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January 20, 2008

Monday,
7:00 a.m.               Dale Burns – Russ & Jo Ann Waters
9:15 a.m.               Bill Tepe – The Family

Tuesday,
7:00 a.m.               Bob Brockhuis – Bill & Iris Green
9:15 a.m.               Jeanne Smith – Jean A. Weber

Wednesday,
7:00 a.m.               Verna Brehm – Ted & Mary Lou Elchyuski
9:15 a.m.               Maury Davis (Birthday) – Jean & Al Yates

Thursday,
7:00 a.m.               Loretta Helmes (Birthday) - Glenn
9:15 a.m.               Janice Donohue (Birthday) – Vincent G Rack Family

Friday,
7:00 a.m.               Sr. Virginia Anne Dagenbach – The Dick Dagenbach Family
9:15 a.m.               Larry Bogenschutz Sr. – Mary Lee & Sue

Saturday, January 26
7:00 a.m.               Communion Service
9:15 a.m.               Gail Frondorf – The Limle Family
4:30 p.m.               Art Schmidt (Anniversary) – The Peace Family
6:30 p.m.               Crowley & White Wedding

Sunday, January 27
6:30 a.m.               Joseph Kock (Anniversary) - Lois
8:30 a.m.               Living & Deceased Members of St. Ignatius Parish
10:15 a.m.            Raymond Kipp (Birthday) – Shirley & Family
12:00 noon           Int of Jason Case – Marlene Huff
7:30 p.m.               Joseph Schuetz - Family

Servers For the Week of January 21

Monday, Tuesday
7:00 a.m.               J Hoffman, A Thompson, K Jansen, J Newsom
9:15 a.m.               C Bresler, J Goldschmidt, J Stansell

Wednesday
7:00 a.m.               B Kleeman, Z Schmucker, A Bergman
9:15 a.m.               B Fahey, B Guck, A Seigel

Thursday, Friday
7:00 a.m.               Z Andrews, T Leem C Smedley
9:15 a.m.               T Metzner, C Flanigan, C Tankersley

Saturday, January 26
9:15 a.m.               S Walker, Alli Sweet
4:30 p.m.               Tony Redden Family (Fr. McCarthy)
6:30 p.m.               S Fronk, T Berrens

Sunday, January 27
6:30 a.m.               D Wagner (Fr. St. George)
8:30 a.m.               C Talbot, B Witzgall, M McPhillips, S Archdeacon (Fr. St. George)
10:15 a.m.            Paul Powers Family, J Hoeh (Fr. Wall)
12:00 noon           K Ruberg, J Tenkman, S & C Cranor, (Fr. Wall)
7:30 p.m.               T Minnich, A Sweet, D Minich, A Koch (Fr. McCarthy)

The Tabernacle Candle this week is in Celebration of
Maria Banks (Anniversary)
Tom & Phil Banks

Banns of Marriage
Bryan Crowley, St. Ignatius and Mary Ellen White will marry on January 26 at St. Ignatius.
Bill Bomkamp and Emily Rahe will marry February 1 at St. Ignatius.

Blood Pressures will be taken after 4:30pm mass on Saturday, January 26 and after all AM mass on Sunday, January 27. To help maintain a healthy BP increase servings of fruits, vegetables and low fat dairy products. Limit saturated fat found in fried food, processed and high fat meats, and foods prepared with palm, coconut and hydrogenated oils. Canola and olive oil are better choices.

Welcome all St. Ignatius women! The Annual Women’s Retreat is January 25th – 27th, 2008 at the Moye Spiritual Life Center. Retreat directors are Brother Allan Schmitz and Susan Schmitz. Retreat is open to non-parishioners after January 1st. Fee is $110.00. Financial assistance is available. Reservations: Angie Otis. For more information call Carol Pieper or Louise Redden.

RCIA: The catechumens and candidates will be dismissed during 7:30pm Mass for Scripture Study on the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. On Wednesday, January 23 Michelle Bachman and Barb Harland are the catechists for Lent of the Church Year. The lesson begins at 7:30PM in Fr. Hilvert Center.

