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CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY Cincinnati, Ohio CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday: Sunday: 9:00 am – Rita Knose 9:00 am Mass – Blessing of Expectant Parents Sunday: 11:00 am – For the People Monday: Monday: 8:15 am – Dan Casey 7:00 pm – St. Vincent de Paul, “Chapel” Tuesday: 8:15 am – Shut-Ins 7:00 pm – Small Faith Group, “Parish Office Basement” Wednesday: 8:15 am – Deceased Parishioners Tuesday: Thursday: 8:15 am – For those serving in the military 6:00-10:00 pm – E-Case Choir, “Café” Friday: 8:15 – Rev. James Trick Wednesday: Saturday: 4:30 pm – Celebrant Intentions Thursday: Friday: Next Sunday’s Outreach Collection will be going to our St. Saturday: Vincent de Paul Society. Please keep this organization in your prayers. *Please call the Parish Office before scheduling any event RCIA, the process of becoming a Catholic, is a program for the Readings whole parish! Are you inviting friends, colleagues, relatives to Deuteronomy 30: 10-14 Colossians 1: 15-20 consider becoming Catholic? Are you praying for new members Luke 10: 25-37 in the church? Maybe you want to engage more closely with the RCIA program. Would you consider being a sponsor or mentor Saturday, July13, 2013 4:30 PM for a new member? Could you bring the refreshment a few times Lectors: Beth Gunderson, Mary Gene Kling, Mary Gene Kling during the year? Could you coordinate the refreshments? Servers: Max Olberding, Ben Sabo, Myles & Brynn Whitfield Consider some way you can be active in RCIA this year, and Eucharistic Ministers: Need Volunteers contact Sr. Janet if you would like to consider any of these at [email protected] or 531-3164. And thanks Sunday, July 14, 2013 9:00 AM for what you will do! Lectors: Bill Brown, Wayne Chapman, Tom Donelan Servers: Janie Michel, Claire & Mary Grace Ramsay, Erin WELCOME…We are pleased to announce that Julie O’Donnell Abraham has accepted the position of Director of Eucharistic Ministers: Need Volunteers Development for Nativity Parish. Julie will work with the Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:00 AM Development Committee, St. Joseph Society, Annual Fund, Lectors: Pat Dells, Carol Gessing, Joe Steele Alumni and grant writing. Among her duties she will also Servers: Mesgana Mekibib, Audrey Mello, Calissa Meyers, Ella serve as a member of Pastoral Staff. Julie will be a great Mogg addition to our community and looks forward to working Eucharistic Ministers: Need Volunteers with our parish. Her starting date will be July 2nd.

You are asked to remember in your prayers those who are Please join us for ongoing prayer, reflection, and community housebound and ill: Kris & Chuck Andrew, Bill Bach, Stephanie building on Monday, July 15th at 7:00 pm in the Chapel. Benhase, Dottie Brinker, Patricia Cain, Alberta Carter, Barbara Cottrell, Kathy Derrick, Marie Donovan, Cynthia Fix, Pat Bereavement Reception Committee: We are in the process of Forsthoefel, Jackie Goetz, Lillian Hansel, Bob Hatfield, Kathy building this new ministry for families of members of the parish Kelly, Matthew Kenney, Erin Kenny, Anthony Le, Elena Maio, in the time of need and/or request. This time commitment will be Molly Matre, Mary & Ruth Oenbrink, Bob & Fran Pielage, Evan ON THE DAY of the funeral Mass and is designed for hosting a Roach, Mary Ray, Loraine Schimian, Mary Ellen Spaite, Barbara two-hour reception for the family of the deceased upon return Valentine, Pauline Villari, Joe Wessel, and Vera Wettenkamp. from the cemetery or immediately after the Mass. This is done if the desire of the family is to return to the school cafeteria for the Church Support luncheon. This is an important and needed function at our parish. Several have committed to serving in this capacity, but more are Due to the early deadline of the bulletin, totals for June 30, needed to carry this out well. This includes help in preparing a 2013 will be reported in next week’s bulletin. dish, set and clean-up the cafeteria afterwards. This will be carried out in conjunction with the parish office and the Thank You availability of the cafeteria. Please contact Tony Daniel, Chairperson, at (513) 884-2117 or [email protected], as soon as possible, if you are able to assist. Many hands will make the duties lighter. Thank You. July 7, 2013

