Mass Intentions this Week

Pastoral Staff Pastor Rev. Scott Wimsett Permanent Deacon Timothy Ayers Worship Gregory DuPont Pastoral Care Joni Richter Adult Faith Formation Doug Wolz Youth Ministry Bill Ash Family Ministry Beth Freeman Principal Jeff Beavin Business Manager Cindy Schultz Facility Manager Ricky Murphy Bookkeeper Marie Pierce Secretaries Donna Cerjak, Markee Rippy Information Sacrament Prep, RCIA Call the Parish Office Marriage Call the Pastor Bulletin Deadline 10:00 AM Monday to donnac@ourlourdes.org Parish Office Hours Mon Thur: 8:30 AM 4:00 PM, Friday: 8:30 AM 12:00 Noon Contact Us Parish Office 896.0241 Parish School 895.5122 Email olol@ourlourdes.org Staff Email first name, last initial@ourlourdes.org Website http://www.ourlourdes.org Mailing Address 508 Breckenridge Lane Louisville, KY 40207 Social Media Parish: Twitter: @OurLourdes Facebook: OUR LADY OF LOURDES, LOU KY Instagram: ourlourdesky Youth: Instagram: olollouisvilleym Facebook: OurLadyof Lourdes YouthMinistry Mass Intentions this Week Today 7:30 AM For the Parishioners 9:30 AM Tim Hardesty 11:30 AM Bernie Bowling, Sr. and Patrick Bowling This Week Monday, Noon Wednesday, Noon Thursday, 8:15 AM Friday, Noon Saturday, 4:30 PM In Thanksgiving James Paul School Families Bill Molnar Tripp and Teisen Family Next Sunday 7:30 AM For the Parishioners 9:30 AM Kamuf Family 11:30 AM Dorothy Speed Mass Intentions Mass intentions are available for 2019. Please call the Parish Office to schedule, 896.0241. Week at a Glance MONDAY 6:30 PM WWP (Hebrews Group) Adult Center 7:00 PM RCIA Team Mtg Parish Center TUESDAY 10:00 AM Adult Bible Study Parish Center 6:00 PM Finance Comm Mtg Parish Center WEDNESDAY 5:30 PM Choir Rehearsal Church 6:00 PM RCIA Parish Center 7:00 PM Technology Comm Mtg Parish Ctr THURSDAY 6:30 AM Men s Prayer Group Cafeteria 9:30 AM Threads of Love Parish Center 1:00 PM Youth Choir Rehearsal Church 7:00 PM Faith Club Adult Center FRIDAY 11:30 AM Stations of the Cross Church 5:30 PM Lenten Fish Fry Gym SATURDAY 9:00 AM Faith Club Adult Center SUNDAY 10:00 AM Religious Ed Gym 11:30 AM Children s Liturgy, LAMBS 12:30 PM Women s Ministry/Laura Phelps Church 7:00 PM Youth Ministry Parish Center Mass Schedule Saturday 4:30 PM Sunday 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 AM Weekday 12:00 PM M,W, F Holy Days/Holidays Check Bulletin for times Communion Service 7:00 AM Monday Friday Devotions Adoration 12:30 2:00 PM Wed Rosary 11:30 AM M, W, F 7:00 AM, 5 th Sunday Reconciliation Saturday 3:00 4:00 PM Weekday Communion Service Join us weekdays at 7:00 AM. The scripture readings for the day are read, and daily intentions (including your own, if desired) are offered prior to the distribution of Communion. The entire service lasts no more than 15 minutes. Start your day with us! Prayer Team Please pray for: Bert, Bryan, Connie, Doris, Eileen, Joe, Mandy, Mark, Marlene, Millie, Nancy, Patty Ann, Ryan, Steve, and Susan. Please contact Joni to add your request, 896.0241 or jonir@ourlourdes.org. Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me. Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger. ~St. Patrick s Breastplate

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Lent Offerings Pray Stations of the Cross Fridays at 11:30 AM Simon of Cyrene is the subject of an online reflection and discussion, written by S. Betty Blandford, SCN. Tuesdays and Fridays on FlockNotes. Contact Doug Wolz, dougw@ourlourdes.org for info. Taizé Prayer is offered on the second Monday of the month at 7:00 PM in the Ursuline Motherhouse Chapel. Taizé prayer is known for its beauty, peace, and quiet power. Come find rest for your soul. April 8, May 13. Fast Fast from judging others...feast on the Christ dwelling within them. Fast from emphasis on differences...feast on the unity of life. Give Be a Simon is our parish Lent project. Take up a cross and help carry someone s burden. We will work with the St. John Center, Schuhmann Center, the Family Scholar House, and the House of Ruth. Look for the crosses in the Gathering Space. Rice Bowl Encounter Annet. In Uganda, we encounter Annet and her family, children forced to flee violence, searching for stability. How are we called to welcome the stranger in our midst? How can you support those who are forced to flee their homes to find safety or better opportunities? Visit crsricebowl.org for more. Baptisms Welcome! May God bless our newly baptized and their families, and may the Lourdes community support them in faith formation. Welcome to: Kennedy Jean depass, Elena Grace Gardner, Charles Matthew Harmeyer, Miller Lynn Hawkins, Eleanore Christine Lenihan, Norah Josephine Nelson, Evalina Carroll Poling, Ella Marie Tapp, and Louis Lee Van Bogaert. Join the Parish Click on Join the Parish at www.ourlourdes.org for information; or stop by or call the Parish Office, 896.0241 for a new member packet. Forget Me Not Flower Ministry Shamrocks for St. Patrick s Day! Please take one flower and deliver it to the person indicated on the card on St. Patrick s Day weekend. Don t forget to wear GREEN! If it s ok with the person you visit, take a selfie together and send it to Joni, jonir@ourlourdes.org. Please make sure to include name of person you visited. RCIA The six weeks of Lent are almost a retreat for those in RCIA. We look at the scriptures and reflect on the ways that we might be blind, might