LITURGY SCHEDULE Week IV Of the Psalter

Saturday, August 18 Rosary…………….…….....……….6:00 pm Vigil Mass………...….….……...….6:30 pm Robert Shafer + by Joe Jumara Raffle Ticket Sales—Mt. St. Joseph

Sunday, August 19 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Prv 9:1-6; Eph 5:15-20;Jn 6:51-58 Mass @ SS.……...…….…..……....8:00 am Parishioners Raffle Ticket Sales—Mt. St. Joseph Blessing of Knights of Columbus

Monday, August 20 St. Bernard Ez 24:15-24; Mt 19:16-22 No Mass Scheduled

Tuesday, August 21 St. Pius X Ez 28:1-10; Mt 19:23-30 Mass @ SH…………………….…...8:00 am

Wednesday, August 22 Queenship of The Blessed Virgin Mary Ez 34:1-11; Mt 20:1-16 Cenacle Prayer…………….……...1:30 pm Mass @ SS….………………...…...6:00 pm Stewardship Committee Meeting After Mass Margaret Julia Beck + by Lorraine Trawick Edith & Gilbert Fritsch + by Tom & Pat Fritsch

Thursday, August 23 St. Rose of Lima Ez 36:23-28; Mt 22:1-14 Mass @ SS…………………….…...7:30 am Word & Communion @ SH……..8:00 am K of C Meeting @ SS…………….6:00 pm ..

Friday, August 24 St. Bartholomew, Apostle Rv 21:9b-14; Jn 1:45-51 Mass……………………….………12:05 pm Mary Curtsinger + by Ray & Judy Speck-man Don Frazier/Dennie Mergenthal + by Mary Ann Frazier

Saturday, August 25 Rosary…………….…….....……….6:00 pm Vigil Mass………...….….……...….6:30 pm Phyllis Ethridge + by James Ethridge

Sunday, August 26 Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Eph 5:21-32 or Eph 5: 2a, 25-32; Jn 6:60-69 Mass @ SS.……...…….…..……....8:00 am Nancy Hoyt McFail + Paul & Dawn Cunningham Mike & Bonnie Haney by Mike Haney

Choir Practice Sundays

after Mass

Reconciliation Saturdays at 5:45 pm

Or any time by Appointment

St. Stephen Catholic Church CADIZ, KY

August 19, 2018 Twentieth SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

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ST. STEPHEN CATHOLIC CHURCH 1698 Canton Road, Cadiz, KY 42211

(270) 522-3801 office or (270) 522-3901 fax, 270-316-2645 Fr. Greg Trawick ststephencath387@bellsouth.net

web address: http://ststephencc.com/ Office Hours: Mon -Closed, Tuesday — Friday 8:30 —12:30

GOSPEL SUMMARY

In today’s Gospel, the Jews continue to struggle with Jesus’ words. Jesus again says that He is the living bread that has come down from heaven, and adds that we must eat His flesh and drink His blood in order to have eternal life. The Jews, thinking in literal terms, do not understand what this means or how this can happen.

PARISH LIFE Pastor: Fr. Gregory Trawick greg.trawick@pastoral.org 270-316-2645

Deacon: Randy Potempa 270-252-4738

Secretary: Dean Duncan ststephencath387@bellsouth.net

Music Director: Angie Thome 270-767-8979 or 270-519-3007

Parish Nurse: Joyce Kotarek 270-498-0599

Parish Pastoral Council: John Hall 270-522-6800

Parish Finance Council: Mike Kehrwald 270-522-7965

Building & Grounds:

Coordinator of Religious Education April Washer 270-522-7684

Prayer Chain Tom Kell 271-861-2110 Carol Puth 270-924-9416

Knights of Columbus Tom Kell 217-891-2110

Marriage: Contact the Parish Office for information on planning a Christian Marriage.

Baptism: Contact the Parish Office to arrange Baptismal information.

Registration: If you are new to our par-ish, welcome! Please call the parish of-fice (270-522-3801) to have a registration form mailed to you.

Birthdays This Week Aug 18 Estelle Bernot 23 Teri Froeliger 24 Xavier Gonzales 25 Gary Bernot

No Anniversaries this Week

OFFICE HOURS AT ST. STEPHEN Monday—Closed Tuesday—8:30 –12:30 Wednesday—8:30 –12:30 Thursday-8:30 –12:30 Friday-8:30 –12:30 Saturday—Closed Please try to take care of office business during these times.

