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First Sunday of Lent | March 10, 2019

MASS & DEVOTION SCHEDULE INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Directory Saturday Divine Office Page 1 4:30pm (Sunday Vigil with Cantor) 12:00pm Sext/Midday Sunday Masses Mass Schedule & Parish Office Information (M-F in the Church) 8:00am (No Music) Page 2 9:30am (Conventual Mass with 9:00pm Compline/Night Prayer From the Pastor’s Desk Choir & Incense) (M-Sa in the Chapel) Page 3 11:00am (Cantor) News & Notes 12:30pm (Cantor & Incense) Confessions Page 4-6 6:00pm (Contemporary Ensemble) Wednesday during Holy Hour: Calling All Hands 7:00-8:00pm Page 7 Weekday Masses (Monday-Friday) 7:00am Saturday Morning: 10:30-11:30am Holy Teaching 8:00am Saturday Afternoon: 3:30-4:30pm Page 8 11:30am (Sung Conventual Mass) Let Us Pray Page 8 Saturday Masses The Week Ahead 8:00am Page 9 11:30am

6543 Miami Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45243 | (513) 561-5954 | www.stgertrude.org PARISH DIRECTORY

Parish Staff Spiritual Very Rev. André-Joseph LaCasse, O.P., /pastor Communion to Sick – Judy Hartmann 513.984.8003 Rev. Clement Dickie, O.P., parochial vicar Regina Veritatis – Cornelia Mechley 513.340.4586 Rev. Henry Stephan, O.P., parochial vicar Baptism Team – Mike & Mary Clare Peck 513.871.2309 Circle of Prayer – Barbara Rose [email protected] Dominican in Residence Natural Family Planning – David & Ann Stein 513.561.5751 Pastoral Council – Mark Kosobud 513.469.0852 Rev. Joseph Alobaidi, O.P. Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration 513.561.5954 ext 2136 Rev. Paul J. Keller, O.P. Prayer Ministry for the Dying – Pat Collins 513.265.1897 Rev. Michael Mary Dosch, O.P., master Respect Life – Debbie Graham 513.984.4766 Making – Larry Ball 513.646.8523 St. Gertrude School – 513.561.8020 Liturgical Ministries Principal – Sr. Maria Christi Greve, O.P. ext 1101 Adult Choir – Catherine Fishlock 513.561.5954 Vice Principal – Mr. Travis Johnston ext 1101 Contemporary Music Ensemble – Paul Kindt 513.697.9208 PTO – Kelly Woodward, President Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion – School Advisory Council – Marty Lacey Cristina Genung 513.561.5954 ext 2403 Lectors – Mr. Lawain McNeil, O.P. 513.561.5954 ext 1123 Parish Office Staff – 513.561.5954 Resurrection Choir – Marty Cunningham 513.891.4226 Receptionists – Susan Kane & Teri Forlini ext 2101 The St. Anne and the Child Mary Guild – Business Manager – Mike Muse ext 2102 Cristina Genung 513.561.5954 ext 2403 Assistant Business Manager – Mary Tappel ext 2103 St. Joseph the Worker Society – Rev Clement Dickie, O.P. 513.561.5954 Director of Liturgy – Cristina Genung ext 2403 Ushers – Douglas Postler 513.791.6298 Wedding/Bereavement Coordinator – AnnaMaria Spurgin ext 1124 Youth Choir – Catherine Fishlock 513.561.5954 Bulletin Editor [email protected] Spiritual Groups Adult Bible Study – Mr. Lawain McNeil, O.P. 513.561.5954 Religious Education & Youth Ministry: Angelic Warfare – Rev Clement Dickie, O.P. 513.561.5954 Office of Youth Evangelization – 513.561.5954 Benedictine – Clyde & Pat Dorn 513.791.0988 Primary Evangelization: PK-4th Grade & Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Men’s Fellowship – Chris Nachtrab 513.604.1899 Cindy Wurzelbacher ext 2110 Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary – Brian Zappia 513.791.7299 Jr. High Evangelization: 5th-8th Grade – Bryan Wells ext 2107 Dominican Laity (Bishop Fenwick) – Jonathan Ring [email protected] Jr. High Youth Ministry – Bryan Wells ext 2107 Dominican Laity (Our Lady of Peace) – Patty Connelly 513.793.2246 High School Youth Ministry – Megan Dickert ext 2108 Familia – Anita Pappalardo 513.248.8237 Executive Assistant – Kristen Eggers ext 2109 Holy Family Prayer Group – Malissa Frohlich 513.519.5197 True Devotion to Mary – Anne Collins 513.984.4708 Adult Evangelization – 513.561.5954 Parish Groups Director of Adult Evangelization/Pastoral Services – Athletic Boosters – Marc Gerwel 513.774.7779 Mr. Lawain McNeil, O.P. ext 1123 Boy Scouts – Robert Dinga 612.616.8242 Cincinnati Frassati Fellowship (Young Adults) – Cub Scouts – Chris De Brunner 513.379.1010 Alex Meineke [email protected] Festival Committee – Cathy Egan 513.290.3391 Aquinas Society of Cincinnati (Adults & Families) – Lenten Fish Fry – Rob Mancini 513.520.6360 Rev. Henry Stephan, O.P. Little Flower Library – Susan Santos 513.504.0205 Rites of Christian Initiation (R.C.I.A.) – Rev. Clement Dickie, O.P. Parish Coffee – Mark Findley 513.417.9227

