ST. LAWRENCE – ST. WILLIAM CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Mailing
Address:
9515 Kentucky Highway 144 – Philpot, Kentucky 42366
Pastor: Rev. Anthony Stevenson - Bookkeeper/Secretary: Millie Carrico - DRE: Mary Helen Rhodes
Phones:
Parishes’ Office: 270-281-4802 Office Fax: 270-281-9556
Mary
Carrico School: 270-281-5526 Emergency Cell Phone: 270-314-0178
E-mail
address: padrefalls@yahoo.com Web Site: swsl.org
FEBRUARY 3RD, 2008 - FOURTH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
BAPTISMS: Please notify the pastor at least one month in advance.
MARRIAGES: Please notify the pastor six months in advance.
CONFESSIONS: Anytime upon request.
St. Lawrence: 3:00 p.m. First and Third Saturdays - St. William: 3:00 p.m. Second and Fourth Saturdays.
Wednesday, February 6th:
8:00 a.m. (BSH) Camilla
Cecil
Wednesday, February 6th:
8:30 a.m. (SW) Cora Payne
Wednesday, February 6th: 6:00 p.m. (SL) Poor Souls
Wednesday, February 6th: 7:00 p.m. (SW) Mary Louise Johnson
Saturday, February 9th: 4:00 p.m.
(SW) Tony Payne Family (L
& D)
Sunday, February 10th: 6:30 a.m.
(SW) Paul Lanham
Sunday, February 10th: 8:00 a.m.
(SL) Gerald ‘Jiggs’
Brown
Sunday, February 10th: 10:00 a.m. (SW) Parishioners
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LITURGICAL APPOINTMENTS:
February 9th & 10th:
LECTORS EUCHARISTIC
MINISTERS
4:00 p.m.: Sandra Higdon 4:00 p.m.: Tim Johnson, Jessie Rhodes, John Lanham
6:30 a.m.: Bobby Turner 6:30
a.m.: Mary Haycraft, Wayne Haycraft
8:00 a.m.: Phoebe Huff 8:00
a.m.: James A. Smith, Marcia Roby, Bruce Roby
10:00 a.m.: Jim Hazel 10:00 a.m.: Warren Lanham, Elaine
Lanham, David Mills
ALTAR SERVERS VOCATION
CRUCIFIX
4:00 p.m: Ethan Payne, Madeline Millay St. William: Mary Lou Payne
8:00 a.m.: Johathan Hurm, Jonah Roberts St. Lawrence: Victor and Lois Johnson
10:00 a.m.: Hunter Brumley, Haylee Evans
ROSARY LEADERS: 4:00 p.m. Loretta
Higdon; 8:00 a.m. Marcia Roby; 10:00a.m.Theresa Crowe
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BINGO TEAM # 5: Laurie Fulkerson, Tina Howard, Betty Howe, Alice
Bickett, Tom
Mattingly,
Donna Church, Sandra Thompson, Tammy Hagan, Patricia Heatwole, Suzanne
Fulkerson, Kristi Cecil, Julie Lanham, Mike Mattingly, Jenny Cecil, Stacy
Carmon, Holly Boarman, Sharon Hamilton,
Reno
Roby, Marlene Conder.
USHERS FOR FEBRUARY 2008:
4:00 p.m.: Garry Johnson, Tim Johnson, Larry Edge, Charles Hamilton
8:00 a.m.: Bruce Payne, Glenn Brown, Danny Edge
10:00 a.m.: Charles Pence, Kerry Pence, Robert Brown, Mike Mattingly
ST. WILLIAM CHURCH CLEANERS : Mary Isbill, Rose Meserve, Doris Payne, Jackie Cecil
ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH CLEANERS (FEBRUARY 2008): Martha Rose Dotterweich, Mary Catherine Payne, Merici Carrico, Freida Payne, Eva Howard
PRAY FOR THE SICK AND HOMEBOUND OF OUR
PARISHES: Clara
Johnson, Pat Wright, Norman Mayfield, Bill Miller, Janet Haynes, Larry Johnson,
Catherine Mills, Bim Mills, Herman Vincent Payne, Julie Johnson, Karen Payne,
Gerald Howard, Bertha Harris, Carmen Millay Fullenlove, Allen Payne, Mary D.
Payne, Judy Payne Oelze, John A. (Tom) Morris, Virgil Brant, Candice Roby,
Raymond Payne, Julie Jackson, Louise Millay, Bernadette Gilmore, Larry Griffin,
John Johnson, Paul Johnson, Sherry (Edge) Murphy, Paula Payne, Eula Mae Payne,
Anna Sue Payne, Mary Edna Payne, Janet Shartung, Mary Scott, Roel Shepherd.
