PARISH OF SAINT CECILIA November 25, 2018
SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST KING of the UNIVERSE
ADVENT MISSION 2018 Christ Our God: Truth Incarnate December 2-3 THE REGIO N | 2
The PARISHES of SAINT ANTHONY 1 SAINT CECILIA 1 SAINT MARGARET-SAINT JOHN
REV. JAMIE WEBER, PASTOR | 871-5757, ext. 201, [email protected] REV. JACOB WILLIG, PAROCHIAL VICAR | 871-5757, ext. 205, [email protected] LOUIS JACQUEMIN, SEMINARIAN INTERN | [email protected] MARTA MISLEH, ASSISTANT TO THE PASTOR | 871-5757, ext. 207, [email protected] CODY EGNER, REGIONAL DIR. OF RELIGIOUS ED. | 871-5757, ext. 215, [email protected] MATT SPRINGER, REG. DIR. FIN. & OPERATIONS | 871-5757, ext. 204, [email protected] DON FRANER, REGIONAL FACILITIES MANAGER | 968-5089, [email protected]
HOLLY HEMAK — REGIONAL MOMS GROUP | [email protected] NATHAN BEIERSDORFER — BROTHERHOOD (REGIONAL MENS GROUP) | [email protected] JOE FONDACARO — ANNULMENTS | 871-5757, ext. 222, [email protected] SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ST. CECILIA | Tom McNally, 871-5757, ext. 203 ST. MARGARET-ST. JOHN | Steve Hofmann, 271-0856
ST. ANTHONY PARISH 6104 Desmond Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 www.stanthonychurch.net PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: Mary Anne “Mia” Bressler, 271-0920, ext. 102 | [email protected] ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Sheila Rosselli, 271-0920, ext. 101 | [email protected] DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: Michelle Markert, 271-0920, ext. 103 | [email protected] DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH & NETWORK OF CARE: Joy Middleton, 271-0920, ext. 104 | [email protected]
ST. CECILIA PARISH 3105 Madison Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209 www.stceciliacincinnati.org PARISH SECRETARY: Barb Browarsky, 871-5757, ext. 202 | [email protected] MUSIC DIRECTOR/STEWARDSHIP: Robert Kellison, 871-5757, ext. 208 | [email protected] COORDINATOR OF YOUNG ADULTS MIN./WEDDING DATE SCHEDULING: Sarah Rose Bort, [email protected]
ST. MARGARET-ST. JOHN PARISH 4100 Watterson Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 www.smsjparish.com ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Mary Mathers, 271-0856 | [email protected] DIRECTOR OF SACRED MUSIC: Cody Egner, 871-5757, ext. 215 | [email protected] LAY MINISTRIES: Fr. Jacob Willig, 271-0856 | [email protected]
Please check the parish websites for additional ministry information. Priest Emergency Line: 513-815-5038 THE CORNER | 3
WEEKEND MASSES November 25, 2018 St. Anthony: Sun. 8:30 & 11:30 AM LE St. Cecilia: Sat. 4 PM, Sun. 8 & 10 AM St. Margaret-St. John: Sat. 3 PM, Sun. 10 AM Solemnity of Our Lord
DU DAILY MASSES St. Cecilia: Mon.-Sat. 9 AM, Wed. 6:45 AM Jesus Christ, King of the Universe St. Margaret-St. John: Mon.-Fri. 11:45 AM I hope that over the past week everyone had a wonderful Thanks- giving. I hope that you were able to take the time to reflect on your DAILY COMMUNION SERVICE St. Cecilia: Mon.-Sat. 8 AM blessings and recognize all that you are thankful for and that God HOLY DAY MASSES was at the forefront of all of the gratitude you felt that day. SCHE St. Anthony: 7 PM Vigil Now we are in our last weekend of the liturgical year, moving
Y St. Cecilia: 9 AM, 12:10 PM & 5:30 PM into a new year. As we come to this Sunday Mass to celebrate the St. Margaret-St. John: 11:45 AM Solemnity of Christ the King, we are given a chance of renewal. CIVIC HOLIDAY MASSES St. Cecilia: 9 AM We receive, in a sense, a gift of beginning a new liturgical year CONFESSIONS with time to truly live our faith. For some of us it means taking St. Cecilia: Mon.-Sat. 9:30 AM, Wed. 7:05-7:15 AM and the time to pray a little more each day, to try and attend a daily 7:05-7:50 PM, Sat. 3-3:30 PM, Sun. 7-7:30 AM and 9-9:30 AM Mass more often, to share our faith with loved ones, or maybe WEEKL St. Margaret-St. John: Mon.