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int Catherine of Siena Church
January 10, 2010
MONDAY
– January 11th
8:00 a.m.
Bill
Venable
TUESDAY – January 12th
8:00 a.m.
Arnolda
Warndorf
WEDNESDAY – January 13th
6:30 p.m.
Betty
Kocher
THURSDAY – January 14th
8:00 a.m.
Linda
Woodruff
FRIDAY – January 15th
8:45 a.m.
Robert Hack
SATURDAY - January 16th
8:00
a.m.
Fred
Hartman
4:30 p.m.
Kelley & Egan Families
SUNDAY – January 17th
9:00 a.m.
Members
of the Parish
11:30 a.m.
Dorothy
& Walter Burke
GIFT
BEARERS January 16th
& 17th
4:30 p.m.
Bob
& Beth Volk & Family
9:00 a.m.
Mark & Terri Babey
11:30 a.m.
Joe
& Kathy Feiertag & Family
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST
January 16th & 17th
4:30 p.m.
Thomas Dorgan, Nancy Dorgan,
Elizabeth Brennan, Jared Leick, Jack Rose, JoAnn Prigge,
Kevin Prigge, Julie Dupont
9:00 a.m.
Sharon Kohrs, Carol Little, Dan Little, Tina Smith, Carter New, Tom New,
Jennifer Farney,
Sarah Farney
11:30 a.m.
Jennifer Gilchrist, Kim Lampe, Pat
Brennan, Patrick Smith, Anne Hopkins, Mark Hopkins,
Caroline
Kaelin, Betsy Stegner
LECTORS
January 16th
& 17th
4:30 p.m.
David Garner, JoAnne Garner
9:00 a.m.
Bruce Mirrielees, Jennie Cox
11:30
a.m.
Jim Deavy, Maryanne Zeleznik
SERVERS
SCHEDULE January 11th
– 17th
8:00 a.m.
- Monday
Brandon
Vieth, Sam Little
8:00 a.m.
– Tuesday
Jonathan Murrin, Madison Volk
6:30 p.m.
– Wednesday
Luke Wormald, Olivia Owens
8:00 a.m.
– Thursday
Laura Brannon, Mallory Seidel
8:45 a.m.
– Friday
Caroline Holmes, Noah
Connolly, Grant Schwarber
8:00 a.m.
– Saturday
Ryan Hans, Evan Brannon
4:30 p.m.
– Saturday
Mackenzie Freeman, Bethany Metzner, Alex Shepherd
9:00 a.m.
- Sunday
Caitlyn Thiel, Matthew Schnelle, Teresa Metzner
11:30 a.m.
- Sunday
Billy Metzner, Emily Hicks,
Adam Hicks
GREETERS
SCHEDULE January 16th
& 17th
4:30 p.m.
Grace Kuhnhein, Carol AdamseleH
9:00 a.m.
Mike & Carol Desmond, Sr. Ellen
Eckerle, Tom & Ruth Beck
11:30 a.m.
Greg
& Lynda Hoffman, Mike Brown
SUNDAY
COLLECTION RECAP
12/20/2009
12/21/2008
Weekly Offering
$11,680
$29,081
Number of Families Contributing
173
Christmas Collection
$19,192
$30,494
(not included in regular offertory)
12/27/2009
12/28/2008
Weekly Offering
$39,802
$37,337
Weekly Budget
$27,499
Number of Registered Families
684
Number of Families Contributing
213
Fiscal Year-to-Date Collections
$433,933
Fiscal Year-to-date Budget
$468,415
Pledges received as of
1/4/10
407 Families
$739,996
684 Registered
60% has pledged for next year
If you haven’t
returned your pledge card, please do so we can begin the budgeting process for
the upcoming fiscal year.
We will soon begin making phone calls to those who have not returned a
pledge card.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK
Ruth Langenbahn, James Vieth,
Joan Craft, Judy Thiel, and Paula Riedmatter Perrino.
Also, remember our parishioners in nursing homes as well as those
confined to their homes in your prayers.
NEXT
SUNDAY’S
READINGS
Is 62:1-5
1 Cor 12: 4-11
Jn 2: 1-11 (66)
THIS WEEK
TODAY
Children’s Liturgy of the Word,
9:00 a.m.
