Scripture Readings

for Next Sunday

Isaiah 62:1-5 1 Corinthians 12:4-11

John 2:1-11

Fr. Barry Windholtz Pastor

St. Rose Church 2501 Riverside Drive

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513) 871-1162

strosecin@aol.com www.strosecincinnati.org

THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD 2016

Sunday, January 10

The Baptism of the Lord 8:30 BW Special Intentions of the Parishioners and Friends of St. Rose 10:30 BW The Souls in Purgatory from Vincent Staley 12:00 BW Walter S. Tisher from Connie and Bill Cussen Monday, January 11, Weekday

12:10 Betty Staley and Jeff Zimmerman from Vincent Staley Tuesday, January 12, Weekday

12:10 Ernest V. Thomas from Audrey Henke Wednesday, January 13, Weekday

St. Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

12:10 George Rosen from the Mohr Family Thursday, January 14, Weekday

12:10 Purgatorial Society Friday, January 15, Weekday

12:10 Mrs. Robert Slagel from Vincent Staley Saturday, January 16, Weekday

Blessed Virgin Mary

12:10 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Staley from Vincent Staley 7:00 BW Martha (Dolly) Sawma from Bill and Kay Russ Sunday, January 17

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 RL Special Intentions of the Parishioners and Friends of St. Rose 10:30 BW Rosellen Creighton 12:00 BW Harold and Shirley Stein from Vincent Staley Lectors and Lay Distributors for January 16 and 17 7:00 Joseph Christmann, Michael Luehrmann, William Russ, Lou Solimine 8:30 Steve Culbertson, Jon Hemmer, Michael Trotta 10:30 Rich Creighton, Bill Pewther, Bob Sheil, Joe Sonnefeld 12:00 Pat Burke, John Flick, Patrick Homan, Barry Savage Just a reminder: the space in front of the convent is a bus stop and, consequently, a no parking zone. To avoid receiving a citation, please do not park in front of the convent along Riverside Drive.

If you and your spouse are celebrating your 25th, 50th, or 60th wedding

anniversary in 2016, please let us know by calling the office. We

would like to celebrate and honor you during this great event.

From the Pastor’s Desk

In the charity of your prayers, please pray for the soul of John Rinner,

whose Funeral Mass was on Monday, January 4th here at St. Rose.

Next weekend, January 16th and 17th, we will have a collection for the pro

-life efforts of Pregnancy Center East. Volunteers will be at the doors of

church following each Mass. Your generosity is always appreciated.

Vespers and a Choral Concert for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord will be held this Sunday, January 10th, at 7:00 p.m. in the chapel of Mount St. Mary's Seminary, 6616 Beechmont Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45230. The service will be led by Fr. Paul Ruwe, a member of the faculty. Music will be sung by the Athenaeum Chorale. The public is invited to at-tend. All are welcome.

Reverend Fred Link, OFM, is coordinating a Year of Consecrated Life Concert, made up of women and men religious, for Sunday, January 17th. It will take place at the Cathedral at 3:00 p.m. and a reception will follow the concert. The Committee is planning for a 100 person chorus as well as musicians from our religious communities. Tickets are not re-quired. A Holy Hour for vocations to the priesthood will take place on Sunday, January 17th at 5:00 p.m. in the St. Gregory the Great Chapel at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, located on the Athenaeum campus. For more infor-mation, please call 513-231-2223 or visit www.athenaeum.edu. St. Ursula Villa invites you to an All-School Open House on Sunday, February 7th from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. Bring the family, tour the campus, and meet Villa teachers. Conveniently located in Cincinnati’s Mt. Lookout neighborhood, St. Ursula Villa is a coeducational, independent Catholic school educating students in preschool through 8th grade. For more infor-mation or to register, contact 533-7373 or visit www.stursulavilla.org.

Acts of Mercy occur in our parishes, schools, health care facilities and communities every day. In order to reflect on and celebrate mercy, Cath-olic Charities Southwestern Ohio will recognize 100 Champions of Mercy at its Centennial Awards Dinner in October. The top three award recipi-ents will receive $500 each which will be donated to the charity of their choice. Nominations are due by May 21, 2016 at www.ccswoh.org/championofmercy. Nominate someone today!

After all the people had been bap-tized and Jesus also had been bap-tized and was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descend-ed upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heav-en, “You are my beloved Son; with

you I am well pleased.” Luke 3:21-22