ST. JOSEPH PARISH NEWSLETTER SPRING 2019 BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY Dear Parishioners, We approach the Season of preparation for Easter. Lent is a special opportunity for Spiritual renewal and strength. The entire parish is encouraged to pray together during the week of March 10-16. Our children are preparing for Sacraments and the RCIA Candidates and Catechumens are anticipating Easter with Eucharist, Baptism, and the Holy Confirmation. Now, is the time to respond to God’s call to open ourselves to His Grace. Don’t let Lent slip by without reaching out to God. Sincerely in Christ Fr. Terry Bradshaw, Pastor BUILT TO PRAY God of mercy and source of all wisdom, we ask your blessing on our parish community now as we look over 200 years of encountering you in Word, Sacrament and Service. May we share this time, as in the past, to pray, to gather, to plant and grow, to honor and serve and share God’s love. We celebrate, sing and remember those who came before us. We pray with gratitude. We pray that the forgotten be heard, outsiders be understood and all people be treasured. We pray with gratitude. We look to you, oh Lord, for your gracious assistance, now and in the future. We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
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ST. JOSEPH PARISH NEWSLETTER
SPRING 2019 BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY
Dear Parishioners, We approach the Season of preparation for Easter. Lent is a special opportunity for Spiritual renewal and strength. The entire parish is encouraged to pray together during the week of March 10-16. Our children are preparing for Sacraments and the RCIA Candidates and Catechumens are anticipating Easter with Eucharist, Baptism, and the Holy Confirmation.
Now, is the time to respond to God’s call to open ourselves to His Grace. Don’t let Lent slip by without reaching out to God. Sincerely in Christ
Fr. Terry Bradshaw, Pastor
BUILT TO PRAY
God of mercy and source of all wisdom, we ask your blessing on our parish community now as we look over 200 years of encountering you in
Word, Sacrament and Service. May we share this time, as in the past, to pray, to gather, to plant and grow,
to honor and serve and share God’s love. We celebrate, sing and remember those who came before us.
We pray with gratitude. We pray that the forgotten be heard, outsiders be understood
and all people be treasured. We pray with gratitude.
We look to you, oh Lord, for your gracious assistance, now and in the future. We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns forever and ever.
Amen.
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The Great St. Joseph Art Caper!
Written By Jill Vittitow
Edits & Additions By Olivia Vittitow
Written for the St. Joseph School Middle School Drama Club
In Honor of St. Joseph Basilica’s 200th Anniversary 2019!
Based on a true story of the a theft of 9 pieces of art from the sanctuary of St. Joseph Church in 1952.
Performances: Friday, March 22 at 1:00pm
Sunday, March 24 at 2:00pm
Where: St. Joseph School Gym
Week of Prayer March 10-16, 2019
March 10 Benediction Service 5:00pm March 14 Taize Prayer Meditations 7:00pm March 15 Stations of the Cross 7:00pm
During this week of prayer, many other groups will join us, including Nazareth SCN
Community and Flaget Hospital, students of St. Joseph Elementary School and Bethlehem High
School, and our Youth Groups, as well as, our nursing home residents and the home bound.
Please pick up a prayer card in the back of church. Bring it with you so we may pray
together, at all our Masses, during this week.
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Holy Week at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral Palm Sunday, April 14
We remember today, the exalted entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem, as we too, bear palm branches and sing “Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” But our exaltation is short-lived as the Passion of the Lord is proclaimed with cries that the same Lord must be crucified. These extremes, of Our Lord’s life, clearly set our minds to that week of the year we call Holy.
Masses ~ Sat 4:00 p.m., Sun 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Holy Thursday, April 18
In accord with the spirit of this feast, the only celebration of the Eucharist is the evening Mass. The Basilica will open at 6:30 a.m. for Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayers) and 9:30 a.m. for St. Joseph School (Morning Prayers).
7:00 p.m. ~ Parish Mass of the Lord’s Supper
• Liturgy of the Word • Washing of Feet Ritual • Liturgy of the Eucharist • Procession to Altar of Reposition • Stripping of Altars
Good Friday, April 19 This day is the only day of the year that the Holy Eucharist is not celebrated.
The Basilica will open at 6:30 a.m. for Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayers).
