Parish Office: Phone: 270-756-2356 Fax: 270-756-2099 Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - Noon, 1:00 - 3:00pm Email: stromuald@bbtel.com www.stromuald.org Pastoral Staff: Pastor, Father Tony Jones Email: tony.jones@pastoral.org Deacon, Tony Anthony Administrative Asst, Jane Haynes CRE: Adult, Rosa Hockenberry CRE: RCIA, Marie Rose CRE: 7-12, Gayle Poole CRE: K-6, Kim Brumfield Pastoral Council: Janet Bland, Joellen McGary Chris Brumfield, Danny O’Reilly Gera Jarboe, Pam Pollock Harry Mattingly, Mark Rhodes

St. Romuald Interparochial School: Phone: 270-756-5504 www.stromualdschool.org Principal, Rob Cox

School Board Representatives: Jamie Barr, Amy Flood, Jennifer Payne

394 N HWY 259 · HARDINSBURG KY 40143

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dear Padre Our parish is big into nighttime services. We have the Advent vespers and, of course, Midnight Mass. Is there a reason for doing these services at night?

Both Advent vespers and Midnight Mass center on our expectation of Jesus coming into our midst as the Light of the World. The vespers prayer is usually celebrated at dusk, as day is turning into night. The service proclaims that the darkness of night will not conquer the Light of Jesus. Christian tradition holds that the ecclesiastical day begins at sunset, in accord with Genesis 1:5: “Evening came, and morning followed—the first day.” Vespers, or the Office of Evening, is the first hour of the new Church day. Both the vespers and the Mass at midnight call us to embrace a new beginning, which is Jesus the Light. This imagery is especially appropriate considering the arrival of the winter solstice. In the beginning of Advent, the nights grow progressively longer. Then, right before Christmas, the winter solstice marks the light’s reclaiming of the world. In the early centuries of Christianity, people from the countryside would gather on Christmas Eve in the warmth of the great monastery church. They would go to confession, be forgiven, sing of the newborn Savior, and participate in the Eucharist. After Eucharist, they would join in a great feast that lasted until sunrise. When you celebrate at Midnight Mass this year, recall that you are proclaiming that Jesus the Light has conquered the darkness again—this year and forever. —Fr. Paul J. Coury, CSsR

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December 31st - January 6th

Mon 6:00 pm St. Romuald Parishioners Tues 9:00 am Beavin Thornsberry

Wed 5:00 pm Isaac Cioe (JB) Thur 9:30 am Charlie Vessels (MN) (Medco)

Fri 9:00 am Joe Hess (JP) Sat 8:00 am Charlie Vessels (MN) 5:00 pm St. Romuald Parishioners Sun 7:00 am Isabell Winchell 10:00 am Roy H. Bennett

December 15th & 16th Collection Sunday Collection ......................................$8,535.00 Building Fund .................................................. $5.00 Funeral Meals ............................................. $305.00 REGULAR COLLECTION (Envelopes and Loose) Amount needed Weekly ..................... $9,500.00 Year to date Totals thru November 30, 2018 Total All Income ............................. $180,720.36 Total All Expenses ......................... (175,290.97) Net Income ........................................ $5,429.39

