Parish Weekly Bulletin

May 27, 2007

NETWORK OF CARE

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 Tom Sweeney (791-3939) or Judy Verny (791-6321).

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).

St. Vincent for the Poor – (791-9030)

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

or Ellen Brinker (791-7184).

Web site: www.svfchurch.org

Countdown to the 2007 Parish Festival:

4 weeks to go….June 22-23-24, 2007

Monday, May 28, 2007

Memorial Day

Sir 17:20-24  Mk 10:17-27

9:00 AM            June Eschmeyer                       

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Sir 35: 1-12  Mk 10:28-31

8:30 AM            Jim Stagge                   

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Sir 36:1, 4-5a 10-17  Mk 10:32-45

8:30 AM            Nicholas Palmer

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Visitation of the Virgin Mary

Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16  Lk 1:39-56

8:30 AM            Kunkel Family

Friday, June 1, 2007

St. Justin

Sir 44:1, 9-13  Mk 11:11-26

8:30 AM            R.G. Mustain    

Saturday, June 2, 2007

Sts. Marcellinus & Peter

Sir 51:12cd-20  Mk 11:27-33

5:00 PM            Ron Speed

Sunday, June 3, 2007

The Most Holy Trinity

Prv 8:22-31  Rom 5:1-5  Jn 16:12-15

9:00 AM            Julianne Long

10:30 AM          The members of St. Vincent Parish

12:00 Noon        Donald Winterman

Monday, May 28, 2007

9:00 AM                        Mass-Church

Memorial Day – All Parish Offices Closed

No Solemn Exposition

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

6:30 AM                        Communion Service – Chapel

8:30 AM                        Mass – Church

6:30 PM                        Festival Booth Captain Meeting - Cafeteria

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

6:30 AM                        Communion Service – Chapel

8:30 AM                        Mass –Church

11:15 AM                      School Prayer Service – Church

3:00 -                            Graduation set up – gym & cafeteria

7:00 PM                        Social Justice – Rm B

Thursday, May 31, 2007

6:30 AM                        Communion Service – Chapel

8:30 AM                        Closing School Mass– Church

7:00 PM                        Graduation – Church, Gym, Cafeteria

Friday, June 1, 2007

6:30 AM                        Communion Service – Chapel

8:30 AM                        Mass – Church

10:00 AM                      First Friday Coffee and Donuts – Cafeteria

Saturday, June 2, 2007

9:00-10:00 AM               Men’s Prayer Group-Chapel

9:00 AM-6:00 PM           Scrapbooking - Cafeteria

3:30-4:30 PM                 Confessions-Church

5:00 PM                        Mass  –Church

Sunday, June 3, 2007

9:00 AM                        Mass – Church

10:30 AM                      Mass -Church

12:00 PM                      Mass – Church

1:15 PM                        Baptismal PREP Program - Chapel

8:00 PM                        AA - room B

PENTECOST SUNDAY 

On this solemnity of Pentecost Sunday, we celebrate the Holy Spirit and the incredible power of faith the Spirit brought to the timid band of Jesus’ disciples after his Resurrection.  The Spirit – the very same Spirit – is with us today, giving us the same strength and wisdom to carry forward the mission of Jesus.  Often called the birthday of the Church, Pentecost is a special celebration for us.

Living the Word: Pray for the Holy Spirit’s gifts of wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude & knowledge.

FAREWELL             

We will have a farewell for Sr. Kaye Lednik, CSJ, SVF’s Director of Religious Education and Judy Verny, SVF’s Pastoral Associate on Sunday, July 1, 2007 after the 10:30 a.m. Mass in the Community Building.  Sr. Kaye and Judy’s last day at St. Vincent Ferrer will be June 30, 2007.  This farewell celebration will provide the parish an opportunity to thank them for their many years of dedicated service.

CONGRATULATIONS TO FR. LOU GUNTZELMAN ON HIS 50^TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD

On May 25 Fr. Lou celebrates his Golden Jubilee as a priest.  Congratulations can be sent to him directly at P.O. Box 428541 Cincinnati, Ohio 45242.  Fr. Lou has been celebrating Mass at SVF over the past few months.

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS

  The ballots from the Parish Pastoral Council Election last weekend have been counted and

Barry Auer, Peg Halpin, and Conrad Neumann

have been elected to member at large positions.

  Congratulations to all the new members of the Parish Pastoral Council – and a sincere word of thanks to all the parishioners who placed their names in nomination.

  I am especially grateful to all those members of Council who are completing their terms.

CHANGE OF WEEKDAY MASS FOR SUMMER TO 8:00 AM & TO THE CHAPEL

Beginning Monday, June 4

  Fr. George Kunkel mentioned this back at the Town Meetings in August of 2006.

  We would also like to save the parish money on our “prime time” usage for electricity in Church.  If our daily Mass begins earlier, we can have funeral Masses earlier which also will help us save a tremendous amount of money on the cost of electricity.

