Peter & Paul C AT H O L I C C H U R C H

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1 Saints Peter & Paul C AT H O L I C C H U R C H 902 East Ninth Street Hopkinsville, KY Established 1872 OUR MISSION STATEMENT We are a Roman Catholic Community of Christians called to be a priestly people, a household of faith, a temple of the Holy Spirit, a beacon of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church shining for Jesus Christ in the heart of Christian County. MASS SCHEDULE Saturday evening... 5:00 PM Sunday... 8:00 AM, 10:30 AM Misa en Español... 2:00 PM, 10:30 PM Monday - Saturday... 8:00 AM Wednesday... 5:30 PM Thursday MISA EN ESPAÑOL... 5:30 PM Rev. Fr. Richard Meredith, Pastor crmeredith@stsppchurch.org Rev. Fr. Al Bremer, Parochial Vicar frbremer@bellsouth.net Rev. Fr. Basilio Az Cuc, Parochial Vicar bazcuc@stsppchuch.org Permanent Deacon, Mr. Tim Barnes tdbarnes@stsppchurch.org Permanent Deacon, Dr. Bill Sweet wesweet@stsppchurch.org PARISH OFFICE PHONE: (270) PARISH FAX: (270) PARISH WEBSITE: DIOCESAN WEBSITE: VATICAN WEBSITE: OFFICE HOURS: 8 AM - 5 PM Monday Friday (Closed Noon -1:00 pm Daily) SCHOOL TELEPHONE: (270) SCHOOL FAX: (270) SCHOOL WEBSITE: Tru h Radio WSPP 93.5 FM Saints Peter and Paul Assistance: Saints Peter and Paul Thrift Store: MEMBERSHIP IN THE PARISH We give a sincere welcome to all new families moving into our Parish. Please register in the Parish Office as soon as possible. Families who plan to move from our parish community are asked to inform us. Bulletin material deadline: Monday at noon in writing or . May Sixth Sunday of Easter

2 2 SS PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, HOPKINSVILLE, KY MINISTRY TO THE SICK Please notify the Parish Office upon admission of a family member into any hospital or nursing home. Any parishioner who is ill or infirm may request anointing by calling the Parish Office, PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC ADORATION This is a devotion whereby members of the parish unite in taking hours of Adoration before the Most Blessed Sacrament during the day and throughout the night, seven days a week. (Code required for evenings.) There is a regular schedule of adorers but all are welcome to stop in for a visit. Parishioners are encouraged to sign up for a scheduled weekly Adoration time. Please contact Bill & Jenny Rush at , if you are interested in adopting an hour or if you can be a substitute or prayer partner. Available hours: 3 pm & 11 pm Mondays, 4 am Tuesdays, 1am Wednesdays, 5 pm Thursday s, 10 am & 11 pm Fridays. Parish Pastoral Council Robin Bilan, Vice-Chair, Education rcbilan@hotmail.com Jim Creighton, Spiritual Life creighton.jim@gmail.com Libby Downs, Pastoral Associate...ljdowns@stsppchurch.org Norma Folz, Worship...nbfolz@gmail.com Gary Harden, Family Life...garyharden@gmail.com Sarah Kranz, Principal...skranz@stsppschool.org Fran Marko, Secretary..franmarko@gmail.com Joe Mezzoni, Chair/Admin... joemezzoni216@att.net Social Concerns.. PARISH STAFF Tom Buehrle (twbuehrle@att.net)...director Of Stewardship Brenda Chaudoin (bchaudoin@stsppchurch.org). Parish Office Mgr. Libby Downs (ljdowns@stsppchurch.org)...pastoral Associate Jennifer Groves (jgroves@stsppschool.org) School Secretary Leigh Ann Johnson Parish Assistance Coordinator Steve Kinnard (skinnard@stsppchurch.org)...maintenance Foreman Sarah Kranz (skranz@stsppschool.org)...school Principal Donna Pfeufer (dgpfeufer@gmail.com)...thrift Store Gen. Mgr. Angie Phillips (abphillips2013@gmail.com)...thrift Store Mgr. Mayra Tirado (mtirado@stsppchurch.org)...hispanic Ministry Asst. Sue Wassmer (swassmer@stsppchurch.org)...parish Secretary Amy Watkins (awatkins@stsppchurch.org)...parish Music Director The Catholic Church teaches that the sexual abuse of any person is a grave moral evil. To report any instance of sexual abuse by any employee of the Catholic Church please call the Office of the Bishop in Owensboro at (270) The Safe Environment Program is now available at the Diocesan website SACRAMENTS Reconciliation: Confessions will be heard Saturday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (English and Spanish), Wednesday at 4:30 PM. (ENGLISH and SPANISH). Confessions will be heard any time by