St. Catherine
Siena
Club, Canceled
AA/Al-Anon,
7:00 p.m.
, LIB
MONDAY
Charismatic Prayer Group,
7:15 p.m.
TUESDAY
Exposition,
1:30 p.m.
Confession,
5:30 p.m.
Benediction,
6:45p.m.
Rosary Prayer Service,
7:00 p.m.
Pastoral Council,
7:00 p.m.
, LIB
WEDNESDAY
Mass,
6:30 p.m.
Liturgy & Spiritual Life,
7:15 p.m.
, LMR
Men’s Prayer Group,
7:15 p.m.
, McCrystal Hall
THURSDAY
RCIA,
7:00 p.m.
, LMR
Choir,
7:30 p.m.
, Church.
Boosters,
7:30 p.m.
, McCrystal Hall
FRIDAY
“Annie, Jr.” Performance,
7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY
Mass,
8:00 a.m.
Confessions following mass
“Annie, Jr.” Performance,
7:00 p.m.
NEXT
SUNDAY
“Annie, Jr.” Performance,
3:00 p.m.
IN OUR PARISH
ST. CATHERINE SIENA CLUB
monthly meeting today has been CANCELED
due to possible bad weather. Hopefully
Mother Nature will cooperate next month for our next meeting on February 14th!
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
We will be taking down the Christmas decorations after
11:30am
Mass this Sunday, January 10th.
If you can help, we would love to see you at
12:30pm
. Many hands make light work. Also, if you would like to take home a
poinsettia, you may do so. This will be on a first come basis.
THANK YOU “Losing
my mom was very difficult. With grieving her illness, passing, and burial, I
found myself surrounded by the constant love and concern of my parish family. I
want to thank you for your prayers and support. Your heartfelt kindness will be
forever cherished. Without your presence in my life, this would have been much
more difficult. All
our love, Tom and Caroline Kaelin”
EXTENDED
HOURS FOR EXPOSITION On
Friday, January 22nd, the Day of Prayer and Penance, we will be
having exposition from
9:30 a.m.
until
5:30 p.m.
If
you would like to sign up for a time for adoration, please contact Cathy Henry
at 781-1815.
ATTENTION
PLEASE If you are
currently on the schedule for servers or extraordinary ministers of Holy
Communion and no longer wish to participate in either of these ministries,
please contact Kim Lampe at 441-9955.
ST. CATHERINE JUNIOR
HIGH PLAY Tickets
are on sale for the Junior High production of Annie,
Jr. Performance dates are
January 15th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, and
23rd. Cost for show is
$5.00. For tickets call Jennie Cox
at 441-4322 or Dottie Hartman at 292-0423.
LOVE BOAT 2010 DANCE
CRUISE will be held on
February 6, 2010
. Space is limited. Please send in your registration form and raffle
ticket order form today! We must have the name and email address for all
attendees. Visit the St. Catherine website for more info or if you did not
receive an invitation. Feel free to contact Shannon Walz (shannon.desmondwalz@desmondinsurance.com),
Helen Brune (Helen.brune@insightbb.com)
or Ellen Wira (ewira@cfscpa.com)
with any questions.
CALLING
ALL
PARISHIONERS!! Help
create the St. Catherine of Siena Parish Wall.
A magnificent, one of a kind tile wall, composed of individually painted
tiles will be created, but not without you!
Becoming part of this special project and St. Catherine history is easy.
Just purchase a voucher anytime between now and our annual Love Boat Fundraiser
on
February 6, 2010
.
Two options are available – a $50.00 you paint it tile (designs
unlimited) or a $75.00 we paint it tile (3 designs available). Sunday, February
28th has been selected for all participants to come and paint
their part of history. Several
artists and creative-minded individuals will be on hand to assist you.
So make your mark - celebrate a baptism, birthday, or wedding, or
memorialize a loved one. Visit the
St. Catherine website for all details or call Robin Lindeman 781-6255 or Diane
Kroger 441-2243 with questions.
