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ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ~ BARDSTOWN KY OCTOBER 30, 2016 Monday, October 31 6:30 a.m. Bobby Fortwengler 11:00 a.m. Pike Conway Tuesday, November 1 ~ All Saints Day 6:30 a.m. Mary Ann Downes 9:30 a.m. John Mudd & Carol Mudd 11:00 a.m. Nancy Mattingly Hughes 7:00 p.m. Kenneth Mattingly Wednesday, November 2 ~ All Souls Day 6:30 a.m. See Intentions pg 6 10:00 a.m. Residents Windsor Gardens 12:00 p.m. See Intentions pg 6 Cemetery Thursday, November 3 6:30 a.m. Rick Smith Friday, November 4 6:30 a.m. Dorothy McFadden 6:30 p.m. Wedding ~ Candace B. Mattingly & Bradley M. Walker Saturday, November 5 4:00 p.m. People of the Parish Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 5 7:00 a.m. People of the Parish 9:00 a.m. Margaret Beaven Bash 11:30 a.m. Debra Nally Remember Me Readings for the Week Mon. Philippians 2:1-4 Psalm 13:1-3 Luke 14:12-14 Tues. Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 Psalm 24:1-6 1 John 3:1-3 Matthew 5:1-12 Wed. Wisdom 3:1-9 Psalm 23:1-6 Romans 5:5-116:3-9 John 6:37-40 Thurs. Philippians 3:3-8 Psalm 105:2-7 Luke 15:1-10 Fri. Philippians 3:17—4:1 Psalm 122:1-5 Luke 16:1-8 Sat. Philippians 4:10-19 Psalm112:1-2, 5-6, 8-9 Luke 16:9-15 Sun. 3 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15 2 Thessalonians 2:16—3L5 Luke 20:27-38 Stewardship thru 10-24-16 $ 265,076.00 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” Luke 19-5 Jesus saw goodness in Zacchaeus’ heart and called him to be in his presence. Jesus has called all of us into his presence and awaits our thankful responses. Parish Stewardship ~ Time, Talent, and Treasure ~ This Weekend: Diaper Drive Saturday, October 29 3:00 pm Reconciliation Sunday, October 30 10:15 am Religious Ed - Cafeteria 3:00 pm Prayer of Remembrance - Church Monday, October 31 10:00 am Centering Prayer - Flaget Hall 5:00 pm Centering Prayer - Flaget Hall 7:00 pm RCIA - Maloney Room Tuesday, November 1 6:30 am Mass 9:30 am St. Joseph School Mass 11:00 am Bethlehem Mass 6:00 pm Knights of Columbus - K of C Hall 6:30 pm Bible Study - Maloney Room 7:00 pm Mass Wednesday, November 2 12:00 pm St. Joseph Cemetery Mass 1:30 pm Rosary Making - Holy Family Room 3:00 pm Eucharist Minister Training - Church 5:30 pm Perpetual Novena to St. Jude - West Sacristy 6:00 pm Children’s Catechumenate - Holy Family Room 6:00 pm Parish Council - Maloney Room 6:30 pm ROC & WOW Cemetery Walk w Fr. Joe & Ellen Thursday, November 3 9:30 am Bible Study - Maloney Room 2:00 pm SJS 1st Grade Play 6:30 pm SJS 1st Grade Play 7:00 pm Baptism Prep - Holy Family Room 7:00 pm Journey of Hope mtg - Maloney Room Friday, November 4 6:00 am The Rosary is Prayed for Promotion of Life Next Weekend: Collection For Our Military7 Saturday, November 5 3:00 pm Reconciliation Sunday, November 6 2:00 am Move CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR 10:15 am Religious Ed - Cafeteria

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Page 1: Parish Stewardship Remember Me · help us to set out again, to resume our journey, to recover our hope, to restore our faith and trust. He wants us to keep walking along the paths

ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ~ BARDSTOWN KY OCTOBER 30, 2016