-Fri. 12:15PM; Sat. 2-2:30 PM; Sun. 9-9:30 AM to read a book that will help with our spiritual growth. This is ADORATION a chance for us to be compelling and, in a visible way, to stand St. Cecilia: Wed. 9:30 AM-8 PM; Holy Hour: 7-8 PM up for what we believe and to share our beliefs as a missionary St. Anthony: Thurs. Holy Hour with Confessions: 7-8 PM activity. Let us lead others to feast at the table with our King. We St. Margaret-St. John: First Friday Holy Hour 10:30 AM are grateful for His abundant gifts and the hope to renew our faith STATIONS OF THE CROSS St. Cecilia: Fri. 9:30 AM once again. Amen? Amen! MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26 9:00 AM (St. Cecilia) Special Intentions of St. Cecilia Families 11:45 AM (SMSJ) Jim Bedinghaus Off Gloria Schmidt TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Beginning the WEEK 9:00 AM (St. Cecilia) Intentions of St. Cecilia Families first Sunday in 11:45 AM (SMSJ) Tami Davis Off Elaine Best Advent we will WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 pray the prayer to 6:45 AM (St. Cecilia) Intentions of Saint Cecilia Families St. Michael after
THIS 9:00 AM (St. Cecilia) Special Intentions of Jack & Sue Helbling (50th
Wedding Anniversary) by Barbara & Jim Momper every Mass for the 9:30 AM (St. Cecilia) All Day Adoration with Holy Hour from 7-8 PM protection of Holy
OR with Confessions until 7:50 PM Mother Church. 11:45 AM (SMSJ) Jim Griffin Off Breakfast Friends The prayer will be THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29
S F recited after the 9:00 AM (St. Cecilia) Intentions of Elvia Wilmes – 102nd B-Day
N 11:45 AM (SMSJ) Alice Waltz Off Cindy & Rick Collins final blessing and FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 dismissal, just 9:00 AM (St. Cecilia) Jack Lawler Off Sr. Mary Henry Bernard before the reces- TIO 11:45 AM (SMSJ) Margaret House Off Robert & Patricia Stites sional hymn.
N SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 9:00 AM (St. Cecilia) Intentions of St. Cecilia Families St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection
TE 3:00 PM (SMSJ) Jeanne Hord Off Helen Davis & Family against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke 4:00 PM (St. Cecilia) Louis Geiselman Off Ron & Lorna Case
N him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, 8:00 AM (St. Cecilia) Keith Reed Off The Shipp Family who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. 8:30 AM (St. Anthony) Daniel Kvenvold Off Young family 10:00 AM (St. Cecilia) John Kavanagh Off The Greulich Family San Miguel Arcángel, defiéndenos en la batalla. Sé nuestro amparo 10:00 AM (SMSJ) Intentions of the Parishioners of St. Margaret-St. John contra la perversidad y asechanzas del demonio. Reprímale Dios,
MASS I 11:30 AM (St. Anthony) Intention of Irene Hamilton Off Joni Sinclair pedimos suplicantes, y tú Príncipe de la Milicia Celestial, arroja al infierno con el divino poder a Satanás y a los otros espíritus MARRIAGE BANNS of SAINT CECILIA malignos que andan dispersos por el mundo pere la perfició de las III Evan Fishback & Christina Miller almas. Amén. PASTOR’S RAMBLINGS | 4
1 2 VOCATIONS WEEK: The schoolchildren at St. Cecilia were able to hear different vocations stories during Vocations Aware- ness Week. They were visited by the Children of Mary (photo 1) and Louie Jacquemin (photo 2), our seminarian intern. I am so glad the students were able to learn more about different vocations. 1 FRONT PORCH CHATS DURING BLACK CATH- OLIC FAMILY MONTH: On Nov. 4, St. Anthony Parish was blessed with a visit from Deacon Dan Thomas, who preached at both liturgies, and Dr. Jessie Thomas (photo 3), who shared her experiences as an African-American Catholic. Front Porch Chats take place every Sunday of November, Black Catholic Family Month. 1 CONGRATULATIONS! Adrienne Williams and Anthony Brannen (photo 4) celebrated the Sacrament of Matrimony on Nov. 3. Fr. Jason Williams was the presider. Katherine Gabis and John Webster (photo 5) celebrated the sacrament on Nov. 9, with Fr. Jamie presiding. Please keep these newly wed couples in your prayers. 1 WELCOME, CHILDREN OF GOD: Brenley Rose, daughter of Daniel and Samantha Peddicord (photo 6), and Dallen Joseph, Lilly May, and Lucas Thomas, sons and daughter (photo 7) of Thomas and Margaret Peddicord, were baptized Nov. 4. Welcome to all of these children! They are grandchildren of longtime parishioners Dave and Carolyn Peddicord. 1 REST IN PEACE. My Uncle Wink, Louis Lodge Weber (photo 8), passed from this life on Oct. 23. Wink was the older brother to my dad. His funeral was held at St. Cecilia on Oct. 30. Rest in peace, my dear Uncle Wink.
