Little Sisters to offer discernment day

The Little Sisters of the Poor will hold a day of discernment for young women ages 15 to 35 on Feb. 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the sisters’ St. Joseph Home for the Aged, 15 Audubon Plaza Drive.

The day will include Mass, a talk by Father Ronald Knott, lunch with the sisters, eucharistic adoration, an opportunity for reconciliation and a time for questions and answers with the sisters.

To register, contact Sister Amy at 502-636-2300 or vclouisville@littlesistersofthepoor.org.

Secular Franciscans will gather at Mount St. Francis on March 7

A regional gathering of Secular Franciscans will be held March 7 at Mount St. Francis, 101 St. Anthony Drive in Floyd County, Ind.

The event will be led by Conventual Franciscan Father Don Halpin and will begin with prayer at 9 a.m., followed by the Liturgy at 10 a.m., with a reflection by Father Halpin beginning at 11 a.m. His topic will be “A Day of Reflection: The Dynamics of the Prayers of St. Francis.

Closing with Taize meditation, Eucharistic adoration and benediction will be from 3:15 to 4 p.m. To register, call Bette at 502-893-3203, or register by e-mail at joejfe@iglou.com.

Holy Cross High inducts six Jan. 16 into its Hall of Fame

Holy Cross High School hosted a Jan. 16 reception to honor six members of the Angela Merici, Bishop David and Holy Cross high school community who’ve been inducted into the Holy Cross High School Hall of Fame.

The inductees were chosen for their “outstanding accomplishments and overwhelming support of Holy Cross,” according to a news release from the school.

This year’s inductees were Anne Howard, Glenn O’Bryan, Bud Gagel, Dot Wolfe, Brother Carroll Posey and Sharon Zoeller Dueffert.

Cathedral hosts prayers for Haiti

In response to the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, the Cathedral of the Assumption is holding 10 minutes of prayer for Haiti every weekday at 11:45 a.m. in the church’s Blessed Sacrament Eucharistic Chapel, 443 S. Fifth St.

Also, the Cathedral is hosting an Evening Prayer for Haiti at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8, in the undercroft. The Cathedral has a twinning relationship with a parish in Jeremie, Haiti, and other area parishes that have similar relationships with churches in Haiti are invited to join in prayer and a discussion about responding to the crisis in the Caribbean nation.

The public is invited to both events. For information, contact Sarah Scheibe at 657-5219.

Five students win Derby Fest awards

Five students from Archdiocese of Louisville schools were among top award winners in the Kentucky Derby Festival Student Art Contest. Awards were presented at the Henry Clay Building in downtown Louisville Jan. 28 following the unveiling of the Derby Festival poster.

Heather Barna, an eighth-grader at John Paul II Academy, won first place in the contest’s computer art division. Harper Hall of St. Francis of Assisi School took second place in the kindergarten and first-grade division.

St. Margaret Mary School students Bernie Sommer and Travis Wooster placed second and third, respectively, in the sixth- through eighth-grade division. Lexie Lancaster of Sacred Heart Academy placed third in the ninth- to 12th-grade division.

Eleven students from Catholic schools also earned honorable mentions in the contest. They are Luke Karem, Peter Schoenbachler, Emma Kelty, Jesse Grunduski, Nick Strothman, Eric Hasselwander, Claire Wetterer, Hanna Brotzge, Jenny Harlamert, Petri Dragon and Katie Norton.

Black history

Students at Nativity Academy at St. Boniface kicked off Black History Month with a special celebration Feb. 2. Doug Smith from the Versailles Historical Society gave a presentation to students, who dressed in traditional African attire. Liturgical dancers from First Baptist Church of Jeffersontown performed. And the Nativity Academy Drummers, led by River City Drum Corps director Ed White, gave a performance.

Explorer scholar

St. Xavier High School junior William Thompson-Arjona is one of four students from the United States chosen to receive a Ruta Quetzal-BBVA Scholarship this year. The award, valued at about $16,000, will provide students from North America, Europe, Africa and Asia with a five-week summer cultural study expedition to Mexico, Chile and Spain.