Monday, October 31

6:30 a.m. Bobby Fortwengler

11:00 a.m. Pike Conway

Tuesday, November 1 ~ All Saints Day

6:30 a.m. Mary Ann Downes

9:30 a.m. John Mudd & Carol Mudd

11:00 a.m. Nancy Mattingly Hughes

7:00 p.m. Kenneth Mattingly

Wednesday, November 2 ~ All Souls Day

6:30 a.m. See Intentions pg 6

10:00 a.m. Residents Windsor Gardens

12:00 p.m. See Intentions pg 6 Cemetery

Thursday, November 3

6:30 a.m. Rick Smith

Friday, November 4

6:30 a.m. Dorothy McFadden

6:30 p.m. Wedding ~

Candace B. Mattingly & Bradley M. Walker

Saturday, November 5

4:00 p.m. People of the Parish

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 5

7:00 a.m. People of the Parish

9:00 a.m. Margaret Beaven Bash

11:30 a.m. Debra Nally

Remember Me

Readings for the Week

Mon. Philippians 2:1-4 • Psalm 13:1-3 • Luke 14:12-14

Tues. Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 • Psalm 24:1-6 • 1 John 3:1-3 •

Matthew 5:1-12

Wed. Wisdom 3:1-9 • Psalm 23:1-6 •

Romans 5:5-11—6:3-9 • John 6:37-40

Thurs. Philippians 3:3-8 • Psalm 105:2-7 • Luke 15:1-10

Fri. Philippians 3:17—4:1 • Psalm 122:1-5 • Luke 16:1-8

Sat. Philippians 4:10-19 • Psalm112:1-2, 5-6, 8-9 •

Luke 16:9-15

Sun. 3 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 • Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15 •

2 Thessalonians 2:16—3L5 • Luke 20:27-38

Stewardship thru 10-24-16 $ 265,076.00

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and

said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down,

for today I must stay at your house.” Luke 19-5

Jesus saw goodness in Zacchaeus’ heart and called him

to be in his presence. Jesus has called all of us into his

presence and awaits our thankful responses.

Parish Stewardship

~ Time, Talent, and Treasure ~

This Weekend: Diaper Drive

Saturday, October 29

3:00 pm Reconciliation

Sunday, October 30

10:15 am Religious Ed - Cafeteria

3:00 pm Prayer of Remembrance - Church

Monday, October 31

10:00 am Centering Prayer - Flaget Hall

5:00 pm Centering Prayer - Flaget Hall

7:00 pm RCIA - Maloney Room

Tuesday, November 1

6:30 am Mass

9:30 am St. Joseph School Mass

11:00 am Bethlehem Mass

6:00 pm Knights of Columbus - K of C Hall

6:30 pm Bible Study - Maloney Room

7:00 pm Mass

Wednesday, November 2

12:00 pm St. Joseph Cemetery Mass

1:30 pm Rosary Making - Holy Family Room

3:00 pm Eucharist Minister Training - Church

5:30 pm Perpetual Novena to St. Jude - West Sacristy

6:00 pm Children’s Catechumenate - Holy Family Room

6:00 pm Parish Council - Maloney Room

6:30 pm ROC & WOW Cemetery Walk w Fr. Joe & Ellen

Thursday, November 3

9:30 am Bible Study - Maloney Room

2:00 pm SJS 1st Grade Play

6:30 pm SJS 1st Grade Play

7:00 pm Baptism Prep - Holy Family Room

7:00 pm Journey of Hope mtg - Maloney Room

Friday, November 4

6:00 am The Rosary is Prayed for Promotion of Life

Next Weekend: Collection For Our Military7

Saturday, November 5

3:00 pm Reconciliation

Sunday, November 6

2:00 am Move CLOCKS BACK 1 HOUR

10:15 am Religious Ed - Cafeteria

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THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

We remember in prayer: Our Military: Deployed: 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: Amy DeMar Lugo Those Who Are Ill: Donna Blair, 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, Alexis Boone, Caroline Boone, Pat Murray Boone, Nichole Borden, Mary Breeden, Jo Ann

Brown, Judy Burba, Fern Blanford, Sarah Jean Carrico, 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, Bruce Heitz,

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 Ritchie, Grace Ritchie, Randy Robertson, Jarett

Rogers, Jeff Rogers, Merrill Rogers, Geriann Rotando, Ruth Rouse, Connie Royalty, Linda Rumage, Willie Schumacher, 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, Shawana Marie Stansbury, 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, Melissa Wethington, Braelyn Whaley, Madison & Rodney Wheatley, Bruce Wheeler,

Agnes Williamson, James & Martha Wilmouth, John Wycoff.

