Pastoral Staff Pastor - Fr. Tony Bickett ftonyb57@ymail.com Office Manager - Missy Hart– 270-259-3028 stjoseph1840@yahoo.com Pastoral Associate - T.J. Dennison 270-302-6257 tj.stjoseph@gmail.com Staff Assistant - Paloma Falcon pfalconstjoe@gmail.com Religious Education - Kim Smith 270-589-1789 kimsmith16@mediacombb.net Maintenance Coordinator– Danny Joe Allen 270-925-7433 Music Minister - Meredythe Lee 270-929-7048 Homebound Ministry- Jed Johnston 270-259-4848 Catholic Outreach - Linda Clark 270-287-3776 Altar Society & Youth Ministry - Dee Dee Johnston 270-723-2740 deedeej80@gmail.com Prayer Chain - Betty Miller 270-259-3303 bettymil@windstream.net

Masses: Oct 17-Oct 22 Monday 7:30 am Communion Service Tuesday 12:05pm †Jenna Glasscock Wednesday 5:00 pm Estille Dobson Thursday 12:05pm †Chas Holbert Friday 7:30 am †Lynn Howard Saturday 4:00 pm St. Joseph & St. John Sunday 7:00 am †Rayburn & Ida Higdon Sunday 11:00 am †Edward Clemons

Confessions Saturday 3:00 pm Wednesday 4:30 pm

MINISTRY SCHEDULE October 21—4pm October 22—7am October 22—11am

L Ellen Thomas L Kevin Collard L Laquita Clemons

S Ethan & Zach Pierce S Forrest & Chloe & Eva S Gabriel & Lydia Mudd

C Randy Bitsky C Susie Mattingly C T. J. Dennison

C Jed Johnston C Libby Portman C Stephanie Render

H T. J. Dennison H T. J. Dennison H Eddie Clemons

U Jimmy & Sue Kipper U Eddie Milliner/Tim Nelson U Sharon M./Lamont M.

Gr Johnny & Lynn Pierce Gr Brittany M./Judy W. Gr Joyce Hall/Diane Lee

Gi Raymond & Nellie Stevenson Gi Chip & Kim Smith Family Gi Billy & Jerri Johnston Family

St. Joseph Catholic Church 204 North Main Street, Leitchfield, KY 42754 www.stjosephch.org

Office Hours: 8am to 4pm Mon-Fri Office 270-259-3028 Rectory 270-259-3028 Emergencies 270-863-1596

Stewardship of Finance October 1, 2017 $4833.50 Disaster Relief $272.00 Eastern KY Mission $1235.32 Debt Red $130.00 Outreach $165.00 Cemetery $230.00

Pastoral Council Jim Cecil Joanne Johnson-Secretary

Jerry Clemons Tim Nelson-Chair

Kirk Collard Ann Marshall

Billy Dallas-V. Chair Carolyn Thomason

Edna Duggins

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church 430 St. John Church Rd, Sunfish, KY 42210

Website: www.stjohnch.org St. John Thrift Store 270-597-1038 Pastor Fr. Tony Bickett 270-863-1596

Stewardship of Finance October 1 $565.50 Eastern KY Mission $192.00 October 8 $686.50 Masses Oct 17-Oct 22 Tuesday 5:00pm †Maggie Simon Sunday 9:00 am Ebbon & Mary Ellen Hayes & Family October 22 9:00 am Lector Chris Wolfe Server Brian Davis Cup Peggy Hayes/Sue K. Host Nancy Farmer Ushers John Gay/Dwayne Fitzhugh Gifts John Gay/Chris Wolfe Music Jeremiah Bush-Barbara Fitzhugh St. John Prayer List: David Clark, Garrett Coates,