Orders for Angel Food can be picked up at St. Leo's on
Saturday, January 26 between 8:30AM - l0:00AM. In case of inclement weather, call St. Leo's for a recorded message. The first shift of workers will leave from St. I's at 4:30AM. The second shift will leave from St. I's at 7:00AM. The third shift will meet at St. Leo's at 7:45AM. Barb Harland will be the St. I's contact person this month. If you have any questions, call Barb.

St. Leo's Food Pantry: A reminder that there is supplemental protein drive in process in order to benefit St. Leo's Food Pantry. There will be a box outside the Parish Office to drop off the following items: canned meats, tuna/chicken, any type of canned or bagged beans (legumes), dry milk, and any type of nut butter such as peanut butter, cashew or almond.

Thank you to those taking the Vocation Chalice. To have a Vocation Chalice in your home, call the Parish Office or to help with our Vocation Committee call Dennis Halaby. We encourage all parishioners (young, old, single, married, etc.) to participate in this ministry.

Vocation Chalice for Week of January 20
The Peace Family

SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE
The school is hosting an Open House on Sunday, January 27th from 1:00 to 2:30 to kick-off Catholic Schools Week. Take a tour, meet the staff and peruse the student activity booths in the cafeteria. Due to limited space, it is very important that families who want to enroll for the Fall, submit an enrollment form and $50 registration fee before their category deadline. Enrollment forms for the 2008-2009 school year will be available in the School Office at Open House and may be turned into the School Office at any time. Children will be enrolled in the following order of priority. Priority within a category will be determined by the date of parish registration. Children not registered during their appropriate registration period will lose their respective priority.
Registration
Period Category
1/7 – 1/25 1 - Families/students currently enrolled in school
1/27 – 2/8 2 - Parishioners inside school boundaries
2/11 – 2/22 3 - Parishioners outside school boundaries
Begins 2/25 4 - Private students

School Open House: As mentioned above, all are welcome to visit St. Ignatius School during the annual Open House on Sunday, January 27 from 1-2:30pm. School ambassadors will show you the highlights of our facility. School Committee volunteers and staff will be on hand. Learn about the many extra-curricular activities offered in the cafeteria.
Attention School and Parish Organizations: Please present your group or organization at our annual School Open House on January 27 from 1-2:30pm. Each group will have a table in the cafeteria to display your group’s information. You set up at 12:30 that Sunday and man your station during the open house. To reserve a table please register your group by calling Todd Meeks or Carol Pieper by Friday, January 18.

Did you know…that each class in St. Ignatius School is paired with one of our senior parishioners, many of whom live alone, are homebound, or reside in a nursing home/retirement center? The children and the seniors pray for each other throughout the year, and at holiday times the children often send cards, write letters, or craft some small gift for their senor contact. If you are aware of any parishioner who might enjoy being a part of this program, please leave their name and contact information with our Parish Office, or call Sister Lucy.

Parish Health Ministry: a young boy playing baseball was hit in the chest with a baseball and collapsed. One of the coach’s did CPR and used an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) to shock the boy’s heart. That boy is alive and still playing baseball. St. Ignatius is blessed with 2 AEDs, one in church and one in the gym. Learn how to save a life on January 23 at 6:30pm-9:00pm in Fr. Bolte Room. The Parish Health Ministry is sponsoring an American Heart Association, Family and Friends CPR class. Fee is $5.00. Ushers and coaches encouraged to attend. Call Barb Ehrhardt to register.

Divorced, widowed, separated men – past or present
So, you ever wish you could talk to someone who really understands because they’ve been through it? Each Wednesday at 7:00pm in the Parish Offices a group of men who have been there meet for this purpose. Sometimes we help someone else, sometimes we help ourselves. Stop by sometime when you are interested in doing either. Call Ron Kathmann for more details.

