Recently, Janet Poulin, our Music Director was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. The cancer has spread to her liver. There is no radiation or traditional chemotherapy that will work. Surgery is not an option because it would be too complicated and dangerous. There is a daily oral chemotherapy drug that may help slow or shrink the cancer. She started taking that drug on May 21. Without the drug she has a year to live. With the drug she could have as many as eight or nine years if it works. She loves music ministry and plans on working as long and as often as she can.
What can you do? Pray for strength, courage and grace for her and for us all. To follow her journey and read updates from her or to send her a message of support, go to CaringBridge.org/visit/janetandjeffpoulin. You may also send cards to her at Little Flower Church, 5560 Kirby Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45239.
 

The Parish Office is making an effort to subscribe all parishioners who use email to Little Flower Connect, our one-way announce-only email service that includes timely updates on funerals, meetings, special events, activities and more. If you have not received an email from Little Flower regarding this, we most likely do not have your current email address. Please call, send an email or put a note in the collection and give us your current email address and we will take care of adding you to LF Connect.

 

Fr. Goebel is celebrating the 39th anniversary of his ordination on May 25. Congratulations Fr. Goebel and thank you for faithfully loving and serving Little Flower Parish.

 

Little Flower’s St. Vincent de Paul Conference will be participating in the 10th annual Hunger Walk, sponsored by the Freestore Foodbank. This event is Monday, May 27 at 9:00 a.m. at Sawyer Point. All of the money earned by our conference will go directly to our account at the Freestore. This will mean free food for our pantry. To sponsor someone from Little Flower, or to sign up to be on Little Flower's team, click here.

 

Our Lady of Grace's Eighth grade graduation is Tuesday, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Ann Church.

 

Little Flower Parish’s celebration for those celebrating their 25th, 50th, 55th 60th, and 65th wedding anniversaries will be on June 8 at the 4:30 p.m. Mass with a reception following in the Parish Center. Please plan on joining us.

 

Little Flower Parish will honor all of its 2013 graduates on Sunday, June 9, at the 11:00 a.m. Mass, followed by a reception in the Parish Center. If you are a member of Little Flower Parish and are graduating from 8th grade, high school, college or university, we would like to know. Please call the Parish Office at 541-5560 by June 3.

 

You are all invited to our 4th Annual Homemade Chicken Dinner on June 30 in the Parish Center. We will begin right after the 11:00 Mass, so you can come for lunch – and then come back later for dinner because we will be open until 6:00 pm. Our chicken and sides are so delicious that you will want to come back for seconds!