LITURGY SCHEDULE Week II Of the Psalter

Saturday, September 1 Rosary…………….…….....……....6:00 pm Vigil Mass………...….….……..….6:30 pm Robert Canonica + by Frank & Marie Pellino Holy Land Wood Carvers

Sunday, September 2 Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Dt 4:1-2, 6-8; Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27; Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Mass @ SS.……...…….…….…....8:00 am Parishioners Holy Land Wood Carvers

Monday, September 3 St. Gregory the Great 1 Cor 2:1-5; Lk 4:16-30 Labor Day No Mass Scheduled

Tuesday, September 4 1 Cor 2:10b-16; Lk 4:31-37 Mass @ SH……………………......8:00 am Bloodmobile in the Parish Hall

Wednesday, September 5 St. Teresa of Calcultta 1 Cor 3: 1-9; Lk 4:38-44 Mass @ SS….………………..…...6:00 pm Parish Council Meeting in Parish Hall after Mass Richard Soukup + by Tom & Pat Fritsch

Thursday, September 6 1 Cor 3:18-23; Lk 5:1-11 Mass @ SH…………………….….8:00 am .

Friday, September 7 First Friday 1 Cor 4:1-5; Lk 5:33-39 Mass @ SS……………….…..……7:00 am Adoration…………….…...7:30—3:00 pm Mary Curtsinger + by Frank Higgins Family Phyllis Ethridge + by James Ethridge

Saturday, September 8 Rosary…………….…….....…...….6:00 pm Vigil Mass………...….….….....….6:30 pm Parishioners Claude Mergenthal’s 101st Birthday Reception After Mass Blood Pressure Check

Sunday, September 9 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 35:4-7a; Jas 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37 Mass @ SS.……...…….…..……...8:00 am Beth Childers & Family by Mike & Bonnie Haney CCD After Mass in the Parish Hall Blood Pressure Check Sophia Award @ 2:00 pm in Owensboro

Choir Practice Sundays

after Mass

Reconciliation Saturdays at 5:45 pm

Or any time by Appointment

St. Stephen Catholic Church CADIZ, KY

September 2, 2018 Twenty-Second SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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ST. STEPHEN CATHOLIC CHURCH 1698 Canton Road, Cadiz, KY 42211

(270) 522-3801 office or (270) 522-3901 fax, 270-316-2645 Fr. Greg Trawick ststephencath387@bellsouth.net

web address: http://ststephencc.com/ Office Hours: Mon -Closed, Tuesday — Friday 8:30 —12:30

GOSPEL SUMMARY

The Pharisees and scribes in today’s Gospel reading were eager to point out the religious traditions that some of the disciples were break-ing. Jesus chided them, pointing out that they were more concerned with keeping the traditions than they were with keeping God’s laws. Jesus explained that what is most important is what comes from within a person, and from a person’s heart.

PARISH LIFE Pastor: Fr. Gregory Trawick greg.trawick@pastoral.org 270-316-2645

Deacon: Randy Potempa 270-252-4738

Secretary: Dean Duncan ststephencath387@bellsouth.net

Music Director: Angie Thome 270-767-8979 or 270-519-3007

Parish Nurse: Joyce Kotarek 270-498-0599

Parish Pastoral Council: John Hall 270-522-6800

Parish Finance Council: Mike Kehrwald 270-522-7965

Building & Grounds:

Coordinator of Religious Education April Washer 270-522-7684

Prayer Chain Tom Kell 271-861-2110 Carol Puth 270-924-9416

Knights of Columbus Tom Kell 217-891-2110

Marriage: Contact the Parish Office for information on planning a Christian Marriage.

Baptism: Contact the Parish Office to arrange Baptismal information.

Registration: If you are new to our par-ish, welcome! Please call the parish of-fice (270-522-3801) to have a registration form mailed to you.

Birthdays This Week

Sept 2 Ashley Wigand 3 Nola Courtney 4 Theresa Washer 5 Paul Cunningham Rita Mansfield 6 Claude Mergenthal 7 Garrett Wallace, Barbara Estes 12 Maeve Ballengee

NO Anniversaries this Week

OFFICE HOURS AT ST. STEPHEN Monday—Closed Tuesday—8:30 –12:30 Wednesday—8:30 –12:30 Thursday-8:30 –12:30 Friday-8:30 –12:30 Saturday—Closed Please try to take care of office business during these times.

