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www.AssumptionMtHealthy.org December. 2019 Volume 71
By providing an atmosphere of hospitality, appreciation, educational
quality and spiritual energy as we approach everlasting life with God our
Father, Assumption will be a parish where all are enthusiastically involved
in serving the needs of its members, the community and the world accord-
ing to the teachings of his Son Jesus Christ and as led by the Holy Spirit.
7711 Joseph Street
Mt. Healthy, Ohio 45231
513.521.7274
The Assumption Pastoral Council will again sponsor the “Rise
Against Hunger” event that the Kaup Family originated and
continue to organize. It will be held on December 26 at 7:00pm in
the Parish Center. Rise Against Hunger is an organization striving to end world hunger by
2030 by fulfilling basic nourishment needs while communities work toward
sustainable food practices.
We need your help to reach our goal of packaging 20,520 meals — this
means we need to collect ~$7,000 (in advance of the event) to cover the
cost of the food. As you may know, the Kaup Family generously provided
the majority of the funding in previous years. Many of us were not aware
that there was a monetary fee for the meals we helped to package.
Please consider volunteering to package food and donating to this fun and rewarding event. We are asking those who
want to participate to register and donate by December 19 in order to have an idea of supplies needed and number of
people attending.
Checks can be made out to Rise Against Hunger and may be dropped off at the parish office or mailed to
Chris Krebs (2001 Arrowood Place, Cincinnati, OH 45231). Registration and donations can also be made at this
link: (http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/AssumptionParishandThelmaKaup).
We look forward to seeing you on December 26!
Christmas Mass Schedule:
Tuesday December 24th at 4:00 PM and 11:00 PM
with music starting at 10:30 PM
Christmas Day at 10:00 AM
New Year's Eve Mass will be at 4:00 PM
New Year's Day Mass at 10:00 AM
Santa Breakfast is still in need of volunteers! Set up
will be Thursday December 5th at 6:30 PM in the gym.
We need as many people as we can get. Also help
throughout the event and tear down right after breakfast
on Sunday! We hope to see you that weekend!
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Assumption Conference of the
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
was busy January to October
2019
We had requests for help from 570 families which
amounted to 1615 people.
There were:
37 requests for furniture
41 requests for beds
269 requests for financial aid (utility bills, rent, and
medical assistance)
359 requests for clothing vouchers
Over 2408 pounds of in-kind donations were collected
for the Mt. Healthy Alliance Food Pantry through
monthly restock weekends and parish festival.
During 2019, our parish provided an average of 14
volunteers a month for the pantry.
We provided 2 community meals at Trinity Lutheran
Church for a total of 140 people and 3 meals for the St.
Vincent de Paul Getting Ahead program.
This sixteen-week outreach program helps neighbors
investigate ways to possibly improve their lives.
Our conference hosted bundle weekend in March and
October collecting items for the St. Vincent de Paul
Stores.
Looking to the Future Opportunities to Help Your
Neighbor:
155 families registered for the Santa Angel Project.
360 children will be receiving gifts thanks to
the generosity of all those who took a gift tag.
Gift are to be returned Thanksgiving weekend.
Gifts will be distributed on Sunday December
15th.
Bundle weekends are scheduled for April 4, and
October 3, 2020. Donations are greatly
appreciated. Volunteers are needed to help load
the truck. Please contact the parish office if you
are available.
On April 2nd, we will provide a meal for Trinity
Lutheran Community Meal. We will need
desserts and volunteers to help serve from
5-6:30. This is a great opportunity to help feed
our neighbors.
Thank you for helping to make this possible through
your poor box donations, 5th Sunday collections, and
restock weekends. It is through your support that the
Society of St. Vincent de Paul can aid those in need. If
you are interested in joining us in our work making
home visits or volunteering for Bundle Weekends,
Community Meals, or joining the pantry volunteers,
please contact the parish office. We meet the 4th
Wednesday of each month at 7 PM in the Providence
Room.
Assumption St. Vincent de Paul Conference currently
has nine active members who attend meetings and
guide the work of the conference. Please pray that they
are guided to the resources necessary to help our
neighbors in need.
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Zone 231 Our mission is to provide a safe environment in which youth can develop their
potential and learn to thrive through consistent, stable, long-term and
Christ-centered relationships.
Zone 231 Youth Program is being redesigned. If you have any questions, please contact Rob Konkle at 521-1162. Sunday December 8, at 4 PM the Ohio Military Band Holiday Concert will be held at Mt. Healthy United Methodist Church to raise funds for Mt. Healthy Alliance. There is no entrance fee, but donations will be accepted at the door. There will also be a silent auction with baskets and holiday treats to bid on before and after the concert.