STEWARDSHIP:
In our Thanksgiving to the Lord for the blessings we have received, we chose to
return to the Lord last weekend: St. William: St. Lawrence: Total Stewardship
Contributions Received Last
Weekend: 6,867.20 $
2,530.50 $ 9,397.75
Contribution Envelopes Issued: 369 128
Percentage of Envelopes Used: 44% 39%
FIRST RECONCILIATION: On Tuesday evening of this week at 6:30 p.m. at St. William Church we will be celebrating First Reconciliation for our children who are preparing for their First Holy Communion. This will be an opportunity for both children and parents to greet our Lord in this sacrament of our faith.
BIRTHRIGHT NEEDS YOUR HELP: New house is a work in progress.
Currently needing help with plumbing, heating, air conditioning,
painting, brick work, storage cabinets built in, shelving etc. If you are able to help with any of these
areas, even for just a little, please call Terri LaHugh at 270-570-5319 any
time.
The 35th annual Right to Life of Owensboro Chili Supper/Raffle: Again this year, instead of our traditional selling of raffle tickets before the weekend Masses, a second collection will be held after Communion at all the Masses February 16th and 17th. Thank you for your generosity on behalf of life (Mary Lou Payne 281-5634).
SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE: Baskets will be in place this
weekend (Jan 27th) and next ( Feb. 3rd)t to receive your
donations for birthright. Birthright
needs newborn diapers, preemie clothing of all kinds, sleepers (0 to 3 mo.),
warm baby blankets, receiving blankets, baby bottles, maternity jeans and
shirts (all sizes), and women’s robes and slippers (all sizes).
Baseball, Softball, and T-ball Sign up: February 2nd; & February 9th, from 9:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m. at the Knottsville Fire Department. Please bring birth certificate and 3 proofs of residency. For further information contact: Bubby
Morris, Playground President 281-9445 or 570-4925.
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ASH WEDNESDAY – THE SEASON OF LENT: The season
of Lent is closely associated with the transition from winter to spring. The word “lent” come from the
Anglo-Saxon word for springtime, lencten. It
describes the gradual lengthening of daylight after the winter solstice.
From the 4th century,
preparation for baptism was joined by fasting and other penitential practices
before Easter in preparation for absolution from public sins and crimes. During the Middle Ages, the season of Lent
became universally popular with emphasis on personal sin.’
Since the early days of Christianity
the discipline of fasting became associated with the number forty: i.e.:
the forty day fast by Jesus before beginning his public ministry; the
forty days Moses spent on Mt. Sinai before delivering to the people the 10
Commandments; the 40 years of wandering in the desert before coming into the
Promise Land. Fasting by catechumens,
and then by other Christians, was done in imitation of these scriptural
experiences.
Ash Wednesday officially begins the
Liturgical Season of Lent and the Easter cycle and can occur any date between
February 4th and March 10, depending on the date of Easter. Early in Christianity a controversy arose
over setting the date of the annual Pascha (Passover) and Easter. Some, called the Quartodecimans (Latin
“fourteenth”), claimed that Easter should be celebrated annually on the precise
date of Jesus’ historical Passover: the
14th of Nisan; according to the Jewish calendar (first day of the
full moon that followed the spring equinox), which was usually a weekday. Others insisted that it always be a Sunday,
because Christ was raised from the dead on the first day of the week. This controversy was a high priority on the
agenda of the council of Nicaea called by the Emperor Constantine in the year
325. The decision was that Easter be
observed on the Sunday following the first full moon after the spring
equinox. As a result, Easter can now
occur on any Sunday from March 23 to April 25. This year, 2008, Ash Wednesday
kicks off the Season of Lent on February 6th with Easter being
celebrated on March 23rd.
The Season of Lent is closely associated with the
themes and experiences of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
As we prepare for the
Passion of Our Lord, His death and Resurrection we should concentrate of
spending additional
time in prayer – personal prayer
regardless the hour of the day, and communal prayer by participation in
experiences of prayer with others by participating in additional Masses or by
sharing your devotion to the Lord by recalling His suffering by praying the Way
of the Cross with family members or neighbors.
The Season of Lent also brings to mind the
disciplines of fasting and abstaining from meat. Fasting simply means that we do without the
full amounts of the foods that we would normally eat; for example, two lesser
meals and one full size meal per fast day.
Abstaining from meat offers us the opportunity to substitute a different
food as part of the entry of our meals; traditionally Catholics have
substituted fish or seafood for meat of the Fridays of Lent.
The norms for fasting during Lent: while fasting only one full meal per day is
taken and the combined amount of the other two meals should not exceed the
amount of the one full meal. Catholics
who are eighteen and not yet sixty years old are asked to observe the fast days
established by the Church: Ash
Wednesday and Good Friday.
The norms for abstaining from meat: substituting fruits, dairy products or sea
foods instead of meat for your meals.
