Perry County Consortium 

Church of the Atonement Family Joe and Carla Woneymaker will be hosting the Church of the Atonement Fall Fest on the Woneymaker Farm on October 10, 2021. More information will be coming soon!

“Small things done with great love will change the world.” – Mother Teresa Coming to the aid of others through charitable actions is one of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. Beginning September 1 and ending September 30, the Perry County Consortium of Catholic parishes will be collecting items for Christmas gift bags to be distributed to Consortium Homebound and the residents of SKLD. All items can be dropped off in the totes that are in the back of the churches. Thank you for your help!

COME ONE! COME ALL! St. Patrick’s would like to extend an invitation to all of the Perry County Consortium to the First Annual St. Patrick’s Fall Fest. The festival will take place October 9th, beginning at 5:00 p.m. There will be food, drinks, adult and kid games, and live music. We are currently looking for donations of water and Pepsi products. We will also be having a basket wheel. If anyone would be willing to donate a basket (or multiple), we would be happy to accept those donations and they can be dropped off at St. Patrick’s Church or the St. Rose Rectory. If you would prefer to make a monetary donation or if you need any of your donations picked up, please contact me, Kelcie Fisher (740-605-1256) or Amanda Davis (740-215-7274). If you are interested in volunteering, please reach out to us. We will be starting a sign-up list soon! Thank you and have a blessed day

ALL PARISHIONERS: REAL PRESENCE, REAL FUTURE Fall Consultation Meetings I would like to ask parishioners of each parish to mark your calendar for a Parish Consultation meeting with the Diocese and Catholic Leadership Institute (CLI). While these were planned to be virtual "Zoom" meetings, we are looking into offering an "in-person" format, for parishioners with poor internet connectivity, etc. STAY TUNED!!! PLEASE PLAN FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR YOUR SPECIFIC PARISH: Church of the Atonement: Saturday, November 13, 9:00-11:00 a.m. OR Saturday, November 20, 9:00-11:00 a.m. St. Bernard: Saturday, October 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m. OR Saturday, November 6, 9:00-11:00 a.m. St. Patrick: Tuesday, November 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. OR Thursday, November 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m. St. Rose: Tuesday, November 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m. OR Thursday, November 11, 6:30- 8:30 p.m.

Dear Parishioners, By the time you have this bulletin, the Consortium Office should now be in place in St. Rose School building. The office hours remain the same: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. There may be some hiccups with our phone and internet service, but this should be worked out soon enough. The old rectory office space will be available for restrooms, weddings, and weekly collection counters. Having the Consortium office in the school will help provide security to the building.

A NOTE ABOUT CHANGES TO THE OFFERTORY INFORMATION LISTED IN THE BULLETIN: If you take a look at the “Needed to pay bills” section of the bulletin, you will see a bit of a change from previous weeks. At the July 20th meeting, the Finance Council recommended that the “Needed to pay bills” number be updated to more accurately reflect our expenses. This number is the Actual (real) expense from lastyear, divided among 52 weeks. Regarding St. Rose, most of the operating expenses of the school are not included in this number. The “needed to pay bills” for St. Patrick reflects the real costs of Catholic School Subsidy paid by the parish to support Catholic Schools where St. Patrick parish familiessend theirchildren (thissubsidy was formerly paid to St. Rose Church and School). Regarding income, you should note that gifts, bequests, and other fundraisers are not accounted as part of the weekly Offertory, but still help get us through the year. New budgets for the parishes of the Perry County Consortium are in the process of being finalized, and so, the numbers reflecting expenses may change in the future. We will strive to have greater transparency and use our resources to support the mission of the Gospel. Thank you

NEW AND RETURNING ALTAR SERVERS: Altar Serving is open to the youth of families registered in a Consortium parish, who have received their First Holy Communion and who regularly attend weekend Mass. Once we have an accurate count of new and returning Altar Servers, we will schedule training/retraining sessions and send parents a schedule for weekend Masses at our parishes. If your son/daughter is an Altar Server or would like to become one, please complete the blue form (available at all churches) and return it to the Consortium Office. If you have any questions, feel free to call or email the Consortium Office at (740) 342-1348 or strose@columbus.rr.com.

INTERESTED IN BECOMING CATHOLIC? If you are interested in learning more about Catholicism or have a desire to join the Catholic Church, please contact the parish office or Fr. Yakkel at cyakkel@ columbuscatholic.org. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) will be starting at the end of August and details regarding a schedule will be available soon. We look forward to hearing from you