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SCHEDULING CONFIRMATIONS FOR 2020-2021 All pastors should have received an email with an appended letter regarding the scheduling of Confirmations for the 2020-2021 academic year. If you have not received this email or have any questions, please email Linda Heidi in the Archbishop’s Office or call her at 513.263.6612. Please Note: Forms are to be submitted no later than Friday, February 21. Thank you for your attentiveness to this matter. ASH WEDNESDAY 2020 COLLECTION The collection to aid the Church in Central & Eastern Europe or the Church in Africa will take place on Ash Wednesday, February 26. Please send the collection money to the Archdiocesan Finance Office in a timely manner for forwarding to the USCCB office. Be sure to designate to which collection fund the monies should go, Central & Eastern Europe or Africa. NEW W-4 FORM FOR 2020 On December 5, the IRS issued the redesigned 2020 Form W-4 (Employee’s Withholding Certificate). The new form no longer uses withholding allowances. Instead, there is a five-step process and a new Publication 15-T (Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods) for determining employee withholding. Beginning in 2020, all new employees must use the redesigned Form W-4. Employers may ask their existing employees hired before 2020 to submit a new Form W-4, but employees are not required to submit a new form merely because of the redesign. Employers will continue to compute withholding based on the information from the employee’s most recently submitted Form W-4. If an employee hired prior to 2020 wishes to adjust withholding, the employee must use the redesigned form.
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CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS) RICE BOWL - IMPORTANT UPDATE Every few years, CRS goes through a clean-up process in order to be better stewards of our CRS Rice Bowl resources. For this year only, parishes need to make a proactive order or they will not receive rice bowls. CRS has and will continue to send notices about this with a response card. Parishes can send in the card or can make their order online. PARISH ACRE ASSESSMENT The Archdiocese of Cincinnati will again participate in the NCEA IFG ACRE program this year to evaluate religious education programs in our Catholic schools and parishes. Catholic Faith Technologies is continuing as NCEA’s technology partner for the administration of all IFG ACRE programs. Please click HERE for all of the information you need to administer the 2019/2020 test. Answer sheets must be submitted for scoring by Friday, February 7, 2020. If you have any ACRE questions, you can reach Catholic Faith Technologies at [email protected] or call 1-800-707-NCEA (6232).
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LENTEN DAY OF REFLECTION FOR PRIESTS The Lenten Day of Reflection for Priests will be on Tuesday, March 3, at the Transfiguration Center at West Milton. Monsignor Frank Lane will be the speaker. A flyer will be mailed out in mid-February. SPRING RETREAT FOR PRIESTS The Spring Retreat for Priests is scheduled for March 16 - 20 at the Maria Stein Spiritual Center. Our speaker will be Reverend Thomas Buffer, S.T.D., of the Diocese of Columbus. A registration flyer will be mailed. SAVE THE DATE: SENIOR CLERGY LUNCHEON The Senior Clergy Luncheon is scheduled for Tuesday, April 21 at the Bergamo Center, Dayton. The luncheon begins at 11:45 a.m. More information to come. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Sarah Frohmiller at 513.263.6651. SAVE THE DATE: DIOCESAN PRIESTS’ ANNIVERSARY DINNER This year the dinner is scheduled for Monday, May 4 at the Bergamo Center, Dayton. Evening prayer at 5:00 p.m. followed by a social; dinner at 6:15 p.m. More information to come. VOCATIONS DIRECTOR AVAILABLE TO COME TO YOUR PARISH OR SCHOOL Fr. Dan Schmitmeyer, Director of Vocations, is available to come to your parish to preach on Vocations at weekend Masses, celebrate school Masses and/or speak to the students in their classrooms, or speak to PSR classes, youth groups, and young adult groups. If you would like to schedule a time, please email Fr. Dan Schmitmeyer. If you know of a young man in your parish who may be discerning a vocation to the priesthood, please contact Fr. Dan Schmitmeyer.
