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Box Tops & Campbell Labels for Education

To the wonderful people who save the labels and box tops for education to help our schools thank you, thank you.
There are new smaller boxes on the tables in the back of church. All “Campbell UPC labels” and bottle caps from V8 juices count. Also, the box tops from all General Mills products. They are being collected for Immaculate Heart School and we want to thank all those who take the time to save them and bring them in. It really helps the school to receive things at no cost to them. They are picked up and delivered to Immaculate Heart School.
If you have any questions feel free to call Barbara Phillips at 887-1586.

Albertson’s Community
Partners Card

Albertson’s again has sent a nice check for $100.00. If everyone who shops at Albertson’s would use their card by having the cashier scan our number our checks would be even bigger. If you need a card please come to the office to pick one up.

Safeway eScrip

Our Safeway fundraiser of eScrip continues to bring our Parish between $40.00-$65.00 per month. Anyone who shops at Safeway and has a Safeway card can register their Safeway card to earn money for our parish. Jill Thompson would be happy to register their card for them. If interested, please call Jill at (520) 797-1067. Thank you to those who registered in the Fall.

St. Odilia Seniors (S. O. S.)

S.O.S. SUMMER SCHEDULE

Wednesday, June 16th and July 21, 2010, will be the only meetings for these two months. Both meetings will be held at Lu Scherman’s Pueblo Villas Club House on River Road, which is one block west of Oracle on the north side of the street. Coffee, ice tea, and water will be provided. Both meetings start PROMPTLY at 11:00 am. Bring your own sack lunch and stay to play cards or board games.

There will be no meeting on Wednesday, August 4th. For further information, please contact Dan and Elaine Mance at 742-0730 or Earle and Marie Ruhnke at 229-3144.

Any questions, please call Dan & Elaine Mance at 742-0730 or Earle & Marie Ruhnke at 229-3144.

Thank You Knights!

The St. Odilia Altar Servers would like to say thank you to our Knights of Columbus Council #6933, for their generous sponsorship of our afternoon at Funtastics. A fun time was had by all who were able to attend the outing. We are very grateful for the support of the Knights, and for the drivers and chaperones who also made it a great afternoon. May God bless each of you.

THANK YOU … AGAIN!

Knights of Columbus

Want to join the Knights of Columbus? Have questions about the Knights of Columbus? Call Frank Ballesteros at 292-9040 or Earle Ruhnke at 229-3144 for information.

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STATE RAFFLE: The Knights are selling tickets for the Knights of Columbus State Raffle. Tickets are $2.00 each or a book of 6 for $10.00. Prizes include:
1st Prize - a trip to Vienna and the Danube, 6 nights Hotel for two; 2nd Prize - A trip to Amsterdam and Paris for two; 3rd Prize - A trip to Oahu and Maui for two; 4th Prize - $2,500.00; 5th & 6th Prizes - $1,500.00; 7th & 8th Prizes - $1,000.00; 9th & 10th Prizes - $500.00.

The best part of this raffle, other than the prizes, is that our St. Odilia Council 6933 will get back 50% of the ticket money from the State Council. This money will be donated to the St. Odilia Building Fund. This is a win-win situation for everyone! The drawing will be on May 23rd so buy your tickets today!

NOTICE: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Community of St. Odilia

Those interested in a ministry working for the poor, sharing their burdens and joys, please contact the parish office at 297-7271, and
leave your name and phone number. This is a ministry in which you can truly be a friend of Christ in serving his poor.

Your True Friend in Christ,

Deacon George Scherf

Body and Heart

Ladies, Loving yourself means being in health, integrating mind, body and spirit. Body Heart offers exercise classes for women to shape up the body and boost self esteem.

Get FIT & FABULOUS FAST every Tuesday and every other Thursday at St. Odilia. It’s group fitness with a personal training touch. All fitness levels can participate comfortably. All classes are taught by an ACE certified Personal Trainer.

Fit and Fabulous relies on bursts of cardio activity and muscle building movements that get you in shape quickly. It’s a great way to get in a workout — whether you already have a consistent routine, you’re just beginning, or you’re somewhere in between.
We meet every Tuesday and every other Thursday from 4:45 to 5:30 pm. Thursday classes begin on Oct. 6th. Class is held at St. Odilia in the Education Center, Room 4. It’s just us girls - friendship, gossip, smaller thighs… what more could we ask for?

Fees are as follows: 4 class/month, $32, 6 class/ month, $48. Discounts are given for purchasing two or more months at a time. Drop in rates are $12 per class. Body Heart also offers a lunch time class at the Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation Offices, 3182 N. Swan Rd. every Tuesday from 12:40 to 1:30 pm. Call Joan Upton 480-678-4878 or email jmu@bodyheart.net to reserve a space.

Volunteers

Volunteers are a wonderful gift to our parish. If there is a need that can’t be accomplished in a parish due to a shortage of staff “call a volunteer”.
We still have a need for more Eucharistic ministers and lectors. Please call the office to let us know if you are interested. We can train you individually or as a group. Thank you for considering to serve your parish in this ministry.

Thank you to the two parishioners who have volunteered to help. But we are still in need of Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors. Just call the office at 297-7271 if you can help. We will train you at your convenience.

Goodsearch.com

In this digital age, we realize many of our parishioners use e-mail, log onto the internet, and use search engines to find information. We’ve recently registered with www.goodsearch.com, a search engine which helps non-profit groups. Every time you search with goodsearch you will be giving us a penny. All you have to do is go to www.goodsearch.com. On the page it will ask you ‘who do you search for?’. Type in the box ‘St. Odilia Catholic Community’ and click verify.  In the search box, type in anything you are looking for.  We ask that you not abuse this site. The company will remove us from the site if we perform illegal searches such as: repeated clicks or programs that continue searching automatically. So next time you want to “Google” something use goodsearch instead and benefit our community financially. For further information contact the parish office at 297-7271. 
 

Baby Sitting

We are providing babysitting during the 9:00 am Mass on Sundays. It is held in the Education Center room 8.  Please use this service. We have had to discontinued it before because it was not used very often.  We do have a paid, certified and reliable sitter. Parents, you can feel good about leaving your children.

Parents:  Share the Faith

AN EASY WAY TO TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT FAITH...

The biblical story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac is a frightening one. How could God ask this of him? The ultimate lesson of the story is that God did not want a child to be sacrificed. This story points to issues that we, as parents, can consider today. Although our culture does not condone the physical sacrifice of children, it does require more and more from them in order that they are seen as valuable in the world.

SOME QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER:

What expectations do we have of our children? Do we insist on academic or athletic excellence beyond their capacity or interest? Do we insist that our way of doing  things is the only way our children should follow? The above excerpt was taken from 52 Simple Ways to Talk with Your Kids about Faith. For more tips on how to start a conversation with your child on this theme and many more, go to www.LoyolaBooks.org/52SimpleWays.

Reminder

Please keep our Journeysongs hymnal books looking new by taking care, to place them inside the slots behind the pews vertically right side up, rather than horizontally on their sides. This ensures that the binding stays in place. Also, please remember to leave the prayer cards inside the hymnals for all to use. If you like our new prayer cards and would like some of your own, they are now available in the parish office, four cards for a dollar.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Shoeless

I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw someone who had no feet.

—Ancient Persian saying