Annunciation Parish Pastoral Council Our Annunciation Parish Pastoral Council will meet this Tuesday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. in our Parish Conference

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1 ANNUNCIATION PARISH Palm Sunday 2017 Sunday, April 9 Gather at 9:00 a.m. Hot Cross Bun Breakfast Palm Weaving & other Holy Week activities 10:30 a.m. (One Mass Sunday Morning) Mass beginning with Blessing of Palm and a Procession with Palm Annunciation Parish Pastoral Council Our Annunciation Parish Pastoral Council will meet this Tuesday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. in our Parish Conference Room. First Communion Family Preparation Children preparing for First Communion and their parents are reminded of our First Communion Family Preparation gathering this Thursday, March 30, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in church. Interested in Becoming Catholic? If you have no church home, or are attending Annunciation but are not Catholic, have you ever thought about becoming Catholic or wondered how someone becomes Catholic? There is no commitment required for someone to begin the inquiry process - just an openness to ask questions and find out what is involved in the process for becoming Catholic. Come and see! If you or someone you know is interested in finding out more about the possibility of becoming Catholic, please contact Father Grogan or Dr. Sandi Chakeres at the Parish Office, Next Sunday: First Sunday of the Month Is the monthly collection for the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and our monthly drop-off of dried and canned food donations for the St. George Food Pantry. Please be as generous as possible. Thank you! Our Condolences Our condolences to the family and friends of long time Annunciation parishioner, Margaret Talbert, who died March 15th and whose Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated here at Annunciation Parish on March 20th. Eternal rest grant unto Margaret, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in eternal peace. Please keep the Talbert family in your thoughts and prayers. CLIFTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO Your Prayers Are Requested Please remember to keep in your prayers those of our Parish Community who are unable to be with us at our Sunday Eucharist: Freddie Domineack, Bertie Domineack Harper, Patterson Harper, Joseph Chaky, Jim San Filippo, Mary Thomas, Cheryl Walz, Vince Frasher, David Koenig, Raul Florez, Anna Heuck, Lucy Richardson, Henrietta Bernard, Pam Martini, Theresia Mesgetz, Molly Minihan, Tom Vonderahe, and Patricia & Harvey Sander. If you know of someone else who should be included in this list, please call the Rectory. Also, your prayers are requested for the safety, and safe return, of all the men and women serving our country in the armed forces. Annunciation School Faith Formation News Our weekly celebration of Morning Prayer with students and faculty, preschool-8th grade, is Thursday, March 30th at 9:30 a.m. in church. During Lent, we will also be praying the Stations of the Cross during Morning Prayer. All are welcome to join us for prayer! For more information about Faith Formation at Annunciation School, please contact our Director of Faith Formation, Dr. Sandi Chakeres at Join Us For Easter 2017! The Sacred Paschal Triduum, the highpoint of our entire Church Year, will be celebrated sundown Thursday, April 13 to sundown Sunday, April 16. As a parish community, it is important that we celebrate the Triduum together. Mark your calendars and plan your schedules now, so that all family members can join us for the great liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord! Pray for Persecuted Christians! Remember to pray for Christians around the world who are being persecuted daily for our faith. A suggested prayer can be found in church in the basket on the altar rail below our icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Our Lady of Perpetual help, pray for us! Vocation View The Lord looks into the heart. What does he see? We are given the gift of sight and insight. Look into the heart with love. (1 Samuel 16:6-13 & John 9:1-49) To Help You Prepare For Next Sunday: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45