Eucharistic Ministers

Lectors Ushers Servers Rosary Leaders

Music Ministers

5:00 pm Karen Huddleston Shelly Jefferies

Shannon Aldridge Alex Bertschman

C-Tim Aldridge* C-Chris Brumfield S-Davy Brumfield S-Wayne Cashen

Ben Aldridge John Bertschman

Angie Bertschman

Pippa

7:00 am Janet Bland Shirley Bland

Jim Heavrin C-Tony Critchelow* C-Paul Shalosky S-Stephen Oelze S-Kevin Oelze

Phillip Shalosky Lydia Kennedy

Mary Vessels Pippa

10:00 am Rhonda Walz Kathryn Ables LaDonna Barton Ort Critchelow

Lori Carwile Barbara Critchelow

C-Joey Walz* C-Chuck McGary S-Alvin Mattingly S–Bill Monin

Luke Walz Will Lewis

Sandy Horsley

Deacon Tony

Radio Minister: Tim Tucker

Masses for the Week

Ministers of the Liturgy - January 5th & 6th

Stewardship of Finance

Worship and Sacrament Anointing of the Sick: Anointing of the Sick is celebrated with the parish community every first Wednesday at 5:00 pm Mass. Yet, anytime, anointing is available for illness, preparation for surgery or for recovery, by calling Fr Tony. Baptism: Congratulations on the birth of your child! Your Church Family is excited about your family growing and our family growing! We look forward to celebrating your child’s baptism! Preparation for new parents or those new to the parish is held by appointment. Call Fr Tony. Marriage: Congratulations on your engagement! Your Church Family wishes to help you fully prepare spiritually and walk with you into this lifetime commitment to each other. In order to allow sufficient time, couples must contact the parish office at least 6 months before the anticipated wedding date. Confession/Reconciliation: Every Wednesday 4:00-4:45 pm; every Saturday 4:00-4:45 pm, every first Saturday after 8:00 am Mass, or anytime by simply asking or calling Fr Tony for appointment. Visitation of the Sick: Please notify Father or the office upon admission of a family member into nursing homes or hospital. Often we rely upon word from the family about illnesses of a member. Please call. RCIA: Interested in the Catholic Faith? The RCIA process is a "spiritual journey" that fully initiates those who are not baptized or who have baptism from another tradition and wish to join fully the Catholic Church. Classes are offered through the year culminating at Easter! Please call the office for details! Membership in the Parish: Welcome to all new families or persons moving into our parish. We are glad that you are joining the parish community. We want to visit with you and help you settle into the church. Please register in the parish office as soon as possible.

Mon 1:00 pm Blue Army Rosary

6:00 pm New Year’s Eve Mass

7:00 pm Al-Anon

Tues Office Closed

9:00 am New Year’s Day Mass

4:00 pm Rosary

6:00 pm St. Vincent de Paul

Wed 5:00 pm Mass & Anointing for Healing

6:00 pm RCIA

Thur 9:30 am MASS at Medco

Fri 9:00 am School Mass

11:30 am 24 Hour Eucharistic Adoration

Sat 8:00 am First Saturday Mass 10:00 am Eucharistic Ministers Training

11:00 am Lectors Training

12:00 pm Ushers Training

Sun 8:15 am K-6 Religious Ed Class

Upcoming

Jan 7 6:00 pm Eucharistic Ministers Training

7:00 pm Lectors Training

8:00 pm Ushers Training

Parish News and Events

This Week at St. Romuald

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RCIA Schedule Reminders: RCIA sessions resume January 2.

RCIA Refreshment Team for Jan. 2: Shirley Priest Hale, Donna Aubrey, Sue Duggins, Melissa Allen RCIA Refreshment Team for Jan. 9: Jean Oelze, Tracy Laslie, Lori Carwile, Melissa Oelze If you are willing to serve on a RCIA refreshment team one time between March - May 2019, please call Marie Rose at 756-2356 or 270-617-0538 to be placed on the schedule. Thank you for volunteering for this ministry!

College Students: We need the names and addresses of all the college students that belong to St. Romuald Parish. Please call the church office, Monday thru Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm or drop the information in an envelope in the collection basket. Thank you.

ATTENTION! ALL old and new Liturgical Minister, One training session is required in order to be scheduled as a minister. Please look at your calendars and be prepared to attend one of these sessions. Thank You. Jan. 5 10:00 am Eucharistic Ministers 11:00 am Lectors 12:00 pm Ushers Jan. 7 6:00 pm Eucharistic Ministers 7:00 pm Lectors 8:00 pm Ushers Jan. 12 9:00 am Altar Servers Jan. 14 6:00 pm Altar Servers

READINGS FOR THE WEEK  

Monday: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-13; Jn 1:1-18  Tuesday: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21  Wednesday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1-4; Jn 1:19-28  Thursday: 1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-6; Jn 1:29- 34  Friday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-9; Jn 1:35-42  Saturday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Ps 100:1b-5; Jn 1:43-51   Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12

Abortion Update: Last week 77 women went into EMW Clinic for abortions at 2nd and Market Street in Louisville. Please pray to end abortion.

