St. Stephen Martyr

The Ascension of The Lord June 2, 2019 ST. STEPHEN MARTYR

2931 PINDELL AVENUE • LOUISVILLE, KY 40217 www.ssmartyr.org Parish Office...... 635-5813 School ...... 635-7141 Cafeteria ...... 635-6895 ...... 635-3505 Activities Center ...... 635-3505 St. Vincent de Paul ...... 635-4414

Staff Pastor Rev. Harry J. Gelthaus [email protected] Permanent Deacons Mr. Steve DaPonte [email protected] Sr. Deacon Mr. Syl Nitzken Director of Music Stuart Wicke [email protected] Business Manager Mrs. Celeste Fautz [email protected] Principal Mrs. Bridget Britt [email protected] CRE Stacey Smith [email protected]

Parish Council Pastor, Fr. Harry Gelthaus Chairperson, Kurtis White………….…..637-5603 Administration/Finance,Ray Brown.648-5667 Formation/Education, Susan Abel...637-7191 Parish Life, Patty Norton……….……….773-6356 Worship, Mary Lotz…………………..…...634-9676 Recording Secretary, Mary Lotz………..634-9676 Rob Greenwell……………………………...314-4008 Michelle Herberger………………………..637-5744 Cherri Just…………………………...……….635-0101 Karen Lotz…………………………………....638-0125 Heather Schardein………………………..387-9096 Brian Seay…………………………………....634-8216

Mass Schedule Weekend: Saturday 4:00 pm; Sacraments Sunday 8:30, 10:30 am Baptism: Call parish office for Weekday: Monday--Thursday 8:15 am appointment and preparation. St. Stephen Martyr Parish Vision: Communion Service: To be a community that loves and serves God Confession: and one another Friday & Saturday 8:15 am 1st Sat. each month following Holyday: See announced times in 4:00 pm Mass or by appt. St. Stephen Martyr bulletin. Marriage: Please contact priest at least Parish Mission Statement: Bulletin Deadline six months in advance. To worship God as a Catholic faith community for the salvation of all Monday by Noon Time, Talent and Treasure Fostering Stewardship as a Way of Life

“Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: ‘Holy Father, I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one…’” Jn 17:20-21 It is through the stewardship of Join us in welcoming the newest mem- sharing our blessings with others, and caring for their needs, that we truly bers to our faith community: become one Body of Christ. Let us always pray to God our Father that we Caroline Doyle recognize these opportunities as they arise. and children, George & Lillian

Due to an early bulletin deadline, financials were not available for this week’s bulletin

A bequest in your will is important for the future of SSM. If everyone made just a $1,000 bequest , think of the difference it could make in our ability to continue our services to the parish community.

PARISH OFFICE The Parish Office will be following the Cindy Arnold Mary Isen James Price Archdiocesan guidelines for summer. Patrick Barker Janet Jacobi Julia Radonich From Friday, May 31st through Jane Becht Janet Jarboe Patricia Ringswald Friday, August 9th the Parish Office will Brad Bohannon Bertha Kamer Phyllis Schultz close at noon. Gayle Boone Damien Kline Herman Seadler Cecelia Brand Betty Krekel Vivian Seger Readings for the week of 6/2/19 Chuck Byrd Kaye Lashley Frances Skees Sun: Ascension: Acts 1:1-11/Ps 47:2-3, Allen Cassin Carl W. Lawrence Richard Sohan, Jr 6-7, 8-9 [6]/Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24- Charlie Cecil Thurman Lear Tom Steinbock 28; 10:19-23/Lk 24:46-53 Marty Elms Jan Lewis Joey Sullivan Mon: Acts 19:1-8/Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, Robin Evernham Beth Mans Lisa Swikert 6-7ab [33a]/Jn 16:29-33 Wanda Francis Betty McGill Lydia Turner Tues: Acts 20:17-27/Ps 68:10-11, 20- Heather Frazier James Meyers Tish Wagner 21 [33a]/Jn 17:1-11a Kenneth Gibson Diane Modes Bruce Wallace Wed: Acts 20:28-38/Ps 68:29-30, 33- Elaine Goehringer Rev. James W. Murphy Bill Welch 35a, 35bc-36ab [33a]/Jn 17:11b-19 Sr. Loretta Guenther Mary Rita Noonan Cheryl Westbay Thurs: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11/Ps 16:1-2a Rita Elaine Hamilton Ellie Nunn Janet White and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 [1]/Jn 17:20-26 Steven Head Liz Nussbaum Mary White Fri: Acts 25:13b-21/Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, Doug Heil Ryan Northcutt Belinda Willinger 19-20ab [19a]/Jn 21:15-19 David Hoagland Sydney Partee Ralph Withrow

