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In Our Parish MOTHER OF GOD CHORAL CLUB is looking for some new members, and this is the right time to join this group that has been around for 70 years. This Thursday is our first rehearsal, and we are starting with a cookout in the rectory yard beginning at 6/6:30 pm. Rehearsal will begin at 7:30 pm in church. You can call one of the choir members if you have any questions. Call Mary Ann Kallmeyer 342-6363 or Andrea or Carole Lonneman 291-8935. SHARE YOUR CATHOLIC FAITH! RCIA Inquiry Sessions begin on a weekly basis September 10 at 7:30 pm. Contact Sr. Dorothy by calling 291-2288. THANKS TO ALL who planned, set up and cleaned up for our Parish Family Picnic. What a great day we had! HEALTH and WELLNESS MINISTERS meet tomorrow evening at 7 pm in SAC. Please come to add your voice to our planning for this year’s activities. If you would like to join us or help with our ministry such as 4th Sunday Blood Pressure Screening, Weekly Calls to the Homebound, or Visits to a Parishioner in a Nursing Home, contact Carol Fausz at 341-1823 and/or come to the meeting. You do not need to come to meetings to help with service activities. NURSING HOME/CARE FACILITIES list will soon be updated. Please let us know about MOG parishioners who have moved into these residences during the past year. Thank you. SCHOOL NEWS FROM PRINCE OF PEACE School started this week on Monday and it was great to see all the eager faces return, refreshed and ready to learn. Our bathroom renovation is complete and looks fabulous. Thanks to all who helped make this possible. Stop by one Monday night for our smoke free bingo and check out the new bathrooms! We will be having our second annual homecoming on Friday, August 29, from 5:30-8:30 pm. Join us for games, food, drinks, music and lots of fun with friends. It will be held in the parking lot at St. John Church. We hope you can make it! THANK YOU FROM PRINCE OF PEACE SCHOOL for all of the school supplies you sent in for our students. We are overwhelmed by your generosity and appreciate all your support so much. All of the items will be put to good use by our students and teachers throughout the school year. May God bless each one of you. LITURGICAL BYTES The Holy Spirit is invoked as the agent through whose power the transformation of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ can occur. The presider prays, “And so, Father, we bring you these gifts. We ask you to make them holy by the power of your Spirit, that they may become the body and blood of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, at whose command we celebrate this eucharist." This quote from Eucharistic Prayer III is probably one of the clearest statements of the involvement of the three persons of the Trinity in our worship. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL Special Collection is next Sunday, August 31.The last 3 months your money has helped people within our parish boundaries with food, $2184; rent, $300; utilities, $697; help at the rectory $380; and miscellaneous $50. As you can see, your contributions are of great significance. Please continue to support the needy living within Mother of God Parish boundaries. Thank you. U. S. EXECUTIONS HAVE RESUMED. Let us pray for Dennis Skillicorn who will be executed by the people of Missouri on August 27 and for the victims and victims’ family and for the families of those being executed. WELCOME HOUSE needs volunteers to help with the newly extended food pantry hours on the second and third Thursdays of the month. Call Ashley at 431-8717. DID YOU KNOW… The cornerstone of the first Mother of God Church is located above the east tower door at the entrance of the Church. The Words, which are in German, read “Built to the German Catholics.” The original Mother of God Church was built on or near this same site in 1842. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES in our own backyard: If anyone is interested in teaching adults to read, the LINK program can connect you with a willing student. For those who may wish, the Covington School District has a Mentor Program that pairs an adult with an elementary student for encouragement and support. See Sr. Dorothy for contact information. 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
A REMINDER ABOUT REPORTING SEXUAL ABUSE: Anyone who has experienced sexual misconduct by a cleric, employee, religious or volunteer of the Diocese of Covington is asked to contact Ms. Margie Schack, diocesan victims assistance coordinator 859.392.1515. Professional assistance and pastoral support will be provided in confidentiality and with respect. A copy of the “Diocesan Policies and Procedures for Addressing Sexual Misconduct” is available by contacting the Chancery, 859.392-1510 or at http://www.covingtondiocese.org. See Youth and Child Protection – right column. SR. JANET BUCHER, CDP, Parish Life Coordinator of Our Savior Parish, is celebrating her Golden Jubilee of Religious Profession today. Let us all thank her for her life of service to the church and pray that God may continue to pour out abundant blessings on her in future years. SVDP Annual Communion Breakfast for St. Vincent DePaul Volunteers will be at 8 am Mass and Breakfast St. Paul Church Sunday, September 28. RSVP by September 22, by calling or emailing Tracy at the District Office tracy.allen@svdpcovington.org341.3212x12 PRECINCT WORKERS NEEDED for Campbell County for the General Election, November 4, 20008. You will be paid $25 for Election School (2 ½ hours, approx. week of October 20). You will be paid $100 for Election Day. Democrats, call Blanche Schuh, 291.4969. Republicans, call Donna Heck, 441.6963. ST. CECILIA LABOR DAY FESTIVAL Join parishioners and friends of St. Cecilia’s Parish Labor Day weekend, August 30 -Sept 1, for lots of fun: Euchre Tournament, Friday; fireworks, Saturday; chicken dinner on Sunday and much more. Present the church bulletin for a free Kona Shaved Ice or Mr. Softee Cone! MASS FOR PEACE Bishop Roger Foys invites you to participate in a Mass for Peace at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption on Thursday, September 11. This diocesan Mass will commemorate the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on our country on Sept. 11, 2001. Please join Bishop Foys as he offers the Sacrifice of Mass for peace in our country and in the world. You will have the opportunity to inscribe the name of a loved one who has lost his or her life due to warfare or violence in a book. See the Messenger for mass time. |