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Al-Anon Meeting: Mondays 7:00 pm St Romuald Parish Hall. Come find support and understanding to recover a sense of serenity in your life.

First Friday 24-hour Adoration: January 4th at 11:00 am we begin the 24 hour adoration until Saturday morning mass at 8:00 am. We are blessed with dedicated adorers for each hour, but can use extra people for some hours. Please call Minnie Nimmo 270-617-0297 or Patsy Whitfill 270-617-2557 to volunteer spending an hour in prayer with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

Around and About

Pray to end abortion: Join other Catholics and those from other faiths that gather each Saturday at 2nd and Market in Louisville from 7:00-8:00 am (EST) to pray for families entering the abortion clinic. Many children have been saved and mothers spared future grief by this prayer action and support. With God, all things are possible! Archbishop Kurtz is known to

Anointing of the Sick-First Wednesdays of Month: Father Tony will offer the sacrament of the sick, ‘Anointing for Healing’ during the Wednesday evening mass (5:00pm) January 2nd. The Catechism specifies that those who can be anointed include ‘anyone in danger of death from sickness or old age’ yet also includes anyone ‘prior to a serious operation’, or ‘for the elderly whose frailty becomes more pronounced’ (Catechism #1514-1515).

Eucharistic Ministers

Lectors Ushers Servers Music Ministers

Dec 31 6:00 pm

Karen Huddleston Mary Jo Rankin Volunteer Volunteer

Pete Anthony Volunteer

Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer

Cloey Anthony Cole Anthony

P.J.

Jan 1 9:00 am

Mary Jo Rankin Janet O’Reilly Pat O’Reilly Volunteer

Tom Aull Volunteer

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Catholics @ the Capitol: Western Kentucky Gathering: On behalf of myself and the Catholic Conference of Kentucky I would like to encourage you to take advantage of an upcoming opportunity. Our Diocese is hosting a Catholics @ the Capitol: Western Kentucky Gathering that will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2019 from 9:30 am till 11:30 am at Immaculate Parish Hall in Owensboro, KY. This is a unique opportunity only offered every two years around the state to learn about critical issues that are likely to be considered in the next legislative session in Kentucky, reflect on them in light of Catholic Social Teaching and engage with your own legislators close to home. Sincerely in Christ, Most Reverend William F. Medley Bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro

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Celebration

BIRTHDAYS: Mack Mattingly, January 1st Gina Thornsberry, January 1st Helen O’Reilly, January 3rd

