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January 27, 2008

Monday,
7:00 a.m.               Bob Brockhuis – Bill & Iris Green
9:15 a.m.               Sarah Wallace – Bob & Gladys Sunderman

Tuesday, ALL SCHOOL LITURGY AT 9:15AM
7:00 a.m.               Rosemary Conner – Mary Ellen Koehne
9:15 a.m.               Wilbur Macke – Tom & Lynne Hamons

Wednesday,
7:00 a.m.               Joseph Milazzo (Birthday) - Family
9:15 a.m.               Marcella Umberg – The Murphy Family

Thursday,
7:00 a.m.               In Mem. Of Dean Schwartz – Mother Nancy
9:15 a.m.               Pat Rievley – Lyn & Scott Teepe

Friday,
7:00 a.m.               Robert Blaut - Family
9:15 a.m.               Howard Wittekind – Betty Odley
6:30 p.m.               Bomkamp & Rahe Wedding

Saturday, February 2
7:00 a.m.               Communion Service
9:15 a.m.               Novena Mass
4:30 p.m.               George Fox – Helen Schmidt

Sunday, February 3
6:30 a.m.               Living & Deceased Members of St. Ignatius Parish
8:30 a.m.               Bob Pollard - Family
10:15 a.m.             Mr. Schmidt – The Huber Family
12:00 noon            William Moening (Anniversary) - Family
7:30 p.m.               Joseph Odley - Family

Servers For the Week of January

Monday, Tuesday
7:00 a.m.               A Martin, T Prybal, J Burgoyne
9:15 a.m.               Z Allaben, A Schum, C Unkrich

Wednesday
7:00 a.m.               B Klare, N Haberthy, B Weibel
9:15 a.m.               T Kemper, G Salamone, J Talbot

Thursday, Friday
7:00 a.m.               K Jung, E Auberger, M Kuhlman
9:15 a.m.               S Hoesl, B Strawser, N Olson

Saturday, February 2
9:15 a.m.               C & M Davey
4:30 p.m.               H & C Knuf, C Ginn, G Bolin (Fr. Wall)
6:30 p.m.               E Bates, D Pfeifer

Sunday, February 3
6:30 a.m.               J & A Reed (Fr. McCarthy)
8:30 a.m.               J & J Selvidge, A & M Wood (Fr. Wall)
10:15 a.m.             T Bode, N Unkrich R Matthews, A Grayson (Fr. McCarthy)
12:00 noon            Ruhe, J Ludwig, E Taylor Z Wernicke (Fr. St. George)
7:30 p.m.               J Kenning, P & S Yerger, N Goetzman (Fr. St. George)

The Tabernacle Candle this week week is in Remembrance of
Lorain Glandorf
Jean Mackie

Banns of Marriage
Bill Bomkamp and Emily Rahe will marry February 1 at St. Ignatius.

Blood Pressures are being taken after 4:30pm Mass on Saturday, January 26 and after all AM Masses on Sunday, January 27.

RCIA: On the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, the catechumens and candidates will be dismissed during the 10:15 Mass. Wednesday, there will be a Questions & Answers (Overview of Catechumenate) discussion. Class begins at 7:30PM for catechumens, candidates, personal sponsors, and parish sponsors. Please continue to pray for the participants on their faith journey.

St. Leo's Food Pantry: The Angel Food Program has been at St. Leo's for one year. Thank you to all the volunteers. For $30.00, anyone can order the food from Angel Food. The current menu is posted in the entrance to the Parish Office. To place your order, come to the parish office during day time hours. Before the cut off date, Jeremy Sicking is taking Angel Food orders after the 4:30 Mass.

The Catholic Ministries Appeal (CMA) is an annual effort by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to spread the Gospel through informing and engaging the faithful with important regional ministries that benefit thousands of people throughout nineteen counties in western and southwestern Ohio. We invite you to share your gifts of time, talent, and treasure to participate in the life of our local church through these ministries. CMA funds six ministries: pastoral education (seminarians, deacons, and lay pastoral ministers), Catholic Social Services, St. Rita School for the Deaf, chaplains for hospitals and prisons, retired Archdiocesan priests, and college campus ministries. The Archdiocese annually spends over $7 million on these ministries. Our goal this year is to fund $4 million for these ministries from the CMA. Visit www.catholicappeal.info.

