PENTECOST SUNDAY
أحد العنصرة —
Year 111 - Issue No. 21 || May 23 - May 29—2021
In Solidarity, we Pray for Lebanon and Palestine
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ONE LITURGY ON PENTECOST SUNDAY MAY 23.
No Arabic liturgy at 6:00
PLEASE BRING A SMALL WATER CONTAINER
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The first day of this month, the Month of Our Lady, we turned to St. Joseph the Workman, and we did consecrate ourselves to him. Work is good and holy and pleasant, when it is offered to God. I love my often arduous work as a parish priest, building up God’s household here on Victory Parkway. Our Lord defines “work” in John 6:29. “The work God demands of you,” he said to the crowds “is that you believe in the One He sent.” Believing, and helping others believe in a God beyond themselves, is hard work!
Joseph the Workman believed before he put his hand to any project. You can imagine him bowing his head to recite the Shema before putting his powerful hands to shape wood and stone. The work that St. Joseph does now is to bring us to Mary, who brings us to Jesus, who brings us to the Father. That is why the Month of Mary begins with the Feast day of St. Joseph. God, apparently, loves mediators. He chooses others to share in His work, and He “sends” them. He sent his Son from heaven to earth to complete the mighty labor of the Redemption, he sent the Holy Spirit, the love given and received, the relationship; on this fiftieth day “Pentecost” today, to hover on the Apostles, the church. He likewise “sends” Mary, and Joseph, and you and me, to assist in this mighty task. The Father loves his children by giving us all a role in managing His household. The greatest poverty, Mother Teresa observed, is to be unwanted and unneeded. God needs us! Yet on Pentecost, God has sanctified each and every one of the apostles, individually, a flame rested on each and every one of them, and on them as a whole the church, with “rush of a violent wind, that filled the entire house”. God wants to sanctify us all as a One Holy Catholic Orthodox Church, and He wants to sanctify us individually first, before “using” us to sanctify others.
Through the example of the and intercession of the Holy Apostles, Our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph, may we surrender our heart and will to the Good God, who loves us infinitely. May we use the power God has given us to believe, and to bring others to believe.
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The State of Ohio is lifting the restrictions imposed due to the pandemic, beginning June 2nd. The Catholic Conference of Catholic Bishops of Ohio are lifting the dispensation on the weekend of June 5-6 and reinstating the obligation to attend Mass in person. Bishop Zaidan is lifting the dispensation for our faithful beginning June 1st.
We are encouraged to return to Church, unless the person is ill.
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On the feast of Corpus Christi.
Please join the procession around the church campus with the Blessed Sacrament on
THURSDAY JUNE 3rd
following the 6:00 pm Liturgy.
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REGISTER FOR ONE HOUR
Come receive
Peace
Noon to Midnight
First Friday of the Month - JUNE, 4
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St. Anthony’s prayer chain. We pray for each other.
The prayer chain in our parish will start with the requests sent to the parish, by telephone or on the form on our website: www.staparish.org/worship, then the prayer request is disseminated to two or three persons who wish to pray for the received petitions, then they will contact other two or three and so on. Every individual will chose their two or three contacts.
The privacy of the person being prayed for is withheld if requested, unless the person prefers to share their name and intention. The prayer chain is a powerful way of solidarity and should never be a subject of gossip. We are called by God to pray incessantly, and prayer chain apostolate is an effective way to become more involved in the parish community. Praying for others strengthens relationships, both with each other and with God the Father. They are truly a beautiful spiritual gift to share. On this Pentecost Sunday May 23rd 2021, we launch our prayer chain, here at St. Anthony’s. The form to fill is ready on our website. You can request a prayer intention, and/or you can register to be a prayer warrior and be contacted to pray for others. May God keep us united in prayer and in love for each other.
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www.namnews.org.
The DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS May 28, 2021. For questions please contact Curtis Taylor, Chair, Scholarship Committee at: [email protected]
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When planning your estate
Please consider supporting your spiritual home of St. Anthony of Padua through Legacy Giving, (a tax-deductible way of giving through your will, insurance policy, retirement assets, or charitable trust). With God you will always receive more than what you give.
Consider your Church as one of your children…
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The goal of the 3 years capital campaign launched on August 16, 2019, is:
The update, safety and usefulness of our campus:
The projects envisioned are:
You can still help.
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Restrooms in small hall. (-$31,383.81)
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Small Hall floor & painting (-$5,400.00)
- Parking Lot Retaining walls & Courtyard
- Parking Lot lights
- Roof: Roof & wall leakage
- Roof insulation
The Church (We will begin Early June!)
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Formation ctr. & Rectory switch. (In process)
- Large Hall (floor, restrooms, kitchen, A.C.)
Campaign Goal:
$ 750,000
# of Donations: 74
Amount Committed:
$ 400,142.00
Amount Received:
$ 328,399.20
PLEASE JOIN THE EFFORT OF:
Build Together, Stay Together —نبني معاً ونبقى معاً
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Please remember to register your Kroger Plus Card to benefit St. Anthony's.
It is a ONE TIME registration online at:
Register your card, and assign, St. Anthony of Padua carrying the Non-Profit Organization (#NPO) number is: PV014
Thank you from, St. Anthony's. Every bit, helps.
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Something to think about:
"If you leave everything in God’s hand. You will see God’s hand in everything.”
St. Sharbel
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2530 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH, 45206
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