Sa int Catherine of Siena Church

October 9, 2011                                                                     

 

MONDAY – October 10th                                                       

            8:00 a.m.   No Mass

TUESDAY – October 11th                                     

8:00 a.m.  No Mass                           

WEDNESDAY – October 12th               

            6:30 p.m.  No Mass

THURSDAY – October 13th                            

            8:00 a.m.  No Mass

FRIDAY – October 14th            

            8:45 a.m. Katherine Bezold                          

SATURDAY – October 15th                

            8:00 a.m.  Cy & Clare Rolf

            4:30 p.m.  Al Howe

SUNDAY – October 16th                                    

            9:00 a.m. Dr. Richard Kruer

           11:30 a.m. Members of the Parish  

  

GIFT BEARERS   October 15th & 16th       

4:30 p.m.  William & Nicole Harrington & Family

9:00 a.m. Brian & Shannon Walz & Family

11:30 a.m. Ted & Pauline Stoner

 

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST     October 15th & 16th

4:30 p.m.  Angie Burns, Olivia Guth, Karma Klingenberg, Carol Adams, Jenny Rath, Thomas Dorgan, Nancy Dorgan, Tina Guth

9:00 a.m.  Sharon Kohrs, Louise Roth, Jack Rose, Carol Little, Dan Little, Mary Lou Deavy, James Deavy, Peggy Birkenhauer  

11:30 a.m.  Cliff Perkins, Sue Perkins, Tom Adkins, Rita Byrd, Adelle Brennan, Kim Lampe, Julie Dupont, Kelley Glaser

 

LECTORS   October 15th & 16th                 

4:30 p.m. Jim Hils, Peggy Bertelsman

9:00 a.m. Lisa Wormald, Mary Margaret Spica

11:30 a.m.  Wade Smith, Pat Brennan  

 

SERVERS SCHEDULE     October 15th - 16th  

8:00 a.m. – Tuesday

                          No Mass                   

6:30 p.m. - Wednesday

                          No Mass

8:00 a.m. – Thursday

                          No Mass

8:45 a.m. – Friday

                          Claudia Hils, Cheryl Johnson, Rachel Farney  

8:00 a.m. – Saturday

                          Thomas Chalk, Matthew Dietz

4:30 p.m. – Saturday

                          Alexandra Guth, Taylor Anne Walz, Jill Hamilton

9:00 a.m. - Sunday

                        Billy Metzner, Adam Hicks, James Owens

11:30 a.m. - Sunday

                        Thomas Chalk, Jacob Hensley, Devin Dupont

 

GREETERS SCHEDULE    October 15th & 16th      

4:30 p.m.  Grace Kuhnhein, Carol Adams

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  

9/25/2011                    9/26/2010  

Weekly Offering                                            $12,894                       $12,697

Weekly Budget                                              $18,864

Number of registered families                      623

Number of families contributing                   179

Fiscal YTD collections                                  $194,903                    

Fiscal YTD budget                                        $212,573        

 

Tuition Assistance awarded for 2011/12     $23,080

Tuition Assistance donated                          $761

 

September Social Concerns Donations       $317

September Social Concerns Expenses         $778  

                                               

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK   Rose Enslen, William Broering, Pauline Stoner, Marcia Adkins, JimVieth, Jim Imbus, Ruth Schnelle, Virginia Lorenz, and Paul Sheldon. Also, remember our parishioners in nursing homes as well as those confined to their homes in your prayers.  

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING SOLDIERS SERVING OUR COUNTRY  

Jonathan Klingenberg, Patrick Collopy, Wes Diehl, Wade Wilson, Joshua Bezold, Brian Merman, Jay Blinn, Michael Beiting, Joe Fitzgerald, Kyle Dziech, Tim Desmond, Brian Clayton, Adam Beiting & Terry Desmond.

 

NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS

Is 45: 1, 4-6                                         1 Thes 1: 1-5b                        Mt 22: 15-21

 

THIS WEEK

TODAY

                        Children’s Liturgy of the Word, 9:00 a.m.