We Pray For: Bobbie Adcox, Frank Adkins, Charles Alloway, Keith Androski, Frank Baker, Baby Barr, Glenn Basham, Gene Bennett, Roy Bennett, Pat Bland, Debbie Bowlds, Becky Brown, Ava Bruner, Juanita Burch, Kathy Burns, Mike Clark, Anna Carrico, Elias R. Carter, Ashley Carwile, Robert Chambliss, Donnie Claycomb, H.L. DeJarnette, Pat Driskell, Debbie Dubree, Davye Duggins, Sammy Duggins, Glenda Farris, Tessa Farris, Bonnie Gail Fentress, Lee Ann Flener, Ginny Flood, Don Ford, Dorothy Greenwell, Linda Greenwood, Austin Harris, Kay Harris, JoAnn Henning, Patricia Miller Henning, Sara Hignite, Kitty Himmelhaver, Bill Hinton, Jacqueline Huddleston, Mary Hurt, Robert Jackey, Joe Jarboe, Virginia Jeffries, Mary Ann Johnson, Ashley Jones, Becky Keenan, David Lane, Daniel Lewis, Rebecca Logsdon, Mary Ann Flood Lynch, Mark Masterson, Baby Danica Mattingly, Jim Mattingly, Jude Mattingly, Janie Maysey, Bevan Michael Miller, Joe Miller, Richard Miller, Joe & Sharon Morgan, Anna Christine Mundt, Eddie O’Bryan, Joe Oelze, Patsy Oelze, Janet O’Reilly, Jimmy Payne, Peggy Phillips, Jason Pirtle, Bobby Potts, Joan &Tom Powers, Marilyn Preher, Joe Priest, Mary Jo Rankin, Rita Roach, Shirley Robbins, Kimberly Rolen, Suzanne Rose, Darcy Satterly, Dale Severs, Martha Severs, Max Sharp, Bob Smith, Carressa Smith, Mark Sterett, Deborah Sue Stevens, Casey Sturgeon, Pam Sturgeon, Adalee Taul, Gina Thornsberry, Rufus Tivitt, Donnie Vessels, Pat Watkins, Greg Weise, Raymond Wethington, Charles Whitehead, Diane Whitney, Darrell Whitfill, Leona Whitworth, Madelyn Whitworth, Carolyn Wilcheck, Kevin Wilcheck, David Williams, Tom Winchell, Anne Wolfe, Brandy Young Serving in the Armed Forces: Mandie Adams, Kevin Arnold, Fred Barham, Austin Brown, Timothy Cashen, Ryan Critchelow, Cody Garst, Parker Findlay, James Hanor, Christian Hansen, Charles Kuhlman, Bradford O’Reilly, Jordan Pate, Jeff Smith, Lane D. Taul, Liana Tindle, Chase Upchurch, Garrett Wadsworth

PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY

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PRAYER REQUESTS

Disciples Response Fund Update: 550 Families in Parish

100 Families Donated

Target Amount $13,070.77 Total Pledged $11,262.00 Total Paid $ 8,292.50 Total Due $ 2,969.50

GOSPEL MEDITATION

December 30, 2018 The Holy Family

"After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions, and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers." As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family, this Gospel exposes us to a strange tension. While this family is one we can look to for an example, they are not quite the same family unit as everyone else. There is an otherness to Jesus, something profound. And yet, perhaps on second thought, are our families so different? When Mary and Joseph encountered Jesus in the temple, "they were astonished." But at what? Mary's response is surprised. They're not astonished that Jesus is preaching in a place for respected teachers. They're not astonished that their son has captured the attention of the wisest men of the time period. They're astonished at his seemingly disobedient behavior! "Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety." All our children have an "otherness" about them, something that makes them unique and different. They are distinctly not "me." What will our own children become? What temple will they wander off to? Who will they astound?

We extend our deepest sympathy to the family of Joe Hess and to the family of Dan Rhodes. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Flags over the Veterans’ Memorial will need to be replaced soon. If you would like to donate a new set in memory of a loved one please contact the church office at 270-756-2356.

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Sunday, Dec 30, 2018 FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH Resume the conversation It happens all the time: The younger generation departs from traditional ways, while the older one wrings its hands and predicts the end of the world. The kids are abandoning our values, mistrusting

our institutions, taking terrible risks, and setting out in a dark direction! Without a doubt, the turnover of each generation is the end of “a” world—that is, the one the rest of us knew, built, and got comfortable in. Each family has to keep the lines of communications open, so that wisdom gets passed on and change becomes less scary. Holy families keep the conversation going.

TODAY'S READINGS: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 or 1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28; Colossians 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 or 1 John 3:1-2, 21-24; Luke 2:41-52 (17). “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

Monday, Dec 31, 2018 MEMORIAL OF SYLVESTER I, POPE Old friends remembered On New Year’s Eve, tradition has us questioning, rhetorically, whether old friends should be forgotten, but that goes against the grain for Catholics who try as a community to preserve the memory of those who have served the Lord with distinction. Some, like Pope Sylvester I, have rather sparse legacies—which is surprising for one of our longest reigning popes (314-335). But we do know that he enjoyed the Roman emperor Constantine’s favor and was able to expand the church’s influence and dedicate many churches, including the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome. Take time to consider your own legacy of faith today, and then raise a glass for all the forgotten Christians who put their faith into practice in each generation.

