The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption 1101 Madison Avenue Covington, Kentucky 41011 859-431-2060 Web Page: www.covcathedral.com Fax 859-431-8444
Most Rev. Roger Joseph Foys, D.D. MUSIC MINISTER MASS SCHEDULE Dr. Gregory Schaffer – Bishop of Covington, Daily Mass – Basilica Principal Organist 1125 Madison Avenue 8:15 a.m., Monday thru Friday Covington, Kentucky 41011 and Choirmaster Saturday – 4:30 p.m. (Vigil) 859-392-1500 Sunday – 7:30, 10:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m. PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Televised Mass: Sunday, 5:00 p.m. PARISH MINISTRY Monday thru Friday, Televised/Analog Channel 5-2, Very Rev. Ryan L. Maher, Rector 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. NKY Spectrum 188, Deacon: Jerry Franzen Cincinnati Bell 23 or 291, Pastoral Associate: Ohio Spectrum 993 HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL Sr. Barbara Woeste, O.S.B. www.holyfamilycovington.org Holy Day of Obligation: 5:30 p.m. (Vigil – Except All Saints Day); Facilities Manager and 338 E. 16th Street 10:00 a.m. Director of Volunteers: Ms. Mary Easterling Office – 859-581-0290 Parish Secretary: ADORATION Mrs. Trisha Brundage CATHEDRAL ENDOWMENT FUND Thursday, 8:30-11:30 a.m. [email protected] [email protected] Maintenance Director: Please remember the Cathedral SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Friday, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Mr. Jerome Lantry in your Will or Estate Plan. Chair, Finance Committee: Saturday, 3:00-4:00 p.m. Mr. Rick Lehman Anytime by appointment. BAPTISM Call the Parish Office at 859-431-2060.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Please call the Parish Office at least one year before your proposed wedding date.
MEMBERSHIP IN THE PARISH We give a hearty welcome to all newcomers moving into our parish. Please register at the parish office or after Mass as soon as possible. If you plan to move from the parish, please inform us.
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Reporting Sexual Misconduct in Diocese of Covington Please contact Diocese of Covington, Ms. Margie Schack, Diocesan Victims Assistance Coordinator at 859-392-1500.
CATHEDRAL PRAYER NETWORK Please sign book in north entrance. ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL COVINGTON, KENTUCKY
The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption’s Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Vigil Mass is taped and broadcast at 5:00 p.m. every Sunday on: WLWT – Channel 5-2 ME-TV, Cincinnati Bell Fioptics – PENTECOST SUNDAY Channel 23 and 291; Spectrum – Northern Kentucky Channel 188; Spectrum – Hamilton County channel 993. ME-TV is an affiliate May 23, 2021 of NBC/WLWT. The airing covers the Diocese of Covington, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, partially the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and the Diocese of Lexington.
