THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
4:00 p.m. Elizabeth
Wolf …
6:00 p.m. Choir
practice (11:30 choir)
WEDNESDAY, August 26
9:45 a.m. All
educators – All school mass
6:00 p.m. Adoration at Corpus Christi
6:30 p.m. Mass at Corpus Christi
FRIDAY, August 28
12:00 noon Felder-Ruppersburg
families …
4:00 p.m. St.
Mary class of 1949, living &
deceased …
OFFERTORY – August 15-16, 2009
Offertory:
$4,118.00
ECO deposits: $675.00 (includes weekly & 15th)
Total offering: $4,793.00
Bingo receipts for August
16, 2009: $2,340.00
Jackpot: $20,500.00!!
COME AND PLAY
At Home : Catherine Allen, Charlie Campbell, Josephine Calabro, Frank Carrick, Judy Hall, Henrietta Koch, Mary Ann Koch, Mary Laubenthal, Tim McManus, Al Moeller, Mary
Ann Prager, Larry Schwartz, Tyler Zust, Rita Ann McCreary, James Johnson, Betty
Friedlinghaus, Charles Walker, Paul Wingert, Marian Fontaine, Virginia and Tim
Deweese, Jake Sterpka. Anna May Felicia
If
you are admitted to a hospital St. Mary’s may not be notified. Please ask a
family member to call us.
RCIA –
2009 – 2010
Are you interested in learning about the Catholic
faith? Are you looking into joining the Church? Are you a Catholic who
has been away for a while? Did you miss Confirmation? Then the Rite of
Christian Initiation (RCIA) is for you. RCIA sessions begin next Wednesday, Aug. 26th at 7:00 p.m. All sessions are held in the Atrium unless
otherwise instructed. Attending the classes does not obligate you to entering
the Church at Easter.
LITURGICAL
MINISTERS NEEDED FOR 5th SUNDAY…the weekend of Aug. 29-30 will be the 5th weekend in August
and we do not have a committed group of liturgical ministers for this weekend,
please sign up on the sheet located under the pictures of Pope Benedict and
Bishop Campbell to serve as an altar server, lector, or extraordinary minister.
Sacristans for the 5th weekend are
Evelyn Holleran and Francis Melton.
FROM
the MARRIAGE and FAMILY LIFE OFFICE
Divorce
Workshop…The next eight-week workshop will be
on Thursday
evenings, from 7-9 PM, on September 24; October 1,
8, 15, 22, 29; November 5, 12, 2009, at the Catholic
Center, 197 E. Gay St, Columbus. The fee is $40 and scholarships are
available. For additional information call the Marriage and Family
Life Office at 614/241-2560 or go to www.familylife.colsdioc.org and
click on the Hurting
Families link, to print a brochure and registration
form.
BIRTHRIGHT of COLUMBUS, a pregnancy support service,
will have their annual Luncheon & Style show on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the
Clintonville Women’s Club at noon. Christopher & Banks are providing the
fashions. There will be a raffle and silent auction. Tickets are $30.00. For
reservations and additional information contact Marge at 888.0917 or Mary Jo at
235.7465.
CONFIRMATION
OPPORTUNITIES
Confirmation will be celebrated for our young people
here at 11:30 a.m. on November 1st.
Parents of high school students who missed confirmation should contact Father
Thomas about preparation for the sacrament. The best way to contact Father is
by way of a letter mailed to 672 So. 3rd Street, Columbus, OH 43206
or you may drop a note in the collection basket. Please include your
current address and phone number in your note.
CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC MASS
On Thursday, August 27, 2009, we will be celebrating a Charismatic
Mass at Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Catholic Church, (located at 5225 Refugee
Rd., Columbus, OH 43232). Fr. Jim Coleman will be celebrating. Rosary will begin at 6:30 p.m., Praise and
Worship at 7:00 p.m., and the celebration of Mass will begin at 8:00 p.m. Come and experience the enthusiasm of praise,
worship and thanksgiving as we celebrate this Mass where the charismatic gifts
of the Holy Spirit listed by St. Paul in Corinthians, chapter 12 flow freely. For more information, please call the Catholic
Charismatic Center at 614-237-7080 or log onto our website at www.columbusccr.org.
