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 10th , 2008 – 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT
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.
Saturday, February
16th: 4:00 p.m. (SW) Laura
Jane Green
Sunday, February 17th: 6:30 a.m.
(SW) Parishioners
Sunday, February 17th: 8:00 a.m.
(SL) Viola & Harles
Payne Family
Sunday, February 17th: 10:00 a.m. (SW) Joe Johnson
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LITURGICAL APPOINTMENTS:
February 16TH & 17TH:
LECTORS EUCHARISTIC
MINISTERS
4:00 p.m.: Holly Boarman 4:00 p.m.: Brian Morris, Keith Payne, Volunteer
6:30 a.m.: Darrell Cecil 6:30
a.m.: Ethan Haycraft, Terry Johnson
8:00 a.m.: Eddie Wethington 8:00
a.m.: Richard Stallings, Eddie Wethington Sr., Jason Wimsatt
10:00 a.m.: Anita Payne 10:00 a.m.: Susie Hamilton, Barbara
Huskisson, Bill Lanham
ALTAR SERVERS VOCATION
CRUCIFIX
4:00 p.m: Katherine Lemmons, Toni Isbill St. William: Mary Lou Payne
8:00 a.m.: Katelyn Evans, Beth Millay St. Lawrence: Victor and Lois Johnson
10:00 a.m.: Michelle Petri, Tori Lanham
ROSARY LEADERS: 4:00 p.m. Sandra
Higdon; 8:00 a.m. Frances Payne; 10:00 a.m. Anna Turner
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BINGO TEAM # 6: Debbie Connor, Linda Aud, Keith Roby, Keith & Tina Morris, Claude Knott, Laurie Elliott, Penny Knott, Patti Merritt, Kenny & Carleen Morris,
Terri Edge, Donna Howard, Amy Aud, Scott Howard, Dwayne Knott, Lisa Payne, David Crisp, Mike Roby, Tom & Lisa Clark
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 : Patsy Cecil, Jenny Cecil, Stacy Carmon, Kenny Cecil, Patrick Cecil, Stella Boehman
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: $7,826.93 $
3,737.63 $ 11,564.56
Contribution Envelopes Issued: 364 129
Percentage of Envelopes Used: 48% 47 %
Children’s Donations: $1.50
OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
COMMUNITY CATECHESIS:
Feb.10 First Sunday
of Lent (Sin & Grace)
Reading I: Genesis
2:7-9; 3:1-7 (The Sin of Adam and Eve)
Reading II: Romans
5:12-19 (Death to Life)
Gospel: Matthew
4:1-11 (The Temptation in the Desert)
Adults: What are my
strengths personally and professionally? When have I allowed them
to be misused?
Children: What
abilities has God given me? How should I use them to help others?
Sacrament Series:
Anointing of the Sick…Who gets it? What do you think of when you hear Anointing
of the Sick? Like many, you may think of a priest praying with someone in a
hospital or sick in bed. For an increasing number of Catholics, however, the
image would be different. Today, Anointing may take place during Sunday Mass
with people, some visibly ill, others healthy looking, coming up the aisle to
be anointed. While Anointing of the Sick began as a healing ritual, over the
years, the emphasis has changed to forgiveness and, in some cases, final
preparation for heaven. The Second Vatican Council returned the original
meaning to the sacrament by emphasizing that it is not only for those who are
at the point of death, but for anyone who is seriously ill, including mental or
spiritual illness. It also helped move the Anointing away from a private
service and back toward a community-based one.
LENTEN
PENANCE SERVICES SCHEDULED:
Saint Anthony, Browns Valley: Wednesday, February 27th: 6:30 p.m.
Saint Pius X, Owensboro: Wednesday, March 5th: 6:30 p.m.
Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence: Thursday, March 6th: 6:30 p.m.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Owensboro: Sunday, March 9th: 2:00 p.m.
Blessed Mother, Owensboro: Monday, March 10th: 6:30 p.m.
Saints Joseph and Paul, Owensboro: Wednesday, March 12th: 6:30 p.m.
Saint William, Knottsville: Thursday, March 13th: 6:30 p.m.
Mary Carrico School, Knottsville: Thursday, March 13th: 9:00 a.m.