Corporal Works of Mercy Vocations Directors Knights of Columbus – Bob Stucker 513.235.6222 Archdiocese of Cincinnati – Fr. Dan Schmitmeyer 513.421.3131 St. Vincent De Paul Society – Larry Ball 513.646.8523 Dominican Friars – Fr. Jacob Bertrand Janczyk, O.P. DominicanFriars.org Ladies of Charity – Jean Wilkinson 513.498.5085 Nashville Dominican Sisters – Sr. Peter Marie, O.P. 615.256.5486 Helping Hands – Nancy Lucas [email protected] Parish Health Ministry – Jeanne Palcic 513.317.4123 Pregnancy Center East (for all pregnancy needs) 513.321.3100 On the cover: The Temptation of Christ Sandro Botticelli Soup Kitchen – Andy Cordier 513.248.1005 1481-1482. Sistine Chapel, Vatican Visitation of the Sick – Judy Hartmann 513.984.8003

1 First Sunday of Lent | March 10th, 2019 MASS SCHEDULE & PARISH OFFICE INFORMATION Masses at St. Gertrude Parish OfficeInfo Parish Office Hours Monday, March 11, Lenten Weekday Monday-Thursday: 8:30am-5:00pm 7:00am...... † Vicki LeBlanc (Valerie & Steve Badinghaus) Friday: 8:30am-4:30pm 8:00am...... † Martha Cunningham-Kappa Church Hours (The Mascarenhas Family) 11:30am...... † Deceased Members of the Order of Preachers Every day: 6:00am-9:00pm

Tuesday, March 12, Lenten Weekday 7:00am...... † Mary Ellen Tressler (Peggy Jackson) 8:00am...... † Louise Pavloff (The Woodward Family) 11:30am...... † Dr. John Kennedy (Judie Taphorn) St. Gertrude is a Parish in the Dominican Wednesday, March 13, heritage of prayer, preaching and teaching. Under our Lady’s Lenten Weekday mantle, gathered as the Body of Christ, we celebrate Him in the 7:00am...... † Lou Zeh (Charlie Raterman) Sacraments, Sacred Scripture and in Catholic education. Serving 8:00am...... † Daniel Ripley (Stephanie & Brett Bordes) our brothers and sisters in the New Evangelization, we seek to 11:30am...... † Mary Kay Feighery (Patty & Jim Hook) grow in love as we journey with to God the Father.

Thursday, March 14, Lenten Weekday 7:00am...... † Frank Cianciolo (Ray & Marylyn Clark) OFFERING 8:00am...... Fr. Clement Dickie, O.P./Dolores Brandstetter St. Gertrude Parish Weekly 11:30am...... † Jim Nordloh (JoAnne Nordloh) Collection and Budget Report

Friday, March 15, 3/3/19 Lenten Weekday Collection: $ 60,023.00 7:00am...... † Patricia Wilker (William Ralph) Weekly Budget: $ 45,000.00 8:00am...... Elissa Torretta (St. Gertrude Parish Staff) Weekly Surplus: $ 15,023.00 11:30am...... † Mark Poland (The Poland Family) Year to Date Budget: $1,433,000.00 Saturday, March 16, Year to Date Actual: $1,439,233.00 Lenten Weekday Year to Date Surplus: $ 6,233.00 8:00am...... † Lorraine Lacasse (Patricia Strauss) 11:30am...... † John J. Nolan, Sr. (Karen Paul & Family) Children’s Collection: $ 5.25

March 16-17, Second Sunday of Lent Saturday 4:30pm...... † Maureen Schoettelkotte (St. Gertrude Church)

