Most Rev. Roger Joseph Foys, D.D.Bishop of Covington,

1125 Madison AvenueCovington, Kentucky 41011

859-392-1500

PARISH MINISTRYVery Rev. Ryan L. Maher, Rector

Rev. Michael B. Norton, Vice RectorDeacon: Jerry Franzen

Pastoral Associate:Sr. Barbara Woeste, O.S.B.

Facilities Manager andDirector of Volunteers: Berry Mang

Parish Secretary:Mrs. Trisha Brundage

tbrundage@covcathedral.comMaintenance Director:

Mr. Jerome LantryChair, Finance Committee:

Mr. Rick Lehman

1101 Madison Avenue Covington, Kentucky 41011859-431-2060 Web Page: www.covcathedral.com Fax 859-431-8444

MASS SCHEDULE Daily Mass –

8:15 a.m., Monday thru Friday Saturday – 4:30 p.m. (Vigil)

Sunday – 7:30, 10:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Televised Mass: Sunday, 5:00 p.m.

Televised/Analog Channel 5-2, NKY Spectrum 188,

Cincinnati Bell 23 or 291, Ohio Spectrum 993

Holy Day of Obligation: 5:30 p.m. (Vigil – Except All Saints Day);

10:00 a.m.

ADORATION Thursday, 8:30-11:30 a.m.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Friday, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Saturday, 3:00-4:00 p.m. Anytime by appointment.

BAPTISM Call the Parish Office at 859-431-2060.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Please call the Parish Office at least one year before your proposed wedding date.

MEMBERSHIP IN THE PARISH We give a hearty welcome to all

newcomers moving into our parish. Please register at the parish office

or after Mass as soon as possible. If you plan to move from the parish, please

inform us.

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Reporting Sexual Misconduct

in Diocese of Covington Please contact Diocese of Covington,

Ms. Margie Schack, Diocesan Victims Assistance Coordinator

at 859-392-1500.

CATHEDRAL PRAYER NETWORK Please sign book in north entrance.

MUSIC MINISTERS Dr. Gregory Schaffer –

Basilica Principal Organist and Choirmaster

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL www.holyfamilycovington.org

338 E. 16th Street Office – 859-581-0290

CATHEDRAL ENDOWMENT FUNDlegacygiving@covcathedral.comPlease remember the Cathedral

in your Will or Estate Plan.

The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption

ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL COVINGTON, KENTUCKY

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEFebruary 9, 2020

Column 1 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading I: Isaiah 58:7-10; Responsorial Psalm 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Reading II: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16

From the Rector’s Desk...

After many years of faithful and dedicated service to the Cathedral Parish, Berry Mang will be retiring on Friday, February 14, 2020. We will have a celebration brunch to honor Berry on Sunday, February 23 after the 10:00 a.m. Mass at Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium. RSVP’s are required. You can RSVP by contacting the parish office or by email at tbrundage@covcathedral.com. I know that you join the clergy and parish staff in wishing Berry a grace filled and blessed retirement.

Fr. Maher

President’s Day Parish Office Hours – The office will be closed Monday, February 17, 2020.

Pancake Breakfast – The Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast is from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Sunday, February 16, 2020 in the cafeteria at Notre Dame Academy, 1699 Hilton Drive, Park Hills, KY. Proceeds benefit the Sisters of Notre Dame Uganda Mission. Admission is $6.00 for adults, and $4.00 for children.

Weekend Retreats – Sisters of Notre Dame-Women's Weekend Retreats March 6-8 and April 3-5, 2020. More Than One Way To Pray: $100.00 includes food, private room, all materials and sessions. Sr. Marla Monahan is the guest speaker. For information, please contact Margie Schnelle at 859-392-8229 or mschnelle@sndky.org.

Flu Season – Due to the threat to health, beginning next week, the distribution of the Precious Blood at Cathedral Masses is temporarily suspended. The sign of peace will continue as normal.

Viewing of the movie, Unplanned – A look inside the abortion industry from a woman who was once a passionate advocate. 7:00 p.m., Monday, February 10, 2020, St. Agnes Parish Murphy Hall, 1680 Dixie HWY, Fort Wright, KY. All are welcome. Due to the content, those under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult or have a note from their parent. Refreshments-no cost.

