St. Joseph Catholic Church 204 North Main Street, LeitchLield, KY 42754 www.stjosephch.org OfLice Hours: 8am to 4pm Mon-Fri OfLice 270-259-3028 Rectory 270-259-3028 Emergencies 270-863-1596

Pastoral Staff Masses: Feb 4-Feb 9 Pastor - Monday 7:30 am Prayer/Communion Fr. Tony Bickett [email protected] Tuesday 12:05 pm †Martha Matthews - Bob Higbee 270-589-7316 Wednesday 5:00 pm Jane Johnston Thursday 12:05 pm Glenn Braun [email protected] Friday 7:30 am †Mike Marshall -Dale Depoyster 270-756-8754 Saturday 4:00 pm †Ann Sears Marshall Sunday 7:00 am St. Joseph & St. John OfLicedale [email protected] Manager Sunday 11:00 am Ness & Nellie Alvey - Missy Hart 270-259-3028 Confessions [email protected] Associate - Wed 4:30 pm T.J. Dennison 270-302-6257 Pastoral Council Sat 3:00 pm [email protected] Media -

Paloma Falcon Barbara Allen Edna Duggins [email protected] Education - Jim Cecil Ann Marshall-Secretary

Jerry Clemons-Chair Chris Nelson Kim Smith 270-589-1789 Kirk Collard Carolyn Thomason– Vice Chair [email protected] Billy Dallas

Homebound- Meredythe Lee 270-929-7048 Stewardship of Finance

Outreach - Joanne Johnson 270-259-7599 Jan 19 $3886.01 Outreach $165 Altar Society- Linda Clark 270-287-3776 Thank you for your generosity!

-Dee Dee Johnston 270-723-2740 July 1– December 31 [email protected] Chain Total Income $185,000 - Betty Miller 270-259-3303 Total Expenses $173,000 [email protected] MINISTRY SCHEDULE February 9—7:00 a.m. February 9—11:00 a.m.

February 8—4:00 p.m. L Mark Collins L Andrea Kemp L Curtis Grant S Ethan & Zach S Eva & Jacob S & Jack C Deacon Bob Higbee C Deacon Bob Higbee C Deacon Bob Higbee C Ann Marshall C Rita Grant C Paloma Culver H Jim Marshall H Judy Warren H Joan Dobson U Jimmy & Sue Kipper U Eddie M./David C. U Eddie C./Charlie C. Gr Danny Joe & Barbara Allen Gr David & Amelia Thompson Gr Joyce Mudd & Debbie Sanders Gi Raymond& Nellie Stevenson Gi James & Bonnie Nelson Gi Craig & Adrianne Logsdon Family St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church 430 St. John Church Rd, SunLish, KY 42210 Website: www.stjohnch.org St. John Thrift Store 270-597-1038 Pastor Fr. Tony Bickett 270-863-1596

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Thank you for your generosity! Nancy Farmer, Secretary Joe Durbin January 26 $891 Barbara Fitzhugh Shelia Durbin James Hughes-Chair Jim Sims-Vice Chair July 1– December 31 Total Income $32,400 Sun 9:00 AM Feast of the Presentation Total Expenses $30,900 and Candlemas Day Mass February 9

FEBRUARY Sunday 9:00 am †Peggy & Sue Sims

9 9:00 am Anointing of the Sick Lector Susan Baatz Candles & Throats: Server Brian Davis Cup Bill Canty/Cathy Canty Today is the Feast of the Host Deacon Bob Presentation of the Lord. We will be blessing Ushers John A. Durbin/James Hughes candles on this day for each family to take home Gifts Paula Wilson/Jim Sims and used whenever you pray. At the end of DonateGreeters Online: Pam Hughes/VolunteerAnyone can donate to our Mass we will also be blessing throats in memory parish online by simply going to our website of St. Blaise. at stjohnch.org and click on the Donate We Need Fishermen: tab. You can make a single donation or set up a weekly or monthly donation. Check it What our Church need out! today is for more and more Catholics to see themselves as “Fishers of Men & Women”. Christ is calling all of us to take what we hear in the ScriptureJesus readings calls all asof Massus to andbe his the mission- Eucharist arieswe have in ourreceived world and today. go forth and carry it to others. We have to go forth and share the Good News by our words and ac- St. John Prayer List: tions with everyone we encounter. Shirley Bush, Jack Coop, Judy Dombrowski, Susan Drury, Catherine Duvall, Photos Wanted: We are recording some of Doug Farmer, Ken Farris, Deacon Bob Higbee, Betty our cemetery records now in an online software program. If you have photos of any Jennings, Joe Lonsbery, Rosemary Kennedy, Vickie of our deceased members we can incorporate Ranburger, Jim Vessels, Chris Wolfe, For our Mili- into the program so that later generations may tarySt. & John their ’familiess Thrift Store & Food Pantry see them. If you would like to help, give us the photographs of your deceased family members in an envelope with their names & 301 N Main St., Brownsville, KY 42210 your name and we will return them to you after Store Open: Mon - Fri - 9 am - 2:30 pm we have added them to our program. 270-597-1038 Sat - 9 am - 1:00 pm Pantry Open: Mon, Wed, Fri 10 am -2 pm This Week at St. Joseph B I R T H D A Y S

