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August 6, 2017
Transfiguration of the Lord
OLY ROSS- MMACULATA
Mt. Adams Cincinnati, Ohio
“The Church of the Steps”
OLY ROSS- MMACULATA
“The Church of the Steps”
PARISH STAFF: Pastor: Father Len Fecko
Deacon Tracy Jamison Deacon Tom Graber
Pastoral Assistant: Elaine Fuell Office Manager: Letty Hater Schroer
Receptionist: Sharon Bertsch Parish Accountant: Thea Padgett
Wedding Music & Liturgy Coordinator: Blake Callahan Choir Director: J.C. Rocha
Maintenance: Eric Turner, Debbie Yacchari
Festival Coordinators Tina Russo [email protected]
Amy Obermeyer [email protected]
Father Len Fecko, Pastor
30 Guido St. Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-721-6544 Fax: 513-721-6177
Parish Office Hours: 8:30 am—3:30 pm M-F
Website: www.hciparish.org
Office Email: [email protected] Bulletin email: [email protected]
Parish Mission Statement
We are a Catholic community centered on Jesus Christ, present in the celebration of the Eucharist. We worship and glorify God through prayer, scripture reflection, participation in the Church’s
sacraments and a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the patron of our parish.
As one Christ-centered family, we are responsive to the current and future needs of our parish, the Mt. Adams neighborhood, the greater Cincinnati community, and the world.
PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Steve Nickolas, Chair Amy Obermeyer, Recording Secretary
Tony Baker Mike Brill Laura Connelly Georgia Curran Gregg Herrmann Susan Miller Alice Rogers-Uhl Chris Ruth
FINANCE COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Kathy Mayer, Chair Heather Turner, Recording Secretary
Dennis Daugherty Eric Koren Bill Moran Marilyn Ormsbee
WORSHIP & SACRAMENTAL SCHEDULE
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE: Monday: 6:30 p.m. T-W-F: 8:00 a.m.
Thursday: Communion Service: 8:00 a.m.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday 3:30-4:00 p.m. (Other times by appointment)
SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please call Parish Office
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM & SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Check website or call Parish Office
SCHEDULE
FOR Aug 12 & 13
COLLECTION REPORT July 29 & 30, 2017
Sunday Collection $2,268.00 Monthly EFT/Credit Card Reported Monthly Other Revenue $.00 Votive Candles $233.00 Total Regular Revenue $2,501.00
August 6, 2017 TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD
SAT 5
Vigil Mass
Transfiguration of the
Lord
4:30 p.m. Mass
Tom Pelzel
(Walt & Ann Carroll)
SUN 6 Transfiguration of the
Lord
8:00 a.m. Mass
People of the Parish
10:30 a.m. Mass
Nora Schack
(Mary Kay Arnold & Family)
MON 7
St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest
6:30 p.m. Mass
Ron Kolady
(George & Linda Trebbi)
TUES 8
St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and
Doctor of the Church
8 a.m. Mass
Don Hafner
(Paul & Rita Arling)
WEDS 9
St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop; St. Peter Julian
Eymard, Priest
8 a.m. Mass
Holy Souls in Purgatory
(JM)
THURS 10
Weekday
8 a.m. No Mass
Communion Service
FRI 11
St. John Vianney Priest
8 a.m. Mass
Fr. Joe VanLeeuwen
(Korhman Family)
SAT 12
Vigil Mass
19th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
4:30 p.m. Mass
Dot Sweeney
(Riesenbeck Family)
SUN 13 19th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
8:00 a.m. Mass
Mary Beth Comer
(Mary Ann Comer)
10:30 a.m. Mass
People of the Parish
Saturday 4:30
Sacristan: Georgia Curran
Server: Kalyn Obermeyer
Lector: Joyce Hendy
EM: Georgia Curran
Kevin Harris
Sunday 8:00
Sacristan: Cliff Reifel
Server: Tony Baker
Lector: Jim Goldschmidt
Don Capannari
EM: Linda Capannari
Sally Simon
Sunday 10:30
Sacristan: Kathy Mayer
Server: Noah Turner
Lector: M’ellen Horrigan
David Haynes
EM: Glen Graf, Jenny Graf
John Graf, Jim Horrigan
Collection Counters:
Jerry Fuell, Elaine Fuell, Mike Brill
Thank
You!
