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MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Vigil: 5:00 pm (The end of Oct. until May)
Sunday: 8:00am & 10:30 am Weekdays: See schedule Holy Day: Contact Parish Office
PASTORAL STAFF Pastor: Rev. Shaiju Thomas [email protected] (270) 625-9514
DRE/Youth Minister: Nick Higdon [email protected]
Minister of Music: Jacob Hein [email protected] Secretary: Nancy Greenwell [email protected] Bookkeeper: Susan Calhoun
PASTORAL COUNCIL Shannon Offerman; Scott Burden; Julie Ebelhar; Perry Warren; Beth Miles; David Cecil FINANCE COUNCIL Kenny Knott; Rebecca Schwartz; Rita Wood; Sarah O’Bryan SACRAMENTS BAPTISM: Contact Pastor at least a month before the baptism for instructions. CONFESSIONS: Saturdays at 3:00pm (one hour before Mass time); anytime by appointment. MARRIAGES: Contact the pastor six months in advance to begin marriage preparation. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: By Appointment Only
7232 KY 56, Owensboro, KY 42301
www.stmarymagd.org Ph: 270-771-4436 Fax: 1-866-856-7191
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The funeral of a dead church: A new Pastor in a small Oklahoma
town spent the first four days making personal visits to each of the
members, inviting them to come to his first services. The following
Sunday the church was all but empty. Accordingly, the Pastor placed
a notice in the local newspapers, stating that, because the church was
dead, it was everyone's duty to give it a decent Christian burial. The
funeral would be held the following Sunday afternoon, the notice
said. Morbidly curious, a large crowd turned out for the "funeral." In
front of the pulpit, they saw a closed coffin, smothered in flowers.
After the Pastor delivered the eulogy, he opened the coffin and invited his congregation to come forward
and pay their final respects to their dead church. Filled with curiosity as to what would represent the
corpse of a "dead church," all the people eagerly lined up to look in the coffin. Each "mourner" peeped
into the coffin then quickly turned away with a guilty, sheepish look. In the coffin, tilted at the correct
angle, was a large mirror.
There is story about a visiting pastor who attended a men's breakfast in the middle of a rural farming area
of the country. The group had asked an older farmer, decked out in bib overalls, to say grace for the
morning breakfast. "Lord, I hate buttermilk", the farmer began. The visiting pastor opened one eye to
glance at the farmer and wonder where this was going. The farmer loudly proclaimed, "Lord, I hate lard."
Now the pastor was growing concerned. Without missing a beat, the farmer continued, "And Lord, you
know I don't much care for raw white flour". The pastor once again opened an eye to glance around the
room and saw that he wasn't the only one to feel uncomfortable. Then the farmer added, "But Lord, when
you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm fresh biscuits. So Lord, when things come up
that we don't like, when life gets hard, when we don't understand what you're saying to us, help us to just
relax and wait until you are done mixing. It will probably be even better than biscuits Amen." Within that
prayer there is great wisdom for all when it comes to complicated situations like we are experiencing in
the world today. Stay strong, my friends, because our LORD is mixing several things that we don't really
care for, but something even better is going to come when HE is done with it. AMEN. A perfect prayer
for our Picnic in this strange situation.
THANKS to Sam Knott and his picnic team to go forward and do our 105th picnic. Thanks to all
those who helped them. It is not how much we make but how we do it matters.
Mass Time on Fr idays is changed to noon due to the less attendance.
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Office of Communications
June 18, 2020
It has been brought to the attention of the Diocese of Owensboro that a former employee of three
western Kentucky parishes is part of a larger civil suit alleging abuse against minors in the Archdi-
ocese of Agaña. Based on archived Diocesan directories, Ray Caluag served as the music direc-
tor at the following locations in the Diocese of Owensboro:
• 1999 – 2000: St. Mary of the Woods, Whitesville
• 2004 - 2005: St. Mary of the Woods, Whitesville
• 2005 - 2009: St. Mary Magdalene, Sorgho
• 2006 - 2010: St. Elizabeth, Curdsville
When Mr. Caluag left the Diocese of Owensboro he returned to Guam, which is where the civil
suit was filed. In that suit, Caluag is accused of grooming/abusing minors in the 1990s. The Dio-
cese of Owensboro is not aware of any reports of abuse while serving here. Because the
Church's first obligation with regard to all victims, whether alleged or substantiated, is for healing
and reconciliation, the diocese will reach out to every person who alleges that he or she was
abused by anyone acting in the name of the Church, whether the alleged abuse was recent or
occurred many years in the past.