LENT:
Rules
for fasting & abstinence:
Fasting:
Catholics 18 and not yet 60 are asked to observe the two fast days of
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Abstinence:
All Catholics over the age of fourteen are required to abstain from meat
on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent. The norms for abstaining from meat:
substituting fruits, dairy products or sea foods instead of meat for
your meals. 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.
LENTEN ‘SECOND COLLECTIONS’:
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 21st: Good Friday-Holy Land;
March 23rd: Easter-Seminary collection.
SUGGESTIONS FOR LENTEN ACTIVITIES:
Spiritual Works of Mercy:
Admonishing the sinner; instructing the ignorant; counseling the
doubtful; comforting the sorrowful; bearing wrongs patiently; forgiving all
injuries and praying for the living and the dead.
Corporal Works of Mercy: Feeding
the hungry; giving drink to the thirsty; sheltering the homeless; clothing the
naked; visiting the sick; visiting the imprisoned; and, burying the dead.
SANCTIFYING GRACE - GOOD HABITS – VIRTUES: Theological and Human: The Most
Holy Trinity gives the baptized sanctifying grace, the grace of
justification. This sanctifying grace
enables the baptized to believe in God, to hope in Him, and to love Him through
the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity. This grace also gives the baptized the power to live and act
under the prompting of the Holy Spirit through the gifts of the Holy
Spirit: Wisdom, understanding, counsel,
fortitude, knowledge, piety and a reverent fear of the Lord. As well, this sanctifying grace is a free
gift of God which allows us to become children of God, to share in the divine
nature, and to inherit eternal life; it allows the baptized to grow in goodness
through the moral virtues by doing what is right and just and avoiding what is
wrong and evil. (Cf: Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 1266).
The theological virtues dispose
Christians to live in a relationship with the Holy Trinity. They have God for their origin, their
motive, and their object – God known by faith.
God hoped in and loved for his own sake. There are three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity.
They inform all the moral virtues and give life to them. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, nos 1840-1841).
Human virtues acquired by education,
by deliberate acts and by a perseverance ever-renewed in repeated efforts are
purified and elevated by divine grace.
With God’s help they forge character and give facility in the practice
of the good. (Catechism of the Catholic
Church, no. 1810).
Four virtues play a pivotal role and accordingly are called “cardinal”
(from the Latin word for “hinge”); all the other virtues are grouped around
them. They are prudence (knowing when
to speak and act, and when not to); justice (giving to each what is rightfully
due them); fortitude (having the strength to act according to one’s convictions
according to the will of God); and temperance (living and consuming/using
temporal goods in moderation). (Catechism of the Catholic
Church, no. 1831).
SAFE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM: A Safe Environment Program for adults will be given at 7:00 P.M. Tuesday February 19th. Anyone who plans to be involved with children as volunteers, chaperones, coaches, etc. will need to attend a Safe Environment Program. The Presentation is approximately an hour long and requires watching a video, some reading material and signing various papers. You may call to sign up. The Program will be held at Mary Carrico Memorial School Library. Please inform anyone who may not see this notice and needs to attend the Program. (Mary Helen Rhodes)
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). Ushers for the weekend are asked to take this collection up immediately after Communion.
THS
OPEN HOUSE: Trinity High School will be hosting an Open House on
Friday, February 22 at 5:30 PM in the cafeteria. All seventh and eighth
graders and prospective new Trinity students and their parents are invited to
meet the teachers and staff as well as some current students and
graduates. Information will be available at this event regarding academics,
student organizations, athletics and tuition programs. Food and
refreshments will be provided. Parents and students will be given free passes
to the THS girls varsity ballgame following the event. For more
information, please contact Bill Hagan at 233-5533.
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.
If you haven't gotten one our awesome
community cookbooks, we still have some for sale: $13.00 a piece or
$10.00 if you buy three or more. You may call Rhonda Higdon 281-5836 or
Amy Brown 281-9857.
7th & 8th Grade Mary Carrico Grils volleyball
(2teams)
Starting February 12th, 2008 Tuesdays and THrusdays 6:00 – 7:30 (7th grade)
7:30
– 9:00 (8th grade)
This will be for every Tuesday and Thursday in February and March
beginning February 12th .
Coaches: Connie Lemmons &
Sheila Turner
Each Friday from:
February 8 – March 22nd
MARY CARRICO SCHOOL GYM - KNOTTSVILLE, KY.
SERVING TIMES:
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
COME AND ENJOY THE FINE FOOD
AND FRIENDSHIP !!