Upcoming Events/Dates to Mark Sept 1 Holy Land Wood Cravers Sept 2 Holy Land Wood Cravers Sept 3 Labor Day Holiday Sept 4 Bloodmobile in Parish Hall Sept 5 Parish Council Meeting After Mass Sept 6 Women’s Guild Meeting………...………1:00 pm Sept 7 First Friday Mass………………………...7:00 am Adoration………………………....7:30—3:00 pm Sept 8 Reception after Mass for Claude Mergenthal 101st Birthday in Parish Hall Sept 8 &9 Blood Pressure Check After Mass Sept 10 Helping Hands Annual Meeting in Parish Hall 5:00 pm Sept 16 Fall Parish Picnic—Games @ Noon/Dinner 2:00 pm Sept 19 Stewardship Committee Mtg after Mass

Religious Education Classes will resume September 9th after Mass in the Parish Hall. To register your child, please contact April Washer at 270-522-7684 or the parish office at 270-522-3801.

Father Greg is hosting a 10 day trip to the Holy Land—-The

dates are Feb. 20 to Mar. 1, 2019. If you have not seen the information on this trip, there are some flyers in the back of the church or you can call the office. If you have family or friends who are not mem-bers of St. Stephen, they are also wel-come to join the group. Call Father Greg with any questions—270-316-2645.

NOTE: If your special day is not acknowledged; please call the of-fice with your information, so we can update our files.

Bishop Medley and the

VOCARE committee would like to

invite parishes, schools and parish-ioners to consider purchasing or sponsoring a table for the dioceses’ Fifth Annual VOCARE event set for Friday, September 14, 2018 to be held at the Owensboro Convention Center. Our keynote speakers for VOCARE 2018 will be diocesan priests: Rev. Richard Powers, Rev. John M. Thomas and Rev. Basilio Az Cuc. Tables can be purchased or sponsored at $500 for a table of eight. Individual tickets are $65 and couples are $125. Please just let the Diocese office know you are interested or go online for registra-tion form and payment at www.owensborodiocese.org/vocare

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) RCIA is starting for

the 2018-2019 season. If you are inter-ested in becoming a Catholic, or just have questions; we will be having our

first meeting Tuesday, September 18th at 6:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Also, we have contact information slips in the main church entrance. Feel free to fill one out and drop it off at the office or into the basket in the entrance area. For now you can call Jon Prudhomme, at 931-801-9014 if you have questions. Please call after 4:00 pm or just leave a voice mail message.

ST. STEPHEN’S FALL PICNIC. The fall picnic is scheduled

(rain or shine) for Sunday, September 16. Games start at 12 pm with

food served at 2 pm. The picnic closes at 3 pm with the traditional cakewalk. There will be outdoor and indoor games for adults and

children, food, and fellowship. The parish provides meat, parishion-ers are asked to supply side dishes. . Contact: Bonny Prudhomme (931) 206-8029 to volunteer or have games to lend. Please, please

sign up in the narthex—we NEED this for setup purposes.

HAPPY 101th BIRTHDAY CLAUDE

MERGENTHAL On Saturday, Septem-

ber 8, 2018 after Mass, St. Stephen Parish will host a Birthday Reception for Claude Mergenthal’s 101

th Birthday in the

Parish Hall. Everyone is invited. Please come and help celebrate this special day with Claude.

Mandeville Collection

The Stewardship Committee would like to thank all that contributed to the Mandeville tool collection. Once again St. Stephen came through! We collected 18 machetes, 8 soaker hoses, 5 hoes, and 13 files. Nola Courtney delivered them to Owens-boro on August 13th. Thanks Nola. I’m sure they will be put to great use. Thanks again for your support.

Laura Follis

Office of Marriage & Family Life would like to

invite all married couples in the Diocese to join Bishop Medley for the annual Marriage Celebration. Please join us on Sunday, September 30th at St. Stephen Cathedral in Owensboro for the celebration. Mass begins at 2:00 pm with a reception immediately following in the Fr. Vaughan Community Center. If you plan to attend, we only ask that those coming RSVP to Charlotte Hedg-es at (270-683-1545 or charlotte.hedges@pastoral.org.

