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1 Parish Richmond, KY okst. MARK STAFF Rev. James W. Sichko Pastor x2002 Rev. Mr. Jim Bennett Deacon x2001 Cathy Cornett Parish Secretary x2001 Alanna Sininger Campus & Youth Minister x3201 Michelle Burgmaier Business Manager x3205 Connie Fischer School - Lead Teacher connie.fischer@saintmarkcatholicchurch.net prompt 4 Sandy Sullivan School - Secretary sandy.sullivan@saintmarkcatholicchurch.net prompt 4 GENERAL INFORMATION Church address: 608 W. Main St. Richmond, KY School address: 115 Parish Ave. Richmond, KY Phone: Fax: Website: Baptism: Baptisms are held the 3rd weekend of each month during 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. School Registration: Please contact the school at , prompt 4. Bulletin or Mass Announcements: Please contact the parish office by: 3:00 PM 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 Carroll Hale Catholic Daughters Betty Lamb C.C.D. Cathy Cornett Church Mice Lydia-Akin Carter College Campus Ministry Alanna Sininger Christmas Bazaar Carol Kinelski Extrordinary Ministers of the Eucharist Mary Lou Remaley Finance Council Nancy Wigand Grounds Crew Mike Putnam High School Youth Group Alanna Sininger Hispanic Ministry Dot Bennett Home Meals Delivery Dottie Stipes Homebound Ministry Dcn. Jim Bennett Knights of Columbus John Wright Lectors Lois Scott Middle School Youth Group Scotty Biggs Music Ministry Betty Reister Parish Council Michael Eubanks Praying Hands Connie Wason R.C.I.A. Tricia Davis Respect Life Angie Wright Sacred Linens Mary Katherine Barnes Sacristans Georgetta Swartz Social Committee Mary Katherine Barnes School Council Dan Vazzana School PTO Connie Fischer Table of Plenty Sharon Mitchell Vacation Bible School Cathy Cornett Welcome Desk Cheryl Juhasz

2 Fourth Sunday of Easter April 29, 2012 This Weekend, Wise words from Bishop Zubik from Pittsburgh: It ain t what it seems You may be surprised to know that I am beginning to be wired in to the new social media. Now, understand, I m not as wired as your average 13-year-old. But at least I m not completely oblivious to this new world of social communications that surrounds us. Let me give you an example. I was thrilled to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, at SS. John and Paul Parish right off Interstate 79 North. Mass, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Holy Hour it was a beautiful afternoon of prayer with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. During the quiet of the Holy Hour, I pulled out my cell phone where I have an app for the breviary, the Liturgy of the Hours. I was able to call up the prayers and readings for that afternoon and have a great opportunity for prayer and meditation. After the service was over and I was preparing to leave the parish, the pastor, Father Joe McCaffrey, let me know that I had been caught. Caught at what? It seems that somebody told him that the bishop was using the Holy Hour to check his phone messages. If I haven t been guilty of doing it myself, I might have gone into a slow or fast burn. But I understand how it works. We are all in a rush to judgment at times, quickly assuming the worst of people based often on the least of knowledge. We can spot the speck in someone s eye a mile away while we carefully ignore the beam in own. We can even spot that speck when it isn t there at all. Usually we walk away blissfully unaware that our judgment has been dead wrong. We ve lambasted some innocent soul and have the comfort of knowing that we re just a little bit better. Too often, we never find out that it ain t what it seems. Please know that this reflection really is focusing on my rushing to judge someone else, NOT the person who observed me. I can t help thinking of Corinth. It was a young city only about 100 years old after being completely destroyed two centuries earlier by an angry Roman consul. But it had become a thriving shipping center in southern Greece once again when it was visited by St. Paul. He was able to build a thriving Christian community in the pagan city, especially among the poorer classes. But not soon after he left, he heard reports that things were going wrong. Everybody was after everybody, breaking into factions, pointing fingers at each other, rushing to judgment on whatever anyone was saying or doing. So Paul wrote a letter to the Corinthians, reminding them of what they had already forgotten: If I speak in tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (1 Corinthians 13: 1-8). We are called to live love, to reflect that Divine Love we remember in Divine Mercy Sunday. It is a love that calls us to mercy, and that calls us to charity which is Divine Love and Mercy lived.

