Perpetual Times - Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Perpetual Times
2255 Central Grove Toledo, Ohio 43614
Fall 2011
419-382-5511
Volume XIII Issue I
From the Pastor’s Pen
At the time of this writing I have been with you for some 66 days, but who’s counting? I really enjoy being here at Our Lady
of Perpetual Help Parish. I’m working on remembering names and faces. Perhaps we can continue to use nametags. I’m
thinking of the ones in plastic holders either with pins or with the lanyards around the neck. They help me, of course, but I’ll
bet they will help each other to know more family names as we worship together. Now that school and sports and other
activities are gearing up it may be a little easier for me to remember names and to focus on making family connections.
I’ve been walking throughout the neighborhoods in the early mornings and meeting some interesting people on the way. It is
a great time of the day to be out, still somewhat quiet but full of life. I find it is a good time to pray and to reflect on the
day’s coming events.
On one of my first days out I noticed the four signs on the outside of the west wall of our gym: OLPH –Academic
Excellence; OLPH Faith Formation; OLPH Character Development; OLPH Community Service. These have also been a
source of my reflections over these days and weeks. I’d like to share some of my musings with you.
These four elements form a succinct “Mission Statement” both for the parish and the school. I say parish and school because
I believe in ‘life-long’ learning. One is never too ‘old’ to learn and to be formed in mind and heart. That old saying that “you
can never teach an old dog new tricks” may be true for old dogs but it does not apply to human persons.
I would argue the order of these statements and put ‘faith formation’ first.
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PANDAMANIA STRIKES VBS!
Vacation Bible School’s 50 attendees were wild about Pandas and discovering that God is wild about us! Thank you to the
many volunteers who helped our kids enjoy every aspect of VBS: Mrs. Marcia DuBell, Mrs. Pat Mouch, Mrs. Anne Troy,
Mrs. Marcia Estep, Eric Zmuda, Matthew Zmuda, Adam Kowalski, John Kookoothe, Matthew Sobecki, Jessica Bainbridge,
Callie Bremer, Jack Broadway, Aubrey Bush, Grace Crawford, Natalie Dech, Lauren DeClark, Anna Docis, Sarah Felix,
Ellie Filas, Frankie
Fulkerson, Jacob
Guerrero, Emma Keller,
Jacob Kowalski, Daniel
Powers, Max Ramirez,
Rachel Ramirez, Natalie
Ray, Felicia Roman,
Alexus Schmenk, Mason
Snyder, Abbi Snyder,
Kaitlin Snyder, Joey
Stearns and Riley
Steinbock. Thank you
also to Mrs. Kathy
Dusseau, who facilitated
another successful
summer event!
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish is a Catholic community committed to celebrating and extending the mission of Jesus Christ
through spiritual growth, education, service and compassion for all God’s people, under the patronage of our Blessed Mother.
Parish
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Faith Formation is not ‘child’s play’. It is growing toward a healthy relationship with God, with you and with others.
There are several levels of faith:
• The personal relationship you have through the Holy Spirit with Jesus and the Father. This relationship is initiated from God’s side, and we are called to respond.
• The body of beliefs, doctrines and facts that we as Catholics hold to be true and a valued way of life.
Perhaps some things to think about:
Do you read Scripture on a daily or weekly basis? Do you prepare for the Sunday Mass ahead of time by reading
over the readings?
Do you pray together as a family – the Rosary, the Divine Chaplet or other prayers? Are you familiar with the
Catechism of the Catholic Church? Would you like some help in this area?
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Academic Excellence (what in the old days was known as ‘readin’,’ritin’ an’ ‘rithmatic’): There is so much more
involved these days. Just ask the teachers. And there is so much more competition today than ever before. Everyone
has to stay one or two steps ahead just to keep up. An openness to learning attitude is very helpful. Life-long learn
ing is a key concept for today. The computer can be very beneficial because the web offers so much information
and an easy way to get it.
Some questions to ponder:
What was the last book, tape or CD that you read or listened to?
Do you listen to the ‘History Channel” or get other information about life? Do you play a musical instrument?
What hobbies do you have?
Do you have an academic plan for yourself and/or for your family?
Character Development: Sometimes it may seem like we are developing “a lot of characters”, but the value of each
individual person is paramount. Here the role of education is so important…drawing out of the person the potential
richness that is within as a unique gift from God – reflecting His presence through the individual person to the world.
Becoming the best person we can be, then, is our gift back to God. This is the beginning of stewardship.
Again some questions to reflect upon:
What kind of person are you? Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you like to take charge or be in charge? Or
do you like to be the servant? Are you intuitive? Inquisitive? Sensitive to the needs of the situation? A controller?
Are you a team player or do you like to work alone? There are no right or wrong answers here--just different. Each
one has different gifts and needs to know him/herself so they can use their gifts for the common good of everyone.
It helps to know your strengths so you can work on the other dimensions so that you can become the best person
you can be.
Community Service: It is not serve us, but giving back to the larger community, parish, school or city through our gift of
time, talent, concern and dedication. It means making the world a better place because we have been here.
Things to think about:
Do you belong to any service organizations or places like the Art Museum or the Zoo?
How are you improving our parish, your neighborhood and the City of Toledo?
Is justice work a part of your life?
Do you contribute to meeting the challenge of the world’s hunger and starvation crisis, the sex trade and human
trafficking crisis, the victims of war or natural disasters?
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There are two other areas I would like to make comment on that will be affecting us all. The first is from the Diocese, the
office of the Bishop regarding Catholic Schools and Education.
The Toledo Metro Parish/Schools are divided into eight communities. We belong to the Southwest Community,
which includes, OLPH, St. Pat’s Heatherdowns, St. Joan of Arc, St. Joe’s Maumee and St. Patrick, Providence.
