Parish Newsletter June 2020
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Message From Father King
My brothers and sisters,
In my conversation this past week with a priest friend, he shared with me some thoughts that I believe are worth sharing. I have tweaked them a bit to guide us as we journey down the road to normalcy…
I pray that when I receive the Lord in the Holy Eucharist, I do so with great joy in my heart for His tremendous Sacrament of God’s love.
I pray that the next time a member of my family or a friend offers me a hug I take the time to appreciate the gift of their embrace.
I pray that when school resumes, students take the time to thank their teachers and staff and have a true sense of gratitude for the gift of an education.
I pray that the next time I’m sitting in a restaurant I take the time to look around at the smiling faces, loud voices and thank God for the gift of community.
I pray that the next time I’m in church listening to the voices raised in prayer and song that I take a moment to thank God for the gift of our community of faith.
I pray that when I am at the grocery store that I take a moment to thank God that He provides us with the necessities of life with such abundance.
I pray that I never again take for granted the ability to hop in the car and visit a friend, go to the mall, gather with family and friends….
So, truth is, I don’t want everything to return to the way they once were. I pray that we take the lessons and challenges of the past few months and create a renewed sense of appreciation.
My goal, and I hope the goal of all of us, is to truly appreciate the daily abundance of the blessings that were so easily overlooked just a couple of months ago!
All God’s Blessings,
Fr. King
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AngelsFest Event Postponed Indefinitely:
BNB & Major Awards Continue As Planned on June 12 - 14
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Bid-N-Buy
Registration is now open for the Bid-N-Buy auction! You can view over 200 great offerings with more items being added daily. Please register by clicking on the button below. Once, registered, you will be ready to begin bidding. A list of some hot items up for bid is
attached
.
After you register, you will then receive two texts; one with confirmation you are registered, and another with your PIN and a link to your personalized auction page. You need your PIN to view your site.
Hold on to this PIN until after the festival weekend
. This platform allows you to set customized notifications which tell you that you’ve been outbid or you can set a limit and the system will automatically keep bidding for you up to that point.
Bidding on all items will go live on June 8 at 7:00am and ends on June 14 at 8:00pm
.
Items can be picked up on Wednesday, June 17 or Thursday, June 18 from 4:00pm-8:00pm in the main school office hallway. Use the school entrance off the church parking lot to enter.
Special thanks to the Bid-N-Buy committee members: (Chairs) Kay and Jim Froehlich, Amy Armstrong-Smith, Sabina Hutchinson, Anne Keefe, Sarah Losee, Bonnie Morgan, Lisa Myers, Carrie Piehowicz, John Piehowicz, Patty Romeo, Tiffany Strah, and Casey Timko.
Thank you for your generosity and support!
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Major Awards
Major Awards raffle tickets are available for purchase through June 14th. The Major Awards Prize is $10,000. The winner will be drawn by Father King on June 14th. Tickets mailed to parishioners' homes last month can be dropped off at or mailed to the church.
Tickets will also be available for purchase this weekend and next after all of the Masses in the gathering space.
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Thank you to our AngeslFest Sponsors!
We so appreciate your support of our parish during these times.
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Red Sponsors
EME Fence Co. Inc.
Geo Rohde & Son Funeral Home
Pediatric Dentistry of Anderson
Turner Barbershop LLC
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We would also like to thank Patriot Signage who prints our yard signs each year!
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Consider A Donation To AngelsFest
AngelsFest is our parish's largest fundraiser of the year. If you typically support our parish by attending this event, but aren't interested in bidding on auction items or buying raffle tickets, please consider making a donation through the festival. Donating the amount you typically spend at the event is a great way to support our parish! Just click on the button below to do so.
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Thank You To Our Festival Committee
This has definitely been a unique year when it comes to planning our festival but our committee was up to the challenge! Thank you to this team for coming up with a strategy that didn't completely eliminate our parish's main fundraiser!
Festival Committee Members:
George Barry, Mark Dulle, Marianne Glassmeyer, Terry Glassmeyer, Jim Froehlich, Kay Froehlich, Jim Hay, Chris Haynes, Angela Kramer, Bill Luttmer, Marianne Metz,
Carrie Piehowicz, John Piehowicz, Wes Richmond, Carolyn Schwettman, Tiffany Strah, and Michele Thomas
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GA Resumes Public Worship - Streaming Continues
Below is a list of Masses that are currently provided here at Guardian Angels Parish.
