Pastoral Staff Pastor - Fr. Tony Bickett ftonyb57@ymail.com Office Manager - Missy Hart– 270-259-3028 stoseph1840@yahoo.com Pastoral Associate - T.J. Dennison 270-302-6257 tj.stjoseph@gmail.com IT Coordinator - Brittany Mattingly 270-230-6973 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: July 18-July 23 Monday 7:30 am Prayer/Communion Tuesday 12:05 pm †Mark Cannon Wednesday 7:30 am †Don Lee Thursday 12:05 pm Ralph Harrison Friday 7:30 am Inactive Catholics Saturday 4:00 pm †Darlene Kolter Sunday 7:00 am In Honor St. Joseph(LP) Sunday 11:00 am St. Joseph & St. John

Confessions Wednesday 4:30 pm Saturday 3:00 pm

MINISTRY SCHEDULE July 22—4pm July 23—7am July 23—11am

L Ellen Thomas L Keycia Collard L Eddie Clemons

S Ethan & Zach Pierce S John & Jacob Smith S Andrew Butler/Hannah Young

C Bob Higbee C Bob Higbee C Bob Higbee

C Barbara Allen C Rita Grant C Laquita Clemons

H Randy Bitsky H Joanne Johnson H Linda Cripps

U Vivian Green/Timmy Pierce U Kirk Collard/David Clemons U Scott Samuels/Tim Nelson

Gr Johnny & Lynn Pierce Gr Judy Warren/Rose Booth Gr Debbie Sanders/Pauline Baker

Gi Dee Dee & Amber Johnston Gi Tony & Sue King Gi Gary & Stephanie Render

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 July 2 $5656.12 Debt Reduction 270.00 Cemetery 375.00 Outreach 495.00

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 July 2 $632.76 Peter’s Pence $57.00 July 9 492.75 Masses July 18-July 23 Tuesday 5:00pm Warren, Irene, Phyllis Hayes Sunday 9:00 am †Paul Bush July 23 9:00 Lector Joe Durbin Server Brian Davis Cup John Gay/Dwayne Fitzhugh Host Nancy Farmer Ushers Jim Sims/Doug Farmer Gifts John A. & Debra Durbin Music Jeremiah Bush-Barbara Fitzhugh St. John Prayer List: Audrey Burke, David Clark,

Garrett Coates, Lannie Carroll, Jack Coop, Laurie

Dearing, Susan Drury, Annie Durbin, Carol Durbin,

Elizabeth Durbin, John W. Durbin, Catherine Duvall,

Dick Dyche, Dorothy Fredrick, Charlie Hayes, Vickie

Ranburger, Zackary Scruggs, Linda Simon

B I R T H D A Y S Kenny Young 7/18 Mike Duvick 7/19 John Gay 7/22

Pastoral Council Cathy Young, Chair Dick Dyche Nancy Farmer, Secretary Joe Durbin Barbara Fitzhugh Shelia Durbin This Week at St. John Tue 5:00 pm Mass

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

Chamber Luncheon: This Friday, July 21 begin-ning at 11:30, the Edmonson County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a luncheon at the Li-brary. St. John’s Thrift Store & Food Pantry will be providing the meal and a short presentation. All are welcome to attend.

St. John’s Thrift Store & Food Pantry

Thrift Store & Food Pantry: St. John Thrift Store and Food Pantry is located at 301 N Main Street in Brownsville. This is an outreach minis-try of our parish. The Thrift Store opened in November, 2014 & the Food Pantry opened in May, 2016. Through the sales of donated items the store helps to serve the people of Edmonson County with utili-ties bills and with food from the pantry. The pantry partners with Feeding America to purchase food at a low cost for distribution to those in need. With financial gifts from individ-uals and churches other items are purchased that are not available from Feeding America. The thrift store and food pantry welcomes all kinds of donations as well as monetary gifts. Items not usable are recycled. Help is available when someone simply needs a helping hand. The mission of the store and pantry is to serve the people of Edmonson County. In the past three years the store has helped residents in Edmonson County with nearly $22,800 in as-sistance. The store hours are: Mon-Fri: 9am to 2:30pm; Sat: 9am to 1pm and the pantry Hours: Mon, Wed & Fri: 10am to 2pm. The phone Num-ber is 270-597-1038.

Giving the Gift of a Mass: Giving the gift of a

Mass is an important tradition of our Catholic

faith. A Mass can be offered for many occasions,

for example: a birthday or anniversary gift, for a

successful surgery, for a family member, in

thanksgiving for prayers answered, for safe travel,

for a friend who has lost a loved, etc. The sug-

gested stipend is $5.00 per Mass. intention.