Sunday BULLETIN DEADLINE 8:00am...... People of St. Gertrude, Living and Deceased 9:30am...... † Pat Welsh (The Boken Family) BULLETIN MATERIALS DUE 11:00am...... † Miguel Carrillo (Elvira Carrillo) 3/24/19 3/13/19 12:30pm...... † Ted Scherpenberg (The Knights of Columbus) 6:00pm...... † Patsy Scalo (The Ainslie Family) Please submit your Mass announcements & bulletin articles to: [email protected]

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St. Gertrude Roman Catholic Parish 2 FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK | Very Rev. André-Joseph LaCasse, O.P.

make the most sense in light of the Cross. There is nothing in the world - no religion, philosophy, or material comfort – that offers such a powerful answer to life’s toughest questions as the two slabs of wood on which our Savior died. Although many are drawn to Christianity in search of joy, it’s the Cross that keeps many coming back day after day, year after year. It is this time of year, known as Lent, that we are reminded of what Jesus did for us. What is Lent? Honoring the Sacrifice of Jesus When we look into the eyes of our suffering God, we are in awe – suddenly the complexity of our Lord, the love of our Lord, the humanity of our Lord shows through. We realize God is not just some nebulous energy source or a grandfather sitting in the clouds – He is so much more. The Cross is where our faith stands when all other faiths fail. Christ’s sacrifice and His subsequent resurrection are the true “cruxes” of the Christian faith. Without one, there would be no salvation, without the other, no hope. This is why Good Friday and the following Easter Sunday are the most important dates on the Christian calendar – even more so than Christmas.

When Does Lent Start This Year? Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the In the Catholic tradition the “General Norms for the Liturgical devil. And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry. Year and the Calendar,” was updated in 1969 to say: “Lent Matthew 4:1-2 runs from Ash Wednesday until the Mass of the Lord’s Supper exclusive.” The Mass of the Lord’s Supper for Catholics is on What is Lent? – A Time Set Aside Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, which is on April 18, ust as we set aside time to spiritually prepare for Christmas 2019. For those adhering to that tradition, Lent will end on Holy Day, it makes sense to set aside time to prepare for the two J Thursday, April 18. most important days of the Christian year: Good Friday and

Easter. Lent is a time that offers us an opportunity to come to The History of Lent terms with the human condition we may spend the rest of the year So where does Lent come from, and how do we “do” Lent? running from and it brings our need for a Savior to the forefront. The Lenten season developed as part of the historical Christian Like Advent, Lent is a time to open the doors of our hearts a little calendar and is typically celebrated by Catholics and some wider and understand our Lord a little deeper, so that when Good mainline Protestant churches that follow a liturgical calendar. Friday and eventually Easter comes, it is not just another day at Although its format has varied throughout the centuries and church but an opportunity to receive the overflowing of graces throughout different cultures, the basic concept remains the God has to offer. same: to open our hearts to God’s refining grace through prayer, Confession, fasting, and almsgiving as we anticipate Holy Week. But unlike the childlike joy associated with the season of Lent traditionally lasts forty days, modeled after Christ’s forty- Advent, with its eager anticipation of the precious baby Jesus, Lent day fast in the desert, and ends on Good Friday. In the Western is an intensely penitential time as we examine our sinful natures Church, Lent officially begins with a reminder of our mortality and return to the God we have, through our own rebelliousness, on Ash Wednesday. hurt time and again. Lent is also an opportunity to contemplate what our Lord really did for us on the Cross. But ultimately, the purpose of Lent does not stop at sadness and despair – it points us Sarah Phillips, Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer to the hope of the Resurrection and the day when every tear will be dried (Rev. 21:3). A blessed week to all, And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:33-49 Although the nature of suffering is not one that offers itself to Very Rev. André-Joseph LaCasse, O.P., easy explanations or pat answers, the answers we seek seem to Prior/Pastor

