LITURGY SCHEDULE Week iI Of the Psalter

Saturday, July 7 Rosary…………….……....……….6:00 pm Vigil Mass………...…….……...….6:30 pm Dennie Mergenthal & Don Frazier + by Claude Mergenthal

Sunday, July 8 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ez 2:2-5; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk 6:1-6a Mass @ SS.……...………..……....8:00 am Patrick O’Lone + by Hugh & Connie Calhoun Blood Pressure Check After Mass

Monday, July 9 St. Augustine Zhao Rong & Companions, Martyrs Hos 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22; Mt 9:18-26 No Mass Scheduled Life Screening in Parish Hall

Tuesday, July 10 Hos 8:4-7, 11-13; Mt 9:32-38 Mass @ SH ……………………......8:00 am

Wednesday, July 11 St. Benedict Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Mt 10:1-7 Mass………………………………...8:00 am Cliff Reed + by Lynn Reed Fr. Greg Out-of-Town July 11—18 Cenacle Prayer…………..………..1:30 pm

Thursday, July 12 Hos 11:1-4, 8e-9; Mt 10:7-15 Word & Communion @ SH……...8:00 am ..

Friday, July 13 St. Henry Hos 14:2-10; Mt 10:16-23

Mass @ SH…………..………….. 10:00 am Brunch After Word & Communion @ SS….....12:05 pm

Saturday, July 14 Rosary…………….……....……….6:00 pm Vigil Mass………...…….……...….6:30 pm Don Frazier + by Mary Ann Frazier Phyllis Ethridge + by James Ethridge Blood Pressure Check After Mass Visit Barkley Plantation 1—2:00 pm; Better Senior Living 2:30—3:30 pm

Sunday, July 15 Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Am 7:12-15; Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10; Mk 6:7-13 Mass @ SS.……...…….…..……....8:00 am Parishioners Visit Shady Lawn……..…..1:30—2:30 pm

Choir Practice Sundays after

Mass

Reconciliation Saturdays

At 5:45 pm

Or any time by Appointment

St. Stephen Catholic Church CADIZ, KY

JULY 8, 2018 THE Fourteenth 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

In last week’s Gospel reading, Jesus was able to heal the woman with the hem-orrhage and to raise to life the daughter of Jairus because of the great faith each person possessed. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus is unable to perform any mighty deeds because of the lack of faith of the people in His hometown. He comments, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house” (Mark 6:4).

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 parish, welcome! Please call the parish office (270-522-3801) to have a registration form mailed to you.

Birthdays This Week

July 7 Fran Kostrzebski Gavin Alexander 8 Jon Prudhomme 9 Dean Duncan 14 Courtney Klueppel 15 Lana Bastin Charles Mansfield Frank Pellino

No Anniversaries this Week

NOTE: If your special day is not acknowledged; please call the office with your information, so we can up-date our files.

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

July 9 Life Screening in Parish Hall July 11...Cenacle Prayer…………………………..1:30 pm MASS AT ST. STEPHEN…………….8:00 AM Fr. Greg Out-of Town—Return July 18 July 12 Word & Communion @ SH……...………8:00 am July 13…MASS@ SH……………..…………….10:00 AM Brunch After Mass Word & Communion @ SS…….……..12:05 pm July 14 Blood Pressure Check After Mass Visit Barkley Plantation—1:00—2:00 pm; visit Better Senior Living—2:30—3:30 pm July 15 Visit Shady Lawn—1:30—2:30 pm July 16 Sophia Awards Nominations due at the Diocese In Owensboro

Mandeville, Jamaica Project July 1 – August 5

(Owensboro Diocese’s Sister Diocese)

The Owensboro Diocese chose to partner in global outreach with the Mandeville Diocese of Jamaica sev-

eral years ago. As a result, parishes throughout the Owensboro Diocese

annually collect and ship containers of specified needs for its sister dio-

cese in Jamaica. Mandeville suffers from unemployment, high illiteracy,

poverty and little opportunity (see bulletin insert for details). In efforts towards self-sufficiency, Diocese of

Mandeville requests help in several areas. Since Cadiz is a beautiful fer-

tile area, St. Stephen’s Parish com-mitted to help provide some basic

gardening tools as requested by Man-deville. Please be generous. Sign up sheets are available in Narthex. Bring

donations to narthex July 1 – August 5.