            Flu Shots, 10:00 a.m., McCrystal Hall

            Siena Club, 12:30 p.m., McCrystal Hall                       

MONDAY    

                        Love Boat Planning Meeting, 7:00 p.m., LIB

                        Foresters Meeting, 7:00 p.m., LMR

TUESDAY   

                        Exposition, 1:30 p.m.

Confessions 5:30 p.m.

Benediction, 6:45 p.m.

Rosary, 7:00 p.m., Church

Parish Council, 7:00 p.m., LIB

School Wellness Committee, 7:00 p.m., LMR                                                                                                                           

WEDNESDAY                                

                        Mass, 6:30 p.m.

                        Census training, 7:00 p.m., McCrystal Hall               

THURSDAY                        

                        St. Catherine Night at Highland Hts. Skyline

                        RCIA, 7:00 p.m., LIB

                        Choir, 7:30 p.m., Church                               

                        Boosters, 7:30 p.m., McCrystal Hall                          

FRIDAY                                                       

SATURDAY            

                        Men’s Fellowship Group, 6:30 a.m., LMR

                        Confessions following 8:00 a.m. mass

                         Renchen/Seibert Wedding, 6:30 p.m.

                        Congratulations Jessica and Andrew!                       

NEXT SUNDAY

                        Census Sunday

            Praise & Worship, 7:00 p.m., Deacon Jack Sullivan

 

IN OUR PARISH  

PLEASE NOTE    Fr. Stef will be gone on a retreat with the priests of the diocese and the bishop from Monday, October 10th – Thursday, October 13th.  Because of this, there will be no mass on these days.   

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS    As many of you know, Marcia Adkins has been ill and /or hospitalized for the past few months.  She is aware of the many prayers being offered for her and she would like to let everyone know that she is extremely grateful for both the prayers and the support she has received from her fellow parishioners.  Please continue to keep her in your prayers.  

PARISH CENSUS    The final training for census workers will be held on Wednesday, October 12th at 700 p.m. in McCrystal Hall.  Also, if you have not yet verified your registration information, you can come to the parish office during the week to check your information.  The office is open Monday - Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.  Those who do this will not get a home visit from our census workers, so you will help to lighten the workload of your fellow parishioners!  

ST. CATHERINE SIENA CLUB   will be meeting today, Sunday, October 9th, in McCrystal Hall at 12:30 p.m.  Stop by for some food, friends, fun and fellowship!  

LOVE BOAT 2012    If anyone is interested in helping coordinate the 2012 Love Boat event, please contact Vickie Smith at 513 678-6554, or via e-mail at ej.smith@fuse.net.  There will be a meeting on Monday, Oct. 10th in the school library at 7:00 pm.

UPCOMING PRAISE AND WORSHIP SPEAKER   Do you believe in modern-day miracles? Deacon Jack Sullivan of Boston does because he was healed on August 15, 2001 from a crippling spinal disorder through the intercession of Cardinal Newman. This miraculous healing led to the beautification of Cardinal Newman on September 19, 2010. Deacon Jack will tell the story of this amazing miracle next Sunday, October 16th, 7:00PM @ St. Catherine of Siena church in Ft. Thomas, KY. He will follow the talk with a healing service and a blessing with Newman’s relic. No tickets needed, a free-will offering will be taken. For details call 441-3438.

WAYNE WEIBLE’S TALK ON CD   CD’s from the talk given on September 11th on Medjugorje are now available for sale in the parish office.  Cost is $5.00.

OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OTHERS   Our parish members, Julie DuPont, Mary Scott, Karen Little, and Teena Devoto are partnering with Welcome House of Northern Kentucky in a project called “The Garden Shoppe”.  They really need your help in making this project a huge success!  They are opening a store on Oct 4th to benefit single-parent, lower income families who live at the Gardens at Greenup Apartments in Covington.  This housing complex is a Welcome House affordable housing initiative with on-site support services including intensive case management and licensed quality childcare. The program works with families to set and achieve educational and vocational goals in working toward sustainable income.  They are looking for personal care items, cleaning supplies, home goods, clothing, shoes, toys, books and other miscellaneous items. Your new or gently-used individual donations can be delivered to one of them, or pick up is available upon request. They will gladly support your effort to organize a donation drive at your school, through the church or work. In addition, your assistance with connections to gain financial donations is also greatly needed and very much appreciated. All donors will be provided with a donation receipt for tax purposes.  For additional information, please contact Julie DuPont at jdupont9@insightbb.com or 859-653-3336

PRAYER BLANKET MINISTRY   provides hand-made blankets as well as prayers to parishioners who are in the hospital and/or ill for an extended time.  If you would like to make a blanket, donate material or make a financial donation to this ministry, please contact Nancy Hassman at (859) 760-3751 or nhassman@fuse.net.

