CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
Cincinnati, Ohio
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Sunday:
8:45-10:15 am – Catechesis, “Parish Office Basement”
12:30-10:00 pm – Players, “Café, Music Room, Old Gym”
Monday:
7:00 pm – St. Vincent de Paul, “Chapel”
7:00 pm – Small Faith Group, “Parish Office Basement”
Tuesday:
6:00-6:45 pm – Confirmation Practice,
7:00 pm – Education Commission, “Chapel”
Wednesday:
7:15 am – Centering Prayer, “Chapel”
9:15 am – Music Together, “Parish Office Upstairs”
6:30-7:30 pm – Tiger Cub Meeting, “Parish Office Basement”
Thursday:
9:30-11:00 am – Catechesis, “Parish Office Basement”
10:00 am – Music Together, “Parish Office Upstairs”
4:30-6:00 pm – Catechesis, “Parish Office Upstairs & Basement”
7:00 pm – Confirmation, “Church”
Friday:
Saturday:
10:00-3:00 pm – 8th Grade Car Wash, “Parking Lot”
5:30-10:00 pm – Class of 1962, “Café”
*Please call the Parish Office before scheduling any event
Readings
Acts of the Apostles 6: 1-7 1 Peter 2: 4-9
John 14: 1-12
Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:30 PM
Lectors: Mary Gene Kling, Greg Laux, Mary Gene Kling
Servers: Bobby Jennings, Kevin Lake, Arden & Collin Miller
Eucharistic Ministers: Mary Ann Klonne, Dick Meirose, Nita
Toennis, (Need Volunteers)
Graham, Bob Hatfield, Lisa Hostiuck, Kathy Kelly, Matthew
Kenney, Anthony Le, Paul Lereck, Elena Maio, Donna Mann,
Molly Matre, Mary & Ruth Oenbrink, Bob & Fran Pielage,
Loraine Schimian, Peg Schuckman, Mary Ellen Spaite, Gary
Switzer, Barbara Valentine, Barbara Wernke, Emma
Whittenburg, and Mike Wright.
May 4, 2014
Offerings
Budget
Over (under) Budget
Year to Date
Year to Date Budget
Over (under) Budget
Catholic Relief Services
9,115.00
11,300.00
(2,185.00)
501,245.00
517,400.00
(16,155.00)
1,275.28
Thank You
Sunday: 9:00 am – For the People
Sunday: 11:00 am – Annette Benken
Monday: 8:15 am – Deceased Parishioners
Tuesday: 8:15 am – Kurt Rutishauser
Wednesday: 8:15 am – Rev. Francis A. Massarella
Thursday: 8:15 am – Benefactors
Friday: 8:15 am – For those serving in the military
Saturday: 4:30 pm – Celebrant Intentions
Next Sunday’s Outreach Collection will be going to our St.
Ann’s Altar Society. St. Ann’s established in 1917, is the oldest
organization at Nativity. In addition to keeping altar linens and
server/priest vestments clean, members have, over the years, built
strong relationships with our nursing home neighbors. They also
serve the community’s needy through involvement with the
Caring Place and St. Vincent de Paul.
Sunday, May 18, 2014 9:00 AM
Lectors: Andy Farfsing, Beth Atkins, Andy Farfsing
Servers: Meggie & Will Gossard, Quinn Leanza, Lenora Loebker
Eucharistic Ministers: Dave Hermann, Judy Parsons, Wayne &
Jan Chapman, Robert Preston, Michaela & Michaele Townsend,
(Need Volunteers)
Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:00 AM
Lectors: Michael Mohr, Bea Souder, Joe Steele
Servers: Calissa Meyers, Ella Mogg, Patrick Muething, Danny
Neugebauer
Eucharistic Ministers: Jason & Thomas Darrah, Claire Benken,
Lynn McDonald, Sara Gurney, Kathy Symons, Mary Lennard,
(Need Volunteers)
Personal Care Weekend: Can you help the Caring
Place, our local food pantry, stock their shelf with toothpaste? On
Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th we will be collecting
toothpaste. A container will be at the back of church for your
donations.
Confirmation Practice is on Tuesday, May 13th at
6:00 pm for Confirmandi and sponsor (if sponsor is out of town,
parent can replace the sponsor for this practice). Confirmation
Liturgy is Thursday, May 15th at 7:00 pm.
You are asked to remember in your prayers those who are
housebound and ill: Chuck Andrew, Bill Bach, Stephanie
Benhase, Mary Jo Beresford, Dottie Brinker, Alberta Carter,
Barbara Cottrell, Diana DeRhodes, Kathy Derrick, Joe Donnelly,
Marie Donovan, Cynthia Fix, Barry Funk, Jackie Goetz, David
Fall Festival Grand Raffle tickets will be coming
home with students in May and will also be mailed out to
May 11, 2014
parishioners starting in June. Our Grand Raffle prizes that will be
awarded at the Nativity Fall Festival are the following: Grand
Prize is $10,000 and 2nd prize is $750.00.
