SAINT JAMES ELIZABETHTOWN, KY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK AT JAMES

MONDAY, September 16 , 2019 MONDAY, September 16, 2019 ( Cornelius, , & , Bishop, Martyrs) 7:00 p.m. , Church 6:30 p.m. +Felix & Libby Ball 7:00 p.m. Confessions, Church

TUESDAY, September 17, 2019 TUESDAY, September 17, 2019 (Saint , Bishop & ) 8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration, Church 7:00 a.m. +Nancy Sutherland 12:00 p.m. Finance Comm. Meeting, P.O. Basement 8:00 a.m. In Thanksgiving for Families 12:30 p.m. SVDP Outreach Meeting, RTR WEDNESDAY, September 18, 2019 (Mass at SJS) 6:00 p.m. Girl Scout 1496 Meeting, RTRs 8:00 a.m. For Sorrowful Mothers 6:30 p.m. RCIA, SJS THURSDAY, September 19, 2019 6:30 p.m. Exploring Catholicism, SJS (Saint Januarius, Bishop & Martyr) 7:00 a.m. +Ann WEDNESDAY, September 18, 2019 8:00 a.m. +Billy VanMeter 9:00 a.m. CWOSJ, RTR 9:15 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration, Church FRIDAY, September 20, 2019 5:30 p.m. Widowed Friends Mtg, Mi Jalisco (Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gon, , & Paul Chong Ha-sang, 6:30 p.m. FFF, SJS & Companions, Marytrs)

7:00 a.m. +Carolyn Linebach THURSDAY, September 19, 2019 8:00 a.m. Virgil & Sarah Pierce 8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration, Church SATURDAY, September 21, 2019 6:30 p.m. Bible Study, RTR (Saint Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist) 8:00 a.m. +William S. Bickett FRIDAY, September 20, 2019 5:00 p.m. Fred & Edna Ray 8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration, Church SUNDAY, September 22, 2019 8:30 a.m. Homeschool Meeting, RTR (Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time) 8:00 a.m. +William B. French SATURDAY, September 21, 2019 10:00 a.m. +Jack Bruner (Incense) 8:30 a.m. Eucharistic Adoration, Church 12:00 p.m. Missa pro populo 3:00 p.m. Confessions, Church 5:00 p.m. Spanish Mass 7:00 p.m. Catequistas Spanish Meeting, RTR

+Denotes Deceased SUNDAY, September 22, 2019 2:00 p.m. Baptism, Church 2019-20 Parish Pastoral Council Members 3:00 p.m. Spanish Confirmation Class, RTR Lou Edmondson, Chair 5:00 p.m. Spanish Community Dinner, B. Hall Greg Schreacke, Finance/Administration 5:00 p.m. Cub Scout Pack 303, RTR & Scout Room Geoff Clark, Parish Voice 6:00 p.m. Youth Group, SJS Lorna Vertrees, Parish Life Chair Cheri Ellis-Reeves, Secretary 6:00 p.m. Confirmation 1st & 2nd Years, SJS Andy Medders, Faith Formation Chair Paula Knowles, Stewardship/Mission Advancement Jeff Lanz, Worship Mimi Pike, Social Concerns and Outreach Coty Oropilla, School Board Liaison Youth Representatives: Grace Filburn To contact the parish council via email [email protected]. TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

