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Weekly Parish Calendar
Saturday, April 23 – Holy Saturday
9:30 Easter Egg Hunt at the K of C Hall
10:00 am Practice for Vigil
No Reconciliation
7:30 pm Easter Vigil Mass
Sunday, April 24 – Easter Sunday
8:30 am Mass
10:30 am Mass
Monday, April 25
8:00 am Mass
Office closed
No school
Tuesday, April 26
8:00 am Mass
9:00 am Adult Study
Wednesday, April 27
8:00 am Mass
Adoration after Mass until 7:00 pm
7:00 pm PSR
7:00 pm Sr. High GLORY at K of C Hall
Thursday, April 28
8:00 am Mass
7:00 pm Trio
Friday, April 29
8:00 am Mass - School attends; scapular presentation
9:30 am Neophyte class
Saturday, April 30
4:00 - 5:00 pm Reconciliation
Divine Mercy Chaplet before Mass
5:30 pm Vigil Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday
Sunday, May 1 – Divine Mercy Sunday
Divine Mercy Chaplet before each Mass
8:30 am Mass
10:30 am Mass
Easter Flower Offerings given in
Memory of:
Dave Anderson, Ruth Bey, Bobbye Roberts, Jerry
Brunswick, Larry Stevens, Douglas Stevens, MaryAnn
Clibbery, MaryAnn Cleere, Edward & Anna Braun,
Juanita & Joseph Braun, Josh Deniston, Harold Dumas,
Mr & Mrs Clarence McVee, Peter & Helen Herbon,
Francis & Matilda Paulus, John & Mary McCoy, Leon
& Beverly Francis, The Mannix Family, The Martin
Family, The Mong Family, Gene Myers, loved ones,
Wanda Paul, Larry Riegle, Clara Singleman, Ed
Snyder, Mr & Mrs Nick Denardo, Grace Balanti, Tom
Snyder, Jesse Peters, Michael Trocano, R Wayne
Turner, Harley Twaits, Jim VandenBosch, Paul
Wallischeck, Mr & Mrs Edmund Berger, Clara
Stauffer, Mary Hoying, Elsie & Wendell Goad,
Olympia & Franklin Calkins, and Paul Ayette.
Prayers and Praises
Alleluia! He is risen as he said!
Mass Intentions
Saturday, April 23
7:30 Missa pro populo
Sunday, April 24
8:30: Missa pro populo
10:30: Missa pro populo
Monday, April 25
Douglas Stevens (Ron & Eleanor Oberle)
Tuesday, April 26
Jerry brunswick (Family & friends)
Wednesday, April 27
Walter & Mildred McFarland (Janet Janson)
Thursday, April 28
Maurice Morrow (Dan Morrow Family)
Friday, April 29
Doug Stevens (Rhea Toschlog)
Saturday, April 30
Matt Huelskamp (Mary Huelskamp)
Sunday, May 1
8:30: George & Lois Liette (Jane Clum)
10:30: Missa pro populo
Offerings for April 17. 2011
Actuals
Goals
Sunday Collection: $9,513.61 $7,925.00
St. Vincent de Paul: $38.00
Capital Improvement: $145.00
School Donations: $134.00
Christmas & Sunday
Collections to Date: $372,346.00 $349,925.00
Adult Enrichment
Sharing our Faith and growing in appreciation of it is fun
and exciting! We welcome anyone who is interested to give
it a try. We are friendly, welcoming, and we appreciate other
perspectives as we learn. We meet on Monday evenings at
school at 7:00 pm, Tuesday mornings at 9:00 am at the
rectory and Thursday mornings at 9:30 am at the
rectory. We will be beginning a history of the Catholic
Church in the late summer or early fall. For more info, call
Ann Kolb at the rectory - 548-1616.
Inquiry class for those interested in learning about the
Catholic Faith (or simply reviewing) will be held on
Thursday evenings: May 12, June 16, July 14, and August
11. These sessions will be held from 7:00 - 8:00 pm in
Church (enter the ramped side door.) Ann Kolb is
coordinator of this program and will be happy to answer any
questions or concerns – call 548-1616. Formal Sessions will
begin September 1or 8. Time and place will be announced
later during the summer. All are welcome!

Church News
Let us rejoice with our First Communicants upon receiving
their First Holy Communion last
Saturday. It was a beautiful experience
for these children as they received Jesus
for the first time. Welcome to the table
of the Lord!