Nursing Home Outreach

St. Stephen contin-

ues its outreach to area nursing homes with sched-

uled visits on Saturday, July 14 to Barkley Plantation from 1-2 pm, and

Better Senior Living (formerly Trigg Co. Manor) from 2:30-3:30 pm. On

Sunday, July 15 we will be visiting Shady Lawn from 1:30 – 2:30.pm.

We provide a guitarist and simple sheet music to sing along to (talent NOT necessary). Please join in and

make another’s day brighter. Sign up in narthex. Call Jon Prudhomme

(931) 801-9014 or Kathleen Johnson at (270) 564-5821 for more infor-

mation or for carpooling.

St. Henry Feast Day July 13 St. Henry will be celebrating their Feast day beginning with Mass at 10 am which will be followed by a pot-luck brunch as is their tradition. They are asking folks to sign up if you are planning on coming so they know how much food to prepare. The church will supply bacon, sausage and scrambled eggs. They ask for do-nations of other brunch food. Please call 270-474-8058, if you wish to attend the potluck brunch. Hope to see you there!

St. Teresa of Calcutta, Mother Teresa

In the book Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait by Monsignor Leo Maasburg you can read about “Mother Teresa and the ‘EXPRESS NOVE-NA.’” Monsignor wrote how Mother Teresa would pray the Memorare as a novena, since she had a deep love for Our Lady and the Memorare was a favorite prayer. “Whenever she was facing difficult circum-stances, she did not pray this prayer just once. No. She would offer and “express” novena.” It was not for nine days, but nine in a row, followed by a 10th “in thanksgiving, confident that her prayers would be an-swered. She prayed from the heart knowing that God would act… The Quick Novena had one thing in com-mon with the nine-day and even the nine-month Nove-nas: confident pleading for heavenly assistance, as the apostles did for nine days in the upper room ‘with Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the women’ (Acts 1:14) while waiting for the promised help of the Holy Spirit.” The Memorare is a simple prayer and we, too could pray it as a novena in our times of need. (found online at: http://catholicfoodie.com/mother-teresa-of-calcutta-and-the-express-novena)

NOTE: Fr. Greg out of town

7-1l—7-18. Contact Sts Peter & Paul in Hopkinsville in case of an emergency—270-885-8522.

Religious Education Classes will resume in the Fall. Classes are held each Sunday after Mass. To register your child, please contact April Washer at 270-522-7684 or the parish office at 270-522-3801

PRAYER REQUESTS

Parish Members: Stacy Wheeler, Theresa Washer, Kotarek families, Sally Gust; Gerald Paradis, Margie Myers, Chuck & Rita Mansfield, Lonnie & Pam Wimsatt, Gary Bernot; John & Kathleen Swinkowski; Helen Soukup; Tony & Nancy Thomas; Nancy Candido; Robert & Helen Vidmar; Jim Putrich; Frank & Maria Pellino; Joyce Kotarek; Thomasina O’Lone; Irene & Sal Jaso; Mark & Teresa Alexander; Chris Hobbs; Don & Maxine Hobbs; Tony Platukas; Elsie Platu-kas, K. G. Ariagno; Sophia Biddle; Donna Biddle, Helene Banno; John & Jeri Schejbal; Aiden Roeder (grandson of Delbert & Kim Roeder); Kim Roeder; Father Greg; Heidi Waller; Jack Kotarek; Family of Katie Wynne; Judy Todt; Gary McKenzie; Carol & Gus Puth; Barbara Estes; Jon Phillips; Gerry Konczyk; Bonnie Kell

