READINGS FOR OCTOBER 11 Wisdom 7:7-11

Hebrew 4:12-13

Mark 10:17-30

With heartfelt thanks for your

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE

SEPTEMBER 26 & 27

Adults $11,517.90 Children $3.00

IN THE MILITARY Please pray for those serving in the military.

“Lord, protect our military as they sacrifice for us;

bless them and their families for their

continuing selflessness.“

ST. HELEN CHURCH

RIVERSIDE, OHIO October 4, 2015

BAPTISMS Congratulations to Cody Cooper Betts,

son of Mark and Katherine, who recently

received new life through the waters of

baptism. Welcome sweet little one, to the

body of the Body of Christ!

MAINTENANCE WORKER /

GROUNDS KEEPER St. Helen Parish is seeking a self-motivated

person as a Maintenance Worker and Grounds Keep-

er. This is a full time position with benefits, account-

able to the maintenance supervisor. In this position

the person will provide general building maintenance,

painting, grounds maintenance, and general repair.

Work hours are daytime, Monday through Friday

with periodic evening and weekend hours as needed.

Employment to begin in December. Submit resume

by October 17 to Business Manager, St. Helen Par-

ish, 605 Granville Place, Riverside, OH 45431. Any

inquiries can be sent to mwalling@sthelenschl.org.

DON REIMER

TO JOIN ST. HELEN STAFF

AS BUSINESS MANAGER Don Reimer has agreed to become the Busi-

ness Manager for St. Helen Parish and School. He

will begin on October 12. Don has been Chief Finan-

cial Officer for a large community health center in

Butler County. At St. Helen he will manage the fi-

nance, maintenance, and human resource functions of

the parish. His tremendous experience will be a ma-

jor contribution to the efficiency and careful manage-

ment of parish resources.

Don and his wife, Claudia, currently live in

Hamilton, Ohio and are planning to move to our area.

They have two adult daughters, one beautiful grand-

son, and another grandbaby on the way.

Welcome, Don!

Please join us for

DONUT SUNDAY Next week following the 8:00 and 10:30 Mass.

See you in the Smith Building!

ONE PROCEDURAL CHANGE FOR

THOSE TAKING

COMMUNION TO THE SICK If you are taking communion to someone after

Mass, please place your pyx on the credence table by

the servers before Mass instead of by the Tabernacle.

Everything else stays the same. You will be given the

filled pyx at the end of Mass and will process out be-

hind the servers.

ALSO, if you have a pyx that you are no

longer using, please return it to the rectory. Thank

you!

RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY Thank you for whatever help you are able to give

in today’s second collection that supports life

resource centers in the Archdiocese

CALL CONNIE

AT 830-2703 IF

YOU WOULD

LIKE TO JOIN

ST. HELEN

PARISHIONERS

AT THE LIFE CHAIN IN KETTERING TODAY at 2

CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4

8:00 a.m. Mass (Rosary at 7:30 a.m.)

Coffee and Conversation- HR 9:00-10:15 a.m.

10:30 a.m. Mass

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5

Novena-CH 9:00 a.m.

Legion of Mary-SJA 2:00 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6

Rosary-BSC 9:00 a.m.

Financial Peace University SJN-7:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7

All School Mass-CH 8:15 a.m.

Centering Prayer-SJN 3:15 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8

Prayer Shawl Ministry-SJN 1:00 p.m.

Family Praise & Worship-SJN 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

Regional Mass Immaculate Conception-8:15 am

“Ignite”-A Songwriter’s Concert-CH 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10

Men’s Group-SJN 7:30 a.m.

5:00 p.m. Mass

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATIONS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4

8:00 a.m. Gene Crabtree (Doris Issenmann)

10:30 a.m. Toni & Mata Perez (Ampi & Ed

Arnold)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5

8:15 Eugene Crabtree (Jim & Sylvia Bertke)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6

8:15 a.m. Gene Deis (Sr. Ann Maria Sanders)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7

8:15 a.m. Casmir, MaryAnn, & Joseph

Tomaszewski (Family)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8

8:15 a.m. Estelle Cooper Dixon (Mark & Sherma

Brown)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9

Regional Mass at Immaculate Conception Church

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10

5:00 p.m. Richard “Skitch” Balent (Jim Herzog)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11

8:00 a.m. Carl Hess (Leisure Club)

10:30 a.m. Charlie Maloney-Birthday

Remembrance (Tootie and Family)

SINGING

OPPORTUNITY

Women’s Choir

Saturday, October 10

Meet at 4 p.m. to sing at

5 p.m. Mass

UPCOMING BOOK STUDY Hey Mama! Are you looking for some conversation with other women? Hungry for something a little deeper than Daniel Tiger? Itchy to grow in faith but not sure how to make it happen? Join us for a book study this fall as we read Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parent-ing. Our first meeting will be Saturday, October 17 from 8:30-10:00am (and then roughly every-other week) in the St. Julie Center. Contact Ellen Garmann (ellen.garmann@sthelenparish.org or 254-6233) to pick up your book or ask any questions.

