MASS INTENTIONS
 

FACTS OF LIFE:  In the seventh month after conception the hair on the baby’s head may grow long.

St Martin’s PRAYER FOR PEACE is held every Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in church.  Please consider coming to pray for peace in the world and for our brave soldiers in Iraq and around the world.  All are invited.                                                              

13^th Sunday in Ordinary Time: 

In today’s Gospel, we hear two stories about people who have faith in Jesus.  Jairus, the synagogue official, asks Jesus to heal his daughter and the woman “afflicted with hemorrhages” simply touches Jesus’ garment for a cure.  Neither act of faith is dramatic or heroic.  One is a direct request and the other is a simple gesture of reaching out.  These examples strengthen our own faith in Jesus.  Like Jairus and the woman in today’s Gospel, we simply turn to Jesus in our needs and believe in His love.

Prayer Moment:

Lord Jesus, help me to reach out to others with Your healing touch.

A Vocation View:  

Many people need a healing touch.  Open your heart to the possibility that God may choose you to be a healing touch as a priest, sister or brother.

Stock Donations: If you are going to donate stocks to St. Martin of Tours Church, please call the office to let us know.

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PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISH:

Remember in your prayers those who are in nursing homes, sick at home, and all who have received prayer blankets.

In April, 2003, new national hospital-patient privacy laws were enacted.  Therefore, many hospitals will not notify St. Martin's of your admission.  If you would like someone from St. Martin's to visit you in the hospital, please call the parish office to notify us.

If you know of anyone who can benefit from a PRAYER BLANKET from St. Martin’s, please call the parish office at 661-2000, to remind those who need it that the people of St. Martin’s are praying for their physical, mental and spiritual health.

Recent Baptisms:

Aiden Ross Sievers, son of David and Cheryl.

Henry Neal Huysman, son of Neal and Megan.

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Telephone Prayer Chain:  Are you or someone you know in need of prayers?  St. Martin’s Telephone Prayer Chain will take your request for prayers without a lot of questions and call it through to a team of 28 devout people who will be praying for your request.  Give us a call and put your needs in God’s hands.  For prayer requests or to join the prayer group, call Bob or Mary at 662-0178 or call Peg at 922-7575.

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Spare Change collection on July 4^th & 5^th will benefit St. Francis/St. Joseph Catholic Worker House.  This agency provides aid to homeless men and operates a soup kitchen for the hungry.  Please be generous.

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Summer Festival – 2009:

We have just two weeks until our Parish Festival on July 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th.  Please be sure and mark your calendar for this special weekend and invite your friends and family to join us at Harvest Home.  Also, a gentle reminder to return your tickets for the Major Award Raffle.  We are slowly moving towards our goal of selling 1500 tickets and we need your help to make that a reality.

Independence Day:

Our country celebrates its 233^rd birthday this Saturday July 4^th.  It seems most appropriate to celebrate Independence Day by thanking God for all the blessings that have been bestowed on our country.  Mass will be celebrated on Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. and our parish office will be closed on Friday, July 3^rd in observance of the holiday.

A prayer for Independence Day

God our Creator, Your gifts are countless and Your goodness infinite.  As we celebrate Independence Day, we come before You with hearts filled with gratitude.  We thank You in particular for the gifts of liberty and independence and a country that is filled with natural beauty.  We pray that the boundaries of nations will not set limits to our love and challenge of the Gospel to respond to the needs of our suffering sisters and brothers.  Give us the courage to continue to build a nation that deeply respects the gift of life and the dignity of all people.  Help us to play our part in the life of our country, that its thoughts may be directed toward peace, justice and the loving service of all God’s people.

God’s Blessing,

Fr. Terry

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Do You Have an Interest in the Catholic Church?  Have You Thought of Becoming Catholic?  The Church has a process called the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) to bring adults into the Church.  We begin meeting informally to answer questions & explore the possibility of becoming Catholic. We welcome people anytime during the year & begin meeting as soon as folks come forward!  If you or someone you know is thinking about becoming Catholic, please call Marti Barnes, at 661-2000.