A Few Words
From
Fr. Pete

Jesus said, "All that you see here the days will come when there
will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be
thrown down." (From Today’s Gospel of Luke Lk 21:5-19).
Jesus is talking about many things here, His personal
death and resurrection and the revelation of his glory and power
as Son of God and the fact that we will be called accountable for
our acts not by the judge our laws but by God’s.
So what happens at the moment of death and judgment?
Are we judged alone or according to all creation? Well the
Church teaches us that we will be judged according to both.

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
PART ONE - THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

THE PARTICULAR JUDGMENT: 1021 Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested in Christ.592 The New Testament speaks of judgment primarily in its aspect of the final encounter with Christ in his second coming, but also repeatedly affirms that each will be rewarded immediately after death in accordance with his works and faith. The parable of the poor man Lazarus and the words of Christ on the cross to the good thief, as well as other New Testament texts speak of a final destiny of the soul--a destiny which can be different for some and for others.593 1022 Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a particular judgment that refers his life to Christ: either entrance into the blessedness of heaventhrough a purification594 or immediately,595 -- or immediate and everlasting damnation.596 At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.597

THE LAST JUDGMENT 1038 The resurrection of all the dead, "of both the just and the unjust,"623 will precede the Last Judgment. This will be "the hour when all who are in the tombs will hear [the Son of man's] voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment."624 Then Christ will come "in his glory, and all the angels with him. . . . Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. . . . And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."625 1039 In the presence of Christ, who is Truth itself, the truth of each man's relationship with God will be laid bare.626 The Last Judgment will reveal even to its furthest consequences the good each person has done or failed to do during his earthly life: All that the wicked do is recorded, and they do not know. When "our God comes, he does not keep silence.". . . He will turn towards those at his left hand: . . . "I placed my poor little ones on earth for you. I as their head was seated in heaven at the right hand of my Father - but on earth my members were suffering, my members on earth were in need. If you gave anything to my members, what you gave would reach their Head. Would that you had known that my little ones were in need when I placed them on earth for you and appointed them your stewards to bring your good works into my treasury. But you have placed nothing in their hands; therefore you have found nothing in my presence."627 1040 The Last Judgment will come when Christ returns in glory. Only the Father knows the day and the hour; only he determines the moment of its coming. Then through his Son Jesus Christ he will pronounce the final word on all history. We shall know the ultimate meaning of the whole work of creation and of the entire economy of salvation and understand the marvelous ways by which his Providence led everything towards its final end. The Last Judgment will reveal that God's justice triumphs over all the injustices committed by his creatures and that God's love is stronger than death.628 1041 The message of the Last Judgment calls men to conversion while God is still giving them "the acceptable time, . . . the day of salvation."629 It inspires a holy fear of God and commits them to the justice of the Kingdom of God. It proclaims the "blessed hope" of the Lord's return, when he will come "to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all who have believed."630

The Women of St. Ignatius Christ Renews His Parish Team #34 would like to introduce ourselves to the parish community. We invite women of the parish who have yet to experience this wonderful weekend to join us February 23rd and 24th. We strongly urge you to consider taking this time for yourself to grow deeper in your faith with the added bonus of getting to know other faith-filled women of our parish. There is limited availability, so call now if you are interested! You may contact Karen Rahn or Lora Huhn (Invitation Coordinators) for more information or to reserve your spot for the weekend. Space is limited so it is important to secure your spot today. We are eager to pass this experience on to others and look forward to witnessing the many transformations that come as a result of the special time together.

My Seniors at North Fairmount Senior Center thank you for your generous Christmas gifts. When they received their gifts I told them about the wonderful people of St. Ignatius. I know from experience the great men & women who always make others happy. Thank you, again.
Love & prayers,
Sister Margaret Ann

Total Cost of Project 2000 Construction
Part 1, Part 2, Parking Additions, Interest, etc.        $ 8,142,596.98
Debt to the Archdiocese as of 01/16/08                   $     199,926.00
Fund Drive received last week                                   $          2,196.00
Current Debt to the Archdiocese                                $     197,730.00

Thank You For Your Support!

