Parish Picnic Proceeds and Capital Prize Winner

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The Parish Picnic financials are completed, and we are excited to share the net total with our community. The 2023 Picnic brought in a profit of almost $70,000! We are fairly certain this a record for our parish. All of this is possible only with the help of our awesome volunteers, especially the Picnic Committee. Thank you Cyndi Kolb, Amie Kemper, Stephen Sauerbeck, Pat Murta, Greg Hillner, Gina McDonald, Amanda Curtsinger and Tim McGinty for your time and dedication.

Join the Parish Staff in congratulating the 2023 Picnic Capital Prize Winner!
Congrats to the Smallwood family (Kent, Melody, and Brooklyn).
They chose to take the car, a 2023 Buick Encore, GX.
Thank you for supporting our parish by purchasing a Capital Prize ticket.

Catholic Services Appeal 2023: A Letter from Fr. John

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Dear Parishioner,

Each year we are invited to participate in the Archbishop’s annual Catholic Services Appeal, which is an opportunity for each of us to support our brothers and sisters in Christ.  Your prayers and generous support of the Appeal are continuing to make a difference in the Archdiocese of Louisville and right here in our parish.

Did you know that funds raised through the Catholic Services Appeal benefit our community directly?  The Appeal supports Youth & Young Adults and Faith Formation programs, which bring faith and comfort to our families and bring us closer to Christ.  The CSA provides support to our Seminarians, as they prepare to make a lifetime of service to God and to the future of our Church.  

Whether responding to human needs, promoting vocations, providing ministry training, evangelizing, or assisting parishes, archdiocesan ministries and services reach beyond the ability of our parish or any other parish to do this work alone. It is the work that Christ has entrusted to His Church. It is work that we are called to support through our baptism. Through our gifts to the annual Catholic Services Appeal, we are partnering in the work Christ has given to the Church.   

Our parish monetary goal for the 2023 Catholic Services Appeal is $62,500.00. Our participation goal is 247 households.  You will soon receive a letter from Archbishop Shelton inviting you to make a gift to this year’s Appeal. You may also click the button below to contribute.  I will be making a personal gift, and I hope you will join me with a generous gift of your own.  It is only through our generosity that these vital programs and ministries funded by the CSA can continue their good work.

On behalf of those served through your generosity, I thank you and pray that God will continue to bless you and your loved ones.  Please remember those with needs in your prayers as well.  

In gratitude for all that you do for St. Aloysius,

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Fr. John Stoltz

Pastor

Parish Newsletter September 2023

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We are excited to share the latest Parish Newsletter. In this issue you can learn about staff changes, Youth Ministry Activities, and much more. We are particularly excited to share the Picnic 2023 Financials! Click HERE to read more.

Generous Together: Increased Giving Initiative

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Together, St. Aloysius makes growth in generosity a primary goal in spiritual formation!
Beginning in June St. Aloysius is starting a new initiative to excel giving.

Two sub goals:
1) ALL In – Together, 100% involvement by all 1661 St. Aloysius families
2) Every family makes a prayerful decision to grow in the grace of giving.

Dates of Importance:
Kickoff Sat/Sun June 3 & 4 Additional info. will be communicated
Weekend 2 Sat/Sun June 10 & 11 Parishioner Testimonials
Weekend 3 Sat/Sun June 17 & 18 Pledge/ Commitment Weekend

Please complete the enclosed card after prayer.
at the Masses on June 17 & 18th, the congregation will bring our Pledges/gifts to the altar.
(If you can’t join us that weekend, please return your pledge card to the parish office by 6/20

To Access a copy of the pledge card you can click HERE or come by the Parish Office!

Parish Newsletter May 2023

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We are excited to share the latest Parish Newsletter. When you read it you will find out about summer at events at St. Aloysius. To access the parish newsletter click HERE.

Our New Parish Mission Statement

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Father John has been working with the Strategic Planning committee to create a 5 year plan for our parish. And part of their work has been creating a new mission statement for St. Aloysius. We are excited to share it with you and hope that it draws us all into action for our faith community. For more information about the work of the Strategic Planning Committee pleas contact the parish office.

