ST. MARK STAFF MINISTRIES

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1 St. Mark Parish Richmond, KY ST. MARK STAFF Rev. James W. Sichko Pastor x2002 Kelli Stewart Secretary x2001 Mr. Jim Bennett Deacon x2001 Alanna Sininger Campus & Youth Minister x3201 Michelle Burgmaier Business Manager x3205 Cathy Cornett St. Mark School Principal Sandy Sullivan St. Mark School Secretary GENERAL INFORMATION Church address: 608 W. Main St. Richmond, KY School address: 115 Parish Ave. Richmond, KY Phone: Fax: Website: School: Baptism: Baptisms are held the 3rd weekend of each month during the 8:30am Mass. There is a required preparation class. Please contact the parish office to schedule. 1st Holy Communion or Confirmation: Please contact the parish office to register for preparation classes. Marriage: Please arrange an appointment with the priest at least six months before the date you wish to be married. You must be a registered member of the parish. Reconciliation: Reconciliation is offered immediately following all weekend Masses. Name or address change: Please contact the parish office. Parish Registration: To register as a member, please visit the Welcome Desk in the gathering space in back of the church. St. Mark School Registration: Please contact the school at , prompt 4. Bulletin or Mass Announcements: Please contact the parish office by: 8:00am on MONDAY. Mass Intentions: Please contact the parish office. Sacramental Emergency: Call prompt 3 if you, or someone you know, is facing imminent death or is in need of the Sacrament of the Sick and Holy Communion. Please provide the location and phone number of the person to be visited, and the time that is most convenient to visit. MINISTRIES Altar Servers Jim Swartz Bereavement Committee Carol Kinelski Boy Scouts Marcus Highland Catholic Daughters Betty Lamb C.C.D. Rick & Lisa Conner Church Mice Lydia-Akin Carter Catholic Campus Ministry Alanna Sininger Christmas Bazaar Carol Kinelski Extrordinary Ministers of the Eucharist Parish Office Finance Council Nancy Wigand Grounds Crew Jim Bennett Hispanic Ministry Dot Bennett Home Meals Delivery Dottie Stipes Homebound Ministry Dcn. Jim Bennett Knights of Columbus John Wright Lectors Parish Office Music Ministry Betty Reister Parish Council Shiloh Newell Praying Hands Connie Wason R.C.I.A. Tricia Davis Respect Life Angie Wright Sacred Linens Mary Katherine Barnes Sacristans Patti Baker Social Committee Mary Katherine Barnes St. Mark School Council Dan Vazzana St. Mark School PTO Amy Lockard Table of Plenty Mary Deltry Vacation Bible School Cathy Cornett Welcome Desk Cheryl Juhasz Youth Group Alanna Sininger

2 Pentecost May 19, 2013 Notes from the Pastor: How wonderful it was in celebrating FIRST COMMUNION SUNDAY with twenty three young people. What a blessing it was in celebrating with them. I wish to express my personal thanks first, to you parents for your dedication in catechizing your child within the Roman Catholic Faith and taking this duty seriously. Secondly, I wish to thank Lisa Conner and Peggy Blankenship for their willingness to be of service as "teachers of the Faith" who re-enforce that which the parents of these children have already bee instructed! As always, our Liturgy went smoothly with the help of our Adult Servers, Choir, Ministers of the Eucharist /Ministers of the Word. Again, many thanks for all those who worked behind the scenes as well. This weekend we celebrate the "End of the Liturgical Season of EASTER" with the great feast of PENTECOST SUNDAY! It is my prayer that this is just the beginning of the HOLY SPIRIT working powerfully in each of your lives. Pray daily for the gifts of the Holy Spirit: Wisdom, Understanding, Wonder and Awe/Fear of the Lord, Counsel, Knowledge, Fortitude and Reverence/Piety. This weekend the Easter Candle will be moved from being next to the Ambo back to the Gathering Space next to the Baptismal Font. It now, will only be lit at Funerals and Baptisms; however, we are always reminded that the "light of Christ" always dispels any darkness we may face. It is interesting that this upcoming week, there are many celebrations that are being had: May 23: I celebrate, believe it or not, my 15th year as a Priest of the Diocese of Lexington; Ordained on May 23, 1998, 10:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Lexington by the Most Reverend J. Kendrick Williams. May 24th, Bishop Gainer's mother, Anna Krolick, will celebrate her 90th Birthday, and I ask for continued prayers of good health, happiness and peace for her. Then on May 25th, Bishop Kendrick Williams, Bishop Emeritus of our Diocese will mark his 50th Anniversary of being a Priest. WOW!!!! Lots of celebrating. I have decided that I will be taking a week off to make a pilgrimage in Thanksgiving for the 15 years of Ordained Ministry. I am not so sure where I am going. I was thinking of traveling to Rome or another possibility was to travel to an area I had never been before like Alaska or Canada. I will just continue to look at all the possibilities. Wherever I do end up, I will bring you with me in heart, mind and soul and continue as I do daily, my prayers for you all. This past week all of the Priests of the Diocese of Lexington gathered at St. Meinrad's Archabbey in Meinrad, Indiana. We gather at what we call our "annual Convocation" once a year. It is a time for advance learning but also major "down time". It allows us to connect with one another, as brother priest's whom we don't always have the opportunity to see. It gives us a chance to be "quiet", "reflect" and of course, pray. It is also a time of surprises as the Bishop, usually, not always, notified each of us of future assignments. We shall see what is in store for our Diocese as we enter this new time of renewal and God's Grace. As of today, my mother seems to be doing well. She will be heading to the Neurologist this upcoming Monday to hear the results of her tests and then on Friday, for the results of some blood work from her Internist. I know that my mother wanted me to express her thanks to each of you for your prayers for her and she continues to pray for you all daily. As usual, let me remind you that I am available to you in my office, via at fatherjim.sichko@saintmarkcatholicchurch.net or, in cases of an emergency (i.e. death or imminent need of the Sacraments), by phone at , prompt 3. See you in Church, Fr. Jim

