Parish Weekly Bulletin

2009-2010

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

Chairperson John Abraham 791-4527

Vice-Chairperson Amy Hobler 984-3087

Member-at-Large Kitty O’Brien 984-0324

Member-at-Large Paul Korchak 351-2095

Member-at-Large Peg Halpin 631-7301

Member-at-Large Conrad Neumann 793-3165

Athletics Steve Schaefer 792-9455

Building & Finance Conrad Neumann 793-3165

Education Comm. Jennifer Powers 891-9739

Worship Debbie Kamp 891-4168

Development Comm. John Sichel 891-7237

Community Life Phil Hying 984-1533

Social Justice Comm. Mary Kay Lynch 731-7155

Festival Comm. Patti Lowe 793-1112

Seminary Intern Adam Puntel 686-1126

Communication & Volunteer Recruitment Comm.

Bill Mountel 793-7634

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, August 26, 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

Monday, August 24, 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

Sunday, August 30, 2009

It was very difficult for some of Jesus’ followers to hear the words of today’s gospel. Jesus pointed to himself as the one in whom God chose to reveal himself. But the people could not bring themselves to call Jesus by the titles they reserved for God alone. Jesus knew there would be those who would not believe, those who started to follow him but could not continue. It is clear from this gospel that we can’t fully understand all that Jesus said. It is only through faith that we continue to follow him.

Reflection: Are we the ones in today’s gospel who grumble, the ones with shallow faith who half-heartedly follow Jesus? Or, are we like the disciples who recognize Jesus as the one who offers us eternal life? It may be easy to be the latter when we speak to others, or when we know someone is watching us. The true test of our faith may be what we do to affirm one another in the ways to follow Jesus.

In September every parish household will receive in the mail a copy of the Annual Parish Financial Report for 2008-2009. This Report presents details of all income and expenses for the fiscal year that started July 1, 2008 and ended June 30, 2009. Please take a moment to read through the Report, and the letter from Fr. George that comes with it. If you have any questions about the Report, please call Fr. George, or Marc Greenberg, our Business Manager, at 791-9030.

Along with the Annual Report, Fr. George has included a letter and a white parish envelope appealing for donations to the St. Vincent Ferrer STAR Fund. This fund provides tuition assistance to parish families who want their children to have a Catholic education, but who cannot afford the full tuition to send their children to our parish school. Because of the current economy, there has been an increase in applications for tuition assistance from SVF parish families that have experienced job or income loss. Please consider a generous donation to help families in need keep their children in our school.

ON SUNDAY (AUGUST 22 & 23) YOU CAN RECOMMEND RCIA CANDIDATES TO THE SVF COME AND SEE MEETING ON MONDAY, AUGUST 31 AT 7:00 P.M.

During the Sunday Masses on August 22 & 23 you will have the opportunity to recommend a relative or parishioner to be invited to the SVF Come & See meeting on Monday, August 31 at 7:00 p.m. in Hamilton Hall.

Amiah Schueller will receive her First Holy Communion on August 30^th at the 10:30 a.m. Mass. May God’s blessings be upon her.

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 taken the workshop, will have the opportunity to participate in the workshop here at St. Vincent’s on Thursday, September 3.

The first all-school Mass is set for Wednesday, September 2, at 8:30 a.m. in church. Wednesday Masses will return to church beginning September 2 through May.

Your prayers are requested for the souls of Rita “Dottie” Benson whose Mass of Christian Burial was held August 12 & Helen Siemon whose Mass of Christian Burial was held August 14.

Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Choose to follow and serve God with your whole life. (John 6:60-69)

This year is an invitation to support, encourage and pray for all priests. Each week we will publish the names of 7 of our diocesan priests to pray for in particular. Hopefully by the end of the year we will have prayed for all of our priests and seminarians in a special way. This week's priests are:

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 2009-2010 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.

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, August 30th at 1:15 p.m. in the Chapel. Please call the Parish Office to register.

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.

Jim Boyatt, Sr., Jenny Castelluccio, Ann Corder, Joe Crachiolo, Eileen DeSollar, Bette DiSalvo, Bill Frooks, Mark Glevicky, Mary Heinlen, Virginia Howd, Luke Jenkins, Judy Johnson, Len Kuehnle, Marie Kleiman, Mary Langemeier, Marilyn Naehring, Richard Nurre, Robert O’Keefe, Grace Schwallie, Phyllis Villari.

