Parish Newsletter March 2021 |
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Easter Weekend Schedule
Holy Saturday - April 3
Rosary 7:30am
Morning Prayer 8:00am
Solemn Vigil of Easter 8:30pm
(No Confessions at Guardian Angels on April 3)
Solemnity of the Lord's Resurrection
Easter Sunday - April 4
Masses 8:00am, 10:00am & 12pm
RSVPs were due in March
The Easter Vigil and all Easter Sunday Masses will be live streamed on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.
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News From The Religious Education Office
Congratulations to our RCIA candidates who will be received into the Church this evening at the Easter Vigil. Welcome to Mike Bursk, Pam Graydon, Vicki Lovins, Summer McMillan, and Joyce Zistler. They have been learning about Jesus and our Catholic faith since September and have answered the call to conversion. God bless each of them as they continue their faith journey!
Special thanks to Deacon Paul Feie, Andrea Breen and Anne Keefe for enthusiastically helping with our sessions each week and sharing their faith. God bless them for their devotion in building up our community of faith!
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GA Preschool Expanding - Limited Spots Now Available
We are excited to announce the expansion of our preschool programs! This is the second time in three years that we have been able to expand our offerings to provide an outstanding preschool experience to more of our youngest angels! For next school year, we will add a third preschool class and a third pre-k class, expanding our capacity to 78 students! Thank you for your support of these programs. In adding both classes, we are opening a limited number of spaces to new preschool and pre-k students for next year. If you are interested in enrolling, please register online through this link. The school office will be closed April 2-9. If you have questions during this time about preschool registration, please email Jamie Wilmers in the business office. Beginning April 12th, you can contact Corey Stoops or Stephanie Woodall with preschool questions.
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WOW, What A Fish Fry Season!
We had our best fish fry season on record, thanks to you! Over the past six weeks, we grossed $20,000 at our fish fry drive thru events!
- We sold 5,825 items.
- We served 916 cars.
- We averaged 74 cars served per hour over the six weeks.
- We sold more fish than we have ever sold before!
We want to thank all of our volunteers who willingly made the quick switch to transforming our fish fry into a drive-thru event and showed up each week willing and happy to serve our community. And we also want to thank all of our parishioners who came out each week to support the fish fry, even when we could not gather to eat together. Thank you!
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Congratulations To Our GA Retirees!
Congratulations to our Guardian Angels School staff who are retiring this year! We have three teachers and one maintenance staff member who are wrapping up their final year.
Anne Pavely has been in the education field for 36 years and has taught at GA for 23 of those years. In her time at GA, she has taught 3rd grade, 4th grade, and Art! Marianne Glassmeyer also has an extensive history at GA and in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. She has taught 4th and 7th grades at GA in her 25 years here with a total of 33 years in the diocese. Nancy Harker has also decided to formally retire. Nancy underwent knee surgery in November and has been away from school over the past few months. Nancy has served in Catholic education for over 30 years.
Bruce McAllister is retiring after serving Guardian Angels for 12 years. Bruce has been an essential member of our maintenance staff and his positive attitude and work ethic will be greatly missed. Bruce’s last day is June 11th. After leaving GA, Bruce will be moving back to Missouri.
They will be greatly missed by students, staff and our entire GA Family! We pray for much happiness in their new journeys.
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GA Is Hiring A Maintenance Worker
This person must be self-motivated, good with the public, and detail-oriented. This is a full-time position: hours are 3:00pm-11:00pm on school days and 8:00am-4:00pm when school is not in session. Duties include cleaning, floors, light maintenance, grounds keeping, snow removal, etc. The candidate must be capable of lifting heavy objects and handling stairs. The person will be background checked and fingerprinted for child protection. Please email a resume and letter of interest to gaoffice@gaparish.org or mail to Guardian Angels Parish c/o M Dulle 6531 Beechmont Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45230. No calls.
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First Holy Communion
Please keep our 45 2nd graders in your prayers as they make their final preparations for their reception of First Holy Communion on May 2. They have been working hard to learn about Jesus and building a special relationship with him to last their entire lives.
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GA Golf Outing
The Boosters are hosting its annual golf outing on Friday, May 28th at California Golf Course. All of the proceeds benefit the Guardian Angels Youth Sports Programs. More information is attached. Registration is available on the Boosters' website.