appointment. Baptism: Baptismal Preparation Class is usually held the first Sunday of each month. Our next class is scheduled for June 4, 2017 at 4:00 pm. Please call the Parish Office. Registration is required. Marriage: Contact the Office six months prior to the desired date. Silver Streaks: Our Silver Streaks will meet at Saints Peter and Paul Parking lot on Tuesday, May 23 rd at 11:00 a.m. They will carpool and drive to Cadiz to have lunch at the Sunshinehouse Restaurant and Wine Cellar. The Sunshinehouse is new to Cadiz and offers themed dining rooms and a wine bar. This will be a great time together. For more information, contact Julia Borders at Operation GO MOBILE : In order to remove the mobile units/trailers, conduct dirt work and paving operations in the middle parking area as final steps to open the new School/ Parish Facility, Operation GO MOBILE will initiate on Thursday, May 25, 2017 until completion. The middle parking area, parking lot between the church and the old school building, will not be available for parking during this time. The upper parking lot will also be compromised at intermediate times of this operation due to debris/trash containers, equipment trailers and paving material/ equipment. The walkway from the upper lot to the church may not be usable at times and for everyone s safety we ask that you not go around barriers that are in place. There will still be a drop off area under the portico of the church however you will not be able to drive up to turn around. Every effort will be made to minimize any inconveniences while ensuring safety for our parishioners, staff and the workers. Parish Council Election: Parish Council Nomination continue this weekend, May 20 th and 21 st. All parishioners, 18 years of age and older, will have the opportunity to nominate one person to serve on the Parish Pastoral Council. As a courtesy, please ask the person you would like to nominate prior to placing their name on the ballot. Mark Your Calendar: There will be a Tamale Sale the weekend of May 27 th and 28 th. All proceeds go to assist with the costs associated with Deacon Byron Macias Ordination Celebration.

3 MAY 21, 2017 SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 3 PASTOR S GREETING: SOPHISTRY AGAINST LIFE All around the world the life and dignity of the human being, a being inherently personal, as an inalienable right is being assailed and curtailed by governments, including our own. As Pope Saint John Paul II put it, a culture of death is rampant in the world today. The struggle on behalf of the legal protections of embryonic and prenatal human life has made some progress in our country presently against those who assign it less than full human status, but the struggle is far from over. Those who promote euthanasia (mercy killing, assisted suicide, suicide, eugenic killing, etc.) seem to be making remarkable headway on that front either in achieving outright legalization of euthanasia in some jurisdictions or in permissive non-enforcement of the laws prohibiting it in others. The philosophical humanism which acknowledges a value to the human being transcending all positive human laws the value which gives a foundation to the justice of those very laws guards against the tyrannies of human arrogance and the will to power over the smallest and weakest. History clearly warrants the need for this caution. Historically, this humanistic philosophy recognizes a law of the good of human nature and humility before the whole context of an objective reality in which we humans live and for which we are somewhat responsible. The recognition of such natural laws which may be discoverable by and known to humanity hold entirely apart from human will and decision and demand our concurrence, even obedience, if we wish to survive and thrive. There is, of course, also a secular humanism which exalts human power and makes government and its laws the absolute authority. The result of this arrogance is either the anarchy of the mob or the tyranny of the majority. Interestingly, the authors of the US Constitution (still informed by the Declaration of Independence) sought to avoid this arrogance of power by recognizing an authority above the constitution, an authority