Welcome to Mother of Christ Catholic Church
Rooted in Love
Welcome to Mother of Christ Catholic Church
Rooted in Love
Welcome
Thank you for visiting the Mother of Christ Catholic Church online. We are a member of the Beacons of Light, South 7 Family of Parishes. We celebrate our 77th year of ministry to the Winton Hills Community and we ask you to join us in a prayer of thanksgiving for what God has done over the years and for the lives he has touched through our parish. Please feel free to read more about our church on this site, or join us for Sunday worship. We would love to greet you and share our love for Jesus Christ and you, our neighbor.
Our Lady of Divine Providence parish family
Mass times
Assumption, Mt Healthy – Sat. 3:00 pm, and Sun. 9 and 11 am
St. Bartholomew, Finneytown – Sat. 5:00 pm and Sun. 11:15 am
St. Bernards - Spring Grove Village - Sun. 9:30 am
St. Clare, College Hill – Sun. 8:30 and 10:30
Mother of Christ Parish - Sun. 11:15 am
St. Vivian, Finneytown – Sat. 3:00 pm and Sun 9:30 am
Beacons of Light is a multi-year process of pastoral planning for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Rooted in prayer, groupings of parishes will come together as one faith community. These new “Families of Parishes” will be stronger together, focused more on a mission than on maintenance. In the Families of Parishes, we will grow closer to God, follow Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit, and radiate Christ in our lives.
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
Jesus said to the Jewish crowds:
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven;
whoever eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I will give
is my flesh for the life of the world."
The meaning of the Holy Eucharist
Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or Lord’s Supper, in Christianity, ritual commemoration of Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples. The Eucharist (from the Greek eucharistia for “thanksgiving”) is the central act of Christian worship and is practiced by most Christian churches in some form.
A Message from Archbishop Schnurr
June 11, 2023
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Today’s feast marks the beginning of the parish phase and the second year of the National Eucharistic Revival. At the same time, we near the end of the first year of Beacons of Light, our archdiocesan planning process. These two initiatives are bound together: our pastoral planning efforts are directed toward building vibrant Eucharistic communities in which we recall all that Christ has done for us and respond as He commands – to eat and drink of His Body and Blood and thus have eternal life.
Eucharist is the first principle of Beacons of Light: “The Mass is the source and summit of the whole Christian life. Accordingly, the Eucharist is the essential moment for building up and strengthening the parish community, along with the sacraments and other celebrations of the paschal mystery – the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
Beacons of Light is a process of pastoral planning to best arrange our many resources – human, financial, physical – to pursue the God-given mission of sharing the Gospel throughout our archdiocese. I am grateful to everyone who has come together as a Family of Parishes and begun to discern how the Spirit of God is working among us. Beacons of Light will only be successful under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and only if our parishes are communities of faith truly centered on our Eucharistic Lord.
In this phase of the Eucharistic Revival, my brother bishops and I are encouraging the Church in the United States to greater Eucharistic devotion, especially through more life-giving, beautiful, and transformative celebrations of the Eucharist every Sunday. All those who lead the Church at prayer – priests, deacons, and lay liturgical ministers – are called to prepare for and celebrate the liturgy with fidelity to the text and rubrics given by the Church. Our liturgical leaders must also create measures of true hospitality, and ensure excellent preaching and sacred music so that all may more fully encounter Jesus’ true and abiding presence each time we come to Mass.
On this Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, we invoke, “Grant your Church, O Lord, we pray, the gifts of unity and peace, whose signs are to be seen in mystery in the offerings we here present.” We ask our Lord in a special way that our celebrations of the Eucharist truly foster unity, not only in our Families of Parishes, but across our entire archdiocese. This unity – not uniformity – is a cornerstone to building up the Catholic Church in these nineteen counties of western and southwestern Ohio.
As we move into the summer months, I invite you and your family to join me in praying for the success of both Beacons of Light and the National Eucharistic Revival. Thank you for your prayerful support of your pastor and parish leaders. May the Spirit of God continue to lead us to deeper participation in the Eucharist and to bear the fruits of that mystery to a world desperately in need of God’s love.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Most Reverend Dennis M. Schnurr
Archbishop of Cincinnati
Congratulations
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati joyfully celebrated the ordination of seven new priests on Saturday, May 20, 2023. The men were ordained to the priesthood for service to God and the Church. Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr celebrated the Mass.
