ANNUNCIATION PARISH CLIFTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO

To Help You Prepare For Next Sunday: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4;

2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14;

Luke 17:5-10

Your Prayers Are Requested

Please remember to keep in your prayers those of our Parish Community who are unable to be with us at our Sunday Eucha-

rist: Tracie Boney, Freddie Domineack, Bertie Domineack Har-

per, Joseph Chaky, Jim San Filippo, Mary Thomas, Cheryl

Walz, Vince Frasher, David Koenig, Anna Heuck, Pam

Martini, Molly Minihan, JoJo, Tom Vonderahe, and Patri-

cia & Harvey Sander. If you know of someone else who

should be included in this list, please call the Rectory. Also, your prayers are requested for the safety, and safe return, of all

the men and women serving our country in the armed forces.

Annunciation School Faith Formation News

Each class, preschool-8th grade, is assigned two patron saints. Sunday, September 29 is the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel,

and Raphael, Archangels. Saint Gabriel is the secondary

patron of Annunciation Parish and School, and is one of the patron saints of our kindergarten class, as well! September

30 is the Memorial of Saint Jerome, one of the patron saints of

our sixth grade class. October 1 is the Memor ial of Saint

Thérèse of the Child Jesus, one of the patrons of our 1st

grade class. October 4th is the Memor ial of St. Francis of

Assisi, our 5th grade patron saint.

Our Annunciation Catholic School community will be joining

our Parish community for 8:15 a.m. Mass on Wednesday, Octo-

ber 2nd to celebrate the Memor ial of the Holy Guardian

Angels.

Our weekly celebration of Morning Prayer with students and faculty, preschool-8th grade, is Thursday, October 3rd at 9:30

a.m. in church. All ar e welcome to join us for pr ayer!

For more information about Faith Formation at Annunciation

School, please contact our Director of Faith Formation, Dr.

Sandi Chakeres at 861-1295.

Pray for Persecuted Christians!

Please remember to pray everyday

for our Brothers and Sisters who experience hardship, suffering, and

persecution for our Christian faith.

Please pray for those Christians who will give their lives this day in

faithful witness to Jesus Christ. And

pray for the grace to quietly and

courageously give witness in our own lives to the faithfulness of

God. Visit the icon of Our Lady of

Perpetual Help, located to the left of the altar.

Blessing of Pets Our annual Blessing of Pets on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi will

be celebrated at 7:00 p.m. on Fri-

day, October 4th on the front

esplanade of church. All are wel-come, with or without pets. Mark

your calendars, and spread the word! We begin promptly

at 7:00 p.m., rain or shine, and the blessing lasts about 10 minutes.

Communal Celebration of the Sacrament

of the Anointing of the Sick There will be a Communal Celebration of the Sacrament

of the Anointing of the Sick at our 10:00 a.m. Mass on

Sunday, October 6th. Please call our Par ish Office at

861-1295 if you need more information or have any

questions.

Interested in Becoming Catholic? If you or someone you know has no church home, or is

attending Annunciation but is not Catholic, consider ex-

tending an invitation to this individual to give some thought to becoming Catholic. If you or someone you

know is interested in finding out more about the pos-

sibility of becoming Catholic, please contact Father

Grogan or Dr. Sandi Chakeres at the Parish Office,

861-1295.

Next Sunday: First Sunday of the Month

Is the monthly collection for the St. Vincent de Paul So-

ciety. Please be as generous as possible. Thank you!

Annunciation School Fundraiser Annunciation students are raising funds for school en-

richment and classroom improvements! They are selling magazine subscriptions, entertainment books (coupons),

and chocolate! You can support this effort in two ways:

(1) go online and shop using our school codes:

Apmags.com/store with school code W02721 and fund-raising.entertainment.com with school code 100005352

or (2) speak to a student directly about ordering! Thank

you for your continued generous support of our school!

Attention Liturgical Ministers! We are preparing to do our next Liturgical Minister

Schedule, which will go from No-

vember 30, 2019 –February 25,

2020, and will include all Christmas

Season liturgies. If you are a cur-rent Altar Server, Lector, Extraordi-

nary Minister of Holy Communion, or

Gift Bearer, please contact our Parish

Office at 861-1295 no later than

Monday, October 7 with any dates

you will NOT be available dur ing this time per iod. If

you are not currently a liturgical minister, but would like to be, also contact us! Thank you!

Wedding this Week This Saturday, October 5, Andrew Conroy and Maria

Middleton will be marr ied here at An-

nunciation Parish. Please keep Andrew

and Maria in your prayers as they prepare

to celebrate the sacrament of Matrimony!

Congratulations! Congratulations to Zac Mountel and Elizabeth Gunza

who were married at St. Ursula Academy on Saturday,

September 28. May they know the Lord’s presence, strength and blessing in their life together! May we all

support Zac and Elizabeth by our prayers and our joyful

witness to fidelity.

