Sing to the Lord!

This Sunday the Advanced Children’s Choir will be joining the Adult Choir in singing an arrangement of The Lord is My Shepherd. Eighth Grade St. Albert student, Lily Jester will be singing the solo portions of the music.

Mother’s Day Mass Intentions

If you would like to offer up in prayer an intention at the Mother’s Day weekend Masses this year, envelopes are due by Sunday, May 7th. 

Saint Vincent de Paul

Today, we celebrate “Good Shepherd Sunday” where we reflect on Jesus’ care and love of us and hear his words, “I came so that they may have life and have it more abundantly.”

By your gift to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul you will reveal the love of the “Good Shepherd” to your suffering brothers and sisters.

There will be a second collection on the weekend of April 29th & 30th to benefit our Saint Vincent de Paul Society.

Mass Schedules

Thursday, May 4th, 9:25AM
Will be May Crowning with Rosary. There will be no daily/school Mass.

Saturday, May 6th, 4:00pm
Saturday evening Mass will be offered one hour earlier at 4:00pm due to the Kentucky
Derby Race.

Thursday, May 25th, 9:25AM
The daily mass will not have students attending.

Thursday, June 1st, 8:30AM
The Thursday daily Mass time will return to 8:30am during the school summer break. 

Baptism 

If your child needs to be baptized, please contact Debbie Koeberlein the Parish Office at  502-425-3940 ext 110. 

Loaves & Fishes

Next month’s collection will benefit Eastern Area Community Ministries. Please drop off your items any time before the 10:30am Mass on that Sunday. Items in high demand include peanut butter, pasta, canned vegetables and fruit, and canned meat - including tuna. Diapers and baby wipes are always needed for our Good Start for Kids Program.

Red Cross Blood Drive

SUNDAY, APRIL 30th 

8AM - 12:30PM IN THE PLC

You have the power to save a life in your hands and “pay forward” your gratitude for good health! 

The Social Concerns Team and the St. Albert school children are sponsoring our quarterly Red Cross blood drive in the Parish Life Complex on Sunday 4/30/23 from 8am until 12:30pm. Appointments are recommended but not required. Social distancing will be encouraged and masks are optional. 

For appointments, please call Mary Jo Bird at (502) 552-2093 or email kybirdsnest@aol.com.  Appointments can also be made directly with the Red Cross at 1-800-RED-CROSS or online at www.Redcrossblood.org. 

Donors who register are also encouraged to fill out the “Rapid Pass” online within 24 hours of their donation to expedite the donation process.

Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee Services Program

After a slow few years in the resettlement world, arrivals are picking up at a rapid pace. Our program expects to resettle 120 refugees in the month of April alone. That is 120 people who we will welcome with a safe, comfortable apartment stocked with all the furniture and household items they need to start a new life. But none of this will be possible without your help! We are in urgent need of furniture and home goods for our new neighbors. Will you help us make a house a home?

There is an urgent need for

• Dining / Kitchen Tables

• End Tables

• Couches (no sectionals or sleep sofas)

• Adult Bikes

• Housing Units

No clothing please

Schedule Pick Ups and Drop Offs

We will come to your home to pick up these items. The timing is dependent upon the truck’s availability. Call 502-636-9263

Open Drop Off Time: SATURDAY APRIL 29 from 9-11am

Come by our 2200 Market Street location. Volunteers will be there to help unload your items. Contact us if you plan to drop off that day, call 502-636-9263 or email donations@archlou.org.

Little Way Mother's Day Card

For 39 years, Little Way has been serving women and men who find themselves in the crisis of an unexpected pregnancy. Your support allows Little Way to offer their services free of charge. 

As we celebrate Mother's Day, please consider a Gift of a Holy Mass Offering. With your donation, your mother’s name will be offered in a Mass by Archbishop Shelton Fabre. What a beautiful thank you to our mothers! This gift can be made “In Memory” or “In Honor” of your mother. A beautiful Mother’s Day Card will share with her the details of your gift. Children’s Coloring Cards are also available.

Cards will be sold in the back of church on the weekend May 

PPC Nominations

It is a great pleasure to announce that it is time to begin the process of identifying new members for the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC). In consultation with the Pastor, the PPC actively listens to and identifies the needs and concerns of the parishioners and develops a parish pastoral plan to respond to these needs working closely with the parish staff. The Council also seeks to implement the plan by seeking the involvement of parishioners.

Potential parishioners should possess the following qualities:

• A desire for spiritual growth in themselves and the Parish

• An enthusiasm about the future direction of the Parish

• A willingness to listen, to speak honestly and to work toward consensus

• The ability to inspire and empower others to delegate

• Flexibility and openness with people and ideas

What we are asking of you is the following:

• Consider if you have the above qualities, and if so, prayerfully consider nominating yourself

• Consider others within the Parish that you feel exhibit the above qualities and nominate them (with their approval)

Timeline:

Nomination identification is open until the last information session has been completed; expected to be May 14, 2023

Nomination Sessions - 9:30AM - 10AM

• May 7, 2023

• May 14, 2023

At these sessions all nominees will learn about the role of the Parish Pastoral Council. After these sessions, all nominees will be asked to reflect and pray on this information and discern whether or not they feel called to the ministry of service and leadership.

New members will be identified on May 28, 2023 at 10:30 Mass, Pentecost Sunday. The new pastoral council members will be blessed by the community on June 4, 2023.

Nominations can be sent to karen.m.b.arndt@gmail.com subject line: PPC Nomination, or can be brought to the Parish office.

Prayer, Participation, Generosity 

Stewardship, quite simply, is recognizing that everything we have and everything we are is a gift from God, and being grateful for and generous with those gifts. Stewardship can be emotional support, hospitality, volunteer time, gifts in kind or monetary. Through gratitude and generosity, we open our heart and invite the Holy Spirit into our life!

Stewardship Renewal forms have been mailed to all parishioners. The form can be returned to the parish office using the included envelope. You can find the links to Online Giving at www.stalbert.org Please complete your 2022-2023 Stewardship Renewal form by June 1st.

ACES Call to the Post!

OAKS & DERBY PARTY

11:30 AM FRIDAY, MAY 5

THE PARISH LIFE CENTER

We are coming down the stretch for making your reservation to the St. Al’s Aces Oaks and Derby Party!

Reservation forms were mailed to every Aces household along with the minutes for the April 7, 2023 meeting which were all delivered last week.  If you have not yet made your reservation, we ask that you call Pat O’Bryant at 502-394-9160 to do so.  Be prepared to give your meal choice from the three options to Pat and/or Tom or their answering machine which can record your reservation(s) and meal choices.  We will collect your payment on Oaks Day. 

You don’t want to be scratched from the starting gate for this affair.  We will have horses with riders and races;  televised horse racing;  betting pools and pots; food (from Panera Bread) fun and fellowship.  The school and parish office will be closed and parking lot is all ours.  Robert Englert 426-3542. 

Summer Picnic

The church picnic booths will be painted before the picnic.  To prepare for the painting, volunteers are needed to sand the rust off of the metal poles. A great group of 12 volunteers sanded the picnic booths last night,  completed one third of it, and we learned that it's going to take more hours than we first expected.

Therefore, we're seeking 20+ volunteers on Wednesday, May 10, from 6-8 PM to help sand the booth poles again.  If we have that many people, I think we can complete it!  Please sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D44A8A82BA4F85-sanding1.

THANK YOU!