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Nathan Beiersdorfer, tenor; John Wichard, bass 9 Magnificat (Lopez) INSTRUMENTALISTS: Nathan Beiersdorfer, guitar; 10 Ave Maria (Caccini) – Nadine Shende, solo talented and gifted ladies and men willing to share their individual talents. Together they Audrey Gray, violin; Robert Kellison, organ; Alex Pride, trumpet Bradley Buchman, solo SAINT 11 Ave Maria (Schubert) –
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY: Robert Kellison of 12 Ave Maria (Boylan) 13 Ave Maria (Hilber) RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED by Matt Hueneman hoir (www.cattledogproductions.com) M C A Tenebrae service performed by ARIA DESIGN: Stephen Sullivan
The comprise a dynamic music ministry that enhances our liturgies. The St. Cecilia Choir Saint CeciliaTHE Parish CHOIR OF SAINT CECILIA 3105 MADISON ROAD, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45209 Recorded live at St. Cecilia Church, 2015 www.stceciliacincinnati.org Cover image: Detail of The Annunciation, Agostino Masucci, 1742 Ave Maria MAGNIFICAT MEM ORARE MAY C ROWNING has recorded four CDs in the last seven years — The Darkest Hour (a meditation on the
Paste OFA tag here. Haunting music and dramatic scripture readings that magnify the Passion of our Lord. Passion of Christ), Christmas 2013, Ave Maria (hymns honoring our blessed Mother),
Proceeds from the sale of these CDs will support the St. Cecilia Music Ministry. and Christ the King (a collection of hymns praising God and the Eucharist). If you are new to the region or missed one of these releases, you can purchase any one or all of these recordings for $10 each. They make great birthday or Christmas gifts. See Director of Music Ministry Bob Kellison before or after any Mass to purchase any or all!
Annual Thanksgiving Collection The Archdiocese has encouraged us to be a The St. Margaret-St. John Conference of the Society of part of Cyber Giving Tuesday on November St. Vincent de Paul will be held this weekend, Nov. 24-25, and 27. Visit www.stceciliacincinnati.org and click next weekend, Dec. 1 & 2. Donations from this collection will on the IGiveCatholic button. Please share it be used throughout the year to help our neighbors in need. with your friends on FaceBook. Thank you!
EASTSIDE REGION ADVENT MISSION Christ Our God: Truth Incarnate Evening 1: Sunday, Dec. 2, at 7 PM with Fr. Tony Stephens, CPM Evening 2: Monday, Dec. 3, at 7 PM with Monsignor Frank Lane
Confession will be available directly after the Monday evening talk.
