I.  Another Thank You! Last week I received a letter from Virginia Braswell, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity in Owensboro, acknowledging our recent donation of $2,000, and thanking us our needed support. Our goal and commitment this past year was to contribute $3,000 to this ecumenical outreach. Thanks to your generosity, we made it! A heartfelt…

I.  End of Our Fiscal Year July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017: The mission of St. Stephen Cathedral Parish could not continue without your generosity of Time, Talent, and Treasure. Giving back makes no sense without faith–believing that everything we have and are is a true gift from our Creator.  True generosity is an offering:  given…

I. Feast of the Body & Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi): historical background: in the 13th century, so few people were receiving Holy Communion that the pope made a law saying that people must receive Communion at least once a year. This became known as our “Easter duty”. It was during this time in our…

I.  The Mystery of the Holy Trinity, that God is one in nature and three in persons, is the most fundamental of our faith. On it everything else depends and from it everything else derives. Have you ever noticed how often we invoke the Trinity during the liturgy?  We begin the Eucharist with the sign of…

I.  New Parish Pastoral Council Members: there is no better day in the whole liturgical year then Pentecost Sunday to announce the new servant leaders for our parish: Peggy Bellew, LaWanna Brand, Brenda Clark, Mark Heinz, David Hemingway, Samantha Kai, Kelsey Rhodes, Steven Roby, Pat Serey, Russell Vaughn, Nick Warren, and Kathryn Wimsatt. Thanks to…

I. Father James C. Dennis was ordained a priest on May 28, 2016. Remembering back when I was a “baby” priest, the first five years were wonderful years of learning and growing into that vocation of being a priest. Father Jamie inspires me in how he handles his handicap of blindness, which tends to sharpen…

I. Confirmation Formation: Bishop William Medley will confirm 23 teenagers on Pentecost Sunday, June 4th, at the 11:00 a.m. Mass. A special thanks to the confirmation team–Katelyn West, Sister Jeannette Fennenwald, Fr. Jamie Dennis, and Corey Bruns–for your leadership. The preparation has included nine sessions (approximately one per month), as well as three retreats–the day with…

I. Happy Mother’s Day! Taking one day of the year to remember what we should be doing every day–appreciating and honoring our mother!  The people closest to us and who mean the most, we often take for granted. True?  Today might be the time to make contact with your mother, grandmother, godmother, aunt, or “surrogate”…

I. Living or Deceased, Honor Your Mother:  to each person who attended her mother’s memorial service on May 10, 1908, Anna M. Jarvis gave a carnation (her mother’s favorite flower). Within the next few years the idea of a day to honor mothers gained popularity. President Woodrow Wilson, by an act of Congress on May…

I. First Communion it’s always a key day in the life of any parish. It is a concrete reminder of the centrality of Eucharist individually and as a community. Eucharist is the “source and summit” of sacramental life and can lead to true holiness. Parents, thank you for the tremendous influence you have on your…