January 18, 2020 TICKETS GO ON SALE SOON!
You can now buy your tickets ONLINE! Tickets will be held at the
door with your name on them. You can also purchase tickets by
contacting Jenny Ludwig at 513-266-8226.
You can SPONSOR a horse and name your very own race horse!
Save the Date: Chili-Fest is
March 28th!
Thank You!
I would like to thank everyone that has been involved
in the newsletter over these many years and many
editions. This will be the last newsletter that I will be
editing. I am stepping down to do other things. I have
truly enjoyed being involved. The newsletter was
Fr. Kennedy’s idea and I was fortunate that he asked
me to lead it. Thank you so much to Bill Rocklin for
always being there with great photos and graphics.
Thank you to all of you for your articles and especially
thank you for getting them to me on time.
I am sure that Amanda will do a great job, she has been
doing a lot of the work already.
Cathy Kinne
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Our Pastoral Region will prepare for the coming of Christ at
Christmas with an Advent Penance Service on Tuesday,
December 10, at 7:00 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Church.
Please mark your calendar and make plans to celebrate this
beautiful Sacrament with your family. The second graders of
our two parishes are preparing for their first Reconciliation
and will join us with their families on this special night.
A NEW VISION FOR
FAITH FORMATION Our newly formed Visioning Committee invites
your input and comments regarding the future of
Religious Education and Adult Faith Formation for our
parish. What topics, programs, approaches would you
like to see come to Assumption in the coming years?
The committee is exploring the possibilities for our
future and discerning the underlying values and
priorities that can help us grow as a community that is
centered in Christ, contemporary in our knowledge of
the Catholic faith, and evangelizing in how we share our
life stories and passion for the Gospel with others.
Please talk to any member of our Committee about what opportunities you would like to see offered in the near
future. The members are:
Sue Eschmeyer
Tom Eschmeyer
Kathy Lorenz
Bob Meiser
Mary Meiser
John Riehle
Kathy Sander
Jim Schultz
Dave Sterwerf
Peggy Willenbrink
Faith Formation
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Dec. 2 LaSalle/Mercy McAuley Christmas show
Dec. 4 Advent Prayer Service
Dec. 6 Spirit wear Day
Dec. 9 PTO Meeting – 6:30 p.m. at OLG staff
lounge
Dec. 12 Christian Service Day (Character Day)
Dec. 18 2nd and 3rd grade Christmas program
Dec. 23 – Jan. 3 NO SCHOOL
Jan. 6 School Resumes
Jan. 18 Night at the Races 7:00 p.m.
At Assumption
Jan. 20 NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day
Jan. 23 Christian Service Day (Pajama Day)
Jan. 26 Open House – 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Jan. 26 – Jan. 31 Catholic Schools Week
Feb. 7 Spirit wear Day
Please check us out on Facebook for more news about OLG!
NIGHT AT THE RACES The annual Athletic fundraiser will be held on January
18, 2020, at Assumption. Mark your calendars for this
fun event and help the Athletic Association — more
information will be coming at a later date.
BOX TOPS AND COKE REWARDS There has been a change in the Box Top program. They
are no longer clipping the box tops off the packages.
Please download the app and start earning money for
OLG. If you don’t want to download the app please send
in receipts with the qualifying purchases on them and we
will scan them for credit!
The goal for the Box Top program for the year is $1,000.
So far we have earned $482.20—please help us meet the
goal by participating in the program!
PTO is still collecting Coke Rewards so please keep
sending them in!
VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION On November 11, OLG honored our veterans with a
Prayer Service and reception for the veterans and guests
following the service. The students also dressed in red,
white, and blue for the day. The Mt. Healthy American
Legion Post 513 was the Color Guard for this special
occasion. The veterans and students enjoy this special
day.
DRAMA CLUB Once again, the Drama Club did a wonderful job
performing their fall plays. The performances were:
Cocoon (the bug world does Sleeping Beauty), The
Reluctant Dragon (a friendly dragon refuses to be
bullied by St. George and ends up with a whole bunch of
new friends), and Help Wanted (a plot to thwart an evil
scientist requires ingenuity, teamwork, and a banana
cream pie). The actors and actresses always have a great
time and so does the audience. Congratulations on a job
well done!