THE GREAT ESCAPE Christ
Renews His Parish Women's Retreat (CRHP) will take place
February 20 - 21, 2010
. The women of CRHP #4 cordially invite all interested women in joining us for a
weekend of spiritual growth and renewal. CRHP is a wonderful opportunity
to experience personal growth and to develop faith-filled relationships with
other women of St Catherine's Parish. If you are interested in attending
or getting more information, please contact Helen Brune at 781-2869 or helen.brune@insightbb.com.
WOMEN'S RETREAT A
retreat is the time to stop, pray and rest. It is the time to
discover the light of Christ that is in each and every one of us. Please
join the women of our parish (last year we had over 20-consistently the
largest group in the diocese) Feb. 26th -
28th at Marydale. The weekend starts with dinner Friday night at
6:45
and ends Sunday usually around
11:00
. The cost for the weekend is $125. The retreat director and theme
has not yet been decided. Watch here for details as soon as they are
known. Please call Jennie Cox at 441-4322 or Pat Brennan at 781-2711 for
reservations. We'll see you there!
CONCERNED ABOUT AN OLDER ADULT? The
Resource Guide for
Northern Kentucky
is available in the Health Ministry pamphlet boxes
located at each of the side entrances. The information is invaluable for
assisting in decisions to maintain independence of older individuals. It
also can help in making a decision to change living situations. Please
take one and read it.
IN OUR DIOCESE
NEWPORT
CENTRAL CATHOLIC ANNUAL BOOSTER STAG
The
NCC
Boosters will hold their annual STAG on Sunday, January 17th from
2:00–6:00 pm
in the school gymnasium, with the doors opening at
1:00pm
. This is one of the major fundraisers for the
NCC
Boosters, the proceeds of which will benefit
NCC
athletics and extracurricular activities. The admission price
of $20.00 will include beer, soft drinks, dinner, snacks, as well as a Grand
Prize raffle ticket for a 26” LCD
HDTV
. In addition, there will be football on the big screen,
Split
-the Pot, Combination Raffles and several other raffles for great prizes.
Come with a group or on your own for a great day with friends past and present,
while supporting the students of
NCC
. See you there!
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
LIFE
Kentucky
’s four Catholic bishops have selected the weekend of January 16th & 17th for the Annual
Collection to support Opportunities for Life.
Your January contribution packet includes a special envelope you may use
to contribute to this statewide 24-hour a day, 7-day a week, pregnancy ministry.
You may place these special envelopes in the regular collection baskets.
OFL volunteers offer hope and resources to callers who find the courage
to seek help while facing a crisis in their lives. In addition to your generous
gift, please pray for our volunteers and for those they serve.
For information on our volunteer training program or to receive more
information about OFL, please call (888)496-3638.
MARCH FOR
LIFE
2010
Twelve buses from around the Diocese are headed to the March!
A private mass with Bishop Foys presiding for our group will be held at
St. Dominic’s in
Washington
,
DC
on the morning of the March. This
year the Commission is providing an adult bus for an overnight in
Washington
DC
. The bus will depart on Thursday
morning, January 21st and
return on January 23rd.
Space is still available if you would like to attend.
Donations have been received for those unable to afford the full trip
amount. If you would like assistance
in attending, please contact Kathleen Kiely, Director, Pro-Life Office, 392-1545
or email kkiely@covingtondiocese.org.
DAY
OF PRAYER
AND
PENANCE
Bishop Foys has declared
Friday, January 22, 2010
, as a Day of Prayer and Penance in the Diocese of Covington to mark the
anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing abortion. Every
church will remain open during the day to allow the faithful to pray for an end
to abortion, to pray for all those affected by the tragedy of abortion, and to
pray for the 50 million children murdered by abortion. Every parish will
also expose the Blessed Sacrament for a period of time on this day. Here
at St. Catherine adoration will begin at
9:30 a.m.
and Benediction will be at
5:30 p.m.
Finally, Bishop Foys has designated 10 churches to host a Holy Hour for
Life beginning at
7:00 p.m
, all are strongly encouraged to attend. The complete list can be found in
the Messenger. We must all do our part to protect the dignity of
the human person and ensure the inalienable right to life for all - especially
the unborn.
YEAR FOR PRIESTS
JUNE 19, 2009
–
JUNE 19, 2010
This week, please pray for Rev. Gregory Osburg of Holy
Spirit Parish and Rev. Joshua Lange of St. Joseph Parish, Cold Spring.