Upcoming Events/Dates to Mark Aug 19 Blessing of the Knights of Columbus Aug 22 Cenacle Prayer…………………………...1:30 pm Stewardship Committee Meeting After Mass Aug 23 Mass @ SS……...…………………….7:30 am Word & Communion @ SH……………...8:00 am K of C Meeting @ SS…………………....6:00 pm Aug 28 Laundry Love Project—4:30—7:00 pm K of C Meeting @ SH…………………...5:00 pm Aug 31 Mass @ SS……………………………….7:30 am Sept 4 Blood mobile in Parish Hall Sept 8 Reception after Mass for Claude Mergenthal 101st Birthday in Parish Hall Sept 10 Helping Hands Annual Meeting in Parish Hall 5:00 pm Sept 16 Fall Parish Picnic……………………….2:00 pm

Religious Education Classes will resume after Labor Day. Meeting will be held soon to determine which day of week classes will be held. To register your child, please contact April Washer at 270-522-7684 or the parish office at 270-522-3801.

Father Greg is hosting a 10 day trip to the Holy Land—-The

dates are Feb. 20 to Mar. 1, 2019. If you have not seen the information on this trip, there are some flyers in the back of the church or you can call the office. If you have family or friends who are not mem-bers of St. Stephen, they are also wel-come to join the group. Call Father Greg with any questions—270-316-2645.

Can you spare some quarters for Laundry Love ??? St. Stephen’s is part of an ecumenical effort called: Laundry Love. It gives economic relief to families who can then spend their money on other necessities like food, gas, and medicine. Parishes provide $150 in quarters, laundry supplies, snacks for the kids, and 4 volunteers. We greet qualified participants, load machines with quarters and give out laundry supplies and cookies for the kids. Volunteers do NOT load or fold clothes. St. Stephen is the host parish on Tuesday, August 28th from 4:30-7:00pm at the Cadiz Coin Laun-dry. Would appreciate your support of quarters or paper money! Contact Ann Curtsinger at (270) 206-8167 for more information or to Volunteer.

Sophia Award winners for 2018 have been

announced by the Diocese of Owensboro. Con-gratulations to Mike and Eileen Kehrwald for being the 2018 recipients for St. Stephen Catholic Church. Winners of the Sophia Award will receive the Award from Bishop Medley on September 9th at 2:00 pm at Saint Stephen Cathedral in Owensboro.

SAFE ENVIRONMENT To help protect our children, any-one aware of the abuse of some-one under age eighteen is re-quired by law to report this to local law enforcement (Trigg County Sheriff—270-522-6014) or the Kentucky Child Abuse Hotline (toll-free: 1-877-KYSAFE1; 1877-597-2331). The Diocese of Owens-boro wishes to assist anyone abused by a person working for the Church (paid or volunteer), either past or present. To report such abuse, please call the Pasto-ral Assistance Coordinator on the confidential phone line (270-852-8380). The diocesan sexual abuse policy describes the diocese’s response to sexual abuse concerns, and it can be found in the narthex, in the student classroom, in the parish office, and also on the Diocesan website

https://owensborodiocese.org/safe)

Thank You my friends and fel-

low parishioners for the birthday celebration Sunday?! I was out of town Friday & Saturday due to a death in the family and I forgot about the party! Thanks again for all your efforts and thank you for all the cards and well wishes! I am very thankful and blessed to have all of you for my friends!

Sincerely & Fondly—Margie Myers

THANKS to everyone who have

made donations to our recent projects and collections. Your help and support to the Mandeville, Jamaica Project, Back To School Supplies, and Brescia University are greatly ap-preciated. Your time and monetary support of these endeavors will affect many lives in a positive way.

Bishop Medley and the

VOCARE committee would like to

invite parishes, schools and parish-ioners to consider purchasing or sponsoring a table for the dioceses’ Fifth Annual VOCARE event set for Friday, September 14, 2018 to be held at the Owensboro Convention Center. Our keynote speakers for VOCARE 2018 will be diocesan priests: Rev. Richard Powers, Rev. John M. Thomas and Rev. Basilio Az Cuc. Tables can be purchased or sponsored at $500 for a table of eight. Individual tickets are $65 and couples are $125. Please just let the Diocese office know you are interested or go online for registra-tion form and payment at www.owensborodiocese.org/vocare

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) is ready to start.