TODAY'S READINGS: 1 John 2:18-21; John 1:1-18 (204). “All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.”

Tuesday, Jan 01, 2019 SOLEMNITY OF MARY, HOLY MOTHER OF GOD / OCTAVE DAY OF THE NATIVITY Make a free and fresh beginning Turning a new page on the calendar always invites a fresh perspective—even more so when it’s a brand-new calendar! So lose your chains. You’re invited today to let go of the old year, both “what we have done” and “what we have failed to do.” Time to give and receive pardon for offenses. Time to craft resolutions and adopt new habits. Time to become people of justice and peace. On this eighth and final day of Christmas, accept the gift of your true identity: a free child of God, heir to a land of relentless hope.

TODAY'S READINGS: Numbers 6:22-27; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21 (18). “You are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.”

Wednesday, Jan 02, 2019 MEMORIAL OF BASIL THE GREAT AND GREGORY NAZIANZUS, BISHOPS, DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH Let your light shine “God . . . wants you to become . . . lights shining in the world. You are to be radiant lights as you stand beside Christ, the great light, bathed in the glory of him who is the light of heaven,” wrote Saint Gregory Nazianzus (329-c. 390), the monk who was an Emily Dickinson of the early church—happiest in seclusion writing poetry and theology on the love of God. But his lifelong friend and fellow monk, Saint Basil the

Great (c. 329-379), was more active than contemplative, talking Gregory into becoming a bishop to help fight heresy. Gregory wasn’t cut out for leadership, however. He resigned, resenting Basil for not seeing his true talents. Do we let our own light shine as brightly as it could?

TODAY'S READINGS: 1 John 2:22-28; John 1:19-28 (205). “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, the one coming after me.”

Thursday, Jan 03, 2019 MEMORIAL OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS What’s in a name? How you talk about someone by name shows the regard—or lack of it—you have for them. God gave the Israelites the commandment: “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.” Honoring the name of God, though, means more than not using it casually. It also involves showing respect for the One the name represents. That there is a feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus should come as no surprise. Devotion to Jesus’ name goes back many centuries, and the Franciscan saints Bernardine of Siena and John of Capistrano helped to make it popular. Honoring the name honors Jesus the person and his presence in your everyday life.

TODAY'S READINGS: 1 John 2:29—3:6; John 1:29-34 (206). “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”

Friday, Jan 04, 2019 MEMORIAL OF ELIZABETH ANN SETON, RELIGIOUS Losing leads to finding Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) was canonized in 1975, the first U.S.-born person to be so. Her life was relatively short and filled with more than its share of grief and loss. Always a deeply religious woman, her losses deepened her faith and motivated her to convert to Catholicism as an adult. This was a rather dramatic step to take in early American society, where Protestant-Catholic relations were not all that positive, to put it mildly. Sometimes our life experiences lead us to take actions of which others will disapprove. If we are motivated by charitable love and compassion, however, our inner voice will guide us to make the right decisions, whether we gain the approval of others or not.

TODAY'S READINGS: 1 John 3:7-10; John 1:35-42 (207). “When Jesus turned and saw them following him, he asked, ‘What are you looking for?’"

Saturday, Jan 05, 2019 MEMORIAL OF JOHN NEUMANN, BISHOP Striving for greatness English wasn’t a second language for John Neumann (1811-60), it was a seventh or eighth. Along with his native Slovak, he mastered at least six more European languages. As if that weren’t enough, when he was bishop of Philadelphia, he saw how Irish immigrants struggled with American English, so he learned Gaelic to help them out. Lots of new arrivals to America have trouble with English. Wouldn’t it be saintly if we, like John Neumann, worked to learn a new language so we could help? Greatness, Jesus reminds us, is about serving those in need. ¡Qué bueno!

TODAY'S READINGS: 1 John 3:11-21; John 1:43-51 (208). “Jesus said to Nathaniel, ‘You will see greater things than these.’ ”