Please keep Holly Baumer Smith in your prayer this week upon the death of her mom, Debbie Baumer, on Saturday. Visitation is at Highlands Funeral Home from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, with a funeral mass at St. Stephen Martyr Thursday.

Obituary
Debris “Deborah” Sue Baumer, 73, of Louisville passed away Saturday, April 29, 2023.

She was employed through the Archdiocese of Louisville for over 30 years, and a member of St. Stephen Martyr Catholic […]

Community Support Services: Feast Day

A wife, mother, and physician who sacrificed her life for the sake of her unborn child. Early in her sixth pregnancy, doctors discovered that Gianna had both a child and a tumor in her uterus. She allowed the surgeons to remove the tumor but not to perform the complete hysterectomy that they recommended, which would have killed the child. Seven months later in April 1962, Gianna Emanuela Molla was born at the […]

We expect a very busy summer of refugee families resettling to Louisville, and we need couches, dining tables and chairs, and adult bikes, which is the only mode of transportation many adults have when arriving in Louisville. Call 636-9263 to schedule a donation pick-up.

A BIG congratulations to Augustine and Meliki who just completed the Pave the Way Mentoring Program after a year-long match!

These two formed a great friendship throughout this past year. Meliki made big progress in his goals of finding a soccer team (he plays for his high school team AND a local league) and improving his grades in math (he aced Algebra One!).

When asked about the mentoring program, Meliki shared, […]

TO: Agency Staff
FROM: Brian B. Reynolds, Ed. D., Chancellor
DATE: April 20, 2023
RE: Summer Hours

As is our tradition, agency office hours will be adjusted for a ten-week period this summer. Effective Monday, June 5, and continuing through Friday, August 11, office staff are asked to work from either 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The lunch break will be shortened to 45 minutes. Friday hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 […]

It’s been a year in the making but Common Earth Gardens this week opened new garden plots at St. Ignatius Church, where our own beloved Deacon Lucio Caruso leads the parish. Check out all the photo and videos here.

Mohammad worked with the Khost Protection Force as a security officer and as a result is a target of the Taliban. He was evacuated to the United States on September 8, 2021, but his wife and 2 children remain in Afghanistan. ILS (Rebecca) filed his asylum application in early May 2022, and on April 11, he was granted asylum. So far, ILS has won every asylum case it has filed.

Saint Bénézet⁽1163–1184) Christian tradition states that he was a shepherd boy who saw a vision during an eclipse in 1177. This told him to build a bridge over the Rhône River at Avignon. He was told that angels would watch over his flocks in his absence. He built the bridge single-handedly; ecclesiastical and civil authorities refused to help him. Bénézet, it is said, lifted a huge stone into place, and announced it would be the […]