MASS INTENTIONS
June 26
5:30 pm  for Stevie Gasser (Family)
June 27  Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
10 am       for Parishioners
June 28 - July 2 (Fr. Doug on vacation)
no Mass

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE REPORT
offertory last Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4,290
amount needed to maintain budget . . . . . . $5,200
budget offertory deficit year to date . . . . . . $6,997
FYI:  the end of the fiscal year is June 30, 2010

250 Club winner Friday, June 18 #064 Scott Herrington
no nursery (Preschool Room is packed up for cleaning.)
 
EVENTS THIS WEEK 
today after Mass – Roman Missal I
Tues.    Apostles Creed part III 7 – 8:30 pm rectory
Sat.    Apostles Creed part III 10 – 11:30 am rectory
next weekend after Mass Roman Missal II

volunteer needed to make two low bookcases for the library.  Contact Sherri for details. 

Ice Cream Social 2010 report
receipts     $21,900 to date
expenses     $6,400   to date
Not all bills have been received at this time.  We project that the social may make $14,000 this year.  We thank those who helped to raise this money to benefit the school!  Mark your calendar for next year’s Freezing Day, Saturday, June 4 and Social, Sunday, June 12

Apostles Creed study will be held twice a week on Tuesday evening from 7 – 8:30 pm and Saturday from 10 - 11:30 am.  This week Part IV entitled Holy Spirit: the Breath of God will be presented.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults begins in September.  The RCIA provides an opportunity to learn What Catholics believe and what it means to be Catholic.  Unbaptized adults have the opportunity to be baptized. Those already baptized have the opportunity to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church.  Also adult Catholics are invited to attend to learn more about their faith.

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

I will be traveling to Memphis after Mass today and will return on July 2.  If there is a pastoral emergency during these days please contact Sherri 234.544 day, or 234.8383 evenings. This is the procedure to follow when I am away for an extended period of time.

We welcome Allan Frederick to our parish.  He arrived last Tuesday and will be spending some of the summer with us.  Allan is discerning a call to diocesan priesthood.  We wish him well and pray that God will provide guidance during his discernment. 

What if God does care about what I wear to church?   While this statement may or may not be true, have we become too casual about our attire and attendance at Mass?  Perhaps we think “it doesn’t matter.”  The truth is that it does matter!  “Sunday best” seems to have lost its meaning.  Perhaps if we saw our attire and attendance at Mass as giving back to God, we might see that “dressing up” is the least we can do for God.  Dressing up is also a nonverbal way of showing our children that our church is an important place; it is God’s house and Mass is an important event;  for we do this in memory of Jesus who died for me.

To help understand the New Revised Roman Missal and so that we will be able to participate at Mass when the new translation is ready for use, we will sponsor an education series.

Each of the following topics will be presented after Mass.  Each of the eight sessions will include a ten to fifteen minutes oral presentation and time for Questions and Answers.

June 26, 27         Why are the Mass Texts being revised?
July 3, 4              The Introductory Rites
July 10, 11          The Gloria and the Liturgy of the Word
July 17, 18          The Profession of Faith
July 24, 25         The Liturgy of the Eucharist
July 31, Aug 1    The Eucharistic Prayer
Aug. 7, 8           The Mystery of Faith
Aug. 14, 15       The Communion and Concluding Rites


We pray for the sick: Jackie Browning, Nancy Bush, Bill Landry, Fred Lang, Faye Prather, Gene Price Jr, Allan Reed, Jeffrey Sowder

We pray for those in care centers:  Carmel Manor:  Bishop Hughes; Cedar Ridge:  Sue Bedford and Mabel Schreiber;  Grand Haven:  Flossie Gasser and Bonnie Young; Taylor Manor:  Ruth Box;

We pray for the homebound:  Virginia Ashba, Ida Cooke, Juanita Gasser, Pat Hill, Grace Jones, Marie Snopek, Sherry Whitley

We pray for our Church:  Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Foys, all bishops, Frs. Frazier, Williams and all priests, Deacon Tony Stoeppel and all deacons, Srs. Mary Francello, Immaculate, Ruth Agnes and all sisters, brothers, missionaries, seminarians, the single, the engaged, the separated, the divorced, the married

We pray for our nation:  our president, elected officials, members of the armed forces, soldiers, public safety personnel, veterans

It’s not too late to join on an Italy Pilgrimage  Fr. Bach invites you to join him from Nov. 8 – 18 and visit Venice and tour the Piazza San Marco, Florence and see Michelangelo’s David and shop on the Ponte Vecchio, Assisi and visit the Basilica of St., Francis, and finally in the Eternal City, Rome venture into some of the city’s 400 churches, St. Peter’s, the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, a morning Audience with Pope Benedict (if available), visit the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum.  So far, seven parishioners from St. Edward have made reservations for this trip.  Includes round trip airfare from CVG, accomodations at first class/select hotels, most meals $2599 (does not include departure taxes, overseas airport taxes and gratuities for guides and porters). Travel brochures are available at the church office. For more info contact Fr. Bach at 1.859.322.7053. 


A special diocesan training session will be held at St. Edward’s on Saturday, September 25 from 10 am to noon for all who wish to distribute Holy Communion or lector. PLEASE mark this date on your calendar and plan to attend this mandatory diocesan training. 

The qualifications for extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion and lectors are:
1.  be Catholic and have received all the sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist);
2.  live his or her life in such a way that their love for the Eucharist is evident by their regular participation in the Eucharistic liturgy;
3.  demonstrate acceptance of the teachings of the Church by his/her way of life;
4.  be adequately formed to carry out this ministry as the Church intends, and take part in continuing formation through parish and/or diocesan workshops and/or retreats;
5.  extraordinary minister of H.C.  be recommended by their pastor to the bishop who may accept the recommendation for a four year term renewable;
5.  lector be chosen by their pastor for a four year term renewable;
6.  be at least sixteen (16) years of age;
7.  not labor under a canonical penalty whether imposed or declared (e.g., not be in an invalid marriage or be a laicized cleric;
8.  commit to  a faithful and reliable presence at the liturgies to which they have been assigned.

All persons who serve as an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion in the Diocese of Covington must complete both a diocesan and parish training program before being appointed by the Bishop.

All persons who serve as a lector in the Diocese of Covington must complete both a diocesan and parish training program before being commissioned by the pastor.