Parish Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:00AM–4:00PM Parish Office Phone 270-828-2552 Parish Fax 270-828-2562 Parish Email [email protected]Parish Website stmartinfl.org Fr. Jeff Hopper 270-801-6580 Cell 270-801-0208 St. Christopher Rectory [email protected]Deacon Joseph Calvert 502-930-2039 [email protected]Worship/Music Director Roselle Muse 270-828-8486 [email protected]Director of Faith Formation Glory Kramer 270-317-0985 [email protected]Youth Minister Ashley Law 270-723-0480 [email protected]Bookkeeper Renee Jenkins 270-828-8483 [email protected]Maintenance Rhonda Thompson 270-828-2552 [email protected]Secretary Leigh Ann Bruner 270-828-2552 [email protected]St. Martin of Tours 440 Saint Martin Road Vine Grove, KY 40175 Sixth Sunday of Easter Sunday, May 17, 2020 Masses will resume at St. Martin on May 21! Regular Mass Times Weekday Masses begin Thursday, May 21 Wednesday 6:00pm St. Christopher Thursday 9:00am St. Martin Friday 9:00am St. Christopher Weekend Masses begin May 23/24 Saturday 4:00pm St. Christopher Saturday 6:00pm St. Martin Sunday 8:00am St. Christopher Sunday 10:00am St. Martin Sunday 12:00PM (Noon) St. Christopher Adoration and Benediction Thursdays 5:30- 7:00PM Confessions Tuesdays Noon – 1:00PM Thursdays 5:30PM – 7:00PM Anytime by appointment. Baptisms Call the parish office to register for Baptism/classes. Marriage Call Father Hopper six months prior to your wedding. Ministry to the Sick Please call 270-828-2552 if a family member enters the hospital or becomes ill. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults): If you are interested in joining or learning about the Catholic Church, contact Deacon Joe @ (502) 930-2039 Registration to Our Parish Welcome to the Parish! Registration forms are available in the parish office or on our website. Bulletin Information for the bulletin needs to be in the parish office by noon on Wednesday in writing or by email ([email protected]) Parish Council Members Pam Foushee (Chair), Amy Peters, Mark Hubbard, Brandi Lusk, Michael Medley, Ethan Snyder, Elaine Vowels Next meeting will be rescheduled at a later date.
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Parish Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9:00AM–4:00PM
Mass Intentions can only be scheduled 12 months out
Mass Intentions will be offered in Father Hopper’s private masses until further notice.
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Acts of the Apostles 8: 5-8, 14-17
1 Peter 3: 15-18
Gospel – John 14: 15-21
Tithing Offering needed each week: $5,292.00
Offering for last 2 weeks: $
Parish Announcements
St. Martin of Tours will resume Masses beginning Thursday,
May 21, 2020. The weekday masses will be held in church and
weekend masses (starting May 23/24) will be held in gym.
Please notice that the weekend Mass times
have temporarily been changed (until further
notice) as follows: Saturday will be at
6:00pm and Sunday will @ 10:00am!
Confessions times have also changed: Tuesday from noon-
1:00pm and Thursday from 5:30-7:00pm. We will no longer be
having confessions from noon-1:00pm on Thursdays.
Church will be open for prayer every day (Sunday thru
Saturday) from 9:00am-5:00pm. Please maintain proper
social distancing (6 feet apart at minimum) and precautions
when visiting the Church for individual prayer.
Church Tithing can be mailed into the office (440 Saint Martin
Road Vine Grove, Ky. 40175), placed in the drop box (on
outside door of Saint Martin Parish Conference Room), or via
bill pay through your individual bank. Now available:
Archdiocese of Louisville has created an online portal through
which you can donate to your parish: www.archlou.org/parish-
giving. All donations will be forwarded to the parish that you
indicate.
Parish Office Business will be conducted via email or phone
only on Tuesday and Thursday 9:00am-4:00pm. No walk-ins
please as office doors will be closed.