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MARCH 8 - 14 IS CATHOLIC SISTERS WEEK Please consider inviting a consecrated woman or religious sister to speak at your parish or school to share her story and talk about vocations. The Office of Consecrated Life has a panel of individual Vocation ministers who are available to visit schools and parish religion classes throughout the school year. For more information, email Maria Reinagel or call 513.263.6683. DISCERNMENT DINNER – MARIA STEIN SHRINE On March 31 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at 2291 St. Johns Road, Maria Stein, join other young adults in the Archdiocese to meet and learn from Consecrated men and women in the area. This dinner is open to all young adults (aged 18-35) who want to learn more about Religious and Consecrated life. We welcome everyone – from the mildly curious to the serious discerner! Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Office of Consecrated Life and Cincinnati area Vocation Directors. For more information, email Maria Reinagel or call 513.263.6683. NEW FREE PRODUCTS FROM THE CATHOLIC TELEGRAPH Please subscribe, and urge your parishioners to subscribe, to The Daily Divina, a beautiful way to start each day focused on praying with God’s word, and The Ember, a weekly email with relevant, local, and inspiring content that will keep you up to date on news that matters to you and help you connect your faith to your daily life. Both are free and sent to your email in box. Sign up here. CIVILIZEIT 2020 We invite you to model love for neighbor by pledging to Civilize It and commit to civility, clarity, and compassion this election year. Civilize It: Dignity Beyond the Debate is a non-partisan call to focus on the dignity of all people, even those with whom we disagree, and to put faith in action! We're looking for parishes and other Catholic communities to host informational events about CivilizeIt and Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. Please contact Andrew Musgrave if you’re interested. TRIBUNAL TRAINING CLASS Do you need someone to assist your parishioners with marriage cases? The first step is to have the person take the Tribunal Training course through LPMP at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary and School of Theology. This year the classes will be offered each Saturday from May 16 through July 18 from 9:30 a.m. until 12:10 p.m. The student must be able to handle college level (ideally graduate level) course work. Consider having the parish pay the tuition in exchange for the student becoming a certified procurator/advocate to assist your parish(es). After completing the course with at least a “B” average, the student will need to successfully complete an internship working on marriage cases with one or more mentors (priests or certified procurator/advocates). Students may register online or call the LPMP program for more information at 513.231.1200. This class is required before a man would begin deacon formation. PASTORAL PLANNING Regular updates on the Framework Considerations that were presented at the Presbyteral Convocation and the pastoral planning process are being posted. Click here to find updates and resources. If you have not yet done so, please click here to “Opt In” to the email distribution list that has been established to keep you up-to-date on the planning process.
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FOR YOUR INFORMATION .
LENTEN REMINDERS – FAST AND ABSTINENCE Ash Wednesday, February 26 and Good Friday, April 10, are days of abstinence from meat and also days of fast, that is, limited to a single full meal. The other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat. The law of abstinence binds all Catholics 14 years and older. The law of fasting binds all Catholics from their 18th birthday until their 59th birthday (canons 97, 1252). “Let the paschal fast be kept sacred. Let it be celebrated everywhere on Good Friday and, where possible, prolonged throughout Holy Saturday, so that the joys of the Sunday of the Resurrection may be attained with uplifted and clear mind.” (Constitution on the Liturgy, No. 110) With regard to the obligatory days listed above, however, there are frequent questions about the degree of seriousness of the matter. To paraphrase Pope John Paul II: the obligation to do penance is a serious one; the obligation to observe, as a whole or “substantially,” the penitential days specified by the Church is also serious. No one should be scrupulous in this regard; failure to observe an individual day of penance is not considered serious. People should seek to do more rather than less. Fast and abstinence on the days prescribed should be considered a minimum response to the Lord’s call to penance and conversion. CONFIRMATION AND THE FACULTY TO CONFIRM AT THE EASTER VIGIL The following link might be helpful for priests regarding Confirmation at the Easter Vigil. This is for priests who have been granted the faculties of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Click here for the instructions for the Faculty to Confirm as found in the Pagella, Clerus Cincinnatensis, Volume XII, No. 1, pages 260-261. The mandate is given to all priests in the Archdiocese. THE HR DEPARTMENT RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT… The HR Department respectfully requests that when you email HR, please include an address block with your location and, above all, a phone number. Doing so makes it much easier for us to efficiently respond to the volume of emails we receive. If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact Rob Reid at 513.263.6611. CENTURY FARM AWARD APPLICATIONS DUE APRIL 30 Catholic Rural Life of St. Marys and Sidney Deaneries is now accepting applications for the 2020 Catholic Century Farm Award. Families who have farmed the same land for 100 years or more are eligible for the registry. Century Farm Families will be recognized as part of the Rural Urban Farm Mass. For more information click here. COLDWATER FARM FAMILY TO HOST MASS IN JULY OF 2020 This year’s Rural Urban Farm Mass is on July 16 at 7:00 p.m. Bishop Binzer will celebrate Mass at Keith and Odessa Boeckman’s Farm, 4924 Burrville Road, Ft. Recovery, Ohio. For more information and an event flyer click here.
