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Weekly Bulletin September 6, 2020

by Terrie Evans

On this Sunday please keep the late Gayle Dunbar and her family members in your prayers, especially our parishioners Deanne Gardonio and Frank Perrotta. Her Funeral Mass was held on Saturday, September 5th at St. Clement Church and her interment took place at the Gate of Heaven’s Cemetery.

This Sunday we also celebrate Our Lady of Constantinople (September 8th), a much-revered Saint in Felitto, Italy, in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, and many Italian communities
throughout the United States. Our beautiful statue was the first one ordered when San Antonio Church was established in 1922 and was procured from Salerno, Italy. Our Lady of Constantinople has been venerated since 1790 with miracles attributed to her. In Felitto, it is a tradition to honor Our Lady of Constantinople with a procession where the statue will be carried to the celebratory Mass in the small chapel dedicated to her.

A Prayer to Our Lady of Constantinople: “O Mother ofGod, invincible triumphant victor over your only Sons enemies, Queen of the Angels, Consoler of the Afflicted, Advocate of the Sinners, it cannot be denied that you are pleased to show yourself always admirable and loving under the title of Constantinople, which I admire and venerate. I rejoice in graces that you have granted to those who, with faith, have invoked you under the
admirable title. I pray for the spiritual sanctity of all of us, your children: Listen and be gracious to those who turn to you, who trust in you, O Mother, and in you, O Queen,
they put their hope. Amen.”

This Monday is Labor Day, a holiday set aside to celebrate and recognize the works and contributions of all those laborers who built our great country. It became an official
federal holiday in 1894 with thirty states officially celebrating Labor Day. Promoted as a general holiday for the laboring classes, it was recommended that the event should begin with a street parade to show organized labor’s solidarity and strength. It was also seen as a
fundraiser for local unions with featured speeches by prominent labor leaders and those running for office as they kicked off their campaigns. Years ago, many school districts started the school year after Labor Day to promote an extra weekend of fun and travel. In
Minnesota, their state fair ends on Labor Day so students can start school after the holiday and still show their 4-H projects at the fair.

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Weekly Bulletin August 30, 2020

by Terrie Evans

Our beloved Sr. Blandina Segale, Servant of God has been on the path to sainthood  since 2015 on the urging of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico.  As a young girl, she wanted to be a servant of God and also serve those in need; thus she joined the Sisters of Charity.   Born  Rosa Maria Segale (1850-1941), she chose the religious name of Sister Blandina in memory of St. Blandina who was martyred in 177 during the reign of Marcus Aurelius.  St. Blandina  belonged to a group of Martyrs who were tortured and  persecuted because of their religious beliefs.  St. Blandina lived her life as a slave who had been taken into custody along with her Christian master.  At  that time, many slaves for fear of torture would testify against their masters and would tell  their  captors stories of when  a group of Christians assembled, they would commit  many unspeakable acts.  Their testimony would be sent to the Emperor about the  confessions of misconduct that was coerced out of those terrified  slaves who had served in Christian households.

They were also asked about their faith and  beliefs  and those who denied their faith were released and those who held steadfast to their Christian beliefs were executed.  In France, The Amphitheatre des Trois-Gaules (Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls) is the town’s arena where many such tortures took place.  After their sham trials were held; those who would not deny their beliefs were bound to a stake and suffered a horrible death.  Until the end, St. Blandina repeated to every question asked of her, “I am Christian, and we commit no wrongdoing .”   There is a shrine dedicated to her in France and a memorial to her at the stake where she and the other martyrs died.    

We continue to pray to  Sr. Blandina Segale, Servant of God, on her path to canonization and to ask her to intercede with the prayers of our church community.  Our parishioners are steadfast in praying for the needs of those  in need of special favors as we remember Sr. Blandina Segale.  We will always be indebted to her, her beloved older sibling, Sr. Justina ( Maria Maddalena Segale) (1846-1929) and their Order, the Sisters of Charity.  They were both laid to rest in the Sisters of Charity Cemetery in Delhi.  Sr. Blandina is in Plot Section A, Row 1, Grave 6E, Sr. Justina is located in Plot Section A, Row 2, Grave 7E.   