Scholarship Opportunity – The 2020 Wallace Woods Good Neighbor Scholarship is currently accepting applications. The $500 scholarship award is based on community service. It is open to Covington residents up to and including those 24 years of age, who will be attending an accredited post-secondary institution in 2020-2021. For more information and the application, due March 31, 2020, please visit: www.wallacewoods.org.

Bible Study – The next books of the Bible to be taught by Reverend Timothy Schehr are Chronicles, Ezra and Maccabees. The sessions will begin on Tuesday, March 3, at the Curia office building, in Bishop Howard Memorial Auditorium, 7:00 p.m. In Chronicles, David realizes his true spiritual potential. He becomes a real model of faith. Ezra seeks to revive the spiritual life of the people by offering powerful prayers to God. To register, please call Isaak Abraham Isaak, at 859-392-1500, ext. 1529.

The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption’s Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Vigil Mass is taped and broadcast at 5:00 p.m. every Sunday on: WLWT – Channel 5-2 ME-TV, Cincinnati Bell Fioptics – Channel 23 and 291; Spectrum – Northern KY channel 188; Spectrum – Hamilton County channel 993. ME-TV is an affiliate of NBC/WLWT. The airing covers the Diocese of Covington, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, partially the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and the Diocese of Lexington.

Care of the Sick – If you know of a parishioner who is in the hospital or care center who would like a visit from the parish clergy please contact Sister Barbara Woeste at the Parish Office. Because of the privacy laws often times we do not receive a phone call from the institution. We rely on family or friends to let us know when someone is in the hospital.

Women's Retreat – February 28 to March 1, 2020 – Take Up Your Cross Jesus tells us that unless we are willing to take up our cross, we cannot be His follower. What does it mean to "take up our cross" and how does that help us follow Him? Join Monsignor Bill Cleves and Deacon Dave Profitt as they lead a Lenten Retreat on the meaning of the cross in our lives. The retreat will be held at St. Anne Retreat Center. Doors open on Friday at 4:00 p.m., the retreat begins at 5:30 p.m. with dinner, and concludes on Sunday after 11:00 a.m. Mass. The cost is $150.00, including lodging and meals. Registration deadline is February 14. To register and to pay by credit card go to www.stanneretreatcenter.org or you may mail your check to St. Anne Retreat Center, 5275 St. Anne Drive, Melbourne, KY 41059. For information, please call Cindy Smith at 859-441-2003.

Prayer Group meets in the Cathedral Parish Office at 8 a.m. on the first and third Saturdays of each month. For more information, please call Deacon Franzen at 859-371-9375.

Morning of Reflection – The Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery invite you to join them at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, March 14, 2020, at St. Walburg Monastery's Lower Level for a presentation titled: Telling on Ourselves; Stories about Wells, Pools and Tombs (The Gospels of the Last Three Sundays of Lent), presented by Rev. P. Del Staigers, pastor of St. Veronica and St. John Fisher parishes in Cincinnati. No walk-ins, please. Pre-registration is required – contact Sr. Deborah Harmeling at sdhosb@yahoo.com or 859-331-6771. Coffee at 9:00 a.m., presentation starts at 9:30. Cost is $20.00, or add $6.00 to stay for lunch.

Discernment of Spirits Study – Meets 7:00 p.m. every first Friday of the month in Meeting Room #1, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, 5876 Veterans Way, Burlington, KY 41005. Beginning February 7, 2020. For information, please email Coleen Hamilton at csalt@gridironfaith.com.

An eight-week session of New Beginnings, a support group for divorced and separated persons, will begin March 12, 2020. Meetings will be held on Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. through April 30, 2020. In this faith-based group, participants will find a new understanding of themselves and their relationships and gain the courage to discover a new life. This group is sponsored by the Diocese of Covington and hosted by the Office of Catechesis and Evangelization. Registration is required. For more information please call either David Cooley at 859-392-1500, ext. 1592 or Isaak Abraham Isaak at ext.1529.

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 9, 2020

LITURGICAL MINISTERS: Saturday, February 15, 2020 4:30 p.m. Lectors: Donna Krumpelman, Br. Rock Larsen Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Patty Black, Teri Pagan Altar: Ken Raisbeck, Gene Woolridge

Sunday, February 16, 2020 7:30 a.m. Lector: Jeff Zalla Altar: Lou Wartman 10:00 a.m. Lectors: Brian Hallahan, Marion Keen Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Bonnie Hugus, Elizabeth Vieth Altar: Pontifical Servers 5:30 p.m. Lector: Dave Custer Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Laura Custer, Vern Weller Altar: Jim Akers

IMPORTANT – Each family registered in the parish should receive the free weekly mailing of The Messenger. If you have not been receiving it, please call the Parish Office at 859-431-2060.