3 First Sunday of Lent | March 10th, 2019 NEWS & NOTES

In late February 2019, Francis met with the world’s bishops LENTEN REMINDERS – concerning the great evil of clerical abuse of minors, with a FAST AND ABSTINENCE particular focus on those bishops who failed to deal with abuse in Ash Wednesday, March 6th, and Good Friday, April 19th are days their dioceses. of abstinence from meat and also days of fast, that is, limited to a single full meal. With regard to Good Friday, the teaching of the You are encouraged to read the closing statement of at should be recalled. https://www.pbc2019.org/home. Let the paschal fast be kept sacred. Let it be celebrated everywhere Our Dennis Schnurr promises his flock that he will lead on Good Friday and, where possible, prolonged throughout Holy with courage and moral clarity regarding this great evil. Archbishop Saturday, so that the joys of the Sunday of the Resurrection may promises that: be attained with uplifted and clear mind (Constitution on the Liturgy, No • Allegations of sexual abuse of a minor or vulnerable adult 110) The other Fridays of the season of Lent are days of abstinence will always be promptly reported to the appropriate civil law from meat. The law of abstinence binds all Catholics 14 years and enforcement authorities. older. The law of fasting binds all Catholics from their 18th birthday • I will remove from ministry permanently, and without the ability until their 59th birthday (canons 97 and 1252). to be transferred to any other Catholic institution, any member With regard to the obligatory days listed above, however, there are of the who is found to have sexually abused a minor or a frequent questions about the degree of seriousness of the matter. vulnerable adult. The teaching of Pope John Paul II may be simply paraphrased: the • We will continue to offer counseling and resources to the victims obligation to do penance is a serious one; the obligation to observe, as of sexual abuse to help them recover and heal from the damage a whole or “substantially,” the penitential days specified by the Church they have experienced. is also serious. No one should be scrupulous in this regard; failure to • All , , employees and volunteers of the Archdiocese observe an individual day of penance is not considered serious. or its various ministries will continue to be subject to criminal background checks and trained on how to spot the signs of abuse, People should seek to do more rather than less. Fast and abstinence their obligation to report all suspected abuse, and exactly how to on the days prescribed should be considered a minimum response to do so. the Lord’s call to penance and conversion. • I require, and will continue to enforce, a strict and diligent – From the Archdiocese of Cincinnati screening process for all seminary applicants and the highest standards of formation of men suitable to the Catholic priesthood at our seminary.

I encourage you to read Archbishop Schnurr’s full letter; a copy is

located on the back table in front of the Candle Chapel.

2019 Spring Program Series FRIENDSHIP with GOD 33 Days to Merciful Love • Start reading book on March 26 Tuesday, 12 March - 7pm • on Divine Mercy Sunday, Friendship with God, the Highest Common Good April 28, at 3:00 p.m. Fr. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. • DVDs of book will be shown in Parish

Tuesday, 19 March - 7pm Center Lobby, 12:30-1:00 p.m. Friendship with God, the • Dates for DVDs (Thursdays) March 21 Heart of the Spiritual Life (Intro), 28; April 4, 11, (Tues., 16), 25 Fr. Henry Stephan, O.P.

Tuesday, 26 March - 7pm Friendship with God: St. Augustine on Little Sisters of the Poor Friendship with God Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. The Little Sisters of the Poor will be present at all the Masses this weekend seeking your assistance in their ministry. For the past 145 Parish Mission years, the Sisters have been offering the needy elderly of the tristate, 1-3 April - 7pm in St. Gertrude Church a home where they are welcomed as Christ, cared for as a family, Friendship with God in and accompanied with dignity until God calls them to Himself. the Gospel of John Fr. Walter Wagner, O.P. The Sisters depend on our support to meet the needs of their poor SAVE THE DATE SAVE THE DATE SAVE THE DATE elderly. Your generosity will be appreciated. For more information, www.AquinasCincinnati.com visit their website at www.littlesistersofthepoorcincinnati.org.

