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September 5, 2010
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time



From the Desk of the Pastor
In the Gospel reading for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus challenges his would-be followers in the crowd to “calculate the cost” of discipleship. According to Luke, to be one of his disciples, Jesus demands nothing less than radical choices and total commitment.

As we celebrate Labor Day this weekend, we are challenged to apply our Catholic Social Teaching about the dignity of the human person to the situation of workers in our economy.  Bishop William Murphy, the Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, reminds us of our values: “While it is not the role of the Church to propose a concrete economic blueprint for the future, the words of Pope Benedict should remind us that a key, perhaps the key, to overcoming the current economic situation is to unleash the creative forces of men and women. People, not things, must be the center—and the ultimate measure—of new initiatives for our nations’ economy, as well as the economies in which we are in competitive and cooperative relationships around the world.”

Festival Report: Enclosed in this week’s bulletin is a final accounting from our Summer Festival. Our total profit was $20,565. Once more, I want to thank all that had a hand in directing, planning and executing the Festival. While it is a good fund-raiser for our parish, it is also a very important community building event. Mark your calendar for June 3 and 4, 2011 and plan to be involved!

Parish Annual Financial Report to Diocese: Please find enclosed also a summary of our report to the diocese. For the last fiscal year (July1, 2009- June 30, 2010) we had total revenues of $400,569 and total expenses of $409,745. We ended up a little short in satisfying our ACUE assessment in support of St. Anthony School. As always, if you have any questions about the financial report, I am happy to meet with you and discuss.

Mass Stipends or Offering is given to a parish. In return, the priest of the parish is obligated to offer a Mass for the donor's intention. The stipend is not given as a price for the Eucharistic Sacrifice. It is rather a voluntary donation whose origins go back to the early Church. The amount of the stipend is determined by the diocesan standard, $10 in the Diocese of Covington. Please consider this spiritual practice.

Liturgical Ministries: The diocese is implementing new norms for Eucharistic Ministers and lectors. The Norms include “nomination” by the Pastor and training at the Diocesan level. Our parish could always utilize more Lectors and Eucharistic ministers. If you are interested in these important ministries, please give me a call. Although I have already submitted names, I can still nominate others.

SCRIPS and Market Day: SCRIPS are sold before and after all weekend Masses. Market Day order forms can be found in the vestibule of Church. I encourage you to consider regularly participating in these fund-raising activities for our parish and school.

                                                        Fr. Joe