Parish Council and Education Commission Elections will
be May 7-8 during Mass. The biographies of this year’s
candidates are included in this week’s bulletin for you to read.
Attention Graduating Seniors: letters have been sent out
inviting you to Graduation Mass and breakfast provided by the
Knights of Columbus on May 15 to celebrate your graduation.
If you did not receive a letter or would like to let us know you
are coming, please call the office no later than May 8 .
The Finance Committee will meet in the Rectory on
Monday, May 2 nd at 7 pm.
Carmillo the Armadillo wants YOU! If you are between the
ages of 4-12, then Carmillo wants you to join him at the St.
Mary’s 2011 Vacation Bible School/Adventure. July 18-22
is the date. Plan on joining us for the wonderful Bible
adventure that we have planned for you this year. Watch the
bulletin for more information about the mystery of ________.
(Carmillo said that he wants you to try to guess what the
mystery is about.) So watch the bulletin for more information
and plan of joining us for Fun, Mystery and Adventure.
Parish School of Religion - G.L.O.R.Y.
Wednesday, April 27: Sr. GLORY at the K of C Hall from
7:00-8:30 pm. Don’t forget to submit your “Stump a JEDI”
question by April 26 th to Deb at shiverhome@hotmail.com .
Saturday, April 30 - Sunday, May 1: Sr. High ONLY - meet
at the Youth House at 8:00 am to go to Pleasant Vineyard
Ministries Camp in Camden, OH for our annual overnight
retreat. We will return sometime Sunday afternoon.
Wednesday, May 4: Confirmation Class at Youth House
from 7:00-8:30 pm. This is our final meeting and awards night
St. Mary’s School
St. Mary’s School Art Show will be after all Masses the
weekend of April 30 - May 1. Come over to the school to see
the talent our students have!
SCRIP Assignments
April 30 & May 1
5:30 Beyke 8:30 Rodenburgh 10:30 Badell
May 7 & 8
5:30 Gibson 8:30 B&K Rammel 10:30 Whitney
Rosary Altar Society
The Mother/Daughter/Friend Banquet will be May 9 th .
Please see this week’s insert for complete information.
Knights of Columbus
Any Knights who have sold or bought charity chance
tickets, please send them to Jim Sauer at 1156 Donald Dr.,
Greenville, OH 45331 by May 11.
Thanks, Jim.
Vocations
Walk, drive, pray for vocations on
Saturday, May 7. Join in “Stepping Up
the Call,” the 8 th annual pilgrimage for
vocations awareness. This pilgrimage includes walking and
driving options with an itinerary of stops for prayer and
presentations at churches & religious sites in Auglaize, Mercer
and Shelby counties. For more info, contact Sr. Carolyn
Hoying, CPPS at 937-231-1244 or Fr. Vince Wirtner, CPPS at
vocation@cpps-preciousblood.org. You can also visit
www.PreciousBloodSistersDayton.org “News & Events” for a
full itinerary, brochure and map.
Gospel Reflections
This Sunday’s Gospel comes from John 20:1-9, and the
Gospel Reflection comes from Living the Word: Scripture
Reflections and Commentaries for Sundays and Holy Days.
Some say we are only a series of neurons that come
together for a little white and eventually decompose; in the
meantime, the purpose of life is to have as pleasant a time as
possible. A rather limiting vision, no? Easter is my starting
point for rebuttal.
Easter calls us to include resurrection in our vision
of life. This is not always easy. It wasn’t when it first
happened. You can see why Mary Magdalene, seeing that
the stone had been removed, would conclude that the body
had been stolen. And you can understand how Peter never
got beyond seeing a bunch of burial cloths over in the corner
without concluding Jesus was raised. Only the beloved
disciple “saw and believed” (John 20:8).
We are never told what the tipping point was for the
beloved disciple. Was it all those times resting his head near
Jesus, watching, listening . . . and knowing?
Resurrection experiences have a long history. If you
have had a relationship that you thought was totally over
come back to life, you know that resurrection happens. If
have had an experience of going nowhere with a project,
then it suddenly kicks in, you know that resurrection
happens. If you know someone
held captive by an addiction and
see them break free and begin the
process of recovery, you know
that resurrection happens.
Easter invites us to
consider our experiences of
resurrection and move to the
conclusion: resurrections have
been happening for a long time.
It’s just a matter of seeing and

elieving.