Mixer

St. Bernard School, 7500 Tangelo Drive, will hold a middle school mixer from 8 to 11 p.m. Feb. 13. Admission is $7 and correct change is preferred. Appropriate dress is required. Parents must pick up children at the gymnasium door and there will be no pre-sale of tickets. Call the school at 239-5178 for more information.

Following are anniversaries of the deaths of priests of the Dioceses of Bardstown and Louisville and the Archdiocese of Louisville that occur in the coming week. These are listed each week so they may be remembered in prayers during this “Year for Priests.”

Feb. 7 — Father John B. Hutchins, 1879, born near New Hope, Ky.; a pastor of St. Thomas (Bardstown), St. Augustine (Lebanon), St. Charles (St. Mary) churches; grade school classmate of Abraham Lincoln (Andersonville).

Father Anthony Reinhart, 1928, born in Germany; a pastor of a parish in Hodgenville, Ky., and a pastor of St. Michael Church in Louisville (Brook Street).

Feb. 8 — Father Thomas J. Jenkins, 1912, born in Nelson County in 1847; a pastor in New Hope; authored The Judges of Faith, a work on godless schools, in 1889.

Msgr. Patrick Walsh, 1944, born in Ireland in 1859; came to America in 1876; professor of moral theology at Preston Park Seminary and a pastor in Pewee Valley and at Sacred Heart Church, Louisville.

Feb. 9 — Msgr. Bernard Kieffer, 1986, native Louisvillian; awarded Ph.D. and S.T.D. in July, 1930; a pastor of St. Columba Church (1949-1976) in Louisville.

Feb. 10 — Father Edward C. Donovan, 1929, born in Ireland, incardinated into Louisville in 1927; served St. Stephen Church, Owensboro, Ky., and St. Therese Church, Rhodelia, Ky.

Father John T. O’Connor, 1931, born at Elks Creek, Ky.; a pastor in Payneville and at Holy Name Church in Louisville for 38 years.

Father James P. Hendricks, 2005, native Louisvillian; a pastor of St. Raphael, St. Albert the Great and St. Denis parishes in Louisville and chaplain for Flaget and St. Xavier high schools.

Feb. 11 — Most Rev. Benedict Joseph Flaget; 1850, born in France, first Bishop of Bardstown (1808); first bishop of Louisville (1841); buried in the Chapel of the Bishops in the Louisville cathedral.

Feb. 12 — Father Hugh J. Daly, 1919, born in Ireland; ordained in 1871; pastor of St. James (Elizabethtown) from 1888 to 1919.

Father George M. Connor, 1927, native Louisvillian; former Sulpician; ordained in Paris, France (1900); a pastor of St. William (Louisville) and St. Dominic (Springfield) parishes.

Msgr. Francis J. Timoney, 1981, born in Danville, Ky.; a pastor of Holy Name Church (Louisville); died in 1981 at the age of 93; priest for 65 years.

Feb. 13 — Father Joseph Hazeltine, 1862; a chaplain at Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (1835-1862).

Father Alphonsus M. Coenen, 1905, born in Belgium; a pastor of St. Augustine Church (Louisville); possessed great music abilities and wrote and published several Masses.

Father Michael Dillon, 1915, born in Ireland; ordained by Archbishop Purcell in 1872 and last teacher at the Preston Park Seminary (now Bellarmine University).

Father John B. Gleason, 1928, born in Ireland; Redemptorist; incardinated in 1912; a chaplain for Xavieran Brothers, St. Thomas Orphanage and O’Leary Home for Men (Louisville).

Father Joseph R. Bowling, 1963, native of New Haven, Ky.; chair of the philosophy department of Bellarmine University; died at the age of 48 in 1963.

Father Bertrand J. Brian, 2005, native of Colesburg, Ky.; second of 17 children; a pastor of St. Jerome Church in Fairdale and St. Charles Church in St. Mary, Ky.

Necrology is prepared by Father Dale Cieslik, archivist of the Archdiocese of Louisville.