FESTIVAL WEEKEND
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
YOU ARE THE
Thanks to our Sponsors
Main Event Sponsor: Ken Gillette
Band Sponsor: Towne Properties
Beer Booth Sponsor: Crowley's
Silent Auction Sponsor: Friend of HCI
Scavenger Hunt Sponsor: Peter & Katherine Jurs
Kids Alley Sponsor: Meghan, Nic, Max & Nina Covey
“Taste of HCI” International Food Festival Sponsor: Jim & Janet Steiner
Face Painting Sponsor: The Schroer & Hater Family
Participating Sponsors:
Bill & Mary Baskett
Nick & Dina Comerford
Chuck & Kim Curran
Ray & Donna Gleason
R. William Mischler
Skyline of Walnut Hills
Jerry & Lisa Zurovchak
Party Hostesses:
Jenny & Russ Ferneding
Theresa & Mike Liguzinski
Lisa Massa
Caroline Meier
Mary Moran
Anna & Steve Nickolas
Amy Obermeyer
Tina Russo
Booth Sponsors: The Arling Family
B&B Mechanical Services B&B Window & Door
Larry & Elaine Boberschmidt Brew House
Ann & Walt Carroll Eckerlin Meats
Factory Direct Candles Fr. Len, Pastor
Formidable Asset Management Guardian Savings Bank
Jim & Elaine Goldschmidt Neal & Joyce Hendy
LaRosa’s Pizzeria - Hyde Park Michael & Theresa Liguzinski
Bill & Mary Moran The Monastery Event Center Mt. Adams Civic Association North Side Bank & Trust Co.
Orange Marmalade Liturgical Society PCI Services The Pavilion
In Memory of Kevin & Thomas Pelzel Performance Lexus Art & Ginger Ranz
In Memory of Michael J. Wiethe
Special Thanks to…
Mt. Adams Beautification Association
Mt. Adams Yacht Club
Monk’s
And a very special THANK YOU to
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
for the use of their Parking Lot!
Observances This Week
Monday, August 7: St. Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; St. Cajetan, Priest
Tuesday, August 8: St. Dominic, Priest
Wednesday, August 9: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr
Thursday, August 10: St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
Friday, August 11: St. Clare, Virgin
Saturday, August 12: St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious
Sunday, August 13: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings for the Week of August 6, 2017
Sunday: Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9 2 Pt 1:16-19 Mt 17:1-9
Monday: Nm 11:4b-15 Ps 81:12-17 Mt 14:13-21
Tuesday: Nm 12:1-13 Ps 51:3-7, 12-13 Mt 14:22-36 or 15:1-2, 10-14
Wednesday: Nm 13:1-2, 25-14:1, 26-29a, 34-35 Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-23 Mt 15:21-28
Thursday: 2 Cor 9:6-10 Ps 112:1-2, 5-9 Jn 12:24-26
Friday: Dt 4:32-40 Ps 77:12-16, 21 Mt 16:24-28
Saturday: Dt 6:4-13 Ps 18:2-4, 47, 51 Mt 17:14-20
Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a Ps 85:9-14 Rom 9:1-5 Mt 14:22-33
Dominic was educated in Palencia, and he concentrated on theology and the arts. He spent six years studying theology and four the arts. He was widely acclaimed as an exemplary student by his professors. In 1191, a famine left many people desolate and homeless across Spain. Dominic sold everything he had, including his furniture and clothes and bought food for the poor. According to legend, St. Dominic received the Rosary during a period of prayer at the abbey in Prouille. This allegedly took place in 1214 during an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Although this legend is a matter of dispute among historians, but while similar devotions existed before this time, there is no record of the Marian rosary in this form before—and the rosary became popular following this event, suggesting the legend may be true. Dominic became famous as a result of his mercy and his work. Several other prominent religious figures of the time petitioned for Dominic to be
made bishop. He refused at least three attempts at promotion, saying he would rather run away with nothing than become a bishop. Dominic remained steadfast to his mission to establish an order dedicated to promoting morality and the expulsion of heresy. In July 1215, Dominic was granted permission to form his own religious order for this purpose. He was joined by six followers. The group followed a Rule of Life which included a strict routine of discipline, including prayer and penance. They also established a system of education. They often traveled the countryside to preach.
