PRECIOUS BLOOD CATHOLIC CHURCH

3306 Fenmore Street, Owensboro, KY 42301 Website: Precious-blood.net

270-684-6888

Our Mission: We are a Catholic Community of Faith, called to be Jesus to all people, Striving to live the message through the Eucharist and the sharing of our time, talent and treasure.

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT—MARCH 8, 2020 This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him. Matthew 3:17

MASS SCHEDULE Wednesday, 6:00pm; Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 7:00am; Saturday, 5:00pm; Sunday, 8:00am & 10:30am

Holy Days—See bulletin for Mass schedule

PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Suneesh Mathew HGN, Pastor, suneesh.mathew@pastoral.org Sr. Rosanne Spalding, Pastoral Associate/DRE, rosanne31843@gmail.com Ray Jones, Worship & Music, rljones1@roadrunner.com Penny Blandford, Business Manager, pblandford77@gmail.com Mike Langdon, Maintenance, mikelangdon@roadrunner.com

Pictured is Ashlie Hurley who participated in the Rite of Sending at St. Stephen Cathedral on March 1st, along with her sponsor Nicole Mills, husband Peter and her in-laws, Phillip & Mary Beth Hurley. We ask that you keep Ashlie in your prayers as she continues her journey into full communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT—MARCH 8, 2020

MINISTRIES: MARCH 14—5:00PM SERVERS: Mackenzie & Shelbee Ayers, Klaudia Hayden LECTORS: Linda Connor, Dan Chelstrom CHILDREN LITURGY OF THE WORD: Caity Bailey, Olivia Hayden EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Jeanie Wahl, Carol Riney, Guy Connor, Lydea Dickens, Amanda Murphy, Gene Roberts, Taylor Sturgeon COMMUNION TO THE SICK: Michael Murphy GIFT BEARERS: Michael & Gerri Thompson VOCATION STATUE: Bill & Susan Wedding ROSARY LEADER: Dot Lomax USHERS: Susan Johnson, Justin Bailey, Laney & Lillian West SACRISTAN: Christine Stanfel

MINISTRIES: MARCH 15—8:00AM SERVERS: Megan Goodwin, Danyelle Thompson LECTORS: ?????????????, Zack Thompson EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Natalie Goodwin, Jennifer Thompson, Kim Collignon, Monti Millay, Betty Murphy GIFT BEARERS: Phil & Kathy Carr VOCATION STATUE: Phil & Kathy Carr USHERS: Bryan Lanham, Gary Millay, Jim Riney, Diann Shock ROSARY LEADER: Bill Calhoun SACRISTAN: Cindy Schwartz

CHURCH CLEANERS: March 8-14: Susie Westerfield, Betty Whitehouse, Karen & Scott Hayden, Natalie Davis, Linda Jackson

MINISTRIES: MARCH 15—10:30AM SERVERS: Alexis Ebelhar, Jeremy Gillihan, Carson Ebelhar LECTORS: Mary June Cecil, Scott Lowe CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD: Leslie Clark, Maddie Roberts EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: Bob & Lisa Wimsatt, Jonathon Brown, Lisa Fulkerson, Tonya Hamilton, Elaine Johnson, Tom Peak COMMUNION TO THE SICK: Tony Gilmore NURSING HOMES: Davco: Melissa Coomes Twin Rivers: Gene Roberts GIFT BEARERS: LeeAnn Moss Family VOCATION STATUE: Karen Osborne USHERS: Scott Hayden, Andrew Clark, Yvonne Rudy, Danny Triplett ROSARY LEADER: Joe Cecil SACRISTAN: Sandra Midkiff

N0. 10 VOL. LIX MASS INTENTIONS: March 9-15 Tues. 7:00a.m. Shirley McCarter: dec. Wed. 6:00p.m. Billy Davis: dec. Thur. 7:00a.m. Tom Kamuf: dec. Fri. 7:00a.m. Bruce Bennett: dec. Sat. 5:00p.m.. David Sapp: dec. Sun. 8:00a.m. Jeffrey Cecil: dec. 10:30a.m. OUR PARISH FAMILY

STEWARDSHIP OF TREASURE Weekly Budget to meet Expenses $9,100.00 March 1, 2020 Contribution $10,093.44 Children’s Contributions $20.20 Total $10,113.64 Under/Over this week $1,013.64 Under/Over (July 1, 2019 to present) In Regular Collections $4,978.83

Parish Renovation Fund March 1, 2020 $325.00 Total Parish Renovation Funds $26,977.55

STEWARDSHIP THOUGHT FOR THE WORD “Bear your share of the hardship which the Gospel entails.” St. Paul tells Timothy in today’s second reading. What sacrifice is asked of me for the sake of the Gospel? How willing am I to bear my share?