Wisdom 11:22—12:2 • Psalm 145:1-2, 8-11, 13-14

2 Thessalonians 1:11—2:2 • Luke 19:1-10

Before the Lord the whole universe is as a grain

from a balance, or a drop of morning dew come

down upon the earth. But you have mercy on all.

Wisdom 11:22-23

I spent most of my childhood indoors watching MTV and

reading cheap paperbacks. It was southern Louisiana, and it

was melting hot. But what little time I spent outdoors stands

out sharply - the smell of the pine woods on a single night at

Girl Scout camp, the dappled light on Lake Pontchartrain after

Sunday Mass. Those moments left a lasting impression on a

heart that hungered for connection and transcendence.

When I had my own children, my long-preferred

forms of entertainment suddenly seemed dead. The ability to

make a new life awakened me to the ways in which all life

speaks of a creator who loves and sustains what is made.

When a fledgling bird fell from a nest in the eaves of my

porch, I wept. Every living thing seemed a grain in the

balance, tiny but significant because it bears the signature of

its maker, a love that is infinite in scope and minute in detail.

Jessica Mesman Griffith, Faith, Mark Neilsen, Editor

Collection for Military Services USA

Next weekend, our parish will accept offerings for the

Archdiocese for the Military Services - AMS. The

Archdiocese takes care of Catholics who are serving our

country in the military, including those stationed at Fort

Knox, and provides pastoral care for more than 1.8 million

men, women, and children. The Archdiocese for the Military

Services relies entirely on private giving. While the salaries

and retirement benefits of Catholic military chaplains are

paid by the U.S. Government, the AMS get no funding from

the government or military to support its many programs and

services. Please put your donation in an envelope marked

Military Services and drop in the Sunday collection.

I plan to lead a pilgrimage to Israel from March 27 to

April 5. I invite those who have never been to the Holy

Land to consider this opportunity. Our purpose is an

encounter with Christ as we travel to those historic

places where the “WORD was made flesh.” If you

want more information call me at 502-314-0910 within

the next two weeks. The group will be limited to fewer

than 27 pilgrims. ~ Blessings, Fr. Terry

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ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ~ BARDSTOWN KY OCTOBER 30, 2016

Saturday - 4:00 p.m.

Lector:

Janet Bradley

Ministers:

Lynn Farnsworth-Capt

Jane Thompson-Cross

Judy Beaven

David Beaven

Lee Heaton

Lucy Smith

Michael Bickett

Ushers:

Patsy Coomes-Capt

Jim Donahue

Martha Mattingly

Bert Mattingly

Sunday - 7:00 a.m.

Lector:

Jim Hoerter

Ministers:

Amie Cissell-Capt

Philip Fortwengler-Cross

Jo Ann Reid

Ushers:

Bobby Ballard-Capt

Lois Ballard

Ken Berry

Glen Cissell

Sunday - 9:00 a.m.

Lector:

Karen Newcomb

Ministers:

Theresa Cammack-Capt

Henry Greenwell-Cross

Rose Hamilton

Jerry Hamilton

Diane Lyvers

Patsy Miles

Phyllis Bowling

Ushers:

David Vittitow-Capt

Gene Cammack

Brian Avery

Dennis Ferriell

Sunday - 11:30 a.m.

Lectors:

Sara & Adam Wheatley

Ministers:

Judy Walsh-Capt

Lori Morgan-Cross

Mary Carey

Beth Lear

Christian Cahoe

Jo Ann Bland

Ushers:

Ralph Buckley-Capt

Dennis Carey

Jeff Lear

Max Roblero

MINISTERS NOVEMBER 2016

November Year of Mercy: Visit the Prisoner. During this year of Mercy, Pope Francis has established a jubilee for

prisoners this weekend. Visiting prisoners is a corporal work of mercy. Pope Francis is highlighting this work of mercy

while reminding prisoners of God’s compassion and mercy. He seeks to call attention to the conditions of the imprisoned.

In solidarity with Pope Francis, Archbishop Kurtz will visit a prison and celebrate Mass there. As we reach out to prison-

ers, Pope Francis reminds us: “Jesus comes to meet us, so that he can restore our dignity as children of God. He wants to

help us to set out again, to resume our journey, to recover our hope, to restore our faith and trust. He wants us to keep

walking along the paths of life, to realize that we have a mission, and that confinement is not the same thing as exclu-

sion. (Message to Prisoners at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, Philadelphia, September 27, 2015.)