known to the people, namely, the authority of nature and of nature s God. The self-governed people acknowledged the authority of God, variously understood and worshiped, as an authority greater than their own which was the basis of true justice and of freedom. Religious believers who acknowledge the Creator understand the natural law as established in God s creative design and, when obedient, bow humbly before God s will established in the nature of things. Catholic Christian tradition recognizes also the revealed design and will of God given us in Jesus Christ. Natural law and revealed Gospel law for us go seamlessly together (for the one God is author of all truth), even though we see what distinguishes them from each other. Grace builds on and perfects nature. We also see the arrogant hubris of an inclination to evil in humanity which tempts us to take absolute power over human life to suit our own ends. At the same time, we acknowledge the temptation in humanity to deny God s absolute authority over human life and to deny thereby the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Conversion and grace enable us to be faithful to the whole value and faithful to God as our Creator and as our Redeemer. So, we can speak a coherent rational and ethical message with intellectual and fully personal integrity to a non-religious world, a message which is nonetheless also faithful to our religion without inherent contradiction. The arguments proposed in pursuit of the legalization of euthanasia, in fact all arguments against the inalienable right to life and on behalf of willful killing, are sophistical, that is, they are intellectually dishonest. They pose as arguments based on the values of human autonomy, compassion, economy, and high culture. In each case, a limited human value is absolutized to overturn the superior value of life in service of the will to power, to supplant a superior good with a lesser one while placing the specific and the common good of humanity at peril. Human autonomy and liberty is a value only in the balance of real human limits and the requirements of the common good. It is relative to other true goods. If autonomy is absolute, the two year old will reigns supreme. If the sovereignty of the individual over one s own life is absolute, then the good of the community, of the family, of the social order as superior is simply set aside. Similarly, if the government has absolute sovereignty (autonomy) over whether or not one may continue living (whatever the justification may be) then all life is in jeopardy of an abominable power. The Christian knows this to be true for we also know that the human being is a beloved creature of God, each one offered redemption in Jesus Christ. But, the euthanist argues that it is cruel to allow or to require the human being to suffer by denying death as an escape from that suffering. Granted, many suffering people demand the means of death to end that suffering. But many people also demand it not for themselves but for others who do not make that demand or even desire it. Is it compassionate to euthanize, directly and intentionally to kill or to assist in the killing of an injured, disabled, and/or suffering human being? No, it is not compassionate. Compassion seeks to comfort and to alleviate pain while valuing the life of the suffering fellow human being. To bear with the fellow sufferer is to acknowledge the limits under which we all exist. To care for another until the end comes is a supreme fidelity, an acknowledgment of the bond owed among personal beings for each other in life. Compassion suffers with. It does not arrogate the power to exterminate, because the common good of the social order is a bond of fidelity, of value, and of trust required for the human good. We Christians know values in our suffering revealed by our Lord Jesus Christ who invites us to communion with his suffering through our own. Compassionate suffering is the path upon which we walk with Christ to our own redemption and to that of the redemption of the world. If we suffer with Christ we shall also reign with Christ to the glory of God. We are refined by suffering with Christ and bear witness to the kingdom of God. We also believe in mitigating suffering and in diminishing pain insofar as we are able, to offer palliative care to the dying without intending or directly causing death. The care we give to the suffering and to the dying is care given to Christ himself. (Continued on page 4)

