ANNUNCIATION PARISH Eucharistic Holy Hour Please join us this Wednesday, December 12, at 7:00 p.m. in church for Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration, beginning with brief prayer and song. There will then be time for quiet, personal prayer, reading, meditation, contemplation, and adoration. We will conclude with Benediction at 7:45 p.m. All are welcome! Bambinelli Sunday On Sunday, December 16, all are invited to bring the Christ Child figure from their home crèche to our 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses, where the figures will be blessed. Interested in Becoming Catholic? If you or someone you know has no church home, or is attending Annunciation but is not Catholic, consider extending an invitation to this individual to give some thought to becoming Catholic. 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, 861-1295. Retirement Fund for Religious Aging religious need your help. Senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests ministered for years for little to no pay. Their sacrifices now leave their religious communities without adequate retirement savings. Your gift to today s second collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious helps to provide medications, nursing care, and more for tens of thousands of elderly religious. Please be generous. Annunciation Parish Inclement Weather Policy In the event of snow or other severe weather conditions that cause school to be closed, information will be broadcast on television (Channel 5, 9, or 12). In this case, ANNUNCIA- TION CATHOLIC SCHOOL will be announced. On any day that Annunciation School is closed due to weather, our entire Annunciation Parish campus will be closed all day and evening. There will be no morning Mass, all activities/meetings/practices, etc., will be canceled, and all offices closed. 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, Joseph Chaky, Jim San Filippo, Mary Thomas, Cheryl Walz, Vince Frasher, David Koenig, Anna Heuck, Pam Martini, Molly Minihan, JoJo, 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 All students and faculty, preschool-8th grade, will join our parish community this Wednesday morning, December 12th, for the celebration of Mass on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Thursday, December 13th, is the feast of Saint Lucy, our second grade patron saint. Our weekly celebration of Morning Prayer with students and faculty, preschool-8th grade, is Thursday, December 13th at 9:30 a.m. in church. 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 861-1295. Pray for Persecuted Christians! Please remember to pray everyday for our Brothers and Sisters who experience hardship, suffering, and persecution for our Christian faith. Please pray for those Christians who will give their lives this day in faithful witness to Jesus Christ. And pray for the grace to quietly and courageously give witness in our own lives to the faithfulness of God. Visit the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, located to the left of the altar. Christmas Flower Fund You once again this year have an opportunity to make a donation to our Christmas Flower Fund in memory of a loved one. An envelope is included in your monthly packet of envelopes, and also are available at the doors of church. Please make sure and note in whose memory, or honor, flowers are being donated. For donations received by Sunday, December 16, names of those being remembered will be included in our December 23 Sunday bulletin. For donations received after December 16, names will be noted in a January bulletin. Thank you! To Help You Prepare For Next Sunday: Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 9, 2018 Join Us For Easter 2019! The Sacred Paschal Triduum, the highpoint of our entire Church Year, will be celebrated sundown Thursday, April 18 to sundown Sunday, April 21. 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! Our Lady of Guadalupe In the Church in the United States of America, on December 12 we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. On this feast day we are celebrating the appearances, or apparitions, of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Juan Diego in Mexico on December 9-12, 1531. Pope Pius XII declared Mary, under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as the Patroness of the Americas. On March 25, 1999, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments raised this feast day to the rank of feast for all the countries of the Americas. In Spanish de Guadalupe means she will crush the serpent of stone. The Aztec word for this is Tecoatlaxope. When the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego, she was dressed as an Aztec princess, and had sash around her waist, which indicated she was pregnant. If you recall from the story of Saint Juan Diego, Mary gave Juan a message to deliver to the bishop to build a chapel at the site of her appearance. The bishop did not believe Juan at first, and eventually demanded proof. This proof came in the form of roses growing in the dead of winter, as well as the image of Mary, exactly as she had appeared to Juan Diego, on Juan Diego s tilma, or cloak. The bishop did build a chapel on the site, as Mary requested. Today you can visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico and see Juan Diego s tilma, with the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, on display. Masses for the Week Monday, December 10th - Advent Weekday 8:00 a.m. Celebrant s Intention Tuesday, December 11th - Advent Weekday 8:00 a.m. Celebrant s Intention Wednesday, December 12th - Our Lady of Guadalupe 8:15 a.m. Glenn Nally; Sandi Chakeres Thursday, December 13th - Saint Lucy 8:00 a.m. Arthur Abrams; His Family Friday, December 14th - Saint John of the Cross 8:00 a.m. Persecuted Christians Saturday, December 15th - Vigil, Third Sunday of Advent 5:00 p.m. Sybilla and Stephanie Rosfeld; Pam Rosfeld Sunday, December 16th - Third Sunday of Advent 9:00 a.m. Pro Populo, For the People of the Parish 11:00 a.m. Jorge Pastusiak; Miriam Gosling 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, December 15th - 5:00 p.m. Servers: Jennifer Ridle, Felicia Domineack, TBD Lectors: Charles Matthews & Pam Rosfeld Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Melissa Booth & Kathy Chabot Gift Bearers: Greg & Evelyn Schott Sunday, December 16th - 9:00 a.m. Servers: Ian Bentle, Grant Bolton, Sarah Turner Lectors: Tony Ertel & Mary Douglas Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Beth Brichler & Andy Olding Gift Bearers: The Bentle Family Sunday, December 16th - 11:00 a.m. Servers: Gabrielle Hopkins, Pablo Patag, Antonio Patag Lectors: Mollie Wilke & Leslie Clark Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Joe Kemper & Terrie Kemper Gift Bearers: The Hartman/Hopkins Family Financial Stewardship Sunday, December 2nd (57 Envelopes)...4,620.00 Sunday, December 2nd (Electronic Giving)...1,120.00 Sunday, December 2nd Total Weekly Offering.....5,740.00 St. Vincent de Paul 1,300.19 Early Christmas.....1,030.00 Christmas Flowers... 550.00 Please remember Annunciation Parish in your will!
ANNUNCIATION PARISH CLIFTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO Annunciation Parish Advent Giving Tree Please remember that all gifts you have purchased for our Advent Giving Tree benefitting the clients of the St. George Food Pantry should be returned to our tree by today, Sunday, December 9! There are volunteer opportunities for individuals and families to help with preparation and distribution of gifts at the pantry on December 14 and/ or 15. Please see details below.
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 9, 2018 Join us for 8:15 a.m. Mass on Wednesday, December 12 as we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas!
ANNUNCIATION PARISH CLIFTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT DECEMBER 9, 2018