From Your Parish Office

Friday, June 20, 2014, 12:30 PM

Repeats every Friday until June 20, 2014

Quote from Mother Angelica's Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality: "I don't care if you're five or one hundred and five - God from all eternity chose you to be where you are, at this time in history to change the world."

Look who's in the news! In Thursday's Georgetown News-Graphic, our own Mr. Dan Mardell was featured as one of the "People You Should Know". To read the entire article, click here.

Have you registered your children for Totus Tuus yet? If not, this weekend after every Mass, representatives for the Totus Tuus program will be available to register your children! Totus Tuus will be held the week of July 13th - 18th at our parish. For more information about Totus Tuus, click here; toregister. For information on the day program (grades 1-6), contact Melinda Asbridge at (859) 806-0647, email timmelasbridge@bellsouth.net. For the evening program for junior and senior high school youths, contact Matthew Lageman at (502)542-3460, email mlageman@ssfrancisjohn.org. We are also looking for volunteers to help out! In addition to helping during the day, we also need lunch and/or dinner provided for the instruction team (4 adults) throughout the week. Click here for all the different ways you can help to volunteer!

Double Saints Thrift Sale - We need your help! Bring your unwanted yard sale items to Bossy Barn on Monday evenings from 5:30-7:30 PM. We also need your help with sorting and boxing thrift sale donations at that time. Any questions, please email Erin at ehunter09@live.com or call/text her at (502) 316-1146; or you can also contact the Church Office at 502-863-3404 and leave a message. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated!

Double Saints Festival August 22-23! The Festival Committee has been working hard on planning this year's event. In addition to many of the popular events in the past, there will be more craft and food vendors, a car cruise-in, a live auction, pony rides, raffles plus live entertainment both evenings! Watch for more information to follow. If you're interested in helping out, the next committee meeting will be Tuesday, June 17th at 6:30 PM in the undercroft. In addition, we need volunteers for the Festival itself - contact Marilyn Bramlage at bramlagemom@gmail.com or call/text her at (859) 221-4305 for the various way you can volunteer.

Wake Up, Catholics! Join us Wednesday, June 25th at 6:00 PM at Trimbur Hall as we begin a journey of learning more about our Church. This is open to everyone looking to enrich your faith and grow through scripture. More details will be forthcoming. For more information, contact Dan Elliott a danmar614@roadrunner.com or call him at (859) 221-9586.

Mark your calendars for:

Double Saints Festival Committee Meeting Tuesday, June 17th at 6:30 PM in the undercroft.
No Mass June 23rd - 27th. Word and Communion only.
Wake Up Catholic! June 25th at 6:00 PM at Trimbur Hall, St. Francis de Sales
School & Parish Offices Closed Friday, July 4th.
Totus Tuus, Sunday, July 13th through Friday, July 18th at St. John School. Mass times for this week will be moved to 11:15 AM each day.
Double Saints Thrift Sale, Friday, August 15th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM ($5 early bird admission charge); and Saturday, August 16th from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM (FREE)
Double Saints Festival, Friday, August 22nd from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM; Saturday, August 23rd from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Watch for details!
Finley 5K Run/Walk Saturday, August 30th at 6:00 PM. For more information and to register for this run/walk, go to "Facebook/Finley 5K Run/Walk" or emailfinley5k@yahoo.com.

Happy Father's Day! To ALL fathers (including Fr. Linh!), we wish you all a blessed and enjoyable Father's Day weekend from the St. John School and Parish Office staff.

Prayer for Fathers: God our Father, We give you thanks and praise for fathers young and old. We pray for young fathers, newly embracing their vocation; May they find courage and perseverance to balance work, family and faith in joy and sacrifice. We pray for our own Fathers around the world whose children are lost or suffering; May they know that the God of compassion walks with them in their sorrow. We pray for men who are not fathers but still mentor and guide us with fatherly love and advice. We remember fathers, grandfather, and great grandfathers who are no longer with us but who live forever in our memory and nourish us with their love. Amen