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Blog Entries - May 2018
History of St. Joseph Heights: Buried treasure!
Mr. Bob Kress is a treasure hunter. He attends the monthly meetings of Northern Kentucky Treasure Hunters. After retiring, Mr. Kress was able to spend more time with his hobby of metal detecting. In 2011 he requested permission to search the grounds of the provincial center for historic and interesting artifacts. Sr. M. Joan Terese Niklas, provincial archivist, was delighted with the project and hoped that the buried treasure of the St. Joseph medal (planted over 100 years ago) might be discovered.
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Sister Mary Lea Paolucci 1933-2018
Sister Mary Lea (formerly Sister Berndette) Paolucci was born on March 9, 1933. She was the oldest of five children born to Mary and Tony Paolucci. Theirs was a loving family where Lea was taught to pray and show respect to all people. Sister Lea attended St. Stephen School and Notre Dame Academy. She felt that her four years at Notre Dame Academy drew her closer to God. On August 8, 1951, she entered the Sisters of Notre Dame and made her first profession on August 25, 1953.
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Sr. Mary Ethel receives Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Sister Mary Ethel Parrott was awarded the Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Outstanding Women of Northern Kentucky Awards Luncheon.
read more …BLOG: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (May 31)
by Theresa Bradley, SND Associate
The email was sent to the Homebound Ministry Members in July with an unusual request for daily Communion to be delivered to a parishioner named Lynn. In March, she had finally gone to the doctor after a year of pain and was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Lynn had just spent months in and out of Vanderbilt Medical Center where the doctors determined there were no further treatment options, so they sent her home with hospice care and two to three weeks to live.
read more …BLOG: Our Lady of Fatima (May 13)
by Adam Feinauer, Notre Dame Associate
As far back as I can remember, Mary has always had a place in my heart and I have always looked up to her in many ways. As a child being taught about her at home and at school, I looked at Mary with awe and wonder. Besides having to learn the Hail Mary, which was my hardest prayer to learn, Mary always was easy to accept.
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