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CELEBRATING FARM FAMILIES MASS AND MEAL Come join us for Mass with Bishop Binzer at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 29 at the Maria Stein Shrine of Holy Relics – Adoration Chapel. Dinner will be immediately following Mass in the Upper Room. $10 per person, RSVP required by March 9. Visit the Maria Stein Shrine website or call 419.925.4532 to purchase tickets. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati – Catholic Rural Life of the Northern Region and hosted by the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics. FLU SEASON LITURGICAL GUIDELINES Each winter, questions arise regarding flu season and liturgical guidelines; valuable information can be found here on the ODWS web page titled Policies, Guidelines, and Norms. INITIATE WEBINAR SERIES FOR RCIA MINISTERS Join RCIA ministers – veteran and novice – for our new webinar series, Initiate. From the comfort of your desk or couch, you can participate in one or all of these 90-minute offerings. .
• Thursday, February 20, 1:30-3:00 p.m.: Breaking Open the Word – Best Practices • Thursday, March 5, 1:30-3:00 p.m.: Year-Round Catechumenate and Change
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The 90-minute webinar includes time for Q&A and discussion with colleagues in adult initiation ministry. Just $5 for each, or $10 for the whole series! Click here for more info and to register. CANDLELIGHT MASS The Young Adult Office invites any young person age 22-35 to the Candlelight Mass on February 13 (and every second Thursday of the month) at 7:00 p.m. at St. Cecilia Church in Oakley. Confessions start at 6:30 p.m., and after Mass you can walk over to Animations Bar. For more information, check out our Facebook page @AoCYA or on Instagram @CincyYoungAdults. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION (EMHC) FORMATION Training for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion will take place in six deaneries this spring, plus an additional session focused on ministry to the sick, hospitalized, or home bound.
• Tuesday, March 3, 7:00-9:00pm, Our Lady of Sorrows, Monroe (Hamilton Deanery) • Thursday, March 5, 7:00-9:00pm, St. Teresa, Springfield (Springfield Deanery) • Tuesday, March 10, 7:00-9:00pm, St. Helen, Dayton (re: visiting the sick, hospitalized, or
home bound) • Thursday, March 12, 7:00-9:00pm, Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains, Cincinnati (Cathedral
Deanery) • Monday, March 16, 7:00-9:00pm, St. Angela Merici, Fayetteville (St. Martin Deanery) • Thursday, March 19, 7:00-9:00pm, Our Lady of Lourdes, Western Hills (St. Lawrence
Deanery) • Thursday, March 26, 7:00-9:00pm, St. Marys Deanery Center, Celina (St. Marys Deanery)
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The sessions above will be presented by Deacon Dave Shea, and registration is available online. NOTE: Several dates in April are being planned for this training to be conducted in Spanish! THE LIGHT IS ON FOR YOU – MARCH 24 Don’t forget about this annual Lenten observance! Resources for pastors and parish leaders can be found on the ODWS website. Parishioners can find resources to help them celebrate the Sacrament of Penance here.