HONORING THE CLASS OF 2007 –June 2&3

We would like to invite all of our parishioners who are graduating this year from elementary school, high school, college and graduate school to attend any Mass on June 2 or 3.  We will give a special Baccalaureate blessing to honor our graduates and to thank God for their accomplishments. 

MEMORIAL DAY MASS

On Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, we will have Mass at 9:00 a.m.  It will be a great opportunity to gather as one Eucharistic body to pray for our beloved dead.  May all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

ALL PARISH OFFICES will be closed on Monday, May 28 for Memorial Day.  Also, there will be no Solemn Exposition.  

                -Fr. George Kunkel

IN MEMORIAM

Your prayers are requested for the souls of Jean Cornett whose Mass of Christian burial was held May 17 & Spc. Michael Frank whose funeral service was held May 19.

BAPTISMAL PREPARATION PROGRAM

Parents are expected to attend the program prior to the baptism of their first child.  Godparents are welcome.  The program is offered quarterly.  The next program will be offered Sunday, June 3rd at 1:15 p.m. in the Chapel.  Please call the Parish Office to register.

VOCATION VIEW

The disciples of Jesus made bold proclamations through the promptings of the Spirit.  What is the Spirit prompting you to do?  Be courageous and act on it!  (Acts 2:1-11)

Sunday Offering Information

Offering for 5/20/07 =                  $    22,620

Offering YTD      =                      $  910,122                    

Budget YTD       =                      $   93,5161

Offering deficit    =                      $   (25,039) 

(Fiscal year beginning 7/01/06)

St. Vincent for the Poor collection  $ 571.00

In March, at the suggestion of Father George, the Bingo’s Committee circulated a questionnaire to determine how many parishioners would volunteer to work at a Parish Bingo if it was re-established.  The response was overwhelmingly positive with over 200 individual parishioners volunteering.  At this time, status of the project is as follows: 

• The request for a State License for the SVF Bingo is in process.  Several inquiries from the state office have been answered and it appears that the License will be approved shortly.

• A survey of stored equipment is underway to determine if we will need to upgrade or modify the equipment for it to be operational.

• Discussions will be held with various Parish Commissions to determine their interest in assisting with specific bingo operations.

• Currently, we are projecting bingo startup in the September/October timeframe.

We continue to work closely with the Development Committee and will provide periodic progress reports for volunteers and interested parishioners. –Bingo Committee

In The Hospital or Recovering at Home:

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, Georianne Barbacane, Gerardine Dreibelbis, James Boyatt,

Sr., Rosemary Carey, Robert Churchill, Jean Funch-Conrad, Joe Crachiolo, Ferd Forney, Audrey Hanley, Virginia Howd, Dorothy Huddle, Jean Johannigman, Sarah Kuczaj, Mary Langemeier, Harry McCormick, Tom Sweeney, Phyllis Villari.

BOOKSHELF SPOTLIGHT

Rummaging for God

Seeking the holy in every nook and cranny

By:  Melannie Svoboda, SND

Code:  Prayer/Spirituality

Sister Melannie works magic with a metaphor.  In this wonderful book she uses the image of “rummaging” to build a series of meditations about finding God in everyday events and places.

Some of the characteristics of rummaging are that it is a thorough search, not superficial, and requires at times turning things upside down and inside out; that it takes time; that it is messy, as life often is, and leads us into the not-so-pretty parts of our lives; that it often produces valuable discoveries when we least expect them.

Rummaging for God contains 100 rummagings, that is, short meditations that grew out of the author’s own experience.  The questions and the short closing prayers at the end of each meditation, as well as the source and topic indexes, help facilitate the reader’s own rummaging.  Perfect for private prayer and reflection or for group sharing.

Paper Recycling

As the school year is coming to an end, we would like to thank all of the SVF staff, faculty and students who have supported the recycling program throughout the year by collecting their paper trash and taking it to the recycling bin.  This has been a terrific way to save trees while earning money for SVF! 

The paper-recycling program will continue throughout the summer.  Please bring your paper trash to the green and yellow recycling bin on the SVF parking lot near the community building.  Remember, Only paper, magazines, and newspapers are accepted.  NO PLASTIC BAGS, CARDBOARD or PHONE BOOKS.  Thank you!

FESTIVAL DATES       

The dates are June 22, 23 and 24th. Please mark your calendar now so you can save the dates!!!!

FESTIVAL VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS

The weekend of June 2 & 3 will be volunteer sign ups.  Please look for the tables outside of Church after the Masses.

GRAND RAFFLE

This year, the Grand Raffle Committee wants to add a little more excitement for YOU, the ticket sellers!  We are having a special drawing for all parishioners who sell a minimum of 8 tickets ($40) by June 17^th.  Prizes for this “Early Bird Drawing” include several gift cards to area restaurants.  So, get your ticket stubs and money turned into the parish office or drop them in the collection basket by Sunday, June 17^th and you could be one of our lucky “Early Bird” winners!!!

