Announcements

Announcements about upcoming events and happenings will be posted here. Most of these will also be found in the Sunday bulletins too.

Church News
**Food Bank Donations: The Food Bank request for March: TBA. Thank you for your generosity and support of our local food bank.

**Bible studies resumed on January 8th. Contact Tim Depew for more information. The course continuing is the The Apostolic Letters. This is a 10 week class by Catholic Way Bible Study and presented by Lavinia Spirito. Classes will be led by Tim Depew and held Monday evenings at 6:30pm in the school library lasting approximately 1.5 hours.  


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R.C.I.A. NEWS— Have you or someone you know expressed an interest in becoming Catholic? We offer an opportunity to come together in a small group to learn more about our faith. Sessions focus on the teachings and experience of Church and prepare individuals to celebrate the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist during the Easter season. You are welcome to participate in the process with your questions, your insights and your faith story in a warm, accepting setting. For more info, please contact Adriana Haas at ahaas@stedwardky.org  Classes meet Thursdays 6:00 to 7:30 pm. in the school library, during the regular school year. 

**Blessing of the Baby in the Womb - If any pregnant mother in our church would like Father to bless their baby in the womb, please contact the church office for arrangements (859 234-5444).

**If you’re new or old to the parish and love to cook, please consider joining the Bereavement Committee. Its purpose is to provide a dish after funerals or parish events when they arise. For more information, please call the church office @(859) 234-5444. 

**Anyone wishing to access the church for prayer after regular Mass or Adoration may do so by stopping in the office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00. 

-Anyone interested in becoming an extraordinary minister of communion, please contact Father Niby.
 
**CCD: Classes meet every Sunday 8:45 -9:45 am, followed by mass. 

**For information on the VIRTUS training (if you would like to volunteer for our fundraisers) and background check (if you have been in the VIRTUS program 5+ years you are required to do a new background check), CLICK HERE.   REMINDER: In order to work at our fundraisers and donate your time worked toward the 25 volunteer tuition hours, those volunteers MUST be Virtus Trained and compliant with reading the monthly bulletins. The name of anyone who is donating hours worked will be checked against the Diocesan Virtus Compliant people list. If you have volunteered your hours toward a student and have not been Virtus trained, we cannot count your hours. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Grable


SCHOOL NEWS:
**Please note: Due to Mass on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, there isn't anyone in the school office. If you need to speak to someone, please email, or call, before or after the 9:15—10:15.

**School Registration forms are on the school website for preschool-5th grade. CLICK HERE to access.

You can continue shopping at our online school store. We appreciate you keeping our store in mind as the holidays approach. You can find some nice gift ideas there. Here is the link: https://www.schoolstore.com/cgi/SSCHomePage...

**Just a reminder that there are two programs which provide much needed funds for our School at no additional cost to each of us. Box Tops for Education and Snappy Tomato pizza give us $$$ back for purchases we make every day.

Other Church Info:

**If you are interested in purchasing a cremation niche in the Shelia Gasser Memorial Columbarium at St Edward Cemetery,
CLICK HERE for purchase details and contact information. 

**If you would like to have a Divine Mercy Yard sign (like the one in front of the church) contact the church office & we can get one for you. The cost is $37.00. These outdoor signs are very sturdy.

**You can purchase a Blessed Vigil Light Candle for your home for $3. They are located beside the Blessed Mother statue. Place your money in the in the vigil light stand money holder. 

**If you or someone you know that is shut-in, and would like to receive the sacraments, please contact Fr. Niby at: 859-234-5444 or nkannai@stedwardky.org. 

**If you are homebound and not able to come to mass, we can mail you a bulletin or you can view them from this website. On the HOME page of this church website, look for the BULLETIN section. It has a link to take you off site to a Bulletin website that we subscribe to. The bulletins are listed there in order of newest to oldest. Once on that site, just click on the newest bulletin on the left, and it will open on your device for you to read and scroll through. There is also a page in this website listing the newest and previous bulletins. If you would like a paper copy, please call the church office at 859-234-5444.