3 Parish Richmond, KY Particularly during the Easter season, an armistice on the rush to judgment might be called. We have lived again in those last few days of the Lenten season the greatest rush to judgment in humanity s history. An innocent Jesus is arrested, tried, beaten, paraded through the streets and brutally crucified. Humanity judges the Son of Man and rushes to his execution. In warning about missing that beam in our own eye, Jesus warns us not to judge. He is not telling us to tolerate sin. But he is reminding us not to rush into judgment. He is telling us our lives are meant to be lived not in pointing fingers, but in charity that doesn t ask before it serves, doesn t lecture before it ministers, doesn t judge before it heals. Imagine if Jesus was so quick to judge as I seem to do, as we seem to do, far too often. What would He have said then to the 10 Apostles who ran away and hid rather than keep watch under his cross? Or to Peter who denied him not once, not twice, but three times? Or To Mary Magdalene who first did not recognize him as the Risen Savior? Or to the disciples on the road to Emmaus who failed to understand what had happened on that first Easter? In the maxims of the Sisters of St. Joseph attributed to the order s founder, Father Jean Pierre Medaille, he reminds his congregation in the Eucharist Letter to always interpret everything in the most favorable light. It is a good maxim for all of us. Something we should all keep in mind as we go through our daily pilgrimage. I know that I will try to remember it. Paul s words always come back to us: If I have all faith but have not love, I am nothing. Love is at the core of Christian belief because God is love. God asks us to love Him and love our neighbors. In the Eucharist we are given the grace to live out that love. Here s one thing you can count on: I promise to try never to use a social communications device in the wrong place at the wrong time. At the same time, I also promise to try to avoid the rush to judgment and to try with every fiber of my faith and being to always interpret everything in the most favorable light. Because the one thing I continue to learn as a sinner, when I, when we rush to judgment, all too often it ain t what it seems. 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

4 Fourth Sunday of Easter April 29, 2012 MASS INTENTIONS Saturday April 28, :00pm Frank & Elizabeth DeSloover Sunday April 29, :30am Teri Kluesner 11:00am For The Parish Tuesday May 1, :00pm Tom Keefe Wednes. May 2, :00pm Teresa A. Kluesner Thursday May 3, :00pm Friday May 4, :15am Teresa A. Kluesner Saturday May 5, :00pm For The Parish Sunday May 6, :30am Howard Hallinan I 11:00am John Huff Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: DAILY READINGS WEEK OF APRIL 29, 2012 Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18 Saint Pius V, Pope Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42; Jn 10:1-10 Saint Joseph the Worker Acts 11:19-26; Ps 87; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Acts 12:24 13:5a; Ps 67; Jn 12:44-50 Thursday: Saints Philip and James, Apostles 1 Cor 15:1-8; Ps 19; Jn 14:6-14 Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Ps 2; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98; Sunday: Jn 14:7-14 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8 REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS OUR ILL & HOMEBOUND Michael O Connor Virginia Sykora Judy Costello Robert Simkins George Davis Milt Nichols Gene Muncy Colleen Hornsby Virginia Yeager Frank Carey Sheryl Stephan Martha Bransom Mary Carroll Julia Hinkle Ann M. Hill Ann R. Hill Marie Sichko Steven Sichko Meredith Zellers Dave Bonn Sharon Sowers Don Ruppel Tom Etherington Anna Etherington Kathleen Welsh Warren Welsh Brennan Lee Hinch Betty Davy Marlene Flinchem Elizabeth Mayer Ernie Durham Penelope Culp William Campbell Jennifer Fraley Robert Bob Haglage OUR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS SPC Randy Shacreaw PFC Garret Potts LCPL Jim West PVT Nathan Jennings SN Adam Williams SPC John Iasiello 2LT Bradley Obergfell CPL Michael Mullins 2LT J. T. Hess THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY THIS PAST YEAR David Watson Elizabeth DeSloover Richard Shuntich Leonard Leszczynski Tom Keefe Teri Kluesner Timmy Cahill Lee David Richard LaPoint Vilnis Rumments Daniel Michalak Beverly Heilig Adele Luttrell Sammye Tierney Mary Powell Paul Nerone Mary Ellen Ehlman Judith Rodgers James Bryant ROSARY The Rosary will be recited each Saturday at 3:30pm before the 4:00pm Mass and each Sunday at 8:10am before the 8:30am Mass. We are in need of assistance with this ministry. If you are interested in leading the Rosary at any of the above Masses, please see Fr. Jim or call Cathy Cornett at the office. OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CANDLE IN MEMORY OF Jean Ellen Kuhn WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS Pope Paul VI instituted the World Day of Prayer for Vocations (the 4th Sunday of Easter) on the 11 th day of April, 1964 by saying; O Jesus, divine Shepherd of the spirit, you have called the Apostles in order to make them fishermen of men, you still attract to you burning spirits and generous young people, in order to render them your followers and ministers to us In the years since, successive pontiffs have called on the Church to focus and pray for vocations.