SPECIAL PRAYERS: Please remember Janie Payne, Glenn Young, Marie Hester, Jerry Blandford, Mary Ellen VanVactor’s brother, Sharon Bumm’s mother, Mary Kittinger & mother & brother, Janie Howard’s brother, Bill & June Johnson, Paul Westerfield, Charlene Meadows, Tony Powers, Guy Connor, Earl Hayden, Bill & Rita Elder, Doris Schrecker, Jim Head, Richard & Liz Hawkins, Mike Thompson, Jess Lowe, Jamie Berry, Ron Boarman, George & Anna Carol Murphy & daughter Oleta, Gary Murphy’s brother, Helen Byers, Mary June Cecil, Kay Berry’s son-in-law, Robert Johnson’s mother, Mary Edna Payne, Mary Hartz, Lillian Taylor, Carolyn McDaniel, Gene Bunch, Angela Gentry, Sandra Self, Karen Osborne’s mother, Otis & Rita Webb’s daughter, Linda Jackson & Vickie Payne’s granddaughter, Kenny Kelley, Barbara Magan, Vickie Osborne’s brother, Ed Sullivan’s brother, Leo Schwartz, Joe Bittel, Mary Murphy, Gary Skaggs, Nelda Bickwermert’s daughter, Ashley Adams ASSISTED LIVING: Please remember Shirley Jarboe, Doug & Betty Howard, Debbie Sapp, Clara Gilles, Lois Sims, Mary Ann Postlewaite, JB Smith, Barbara Mingus, Nancy Best

FROM DEATH TO NEW LIFE We wish to express our deepest sympathy to Don (Janet) Keller, Stacy (Justin) Hentz and families on the death of their father/grandfather, Vincent Gerald Keller. May his soul and the souls of the faithful departed Rest In Peace!

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT—MARCH 8, 2020

Transforming Our Everyday Lives: Fr. Anthony De Mello tells that “he was a revolutionary when he was young, and all his prayer to God was: ‘Lord, give me the grace to change the world.’ As he ap-proached middle age and realized that half of his life was gone without changing a single soul, he changed his prayer to: ‘Lord, give me the grace to change all those who come in contact with me; just my family and friends and I shall be satisfied.’ Now that he is old and his days are numbered, he has begun to see how foolish he had been. His one prayer now is: ’Lord, give me the grace to change my-self.’ He said: If I had prayed for this right from the start, I should not have wasted my life.” The read-ings of this Sunday invite us to work with the assistance of the Holy Spirit to transform our everyday

lives and to radiate the glory and grace of the transfigured Lord which we have received to all around us by our Spirit-filled lives. The primary purpose of Jesus’ Transfiguration was to allow Jesus to consult his Heavenly Father in order to ascertain His plan for His Son’s suffering, death and Resurrection. In moments of doubt, pain and suffering, disappoint-ment and despair, we need mountain-top experiences to reach out to God and listen to His consoling words: “This is my beloved son/daughter in whom I am well pleased.”

Passion Narratives: St Jerome says “Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ”. One of the beauties of the Catholic Church is the teaching Magisterium. The more we read and learn about Bible the more we know about the immense love of God toward us. During this Lent we have this wonderful opportunity to learn more about the Passion Narratives by the four gospel writers. Fr. Tony Shonis will be here to inspire us four Mondays starting from March 9th, at 6:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Let us make use of this wonderful opportunity to grow in our faith.

Youth 2000: Every year youth from all over the diocese gather together for a Lenten Retreat called “Youth 2000” at Brescia. It’s wonderful to see almost 600 youth from our diocese gather together around the Blessed Sacrament and pray and worship together. The retreat is being conducted by the Franciscan friars from New York. We have 14 of our youth attending this retreat this weekend so let us offer our prayers for all of them that they be transformed.

Lenten Penance: There is a story of a father trying to explain Lent to his ten-year-old son. At one point, the father said, “You ought to give up something for Lent, something you will really miss, like candy.” The boy thought for a moment, then asked, “What are you giving up, Father?” “I’m giving up liquor,” the father replied. “But before dinner you were drinking something,” the boy protested. “Yes, but that was only beer,” said the father. “I gave up hard liquor.” To which the boy replied, “Well then, I think I’ll give up hard candy.”

God's blessings Fr. Suneesh Mathew

The�Diary�of�Saint�Maria�Faustina�Kowalska�Divine�Mercy�in�My�Soul����������Ƭ������������������� ���������ǡ�������������Ƭ������������������������������

��������������

Free Oīering – Saturday, March 14th, 6:15pm – 7:45pm Come Jump Start your 2020 with The Diary of St. Maria FausƟna, Divine Mercy in My Soul! Join us for refreshment of spirit and learn more about the beauƟful message of Divine Mer-cy. The session will include narraƟon & commentary about The Diary, interacƟve discus-sion, helpful applicaƟon for daily life, and Ɵme for praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Refreshments will be served! LocaƟon: Parish Hall—ALL are Welcome! Please RSVP to Mary June Cecil by email, mjpikes67@gmail.com; text or call (502) 939-3633 to reserve your spot & a free copy of The Diary. If you have your own copy of The Diary, please bring with you.

