READERS AT MASS: Scheduler: Susan Sassin (859) 342-6526
Training: Training is provided once a year. Participation: Volunteer. Must have received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Purpose: To proclaim the Word of God to the assembly. Other Requirements: Readers must be present fifteen minutes before Mass begins and properly attired. There is a need to practice the readings prior to proclaiming them at Mass.

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION: Scheduler: Susan Sassin (859) 342-6526
Training: Training is provided once a year. Participation: Volunteer. Must have received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Approval by the Pastor is a requirement for participation in this ministry. Purpose: Assist in the distribution of Holy Communion at Mass, as either ministers of either ministers of the host or of the cup. For shut-ins, Extraordinary Ministers carry Holy Communion to the sick in their homes or to nursing homes. These ministers "bring Church" to the people they visit by having a prepared program of activity tailored to the comfort and attention span of those they visit. Other Requirements: Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist must be present fifteen minutes before Mass begins and properly attired.

ALTAR SERVER: Altar Server Scheduler: Susan Sassin (859) 342-6526
Training: Training is provided once a year. Participation: Volunteer. Must have completed the 4th Grade. Boys and girls as well as adults may serve as altar servers. Other Requirements: Servers must be present fifteen minutes before Mass begins.

GREETERS: Contact Person: Maureen Hulett (859)426-9366)
Participation: Volunteer. Must be congenial and outgoing. Purpose: Greet each person as they walk into the Narthex and give them the mass book. Make each person feel welcome.

USHER: Parish Contact Person: Joe Marusin (859)331-1463
Training: As needed. Participation: Volunteer. Purpose: The primary mission of this ministry is hospitality. One of the ways this mission is accomplished is by welcoming people to the liturgy with sincerity and enthusiasm. Additional responsibilities of this ministry are assisting parishioners to their seats, gathering the gifts of the people and distributing the weekly bulletin.

PRAYER LINE: Parish Coordinator: Pat Kelley (859) 384-8831
Participation: Volunteer. Purpose: To pray for any person who has requested prayers for himself/herself or for another individual. Prayer requests are forwarded by the parish coordinator to all volunteers on the prayer line by either a phone call or email. Those notified by phone have a phone tree which they continue to pass the requests through.

MINISTRY OF COMFORT/BEREAVEMENT COMMITTEE: Chairperson: Nancy Brewer (859-341-2455) Email
Meetings: As needed and at time of funeral planning. Participation: Volunteer. Purpose: Assist parishioners in preparing for the funeral liturgy of a loved one and a post-funeral reception, if desired. Committee members attend the funeral Mass and distribute programs and coordinate memorial fund activities. If the family requests desserts for a post funeral reception, these are provided. The committee provides on-going emotional support following the funeral, if desired. This committee also sends out cards to people on the sick list.

THE QUEEN'S SERVICE: Chairperson: Frieda Stein (859-342-9841)
Meetings: on the second Tuesday of every month, members meet for lunch and share information about those parishioners with whom we are in touch. Participation: Catholic Women Volunteers Purpose: To practice the spiritual and corporal works of mercy by praying for the homebound and sick parishioners, sending greeting cards to the same, praying for and corresponding with some of the service men and women listed in the Parish bulletin and assisting the Bereavement Committee with baking desserts for post-funeral receptions.

Prayer Blanket Ministry: Chairperson: Nancy Brewer (859-341-2455)
God uses this ministry to touch the lives of the people who receive the blankets and those who make the blankets. These preayer blankets are meant to bring relief to the suffering and peace to the fearful. As the individual uses the blanket, they know that they are not alone, that there are people who care about them and are praying for them. This transforms the blanket into a cloth interwoven with the prayers and plessings offered for the recipient.

Ministry to the Sick: Chairperson: Nancy Brewer (859-341-2455)
This ministry brings Holy Communion, a prayer blanket, or a note to the sick or homebound.