Sa int Catherine of Siena Church

February 21, 2010                                                                   

MONDAY – February 22^nd                              

            8:00 a.m.   George Hollenback

TUESDAY – February 23^rd      

8:00 a.m.   Ellen Hicks

WEDNESDAY – February 24^th

            6:30 p.m.   Jeanne Hicks, Special Intention

THURSDAY – February 25^th

            8:00 a.m.  Agnes Bezold

FRIDAY – February 26^th      

            8:45 a.m. Don Rohde

SATURDAY – February 27^th                     

            8:00 a.m.  David Guidugli

            4:30 p.m.  Lee Riedmatter

SUNDAY – February 28^th   

9:00 a.m.   Members of the Parish

          11:30 a.m.  Lou Seta

GIFT BEARERS   February 27^th & 28^th           

  4:30 p.m.   Dave & Kelly Glaser & Family

  9:00 a.m.  Larry Brennan, Karen Enzweiler & Family

11:30 a.m.  Damon & Beth Sparks & Family

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST     February 27^th & 28^th      

4:30 p.m.   Stacey Seiter, Karen Little, Cole Little, Sarah Hoarston, Mindy Hoarston, Hannah

                  Hochleutner, Carol Gessner, Peggy Birkenhauer

9:00 a.m.  Bob Brennan, Sue Ann Freeman, Karen Owens, Bill Frost, Chuck Miller, David Thiel,

                  Jennifer Adams, T.J. Schowalter

11:30 a.m. Tom Adkins, Joy Smith, Mike Smith, Lisa Hans, Rob Hans, Jean Tekulve, Mike Iker, Jayne

                   Beiting

LECTORS       February 27^th & 28^th     

4:30 p.m.  Jenny Malmstrom, Mary Buten

9:00 a.m.   Cassie Juniet, Chris Capal

11:30 a.m.  Joe Fischer, Larry Beiting

SERVERS SCHEDULE    February 22^nd – 28^th         

8:00 a.m.   - Monday              

                          Whitney Fields, Eric Miller

8:00 a.m. – Tuesday

                          Madison Volk, Grant Schwarber

6:30 p.m. – Wednesday

                          Bethany Metzner, Olivia Owens                     

8:00 a.m. – Thursday

                          Evan Brannon, Luke Wormald

8:45 a.m. – Friday

                          Robby Cox, Ryan Hans, Collin Owens  

8:00 a.m. – Saturday

                          Jacob Hensley, Nicholas Mohr

4:30 p.m. – Saturday

                          Sarah Hicks, Billy Metzner, Adam Hicks, Carter New, Teresa Metzner, Joshua Henry

9:00 a.m. - Sunday

                        Matthew Schnelle, Laura Brannon, Mallory Seidel

11:30 a.m. - Sunday

                        Rachel Murrin, Abby Schweitzer, Noah Connolly

GREETERS SCHEDULE    February 27^th & 28^th      

4:30 p.m.  Helen Kovacik, James & Becky BroomalleleH

9:00 a.m.    Ken Duff, Nancy Miller, Dan & Beverly Walsh

11:30 a.m.  Pat & Katie Desmond

SUNDAY COLLECTION RECAP

2/7/2010                      2/8/2009

Weekly Offering                                            $23,099                       $16,832

Weekly Budget                                              $18,533

Number of Registered Families                    671

Number of Families Contributing                  154

Fiscal Year-to-Date Collections                    $540,427

Fiscal Year-to-date Budget                           $559,080

Pledges received as of 2/2/2010                     474 Families               $822,190

Haiti Earthquake Relief                                $2,860

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK   Judy Sceifres, 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

Gn 15: 5-12, 17-18                              Phil 3: 17 -- 4:1                        Lk  9: 28b-36 (27)

THIS WEEK

TODAY         

                        CCD Bake Sale after 9 & 11:30 masses

                        AA/Al-Anon, 7:00 p.m. , LIB             

MONDAY     

                        Charismatic Prayer Group, 7:15 p.m.                                                                                                                                                            

TUESDAY

                        Exposition, 8:30 a.m.

                        Confession, 5:30 p.m.

                        Benediction, 6:45p.m.

                        Rosary Prayer Service, 7:00 p.m.

                        School PTO, 7:00 p.m. , McCrystal Hall                                                                       

WEDNESDAY

                        Mass, 6:30 p.m.           

                        Men’s Prayer Group, 7:15 p.m.                                  

THURSDAY 

                        RCIA, 7:00 p.m. , LMR

                        Choir, 7:30 p.m. , Church.

                        Finance Council, 7:00 p.m. , Parish Office        

FRIDAY        

                        Fish Fry, 4:00 p.m. , McCrystal Hall

                        Stations of the Cross, 7:00 p.m.                                    

SATURDAY

                        Mass, 8:00 a.m.

                        Confessions following mass                              

                        Women’s Retreat, Marydale  

NEXT SUNDAY

                        Tile Painting, McCrystal Hall                                                                                                                

IN OUR PARISH

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY   is extended to the family and friends of Rose Staley, Robert Riebling, Shirley Gall and Dr. Marcellus Schwegman, all of whom were buried from St. Catherine over the last 2 weeks.  Please remember them in your prayers.

LENTEN FASTING AND ABSTINENCE    Fasting requires a Catholic from the 18^th to the 59^th birthday to reduce the amount of food eaten from normal.  The Church defines this as one meal a day, and two smaller meals which if added together would not exceed the main meal in quantity.  Such fasting is obligatory on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. 

            Abstinence requires a Catholic 14 years of age until death to abstain from eating meat on Fridays in honor of the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday.  On the Fridays outside of Lent Catholics in the US may substitute a penitential or even a charitable practice of their own choosing.