HISPANIC MINISTRY PARISH LIFE

24o Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario The Kentucky Right To Life Association (KRLA) State Conference will take place in Elizabethtown again this year. It will be Avisos Parroquiales held at the Red Lion Inn, 107 Buffalo Creek Drive, 9am - 2pm Saturday, September 28th. The cost of tickets is $25 for students or $35 for adults, lunch Comunidad Hispana included. Tickets may be purchased online at: www.krla.org/events. Or you can call 502-895-5959 Confesiones en Español to make your reservations with a credit card. Todos los Domingos The following about the Conference is excerpted from 4:15 PM their website: “Did you know that the Living Will was Iglesia de Saint James popularized by the Euthanasia Society?... How do you define Dignity in Dying? ...What is the AMA position on this Clases de Catesismo practice? What about the American Nurses Association? Los Miércoles How many states now permit Physician-assisted Death? 6:30 PM ...What is the agenda of the Final Exit Network? What is the international trend in euthanasia? The 2019 keynote Escuela de Saint James topic is Patients’ Rights in light of current practices that Para registrarse visite el website de la parroquia https:// may deny basic treatments for any who have not prepared www.stjames-etown.org/faith-formation/family-faith-formation/ air-tight advance directives. Come learn how to protect formacion-de-fe/ . Más información con Hermana Michaela al your loved ones and your own life in the event of teléfono 270-765-6268 unexpected hospitalizations that trend toward painful decision making. We'll also hear from Indiana’s Right to Encuentro Provincial (proceso V Encuentro) Life CEO. Many pro-lifers do not realize that Planned Sábado 28 de Septiembre Parenthood of Ky.-Ind. (PPINK) has joined forces with PP’s 8:00 AM a 3:45 PM wealthy Great Northwest / Hawaii affiliate to provide Parroquia de Holy Family, Louisville KY PPINK with resources to win all legal battles currently Facilitadores: Padre Rafael Capo y Eva Gonzalez. Más being fought to end abortion in our states. A most información con Sra. Eva González [email protected] enjoyable aspect of the conference is the opportunity to ó llamar al 502-636-0296 extensión 1220 hear from pro-life legislators and ask questions. Decide now to be part of this important conference! Seating is Curso gratuito en línea “Las Mujeres En la limited. Enjoy fellowship with pro-lifers and get prepared Iglesia” to answer questions when difficult topics arises. Del 9 de Septiembre al 14 de Octubre More about the speakers Come hear Rita Marker, patients Ofrecido en Español por Boston College rights advocate, pro-life attorney and acclaimed author of Gran oportunidad de enriquecer su conocimiento sobre la Deadly Compassion. Rita has been executive director of oración, las sagradas escrituras, los sacramentos y la liturgia. the Patients Rights Council since its founding in 1987. She Inscripciones en www.bc.edu/schools/stm/formacion- was among the first to be profiled in the American Medical continua.html Una vez inscrito comunicarse con Sra. Eva Association’s American Medical News during its series on González [email protected] ó llamar al 502-636-0296 “people making news in an era of dramatic change in extensión 1220 medicine.” ....A former adjunct professor of Political Science and Ethics at the U. of Steubenville (Ohio), Rita has Comunícate con nosotros made presentations and debated in England, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Italy, France and many other places. She has Envía un mensaje de WhatsApp o un e-mail para poder spoken before the American Bar Association, the Kentucky incluirte en nuestra lista de comunicaciones, Y así puedas Legislature, the University of Minnesota Center for ser informado de eventos o cambios de horarios. Biomedical Ethics, and other schools and or-ganizations. E-mail [email protected] Three outstanding pro-life Kentucky legislators also will Facebook Ministerio Hispano de St. James speak: Rep. Tim Moore (R - Dist. 18, Elizabethtown); Rep. WhatsApp (270-723-4957) Nancy Tate (R - 27th Dist., Brandenburg); and Rep. Russell Webber (R - Dist. 26, Shepherdsville). And find out from Mike Fichter, president and CEO of Indiana Right to Life, more on the merger of Planned Parenthood and the legal challenges facing RTL. We look forward to seeing you!” SAINT JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH ELIZABETHTOWN, KY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

SAINT JAMES CATHOLIC SCHOOL PARISH LIFE Widowed Friends Meeting All widows and widowers are welcome to come join me for an evening of good food and tasty margaritas at Mi Jalisco. Mi Jalisco is located at 2414 Ring Rd. We will meet at 5:30 PM on 18 September 2019. God Bless! Deacon Karl

Saturday, We welcome all new families to the Hardin County area December and offer a quality education where students can grow 14, 2019 academically, spiritually, and socially. Please visit us at 401 Robinbrooke Blvd. , Elizabethtown, KY or online at www.sjschoolonline.org Safe Environment Training The Archdiocese of Louisville is committed to ensuring that children and youth who worship, study or participate in church-sponsored activities can do so in the safest and most secure setting possible. In an effort to fulfill this commitment, all employees or volunteers who have contact with children or youth (18 and under) for ANY length of time are required to participate in one of the Safe Environment Training Workshops. Saint James Catholic Church will offer training Tuesday, October 15th at 6:30pm in Batcheldor Hall.