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Weekly Bulletin

by Terrie Evans

On this Sunday, August 23^rd we celebrate the feast of St. Rose of Lima, the 7^th of 11 children born to Oliva and Gaspar Flores in 1586.  While growing up in Peru, she experienced a religious calling  after reading about St. Catherine of Siena and her life of penance.  This  pattern of dedicating  herself to  religious life continued  when she planned on entering the  convent.  After a 10 year struggle with her parents, her father relented and realized Rose was not destined to marry when she became a Third Order Dominican.  When she started to have visions and detailed spiritual dreams, her good friend, Brother Martin de Porres assured her they were a gift from God.  She received the Blessed Sacrament daily and lived a life of silence and seclusion while in  severe pain from arthritis and asthma.  Toward the end of her life, St. Rose cared for the sick and elderly until she became ill from a high fever and the complications of paralysis at the age of 31.    Canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671, St. Rose is considered the 1^st Saint of the Americas,  the 1^st Flower of America,  as the Patroness of the New World and  Patron Saint of Florists and Gardeners.  A Quote from St. Rose “ Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace.  The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases.”

We send our condolences to the Mazzeo and Grady Families on the passing of our past parishioner, Virginia Mazzeo Grady at the age of 91.  She was a staunch supporter of San Antonio Church during the 1990’s and early 2000’s  until she relocated to her daughter’s home in Springdale.  Ginny was a very dedicated volunteer as a Sacristan, a Monday morning crafter and collected donations and gift certificates for our raffles for the  Spaghetti Dinners.   She was a good friend to our Pastor Fr. Ed  Gerhardt and worked with him at the St. Bonnie’s Bingo during those years.  While she was at San Antonio,  Ginny and the late Sam Almond would set up the Altar every Saturday afternoon for our Sunday Mass.  She was also a good friend to the late Mike Urti who became her dance partner at many special events.   She leaves her children and their spouses, Eugene (Barb) Grady, Denise (Mark) Hildebrand, Anthony Grady and Theresa (Tom) Richmond, sisters Margaret Frazer and Shirley Stevens and 10 Grandchildren.  She was buried from St. Martin of Tours Parish. 

Loving mother of Eugene (Barb) Grady, Jr, Denise (Mark) Hildebrand, Anthony Grady and Theresa (Tom) Richmond, grandmother of 10, great grandmother of many, sister of Margaret Frazer and Shirley Stevens, preceded in death by her other brothers and sisters. Retired nursing assistant, long time volunteer and member of the Auxiliary at St. Francis St. George Hospital now Mercy West. Her hobbies included; dancing, volunteering at numerous local organizations such as the Fraternal Order of Police and crocheting. Proud of her Italian heritage. Died, Friday, August 7, 2020 age 91. Funeral Mass, Saturday, Aug 15, 10:30 AM, St Martin of Tours Church. Per Archdioceses regulations social distancing is expected. Masks are required. Please make donations to The Shield, 7149 Ridge Rd, Cincinnati (45237) or Cincinnati Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America, PO Box 23227, Cincinnati (45223).

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Weekly Bulletin

by Terrie Evans

San Antonio Church has had many great Priests who have served our very grateful congregation over these past 98 years.  Since the early years of our church,  we were considered a Franciscan Parish and had many  men from that order who guided us during that time.  The last Franciscan to serve as our Pastor  was Father Albert Senn, O.F.M.  from June 1976 until his retirement in 1986.  Fr. Albert was attached to the Province of St. John on Vine Street and during  his time at San Antonio, made many improvements to our church.  Fr. Albert worked on the expansion of our lot so we would have ample parking for our future events and was there with us when we worked very hard to keep San Antonio open  when the Archdiocese of Cincinnati was merging churches.    

