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St. Matthew  Parish

July 1, 2007

NEWS

Tri-Parish Mass will be at St. Matthew Church. Fr. Paul Shikany will celebrate the 9 am Mass followed by a Continental breakfast in the Café. Help is needed July 3 at 10 am for set up and also to help clean up after the breakfast…please sign up in the Gathering Space. Come and share fellowship with others from St. Andrew and St. Lawrence parishes

Parish Office Hours for the month of July will be from 9 am – 3 pm. Please use the side door between the church and school to enter the office.

CYO Family Day at Kings Island will be on Wednesday, July 25. Adult tickets (ages 7-59) are $28 ($17 savings); Child/Senior (ages 3-6 and over 60) are $23 ($7 savings), and children 2 and under are free. Call the CYO office at 632-9311 for more information. Tickets must be purchased by July 18th.

FunFest 2007 will be on Saturday, September 22! If you are interested in being on the planning committee please contact Jan Baele at 257-9145 or janjoe9aol.com.

Pictorial Directory – Many of you have been asking about this directory and when it will arrive. Unfortunately, there is no good news to share with you. It seems that the disks which we sent them with the layout pages were unreadable. Instead of us receiving this information, they left a message twice on a wrong number and so we were never informed. After waiting more then ten weeks for the proof copy, we called and found out the sad news. Hopefully, things have now been rectified. But, it will still take at least 4 months from now.

Stewardship Time and Talent Opportunities

Needed…a few good men, women and teens (over 16) to staff the St. Matthew Wellness Center!! Please call Kevin McNulty at 903-5603 to volunteer or for more information.

Dinner Donations: Are you interested in feeding some hungry priests? We would like to provide dinner for Fr. Paul and Fr. Mazzola to say “Thank You” for the many things that they do for our parish community. We will provide dinner on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. If you are interested please call Mary Marsh at 826-9732 (H) or 251- 3997 (W). If you already donate, please let her know if you are interested in continuing to do so.

Anyone who would like to help staff the “St. Matthew Wellness Center” during non-school hours please call 257-4297, x 3925 and leave your name and telephone number. Mr. McNulty or Mrs. Ruby will contact you. Wellness Center Hours Open to parish Monday - Friday at  6 am -7:30am and 6pm -9pm and on Saturday from 7am -3pm.

St. Vincent de Paul “Pratt/Quigley Food Center” is in need of volunteers on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from 9-11 am. The most critical needs are for helpers on Tuesdays, 12:30-3 pm and Fridays, 8:30-12 Noon on a regular basis. Drivers are needed on Wednesday after 10 am and help to repackage bulk foods on Wednesday, 5-7 pm. Please call 924-5775 or 921-1401 for more information.

St. Vincent de Paul is in need of help manning their telephone lines, 4 hours per month, from 8:30 am -12:30 pm or 12:30-4:30 pm weekdays only. Calls will be forwarded to your home and your personal number and name will not be available to the caller. If interested or if you have questions please call John O’Hara at 879-1705.

Food of the Month for June is Cereal and Powdered Milk…nutritious and good anytime.

Automatic Withdrawal Now Available!! One way to assure that your contributions remain current is to sign up for a monthly automatic withdrawal. Many parishes are now using this method on an ongoing basis and find that it can benefit members and assist in maintaining better stability of parish finances. If you are interested in signing up or would like more information, please call Marie Carson, 257-4297, x 1003.

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