Sat: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31/Ps 11:4, 5 Ann Huso Terry Phelps

and 7 [cf.7b]/Jn 21:20-25 ....and for all our sick and homebound. Next Sun: Acts 2:1-11/Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 [cf. 30]/1 Cor 12:3b-7, CHICKEN DINNER 12-13 /Jn 20:19-23 Mark your calendars—you won’t want to miss this! Join us for a delicious Chicken Dinner, music and more!! DATE: Saturday, June 8th TIME: Serving from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm Served in the cool SSAC-Gym or outside under the tent with music. Music & Beverages until 10:30 pm in the outdoor tent! Try your luck at our Cake Wheel and Pull Tabs. Bring your family and enjoy the evening. PRESBYTERAL ASSEMBLY CAKES NEEDED FOR CAKE BOOTH: Drop off cakes at the SSAC-Gym on Friday Keep Fr. Harry and all of the Archdioce- beginning at 3:00 pm or on Saturday beginning at noon. san priests in your prayers this week as they gather for the Annual Presbyteral Assembly at St. Meinrad. May God CHANCES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL QUILT Bless and guide them and may they re- HANDSTITCHED BY OUR OWN QUILTING GROUP ! turn renewed and energized.

2 St. Stephen Martyr From the Desk of: Stuart Wicke, Director of Music

What is a sequence?

On Easter Sunday, before singing the Gospel Acclamation, we sang Christians, to the Paschal Victim (or Victimae Paschali Laudes), known as the Easter Sequence. Next Sunday as we celebrate Pentecost, we will sing Come, Holy Spirit (or Veni Sancte Spiritus), known as the PARISHIONERS LOVE OUR POWERPOINT Pentecost Sequence. So what is a PRESENTATION OF THE BULLETIN! sequence? We are once again looking for someone to help with the bulletin powerpoint The sequence began as a way of prolonging the “Alleluia” – although today we sing shown in the gathering space each it before the Gospel Acclamation, traditionally it was sung directly after (sequi in weekend. Training is available and it is a Latin means “to follow”). Cantors would elongate the final syllable in the word great way to show your stewardship to “Alleluia”, which would allow the deacon more time to ascend from the altar to the your parish. You would do the presenta- ambo for the Gospel reading. As this became more and more standard practice, tion for each weekend for one month, monks and hymn-writers began to write additional text to fit in the space between rotating with three other parishioners. the Gospel Acclamation and the reading. You would complete the powerpoint at home and e-mail it in to be loaded. Step From the ninth century on, the sequence was a sensation. Sequentiae became a up and help by calling Cheryl in the unique and evolving literary genre of both sacred and secular texts, lasting well into Parish Office at 635-5813. Thank you! the fourteenth century. Sequences were popular among writers because of the liberties one could take with the structure. Unlike hymns, which relied on poetic HONOR THY CHILDREN meter, sequences were written in prose, meaning each line of text could be as long (Archdiocese continuing as the author chose to make it. The rhyme scheme was much simpler as well, as education for the awareness sequences were only written in couplets. and prevention of child abuse) Non-contact Child Sexual At the end of the medieval period, there was a well-known sequentia to accompany Abuse—In just 3 years the nearly every feast day in the liturgical calendar. This would change dramatically in National Center for Missing and Exploit- 1570, when Pope Pius IV would codify the Tridentine Mass, abolishing all but four ed Children’s Cyber Tipline received sequences: Victimae Paschali Laudes (for Easter Sunday), Veni Sancte Spiritus (for 1,428 reports of a new online exploita- Pentecost Sunday), Lauda Sion Salvatorem (for Corpus Christi), and Dies Irae (for tion crime called “sextortion” directed towards children in which non-physical All Souls and Requiem masses). Interestingly, these choices seem to correspond forms of coercion are used to acquire only with the popularity of the texts at the time, and not with their liturgical sexual content from the child. Children significance (otherwise, we could expect to sing a sequence on Christmas, are approached on social media then Epiphany, and Ascension Sunday as well). often asked to move their communica- tions from one online platform to another such as a private video chat. When it come to preventing abuse, simply talk- ing with your child is one of the most effective ways to protect them. Be sure you monitor their online activities and warn them of the dangers.

