St. Romuald Parish Celebrates Bicentennial by Marie Rose HARDINSBURG,Ky
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St. Romuald Parish Celebrates Bicentennial By Marie Rose HARDINSBURG,Ky. - On Sunday Sep- tember 25 at 2:00pm, St. Romuald Church celebrated 200 years of faith on the hill with a Solemn Mass with The Rev. Wil- liam Medley, Bishop of the Owensboro Diocese presiding. Concelebrants for the Mass were Fr. Tony Bickett, pastor of St. Romuald; Fr. Brad Whistle, former pastor from 1991-1998; Fr. Pat Reynolds, former pastor from 1985-1991; Fr. Mike Wil- liams, who was assigned to St. Romuald when he was a seminary student; Fr. John Vaughan, former teacher at St. Romuald Western Kentucky Catholic Graphic by Jennifer Farley Hunt High School; Fr. Bob Ray, a graduate of St. Romuald High School, now a priest in Western Kentucky Catholic, 600 Locust Street, Owensboro, Kentucky 42301 the Louisville Diocese; Fr. Tom Richstat- Volume 38, Number 9 November, 2011 ter, O.F.M. from Indiana; and Fr. Bruce Fogle of the Owensboro Diocese. Fr. Dan Kreutzer, pastor of St. Rose of Lima and Holy Guardian Angel parishes, was also present and sang in the choir. Serving as acolytes were Will Thompson, a seminary student presently assigned to St. Romuald and parishioners Tony Anthony and Mike Wiedemer, who are deacons-in-training for the Diocese of Owensboro. Special guests for the occasion were the Sisters of Loretto: Sr. Kate Misbauer, Sr. Anndavid Naeger, Sr. Kathleen Von- derhaar, Sr. Jean Johnson, Sister Claudette Lo Porto, and several Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph: Sr. Martha Keller In the picture above left, Bishop William F. Medley delivering the homily. In the and Sr. Clarence Marie Luckett, former picture at right, priests during Eucharistic Prayer (left to right behind Fr. Tony pastoral associates at St. Romuald; Sr. Bickett and Bishop Medley were Fr. Pat Reynolds, Fr. Brad Whistle, Fr. Tom Mary Angela Matthews, a daughter of Rickstatter, Fr. John Vaughan, Fr. Bob Ray, Fr. Bruce Fogle, and Fr. Mike Williams. our parish and former principal of St. Submitted by Marie Rose. Romuald School from 1974-78; Sr. Mary Chuck McGary tolled the church bell, Beautiful music and song was provided Matthias Ward, former teacher at St. Ro- commissioned for the present church in by organist P.J. O’Donoghue and cantor/ muald School from 1958-63; Sr. Pauletta 1895 before the church was even begun Requested Service Change soloist Alison Mattingly and a 25 member McCarty, former teacher at St. Romuald and restored in 2006, summoning the choir: Martha Rose and Erin O’Donoghue, school from 1963-65; Sr. Patricia Rhoten, congregation to worship. A welcome was Fr. Dan Kreutzer, George Walz, Carlos former teacher at St. Romuald School delivered by Rosa Hockenberry, who Matthews, Tom & Bridget Malewitz, Judy from 1980-82 and Grade School Principal called our attention to the back of church Tivitt, Sue Ann Hale, Jeanne Lee, Shan- from 1982-83; Sr. Melissa Tipmore, Sr. for a very special ceremony. non Barr, Linda Carwile, Sadie Carwile, Emma Cecilia Busam, Sr. Joan Walz, and Relics and a picture of our founder Fr. Marie Rose, Kathy Ables, Olivia and Lori Sr. Mary Agnes VondeHaar; and County Charles Nerinckx, a gift to the parish from Howard, Sherry Hicks, Millie Whitler, Judge Executive and Mrs. Maurice Lucas. the Sisters of Loretto, were then blessed JoEllen McGary, Lyvenia, A. J., Jessica, The Sisters of Loretto were founded by Fr. by Bishop Medley and carried forward in Andrea and Joanna Anthony. The Mass of Charles Nerinckx in 1812. He is buried in procession by Sr. Kate Misbauer SL and Creation was sung and hymns chosen for the cemetery at their motherhouse. We are Sr. Mary Angela Matthews, OSU to be the special occasion were Gather Us In, indebted to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount housed and displayed in a cherry cabinet, Owensboro, KY Permit No. 111 Gather and Remember, Panis Angelicus, I Nonprofit Org. Saint Joseph who taught in the school here specially made for them by one of our U.S. Postage Am the Bread of Life, Sow the Word, and and served in this parish for many years. parishioners. 