Festival Announcements Remember, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure! Call Volunteer Information: The website for festival volunteers Laura Steele at 731-7940 if you have any questions. sign-ups is up and running. There are many opportunities to get involved, including several booth chair opportunities. Sign up Welcome Sunday, is a great way to meet new people while today to volunteer at your favorite booth enjoying coffee, donuts, and fruit. We are looking for someone http://www.signupgenius/cp,/go/10Co54AAEAE2CA13-nativity. new to be in charge. This is a once a month commitment during Look for a link on the parish website coming soon. Please contact the months of October through June. There is a wonderful group Beth Adkins, festival volunteer coordinator, with any questions, of volunteers available and willing to assist; they only need at [email protected] or by call her at 351-3694. someone to be the leader. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please contact Julie Kulhanek by email at Nativity Bid-n-Buy booth needs your donations: Can you [email protected] or by phone at 376-6379. create or make something like handmade quilts, baby blankets, scarves, beaded jewelry, painted furniture, wreaths or yummy food? Do you have a new item or a gift certificate that you have not used yet? Then, donate those items to the 2013 Bid-n-Buy booth this year. You can also help us stock the booth by donating any of the following: Master Calendar: We are requesting that you Tickets Vacations submit to Cindy in the Parish Office (in writing) a list of dates, Electronics Sports times, activity, and location that your group would like to reserve Home & Garden Fashions (this includes all Scout organizations) beginning September 1, Services 2013 through June 30, 2014. All efforts will be made to secure To donate, you can mail your donations to me, place it in the your requests. If space is unavailable for a specific time/date, collections basket (marked Bid-n-Buy), or simply drop your item Cindy will contact you. We ask that you submit your needs no st off at the parish office and complete a donation form. If you later than August 1 . Requests will be scheduled in the order prefer to make a cash donation, our team can do the shopping for they are received. If you have any questions, please contact the you! To allow processing before the festival, please submit all Parish Office. donations by August 16th. Remember all donations are tax- deductible! Please contact Suzanne Burgei, 2013 Bid-n-Buy Chair, (513) 300-5468 or [email protected] if you have any The following students have achieved academic honors: questions. Thank you for your support! Roger Bacon High School: Kirsten Allen and Erik Edwards; Mt.

Notre Dame High School: Elizabeth Cusick, Michelle Fisk, Attention all bakers: The Bake Sale Booth at the festival Emma Garry, Katherine Kissel, Jordan Lamb, Sarah McClain, needs your delicious home baked cookies, cupcakes, brownies, Delanie Muenchen, Maria Schmidt and Anna Shaw; St. Xavier breads, rice crispy treats, or any other special family recipes that High School: Evan Barlow, Alexander Bell, Jack Benken, you want to show off! We seem to get more and more creative Christopher Brown, Collin Cain, Jacob & Nicholas Childs, donations every year (cake pops, fudge-dipped pretzels, etc.), but Christopher Daugherty, Jonathan Deutsch, Matthew Doyle, the classics are terrific, too! We will gladly accept your donation Quinn Graves, Joshua Meirose, Stephen Muething, Ryan Reese, any time during the festival, but to ensure a good assortment each Patrick Sheeran, Robert Smyjunas, Luke Stegman and Cameron day, the following schedule is suggested: Last name beginning A- Vogel. Congratulations to everyone! H on Friday, I-P on Saturday, and Q-Z on Sunday. Drop off on Friday is in the Art Room and drop off during festival hours is at the bake sale booth. Watch for more information pertaining to the Annual Pie Contest on Sunday. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Wright at [email protected]. Margaret Casey and her family would like to thank everyone for their time, love and support after the death of her Children’s Area: Angela Hillebrand and Missy Minghetti are husband Dan. the current co-chairs for the Nativity Fall Fest Children’s area. They are looking for interested families to shadow them this year and replace them the following year. This is an exciting opportunity to grab a group of friends and make a difference. The time commitment is small and the reward is great. Missy and Angela will be leaving behind a very detailed binder with all ~Please remember Nativity in your will~ contact information and a timeline to help keep you on task. If interested, please contact [email protected].

Rummage Sale: The annual Rummage Sale held during the festival is coming soon! If you have not already done it…start cleaning out those closets so we can make lots of money for the parish. Drop-off hours will be the weekend before the festival.