HOMEBOUND LITURGICAL MINISTERS SCHEDULE

Nursing Home Homebound Pauline Baker 7/23-7/29 Mary Pierce Roni Mudd Bob Higbee 7/30-8/05 Jed Johnston Jim Marshall 8/06-8/12 Beverly Harrison Carolyn Thomason St. Joseph Prayer List: Delores Alvey, Louie Al-vey, Erin Anderson, April Barton, Mary Beckner, Thomas Beckner, Bonnie Blanton, Pat Boone, Al-ton Cannon, George Cannon, Doris Carby, Norma Clemons, Stephanie Cottrell, Anna Critchelow, Marilyn Curts, Mary Davis, Estille & Joan Dobson, Paul Ferguson, James Fox, Carol Gatto, Dick Gatto,

Cindy Getz, Debbie Grant, Samantha Jo Green, Mi-chael Harned, Ralph Harrison, Jennifer Howard, Don Jaggers, Danny Kerr, Jane Johnston, Sandy Johnston, Donna King, Logan Meredith, Margie Meredith, Caleb Milliner, Bart Peerce, Norman Powell, Jason H. Roberts, Lewis Scott, Aaron Shull, Tom Skaggs, Sally Sweeney, Valeria Ter-rance, Dave Thompson, Mildred Willis, Jamie Wortham.

B I R T H D A Y S

Bob Deweese 7/16

Scott Kane 7/17 John Shull 7/17 Laquita Clemons 7/18

Chloe Collard 7/20

Margaret Fey 7/20

Noah Gawarecki 7/20

Janette Pierce 7/20

Effie Clemons 7/21 Ash Lengerich 7/21 Jonell Chambers 7/22 Scott Samuels 7/22

A N N I V E R S A R I E S Delbert & Rose Durham 7/17

Jim & Ann Marshall 7/18

Rick & Frankie Smith 7/19

Raymond & Nellie Stevenson 7/22

This Week at St. Joseph Mon 7:30 am Prayer/Communion Tue 12:05 pm Mass 3:00 pm Divine Mercy Wed 7:30 am Mass 12:00 pm Red Cross 4:30 pm Confession 6:00 pm Movie “” Thu 12:05 pm Mass Fri 7:30 am Mas 5:00 pm Benediction

This Week at St. Joseph

Mon 7:30 am Prayer/Communion

Tue 12:05 pm Mass

3:00 pm Divine Mercy

WED 7:30 am Mass

4:30 pm Confessions

6:00 PM MOVIE BEN-HUR

Thu 12:05 pm Mass

Fri 7:30 am Mass

Other Events This Week

Fri 7:00 pm Worship Night GC

Sat 4:00 pm K of C Chicken Dinner

UPCOMING

July

26 6:00 pm Movie, “Risen”

29 3:00 pm St. Paul’s Picnic

Join us this Wednesday at 6:00 pm for the movie, “BEN-HUR”.

Worship Night GC: You are invited to a Grayson County community night of wor-ship at the new amphitheater, by the new court house and library. This Friday, July 21 beginning at 7:00 pm.

Prayer Requests: Do you have something you would like for Fr. Tony and our parish members to pray for? Call Betty Miller at 270-259-3303 or email her at bettymil@windstream.net or call the church office at 270-259-3028.

4 Stages of Marriage – The 4 stages of marriage are: (1) Romance, (2) Disillusionment, (3) Mis-ery, and (4) Awakening. Quite a few marriages experience the first 3 Stages. Marriages that end in divorce never reach the resolution of the 4th Stage of Awakening. Don’t give up without learning about the 4th Stage of Awakening. If your marriage suffers from disillusionment or misery, please contact Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi with a long i). For confidential infor-mation or to register for the August program beginning with a weekend on Aug 18, 2017 call 270-852-8346 or email: felliot-t3232@yahoo.com or visit the web site at www.retrouvaille.org.

Chicken Dinner: The Knights of Columbus will

be serving fried chicken dinners on Saturday, July

22 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm.

Houston We Have A Problem: This phrase was

used by the crew of the Apollo 13 moon flight to

report a major technical problem back to their

Houston base.

Catholics We Have A Problem: The world has

changed. Today only 22% of Catholics attend

Mass on Sunday. Today Catholicism has the

largest number of former members: 30.1 million.

This is just one reason why every Catholic is being

asked to rediscover Jesus and rediscover Catholi-

cism. As Matthew Kelly says, “there is genius in

Catholicism”. The Good News is that each one of

us can make a difference. “Be Bold, Be Catholic”.

Becoming Catholic Just Got Easier: To find out how contact Fr. Tony at 270-863-1596 or T. J. Dennison at 270-302-6257

SUNDAY'S READINGS First Reading: My word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it. (Is 55:11b) Psalm: The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest. (Ps 65) Second Reading: I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us. (Rom 8:18) Gospel: "The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxi-ety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit. But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold." (Mt 13:22-23)

INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK: We are re-minded today that the seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest. What kind of soil do we have? God's word needs to take root in our lives so that we can remain faithful not only when life is easy but when it gets challeng-ing and difficult. Anxiety, worldly cares and con-cerns, personal challenges, experiences of loss and death, and even fear and disappointment can prevent us from trusting God's promise. We can even find ourselves doubting God's fidelity and lose touch with his presence. Our soil can easily become rocky, hard, and unyielding. Open your eyes and ears today and let all that is around you lead you to God's presence. Then, do all in your power to cultivate and nurture a life that is eager to receive him and fertile for growing the seeds of God's kingdom.

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