MASS INTENTIONS

St. Martin’s Prayer for Peace is every Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in church.  Please come to pray for our country, for peace in the world and for the safety of our brave soldiers stationed around the world.  All are welcome to join us.

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Telephone Prayer Chain:  Are you or someone you know in need of prayers?  St. Martin’s Telephone Prayer Chain will take your request for prayers without a lot of questions and call it through to a team of devout people who will be praying for your request.  Give us a call and put your needs in God’s hands.  For prayer requests or to join the prayer group, call Bob or Mary at 662-0178 or call Peg at 922-7575.

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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time:

In today's gospel Jesus commands “put out into deep water” Even though Simon Peter is convinced that there are no fish available, he does what Jesus tells him and lowers the nets." His trust is rewarded not only by a huge catch of fish, but by Jesus' call to become a disciple. Peter, James, and John, overwhelmed by the presence of Jesus, drop everything and follow Him. To be a follower is to “put out into deep water” day by day. Jesus is always there with words of reassurance; “Do not be afraid”.

Prayer Moment:  

Loving Jesus, give us the courage and the patience to truly learn about you and our Catholic faith.

A Vocation View:  

Holiness is a gift of God.  Open yourself to the gift.  When God calls, be ready  to respond: “Here I am, send me!”

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Stock Donations: Effective immediately, donations of stocks to St. Martin of Tours Church will be processed through St. Martin of Tours new individual custodial account at Fifth Third Bank.  Please contact Lois Sundrup for specific information and delivery instructions.

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PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH:

Remember in your prayers those who are in nursing homes, sick at home, and all who have received prayer blankets.

In April 2003, new national hospital-patient privacy laws were enacted.  Therefore, many hospitals will not notify St. Martin's of your admission.  If you would like someone from St. Martin's to visit you in the hospital, please call the parish office to notify us.

The following parishioner has entered Eternal Life.  Please remember her in your prayers:

Mary Johnson, beloved wife of Donald Johnson, loving mother of Marian and Lauren Johnson.

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Recent Baptism:

William Stanley Rahe, son of Dennis and Venessa.

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Facts of Life:

Life, the first inalienable right.

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The "Spare Change Collection” on February 6^th & 7^th will benefit Mission Partners Guatemala which provides health and education benefits to the impoverished in Guatemala. Please be generous.

 

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Honoring Our Married Couples:  Next weekend, February 13^th & 14^th, we will be honoring all of our married couples here at St. Martin. (What better time to so that than Valentine’s weekend?)  At all of our Masses, we will have a special blessing asking God to strengthen and deepen your love and commitment in the Sacrament of Marriage.  At the 5:00 p.m. Mass on Saturday, we will honor in a special way all of our couples who are celebrating their 25^th, 50^th, 60^th or above wedding anniversaries during 2010.  This will be followed by a reception in Fr. Mick Hall.

Palms & Ashes: The season of Lent is just a week and a half away! As I mentioned last Sunday, we invite you to bring to church this and next weekend the palm that your received last Palm Sunday. (Baskets are available at the entrances to the church where you can place them.)  These palms will be burned and their ashes used this year on Ash Wednesday, February 17^th.  The cycle continues as we remember, year after year the Lord’s passion death and resurrection.  Also, one final reminder that we will not schedule any Baptisms during Lent except in cases of an emergency or pastoral necessity.   We are looking forward to celebrating the living waters of Baptism with the new members of our faith community throughout the Easter season.

Looking Ahead:  Masses on Ash Wednesday will be celebrated at 6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 12:00 noon and 5:30 p.m.

            Another opportunity for prayer during Lent will be the Stations of the Cross which will be prayed each Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the church.

            We will publish our entire Lenten schedule in next week’s bulletin.

            A warm welcome to the Psallite Children chorus who are singing at the 5:00 p.m. Mass this weekend.  Our parish is blessed by your beautiful voices in our celebration of the Eucharist.

Winter Blessings!