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PREPARING FOR MCP 2020 - SO PLEASE SEND IN MISSION DONATIONS The missionaries that spoke at your parish(es) last year are very grateful when their collections are sent to the Mission Office promptly. So if you have not mailed in your 2018 or 2019 MCP (Missionary Co-operation Plan) collection already, please do that ASAP as we are about to begin the 2020 MCP year with new assignments. Please also check to see that your parish office has mailed in the World Mission Sunday (WMS) collection with the parishioners’ envelopes. Our fellow Catholics in those 1,150 struggling mission dioceses are further empowered to “keep the faith,” thanks to your parishioners’ generosity. When you mail in these donations please indicate which year these funds were collected and for what purpose: MCP or WMS. Please send all these collections to: Mission Office, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, 100 E. 8th St. Cincinnati, OH, 45202. Any questions or comments? Email Melonise Knight or call 513.263.6681. APPLY FOR A TRIP TO VISIT MISSIONERS IN NEPAL For a total of 12 days in late September and early October 2020, Dr. Mike Gable is inviting a limited number of adults to join him to support and visit Fr. Joseph Thaler, MM, in the mountains of Nepal, north of India. For 30 years, Fr. Thaler, a native of greater Cincinnati, has been working with local teams to provide: job training (sewing classes) for the “differently abled” people, health campaigns, schools for brick factory children, water and farming projects, women’s social advancement programs, promotion of inter-faith dialogue, etc. The spirituality, scenery and cultures are outstanding. For more information and an application, email Dr. Mike Gable, Mission Office Director, or call him at 513.263.6680. EASTER VIGIL START TIME The Roman Missal specifies that the Easter Vigil “must take place during the night, so that it begins after nightfall…” In the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, the Easter Vigil should begin NO EARLIER THAN 8:45 p.m., and preferably at 9:00 p.m. KEY WEEKENDS FOR THE 2020 CMA
• Commitment Weekend: February 1/2, 2020 • Follow-up Weekend: February 8/9, 2020
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Guidelines and resources for these weekends and the CMA overall are available here under the “CMA Info for Parish Staff” section – the password to access this section is “cma2007.”Have questions about the CMA? Email Matt Reinkemeyer or call 513.263.6672. ONE FAITH, ONE HOPE, ONE LOVE CAMPAIGN DISTRIBUTIONS Semi-annual distribution payments for the One Faith, One Hope, One Love campaign will be made during the first few weeks of February. Payments will be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT) to parish accounts. For questions or more information, please contact the campaign office toll-free at 844.260.4483. Thank you! DEACON REASSIGNMENT Deacon Larry Day, ordained on April 28, 2007, has been assigned to St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Cincinnati. This assignment was effective January 2, 2020.
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BULLETIN ENTRIES .
