Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church
440 St. Martins Road, Flaherty, KY 40175
Religious Education
Director:
Mrs. Regina
Bennett
Phone: 828-8484
Email:
reginabennett@bbtel.com.
Religious Education for K-12 classes
meet each Wednesday night from 6:45 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
All new families are invited to attend.
If you have any questions, please call Regina
Bennett at the Lifelong Formation and Religious Education Office.
Preschool Time in the Library
All preschool age children are invited to the
library on the second Wednesday of each month for our preschool program.
We will pray, sing, have activities, snacks, and
read.
If anyone would like to volunteer to be a reader please
contact Regina Bennett.
Register Now for the Archdiocese of Louisville Men’s Conference:
Our Lady of Lourdes Church will be the location of this 8:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.,
March 31, 2012, event.
Keynote
speakers include Archbishop Kurtz and Deacon Greg Hall (owner of the drilling
company that freed the trapped Chilean miners).
The Conference will bring an opportunity for men to deepen their
relationship with Jesus Christ bringing benefits to each participant, their
families, and their Parish Community.
With registration limited to 500, you will need to sign-up as soon as
possible at the website (www.cmclouisville.net)
or contact Linda McLemore,
lmclemore@archlou.org,
or phone (502-448-8581).
Why Catholic?
(The Celebration of the Christian Mystery-Sacraments) Groups will begin meeting
Sunday, February 20, 2012. Sign-up Weekend will be February 4-5, 2012.
There is an attachment to the bulletin this weekend with more
information.
RCIA for the Adults
will not be held on Tuesdays, December 20, 27, 2011 or January 3, 2012 due to
Christmas break. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 10, 2012.
Mom’s Retreat:
If you would be
interested in a one day retreat at St. John’s for mothers of all ages, call or
email Monica at St. John’s For moe information.
mlucas@bbtel.com,422.2196.
If you think you are to busy for a retreat, this one’s for
you!
Children’s Church – during the Sunday morning 9:00 a.m. Mass. Please drop off your children before Mass in their classroom (upstairs in the school building). The students will be brought back to church during the Offertory.
The St. Martin’s Library will be open every Wednesday night
from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. (Second Wednesday is Preschool Time).All parishioners are invited to check out books, use the computers, parents can hang-out while their children are attending Religious Education.
St. James Catholic Regional School
Pre-Registration. Feb 8 (Wednesday) from 8:30
a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Loretto Center) for kindergarten students and new to other
grades – (2012-2013). Needed: Official Birth Certificate, Baptismal Certificate,
Social Security Number, and $75.00 non-refundable deposit.
For information please call 765-5587 or 765-7011.
Thanks to the following volunteers for sharing
their time and talents with the youth of our parish as either
a catechist or catechist assistants:
Gloria Ritter – Sacramental Preparation Catechist, Janice Whelan – K
grade, Laura Benham – 1st grade, Amy English -2nd grade
which is Sacrament Preparation for Reconciliation and Eucharist, April Hobbs – 2nd
grade assistant, Cindy Richards -3rd grade, Marcia Allgood-3rd
grade assistant, Mary Gavin and Amanda Gavin - 4th grade, Elaine
McKinney-5th grade, Kathy Thissen and Mary Pike-6th grade,
Tim Curran-7th & 8th grades, Elaine Vowels-7th
& 8th grades, B. J and Lauren Caster-9th and 10th
grade which Is Confirmation Preparation, Jenny Vowels -
9th & 10th grade
catechists assistant. Regina Bennett is the catechist for 11th and 12th
grades.
Adult Confirmation Classes - While working
with the parishioners here at St. Martin’s, it has come to my attention that we
have adults who have not yet received the Sacrament of Confirmation.
In order for you to be a full initiated member of the Catholic Church we
would like to offer you the opportunity to receive your last Sacrament of
Initiation, Confirmation. If you are
interested, please contact my office, Regina Bennett, Director of Lifelong
Formation and Education 828.8484,
reginabennett@bbtel.com. If we
have enough interest we will implement this program.
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St. Meinrad Archabbey and Retreat Center has many retreats and other opportunities for your spiritual needs available through the year. If you are interested in any of these please call 1-800-581-6905 or email mzoeller@saintmeinrad.edu.