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The Catholic Church welcomes children into our faith using the same model as the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. RCIA for children begins around age 7.  It serves children who were baptized Catholic, but have little or no religious education, children who have not been baptized, or baptized in another faith and want to become Catholic.  RCIA for children will begin in late August on Monday evenings. These sessions are age appropriate, fun and engaging activities and lessons in formation of the Catholic faith. Please call Laurie at 661-2000.  We are looking forward to hearing from you!

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Have you turned in your Major Award tickets?   Only 1,500 tickets will be sold, giving you an excellent chance at winning one of the cash prizes.  The success of the annual St. Martin Festival depends greatly on our Major Award.  You only need one chance to win, so why not get your name in that bin.

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ST. MARTIN OF TOURS SUMMER FESTIVAL

Friday July 10—6:00 to 11:00 p.m.

Saturday July 11—5:00 to 11:00 p.m.

Sunday July 12—1:00 to 10:00 p.m.

Harvest Home Park

A special Thank You to Paul Bessler for his overwhelming support of our festival every year.

It’s not too late to be a booth sponsor. If you will be unable to attend or work the festival, you can show your support by becoming a booth sponsor.  The cost is $50.00 for the entire weekend.

Theme Basket Wish List, This week—Beach & Pool Basket—beach towels, sun glasses, sun hat, flip flops, sun screen, beach chair, beach and water toys, sand pail & shovel, beach cover-up, radio, romance novel, etc.

Bid & Buy: Thank you to everyone who has been sending in items for the Bid & Buy.  The number of items continues to grow.  Help us reach our goal of 500 items. Many parishioners work at restaurants, hair salons, retail stores, etc.  It would be a great help if you could get a donation from your place of employment for the Bid & Buy.  Donations can be dropped off at the parish office.  All these wonderful gifts will be available at the Bid & Buy Booth located in the barn at Harvest Home.

Don’t leave church without them – Cake plates & covers, that is.  This weekend and next, be sure to pick up your cake plates/covers at all doors after all Masses.  You have your choice of a round one or a rectangular one or, you can have one of each!! Fill them with cakes, pies, brownies, cookies or cupcakes, and bring them to Harvest Home any time during the weekend of the Festival.  A couple of particular favorite cakes among festival-goers are Angel Food and German Chocolate.  They are both so easy to make.

Volunteers are still needed for the installation of the lighting in the booths. We will be working up at Harvest Home the nights of July 8 and 9 after 5:00 p.m.  Call Jeff Hammitt to help at 574-1056. 

Festival Help Needed for Set-up on Friday, July 10 and take-down on Sunday evening, July 12 and Monday morning, July 13.  Please call Gary Bachman at 574-0019.

We want the world to know about our summer festival!!  Pick up a yard sign after Mass on June 27 & 28 and display it proudly in your yard.  After the festival, hold on to that sign, we will pick it up and recycle it for next year.

Parking can be difficult at Harvest Home during the festival.  You can take a free shuttle on Saturday July 11 from 5:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. or Sunday July 12 from 1:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.  For your convenience, the bus will be at the St. Martin’s school parking lot and at the Cheviot Field House every half hour to bring you to the festival.

This is the last call for any unwanted books, CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, records or cassettes for the Media Mania booth.  You can still drop off your donations this weekend after Mass or during the week at the Parish Office.  Pick-ups will be made up to July 3^rd.  Call Margie Hammitt at 574-1056 or Nancy Holt at 481-1419 for more information.

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St. Martin of Tours will have Market Day sales during the summer months.  Visit www.marketday.com or call Ginger at 662-1130.  Order forms will be available after all Masses.

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Play St. Martin’s BINGO on Wednesday evenings in Fr. Mick Hall.  Doors open at 5:00 p.m. games begin at 7:00 p.m.  To volunteer to work please contact Mary Noble at 941-2783 or Email her at mnoble@zoomtown.com.  If you are scheduled to work at bingo, please arrive by 6:00 p.m. 

 Bingo provides a substantial amount of financial assistance to the parish.  Without bingo we would have to raise school tuition.  Please call to schedule your night to work.