YOUTH NEWS

Adult Collection                                                 $ 24,817.00
Children’s Collection                                                110.00
Total collection                                                  $ 24,927.00
Budgeted amount for Sunday                        $ 24,500.00

Bingo                                                                  $    1,424.00
Concession Profit                                            $          46.50

P.A.C.E.
Sales                                                                  $     1,995.00
Profit to St. I’s                                                    $         105.00

PACE Drawings are the last Sunday of each month. Every $50 purchase earns you 1 ticket in the monthly drawing. PACE Certificates are available at the Parish Office and from the PACE coordinators – Heidi Kemper, Julianne Smith, Sue Newland, Leslie Odioso.

Bingo Workers for January 27
Steve Gordon                             Jack Talbot
Vera Fleshman                          Robert Boeckermann
Greg Hardig                               Jennifer Smith
Dolores Jennings                     Kathy Overbeck
Clare Koch                                 Dan/Cathy Ogilvie
John/Janet Valentine                Tony Otte
Greg Olson                                 Mike Wood
Tom Lewnard                            Pat LaMonte
Barb Campbell                          Lisa Thiemann
Kelly Reupert

*It is imperative you work your assigned week. For bingo questions, call Barb Campbell (661-6565).

Bingo is in need of additional workers. You will be scheduled to work only once every nine weeks, at the most six times a year. Please call Barb Campbell (661-6565)

Bridges meets this Monday, January 21st in the Parish Office from 7-8:30pm: Topic “Doing God’s Will.” Next session is February 4th (“Praying out of the roots of your own Life”). Mark your calendar for the next session of Journeying with St. Paul: His Life and Theology on Monday, January 28th. Topic: “Freedom and the Law.” For more information, call Sr. Lucy.

Kidz Show 2007 DVD paid orders have been sent home through the School Office. Unpaid DVD orders may be picked up at the sign-ups for Kidz Show 2008. There are still a few extras if you are interested in purchasing one.

Special Exhibit: ‘Sacred Relics’ History of the Irish in Cincinnati is March 1 from 11:00am-7:00pm in Fr. Hilvert Center. It is sponsored by the ancient Order of Hibernians. Questions? Call Pat Mallory

St. Ignatius Seniors would like to invite you to join us March 9- 15 (Sunday-Saturday) for a fun trip to St. Augustine, Amelia Island, & Jacksonville, FL. Incredible price of $535.00 (double occupancy) includes Motor coach transportation, 6 nights lodging, 10 meals – (6 breakfasts and 4 dinners). Tours, visit to Fountain of Youth, Dinner Show, narrated cruise on St. John’s River, visit Historic Kingsly Plantation and much more. It is not necessary that you are a member of the Seniors. Pack your bags, and leave cold gloomy Cincinnati and have fun in the sun. For more information/reservations, call Verna Briede.

On Saturday, January 26, come to the St. Xavier Performance Center to hear the a cappella group Cadence. Their unique vocal style and ability to imitate musical instruments leaves audiences amazed. Tickets are $20. Please call for more information. The greater Cincinnati Performing Arts Society is a nonprofit charity founded to help provide some financial relief to Catholic elementary schools.

Wedding Anniversaries: All couples celebrating their Golden or Silver Wedding Anniversaries during 2008 should contact the Parish Office by February 8 to register for the Parish and Archdiocesan celebrations. The Parish celebration this year will be World Marriage Weekend, February 16/17.