Gate of Heaven Cemetery invites you to honor the lives of the
men and women who died protecting our freedom and those
loved ones who have gone before us, with Archbishop Dennis
Schnurr during our annual Memorial Day Field Mass on Monday,
May 26th at 11:00 am. A military presentation will begin at 10:50
am. All are welcome! For more information, please call the
Cemetery at (513) 489-0300 or visit our website at
www.gateofheaven.org. In case of rain, the Mass will be
celebrated at Good Shepherd Church, 8815 E. Kemper Road,
Cincinnati, OH, 45249.
It’s Time to Register for Fall Sports at Nativity: Girls
Basketball, Boys and Girls Soccer, Football, Co-Ed Robotics and
Co-Ed Kindergarten Instructional Soccer…Go to www.nativitycincinnati.org/athletics/registration-page to register. Fees include:
Boosters Fee-$50 (one time fee per family per year); and Sports
Registration Fee. Once registered, it is expected that the student
will participate in the sport. Failure to participate after registration
is complete and rosters are determined is a significant hardship
(logistically and financially) on the Nativity Athletics Youth
Sports Program.REFUNDS WILL ONLY BE ISSUED FOR
INJURIES/ILLNESS WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT
PARTICIPATION! REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY
18TH. If you have any questions, please contact Heidi Knellinger,
Athletic Director at athleticdirector@athletics.nativitycincinnati.org.
The Nativity PTA Walkathon is Another Success: Thank you
to everyone who helped make this year’s walkathon a huge
success once again. Together we raised $9,500 from students’
sponsors and contributions from our wonderful business
sponsors. Please see the enclosed list and patronize these
businesses who made donations to support the entire school
effort. Thank you so much! Becca Brunswick and Yvette Ramirez
Now is the time to lace up your shoes and hit the
pavement for a tremendous cause! Join the Caring Place team
on Monday, May 26th for the 11th annual Freestore Foodbank
Hunger Walk and 5K Run. This year’s race starts bright and
early at 9:00 am. With each step you are taking you are directly
impacting lives of those in Kennedy Heights, Pleasant Ridge,
Golf Manor, and Silverton. Spend your Memorial Day with us
and walk, run, skip, or stroll around and over the Ohio River!
Register now and take a stand against hunger! This is a super fun,
community event with great food and goodies for the whole
family, following the race! Please register online at
cincinnatihungerwalk.org and join “The Caring Place” team.
Kennedy Heights is celebrating 100 years as a Cincinnati
neighborhood. You are invited to be listed as a supporter in the
anniversary book being written by the University of Cincinnati
Public History class under the leadership of Prof. Fritz CaseyLeinenger. If you send $20 payable to Kennedy Heights
Community Council to PO Box 36318, Cincinnati, 45236 before
May 20th or donate on the web
http://www.kennedyheights.org/index.html you will receive a free
copy of the book in June. There is an anniversary t-shirt for $15, a
Home and Garden tour on June 22nd and a ticketed dinner at 6:00
and 8:00 pm on June 28th.
If you had your photo taken for the parish
directory, please remember the directories are available in
the parish office for pick-up.
Church of the Nativity of Our Lord
First Holy Communion
May 4, 2014
Greta Lee Albers
Eleanor Frances Allaire
Maria Frances Andrews
Cassandra Nicole Badinghaus
James Alexander Baverman
Devin Andrew Bedgood
Michael Oliver Boothe
Lauren Mary Brunswick
Quinlan James Cahill
Rachel Lyn Farfsing
Michael Jay Ferguson
George Edward Fisher
Emma Elizabeth Ganz
Kaeley Grace Hawkins
Xavier William Hecker
Sydney Talmadge Hunt
Sarah Choquette Kemper
Josia Marie Leanza
Sophia Marie Longeway
Henry Lee Mentzel
Benjamin C. Riordan Millard
Luke Joseph Montgomery
Alexander James Navarro
Andrew David Peters
Charles Camden Peters
Braden Jameson Pinyard
Samuel A. Ramirez
Rachel Anne Nigut Reyering
Alexander Byrne Robinson
Tyler Edward Rude
Annika Ellert Sandman
Ella Genevieve Schlick
Jeremy Paul Schultz
Aaron Edward Sherman
Lauren Elizabeth Spencer
Anya Josephine Sperber
Olivia Grace Suggs
Louis Roy VanRens
Tomas Juricek VonderHaar
Liam Dugan VonRosenberg
Peter Wilke
Congratulations to the above children who made their First Holy
Communion, last Sunday in church. Many blessings to all of you now
and in the future.
~Please remember Nativity in your will~