Fr. Albert  came to us after many different assignments and was truly a man of many talents.  A native of Louisville, Kentucky Fr. Albert came from a family that emigrated from Germany  and operated Senn Brewing from 1874-1892.  He was born  Quintin Ferdinand Senn  on May 10, 1911 and by 1924, at  the age of 13  entered  St. Francis Seminary as a Friar Minor.  He was given the name Albert when he received the habit of the Order on August 15, 1928 and made his solemn profession on August 16, 1932, 88 years ago today.  Ordained at age 25  on June 11, 1936 he received his 1st  assignment  at Our Lady of Sorrows in Kansas City, Missouri, and as a Chaplin of the General Hospital and the County Jail from 1936-1948.  While there, he organized the “Friars Choir” in 1940  and  performed many concerts during the war years.   

In 1949 he was sent to Roger Bacon High School to teach Music and Religion before being assigned to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for 7 years (1949-1956) as Resident Chaplin at Our Lady of the Lakes Medical Center while also giving lectures and retreats for the Louisiana State Newman Club.  In 1956,  he was sent to Fort Wayne, Indiana to become the 1^st Franciscan Pastor of St. Theresa Parish before going on to New Orleans as Chaplin of Holy Angels Academy, and then as Pastor and Guardian of St. Johns in Over the Rhine.  In 1963, Fr. Albert became pastor of St. Clements Church until 1972 when he was assigned  to St. Bonnies as Pastor, a Chaplin at the V. A . Hospital and the Administrator for San Antonio Church. 

A year before his passing in 1988, Fr. Albert  received an award from the Greater Cincinnati Bicentennial Commission for his contributions to the quality of life in our community.  Sadly, Fr. Albert Senn passed away on Sunday morning March 26, 1989 of a heart attack at 78 years of age. 

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Weekly Bulletin

by Terrie Evans

On this Sunday, our 9:00 AM Mass intention  is for the late Gayle Ann Dunbar who passed away on April 4, 2020 after a courageous battle with brain cancer.  She was the much loved  sister to our parishioner Deanna Gardonio ( Frank) who shared many memories from their youth growing up in Cincinnati.  Gayle was born on September 7, 1959 to the late Delores and Thomas Gardonio  into a growing family of Denise, Deanna, Lisa, Lori, Michael and Brain.  She would relocate to Mooresville, North Carolina, 25 miles north of Charlotte where she raised her two daughters, Nichole and Jessica and made a good  life for her family.  She made  many friends at the Power Works Electrical Company, a commercial  contracting  business where she worked for 13 years and for the last 6 years as Director of Safety.  Gayle and her fiancée, Jonathan Nichols enjoyed many outdoor activities, NASCAR races, and concerts together and were always getting groups of friends to share in their fun. 

Our church family has said many prayers for Gayle especially on Tuesday’s our Rosary Group asked  for a special intention from Sr. Blandina Segale.  She leaves many family members and friends  in Cincinnati, Georgia, and North Carolina to mourn her passing.  A Memorial Service for Gayle was  held on May 16, 2020 in North Carolina at the Cavin-Cook Funeral Home Chapel.  Gayle’s Funeral Mass will be held on September 5, 2020 at St. Clement Church in Cincinnati  at 10:00 AM with her remains to be placed at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery.  Please keep Dee, Frank and all of her extended family  members in your prayers at this difficult time. 

Please remember the San Antonio-Holy Family Picnic  scheduled for August has been cancelled due to all the guidelines we have to follow at this time.    

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Weekly Bulletin

by Terrie Evans

We send our heartfelt condolences to the Poland, Studt and Marckesano Families on the sudden passing of Nicholas Poland on July 20, 2020 at the age of 42 years.  He was the son of  Debbie (Studt) Poland and Tom Flick and Richard and Sandra Poland and best friend and much loved brother to his sister Suzanne and older brother Jason.  Nicholas will  be greatly missed by his last surviving Grandparent Bob Studt and  his Aunt Marge Maupin.  He also leaves nieces, nephews, cousins, and countless friends that will mourn their loss.  His final Blessing took place on  Saturday, July 25, 2020 at the Dalbert, Woodruff and Isenogle Funeral Home.