4 4 SS PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, HOPKINSVILLE, KY (Continued from page 3) So, are we to avoid death at all costs? No. Isn t a timely chosen death more reasonably affordable so that costly resources may be more available to the healthier? Simply answered, No. Again, recognition of human limits to the means and the possibilities of healing and comforting is honest. Ordinary, reasonable means to heal, to provide effective hydration and nutrition, to comfort, we all benefit from these. Sometimes even heroic efforts might be warranted if these may be reasonably expected to heal and to restore. When death is already and naturally probable and unavoidable, futile and aggressive counter measures, which would likely only increase suffering, are not warranted. We may surrender virtuously before inevitable human mortality. A vigil of comfort and personal care for the dying is warranted. The Christian also knows that if we die with the Lord we shall also rise with the Lord. Our hope in faith is full of immortality. When reason and moral principle fail the arrogant all that is left is for them to sneer haughtily and to ridicule opposition to euthanasia. Perhaps, if that doesn t work, there is always the angry tirade and violence. The humane response to our mortality is always to be virtuous. The further Christian response is through the gift of the Holy Spirit to respond to evil with good. We are not the sovereigns of death and ought never to arrogate such authority to ourselves. To respond to lethal aggression with measured, effective defense turns the forces of death back upon the perpetrator. To initiate the killing of a human being as a means to a social or political end is an unmitigated and intrinsic evil. It is never morally justifiable and in the light of Jesus Christ is mortally, gravely sinful. May this reflection help you consider the issues of our times. Fr. Richard Graduation Mass As a parish we will honor our high school graduates on Sunday, May 28 th at the 10:30 Mass. A luncheon for our graduates and their families will follow in the gym. If you would like to assist with this luncheon, please see Libby. *Graduates don t forget to give me your pictures (one wallet size for a bulletin insert needed by Tuesday, May 23 rd and a 5 X 7 or larger by Friday, May 26 th for display in the narthex). The graduates we have include: Maddie Burman, Diana Ceja, Virginia Cincotti, Carlos Duran, Shyana Ethridge, Gianna Fiscella, Emma Folz, Antha France, Anna Garnett, Jonathan Kinnard, Michaela Langhi, Keleigh Mabry, Joshua Mendez, Meredith Pace, Ana Petrie, Simone Piffko, John Michael Ramos, Daniel Rodriguez, Pablo Rodriguez, Jennifer Schroeder, Jeremy Tillman, Noah Thomas, Mayra Vazquez and Sam Wilkins. Please help us. If you have a graduate and their name is not included, please let Libby know as soon as possible. Sympathy: We pray for our parishioner, Rosalina Lopez who passed away on Sunday, May 14 th at Baptist Health Hospital in Madisonville. She was 72 years old. Prior to moving to Hopkinsville, Rosalina retired from quality control at Schick Manufacturing in Milford, Connecticut after 22 years. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Juan Lopez as well as two sons: Juan Lopez, Jr. of Hamden, Connecticut and Edwin Lopez of Hopkinsville; two daughters Rose Marie Davis of Rialto, California and Jeannette Lopez of Hamden, Connecticut; one brother, Hiram Roldan of Indiana and Gloria Lopez of Puerto Rico; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Her Memorial Mass was held here at Saints Peter and Paul on Wednesday, May 17 th. As a parish, let us keep the Lopez family in our prayers this week as they mourn their loss and may we as a church pray: May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen. Retirement Celebration for Sarah Kranz: As you know our principal, Sarah Kranz, will be retiring this year after 40 plus years of service to Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School