To report suspected abuse, call the Kentucky Child Protection Hot Line: 1-877-KYSAFE1 or 1-
877-597-2331 (Toll Free) or contact your local Commonwealth Attorney. To report abuse to the
diocese, current or past, by anyone acting in the name of the Church, please call and speak to
someone confidentially at one of our Pastoral Assistance Coordinators on our 24-hour phone
lines: 270-852-8380 for Louanne Payne in English and 270-880-8360 for Susan Montalvo-
Gesser/Miguel Quintanilla in Spanish. You may also visit our Office of Safe Environment for more
information.
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Monday, June 29
No Mass
Tuesday, June 30 7:00 a.m. Charlotte Kamuf
Wednesday, July 1 7:00 a.m. Dorothy Knott
Thursday, July 2 Noon Jason Roberts
Friday, July 3 Noon John and Patsy Hartz
Saturday, July 4
5:00 p.m. Margie Merimee
Sunday, July 5
8:00 a.m. Parishioners
10:30 a.m. Gladys Peters
CHRISTIAN HOSPITALITY
Day in and day out, we are required to make judg-
ment calls informed by tough, durable, serviceable
Christian love. We do what we can do, and God takes
notice. God is in charge of rewards, and a glass of wa-
ter will do when that is what we have to offer with a
glad and open heart.
Paul gives us a clear theology for the missionary
work we do whenever anybody is close at hand. He
reminds us that our work, our ministry, is carried on in
concert with Christ. We have been baptized into his
death and life. In any given moment both life and
death are there, a kind of play of shadow and light.
Sometimes it’s difficult to tell where shadow leaves
off and light begins. God will take care of that, too.
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TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Elisha promises a baby son to the
hospitable woman (2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a).
Psalm — For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord
(Psalm 89).
Second Reading — We shall live in newness of life
as Christ was raised from the dead (Romans 6:3-4, 8-11).
Gospel — Whoever gives but a cup of cold water to
another will surely be rewarded (Matthew 10:37-42).
The English translation of the Psalm Responses from
Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, Internation-
al Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation.
All rights reserved.
READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9;
2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19
Tuesday: Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12; Ps 5:4b-8; Mt 8:23-27
Wednesday: Am 5:14-15, 21-24; Ps 50:7-13, 16bc-17;
Mt 8:28-34
Thursday: Am 7:10-17; Ps 19:8-11; Mt 9:1-8
Friday: Eph 2:19-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Jn 20:24-29
Saturday: Am 9:11-15; Ps 85:9ab, 10-14; Mt 9:14-17 Sunday: Zec 9:9-10; Ps 145:1-2, 8-11, 13-14;
Rom 8:9, 11-13; Mt 11:25-30
SAINT JUNÍPERO SERRA (1713-1784) July 1
No one who has stood before the quiet
majesty of Mission San Juan Ca-
pistrano, or the altogether different but
no less lovely Mission Dolores in San
Francisco, or any of the missions from
San Diego to Sonoma can fail to bless
the Franciscan padre who, while not
founder of each, was inspiration for
them all, Saint Junípero Serra. Aban-
doning the comfortable academic life to which his doctor-
ate in theology entitled him, Serra journeyed to the New
World where his tireless traveling, dramatic preaching, and
penitential austerity converted thousands of native peoples.
Saving souls and celebrating the sacraments were Padre
Serra’s primary mission but not his only one. Education in
letters and crafts, trades and agriculture transformed the
people, while roads and irrigation systems transfigured the
landscape. His more than thirty years of ministry were not
free from conflict with authorities or without controversy
in the retrospectively critical eye of history. But when John
Paul II beatified him in 1988, he praised Padre Serra for
assisting his converts to use their new faith to advance their
true human development. —Peter Scagnelli, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.