Lannie Carroll, Jack Coop, Laurie Dearing, Susan

Drury, Annie Durbin, Carol Durbin, Elizabeth Dur-

bin, John W. Durbin, Willie Durbin, Catherine Du-

vall, Dick Dyche, Dorothy Fredrick, Charlie Hayes,

Cheyenne Keen, Vickie Ranburger, Zackary Scruggs,

Linda Simon

B I R T H D A Y S Jasmen Meredith 9/29 Doug Farmer 10/16 Danny Kiernan 10/16 Jim Sims 10/16

Pastoral Council Cathy Young, Chair Dick Dyche Nancy Farmer, Secretary Joe Durbin Barbara Fitzhugh Shelia Durbin This Week at St. John

Sun 9:00 am Second Collection

Tue 5:00 pm Mass

5:30 pm Rosary

October

29 10:00 am Fifth Sunday Breakfast

St. John’s Thrift Store & Food Pantry 301 Main St., Brownsville, KY 42210 270-597-1038 Thrift Store open Mon-Sat 9:00-2:30pm Food Pantry open Mon & Wed 10:00-2:00pm

Second Collection: A few weeks ago we took up a second collection for Catholic Charities to help the people of Texas and Louisiana who are re-covering from Hurricane Harvey. We will be taking up a second collection today for the peo-ple of Mexico recovering from the recent earth-quakes and for the people of the Caribbean re-covering from Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Maria. This collection will go to Catholic Relief Services.

Scriptural Rosary: October is the month of the Holy Rosary. We are praying the scriptural ro-sary on the Tuesdays of October at 5:30 pm.

Volunteer’s Needed: St. John’s Thrift Store could use your help. They are located at 301 N Main Street in Brownsville. The store hours are Monday—Saturday, 9:00 am—2:30 pm. If you could volunteer to work one day or part of a day, once a week or a couple of times each month, please give Barbara Fitzhugh a call at 270-597-1038 or 270-286-0091.

HOMEBOUND LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE

Nursing Home Homebound Father Babu 10/15-10/21 Mary Pierce Bob Higbee 10/22-10/28 Jed Johnston Jim Marshall 10/29-11/04 Beverly Harrison Carolyn Thomason St. Joseph Prayer List: Delores Alvey, Erin An-derson, April Barton, Mary Beckner, Thomas Beckner, Bonnie Blanton, Pat Boone, Helen But-ler, Alton Cannon, George Cannon, Edmund Col-lard, Stephanie Cottrell, Anna Critchelow, Mari-lyn Curts, Mary Davis, Christina Decker, Estille & Joan Dobson, Trensa Findley, James Fox, Car-ol Gatto, Dick Gatto, Cindy Getz, Debbie Grant, Samantha Jo Green, Michael Harned, Ralph Har-rison, Adrian Hernandez, Jennifer Howard, Don Jaggers, Danny Kerr, Jane Johnston, Sandy John-ston, Donna King, Logan Meredith, Margie Mere-dith, Caleb Milliner, Bart Peerce, Norman Powell, Jason H. Roberts, Lewis Scott, Aaron Shull, Tom Skaggs, Sally Sweeney, Valeria Terrance, Dave Thompson, Mildred Willis, Jamie Wortham.

B I R T H D A Y S Steve Alvey 10/15

Rhonda Nelson 10/16 Betty Stone 10/16 Emma Embry 10/17 Linda Heaverin 10/17 Mason Johnston 10/17 Maggie Milliner 10/17 Cordale Milliner 10/17 Mike Pierce 10/17 Tony Rishkofski 10/18 Brad Schlosser 10/19 Jerri Johnston 10/20 Barbara Pierce 10/20

This Week at St. Joseph

Sun 7/11 am Second Collection

Mon 7:30 am Communion/Prayer

6:00 pm Men’s Prayer Group

Tue 12:05 pm Mass

3:00 pm Divine Mercy

Wed 4:30 pm Confession

5:00 pm Mass

5:30 pm Religious Ed

Thu 12:05 pm Mass

6:00 pm Finance Committee

6:00 pm RCIA—Journey of Faith

Fri 7:30 am Mass

5:30 pm Scriptural Rosary

UPCOMING

October

24 6:00 pm Living the Eucharist

Team Meeting

26 6:30 pm Pastoral Council

Bread for the World Sunday: All of us know Jesus’ invitation into the reign of God. All are invited. Yet that invitation requires us to do something. It requires us to put Jesus’ words into action. As disciples we must do our part to end hunger both here and abroad. “I was hun-gry and you gave me food.”

