May 10, 2020 Fi h Sunday of Easter

Sts. Joseph and Paul Catholic Church 609 E. 4th St, Owensboro, KY 42303

May 10, 2020 5th Sunday of Easter

Baptismal Prep Prepare yourself for your child’s baptism by coming to Baptism Prepara-tion. Please call the Parish Office to register or for more information.

Declarations of Invalidity (Annulments) Do you have questions about annulments? Are you divorced and not sure whether you need an annulment? Let Sts. Joseph and Paul help explain and assist you in the annulment process. Please call Debbie at the church office 270-683-5641.

Faith Formation Faith formation is on Summer break, classes will resume in August or September. Classes are held on Wednesday evenings at 6pm in the Fr. Tucker Center. Contact Laura Shoulders at the office or email her for more information lauras-jpc@gmail.com RCIA Journey of Faith Are you interested in learning more about the Catholic faith? For more information, please contact Laura Shoulders: lauras-jpc@gmail.com

Safe Environment To report suspected abuse, call the Kentucky Child Protection Hot Line: 1-877-KYSAFE1 or 1-877-597- 2331 (Toll Free) or contact your local Commonwealth Attorney. To report abuse to the diocese, current or past, by anyone acting in the name of the Church, call Louanne Payne, Pastoral Assistance Coordi-nator (English) at 270-852- 8380, or Nuria Elizondo, Pastoral Assistance Coordinator (Spanish) at 270-880-8360. You may also visit the Office of Safe Environment (owensborodiocese.org/safe) for more information.

Grace Marriage @ Home Grace Marriage will be providing one “Grace Marriage @ Home” lesson per week for the next month or so. Couples watch an 8-10 minute teaching video and use a down-loadable worksheet to apply the principles to their relation-ship. It takes about 30-45 minutes a week of undistracted time as a couple to go through each lesson. Here are the first two sessions: Session One “Grace Based Marriage” You might be familiar with the grace-based vs. perfor-mance-based marriage teaching but we want to reach couples who may not have heard this. The reality is, we can never revisit grace enough. The grace of God through Christ is the foundation of the Christian experience, but what does grace look like in marriage? How can our mar-riages reflect the Gospel? That’s exactly what we’ll walk through in this session of GraceMarriage@home. https://www.gracemarriage.com/grace-marriage-at-home-the-grace-based-marriage/ Session Two “I Would Have Never” With couples expe-riencing so much negative news, it’s important that we visit a lesson on gratitude. This fun lesson will have you reflect on your marriage and look at all the things you would have never experienced, character traits you have developed, or even foods you may not have tried if it had not been for your spouse. This should be a fun time of remembrance and celebration of the good things the Lord has done in your lives. https://www.gracemarriage.com/grace-marriage-at-home-i-would-have-never

Stewardship Spotlight

Happy Mother’s Day

On this Mother’s Day, we thank God for all good Mothers, living and deceased,

all Mother’s to be and all women who nurture others, and for Mary, our spiritual mother

who is always present and forever available to those who need her!

I am the way, the truth and the life

In 2006 I went to Africa because my mother passed away. And for her funeral Mass, some priests suggested me to not preside the Funeral Mass and let another priest to do it. In reaction, I said to them that It will be a pleasure to celebrate the funeral Mass in order to offer the soul of my mother to God as she offered me to the priesthood. It will be an opportunity to console and comfort my family and friends focusing on Jesus. And the text I chose for funeral Mass was today’s