Do you have friends or family that asks you about your faith? Catholic friend(s) or family that no-longer

practice, then please tell them about RCIA. Next week there will be information cards with points of contact for information about RCIA. You may also suggest people that might be interested to the team. For now you can call Jon Prudhomme, at 931-801-9014 if you have questions. Please call after 4:00 pm or just leave a voice mail message.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Parish Members: Stacy Wheeler, Theresa Washer, Gerald Par-adis, Margie Myers, Chuck & Rita Mansfield, Lon-nie & Pam Wimsatt, Gary Bernot; John & Kathleen Swinkowski; Helen Soukup; Tony & Nancy Thom-as; Nancy Candido; Robert & Helen Vidmar; Jim Putrich; Frank & Maria Pellino; Thomasina O’Lone; Irene & Sal Jaso; Mark & Teresa Alexander; Chris Hobbs; Don & Maxine Hobbs; Tony Platukas; Elsie Platukas, K. G. Ariagno; Sophia Biddle; Don-na Biddle, Helene Banno; family of John Schejbal; Aiden Roeder (grandson of Delbert & Kim Roeder); Father Greg; Heidi Waller; family of Katie Wynne; Gary McKenzie; Carol & Gus Puth; Barbara Estes; Jon Phillips; Bonnie Kell; Nola Courtney; family of Sally Gust; Clifford Romain

Outreach Prayer: Larry Biddle (son of Sofia Biddle); Loretta Blanken-ship (mother of Theresa Washer); Marguerite Holte (sister of Irene Jaso); John & Penny Rutherford (brother & sister-in-law of Mary Lou Rutherford) Ruth Griggs (sister of Robert & Henry Mills); Terri Dickson (sister of Pat Carter); Jennifer Bettis (daughter of Ed & Donna Sue Holmes); Kathy Bertani (niece of James Putrich); Donald Lax (friend of Sophie Biddle); Jose Baez (St. Henry parishion-er & friend of Tom Kell); Leslie O’Lone (daughter of Pat O’Lone); Brian Curling (son of Patti Purkes); Lauren Raleigh Hebrenk (granddaughter of Don & Maxine Hobbs); Suzete Prudhomme (mother of Jon Prudhomme; John York, Fr. Ronnie Caulkins (Pastor of one of Fr. Greg’s cousins); Tina Bird-song; Pat Moran (friend of Fr. Greg); family of Fred Garnett; Lisa Baez (2 year old, SH Leukemia); Steve Sutherland (brother of Scott); Heidi Ander-son; John Mills; Craig Perry; the family of Christina Johnson (daughter of Sal & Irene Jaso); Debbie Maxwell (daughter of Gerald & Maxine Corbey); Edwin & Kathleen Roeder (parents of Delbert Roeder); Theresa Tomalewicz (mother of Jack Tomalewicz); Tori Kirby (granddaughter of Claude Mergenthal)

Military Prayer List Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their fami-lies for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. 1SG Shannon L. Tutor, Staci Rea, Boun Sivongsa (Kathleen Johnson’s son-in-law), Nick Beckius (Lynn Reed’s son-in-law), Sam Orwig, Mike Mosely, Philip Gusgeski, Travis Wilson, SFC John W. Mauldin, CW2 Robert L. Murphy, Chris LaPlante (Bob Mills’ grandson), Cpt. Adam A. Hecht (Godson of Wayne Olech), Shawn Sturgill (grandson of Betty Aberle ) Tony Bryant (son of Bonnie Bryant). Josh Corley (husband of Elizabeth Corley), Kasta Rea (daughter of Tom & Staci Rea); Petty Officer E5 Jason Patrick O’Lone (grandson of Patrick & Thomasina O’Lone); Sgt. James Estell, Sgt. Katlina Yvon (granddaughter of John & Kathleen Swinkow-ski), FC3 Gabrielle Hall (niece of John & Paula Hall); CW2 Tony Carson (husband of Meagan Car-son); Adam Sonnek; Dexter M. Rea; Marissa’s hus-band; Brian Billham (significant other of Keleigh Mabry); Elena & Josh Woodaz (Josh is being deployed): Joseph Kehrwald (grandson of Mike & Eileen Kehrwald); Jon Mahoney (friend of Tom & Susan Hoffman)

Hospice: 888-611-0121

Parish Prayer List If you would like to add someone to the prayer list, please e-mail or call the church office, or drop your request in the envelopes located on the bulletin board in the Narthex. Your prayer request (s) will remain on the prayer list for two months.