ST. CECILIA CHURCH 3105 MADISON RD. OAKLEY
STEWARDSHIP OF FINANCE THE NUMBERS as of NOVEMBER 11, 2018 ST. ANTHONY ST. CECILIA ST. MARGARET-ST. JOHN Budgeted weekly Sunday collection $7,302.00 $13,462.00 $4,600.00 Average weekly Sunday collection $5,557.00 $12,967.00 $3,815.00 Difference -- plus / (minus) ($1,745.00) ($495.00) ($785.00) Average Sunday Mass attendance 167 857 248 EASTSIDE FAITH | 6
“My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.” – Luke 1:47-48
The Road to Canonization Servant of God Fr. Augustus Tolton was born to two slaves, Sacred Heart Radio. 740 AM 89.5 FM Peter Paul Tolton and his wife Martha Jane, on April 1, 1854. With the outbreak of the War Love your faith even more. between the States, Peter Paul hoped to gain freedom for his family and escaped to the North where he RCIA this Week served in the Union Army, and was Please pray for all of those journeying to full Communion with one of the 180,000 blacks who were the Catholic Church! killed in the war. His widow decided This week’s (November 28) RCIA lesson is MARY AND that she would see her husband’s THE SAINTS: Our Spiritual Mother and the Communion quest for freedom realized in his of Saints children. After managing a crossing of the Mississippi River This session will cover: she made her way to Illinois and settled in the small town of • The four basic dogmas the Church teaches about Mary Quincy. When her children attempted to attend Catholic • How Jesus is at the heart of everything Catholics believe school, parents of the other school children were not happy, so about Mary to avoid a messy situation, the School Sisters of Notre Dame • Why Catholics do not worship Mary and the saints, but decided to tutor the Tolton children privately. honor them as models for all Christians As Augustus grew older he began displaying an interest • What Catholics really mean when they say they “pray to” in the priesthood. His parish priests, Fathers McGuirr and Mary and the saints Richardt, encouraged the young man in this aspiration and • Why Mary is the “Queen of Heaven” tried without success, to enroll him in several diocesan • The mysteries of the rosary seminaries. If the seminaries would not have him, they • What role Mary should play in the life of every believer would begin Augustus’s education in theology themselves. Finally, in 1878, the Franciscan College in Quincy accepted Questions for the week: Who is your favorite saint? Why do him, and two years later he was enrolled at the college of the Catholics honor the saints? What are the four Catholic Marian Propaganda Fidei in Rome. After completing his courses dogmas? What do they teach us about Jesus and the Father’s there, Augustus Tolton was ordained on April 24, 1886. His plan of salvation? How is Jesus’ command to St. John to first assignment was Saint Joseph’s church in his home town “Behold your mother” a challenge to us in our own prayer life of Quincy, where he served for two years and gained enor- and journey with Jesus? mous respect from many of the German and Irish parishio- ners. He was later given a parish on the south side of the city, To study along with us, please log onto Formed.org (parish code Saint Augustine’s church, which would later become Saint YX2P22), program = Symbolon: Knowing the Faith ~ Session 9. Monica’s. This would be Father Tolton’s parish for life, and it also became the center from which he ministered to all the Black Catholics of Chicago. He addressed the First Catholic a Pilgrimage Colored Congress in Washington, D.C., in 1889. In 2015, the Cause for Canonization of Fr. Augustus to Ireland Tolton, begun in 2010, received affirmation of the juridicial with Fr. Jamie Weber validity of the Archdiocesan inquiry into his life and virtues September 19-27, 2019 by the Congregation for Causes of Saints, and Fr. Tolton received the distinction of Servant of God. Register at stceciliacincinnati.org
“ Beware of it [haste], for it is a deadly enemy of true devotion; and anything done with precipitation is never done well. Let us go slowly, for if we do but keep advancing we shall thus go far.” – St. Francis de Sales THE LA ST PAGE | 7
Text your offertory gift to 513-434-3577. Giving has never been this easy. National Night of Prayer Memorare Society of St. Cecilia for Life The Memorare Society was established to create a reserve fund This year for the first time, our Eastside that is used for future restoration projects and major mainte- Region will join together with parishes nance needs. The society is funded through bequests and special and nations around the world to cele- gifts to St. Cecilia. We encourage you to remember St. Cecilia brate the National Night of Prayer for Parish by including it in your estate plan and will. Contact Bob Life. This very special night will take place from 9 PM on Dec. Kellison at 871-5757, ext. 208, or bkellison@stceciliacincinnati. 8 until 1 AM on Dec. 9 at St. Cecilia Church. org for more information. Our Prayer for Life prayer service will consist of: exposition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the Rosary, the prayer to St. Cecilia Giving Tree St. Michael the Archangel and silent prayer, music and hymns. Our Giving Tree annual program has begun! All parishioners are This wondrous night unites the Feast of the Immaculate invited to participate by selecting an ornament(s) from the tree Conception with the Feast of St. Juan Diego. It was on the Feast and purchasing gifts for those in need this Christmas. of the Immaculate Conception in 1531 (at that time celebrated on Gifts and gift cards should be returned to the church only Dec. 9), that Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas on the weekends after the Saturday or Sunday Mass. The last and the Unborn, first appeared to St. Juan Diego. The Fatima day to return your gifts is Sunday, Dec. 9, by noon. Please return message continues to be most relevant today. Churches and your gift to the church unwrapped or in a gift bag and place it nations around the world are called this night, to join together by the St. Joseph altar. Gift card purchases should be returned and to pray to our Blessed Mother for her protection of life and to the gift card box with the ornament securely attached to the families and that she renews the Church and establishes peace. card or in one of the envelopes provided for the organization. Please join us for an hour or all of this important night. Thanks to all who are able to participate. Your donations Email the hours that you will be able to be present between 9 are greatly appreciated by these organizations who work to bring PM and 1 AM to [email protected]. We look forward to cele- everyday necessities and Christmas gifts to the individuals and brating this blessed feast with you. families they serve!
