The Pastor’s Corner We have had a really exciting few weeks at SMSJ! I love all of the momentum! The cleaning of the building has made quite a difference. It has really added a lot to the entrance and side of the church. There were some before and after pictures shared in the bulletin and it really helps you see the difference. There has also been wonderful changes in the landscaping from the hard work of Fr. Jason,Tony Losekamp and John Grusenmeyer. We also had Totus Tuus two weeks ago. The children enjoyed a week of learning about their faith and catechism through music, plays, craft and so much more. There were many fun events and the facilitators of the week long camp were really wonderful with the children. More great news comes this fall when as we get ready for St. Edmund Campion Academy to fill our school building at SMSJ. I’m excited to be able to have the students in the building and on the grounds. They will be joining us for daily Mass and confessions and we will be able to work with the children to become servers at these Masses. Last Saturday we had our Summer Celebration. Again, many hands were needed to make this happen. I am so grateful to Mary Mathers, Tony Brueneman, and all of our volunteers for their hard work. We can’t have such a fun celebration without all of the parishioners, friends and families that made this such a successful event.

Amen? Amen!

TWELFTH SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME

SAINT MARGARET - SAINT JOHN PARISH

+ This Week At SMSJ +TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

Monday, June 26 11:45AM † Special intention of Margaret Piron (Gloria Schmidt) 1:00PM Adult Ministry BINGO 7:00PM Parish Council MeetingTuesday, June 27 11:45AM † For our parishioners intentions 1:00PM Adult Ministry Talk: Fr. Sunberg on the Sacred Heart of JesusWednesday, June 28 - St. Irenaeus 11:45AM † Special intention of Nancy Croutcher (Gloria Schmidt) 6:00PM Finance MeetingThursday, June 29 - SAINTS PETER AND PAUL (S) 11:45AM † For the deceased of our parish 7:00PM BINGOFriday, June 30 11:45AM †William and Marie Hurley (Family)

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Saturday, July 1 3:00PM † Deceased members of the Edward and Jesse Mulvaney FamilySunday, July 2 9:00AM † Chris McKenrick - Birthday remembrance (Shirley and Pat) 11:00AM †John Burik (Sherry)

St. Margaret - St. John

Church Address: 6000 Murray Rd., Cinti, OH 45227Office Address: 4100 Watterson St., Cinti, OH 45227

Phone: 513.271.0856

Rev. Jamie Weber, Pastor513.871.5757, ext. 201 / jweber@eastsideregion.org

Rev. Jason Williams, Parochial Vicar513.871.5757, ext. 205 / jwilliams@eastsideregion.org

Matt Springer, Regional Dir. of Finance & Operations513.871.5757, ext. 204 / mspringer@eastsideregion.org

Cody Egner, Regional Dir. of Religious Education513.871.5757, ext. 215 / cegner@eastsideregion.org

Mary Mathers, Administrative Assistant513.271.0856, / marymathers@fuse.net

Keith Minnery, Director of Music513.271.0856 / kminnery@gmail.com

ADULT MINISTRYRosemary Bagby &

Carol Sullivan

ANNULMENTSJoe Fondacaro, 871.5757, x222

jfondacaro@eastsideregion.org

BEREAVEMENTJoan Doggett & Lois Esswein

BINGOGlenn & Cindy Irwin

BUILDINGS & GROUNDSMatt Springer

FINANCE COUNCILJeff Schnirring

LITURGICAL MINISTERSFr. Jason Williams

NETWORK OF CARERosemary Bagby & Elaine Best

PARISH LIFEJenny Kaminer

PASTORAL COUNCILTony Brueneman

SACRAMENT OF THE SICKFr. Jamie Weber

SACRISTANHelen Davis

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

John Sheehy

USHERSMichael Miller & Glenn Irwin

WORSHIP COMMISSIONMary Mathers

YOUNG FAMILIESAndrea Corvi

Weekend Masses: Sat. 3PM; Sun. 9AM & 11AMDaily Masses: Mon. - Fri. 11:45 AMRosary: Mon. - Fri. 11:15AM (except First Friday)Confessions: Mon. - Fri. 12:15PM; Sat. 2-2:30PM; Sun. 8-8:30AM and 10-10:30AMHoly Hour: First Friday at 10:30AM (includes Rosary, Litany of the Sacred Heart and Benediction)

St. Cecilia’s Masses: Mon.-Sat. 9AM; Wed. 6:45AM; Sat. 4PM, Sun. 8AM and 10AMSt. Anthony’s Masses: Sun. 8:30AM and 10:30AM

Adoration: Wed. at St. Cecilia from 9:30AM - 8PM

The MISSION of St. Margaret - St. John PariSh is to spread the good news & blessings

of JESUS CHRIST to our community. We gather together TO GROW closer to Jesus Christ,

TO WORSHIP at the Eucharistic Table, TO SERVE our children, the poor & the needy among us,

and TO CELEBRATE our diverse community.