Birthdays: Monday, October 16, we wish Margie Meredith a very Happy 89th Birthday. On Satur-day, October 21 we wish Kim Smith a very Hap-py 40th Birthday.

Second Collection: A few weeks ago we took up a second collection for Catholic Charities to help the people of Texas and Louisiana who are re-covering from Hurricane Harvey. We will be tak-ing up a second collection this Weekend, Octo-ber 14-15 for the people of Mexico recovering from the recent earthquakes and for the people of the Caribbean recovering from Hurricanes Ir-ma, Jose and Maria. This collection will go to Catholic Relief Services.

A N N I V E R S A R Y Joe & Cathy Ballard 10/18

Female Veterans: The Grayson Springs DAR

(Daughters of America Revolution) are planning

an event to honor all female veterans. If you

know of any please contact Linda Peterson at

270-230-6926 or lindap49@windstream.net

A Little Humor: A man got a real tough penance from the priest one day after going to confes-sion. The priest told the man, “for your penance I want you pray a whole decade of the rosary.” The man told his friend, “the good news is I only have one more year to go.”

Change: “If nothing changes, nothing changes.” - Earnie Larsen.

Parish Ministries: It is never too late to signup for any of the ministries in our parish. Just talk to Fr. Tony or call the parish office.

Good Health: Hundreds of medical studies have shown that being spiritual can help us live long-er. Even if these studies were to reverse their findings and say that being spiritual can’t extend our life span, faith can still add fulfillment to our years of whatever number. Prayer, altruism (selflessness), and a sense of belonging to a com-munity are a prescription for holistic health. (Rx: Meditate, donate, and congregate regularly to improve your health. Consult your Divine Physician if your condition weakens.)

Turn Off That Racket! It takes time to make peace with silence, but it’s important to do. Eve-ry so often, we need a breather. We need to ex-perience the truth revealed by the author of Psalm 46 when he wrote, “Be still and know that I am God!”

Joy for All: The Joy of the Gospel is for all peo-ple: on one can be excluded.—Pope Francis

Scripture Sunday: Today, October 15 has been designated by Bishop Medley as Scripture Sun-day in our diocese. This is in response to Pope Francis’s desire that one Sunday of the year would be set aside in an effort to make the Sa-cred Scriptures better known. The bookmarks inserted in today’s bulletins explains this further and proposes a method of praying the Scriptures called Lectio Divina which is Latin for Sacred Reading.

Men’s Prayer Group: Men of Saint Joseph, it is

time to stand up and show the parish, your chil-

dren and grandchildren how prayer is the way to

make a difference and a change. This Monday,

October 16, at 6pm in the basement of the recto-

ry (street side entrance) we will pray as a group

of brothers in Christ. This is a wonderful way to

get started praying for our country, our town,

and our Church and be an example for all to see

and follow. To find out more you may call Dea-

con Bob Higbee at 270-589-7316.

Volunteer’s Needed: St. John’s Thrift Store could use your help. They are located at 301 N Main Street in Brownsville. The store hours are Monday—Saturday, 9:00 am—2:30 pm. If you could volunteer to work one day or part of a day, once a week or a couple of times each month, please give Barbara Fitzhugh a call at 270-597-1038 or 270-286-0091.

St. Paul School Calendar October 22 Mr. Gatti's Fundraiser 11 am - 8 pm Must bring a church bulletin or flyer men-tioning fundraiser in order to receive the per-centage.

The joy of the Lord will be my strength. (Nehemiah 8:10)

Set your mind on

things above

(Colossians 3:2)