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MONDAY, MAY 4
6:45AM JoAnne Wessendorf—Family
8:00AM Katherine Dene—Bella Panzera
TUESDAY, MAY 5
6:45AM Ben Rapien—Janet & David Willig
8:00AM Dave Dengler—Anniv. Rem.– Family
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
6:45AM Jean Martinelli—Family
8:00AM Gary Gramann — Dr. & Mrs. Albert
Niedhamer
THURSDAY, MAY 7
6:45AM Special Intentions of Margaret & Hubert
Mohs – 55th Wedd. Anniv.— Family
8:00AM Jerry Fey — Anniv. Rem.– Family
FRIDAY, MAY 8
6:45AM Special Intentions of Jeanne Boehme –
Armsey Family
8:00AM Mary Kautzman—Mary & Chris Meyer &
Family
SATURDAY, MAY 9
8:00AM Laurie Anderson—Bd. Rem.– Family
4:10PM Evening Prayer
4:30PM For Our Parishioners
SUNDAY, MAY 10
7:40AM Morning Prayer
8:00AM Theresa Sena—Mary & Frank Wetenkamp
9:30AM Jan Symmonds— Family
11:30AM Marilyn Hunsche—Bd. Rem.– Donna Vitt
C O N FE S S IO NS
Thursday, May 7, 7:30 PM—8:00PM – Fr. Mick
Saturday, May 9, 3:00PM– 4:00PM— Fr. Bryan
THANK YOU to Scarlet & Gray Facility Services for
advertising in our bulletin.
MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL has been offered for
Sherri Stonestreet, Mary J. Tate, Betty Kistner, Inez
Gerken, Jean Creek, and Rose Mazzei.
M a y 3, 20 1 5
Monday thru Friday after the 6:45AM and 8AM
Masses .
Mondays 7:00PM Fatima Prayer Group in the
Chapel.
Friday mornings at MaryAnn Baverman’s home for
Moms of all ages and young children. We extend an
invitation to all moms to join our group for prayer on
Friday mornings from 10AM to 11:00AM. We will
show you how to pray the rosary. Please call
MaryAnn at 503-9537 for details.
Saturdays after the 8 AM Mass in church.
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION in the
chapel every Friday, following the 8AM
Mass until 10PM.
SERVERS May 4-8, 2015
6:45AM Hannah Heisel, Josie Ferguson
8:00AM Nick Oehler, Aaron Wagner
May 9 & 10, 2015
4:30PM Luke Faecher, Richie & Winnie Brunsman
8:00AM Grace Meyer, Sophie Roeder, Jesse Wuest
9:30AM Timmy & Jason Rigney, Chad Fahner
11:30AM Aaron Wagner, Kyle Sweeney, Harry Hughes
LECTORS May 9 & 10, 2015
4:30PM S. Ulmer
B. Short
8:00AM M. Braunstein
B. Bohan
9:30AM
Geraghty Family
11:30AM C. Neville
P. Autenrieb
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS May 9 & 10, 2015
4:30PM Bev & Vince Meyer, Carol Niederhausen,
Molly Guenther, Gina Radziwon
8:00AM Pam & Mark Braunstein, Andy & Eileen
Muehlbauer
9:30AM Judy, Danny, Jason & Timmy Rigney, Jack
Baker, Kevin & Kristi Bengel, Anna Bonavita, Mary
Hirsch, Chris Nolan, Kathy Weber
11:30AM Jenee, Katie & Megan Ferguson, Maggie
Walroth, Nick Oehler, Gina Radziwon, Marilyn
Reinhold, Barb Kitchen, David, Janet & Rachael Willig
F I F T H S U N D AY O F E A S T E R
Things I’ve Seen and Heard, the Musings of Fr. Bryan Reif
What a wonderful weekend last weekend was! I was very moved by the welcome I received
from all of you at the Ice Cream Social. I was told that over 500 people came to the outdoor Ice Cream
celebration, many of them quite impressed with the great turn-out! From the moment I entered the
undercroft, I began to greet people, and it took me almost an hour to make my way from the doors to where
the ice cream was! Even though I was greeted, and greeted many people, I also know that I did not have the
chance to speak with and greet everyone present at the event. Thank you to all of you who came to the
event, and to all of you who dropped off a card, a note, or a gift in the basket. It was a very special day, and
as I said, I was very moved, and continue to be impressed by the parish, by all of you, and especially by the
goodness of your hearts, and your dedication to the Faith.
This weekend the parish joins our Second Graders in celebrating their First Holy Communion. Over
the course of this week, the Second Grade has had some very special activities as a part of their final
preparation to receive the sacrament. Last Friday, we had Emmaus Day, where the children had the
opportunity to come into church, and to ask me some questions about First Communion, the Faith,
priesthood, and a few other “unrelated to religion” questions. The Friday before, we also had the annual
“Bread Mass” ,where, after the Homily, the children brought forward and presented different types of bread
from all over the world, distinguishing them from the Bread used for the Eucharist. I encourage all of us to
continue to pray for our Second Grade as they come to the Altar this weekend to receive Our Lord for the
first time.
