On Monday and Tuesday I will be in Frankfort participating in the “Catholics at the Capitol” meeting sponsored by the Catholic Conference of Kentucky. This annual two-day event is an opportunity to continue building a network of Faithful Citizens to advocate for public policies that reflect Gospel values and Catholic teachings. Even if you do not attend the meeting in Frankfort, you are invited to participate in the CCK’s “Faithful Citizenship Advocacy Network” so that you can communicate with decision-makers on important public policy issues in Washington, D.C. and Frankfort. Bringing Catholic social teaching to lawmakers is the responsibility of all Catholics. I encourage you to register to receive periodic email communications on legislative issues at a time when communicating to lawmakers is critical to advance the common good through public policy. Visit the Conference website at www.ccky.org to sign up.
The Rite of Election is this afternoon at two o’clock. At this Rite, those preparing to join the Church at Easter will join with Bishop Medley for a time of prayer and for the acceptance of the Catechumens as the “Elect.” They will spend the remainder of the Lenten season making final preparations for the sacraments of Initiation. Please keep all these men and women in your prayers.
It was good to have Bishop Medley here for Mass on Ash Wednesday and I am happy that he is celebrating the Saturday evening Mass this weekend. At that liturgy, he will confer ministries on three of our seminarians. These ministries of acolyte and lector are steps on the way to diaconate and priesthood. We also welcome Deacon Uwem Enoh who was with us last summer. Uwem was recently ordained a deacon and he will be giving the homily at the 7:00AM Mass, as well as the 10:00AM Mass at Blessed Sacrament.
I pray that Lent has begun well for you. Don’t forget that our Mission begins next Sunday evening. I know that Fr. Dorsey will help us enter more deeply into Lent so that it will be a truly enriching season for our parish.