ALTAR SERVERS NOVEMBER 2016 SAT SUN SUN SUN

4:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m.

November 6 Wesley Hughes-New Brady Clark Teagan Adams-New Matthew Jones-New

Colton Spalding Kate Clark Carter Zutterman Logan Jackson

November 13 Katie Ice-New Sara Beth Filiatreau-New Dolce Dillard-New Sean Mills

Ginny Spalding Emma Filiatreau Ellie Hite Isabella Riggs

November 20 Anna Rose Osborne-New Graham Clark-New Brady Clark Paige Wheatley

Sara Spalding Gray Clark Kate Clark Teonna Morgan

November 27 Harper Smith-New Avery Settles-New Reagan Ballard Logan Cross

Davis Boone Emma Settles Emma Mattingly Zach Schumacher

NEW SERVERS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED THIS MONTH.

VETERAN SERVERS PLEASE COME WHEN SCHEDULED SO THAT YOU CAN HELP THE NEW SERVERS.

PLEASE SWITCH WITH ANOTHER SERVER OR GET A SUB IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO SERVE WHEN SCHEDULED.

PLEASE ARRIVE 15 OR 20 MINUTES BEFORE MASS BEGINS TO DRESS AND PREPARE THE ALTAR.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 All Saints Day

6:30 am Mass

9:30 am Mass

11:00 am Mass

6:00 pm Knights

of Columbus

7:00 pm Mass

2 All Souls Day

12:00 Noon

Cemetery Mass

1:30 pm

Rosary Making

3:00 pm

Eucharist

Minister Training

6:00 pm

Children’s

Catechumenate

6:00 pm

Parish Council

6:30 pm

ROC & WOW

Cemetery Walk

3

9:30 am

Bible Study

2:00 pm SJS

1st Grade Play

6:30 pm SJS

1st Grade Play

7:00 pm

Baptism Prep

7:00 pm

Journey of Hope

4 5

6:30 pm

Walker /

Mattingly

Wedding

6

2:00 am Turn

CLOCKS BACK

1 HOUR

10:15 am Rel Ed

7

10:00 & 5:00

Centering

Prayer

7:00 pm RCIA

7:00 pm

SJ Men’s Club

8 Election Day

6:30 pm

Bible Study

9

3:00 pm

Eucharistic

Minister Training

6:30 pm WOW

Youth Ministry

7:00 pm

Baptism

Rehearsal

10

9:30 am

Bible Study

10:00 am

Archdiocese mtg

11:00 am SJS

5th Grade Mass

7:00 pm 1st

Reconciliation

Celebration

7:00 pm

Journey of Hope

11

5:00 pm

SJS Fall

Festival

12

4:00 pm

Confirmation

Enrollment Rite

13

9:00 & 11:30

Confirmation

Enrollment Rite

10:15 am Rel Ed

14

10:00 & 5:00

Centering

Prayer

6:30 pm Safe

Environment

Training

7:00 pm RCIA

15

12:00 pm

Faithful

Citizens

6:30 pm

Bible Study

16

5:30 pm

ROC Gathering

6:00 pm

Children’s

Catechumenate

6:30 pm WOW

Youth Ministry

17

9:30 am

Bible Study

7:00 pm

Journey of Hope

18

8:00 am

Finance Council

19

QUEST Youth

Conference

20

Closing of the

Year of Mercy

9:00 am

Baptisms

10:15 am Rel Ed

10:00 till 3:00

Blood Drive

1:30 pm

Baptisms

3:30 pm

Divine Mercy

21

10:00 & 5:00

Centering

Prayer

7:00 pm RCIA

22

9:00 am SJS

Grandparents

Mass

11:00 am

Bethlehem

Mass

6:30 pm

Bible Study

23 24 Thanksgiving

Day

9:00 am Mass

Parish Offices

Closed

25

Parish Offices

Closed

26

27

11:30 am RCIA

Welcoming Rite

11:30 am

Youth Mass

28

10:00 & 5:00

Centering

Prayer

7:00 pm RCIA

29

6:30 pm

Bible Study

30

6:00 pm

Children’s

Catechumenate

6:30 pm WOW Youth Ministry

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ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ~ BARDSTOWN KY OCTOBER 30, 2016

All Souls Day Mass Intentions

Walter & Lydia Ballard. Junior Bartley. Margaret Beaven Bash. Hugh & Irene Beaven. Deceased

Members of the Beaven & Blair Families. Fred Blair. Fred Blair. Ginny Blair. James & Katherine Blair.