             The other traditional Lenten practice is prayer.  Although there is no church regulation regarding it, it is a good practice to pick a new or additional way of praying during Lent.

LITTLE BLACK BOOKS     Booklets of daily Lenten devotions are available in the back of church.  Inside each book is a bookmark listing all of our Lenten events.  Please be sure to pick one up as you are leaving.

ALL DAY EXPOSITION    Beginning the first Tuesday in Lent, February 23^rd, and continuing through the Lenten season, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will begin immediately following 8:00 a.m. mass and end with Benediction at 6:45 p.m.   If you would like to sign up for a time, there will be a sign up sheet at the Rossford entrance. If you have any questions, call Cathy Henry at 781-1815.

IT’S FISH FRY TIME AGAIN!!!   It's getting to be the Lenten season and that means fish fry time. We are in need of some volunteers for this fun parish event.  The days are February 26^th and March 12^th.  We have 2 shifts:   4:15p.m. – 6:00 p.m. & 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm .  We also need help with clean-up from approximately 7:00 p.m.   - 8:00 p.m.  This is such a fun opportunity to be with fellow parishioners while helping out the parish!  Call Mary Meyer at 859-291-7771 or email her at gmmeyer@fuse.net for questions or to sign up.  This is also a great way for kids to earn service hours.  

WOMEN'S RETREAT      Room is still available....So far 20 women have signed up to hear Fr. Charlie Smeich at Marydale February 26^th -28^th help us deepen our relationship with our Father (based on Luke 15). Can we make it 30?  This retreat is an excellent way to continue to grow spiritually with other women and have some fun while doing it!  Ladies, you won't regret it - Once you make the commitment you will want to come every year.  Do it Now!  Call Jennie Cox (441-4322) or Pat Brennan (781-2711) soon!  

SPECIAL CEREMONY     Next Saturday, February 27^th, during the 4:30 p.m. mass, Bishop Foys will be here to perform a ceremony which will declare St. Catherine parishioner, Louise Roth, a consecrated virgin. As a consecrated person, her life is a public witness in the Church and in society.  By her very life of virginity she is witnessing her total love for her Spouse, Jesus Christ.  This type of consecration is very rare and Louise will be the only one in the entire state of Kentucky .  Following mass, there will be a reception held in McCrystal Hall for anyone wishing to celebrate this special occasion with Louise.  

HOMILIES ON CD       The Sunday homilies from ordinary time are now available on CD in the back of church.  

ATTENTION PLEASE    The new schedules for servers and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are available in the back of church. 

ST. CATHERINE’S FEATURED SOLDIER     We will periodically be featuring an overseas soldier either from the parish or related to parishioners.  As a parish, we will pray for and collect items for the featured soldier.  In addition we will be publishing a list of soldiers for whom to pray. A photograph of each featured soldier will be hung in the back of church with a box for collecting things to be sent from the parish.  If you know of a soldier you would like to be included in this new program, please e-mail his or her name to cdorger@fuse.net.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING SOLDIERS SERVING OUR COUNTRY   Jonathan Klingenberg, Patrick Collopy, and Wes Diehl.

CCD TEACHERS: needed for the 2010-2011 school year. The time for discernment is now. We are in search of a third and eighth grade teacher. Interested persons must be active in their faith and ready to answer the call. Diocese requires applicants to be, or to become, Virtus trained and willing to begin work on teaching certification for religious education teachers. Contact David Kohrs at 859-653-4398 or kohrssd@fuse.net with your willingness to serve in this ministry.

ST. BERNARD FOOD PANTRY    The February items for the food pantry are canned soup and crackers.  You can drop off your donation to church, the parish office or the school office.

PARISH TILE WALL   The painting of the tiles will take place next Sunday, February 28^th in McCrystal Hall.  Everyone will have a scheduled time to paint.  If you have not yet been contacted about this, please call Robin Lindeman at 781-6255 or Diane Kroger at 441-2243.

IN OUR DIOCESE

THE SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME   are celebrating 135 years in Covington , Ky and 85 years as the Covington Province .  Please join us on Saturday, March 6^th from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. for and Open House, including tours of the Provincial House and refreshments.  For further information, please call Barbara Kruze at 39-8228 or go to www.sndky.org. 

BENEFIT FOR ROB DAMES      Rob Dames, a graduate of Newport Catholic, is battling a cancer known as Multiple Myeloma. Rob and his wife Beth Manyet Dames and their three young boys have mapped out a road to recovery with the help of Rob’s incredible doctors. However, the road will be both challenging and financially overwhelming. Rob’s treatment will require that he be hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester , MN for approximately 6-8 weeks beginning in January of this year. The medical treatment and protracted stay at the Mayo Clinic will be more that any couple can handle alone. Friends and loved ones of Rob & Beth want to lend a helping hand by holding a benefit for Rob. Please join us for a funfilled evening! You can make a donation payable to “FBO Rob Dames”, which can be deposited at any Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Fifth Third Branch.  Benefit to be held at Newport Central Catholic High School on Saturday, March 6^th from 7 to 11 PM. Cost is $20 per person includes Wine, Beer Set-ups. Silent and Live Auction, Raffles and DJ. Contact: Phil Ciafardini 491-1625, Pinky Dupont Dressman 781-7091, Becky Manyet Schneider 781-7359 or Jenny Baker 513-807-2580.

YEAR FOR PRIESTS

JUNE 19, 2009 – JUNE 19, 2010

This week, please pray for Rev. Bob Rottgers and Rev. Joseph Rueter, retired.