Upcoming Ministry Opportunities
If you would like to offer your time & talents tell Patti!
Sebree Christian Outreach: Please consider joining other volunteers from our parish each Saturday this month from 9am to 12pm at this local ministry to help the needy.
Our parish is helping to sponsor a health fair in Sebree on Nov. 7th. Volunteers are needed to help at the event & also donations for door prizes.
More supervisory adults are needed for our weekly faith formation classes for K-6. Wednesdays 5:45-7pm.
Our Parish Family
Time, Talent & Treasure—Faithful Stewardship: This time of year we reflect as a parish family on the many gifts God has given each of us and our responsibility to use those gifts to serve God and others. Please take a look at the Parish Ministry Guide and prayerfully consider where God may be calling you to give of your time and talent in our parish or in our community. If you did not get one last week there are some by the door.
Truck for Sale! The parish has been donated a truck! The parish council has decided to sell the truck via. It is a 2003 Chevy S10 with a Kelly Blue Book value of $6,700. If you know of someone interested in buying it please have them contact Fr. Carmelo. The proceeds will be used to jumpstart the fundraising for Phase 2 of the parish hall renovation which includes replacing the carpet.
World Mission Sunday: This year we are invited to support the 1,150 of the youngest dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands and parts of Latin America and Europe. Please keep the Missions in your prayers and please be generous in this weekend’s collection for the Society of the Propagation on the Faith. Envelopes are by the door.
Do you know someone who needs a church home? If you have someone in mind who may want to join the church or return to the Church after many years invite them to mass! If they would like to sit down with Fr. Carmelo or Patti just put their contact info in the collection and we will give them a call. Or if you would like information about having your marriage recognized by the Church, find out more about an annulment, or learn about adult Catholics receiving Sacraments you can do the same!
Our Faith Family
Consecrated Life Celebration! All people in our diocese are invited to attend a special ceremony commemorating the Year of Consecrated Life on Saturday, October 24 at the Parish of the Immaculate. Please join in the first ever diocesan wide event to honor the sisters, brothers, and priests of religious orders who minister in all of western Kentucky. The Liturgy, celebrated by Bishop Medley, will begin at 10:00 a.m. and followed by a Dinner with members of the religious orders. At the Parish of the Immaculate, 2516 Christie Place, Owensboro.
Presentation of the Shroud of Turin
Hosted by Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church: 902 E. 9th Street, Hopkinsville, KY on Sunday, October 18, 2015, 6pm
in our Parish Hall. Presentations by Dr. William Meacham,
Mr. David Onysko and Mr. Kenny Vernor All are welcome!
Chastity Project: Jason Evert: Sunday October 25, 2015: 5:30-6:45 p.m. Parent Session, 7:00-8:15 p.m. Youth Session, (Grades 7-12 only) River park Center, Owensboro. Admission is free!!!!! In this seminar, which has been delivered to more than one million teens on six continents, Jason and Crystalina Evert reveal the compelling vision of God’s plan for human sexuality and present an uplifting case for practicing the virtue of chastity. By addressing the issues that teens struggle with most, such as sexual pressure, pornography, modesty, and starting over, Jason and Crystalina offer encouragement for teens to maintain their purity or begin again if they’ve made mistakes in the past. When possible, the presentation is followed by Eucharistic adoration and confession. There will be a parent session followed by a youth session. Parents with children of ALL ages are invited!
Ursuline presentation “Catholic Pioneers” Nov. 3
The monthly Evening with an Ursuline presentation will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. “Catholic Pioneers: Maryland to Kentucky,” will be led by Ursuline Sister George Mary Hagan. Sister George Mary will talk about how Catholics from Baltimore made their way to the Catholic Holy Land in central Kentucky. 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. at Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center. The cost is $20. Preregistration is required by contacting Kathy McCarty at 270-229-0206 orkathy.mccarty@maplemount.org.
For a complete list of Evening dates and topics, visit www.ursulinesmsj.org and click on Conference & Retreat Center.
St. Gerard Life Home in Owensboro, KY – provides free shelter and services for pregnant women age 18 and older in a crisis pregnancy. A woman may come to us at any point in her pregnancy and may stay for up to 3 months after the birth of her child. There are no limitations on race, nationality or religion.
Let us help. Call: 270-852-8328 or Email: stgerard@pastoral.org. A ministry of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky.
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Programs at the Mount St. Joseph Conference & Retreat Center: For a complete list visit www.ursulinesmsj.org.
To register call Kathy McCarty at 270-229-0206