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ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ~ BARDSTOWN KY DECEMBER 4, 2016
Readings for the Week
Mon. Isaiah 35:1-10 • Psalm 85:9-14 • Luke 5:17-26
Tues. Isaiah 40:1-11 • Psalm 96:1-3, 10-13 •
Matthew 18:12-14
Wed. Isaiah 40:25-31 • Psalm 103:1-4, 8, 10 •
Matthew 11:28-30
Thurs. Genesis 3:9-15, 20 • Psalm 98:1-4 •
Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 • Luke 1:26-38
Fri. Isaiah 48:17-19 • Psalm 1:1-4, 6 • Matthew 11:16-19
Sat. Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11 • Psalm 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 •
Matthew 17:9-13
Sun. Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 • Psalm 146:6-10 • James 5:7-10 •
Matthew 11:2-11
Stewardship thru 11-28-16 $ 374,770.00
“Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed
you, for the glory of God.” Romans 15:7
A key element of stewardship and evangelization is a
welcoming environment. Do we take time to meet the
people we sit with at Mass each Sunday?
Parish Stewardship
~ Time, Talent, and Treasure ~ This Weekend
Saturday, December 3
3:00 pm Reconciliation
7:30 pm Mid-Kentucky Chorus Concert - Church
Sunday, December 4
10:15 am Religious Ed - Cafeteria
7:00 pm Advent Mission “Acts of Mercy” - Church
Guest Speaker: Frank Runyeon
Monday, December 5
10:00 am Centering Prayer - Flaget Hall
5:00 pm Centering Prayer - Flaget Hall
7:00 pm RCIA - Acts of Mercy Mission -
St. Francis Xavier Mt. Washington
7:00 pm Men’s Club
Tuesday, December 6
6:00 pm Knight of Columbus - K of C Hall
7:00 pm RCIA - Acts of Mercy Mission -
St. Gabriel Louisville
Wednesday, December 7
1:30 pm Rosary Making - Holy Family Room
5:30 pm Perpetual Novena to St. Jude - West Sacristy
6:00 pm Parish Council - Maloney Room
7:00 pm W.O.W. Christmas Party - Parish Hall
Thursday, December 8
Masses at 6:30, 9:30, and 11:30 am
Mass at 7:00 pm
Friday, December 9
6:00 am The Rosary is Prayed for Promotion of Life
Next Weekend: Collection for Retired Religious
Saturday, December 10
12:00 Noon Christmas Lunch & Sing-a-Long - Parish Hall
3:00 pm Reconciliation
Sunday, December 11
10:15 am Religious Ed - Cafeteria
Eucharistic Adoration West Sacristy
(Walk-ins welcome)
Mon. - Thur. - 12:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Friday - 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Please call:
Patsy Miles 348-4339 or
Lee Heaton 349-3176
Monday, December 5
6:30 a.m. Margaret & Michael Delord
11:00 a.m. Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Rhodes
Tuesday, December 6
6:30 a.m. Joyce Smith
Wednesday, December 7
6:30 a.m. Rick Smith
10:00 a.m. Alice Boone Windsor Gardens
Thursday, December 8 ~ Immaculate Conception
6:30 a.m. Dorothy & Werner “Curly” Medley
9:30 a.m. Rapier Smith
11:00 a.m. Albert & Greg Haydon
7:00 p.m. Adolph Hicks
Friday, December 9
6:30 a.m. Neil Boblitt
Saturday, December 10
4:00 p.m. Donnie “Hot Rod” McCauley
Third Sunday of Advent, December 11
7:00 a.m. People of the Parish
9:00 a.m. Joey Lyvers
11:30 a.m. Thomas & Carolyn McGinnis
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
We remember in prayer: Our Military: Alaska: Lt Col Ben Busch Afghanistan: Roger Riley. GS11 David A. Hardin
Italy: Sgt 1st Class Michael Walsh Ukraine: 1st Lt Martin P. Mudd Arizona: Lt Col James Busch USS Dallas: ETSN Connor Jarrell
Guam: AIC Kelsey Lyvers Warner Robins AFB: LT Austin Heil
Our Deceased: Tommy Ballard. Melissa Wethington (Daughter of Ray and Kris Culver). Those Who Are Ill: Mary Ruth Adams, Erin
Andrews, Mike Auberry, Debbie Ayers, Matthew & Kate Baker, Christopher Jude Ballard, Jenny M. Ballard, Lois Marks Ballard, Preston
Barber, Phyllis Barnes, Cindy Bartley, Hortense & Jack Beam, Troy Bell, Arline Bitsky, Donna Blair, Alexis Boone, Caroline Boone, Pat Murray
Boone, Nichole Borden, Mary Breeden, Jo Ann Brown, Judy Burba, Fern Blanford, Bill Cecil & William Cecil, George Cecil, Kenny Cecil,
Sharon Cerdeira, Darrell Chesser, Tracey Sims Chesser, Mary Elizabeth Clark, Pat Clark, Tony Clements, Jaime Dela Cruz, Kaden
Curtsinger, Donnie Daniels & Betty Nunn, David DeMar, Bill & Sarah Devers, Infant Brooks DiCarlo, Marilyn Dick, Laurie Dillard, Barbara
Donahue, Harold Durbin, Greg Elder, Oma Lee Feaster, John-John Fenwick, John Filiatreau, Geraldine Flaugher, Jan C. Fleck, Nellie
Geoghegan, Ann Goff, B. J. Greenwell, PFC Bryan Greenwell, Imelda Greenwell, Joan & John Greenwell, Chance Grundy, Josephine Hall,
Sarah Lynn Harris, Leona Haydon, Gary & Catherine Hicks, Margaret Hicks, Effie Hill, David Holderman, Debbie Hurst, Lola Hutchins, H.Y.C.