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God’s grace brings us into the inner life of the Holy Trinity, into the exchange of love between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It makes us capable of living in God’s love and of acting on the basis of this love.

Grace is infused in us from above and cannot be explained in terms of natural causes (supernatural grace). It makes us—especially through Baptism—children of God and heirs of heaven (sanctifying or deifying grace). It bestows on us a permanent disposition to do good (habitual grace). Grace helps us to know, to will, and to do everything that leads us to what is good, to God, and to heaven (actual grace). Grace comes about in a special way in the sacraments, which according to the will of our Savior are the preeminent places for our encounter with God (sacramental grace). Grace is manifested also in special gifts of grace that are granted to individual Christians (charisms) or in special powers that are promised to those in the state of marriage, the ordained state, or the religious state (graces of state). ~ YOUCAT question 339

“A mirAcle does not tAke plAce contrAry to nAture but rAther contrAry to our knowledge of nAture.” ~ st. Augustine

What does God’s grace do to us?

Quote for the Week

Meet the saintsSt. Irenaeus(130-202) - Feast Day June 28

The Church is fortunate that Irenaeus was involved in many of its controversies in the second century. He was a student, well trained, no doubt, with great patience in investigating, tremendously protective of apostolic teaching, but prompted more by a desire to win over his opponents than to prove them in error.

As bishop of Lyons he was especially concerned with the Gnostics, who took their name from the Greek word for “knowledge.” Claiming access to secret knowledge imparted by Jesus to only a few disciples, their teaching was attracting and confusing many Christians. After thoroughly investigating the various Gnostic sects and their “secret,” Irenaeus showed to what logical conclusions their tenets led. These he contrasted with the teaching of the apostles and the text of Holy Scripture, giving us, in five books, a system of theology of great importance to subsequent times. Moreover, his work, widely used and translated into Latin and Armenian, gradually ended the influence of the Gnostics.

The circumstances and details about his death, like those of his birth and early life in Asia Minor, are not at all clear.

www.franciscanmedia.org

SMSJ Adult Ministry TalkJoin us on June 27th, at 1pm, in the Saint Margaret-Saint John cafeteria for the next installment in our series titled “Heart to Heart: A History and Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,” with Fr. Dave Sunberg. A question -&-answer session will follow. Stay a bit afterwards for refreshments and conversation, too!

Freedom Center Field TripWe will be making a trip to the Freedom Center on Sunday, August 13th, to visit the special exhibit, Mandela: The Journey to Ubunutu, as well as Open Your Mind: Exploring Implicit Bias. We will gather at the Saint Anthony Rectory after the 10:30 Mass for lunch and then carpool to the

Freedom Center. More details will be available in coming weeks, but be sure to mark your calendars now!

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIESAre you celebrating your 25, 40, 50, 60, 65, or even 70 years of marriage in 2017? If so, CONGRATS! Also consider some of the following ways to share your celebration with the greater Church, too: Request a Certificate from Archbishop Schnurr; Request a Papal Blessing from Pope Francis; attend the 50th Wedding Anniversary Mass at the Cathedral on Aug. 12th. Talk to Fr. Jamie or Fr. Jason or call the parish office for more details.

50% OFF TUITION at the ATHENAEUMGREAT NEWS! The Athenaeum of Ohio has extended its 50% tuition reduction for all lay students for the 2017-2018 academic year. Programs are designed for busy adults with classes offered daytime, evenings, and Saturdays in Mt. Washington, Montgomery

and McCartyville. With graduate and non-degree options, there has never been a better time to learn about your faith! Classes for the fall include Theology of the Body, Theology of Martyrdom, Old Testament Scriptures and Church History. Registration begins July 3rd and classes start August 23, 2017.