Cajetan seemed headed for an “ordinary” life - first as a lawyer, then as a priest engaged in the work of the Roman Curia. His life took a characteristic turn when he joined the Oratory of Divine Love in Rome, a group devoted to piety and charity. When he was 42 he founded a hospital for incurables at Venice. At Vicenza, he joined a religious community that consisted only of men of the lowest stations of life. For this he was criticized by his friends, who thought his action was a reflection on his family. He sought out the sick and poor of the town and served them. The greatest need of the time was the reformation of the Church. Cajetan and three friends decided that the best road to reformation lay in reviving the spirit and zeal of the
clergy. Together they founded a congregation known as the Theatines–from Teate [Chieti] where their first superior-bishop had his see. One of the friends later became Pope Paul IV.
St. Clare of Assisi was born in Assisi on July 16, 1194. Tradition says her father was a wealthy representative of an ancient Roman family and her mother was a very devout woman belonging to the noble family of Fiumi. As a young girl, Clare dedicated herself to prayer. At 18-years-old, she heard St. Francis of Assisi preach during a Lenten service and asked him to help her live according to the Gospel. On Palm Sunday in 1212, Clare left her father's home and went to the chapel of the Porziuncula to meet with Francis. While there, Clare's hair was cut off and she was given a plain robe and veil in exchange for her rich gown. Clare joined the convent of the Benedictine nuns of San Paulo under Francis' orders. In order to give her the solitude she desired, Francis sent Clare to Sant' Angelo in Panzo, another Benedictine nuns monastery. Clare's sister Catarina, who took the name Agnes, joined her at this monastery. Over time, other women joined them, wanting to live with no money. They became known as the "Poor Ladies of San Damiano." They all lived a simple life of austerity, seclusion from the world, and poverty,
according to a Rule which Francis gave them as a Second Order. St. Clare and her sisters wore no shoes, ate no meat, lived in a poor house, and kept silent the majority of the time. Their lives consisted of manual labor and prayer. San Damiano became the center of Clare's new order, which was then known as the "Order of Poor Ladies of San Damiano." For a brief period of time, the order was directed by St. Francis himself and by 1216, Clare became the abbess of San Damiano. Ten years after Clare's death, the order became known as the Order of Saint Clare.
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), born in 1891 in Breslau, Poland, was the youngest child of a large Jewish family. She was an outstanding student and was well versed in philosophy. Eventually she became interested in the Catholic Faith, and in 1922 she was baptized at the Cathedral Church in Cologne, Germany. Eleven years later Edith entered the Cologne Carmel. Because of the ramifications of politics in Germany, Edith, whose name in religion was Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was sent to the Carmel at Echt, Holland. When the Nazis conquered Holland, Teresa was arrested, and, with her sister Rose, was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. Teresa died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz
in 1942 at the age of fifty-one. In 1987, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Out of the unspeakable human suffering caused by the Nazis in western Europe in the 1930's and 1940's, there blossomed the beautiful life of dedication, consecration, prayer, fasting, and penance of Saint Teresa. Her memory stands as a light undimmed in the midst of evil, darkness, and suffering. She was canonized on October 11, 1998.
St Lawrence was one of seven deacons who were in charge of giving help to the poor and the needy. When a persecution of Christians broke out, Pope St. Sixtus was condemned to death. As he was led to execution, Lawrence followed him saying, "Father, where are you going without your deacon?" He replied, "I am not leaving you, my son, in three days you will follow me." Full of joy, Lawrence gave to the poor the rest of the money he had on hand and even sold expensive vessels to have more to give away. The Prefect of Rome thought the Church had a great fortune hidden away. So he ordered Lawrence to bring the Church's treasure to him. The Saint said he would, in three days. Then he went through the city and gathered together all the poor and sick people supported by the Church. When he showed them to the Prefect, he said: "This is the Church's treasure!"
Jane Frances was wife, mother, nun, and founder of a religious community. At 21, she married Baron de Chantal, by whom she had six children, three of whom died in infancy. Jane was engaged in various charitable works. Jane’s husband was killed after seven years of marriage. When she was 32, Jane met Saint Francis de Sales. Francis told Jane of his plan to found an institute of women that would be a haven for those whose health, age, or other considerations barred them from entering the already established communities. There would be no cloister and they would be free to undertake spiritual and
corporal works of mercy. They were primarily intended to exemplify the virtues of Mary at the Visitation–hence their name the Visitation nuns.