- Daily Mass, Monday through Friday at 7:30am & Saturday at 8:00am
- Weekend Masses: Saturday, 5:00pm & Sunday, 8:00am & 10:00am
- We are not permanently eliminating the noon Mass.
- The number of Masses may be revised depending on the attendance that we see in the coming weeks.
For a complete list of the safety measures and guidelines we have put into place, please visit our
website
.
Per the Archdiocese, the Catholic faithful who reside in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and all other Catholics in the archdiocese continue to be dispensed from the obligation of attending Sunday Mass. Those who are at risk or fearful that they or their family might become sick are encouraged to stay home and join the Church by viewing live-streamed Masses. Guardian Angels Parish will continue to stream our 10am Mass each Sunday on the
GA YouTube Page
and the
GA Facebook Page
.
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Make An Online Offertory Donation
We are very grateful for those families who have continued their offertory giving during these times that we cannot actually celebrate Mass in person together. We've received many envelopes in the mail and have had a number of new online donation accounts set up. If you are interested in establishing a one-time or recurring gift through our online platform, just click the button below.
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First Communion & Initiation Into The Church
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First Communion will take place on
Saturday, June 20
. This Mass is only open to the First Communicants, their parents and siblings. Unfortunately, we cannot welcome any other guests. The Mass will be live-streamed on GA’s YouTube channel for all to watch the celebration. Please keep our First Communicants in your prayers!
Those to be initiated into the Church will be officially welcomed on June 27 at the 5:00 Mass. Please keep our Candidates and Catechumens in your prayers!
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Registration is Open for Camp GAudeo
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This is the final weekend to register students entering the 6th through 9th grade next school year for Camp GAudeo 2020 (
June 22nd – 26th
).
Registration will close at 11:59pm on Sunday, June 7th.
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions on us and event venues we typically use, we will be switching models.
The camp will now be offered on campus without bus transportation to local venues
. Other specifics will be communicated to middle school families by Bradley Barnes. To ease the burden on families, our
price for the camp will be lowered to only $75 dollars per student
(with scholarships available), which brings the price to $15 per day. You can register for camp
here
.
Camp GAudeo is a week of middle school ministry (led by adults and high school students) that includes fun and tons of opportunity to pray and grow in our relationship with Christ. Camp is open to all students in the appropriate grades, regardless of school, parish, or religious background! Visit the
Camp GAudeo webpage
for more information or to register a camper, or to be a high school counselor, or adult volunteer.
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AmazonSmile is Now Available Through the Amazon App
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Anyone using the AmazonSmile feature to benefit Guardian Angels Church can now do so through the Amazon App! If you shop on Amazon, you can
sign-up
to have a portion of your purchase come back to Guardian Angels. Now when you make purchases through the AmazonSmile app OR page, and have GA selected as your beneficiary, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products back to GA.
To make the adjustments in the app, follow the directions below.
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From there, just follow the directions to turn on AmazonSmile and start shopping.
This update will be available soon on IOS. Until then, those users will need to be shopping from smile.amazon.com page of the site for GA to receive the benefit.
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Resources Available on FORMED.org
If you are looking for different ways to build your faith, there are a number of free resources available to our parishioners through Formed.org.
If you are new to the website:
- click on sign-up
- Choose I belong to a Parish or Organization
- Search Guardian Angels Parish (make sure you select the one on Beechmont in Cincinnati)
- Then create your own account
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Stay Connected with GA on Social Media
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Stay up-to-date with all things GA by following us on social media.
Guardian Angels is active on several social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Facebook serves as our primary social channel to keep parishioners informed about upcoming events, news, and other information regarding our school and parish. If you want to make sure you see information posted through the Guardian Angels page, please make sure you
go to our Facebook page
, click Following (just under the cover photo), and then choose See First. This way anything we share will still be seen in your newsfeed.
You will also be able to find links to our social media channels at the bottom of every parish newsletter.
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If you are part of a parish organization and have news you would like to share with our community, please email
Tiffany Strah. To be included in next month's newsletter, your information must be received by the last Monday of this month.
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Guardian Angels Parish | 513.231.7440 | 6531 Beechmont Ave |
gaparish.org
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