THE LITURGICAL MINISTERS’ SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 10 & 11

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR The St. Helen PTO is excited to announce the

Christmas Bazaar will be continuing again this year!

Make sure to mark your calendar for Saturday, De-

cember 5th and join us for an exciting day of home-

made crafts, food, and fun! Applications have been

sent to last year’s vendors and we are also accepting

additional application for new vendors. Please con-

tact Amy Comer at 231-9226 or amy-

comer@sbcglobal.net for additional information.

Due to the PTO running the Christmas ba-

zaar the Reverse Raffle has been cancelled.

FAIR TRADE ITEMS FOR SALE

NEXT SUNDAY Join us next Sunday in the Smith Building

during coffee and donuts for the FAIR TRADE

SALE. By purchasing Fair Trade you are directly

supporting Catholic Relief Services essential relief

and development work around the world! Stop by

and see what delicious items Fair Trade has to offer!

ADVENT BY CANDLELIGHT

SAVE THE DATE! It’s never too early to mark your calendar for

an important event! St. Helen Parish will hold Advent

by Candlelight for ladies of the congregation, their

female family members, friends and neighbors, on

Sunday, November 29 in the Smith Building. This

year, we hope to offer two sessions: one at 2:00pm

and one at 6:30pm. There is no charge for this

event. This is a wonderful evening of the Word, mu-

sic, and fellowship to help you prepare your hearts for

the Advent season before the holidays get into full

swing!

Want to ensure you have a seat at this year’s

Advent by Candlelight? Volunteer to be a table host-

ess and we will reserve a chair for you! Hostesses

provide table settings, decorations, candles and a des-

sert and/or appetizers for a table of 5-7 ladies. Many

partner with one or two others to host a table. It is lots

of fun, and requires only a few hours of your time for

planning, baking (or buying) and decorating. If you

want to host a table this year (or need more infor-

mation before committing), please call Ellen Garmann

at 254-6233 or register on our ABC website (use the

hostess tab): http://www.sthelenparish.org/advent-by-

candlelight

Sat., 10/10 5:00 p.m. Sun., 10/11 8:00 a.m. Sun., 10/11 10:30 a.m.

Altar Servers Skiles, Colleen Merz, Michael* Farley, Luke

Skiles, Emily Schmid, Mark Friel, William

Randall, Grace Huber, Nikki

Sebastian, Benjamin

Eucharistic Ministers Bacher, Irene Dillon, Linda NEED 1 VOLUNTEER

Bacher, Steve Harpenau, Nicole Berent, David

Basto, Maria Heckman, Linda Hilgeford, Drew

Engel, Carol Keenan, Margie Hilgeford, Mindy

Hennessey, Tami Seward, Sadie Huber, Dan

Kalis, Ben Seward, Walt Huber, Nate

Kalis, Shawn Snyder, Kathy Jefferson, Julie

Kronenberger, Eddie Riel, Armand

Kronenberger, Katie Riel, Marie

Lamm, Nancy Schmid, Jenny

Sheridan, Sylvia

Szydlik, Billie Jean

Lectors Wolodkiewicz, Dan Weese, Thomas Keller, Chris

Hayes, David Hawkins, Helen Yedlosky, Terry

ST. HELEN CHURCH

RIVERSIDE, OHIO October 4, 2015

We are looking for individ-

uals or groups who are free

to pray at the clinic on

Stroop on Tuesdays during

the hours of 7 a.m. and 1

p.m.

If you can help, please con-

tact Connie Zebrowski, St.

Helen’s Respect Life Min-

istry Chair. She can be

reached at 830-2730 OR

conniezebrowski

@msn.com!

If you would like to pray

but would prefer to remain

in your car, that is fine,

too!

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

“Where have all the flowers gone?”

DON’T LET THIS BECOME OUR THEME SONG!