LITURGICAL MINISTERS Twenty-first Sunday In Ordinary Time

Sat. August 25—6:30 pm Sun. August 26—8:00 am Lectors Joann Harvey Hilary Washer Keith Washer (P)

Sacred Host Laura Follis Joyce Kotarek

Precious Teri Froeliger Carol Puth Blood Fran Kostrzebski Jim Mullen

Ushers Joe Jumara Jack Kotarek Jeff Wigand Bob Mills

Servers John Charron Luke Washer Gavin Alexander

STEWARDSHIP—Our Recent Giving: Weekend of Aug 12, 2018

Weekly Offering.............................$2,693.50 Assumption……………………………...40.00 Brescia………………………………..1,383.00 Candles…………………………………..50.00

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

Rec. Aug 11 & Aug 12..…….…...…...$40.00

NOTE: Kindly assist us by honoring your

pledge.

STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION August 19, 2018

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time John 6:41-51

Gospel Jn 6:51-58 Jesus said to the crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoev-er eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is My flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent Me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will have life because of Me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

2017—2018 Disciples Response Fund Report

as of 08/10/2018 Parish Target…………...………….…..$4,011.73 Amount Pledged…..……….……..….$12,241.00 Amount Paid…...…..……...………....$12,111.00 Amount Still Due……….…….……….....$130.00 NOTE: The Diocese returns half of the funds that are paid in that are over the Parish Target. This year to date we received $2,889.64.

NOVENA for this Friday PRAY: May a change in the U.S. Su-

preme Court move our nation closer to the day when every human being is pro-tected in law and welcomed in life. Our Father..., Hail Mary..., Glory Be…

FAST: Offer a sacrifice for the intention.

LEARN: . Abortion advocates claim that

Roe enjoys broad public support and some recent polls seem to provide evidence for this claim. But most polls don't explain Roe's extreme abortion license and some misrepre-sent it. For example, a 2016 Pew Research Center poll claims 69% of Americans favor Roe v. Wade and 28% oppose it.1 But the poll wrongly describes Roe as establish-ing "a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, at least in the first three months of pregnancy." The fact is, Roe made abortion legal through all 9 months of pregnancy and for virtually any reason.2 The vast majority of Americans oppose the policy of nearly unlimited abortion dictated by Roe, and most believe abortion should not be legal for the reasons it is most often performed. A June 2018 Gallup poll shows that 72% of Americans said abortion should be illegal in the second trimester and 87% said abortion should be illegal in the last trimester.3 A 2018 Marist poll shows that 51% of women said abortion should never be permitted (9%) or permitted only in cases of rape, in-cest, and to save the woman's life (42%).4

So why do polls show a majority of Ameri-cans favoring Roe v. Wade? Because they don't really know what Roe did. 1 Pew Research Center poll, November 30-December 5, 2016.

2 See supra notes i-v.

3 Gallup Poll, June 2018.

4 Marist Poll, January 2018.

Married Couples Day of Recollection

Saturday, September 22, 2018 8:00 am to 3:30 pm

Passionist Monastery, Whitesville, KY 8564 Crisp Road

Register—www.passionistnuns.org Scroll down to “Upcoming Events”

Or Contact Christie Email: retreats@passionistnuns.org

Phone: 270-302-8023

ST. Henry CATHOLIC CHURCH

16097 US HWY 68E, Hardin, KY 42048 Office: 270-474-8058 Fax: 270-474-9867

Mass Times: Saturday at 4:00 PM Sunday at 10:30 AM

COMPLIMENTS

OF

EDUARDO & LORNA PAVON

ST. STEPHEN

PRAY FOR US

ADORATION

1st Friday of Each Month

7:30 AM—3:00 PM

1st Saturday 9:00 AM Mass In Honor of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

Kirk Studzinski

kirk.studzinski@steemer.com

Office 270.554.3325 Stanleysteemer.com 6125 U.S. Hwy 45 South

Paducah, KY 42001