gospel. Because I know that there are many people who are confused, afraid and lost for many reasons. And it is our responsibility as Christians to point them to Jesus and encourage them. Lost, confusion and afraid (fear) are found in the apostles. By the end of the Last Supper, the disciples were concerned, afraid and confused because Jesus won’t be with them much longer. Jesus feels their sadness and their confusion. His heart is touched. Forgetting himself, Jesus tries to console and encourage them saying: ‘Don’t let your hearts be troubled; you trust in God, trust also in me.’ Later, as the conversation continues, Jesus makes this confession: ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.’ They should never forget it. From time to time we all experience fears, worries in our lives. And today, Jesus wants to teach us what we should do and believe when we face trials, sorrow, sadness, and sufferings. I want to say that the difficult thing to go through is to be lost, confused and afraid. Those words applied to human being, brothers and sisters. That is why Jesus Christ came to us. That is why He says: I am the way. What does it mean? Firstly, Jesus is the Way. He is the way to the Father. I am the way. What does it mean to be lost? To be lost means - I cannot find the way. The way comes to us. He has found us. He is the way. I will no longer be lost because of Him. He is also the truth. That means I do not have to be confused. I know where I am going. I know how much God cares for me. I no longer have to be confused because Jesus is the truth all of us need. Jesus is the Truth because he is the only one who reveals to us the whole truth about God. He teaches us that God is a loving, merciful, providing and forgiving Father. Jesus is the Truth also because he has borne testimony to truth, demonstrating through his life and death the love of God for human beings. Jesus is the Truth because He was coherent: He did not preach love and forgiveness but He practiced, he lived what He preached. He is also the life: Jesus is Life. Jesus once said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life.” In the Bread of Life discourse, he presented himself as the Bread of Life. He is the food that gives eternal life so much so that whoever eats of this bread will live forever. Indeed, Jesus is life. Every Sunday when I come to Mass, I receive Jesus in the holy communion. Who do I receive? I receive the life. I receive the eternal. He is the one who comes and lives with me. Therefore I have not to be afraid. Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. Our job this week: My assignment for you is this: everyone needs the way, the truth and the life. your job is to point them to Jesus. Find someone this week in your path. Point out Jesus to them who is the way, the truth and the life for them by your love, by your actions and by your words.

Congratulations to our High School Graduates

Brandon Ballard Alyssa Beyke

Andy Birkhead Thomas Cole Blandford

Abigail Burden Austin Clements

Emily Dant Brandon Ebelhar

Jonathan Isbill Tierney Randchelle Johnson

Samuel Manqueros Anna Lee Meyer Skyler Osborne

Alexandra Scheithe Dutch Strobel

Jasmine Sturgeon Alondra Villalpando Matthew Zambrano Brianna Zoglmann

We are praying for you, we miss you and we look forward to the time when we can celebrate Mass together again. Until that time, there are many ways to still partici-pate in Mass and interact with our parish family:

Listen to Mass by phone by dialing 1-844-602-3933. By entering your phone number, you will receive a call back at 10am and can listen to Mass over the phone.

Masses are broadcast on Facebook at 10am in English and 12noon in Spanish at Sts. Joseph & Paul Catholic Church and Sts. Joseph and Paul Parish.

Masses are broadcast on YouTube at 10am in English and 12noon in Span-ish at Sts. Joseph & Paul Catholic Church.

Worship Guides for each weekend are posted on Facebook and our website at stjpc.org.

Bulletins are emailed to all households we have email addresses for and can also be found at stjpc.org.

One Call messages are continuing each week beginning at 11am Saturdays.

The church is unlocked each weekday day from 8-4pm for prayer and Fri-days for Eucharistic Adoration.

Parish Office 609 E 4th St., Owensboro, KY 42303

(270) 683-5641 (270) 685-4766 (fax)

www.stjpc.org Monday-Friday 8am-4pm

Parish Team

Pastor: Fr. Jean-Rene Kalombo Ext 222 frjrkalombosjpc@gmail.com Associate Pastor: Fr. Will Thompson Ext 247 frwillsjpc@gmail.com Deacon: Deacon John Cecil deaconjohnsjpc@gmail.com Stewardship Minister: Ashley Wilkerson Ext 239 ashleysjpc@gmail.com Youth Minister: Aynde Bennett Ext 227 ayndesjpc@gmail.com Religious Education Minister: Laura Shoulders Ext 224 laurasjpc@gmail.com Music Minister: Patty Brown Ext 226 pattysjpc@gmail.com Director of Maintenance: Kelly Ward Ext 241 kellywsjpc@yahoo.com Caretaker: Joe McBride Sacramental Records: Debbie Luedke Ext 242 debbiesjpc@owens.twcbc.com Bookkeeper: April Dickens Ext 221 aprilsjpc@owens.twcbc.com

Join Us Mass Schedule:

Monday - Friday 5:30pm Saturday 4:30pm

Sunday 8am, 10am, 6pm 12 noon (Spanish) 3pm Sunday prayer

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Thursdays at 6pm; Fridays at 12 noon

Saints JOSEPH & PAUL

Catholic Church

We give our hearts to God and our talents to His people.