3 St. Mark Parish MASS INTENTIONS Saturday May 18, :00pm Leon Russell May 19, :30am Katherine (Gandolfo) Rickabaugh 11:00am For the Parish Tuesday _ May 21, :00pm Ernie Durham Wednesday May 22, :00pm David & Devera Midget Thursday May 23, :00pm Jean Ellen Kuhn Friday May 24, :15am Anna Krolick Saturday May 25, :00pm Aynara Castillo May 26, :30am For the Parish 11:00am Bernard & Sammye Tierney ROSARY The Rosary will be recited Saturday: 3:30pm : 8:10am (before Mass begins) If you are interested in leading the Rosary, please see Fr. Jim or call Kelli Stewart at the office. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CANDLE IN MEMORY OF Bert & Dorothy Thomas OUR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS SGT Randy Shacreaw PFC Garret Potts LCPL Jim West PVT Nathan Jennings SN Adam Williams SPC John Iasiello 1LT Bradley Obergfell CPL Michael Mullins 2LT J. T. Hess DAILY READINGS Readings for the Week of May 19, 2013 Monday Tuesday Pentecost Day: Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, or Rom 8:8-17; Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26 Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest Sir 1:1-10; Ps 93;\ Mk 9:14-29 Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs Sir 2:1-11; Ps 37; Mk 9:30-37 Wednesday Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious Sir 4:11-19; Ps 119; Mk 9:38-40 Thursday Sir 5:1-8; Ps 1; Mk 9:41-50 Friday Sir 6:5-17; Ps 119; Saturday Mk 10:1-12 Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church; Saint Gregory VII, Pope; Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin Sir 17:1-15; Ps 103; Mk 10:13-16 The Most Holy Trinity Prv 8:22-31; Ps 8; Rom 5:1-5; Jn 16:12-15 Richmond, KY THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY THIS PAST YEAR Paul Nerone Mary Ellen Ehlman Judith Rodgers James Bryant Wellington Abreu Virginia Yeager Bob Hensley Karyn Yates Claire Tureman Martha Bransom Rachel Durso Morse Joseph Heil Mark Gregoire George Davis Katherine Gandolfo Rickabaugh Bernice Dettmer Julia Fields Ernie Durham Iris Yerks Huston Barger Kathryn Larson REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS OUR ILL & HOMEBOUND Michael O Connor ~ Virginia Sykora Judy Costello ~ Robert Simkins Mary Carroll ~ Milt Nichols Robert Mark ~ Karen Mark Gene Muncy ~ Colleen Hornsby Betty Davy ~ Frank Carey Sheryl Stephan ~ Jennifer Fraley Penelope Culp ~ Ann M. Hill Marie Sichko ~ Meredith Zellers Sharon Sowers ~ Don Ruppel Robert Wilson ~ Elizabeth Mayer Campbell Doty ~ Ed Davis Kathy Payne ~ Charles Neal Jerry Kuhn ~ Julia Hinkle Doug Walker ~ Pat Keefe Geraldine Goss ~ Clinton Estep Daniel Coleman Yagami Baby Lucy ~ Kyle Fritche Anselm Thomas ~ Linda Hensley Raymond Unland ~ Judith Nassida