All Catholics over the age of fourteen are required to abstain on the
abstinence days established by the Church, that is Ash Wednesday and all
Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence.
On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, we both fast and
abstain. We do not eat any meat, we eat
only one full meal, and we do not eat between meals on these days.
The Church still maintains all Fridays of the year
as days of abstinence from meat; however, the faithful are permitted to
substitute an alternative penance if they so desire on Fridays outside of the
Lenten Season.
Almsgiving involves the notion of giving above and
beyond what is normally given as an offering as a sign of doing penance. For example, the money saved from fasting
and abstaining from meat could be given in special collections that are taken
up during Lent. Realizing how wonderfully
blessed we are may be an encouragement to offer a greater share during this
special time of penance. To encourage us in giving alms above the
norm we are asked to participate in special collections during the Season of
Lent: i.e. February 6th: Support
of the Diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica; February 10th: Diocesan Administration; February 17th: Right to Life of Owensboro; February 24th: Sick and Infirm Priest; March 2nd: Catholic Relief Services; March 2st: Good Friday-Holy Land; March 23rd: Easter-Seminary collection.
As you anticipate the Season of Lent think ahead
about how you may respond to the invitation to prepare for Holy Week and the
celebration of the Lord’s resurrection. Whatever you decide to do by way of
prayer, fasting and almsgiving know that the Lord will bless you for your
efforts in this life and in the life to come.
Consider your worries and your woes and offer them to the Lord this
Lenten Season. Consider your blessings
and give thanks to the Lord for His goodness.
COMMUNITY
CATECHESIS:
February
3rd. Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (true Discipleship)
Reading
I: Zephaniah 2:3, 3:12-13 (Humble and
Lowly)
Reading
II: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (Boast in the Lord)
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12a (Theirs is the Kingdom
of God)
Adults: Which quality in the beatitudes am I most
in need of?
Children:
How often do I ask God to help me become a better person?
Sacrament
Series:
Holy
Orders—Living for God. Holy Orders include priests and deacons. As a priest, the Sacrament of
Holy Orders enables him to speak in the name of the whole community. In the
same way your hand can write a signature and it binds your whole body, or your
mouth can give “your word” which binds your whole person, the priest can speak
in the name of the whole Body. He is ordained to say prayers to which we can
all respond “Amen.” Because of Holy Orders the priest “possesses the authority
to act in the power and place of the person of Christ Himself” (Catechism,
#1548).
What
about Brothers and Sisters? Rather than taking Holy Orders, a brother or a sister (sometimes know
as a nun) is a man or woman who takes special vows committing him/her to a
religious life. He or she has voluntarily chosen to leave mainstream society
and live life in another fashion such as assisting others, missionary work,
living in prayer, etc.
2008 MARRIAGE PREPARATION
CLASSES: For those couples who are single and
engaged, and those who are free from
canonical restrictions (i.e. previously married but have received a Declaration
of Nullity for an official Catholic Marriage Tribunal) who are planning to
commit themselves to one another in the sacred bond of Matrimony, we will have
our first group Marriage Preparation Class on Tuesday, February 12th
at 7:00 p.m. Our second group class
will take place on Tuesday, February 19th at 7:00 p.m. These classes will take place in St. William
Catholic Church in Knottsville. Couples
who are prevented from attending these classes due to work schedules, etc.
should contact the parish office and leave your phone number and address so
alternative arrangements may be made.
In anticipation, thank you for your efforts.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND
EXPRESSIONS OF KINDNESS: I personally
take this opportunity to thank everyone for the prayers, visitations, and
expressions of kindness during my recent and unexpected stay in the
hospital. On November 19th I
went in for a simply gall bladder removal with the expectation of being home
that evening, so why put a notice in the bulletin, I thought. Three different surgeries, 2 “Code Blue” and
50 days later I was dismissed by my surgeon with the instructions to take it
easy for several weeks, if not months, until the healing process had reached the
stage that would permit me to return to a full schedule of work. Well, I have been out of the hospital for
almost three weeks now and I feel better with each passing day. My eating habits have returned to normal; I
still have a little trouble walking or standing for extended periods of time, but
each passing day allows me to give God thanks to each of you for sharing your
faith and strength with me. Keep up the
good work and I will be back with you as soon as possible. Fr. Tony.
VOLLEYBALL SIGN-UP : 3rd thru 8th grades Volleyball sign-up will be Monday February 4th, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at MCMS GYM. For further information please contact Lucy Carrico at 927-8676 or 313-3412.
Fish Fry: The
Outreach Program will be hosting Lent Fish Fries every Friday from February 8th
– March 22nd from 5 – 7 p.m. in the school gym. $8.00 an adult plate – eat in or carry
out. Please come and enjoy! (Rhonda
Higdon)