To Help You Prepare For Next Sunday: Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Matthew 26:14-27:66

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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 St. Vincent de Paul Meeting Our Annunciation Parish St. Vincent de Paul Conference will have their monthly meeting this Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. All are welcome to become involved in this outreach ministry that seeks to provide emergency material assistance to those in our neighborhood who are in need. Attention Altar Servers & Lectors! Please remember that if you are scheduled to Lector at Mass the weekend of April 8/9, there is a practice on Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m. If you are scheduled to be an Altar Server the weekend of April 8/9, there is a practice at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 8. Please contact Father Grogan is you have any questions. 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, Recycling Ink Cartridges Saves Money Don t throw away your used ink cartridges! If you drop these off at our Parish or School Office, we can recycle these to save money on our parish office supplies. Thank you! 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, April 6th 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 Jesus calls us forth from our graves of apathy and passivity. How will your new life make a difference? Consider ministry in the Church. (John 11:1-45) To Help You Prepare For Next Sunday: Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Matthew 26:14-27:66

2 FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT APRIL 2, 2017 CRS Rice Bowl Week Five: Ethiopia Photo by Petterik Wiggers for Catholic Relief Services Dita Abdo (gray shawl with red leaves), a mother of seven and recent graduate of CRS DFAP program, participates in SILC, which has enabled her to purchase additional livestock, and send her children to school. She s also received food and cash as payment for working n public works projects in her community. She is also part of a producer co-op that makes and sells fuel-efficient stoves for extra income, and opened her own shop with SILC savings and loans. Despite the severe drought, her family is self sufficient enough to cope with the impact. 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! Masses for the Week Monday, April 3rd - Lenten Weekday Tuesday, April 4th - Lenten Weekday Wednesday, April 5th - Lenten Weekday Thursday, April 6th - Lenten Weekday Friday, April 7th - Lenten Weekday 8:00 a.m. Persecuted Christians Saturday, April 8th - Vigil, Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 5:00 p.m. For the Faithful Departed Sunday, April 9th - Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 10:30 a.m. Pro Populo, For the People of the Parish Please note: There is one Mass at 10:30 a.m. next Sunday morning, April 9, for Palm Sunday. We will gather beforehand at 9:00 a.m. for a traditional Palm Sunday breakfast and Palm Sunday/Holy Week activities, such as Palm Weaving. 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 8th - 5:00 p.m. Servers: Emme Smith, Joe Smith, Kate Smith Lectors: Paul Hendrick, Stephen Kessen, Pam Rosfeld, Charles Matthews Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Melissa Booth & Shawn Minihan Gift Bearers: Felicia Domineack & Cheryl Walz Sunday, April 9th - 10:30 a.m. Servers: Ian Wilson, Miguel Patag, Pablo Patag, David Turner, Sarah Turner Lectors: Leslie Clark, Barbara Mussman, Tony Ertel, Joy Gunza Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: John McManus, Annie Gangidine, Dean Stout Gift Bearers The Hartman/Hopkins Family Financial Stewardship Sunday, March 26th (51 Envelopes)...2, Sunday, March 26th (Electronic Giving) Sunday, March 26th Total Weekly Offering....2, Easter Flowers Catholic Ministries Appeal Please remember Annunciation Parish in your will!

3 ANNUNCIATION PARISH CLIFTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO Congratulations, Jeanne and Marian! At our Annunciation Feast Day Celebration on March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, Father Grogan presented the Inaugural Ave Award to parishioners Marian Budde and Jeanne Clark in recognition of a lifetime of Faithful Witness, Hope-filled Action, and Loving Presence. Congratulations, Marian and Jeanne, and thank you for the many gifts you always graciously share with our Annunciation community!

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