Following a process to identify, evaluate and address the major challenges facing Catholic education in the MetroToledo areas, a goal was developed to ensure that PK-8 Catholic education maintains its Catholic identity and high
quality, and is sustainable into the future. The process included a community-wide survey and several
geographically diverse face-to-face community meetings.
The Bishop is asking the entire Catholic community in the Toledo Metropolitan area to support the transition to a
community-based model of PK-8 Catholic education ministry. Two new Boards will be developed in the next
eighteen months. One will be an Oversight Board responsible for overall leadership and governance for the MetroToledo educational ministry. This Board will work closely with the School Office and the diocesan Superintendent.
The second Board will affect us more directly. The creation of geographically distributed Community School
Boards whereby multiple parishes in a given area will work together cooperatively. Local leadership must remain
the primary administrators for this ministry and for determining the number of buildings required, where they are
located and educational models to be used. There will be a member from each parish on this Community Board as
well as the pastors of each of our parishes.
The second area of reflection is the New Roman Missal. I remember when the Vatican Council’s “Constitution on the
Sacred Liturgy” was promulgated on December 4, 1964. It happened to be my birthday and my first year in the seminary.
The following Advent brought about some pretty significant changes…hearing most of the liturgy now in English, the
celebrant facing the people and expected responses from the people. For some it was a welcome change. For others it was a
shock and disbelief. For some a joy, for others anger. As I recall, there was not much preparation for the implementation of
the New Roman Rite. Within a week’s time, it seemed, altars were turned around or a portable table was set up and we
fumbled around with responses and new songs. Early on it was very close to the Latin until the new translation was
developed in 1969. Still, there was not a lot of preparation work in bringing it about.
Being in the seminary we were able to try new things and learn a bit more about the new liturgy, but we did not have an
inside on what was happening. I was a little surprised to hear some of the negative response when I came home for
Christmas vacation and summer vacation.
This new translation of the Roman Missal, due to be inaugurated on the First Sunday of Advent, has had a lot of gestation
time. Actually we have been waiting for over ten years for this new liturgical book. The Roman Missal is the large book the
priest uses at Mass both for the opening prayers and the Eucharistic prayers. One reason we need a new book is to add all
the new saints that have been included over the years into the Roman calendar.
The second reason is to offer a more authentic translation from the Latin official source edition. The new translation is closer to the Scriptures and offers a heightened style of English speech and a grammatical structure that more closely
follows the Latin text. In 2001 the Holy See issued a new set of guidelines for preparing the new translations, called by its
Latin name Liturgiam Authenticam. This replaces the 1969 instruction on translation known by the French title, Comme le
prevoit. This is known as ”dynamic equivalence”. Basically this means that the translators strive to express clearly the
meaning of the original text in the translated text, recognizing that each group of language has its own sentence structure,
rules of grammar, and idioms that often make a word-of-word translation stilted or even unintelligible.
Liturgiam Authenticam insists on formal equivalence and focuses more on the exact literal translation of a text. This
process has been going on for ten years now and has finally been approved by the Vatican. Unlike the sixties, we have a lot
of prep time.
Most of the preparation is in our attitude. Let the Holy Spirit help you prepare to be open and respond wholeheartedly. After
all, it is our Lord God to whom we are praying and offering ourselves in and with and through Jesus Christ.
May God bless you and may Our Lady of Perpetual Help intercede for you.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help
July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011
Receipts & Expenditures
CHURCH INCOME
Sunday Collection
Holy Days
Christmas
Easter
Stipend & Stole Fees
Votive Lights
Bequests & Special gifts
Festival
Reverse Raffle
Fish Fry
365 Lotto
Parish Activities Other (Rummage Sale)
PSR (Religious Ed fees)
Other Income
TOTAL CHURCH INCOME
523,536.05
4,148.22
28,471.87
21,017.84
10,910.00
5,184.55
16,841.02
102,044.60
25,869.00
30,828.37
14,760.00
12,640.68
5,739.00
4,812.11
806,803.31
CHURCH EXPENSES
Clergy Salaries & Benefits
Lay Salaries/ Rel Ed/ Music/Maint
Altar & Liturgical
Stewardship
Religious Ed Program & CRHP
Utilities
Building Maintenance
Diocesan Assessment
Office Supplies/Postage
Collection Envelopes
Rectory & Household
Transportation & Seminars
Festival
Reverse Raffle
Fish Fry
Parish Activities
Miscellaneous
TOTAL CHURCH EXPENSES
41,261.00
207,656.98
18,569.58
2,371.61
25,297.28
21,055.85
13,259.75
45,403.00
10,220.47
3,643.61
9,127.59
1,662.00
60,320.38