Pentecost Sunday – Reading I: Acts 2:1-11; Responsorial Psalm Pray the Rosary – Pope Francis has 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; Reading II: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; asked all Catholics throughout the world or Galatians 5:16-25; Gospel: John 20:19-23; or John 15:26-27; to join him in a Rosary marathon of 16:12-15. prayer during the month of May to pray for an end to the pandemic. Live From the Rector’s Desk... broadcasts of the Rosary marathon will In an Executive Order, May 13, Governor Andy Beshear lifted take place from various Marian shrines the mask and social distancing mandates for fully vaccinated throughout the world. This is a time for persons. According to the Centers for Disease Control people are people of faith to join together in prayer considered fully vaccinated: asking Our Lady to intercede for us and that an end to the 1. Two weeks after their second dose in a two-dose series, such pandemic come quickly. At the Cathedral, we will pray part of the as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or Rosary after daily Mass. I encourage all parishioners to pray the 2. A week after the single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Rosary every day, especially each Monday of May at 6:30 p.m., Johnson’s vaccine. along with the members of the Cathedral Ladies Society. The Anyone not meeting these requirements, regardless of age, are pandemic continues to rage in various parts of the world, so NOT fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. After reviewing urgent and fervent prayer is needed. Our Lady, Health of the Sick, Governor Beshear’s executive order, the following diocesan pray for us! protocols have been updated and will take effect immediately: • Fully vaccinated persons may attend Mass and other liturgical Notre Dame Urban Education Center (NDUEC), 14 E. Eighth services without wearing a mask. Street, Covington, KY 41011, is seeking adult and high school • In accordance with this new order, each pastor may volunteers to tutor children in grades 1-9 in reading, English and determine how best to accommodate seating so that as many math in our Summer Academics program held in June. Come and parishioners can safely return to the celebration of Mass. (At make a difference in the life of a child. Volunteers 18 and older the Cathedral, the smaller window pews on each side are must be VIRTUS compliant. reserved for those who need to social distance). Anyone wishing to continue to wear a mask for his or her own NDUEC has open registration for the Summer Academics safety or peace of mind is certainly welcome to do so. Persons program, held from June 1-24, 2021, for students in grades who are not fully vaccinated — including priests, deacons and 1-9. The Early Learning program, for 4 and 5-year-olds, is now other ministers at the Altar — must continue to wear a mask and accepting registrations. Early Learning begins in August, 2021, social distance. and ends in May, 2022. For information, please call NDUEC at All other “Safety at Mass” protocols remain in effect. 859-261-4487, visit www.nduec.org, or email Sister Maria Therese Fr. Maher at [email protected].
Holiday Weekend – In celebration of Memorial Day, the Parish Catholic Charities – The Diocese of Covington’s Catholic Office will be closed on Friday, May 28 and Monday, May31, Charities office is seeking candidates for two full-time positions. 2021. On Monday, there will be no 8:15 a.m. Mass, a Mass The Volunteer Coordinator position is involved with all aspects will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. at St. Stephen Cemetery, 1523 of volunteer recruitment, training, appreciation, and retention. Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, Kentucky. The Controller position assists the office’s Executive Director in managing Catholic Charities’ finances, including its Parish Dedication of the Cathedral Façade – Bishop Foys will dedicate Kitchen ministry. To apply, email or fax a letter of interest, CV the Façade of the Cathedral at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 6, 2021. or comprehensive résumé with compensation history, and a The ceremony will take place outside. Madison Avenue will be minimum of five references with their contact email addresses closed between 11th and 12th streets. The 24 statues represent to Stephen Koplyay, SPHR, at [email protected], or fax 859- the parishes of our Diocese and the two new tympanum include 392-1589. images of St. Thomas More and St. Elizabeth. All are invited to this historic moment in the life of our Diocese. Participants may Parish Kitchen, a ministry of Catholic Charities, needs your bring their own lawn chair if they would like to. The ceremony will help! It will soon open its dining room to guests. To do so, more be livestreamed from www.covdio.org. volunteers are needed to help serve lunch from 11:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Regular or sub opportunities are available for weekday and Raffle – June 19, 2021 St. Augustine Church, Covington, is weekends, once a month or more. Volunteers must be VIRTUS having a Split-the-Pot raffle. Tickets are $10.00 online, or from its compliant – training is available in the Diocese of Covington. Parish Office, 413 W. 19th Street. The goal is to sell 4,000 tickets. If interested, please fill out a volunteer application at www. For information, call 859-431-3943 or visit St. Augustine parish parishkitchen.org. A staff member will contact you as soon as website at www.staugustines.net. possible. PENTECOST SUNDAY MAY 23, 2021
