St. Joseph Church ~ Bardstown KY September 3, 2017

Stewardship thru 8-27-17 $ 127,009

“ Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the

renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will

of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

Romans 12:2

The bishops in their pastoral letter on stewardship warn us about

conforming to the destructive “isms” at work in our culture -

materialism, individualism, and consumerism. Stewardship calls

us to generously share what we have with others. Stewardship

focuses on our dependence on God. This focus goes against our

culture’s focus on independence and individualism.

Have you remembered St. Joseph Church in your will?

Parish Stewardship

~ Time, Talent, and Treasure ~

This Weekend: Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

Saturday, September 2

2:30 p.m. Reconciliation

Sunday, September 3

11:30 a.m. Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Monday, September 4 (Labor Day)

Parish Office Closed

Tuesday, September 5

6:30 p.m. Ephesians Bible Study

Wednesday, September 6

5:00 p.m. Perpetual novena to St. Jude—West Sacristy

7:30 p.m. W.O.W. youth night - Parish Hall

Thursday, September 7

9:00 a.m. BHS– Grandparents Mass

9:30 a.m. Lamb’s Supper Bible Study

7:00 p.m. Journey of Hope– Maloney Room

Friday, September 8

6:00 a.m. The Rosary is Prayed for Promotion of Life

Next Weekend: Handy Hands Weekend

Saturday, September 9

1:30 p.m. Cambron /Wimsett Wedding

2:30 p.m. Reconciliation

6:30 p.m. Oliver/Blandford Wedding

Sunday, September 10

10:15 a.m. RE classes

11:30 a.m. Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Monday, September 4

9:00 a.m. People of the Parish

Tuesday, September 5

6:30 a.m. Katharina Ballard

Wednesday, September 6

6:30 a.m. Joyce Smith

10:00 a.m. Teresa Cecil at Windsor

Thursday, September 7

6:30 a.m. Sarah Jean Carrico

9:00 a.m. John Newcomb

Friday, September 8

6:30 a.m. Joseph Earl Downs

Saturday, September 9

4:00 p.m. Berk Lee, Cecilin, Steve & Alan Newton

Sunday, September 10

7:00 a.m. Billy Mattingly

9:00 a.m. John Newcomb

11:30 a.m. Rapier Smith

2017 Catholic Higher Education Collection The weekend of September 16-17, our parish will take up the annual collection for Catholic Higher Education. Catholic colleges and universities strive to form students in the spirit of faith and educate them in the richness of the Catholic intellectual tradition. This collection supports the Catholic University of America as well the two Catholic Universities in our Archdiocese – Spalding University and Bellarmine University. Please be generous.

Readings for the Week of September 3, 2017 Monday 1 Thes 4:13-18; Ps 96:1 and 3, 4-5, 11-12, 13; Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday Col 1:1-8; Ps 52:10, 11; Lk 4:38-44 Thursday Col 1:9-14; Ps 98:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6; Lk 5:1-11 Friday The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mi 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6ab, 6c; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or 1:18-23 Saturday Saint Peter Claver, Priest Col 1:21-23; Ps 54:3-4, 6 and 8; Lk 6:1-5 Sunday Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Ez 33:7-9; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20

Children’s Religious Education

First Class and Parent Meeting Sunday, September 10, at 10:15 a.m.

St. Joe School Cafeteria

A Gift was made to the Church

In Memory of Joe Pat Allen

The Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

We remember in prayer: Our Military: Alaska: Lt Col Ben Busch Afghanistan: Roger Riley. GS 11 David A. Hardin

Italy: Sgt 1st Class Michael Walsh Fort Stewart, GA: 1Lt Martin P. Mudd Arizona: Lt Col James Busch USS Dallas: ETSN

Connor Jarrell Guam: AIC Kelsey Lyvers Georgia: 1st LT Austin Heil Kuwait: SPC Jassmine Bunch

Our Deceased: Fabian Rogers Those Who Are Ill: Mary Ruth Adams, Erin Andrews, Mike Auberry, Debbie

Ayers, Jourdan Farnsworth Bacot, Matthew & Kate Baker, Christopher Jude Ballard, Jenny M. Ballard, Lois Marks Ballard, Preston