12,016.03
21,276.83
1,603.34
1,637.10
496,382.40
Church Income
School Income
Total Income
806,803.31
1,042,203.63
1,849,006.94
Church Expenses
School Expenses
Total Expenses
496,382.40
1,270,144.56
1,766,526.96
Net gain for 2010-2011
SCHOOL INCOME
Tuition & Registration (K-8) & late fees
Preschool Tuition
Interest
Extended Day
Internal Fund Raising (net)
TRIP profit
Administrative Cost Reimbursement
Accomodations (Camp funds, misc)
Cafeteria Income
Income from Endowment Interest
Other
TOTAL SCHOOL INCOME
712,327.63
27,265.00
450.00
27,202.30
22,136.64
15,000.00
80,866.46
71,770.63
65,325.57
18,000.00
1,859.40
1,042,203.63
SCHOOL EXPENSES
Admin, Office & Non teaching Salaries & Benefits
Instructional Salaries & Benefits
Maintenance Salaries & Benefits
Cafeteria Monitors
Cafeteria Expense
Accomodations (Camp funds, misc)
Extended Day salaries/expense
Office Supplies
Instructional Supplies
Technology
Public Relations/Marketing
Administrative Head Tax
Teacher Education & Incentives
Maintenance & Repairs
Utilities
Insurance/Property Tax
TOTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES
153,153.63
739,087.47
57,983.86
12,558.78
67,536.03
80,292.52
18,813.10
4,260.63
16,164.17
8,607.83
744.60
2,906.00
1,503.34
34,570.24
60,203.39
11,758.97
1,270,144.56
Cash Balances as of June 30, 2011
Parish Checking account
Maintenance Fund Savings
Tuition (11-12)
Cafeteria Checking
Accommodations School Checking
Endowment Savings
Total Ending Cash
82,479.98
4
15,363.01
26,305.94
246,899.94
915.90
19,937.50
460,934.78
770,357.07
Parish & School Proposed Budget 2011-12
July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012
CHURCH INCOME:
Sunday Collection
Holy Days
Christmas
Easter
Stipend & Stole Fees
Votive Lights
Bequests & Special gifts
365 Lotto (new)
Festival (net)
Reverse Raffle (net)
Fish Fry (net)
Parish Activities (rummage sale )
PSR (Religious Ed fees)
Other Income
TOTAL CHURCH INCOME
525,000
4,300
28,000
17,000
8,000
5,000
8,000
12,000
40,000
14,000
9,000
11,000
5,500
3,000
689,800
CHURCH EXPENSES:
Clergy Salaries & Benefits
Lay Salaries/ Rel Ed/ Music /Maint
Altar & Liturgical
Stewardship
Religious Ed Program & CRHP
Utilities
Building Maintenance
Diocesan Assessment
Office Supplies/Postage
Collection Envelopes
Rectory & Household
Transportation & Seminars
Parish Activities
Miscellaneous
SUBTOTAL EXPENSES
Funds available for School Subsidy
TOTAL CHURCH EXPENSES
42,000
211,600
20,000
2,500
28,000
30,000
15,000
50,500
11,000
3,500
12,500
3,000
1,500
1,500
432,600
257,200
689,800
SCHOOL INCOME:
Tuition, Registration (K-8) late fees
Preschool Tuition & Registration
Interest
Extended Day
Internal Fund Raising (net)
TRIP profit
Administrative Cost Reimbursement
Endowment Interest
Other Income (Marketday)
TOTAL SCHOOL INCOME
Available Parish Subsidy
TOTAL SCHOOL INCOME
645,000
38,250
500
24,000
19,000
4,000
62,550
18,000
1,600
812,900
257,200
1,070,100
SCHOOL EXPENSES:
Admin, Office & Non teaching Salaries & Benefits
Instructional Salaries & Benefits
Maintenance Salaries & Benefits
Cafeteria Monitors
Extended Day
Office Supplies/Postage
Instructional Supplies
Technology
Public Relations & Marketing
Teacher Education & Incentives
Maintenance, Repairs, Supplies
Utilities
Property Tax & Insurance
TOTAL SCHOOL EXPENSES
164,000
689,650
65,300
11,000
19,000
6,000
20,000
10,000
1,400
1,600
30,000
65,000
11,000
1,093,950
Projected Church Income
Projected School Income
Total Projected Income
689,800.00
1,070,100.00
1,759,900.00
Projected Church Expenses
Projected School Expenses
Total Projected Expenses
689,800.00
1,093,950.00
1,783,750.00
Projected shortfall
5
(23,850.00)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
2011 FESTIVAL REPORT
Income
Advertising, Publicity & Printing
Bakery Wheel
Beer
Bible Stories/Crafts
Concessions - all food, pop & water
Craft Corner
Dice Wheels
Dinner (Sunday)
Entertainment
50/50
Galactic Racer
Garden of Eden
Grocery Wheel
Instant Tickets
Kid Games, Prizes, Inflatables, Equip
Maintenance, Edison, Dumpsters
Miscellaneous (includes workers food)
Money Tree
Raffle
Rentals (Table, chairs, tents, golf carts)
Ride Tickets
Security
Showdown Poker
Sponsors
Texas Hold'em Poker
Wheel of Fortune
TOTAL
Expenses
990.00
30.00
10,869.95
146.72
11,141.77
35.00
390.00
825.67
4,800.00
60.00
1,342.98
36,601.07
19,429.96
927.50
5,039.75
2,137.50
1,572.00
146.90
913.75
1,383.25
2,020.75
1,813.99
102.44
30.00
540.00
903.10
2,533.60
1,540.30
70.00
4,409.75
14,983.00
406.25
1,014.65
7,161.00
12,083.90
4,920.00
60.00
683.00
2,495.00
2,192.00
2,679.40
102,044.60
48.00
572.01
60,001.31
2011 Profit
2010 Profit
2009 Profit
Difference
-990.00
1,312.98
25,731.12
-146.72
8,288.19
892.50
4,649.75
1,311.83
-4,800.00
1,512.00
146.90
811.31
1,353.25
1,480.75
910.89
-2,533.60
-1,134.05
944.65
2,751.25
-14,983.00
12,083.90
-4,920.00
623.00
2,495.00
2,144.00
2,107.39
42,043.29
42,043.29
36,860.65
44,730.89
We ended in the black this year!!! We had a shortfall from previous years, which is now paid back
and a surplus to begin the new year. The following are some of the areas that helped us end in the black this year:
Our new 365 lotto generated a profit of $14,760, Bequest income was $6800 over budget, Rummage Sale, Stole Fees.
Easter collection and Festival income were all up this year. Administrative Cost Reimbursement from the state was up
over $6500 and two years of TRIP profit of $15,000 was included.
