Mass Intentions
MONDAY, MARCH 8
6:30 PM Libby
Sweeten
TUESDAY, MARCH 9 Gr. K, 1,2,3
8:00
AM Janet
Bee
9:00 AM (St. Ambrose) Special Intentions
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 10
8:00 AM Peggy Singer
THURSDAY, MARCH 11 Gr.
4,5,6,7, 8
8:00 AM Lucila Boma
FRIDAY, MARCH 12
8:00 AM SamWright
9:00 AM
(St. Ambrose) Special Intentions
SATURDAY,
MARCH 13
SUNDAY, MARCH 14 (Fourth Sunday of Lent)
8:00 AM People of the Parishes
10:00
AM Alma McFarland
12:15 PM Pete Whelan
5:00 PM Special Intentions (Spanish Mass)
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ST.
AMBROSE
SUNDAY, MARCH 14 (Fourth Sunday of Lent)
8:00 AM Kenneth
& Jean Ryan Family
ST.
IGNATIUS
SUNDAY, MARCH 14 (Fourth Sunday of Lent))
10:00 AM Anna Rose Peerce
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ALTAR
SERVERS
(at St. James)
SATURDAY, MARCH 13
SUNDAY, MARCH 14
8:00 AM Lauran Berger, Travis Dugan, Eliza Argueta
10:00 AM Parker Bowman, Gabby & Sean Collins
STEWARDSHIP
REMINDER: You are to abstain from meat on all Fridays
during Lent
MONDAY, MARCH 8
2:45 PM Girls’ Choir (3rd Gr.), Primary
Bldg. Music Rm.
7:00 PM RCIA, Batcheldor Hall
TUESDAY, MARCH 9
6:00 PM Forever Young Club,
6:30 PM Bible Study, Parish Library
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10
9:00 AM Catholic Women of St. James, Parish Office
Basement
4:30 PM Girls’ Choir (7/8th Gr.), Church
7:00 PM Religious Ed, Batcheldor Hall,
7:00 PM Adult Choir Rehearsal, Church
THURSDAY, MARCH 11
3:30 PM Cherub Choir, SJS Middle School Music Room
7:00 PM Haiti Committee, Parish Office Copy Room
7:30 PM Bereavement Committee,
FRIDAY, MARCH 12
9:00 AM
Garden Committee, Rodney Thomas
Rm. Library
7:00 PM
Stations of The Cross, Church
SATURDAY, MARCH 13
8:00 AM
Holy Hour Devotions, Church
3:00 PM
Reconciliation, Church
SUNDAY, MARCH 14
10:00 AM Pre-3K Sunday School,
11:00 AM Bible
Study,
4:00 PM Catechesis,
Church Cry Room
MARCH 14th
First
Second
Gospel:
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
+ VOCATION VIEW +
The Lord is kind and merciful, and calls us to proclaim his name. Considering a call to priesthood or religious life? (Psalm 103)
LENTEN FISH FRY: Join the Knight’s of
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
After Hurricane Katrina several TV preachers got in their
pulpits and said that the reason that the storm devastated
Apparently, folks in Jesus’ time liked to blame God for
tragedies as well as we do. They approached Him with questions about two recent
deadly incidents that they were concerned about. Pontius Pilate and the Romans
had killed some Galileans and a tower had fallen in Siloam near
Jesus’ answer was both assuring and challenging to His
listeners. First He tells them that both sinners and saints die. We all have
accidents. We all can be the victims of disease, violence, accidents, and
tragedies. More importantly, God doesn’t pick on sinners any more than He picks
on saints. Then Jesus challenges His audience to be prepared for their own death
by repenting
Since we don’t know when the axe will fall for us, Jesus calls His listeners then and us now to take the necessary steps in our own lives to be in the right relationship with God and our neighbor. We cannot guarantee that when we wake up in the morning, we will see the sunset. Jesus calls us to continue to be prepared.
Finally, I have two requests. I will be at my favorite place in the world this week on retreat. From Sunday afternoon until Friday evening I will be making my yearly retreat at Gethsemani. Please keep me in your prayers during this time. Lastly, you may have noticed that my hair is getting very wooly these days. I will be shaving it all off on St. Patrick’s Day to benefit research into cancers that effect children. Several other parishioners will be doing the same thing at other occasions in the next couple of weeks. Whether you contribute for them or me does not really matter, but please contribute so that we can all do a little part in keeping kids from suffering. If you’d like to contribute online, my link is www.stbaldricks.org/participant/frchuck. You may also give cash or checks to any of us participants in person. Write the checks to St. Baldrick’s Foundation for “haircut”. Thanks for any help you can give.
Peace and Blessings,
GOD IS GETTING READY TO DO SOMETHING
TOTALLY
Do you want to be
a part of this awesome opportunity to do something that will affect the lives
of people for years to come?!! Youth 7th
through 12th grades, come to a PIZZA
PARTY with Fr. Chuck on Sunday,
March 14th at
Junior High RE will meet in the
High school RE will meet in the
Sophomores, please return your retreat forms by ASAP if you have not
already done so. Call
SACRAMENT
NEWS
Baptism-The next
sessions for parents preparing for their child’s baptism are scheduled for:
Thursday, April 8th & Thursday April 15th from
RCIA – The Rite of
Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the process
by which interested persons become members of the Catholic Church. Sessions are held on Mondays at
CWOSJ –Catholic Womern
of St. James – Reflections on the Sunday
877-6634
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER:
Spend some quality time with your spouse
enriching your marriage. Attend the Worldwide Marriage Encounter April 23-25 at Our Lady Fatima Center
in
SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY –
First Reconciliation: I love seeing the children’s smiling
faces when they come out of the confessional.