Barber, Phyllis Barnes, Cindy Bartley, Hortense & Jack Beam, John Begley, Troy Bell, Arline Bitsky, Donna Blair, Alexis Boone, Caroline

Boone, Pat Murray Boone, Nichole Borden, Mary Breeden, Judy Burba, Marie Carr, Bill Cecil & William Cecil, George Cecil, Sharon

Cerdeira, Darrell Chesser, Tracey Sims Chesser, Albert Clark, Mary Elizabeth Clark, Pat Clark, Tony Clements, Michael Coots, Jaime

Dela Cruz, Kaden Curtsinger, David DeMar, Infant Brooks DeCarlo, Ralph Diaz, Donnie Dick, Marilyn Dick, Laurie Dillard, Vincent

Downs, Harold Durbin, Greg Elder, Oma Lee Feaster, John Lee Fenwick, John Filiatreau, Geraldine Flaugher, Jan C. Fleck, Nellie

Geoghegan, Ann Goff, B. J. Greenwell, PFC Bryan Greenwell, Imelda Greenwell, Joan & John Greenwell, Susie Greer, Chance Grundy,

Josephine Hall, Ethel Hamilton, Jerry Hamilton, Sarah Lynn Harris, Leona Haydon, Catherine Hicks, Margaret Hicks, Effie Hill , Rose

Hill, Sue & Jim Hodge, David Holderman, Alexa Huges, Debbie Hurst, Lola Hutchins, H.Y.C. Family, Mary Inman, Buddy, Christine &

Charlie Janes, Donna Jansen, Becky Thomas Johnson, Ed Jones, Mardi Jones, Heather Kays, Lynn Kays, Sister Marilyn King, Jimmy

Kneisler, Charles “Chuck” Knoppe, Susan, Bernard & Jim Knoppe, Frances Boone Spalding Kofugi, Anita Kvinta, Faith Lanham, Linda

Miller Lawrence, Officer Eddie Lawson, Curtis Lucas, Inez Lucas, Jim Lucas, Rita, Anita, & Glenda Lucas, Thomas L. Lutes, Bobby

Lyvers, Joseph Spalding Marks, Eddie Marksburgy, Charles Mattingly, Lloyd Mattingly, Donnie Mattingly, Philip Mattingly, Rita

McCubbins, Tracy Lee Miles, Carolyn Miller, Pat Miller, Shirley Milligan, Jane Mudd, Larry Mudd, Leonard Mudd, Joseph “Jo Jo”

Murphy, Bonnie Nalley, Linda Mattingly Nalley, Larry & Flaget Nally, Beverly Newton, Dean Newton, Joe Ray Newton, Betty Nunn,

Bruce O’Daniel, Nancy O’Daniel, Judy Parrish, Hannah Isabelle Perkins, Steven Rapier, Donna Ray, Angie Reid, Jay Reavis, Avery

Reynolds, Virginia Rhodes, Linda Richardson, Adrian Riggs, Geraldine Riggs, David Ritchie, Grace Ritchie, Randy Robertson, Jarett

Rogers, Jeff Rogers, Merrill Rogers, Ruth Rouse, Connie Royalty, Linda Rumage, Don Schepker, Gabriel Schepker, Willie Schumacher,

Joyce Shofner, Kenny & Bonnie Simpson, Carol Sims, Willie Skaggs, Violet Smith, Barbara Spalding, Eddie Spalding, John L. Spalding,

LaMonda Sue Spalding, Margie Spalding, Robert Spalding, Mary Margaret St. Peter, Mary Catherine Stovall, Martha Terry, Crystal

Thacker, Geneva Thompson, Joyce & Pete Tingle, Carter Lee Trent, Matthew Tucker, Bobby Unseld, Mary Aline & Alton Vessells, Mary

Vittitow, Joyce Washburn, John Wells, Braelyn Whaley, Madison & Rodney Wheatley, Bruce Wheeler, Mary Wilkerson, Agnes

Williamson, James & Martha Wilmouth, Mary Wimsatt, Al & Lucy Zaboronak, Amy Zucker.