In Special Need of Prayer HOMEBOUND PARISHIONERS: Ann Bower, Carolyn Brown, Joyce Clark, Doug & Dorothy Hood, Linda Howard, Betty Johnson, Sarah Jane Johnson, Maurice Kanable, Deanna Kaminski, Jackie Mann, Mitzi Mann, Margie Roberts, Jim Stimpfel, Betty Thompson, Katherine Thomas, Birdie Wedding. NURSING HOME PARISHIONERS: CARMEL HOME: Katherine Brand, Rita Fahrendorf, Mary Faulkner, Margie Hardesty, Rose Keller, Margaret McCarthy, Marvin & Auda Wink, Sandra Woods; GENESIS HEALTH: Mike Payne; HEARTLAND VILLA: Mary Hinton; HERMITAGE: Bob Lindow, James White, Jr. HILLCREST: Shirley Wilhite. WELLINGTON PARC: Violet Cassidy, Paul Johnson, Carla Payne. OTHERS IN NEED OF PRAYER: Mike Baker, Tammy Wimsatt Belcher, Patrick Billion, Joe Board, Katherine Brand, Sheila Byrne, Colin Cahill, Tim Cahill, Davena Cecil, J.C. Chrisler, Dana Cecil-Craig, Jimmy Chrisler, Jonathan Clark, Michael Clark, Marty Clouse, Theresa Clouse, Chris Collins, David Condra, Leo Dickens, Luke Dickens, Chase Ford, Bill Freeman, Edwin Garcia, Paul Goetz, Steve Guittar, Jarrod Hagan, Martha Hardesty, Michael Hardesty, Evonne Harl, Julia Hawkins, Charlotte Hayden, Captain Matthew Hayden, Susan Hayden, Tom Hayden, Virginia Head, Lindsey Hill, Brice & Marilyn Howard, Florence Howard, Linda Howard, Rene Howard, Kendall Jarboe, Donna Johnson, Rose King, Tina Keller, Hobert & Mary Lundy, Jerry Lundy, Joe Mattingly, Jan McCorkle, Michelle Montalvo, Cecil Newton, Betty Pannell, Michael Payne, Shelly Powell, Chrissy Quick, Sheryl Richards, Clayton Roberts, Mike Roberts, Jennifer Rojas, Pat Seib, Alexandria Selby, Martha Taylor, Richard Taylor, Dorie Thacker, Betty Thompson, Tracy Trogden, Nina Van Bussum, Adam Wallace, Darryl & Linda Warren, Scott Warren, Cotton Wilhite, Ronnie Wilkerson. FIRST RESPONDERS: Eric Conder, Brad Leonard, Steve Leonard, Jason Luedke, Cory Mattingly, Jeff Williams.

Word of Life “O Blessed Mother, you received the good news of the incarnation of Christ, your Son, with faith and trust. Grant your protection to all pregnant mothers facing difficulties.”

USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, “A Prayer for Pregnant Mothers

Mass Intentions May 10-17 5/10 Sunday 10am (English) David Sapp 12pm (Spanish) Our Parish Family 5/11 Monday Jeneane Wolfe 5/12 Tuesday Jack Steele 5/13 Wednesday Brother Conrad Fleischmann 5/14 Thursday Genie Prescott 5/15 Friday Mary K. Fulkerson 5/17 Sunday 10am (English) Doug Keller 12pm (Spanish) Our Parish Family Private mass will be offered daily by Fr. Kalombo and Fr. Will for the mass intentions above.

From Death to New Life Please keep in prayer Kenny (Theresa) McCarty whose sister, Rachel Jones, passed away recently. May the Lord grant her perpetual light & eternal peace.

Thank you Getting ready for the return, all the Parish Hall tables and chairs have been cleaned and sanitized by the following hard working parishioners, Mike Hagan, Marian Lanham, Lavida Mischel, Fred Fulkerson and Dave Clark. They worked hard and had a good time. A BIG THANK YOU on a job WELL DONE!

In Appreciation The family of Gerald (Jerry) Mc Bride, would like to thank everyone for the prayers, cards, and visits. Thank you Fr. Will for visiting Jerry. Special thanks to Fr. Kalombo for doing his funeral for us.