Archbishop Kurtz is issuing a dispensation from the obligation
to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation for the
Archdiocese of Louisville, until further notice. Anyone who is
sick or living with someone who is sick should stay home, as
should anyone who feels vulnerable for other reasons. Parishes
offering livestreamed and recorded Masses should continue to
do so and should communicate those options for those who
cannot be physically present. For parishes unable to offer
access to Mass online, please direct parishioners to the listing
of these Masses at www.archlou.org/COVID-19.
Face Mask: We also are asking all parishioners who attend
Mass to wear a mask or face covering. I know that many find
this a burden, but our call as Catholics is to promote the
common good. We know that persons who are not experiencing
symptoms may carry and spread the COVID-19 virus, and this
measure protects those people with whom you come in contact.
All parishioners should wash their hands thoroughly
before attending Mass and after using the restroom at Church,
and they should be encouraged to take their own temperature
at home before attending Mass.
Allow a minimum of six feet between families or individuals
in pews and during communion.
While large funerals and memorial Masses are impossible to celebrate right now, The Record has created an online memorial page to celebrate and pray for the departed. Anyone in the Archdiocese of Louisville who has lost a loved one during the pandemic — to any cause — is invited to submit a memorial on their website. Their names will also be listed in print so that their readers may pray for them. www.therecordnewspaper.org.
Saturday May 16 Margie and Patrick Delaney, Jr. Vigil of Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sunday May 17 Sixth Sunday of Easter
Tuesday May 19 Sandy Hobbs Weekday
Thursday May 21 John Richard Whelan Weekday
Saturday May 23 Vigil of Ascension of the Lord
Sunday May 24 For the Parishes Ascension of the Lord
Congratulations to Ethan Whelan and Ellie Bruner! Our two
recipients of Saint Martin of Tours Youth Ministry Program
Scholarship 2019-2020.
Please pray for our youth and graduates during this time!
If you would like to send a card or note of congrats to any
of our graduates, please send them to the church office and we
will distribute them to the teens. Their names are as follows:
Saint Martin’s 2020 High School Graduates
Rachelle Asher Dylan McKinney
Ellie Bruner Leanda Muse
Kristen Crutcher Casey Richards
Kaitlyn Greenwell Ethan Whelan
Prayer List
Norma Wathen Black, Phyllis Broms, Willard Broms, Jimmy Brown, Mary Vowels Chism, Mary Sue Foushee, Ellen Jones, Barry Lambert, Betty Jo
Lancaster, Jeanette Macy, Sonja Mason, Dane Medley, Ronnie Medley, Mary Thompson Medley, Lamar Padgett, Wesley Prather, Dorothy Ray, Leigh Schenck, Hayley Smith, Dawn Snider, Rena Vowels, Billy Waldrop, Gene Whelan, Irene Whelan, Joe Whelan, Paul A. Whelan, Sandy Whelan, Richard Wiles. To add any or remove any names, please contact the Parish Office.
*Recently added names will be in bold print*
PVT Jacob Bewley, PVT Benjamin
Cornatzer, SrA Joshua Dunny, Maj Douglas
Greenwell USAF, CPT Susanne Hauser, SR
Austin Hulsey, PVT Alison Leslie, PFC Christian Leslie, E4
Benjamin Matthews, A1C C. J. Medley, Brian Padgett,
A1C Bradan A. Pate, SN Maranda Reardon, SN Randall
Reardon, PVT Nathan Seals, SGT Matthew Smith, LT
Maria Guenthner Taylor, SGT Evan Vaughan, PV2 William
Vaughan, Ethan Whelan, PO2 Zachary Whelan, LT Daniel
J. Wilkins, and all service members.
Sixth Sunday of Easter: “…sanctify Christ the Lord. Always be ready to make a defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you.” 1 Peter 3:15 Actions speak louder than words. Let your stewardship be your reply. Stewardship involves a change of heart, embodied not just in a single action, nor even a series of actions, but in a way of living.
Cemetery Information
Cemetery Main Gate is open Tuesday - Friday and Holidays 8:00am-4:30pm. Call the parish office to schedule other times. If you have flowers on your loved one’s headstones, please make sure they are presentable and in accordance with the Parish Cemetery Policy. To purchase plots, call the office at 270-828-2552, Monday-Thursday 8:00am-4:30pm.
