Our church directory will not be complete without you. Please join us and help celebrate faith and family with our new church family directory. Schedule your professional photography session when you stop by the sign-up table at the church or simply go online and follow the instructions mailed to you. If we don't see your name on our list of appointments, you will receive a phone call inviting you to participate. Everyone who is photographed by Universal will receive a complimentary 8 x 10 portrait and a directory! Go to https://www.ucdir.com/, click on schedule button, and use KY394 as user and photos as password to schedule your session.
Effective July 1st, we will discontinue the 12:30 PM Mass on Sunday. The regular Sunday Mass Schedule will change to include the Vigil at 5 PM on Saturday, and 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 on Sunday. Baptisms will follow the 11:30 Mass at about 1 PM.
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the way people are initiated into the Christian way of life, specifically in the Roman Catholic tradition. It is a journey of discovery, where participants come to know Jesus Christ. It is a process of awakening to what it means to be a Catholic Christian. It is an opportunity to explore the Catholic faith. It is a period of discernment to help each individual freely decide if the Catholic Church can be the place to call home. The RCIA is a focused experience of the ever-deepening journey into the life of faith, which is the task of a lifetime. RCIA is for adults who have never been baptized, those who have been baptized in another Christian denomination, and even those baptized as a Catholic who were unable to continuing learning about the faith. New sessions begin August 31st!
Exciting news! Pente the new Catholic Order of Forester Pentecost Pancakes Tongue of Fire Mascot for IHM, has arrived! He will be in the Gathering Space after all Masses this weekend 5/20-5/21 to help promote Pentecost Pancakes, and will be there the day of the event 5/28 to help everyone celebrate the birthday of the church! Great food, fellowship, pictures with Pente The Tongue of Fire mascot, face painting, and other games await you and your family. The event is totally FREE to anyone who wants to attend, but donations are being accepted on behalf of the St Vincent DePaul Society. We are still in need of volunteers. Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/.../904044AACAE22A1FB6... If you are interested in helping with Pente the Mascot, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/.../904044AACAE22A1FB6... Or contact Roger Bockweg at rbockweg@catholicforester.org.
Enjoy this special faith learning resource as a gift from your Parish! "Deacon Greg used FORMED to present the most recent study group session, The Bible and The Virgin Mary. The information was so clear that my typical response to each session was, "aha!", and was so thorough that I came away without questions but instead an affirmation of my faith. FORMED gave me the impression of having a Catholic library right at my fingertips, just type in a topic or scroll through the thumbnails to get more details on anything that is on your mind." --Connie Wolfe, IHM Parishioner
Do you love working with little children? Are you gifted at keeping them entertained while teaching them about our Faith, or at least willing to give it a try? If yes (or even maybe), then this volunteer opportunity is for you! Our Sunday School Program will need a new Coordinator for the 2023/2024 school year. The program takes place during the 9:00am and 10:45am Masses. We need 1 or 2 volunteers to oversee the classes. It is a lot of fun and very rewarding. If you would like to learn more about the Sunday School Program and are interested in possibly running the program, please contact Peggy Wells, at 859-586-5575 , or email at rickpegwells@yahoo.com, or stop in before, during, or after one of our classes to check us out! Please note that you must be Virtus trained for this position. There is plenty of time before the next school year begins to take a class, so don’t let that stop you from volunteering.
Franciscan University has produced a prodigious amount of material over the years that can help you be a better catechist. Here, you will find videos, audio clips, magazines, books, brochures, and other resources produced by University faculty, conference speakers, and an array of collaborators. Many of the resources are available for free, with a handful of items requiring a subscription or purchase.
The Office of Catechesis and Evangelization is announcing the following workshop presented by Father Timothy P. Schehr. Father Schehr is a retired biblical scholar and former professor at Mount St. Mary’s School of Theology at the Athenaeum of Ohio. He has a B.A., M. Div. and an M.A. from the Athenaeum of Ohio. He also has a Ph.D. from Hebrew Union College. The Book of Proverbs – Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 The book of Proverbs offers advice about how to live as a servant of God. What qualities identify someone as God’s servant? Let’s read this book and find out. Everyone is welcome to attend! The cost for the workshop is $35. To register visit covdio.org/oce/catholic-bible-study/ or call Isaak A. Isaak, Office of Catechesis and Evangelization, at 859-392-1529.
The daily Mass for Saturday, Oct 8 only has been cancelled due to facility requirements and construction. The Sunday Vigil Mass at 5 PM will be in Britt Hall as normal.
US Catholic Bishops will begin a special National Eucharistic Revival on June 19, 2022. The Bishops of the United States are calling for a three-year grassroots revival of devotion and belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. They believe that God wants to see a movement of Catholics across the United States, healed, converted, formed, and unified by an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist—and sent out in mission “for the life of the world.” These three years will culminate in the first National Eucharistic Congress in the United States in almost fifty years. Almost a hundred thousand Catholics will join together in Indianapolis for a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage toward the “source and summit” of our Catholic faith.
Our Cross the Bridge for Life event is back for 2022! We will meet at the Festival Park in Newport (behind Levee) to publicly demonstrate our love of life at all stages.
The DPAA is an invitation for each of us to respond with sacrificial love with a gift that will touch the lives of thousands of men, women, and children throughout our Diocese. Our IHM Parish goal is $142,700 that will help fund many of the Diocese-wide agencies. Any amount collected over our goal is returned to our parish and will be used toward repair of our parking lot.