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant – Precious Blood Parish in Owensboro, KY is seeking a qualified candidate for a full-time bookkeeping/administrative assistant position working approximately 25 hours per week. Applicant should have good organizational and communications skills, telephone skills, bookkeeping skills and general office skills. Candidate will need to have knowledge of Microsoft programs, basic office functions and accounting software. Contact Details: Precious Blood Parish is an equal opportunity employer that provides a wide range of benefits. All interested applicants may submit a resume and cover letter to: Diocese.HR@pastoral.org. RETIREMENT PARTY: As a parish we will gather on Saturday, March 28th at 6:00 pm in the Parish Hall to ex-press our thanks to Penny for her many years of service.

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT—MARCH 8, 2020

THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS Special thanks to Tricia Scott, Kathy & Jennifer Phillips for cleaning church the week of Feb. 23; to Guy & Linda Connor for cleaning candle holders; to Jeanie Wahl for watering plants; to Jeanette Ebelhar for answering the phone/door while Penny was out sick.

OPERATION RICE BOWL Meet Trinh—Trinh’s family are farmers in Vietnam, who have been affected by climate change. What would you do if your source of nutrition was threatened? How can we support those whose livelihoods are vulnerable to weather? Visit crsricebowl.org fore more.

SCRIPTURE READINGS Readings for next weekend will be Exodus 17:3-7; Romans 5:1-2, 508; John 4:4-42. We invite you to read and study these passages for your own reflection as we prepare for the liturgy we will celebrate as a parish community.

WHAT’S YOUR CATHOLIC I.Q.? (Answers on the back page.) 1. The earliest Christians all believed in and celebrated the Eucharist just like Catholics today. A) True/False 2. The process by which the bread and wine are transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ is called _______. A) transubstantiation B) the big switcheroo C) the transfiguration D) consubstantial

LENTEN PENANCE SERVICES Sts. Joseph & Paul—Tuesday, March 10, 6:30pm St. Anthony—Wednesday, March 11, 6:00pm Blessed Mother—Sunday, March 15, 2:00pm Mount St. Joseph—Monday, March 16, 6:00pm St. Sebastian—Wednesday, March 18, 6:30pm Our Lady of Lourdes—Sunday, March 22, 2:00pm St. Mary of the Woods—Monday, March 23, 6:00pm Immaculate—Tuesday, March 24, 6:00pm St. William—Tuesday, March 24, 7:30pm St. Mary Magdalene—Wednesday, March 25, 7:00pm St. Elizabeth—Thursday, March 26, 6:00pm St. Pius Tenth—Thursday, March 26, 6:00pm St. Alphonsus—Sunday, March 29, 4:00pm St. Peter—Tuesday, March 31, 6:00pm Precious Blood—Thursday, April 2, 6:00pm St. Lawrence—Thursday, April 2, 6:00pm St. Stephen—Sunday, April 5, 2:00pm

WHAT EVIL HAS HE DONE: THE PASSION NARRATIVES Fr. Anthony Shonis will give four presentations on the passion narratives of the Gospels. The presentations will begin when Jesus leaves the upper room and end with his burial. The Church in her wisdom has given us

four passions Jesus continues to live his passion. Be sure to bring your Bibles and as usual child care will be pro-vided. We will begin at 6:00pm and end promptly at 7:30pm. All sessions will be in Parish Hall

I The Origin of the Passion Narratives: Monday, March 9

II The Passion according to Mark: Monday, March 16 (The Abandoned Jesus)

III The Passion according to Luke: Monday March 23 (The Forgiving Jesus)

IV The Passion according to John: Monday March 30 (The Triumphant Jesus)

SPECIAL THANKS The family of Eva Marie Gentry would like to thank our Precious Blood Family for all their prayers and support during this difficult time. Thanks to Sr. Rosanne, Ray and the Choir and all who helped prepare the delicious meal. Angela Gentry & Family

MARRIAGE IS WORTHY OF INVESTMENT St. Paul tells us that marriage is an analogy of the relationship between Christ and the Church. Marriage should be life-giving and full of grace. It should be prioritized and invested in. It’s that important! Grace Marriage is a quarterly approach where couples spend six hours every 90 days investing in their marriage. In

2020, there will be several groups offered for Catholic couples in the Owensboro area. Registration is now open at OwensboroDiocese.org/Grace-Marriage.