Sun 9:00 AM Feast of the Presentation Anthony Smith 2/2 and Candlemas Day Morelia Falcon 2/3 Dawn Garrison 2/4 Mon 7:30 am Prayer/Communion Nolan Taylor 2/4 Tue 12:05 pm Mass Susan Clark 2/5 Lynn Evans 2/5 Wed 4:30 pm Confession Sue Brown 2/6 5:00 pm Mass Ellen Thomas 2/6 Jeremiah Chino 2/7 5:30 pm Religious Ed Keycia Collard 2/7 Thu 12:05 pm Mass Ain Dennis 2/7 Rita BraunA N N I V E R S A R I E S 2/8 6:00 pm RCIA—Journey of Faith Fri 7:30 am Mass

SatSat/Sun 9:30 am AltarAnointing Society of the Sick Bob & Joanne Deweese 2/4

St. Blaise: St. Blaise who ’s feast day in Mon- K of C Fish Fry Friday 4:30 - 7 pm. day, February 3, was raised as a Christian and became a physician and a . To avoid persecution, he lived in the hills with sick ani- mals and cared for them. He was later cap- Encounter Christ Every Day: tured and while imprisoned, he cured a boy choking on a fish bone. He was ordered to be “We too are called killed for refusing to renounce his faith and to welcome Jesus who comes to meet us. To en- love of God. counter him: the God of life is to be encountered every day of our lives; not now and then, but every COMMUNION MINISTERS SCHEDULE day. To follow Jesus is not a decision taken once Nursing Home Homebound and for all, it is a daily choice.” —Pope Francis, Deacon Dale

Will be gone on vacation until Jim Marshall 2/02-2/08 Beverly Harrison February 14. Carolyn Thomason

Presentation of the Lord: Joanne Johnson 2/09-2/15 Jimmy Hill

The Presentation of FatherSt. Joseph Babu Prayer List 2/15-2/22 Rita Grant Jesus in the temple shows him to be the Lirstborn Son who belongs to the Lord. With Simeon and , Margaret Beckner, Pat Anna, all Israel awaits its encounter with the Sav- Boone, Jill Bradley, Glenn Braun, Melissa Willis Cil- ior. Jesus is recognized as the long-expected wok, Carlos Clemons, Anna Critchelow, Juanita Drake, Beverly Eck, Steve Fey, Carol Gatto, Joyce Messiah, the “light of the nations” and the “glory Green, Linda Handzus, Carol Lee HefLley, Deacon Bob of Israel,” but also “a sign that is spoken against.” Higbee, Ken Farris, Patricia Lindsey, Amy Logsdon, The sword of sorrow predicted for Mary an- Joseph Lyons, Geral Mattingly, David Pawley, nounces Christ’s perfect and unique oblation on Janette Pierce, Mandy Egan Pierce, Sara Redmon, the cross that will impart the salvation of God has Wanda Rickling, Veronica Robertson, Aaron Shull, “prepared in the presence of all peoples” (CCC, Betty Stone no. 529). Youth & Children’s Collection January 19 Blessing of Throats: Since St. Blaise feast day is this coming Monday, we will be offering the blessing of throats after Mass. Here is the prayer that is prayed: Through the intercession Children/Youth:6-Children Gave $13.00 0-Youth Gave $0 of Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat One important virtue for par- and from every other illness. ents to teach their children is the virtue of gen- erosity, sharing what they have with others. One way parents can do this is by having their Data Entry: children give some of their money to the Sunday We could use some help updating collection. Envelopes: our cemetery records. This could be done on

your home computer. To Lind out more contact Boxes of contribution envelopes for Fr. Tony our youth and children can be found in the back 40th Day of Christmas: of church. Blessed Candles: Every year on the 40th day after Christmas, February 2, we commemo- Candles blessed on Candlemas rating the day when Jesus was presented in the day are brought home to be used throughout the temple by Mary & Joseph. On this day Jesus is year for religious celebrations, sick room visita- revealed as the Light of the world and so the tion and as sacramentals during times of hard- Church blesses candles on this day. Beeswax:ship, danger and for Divine guidance. Parking Lot:

Years ago, altar candles were required We are working on making our to be composed of pure beeswax. Later, given parking lot safer for everyone. We are planning the expense of beeswax, 51% beeswax candles on eliminating the Live spaces in the middle sec- could be used. Today this is no longer required, Safetytion of theOfLicers: lot behind the parish hall and also however, candles used in church must still be have an extra spotlight for visibility. made of wax and provide a living Llame. Candles We are looking for volunteers are symbols of the presence of Christ, the light of to serve our parish as safety ofLicers. These vol- the world. unteers would agree to be at church 30 minutes Men’s Conference: before Mass to assist with parking and after Mass as people are leaving. The Catholic Men’s Confer- Donate Online: ence of Western Kentucky will be held in Satur- day, February 15 at the River Park Center in Ow- Anyone can donate to our ensboro. For more information see Fr. Tony or parish online by simply going to our website at check out their website at kycatholic.com stjosephch.org and click on the Donate tab. You Candlemas Candles: can make a single donation or set up a weekly or monthly donation. Check it out! the tradition of carrying Are You A Catholic? candles on Candlemas Day can be traced back as far as the Lifth century. It represents the entry How seriously do you take of Christ, the light of the world, into the temple being a Catholic? Is “being Catholic” something I of Jerusalem. Bringing the candle into the home just do when I attend Sunday Mass or attend one is a sign that Christ is with you in your everyday of my parish functions? Would someone recog- life. Put your candles on your dinner table or a nize you as a Catholic by the way you act, dress and talk? pray table and light when you pray. St. Paul Preschool: Relay For Life: St. Paul School offers pre- Anyone interested in forming a school 5 days a week from 7:30 am—2:30 pm. team for St. Joseph or to be on our team please For more information call 270-242-7483 or call the ofLice. stpauleducation.org

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