Attention: Men of St. Ignatius Parish - Does life seem to be “piling on” and just getting too complicated? Could you use a really good friend that can not only listen, but actually help? Are you new to St. Ignatius and looking for a way to better connect with the St. I’s family? Christ Renews His Parish (CRHP) Team #32 would like to invite you to a day and a half of retreat and renewal of your faith this coming February to make some new friends (including the only one who can teach you what real peace is and show you His path). The CRHP “weekend” is an opportunity to meet other men from the Parish and to begin the process of developing a relationship with Jesus that will allow Him to provide you with the guidance, comfort and support that only the King of Kings can give. Please consider attending this weekend of renewal. For details, please contact John Overberg (Invitations Coordinator) or James Flynn at for more details. We promise that those who decide to attend will be glad they did! Team 32: James Flynn, John Overberg, Greg Clark, Bill Frietsch, Brian Lammers, Brian LeCount, Scott Paternek, Mike Reed, Rodney Reupert, Larry Schwartz, Jerry Selvidge, Matt Smith, Steve Winchester.

St. Ignatius Golf Outing: Whether winter shows up or not this year, you need to start tuning up your golf game because in just 3+ months from now you’ll be taking on the challenges of the challenges of the Miami-Whitewater Golf Course and the competition in the 12th Annual St. Ignatius Golf Outing. The big event this year is scheduled for May 12th so clear your calendars, save up your sick days and be ready to be a part of the biggest tournament on the SIAPGA (St. Ignatius Almost Professional golfers Association) tour. Think warm. Think sunny. Think Monday, May 12th. Stay tuned right here for more information. Oh yea, if anyone is interested in working on this year’s organizing committee or would like to be a sponsor of the event, please call Ron Kathmann.

January 12, St. Ignatius hosted a lay convocation with 165 parishioners from 36 different parishes in the area. There were representatives from various parish social ministries: Direct Service, Respect Life, Social Action, Worship, Twinning, Formation, Youth Ministry, Pastoral Council, Pastoral Associate/DRE and Deacon. The goals were twofold: To recognize, appreciate, celebrate, and enhance the connection among the various social ministries in our parishes, and to view the seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching as a common thread for each of the above ministries. The 7 themes are: 1) Life and Dignity of the Human Person. 2) Call to Family, Community, and Participation. 3) Rights and Responsibilities. 4) Option for the Poor and Vulnerable. 5) The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers. 6) Solidarity. 7) Care for God’s Creation. We plan to review each of these themes in Sunday bulletins so that everyone can have some familiarity with the Church’s social teaching. There should be some information with pictures coming in the Catholic Telegraph.

The Ulster Project: Attention High School Freshman and parents: the Ulster Project of Cincinnati is looking for families to host a teen during the month of July, 2008. The Ulster Project is a peace initiative aimed at bringing teens together for a month of social and service activities in a safe environment where they become fast friends in spite of political differences. As a teen host, you will spend 4 fabulous weeks with 23 other teens (12 Irish and 12 American hosts in all), in a variety of activities, all of which are free. A sampling of your month includes Kings Island, and a Reds’ game, as well as service projects and leadership activities. For participation information, call Jan Miller. Don’t delay; we’ll be selecting host families soon!

The brief letter below was sent to our teachers at St. Ignatius School. It came from Megan Fox, our former music teacher, who is now Sister Elise O.P. with the Dominican Sisters in Nashville, TN.
Merry Christmas Everyone,
Things here in Nashville are going well! I hope everyone in Cincinnati is doing well. I think of you all often. As I go through my education classes it’s hard not to compare everything to St. Ignatius. My semester is over and I only have one more semester of classes left and then I will be able to add an elementary certificate to my teaching license. I am learning sooooo much. I have great classes and great professors! I’ve been doing all my methods and observations and wish I could come back and observe at St. Ignatius. I have certainly grown in appreciation for all you do as classroom teachers! I am excited to have my own room someday soon. I’m ready to go back to the teacher’s side of the desk. I hope someone will write and tell me what is happening with you all.

We are soon going to be getting ready for Christmas. Lots of decorations and music practices. Lots of sisters coming home for the holidays too. Our schools are all over the country, and most everyone makes it home for Christmas. Exciting when the house is full! I do miss everyone and hope someday I’ll be up to visit. If you’re ever in Tennessee – we are just off the interstate!
Much love and many prayers – Sr. Elise O.P.