and to the School System here in Hopkinsville, Christian County. A Retirement Celebration will be held on Saturday, May 27 th immediately after the 5:00 p.m. Mass and all are welcome to come celebrate with us. This week on the table in the narthex you will find a spiritual bouquet book. Would you take the time and write her a note of your appreciation for her faithful, dedicated service to our Saints Peter and Paul School and to our children. (Picture of Miss Kranz handing out certificates to our pre-school class of 2017.) Solemnity of the Ascension: In most dioceses within the United States, the Solemnity of the Ascension has been moved/transferred from Thursday to the Seventh Sunday of Easter. Therefore, we at Saints Peter and Paul are celebrating the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord next Sunday, May 28 th. The event of the Ascension of Jesus made an indelible impression on the memory of the first disciples so that we find their witness to it in the Gospels and in the Acts of the Apostles. Forty days after his resurrection, Jesus led his disciples to the Mount of Olives, towards Bethany, and while he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up to heaven (Lk 24:50-51). Naturally, they remained looking on high, but were suddenly called back to earth by two angels, Why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus will come in the same way that you have seen him go into heaven. Pope John Paul II, Regina Caeli, May 27, 2001 Courtesy of V.I.S. Vatican Information Service

5 THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH MAY Sun: Confirmation Mass-4 pm, Reception follows in Gym Mon: Parish Council Mtg.- 5:30 pm, OA Tues: Silver Streaks depart 11 am Wed: Rosary Makers-8:45 am, HFR Choir Practice 6:30 pm Religious Educators & RCIA Dinner-6:30 pm, Gym Thur: Knights-6:30 pm, OA RCIA-7 pm, Gym Sat: Reception for Sarah Kranz, Church after 5 pm Mass Tamale Sales Sun: Parish Holy Hour 4 pm Readings for the Week of May 21, 2017 Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/Ps 66:1-7, 16, 20/1 Pt 3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21 or Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/Ps 66/1 Pt 4:13-16/Jn 17:1-11a Monday: Acts 16:11-15/Ps 149:1b-6a, 9b/Jn 15: :4a Tuesday: Acts 16:22-34/Ps 138:1-3, 7c-8/Jn 16:5-11 Wednesday: Acts 17:15, :1/Ps 148:1-2, 11-14/ Jn 16:12-15 Thursday: Acts 18:1-8/Ps 98:1-4/Jn 16:16-20 Friday: Acts 18:9-18/Ps 47:2-7/Jn 16:20-23 Saturday: Acts 18:23-28/Ps 47:2-3, 8-10/Jn 16:23b-28 Next Sunday: Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, 6-9/ Eph 1:17-23/Mt 28:16-20 Liturgical Publications Inc Youth Ministry Our Middle School and High School Youth: Our classes concluded this past Wednesday, May 17 th and we wish to thank our teachers who gave of themselves each week for our young people and so we thank: th Grades: Tom Folz, Jenny Rush and Fr. Richard 9 th Grade: Michelle Bessette-Carew and Heidi Wheeler 7 th Grade: Jennifer Hanks, Carolyn Spurr and Fr. Basilio 6 th Grade: Dan Gardner and Libbie Rutland Confirmation Preparation: Libby Downs & Chuck Spurr Kitchen Crew: Lois Guajardo, Mary Thomison and Anita and Marty Schroeder. Have a great summer! Appreciation Dinner: If you have served Saints Peter and Paul Parish as a teacher, aide, kitchen helper and volunteer for our PSR Program, Middle School Program, our High School Program or RCIA Team, you are invited to an appreciation dinner on Wednesday, May 24 th. We will begin with Mass at 5:30 p.m. and continue in the gym. We thank you for your dedication and commitment to sharing your Catholic faith with our children and youth. School News 8 th Grade Graduation Mass: This Monday, May 15 th at 6:00 p.m. we will celebrate our Saints Peter and Paul School 8 th Grade Graduation. We congratulate the following Graduates and their families: MAY 21, 2017 SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Monday, May 22 8:00 AM GEORGE SKIP OSTEEN Tuesday, May 23 8:00 AM JULIA & ARNOLD BORDERS Wednesday, May 24 8:00 AM ANN & MARK WILLIAMS 5:30 PM JUDY POUND Thursday, May 25 8:00 AM JOANN SPADER 5:30 PM Spanish Friday, May 26 FR. AL BREMER 8:00 AM CREIGHTON CHILDREN & FAMILIES Saturday, May 27 8:00 AM ROBERT MATLOCK 