Angels on Wheels needs volunteers who can take people to church on Sunday, or to local Dr.’s, store, etc. If you are able to help call Teresa Denton or Ann Duffy

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 27
The Farwick Family

Baptized on January 20, we welcome:
Madelynn Catherine Tenkman, daughter of Bryan & Billie, Sumac Terrace.
Madalyn Josie Broxterman, daughter of Mark & Jodi, Bluesky Dr.

The Worship Commission would appreciate response from our fellow parishioners regarding our services and celebrations during Advent and the Christmas season, which lasts through the Baptism of our Lord. Please share your ideas regarding liturgy (dramatizations), rituals, call to worship with gifts, etc.), décor and environment, music and liturgical movement, special services (reconciliation and adoration) and the “little blue books”. If you have any comments or suggestions on ways to improve our worship, or if you would like to affirm our efforts, please call Pat Zirkelbach. Through your input and the guidance of His Holy Spirit, we strive to serve the St. Ignatius Community with the best possible worship.

SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: The school is hosting an Open House, today, Sunday, January 27th from 1:00 to 2:30 to kickoff 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

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 send cards, write letters, or craft a small gift for their senior contact. If you are aware of any parishioner who might enjoy being a part of this program, contact Sister Lucy.

Kiwanis Fish Fry at the Concession Building behind the Church begins Ash Wednesday, February 6 and continues every Friday during Lent. The hours are 4:30-7:00pm. The menu includes fish sandwiches, fish, shrimp, or chicken dinners. Use the convenient drive-up window for takeout orders or eat inside the building.

We have a very rich church in tradition and scripture. Since the Vatican Council the Sunday readings are from the Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament, the writings of the followers of Jesus, especially St. Paul and then the life of Jesus in the Gospel stories. All of these readings call us to be holy in our own walk of life. When we miss these readings at Mass, we really miss the story of our salvation. The readings and the Eucharist go together. Even Jesus recalled the Jewish freedom at the Passover meal, we call the Last Supper.

The Bible readings today call us to repent. These were the words of John the Baptist in Advent and Jesus repeats that same admonition in the Gospel reading. So, really, we are called to lead a Holy life. Sometimes the word “holy” scares us a bit; like if we had to live in a monastery or convent. But the word really means to live in the world and do what we should be doing in our own walk of life right now; and every age group from little children, adolescence, young adulthood, marriage, parenthood, middle age and finally to older age - all through that period of life, we are called to be holy. That is doing what we are called to be in that particular time of our life.

At Mass, when we have read the Scriptures, we go back 2000 years to the upper room and do what Jesus told us to do to remember Him. This is what makes our Church so very blessed, to have the fullness of the writings of both the Old and New Testament and the Eucharist. The music may change, the style of the presider is different, but so were the Disciples different from one another.

The Eucharist is the best place for us to forget our divisions, and to see in others the love of Christ. After all, when we come here, we unite ourselves with Jesus and with one another, with all who are here within these walls, with the whole Church, and with the whole human family.
Fr. Wall

The Parish Nurse from St. Leo’s, Mary Beth Basch, is a member of a group of nurses from the College of Mt. St. Joe that have organized a community project to be implemented early in January of 2008. This project is a supplemental protein drive for the food pantry at St. Leo’s. The pantry supports between 800- 1000 individuals during a month and finds it challenging to offer good, nutritious food to these well deserving residents of Fairmount. The food drive will focus on collecting the following: canned meats of any kind, 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. In addition, if one would prefer to donate money instead of food, the money will be used to purchase fresh meat that would also be distributed. There will be a box outside the Parish Office till February 3 where you can drop off any of the above.

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.

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

Total Cost of Project 2000 Construction
Part 1, Part 2, Parking Additions, Interest, etc.        $ 8,142,596.98
Debt to the Archdiocese as of 01/23/08                   $     197,730.00
Fund Drive received last week                                   $             434.00
Current Debt to the Archdiocese                                $     197,296.00

Thank You For Your Support!

YOUTH NEWS

Bingo                                                                  $    1,519.00
Concession Profit                                            $          67.50

P.A.C.E.
PACE Sales                                                      $    1,340.00
Profit to St. I’s                                                    $         80.00
Kroger Sales                                                     $ 75,900.00
Profit                                                                   $    3,036.00

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 February 3
Allen/Bonnie Seifert                     Mike Mays
Chrissy Reeves                            Michelle Mescher
Jerry Nordman                              Cindy/Dave Yauch
Lisa Imhoff                                    Jeffrey Kuhn
Joe Davey                                     Doug/Tracy Nienaber
Bob/Melissa Bay                         Bob/Theresa Klein
Kerri Gutekunst                           Katie Walro
Mike Bresler                                 Barb Spears
Tim Kemper                                 Mary Ann Bosse
Amy Merz                                       Jill Salamone

*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)

Journeying with Saint Paul: His Life and Theology: Next session is February 11th (“The Crucified and the Risen One”). Mark your calendar for the next Bridges meeting on Monday, February 4th. Topic: “Praying out of the Roots of your own Life.” Meets in the Parish Office from 7-8:30pm.