42301 Holy God We Praise Thy Name. Paid An organ prelude,” Up Through End- In his homily, Bishop Medley spoke to The celebration was followed by a less Ranks of Angels,” played by P.J. us of the history of the area and the legacy reception in the school gym. The Altar O’Donoghue on our the 9 rank pipe organ of faith left to us by Fr. Nerinckx and the Society and ladies in the parish provided roused the congregation assembled for the pioneer ancestors who had come before beginning of this bicentennial celebration. us. Continued on page 7 2 Happy feast day, all you saints, all you holy ones of God My dear sisters their very blood. preparing to be confirmed write letters to notes the feast days of the saints. Celebrate and brothers, November has traditionally been a me and express to me their desire to be these feasts with prayers to the saints. The notion of month to venerate and remember the confirmed. Their process of preparation Perhaps you can make a call or send a note saints in our Chris- saints. The first day of the month is a holy entails researching and selecting a patron on the patron feast day of someone you tian tradition is just day, All Saints Day. It is no coincidence saint for the occasion. Often some of their know. Or remind someone in joy or crisis about as old as that during this month we also direct our most interesting paragraphs are expressing of a particular saint who might inspire or Christianity itself. prayers on behalf of all the faithful de- the fascination they find in the lives of the comfort them. The patron saint parted, those whom we trust will, by God’s saints. By the way, the most frequently Saints are holy people. Because God of our diocese, grace and mercy, be joined with the saints chosen patrons are St. Sebastian for young alone is holy, to be a saint is to participate St. Stephen, is re- in heaven. men. He is the patron saint of athletes. The in, and be an image of, the holiness of God. corded as the first As ancient as the custom of our ven- favorite among young women is Saint Ma- Persons cannot make themselves holy. martyr and venera- eration of the saints may be, it seems we ria Goretti, a young girl who was martyred Only God can do that. tion of him dates have not been as attentive to passing on in 1902 at the age of twelve and represents Happy feast day, all you saints, all you from the earliest this tradition to the last couple of genera- purity and chastity. Those who chose her holy ones of God. Most Reverend tions. Our young Catholics often do not often remark that she lived long enough William F. Medley of times. People of faith recognized know much about even the great and well to express forgiveness to her attacker, “for Yours in Christ, Bishop of known saints. When I was involved just the love of Jesus,” and that he lived long Owensboro that they had dis- covered something a few years ago in proposing names for a enough to attend her canonization in St. of the holiness of new Catholic parish and a new Catholic Peter’s Square in 1947. He sat with her + Most Reverend William F. Medley, God from men and women who had lived school, many asked, “Where do you find mother and members of her family. Bishop of Owensboro heroic lives of faith, most especially the names of saints?” Soon you may be looking around for martyrs, who like Christ had poured out Many of you know that young people a handy calendar for 2012. Find one that Mandeville, Jamaica, Bishop Visits Bishop William F. Medley’s Calendar Diocese of Owensboro for November 2011 • 1 12:05 p.m. School Mass, St. Romuald, Hardinsburg Bishop Neil Tiedemann, Bishop of the • 5 10:30 a.m. Mass, conclusion of Hispanic Bible Study, Diocese of Mandeville Jamaica, visited in Christ the King, Madisonville Owensboro on Oct. 11, 2011, along with 6:00 p.m. St. Mary School System Auction, Paducah his Vicar General, Fr. Anthony Aarons, and • 6 11:00 a.m. Confirmation, St. Thomas More, Paducah Business Manager, Deacon Ron Hamilton. 2:00 p.m. 175th Anniversary Celebration, St. Jerome, Fancy Farm Bishop Tiedemann has agreed to celebrate • 10 8:00 a.m. School Mass, Christ the King, Madisonville morning Mass with Catholic Pastoral Cen- • 11 8:00 a.m. School Mass, St. Ann, Morganfield ter staff. • 12-17 USCCB Conference/Meeting, Baltimore Bishop Tiedemann and some from • 18-19 National Catholic Youth Conference, Indianapolis his diocesan staff were here in Kentucky • 21 9:30 a.m. Priest Personnel Board Meeting, CPC visiting their partners in their work. They 1:30 p.m. Priests’ Council Meeting. CPC had several appointments throughout the • 22 Presbyteral Day, CPC day in Owensboro. The diocese hosted a • 24 8:00 a.m. Thanksgiving Day Mass, St. Stephen Cathedral reception in their honor later in the evening • 28-30 Priests’ Council Provincial Meeting, Covington in the Pastoral Center. The Bishop and his staff left on Wednesday morning to visit partners in the Louisville area and return to Jamaica 6th Annual Christmas Bazaar on Thursday, Oct. 13. Bishop Neil Tiedemann, Bishop of the Diocese of Mandeville Jamaica & Salad Luncheon St Mary of the Woods Parish Hall España/Spain: Land of Mystics & Artists-- Whitesville, KY. Plus Lourdes, France.