 We need brown paper grocery bags for Bingo.  Please drop bags off at the Parish Office. Thank You!

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Please be advised that St. Teresa of Avila Parish will be changing hours for fingerprinting beginning July 1, 2009. We will offer fingerprinting hours Monday to Friday every afternoon from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.  Friday ONLY we will also offer fingerprinting from 9:00 to 10:00 am.  We will continue to offer fingerprinting every 2nd Thursday of the month from 5:00 pm to 6:45 pm.  If you have any questions please call the parish office at 921-9200.  Thank you.  Bill Thoman

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FINGERPRINTING: Reminder to any one who coaches, chaperones, volunteers or has any contact in any capacity with the children at St. Martin’s. BEFORE you can begin coaching, chaperoning, volunteering, etc., you must meet the requirements of the Archdiocesan Child Protection policy.  The requirements are 1: that you attend a Child Protection Workshop, and 2: that you be fingerprinted and your “prints’ are cleared through the Archdiocese.  Please note that the fingerprinting “clearance process” could take up to three weeks, and you will NOT be permitted to participate with the children at this time. If you have lived out of state at any time over the past five years, the “clearance process” could take months. St James White Oak is a permanent site where St. Martin parishioners can have their fingerprinting done.  All those who have cleared the policy process will receive a special ID card, which must be presented on the spot upon request.

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TV Mass Change:  With the move to digital broadcasting, the Sunday Mass from the Passionists that has been seen in the Cincinnati area at 9:00 am. each Sunday on Channel 38 will still be available but on a different Channel—25.2.

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Scripture for Weddings

Paul Turner

The Scriptures you hear at weddings usually come from a collection of texts specially chosen for the occasion. These passages appear in the lectionary. Often the priest or deacon witnessing the marriage has invited the bride and groom to select the Scriptures they wish to hear.

On some occasions, the Scriptures should be drawn from the Mass of the day. For example, if the wedding Mass takes place on a Saturday evening during Lent or Easter, the Scriptures will be those of Sunday. Even on those days we may substitute one of the readings with one from the wedding lectionary.

Ordinarily, though, the readings come from the wedding lectionary. This collection offers Scriptures in three groups: readings from the Old Testament, readings from the New Testament (excluding Gospels), and readings from the Gospels. You may hear one reading from each group at a wedding, or you may hear from only two. A Gospel should always be proclaimed.

Among the Old Testament readings are passages about creation, marriage, love, and God’s covenant. They proclaim the spiritual nature of marriage, the blessing of children, and the eternal love of God that marriage imitates.

Among the New Testament readings are passages about the love of Christ, the sacredness of the human body, the love within a Christian community, and the wedding-like vision of happiness in heaven. The Gospels proclaim the blessings of living a faithful Christian life, the importance of bearing witness to our belief, the permanence of marriage, and the presence of Christ in the love of a couple and of a Christian community.

Although a couple sometimes requests another Scripture passage or a non-biblical reading, these are more appropriate at other times on the wedding day. A complete list of readings from the lectionary for weddings is easily obtained from a parish church.

Copyright © 2003 Resource Publications, Inc., 160 E. Virginia St. #290, San Jose, CA 95112, (408) 286-8505, Paul Turner, pastor of St. Munchin Parish in Cameron, Mo.

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Catholic Charities is offering a four session “Parent Camp”. You will learn about setting boundaries, how to nurture without overdoing, the importance of saying “no” and parenting with values.  These will be at St. Ursula on July 7 & 9 from 12:30-2:00 p.m. and July 13 & 15 from 9:15-10:45. The fee is $15.00 per person for each session. 

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CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DONATE to St. Martin of Tours Parish by credit card just go to www.saintmartin.org and click the “Online Giving” icon.  You will be in the St. Martin of Tours “E-Giving” page.  Select the type of contribution: Sunday; Second; or Other. Other contribution can be used also for paying tuition online. There are only three steps on the “E-Giving” page: 1) Enter your information; 2) Confirm the information; and 3) Get a receipt

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