St. Gertrude Roman Catholic Parish 4 NEWS & NOTES

BOOK REVIEW #54 FESTIVAL NEWS! The Mass: The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition News flash! The Festival auction will be by Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Mike Aquilina located in the gym at this year’s Festival, so This book is an engaging, authoritative guide to the Mass. With eloquent prose and elegant let’s “Fill the Gym!” We need your help to black/white photography, bestselling authors Cardinal Wuerl and Mike Aquilina guide readers fill the auction with wonderful items – no through the different parts of the Mass, capturing the deep meaning of elements that are at item is too small! We have a larger area so once ordinary and mysterious. Step by step, the authors explain the specifics, such as the order we would like to maximize our space. of the Mass, the vessels used, the unique clothing worn, the and responses, the postures and gestures. Then they explain the rich historical, spiritual, and theological background of Here are just a few ways you can help: each. Prayerful, but practical, fact-filled but a joy to read, this book prepares us to participate • The committee has sent letters to over more fully and appreciatively in the sacred rite at the heart of Catholic life. 400 businesses. We could use help making follow-up phone calls to the Doors in the Walls of the World: Signs of Transcendence in the Human Story places that don’t respond. by Peter Kreeft • If you have a place you frequent, you After William Shakespeare’s Horatio sees the ghost of Hamlet’s father, and scarcely believes could drop off a letter asking for a his own eyes, Hamlet tells him that there is more to reality than he can know or imagine, donation. including ghosts. Hamlet’s statement suggests that the walls of the material world, which we • Donate a gift certificate, sports tickets, perceive with our senses and analyze with our intellects, have doors that open into the More a timeshare you can’t use this year, a beyond them. Philosopher Peter Kreeft explains in this book that the More includes “The week vacation rental, or a monetary Absolute Good, Platonic Forms, God, gods, angels, spirits, ghosts, souls, Brahman, Rta (the donation that would help sponsor one Hindu ontological basis for cosmological karma), Nirvana, Tao, ‘the will of Heaven’, The of our bigger auction items. Meaning of It All, Something that deserves a capital letter.” With razor-sharp reasoning and • Feeling creative? You could make up a irrepressible joy, Kreeft helps us to find the doors in the walls of the world. Drawing on history, basket of items. physical science, psychology, religion, philosophy, literature, and art, he invites us to welcome • Do you have something new sitting what lies on the other side so that we can begin living the life of Heaven in the here and now. around the house that you don’t use? You could donate it. Calm in Chaos: Catholic Wisdom for Anxious Times by George William Rutler • Beginning in April, we start wrapping In these brilliant essays, the renowned writer and churchman, Fr. George Rutler, addresses our baskets, so we could use any baskets current causes of anxiety and our never-changing, ever-new reasons for hope. His writings on that you don’t need. the issues of our day are neither pessimistic nor optimistic, because they are infused with the • A tax letter/thank-you note is mailed confidence that God grants us His peace and no earthly circumstances can take it away. With to everyone who donates something. insight and wit, with breadth and depth, Fr. Rutler comments on the confusion in the Church and the chaos in Western societies, which are not without precedent but are on a uniquely We have plenty of room to store your items! global scale. An underlying theme is his dismay at the lack of historical perspective. He says Drop off your items to the parish office at that the gremlin that haunts our times is ignorance and a failure to recall and to understand your convenience. the trials of the past. See you in the gym on June 7th, 8th, and Nearer, My God: An Autobiography of Faith by William F. Buckley, Jr. 9th at the Festival! This is a story of one man’s faith, told with unrivaled reflection and candor. In highly personal Jen Steiner, Auction Chairperson terms, and with wit and acuity for which he is renowned, William F. Buckley, Jr., examines Questions? Call Cathy at 290-3391 in searching detail the meaning of Christianity in his life, and how he has been shaped and sustained by his religious convictions. Buckley discusses vital issues of Catholic doctrine and practice, and outlines both the nature of faith and its essential role in life. A provocative and ALL 8th graders in our challenging contribution to the national interest in the nature of religion, this book is sure to appeal to all readers who have felt the stirrings of their own religious faith. IGNITE Confirmation Program: : Selected Writings The IGNITE Retreat will be held on Here, under one cover, are selections from John of the Cross’s major works in a revised Saturday, March 16th from 1:00-9:00pm translation by Kieran Kavanaugh, O.C.D. Taken as a whole, this volume represents the at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center in essential St. John of the Cross and will serve well both the newcomer and the expert. You Norwood. For questions, please contact may recall that St. John of the Cross was a collaborator with St. Teresa of Avila in the reform Bryan at bwells@stgertrude. movement of the . The harshness of his teachings is balanced by the tender love of God that made John one of the greatest mystical writers of all time and earned him the title, .

5 First Sunday of Lent | March 10th, 2019 NEWS & NOTES 2019 Illumination 4-Day Workshop Captain Guy Gruters 2019 Illuminationwith Valerie 4-Day Workshop Weilmuenster with Valerie Weilmuenster Captain Guy Gruters (USAF Ret.) will deliver his New Project: Decorated letters testimony on Saturday, April 6, 10:00am at Our Lady New Project: Decorated letters of the Holy Spirit Center. Captain Gruters credits April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2019 April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2019 God for his 5-year survival as a Vietnam Prisoner of Iconic, 7886 Camargo Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 War. Although Captain Gruters suffered with pain, Iconic, 7886 Camargo Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 humiliation, hunger, and the loss of all material goods, he DID have one possession – HOPE. God became his only hope in this extremely hopeless existence, and ironically these circumstances brought Gruters much closer to Our Lord. God’s indwelling came to Captain Gruters in a personal way in the midst of extreme

suffering. You are welcome to attend Cpt. Gruters’