Fr. Terry

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SOUP & BREAD SUPPER: Join us on Tuesday, March 2 from 6:00-7:00 pm in Father Mick Hall for our first Lenten Soup and Bread Supper.  In the Lenten spirit of sharing we are making this event a Pot Luck supper.  Fill your crock pot with a batch of your favorite soup and bring it to share with your fellow parishioners.  Not a soup maker?  Join us anyway; we’ll have plenty to go around.  We will provide bread, drinks, bowls and spoons (although you could “go green” and bring your own soup bowl or mug!).  After enjoying the wonderful variety of soup stay for our featured speaker, Greg Nolan, who will speak on his recent trip to Africa.  Please call the parish office at 661-2000 if you are able to help out with the soup!

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Okay, Mom it’s the Time-Out Chair for You! Join other moms in the Ministry of Mothers Sharing on Tuesday evening, February 9th at 7:00 p.m. in the Red School Building. This informal, informational meeting offers moms an opportunity to share experiences and select topics to be explored in future monthly meetings. Mark your calendar and bring a friend!  Child care is available by calling Laurie Huff at 661-2000, by February 2, 2010.

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Fish Fry: Please support the Girl Scout/Boy Scout Lenten Fish Fries.  They will be held on February 19th, March 5th, March 19th and April 2^nd from 4:30 pm-7:30 pm at Harvest Home Park.

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St. Vincent de Paul:  The St. Vincent de Paul Society would like to thank the St. Martin faith community for your generous contribution  to the St. Vincent de Paul collection on January 23^rd and 24^th.

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WANTED!!  The 2010 Festival is in dire need of Festival Chairpersons.  A Chairperson for a booth would need to be present for the entire weekend of the festival.  The job of a Chairperson is to oversee the operations of a particular booth.  Treat your booth as your own business!  By having just one Chairperson for each booth for the festival weekend provides overall better continuity.  The duties of a Chairperson are not really hard.  All you have to do is get your cash box and “inventory” in your booth each day of the festival, be responsible for the cash turn-ins collected each hour, help get workers for your booth if possible, (the festival committee will also help to obtain workers), turn in your cash box each night to the bank and in general, just be a good ambassador for our parish.  The success of the festival helps our school and parish, but depends on you, our parishioners.  Consider chairing a booth; we need you.  Please call Margie Hammitt at 574-1056 to discuss this opportunity. 

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Festival 2010: We are having a festival meeting on February 16, 7:00 p.m. in Father Mick Hall. Please come and share your ideas.

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Boys Volleyball:  Boys are needed to play volleyball. Any boy in grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 interested in playing volleyball, please call Rob Metzner at 481-7224.

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ATTENTION ALL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY COUPLES celebrating 25^th, 50^th, 60^th or more years of marriage in 2010. On Saturday, February 13 during the 5:00 p.m. Mass, we will have a special blessing for you, and all married couples. All 25, 50, 60 & above anniversary couples please call the parish office at 661-2000 by February 1^st to let us know your anniversary date and to let us know if you’ll be attending the 5:00 p.m. Mass.

Following the 5:00 p.m. Mass on February 13^th, we will have a fellowship in Fr. Mick Hall for all parishioners to honor the anniversary couples. 

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Saint Martin of Tours Marriage Enrichment Day will be Saturday, February 13, 2010 from 9:30 am—4:30 pm in Father Mick Hall.  Cost is $10.00 per couple.  This is a great opportunity to strengthen your good marriage!  Our facilitator will be Susan Vogt.  She has worked in family life education for the Catholic Church including marriage preparation and enrichment, parenting, leadership, counseling, and teaching.  Susan is a national speaker and has written several books.  She also is the author of our weekly “Marriage Moments” and Parenting Pointers”.  Please sign up for this rewarding day.

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Yes!  We want to attend this Day of Enrichment for our Marriage. 

Sign ups will be taken until noon February 8^th!