Thanks to all who continue to support our Maintenance Fund. Because of your generosity, and a large anonymous
donation, we were able to make several improvements to our building including new lights in the gym, painting of the
gym ceiling, concrete work at the church and rectory, striping of the parking lot, new kitchen area in meeting room 2,
a new floor in the conference room and new doors for the Sherwood side entrance.
Hopefully, you will continue to support our parish and school, and we will continue to diligently look for ways
to increase our income and keep our expenses down.
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FESTIVAL SUCCESS!
While it may not have been our most successful festival in terms of profits (see festival report in the finance
reports), it was certainly a success in many, many ways. Our many chairmen, led by Casey Cook, did a fantastic
job running their areas. We appreciate all the hours, hard work and ever-present good cheer they provide,
including the five areas that had new chairmen! To our hearty volunteers who stepped forward and filled the
many hours needed at each booth, we couldn’t do it without you. To the parish staff for their help with finance,
licensing, rentals and ride passes, your help was invaluable. The Chucklin’ Chicken Dance with guest stars,
Muddy and Mudonna, had all of us chucklin’! And to all who attended, we hope the festival fosters a community
spirit in all of you. COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE—IT’S WORTH THE TRIP!
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LIFELONG LEARNING
OPPORTUNITY
WISDOM DAY
The 15th Annual Wisdom
Day, a day of prayer and
reflection for people 55+
will be on September 15th at
St. Patrick’s Of
Heatherdowns Holy Family
Center from 9:00 a.m. to 1:35 p.m. The theme for
this year is God Lights Our Way, a day of food, fun,
fellowship and spirituality. Our keynote speaker is
Fr. Paul Kwiatkowski. Humorous author, Linda
Tippett, will also be on hand to talk about “Age Is a
Laughing Matter”. The cost to attend is still only
$5, which includes a continental breakfast and a
soup and sandwich lunch. Call Elsie Bellner at
419-385-6115 for more information and to register
by September 12th.
Fr. Jim would like to continue Fr. Bob’s continuing
adult biblical education. Tuesday nights from
September to May will be designated as a special
night to gather and learn in different ways. Several
possibilities are available: Continue the Little Rock
Scripture Study, doing a Bible overview called The
Great Adventure, Matthew West’s Theology of the
Body, Matthew Kelly’s Rediscovering Catholicism.
Our initial gatherings and registration will be on
September 20 and 27. Fr. Jim looks forward to this
adventure with you continuing his and our lifelong
learning of our faith!
R.C.I.A.—RITE OF CHRISTIAN
INITIATION OF ADULTS
Are you or someone you know inquiring about the
Catholic Church? Did you miss a sacrament as a
child? Would you like to learn more about your
Catholic faith? Deacon Bob Lesinski and his group
of speakers facilitate weekly classes beginning on
Monday, September 12, which run from 7:00-9:00
p.m. in Meeting Room #2. You can register for the
classes, which run through April 23, 2012, by
calling the Parish Office at 419-382-5511.
HAVE NEWS TO SHARE?
Reach your entire parish by submitting Perpetual Times articles to Colette Leyland in the
Parish Office by Tuesday, November 1, for the
winter edition. Articles and
pictures can also be emailed to
[email protected].
CONGRATULATIONS!
We are proud to acknowledge parishioner, Jean
Bigler, who was named a recipient of the Centenary
Award for Outstanding Service to OLPH by the Diocese of Toledo as part of the Centenary Celebration
of our Diocese! According to the wording from the
Diocese…”(we) are blessed to have people like you
who generously share their gifts to help manifest the
kingdom of God among us.” Jean and others were
honored at a special Mass at Rosary Cathedral on
Pentecost Sunday, June 12. We concur with the
Bishop’s office—we are definitely blessed to have
Jean represent us, for she is truly a model to follow.
Congratulations, Jean!
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LITURGY CORNER
by Connie Skoski
The time is fast approaching when the new translation of the Mass will become effective. Let us look upon the
task ahead as a challenge and opportunity to grow in our understanding and appreciation of the Mass. The new
translation will be a much closer, literal translation of the Latin prayers. The language will be more formal.
Mass cards will be placed in the pews to help us fully participate and to adjust to the changes. Where we have
been responding with “And also with you”, soon we will answer, “And with your spirit”. This is a closer
translation of the Latin Et cum spiritu tuo, and it matches the response that already exists in most other major
languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
There are some minor changes to the Gloria, the Creed and the Holy Holy. The texts for the memorial
acclamations have been changed and are beautifully expressed. New musical compositions and revised settings
have been prepared. Musicians are anxious to begin to put them into practice.
While the official starting date is the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011, Bishop Blair has given
permission to begin using some of the new texts. This fall we will begin to learn and sing some of the revised
parts of the Mass starting with the Gloria and the Holy Holy.
Fr. Paul Turner, in his book, Understanding the Revised Texts of the Mass, Liturgy Training Publications has
given us this prayer. Take some time to pray it in the months ahead:
Good and gracious God,
we often enter the Eucharistic liturgy in a hurry, unthinking and distracted.
Help us to reflect on what crossing that threshold really means.
Give us a new appreciation for our community,
and what we do here together.
Then, help us carry a better understanding into the months ahead.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen
MUSIC MINISTRY NEWS
Now is the acceptable time…no it is not the season of Lent, but the time for you to join the music ministry team
of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Fall is a time for new beginnings and commitments. This year will be exciting as
we are called to implement the new musical settings for the Roman Missal. As a choir member, you will be the
first to learn them and to teach them to our people.
The first choir rehearsal of the 2011-12 season will be on Thursday, September 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Church.
We need people in all voice parts, soprano, alto, tenor and bass. The rehearsals are always interesting,
challenging, and fun. The choir members are happy people who enjoy making music in praise of the Lord. You
will be comfortable and welcome among them.