CHRISTIAN SERVICE DAYS The next Christian Service Days will be held on
Thursday, Dec. 12 (character day), Thursday, Jan. 23rd
(Pajama Day), and Thursday, Feb. 20th (favorite sports
team day). The students pay $1 to be out of uniform and
that money will be given to the Wounded Warriors
Project at the end of the year.
OPEN HOUSE AND CATHOLIC
SCHOOLS WEEK OLG’s annual Open House will be held on Sunday,
January 26th, 1:00 – 3:30 p.m. Come and meet the
teachers and take a tour of OLG. Mark your calendars
and look for more information at a later date.
EAGLE WALK 2019 Another successful Eagle Walk was held in October.
The students met their school goal and raised over
$30,000. This money is used to help fund field trips,
technology, and many other items the school uses.
Since the goal was met, the students earned a “Week of
Fun”. This included a Snow Cone Day with Fr.
McCarthy, a No Homework Day, a Blue Out Dress day
(dress all in blue), a Cotton Candy Day with Mrs. Kirk,
and finally a Crazy Sock Day. The Eagle Walk is
always a fun day for students, faculty and staff and all
the many volunteers. Thank you to everyone for
helping make this a great success!
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We transform lives in the 45231 communities by providing
services with Christian love and dignity. PANTRY MISSION STATEMENT
With Christian love, our mission is to aid struggling families in the 45231 communities with food, personal care
items, and resources for other basic needs.
The pantry has been very busy this year. The chart below will help to tell the pantry story from January to
October 2019.
Total Families Served 4594
Total People Served 12,987
Total Pounds Received 73,887.07
Average Number of Monthly Volunteers 77
Total Number of Volunteer Hours 11,115.18
Estimated Value of Items Distributed to Our Guests
$518,114.50
Senior Boxes Distributed 1300
Metro Tickets Distributed 948
None of this would be possible if it were not for the
efforts of all those who volunteer and those who donate
items to the pantry. We average 459 families a month.
Items we distribute come from Freestore, Meijer, other
retail purchases, and donations from businesses
churches, food drives, and individuals.
Thanks to those who supported the Hunger Walk on
Memorial Day. The pantry received a credit of
$2,644.00 to be used at the Freestore to purchase items
needed to help our neighbors. Thanks to the Mt.
Healthy Haunted Hall for over 2,000 pounds of pantry
items.
The pantry was also chosen to be part of Spring Meijer
Simply Give Campaign. Thanks to the in- store
donations, Meijer matching funds and the LPGA
tournament donations we now have $17,620 in Meijer
gift cards. This will help us provide items for regular
distributions and for the holidays.
So far this year 155 parents have registered 360
children 13 and under for a Christmas gift through the
St. Vincent de Paul Santa Angel Project.
How you can help?
The pantry especially needs toilet paper, personal
hygiene, and cleaning items as well as non-perishable
food. Donations may be brought to the pantry during
our regular pantry hours: Monday 11-1, Tuesday 5-7,
Thursday 9-12, Saturday 9-12 or they may be dropped
off in the St. Vincent de Paul Box in the school hall.
We are also in need of volunteers to help pick up items,
stock items and help shoppers select their food. We
also need packers and people to carry out packages to
our guests’ cars. We especially need people who can
pick up items from Kroger, Walmart, Freestore, and
LaSoupe. This requires a van or truck and the time
availability of 2 hours a week. If you have time to
share or you have questions, please contact Kathy at
513-551-8036.
The Mt. Healthy Christian Church has been housing
the pantry since 2008. The church is for sale. We are
now facing the possibility of finding a new home if the
new owners need the space the pantry now occupies.
Consequently, we are looking for a plan B. Please pray
that God will guide us to an appropriate space. We are
very grateful to Mt. Healthy Christian Church for their
many years of support.
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Since our last newsletter
God has called home ...
Welcome to the Parish ...
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The deadlines are Feb. 15, May 15, Aug. 15 and Nov. 15. The newsletter will be mailed the first of the month after the deadline.
Cathy Kinne—Editor-in-Chief Bill Rocklin - Staff Photographer Betty Helton - OLG News Reporter
Amanda DeNoma—Editor
Wendy Martin
Linda Wallbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Janet Strittholt
Mr. & Mrs. Johnny & Elisha Dozier & Family
Mr. & Mrs. John & Anne Hattersley
Ruth Drewes
Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Mary Ann Rosswurm
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
The 1st Saturday
of every month
9am - 10am
Marilyn Lynn Hessler
Joseph Steiber
Shirley Vogt
John Betsch
May their souls and all the souls of the
faithful departed rest in peace … Amen
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