Condolences to Mary Mills and all her family at

the passing of her brother David Allen Bachman, Sr. He passed away Monday, August 27, 2018. The funeral ser-vice was Saturday, September 1st at Goodwin Funeral Home with Fr. Gregory Trawick officiating. Burial fol-lowed in East End Cemetery in Cadiz, Please continue to keep Mary and all the family in your prayers.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Parish Members: Stacy Wheeler, Theresa Washer, Gerald Par-adis, Margie Myers, Chuck & Rita Mansfield, Lon-nie & Pam Wimsatt, Gary Bernot; John & Kathleen Swinkowski; Helen Soukup; Tony & Nancy Thom-as; Nancy Candido; Robert & Helen Vidmar; Jim Putrich; Frank & Maria Pellino; Thomasina O’Lone; Irene & Sal Jaso; Mark & Teresa Alexander; Chris Hobbs; Don & Maxine Hobbs; Tony Platukas; Elsie Platukas, K. G. Ariagno; Sophia Biddle; Don-na Biddle, Helene Banno; family of John Schejbal; Aiden Roeder (grandson of Delbert & Kim Roeder); Father Greg; Heidi Waller; family of Katie Wynne; Gary McKenzie; Carol & Gus Puth; Barbara Estes; Jon Phillips; Bonnie Kell; family of Sally Gust; Helen & Clifford Romain; Mark Freas (son of Estelle Bernot)

Outreach Prayer: Larry Biddle (son of Sofia Biddle); Loretta Blanken-ship (mother of Theresa Washer); Marguerite Holte (sister of Irene Jaso); John & Penny Rutherford (brother & sister-in-law of Mary Lou Rutherford) Ruth Griggs (sister of Robert & Henry Mills); Terri Dickson (sister of Pat Carter); Jennifer Bettis (daughter of Ed & Donna Sue Holmes); Kathy Bertani (niece of James Putrich); Donald Lax (friend of Sophie Biddle); Jose Baez (St. Henry parishion-er & friend of Tom Kell); Leslie O’Lone (daughter of Pat O’Lone); Brian Curling (son of Patti Purkes); Lauren Raleigh Hebrenk (granddaughter of Don & Maxine Hobbs); Suzete Prudhomme (mother of Jon Prudhomme; John York, Fr. Ronnie Caulkins (Pastor of one of Fr. Greg’s cousins); Tina Bird-song; Pat Moran (friend of Fr. Greg); family of Fred Garnett; Lisa Baez (2 year old, SH Leukemia); Steve Sutherland (brother of Scott); Heidi Ander-son; John Mills; Craig Perry; the family of Christina Johnson (daughter of Sal & Irene Jaso); Debbie Maxwell (daughter of Gerald & Maxine Corbey); Edwin & Kathleen Roeder (parents of Delbert Roeder); Theresa Tomalewicz (mother of Jack Tomalewicz); Tori Kirby (granddaughter of Claude Mergenthal): Rick (brother of Teri Froeliger)

Military Prayer List Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their fami-lies for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. 1SG Shannon L. Tutor, Staci Rea, Boun Sivongsa (Kathleen Johnson’s son-in-law), Nick Beckius (Lynn Reed’s son-in-law), Sam Orwig, Mike Mosely, Philip Gusgeski, Travis Wilson, SFC John W. Mauldin, CW2 Robert L. Murphy, Chris LaPlante (Bob Mills’ grandson), Cpt. Adam A. Hecht (Godson of Wayne Olech), Shawn Sturgill (grandson of Betty Aberle ) Tony Bryant (son of Bonnie Bryant). Josh Corley (husband of Elizabeth Corley), Kasta Rea (daughter of Tom & Staci Rea); Petty Officer E5 Jason Patrick O’Lone (grandson of Patrick & Thomasina O’Lone); Sgt. James Estell, Sgt. Katlina Yvon (granddaughter of John & Kathleen Swinkow-ski), FC3 Gabrielle Hall (niece of John & Paula Hall); CW2 Tony Carson (husband of Meagan Car-son); Adam Sonnek; Dexter M. Rea; Marissa’s hus-band; Brian Billham (significant other of Keleigh Mabry); Elena & Josh Woodaz (Josh is being deployed): Joseph Kehrwald (grandson of Mike & Eileen Kehrwald); Jon Mahoney (friend of Tom & Susan Hoffman)

Parish Prayer List If you would like to add someone to the prayer list, please e-mail or call the church office, or drop your request in the envelopes located on the bulletin board in the Narthex. Your prayer request (s) will remain on the prayer list for two months.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS Twenty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time

Sat. September 8—6:30 pm Sun. September 9—8:00 am Lectors Joann Harvey Hilary Washer Patti Purkes (P)

Sacred Host Frank Pellino Estelle Bernot

Precious Stan Kostrzebski Pat Fritsch Blood Fran Kostrzebski Marsha Petro

Ushers Joe Jumara Gus Puth Charles Garnett Jr. John Hall

Servers John Charron Morgan Alexander Isabella Alexander

STEWARDSHIP—Our Recent Giving:

Weekend of Aug 26, 2018

Weekly Offering.............................$6,962.75 Assumption………………………..……..30.00 Candles……………………………….….71.00

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

Rec. Aug 25 & Aug 26..…….…..…$2,745.00

NOTE: Kindly assist us by honoring your

pledge.

