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.

VOCATION VIEW

Courage is needed to speak God’s word.  Let no one intimidate you.  God gives you the power to speak the truth.  (Matthew 10:26-33)

BAPTISM

Please welcome the newest member of our faith community: Peter O’Brien Mattson, son of Toby & Renee Mattson who was recently baptized.  Congratulations to the proud parents.

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, September 7th at 1:15 p.m. in the Chapel.  Please call the Parish Office to register.

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, Jim Boyatt Sr., Jenny Castelluccio, Joe Crachiolo, Bette DiSalvo, Vickie Fehr, James Grever, Mary Heinlen, Virginia Howd, George Jutze, Mary Langemeier, Marilyn Naehring, Maurice Niehaus, Earlene Retford, Grace Schwallie, Marie Sheehy, Tom Tressler, Phyllis Villari.

ST. VINCENT FOR THE POOR

Thank you for your monthly donation of $479 to our St. Vincent for the Poor Society.  Your generosity is appreciated.

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 Registration forms and tuition 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.

ATTENTION! - The Parish Library will be closed throughout July.  The library will reopen August 4^th in the Office of Faith Formation, located on the 2^nd floor of the Parish Center.  Hours will be 9:30 AM-2:30 PM, Monday - Thursday.  Book returns can also be made at that time.  See you then!

REFUGEE TRAIL  - Darfur to Cairo

Comboni Fathers Achilles Kiwanuka and Richard Kyankaaga, two African missionaries with extensive experience ministering to refugees, will give us a firsthand account of what refugee life is like for so many of the unheard victims of the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan.  It will help us understand why pole have to leave their own home, land and country, and often their families.  These priests will make us more deeply aware of our common faith in the Lord Jesus who is leading the history of the refugees and ours as well.

When: July 1, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: New Anderson Center, 7850 Five Mile Road, Anderson Township, Ohio 45230

Contact: Comboni Missionaries 474-4997

www.ComboniMissionaries.org

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!!

RECYCLING BIN has been moved to the area by the parish garages until after the Parish Festival. 

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. 

All persons over 55 are welcome to join us.

NEXT MONTLY MEETING

There will be no June monthly meeting due to the Parish Festival.

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE PROJECT

The sixth graders of our school would like to thank all who have donated pop tabs to our Ronald McDonald House project.  We currently have 660,000+ tabs. We will continue to collect tabs through the summer and into next year in order to reach our goal of one million. We're almost there!

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

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT    

Fri 8 PM – Midnight   Robin Lacy & DeZydeco

Sat 8 PM –Midnight   Rusty Griswolds

Sun 6 PM – 10 PM    OGPG (70’s Music)

SPECIAL RIDE BONUS ON

SUNDAY JUNE 29th.

MURRAY BROTHERS ARE OFFERING a FIVE HOUR RIDE BRACELET for $15.00
THE TIME IS FROM 4-9 PM. SO BRING YOUR FAMILY EARLY AND ENJOY THE DAY WITH THIS SPECIAL OFFER.

VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED, IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP, PLEASE CALL Patti Lowe at 910-0668.

Please spread the word to your families and friends to come and enjoy ST. VINCENT PARISH FESTIVAL. Look towards
the sky for the 4-beam spotlight on Kenwood Road on the nights of June 27, 28, and 29.
 
I would like to thank the Stagge Family, for the usage of their building on Kenwood/Montgomery Road to advertise the festival. The banners look great on the second floor.
This festival will be a great success due to all the hard work everyone has been doing prior to the festival, and to all the volunteers who will be working the weekend. PRAY FOR GOOD WEATHER!

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 on June 21st/22nd.

         GIDDYAP, PARTNER!

Two nights of pony rides this year:  Saturday and Sunday nights!  Come and ride or feed the ponies behind the church. 

See ya at the corral!

FESTIVAL CAKE BOOTH     

Just a reminder that the success of the festival Cake Booth depends upon your generous donations.  So fire up those ovens or head to the local bakery.  You may drop off your baked goods anytime after 12:00 noon on Friday, June 27^th at the community building room B at the end of the hall or during the festival hours a the Cake Booth.  Please call Maryanne Staubach (763-0776) with any questions.  Thanks for your support.

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.

FESTIVAL CLEAN UP    

If you need service hours or can just lend a hand… any help would be greatly appreciated on Monday, June 30.  Clean up begins at 8:00 a.m.

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 pdlflorida@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

SVF MOMS GROUP 

Our next meeting is Wednesday July 2, 2008. This month SVF MOMS GROUP will be playing putt putt at Eagle Tee Course in West Chester and enjoying an ice cream social afterwards. This will be an evening of fun and yummy! We would love to see all the great golfers of our parish moms join us.  If you are interested in joining us for putt putt night please contact Heather Leland (513) 985-0617, dhleland@fuse.net. We hope to see you at an upcoming SVF Moms Group meeting soon. We also have park outings with our kids this summer so please check out our park dates at www.svfchurch.org Thanks and hope to see soon!

SVF MEMORIAL BRICKS         

All 21 Bricks purchase last Fall or Winter are now “planted” in our beautiful garden area. Names and approximate position are listed below (using the park bench as 6 o’clock for reference) Anyone interested in purchasing a brick to join over 200 others, please contact the Parish Office or Bob & Donna Piening, 791-7449  (3 lines per brick, 14 characters per line) $50.00 each.  Koch Family 5, Tom & Marion Blohm 3, Redden Family 4, Cunningham Family 4, Dreibelbis Family 5, Vincent Palermo 4, Kopp Family 8, Esswein/Cleves Family 7, Ruth & Harold Reifscheider 7, Saile Family 9, Apke Family 7, Wordeman Family 1, Grever Family 4, Marten Family 7, Judy Verny 1, SVF Altar Society 6, Dick & Mary Schoettker 1, Catherine & Edward Buschle 5, Mike Morthorst 7, Tom Morthorst 6, Jean & Art Morthorst 6.

SVF MEN’S CLUB

The monthly meeting is Wednesday, June 25 at 8:00 p.m. in the cafeteria.  The activity for the evening will be stringing of the lights for the Festival.  Brats & Beer will be provided.  See you there!!!

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

There will be no Bingo on June 29 due to the Parish Festival.

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.  PLEASE NOTE: Due to the July 4 holiday… the deadline for the Sunday, July 6 bulletin will be Friday, June 27 at noon.

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.

CALL TIME OUT

Schedule a weekend away to make your marriage closer than you ever imagined.  Make your good marriage a GREAT one with a Marriage Encounter Weekend!  The next Marriage Encounter weekend in this area is July 11-13.  Weekends fill up quickly, so a prompt response is encouraged to avoid a waiting list.  Call Keith & Lori Maurmeier at 1-800-547-1251.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

You can lead, inspire and change the world again, starting here at home.  Volunteers 55 and older are needed at Good Samaritan Hospital, Bethesda North Hospital, and The Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.  Call or e-mail Mike or John at 241-7745, rsvp@cssdoorway.org