STEWARDSHIP OF OFFERING

Sunday August 16, 2009

Weekly Offertory:

Sunday Collection $9,008

Other Donations $3,287

Estimated Weekly EFT donations $2,142

Sunday Collection Total $14,437

Other Collection

St. Vincent for the Poor $669

Offertory Budget:

Weekly Offertory Budget Requirement $16,500

Offertory Budget Deficit this Week - $2,063

Finance Fact: Our parish has budgeted $858,000 for the Sunday collection for the fiscal year that started July 1, 2009. That equals $16,500 per week.

Thank you for the donation of $669 to our monthly St. Vincent for the Poor collection. Your generosity is appreciated.

~ ATTENTION ~

ALL ST. VINCENT FERRER

VOLUNTEERS & CHAPERONES

must participate in a Child Protection Workshop and be Fingerprinted!

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.

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WORKSHOPS:

St. Vincent Ferrer – 791-9030

7754 Montgomery Road (45236)

Thursday, 9/3 at 2PM & 7PM

Room B

*Immaculate Heart of Mary–388-4466

7820 Beechmont Avenue (45255)

2^nd Monday of each month @7:30PM

3^rd Wednesday of each month @ 4PM

*Call to confirm!

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Additional Child Protection Orientation Workshop and Fingerprinting dates, times and locations

can be found at www.catholiccincinnati.org , the Archdiocesan website, “Protecting Our Children.”

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PERMANENT FINGERPRINTING SITES:

Archdiocese of Cincinnati - 421-3131

100 E. 8th Street (45202)

Monday through Friday -- 9:00AM - 4:00 PM

*Holy Trinity, Norwood – 366-4400

2420 Drexel Avenue (45212)

Monday through Thursday -- 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

*Ohio BCI only–All times by appointment only!

Immaculate Heart of Mary – 388-4466

7820 Beechmont Avenue (45255)

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 9:30 - 11:30 AM

- 1:00 - 4:30 PM

St. Maximillian Kolbe – 777-4322

5720 Hamilton-Mason Road (45011)

Monday thru Friday – 9:30-11:30AM & 1:30–4:30PM

For further information please call Marc Greenberg

in the Parish Office at 791-9030 or Karen McMichael in the Faith Formation Office at 686-1124.

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

If you have been thinking about becoming Catholic, or if you’ve already been baptized Catholic but did not receive the additional sacraments, perhaps this year would be a good time to find out more about these issues of faith.

R.C.I.A. is a process for adults who desire to know more about the Catholic faith. A Come & See Night will take place Monday, August 31^st at 7:00 PM in Hamilton Hall of our Parish Center. Please let us know if you plan to attend, or you have any questions, by calling the parish office at 791-9030.

09-10 EC & PREP REGISTRATIONS were due June 30^TH. Registrations for Early Childhood [age 3 by 9-30-09- through Kindergarten] and PREP [grades 1-8] are available online at www.svfchurch.org. PREP & Early Childhood sessions will take place on Sundays beginning in September from 9:00-10:15AM. Questions? Please call the Office of Faith Formation at 791-6321.

SVF School, E.C. & PREP Families!

TAKE OUT – Family Faith on the Go

Faith and Fun All Summer Long

Parents, don’t forget to look over the handout that you received. Keep it close at hand this summer as a faith sharing resource.

August 23^rd ~ 21^st Sunday of Ordinary Time

For this week’s reflection … today’s reading, once again, is from the Gospel of John. Peter says to Jesus, “You have the words of everlasting life.” The disciples chose to follow Jesus. What in your life is an obstacle to following Jesus more fully? What do you need to change (as an individual, as a family) in order to be a more faithful follower?

In addition to “TAKE OUT”…

There are also copies in the back of Church of In Focus Summer Sundays - Fun under the Catholic Sun. Please pick up your family’s copy. This year, make the Sabbath a day of genuine rest and recreation by recalling old traditions and creating a few new ones as well. Let your imagination and creativity increase your faith … and enjoy the lazy, hazy days of summer Sundays while you’re at it.

We are better with you than without you! And so are you! Any school … All Saints, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Saviour parishes … entering Gr. 7 & 8 (Jr. High) & Gr. 9 – 12 (High School and H.O.W.)…

YOU are invited to join the Youth Group! Think about it!

We meet at All Saints’ Youth Room.

Have a Youth Group question? Please call All Saints’ Jeff Rosfeld at 314-1147; or SVF’s Kara Feltrup at 891-5597, or go online to www.allsaints.cc.

