Holy Spirit to end 70th anniversary celebration with liturgy on May 11
Holy Spirit Church, 3345 Lexington Road, will close the celebration of its 70th anniversary with a special liturgy at 10 a.m. May 11.
Music at the service will include a hymn to the Holy Spirit composed by parishioner James Smart. The Spirit Singers and Youth Singers choirs will sing part of the “Mass in Honor of Our Lady of Fatima,” composed in 1954 by then-Holy Spirit organist Robert Crone. The work was dedicated to the parish’s founding pastor, Msgr. John W. Vance.
As part of the closing celebration, Father Daniel Whelan will bless the new church tower bell ringing mechanism and three new exterior tower clocks. The tower’s 2,000-pound bell, with the words “Veni Sancte Spiritus” on its surface, has been silent for more than a year.
Holy Spirit parishioners donated funds to purchase new strikers and ringing mechanisms, which enable the bell to once again ring the hours, Mass times and daily Angelus prayers.
New principal named at Assumption
Rebecca “Becky” Henle, currently principal of Peninsula Catholic High School in Newport News, Va., has been named the new principal of Assumption High School, 2170 Tyler Lane. She will assume the post in July.
She succeeds as principal Mary Ann Steutermann, who will become dean of faculty at Assumption.
Henle has taught English at Catholic schools in Virginia, Arkansas, Delaware, Ohio and Wisconsin. She was coordinator of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program and later principal at Mount St. Mary Academy in Little Rock, Ark.
She has a bachelor of science degree in secondary education from the University of Dayton and a masters of education in educational administration from the University of Arkansas.
A committee of faculty and staff voted to hire Henle after conducting a national search.
Archdiocesan choir is being formed for bicentennial Mass on June 29
A choir is being formed for a Mass at an Archdiocese of Louisville bicentennial celebration June 29 at Slugger Field in Louisville. The Mass will be at 2:30 p.m. followed by a picnic and concert.
Three choir rehearsals are scheduled at Holy Family Church, 3926 Poplar Level Road, on June 11, 18 and 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. A final rehearsal will be held at Slugger Field on a date to be announced.
Choir members from throughout the archdiocese are invited to be part of the archdiocesan choir. To register for the choir, contact the Office of Worship at 636-0296, ext. 1260, or worship@archlou.org. Gina Eberenz will direct the choir.
New St. Peter the Apostle parish plans ‘Founder’s Day’ celebration
The new St. Peter the Apostle parish in southwest Jefferson County will have a “Founder’s Day” celebration on June 1 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Sun Valley Park, 6616 Ashby Lane.
The event is open to members of the former parishes of St. Clement, St. Timothy, St. Polycarp, Our Lady Help of Christians and Our Lady of Consolation. Those five parishes merged to form St. Peter the Apostle parish on April 8.
The gathering will include food, music and games. In the event of rain, the celebration will be held at 10801 Deering Road, the site of the former Our Lady of Consolation Church.
Ursuline Sister celebrates 100 years
Mount St. Joseph Ursuline Sister Mary Clement Greenwell, who has served in the Archdiocese of Louisville, was joined by family members as she celebrated her 100th birthday April 22 at the Ursuline Motherhouse in Maple Mount, Ky.
Sister Greenwell, a native of Curdsville, Ky., joined the Ursulines in 1927 and taught in schools in Kentucky, New Mexico and Missouri for nearly 50 years.
In the Louisville archdiocese, she taught at Flaherty Elementary School, Flaherty (1940-44); Holy Trinity School, Fredericktown (1949-51); Holy Cross School, Holy Cross (1951-52); St. Charles School, Lebanon (1952-55); St. Catherine School, New Haven (1955-56); St. Joseph School, Raywick (1956-58); St. Bernard School, Clementsville (1958-62); and St. Margaret Mary School, Louisville (1976-78).
She also began a ministry of outreach and tutoring at the St. Boniface in Louisville, where she served until retiring to the motherhouse in 1989.
Collection days set for expired drugs
Catholic Charities’ Senior Services is joining with other community agencies in sponsoring “expired drug toss days” this month in which individuals can dispose of pharmaceuticals and protect the water, soil and air from contaminants. Items accepted include tablets, capsules, creams, ointments, eye drops and nasal sprays.
Six different collection sites are scheduled, including St. Denis Church, 4205 Cane Run Road, on May 20 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., and Franciscan Health Care Center, 3625 Fern Valley Road, on May 20 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Other dates and cites are:
- May 21 — Christopher East, 4200 Browns Lane, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.; and Brookside Senior Living, 200 Brookside Drive (off Shelbyville Road), 1 to 3 p.m.
- May 22 — Christian Care Communities, 960 S. Fourth St., 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., and Sun Valley Community Center, 6506 Bethany Lane, 1 to 3 p.m.
For information, contact Jackie Gahlinger, coordinator of Senior Services, at 637-9786.
Passionist Father Jordan Grimes dies
Passionist Father Jordan Grimes, a resident of Nazareth Home, died April 30 at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville. He was 87.
Father Grimes, a native of Louisville, had been a member of the Passionist community for 66 years and a priest for 58 years.
He served as local superior in Passionist monasteries in Detroit, Chicago and Orlando, Fla.; was retreat director in Houston, Texas; and was province vocation director.
Survivors include his Passionist community and three sisters, Helen Grimes, Sister of Charity of Nazareth Ellen Miriam Grimes and Sister of Charity of Nazareth Mary Anselma Grimes.
The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated May 5 at St. Agnes Church, 1920 Newburg Road. Burial was in the Passionist Monastery Cemetery.
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