In the history of our church, during the first week of August in 1922, the residents of Little Italy were anxiously waiting  their 1^st mass in their new church located at 1946 Queen City Avenue.  This building was purchased  as a house of worship for  the Italian population  with a donation of $3,400.00 and they  chose Saint Anthony of Padua as their patron saint for what would be the 1^st San Antonio Church.  Over 200 hundred attended that Mass  on the 6^th of August in 1922 celebrated by the Assistant Pastor of Sacred Heart Italian Church, Rev. Antonio Bainotti.  With the help from Sr. Blandina Segale, and the added support from Sacred Heart Church, they turned the space into a Chapel.  Many  prayers of thanks  were said on  that day in 1922 as they made plans for the future. 

After their first Mass, they knew hard work would be needed to make the space more suitable.  They made plans to purchase chairs, statues, paint the interior, and install much needed carpeting.  The women sewed curtains and the men came every evening after their long days at work to build a playground for the children.  It was then decided that a formal dedication and a grand reopening would be held a few months away on  October 8^th in 1922.  This first church gave them the foresight to look forward to the future and someday build a new church which they did in 1940.  As we remember their hard work and sacrifices, we now proudly look forward to our future and the 100^th Anniversary of San Antonio Church  in 2022!

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Weekly Bulletin

by Terrie Evans

On this Sunday, we welcome members and longtime friends of the Cranley Family for a Mass in honor of their Matriarch Jane (O’Toole) Cranley who passed away on May 3, 2020.  Due to our being away from church and Mass since March, San Antonio Church  parishioners will be able to extend their  condolences to  all the  members of Jane’s Family.  Ed and Jane spent many years attending and supporting San Antonio Church and we were always grateful for their friendship.  As we say good bye to Jane, we remember that St. Joseph is the Patron Saint of a happy, holy death.  At our 9:00 AM Mass on this Sunday we now ask St. Joseph  for  his intercession with the passing of Jane and  that he  may shower her with God’s grace and Mercy as she makes her passage into the new life of eternal glory.

While we were away, many events were cancelled such as the Mussie Fest held on the last Friday in in April and the Fern Fest for the ladies of San Antonio held every July.  We are now hoping to have our annual picnic for Sunday,  August 16^th.   It will be held at Veteran’s Park on Harrison Avenue in Green Township as Kuliga Park is closed for repairs.  Sign-up sheets will be in the Hall if you are interested and for more info, Dave Sabatelli can answer any questions you may have.  San Antonio will provide peppers and onions and  enough fried chicken for all to enjoy.  Everyone is asked to bring their favorite picnic side dishes and drinks for your family groups to enjoy as in years past too many casseroles were brought in.  

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Weekly Bulletin

by Terrie Evans

           We have been looking to the future and a more normal schedule so we may plan many of the events  missed during  our months away.   Our Masses and scheduled receptions have been an important part of our history and we are thankful to meet again for our 9:00 AM Sunday Mass.  We have missed seeing many of our elderly  church goers as many  trace their beginnings to their grandparents nearby homesteads; having fond memories of Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals taking place in the past and present buildings of San Antonio.  We remember all those special dates from  family births to those loved ones  we lost over the last 98 years and of the lives of those lost during  this time away.  We were never able to give a proper goodbye to Don Moore (March 18, 2020 )and Marlene Steers (May 14, 2020).  They spent many years of their lives at San Antonio were truly loved and dedicated to our church.  Hopefully; when we are permitted we can plan dates for a memorial service for them with their family members in attendance.  They were longtime parishioners whose lives centered around the success of the church and the annual  events that were planned to promote San Antonio. 

We also missed hosting the La Societa Fuscaldese Femminille and their families to honor their patron saint, San Francesco di Paola on his feast day with their yearly Mass and Breakfast.  Every year in July, their group attends San Antonio to honor the saint with a “ pilgrimage “ as they did in their close knit Italian towns around Paola where the Saint originated.  We have tentatively hoped to plan an event in September for their group to celebrate his feast.   

The Rosary and Communion Service have also been put on hold for the time being as many have opted to wait until things change.  During this time, many will listen to Sacred Heart Radio to keep up with Catholic news.  There is also the Family Rosary Across America daily at 7:00 PM CT (8:00 PM our time).  It is the only live and interactive worldwide family rosary on the air.  You can listen and watch at relevantradio.com and on the free mobile app. They also have a daily Mass at 12:00 CT (1:00 PM our time).  With God and prayers, all things are possible!