Please call the Parish Office if you have any questions. Take that first step and come forward to sing that new
song together.
by Connie Skoski
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“365 LOTTO” -- THE SEQUEL!
It’s time to think about getting your 2012 “365 Lotto” ticket as our 2nd annual drive heats up this fall—even
though there are still many chances to win this year. Our fundraiser proved to be decently profitable for us in
2011, as even members of other parishes bought chances on being in a daily drawing, but it could be even better
for OLPH if more tickets are sold this year! As before, only a limited number of Lotto tickets will be sold at
$20.00 each, but ALL tickets will be eligible for EVERY drawing—all 365 drawings! Prizes remain as follows:
3
$1,000 Prizes on Easter, July 4th & Christmas
(Just ask Karen Trombley & Christine Hubbard, who won the first two)
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$500 Prizes on all First Mondays
(Ask Luke Watson, Anne Troy, Mary Karl, Susan Momenee, Jean Bigler,
Julie Harley & Rick Garcia!)
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$100 Prizes on all Sundays
298
$40 Prizes on remaining days of the year
The first drawing is January 1, 2012. You may buy as many tickets as you like. As a matter of fact, for every 15
sold tickets you turn in, we’ll put one in for you—FREE! Sell to your family, friends, neighbors—even people
you don’t know! Or buy them as gifts for birthdays, Christmas or just because you like somebody! Below is a
copy of the ticket. To purchase, please complete all information, include payment and drop in the collection basket or send to the OLPH Parish Office, 2255 Central Grove Ave., Toledo, OH 43614. We will reprint your information on the actual ticket and put it in the hopper. If you want more than one ticket, please print the information
for each ticket on a separate piece of paper.
In the case of a holiday, like July 4th, falling on a Sunday or first Monday of the month (as it did in 2011), only the
larger prize will be awarded. We gratefully acknowledge Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home again for
sponsoring the cost of printing the tickets.
NAME ________________________________________________
ADDRESS _____________________________________________
CITY _____________________ STATE _______ ZIP __________
PHONE _______________________________________________
SELLER _______________________________________________
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY!!
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HOW CAN I SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL?
(You don’t need to have students here to help!)
You can support OLPH just by shopping! Do you have a Target Charge
Card? You can designate a percentage of all your Target shopping to
OLPH through their Take Charge of Education program by calling 800-316
-6142 or visiting target.com.
Prefer online shopping? Log onto SchoolMall.com and find hundreds of
places to shop. Just select Our Lady of Perpetual Help School before
shopping, and we can earn up to 50% on every sale.
How about your food shopping? Every month (except July) we have
Market Day, delicious and convenient frozen food, where you can order
online (marketday.com) or by paper order to the Parish Office, and pick up
from Meeting Room #2. One try and you’ll be delighted with individually wrapped items, fresh-picked flavor
vegetables and items for every meal and in between.
Going out to eat, shop or need gas? We’ve been helping families earn FREE MONEY towards school tuition
through the Tuition Reduction Incentive Program or T.R.I.P. since 2001. Order gift cards to over 200 eateries,
department stores, gas stations, etc. on our weekly order day (Tuesdays) by 9:00 a.m. (you can even send them in
with your student during the school year and have them bring them home on Fridays). Use them the same as cash!
OLPH keeps 1% of the cost that we buy at a discount, and the remaining discounted percentage goes into your
tuition account for OLPH or any area Catholic high school! We had a school family earn over $1,900 last year,
and it cost them NOTHING EXTRA—just a little organizing.
Throwing a party and need food in bulk? GFS Marketplace has the Fun Funds Card. Designate OLPH when
you apply for your free card, and items that are specially marked each week will earn a percentage for our school.
Box Tops for Education and Campbell Food Labels only require you to snip them off and turn them in to the
school office. Added together with everyone else’s donations and they become gold for getting all kinds of items
for classrooms, gym class, etc.
Other ways to help include supporting our annual fall Magazine Drive, by ordering your favorites through a
student, online at qsp.com and designating OLPH School, or through the Parish Office. 40% of each subscription
or Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough comes back to OLPH through this, our biggest fundraiser. Don’t forget our
second school fundraising event, the School Carnival & Basket Raffle, which will be held on Friday, February
17, from 6-9 p.m. Our themed baskets are always worth buying a chance on just for the sheer volume of items in
the oversized baskets. Games with prizes, inflatables and fun food make it a great family night for all our
parishioners!
WHENEVER POSSIBLE, PLEASE SUPPORT
OUR PARISH SCHOOL!
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School News
O.L.P.H. School: Faith. Academics. Service.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School welcomes all of our returning families as well as families who are new to the O.L.P.H.
community this year. We are so happy to welcome our new pastor, Fr. Jim Brown to O.L.P.H. and look forward to the year ahead
with him as our leader.
Our year began with Open House on Monday, August 22nd where students dropped off supplies and met their teachers. School
officially began for grades K-8 on Tuesday, August 23rd. Preschool classes began the week of September 6th.
I thank ALL of our faculty & staff for their hard work in preparing for the beginning of a school year that we hope will be very
successful! We are thankful for the support of the O.L.P.H. Parish and are blessed to have such wonderful people as part of our
community.