+ A GOSPEL REFLECTION +MATTHEW 10: 26-33

by Father Jason Williams

“Do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”

The weeks of Ordinary Time make up the great season of discipleship within the liturgical calendar. These are the months in which we have the opportunity to carefully move through the Scriptures, discovering who Jesus is and what he does. As we come to know Jesus, we begin to love him; loving him, we cannot help but follow him. Today Jesus encourages us to bear witness to the Kingdom of God among us, to bear witness, that is, to the presence of Christ himself.

Jesus is fully aware of the challenge that it is to follow him in this fickle world, and out of love for us, he reminds us that we have nothing to fear. God is watching over us, guiding us in his providential, paternal love. The world wants us to think that it’s not worth the effort to follow Christ, that we will miss out on things, that the suffering of the Cross will be too much for us to bear. And it would be, except that Jesus will always be at our side offering to carry the burden with us. What an opportunity we have today to ask ourselves if we trust in that promise of divine love!

May God grant us his grace in this holy season that we may have the courage to proclaim the Gospel, to announce in the world that Jesus is Lord and Savior. May his encouragement afford us the confidence to bear witness to the truth of God’s saving love in our families and in our workplaces. May the Lord’s words resound in our hearts, “Do not be afraid!”

Find more resources at www.eastsidefaith.org

TWELFTH SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME

+ STEWARDSHIP +Weekend of June 10 & 11

Offertory Total: $4206.00 Envelopes: 72

Mission Appeal: $917.01THANK YOU!

+ LAY MINISTERS +Saturday, July 1, 3:00PM

Readers: J. Heitker & T. WoodEMHC: E. Best, C. Osterman, & R. BagbyGreeters: J. Wood

Sunday, July 2, 9:00AMReaders: M. Mathers & P. PolanskiEMHC: C. Collins, D. Hoying, & M. BatesGreeters: A. Waltz & K. DouthitServers: M. Scharringhausen & A. Sublett

Sunday, July 2, 11:00AMReaders: M. Brusman & J. DoggettEMHC: L. Keeney, J. Losekamp, K. Losekamp, M. Eifert, & P. WagnerGreeters: D. Crabb & B. Ferrara

Charlene Alfaro, Bob Barlage, Nikki Best, Tom Blankemeyer,

Don Cafferky, Lorraine Carney, Robert Davis,

Steve Hofmann, Tammy Davis, Matthew Dickason, Tammy Doss,

John Ewald, Kelly Flanigan, Emma Gough, Mary Greis, Jim Griffin,

Heather Griffin, Lucilia Hock, Marge House, Diane Hudson,

Clare Jones, Larry Kahles, Betsey (Kerkhoff) Jacquez, Jane Kaeser, Joe Kaeser,

Dee Kaiser, Margie Lemkuhl, Steve Keeney, Marian Kleiman, Don Koehler, Bob Kohnen,

Bert Sullivan, Steve & Mary Knepfle, Eddie Mahoney, Kevin Mahoney, Randy Mays,

Mary (Marasco) LeRoy, Debbie Malicoat, Patrick Leo McKenrick, Sam Michael, Molly Montgomery,

Martha Muchmore, Betty Nerl, Margaret Nerl, Steve O’Connor, Elaine Otto, Esther Quinn, Katie Rahn,

Kate Roelker, Dee & Paul Rosing, Steve Ruwe, Ted Sentker, John Sheehy, Jacob Salamon, Louise Spahn, Susie

Stovall, Helen Steele, Mary Twigg, Mary Lou Sturgeon, Tom Suddendorf, Michael Weber,

Kenzie Suddendorf, Alberta Sullivan, Betty Tankersley, Patti Weikert, Diana Wiley, Darryl White,

Pamela White, Teresa K Wilson, Bob Witherby, Annette Collins, Deb Wittrock, Jani Wood, Frances Yunker

Four Grand Club Congratulations to our weekly $40.00 winner: Laura Heitker!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK

Peter’s Pence

Collection is this

weekend. Thanks for your

generosity!

+ HAPPENINGS +SAINT MARGARET - SAINT JOHN PARISH

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Project LinusJoin us for Project Linus Quilt Making Day which will be held on Saturday, July 8, 2017 from 9 am to 2 pm at Harvest Point Christian Church, 5968 State Route #132, Goshen, Ohio 45122. Questions please email projectlinusswohio@gmail.com or call (Mary Beth Rudemiller, Chapter Coordinator) phone at (513) 482-9130.

Thanks to all who helped make our Summer Celebration a success: planning team, volunteers, sponsors,

and, of course, all our GUESTS!