Save the Date    St. Catherine Parish Women's Retreat will be held Feb 24-26, 2012 at Marydale. The Retreat Director will be Fr. Greg Bach and the theme of the weekend is "Christ Be Our Light".  More info to follow.... We'll see you there!    

SCRIP PROGRAM ADDITIONS     There are a few new additions to our Scrip Program.  We are now able to order gift cards for Groupon, Shutterfly and Whole Foods.   Remember to utilize this program for your everyday shopping needs for groceries, gas, household items, clothes, etc., as well as for gift-giving.  We earn money for the parish from every purchase you make.  

PRO-LIFE    October is Respect Life Month.  Bishop Foys has asked all parishes to participate in soliciting names for a multi-page newspaper ad that will appear in January 2012 to mark the infamous Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in the U.S.  Sign up will be every remaining weekend in October after all masses.  Suggested donation is $2.00 per name.  

THANK YOU FROM THE BISHOP   “Dear Fr. Bankemper and parishioners of St. Catherine of Siena:  I want to take this opportunity to offer my sincere thanks and appreciation once again for exceeding your parish goal for the 2011 DPAA!  Your generosity to the Appeal demonstrates your trust in God and our service to the mission of proclaiming and bearing witness to Christ’s kingdom.  I am deeply grateful for your amazing generosity each year in support of the DPAA.  Thank you for your witness of faith and charity!  As we so often pray for the coming of the kingdom, we also recognize the mission we have received from Jesus to proclaim His kingdom here in the Diocese of Covington and throughout the world.  Through your efforts, you have allowed Christ’s teachings to live in our hearts and to spread throughout our faith community…….May the blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ continue to be with you and your ministry.”   Yours fraternally in the Lord, Most Reverend Roger J. Foys, D.D.

IN OUR DIOCESE  

YOUTH 2000 IS COMING SOON!  The annual diocesan retreat will be held October 28th - 30th at Notre Dame Academy.  This is the 7th annual Eucharistic retreat for young men and women of the diocese, featuring the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. The weekend is packed with great live music, dynamic talks, reverent prayer, and real fun!  You can make it possible for your teen to draw closer to Christ and get excited about being Catholic.  Full details and registration forms can be found at www.nkyouth.com.  This is not an overnight and minors must have a chaperone.  One VIRTUS-certified adult can take up to seven minors.  Two adults may register as co-chaperones, splitting hours/cost.  If you can help chaperone some of our parish teens, or if your child is in need of a chaperone, please contact Teresa at 441-1352 or 781-8453.

 

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING CHANGE IN THE ROMAN MISSAL   Each week there will be an article relating to the upcoming changes in the Roman Missal.  (Some of them may be run more than once and they may not follow the Order of Mass.

The Homily

“Preach the word in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be

unfailing in patience and in teaching” (2 Timothy 4:2). The homily is an integral part of

the Mass, reserved to priest celebrant himself, or entrusted by him “to a concelebrating

priest or occasionally, according to circumstances to a deacon, but never to a lay person”

(GIRM, art. 65). The homily may be an explanation of the Gospel, of the other Mass

readings, or of the responsorial Psalm. It may call attention to other texts of the Mass or

develop the feast or mystery being celebrated on a given day. The homily is “the Word

in other words.”

The best preaching is prepared in silence. Before preaching the Word, the priest

listens to it, repeats it, and allows it to germinate in his heart. The homily is a bridge in

two ways. It connects the first part of the Mass, the Liturgy of the Word, to the second

part, the Liturgy of the Eucharist; and it connects the Mass to the rest of life. The homily

sends God’s people, full of thanksgiving, into the Sacrifice of Christ renewed on the altar,

and prepares them to go forth into a world hungry for goodness, beauty, and truth.