Preschool: Mrs. Cindy Thome
Kindergarten: Mrs. Mary Morris
First Grade: Miss Ka4e Empey
Second Grade: Miss Lindsay Schmidt
Third Grade: Mrs. Pat Mouch
Fourth Grade: Mrs. Ann Friedberg
Fi$h Grade: Mrs. Barb Doane
Teacher Assistant: Miss Amanda Wilson
Intervenon Specialist (Gr. K-5): Mrs. Julie Boice
Religious Educaon: Mrs. Kathy Dusseau
Clinic: Miss Allison Geddes
ASP Clerk: Mrs. Diane Yan4ss-Bowman
School Office: Mrs. Kathy Bruss, Mrs. Jean Geddes,
Mrs. Isabella Pisula, Mrs. Cheryl Waugh
Parish Office: Mrs. Cole7e Leyland, Mrs. Lisa Musil,
Mrs. Kathy Roper, Mrs. Linda Simmons, Mrs. Connie Skoski
Maintenance Staff: Mr. Galen Stoner, Mr. David Tremp,
Mr. Nathan Rawlins
Junior High (6th, 7th & 8th grades):
Language Arts: Mrs. Melissa Kissner
Math: Mrs. Jane Hunter
8th grade Algebra: Mrs. Kerry Fitzgerald
Religion: Mrs. Marcia Estep
Science/Health: Mrs. Cindy Roller
Social Studies: Mrs. Lindsey Falls
Intervenon Specialist (Gr. 6-8): Miss Valerie Dray
Lunchroom Staff: Mrs. Ann Hofmann, Mrs. Cindy Marquis,
Mrs. Ann Holzhauer
Playground: Mrs. Rita Fournier, Mrs. Dorothy Sieja
Ext. Care: Mrs. Holzhauer & Mrs. Fournier
Computer/Technology: Mrs. Kerry Fitzgerald
Gym: Mrs. Amy Ashner
Library: Mrs. Mary Zawodny
Music: Miss Carrie Blum
We are excited to celebrate as our “theme” for the year: O.L.P.H. School: Faith. Academics. Service. This theme stems from the
Na4onal theme for Catholic Schools Week this year, which will be celebrated at the end of January.
At the end of last school year, we had ASP money that needed to be spent, and we were able to purchase items teachers
requested for their classrooms as well as 20 new computers for the lab, 3 laptops, 2 SMARTboards, 2 projectors, a digital camera
and a video camera. Our gym has been painted (thanks Mr. Thanasiu!) and new more efficient ligh4ng installed.
We are finishing our self-study for the Accredita4on process and have begun preparing our goals and for our site visit in the
spring. Thanks to all who helped by comple4ng surveys for this process. Many blessings to all as we begin this school year!
Lori Anderson, principal
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, a Roman Catholic elementary school, is part of the educa onal ministry of Our
Lady of Perpetual Help Parish. We are commi"ed to the development of the whole child, through faith forma on,
academic excellence, and Chris an values, in order to help our children live out the Gospel message.
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O.L.P.H. SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL (SAC)
The School Advisory Council acts as an advisory council for the pastor and principal of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help School. The SAC assists the pastor and principal in deciding issues of school policy, budgetary issues,
and academic and related issues. It makes recommendaons on those ma7ers, but it cannot act on its own
in deciding school policy ma7ers.
Each spring re4ring members are replaced by elec4on or appointment. Each member serves a three-year
term. The SAC meets the third Wednesday of every month. Mee4ngs usually begin at 6:30 p.m. in one of
the school mee4ng rooms and follow a set agenda. Commi7ees may meet on a more frequent basis.
The ini4al part of each SAC mee4ng is designated as the “Open Session” period, at which 4me parents are
invited to a7end. If they would like to address a specific concern or issue, they must submit an agenda item
in wri4ng to the school office or to a council member one week prior to the mee4ng.
The goals of SAC are:
•
Work toward improving communicaon with faculty/staff, families/parents, the parish, the
community and neighborhood, and parish and school organiza4ons.
•
Support the clear communica4on of the discipline and dress codes and consistent enforcement of
those requirements.
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Assist with financial planning and fundraising needs of the school.
•
Assist with the development of extracurricular acvies to enhance the spiritual and personal
growth and socializa4on of our student popula4on.
•
Assist with the marke4ng and public rela4ons efforts of the school.
The above goals will be addressed by various commi7ees of SAC members and interested parents. If you
are interested in joining or assis4ng any one of these commi7ees, please contact any SAC member. More
informa4on will be provided on this process as the school year progresses.
2011-2012 School Advisory Council
President: Becky Heinze (419)-381-2144
Vice President: Molly Branyan (419)-385-2809
Secretary: Kim Bremer (419)-381-8905
Abby Arnold (419)-386-1334
Anderson Brockway (419)-389-4635
Kris4n Dusseau-Busse (419)-382-4045
Sharon Heil (419)-382-0213
Brad Lowery (419)-382-1671
Jill Victorian (419)-382-0555
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CRAFT BAZAAR & LUNCHEON
Our Parent School Association has revived the OLPH Craft Bazaar and
Luncheon! The bazaar will take place on Saturday, October 22, 2011
from 10:00-4:00 right here in our Activity Center. Come and shop for
handmade items for your home and for gifts.
If you, or someone you know, are interested in being a vendor, each
8-foot table rents for $30, and if you require special needs and/or electricity, it is
available on a first come-first serve basis. The $30 cost is non-refundable should you be
unable to attend the day of the bazaar. There is no selling of FOOD ITEMS, as the OLPH
PSA will be serving a luncheon and offering baked goods for sale.
Set up will be from 8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m., and a donation for our raffle table is greatly
appreciated. For further information, call Tanya Bialecki at 419-380-8283 after 6:00 p.m.
Return the portion below with payment made payable to OLPH/PSA.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------YES, I WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE SPACE FOR THE CRAFT BAZAAR!
Name ______________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________________
Phone _________________________ Number of spaces (8’ tables)_______________
Amount Enclosed ______________ Need Electricity? ________Yes
________No
Type of Crafts Displaying _______________________________________________
FULL PAYMENT MUST ACCOMPANY THIS FORM IN ORDER TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE
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Parish Community Builders
Laura Guenin & Anne Rybinski-s4ll smiling!
