CALENDAR SCHEDULING FOR 2008-2009

EVERY group or organization that regularly meets or hosts events at SVF should submit to the parish office in writing their desired dates, times and room the group wishes to reserve for the 2008-2009 year (August-June).  Please list a contact person who will be responsible for clean up and security and if set-up time is needed.  Should any conflicts arise throughout the year this person will be contacted.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance.

BAPTISMS

Please welcome the newest member of our faith community: Andrew Joel Pence, son of Joel & Shawn Pence who was recently baptized.  Congratulations to the proud parents!

VOCATION VIEW

How firm is your foundation of faith?  Listen to Jesus’ words and use them as the solid rock on which to build your life.  Consider ministry in the Church.  (Matthew 7:21-27)

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.

Glorianne Barbacane, Gerry Brinker, Jenny Castelluccio, Joe Crachiolo, Bette DiSalvo, James Grever, Mary Heinlen, Virginia Howd, Mary Langemeier, Don Lyons, Shirley Milostan, Marilyn Naehring, Earlene Retford, Paul Rich, Grace Schwallie, Marie Sheehy, Tom Tressler, Phyllis Villari.

CHILD PROTECTION WORKSHOP

All St. Vincent Ferrer volunteers

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

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

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.

If you have been thinking about becoming Catholic, or being confirmed, perhaps this year would be a good time to find out more about these issues of faith.  R.C.I.A. is a “come and see” process for adults who desire to know more about the Catholic faith.  Our sessions begin in late August.  For more information please call Karen McMichael, Director of Faith Formation at 686-1124, or Fr. George Kunkel at 791-9030.

Early Childhood & PREP Registrations are due by June 30^th for 2008-2009.  If you are new to either program and are in need of registering your child/ren for Early Childhood (ages 3 [by 9-30-08] through Kindergarten) and/or PREP (grades 1-8) you may pick up a registration form in the back of church, go online to the parish website www.svfchurch.org, or call the Faith Formation Office at 791-6321 for a Registration Form. 

§         Both Early Childhood AND PREP classes will be held beginning in September from 9:00 - 10:15 AM. 

§         Registration forms and tuition are due June 30, 2008.

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The Parish Library will be closed throughout July.  Book returns can be made in August. 

BREADRUNNER NEEDED

Volunteer needed for alternate Thursdays to pick up at Madeira Kroger.  Call Marley if you are interested 792-0110 or 328-6022.

Paper Recycling—On the second anniversary of our Paper Recycling Program, SJ&O Commission would like to thank all SVF parishioners, faculty and staff who continue to make this program a success.  By bringing your paper trash to the green and yellow bin 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. Thank you!!  

ALUMINUM CAN RECYCLING

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. 

SVF School Stories 

Did You Know?? 

   The St Vincent Ferrer Class of 2008 graduated from SVF on Thursday evening, May 29th at 7:00 pm. We were blessed with a beautiful evening that began with Mass celebrated by Fr. George. An awards ceremony followed in our church before departing to our gym for a wonderful reception hosted by our seventh grade class and their parents. It was truly a memorable occasion!

    We will miss this wonderful and talented class! They will go to their respective high schools and represent us well. They were awarded over $40,000 in scholarships from these schools!  We are truly proud of them and pray that our Lord will watch over them in their future endeavors!

TIMES: Friday 6-12, Saturday 5-12, Sunday 4-10

June 1 

Booth captain meeting, cafeteria 7:00 p.m.

Volunteer sign up will be the weekends of May 30 & June 1 – June 7 & 8 – June 14 & 15.  If you have signed on to help with a booth, thank you, if not we are asking that everyone please sign up to work 2 hours over the course of the weekend.

We are in need of booth captains for Ring Toss on Saturday & Sunday.  Also, we need booth captains for Moon Shot Arcade… new game for Saturday & Sunday.

We would like to thank the Athletic Commission for purchasing the ARROW sign, which is out by Montgomery Road.  GREAT ADVERTISING FOR St. Vincent’s.  Please contact Patti Lowe at pdflorida@hotmail.com if you are interested in helping out with the Ring Toss or Moon Shot Arcade.

GRAND RAFFLE

We have held our first special "Early Bird" Drawing for those parishioners who have turned in at least $60 in raffle tickets.  Congratulations to the Early Bird winners:  Carol Heidt, Richard and Rosemary Nurre, Paul and Lorraine Spaccarelli, and Bob and Sandy Wubbolding.  Remember, you have until June 22nd to get your money and raffle tickets turned in to be eligible for our next Early Bird Drawing.  Send them to the parish office or bring them to the Grand Raffle table located near the main doors of church this weekend or the weekend of June 21st/22nd.

The Grand Raffle Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported and attended the Cocktail Party held on May 9th at Terwilliger's Lodge.  It was a great success, both as a fundraiser and as a wonderful social gathering for our parish.  A big thank you, also, goes out to our SVF School children who sold a whopping record $9435 worth of raffle tickets and to our PREP students who brought in $725.  As you can see, we are on our way to a successful festival!!!