7:00 p.m. ~ Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
• Reading of the Lord’s Passion • Veneration of the Cross • Holy Communion
Holy Saturday, April 20
The Church prays quietly, on this day, waiting at the Lord’s tomb, and meditating on his suffering and death. The Mass is not celebrated until the Easter Vigil, after sundown, when the fifty days of Easter joy begins.
• The Basilica will open at 8:00 a.m. for private devotions • No confessions ~ No 4:00 p.m. Mass
8:30 p.m. ~ Solemn Easter Vigil and Commemoration of the Resurrection of the Lord
• Liturgy of the Vigil • Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults • Liturgy of Easter
Easter Sunday, April 21
Masses 7:00 ~ Church 9:00 ~ Church 9:00 ~ Parish Hall 11:00 ~ Church
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Please pray for our RCIA Catechumens and Candidates who will receive full
Communion into the Catholic Faith at the Easter Vigil on Saturday, April 20, 2019.
The following RCIA Catechumens will be receiving
the Sacraments of Baptism, Holy Eucharist, and Confirmation:
Raeann Nix Bridgette Ernspiker
Austin Schaefer Parker Schaefer
Amy Huntt Kimberly Rummage
The following RCIA Candidates will be receiving
the Sacraments of Holy Eucharist and Confirmation:
Penny Bradley Jina Gibson-Hurst
Eric Jaeger Jarrod Jaeger Rhonda Jaeger
Alexander Kline Gaynell Lombardo
The following Children will be receiving the Sacrament of Baptism:
Macy Layne Brown Aubbrey Grace Cambron Grant Allen Copeland Michael David Crigler Taylor Paige Denton Gianna Rose Dillard Carly Isabel Fabek Maxwell J. Hurst
Grant Michael Newton Joseph Miller Osborne
Hayden Edward Reynolds Leigh Talbott Smith Addison Leigh Smith
Joseph O’Connor Strange Tenley Tresine Thomas
Joseph Cole Werner Wyatt Alexander Weston
Mrs. Downs ~ St. Joe School
Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 9 am
Jaclyn Reiss Anderson Kevin Jerome Ballard Ashton Brock Boone
Catherine Audrey Deopere Shane Elijah Diaz
Nicholas Benedict Kipper-Taylor Lila Leonard
Abigail Grace Peterson Evan Joseph Pryzystal
Elijah Jeris Rodgers Dawson Christopher Simpson
Lamia Vei Smith Brylie Erin Stow
Eli Joseph Thomas
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Confirmation Class ~ 2019
Wednesday, April 24th at 7:00pm
Jacob Paul Avis
Noah Edward D. Ballard
Julian Michael Blandford
Madison Taylor Borders
Caden Swain Boren
Lawrence Frye Brothers
Lauren Reagan Brown
Amanda Lynn Carrithers
Savannah Grace Clark
Christina Lynn Collett
Samuel Forsee Diaz
Emmalyne R. Dones
Eliza Diana Downs
Jacob Benjamin Eisenbarth
William Francis Evans
Ella Paige Filiatreau
Emma Katherine Filiatreau
Madeline Renee Filiatreau
Hailey Lynn Foster
Zachary William Foster
Isabelle Kate Garrett
Brian Scott Godbey
Karli Ann Goff
Parker Stephen Greer
Isabella Louise G. Harrison
Carols Manuel Hernandez
Isaac Thomas Higdon
Margaret Elizabeth Higdon
Nathan Joseph Hoerter
Samuel Joseph Hurst
Lillian Grace Leonard
Benjamin Andrew Lewis
Abigail Madison Lyvers
Sarah Anabelle Mattingly
Challen Paul McCoy
Matthew Peyton McCoy
Lillian Rose Meredith
Miller Thomas O’Daniel
Wilson Edward O’Daniel
Garrett Brown Osborne
Haydon Newsome Osborne
Parker Allen Osborne
Joshua Landon Price
Jenna Audrey Rieth
Amelia Lee Ann Riley
Cecelia Ann Rogers
Hyatt Augustus Seeger
Carley Dianne Shofner
Mason Kendrick Smith
Jared Michael Spalding
Victoria Susan Sparks
Cooper Ghiggeri Stone
Lauren Walker Trusley
Max A. Weston
Ethan Mitchell Wheatley
Madison Cecilia Wheatley
Gabe Sebastian Wheeler
Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage
PAID Bardstown, KY Permit No. 67
Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral 310 West Stephen Foster Avenue Bardstown, Kentucky 40004-0548 (502) 348-3126