TAILGATE for LIFE…. is Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 at
the Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe located on 1421 Olentangy River Road.
Former OSU quarterback Stanley Jackson is the keynote speaker and will tell his
pro-life conversion story. The dinner starts at 6:00 p.m. with a VIP reception and autograph session
starting at 5:15 p.m. Tickets prices are $25.00 for dinner plus an additional
$25.00 for the VIP reception. This will be a very unique and fun dinner. The
Defender of Life Award will be presented at the dinner. Come
support Greater Columbus Right to Life and help build a culture of
life in greater Columbus. Invite your friends, church, or
organization to sponsor a table. See www.gcrtl.org or call 614-445-8508 for more information or to
order tickets.
BINGO VOLUNTEERS
UPDATE
Every Sunday dedicated volunteers work Bingo.
The monies raised from bingo help support our school and parish. This
past year, Bingo made $76,759.85. This is a 75% increase from the year before! This is by far our largest
fundraiser of the year. Your response to our plea for volunteers has been
well received and we thank all those who have called and volunteered their
time. However, there is still a need for dedicated volunteers. Your time once a month on a Sunday evening will
assure the continued success of our weekly Bingo. There is no smoking in the gymnasium.
Come and get involved, meet new people, and help support your parish through
your gift of time. To get involved please contact the parish office at
445-9668.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
The annual 4-S Club golf outing for the benefit of
St. Mary school tuition assistance fund is scheduled for September 27, 2009.
For more information contact Casey Wentzel at 614.443.4996 or Bob Dolder at
614.491.7442. You can also visit www.stmaryschoolgv.com . Watch the bulletin for upcoming
announcements about this event.
THANK YOU-THANK YOU
v To all of the singers and instrumentalists that joined together
last weekend for the Homecoming Mass. Because of you, and the energy that
you brought, the prayers were sung out as clear as the sound of the Bells of
St. Mary.
v To everyone who volunteered their time to make our annual festival
a success. Special thanks to the festival committee and, in particular, to John
LaMotte who again headed this team for
the 18th consecutive year.
v Congratulations to our own Allison Walker who won the raffle.
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COLLECTION
Next
Sunday is a fifth Sunday of the month. So, we will be receiving donations
for the work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society with the poor and needy of the
south side. Please use your special envelopes in the regular collection or place
your donation in the baskets located at the doors of the church after mass.
LIFE
CHAIN 2009…will
take place on Wed., Oct. 7th from 4:30-6:00 p.m. at the Statehouse in
downtown Columbus. Please join us for our peaceful prayer chain and witness
against abortion. Pro-life signs will be distributed that you can hold during
this silent protest. The goal this year is to ring the entire perimeter of the
Statehouse, so bring your pro-life friends and family members!
A NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS
We are very pleased and eager to
welcome all our students back to school on Mon.
August 24th. Our day will begin at
8:00 a.m. Students are required to
be in uniform.
Let us keep our children, teachers
and administrators in our prayers as a new school year begins.
PROTECTING GOD’S
CHILDREN
St. Mary will host a session of
Protecting God’s Children on August 27th
beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the gym. Fingerprinting is available beginning at 5:00.
Cost of fingerprinting is: BCI -only $37.00; FBI only -$40.00; both BCI/FBI
$70.00. The two must be done in order to work within the school and with
children here at St. Mary.
SEMINARIANS
Again this year the Josephinum will assign two
seminarians to St. Mary for the purpose of visiting and distributing the
Eucharist to our homebound parishioners. Please contact the parish office if
you know of someone that resides within our parish boundaries that would
welcome a visit by these dedicated young men.
LITURGICAL/VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES for August 29-30, 2009 (5th
Sunday of the Month)