Birthdays 5/9 Alaina Blondin, Jaylan Boarman, Felipe Guadarrama, Brooks Latham, Reid Marsch, Sandra Mayfield, Virginia Phillips, Daniel Wathen 5/10 Chris Aull, Charles Cornett, Shevy Davis 5/11 Laura Adams, Teresa Biggs, Henry Chubb, Stacie Moyers, Katie Scott, Jessica Wenmoth 5/12 Lisa Hagan, Lucas Porter, Bertha Zapata 5/13 Blaine Leonard, Theresa Pedley, HarperTierney 5/14 Margerie Hardesty, Connor White 5/15 Andy Birkhead, Ana Carmelo, Alexis Hood 5/16 Janet Johnson, Robert Lindow, Luke Zambrano 5/17 Dianne Birkhead, Mary Ann Masters, Gus Mattingly, Lance Osborne, Sofia Umbral, Madalyn Ward, Mary Helen Ward

Anniversaries 5/9/70 John & Mary Shepler 5/9/97 Vernon & Virginia Phillips 5/9/80 Daniel & Yvonne Wathen 5/9/70 John & Mary Shepler 5/9/97 Vernon & Virginia Phillips 5/9/80 Daniel & Yvonne Wathen 5/11/73 Steve & Diane Coomes 5/11/74 Steve & Sally Tong 5/11/81 Bruce & Ilene Bullington 5/13/06 Daniel & Bridget Harris 5/14/83 Bobby & Anne Mulligan 5/14/05 Kevin & Jennifer Keown 5/14/11 William & Cynda Wood 5/15/82 Terry & Linda Greathouse 5/15/04 Leonel Guido & Lucy Maroto 5/15/04 John & Dawn Tignor 5/17/80 Paul & Annette Lynn 5/17/85 Michael & Alicia Harrington

Weekly Giving 5/3/20 Sunday Giving $ 8,608.60 5/1/20 Electronic Giving $ 3,230.00 April 2020 Online Giving $10,917.00 Weekly Sunday Collection Budget 2019-20 $ 17,739.96 Sunday Collection Year-to-Date $809,486.42 Budget Year to Date 44of 52 Sundays $780,558.24 *Over/Under YTD Budget $ 28,928.18 Thank you to those who have mailed in or dropped off their weekly contribution or setup online giving. Please note: online giving is report-ed in the bulletin once a month.

Mass Opportunities

Sts. Joseph & Paul: 10am Sundays-Mass in English 12 noon on Sundays - Mass in Spanish

Sts. Joseph and Paul Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/stjpcc/

You may also join us for Mass on YouTube at https://

www.youtube.com/channel/UCdmtKxbxhlQU-hAsEUC1cgA/videos?view_as=subscriber

GIVE

Text, Mobile & Online Giving Available! During our time away from church please consider text, mobile, or online giving. Making a gift to Sts. Joseph and Paul is as easy as texting NEW TEXT GIVING NUMBER 844-909-2742 with the amount you would like to give! You can also set up recurring monthly payments through text or mobile giving. To try mobile giving, go to the app store and download the Give+ App. You will enter the 42303 zip code and choose Sts. Joseph and Paul, then set up your automatic giving. To set up electronic giving online, go to stjpc.org and click on the Give button. e-giving is simple, quick and secure, and can provide a record of all your contributions that can be accessed online anytime. We hope you will give it a try!

An Act of Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacra-ment. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramental-ly, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit

me to be separated from You. Amen.

Parroquia de San José y San Pablo

“Ofrecemos nuestro Corazón a Dios y nuestros Talentos a su Pueblo”.

Bautismo para los Niños: Bautismos para niños menores de 7 años se celebran durante el año (excepto en el tiempo de Cuaresma). Se requie-re que los papás y padrinos asistan a una preparación. (Antes de esco-ger padrinos les pedimos que sean casados por la iglesia o solteros y tengan el sacramento de la Confirmación) Catequesis de Adultos (R.I.C.A.) Domingos 10:00 am. – Los adultos pueden recibir los sacramentos del Bautismo, Primera Comunión y la Confirmación después de un tiempo de formación. Sacramentos para Niños y Adolescentes:Todos los niños deben asis-tir a las clases de catecismo cada miércoles a las 6:30pm. (Inglés). Para los que no puedan los miércoles o prefieran en español, también está la opción los Domingos a las 10:00 am. Unción de los enfermos: Por favor notifique a la oficina parroquial de algún familiar o amigo admitido al hospital y que desee el Sacramento de la Unción. Matrimonio – Comuníquese a la oficina parroquial preferiblemente con 6 meses de anticipación como mínimo a la fecha deseada. Quinceañeras NO es un Sacramento pero es un sacramental: Se pueden celebrar cualquier sábado mientas esté disponible la Iglesia, excepto durante la Cuaresma. Reconciliación (Confesión):

LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA

SACRAMENTOS Lunes: Hch 14:5-18; Sal 115 (114):1-4, 15-16; Jn 14:21-26 Martes: Hch 14:19-28; Sal 145 (144):10-13ab, 21; Jn 14:27-31a Miércoles: Hch 15:1-6; Sal 122 (121):1-5; Jn 15:1-8 Jueves: Hch 1:15-17, 20-26; Sal 113 (112):1-8; Jn 15:9-17 Viernes: Hch 15:22-31; Sal 57 (56):8-10, 12; Jn 15:12-17 Sábado: Hch 16:1-10; Sal 100 (99):1b-3, 5; Jn 15:18-21 Domingo: Hch 8:5-8, 14-17; Sal 66 (65):1-7, 16, 20; 1 Pe 3:15-18 o 1 Pe 4:13-16; Jn 14:15-21 o Jn 17:1-11a

VOCACIÓN Los católicos en los Estados Unidos pasan mucho tiempo hablando de “vocación” y la manera en que cada uno de no-sotros discierne nuestra vocación en la vida. Sin embargo, en la carta apostólica de hoy, Pedro nos da la “piedra angular” de nuestra vocación, lo primero y principal en el llamado de cada uno de nosotros a raíz de nuestro Bautismo. Él describe nues-tra vocación como “estirpe elegida, sacerdocio real, nación consagrada a Dios, pueblo de su propiedad para que procla-men las obras maravillosas de aquél [Cristo] quien nos llamó de las tinieblas a su luz admirable” (1 Pedro 2:9). Todos nosotros, sin importar la senda por la cual nuestra vocación de vida nos lleve, hemos sido elegidos por Dios, hechos santos, y ungidos como sacerdotes en el alto sacerdocio de Cristo por nuestro Bautismo. Todo esto, para que podamos anunciar las maravil-las de Cristo. Se nos da una vocación para que proclamemos mediante el servicio, la palabra y el sacramento dentro del ho-gar, en el trabajo y dondequiera que nos lleve la vida. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

Para denunciar una sospecha de abuso, llame a la Línea Directa de Protección Infantil de Kentucky: 1-877-KYSAFE1 o 1-877-597-2331 (llamada gratuita) o co-muníquese con su Fiscal Local de Commonwealth. Para reportar abuso, actual o pasado, a la diócesis por parte de cualquier persona que actúe en nombre de la Iglesia, llame a Louanne Payne, Coordinadora de Asistencia Pastoral (inglés) al 270-852-8380, o Nuria Elizondo, Coordinadora de Asistencia Pastoral (español) al 270-880-8360. También puede visitar la Oficina de Ambiente Seguro (owensborodiocese.org/safe) para obtener más información.

10 de mayo de 2020 Quinto Domingo de Pascua

AMBIENTE SEGURO

SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR (1070-1130) 15 de mayo Isidro nació en Madrid y toda su vida trabajó como campesino cerca de su ciudad natal. Siendo campesino trabajó siempre con el mismo patrón, quien lo explotó y sometió a largos jornales de trabajo. Aun así, Isidro se daba tiempo para asistir a la Santa Misa y hacer oración a lo largo del día. Para él habían tres amores indiscutibles: Dios, su familia y la tierra. Siendo muy pobres, él y su esposa María, fueron capaces de ayudar a otros pobres, de tal suerte que la gente llegaba a su casa de piedra por algo más que pan. De hecho, los mismos animales encontra-ban en ese hogar un lugar de descanso. En los pueblos de Amé-rica Latina, campesinos por naturaleza, se le considera a Isidro como el patrono de los campesinos y este día se hace una gran procesión con su imagen para pedir a Dios que bendiga la semil-la y los instrumentos de trabajo que serán utilizados en el período de cosecha. San Isidro enseña que la explotación es injusta y que aun así, es posible amar al explotador.

—Miguel Arias, Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co.

MARÍA NUESTRA MADRE ¡Qué alegría recordar que María es

nuestra Madre! Ya que ella nos ama y conoce nuestras debilidades, ¿de qué

tendremos miedo? —Santa Teresa de Lisieux

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My Mother Kept A Garden

My Mother kept a garden, a garden of the heart, She planted all the good things that gave my life it’s start. She turned me to the sunshine and encouraged me to dream, Fostering and nurturing the seeds of self-esteem… And when the winds and rain came, she protected me enough- But not too much because she knew I’d need to stand up strong and tough. Her constant good example always taught me right from wrong- Markers for my pathway that will last a lifetime long. I am my Mother’s garden. I am her legacy- And I hope today she feels the love reflected back from me.

Author Unknown

Happy Mother’s

Day!