Nanci Riddle and Ellie Filas working hard.
WHAT A FANTASTIC SALE!
Rummage Sale 2011 broke profit sales again this year! You rummaged and dropped it off or had us pick it up. We sorted,
folded, priced, sold, bagged and carried tons of it to cars and trucks during our first four-day sale. The magnitude of 140
eight-foot tables, 46 eight-foot benches on top of some of those tables, 8 clothes racks combined with the 2 long racks
put in by Galen Stoner last year, both sides of the gym hallway and breezeway lined with large items, and a classroom
across from the gym completely overflowing with furniture combined to give us a profit over $13,600! Without our army
of volunteers this is just not possible. Thank you to all whose hard work, sweat, crea4vity and unending cheerfulness
made this such a boon to our OLPH Parish, and thanks to all who donated and shopped!
Gordy Knopp finds a treasure for Halloween!
Elsie Bellner actually enjoyed pricing items!
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Kay Parr takes a break from folding and sizing clothes to have fun modeling some!
Ashley Clark goes retro in our clothing area.
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O.L.P.H. WELCOMES TO OUR PARISH FAMILY…
James Adams
Sean Bearden, son Gage
Jason Beier, daughter Anne
Ronald Jr. & Kimberly Bradshaw
David & Jennifer Faust, daughter Eloise
Paul Frost, Jr.
Nicole Greco
Emily Meadows
Melissa Torres, children Shayla & Paul
Kelli Williams, children Kennedy, Austin & Isaiah
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5 ANNUAL
TRUNK OR TREAT
What parish event combines our costumed kids, wildly decorated trunks, lots of candy, trophies and cash prizes for
best boy and best girl costumes as well as best family costume, a $25 gas card for the voted best decorated trunk,
and lots of creepy, scary FUN? It’s TRUNK OR TREAT 2011 on Sunday, October 23! Our rain date is Monday,
October 24—last year Mother Nature hit us with a rainstorm minutes before we were to begin, when it was too
late to cancel. So we rode out the brief storm and continued on! As always, beverages will be available FREE from
the Parish Community Builders Committee.
To have your children join in, they only need to be OLPH parishioners and ages preschool through 6th grade. To
distribute candy to the kids, just have your vehicle registered with the Parish Office by filling out the form below
and sending it in, have plenty of store-bought, individually wrapped candies, and have your trunk in place in the
large parking lot by 6:00 p.m. (it doesn’t have to be decorated to participate). The kids will begin “trunk or
treating” at 6:15 p.m. and should arrive on time before all the treats are gone! Our favorite part is “costumes on
parade” when we get a chance to see all the kids parade by at one time for selecting costume prizewinners. So,
let’s continue this easy, breezy family tradition!
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REGISTRATION FOR TRUNK OR TREAT, OCTOBER 23
Name(s)
_________________________________________________
Address
_________________________________________________
Make of Vehicle
_________________________________________________
License Plate No.
_________________________________________________
Please return no later than Friday, October 21
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Alumni
ALUMNI INVITED BACK!!
Alumni, Attendees, Teachers, Pastors, Assistants—You
are all invited to attend the Alumni Mass & Dinner being held
Assistants
Saturday, September 24, in the OLPH Cafeteria, where so many of us enjoyed our school lunches everyday of the school year!
Recreate those days with your classmates by attending Mass at 5:00 p.m., and then adjourn to the cafeteria where a
sumptuous feast, at only $12.50 per person, will be prepared by Barbara Bell, and we’ll have a cash bar of beer and wine.
Let’s have fun with it this year—let’s wear something that dates back to when we attended school here! Ideas include:
‘80’s—ripped sweatshirts, acid-washed jeans, leather jackets, large hoop earrings, fishnet stockings and short skirts,
fingerless gloves; ‘70’s—bell bottoms, mini skirts, empire dresses, army jackets, glitter socks, peasant skirts, big medallions;
‘60’s—bright fabrics, tie-dye, long-flared skirts, headbands with flowers, headscarves, Native American jewelry, long-beaded
necklaces, peace symbols; ‘50’s—bobby socks, poodle skirts, pop beads, cat-eye glasses, chiffon scarves, cardigan
sweaters, loafers and white socks; ‘40’s—head scarves, turbans, wedge-heeled shoes, kangaroo cloaks, ankle socks, V-neck
sweaters, zoot suits, Hawaiian shirts, sportswear; ‘30’s—button-down wrap skirts, simple blouses, bows, snood and/or
scarves to hold back hair, wide-brimmed hats, fedoras, berets, sweater vests. We’ll give a prize to the one who best
personifies their years here!
As part of the evening, we always display pictures, yearbooks, interesting letters and papers from our archives. If you have
copies of class pictures, First Communion, Confirmation, graduation or any special event pictures involving OLPH, we would
appreciate adding them to our collection. We all love circling the room looking them over!
If you would like to help with set up Saturday morning at 9:00, please call Colette Leyland in the Parish Office, 419-382-5511,
and volunteer. Individual invitations with reply reservation cards will be going out soon, or just fill out the form below and mail
it in. Perhaps we don’t know that you are an alumnus! Get a group together and join the fun reminiscing with us.
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O.L.P.H. ALUMNI MASS & DINNER RESERVATION
_____ Yes! I (we) plan to attend!
Name(s) ___________________________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________________________
Phone # _____________________ Enclosed is my check for _________________________
Graduating Class(es) or Years Attended __________________________________________
Send form with payment to: OLPH, 2255 Central Grove, Toledo, OH 43614
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
My name is Marc Elfering. I am a 2009 OLPH graduate, and I’m currently entering my
junior year at St. Francis de Sales High School. I participated in two Hugh O’Brian Youth
Leadership Conferences (HOBY) this summer. I was nominated by my school to attend the
local seminar and was one of 200 students selected from the Western Region of Ohio. The
local one at Ohio Northern University was a four-day seminar that took place during the
second week of June, and it changed my life. At the end of July I was blessed enough to be
sponsored by my family, friends, and OLPH family to attend the HOBY World Leadership
Congress (WLC). This conference was for one week that took place at Loyola University in
Chicago and was filled with 400 ambassadors from around the globe.