Please pray for our parishioners and family: Becky Schaffer Wells, Devon Wells, Albert Czarnecki, Ruth Clark, Sharon Koe-nig, Madeleine Smith, William Davin, Janice Kennedy, Jenny Blackburn, Amy Michels, Sheila Sullivan, Michael Trimpe, Joan Hadorn, the Harwick family, the Smith-Hale-Reams families, Terri Beuttel, Geraldine Hallahan, Hannah Tolson, Helen Fehr, Joanna and Ray Harcourt, Will Clift, Thomas Hampton, Eva Farris, Bev-erly Wedding, Mary Joan Koenig, Amy Goeke, Joan McGearty, Gary Epplen, Jill Humphries, Barb Armstrong, Marion Keen, and Vicki Smith. May they find comfort in the healing touch of Jesus.

If your marriage needs help – Retrouvaille...a Lifeline – Retrouvaille offers hope for a better relationship. It is a Christian-based confidential peer ministry of volunteer couples and can help get your relationship back on track. For information about the upcoming tri-state weekends of March 27-29, 2020 and September 11-13, 2020, please visit www.cincyretrouvaille.org or call 513-456-5413.

Adult Confirmation – Catholic adult parishioners, who, for various reasons, have not received the Sacrament of Confirmation but would like to do so, please contact Sister Barbara Woeste in the Cathedral Parish Office at 859-431-2060.

Free Program – Essentials of Elder Law: What Everyone Needs to Know with speaker Dennison Keller, Esq. at 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at St. Charles Community 600 Farrell Drive, Covington, KY. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please call Margie at 859-331-3224.

Lenten Offering – Sr. Mary Tewes will offer group Lenten lection Tuesdays, beginning March 3, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. in the St. Walburg Monastery chapel, 2500 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills, KY. For more information, please contact Sister Mary at marytewes@gmail.com or 859-331-6324.

Saturday, February 8 4:30 p.m. Karen SchafferSunday, February 9 7:30 a.m. Ramona Salam-Samir 10:00 a.m. Deceased of the Andrus and Cooney families 5:30 p.m. Cathedral Parishioners and BenefactorsMonday , February 10 8:15 a.m. Intention of the donorTuesday, February11 8:15 a.m. Souls in PurgatoryWednesday, February 12 8:15 a.m. Ramze ZakarThursday , February 13 8:15 a.m. Intention of the donorFriday, February 14 8:15 a.m. David, Nanit, and SummerSaturday , February 15 4:30 p.m. Emma HollisSunday, February 16, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 7:30 a.m. AlaBehman Bajed 10:00 a.m. Mark A. Schaffer 5:30 p.m. Cathedral Parishioners and Benefactors

Collections: Sunday, February 2, 2020 St. Vincent de PaulEnvelopes (98) $3,823.00 $ 971.00Loose $1,006.25 $1,044.00Diocesan $3,115.39 $2,015.00Total $7,944.64

E-Giving at the Cathedral – In just seconds, you can make a weekly offering, or make a donation to St. Vincent de Paul, a Holy Day collection, Memorial, Maintenance, or Flower funds, and special collections throughout the year. If you would like to give electronically, please visit our website: www.covcathedral.com or call the office for more information call 859-431-2060.

The Sisters of Notre Dame are looking for compassionate, dedicated, and committed individuals for these positions: experienced PRN (as needed) Nursing Assistants, a Part-Time Cook, a Full-Time Food Service Manager, and a Part-Time Work/Study Receptionist. If interested, please visit www.sndky.org/careers, or call Human Resources at 859-291-2040.

Pilgrimage to Medjugorje – Have you ever wanted to make a pilgrimage to Medjugorje? There are a few slots remaining with our small group from May 26-June 5, 2020. This is an all-inclusive pilgrimage from CVG for $2,690.00 per person based on double occupancy (includes air, hotel, 2 meals day, transfers and guided tours). For more information, please contact Linda Wiese at 859-653-1584 or lbw1074@gmail.com.

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