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August 17, 2008 |
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION After the 8AM Mass on Fridays in the chapel
ROSARY 7:00 PM Fatima Prayer Group on Monday After the 6:45 AM and 8 AM Masses Monday thru Friday and after the 8 AM Mass on Saturday.
Moms and children’s Rosary group every Friday from 10AM to 11:30AM. Call MaryAnn at 922-3461 before you come for the first time.
RECONCILIATION Thursday, August 21, 7:30 PM – Fr. Mick Saturday, August 23, 3:00PM – Fr. Mick
READINGS FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 1st Reading: Is 22: 19-23 2nd Reading: Rom. 11: 33-36 Gospel: Mt 16: 13-20
BABYSITTING FOR THE 9:30AM MASS, SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 Adult Volunteers: Julie Ashe, Judith Briggs
Students: Max W., Rachel H., Rebecca K.
THANK YOU TO: S. Andrew Wahl Certified Master Watchmaker for advertising in our bulletin.
HEALING SERVICE in church on Tuesday, September 2, at 7:30PM with Mr. Carmello Cortez. All are welcome.
Before you travel, go to www.masstimes.org for church locations and Mass times. Enter the city name or zip code or state, or any country and city. The list includes parish info and maps.
This summer, the rectory office will be closed after 12 noon on Fridays thru August 15. The office will resume normal business hours on Friday, August 22, 2008. |
Designate a gift to Saint Antoninus Church in your will and give witness to your faith.
come to your home! We encourage parishioners of all ages, those with families and those living alone, to participate in this special mission of praying for vocations. Our new coordinators for the Traveling Chalice program is Joe and Mary Beth Nolan. Call them at 451-7435 or e-mail at MBNOLAN@cinci.rr.com.
Learn more about your Catholic Faith! Read The Catholic Telegraph. Call 421-3131 ext. 496 to order your copy today.
6TH, 7TH, & 8TH GRADE BOYS AND GIRLS are needed for the Sunday 9:30AM Mass Babysitting program. Call Beth in the rectory office at 922-5400 to sign up.
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FROM OUR PASTOR I am not sure why the sign "Save Our Children: Stop Planned Parenthood" in front of the rectory was defaced nor do I know who did it but it did strike me as an illustration of the "Humanist Manifesto I & II." As I was reading that document, it occurred to me that I was reading the outline for the "culture of death" as Pope John Paul II so pithily described our modern moral disorders. The Manifesti represent the moral contradictions of our age. As much as they "urge the recognition of humanity of all people," they equally exclude the unborn, "the right to abortion" (see proposition 6); moreover, they take the culture of death to its logical conclusion: "euthanasia and the right to suicide" (see proposition 7). The Humanist Manifesti, authored during World War II and expanded after Roe vs. Wade have so influenced American thought and practice, even believers are tempted to ask: "What's the problem?" That is why Pope John Paul and Pope Benedict after him have constantly repeated that Christ is the Answer. Reprinted in this bulletin is my column on "Jesus and Sin" from the "Why be Good?" series preached and published last autumn. Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong
Biggs and Kroger Gift Cards are on sale in the church elevator hallway after all weekend Masses, and at the rectory, M-F from 8AM to 3 PM.
ENVELOPES are in the pews this weekend for the Education Fund for our Inner-City Catholic Schools. Please help those in need of a quality Catholic education. Drop your donation in the collection basket or at the Rectory Office. Thank you!
PROTECT CINCINNATI is a new advocacy
minis-try to stop Planned Parenthood at 2016 Ferguson Rd. Pray with them
on MWF from 9:30-11:30AM and 6-8PM; Tues/Thurs at 2-4PM and
Saturday10-noon.
Learn from the Couple to Couple
League about God’s plan
for child-spacing, a plan which is reliable and has no health risks.