Thank you St Vincent parishioners for your continued and growing support. The scrip volunteers will be taking the summer off from selling gift cards after Mass. Even though we won’t be at the doors the gift cards will still be available.

For a complete listing of the many gift cards available or to print an order form, go to WWW.SVFCHURCH.ORG under Development Commission. If you wish to purchase a gift card or to place an order, please contact John Sichel @ 513-256-4935 or johnsichel@hotmail.com.

Our St. Vincent for the Poor Society is in need of potted meats, spaghetti & spaghetti sauce to restock our dwindling food supply. Please place your donations in the barrels in the back of Church.

There will be no August Social Justice meeting. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 28 at 7:00 p.m. in room B.

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.

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.

Sunday, September 13 – Join us for the Opening Season of Cincinnati Pop’s Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, conductor at Music Hall. Bus departs for Music Hall from All Saints at 2:00 p.m. Cost: $49 - Limited Seating! RSVP deadline: Friday, September 4. Make checks payable to All Saints Church. Mail to: Eleanor Brosnan, 8862 Roundhill Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236. Questions: Pat Smyth 791-3762.

Monday, August 24, 2009 – SVF School Meet and Greet – School 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 – First Day of School Year 2009-10 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

The annual PTO “Meet and Greet” meeting will take place on Monday, August 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Everyone will gather to hear about the upcoming year and then go to his or her child’s classroom to get an overview of the 2009/2010 school year from each teacher. Refreshments will be available after the classroom sessions. We look forward to seeing all of our parents on this special night!!

We will be having our Back-to-School Coffee on Wednesday, August 26, at 8:15 a.m. in the cafeteria. Stop by and have a cup of coffee after dropping off your children and meet the other parents!

The sixth graders of our school would like to thank all who have donated pop tabs to our Ronald McDonald House project. 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!

SVF MOMS GROUP Our next meeting will be Wednesday September 2, in Hamilton Hall at 7pm. We will be celebrating another great year as SVF Moms Group with speaker Jeanne Hunt. It is going to be "Appetizer Night" so all are asked to bring an appetizer to share. Please come join us and bring a friend for a great evening with the SVF Moms Group. Any questions contact Heather Leland dhleland@fuse.net

Mark your calendar. It’s time for the monthly meeting of the SVF Men’s Club on August 26^th at 8 PM in the cafeteria. The annual Horseshoe Tournament and cards are planned for the evening. The usual refreshments and a cookout prepared by Chef Dave Castellini are on the menu. Looking forward to September: The Delta King Chorus will be performing. See you at the meeting. Check the SVF website for more information.

Anyone interested in playing in the Bridge Marathon at St. Vincent Ferrer on the third Tuesday of every month at 1:30 p.m. – please call Livia Abirached @ 891-3754. It is preferred if you have a partner.

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.

Audrey Hager, Tim Dougherty, Lynn Dougherty, Dennis Dougherty, Loretta Metzger and Colleen Heidel.

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.

Join Fr. George Schommer, O.P., from St. Gertrude’s, on a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, following in the “Footsteps of Our Lord.” For detailed information contact: Fr. George @ 561-5954, e-mail schommer@stgertrude.org or contact: Elizabeth Grinder, 1-877-276-7279.

Meets on Thursday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for nine sessions starting on August 27 and ending October 22 at Bethesda North Hospital 10500 Montgomery Road in Classroom IV, the Schreiner Room (Located on the 2^nd level of the lobby). To sign up, or for more information, please call Rev. Frank McClure in the Bethesda North Pastoral Care office at 865-1194. This support group, provided at no cost to participants, will be led by Frank McClure, M. Div. (trained in advanced-level bereavement facilitation by the American Academy of Bereavement.)

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. Saturdays: September 19, November 21, January 23, March 13 and May 15, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at All Saints Parish Center, 8939 Montgomery Road. We come together in prayer, have entertainment, do some craft-making and enjoy refreshments. New members are always welcome but need to register first prior to attending. For questions or to sign-up, please contact Jane Callan at 793-3546.

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, August 26, 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

Calendar for the Week

Monday, August 24, 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

Sunday, August 30, 2009

PARISH LIBRARY

We are better with you than without you! And so are you! Any school … All Saints, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Saviour parishes … entering Gr. 7 & 8 (Jr. High) & Gr. 9 – 12 (High School and H.O.W.)…

YOU are invited to join the Youth Group! Think about it!

We meet at All Saints’ Youth Room.