SCCR Parish Blog

  Just a reminder regarding cancellation needed for snow, ice, or other inclement weather. Our parish internet calendar is always kept up to date to mark any cancellations, if you are unsure.  This applies to the celebration of Mass and all meetings.  The event will remain on the calendar and be clearly labeled CANCELLED if necessary.  Feel free to bookmark that for easy reference.  The same calendar is avaiable on your smartphone via the My Parish app.  For those without the internet, we also try to list cancellations on our information line (extension 7 when you call the parish office) -- but sometimes that takes a little longer. We no longer follow the former parish policy of cancelling all parish events when school is cancelled for the day in the local school district.  There are many days when it is only unsafe early in the morning when the school buses are out. 

We have been very busy this past month of June getting ready for changes to continue to serve our parishioners in the South Clermont Catholic Region (SCCR).    We have almost completed the move of the regional parish office to Bethel and will soon open the satellite office in the lower level of St. Peter's Church (see nearby blogpost).   We are also preparing for the arrival of Patrick, our resident seminarian, and our new volunteer DRE for St. Mary's, Nancy Shula.   So to accommodate all that, we have reworked the phone system a little You will still call the same familiar number to reach the parish (513-553-3267 for St. Peter or 513-734-4041 for St. Mary) and Debbie will answer both lines during business hours and transfer you to your party.   However, when she is out, if you need to connect to clergy or staff voicemail, here is the list of those extensions. Also, not a misprint: the extension for Gary Gunkel and Nancy Shula really is * (the asterisk key...

We're pleased to announce that our new St. Peter office in the lower level of the church building will be open for business starting Monday, June 13th. Office hours will be * Mondays from about 9:15 am - 3pm (Open just after the 8:30 a.m. Mass, manned by our business manager, Greg Feldkamp) * Fridays from about 9:15 am - 3pm (Open just after the 8:30 a.m. Mass, manned by Deacon Ron) If you come in person, just ring the doorbell by the lower level door. If you want to phone in, just call either parish office line.  Debbie will transfer you.  After business hours, you can leave a message for Deacon Ron or Greg at the St. Peter parish office anytime, by pressing Extension 1.   (Note: With the recent office move, the extensions have changed.  To reach Debbie's voicemail in the main parish office, you will now press Extension 0.) For the St. Peter's parishioners, if you would like to stop by for a Mass intention or other business in person, please come to the office ...

I did get some feedback that the YouTube videos I was posting weren't audible.  Sorry!  I don't have any equipment to speak of so just recording this on a smartphone.  If playing back on a smartphone, just have to adjust the volume to max.  However, if playing back on a laptop or desktop computer, to make it audible you have to adjust BOTH volume controls: the computer's speaker AND the YouTube internal volume control.  To increase the volume inside YouTube, once start playback, move the mouse to the lower left corner of the screen, and some controls will pop up (see image above).  Clock on the speaker (volume control -- see yellow arrow above) and a volume slide will pop up.  Adjust that all the way to the right (maximum) and it should be audible.