Do you receive the Parish Electronic Newsletter? Saint James Catholic Church has a weekly electronic newsletter that is sent out to parishioners for whom we have an email address on file. The newsletter is sent out on Thursday or Friday each week and includes important parish news and reminders for the upcoming weekend. If you are not receiving this newsletter, please provide your email address to Lauren Overstreet in the parish office or email [email protected]. TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

WORSHIP STEWARDSHIP Celebrant/ Homilist Schedule at Saint James Stewardship Date Mass Celebrant Homilist Sat. 9/21 5:00 p.m. Fr. Kirby Deacon Karl of Treasure Sun. 9/22 8:00 a.m. Fr. Kirby Deacon Karl Weekend of Sun. 9/22 10:00 a.m. Fr. Kirby Deacon Karl September 7th and 8th Sun. 9/22 12:00 p.m. Fr. Scott Deacon Karl Sun. 9/22 5:00 p.m. Fr. Scott Fr. Scott Amount Collected $23,987.98 Please note: Presider and Homilist schedule are subject to change. TODAY’S SCRIPTURES *NOTE: Collections that are paid through automatic withdrawals are drafted on the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time last business day of the month.

First Reading: Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14

Second Reading: 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Gospel: Luke 15:1-32 or 15:1-10 “They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for God the Father shows remarkable mercy to us themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it….” when we stray from following him. When we sin, Exodus 32:8 we are called to repentance and to accept God’s The days of worshiping idols are not as far away as gracious mercy. By the same token, when others we might think. Today’s idols are houses, cars, stray, we are to welcome them back with joy clothes, technology, power, and wealth. when they repent. We are all sons and daughters of the same merciful Father. SAINT VINCENT de PAUL OUTREACH (Food Pantry) is seeking volunteers. Our current NEXT WEEK’S SCRIPTURES operating hours are 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (closed on federal holidays). If you are unable to work a few hours Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time each week, a few hours each month would be First Reading: 8:4-7 greatly appreciated. Volunteers may choose a schedule that fits their needs. Help those in need. Second Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Please contact Tom Mahoney @ 270-766-4400 or [email protected]. Gospel: Luke 16:1-13 or 16:10-13 All donations are GREATLY appreciated. We currently need the following: Jelly, Canned Tuna, Oats/Oatmeal, Cereal, and Hamburger & Tuna Helpers. THANK YOU!

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PARISH LIFE RCIA meets this week! 6:30-8pm at Join us each Sunday Saint James Catholic 6:00 p.m. at SJS School (room 231). Join us as we discuss: Who is Jesus: Lord, Liar, or Lunatic?

Confirmation for 1st and 2nd years meets each Sunday from 6-8 pm at the school. Contact Sister Michaela at the parish office with questions.

The Catholic Women of Saint James (CWOSJ) began meeting for the Fall session on Join us for FFF this Wednesday September 18th Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at 9:00 am for fellowship, followed by the program at 9:30 am. at Saint James Catholic School from 6:30-8pm Meetings are held in the Rodney Thomas Room (in lower for a Fiesta Family Dinner! level of Batcheldor Hall). In September, programs on the RSVP is required - link is on the website! Saints from Bishop Robert Baron's "Pivotal Players" series will be viewed and discussed. If you have any questions, please contact Lorna Vertrees at Support our Saint James Guild: [email protected] or 270-766-8687. The Saint James Rosary Guild has for sale +VOCATION VIEW+ ranging from $16 - $20 The Lord will come when we least expect him. In the parish office. Is he knocking now, asking us to serve as a priest or religious? (Luke 12:49-53)

AROUND & ABOUT St. Dominic Catholic Church “Steak” Fall Social: Saturday, September 21, 2019, from 4-8 p.m. @ San Lorenzo Ruiz, First Filipino Saint St. Dominic Parish Community Center/Gym, Springfield, KY. Steak Dinner with the trimmings & Annual celebration to be held at the dessert $12, Hamburger/Hotdog with chips & Cathedral of the Assumption dessert $6. Drive-thru available. Come join the fun: Cake Wheel, Jar Booth, Prize Booth, Children’s September 29 at 5pm Activities & Capital Prize Drawing (1st-$2000, 2nd- Filipino dinner to follow ($8.00/ $10.00) $700, 3rd-$300 & four $100 Drawings.) Join us for Mass at 4:30 p.m., a great meal & lots of fellowship Proceeds go to San Lorenzo Ruiz / & fun! Gaming License #ORG0000599 Father Bill Fichteman Scholarship Fund