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PRINT PAGES 2,7 OTHER PAGES ARE THE SAME IN ST. ANTHONY AND ST. CECILIA AND GO BACK WITH ST. CECILIA SAINT MARGARET—ST. JOHN PARISH 2 REV. JAMIE WEBER, PASTOR 871-5757 EXT. 201, [email protected] REV. JACOB WILLIG, PAROCHIAL VICAR 871-5757, ext. 205, [email protected] JOE GROTE, Regional Director of Finance & Operations Ext. 204, [email protected] SARAH SCHMID, DIRECTOR OF SACRED MUSIC | 322-9459, [email protected] MARY MATHERS—ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 271-0856, [email protected] WEEKLY SCHEDULE WEEKLY MASS INTENTIONS Daily Mass—Monday—Friday—11:45 am Sixth Sunday of Easter Rosary—Monday-Friday 11:15 am Monday, May 10 Weekend Masses—Saturday 3:00 pm PRINT PAGES 2,7 Sunday—10:00 am 11:45 am - Our Lady of Angels Fraternity—Carol Sullivan First Friday—Holy Hour 10:30—11:30 am Tuesday, May 11 OTHER PAGES ARE Every Tuesday of the month—Exposition of the 11:45 am - Greg Donovan—Fr. Jacob Blessed Sacrament & Confession—7:00 pm Wednesday, May 12 THE SAME IN 11:45 am— Anna Mae Keys—Sue, Bill & Angie Breving Bingo has restarted as of March 4. If you are able Thursday, May 13 ST. ANTHONY AND 11:45 am— Bert Sullivan—Lois Esswein to volunteer, please call the Parish Office. Friday, May 14 ST. CECILIA AND 11:45 am— Pat Fiora—Marge Rupp SACRAMENT OF GO BACK WITH Saturday, May 15 RECONCILIATION 3:00 pm — Intentions of Deacon Louis Jacquemin ST. CECILIA Saturday - 2:00—2:30 PM Sunday—9:00—9:30 am Ascension of the Lord Weekdays—following the 11:45 am Mass Sunday, May 16 WE WELCOME NEW PARISHIONERS 10:00 am - Chris Mullan—Sue & John Mullan There are forms available on the table in the vestibule if you would like to join our parish, or call the parish office and we will email you the information. Questions ? Call or email the Parish Office if you would like to Call Mary Mathers at 271-0856. add a name to our Prayer List. OUR REGION SAINT ANTHONY † SAINT CECILIA † SAINT MARGARET—SAINT JOHN CODY EGNER, REGIONAL DIR. OF RELIGIOUS ED. 871-5757, ext. 215, [email protected] JOE FONDACARO—ANNULMENTS ext. 222, [email protected] ______________________ ST. MARGARET—ST. JOHN PARISH 4100 Watterson Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 www.smsjparish.com THE CORNER | 3 Beacons of Light MAY 9, 2021 All of the priests in the diocese gathered for a convocation on Zoom last week. That means we gathered together over the computer. One of the many things we talked about was the initiative in the diocese called “Beacons of Light.” For those who have not heard, this PRINT PAGES 2,7 initiative is one that addresses the concern that the diocese is spread too thin. This means that there are far too many parishes and not enough pastors to effectively lead them. In the convocation, they explained that on June 4 all priests will gather again to get the OTHER PAGES ARE results of the data accumulated by all of the parishes in the diocese. This data has been tabulated and compared by a paid consultant company. I have talked to many experts in the field of market research and they feel the consultant’s practices are sound. The way they read and scrutinize the date will be the most important job. Altogether there will be much input before a plan is implement- THE SAME IN ed. The consultant will make initial recommendations based on their experience. The data will give us a better sense of how many regions of churches there should be at this time, and what they consist of. The effort has also afforded us to look at what a parishioner ST. ANTHONY AND should expect of their regions of churches to make them strong and consistent with church teachings. ST. CECILIA AND GO BACK WITH Rome Experience Tony Losekamp, the seminarian from our region, will be going to Rome this summer to study. This is a great chance for him but he needs some financial support to be able to afford the trip and expenses. If you can, and ST. CECILIA are so inclined, please be generous at our second collection on May 15-16 at all the Masses. I know our parish- ioners would love to support our seminarian. He has always been willing to help at all of our special liturgies at St. Cecilia and SMSJ and I’m thankful for all of his support. Deacon Louie Jacquemin Becoming a Priest Deacon Louie will be ordained a priest on May 15th at the cathedral and his first Mass at St. Cecilia will be held on May 23 at 11:30 PM. The parishioners from our region are welcome to celebrate this Mass that Deacon Louie will be presiding over as a priest! Please