Take Good Care,
Fr. Bryan
DECREE ON CHILD PROTECTION OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CINCINNATI
VIRTUS MEETINGS WILL BE HELD, IN THE CHURCH UNDERCROFT, ON THE FOLLOWING DATES Tuesday, May
19, at 7:00pm, Tuesday, June 2, at 7:00pm
ALL EMPLOYEES AND REGULAR VOLUNTEERS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND ONE VIRTUS TRAINING MEETING.
YOU MAY ATTEND HERE OR AT ANY OTHER LOCATION WITHIN THE ARCHDIOCESE. PRE-REGISTRATION IS
REQUIRED AT: www.virtus.org. MAKE SURE THAT THE “USER’S LOCATION” YOU CHOOSE DURING
REGISTRATION IS ST. ANTONINUS – EVEN IF YOU ATTEND VIRTUS AT ANOTHER LOCATION. PLEASE BE SURE TO
WRITE DOWN YOUR VIRTUS USER-ID AND YOUR PASSWORD. YOU WILL NEED TO USE THEM MONTHLY.
If you volunteer at St. Antoninus and would like a pre-paid code to pay for the background check, do not start
the background check when you register for VIRTUS. Instead, send an e-mail to Deacon Bob Schroeder at:
[email protected]. He will send the pre-paid, one-time-use code to you via e-mail.
The evening of Prayerful Reflection to Promote Healing after Pregnancy and Infant Loss is open to anyone
associated with miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, and abortion. The evening is designed to promote healing
through scripture, witnesses, and music. Father Don McCarthy, a great believer in the dignity of unborn babies,
will read scripture, present an explanation of God’s direct will verses God’s permissive will, and offer
Reconciliation.
The Prayerful Reflection to Promote Healing after Pregnancy and Infant Loss will be held on
the evening of May 7th, at 7:30 pm at St. Ignatius Church, 5222 N Bend Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45247. For more
information call Donna Murphy (513) 607-6083.
ROSARY MEMORIAL GARDEN For information about engraved stone blocks please call
Mrs. Steffany Reid, Business Manager at 922-5400, weekdays, between the hours of 8:30A3:00P.
ST. JOSEPH STEWARDSHIP
Weekly amount needed $26,540
As of April 25 & 26, 2015
Kindly remember St. Antoninus Parish in your will.
257 Envelopes
$12,620.24
Loose monies
429.00
Electronic Transfers
2,490.00
YTD Collections
$982,990.48
YTD Fund Drive
77,557.07
YTD Fund Drive And
Coll. Under Budget
($80,672.45)
GIFT CARDS — USE THEM FOR YOUR EVERYDAY
PURCHASES. We have Busken Bakery $10 gift cards,
$10 Kroger gift cards, $20 Holy Grail, $10 Price Hill
Chili, $10 Ron’s Roost, $10 Chipotle, $5 Skyline, $25
Allison Landscaping and $10 Servatti’s gift cards. We
receive 4% of your purchases at Kroger’s, Remke’s and
GFS. By patronizing these establishments, you are also
helping us raise funds for St. Antoninus Church. You
may purchase gift cards at the rectory, open, as it is,
8AM-3PM, Monday thru Friday .
Another way to contribute to St. Antoninus is by using
a Remke Reloadable card. If you do not have one, you
can obtain one from the Parish Rectory .
You can load whatever dollar amount you want to
on the card either right at the check-out or at
Customer Service. We get 4% of what is spent using
your Remke card.
IT DOESN’T COST YOU
ANYTHING! The cards are already linked to St.
Antoninus Parish Church.
THANK YOU for your generous support of the
Catholic Relief Services Collection. Through your
generosity families will be reunited, valuable skills
will be taught to those seeking a better life, and
vital humanitarian needs will be met. Please visit
www.usccb.org (search “Catholic Relief Services
Collection”) to learn how your donations make a
difference and help Jesus in disguise.
2015 Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA)
Archbishop Schnurr sends his thanks to everyone
from Saint Antoninus Parish who has made or
pledged a contribution to the 2015 Catholic
Ministries Appeal. If you have not yet made your
pledge, even just a one-time gift, please consider
doing so this week. These local Catholic ministries
(fund for retired priests, Chaplains, Catholic Social
Services, to name a few) depend on our help each
year. To make a pledge securely online, please visit
CatholicAppeal.net. Our parish goal is $52,498.00.
As of Tuesday, April 28, 277 families (23.88%) have
pledged 87.46% of our goal of $52,498.00. Thank
you!
