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In Our Parish HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS! We will are offering a special raffle --- for $5 per chance you can reserve your pew and a parking space for either 9:30 or 11:30 Mass on Easter Sunday. Tickets will be sold after both Masses for the next several weeks. The drawing will be held at the Holy Thursday parish supper. RCIA RETREAT is next Saturday. Please prayer for our children and adult, Elect and Candidates, as they continue to grow in their relationships with God and prepare for baptism and other sacraments of initiation at Easter Vigil which will be at 8:30 pm on Saturday, April 3. Be sure to come and celebrate with us then. CHOIR MEMBERS ARE NEEDED. Are you interested in the music ministry here at Mother of God Parish? Our 9:30 Sunday Mass Choir continues to look for new members to join us in this rewarding ministry. Begin now to participate in the joy and beauty of Lenten and Easter services here at Mother of God. We rehearse weekly, singing choral literature ranging from Gregorian chant to contemporary choral music. If you are interested, please call Carol Jenkins, organist and choir director at 261-6750. WOMEN AT THE WELL: If you would like to join us, please come the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm to St. Aloysius Center. Our group reflects on the blessings and lives of women in scripture and those throughout the centuries to our present days. We reflect, pray and share our lives. Join us this Thursday, March 11. Contact person: Rose Allen, 441-2815. OUR PARISH GIFTED AGENCY FOR MARCH is Interfaith Hospitality Network. This non-profit cooperative endeavor of the religious community, volunteers and social services agencies is committed to providing cost-effective living and comprehensive services for homeless children and their families during temporary homelessness and to enabling them to regain their independence. The Green Bins will be available on the Sundays of March to collect any personal female items: towels, washcloths, etc; laundry detergent, linens, houseware items for guests who eventually get their own housing. GOT MILK?! Last year the Parish Kitchen served 69,196 guests needing about $14,000 for just the cost of milk. Our most important fundraiser, Charity Night at the Tables, is coming on March 20. For $75/person, you will graze on a buffet from appetizers to dessert, have your choice of beverages, listen to live entertainment and receive play money for the gambling tables. Your winnings will go directly into the Parish Kitchen’s “milk jug.” Call Ann Oberjohn at 859-491-3958 for more information. MINGLE SUNDAY is today. Do you have something that you want the Parish Pastoral Council to know? Well, we’re listening and try to make a special effort to hear you on the first Sunday of the month. Look for us wearing our Council pins or ask someone to point us out. EXCUSE OUR MESS. On Monday, March 1, the Ralph L. Stephenson Co. began work on the stained glass windows. They will be removing the old caulking from the frames around the glass and then re-glazing them after scraping and painting the frames. In order to do this, it’s necessary to set up scaffolding at each window. The large transept windows will be first ones to get fixed. This is a priority item, as the windows do need attention. We also want to fill you in on the other projects that are ready to start. The Stewart Installation Co. will be removing large areas of pews in order to refinish them at their shop. They will replace the seats with a different style of fabric and will install kneelers that will attach to the floor. They will also add new pews which will eliminate the need for folding chairs. All pews will be spaced wider apart for more comfort. While the pews are gone, the Earl Franks Co. will lay new carpeting on all wooded areas. We will do our best to hold down any disruption to our Masses, but we do ask for your patience during the project period. The cost of these projects will amount to approximately $250,000 and will be funded by the Deposit and Loan Account. If you are interested in helping defray these costs, feel free to make a donation to help out by using the blue Memorial Envelopes in your monthly packet. All of this work was reviewed and approved by the Building Committee, the Parish Pastoral Council and the Finance Committee of Mother of God Parish. WE OFFER OUR PRAYERS AND SYMPATHY to Father Ray and Ralph Hartman and their family on the recent death of their brother Robert and to the family and friends of Thomas Cassidy and Edward G. Oeltmann, nephew of Anna Sandheger, who died in late January. Calendar for the Week