Family, John Ice, Mary Inman, Buddy Janes, Christine Janes, Mary Ellen Jarboe, Becky Thomas Johnson, Ed Jones, Heather Kays, Jimmy
Kneisler, Susan, Bernard & Jim Knoppe, Frances Boone Spalding Kofugi, Faith Lanham, Linda Miller Lawrence, Officer Eddie Lawson, Curtis
Lucas, Inez Lucas, Jim Lucas, Rita, Anita, & Glenda Lucas, Thomas L. Lutes, Bobby Lyvers, Joseph Spalding Marks, Pete Marquez, Charles
Mattingly, Joe Mattingly, Lloyd Mattingly, Donnie Mattingly, Philip Mattingly, Suzie Matus McKay, Rita McCubbins, Chris Miles, Catherine I.
Miles, Tracy Lee Miles, Shirley Milligan, Jane Mudd, Larry Mudd, Leonard Mudd, Joseph “Jo Jo” Murphy, Linda Mattingly Nalley, Larry &
Flaget Nally, Beverly Newton, Joe Ray Newton, Bruce O’Daniel, Nancy O’Daniel, Hannah Isabelle Perkins, Susan Price, Steven Rapier,
Donna Ray, Angie Reid, Jay Reavis, Avery Reynolds, Virginia Rhodes, Linda Richardson, Adrian Riggs, Geraldine Riggs, David Ri tchie,
Grace Ritchie, Randy Robertson, Jarett Rogers, Jeff Rogers, Merrill Rogers, Geriann Rotando, Ruth Rouse, Connie Royalty, Linda Rumage,
Judy Satterly, Joyce Shofner, Connie Sidebottom, Kenny & Bonnie Simpson, Willie Skaggs, Violet Smith, John L. Spalding, Keith Spalding,
LaMonda Sue Spalding, Robert Spalding, Special Intention, Mary Spolski, Mary Margaret St. Peter, Mary Catherine Stovall, Martha Terry,
Crystal Thacker, Joyce & Pete Tingle, Carter Lee Trent, Matthew Tucker, Marya Turley, Bobby & Hallie Unseld, Mary Aline & Alton Vessells,
Mary Vittitow, Joyce Washburn, Mike Wathen, John Wells, Braelyn Whaley, Madison & Rodney Wheatley, Bruce Wheeler, Agnes Williamson,
James & Martha Wilmouth, John Wycoff.
Isaiah 11:1-10 • Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
Romans 15:4-9 • Matthew 3:1-12
Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed
you, for the glory of God. Romans 15:7
After Christmas last year, I stopped in Savannah, Georgia, for
an afternoon. The object of my pilgrimage - the birthplace
of writer Flannery O’Connor - was closed, so I headed to
the Cathedral across the square . . . as did dozens of others.
Tour buses unloaded and passers-by stopped in. I thought it
was because it was a beautiful, historic building, but they
were coming to see the large, gorgeous crèche scene inside.
I took a look at the crèche myself and then sat in a
pew for a while, just watching. People waited patiently in
line to view the nativity, but then they stayed and craned their
necks to study the ceiling, gazed at the stained glass
windows, pondered the furnishings.
There are many ways to welcome each other in
Christ. We listen, we offer food, we smile, we make room.
But it all starts with an open door, inviting all to encounter
the glory, the beauty, the challenge and the mercy of Christ.
Lord, may I live a spirit of welcome to all this season.
Amy Welborn, Living Faith, Mark Neilsen, Editor
Advent Mission with Frank Runyeon
December 4 - 2:00 p.m.
St. Vincent Chapel - Nazareth KY
Luke: Stories of Mercy
December 4 - 7:00 p.m.
Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral
Hollywood vs. Faith:
The Struggle To Live As A People Of
Mercy In The Media Age
December 5 - 7:00 p.m.
St. Francis Xavier Church
Mt. Washington KY
John: Signs of Mercy
December 6 - 7:00 p.m.