KROGER PLUS COMMUNITY REWARDS April is
renewal month! The rewards will start on May 1st.
This is another great way to contribute to St.
Antoninus Parish and Parish School. Every year,
Kroger requires all Kroger Plus Card holders to
renew the charitable organization of their choice
which will receive a percentage of all purchases
made using their card. We appreciate and thank all
of you who contribute through this program. To
register your KROGER PLUS CARD on line go to
www.krogercommunityrewards.com.
Account
#80164.
If you need assistance with your
online account, or if you do not have a
computer please call the Kroger tech team at
1-866-221-4141.
If you do not have a Kroger
Plus Card, you may obtain one at any Kroger store.
As a reminder for school families, if you sign up or
renew your Kroger Plus Card and indicate Saint
Antoninus as your charitable organization of choice,
you will receive a $25 discount on your child’s school
registration fee when you provide a grocery receipt
showing St. Antoninus as your organization.
REMEMBER, purchases will not aid us until after
you register your card. If the rectory personnel
registered you last year, please call them at 9225400 ext. 2, Monday thru Friday 8AM-3PM. Any
questions, please call Beth Bollin at 922-5400 x 2.
T R A V E L I N G C H A L I C E
Now, more than ever, PLEASE consider taking the Traveling Chalice into your home and pray alone, or as a
family, for the intentions of our Holy Church, Vocations, Pope Francis, all Church leaders, our country, and for
our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world. We are grateful for all those who over the years have
served our parish as pastor, and we ask God’s blessing on Fr. Bryan Reif. Call Debbie at 922-2414 to schedule
the Traveling Chalice.
St. Antoninus Parish – Job Posting
Position Title:
Assistant Business Manager
Status:
Regular, Part-time 21 hours per week
Reports to:
Business Manager
St. Antoninus Parish is seeking an Assistant Business Manager who will report to the Parish Business Manager, work
closely with the Pastor and other Department Heads and Parish School families and parishioners.
Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Provide fiscal and operational services, recording all financial activity and ensuring all Parish and School bills are
paid on a timely basis
Record all tuition information for Parish School families
Reconcile all cash receipts from auxiliary programs
Manage all electronic transactions and the ongoing maintenance and management of the database
Provide back-up relief for the Parish Administrative Assistant
Parish representative of the Advancement Committee. Track, record and report all income and expenses
associated with activities generated by this Committee
Coordinate all Parish Stewardship activities
Oversee Sunday Collection counters, manage the process
The candidate for this position must have strong computer skills, accounting knowledge with a minimum of an
associate’s degree in accounting or a minimum of five years’ experience performing accounting functions, preferably for
a small business or non-profit organization.
Please express your interest by sending your resume and cover letter to: Fr. Bryan Reif, Pastor, St. Antoninus Parish,
1500 Linneman Road, Cincinnati, OH 45238. Or as a Word or pdf attachment via email at [email protected]
Applications will be accepted through Friday, May 8, 2015.
FROM OUR PRINCIPAL, MR. JACK COREY
Dear Parishioners,
Today is a day to celebrate as our second graders
receive the Eucharist for the first time. I want to
thank our second grade teachers, Joyce Snyder, Lisa
Jones and our Prep teacher Rose Altenau for their
work in preparing the second graders of our parish for
this sacrament. One would be hard pressed to find
any place that prepares students for the reception of
First Communion as well as the people here
I also want to thank all the parents who have
brought their children to us for sacramental
preparation. It is arguably the most important job we
have here at St. Antoninus. I urge all to continue to
learn about the Eucharist beyond what was taught in
second grade.
On the academic side, our seventh graders
completed the sweep of the “Its Academic”
competition at LaSalle High School. Once again both
our seventh grade teams and eighth grade teams won
their respective grade levels. The team consisted of
Louis Pham, Erin Meyer, Jen Busken, Bailey Venard,
Michael DiSanto, Matthew DiSanto, and Michael
Wergers. Our undefeated streak has been going since
2012.
FLOWERS FOR THE ALTAR
If you wish to dedicate the placing of
flowers for one week at the altar in memory
of a loved one or to honor a person or special
occasion, please send $50 to the rectory office with
your name, phone number (and the week you would
like to reserve). More than one family may reserve
the same week.
There will be no flower
arrangements during the Lent and Advent seasons. If
you have questions call Steffany Reid, Business
Manager, at 922-5400.
May 2 thru May 9
in memory of Joe Beyersdorfer
from Carol Beyersdorfer
IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE PARISH E-MAIL MESSAGES,
please send your e-mail address to the parish office
at [email protected]. Thank you.