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Let us never forget that, for Christ’s disciples, poverty is above all a call to follow Jesus in his own poverty. It means walking behind him and beside him, a journey that leads to the beatitude of the Kingdom of heaven (cf. Mt5:3; Lk 6:20). Poverty means having a humble heart that accepts our creaturely limitations and sinfulness and thus enables us to overcome the temptation to feel omnipotent and immortal. Poverty is an interior attitude that avoids looking upon money, career and luxury as our goal in life and the condition for our happiness. Poverty instead creates the conditions for freely shouldering our personal and social responsibilities, despite our limitations, with trust in God’s closeness and the support of his grace. Poverty, understood in this way, is the yardstick that allows us to judge how best to use material goods and to build relationships that are neither selfish nor possessive (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nos. 25-45). – Pope Francis’ message for first World Day of the Poor, Nov 2017 Saengerfest Please note: The St. Margaret-St. John bell choir will The St. Anthony choir is accompany the choir on the Feast of Christ the King. performing again this year at Saengerfest on Saturday, Dec. Network of Care 1, at 7 and 8 PM at Memorial St. Margaret-St. John is requesting donations of cookies to Hall. We have a limited be put in the Christmas bags the first week of December for number of free tickets, the parish homebound and nursing home residents. Your which gain entrance to generosity is appreciated. either or both of our con- certs as well as concerts at 9 Giving Tree for MEAC’s and 10 PM at various Happy Holiday Shop locations around Washing- We will be supporting MEAC’s Happy Holiday Shop through ton Park and at St. Francis our giving tree, which will be in church on Nov. 25. Take an Seraph Church. For the ornament, purchase an item that corresponds to the request, concert schedule, visit www.americanlegacytours.com/ and bring it back to church by Dec. 9. This year MEAC is in saengerfest. To reserve tickets, call the parish office or email particular need of toys. [email protected]. Cleaning out your closets? Thank you from the Jewish Federation Think of MEAC! If you have any coats or other gently used Jackie Congedo of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati clothing items that you do not need, MEAC is happy to called this week to thank us for the letter that we sent in the accept them for our neighbors in need. Same with pots, pans wake of the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh. She and the or other small household items. If you have anything to staff were touched by the outpouring from this community. contribute, please deliver to MEAC (corner of Erie & Roe in Thanks to all who signed. the Eastminster Church building) on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 3 and 6 PM. Celebrate Advent with Pope Francis As we enter the season of Advent, the words of Pope Francis Fall Cleanup, December 1 are particularly appropriate to consider. During Advent we This is your last chance to invest some “sweat equity” into heard the words of prophets—from Isaiah to John the the grounds this year! If you have some time between 9 AM Baptist. Pope Francis himself stands firmly in the prophetic and 4 PM and would like to help get the St. Anthony parish tradition with his calls for peace and justice. On Saturday, grounds ready for winter, please sign up on the sheet in the Dec. 8, Mary Anne Bressler will offer a morning of reflec- back of church. Many thanks to those who have helped tion on “Pope Francis and the Prophetic Tradition,” which beautify our property! It looks wonderful! will examine the ways in which the Pope mirrors the qualities of the Prophets of Hebrew history (9-11 AM, An evening prayer for peace in our troubled world parish center). On the 4 Sundays of Advent (Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23), there will be a book discussion between Masses in the will be held on Nov. 29 at the Holy Hour at St. St. Anthony rectory side room on the Pope’s recent exhorta- Anthony. We will pray for all those who have tion “Rejoice and Be Glad,” which is a reflection on the suffered from or have lost loved ones to acts of evil. Beatitudes—themselves a prophetic statement. To sign up And we will ask God for the strength and wisdom for either, fill out the form in the back of St. Anthony to always stand for what is good and just. Join us in church or email [email protected]. church at 7PM.