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); Kathleen Roeder (mother of Delbert Roeder); Donald Lax (friend of Sophie Biddle); Jose Baez (St. Henry parishioner & friend of Tom Kell); Leslie O’Lone (daughter of Pat O’Lone); Brian Curling (son of Patti Purkes); Lau-ren Raleigh Hebrenk (granddaughter of Don & Max-ine Hobbs); Suzete Prudhomme (mother of Jon Prudhomme; John York, Fr. Ronnie Caulkins (Pastor of one of Fr. Greg’s cousins); Tina Bird-song; Duncan grandchildren of Dean & Terry Dun-can; Pat Moran (friend of Fr. Greg); family of Nina Kambisis (Fr. Greg’s Aunt); family of Fred Garnett; Lisa Baez (2 year old, SH Leukemia); Steve Suther-land (brother of Scott); Heidi Anderson; John Mills; Cathy Reuer (sister of Mike Kehrwald); Craig Perry; the family of Christina Johnson (daughter of Sal & Irene Jaso); Debbie Maxwell (daughter of Gerald & Maxine Corbey)

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)

Hospice: 888-611-0121

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 Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time

Sat. July 14—6:30 pm Sun. July 15—8:00 am Lectors Stephen Washer Keith Washer Charles Courtney (P)

Sacred Host Joann Harvey Nola Courtney

Precious Stan Kostrzebski Estelle Bernot Blood Fran Kostrzebski Pat Fritsch

Ushers Charles Hobbs Delbert Roeder Charles Garnett Jr. John Roeder

Servers John Charron Luke Washer Gavin Alexander

STEWARDSHIP—Our Recent Giving: Weekend of July 1,, 2018 Weekly Offering.............................$4,348.29 Peter’s Pence………………………….565.00

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

Rec. June 30 & July 1..………….….$445.00 NOTE: Kindly assist us by honoring

your pledge.

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION

July 8, 2018 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 6:1-6 “They said, ‘Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given Him?’”

When a person demonstrates unusual intelli-gence or wisdom, we ask, “Where did they get all that?” And we may be wondering, “Why them and not me?” We tend to ignore the possibility that such people are not only gifted with above average intellect, but that they have an open mind and heart to the truth of the realities they observe and recog-nize new possibilities and the need to change how we think and live. Knowledge is the intellectual ability to understand the world in which we live. Wisdom is the choice to discern the truth and implications of that knowledge. Knowledge is knowing how to build an atomic bomb. Wisdom is understanding why it should not be used. It is the wisdom of Jesus, not His intelligence, that amazed the people of the small village of Nazareth. Jesus observed the world in which He lived and realized the need for change in the way we treat one another and our world. That is wisdom. Jesus was not given wisdom. He chose to be wise. Jesus calls us to be wise. What do we choose?

SOPHIA AWARD Nominations: are now being accepted to honor senior pa-

rishioners for outstanding service. Anyone 65 or older who has not previously re-ceived a Sophia award is eligible for nomination (lay person—individual or married couple, member of a religious community or an ordained deacon or priest). A person can be nominated on past outstanding contributions (living or deceased) and can be homebound. If you would like to nominate someone, nomination forms are in the nar-thex. Past winners are: Joe & Janie Anderson, Bob Wigger, Connie & Gerry Konczyk, Cathy Khang, Joyce Kotarek, April Washer, Gus Puth, Margie Myers, Joann Harvey & John Charron, Claude & Dennie Mergenthal, Irene Jaso, Thomas & Bonnie Kell, and Paul & Dawn Cunningham. Nomination forms must be returned to Diocese by July 16, 2018. Pick up Nomination Form in the Narthex.

2017—2018 Disciples Response Fund Report

as of 06/8/2018 Parish Target…………...………….…..$4,011.73 Amount Pledged…..……….……..….$12,181.00 Amount Paid…...…..……...………....$11,781.00 Amount Still Due……….…….……….....$400.00 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.

The Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima

here at St. Stephen’s Parish

The tradition of the Pilgrim Virgin Statue originated in Fatima, where the Blessed Mother appeared to three children in 1917. Since most people cannot make a pilgrimage to Fatima, people welcome the statue into their homes for a week. All that is needed is a welcoming home with an appropriate place for the statue. You are asked to pray the rosary daily as well as some other prayers which will be made available to you. You will have the statue for a week. We will do this until the end of October. The sign-up sheet is located in the Narthex. If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Khang at 270-522-0623.

WORD OF LIFE Gracious Father, I thank you for the mercy you have shown in forgiving my sins and for the peace that comes from being reconciled with you and with your Church.”

“Trust in God’s Mercy” USCCB Prayer Card (Post-Abortion

Healing)”

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