Louisville, Kentucky 3 Masses for the Week of 6/3/19—6/9/19

COMMUNION SERVICE MONDAY—FRIDAY 8:15 AM

Liturgical Roles—June 8th/9th Saturday, 6/8 Holy Communion Ministers 8:15 am Communion Service 4:00 pm April & Tom Kute, Lillian Saufnauer, 4:00 pm Richard Ringswald † Vernon Weickel, Don Schall, Norma Heitz Sunday, 8:30 am John & Rose Mangino, Jan Huber, 8:30 am Our Parish Community †=deceased Tim & Janice Norton, Jack Wimsatt 10:30 am Corky & Mary Lou Kapp † 10:30 am Mary & Pat Petrosky, Jason Cebe, Linda Hill, Pat Lawrence, Lynda DaPonte Lectors Parish Calendar Interpreter provided upon 4:00 pm Deb Hatfield request for parish events. 8:30 am Jim Sohan Monday, 6/3 10:30 am Syl Nitzken 7:30 pm Men’s Rosary Church Tuesday, 6/4 Gift Bearers 9:30 am Quilters SSAC-Mtng Rm #1 4:00 pm Diane, Isabella & Matthew Beakes 10:00 am Caring Hands SSAC-Mtng Rm #1 8:30 am Bill & Susan Herbig, Pat Pfaadt 11:30 am Brown Bag Weiker Rm 10:30 am Colleen & Mary Kay Hilliard, Jenny Smith Wednesday, 6/5 Hospitality Ministers 4:00-5:30 pm Dare-to-Care Food Distribution Weiker Rm 4:00 pm Mary Fuller, Robin Gephart 6:00 pm Scouts Marteen Room 8:30 am Ken & Regina Hunt Thursday, 6/6 10:30 am Erika & Aiden Ritchey 7:00 pm Men’s Faith Group Weiker Rm

Ushers Saturday, 6/8 4:00 pm Ed & Debbie Baumer 5:00 pm Chicken Dinner SSAC-Gym 8:30 am Al Huber, John Schwarz Sunday, 6/9 10:30 am Carl Lawrence, Bruce Renn 10:30 am Children’s Liturgy of the Word Formation Ofc 11:30 am Athletic Board SSAC-Mtng Rm #1 Sacristans 4:00 pm Carl Greer 8:30 am Ken Krekel 10:30 am Stacey Smith

Altar Servers for the Week of 6/3/19—6/9/19 The Ascension of the Lord COMMUNION SERVICES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY DUE TO PRESBYTERAL ASSEMBLY Commissioned Saturday & Sent 4:00 pm Katelyn & Aiden Ritchey Have you heard the Sunday Good News? If you're 8:30 am Abby Britt, Grace Norton reading this, 10:30 am Danielle Bibb, Ben Cebe chances are you probably have. You've heard the Tuition Help Fund—Thank you for your good news that God continuing support to our Tuition became man and Assistance Fund. You are helping a child that Jesus suffered, died, and rose for you, me, and attend our school for a quality Catholic everyone in between. Do you know you're part of it? education. If you would like to make a This week, we celebrate the Ascension of our Lord. contribution, put it in an envelope clearly When Jesus ascended into heaven, he gave specific marked that it is for School Tuition Help directions to his Apostles. "Go and make disciples of and mail it to the office, drop it in the Collection Basket all nations." They listened! They made disciples, who during Mass or drop it in the drop box by the Parish made disciples, who made disciples, who made disci- Office door. ples, on down the centuries. And here we are! So what's next? The truth is that we're all commissioned and sent. It happened at our baptism, when we were made sharers in this sacred mission of Jesus. Who will make the next disciples? I hope it's you!

June 2, 2019 4a 4b The Ascension of The Lord Masses for the Week of 6/3/19—6/9/19

COMMUNION SERVICE MONDAY—FRIDAY 8:15 AM

June 2, 2019 4a 4b The Ascension of The Lord