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 2008. 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

Do you like to plan parties, work with the public, and are willing to volunteer your time.  The committee for the past two years that worked very hard to get Mardi Gras started are stepping down to make way for new committee members.  We are in need of a co-chair, silent auction chair, graphic designer for our invitations, volunteer chair and a great enthusiastic group of people.  Please contact: Patti Lowe at pdflorida@hotmail.com if interested in helping out with MARDI GRAS 2009.

Girl's CYO Basketball

Registration is now open for the 2008-2009 season. Any SVF girl grades 3-8 (for school year 2008-2009) interested in playing basketball should register now online at www.svfathletics.org. Practices begin in August. For more information contact Angie Broughton, SVF Basketball Coordinator at angiedpr@hotmail.com.

Fall SAY Soccer

Registration is now open for the 2008-2009 season. Any SVF girl or boy grades 1-8 (for school year 2008-2009) interested in playing soccer should register now online at www.svfathletics.org. Practices begin in August. For more information contact Tom Hughes at thughes01@fuse.net

SVF Golf Team

Registration is now open for the 2008-2009 season. Any SVF girl or boy grades 7-8 (for school year 2008-2009) interested in playing on the golf team should register now online at www.svfathletics.org. Practices begin in August. For more information contact Jeff Johnson, SVF Golf Coordinator at 513-791-9533 or jwj2001@yahoo.com

NOW IT’S DAD’S TIME TO BE REMEMBERED

The Altar Society will once again have Father’s Day cards available at the doors of the Church. Please consider who might appreciate a card this year. The donations for the Mother’s Day and Father’ Day cards will be given to Missionary priests including Fr Charles Heskamp, SVD and Fr Sal Machowere in Tanzania.  The offering may be placed in the basket or left at the Parish office.

USHERS NEEDED

Three Ushers are needed for the 10:30 a.m. Mass.  Please call Edmonde DeGregorio at

791-1160.

WOMEN’S COMMUNION BREAKFAST

Our annual Women’s Communion Breakfast will be held on Sunday, June 8, following the 9:00 a.m. Mass.  Held in Hamilton Hall the cost is $13.00 per person.  Reservations along with correct payment may be dropped off at the Parish Office until June 4, or you may call Lyn Smith at 791-8605.  Invite a friend and come join us for Mass and good fellowship.  Breakfast is being catered by Sr. Judy Tensing from Power Inspires Progress.

SVF MOMS GROUP

Our next meeting is Wednesday June 4, in Hamilton Hall at 6:30pm. This month Starglazers will be coming to our meeting and letting us pick our pottery and paint them. So we would love to see all the creative sides of our parish moms. Please feel free to bring any snacks and drink you would like to share. We will also be signing up for future events coming this summer. If you are interested in joining us for pottery night please contact Heather Leland (513) 985-0617, dhleland@fuse.net. We hope to see you at one of our SVF Moms Group meetings soon. We will be having outings at local parks with our kids this summer so please check out our upcoming dates at www.svfchurch.org. Thanks and hope to see you soon!

DRIVERS ARE NEEDED

The SVF Driving Ministry is looking for a few more volunteers to help transport parishioners to and from the 5PM Saturday Mass. If you would be able to commit to one Saturday a month, or even once every other month, that would surely help.  If Sundays are better, we could use you for the 9AM or the 12noon Mass as well.  Please contact Donna Piening, 791-7449

BINGO AT ST. VINCENT FERRER

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.

BINGO VOLUNTEER WORKERS

Bingo workers for June 8: Charles Biscay, Tom Hughes, Joe Martini, Carol Martini, Jim Burnside, Max Burnside, Ted Sidor, Ann Sidor, Shirley Currens and Amy Horstman.

BULLETIN DEADLINES

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 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!

MOVING?

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

ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST 20^TH ANNIVERSARY PARISH FESTIVAL

Friday, June 6  6:00-midnight

Saturday, June 7  6:00-midnight

Sunday, June 8   4:00-10:00 p.m.

Roast Beef/Chicken dinner on Sunday 4-7pm

Variety of food, games & entertainment – Join the fun!

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPS

You are a caregiver whether you devote as much as 24 hours a day or as little as 5 minutes a week to someone you care for.  The Caregiver Assistance Network, a program of Catholic Social Services of Southwest Ohio co-sponsors 25 Family Caregiver Support Groups in the Tri-State area.  The groups are free and open to people of all faiths.  Each group meets once a month for an hour and a half.  Call the Caregiver CAREline at 929-4483 for more information on how you can find helpful resources and support through our Caregiver groups in your area.

MADEIRA COLTS YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB

Spots available on 5-10 year old teams.  OPEN ENROLLMENT! Go to:madeirayouthfootball.com to download a registration form.