JOIN ARCHBISHOP DENNIS SCHNURR ON A PILGRIMAGE TO GERMANY, AUSTRIA, AND SWITZERLAND - This once in a lifetime Pilgrimage includes the world-famous Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany. September 16-26, 2020. Go to CatholicCincyPilgrimage.com for more information and to register. 21ST ANNUAL SU CASA AWARDS DINNER - Reserve your table now for the 21st Annual Su Casa Awards Dinner on Friday, April 24 at Xavier University’s Cintas Center benefitting vulnerable Hispanic/Latino immigrant families in Greater Cincinnati. Contact Dan Sarell at [email protected]. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - Interested in reducing hunger and food insecurity, volunteering at a mobile pantry or learning more about hunger in our area? Call April Hoak, Food for All coordinator at 513. 672.3720 or email [email protected] for more information. CAREGIVER SUPPORT AVAILABLE - If you know of a caregiver who needs encouragement and support, please tell them about the Caregiver Assistance Network through Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio and have them call Angie Homoelle at 513.672.3834. For the February Group Schedule go to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12utQHUNYEAxdOh4jr0bjvEjYI1gmkAt_/view INSPIRING NEW PRODUCTS FROM THE CATHOLIC TELEGRAPH – Subscribe to The Daily Divina, a beautiful way to start each day focused on praying with God’s word, and The Ember, a weekly email with relevant, local, and inspiring content that will keep you up to date on news that matters to you and help you connect your faith to your daily life. Both are free and sent to your email inbox. Sign up at www.thecatholictelegraph.com/digital-subscriptions. MONTHLY YOUNG ADULT CANDLELIGHT MASS, FEB. 13 - All adults age 22-35 are invited to attend this beautiful Mass on Thursday, February 13 at St. Cecilia parish in Oakley. Confessions start at 6:30 p.m. and Mass is at 7:00 p.m., followed by socializing at Animations bar, which is walkable from St. Cecilia. For more info, check us out on Facebook (@AoCYA) or Instagram (@CincyYoungAdults). Join us! YOUNG ADULT PILGRIMAGE TO ROME & ASSISI - Fr. Jacob Willig is leading a pilgrimage for young adults to Rome and Assisi in the fall of 2020. The trip will be October 29 through November 6 and will include seeing many of the beautiful churches and sights of Rome, including St. Peter's and the major basilicas, the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum, a general papal audience and more! It will also include daily Mass with Fr. Willig and a stay at a religious sisters’ guesthouse, a 5 minute walk from the Vatican. For more details go to stceciliacincinnati.org/ and look under the "Events" tab. ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN AND THE APOSTOLATE IN THE MODERN WORLD - On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at 7:30 p.m., Dr. Jonathan Reyes, Senior Vice President for Evangelization and Faith Formation for the Knights of Columbus, will discuss the recently-canonized St. John Henry Newman’s apostolic work, including its fundamental principles and practical application today. The event is free and open to the public and will be held at the Bartlett Center, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, 6616 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, 45230.
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MOUNT ST. MARY’S SEMINARY LATIN SCHOLA EVENT - Mount St. Mary’s Seminary Latin Schola will lead sung Vespers in St. Gregory the Great Chapel on Sunday, February 9 at 7:00 p.m. Following Vespers, the Schola will present a concert of sacred music, featuring the Missa a tre voci by Antonio Lotti, and motets by Pasquale Pisari, Kevin Allen, and Ciro Grassi. There is no admission charge. All are welcome. 6616 Beechmont Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45230. SURVIVING DIVORCE: FEBRUARY 4 THROUGH APRIL 21 - Marriage is meant to last a lifetime. Most engaged couples approach their wedding day fully believing and intending this. Sadly, however, too many hearts and homes end up experiencing the pain of divorce. Surviving Divorce was created to bring hope and healing to those who have experienced the pain and loneliness of a broken marriage. The Petersburg Parishes are offering this 12 week video series on Tuesday evenings, February 4 through April 21 (6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.) in the Adult Room of the St. Joseph Parish Life Center (attached to the church located at 103 W Pearl St., Wapakoneta). Call 419.738.2115 to register. A $25 fee will cover the cost of the program. If this would create a financial hardship, please mention that when registering. RETROUVAILLE: HELP FOR TROUBLED MARRIAGES - The Retrouvaille Program consists of a weekend experience combined with a series of 6-12 post-weekend sessions over 3 months. It provides the tools to help a couple who is struggling to put their marriage back on track. Upcoming 2020 Weekends: March 29-31, September 6-8. For information or registration, go to http://www.cincyretrouvaille.org/ or https://www.helpourmarriage.org/. MINISTRY TO SURVIVORS OF ABUSE (REPORTING) - The Archdiocese of Cincinnati regards child abuse in all its forms as gravely sinful and criminal. Anyone who knows of or suspects child abuse by a legitimate member of the clergy or hierarchy, employee, or volunteer of the Archdiocese should first report the abuse to the appropriate secular legal authority and then to Ms. Teresa Maley, Coordinator of Ministry to Survivors of Abuse of the Archdiocese, at 513.263.6623 or 1.800.686.2724 ext. 6623.
