THANKS - Many thanks for a great celebration of Confirmation and for your warm welcome. It was a joyful night and I really enjoyed being with you and the people. They and you are always so friendly and welcoming. Makes the whole celebration a joy. God's blessing on you always. I look forward to hearing from you. - Bishop John McRaith

THANKS - Many thanks to the St. Jerome Parish for the lovely retirement reception, the gifts, the cards and the good wishes. It has been a pleasure to be on the staff and I will miss seeing everyone. May God Bless each of you. - Joyce Toon

THANKS - Thank you to my St. Jerome Parish Family for everything you did for me during my recent hospital stay. I would also like to say thank you for the continued concern and prayers during my next three months of recovery and rehab. Gold bless you all. - Mary Ann (Elder) McDaniel

BENEFIT YARD SALE FOR MARY ANN (ELDER) MCDANIEL - will be held on Saturday, May 31 in the St. Joseph Catholic School Gym. Donated items for the sale will be appreciated and can be dropped off at the gym on Friday, May 30 after 1 pm. The money raised will help pay for her medical expenses. For more information contact Dianne Elder at 623-8419, Franchesica Rice at 705-2819 or McDaniel at 247-0708.

MAY PROCESSION - will be held in the month of May. Be watching for more information.

SUBMIT DESIGN FOR 128th PICNIC SHIRT - Get your artist supplies out to submit a design for the 128th Annual Fancy Farm Picnic shirt. Please turn them in to the Parish Center by May 1st.

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER - Thursday, May 1 at 12:00 Noon at the flagpole at the Courthouse in Mayfield. Join the Graves County community as they come together to pray for our nation, our state, our schools, and our county and community leaders.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - Sunday, June 1st - Thursday, June 5th, 5:30 - 8:00 pm at the K of C Hall. Theme is Power Lab - Discovering Jesus' Miraculous Power. Donations accepted to help offset the cost (drop in collection basket or stop by the Parish Center.

REGISTRATION: You may stop by the Parish Center to register your child (Preschool through 5th grade). Deadline to register is May 16th (to get a t-shirt).

VOLUNTEERING: If you'd like to volunteer, you can fill out a form at the Parish Center. Remember, you must have a current safe environment card from the Diocese of Owensboro. If you do not, please contact Sherry Jones to fill out the necessary paperwork.

WOMEN OF GRACE FOUNDATIONAL STUDY AT ST. JOSEPH LEARNING CENTER - June 4 - July 30 on Wednesday's, 7-9 pm (8 lectures via DVD). Registration deadline is April 30. Contact Diane Hayden, 247-8734 or Joyce Carrico, 247-4116 for more information and to register.

SOPHIA AWARD NOMINATIONS - to nominate a person or a couple: the nominee must be 65 years of age or older; single, divorced, widowed, a priest or religious, married people can be nominated as couple or singularly; be an outstanding example of their Catholic faith whether they are involved in (one or all) parish, community spiritual or family life; can be a homebound person which is still active through prayer life, phone outreach, etc.; can be nominated based on past outstanding contributions; can be nominated posthumously. Send nominations along with some information to the Parish Center. We will take care of submitting them to Ginny Knight-Simon. Deadline to submit to Parish Center is July 7, 2008. Questions, contact Ginny at 270-683-1545.

ADDRESS FOR BROTHER LEO WILLETT, S.M.
        c/o Marianist Residence
        520 Fordham Lane
        San Antonio, TX 78228-4821

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL when considering a gift please remember that donations may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Society in memory of a loved one or the family of a loved one as well as in honor of a special birthday or anniversary. Acknowledgement cards will be sent to the family or person being remembered.

ITEMS FOR WEEKLY BULLETIN if you have something that needs to be put in the bulletin, please type it, print it, fax it or e-mail it to stjerome@wk.net. The deadline is COB (close of business), Tuesday's. If you have an insert it must be approved through the Parish Council (which meets on the third Thursday of the month)

ANNOUNCEMENTS - any announcements for Father Willet to make before masses must be written down for him.

