Saint Jerome Church
P.O. Box 38
Fancy Farm, KY 42039
E-mail: stjerome@wk.net
Father Darrell Venters
Phone: 270-623-8181
Fax: 270-623-6341
Business hours: 
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Celebrating 175 years      1836 - 2011

 


Papal Audience with New Bishops
 
From Around The World, September 13, 2010 at Castel Gandolpho. 
Pope Benedict XVI and Bishop William Francis Medley.

This prayer is for OUR MEN and WOMEN in MILITARY SERVICE.
Please pray it daily for them!

O Prince of Peace, we humbly ask Your protection for all our men and women in military service. Give them unflinching courage to defend with honor, dignity and devotion their rights of all who are imperiled by injustice and evil. Guard our churches, our homes, our buildings and all those within from harm and peril. Protect our land and its peoples from enemies within and without. Grant an early peace with victory founded upon justice. Instill in the hearts and minds of men and women everywhere a firm purpose to live forever in peace and good will toward all. AMEN

Parish Registration
If you have just moved into our community or have changed your address, please call the parish office to register or to update your information.

The Sacrament of Baptism

If you have a child that needs to be baptized, expecting a child and are in the last couple of months of your pregnancy, you are encouraged to attend one of these classes.

WHEN SHOULD YOU BE BAPTIZED?
"Parents are obliged to see to it that infants are baptized within the first weeks after birth; as soon as possible after the birth or even before it parents are to go to the pastor to request the sacrament for their child and to be properly prepared for it."

-Code of Canon Law #867

Hospital Visits
Please call the Parish Office or have someone call for you if you are to be admitted to the hospital and would like a priest to visit. When you are admitted, please let the hospital know which parish you belong to.

The Sacrament of Matrimony
The Diocese of Owensboro requires couples to make arrangements at least six months in advance of the desired date of Marriage. You must be 19 years of age or have graduated from 12th grade for at least one year. Please contact the pastor to confirm a date on the parish calendar and  make arrangements for marriage preparation classes.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.)
For adults who wish to become Catholic or to come back to the Church
Classes are held in the Parish Center on Thursdays at 6:30 pm.

Parish Religious Education (P.R.E.)
PRE classes are held September through May on Sundays from 9:15 to 10:15 am, for children in grades Preschool thru 5th. First Penance and First Eucharist is for 2nd graders. Contact person is Sherry Jones.

The EDGE (Grades 6-8)
The purpose of this program is to share our Catholic faith in a welcoming, fun environment while ministering to the whole child, This held on Sunday evenings. Begins at 6 pm in the cafeteria with a meal and ends at 7:45 pm. 
Contact person is Shanda Purcell.

LifeTeen (Grades 9-12)
LifeTeen is a Eucharist-Centered parish ministry to High School Teens on Sunday evenings. 
Begins at 6 pm in the cafeteria with a meal and ends at 7:45 pm.

Pastoral Council Members
Holly Newton (13), Billy Mills (13), Glenn Wilson (13), Connie O'Guinn (13), John Weller (13), Wanda Wilson (13), Mark Carrico (14), Denis Wilson (14), Shanda Purcell (14), Pam Ellegood (15), Jackie Langham (15)

Finance Committee Members
John Carrico, Kim Dossett, Andy Elliott, Todd Hayden, Joe Higdon, Steve O'Guinn and Judy Thomas

Picnic Committee Members
Todd Hayden (Chairman), Diane Smithson (Co-Chair), Logan Atkins (Co-Chair), Daniel Burgess, John Carrico, Matt Elder, Russell Ellegood, Jason Henson, Zach Mills, Ellen Kaye Thomas, Judy Thomas, Eric Wilson, 
Everett Wilson and Freddy Wilson.