The Mass today is Pentecost XIX with the Commemoration of St. Teresa of Avila.
The Blessing of Expectant Mothers follows all Masses. Please come to the the center of the Communion Rail.
Rosaries will be blessed (with all indulgences) at all Masses.
Note: Special time: Rosary and Benediction are at 5:15 PM.
The October Devotions (Rosary, Litany of Loreto, and Prayer to St. Joseph) are recited every school day at 3:10 PM. By exception, due to No School this Monday, Columbus Day, October Devotions are at 4:30 PM with Low Mass at 5:00 PM. Every Wednesday the Rosary is recited before the Blessed Sacrament exposed at 3:00 PM, with Benediction and Holy Communion at approximately 3:30 PM. Join our children in prayer! The Rosary and October Devotions are also reicted every Friday evening in October with Exposition at 5:00 PM, and the Sacred Heart Novena and Benediction at 5:45 PM, followed by Mass at approximately 6:00 PM; and also before the Blessed Sacrament exposed on Saturday at 8:10 AM with Benediction at 8:40 AM.
At least half of the Rosary Confraternity Members are asked to attend October Devotions, each Saturday during the month.
While Father Saavedra is meeting with our boys, a group of girls and their mothers have been meeting on Monday afternoon at a room reserved in the Sharonville Library. Some of the activities planned for the girls are sewing, needlepoint, crocheting, and scrapbooking. Your girles would be welcome! Please contact Lexi Briggs at 513-774-7541 or Amie Wnek at 513-360-3100 for more information.
Ladies, circle Friday evening, October 27th: 5:15 PM Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, October Devotions, and Benediction followed by Holy Mass at approximately 6:00 PM. Confessions follow Mass. At approximately 7:00 PM there will be a spiritual talk and an opportunity for questions and discussion. Refreshments conclude the evening. All ladies of the parish are invited.
The Rosary Confraternity is meeting at Helfta Hall at 10:40 AM next Sunday, October 22nd, for a talk on the message of Fatima. Everyone is welcome.
This Saturday, October 21st, we will have our Fall wine tasting. Beginning at 5:30 PM in Helfta hall, the wine tasting will feature wines from Germany, Austria, Bordeaux, Alsace, Champagne and the Rhone Valley. Appetizers will be served with a heavy emphasis on European cheeses served in the cloister (weather permitting) moving indoors for the tasting and dessert/coffee. Tickets are $25 per person and all proceeds will go to the support of St. Gertrude the Great School. Attendance is by reservation only. Tickets will be sold after all Masses today, or you may reserve your spot by prepaying at the church office. Payment must be received no later than Thursday, October 19th.
In September $262.10 was collected from the “little church” for Masses for the sanctification of priests. Five Masses will be offered here for the First Thursday General Intention, and eight further Masses will be offered in the Missions for our priests. In October $120.00 was collected for a total of 6 Masses to be offered in the Mission. Thank you for your generosity.
I am hoping slowly to landscape our grounds and install a series of outdoor shrines and a Way of the Cross. I am looking for one or more donors for the shrine of Our Sorrowful Mother, an outdoor Pieta. $500.00 should cover the statue, the stand, and some shrubs.
Sunday, October 29th, the Feast of Christ the King, our annual All Saints Procession for All Hallows Eve will take place before the 9:00 AM High Mass. Our children are invited to come to church dressed as a saint. Each child should also prepare a few words about his saint’s story. We will assemble in Helfta Hall at 8:50 AM and begin the procession a few minutes later. After we process into church the children may go to be seated with their family for Mass. Some of the children will give a little presentation on their saints, and all of the children are invited to a little party. Prizes for the best costume in each age level will be awarded.
There are no catechism classes. They will resume on Sunday, November 5th.
The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed after the 11:30 AM MAss. Adoration continues all afternoon and concludes with Vespers, October Devotions and Benediction at 4:30 PM.
Next Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of the month. Confessions will be heard before and during all Masses. Children’s Confessions will be heard at 10:40 AM.
October 22nd, Pentecost XX – Mission Sunday – with the second collect of Our Lady and All Saints, and the third collect for the Propagation of the Faith. Preface: Trinity.