need the living water of baptism, and what in us is dead that needs to be brought back to life, or even buried, with God's help. Our Lady of Lourdes offers RCIA instruction year-round, and we welcome all inquirers! Please contact Doug Wolz at dougw@ourlourdes.org or call the Parish Office, 896.0241. We welcome all parents seeking baptism for their children, regardless of the child s age. Baptism is celebrated seven times a year; preparation is required. Contact Beth Freeman for details, bethf@ourlourdes.org or call the Parish Office, 896.0241. Louisville, KY March 17 Second Sunday of Lent 1 st Reading: Genesis 15:4 12, 17 18 2 nd Reading: Philippians 3:17 4:1 Gospel: Luke 9:28b 36 But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Question of the Week: Adult: How are your priorities affected by your faith in Jesus? Child: When you have important choices to make, do you and your family pray to make the right choice? Scripture Readings for the week of March 17 Monday Deuteronomy 9:4b 10 Luke 6:36 38 Tuesday St. Joseph, Spouse of The Blessed Virgin Mary 2 Samuel 7:4 5a, 12 14a, 16 Romans 4:13, 16 18, 22 Matthew 1:16, 18 21, 24a Wednesday Jeremiah 18:18 20 Matthew 20:17 28 Thursday Jeremiah:17:5 10 Luke 16:19 31 Friday Genesis 37:3 4, 12 13a, 17b 28a Matthew 21:33 43, 45 46 Saturday Micah 7:14 15, 18 20 Luke 15:1 3, 11 32 Next Sunday 3 rd Sunday of Lent Exodus 3:1 8a, 13 15 1 Corinthians 10:1 6, 10 12 Luke 13:1 9

Men s Conference Allowing Jesus to Find Me Men of all ages are invited to the annual Catholic Men s Conference on Saturday, April 6 at St. Michael Church, 8:15 AM 1:00 PM. Check-in and breakfast, 6:00 8:00 AM. Keynote speakers include Archbishop Kurtz and Steve Angrisano. Visit www.steveangrisano.com to learn more about Steve. Register: www.archlou.org/ mensconference/ Pre-register: Adults $30, students $15. Walk-in: Adults $40/Students $25. Stewardship Intentions When we model good stewardship practices, our children learn to live the life of a steward. Returning Intention Cards is part of our commitment to stewardship as a way of life. Have you returned your 2019 Intention Card? If so, thank you! If not, please do so now! The return of your Intention Card renews your membership in our parish. You may fill out the online Intention Card and submit it; or print the form, fill it out, and drop it in the mail, collection basket, or at the Parish Office. We are here to help! Faith Direct Are you uncomfortable not placing an envelope or check in the collection basket? Perhaps your children look forward to dropping the envelope in the basket. Faith Direct provides personalized offertory cards to be used in the weekend collection as a visible sign of your electronic donations, and a good way to model your family commitment to stewardship. Contact the Cindy Schultz with questions, cindys@ourlourdes.org. What is the REAL focus of Lent? Most of us have an easy time of getting into Advent. All we need is an Advent wreath and some candles we even put up the crib is stages so that the baby goes in last. It is all kind of fun and easy to celebrate, especially when there are children involved. So, how do we celebrate Lent? It might be hard linking the term celebrate with Lent. Yet, that is what we are called to do. Lent is a call to deeper prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. One of the reasons these three are the focus of Lent is because the primary purpose of Lent is to prepare our catechumens to receive the sacraments at the Easter Vigil. We ALL renew our baptismal promises at Easter services so we need to prepare as well. These symbols can help us focus on what is really happening in Lent. A Crucifix a powerful reminder of God s love. A bowl of water an on-going reminder of our journey to the font of baptism for the renewal of commitment and life in Christ. Try this prayer: Lord, may this water remind us of our baptism and be a blessing for our home, where our dying and rising in you is lived each day. Bless us, as we sign ourselves with it each day. Sand our journey through life includes some desert experiences just as Jesus spent time in quiet. A Candle- light in the darkness, a reminder that Christ is our light. A symbol to consider when we are tempted and feel lost in the dark. At each baptism we hear, Receive the light of Christ. Christ triumphs over darkness and we are never alone. A Bible an opportunity for an encounter with God s word, leading us to a new space, inspiring us, encouraging us and challenging us. Almsgiving (Rice Bowl?) a concrete way to help us focus on those who have less than we have. Stewardship Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us. ~Philippians 3:17 Time & Talent Thanks to Boosters, PTO, and all who helped and worked at the Fish Fry last week. We appreciate all of you. Treasure Through February 2019 Monthly Actual Budget Variance $ 212,821 $ 197,231 $ 15,590 Yearly $1,728,652 $1,752,618 $(23,966) Imitation is a great teacher. Our children best learn the value and practice of good stewardship when we walk with them and demonstrate by our actions that living the life of a steward is a joyful possibility. Tabernacle Many of you have noticed the gold tabernacle we normally use has been replaced. The gold one was damaged recently, and has been sent for repair. We are using our older tabernacle, which we store in the Sacristy to use as a backup.