WEEDEATING CREW FOR JULY 2nd and 3rd: Mark Payne and Barry Hardy
What needs to be done: The ditches along Hwy. 56 and Knott Road; Around the curbs and parking lot;
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TRIP MOUNT RUSHMORE, THE BADLANDS & BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
The Kentucky Travelers of Owensboro has scheduled a bus trip to Mount Rushmore, the Badlands
& Black Hills of South Dakota, on Sept. 12 - 20, 2020, cost is $890.00 , (double occupancy) and in-
cludes motor coach transportation from Owensboro, eight nights, 9 days lodging, 14 meals, 8 break-
fasts and 6 dinners. Visit to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Tour of Wildlife Loop road at
Custer State Park, Visit the amazing Crazy Horse Memorial, Visit to the spectacular Badlands Na-
tional Park, with a guided tour of Deadwood and admission tour of the Unique Journey Museum and
much more. $75.00 due upon signing and final payment due on July 7, 2020. Contact Martha Hard-
esty 270-683-2157 or 270-925-6920, for more information and to make your reservation.
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IN SPECIAL NEED OF PRAYER
HOME BOUND/RETIREMENT HOMES: Patty Beyke; Ruth Ann Hardy; Mag Kaelin; Sarah Kamuf; Jean McCarty;
Benita Riney; Patrick Vowels.
We ask that you pause a moment and say a prayer for the sick in our
community.
Alice Boarman; Nicole Brey; Sydney Clouse; Maria Daugherty; Savannah
Dean; Kelly Dean; Allan Ebelhar; Jennifer Ebelhar; Margie Elder;
Miles Evan; Sylvester Fischer; Jackie Freels; Patrick Fulkerson; Jim
Hamilton; Melissa Hamilton; Kelly Hayden; Barbara Magan; Margie
Merimee; John Morton; Jessica Oberst; Larry Oller; Sandra Posey; Steve
Raley; Donnie Risse; Clayton Roberts; Juanita Smith; Norbert & Helen
Rose Smith; Hillary Thomas; Brian Thompson; Alma Topper;
Jim Warnock; Linda Warren; Paula Wilson; Rita Woodall
*Please note: Names will remain on the list for one month.
PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY: As a parish family, we at St. Mary
Magdalene pray for all the members of our parish. We especially pray for
our parishioners and their relatives who are currently on active duty in the
military.
Jackson Brett; Zachary Brett; Cody Byrne; James Calhoun; Cameron
Ebelhar; Chris French; Adam Howe; Austin Moser; Chad Norris;
Ryan Offerman; Aaron Staples.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!
Parishioners celebrating
birthdays this week:
June
24-John Clancy
28-Matthew Keller
30-Joe Blandford
30-Austin James
July
1-John Ebelhar
2-Claire Bartley
4-Lane Hundley
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! Parishioners celebrating wedding anniversaries
this week:
June
28-David and Patti Bartley
30-Sean and Jennifer Byrne
We wish all our parishioners celebrating
Wedding anniversaries this week a happy and
blessed anniversary!!
If your birthday is omitted from this list, or
incorrectly dated, please call the parish
office.
Narthex/Vestibule Update: June 14, 2020
Total amount needed for project: $260,000.00
Total amount that has been collected to date: $260,136.00
(additional brick donations $ 8,300.00)
this amount is of the $305,828.00 pledged over the next 5
years.
Please write in the memo or for section of your check Narthex
when donating. Thank you to all that have generously
donated, it is deeply appreciated.
OFFERINGS: June 21, 2020
Weekly Actual Weekly Budget $ 7,285.00 $ 8,494.00
Year to Date Actual Year to Date Budget
$394,000.07 $ 433,194.00 (Week 51)
Weekly Deficit Year to Date Deficit
$1,209.00 $39,193.93
July Money Counters:
Sherleye Goff, Larry Elder, John Hartz
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