FESTIVAL BID-N-BUY

Parish members!  Bid-n-Buy needs your help.  This year’s Bid-n-Buy will be together with our Basket Raffle.  We are looking for new items, gift certificates, or cash donations.  The committee has been hard at work, but we need the whole parish involved.  If you can help with any of the above, contact Patti Lowe at 793-1112.

Three Days of Advertising for ONE LOW PRICE!

Would you like to see your name in print and hear your sponsorship mentioned repeatedly over the loud speaker during festival hours at the Festival this summer and help St. Vincent at the same time?  Would you like to have your company name and/or logo on a festival booth?  For only an $85.00 donation for one booth sponsorship or $80.00 each for two, $75.00 each for three or more booth sponsorships, you or your company can become part of the St. Vincent Ferrer Festival 2007. What a way to show your support for the festival and St. Vincent Ferrer!  For more information, please contact Marley at 792-0110 or the Parish office at 791-9030. We are looking forward to hearing from you

Kid’s Korner

We are in need of workers for Kids’ Korner. If you want to help, but aren’t sure where, how about volunteering your time in the area where your children are sure to be. This is a great opportunity for families (grandparents with grandchildren, parents and children, brothers and sisters) to work together. High School students needing services hours are welcome. If everyone does a little, no one has to do a lot. Please contact Maria Cleveland at 731-3371 or Kathy Buschbacher at 984-9392.

Festival Golf Booth Captain    

Interested in being a festival booth captain? The golf booth co-captains are looking to pass the baton.   We will have the steps laid out very well and we are looking for some new energy to keep this unique to Cincinnati festival event alive and growing.   Please give George Bryce a call, 489-2792 or email at mountain4@gmail.com

BIG CARD POKER BOOTHS

We are in need of chairpersons for the Big Card poker booth for the festival.  Grab a few friends/other families and share the responsibilities. Past booth captains will guide you through the ropes. It is a great way to help our parish and enjoy fellowship. Questions call Sharon Molinaro   936-0004.  

SPORTS OF ALL SORTS!!

Boys and Girls Fall 2007 Golf Registration Open to children who will be in 7th and 8th grade only. Notices were sent home with students via the green folders.  Please contact Jeff or Laura Johnson @ 791- 9533 or jwj2001@yahoo.com. Registrations are due May 30. Registrations are limited to 12 participants. The season begins the end of August.

BOYS FALL CYO FOOTBALL SIGN UPS

Please be aware that letters will soon be sent out through school and prep regarding registration.  Football is for boys who will be in grade 3 - 8.  The football program is run by All Saints.  More information can be obtained by calling Tom Fitz @793 – 5978.

SOCCER CAMP at ST VINCENT FERRER

St. Vincent Ferrer, along with Nativity parish, will again host The Challenger Sports British Soccer Camp this year on July 30 - August 3 at the

St Vincent Ferrer fields.  For more information, please call the St Vincent Soccer Commissioner Sam Sambrookes at 792-0420.

SVF MOMS GROUP

Calling all moms, are you interested in a fun dinner out with other moms from St. Vincent Ferrer Church? If so then come join the SVF MOMS GROUP. Our next meeting is on Wednesday June 6, 2007 at Blue Goose Restaurant in Sharonville from 6:30-9PM. We will also be discussing the topic of volunteering. Please RSVP to Heather Leland DHLELAND@FUSE.NET (513) 985-0617 or for directions. We hope to see you there.

CANNA LILY BULB'S STILL AVAILABLE LAST CALL

Many of you may have missed the chance to purchase our "home grown" Canna Lily bulbs. (pouring rain, Derby Day, First Communion, Mother's Day, etc.) There are bulbs still available for purchase with directions for planting included!! The proceeds go right back into the landscaping needs here at SVF. Three bulbs for $5 or the bulk special Eight bulbs for $10.  Thanks to everyone for supporting this project.  If you have any questions or would like to buy these ready to plant bulbs, call Donna and Bob Piening  791-7449

BULLETIN DEADLINES

Dee Printing, the publisher of our bulletin would like to re-emphasize the importance of deadlines.  In order for them to provide us with a professionally printed bulletin 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.

BULLETIN INSERTS

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 Thursday 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!

MOVING?

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

Is God calling you to be a Franciscan? 

Come and See

A weekend for single, Catholic women 18 yrs. and older interested in learning more about Franciscan religious life, “Come and See”. The weekend is Sat. and Sun., June 30-July1, at the convent of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, IN. located 3 miles from I-74 exit 149. To register or for more info contact Sr. Joan Miller, phone: 812-933-6417; joanm@oldenburgosf.com

3^rd ANNUAL 5K RUN & WALK

Third Annual St. Gertrude Festival 5k Run & Walk 8:00 A.M. Saturday June 9, 2007 Madeira, Ohio. St. Gertrude 3.1-mile run through Indian Hill will be part of the St. Gertrude’s Summer Festival. Registration: $15.00 for all entries received before June 1, 2007, which includes T-shirt; $15.00 for race day registration, without T-shirt. $6.00 for T-shirt (optional). Registration starts at 7:00 A.M. Further Information: Lesley Marsh (513) 683-9455.