SCHEDULING OF MEETINGS - There is now a scheduling book for the following rooms: Parish Center Conference Room, the Resource Room located in the Parish Center, the EDGE room located in the Parish Center and the Crystal Green Room. If you need to schedule a parish event / meeting please call Sherry Jones at 623-8181.

FUNERALS -- in the event of a funeral on a weekday with regularly scheduled 8:00 AM Mass that Mass is cancelled.

PLACING ITEMS IN CHURCH -- be sure and check with the Parish Center staff before placing items in back of church (i.e., brochures, literature, pamphlets, etc.).

CHILDREN'S LITURGY REMINDER -- This is for children age 4 to 10. Children under 4 must be accompanied by a parent.

RECONNECT WITH ST. JOSEPH -- Did you ever attend St. Joseph Catholic School in Mayfield? If so, St. Joseph would like to reconnect with you! Contact us at sjcsalumni@gmail.com or call the St. Joseph Parish Office at 247.2843 with your name, address, telephone, e-mail, grade completed at St. Joseph and the year.

DVD'S FOR SALE ($20) entitled "Fancy Farm, A Homecoming"; available at the Parish Center

ST. JOSEPH BOOSTER CLUB WINNER Week #8 - Matt Toon -Card #585.

CATHOLIC PRIEST AT LOURDES HOSPITAL -- Fr. Frank Roff has returned to the diocese from Prison Chaplain work and is the full time Catholic priest at Lourdes. Originally, he is from the St. John community.

CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (CCHD)

• The CCHD is the Catholic Church's anti-poverty program here in the United States

• The CCHD supports groups of low-income people as they work to bring long-term change to their lives and communities

• The CCHD provides educational programs to help Catholics reflect on their faith and build solidarity across economic lines.

• The CCHD raises awareness about the root causes of poverty in our country and our faith-based call to address it

Imagine life below the poverty line, where one in eight Americans struggles every day to hang on. The CCHD helps people to create permanent solutions to the problem of poverty in their communities. Be part of the numbers that care; give generously to the CCHD Appeal. Visit www.povertyusa.org to learn more

Thank you! The national and diocesan offices of the CCHD wish to extend their thanks to our parishioners who generously contributed to the CCHD Collection. Please continue to pray for our sisters and brothers living below the poverty line and for community groups working to make long-term change.

WHAT IS SERRA? Founded in 1935 by Dan Rooney, Leo Sharkey, Richard Ward and Harold Haberle. The primary objective is to encourage priestly vocations. John Bray suggested naming the club after Father Junipero Serra. The objective is the encouragement of vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Today, 20,000 lay Catholics (or Serrans, as they call themselves) work in 18th-century Franciscan missionary Blessed Junipero Serra's name to fulfill that objective. They are spread over 42 countries, with more than 750 Serra clubs. They accomplish this through straightforward means as prayer, providing assistance to seminarians, or raising vocations awareness through multimedia communications. Informational booklets and prayers cards are at the doors if you would like more information or to join

SAFE ENVIRONMENT - To help protect our children, anyone aware of the possibly of sexual abuse of a minor is required by law to report this to the proper State authorities. Locally you may contact the Graves County Sheriff at 270.247.4501 or the State Police at 270.856.3721. If a priest, deacon, employee or volunteer is thought to be the cause of abuse, immediately contact the State authorities as well as the Bishop or a member of the Review Board at 270.683.1545. A copy of the Diocesan Policy dealing with sexual abuse of minors or vulnerable persons is available in the parish office and from the Catholic Pastoral Center. The safety of our children is the responsibility of every Christian.

If your card has expired and you have not filled out new background check papers, please stop by the Parish Center and see Sherry Jones. Remember, in order to work with children in the Diocese of Owensboro you must have a current card. There are several that have expired and paperwork or a reminder card has been mailed to you. If you have the paperwork at home, please submit the completed forms to Sherry Jones ASAP.

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