Our Condolences Our condolences to parishioner Marian McSwigan on the

September 10th death of her brother, Pat Nicholson. Eter-

nal rest grant unto Pat, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. Please keep the McSwigan/Nicholson

family in your prayers.

Masses for the Week

Monday, September 30th - Saint Jerome

8:00 a.m. Celebrant’s Intention

Tuesday, October 1st - Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus

8:00 a.m. Pat Nicholson; Denise McErwain

Wednesday, October 2nd - The Holy Guardian Angels

8:15 a.m. Special Intention; Sandi Chakeres

Thursday, October 3rd - Weekday in Ordinal Time

8:00 a.m. Persecuted Christians

Friday, October 4th - Saint Francis of Assisi

8:00 a.m. David Binzer; Rev. Todd Grogan

Saturday, October 5th - Vigil, Twenty-Seventh Sunday in

Ordinal Time

5:00 p.m. Thomas S. Grogan, Jr.; Greg & Evelyn Schott

Sunday, October 6th - Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinal

Time

10:00 a.m. Pro Populo, For the People of the Parish

When Mass Intentions are listed, the first name given is the person

being remembered by the priest celebrant at that Mass; the second

name is the person requesting the intention. Mass Intentions are

always welcomed. Please call the Rectory.

Next Week’s Ministers

Saturday, October 5th - 5:00 p.m.

Servers: Felicia Domineack, Jennifer Ridle, TBD

Lectors: Paul Hendr ick & Joseph Lenger ich

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

Melissa Booth & Kathy Chabot

Gift Bearers: Greg & Evelyn Schott

Sunday, October 6th - 10:00 a.m.

Servers: Annie Spaeth, Joseph Spaeth, Sarah Turner

Lectors: Mollie Wilke & Mike Suffern

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:

Stephen Macha, Valentina Macha, Dean Stout

Gift Bearers: The Macha Family

Financial Stewardship

Sunday, September 22nd (36 Envelopes)….........................3,119.00

Sunday, September 22nd (Electronic Giving)...................….260.00

Sunday, September 22nd Total Weekly Offering….…....…3,379.00

Please remember Annunciation Parish in your will!

It’s Happening at

Annunciation!

FEAST OF THE ARCHANGELS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

ANNUNCIATION PARISH CLIFTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO

FEAST OF THE ARCHANGELS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Feasts of the Angels This week we celebrate two feasts of angels on our Catholic Church’s Liturgical Calendar. Today, September

29th, is the Feast of the Archan-

gels Michael, Gabriel, and Rapha-

el. This is a special Feast Day for

our Annunciation Parish and

School, as Gabriel is one of An-

nunciation Parish’s patrons. All

you need to do is walk in our parish

church and look up. Centered in the

mural over the altar is the Annunci-

ation scene, with Gabriel making

the “announcement” to Mary. And

on a Wednesday, on October 2nd,

we remember our Guardian Angels.

The word angel means

“messenger.” It is from the Greek

word “aggelos”, which is a transla-

tion of the Hebrew word “mal’akh”

which means messenger. Angels

are mentioned throughout Scripture,

be-

ginning with Genesis and continuing through Revelation. An angel guards the

gates of Paradise after Adam and Eve are expelled; an angel stops Abraham from

sacrificing Isaac; an angel announces the conception of both John the Baptist and

Jesus; angels sing at Jesus’ birth; angels will announce the Second Coming of

Christ and the Last Judgment. And we each have our own Guardian Angel who

guides us on our path to God!

By the late fifth century, nine choirs or ranks or orders of angels had been deter-

mined. The Seraphim, Cheru-

bim and Thrones are counselors

and contemplate God. The Do-

minions, Virtues and Powers are

governors of the universe. And

the Principalities, Archangels

and Angels are messengers who

carry out God’s orders. The Bi-

ble gives us names for three of

the Archangels: Michael, Gabri-

el and Raphael. Jewish apocry-

phal writings name other archangels: Uriel, Jophiel, Chamael,

Zadkiel, and Jophkiel.

Angels also play a big part in our liturgy. What are we doing at Mass when we sing the “Holy, Holy”? Listen

closely – we are joining the choirs of angels in singing! And also in the Eucharistic Prayer we ask the angels to

take our offering to the heavenly banquet table. And listen intently the next time you are at a Catholic funeral.

We are asking the angels to lead the deceased into Paradise.

Remember, the word religion means to reconnect. And the Feasts of the Angels give us a wonderful opportuni-

ty to make many faith connections, especially here at Annunciation Parish!

Text ©2007 by Sandra A. Chakeres, Cincinnati, Ohio. All rights reserved.

ANNUNCIATION PARISH CLIFTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO

FEAST OF THE ARCHANGELS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL SEPTEMBER 29, 2019