Last Name: ______________________________________________

Husband’s Name _________________Wife’s Name_______________

Phone # _____________________Email______________________

 $10.00 Enclosed ______   Will pay day of program _________

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FINGERPRINTING:  In the Archdiocesan Children’s Protection Decree, all employees and volunteers must be fingerprinted through the Archdiocese and attend a Child Protection Workshop. If you are a new volunteer for any sports, the parent of a Kindergarten child, going on field trips with the school for the first time, or new to St. Martin in any way and will be working with the children, you must be fingerprinted and attend  a Child Protection workshop BEFORE you can work with children.  Please note that the fingerprinting “clearance process” could take up to three weeks, and you will NOT be permitted to participate with the children at this time. If you have lived out of state at any time over the past five years, the “clearance process” could take months.

 St. Teresa of Avila will offer fingerprinting Monday thru Friday every afternoon from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.  Friday ONLY - they will offer fingerprinting from 9:00 to 10:00 am.  Also, they will be available every 2nd Thursday of the month from 5:00 pm to 6:45 pm.   Questions please call the parish office at 921-9200. 

St. James, White Oak, will have fingerprinting available Monday’s 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Thursday’s 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Friday’s

1:00 to 3:00 p.m.  Questions, call the parish office at 741-5300. 

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CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DONATE to St. Martin of Tours Parish by credit card.  Just go to www.saintmartin.org and click the “Online Giving” icon.  You will be in the St. Martin of Tours “E-Giving” page.  Select the type of contribution: Sunday; Second; or Other. Other contribution can be used also for paying tuition online. There are only three steps on the “E-Giving” page: 1) Enter your information; 2) Confirm the information; and 3) Get a receipt.

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The third presentation from Hospice of Cincinnati's is: "How to Care for Your Loved One With Dementia", and will be presented on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7:00 pm in the Red School Building.   Dementia has robbed your loved one of the ability to think coherently or to remember.  What can you do to enrich their lives and to be kind to yourself at the same time? 

Play St. Martin’s BINGO on Wednesday evenings in Fr. Mick Hall.  Doors open at 5:00 p.m. games begin at 7:00 p.m.  To volunteer to work please contact Mary Noble at 941-2783 or Email her at mnoble@zoomtown.com.  If you are scheduled to work at bingo, please arrive by 6:00 p.m. 

Bingo provides a substantial amount of financial assistance to the parish.  Without bingo we would have to raise school tuition substantially more.  Please call to schedule your night to work.

We need brown paper grocery bags for Bingo.  Please drop bags off at the Parish Office. Thank You.

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Seton High School is offering a class in Latin for students in grades 4-8.  They are February 20 to March 27 from 9:30-11:30, cost is $30.00. For more information & to register call Sr. Mary Dolores at 471-2600.

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All 6th and 7th grade girls are invited to the McAuley Pajama Party, on March 12 at 9 p.m. and ends on March 13 at 7 a.m.  This fun night will include games, snacks, movies, prizes, and breakfast!  There will be an optional campus tour for parents on March 12, from 9-10 p.m.  Admission to the overnight is free! You must register by March 5.  Space is limited.  Register at www.mcauleyhs.net/partyinthemca.
Call Kathy Dietrich at 681-1800 x 2272 for more information.

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Cheviot United Methodist Church Preschool will have registration for the 2010-2011 school year on Thursday, February 18 from 6:00 -8:00 pm. Registration for families enrolled in past years will be Wednesday, February 17, at 10:00 am. A nonrefundable registration fee of $75 is due at registration. Please contact Paula Long at 389-3060 for more information or to schedule a school tour.

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AfterMass, St. Peter in Chains Cathedral’s young adult ministry has planned their kick off event for the 2010 season. Please join us at 8^th & Plum Streets in downtown Cincinnati, on Ash Wednesday following the 5:15 Mass in the Undercroft South for a Lenten meal of soup, bread and cheese. Our mission is to provide a place where young adult Catholics, single or married, with or without children, can get together to grow in our faith, to serve our community and to socialize with other young adult Catholics. Information on upcoming AfterMass meetings will be available.