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AngelsFest: BNB & Major Awards Raffle in June |
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Due to the current health climate and guidelines, and the unknowns of when large events will be able to be hosted safely again, we have made the difficult decision of not holding a 3-day event for AngelsFest this summer. As we did in 2020, our festival committee will still run a Bid-N-Buy silent auction and a Major Awards raffle in June. |
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Major Awards Raffle
Our Major Awards raffle will happen this June and we've upped the anty! The winner gets $12,500 this year! There is no second place option - winner takes all! Look for more information to hit your mailbox later this month.
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Bid-N-Buy
Our parishioners were so generous last year in supporting our Bid-N-Buy austion and we are hopeful for your support again.
Here's how can you help!
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Check out the Amazon Wish List. Put your online shopping skills to good use! You can always donate an Amazon gift card in any amount and we will use it towards our bigger items. Please make sure to include your name and address with any donation so we can send you a thank you and tax receipt form. You can also use the wishlist to get ideas. Just email Kay Froehlich to let her know if you purchase elsewhere so the item can be removed from the wishlist.
- Donate lottery tickets in any amount.
- Do you have season tickets to local sports events? Can you spare a couple of tickets? We would love to offer tickets to the Reds, Bengals, FC Cincinnati, UC, XU, Ohio State, Notre Dame, UD, etc.
- Do you have an experience you can offer? Maybe a tour of your small business or you have a contact with someone at a restaurant, brewery, or factory?
- Send in a cash/check donation to the rectory. Please make your check out to Guardian Angels and mark your check as "Bid-N-Buy Donation."
Guardian Angels Church
6531 Beechmont Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45230
Festival tags are set up in front of the kitchen in the gathering space if you visit the church. Take a tag and return it with your donation. Don't forget to include your name so we know who to thank! Gift cards are needed for entertainment, restaurants, and shopping.
Kindly return any donations by May 2.
Registration for online bidding will be open May 11.
Thank you for your generosity!
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Sponsorship Opportunities
Even without an in-person event, we have a number of ways to promote your business and several sponsorship opportunities for AngelsFest. You find more information on the festival section of our website.
Thank you to the businesses below who have joined us as sponsors this year!
Angel Sponsors
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Save the Date: Camp GAudeo, June 21-25
All families with students currently in grades 5-8 are encouraged to consider this summer’s Camp GAudeo, held June 21-25 at the parish. Registration is available online. This year, we will engage in a variety of incredible activities, games, skills-building, large events (like Giant Slip-N-Slide), and even a trip to Coney Island. For questions or to learn more – including COVID procedures at camp – please refer to our brochure or contact Bradley Barnes.
Students in grades 9-12 are also invited to visit the registration page and fill out a high school counselor application. Counselors can earn up to 55 service hour credits and have a great time doing so! |
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Make Offertory Donations Online
Giving to Guardian Angels Parish has never been easier. Online offertory donations can be made online. If you are interested in establishing a one-time or recurring gift through our online platform, just click the button below. Once you have an account setup, you can make any changes to your giving yourself through the website.
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8am & 10am Masses Streamed Each Sunday
We have added the 8am Sunday Mass to our live streaming options each Sunday. The 8am and 10am Masses can be viewed on our YouTube channel and Facebook page live or they can be played back on either channel at a later time.
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Enrollment Is Open Now for K-8 Students
Enrollment is now open for new students to Guardian Angels School for the 21-22 school year. Families looking to enroll students in kindergarten through eighth grade can find more information on our website. For a direct link to the online enrollment form, click here. Only new students for the 21-22 school year need to enroll through this link. Current families will re-enroll their students via a link sent directly from the school.
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Come Learn More About Our School
Due to the current health crisis, we did not host our typical Open House event this year. We do encourage families to come take a private tour of our school. We’ve also created a virtual Open House where you’ll find more information about Guardian Angels School and our wonderful community.
To visit our virtual Open House, click here. This information is compiled with answers to some of the most asked questions by prospective families. You can also see photos from inside our classrooms.
If you are interested in taking a personal tour of our school, click here. Tours are a great way to see classes in session, meet our administrators, and ask specific questions you have for your child(ren). If you are not interested in a tour at this time, but have specific questions you would like answers, you are also more than welcome to call our school office at 513-624-3141 or email our principal, Corey Stoops, or our assistant principal, Stephanie Woodall.
You can also find more information about our school on our website.
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Due to Covid-19 and the additional measures we are taking to protect our students and staff, all school Masses are held privately and for students and staff only this school year. Students are socially distanced in church and required to wear a mask throughout the Mass. Thank you for keeping our children in prayer! |
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Shop On AmazonSmile To Support GA |
If you shop on Amazon, please consider shopping through AmazonSmile. You can shop AmazonSmile online or through the 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.
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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 |
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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