inspiring testimony which is preceded by 9:00am Rosary This class will concentrate on painting initial letters. Starting with medieval followed by Mass, and then his talk. Reservations are historical models,This class will concentratewe will on paintingpaint initial several letters. Starting styles with ofmedieval initial historical letters models we usingwill gouache paint several styles of initial letters using gouache and gold leaf. Styles include diaper patterns, not necessary, and there will be no charge. For more and gold leaf.acanthus Styles leaf and ribbons,include and white diaper vine. Instruction patterns, will include acanthus how to draw the leaf letters, and painting ribbons, and techniques, embellishments, applying gold leaf and using shell gold. You will leave with several information, please contact Joe Martino: 513.891.7301. white vine. Instruction will includecompleted howinitials in to var iousdraw styles. the letters, painting techniques, embellishments, applying gold leaf and using shell gold. You will leave with several completed initials in various styles. The workshop hours will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, and Sunday: 11:30 am – Pregnancy Center East 3:30 pm. Total cost is $150.00, all materials are provided. You will learn to make your own shell gold! The workshop hours will be Thursday,No experience Friday necessary. and Saturday: 10:00am-5:00pm, Pregnancy Center East will be hosting our Banquet and Sunday: 11:30am-3:30pm. Total cost is $150.00, all materials are provided. For Life the evening of Thursday, April 11 at the Hyatt You will learn to make your own shell gold! No experience necessary. Regency in downtown Cincinnati. The keynote speaker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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$50.00 non-refundable deposit is due at registration to cover materials. Deadline for registration is March 1, 2019. $100.00 fundraising dinner supports the Center’s mission to offer balance is due first day of class. All checks should be made out to instructor, Valerie Weilmuenster. For more information about NAME ______Valerie and her experience go to her website: www.valweil.com. Please mail registration to Iconic, 7886 Camargo Road, Cinti, women life-giving alternatives to abortion. Follow-up OH 45243. More information: Jenny Ward, [email protected] or http://www.iconicstudio.org. care includes single parent support, material assistance, ADDRESS ______mentoring and post-abortion healing. Chastity education is provided for local Catholic schools. Tickets are $100.00 each for adults, and $50.00 each CITY ______STATE _____ZIP ______for students. For reservation information, call 513-321- 3100, or go online to www.supportpce.com. EMAIL ______

$50.00 nonrefundable deposit is due at registration to cover materials. Deadline for registration is March 1, 2019. $100.00 balance is due first day of class. All checks should be made out to instructor, Valerie Weilmuenster. For more information The Archdiocesan-sponsored Lay Pastoral Ministry about Valerie and her experience, go to her website (www.valweil.com). Please Program is designed for busy adults with evening and mail registration to Iconic, 7886 Camargo Road, Cincinnati, OH 45243. More Saturday classes, flexible components and a supportive information: Jenny Ward, [email protected] or http://www.iconicstudio.org. environment. The LPMP provides a solid foundation for personal enrichment and growth, preparation for professional and volunteer ministry, and for applying to the Permanent Diaconate. An Information Meeting, ST. GERTRUDE BOOSTERS INFORMATIONAL NIGHT outlining program options, tuition and fees, the Tuesday March 26th application process and the benefits of an Athenaeum Mac’s Pizza Pub education will be held on Saturday, April 6th at 10:00am 6309 Wooster Pike Mariemont/Fairfax 45227 in Room 122 of the Athenaeum, 6616 Beechmont 6:30-8:00 PM Avenue. Call 513-231-1200 or email smcgurgan@ Learn about upcoming elections athenaeum.edu for more information. Potential new and the organization. students are also invited to attend a Meet and Greet Coffee with Athenaeum President, Fr. Anthony Brausch Appetizers 8 First Round of Beverages Provided on March 21 at 7:00pm in the Westerfield Room of the RSVP [email protected] by 3/24 Main Campus. Call 513-231-1200 to RSVP.