5 Parish Richmond, KY STEWARDSHIP LITURGICAL MINISTRIES $10, $8, $6, $4, Offering Sacred Linens for May Debbie Pandaru 4:00pm Saturday May 5 8:30am Sunday May 6 Sacristan Patti Baker Mary Deltry Altar Servers Abigail Kessler Anne Marie Kessler Kent Kessler Erinne Cornett Evan Cornett Lizeth Gomez 11:00am Sunday May 6 Michael Price Mark Davis $2, $0.00 Weekly Weekly Goal Actual WEEKLY GIVING OUR WEEKLY GOAL: $ 8, ENVELOPES $ 8, LOOSE CASH $ TOTAL $ 8, INTERESTING FACT $104, has been paid this past year (March 2011-March 2012) on our debt!!! Great Job!!! This is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD!!! Thank You! DEBT REDUCTION Lectors Kent Kessler Angie Wright Jack Culross Extraordinary Ellen Kessler Angel King Ministers Karen Mayo Gail King of Holy Jill Silver Lynn King Mary Lou Remaley John O Bryan Communion Bob Fox Melissa O Bryan Bailey O Bryan Gifts Baskets SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT MARSHALL S Landscaping Mowing Bobcat SCR Blacktop Sealing Residential Commercial Michelle Huybers Margie Biliter Minh Nguyen Evelyn Spalding Lois Scott Bill Sullivan Erin Sullivan Chuck Marz GOAL: $70, YTD: $56, July $4, August $5, September $4, October $6, November $5, December $6, January $6, February $9, March $4, April $4, ST MARK SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND July $1, August $1, September $ October $1, November $1, December $1, January $1, February $1, March $1, April $1, LICENSED/INSURED Please patronize the sponsors of our bulletin. Their support makes this bulletin possible. NEW PARISH DIRECTORY has contracted with Guide Book Publishing to create a directory for our parish that will be updated and delivered to your home annually. This book will be the Who, What, When, Where, and How of our parish. The book is being provided at no cost to our parish. Local businesses are being solicited to advertise in our book. If you own or manage a business and would like to find out about advertising in our book, please call the Parish Office at Recent survey results by Guide Book Publishing show that 92.1% of families would rather patronize a Guide Book & Directory advertiser than a non-advertiser. It "will pay" to advertise in our new Guide Book & Directory. If you need to update your contact info for the directory, or if you have any questions, please contact Tricia Davis at or

6 Fourth Sunday of Easter April 29, 2012 CALENDAR SUNDAY, APRIL 29 8:30am Mass 9:30am CCD School 9:30am Youth Group Gym 9:30am R.C.I.A. School 11am Mass 4:30pm Hispanic Mass 5:00pm Campus Mass CCM MONDAY, APRIL pm Adoration TUESDAY, MAY 1 6:00pm Mass 8:00pm Bible Study CCM CCM WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 6:00pm Mass 7:00pm Choir Practice 9:00pm Catholicism 101 CCM THURSDAY, MAY 3 6:00pm Mass 8:00pm Game Night FRIDAY, MAY 4 8:15am School Mass SATURDAY, MAY 5 4:00pm Mass CCM SUNDAY, MAY 6 8:30am Mass 9:30am CCD School 9:30am Youth Group Gym 9:30am R.C.I.A. School 11am Youth Mass 4:30pm Hispanic Mass 5:00pm Campus Mass CCM R.C.I.A. Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults - For all those wishing to learn more about the Catholic Faith. Meets each Sunday from 9:30-10:40am Interested in joining RCIA? Contact Tricia Davis at 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 CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAS Volunteers are needed to lead the recitation of the Rosary before the 4:00pm Mass on Saturday evenings. Please contact Betty Lamb ( ) if interested. Next meeting is May 15 at 6:30 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Psalms 148:3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars. Come join us as we explore God s creation and find our place among the stars through Bible Stories, Crafts, Games, Snacks and Songs. Monday, June 18 Thursday, June PM If you would like to volunteer, please contact Cathy Cornett cathy.cornett@saintmarkcatholicchurch.net (859) x2001 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS We had an outstanding event at our annual golf outing, with many thanks going to Mike Hammerly was able to acquire Spring Valley Golf Course and Country Club to host our Scramble. Ask any participant and they ll tell you that this was a very challenging course. The weather was chilly but in most cases dry. Results were a tie between Team 1 and Team 4 with a Sudden-Death- Putt-Off to determine the winning team. Chip Gray of Team 4, hit a beautiful sixty foot putt to seal the win! So congratulations and bragging rights for 2012 go to Mike Hammerly, Chip Gray, Emily Jarosz and Dan Jarosz whose team scored an outstanding 1 under par. See you all at our next Scramble where you will be defending your title. BINGO - Join us for a fun night AND win some money at the same time! We will be giving away a lap top computer on May the 4 th. All door prize tickets from this week and next week will go into the drawing. Early birds 6:30 and regular bingo at 7:00. Don t forget to bring a friend. The Jack of Spades is on a roll, this week s drawing will be for $2, Be sure and get you tickets from any Knight or buy them after Mass. Need details? Call Mike Parker at: THIRD DEGREE: Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at the Catholic Campus Ministry on the EKU Campus at 7:00 pm. FOURTH DEGREE: Meetings are held the 3 rd Sunday 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.