6:30PM on Sunday, Sept. 7, Oct.5, and Nov. 2, at Mercy Hospital, Western
Hills. Call 923-3379. |
WHY BE GOOD Jesus and Sin “You can depend on this as worthy of full acceptance: Jesus Christ came to save sinners”. (1 Tim. 1:15). Basic Christian Morality considers the reality of sin and Jesus our Savior. Sin is original and personal, mortal or venial. Original Sin entered the world when Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s law: “Do not eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” Their sin alienates them from God: “Why were you hiding?” It alienates them from themselves: “I was naked so I hid.” To be naked in the ancient world meant to be stripped of your dignity; in this case Adam and Eve are stripped of their original justice and holiness due to their sin and are “ashamed.” That man is alienated from others is illustrated in the story of Cain and Abel. Cain slays his brother, Abel, out of jealousy and absolves himself of any responsibility: “Am I my brother’s keeper.” Man is alienated from creation when the waters of Noah’s flood inundate the world due to sin. Finally, the world is so fragmented by incomprehension, as illustrated in the story of the Tower of Babel that man is alienated from the world in which he lives. If the whole human race contracts the debt of original sin (save for the Immaculate Virgin Mary), each human is capable of committing personal sin. Personal sin is the abuse of freedom (the ability to choose) which God has given to each one to love Him above all things and to love one’s neighbor as oneself. Personal sin contains three elements: 1) object: God determines what is good and what is not; see the Ten Commandments; 2) intention: why we do something determines praise- or blame-worthiness; 3) circumstances (who? where? when? how?) can mitigate or aggravate an action, one’s freedom and responsibility. Mortal sin is a deliberate choice made with full knowledge and free consent to do something contrary to divine law. “Unrepented, it brings eternal death.” Venial sin concerns less grave matter and/or partial consent. Jesus saves us from our sins. He cures the defects of original sin by being completely obedient to God’s laws even to the point of shedding His blood on the cross. By that same paschal mystery, He cured us from personal sin. He is our standard of moral conduct and reveals to us our true human dignity and eternal destiny. Why be good? Because: “Life is short/Death is sure/Sin the cause/Christ the cure."
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) If you or someone you know would like to attend RCIA, please call Deacon Bob Schroeder at 922-4759 or at w8cro@arrl.net |
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Father Larry Mick Burse: A Living Legacy for 60-year Jubilee The Rev. Christopher Armstrong has decided to honor a mentor and friend he has known for 40 years. Father Armstrong, pastor at St. Antoninus Church in Green Township, has created a burse to celebrate the Rev. Lawrence J. Mick’s 60th anniversary as a priest this year. “The idea came partly from the fact that I was the beneficiary of a burse. I was thinking ahead because Father Mick is going to celebrate his 60th anniversary and I have known him since I was in the Gregorian program (at the Athenaeum) where I first met him in the spring of 1968,” said Father Armstrong, former chancellor of the archdiocese. “He is such an example of piety and zeal in the best sense of both words.” Father Mick taught Latin, music and mathematics at the Athenaeum during his tenure from 1954 to 1980. He also served as seminary principal and disciplinarian. “I have lived (at St. Antoninus) with Father Mick for five years” of the nine years he has been in residence at the parish where he came following his retirement in 1997, said Father Armstrong. Father Mick had been pastor at St. John Parish in Deer Park. A burse is a permanently restricted endowment, with the interest used to help offset the cost of training local seminarians for the priesthood including tuition, room and board – about $30,000 a year. The goal of a burse is to fully endow one seminarian’s formation.Currently, a burse: – benefactor or honoree or as a memorial. * Is regulated by the board of trustees with interest presently allocated at six percent annually. “At today’s rate, a fully endowed burse requires a financial investment of $500,000 per seminarian to cover the average costs incurred. Burses may receive additional capital over one’s lifetime and even beyond through inclusion in one’s will. What a wonderful way to plan toward