Jer 20:7-9; Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Rom 12:1-2; Mt 16:21-27

O God, you are my God whom I seek.

Psalm 63:2

What is intimacy with God?

How do we know if we have it?

Intimacy with God means we have a deep personal

relationship with God. Today’s readings offer some signs of

such intimacy. In Jeremiah’s prayer, he is honest with God.

“You duped me” (Jeremiah 20:7), he says. Then he

describes the sufferings he has endured for being God’s

prophet. Jeremiah tries to convince himself to resign as a

prophet and never speak of God again. But he can’t. When

he tries, his heart bcomes like a burning fire. Two signs of

intimacy with God are honesty and passion.

The psalmist gives us another sign of intimacy with God.

He says to God, “For you my flesh pines and my soul

thirsts” (verse 2). Intimacy involves pining for someone

beyond ourselves. And it involves our whole person. Paul

says intimacy with God means offering our bodies as a

living sacrifice to God. And Jesus adds a few more signs of

intimacy with God: thinking as God thinks, taking up our

cross and following Jesus.

Sr. Melannie Svoboda, Living Faith, Mark Neilsen, Editor

Centering Prayer Group St. Monica

School Building Every Tuesday 6:30 PM Contact Phyllis Bowling

502-460-1103

All are welcome & invited!

We have several choirs in our parish and we’re

always looking for new members as singers or

musicians. If you think you might be interested

in any of the choirs, please contact Debbie Jones

at 348-3126 ext 105 at the parish office.

St. Joseph Church ~ Bardstown KY September 3, 2017

Dear Saint Joseph Parish, I have now completed a ten week summer internship. It has gone by fast! I shared in a lot of great experiences: preaching at daily Mass and on the weekends, traveling to a service camp and retreat in Saint Louis with W.O.W., assisting at wakes and funerals, baptizing children, and speaking about vo-cations in Saint Joseph School. The time has come for me to remember, give thanks, and to look for-ward to the next step.

I remember several funerals during my first weeks at Saint Joseph. Father Terry told me that folks at Saint Joseph do a great job caring for a family as they grieve. I have to agree! The choir pre-pares a beautiful service that is comforting and touching. One of three bereavement teams offer hospi-tality, kindness, and a meal. I give thanks for the wonderful ministry of each volunteer. You have in-spired me! There are many, many other ministries here and I cannot name them all, but you, too, have inspired me.

I began a new phase of ministry Saturday, August 19. I was with UofL Catholic Campus Minis-try’s student leadership team. We were on retreat together, planning activities for the upcoming semes-ter. During my final year of seminary I will be traveling to UofL every Wednesday and one weekend a month. Seminary classes resumed for me on Wednesday August 23rd.

For seminarians and priests, life includes a lot of goodbyes. Several people from Saint Joseph have commented on how many associate pastors have come and gone in recent years and how they miss them. I can say for myself that I am sad to leave Saint Joseph. I now have many connections here. This is like Jesus’ own life because Jesus said many goodbyes. I imagine he experienced sadness too. He was actively proclaiming the Gospel only three short years and during that time he was moving in and out of people’s lives. The apostles saw him day after day, but most people only caught glimpses and had quick exchanges.

In Matthew 15, Jesus travels to Tyre and Sidon, meets a woman, heals her daughter, and returns to Galilee. Why all this movement? Why all this saying goodbye? One perspective to consider is that the fewer goodbyes we make, the fewer hellos we make. Leaving one place allows us to meet new peo-ple. And the relationships we form, no matter how brief, can be deeply meaningful and eternally fruit-ful. Jesus tells us to store up treasure in heaven and I know that the many interactions I’ve had with you will find their fulfillment in eternal life, where there will be no goodbye.

I do not know where I will be in one year. I have only the people in front of me and today’s mis-sion. Pray for me to be attentive and faithful. And do not let the fear of saying goodbye keep you from loving the people in your life. I am reminded of a saying: “Do you know how children spell love? T. I. M. E.” Give time to the ones you love while it is still today.