We are a Catholic parish in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Our mission is to bring souls into communion with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit through worship in the sacraments with love and service to one another.

Received a Suspicious Email: Here is What to Do.

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We have been notified that parishioners have been receiving emails that say they are from Fr, John and other members of the staff, but turn out to be spam.  We know that this is quite a nuisance for our parishioners and we are doing everything we can.  We have a few things you can do when you receive one of these forged emails.  
First, if you receive any suspicious looking emails from Fr. John or a St. Aloysius staff member, look at the sender’s email address. 

All emails associated with our parish end in @staloysiuspwv.org. 

If the email ends in anything else it is a fictitious email.  Do not click on any of the links found within the email.

Second, you should block the email sender and mark the message as spam.  These are options that are most likely in a drop down menu on your email.  After you have done that you can delete the original email. 


Thank you for your continued patience and understanding as we strive to find a solution to the this ongoing problem.

Safe Environment Refresher Training

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Recently the Archdiocese of Louisville announced that anyone working regularly with children refresh their Safe Environment Training every five years.  While a member’s initial training will still require an individual to attend the in person training, the Archdiocese of Louisville has partnered up with Catholic Mutual Group to offer an online refresher only training.  For a detailed description of how to enroll please visit https://bit.ly/3KKjTa3.

For a list of in person trainings visit: http://www.archlou.org/safe

The Church’s Response to COVID-19 Vaccines

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On December 14, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Doctrine, and Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued a statement on the new COVID-19 vaccines. In their statement, the bishops address the moral concerns raised by the fact that the three vaccines that appear to be ready for distribution in the United States all have some connection to cell lines that originated with tissue taken from abortions.

“Receiving one of the COVID-19 vaccines ought to be understood as an act of charity toward the other members of our community.  In this way, being vaccinated safely against COVID-19 should be considered an act of love of our neighbor and part of our moral responsibility for the common good.”

To read the full article click here.

Flocknote: Have Your Emails Stopped?

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Flocknote is our communication tool the parish uses to send emails and texts, informing the parish of upcoming activities and announcements. If you have not signed up for Flocknote yet, it is easy and just takes a few minutes. https://staloysiuspwv.flocknote.com/everyone.

Having problems receiving emails? Did your emails stop?

There are a few reasons you may not be receiving emails, or your emails may have stopped:

The emails may be going to your spam folder:
Please add mail@flocknote.com to your address book or safe sender list to make sure that the emails are not being sent to your junk or spam folder. If the emails are appearing in your junk folder, be sure to mark them as ‘Not Spam’ or ‘Not Junk’.

Your email address may not be verified: 
If you joined Flocknote on your own and you weren’t added by an admin of your church or organization, Flocknote sent you a verification email to make sure you were the owner of the email address and that there weren’t any typos in your email address. If you never verified your email address, the system will not send the emails to you. In order to verify your email address, please login to Flocknote and click the ‘verify’ button located under your email address. Or you can email us at help@flocknote.com and we can verify it for you.

Your emails may have been bouncing back to us:
When there are multiple reports of problems delivering emails to your email address, Flocknote will mark your address as not verified and will stop sending emails to that address. When your address is not verified, Flocknote will not send emails to you. Email a Happiness Engineer at help@flocknote.com and we’ll be happy to get you verified! Adding mail@flocknote.com to your address book or safe sender list should prevent your email provider from bouncing the emails back to us or marking them as spam or junk.

You may be forwarding the emails and becoming unsubscribed:
Emails sent from Flocknote always contain a link in the bottom right hand corner to ‘Unsubscribe’. This link is unique to the original recipient of the email. If you forward the email to anyone, they will have the power to unsubscribe you. Instead of forwarding the emails, we encourage you to share a link to the note instead.

Still having trouble?
If none of the above resolved your email delivery problem, please send an email to us at help@flocknote.com and we can check in on things for you. We typically respond in less than an hour (if you send your email during office hours)