HOBY is a Youth Leadership Organization that was founded by actor Hugh O’Brian in the
late fifties after his time spent with Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Africa; the program was
created for high school sophomores. Mr. O’Brian wanted to teach youth how to think for
themselves, how to become leaders, and, most importantly, how to change their
communities and the world.
HOBY truly is an experience like no other. It changed me. What started as a gathering of
400 strangers from around the world, quickly turned into a family of empowered young
adults. It truly is a testament that no matter your age, race, religion, or position in life, you
can still make an impact on the world. Much of the week I listened to several speakers, like
the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who taught that we are not foreigners, but rather all neighbors,
that, if the little acts of violence and prejudice would be replaced with love, the world would
be a better place. One of the more powerful speakers was from Rachel’s Challenge; it was
the story of a high school senior, Rachel Scott, the first victim of the Columbine High School
shootings, who touched the world simply through her simple acts of kindness, “because one
action starts a chain reaction”.
I truly believe that it was the interactions with those around me that left the greatest
impact. Many of the people there are inspirational stories in themselves. Each and every
person left there with something to bring back to their community. Because of your
kindness I was able to attend this event—I feel energized about doing service in my
community, church and school.
Thank you!
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Youth
PHILADELPHIA MISSION TRIP
The Mission Trip to Philly was an…interesting experience. We
met a lot of people, saw a lot of cool places and did some new
and different types of service. When we got to the church
that we were staying in, there was no air conditioning in the
girls’ room, with about thirty girls staying there, and two
showers and two stalls in the bathrooms. Although this was
discouraging to some I wasn’t going to let it spoil my week.
When we started our service the next day, our group, the
Peeps, got lost and was two hours late getting there. When we
finally arrived, we realized we were at the wrong site! The lady
in charge let us stay anyway, and we had a great time!
While most of us worked with the preschool and kindergarten
kids, a select three got to go out in front and help with a mosaic
mural of the children’s story, Rainbow Fish, for the younger
kids. I was one of those three. The artist, Trish, told me to
draw the Rainbow Fish. I told her I couldn’t draw, and she told
me I could. I tried it anyway, and it was perfect. I saw God in
that artist, and she helped me to get into mosaics. For the
third and fourth days we moved sites to the food bank, and there we met a man named Jonathon. He volunteers
there five times a week every week. He’s always there when needed. We packed boxes full of food and had a great
time while doing it.
I learned a lot about my group while working with them all week. One night we went to see the steps that Rocky ran
up at the Philadelphia Art Museum and had races up and down them. I think the best activity we did at night was the
community picnic on Thursday. I talked to some extraordinary people and heard their stories. I taught some people
my version of different line dances, and they showed me theirs. When we left Philly on Friday, I really didn’t want to
leave. We stopped and saw some history along the way, and I got to kick seeing Independence Hall off my bucket list.
We stopped in Pittsburgh overnight before leaving for home. We went to a lookout over the city at night and OH MY
GOSH! Prettiest sight I saw all week. That is definitely a beautiful city. We returned to open arms and warm
smiles, and I was glad to be home. But, everyday I see a little bit of the artist, or the people that were staying at
our church, or the other churches that were there that make me smile, and I remember my life-changing experience
that was Philly.
Jillian Fournier
These were the impressions of a first-timer who traveled with CLUB YEA to Philadelphia in June. She joined 20
other youth and six adults who made the trip. Other mission activities included working on food distribution lines in
the city, working at preschools and clothing distribution centers and packing lots of boxes of food. While there we
interacted with two other youth groups from a small town near Fort Wayne, Indiana and another group from
Lexington, Kentucky. We worshipped with them, worked with them and enjoyed our evening activities. Philadelphia
left many impressions on us—the beauty of the city and its numerous murals, the needs of some of its citizens and
the awareness of how different people find and worship Christ in their lives.
Anne Troy
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SCOUTS
PACK TRACKS
Troop 146 had a very active week at summer camp July
17-23—especially finding ways to beat the heat, as it was
a scorcher all week long! Every opportunity to hit the
camp pool or the lake was grabbed with gusto. There was
still plenty of fun mixed in with honing our scouting skills,
which included learning to cook for ourselves while at
camp. Opening campfire on Sunday started off a week
that saw the boys doing the Mile Swim, playing Wiffleball,
hosting Parents Night on Wednesday and participating in
the Order of the Arrow Taps. Thursday’s water polo
resulted in a win for our troop for the third year in a row!
On Friday the week wound down with camp-wide games,
Pioneering Awards and Closing Campfire. It was a week
for all to remember!
Troop 146 will be starting our weekly meetings on
August 29, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. Boys 6th
grade and under 18 are welcome to join us ANYTIME!
Troop Sc
ps
The Girl Scouts of OLPH are looking forward to another fun year! This year marks the 100th anniversary of the
organization. Our troops will be celebrating! As shown in these photos, the girls participate in many fun
activities including a mother-daughter slumber party, the Girl Scout jamboree, Girl Scout Mass, a fatherdaughter dance, day camp, and a swimming party! If you would like any information about Girl Scouting at
OLPH, please contact Pam Sobecki at 419-290-5108.
Mother-daughter slumber party. Additional pictures on the next page.
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Non-Profit
Organization
U.S. Postage
Paid
Toledo, Ohio
Permit No. 632
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