keep him in your prayers as he prepares for this new vocation! Help us honor our Blessed Mother in a special way this month! All are invited to bring flowers and leave them at Mary’s altar. You may bring in your own vases with your flowers or if needed, there will be vases available on the side of the altar. Novena to the Holy Spirit begins this Friday, May 14. This Friday marks the beginning of the oldest of all novenas, the novena to the Holy Spirit. It occurs nine days before Pentecost. This is actually when the first novena began, as the apostles huddled in the upper room praying for nine days after the Ascension of Our Lord until the Holy Spirit descended upon them on the ninth day. Novena booklets are available at the doors of church if you’d like to pick one up. PASTOR’S RAMBLINGS | 4 1, 2, 3 | WELCOME CHILDREN OF GOD. Welcome Margaret Clare, daughter of Adam and Sarah Crowell. Welcome Emily, daughter of Ronald and Candelaria Toruno. Welcome Leo Thomas, son of Andew and Aris Quatkemeyer. 4, 5, 6 | CONGRATULATIONS! Congratu- lations Lindsey and Justin Lisena who cele- brated the sacrament of matrimony on Sat., 1 2 3 April 24. Fr. Jamie presided over their wed- ding. Congratulations Abigail and Michael Castleman who celebrated the sacrament of marriage on Sat., April 24. Msgr. Lane pre- sided over their wedding. Congratulations Cara and Grady Gordon who celebrated their PRINT PAGES 2,7 wedding on Sat., April 17. Deacon Nathan OTHER PAGES ARE Beiersdorfer presided over their ceremony. 7 | NEW DEACON! Congratulations to Fr. THE SAME IN Jacob’s brother, Deacon Michael Willig who 4 5 6 was ordained a transitional deacon on Sat., April 24, 2021. Deacon Michael will now con- ST. ANTHONY AND Photo from tinue his studies to prepare for the ordination of priesthood next year, 2022. Please keep him ST. CECILIA AND thechurchwanderer and all of the new deacons in your prayers. 9 | PILGRIMAGE. Recently Fr. Jacob trav- GO BACK WITH eled to Joppa, Tennessee with eight of our on Instagram. on young adults and both of his parents for a Mission Trip with the Glenmary Missioners. ST. CECILIA Fr. Jacob personally had many life changing experiences doing mission work and wanted to share the experience, especially in this year of St. Joseph. With the two Mission Leaders from Glenmary the team of 12 worked on projects including landscaping at a Children’s Home, building a wheelchair 7 8 ramp for a woman with a broken hip and replacing a roof for someone in need. One special job they were involved in was helping to build a new Catholic Church! St. John Paul II is the only Catholic church in Grainger County. While the trip was full of work, there were also many laughs with multiple parties (one with a local latino family involving a piñata!) and much prayer as they be- gan each morning with Mass and ended with a Holy Hour and Rosary. I hope we can continue to send out missionaries from our region in the future! 8 | CONFIRMATION. On April 25, we welcomed Archbishop Schnurr to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation on our 7th graders in the region. Congratulations to all 23 of the newly Confirmed. Thank you to all of the parents and teachers who helped prepare them for the sacrament. May God complete all 9 the good work he has begun in each of you! EASTSIDE FAITH | 5 “Let the Creed be like a mirror for you. Look at yourself in it to see whether you really believe all that you claim to believe. And rejoice every day in your faith.” – St. Augustine Catechesis (kat’i-ke’sis) n. Understanding the Mass Part 2: Invisible Realities The first article in this series referred to the seven Sacraments as the most powerful way of having a personal encounter with Jesus. We all have experienced the Sacraments but few have a good under- PRINT PAGES 2,7 standing of them. While we know what each of the seven is named, do we know what makes them a Sacrament? What is the common thread that OTHER PAGES ARE binds them together as sacraments? The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines a sacrament as “an efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and THE SAME IN entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit” (CCC 1210). Know your Saints That is a great deal to digest! I find a definition by Karl Rahner, S.J. Blessed Claudio Granzotto ST. ANTHONY AND more helpful. He says sacraments are all, “visible signs that participate in invisible realities.” A personal encounter with Jesus is one of these invisible (1900-1947) ST.