Just a Friendly Reminder: Mowing season is here, so please
keep in mind, the cemetery policy regarding no flowers or
decorations on the ground as they should be placed on
headstone. This makes it much easier for all those hard-
working mowers and weed eaters to keep our cemetery
beautiful. Thanks so much for your cooperation and
understanding.
Community Outreach
Donations to Meade County Clothes
Closet and Pantry: Our dedicated
volunteer picks up donations from church
every 3rd Weekend of the month. If
you can, please supply non-perishable
food items with a non-expired date. Then, leave items at side
altar under the St. Joseph statue. Thank you for making a
difference in our community. “For I was hungry, and you
gave me food, I was thirsty, and you gave me drink…”
Matthew 25:35
Community Catholic Charities of Louisville, since
1939, have been providing help and
creating hope for the poor and
vulnerable. And, we continue to serve
every day! During this turmoil, we have not stopped helping
those that need. In fact, we have stepped up to serve our
community in a multitude of ways to include: serving meals to
west Louisville residents and homebound, translating of COVID
documents so all residents can be informed about the virus,
teleconferencing with refugee, expectant mothers, elderly
residents and human trafficking survivors to meet needs from
afar, an funding parish food pantries around the Archdiocese.
The work has never stopped and neither have we. Your gift to
Catholic Charities- or any other nonprofit you choose today-is
vital. By mail: 2911 S. Fourth Street Louisville, Ky. 4208;
Phone: 502-637-9786; https://cclou.org/donate/.
**This bulletin is completely provided without charge
through the advertisements on the back cover. Please
patronize these sponsors as a thank you for their kind
My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen
Marriage Moments: Deep questions: Who is God? What is love? “Whoever loves me [Jesus] will be loved by my Father [God] and I will love them.” (John 14:21) Yes, God is love but we humans know love through physical, emotional, and intellectual commitment. How do each of you show your love for God and to each other? Parenting Pointers: Surprise someone with a compliment today. It can be someone in the family, a neighbor, or a stranger. Even if just one person in the family does it, maybe it will catch on. It is the effort and thought that count. By Susan
Vogt, www.SusanVogt.net
Word of Life: As Americans, as Catholics, and as pastors of our people, we write therefore today to call our fellow citizens back to our country’s founding principles, and most especially to renew our national respect for the rights of those who are unborn, weak, disabled, and terminally ill. Real freedom rests on the inviolability of every person as a child of God.
Watching the Mass is encouraged during this pandemic
emergency with many options available to include:
Mass of the Air Schedule:
●11:00am and 6:30pm on the Faith Channel, Inc. (Spectrum channel 19), Louisville, Ky. This Mass also is streamed live on the Faith Channel at www.faithtvlive.com.
●10:30am on WHAS-TV (channel 11), Louisville, Ky and whas11.com under the “Live Video” tab.
●9:00am on WBKI-TV (Spectrum Channel 7)
●10:00am on WNKY-TV (channel 40), Bowling Green, Ky.
●12:30pm on Broadcast TV Channel 21.2, Spectrum
Channel 340.
●A link for a beautifully-done daily and Sunday Mass with
Bishop Robert Barron can be found on the front page of the
parish website.
●EWTN Daily Mass, 8am, noon, 7pm, and midnight on channel
370 on Direct TV.
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He has scattered the proud in the conceit of their
heart.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
and has exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich He has sent away empty.
He has given help to Israel, his servant, mindful
of His mercy
Even as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and
to his posterity forever
Prayer for a Pandemic
May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake. May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable. May we who have the luxury of working from home remember those who must choose between preserving their health or making their rent. May we who have the flexibility to care for our children when their schools close remember those who have no options. May we who have to cancel our trips remember those that have no place to go. May we who are losing our margin money in the tumult of the economic market remember those who have no margin at all. May we who settle in for a quarantine at home remember those who have no home. During this time when we cannot physically wrap our arms around each other, let us yet find ways to be the loving embrace of God to our neighbors. Amen. “This prayer was shared by Fr. Larry Tensi and is used with permission” -www.archlou.org.