7 Parish May 19 May 19 ST. MARK SCHOOL NEWS MISSION STATEMENT 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. SCHOOL CALENDAR Yard Sale 8am-2pm Spring Festival 4pm-10pm NOW ENROLLING Catholic School is in the process of open enrollment. If you are interested, please call opt 4 or drop by the school office. PREK AT THE PLANAQUARIUM SPRING FESTIVAL Richmond, KY Spring Festival is on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 4-10 pm. The Spring Festival will be an end of school year celebration with food, drink, beer garden, bounce houses, a raffle, and carnival games. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POSITION School has an elementary teaching position open for the upcoming school year. Please call the school at opt 4 for more information. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! School is seeking volunteers for next year to teach Art, PE, Library and Computer classes. We realize we have many talented parishioners, and we would love for you to share your talents with our students. If you would be interested in teaching any of these classes, please call the school office and speak to Connie Fischer. ZUMBA! ZUMBA ON MONDAYS AT 6:45PM $35 for 8 weeks or pay as you go Zumba Gold emphasis for all adult fitness levels and ages Remember, a portion of your membership goes back to the school! Let us know if you have any questions or you can contact Martha directly if you want to talk about the class or fees: Martha or yapri04@aol.com BOX TOPS AND LABELS FOR EDUCATION Thank you for your support this year and start collecting for next year!!! THANK YOU Thank you to all moms and dads who helped Mrs. Hart by chaperoning the Pre-K field trip to the EKU Planetarium. Thanks to ALL families, current and new, who have enrolled their children for the upcoming school year. We appreciate your dedication to our school. YARD SALE The school yard sale will be from 8am to 2pm on May 19 th. We are accepting donations. Please make sure items are clean and in working order. No need to preprice items, we will do that at school. 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 community and coordinator Lisa Tackett ( ) ST. MARK SCHOOL/CHURCH COOKBOOKS We still have plenty of cookbooks with 150 wonderful recipes! You can pick up cookbooks at the school office, church office or after Mass on the weekends. If none of these options work please call Angel King at Thanks for your support! ONLY $12

8 Fourth Sunday of Easter April 29, 2012 $40,000 in 40 days On Ash Wednesday, we began for FORTY DAYS ONLY, our once a year PARISH APPRECIATION PLEDGE. Our goal is to collect $40,000 in 40 days. Usually, I provide the phrase: It s not WHAT you give, but THAT YOU give. Today, I challenge us to bring to prayer the phrase: LENT IT S NOT WHAT WE DO, BUT WHY WE DO IT! Every year, you step up to the plate in your giving of your time, talent and treasure. I know the majority of you do this not because of me or my asking, but because of your Love of God, your Roman Catholic Church and the Madison County Community. Pledge Cards were sent to your home to begin this process. Please let us know if you did not receive one. Lent It s not what we do, but why we do it

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10 Fourth Sunday of Easter April 29, 2012 EASTER FLOWERS IN MEMORY/HONOR OF: Emily Burns Aymara Castillo Riley & Marjorie Culross Marilyn Deprez Peter J. Flaherty III Ruth Hines Emma & Joseph Horvat Tom Keefe Gertrude Lee Kuhn Jean Ellen Kuhn Leonard Leszczynski Mr. & Mrs. Walter Leszczynski Marcail Marks James & Leona Marshall Betty Nichols Bob Obergfell Anita M. Otero Richard & DanMary Owen Frank & Helen Radabaugh Alma Russell Todd Satterly Dottie Silver Bernard & Sammye Tierney Ed Tincher Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Wysocki Blanford & Satterly Families Caldwell & Kinelski Families