IF YOU’VE MISSED OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT THE

POPE’S ENCYCLICAL, HERE IS ANOTHER NOT TOO FAR AWAY!

We are quickly in need of

a couple of gardeners

OR a group of gardener

friends who would be

willing to take over the

care of our St. Joseph rose

garden and the Blessed

Mother’s garden.

Phil Wetzel and Gloria

Johnson, who have kept

our gardens so beautiful

for so long, would be hap-

py to give you guidance

and tutelage!

Please help us keep our

garden are a beautiful

prayer sanctuary!

CREDIT UNION NEWS If your Fall season involves new car shopping, then

start your quest at the St. Helen Federal Credit Union. We have

new car rates that start as low as 2.49% APR for 36 months.

And older model used cars start at 2.99% APR. We also offer

Debt Consolidation to help get finances back in order and a

Quick Cash for Cleanup---up to $7000 for those short term

needs. Applications for all our loans are available at the Credit

Union or on-line at www.sthelenfederalcreditunion.com .

2015 FAMILY ROSARY RALLY Bishop Binzer will be the presider at the elev-

enth annual Family Rosary Rally on Sunday, October

11, 2015 at the UD arena. The prelude music will start

at 2:30 PM followed at 3:00 PM with Adoration of the

Blessed Sacrament, the live rosary, and closing with

Benediction. Please join other families throughout the

Dayton area in this powerful public family prayer

event as we pray for peace in our community, peace in

our families, for the sanctity of life, and for an increase

in vocations. Visit our website

www.familyrosaryrally.com for more information.

SEPARATED, WIDOWED, DIVORCED Suffering the loss of a relationship through a death, di-

vorce or separation? Beginning Experience Cincinnati offers a

healing weekend Oct. 23-25 at the Comboni Mission Center,

1318 Nagel Road, Cincinnati. This three-day retreat is a person-

al journey in hope to begin a new life with renewed courage and

peace. Cost is $175 (meals and lodging included). For more

information, see beginningexperiencecincinnati.webs.com or

email becincinnati@fuse.net. Or, call 513-684-1196.

TRIFECTA OF MERCY On Sunday, October 11, 6-8pm come join Ju-

bilee Retreat Guide Anthony Franchina at the Berga-

mo Center for Lifelong Learning in an introductory

reflection on the Jubilee of Mercy. Reflect on the

role of three key popes in this Jubilee - Pope Saint

John XXIII's calling the Church to be more merci-

ful, beginning with the Vatican II Council along with

John Paul II who guided the Church through 27 of

those 50 years since and Pope Francis who has de-

clared the coming year to be a Jubilee of Mercy to

mark the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, also known as

the "Council of Mercy." Register by calling the Ber-

gamo Center 937-426-2363 or online at http://

www.bergamocenter.org/

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP The St. Charles Grief Support Recovery Group will

begin on Wed. October 28th at 7:00p.m. in the Parish Li-

brary. These six, weekly, 1 ½ hour sessions will be facilitated

by Karol Dyer, lay pastoral minister and Ruth Hoffman, parish

nurse. This experience is meant to help healing and start to fill

the emptiness that may hang on as we move into a new life after

the loss of a loved one. Advance notification is neces-

sary. Please call St. Charles Parish Office at 434-6081 by Oct.

21st for more information or to register. LIVING IN COMMUNION

WITH CREATION:

TOWARDS ECOLOGICAL CONVERSION October 9-10, 2015

The Jesuit Spiritual Center at Milford in part-

nership with Bellarmine Chapel and Xavier Universi-

ty’s Institute of Spirituality and Justice, will present a

two day program on Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the

Environment ‘On Care For Our Common Home.’ The

program will begin Friday evening and extend through

Saturday. Through prayer and reflection, presentation

and discussion the gathering will focus on a critical

theme of Pope Francis’ message: ecological conver-

sion. As this theme is lifted up and grappled with, the

Pope’s remarks concerning the vision and spirituality

of Francis of Assisi will be given particular and

prayerful attention. Cost of the retreat $150.00

WOMEN'S MORNING OF REFLECTION Please join us for a Morning of Reflection on

Tuesday, October 13th, 2015. The theme will be Mer-

cy of a Mother. We will begin with Mass at 9:30 AM

at St. Peter Parish, followed by a spiritual reflection,

Confession, and social refreshment concluding at noon.

To reserve Babysitting for your children please contact

Heather at 937-867-7332 or for further information,

Barbette at 937-293-1438.