August 23, 2026
August 18, 2026
Dear Friends,
Fr. Rob is on a well-deserved vacation! Margie Benza has written this week’s column.
Parish Ministry Fair
September 12 and 13, 2026
It has been quite a while since we brought our faith communities together to offer a hands-on and visual opportunity to see where
God is working through us in ministry. It’s also a moment of discernment where God may be calling you to serve. Our Ministry Fair will be held at both parishes after Masses on the weekend of September 12th and 13th . Each parish will offer information on their respective ministries with a chance to speak with someone, or take a flyer and sign up if you’re so moved.
Think of the Ministry Fair as an opportunity to meet other parishioners, and share our time and talent with each other and for each
other. From greeting or serving as a lector at Mass, helping with our faith formation ministry, serving those in need, to working in
our Community Garden, there are so many ways for you to spread the good news of our faith through your actions.
Our gospel continues to call us to serve one another in small ways ang large ways in our parishes, our city, in Kentucky or globally
to name a few. A small example that I have seen personally is parishioners serving the homeless and hopeless. A small kindness
filled their hunger and offered them hope and dignity.
Join us, won’t you, for this opportunity to be the hands and hearts of Jesus in someone’s life? See you after Masses in the Parish
Life Center at Transfiguration and in the Schnacky Center at St. Catherine’s.
Margie Benza
Pastoral Associate
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