2 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 26, 2017 CRS Rice Bowl Week Four: Mexico Allison, 3, and her brother, Alexis, 6, by their grandmother, Maria (top center). Basilia, Maria's sister, is in the door way. Flor, holds her niece, Maria, 2. Photo by Karen Kasmauski for Catholic Relief Services CRS Rice Bowl photography shoot with a group of women from Ejido Hidalgo, a village near Matehuala, Mexico. They have created a cactus business with the help of Respuesta Alternative and a student group from University of Mexico, Vera Cruez. The students have made a sale to Walmart for Mother s Day and the women are preparing the cacti for this sale. Maria de lu Luz Lego Martinez (top center in photo) runs a household without a husband, who went to the US. Of her 10 children, four have died, two live in the United States, and the other four live nearby. Learn more at Easter Memorial Flowers Once again this year, you are invited to make a donation for Easter Flowers in honor of or in memory of your family/friends. Extra envelopes are located on the tables at the doors of church, or you may place your donation in a plain envelope and mark it Easter Flowers. Please make certain to note in whose memory these flowers are being donated. Your donation will provide beautiful flowers for our parish church throughout the entire Easter Season! Attention Liturgical Ministers! We are getting ready to prepare the next Liturgical Minister Schedule, which will go from June 10 - September 3, Please contact our Parish Office at no later than Thursday, April 6 with any dates/times during this period when you are not available. If you are not currently a liturgical minister, and would like to volunteer, please let us know! Thanks! Laetare! Rejoice! Masses for the Week Monday, March 27th - Lenten Weekday 8:00 a.m. Celebrant s Intention Tuesday, March 28th - Lenten Weekday 8:00 a.m. Helen Chakeres; Sandi Chakeres Wednesday, March 29th - Lenten Weekday 8:00 a.m. Celebrant s Intention Thursday, March 30th - Lenten Weekday 8:00 a.m. William Keating 90th Birthday; Pat & Karen O Callaghan Friday, March 31st - Lenten Weekday 8:00 a.m. Persecuted Christians Saturday, April 1st - Vigil, Fifth Sunday of Lent 5:00 p.m. Raul Florez; Paul & Charlene Stephens Sunday, April 2nd - Fifth Sunday of Lent 9:00 a.m. Celebrant s Intention 11:00 a.m. Pro Populo, For the People of the Parish When Mass Intentions are listed, the first name given is the person being remembered by the priest celebrant at that Mass; the second name is the person requesting the intention. Mass Intentions are always welcomed. Please call the Rectory. Next Week s Ministers Saturday, April 1st - 5:00 p.m. Servers: Stephen Kessen, Jennifer Ridle, Felicia Domineack Lectors: Dennis McCabe & Joseph Lengerich Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Kathy Chabot & Leslie Clark Gift Bearers: Greg & Evelyn Schott Sunday, April 2nd - 9:00 a.m. Servers: Ian Bentle, David Turner, Sarah Turner Lectors: Joy Gunza & Tony Ertel Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Beth Brichler & Andy Olding Gift Bearers The Bentle Family Sunday, April 2nd - 11:00 a.m. Servers: Ian Wilson, Miguel Patag, Pablo Patag Lectors: David Stewart & Mollie Wilke Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Joe Kemper, Terrie Kemper, Dean Stout Gift Bearers: The Totten Family Financial Stewardship Sunday, March 19th (53 Envelopes)...3, Sunday, March 19th (Electronic Giving) Sunday, March 19th Total Weekly Offering....4, Easter Flowers Catholic Ministries Appeal Please remember Annunciation Parish in your will!

3 ANNUNCIATION PARISH Laetare Sunday: Fourth Sunday of Lent Rejoice! It s Laetare Sunday! The Fourth Sunday of Lent is called Laetare Sunday. The Latin word laetare means rejoice. Laetare Sunday takes its name from the first words of the Entrance Antiphon for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Rejoice, Jerusalem During the liturgy this Fourth Sunday of Lent, you will also notice other differences from our usual Lenten liturgical celebrations. Father Grogan will be wearing rose colored vestments, rather than the usual Lenten violet vestments. This is an option in the Roman Missal. And whereas the Roman Missal forbids flowers decorating the altar and the use of musical instruments except to support singing during Lent, both are permissible on Laetare Sunday and Lenten Solemnities and Feasts. (Reference - Roman Missal, page 70 paragraph 4; page 106, copyright 2011 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp., New Jersey.) Jerusalem is a city in the Holy Land, but is also often referred to as the Heavenly City or Mother Church. It became a custom in England for people to return to their Mother Church on Laetare Sunday. This may have been the Cathedral, or even the church of their baptism. Ancient Romans had celebrated a pagan festival at the time of the vernal equinox to celebrate Cybele, mother of the gods. With the spread of Christianity, Christians began to translate this celebration into a Laetare Sunday celebration where, in addition to honoring the Mother Church, they also specially honored Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Soon the custom in England was to honor all mothers on Laetare Sunday, and this day began to be called Mothering Sunday in England. As young people left home to work on manor estates, and with the Industrial Revolution to take jobs in the larger cities, Laetare Sunday was often the only day of the year where they were free to return home and visit their families. These young people would travel home for Laetare Sunday, often attending Mass at their home, or Mother Church, and bringing a gift for their mothers. This gift was often flowers and a special cake, called a Simnel Cake. This cake was somewhat like a fruitcake, and was traditionally topped with eleven small marzipan balls symbolizing the eleven faithful disciples. Text copyright by Sandra A. Chakeres, Cincinnati, Ohio. All rights reserved. CLIFTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO Kudos to our Annunciation Catholic School Junior High Students on their successful Science Fair! FI R ST, S E C O N D, A N D T HI RD P L AC E WI N N E R S ( RI G HT T O L E FT ) I N O U R AN N U N C I AT I ON C AT H OL I C SC HO OL SC I E N C E F AI R! THANK YOU! This bulletin is furnished to the Parish without charge. The advertisements that appear completely defray all publishing costs with which the church would otherwise be burdened. Please patronize these sponsors as a thank you for their kind generosity.

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