5:00 PM FOR ALL PARISHIONERS Sunday, May 28 Sixth Sunday of Easter 8:00 AM ELLEN STITES 10:30 AM PHILIP TILLMAN FAMILY 2:00 PM Spanish MAGDALENA AGUILERA 10:30 PM Spanish FR. BASILIO AZ CUC Indicates Requiem Mass SANCTUARY LAMP IN MEMORY OF ROSALINA LOPEZ ADORATION CHAPEL CANDLES IN HONOR OF LIBBY DOWNS BY RUBY CARSONE Ben Adcock, son of Kimberly and Marshall Adcock Molly Bennett, daughter of Therese and Chris Bennett Ryan Carlton, son of Sandy Carlton and Steve Carlton Karenna Chaudoin, daughter of Brenda & Bill Chaudoin Tomás Duncan, son of Teresa and Thomas Duncan Mikayla Hatfield, daughter of Diana and Allen McGhee Kylee Spurr, daughter of Carolyn and Chuck Spurr Katelyn Steger, daughter of Nicole and Thomas Steger Lupita Vieyra, daughter of Guadalupe Rosas & Chano Vieyra (See picture on Page 6) (Continued on page 6) Stewardship News. Those who obey the commandments Jesus says in today s Gospel, are the ones who really love Him. Does my stewardship reveal my love for Jesus? Budget News Weekly Parish Collection... $23, Weekly Parish Budget Needs... $17, Diocesan Assessment 2016/17 ($69,161.00)...Paid In Full Diocesan Assessment 2017/18 (advance giving).. $6, Weekly Capital Improvement Donations... $ Capital Improvement Fund Balance... $18, Weekly A Legacy of Faith Fund Pledge Payments... $2, A Legacy of Faith Fund Balance... $11, Diocesan Construction Loan to date $2,115, Stained Glass Window Donations... $60.00 Stained Glass Window Fund Balance... $417,

6 6 SS PETER & PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, HOPKINSVILLE, KY In Need of Prayers Bradford Heights Melnora Altshular Covington Convalescent Pat Chesnut, Karen Logsdon, Teresa Mathieu Western State Nursing Facility- Arnold Borders, Debbie Dickerson, Ellen Jones Christian Health Center- Lillian Cotthoff, Norma Downs, Barbara Holubecki, Friendship House- Christine Mills Others. Clarence & Helen Allard, Trudy Anhalt, Dick & Jackie Arnold, Jean Baker, Tammy Bellenger, Garrett Blue, Norma Boyd, Madison Boren, Fred Chapman, Marie Chandler, Alice Chuhralya, Richard Chuhralya, Sam Chesnut, Jimmy Cook, Mary Curtsinger, Nevaeh Marie Davis, Barbara Downs, Pat Esposito, Connie Fowler, Martha Fowler, Gant Golladay, Jewel Claire Godot, Ron & Janice Godot, Scott & Stacey Godot, Jim Gorman, Beth Hancock, Debbie Harden, Mary Jean Hester, Joy Moseley Housley, Carol Johnson, Anita Jones, Joe Kukral, Bill & Bernie Kelderman, Larry Lytle, Rosie McCoy, Margie Meredith, Carlo & Lucia Mereu, Joe Mezzoni Sr., Eric Moran, Sandy Mueller, Juan Nicanor, Bill Nichol, Juan Phillips, Larry Puckett, Emily Pyle, Diana Quarles, Martha Reed, Emma & Gabriela Schiller, Marianne Shaw, Kristian Shouse, Mike & Marylyn Stocker, Georgiann Svestka, Ken Swicicki, Jerry Thomas, Rose Ann Tobin, Bev Todd, Hannelore Vanderklok, Wilbur Wataru, Isaac Joseph Widener, Helen Winstead, James Wittschack School Summer Office Hours: Due to the removal of furniture and boxed items from the mobile units and the actual removal of the units themselves, the school office will be closed May 24-June 5. Our summer hours will be Tuesday- Thursday 10:30 AM-1:00 PM. Additional hours will be announced through Twitter and our Facebook page. School Play Beauty and the Beast Jr. LAY MINISTERS MAY 27/28 ASCENSION OF OUR LORD Saturday, 5:00 pm Altar Servers... Karenna Chaudoin, Carly Chaudoin Cross Bearer... Joey Chaudoin Commentator... Fran Marko Lectors... Imelda Gorman, Rochelle Dickerson Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers:... Dawn Ligibel,... Jane Irwin, Vicky Barnes, Pam Carlton Choir Loft... Tony Esposito, Julie Tiell Ushers... Steve Carlton, Bob Marko... Joe Chaudoin, Bill Chaudoin Vocational Cross... Jim Goode Family Sunday, 8:00 am Altar Servers...Ashleigh Stevens, Colleen Allen Cross Bearer... Cole Stevens Commentator... LaDonna Downs Lectors... Jerry Brockman, Jenny Rush Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers:... Tom Folz,... Julie Folz, Carolyn Spurr, Ann Williams Choir Loft... Bob Stites, Lana Bastin Ushers... Dirk Downs, Bill Rush... Dick Dymek, Rocky Spader Vocational Cross... Clara Downs Sunday 10:30 am High School Graduation Mass Altar Servers... Shane Ethridge, Sara Whitman Cross Bearer... Mathew Ramos Candle