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HOSPITALIZATIONS: Please let us know if you or a family member is going to or is in the hospital. Because of increased privacy regulations, the hospital staff is not able to release this information unless they have specific instructions from the patient each time. This is much more limited than before. If you want us to visit, we need you to inform us. Thank you. In Our Diocese and Area LADIES ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS will celebrate Mass at 12 noon in honor of St. Patrick on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, at Mother of god church. Box lunches will be available for $7 with prior reservations. Soft drinks, beer, Irish coffee and cake will be provided. For reservations phone Kathleen at 261-0503. TENDING OUR SPIRITUAL GARDEN with Luke's Passion Narrative. On March 9 Dismas will be our guide to help us understand what to put first. On March 16, Joseph of Arimathea will teach us. Rev. Timothy P. Schehr, professor of Biblical Studies at the Athenaeum of Ohio will present the reflections at St. Walburg Monastery Chapel at 7:15 pm, followed by Night Prayer with the Benedictine Sisters. For information contact Sr. Deborah Harmeling at email sdhosb@yahoo.com or call 331-6771 for reservations. Freewill offering accepted. FIRST FRIDAY MASS for March sponsored by the Mustard Seed Community (MSC), Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Diocese of Covington, will be held this coming Friday. Father Richard McAlear, internationally known for his ministry of healing will minister at Mother of God Church. On Thursday, March 11, at 7:15 pm, Father McAlear will teach on healing. On Friday, March 12, at 7:15 pm, Father McAlear will celebrate Mass and offer individual prayer for healing. Handicap parking and ramps are on either side of the church. See our website: www.ccrcovingtonky.org or phone Joe Bessler at 341.5339. ST. AUGUSTINE SCHOOL is holding a Night at the Races on Saturday, March 13, from 8 pm to midnight at their gym, 1840 Jefferson Avenue in Covington for adults 21 and over only. Tickets are $13 in advance and include beer, soft drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Come and enjoy an evening of horse racing with pulltabs and raffles. Contact Janet Schmidt at 291-0711 or at janvhschmidt@fuse.net for reservations. ST. PATRICK’S DAY MASS: Please join the Fenians of Northern Kentucky at the annual St. Patrick’s Mass which will be held at the Cathedral Basilica in Covington, KY on Thursday, 11-March at 7 pm. After Mass the celebration will continue on the second floor of Molly Malone’s Irish Pub on 4th Street in Covington. Please call 261-4886 or email theresa.eberly@insightbb.com with questions or concerns. XLT (EXALT): Hey teens and young adults! Want to share your faith with others your age? Come join us for XLT on Sundays 5-7:30 pm, March 21 and April 11 at Thomas More College, Holbrook Student Center, Steigerwald Hall. SEE the Holy Spirit alive in the people around you, HEAR the music by the Lee Roessler band and the voices of your peers singing praise and worship, TOUCHed will be your heart with words of witness, FEEL the love of Jesus in His presence during adoration, SMELL the pizza ready to eat at 5 pm! SAVE THE DATE: PRO-LIFE MASS WITH BISHOP FOYS: Please join Bishop Foys and The Pro-Life Commission for a Special Liturgy to pray for the Culture of Life on Thursday, March 25, 2010, 7 pm, St. Mary of the Assumption, Alexandria, KY. Rosary will be said at 6:30 pm. All are invited to attend. RETROUVAILLE … A Lifeline for Married Couples: Is your marriage hurting in anyway? Has your marriage grown cold, distant, unloving or uncaring? Then please consider Retrouvaille, a program designed to help heal and renew marriages. Retrouvaille is for marriages that have lost some of their spark, for marriages having difficulties in communication and even those marriages on the edge of separation or divorce. The next program begins April 16, 17 and 18. For more information call 513-922-6045 or visit www.retrouvaille.org. Other weekends and locations are available – call for details. FISH FRY will be held every Friday during Lent at Holy Trinity Child Development Center, 840 Washington Ave. Newport, 4-7 pm, call 491-7612 for details and to order for carry-out. AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES - St. Augustine Parish is showing the updated version of the catholic based movie, Miracle of Marcellino, in their gym at 1840 Jefferson Avenue in Covington on Sunday, March 7, at 2 pm. Bring your family and friends and enjoy the show! Free admission. FAMILY LIFE MINISTRY: Programs offered in our diocese are: Support Group for Divorced/Separated Registration required. Call 392-1591 Widowed Support Group For assistance, call 392-1591 Always Our Children For parents and families of gay/lesbian children |