2017—2018 Disciples Response Fund Report

as of 08/10/2018 Parish Target……………..……….…..$4,011.73 Amount Pledged…..……..…..…..….$12,241.00 Amount Paid….....……...…...……....$12,111.00 Amount Still Due…….……....……….....$130.00 NOTE: The Diocese returns half of the funds that are paid in that are over the Parish Target. This year to date we received $2,889.64.

NOVENA for this Friday PRAY: May a change in the U.S. Supreme

Court move our nation closer to the day when every human being is protected in law and wel-comed in life. Our Father..., Hail Mary..., Glory Be…

FAST: Offer a sacrifice for the intention.

LEARN: Pro-life laws can and do reduce the

abortion rate. Most people on both sides of the abortion debate agree that reducing the number of abortions is a desirable outcome. While some argue that contraception is the key to reducing the abortion rate, real-world evidence does not back that up. Instead, research shows that even when women were provided with free “emergency contraception” ahead of time, the pregnancy and abortion rate remained statistical-ly equivalent with those who were not provided with it. In fact, the availability of contraception and abortion can increase the rate of unintended pregnancies (as well as sexually transmitted infections) as studies show that people engage in more frequent and riskier behavior if they be-lieve their risk has been lowered. On the other hand, evidence suggests that laws restricting the funding of abortion (like the Hyde amendment preventing Medicaid funds from going to abor-tion) or limiting its availability, involving par-ents, and providing women with more infor-mation lower the rate of abortions. Unfortunate-ly, Roe its companion case Doe, and some sub-sequent rulings have been used to invalidate many laws meant to lower the rate of abortion.

Raffle Tickets—If you were unable

to purchase a Grand Raffle ticket this past weekend from Sr. Teresa and still want tickets, contact Maggie Matsko at 270-229-2009. For a $5 ticket, you could win $10,000,

$3,500, $1,000, Quilt $500, $250, or $100

Eastbridge Arts Festival @ The Mount Saturday, Sept. 8—10 am—6 pm Sunday, Sept. 9—10 am—5 pm

Quilts, Jams & Jellies available for purchase Grand Raffle supports

retired Ursuline Sisters Drawing Sunday, Sept. 9 @ 3:00 pm

Ladies Guild Meeting September 6, 2018—1:00 pm

Parish Hall

Have a Great Labor Day

From Fr. Greg

and the Staff at St. Stephen

Diabetes Self Management (FREE ACCREDITED CLASSES) will be available at St. Stephen Catholic Church on Thursday, September 13 and 20 from 1:00 — 5:00 pm. CLASSES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO ALL PARISHIONERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE FOR THOSE WISHING TO BECOME BET-TER INFORMED ABOUT DIABETES. Please call Trigg County Health Center at 270-522-8121 Ext. 212 by Wednesday, September 12 to register for the class.

Condolences to Helen Romain and all

her family at the passing of her mother Mary Virginia O’Daniel Thomas a member of Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Henderson, KY. Funeral was Thursday, August 30 with burial in St. Peter Cemetery in Waverly, KY. Please continue to keep Helen and all the family in your prayers.

ST. Henry CATHOLIC CHURCH

16097 US HWY 68E, Hardin, KY 42048 Office: 270-474-8058 Fax: 270-474-9867

Mass Times: Saturday at 4:00 PM Sunday at 10:30 AM

COMPLIMENTS

OF

EDUARDO & LORNA PAVON

ST. STEPHEN

PRAY FOR US

ADORATION

1st Friday of Each Month

7:30 AM—3:00 PM

1st Saturday 9:00 AM Mass In Honor of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

Kirk Studzinski

kirk.studzinski@steemer.com

Office 270.554.3325 Stanleysteemer.com 6125 U.S. Hwy 45 South

Paducah, KY 42001