St. Gabriel the Archangel Church
Louisville KY
James: Works of Mercy
ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ~ BARDSTOWN KY DECEMBER 4, 2016
2016 Catholic Services Appeal Update
“Bringing Christ To Others”
Our parish target: $ 110,700. As of 11-23-16 we
have reached $ 79,166. Gifts to the Appeal play a
vital role in funding more than 100 ministries,
services and programs. For more on the work of
the Archdiocese of Louisville visit
www.ArchLou.org/CSA.
St. Joseph School
Pennies f rom
Heaven project
begins December 1.
If you’d like to help
them raise monies
for St. Francis Xavier Parish in Haiti, you can
drop your pennies off at school, the parish
office or place them in the Haiti box in church.
Last weekend we began our “Angels of Mercy”
Advent Project. Sister Mimi Ballard continues to
support her program to help care for bedridden
people in the area of Casa Ursulina mission in
Chile so we’ll focus on those needs again this year.
Her list of needs includes diapers for adults,
women’s underwear, and yarn for knitting and
crocheting. If you’d prefer to make a monetary
donation instead, you may choose a monetary
angel or you can just drop your donation in the
Sunday collection basket or send to the parish
office.
Thank you so much
for your continued support and generosity
for those less fortunate than us.
St. Joseph’s High School Youth
W.O.W. NIGHTS ARE EVERY WEDNESDAY
from 7:30—9pm - Parish Hall Youth Room
December 4-6:
Advent Parish Mission
December 7: 7:00—9:00 pm.
Christmas Pajama Party and Gift Exchange
December 10: 12:00—1:30 pm.
Christmas Luncheon and Sing-A-Long for the
Young at Heart
December 28: 6:00—9:00 pm.
After Christmas Movie and Game Night
St. Joseph’s Jr High Youth
December 14: 5:30—8:00 pm
Christmas Caroling and Party. Parent help
needed.
Questions or comments? Contact Ellen Sprig
at 348-3126 ext 110 or [email protected]
Retirement Fund for The Religious 2016
The collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious
will be taken up in our parish next weekend. Senior
Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests
spent years working in Catholic Schools, hospitals,
and agencies - often for little pay. Their sacrifices
leave their religious communities without adequate
savings for retirement and eldercare. Your gift to
the Retirement Fund for Religious collection helps
provide prescription medications, nursing care, and
more. Please give to those who have given a
lifetime of service.
Late Night Prayer Service: Abbey Caskets, a work of
St. Meinrad Archabbey, will host a Service of the Longest
Night on Saturday, December 17, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. Central
Time in the St. Meinrad Guest House Chapel. Fr. Adrian
Burke OSB will lead prayer and Scripture that acknowledges
those who mourn and struggle with loss during the holiday
season. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments served.
RSVP requested for planning but not required:
[email protected] or call 800-987-7380.
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
St. Joseph Church High School W.O.W. Group invites
All Seniors (55+) and Grandparents to join us for a
Christmas Luncheon &
Sing-a-Long
December 10 ~ 12:00 noon at
St. Joseph Parish Hall
Please R.S.V.P. by December 7 to
Ellen Sprigg or Kim Hovious 348-3126.
Transportation is available upon request
ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ~ BARDSTOWN KY DECEMBER 4, 2016
BRINGING SOLAR LIGHT TO HAITI
We’ve Raised $2,000 Already!
In 1985, St. Joseph in Bardstown was the first parish in Kentucky to "twin" with a Haitian parish. We twinned
with a parish in the mountains of northeast Haiti, St. Francis Xavier, in Acul Samedi. For the past 31 years, our
main mission there has been educational - we have been funding the entire budget for the parish grade
school. With your generous help, we have educated over 10,000 students during these 31 years. Bringing the
"light of learning" is still our main goal - and this year we’re going to augment that by bringing solar light to
the parish. All of our students live in homes without electricity. Our plan this year is to bring at least a hundred
solar lanterns to our school and parish. We intend to give one lantern to each teacher at our school, and one
to each student in our 6th grade. After that, we will begin to distribute them to families in the parish. Our long-
range goal includes bringing conventional solar panels to the school and the parish.
One of these solar lanterns can light an entire Haitian home!
The Keys to Successful Aid
All sorts of faith groups and NGOs have come and gone over the years in Haiti - but our presence has
endured - for 31 years! We've accompanied our Haitian brothers and sisters in their struggles - not by
walking ahead or behind - but by walking side by side with them, and by listening to them.
So much international aid ends up in the hands of corporate entities in Haiti, with very little of it actually getting
to those who need it the most - the people. Our approach is different - 96% of every dollar donated will go
directly to the people!
How You Can Help
Any donation you give will be greatly appreciated. But please consider:
+ Educating a student for a year and buying a solar light for $100
+ Educating a student for one semester for $50
Please mail your donation to:
ST. JOSEPH HAITI FUND
C/O JOE ZARANTONELLO
250 LOOSE LEAF DRIVE
BARDSTOWN, KY 40004
ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
Joe Zarantonello
St. Joseph Parish Twinning Project
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