants available for women living in the Kenwood –Madeira area. They must produce proof of need and a grade transcript if in school. Contact Rita Remmell at 793-8430 for an application. Applications have to be received by March 29.

The Mount Notre Dame Dance Team invites all current 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls who love to dance to join them for open practices in April and try-outs. For more information visit www.mnddance.com or contact Varsity Head Coach, Ms. Gianfagna at vgianfagna@mndhs.org

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 26, 2008

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

Calendar for the Week

Monday, March 24, 2008

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

Sunday, March 30, 2008

The Catholic Ministries Appeal continues this week in our parish. We are most grateful to those who have been so generous. We ask that everyone in our parish participate with a gift of any amount. Every gift helps.

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