Bearers... Lucy Wilkins, Ethan Folz Commentators... Gianna Fiscella, Diane Ceja Lectors... Michaela Langhi, Carlos Duran Extraordinary Eucharistic Ministers:... Wendy Anderson... Rossella Cincotti, Emma Folz, Choir Loft...Marlee Thomas, Nathan Tillman Ushers... John Michael Ramos, Jeremy Tillman... Noah Thomas, Anna Garnett Vocational Cross... Charlie Fiscella Family 2:00 PM MISA EN ESPAÑOL Comentarista: Lupita Rosas 1-2 Lectura:...Tomasa Montiel, Yolanda Perry Ministro E..... Juanita Montejo, María Soriano Hospitalidad.... Chano Vieyra, Víctor Hernández Monaguillos......Michelle Salas, Irvin Juárez Pre-school Play Presented on Tuesday, May 16 th

7 MAY 21, 2017 SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 7 Youth High Lights Here are more of our young people graduating this Spring from colleges and universities and we offer them our congratulations. We pray for Jake Means, son of Terri and Barry Means, who will be leaving soon for Fort Benning Army base in George for his basic training. Let us remember Jake in our prayers. We congratulate Rebecca Schroeder who graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Western Kentucky University last weekend. Rebecca is the daughter of Anita and Marty Schroeder and sister Jennifer. Congratulations Becca! More to come. Be watching the bulletin. We congratulate Thomas Allen Folz who graduated from Murray State University last weekend. Thomas is the son of Tom and Julie Folz and the brother of Andrew Folz and the grandson of Tommy Folz and the late Pat Folz. Congratulations Thomas! We congratulate Hizareth Linarez who graduated from Western Kentucky University last weekend. Hizareth is the daughter of Hilda Linarez and the late Ramon Linarez along with her siblings of Natalie and Bryan Linarez. Congratulations Hizareth. (In the picture see Hizareth as she carried in graduation procession the flag of her home country, Venezuela. We congratulate Lexi Sabinto who graduated from the University of Louisville last weekend. Lexi is the daughter of Amy and Ben Fortin and sister Addyson. Her proud grandparents are Eileen and Richard Graham. Congratulations Lexi. Upcoming Dates: May 28 th The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Occurred 40 days after Jesus Christ rose from the dead on Easter, is the final act of our redemption that Christ began on Good Friday. On this day, the risen Christ, in the sight of His apostles, ascended bodily into heaven. (All Dioceses in the United States except those within the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha and Philadelphia, transfer the celebration of the Ascension of the Lord from Thursday to the following Sunday. Therefore, we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord on Sunday, May 8 th.) June 4 th The Solemnity of Pentecost: The weekend of June 3 rd and 4 th the Church celebrates its birthday. On this weekend help the church to celebrate by wearing the color red. June 11 th The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: This Solemnity commemorates the central dogma of Christianity: The Trinity. One of the greatest gifts of the Christian faith is the dogma of the triune God: God is three in one. The Christian God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is relational. How amazing and wonderfully mysterious at the same time! June 18 th The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ: In the Eucharistic feast, the gifts of bread and wine really and truly become the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ. Parish Office Summer Hours: Please be aware that during the summer months (when school is not in session) the parish office hours will be Monday thru Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Closed for lunch from 12:00 1:00 p.m. Fridays: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00-Noon. These hours are in effect from Friday, May 26 th thru Friday, August 4 th. Please remember, the parish office will not be open on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29 th so that we may enjoy this holiday with our families and friends. The office will re-open on Tuesday, May 30 th at 8:00 a.m. Please Pray for our Deployed Soldiers & Families: Olin Harrington, Richelle Goodin, Bryan Yoder