St. Gertrude Roman Catholic Parish 6 CALLING ALL HANDS

VeggieTales – Madame Blueberry: A Lesson in Little Flower Parish Library DVDs Thankfulness. Madame Blue wants more stuff. She If Only We Had Listened – a documentary by Immaculée Ilibagiza and has everything she needs – good friends, plenty of food, Sean Bloomfield. The viewer will follow Immaculée as she returns to her village a nice tree house to live in – but some of her friends in Kibeho, Rwanda, uncovering the secrets of Kibeho while reconciling with have a lot more. Let your kids spend a little time with her painful past. Buried beneath the bones of a million victims, a story of faith Madame Blueberry and the rest of the veggies and they and hope emerges. Immaculée is one of two family members who escaped will learn that “being greedy makes you grumpy – but a the genocide in Rwanda in the 1980’s by hiding in a closet for three months. thankful heart is a happy heart!” Despite this, Immaculée is able to forgive those who had done wrong. VeggieTales – Lord of the Beans: A Lesson in World Youth Day – Krakow – A Pilgrimage of Mercy – This Using Your Gifts. This VeggieTale is taken from inspirational film captures the experience of World Youth Day, July 2016 J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. The plot takes many in Krakow, Poland. The theme was “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall unexpected turns using humor. Meet Toto Baggypants, receive mercy.” Follow the youth on their journey with Pope Francis, hear their Can-O-Corn, Randalf, and more, as they find out personal testimonies, and experience with them the highlights. Witness young that sharing gifts for selfish reasons can sometimes be hearts being transformed by the Gospel. Hear a spiritual reflection by Bishop without benefit. Robert Barron. The Triumph – The Battle Has Begun – Six people from Medjugorje claim that the Virgin Mary has been appearing to them since 1981. When a skeptical young man named Ben journeys to Medjugorje seeking answers to Volunteer Call life’s questions, he discovers something that will change the course of his life St. Gertrude Pastoral Council and the Office of Pastoral forever. The film contains a powerful message of hope and a peace for the Services has formed a Hospitality ministry to provide future. receptions for various parish events. They would range Miracles of Ireland – Apparition at Knock, filmed by Sean Patrick from lectures to celebrations. We’re looking for a wide Bloomfield and Queen of Peace Productions. Follow the footsteps of St. Patrick, range of parishioners who would be interested in St. Claran, and Pope John Paul II as you experience the natural beauty, warm helping at all levels, mostly to help serve and set/clean people and Christian history of Ireland. Fifteen people from Knock, Ireland up, but sometimes cooking simple dishes or providing had a profound experience the night of August 21, 1879. It lasted three hours. other donations or organization. If you’d be interested Nothing was said during the apparition but the symbolism was profound. Join in knowing more, please contact Cristine Genung or Sean Bloomfield as he showcases the miracles and holy shrines of Ireland. Tish Shefcik @ [email protected].

7 First Sunday of Lent | March 10th, 2019 LET US PRAY HOLY TEACHING

Please Pray For... FAITH IS THE WEAPON OF RESISTANCE TO TEMPTATION The Sick From Christ in his Mysteries by Columba Marmion, O.S.B. Anthony Alvarez, Lisa Bertke, Bettie Caudill, Marguerite Crema, Triset Defonseka, Kathy Elsbernd, Peggy You see how invincible the soul is who dwells in the Eshman, Marge Ferguson, Loretta Holden, Joe Holly, sanctuary of the Godhead. But never forget that Hummel Family, Janice Koncius, Carlos LaTorre, we only reach that sanctuary through faith in Jesus Cecilia Lemming, Ann Lukey, Linda Merkley, Sandra Christ, our head and our model. Munyon, Leo Napuri, Marlene Ney, Melinda Russell, Jane Sansalone, Richard Seifert, Patricia Scherer, Pegge Indeed, the Psalmist says that, to protect us against Schuermann, George Sullivan, Judy Sullivan, John the satanic javelins, God’s truth – Veritas ejus – will encompass us like a shield. That is equally the Sweeney, Teddie Slaper, Susan Mueller, Sy Swart, Ed thought of St. Paul, when he details the weapons Kinney. with which the Christian should arm himself for the spiritual struggle: In every encounter, taking up the Those in the Armed Forces shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the fiery darts of the evil one. St. Peter Chris Babcock, Adam Benvie, Patrick Burke, Cole Foster, speaks no differently either: The devil ceaselessly prowls around you like a roaring lion Dominic Geraci, Daniel Holian, Mike Huber, Aaron seeking prey to devour. But it is through the strength of your faith that you will Jacobson, Jacob Kramb, John Kramb, Kelly Leugers, resist him: Resist him, steadfast in the faith. John Oscar, Andrew Shannon, and Ian Tester. You will have noticed that, in order to repulse the devil, Christ Jesus each time The Deceased: made appeal to the word of God, to Scripture. The same tactic will lead us Jeanne Picciano, mother of Maria Sunnenberg to triumph. Mary Margaret “Margo” Sciarrino, Aunt of Laura Thesin When, therefore, the devil tempts you against faith, for example, remember the testimony of the Eternal Father that Jesus is His beloved Son; and remember Need to Schedule a Baptism? that they who believe that Jesus is the Christ have been born of God. When the devil Baptism classes are offered the first weekend of every urges you to a lack of trust, repeat Christ’s words: No one is good but God only, month. The Sacrament of Baptism is offered on the 2nd, or else: Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. I will not turn away those who come to me. If the devil tries to deject you, through a 3rd, and 4th Sundays of every month. If you need to remembrance of your faults and your sins, reply to him in the words of the schedule a Baptism, please call our Parish Office at (513) Savior: I have come to call sinners, not the just. If the devil prompts in you thoughts 561-5954. of pride or ambition: Whoever exalts himself will be humbled. If he incites you to vengeance, Blessed are the meek. If he makes delusive joys glitter before your eyes, Blessed are the pure.