leaving a legacy,” said Ms. Kaelin. “I certainly approve any burse given to the seminary. I’m just wondering why Father Armstrong selected me,” Father Mick said. “I was there a long time, of course. My connection there goes back to the very first day I entered the seminary in 1937” as a high school freshman. “I was ordained in 1949. I very much enjoyed being the organist and choir director. The last two years after we went from singing Gregorian chant to English (Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk) gave me the job of writing the music for each Sunday and he gave me compliments about it.” Father Armstrong noted: “Those of us who went to St. Gregory Seminary (the former college/high school semi-nary) have the deepest affection for it. When I am with my contemporaries, we speak in glowing terms of the education and formation that we received, and Father Mick was a big part of that.” For more information about burses or to donate to the burse in honor of Father Mick, contact Ms. Kaelin or Jim Jackson in the Athenaeum’s advancement department, 513-231-2223 or leavealegacy@athenaeum.edu |
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Dear Parishioners, This is a busy week for our school. On Tuesday, our teachers will be in an all day in-service. Wednesday morning from 9:30-11 we have our New Student Orientation. On Thursday, we begin school. If students have not already resumed the practice, it is a good idea now to go to bed at a normal school bedtime and to wake up at the normal school morning time for the rest of the week. This will help combat afternoon fatigue in the first two weeks of school.
Twice in recent weeks “Stop Planned Parenthood” signs have been stole from our property and those of area parishioners. Though the yard signs are not expensive and hardly constitute a serious theft, the fact that they are being taken from area yards is significant because it equates to an infringement of our free speech. Though we don’t know who is stealing these signs, we can only presume that we know why. For those who want to silence us, they believe that freedom and choice don’t apply to those who wish to protect our neighborhood from Planned Parenthood. For info on ongoing efforts to rid our community of Planned Parenthood, visit www.protectcincinnati.org/.
HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP
PTO BOARD OPENING for Vice President for the 2008-09 school year. This position can be filled by one or two parents. Please consider volunteering for this position. Call Patty Butscha at 347-3986.
THE EDUCATION COMMISSION meeting will be held on August 18, at 7:30PM in the school conference room. Visitors are always welcome. To be included on the agenda, call Julie Scott at 922-3015 or juliescott@hotmail.com.
OUR TWIN PARISH of St. Francis Seraph begins the new school year on Monday, August 18. If you can help in their school cafeteria one day a month, for two (2) hours, please call Carolyn Rolfes at 347-0622 to schedule a day. They truly appreciate our assistance and rely on our help each school day. |
LEADERSHIP NIGHT for the members of Parish and Finance Councils, Education and Worship Com-missions and all volunteers who are office holders in our parish organizations is scheduled for Monday, August 25th, in the undercroft from 7:30PM to 10 PM.
ADULT SOCIAL GROUP Habitat is beginning a new home at 2848 Claypole Street on August 23rd. Claypole Street is right next to the Cincinnati Christian University off Wing St. off Glenway, just past Grand Ave. If you can help, please call Deacon Bob at 922-4759 or w8cro@arrl.net. Call Julie Heil at 922-3848 to volunteer for the lunch on Saturday, September 27th.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
GIRL SCOUT REGISTRATION ENROLLMENT FOR
GIRLS IN K-8 and leaders for the new Daisie troops. Leave your name,
daughter(s)’ name, grade and phone number at vgrace@zoomtown.com or call
368-5188. In a spirit of good stewardship, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has instituted a financial misconduct hotline to allow employees, volunteers, vendors, etc to report what they believe to be financial misconduct at any level - parish, deanery or archdiocese. The hotline is administered by an independent third-party company, EthicsPoint. Call them at 1-866-294-5256 or the web-site www.ethicspoint.com. Or the link from, www.CatholicCincinnati.org, under the label "To Re-port Financial Misconduct." |
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The
Traveling Chalice wants to
FROM OUR
PRINCIPAL, MR. JACK COREY
FROM DEACON DAVID ENDRES