MOPS: Mothers of Potential Saints group (this
includes mothers of children 2nd grade and younger)
meets here at St. Antoninus Parish on the first
Wednesday of each month in the undercroft from
9:15 AM to 11:00 AM. Babysitting is available. If you
have
any
questions
please
contact,
[email protected]
HOLY SPIRIT PRAYER GROUP
The month of May has been dedicated by the
Church to a special devotion to the Blessed
Virgin Mary. Since she is a mother to each of us
as well as the patron of the United States of
America under the title of Immaculate Conception, we will
spend an evening in prayer and petition to her for the
needs of our country and its people.
There are so many places where her help is needed. We
will pray for the conversion of our enemies – terrorists who
are murdering and persecuting Christians, Jews, and others.
We will pray for the nations in the world that seek
domination over other countries and peoples, even the
total destruction of some ethnic groups or genocide. We
will also pray for those who are killing babies and calling it
“reproductive rights.” We will pray for the justices of the
Supreme Court in all their decision making – but especially
that they use God’s wisdom in the matter concerning the
definition of marriage.
Come and join us – bringing your own petitions and needs
– as we will put them into the loving hands of our mother,
Mary, as we pray her rosary and other devotional prayers.
Her intervention is so powerful and we are confident of her
loving care. Tuesday evening in Chapel at 7:00 PM.
Men, "Man Up For God"
Strong manly role models are the best teachers to
encourage men to be better men. The same is true in the
spiritual life. We, St. Antoninus Men's Holy Name Society,
are challenging and praying for one another to be stronger
Catholic men and better leaders. . All men are invited to the
St. Antoninus Men's Holy Name Society meeting on
Saturday, May 9th, in the Church Undercroft, 6:30am
Coffee and Donuts, 7:00am Meeting, 8:00am Mass in
church (optional). Father James Reutter will give an
inspirational teaching on "The Role of the Blessed Virgin
Mary in the Life of the Faithful Catholic Man". Men please
join us.
The Greater Cincinnati Performing Arts Society will
present the Hit Men which features former stars of Frankie
Valli and the Four Seasons at the McAuley Performing Arts
Center Saturday May 9, at 7:30 PM. This is not a tribute
band. Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 day of show. For
tickets and information go to www.gcparts.org or call 513570-0652. When you purchase a ticket, you can designate
$5 from each ticket to go to the Catholic elementary school
of your choice. The ESAP Foundation will match all
donations for a $10 per ticket total contribution! This is a
great way to have a great night out and support your parish
and your school. The Greater Cincinnati Performing Arts
Society - Where Great Arts Support Great Education!
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
The food barrel will be out in the greeting room for the
rest of the year. Hunger is year round. All donations
benefit the Western Hills areas thru the Holy Family Food
Bank.
In the Gospel today, Jesus says “Whoever remains in me
and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me, you
can do nothing.” Indeed, by helping the poor we can
“bear much fruit” and we find that with Jesus we can do
everything. Your continued gifts to the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul have shown that you are indeed a disciple
of Jesus. Join us at our next meeting to witness firsthand
how your gifts are bearing fruit. We meet this Thursday,
May 7th, at 6PM in the undercroft. All are welcome.
A D U L T S O C I A L G R O U P Communion Service will be
on Monday, May 11, starting at 12:30 PM in the chapel.
Luncheon will be served in the undercroft after the
service. $9 per person is due by Wednesday, May 6th, to
Dottie Brown, 5559 Lucenna Dr. Cinti., Ohio 45238.
ST. ANTONINUS WIDOWS are welcome to attend a
dinner at The Outback (6168 Glenway Ave.) at 5:00PM on
Friday, May 15th. Meal is individual choice, individual
payment. RSVP before May 12, to Sandy Wittich at 9221079.
The Athletic Club is hosting the Spring Sports
Celebration. This will take place on Friday May 15, 2015
from 6 – 9 PM at the Schott Field Memorial Patio. There
will be a grill-out with brats, metts and hot dogs provided.
Bring your cooler with drinks for your family and a side or
dessert to share. We will also have the forms available to
purchase engraved patio bricks.
Cincinnati Catholic Engaged Encounter is a
wonderful marriage preparation to help you fulfill your
Pre-Cana requirements for getting married in the Catholic
Church. The dates are, May 15-17, July 31-August 2, and
October 9-11.
For registration and info go to
www.cincinnatiengagedencounter.org. Or contact Ashley
Altenau, at 479-1700 or [email protected] with any
questions.
On Sunday, May 17th, 2015 at 1:30 PM we
will celebrate the 10th Annual Rosary Rally at
Elder High School. The celebration starts with
a procession and Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament, the recitation of the Holy Rosary,
together with worship, songs and prayers, make this
gathering memorable. All who have made their First
Communion this year should wear their First Communion
garments. For any questions, call Guy at 763-0613 or
Roger at 251-7729 or e-mail [email protected] .