On each occasion, arm yourself with the words of the Word; they are a shield against which every satanic dart will break and fall useless to the ground.

Faith is the weapon par excellence. I take it as certain, wrote St. Teresa of Avila, that God will never allow the devil to deceive someone who, mistrustful of self in all things, would be ready (being of a faith so firm) to face a thousand deaths for the smallest revealed truth.

It is faith which, at the hour of trial, at the moment of temptation, recalls to us God’s sovereign rights to obedience from His creatures; His infinite holiness; Mary & Joseph Sharpshair (Lucy Noelle Sharpshair) the adorable demands of His justice; the indescribable sufferings by which Jesus : Fr. John Patterson, SOLT expiated sin; the gratuitousness of grace; the necessity of prayer; the eternity of suffering with which God punishes sinners who have died unrepentant; the unending bliss which is His magnificent reward for the fidelity of a few years. Faith repeats all these truths to us; and, however formidable the enemy’s arrows, however violent his promptings, however lengthy the fight, the soul whose faith is a living one finds in this faith, and in (what faith produces) union with Christ, the best support for the soul’s resistance, the very principle of the soul’s stability in good, the true secret of victory.

St. Gertrude Roman Catholic Parish 8 THE WEEK AHEAD

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, March 11 March 12 March 13 March 14 March 15 March 16 March 17 Healing Rosary True Devotion Resurrection Choir Regina Veritatis Passion Play Ladies of Charity K of C Super Cash 7:00pm to Mary 8:30am Council Meeting 1:30pm & 7:00pm Investiture Mass Bonanza Ticket Church 12:30pm Parish Center, 8:35am Church 11:30am Sales Parish Center, St. Joseph Room Parish Center, Church After all Masses St. Dominic Lobby St. Joseph Room Parish Center

Holy Family Children’s Choir Lions Den Regina Veritatis K of C Super Cash Little Flower Prayer Group 3:00pm Meetings Prayer Meeting Bonanza Ticket Library 7:00pm Parish Center, 6:00 pm 6:30pm Sales 9:00am-1:00pm School Chapel Music Room School Classroom, Parish Center, 4:30pm Room 150 Music Room Parish Center

RCIA Religious Ed Marriage Enrichment Cincinnati Religious Ed 7:00pm 4:30pm Seminar Frassati Fellowship 9:15am Parish Center, School Classrooms 7:00pm 7:00pm School Classrooms St. Dominic Lobby Parish Center, Parish Center, St. Dominic Lobby St. Dominic Lobby

Parish Health Dominican Laity – Cub Scout Bridge Club Spring Sports Mass Ministry Cabinet Bishop Fenwick Den Meetings 7:00pm 11:00am Meeting Chapter 7:00pm Parish Center, Church 7:00pm 6:30pm School Classrooms St. Joseph Room School Library Church

Dominican Laity – Friendship with Adult Choir Baptisms Our Lady of Peace God Series 7:00pm 1:45pm 7:00pm 7:00pm PC Music Room Church Parish Center, Parish Center, Gym, St. Joseph Room St. Dominic Lobby

Boy Scouts Vocations, Holy Hour, HSYM Discipleship 7:00pm Confessions & Cell School Cafeteria Benediction 7:00pm 7:00pm All Campus Church

SAC Little Flower 7:00pm Library Book Club School Library 7:30pm Parish Center, St. Joseph Room

DEACONS: Ministers of Service – The Introductory Rite (part 7 of 10) Vested in an alb, cincture, and stole (over his left shoulder) the would normally walk before the priest in the entrance procession carrying the Book of Gospels. (Deacons may also wear a dalmatic over their alb and stole. The dalmatic, which was the common dress of the servant in the days of the early church, is usually in the same color and material as the priest’s chasuble, has wide, short sleeves, is open at the side and reaches below the knees.) If the Book of the Gospel is not carried in procession, the deacon walks to the right of the priest in the procession. Upon reaching the sanctuary and reverencing the altar with the other ministers, the priest and deacon kiss the altar and then proceed to their chairs. The deacon can lead the people in the invocations of the penitential rite.

Bulletin Policy Only with the permission of the pastor will full page ads be accepted for the bulletin. In order to conserve space, make the bulletin less cumbersome, and be smart about being green, ONLY half-page ads will now be accepted for the bulletin. If you submit a full page ad without the Pastor’s permission, the bulletin editor will either condense the ad to a half-page or send it back to you for a redo. Please do not send ads in PDF, but instead in a Word Document so that the bulletin editor can adjust your ad if needed.

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