They go back to their pew happy and ready to pray their penance. I wish you could see the devotion they put in
their prayers. Heads bowed in sincere
prayer. We are fortunate to have such a
wonderful Sacrament.
Thanks to all the families who attended the Lenten Retreat. It is refreshing to see our families come
together in an intergenerational worship.
God Bless, Margaret Polin
New families
seeking information about school, please call the school offices at (270)
765-7011 or (270) 765-5587. The SJS school website www.sjschoolonline.org now has
a virtual tour posted. Check it out!
THE SJS PTO is
offering a $1, 000 scholarship to a
deserving high school graduate. The
following must be met: 1) Currently a parishioner of St. James; 2) A graduate
of
3) High school senior planning to attend an accredited
institution of higher learning; 4) 3.0 G.P.A. or greater; 5)Must be active in
St. James Church activities; 6)Financial need; 7)Completed application and two
Student Evaluation Forms by
SJS Money Raffle-Get your ticket for the SJS PTO money
raffle. Drawing is scheduled for March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day!
Tickets are $50. Tickets will be sold after
all masses this weekend & next. Profits
go to help with school needs and operating costs.
Mark your
Lenten Calendars…March
23 (Tuesday) the SJS 8th graders will present the drama, “The Passion and Death of Jesus”. This is another good Lenten event for your entire family. This will be held as St. James church at
“GENERATIONS OF FAITH” THEME-------ADVENT
2009-ADVENT 2010 SOCIAL JUSTICE
Third Sunday of Lent
I have come down to rescue
them from the hands of the Egyptians and lead them out of that land…(Exodus 3)
Lent is that time each year when we set aside some time to renew our
relationship with the God who leaned down to rescue us. Since we are those who call ourselves the
people of God, it seems to follow that we, too, might have a little learning to
do. How can we lean into sufferings of
other people? In what small way might we
enter into someone’s pain this Lenten season?
There will be varying answers.
Each one will choose different wasys, because we have different gifts
and talents. But the medium will be the
same-our compassion and love.
Prayer: Lord, help me to realize that although I am
among those who need to be rescued. I am
also part of the rescue team..
The Rosary Guild sent 2, 350 rosaries to
John Bowles 369-8416
The St. Vincent
DePaul Society needs:
CANNED FRUIT, SPAGHETTI, SPAGHETTI SAUCE, SOUPS, EVAPORATED MILK (Not
sweetened condensed), CANNED MEATS, CANNED STEWS (Beef or Chicken), TUNA,
CARROTS,
As, always thank you for
your generosity. God bless you!
PLEASE PRAY
for world peace and respect for all life, from conception to natural
death.
Rediscover Your Marriage – Retrouvaille (retrō-vī)
simply means 'rediscovery'. The program offers spouses the chance to
rediscover yourself, your spouse, and a loving relationship in your marriage.
10's of 1000's thinking of separation or divorce, or those already separated or
divorced, have successfully saved their marriage by attending this program. The
next Louisville Retrouvaille program will begin the weekend of March 19-21 in
the
From St. James Health & Wellness
Committee-.Falls are
the leading cause of nonfatal injuries in the
STEWARDSHIP—- “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he came out looking for fruit on it but did not find any. He said to the vinedresser, ‘Cut it down.’ But the vinedresser said, ‘Leave it another year while I hoe around it and manure it: then perhaps it will bear fruit. If not, it shall be cut down.’” As the vinedresser cultivated the fig tree, we are all called to cultivate the talents of each other. The sobering truth is talents not used are lost to us and others.
Sign your family up for a week with the Vocations Crucifix! Call Parish Office at 765-6268 to add your
name to the calendar. Please pray for more vocations, especially for “our”
seminarian, Stuart Priddy
DONATIONS TO
The Special Event Team of the building a
Future of Hope Campaign is planning a picnic celebration for Commitment Sunday
the weekend of May 15/16. Because the
St. James Community is composed of many diverse cultures, the Team would like
to have your representation for that day, i.e. German,
ADORATION of the MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT
+ Saturday
If
you know of someone discerning a vocation, remind them to spend time in
Adoration.
“Can
you not spend just one hour with Me?”
Worship and Liturgy Ministers, We now have the Ministry
Scheduler assignments for Feb/Mar on our webpage. Go to the St. James
webpage and on the left hand side of the page, click on the “ministries”
tab. Centered on the page under the Ministries and Organizations tab, you
will see “click here for ministries schedules.” We will keep the current
scheduling assignments posted here.
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An update from U S
Representative Brett Guthrie on the jobs bill and Haiti as well as a brief
update on Kentucky General Assembly issues are topics of the March 16, 2010 Faithful Citizenship Luncheon from
noon – 1 pm in Flaget Hall at the Basilica of
Joseph Proto-Cathedral, 110 N Fifth Street Bardstown. The
event is sponsored by Catholic Charities’ Parish Social Ministry
Department. Participants are asked to bring their own lunch;
drinks will be provided. For information and to RSVP contact
Catholic Charities’ Nazareth Office, 502-331-4545 or
schmuckrsm@scdnazarethky.org |