Living & Deceased Members of the Cookie & Margaret Blair Family. Hillman & Mary Blanford. Neil

Boblitt. Charles "Chuck" Brauch. Jean Cecil. Wes Cissell. Catherine Cleveland. Gary Clifton. Paul

Clough. Pike & Marie Conway. Laverne H. Corbett. Margaret & Michael Delord. Donahue, Beaven &

Durbin Families. Frank & Pearl Downs. Kenny Downs & Louis Newton. Jane & Billy Pike Durbin. Victor

Fister. Zelma "Snookie" Green. Debbie Hamilton. Steve Head. Harold Hicks. Adolph & Betty Sue

Hicks. Jack A. Hoskins. Hoskins, Logston, Lush & Jorgenson Families. Gary Hutchins. Gwen

Jorgenson. Edith Kaelin. Living & Deceased Members of the Bert & Kate Luckett Family. Charles C.

Lush III. Living & Deceased Members of the Ernest & Leora Lutes Family. Joey Lyvers. Louis & Martha

Marks Family. Billy Mattingly. Mattingly & Smith Family. Donnie "Hot Rod" McCauley. Dorothy &

Werner "Curly" Medley. Charles L. Miller. Miskell & Karmazin Families. Mary Ellen Napier. Bert Lee,

Cecilia, Steve & Alan Newton. Jerry Riley. Eunice Seibert. Gilbert "Gilly" Shain, his Wife & Daughter.

Deceased Members of the Shaw Family. James Otto & Margaret Sherrard. Gene, Elizabeth & James

Shipp. Louis & Betty Simms. Rick Smith. Rapier Smith. Celeste Soliman & Jaime Dela Cruz. Eva,

James, Weyman & Vella Stansbury. James Felix and Geneva Thomas. Frank Thompson. Bootsie

Tingle. Joe & Mary Wall. Jimmy Wathen. Thomas "Pat" Werner. Buck Wheatley & Aaron Neel.

"ROOM IN THE INN" OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 - FROM 6:00 till 8:00 p.m.

Come see what this homeless program is all about! Refreshments will be served. You'll tour the facility St. Joseph's is using every

Tuesday night in the upstairs of the St. Vincent De Paul Building at 310 N 2nd St. Enter in the rear of the building. You'll learn the

rules set in place, see the nice cots the Abbey of Gethsemani donated funds to purchase, and learn about all the hard work that's gone

into preparing this space for such a worthwhile and necessary ministry. You'll watch a 6 minute video that the homeless see when they

come to the Intake Center explaining the general rules, which is ALSO located in the St. Joseph space. This means that the homeless

will be using our space every night of the week for check-in/sign-up, but every other night of the week except Tuesday, the host church

will be picking them up around 6 pm and take them to their churches for the night. This is a winter program from November 1 thru

March 31. This is the epitome of MERCY IN ACTION.

You'll also learn what areas still need your help. Volunteers are needed in several areas: to spend the night with the guests, to

bring warm meals and hopefully stay and fellowship (or you can just drop off dinner and a light breakfast if you prefer), to help clean

the area, and to take home bedding to wash.

Sheltering the homeless is part of our Catholic heritage. So many times in the Bible does God speak of helping those who are

less fortunate and how blessing them in turn blesses us.

Matthew 25:35 says, "For I was hungry and you gave me

something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to

drink. I was a stranger and you invited me in." We cannot

forget what Jesus spoke in Matthew 25:40, And the King will

answer them, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the

least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” This ministry has

so many opportunities to change our lives and the lives of our

guests as we build relationships with them. We can’t solve the

problems of the homeless but we CAN provide them with the

basic necessities: food, shelter, and companionship. To

volunteer, call Kim Hovious at 348-3126, Pam Dickerson at 348

-5867, or Susan Hardin at St. Vincent De Paul 348-9752.

Our “Bulletin Sponsor of the Week” is:

We encourage our parishioners to patronize our bulletin

sponsors. It is through their generosity that our weekly

bulletin comes to you at no publishing cost.