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Weekly Bulletin

by Terrie Evans

Our San Antonio Church Community sadly announces the passing 2 months ago (May 3^rd) of Jane (O’ Toole) Cranley at the age of 92.  Jane and her late husband, Edward who passed away on October 19, 2010 were longtime supporters and benefactors for many years in the history of our church.  They were both born in Medford, Massachusetts where Paul Revere rode to  on his midnight ride, where the inspiration from a sleigh ride “Jingle Bells” was penned, and the poem that later became the song “Over the River and through the Woods” was composed.  The town of Medford on the Mystic River, 7 miles from Boston became home to many Irish Americans such as the O’Toole’s and Cranley’s.  Ed and Jane were married during the time he  proudly served our country as a Naval Aviator in World War II and Korea and were together  for 60 years.  They located to Cincinnati when Ed’s father, John J. Cranley  acquired Willis Music Company in 1955.  Ed joined his father in  the company that soon  became the leading publisher for teaching methods and solo pieces.  In 1965, Ed  became President of the company that was established in 1899 and continued for the next 59 years with Jane’s support to see the Willis Music Company prosper.  The team of Ed and Jane were dedicated to their family of 5, their Catholic Faith, and their community.  They were very excited to be a part of their children’s and grandchildren’s lives and experience the growth of their family owned company when their son, Kevin Cranley  succeeded  his father as President in 1990.       

We send our thoughts and prayers to the Cranley and O’Toole Family Members and to their children, Son, Kevin and wife Debbie, Daughters:  Kathleen and  husband John Rudnick, Nancy Cranley, Lynne and husband Gary Hood, Terry and  husband Peter Flottman.  Jane also leaves 14 Grandchildren and 14 Great Grand Children, and their good friends Joe and Mary Ann Cupito.  Preceding  Jane besides her beloved husband Edward  were older brothers Richard and Francis O’Toole.     Jane will be missed  and mourned by her many friends and golfing buddies around the Crestview Hills area of Kentucky  and all her friends from San Antonio Church who will always be indebted to Ed And Jane Cranley for their  support. 

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Weekly Bulletin

by Terrie Evans

On Sunday, June 14^th we celebrated the feast on St. Anthony on Corpus Christi Sunday.  As a  yearly tradition, we offered St. Anthony Bread  on our patron saint’s feast day  as a way to collect alms toward the many good the works of the Franciscan Order.  This year we were able to present $120.00 from the St. Anthony Bread to Fr. Frank Jasper  of the Franciscan Order on Sunday, July 5^th.   The Franciscans  came to our church in the very early years  right after the establishment of San Antonio Italian Church in 1922.  The first member of the order to faithfully serve San Antonio  in 1928 was Fr. Claude Mindorff  (1889-1936)  who went on to serve parishes in Southfield, Michigan until his passing at age 47.  By October of that year, Archbishop John T. McNicholas officially placed San Antonio Church under the care of the Franciscan Order.  From that time, our church prospered and grew under the direction of  the many good Franciscan Fathers who came to us.  Our Italian American Families were administered to by over 16 Franciscans from 1928 until the time we became part of St. Leo Parish and then Holy Family Parish. 

Some of those dedicated men of the Franciscan Order who are part of the history of San Antonio and we will be indebted to them always were:   Rev. Dennis Engelhard, Rev. Joseph Klein, Rev. Edwin Auweiler, Rev. Bernard Frank “Fr. Mathias” Heile (1896-1960), Rev.  Fr.  Ferdinand Nirmaier (1901-1963),  Rev. Caesar Kron (1884-1957)  Rev. Edward Leary, Rev. Aurelain Munch, Rev. David Hiller, Rev. Carol Meyer, Rev. Emmet Rothan, Rev. Jordan Tellies, Fr. Victorian Ostmeyer, and Rev. Bennet Rothan until the 1970’s.  They were attached to the  St. John the Baptist Friary.  In their memory, we donate the funds from the St. Anthony Bread to the new group of Franciscans who say Mass for us when their schedule allows.  We appreciate Fr. Frank Jasper and Fr. Bill Ferris and the roster of priests  who celebrate Mass with us on Sundays.