4 Pentecost May 19, 2013 STEWARDSHIP LITURGICAL MINISTRIES Sacred Linens for May Debbie Pandaru 4:00pm Saturday May 25 8:30am May 26 11:00am May 26 Sacristan Sue Rice Angie Browning Paula Gearheart Altar Servers Haley Nash Audrey Nash Knights Mass Scotty Biggs Maddie Soard NEW WEEKLY GIVING GOAL Fiscal Year Lectors Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Gifts Baskets Ken Schwendeman Art Pandaru Ellen Kessler Kent Kessler Karen Mayo Mary Lou Remaley Bob Fox Knights Mass Knights Mass Lois Scott Brian Doty Sandy Adams Mark Davis Tricia Davis Neil DiTeresa Marlene Flinchem Mike Schwendeman $8, Sponsor Spotlight WEEKLY GIVING OUR WEEKLY GOAL: $ 8, ENVELOPES $ 7, LOOSE CASH $ TOTAL $ 8, DEBT REDUCTION GOAL: $70, YTD: $54, July $5, August $4, September $4, October $4, November $4, December $8, January $5, February $4, March $5, April $4, May $2, ST MARK SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND July $1, August $1, September $1, October $1, November $1, Thanksgiving $ December $1, January $2, February $1, April $1, May $1, Rhonda H Cormney, DMD Specialist in Orthodontics 519 Hampton Way Ste Please patronize the sponsors of our bulletin. Their support makes this bulletin possible Thank You St Mark Family! Thank you to all my friends at St Mark who were so thoughtful in remembering my birthday! I really appreciated all the cards and visits. It s so nice to know that, even though I may not always be able to get to church, people still care. Thank you so much! ---Betty Davy

5 St. Mark Parish Richmond, KY BOX TOPS AND LABELS FOR EDUCATION Cathy Cornett St. Mark School Principal Sandy Sullivan St. Mark School Secretary School address: 115 Parish Ave. Richmond, KY School Website: Phone: 859- Fax: MISSION STATEMENT St. Mark Catholic School finds its validity in the mission of the Roman Catholic Church; it is based on an educational philosophy in which faith, culture, and life are brought into harmony. Our mission is to give each student an education which embraces the total person, forming students with good mental, moral, ethical, physical and spiritual habits. Please help us by collecting Box Tops and Labels for Education!! Step 1: Clip Step 2: Give Step 3: Earn FREE Stuff for Our School! Step 4: Keep Connecting & Collecting Online, be sure to sign up for ST. MARK SCHOOL to get connected with our school and help us earn cash! PLEASE PRAY with OUR SCHOOL Heavenly Father, strengthen and sustain all those who volunteer in our school; for with patience and understanding they have taught and cared for us students. Thank you for the blessing of their service this year and may their gifts be returned two fold. In Jesus name we pray Amen WIZARD OF OZ Wow! Thanks Mrs. Bettler! The performance was amazing!!! SCHOOL CALENDAR May 22 May 23 May 24 June 3-Aug 2 Field Day Talent Show/Art Show(all week) Last Day of School-full day Weekly Summer Camps ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POSITION St. Mark School has elementary teaching positions open for the upcoming school year. Please call the school at opt 4 for more information. ENROLLMENT We are accepting applications for the school year. Please call opt 4 or drop by the school office for more information or to schedule a visit. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED If you have skill set that will benefit one of our summer camps, call the school office. We would greatly appreciate your help!!

6 Pentecost May 19, 2013 CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ADULT CATECHESIS Know Your Faith The Catholic Daughters, under the patronage of the Blessed Mother are united by faith in Jesus Christ and in our devotion to the church. We strive to be helping hands where there is pain, poverty, sorrow, or sickness and strive to embrace the principle of faith working through love in the promotion of justice, equality, and the advancement of human rights and human dignity for all. Come join us for a time of fellowship and inspiration Next meeting: May 21 ULTREYA ULTREYA meets the 1 st Tuesday of every month. There will be a social from 6:30-7:00 and the meeting will take place from 7:00 8:00pm. Call Arlene Next Meeting: Tuesday June 4 BINGO: Every Friday night at Galaxy Bowling Center. 6pm Early Birds 7pm Regular Start Up. Come out and have a night of FUN and be a WINNER! THIRD DEGREE: The next meeting will be JUNE 6 th at the CCM at 7pm. Officer Induction Ceremony will be held and the Knight of the Year will be announced. Fellowship will follow. Mark this important date on your calendar. PLAY BALL: Lexington Legends Baseball outing June 22 nd. All Knights, families, friends, and any potential Knights are invited to attend. Tickets are $23 per person, which includes unlimited soft drinks and a buffet. More details to follow. FOURTH DEGREE: Meetings are held the 3 rd of each month at 5:00 pm at the community room at St. Clare in Berea, Ky. with a pot luck dinner following. Spouses and guest are invited. Adult Faith Formation will resume in the Fall. Thanks to all who have participated this year! Have a blessed and safe Summer!!!!! YOUTH GROUP Grades 8-12 s 9:40-10:40am Come join us in the Youth Group room for discussion, activities and events that are geared toward teenagers! Also check us out on Facebook at / St. Mark Catholic Church High School Youth Group