Mass Offerings

Updates from Worship Commission:

New Mass Offering Policy:
The deep faith and charity of parishioners of St. Susanna are manifested in the numerous Mass offerings you donate to the parish, especially for your beloved dead.  For some time now, this abundance has created something of a problem.  Multiple requests for Mass intentions far exceed the number of Masses that can be offered. 

You are part of a parish that has over 4200 registered households.  Our daily mass offerings are backlogged.  You may have experienced this if you have come to the office to arrange a Mass offering only to find out that the next available Mass is several months out.  At this time, we are booking intentions well into 2017.

Canon 956 of the Code of Canon Law in the Catholic Church states:   Any mass obligations which have not been satisfied within a year after they have been accepted must be transmitted to the Ordinary…or in our case to the  Missionaries via the Chancery Office of the Archdiocese.

Beginning August, 2016, the following guidelines will be followed at St. Susanna:

• The suggested offering for a mass intention, determined by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is $5.00
• requests for intentions to be scheduled for a specific date and mass time will be honored if possible upon a first come, first served basis. 
• Mass intentions will not be scheduled out more than one year in advance
• We will do our best to assure that mass intentions for our Hispanic community are celebrated at our Hispanic masses unless otherwise requested.
• We can only accept a total of two Mass offerings per year for an individual person even if they are requested by different individuals
• Multiple mass offerings for a single intention beyond the two scheduled will be handled with these options:

• the person’s name and offering will be forwarded to the Missionaries via the Chancery Office of the Archdiocese.  This allows the mass to be offered sooner as well as support the ministry of missionary priests
  • the family or person requesting the mass may enroll their deceased loved one in the St. Susanna Resurrection Society for one year.  What is the Resurrection Society?  Broadly speaking it is an association of Catholic laity, religious and priests who work together to pray for the souls of our departed loved ones.  Those enrolled in the St. Susanna Resurrection Society will be lifted up in prayer on the first Sunday of the month at our 7:30 am liturgy.  The Mass offering will be for all those enrolled.  The enrollees names will not be announced at the Mass but their names will be published periodically in the bulletin and parish web site.  Send names to the Parish Office

We appreciate your understanding as we continue to strive to minister to all the parishioners at St. Susanna.

Mass Offerings:
The names of those who gave the offering for a specific mass intention are no longer being listed in the bulletin.  The focus should be on the glorification of the person listed in the intention and God’s grace at work in them not the glorification of the person giving the donation.