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Doll Dresses First Communion is coming up soon and the Lourdes Doll Ladies are busy making First Communion doll dresses for American Girl Dolls. The dresses are made in many different styles and include a veil, shoes, tights, necklace and rosary. To order one for your doll please contact Colleen Walker 502.553.9138 or cwalker2112@gmail.com. The dresses are $35 each and all the proceeds go to Community Catholic Center to help provide children with a Catholic education. Kroger Rewards We received $2,458 in Kroger Community Rewards for the period December February. That s a nice sum, but it could be even higher if we had more participating households! Thank you to the 308 families that helped us in the most recent period. Enrolling in Community Rewards is easy just visit Kroger.com. Our organization code is YI524. None of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor. ~Pope Francis Mulch Time! Boy Scout Troop 325 Our Boy Scouts are taking orders now for black or brown hardwood, or cypress blend mulch. Delivery is scheduled for April 11 13 in the 40207 zip code area (contact the troop for other areas). Scouts do not spread the mulch but will place the bags around your yard as directed. Mulch is available for customer pick-up in the Lourdes parking lot on April 13. Contact Paul Stratman, 643.2854 or paulstratman@gmail.com. Last Fish Fry! March 22 Delicious fish, fabulous sides, and cold beverages. Drive-thru (cash only) open 4:30 7:00 PM, and inside 5:30 8:00 PM. We will draw Lenten Season Raffle winners at 8:00 PM! Catholic Charities Connect Series Come enjoy a light meal catered by Common Table. Learn about the work that Catholic Charities does, and how they have been transforming lives since 1939. The next offerings in the series are on Wednesday, April 10, 8:00 9:00 AM, with Common Table, Common Earth Garden, and Language Services. On Tuesday, April 30, 12:00 1:00 PM learn about Family Support Services, Sister Visitor, and the Long Term Care Ombudsman. All sessions are held at 2222 West Market Street. Please RSVP to Shelley Dewig, sdewig@archlou.org or call 502.637.9786 ext 116. Sponsor this Week SUMME ORTHODONTICS Carol Summe, D.M.D. 140 Chenoweth Lane 893-5217 www.summeorthodontics.com Golf Sign-up Open Sign-up is now open for boys and girls in grades 5 8 for golf. Use the SI Play link under the Registrations tab on the parish website. All players should have their own equipment. Contact Scott Wells at 502.593.1838 or scott.wells29@gmail.com with questions. Field Hockey Field Hockey registration is open now through March 22 for girls in grades 3 8. Use the link under the Registrations tab on the parish website remember the SI Play APP doesn t work for sign-up. $40.00 per player. Late registration March 23 29, with an additional fee. Practice will begin around April 22. Contact Todd Kesler with questions, ololfieldhockey@gmail.com. Family Ministries Marriage Moments It s Lent, a time to take stock of our lives both spiritually and physically. Many people give up bad habits or even harmless pleasures to join with Jesus suffering on the cross. What you choose to do (or not do) is unique to you, but consider one Lenten action that you both do. You can be a support to each other. Parenting Pointers The Spring Equinox will be Wednesday, March 20, when we have nearly equal light and dark. Why should you care? It determines the date of Easter. Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring Equinox. That s why it changes every year. Explain this to your child; you ll probably sound pretty smart. Susan Vogt, www.susanvogt.net Holy & Historic Spain Trip With Fr. Joe Graffis, October 5 17 Join Fr. Joe on a trip to the holy and historic sites of beautiful Spain this fall. Includes Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo, El Camino, and more. $4,600 per person, including air fare from Louisville. Sign up by mid-july through Proximo Travel, proximotravel.com or call 855.842.8001 or 508.340.9370. Itinerary and information is available on the kiosk.