Finally, Thank You! Thank you Father Terry and Father Joe, all the staff, and each parishioner. Your lives and faith are a conduit of God’s grace. I will carry you with me as we all journey toward our common home. “One day within your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere” – psalm 84

Peace in Christ, Deacon David Farrell

The Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

On November 4th

St. Joseph Montessori

Children’s Center will be

hosting a 5K Color Run at

the Nelson County Fairgrounds. We will need

volunteers to help on the day of the race. If

you are interested in helping out you can

contact Deanna Kelley at

talbottdeana@bardstown.com.

This will be a fun family event so please tell

your friends about it!

Bridge Players Wanted! The St. Joseph Church parishioners

that reside at Bluegrass Assisted Living are in need of someone to help coordinate a bridge game at

the facility.

Bingo Callers Needed! Volunteers from St. Joseph host a weekly bingo game at Life Care

Center of Bardstown. The residents love it & look forward to it very

much. More people are needed to call the numbers and assist players

who need to help. To volunteer for either of these

ministries, contact Kim Hovious, 348-3126,

khovious@stjoechurch.com

The Permanent Diaconate Office of the Archdiocese of Louisville has 2 remaining Deacon Information sessions and Deacon Discernment opportunities coming up for 2017. These sessions are meant to help men who may be discerning a call to the Diaconate. The men and their spouses will come together for prayer and to learn more about whom a deacon and his wife are and to interact with others who are discerning a call.

Saint Augustine (Lebanon) September 10, 2-4 PM Deacon Information Session

September 21, 7-9 PM Deacon Discernment

Saint Bernadette (Prospect) November 12, 2-4 PM Deacon Information Session

November 16, 7-9 PM Deacon Discernment

All are welcome to

celebrate Mass with our parishioners who reside in a

nursing home each Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m.

Listed below is the schedule of

Wednesdays:

1st -Windsor Garden

2nd - Healthcare at Colonial

3rd- Bardstown Health & Rehab (formerly Life Care)

4th- Bluegrass Assisted Living

5th- Hometown Manor

St. Joseph Church ~ Bardstown KY September 3, 2017

Our “Bulletin Sponsor of the Week” is:

We encourage our parishioners to patronize our bulletin sponsors. It

is through their generosity that our weekly bulletin comes to you at

no publishing cost.

Red Mass On September 8, 2017 A Red Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, September 8 at the Cathedral of the Assumption, 433 S. Fifth Street, Louisville. The Red Mass is a Roman Catholic Mass of the Holy Spirit invoking God’s blessing and guidance on those in the legal profession.

Congratulations Pete & Joyce Tingle

64th Anniversary

We will continue to distribute envelopes with tickets for

St. Joseph’s Annual Super Raffle to be picked up after Masses.

Each of our parish families is asked to sell or buy 5 raffle tickets.

Your help with the Super Raffle is very much appreciated. St. Joseph

Parish depends on the proceeds to fill in many financial gaps that

occur during the fiscal year. That is why we ask every parish family to

participate. During the year, we all benefit. If you have already sold

your chances, would you consider taking another set to sell? We need the help of our entire parish

to make our picnic raffle a success. Again, thanks so much for your help.

Middle School Youth - R.O.C. Nights (5:30-6:45 pm) - 9/13 and 9/27 At Flaget Hall

High School Youth- W.O.W. Nights (7:30-9:00 pm) - 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27 At Parish Hall

September 7– Buffalo Wings & Rings night. (4-9pm) 15% of your check will be donated to the St. Joseph W.O.W. group. Come out and support! Stop by the Parish Hall for the flyer to give for that night.

September 16—Bourbon Festival Parking in Church Lot -our youth will be fundraising for the Nat’l Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, IN all day Saturday …..come to the Bourbon Festival and park in our lot to support our amazing youth!

September 24—Youth Mass @ 11:30—Come at 10:30am to sing in the choir or contact Ellen be-tween now and 9/18 to be a lector, usher, or gift bearer. Our youth are not just our future church….

BUT A VITAL PART OF OUR CHURCH NOW!

YOUTH MINISTRY ACTIVITIES

Way to go Dan Schoenfelder, for making 2017 Best Teacher of Nelson County

Thank you for all your hard work!

SEPTEMBER