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.

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.

Spring Sports Sign-Ups: Boys Volleyball, Girls Softball, and Boys and Girls Track & Field: Sign-ups for spring sports will be offered in the Hilvert Center on the following dates:

http://www.sainti.org/athletics/signupsheetforsports.pdf.
Cost* to participate:
Boys Volleyball (Grades 4-8) $45.00
Girls Softball (Instructional Grades 1-2) $25.00
Girls Softball (Grades 3-8) $45.00
Track & Field (Grades 1-8) $45.00
*an additional $50 fee may be charged to those families who haven’t yet joined the St. Ignatius Athletic Association for the current school year.
For more information, contact:
Tim Partin (Boys Volleyball)
Peggy Schmucker (Girls Softball)
Jenny Hilvert (Girls Softball)
Jim Waters (Track & Field)

DISCOVER: We are a 20’s/30’s Christian based group designed to grow together and walk this journey with one another. Next meeting will be Jan. 29 at 7:30pm in the Fr. Gratsch Room (Room A), where we will be have the president of the Cincinnati Right to Life come and talk. Questions?? Please contact Rod or Andrea

“Xavier Women’s Basketball church Bulletin Game”: Bring your church bulletin to the Xavier Women’s Basketball Game on Sunday, February 17th at Cintas Center and you’ll receive $2.00 off the regular ticket price. Tickets will be only $5 for adults and $3 for youth ages 17 and under. Tip-off is scheduled for 12:00pm. Xavier University will also be raising awareness about breast cancer that game. Fans in attendance are encouraged to “Think Pink” and wear pink to the game. Questions?

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!

Boys Basketball Tournament: Thanks to EVERYONE who helped make the 2008 Boys Basketball Tournament a great success! In particular, thanks to ALL the coaches and parents who volunteered their time for (75) tournament games. Also, thanks to Ron Toelke, John Hart, and Jeff Hinton for their hard work on the tournament program and concessions. Congratulations to the following (3) teams from St. Ignatius that were Tournament Champions: 8th Grade: Max Barlag, Joe Burger, Alex Hart, TC Klusman, Sean Pierce, Spencer Stroube, Patrick Swisshelm, Tyler Vogelpohl, and Mike Witzgall; 5th Grade: Dan Bellman, Logan Brauning, Kevin Casey, Ben Jesse, Jake Ludwig, Adam McBee, Mitch Otten, Ryne Poli, Joey Wenning; 4th Grade: Nick Boeckerman, Kyle Farwick, Xander Gagnon, Jacob Geiser, Luke Haffner, Dylan Kipp, Chad Raffenberg, Max Scherch.

Congratulations to the following (4) teams from St. Ignatius that were Tournament Runner Ups: 7/8th Grade: Joe Calardo, Brandon Lorentz, Andrew Lyons, Jeffrey Nader, Rodney Namaky, Sam O'Connor, Josh Selvide, Chris Schuetz, Zach Wagner, Ben Yauch; 7th Grade: Dominic Bonavita, Brent Gatermann, Adam Hart, Jake Klare, Christian Kuethe, Sam Kwiatkowski, Mitch Molnar, Ken Ruberg, Eric Toelke, Andrew Wood; 6th Grade A Team: Nicholas Boardman, Ben Frizzell, Brian Guck, Nick Heflin, Jeremy Keith, Ben Kleeman, Taylor Lee, Zachary Schmucker, Chris Smedley, Brian Strawser; 6th Grade B Team: Zach Allaben, Zach Andrews, Drew Berling, Jared Burgoyne, Colin Bressler, Alex Desch, Greg Partin, Alex Schum, Austin Seigel.

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. The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) is raffling a trip for two to Ireland, to be given away on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. Also the AOH is looking for Irish Catholics both men and women, who are interested in their Irish heritage to join their organizations. If interested, please contact Paul Weisgerber or Dave Maher