LITURGICAL MINISTERS: Saturday, May 29, 2021 4:30 p.m. Lector: Br. Rock Larsen Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion: Stephanie Hennessey Altar: Pontifical Servers Sunday, May 30, 2021 7:30 a.m. Lector: Geri Harpen Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion: Saturday, May 22 Hope Cavaleri 4:30 p.m. Albert Czarnecki Altar: TBD Sunday, May 23 10:00 a.m. Lector: Brian Hallahan 7:30 a.m. Mary Louise Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion: 10:00 a.m. Emma Hollis Margaret Polen 5:30 p.m. Cathedral Parishioners and Benefactors Altar: Pontifical Servers Monday, May 24 5:30 p.m. Lector: Dave Custer 8:15 a.m. Joan Hadorn Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion: Tuesday, May 25 Bonnie Hugus 8:15 a.m. Intention of Rick and Arlene Trumble Altar: TBD Wednesday, May 26 8:15 a.m. Markus Trischler Thursday, May 27 IMPORTANT– Each family registered in the parish should 8:15 a.m. Mary Kay Laurence receive the free weekly mailing of The Messenger. If you Friday, May 28 have not been receiving it, please call the Parish Office at 8:15 a.m. Sr. Margaret Mary Gough, O.S.B. 859-431-2060. Saturday, May 29 4:30 p.m. Dorothy and George Schepman Sunday, May 30 – The Most Holy Trinity Please pray for our parishioners and family: Alissa Light, 7:30 a.m. Jean Scott Wladyslawa Balaban, Ellen Zahorec, Dorothy Montgomery, 10:00 a.m. Albert Racke Theresa Goeke, Fred and Jodi Otto, Virgie Nagel, Sharon Koenig, 5:30 p.m. Cathedral Parishioners and Benefactors Madeleine Smith, William Davin, Jenny Blackburn, Amy Michels, Michael Trimpe, the Harwick family, the Smith-Hale-Reams families, Terri Beuttel, Geraldine Hallahan, Hannah Tolson, Helen Collection for Sunday, May 16, 2021: Fehr, Joanna and Ray Harcourt, Will Clift, Thomas Hampton, Envelopes (58) $ 2,620.00 Eva Farris, Beverly Wedding, Amy Goeke, Joan McGearty, Gary Loose $ 1,548.75 Epplen, Jill Humphries, Barb Armstrong, Marion Keen, and Vicki Diocesan $ 3,115.39 Smith. May they find comfort in the healing touch of Jesus. Total $ 7,284.14 Estate Planning – For your protection and security of your family and heirs, consult an attorney about making out your Will. While reviewing your estate plan, please consider including the E-Giving at the Cathedral – In just seconds, you can make a Cathedral Endowment Fund. Please contact Finance Council weekly offering, or make a donation to St. Vincent de Paul, a Holy Chair Rick Lehman about the Cathedral Endowment Fund at 859- Day collection, Memorial, Maintenance, or Flower funds, and 431-2060 or [email protected]. special collections throughout the year. If you would like to give electronically, please visit our website at www.covcathedral.com, Help after Abortion – Our past decisions can leave us feeling or call the office for more information at 859-431-2060. messy. God is bigger than any of our messes. Don’t let this keep you from His love and forgiveness. Project Rachel can help. Mass Intentions – Please call the Parish Office to have a Mass Contact us at 859-392-1547 or [email protected]. All said for the repose of the soul of a deceased person, or for the communication is confidential. intention of a living person. The suggested offering is $10.00 per Mass. Catholic Charities continues to respond during these times of uncertainty by offer parenting, family, and individual counseling Holy Family School is accepting registrations for grades K-8 either through Telehealth or at our Latonia office. For more for the 2021-2022 school year. HFS has income-based tuition information, call Catholic Charities’ Client Care line at 859-581- assistance for those who qualify. If you would like a tour or have 8974. questions, please call the office at 581-0290. Come see what Holy Family School has to offer. Care of the Sick – If you know of a parishioner who is in the hospital or care center who would like a visit from the parish Volunteers Needed – We need volunteers to serve as Greeters, clergy, please contact Sister Barbara Woeste at the Parish Office. now that the Cathedral is open during the day, seven days a week. Because of the privacy laws, oftentimes we do not receive a We especially need Greeters for the weekend shifts. Each shift is phone call from the institution. We rely on family or friends to let 3 hours. Please call Mary Easterling at 859-431-2060 if you are us know when someone is in the hospital. able to help.
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