PRECIOUS BLOOD ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CONFERENCE YARD SALE

Start planning now! Clean out your closets, garages, attics, etc. and make plans to drop your items off here at Precious Blood on Saturday, April 18th, 8:00am to 1:00pm. We ask that all items be gently used, clean and in good shape. (Please note we will NOT accept appliances, construction materials, mattresses of any size, non-working electronics.)

SALE DATES: Friday, April 24th, 5:00-8:00pm and Saturday, April 25th, 7:00am—1:00pm in the Parish Hall. All proceeds go to our Precious Blood St. Vincent de Paul Conference. These funds will be used to help those in need in our surrounding neighborhoods. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Every Friday of Lent through April 3. Serving at 5:30pm in the Parish Hall. All you can eat! Adults: $11.00, Children under 12: $5.00, under 4: Free. Need desserts and lemonade.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR PARISHIONERS

03/09: Rose Larsen, Nolan Murphy 03/10: James Bowlds 03/12: Jonathon Brown, Timothy Fairchild, Larry Jollay 03/13: Louis Beldotti, Donna Osborne, Joyce Riney, Myra Weis 03/14: Betty Howard, John Rudy 03/15: Sean Borland, Marianne Jones, Paul Westerfield

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Please pray for all married couples.

THE WEEK AHEAD SUNDAY, March 8—Second Sunday of Lent Stations of the Cross: 7:30am, 10:00am Masses: 8:00am, 10:30am Daylight Savings Time Begins

MONDAY, March 9 St. Frances of Rome, Widow St. Vincent de Paul Society: 5:30pm The Origin of the Passion Narratives: 6:00

TUESDAY, March 10 Forty Martyrs Parish Staff Meeting: 10:00am Education/Formation: 6:00pm Worship/Spiritual Life: 7:00pm Sts. Joseph & Paul Lenten Penance Service: 6:30pm

WEDNESDAY, March 11 St. Eulogius, Martyr Daily Mass: 6:00pm Communion to the Homebound: 9:00am Adoration & Confession: 5:00-5:45pm St. Anthony Lenten Penance Service: 6:00pm Religious Ed: 5:30pm—Western Deanery Meeting with the Bishop at St. Mary Magdalene Choir Practice: 6:45pm

THURSDAY, March 12 St. Theophanes, Abbot Daily Mass: 7:00am Staff Annual Day of Discipleship: 10am-3pm Picnic Committee: 6:00pm RCIA: 6:30pm Topic: Holy Orders

FRIDAY, March 13 St. Euphrasia, Virgin Daily Mass: 7:00am Fish Fry: 5:30pm Penny’s Last Work Day at Precious Blood

SATURDAY, March 14 Stations of the Cross: 4:30pm Confessions: 4:00-4:45pm Mass: 5:00pm Scrutinies: 5:00pm Jump Start Session (The Diary of St. Faustina, Divine Mercy in My Soul): 6:15pm in Parish Hall

SUNDAY, March 15—Third Sunday of Lent Stations of the Cross: 7:30am, 10:00am Masses: 8:00am, 10:30am KC Sausage Pick-up: 9:00am-Noon 1st Communion Formation: 9:10-10:00am Confirmation Formation: 9:10-10:00am Blessed Mother Lenten Penance Service: 2:00pm

SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT—MARCH 8, 2020

ANSWERS: 1) True 2) Transubstantiation

THE WORLD APOSTOLATE OF FATIMA’S TOUR FOR PEACE COMING TO PRECIOUS BLOOD CATHOLIC CHURCH! The world-famous International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima is on a Tour for Peace in the U.S. and around the world this year of 2020 continuing what Our Blessed Mother requested at Fati-ma in Portugal. Precious Blood

will host the tour on Friday, March 20, 2020 from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00.a.m Saturday, March 21, 2020. Please join us that day to hear the story of Fatima and venerate this beautiful statue that set out from Fatima in 1947 to bring the graces of Fatima to all who might not ever be able to make a pilgrimage to Fatima, Portugal. Hundreds of fa-vors and graces, including cures, and countless conver-sions are associated with the image. The presence of this special Statue (sculpted according to the description of Sister Lucia, the Fatima seer) is a great gift to our com-munity. Schedule—Opening Procession and Mass will begin at 7:00 p.m., VIGIL to follow from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. including Prayers, Eucharistic Adoration/Benediction, Scapular Enrollment, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Consecration to The Sacred Heart of Jesus and The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Litany of Loretto, and time for veneration and private prayer. Opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation will also be available. Future details will be available as the date approaches. See future bulletin for information. Any questions, please feel free to contact Mary June Cecil, IPVS Parish Coordi-nator at mjpikes67@gmail.com, 502-939-3633.