Join us for Trivia Night at SFX in the Xavier Center on January 11, 2025 at 6PM. $20 per person, limit of 8 players per table/team. All proceeds benefit the High-School Youth Group. Reserve your spot HERE, Pay at the door. Contact Lisa Pence (lisa.pence@sfxmw.com) for more information.
Thank your generous gifts to SFX on Giving Tuesday!
The High-School Youth Group and SFX Outreach Ministries are collecting food and accepting donations for Christmas Food Baskets.
In 1789 (only 235 years ago); President George Washington, the second greatest president we will ever have, was the first to proclaim this a day for which to be thankful. President Franklin Roosevelt, the third greatest president we will ever have, gave us the current calculations in 1939, so people bought their turkeys and stuffed them, or else they went to somebody else’ home, where somebody else stuffed the turkeys. But there is something more important than stuffing turkeys on Thanksgiving Day, if we are going to give thanks by the calendar in November! Think about that! Isn’t that calendar date a kind of “Let’s Be Nice Back to God” Day?
Gratitude Attitude by The Ten Lepers
Human need always laid a claim on the sensitive Spirit of Jesus. The healing of the 10 lepers is clear evidence of this. The healing also showed the FORGIVENESS of Jesus.
Gratitude Attitude on the Personal Level
+ Persistent ingratitude can poison human relationships. We instinctively feel there is something missing (and draining) in the person who finds it impossible ever to say “Thank You”. It is very easy for ingratitude to become a fixed response.
Gratitude Attitude on the Social Level
+ Thanksgiving Day on a calendar is a very appropriate time to be grateful for the blessings of being an American citizen. But we must be careful of the dangers here: (A) hyper-patriotism [that is to say; giving thanks that we are not like others] (B) not always easy to live IN the world of freedom with a clear conscious. Freedom can easily be abused.
God, the source of all good gifts
+ No “worthy” Thanksgiving can be celebrated which does not finally express Gratitude to God.
A beautiful card was sent to me this holiday. It reads:
“It has seemed to me, fit and proper, that God should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, by the whole American people.”
President Abraham Lincoln, THE greatest president we will ever have, wrote that for the National Day of Thanksgiving Proclamation back in 1863… some 161 years ago.
Still, genuine gratitude has no date, no month, no year.
It is an attitude that ought to be expressed 24/7…
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Don’t miss out on your chance to enter the Knights of Columbus Catholic Citizenship Contest! This year’s topic is “What are the two most important virtues for an elected leader to possess, and why? How can you determine if the leader has these virtues?“ The contest is open to grades 8-12; essays should be 500-750 words. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners from each grade. Download the entry form below or pick up one in the gathering space of church. Essays must be received by 11/13/2024. Contact James Underwood for additional information, (502) 494-5988.
Parents! Encourage youth to become citizens grounded in their faith through creative writing!
We regret to announce that this year’s Christmas Movie Night has been cancelled. There were just not enough people signed up to attend. We hope to be able to host this event next year.
Join the Women’s Club for their annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, November 2nd in the Xavier Center.
For your review, below is the Annual Accountability Report for July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024.
Join us for donuts and fellowship in the lower level of the Parish Hall after the 9AM and 11AM Masses on Sunday, October 13th. All are welcome!
A Life and Estate Planning Seminar will be held Sunday, October 6th at 10AM in the Xavier Center.
Click HERE to register or call the parish office.
Join the SFX Choir on Sunday, September 29th at 4PM for a parking lot concert!
Click here to download a copy of the flyer.
Dive into VBS 2024 June 17th – 21st, 2024!
Click HERE for Registration Information.
Join the Women’s Club on Thursday, April 25th at 6:30pm in the Parish Hall for a fun night of Dice Rolling!
Event specific details coming soon. Check back here frequently for updates.
The Young Hearts Theatre is presenting this musical production at the Ursuline Arts Center in Louisville April 4th – 7th. All shows are 2pm matinees and free to attend. Anyone interested in attending as a group from St. Francis should reach out to Wende Aubrey in the Parish Office (502-385-6716).
Westward Ho! is a rip roaring musical production of a wagon train heading west from St. Louis to California. Along the way we share in the excitement of leaving, hopes and dreams for the future, and the hardships of the journey. We sing, dance around campfires, visit and old western saloon and even make a brief stop in heaven. Come join the journey!
