World renowned speaker and author Christopher West, along with award winning musician, Mike Mangione, are coming to St Timothy (Union) with a beautiful multimedia event called MADE FOR MORE: VISIONS OF THE PROMISED LAND. Bring family and friends. No one should miss this awesome and inspiring event! For more information about the event, or to purchase your tickets today, go to https://aftontickets.com/M4MUnionKY

Confirmation registration is now open for all parish youth entering the 8th through the 2024-2025 school year or older. To register or for questions, please contact Amy Malventano, Confirmation Coordinator (amalventano@ihm-ky.org). Once registered, confirmation candidates will receive an orientation packet with activities to complete before preparation sessions begin. Registration forms are available in the Gathering Space. The preparation sessions, a crucial part of the Confirmation journey, will begin on Sunday, August 18, at 6:30 pm, with a parent and candidate orientation session. These sessions will continue each Sunday evening until November 3, 2024. The confirmation will be celebrated on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 7 pm at IHM. These preparation sessions allow parish youth to come together for fellowship and spiritually prepare for the sacrament of Confirmation.

If you or someone you know is interested in more information about the Priesthood, please contact Ms. Shannon Barnes in the Vocations Office to reserve a seat at the next Discernment Dinner at sbarnes@covdio.org

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024 9:00AM – NOON Bishop Howard Memorial Hall 1125 Madison Avenue Covington, KY

Bishop Ackerman Council 5453 of the Knights of Columbus will host a food drive on Saturday, April 20th from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The Knights will be in the parking area by the Knights of Columbus hall at IHM to accept donations of non-perishable food and household goods. This food drive will support IHM’s St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. Please consider stopping by on the 20th and supporting this event. Thank you and God Bless you. With your help, we can make sure that we leave no neighbor behind. Bishop Ackerman Council 5453

2024 has been designated as a "Year of Prayer" for Catholics worldwide as we prepare to enter into a Jubilee Holy Year in 2025. Click on the link above to go to a new Vatican resource on Prayer.

Thinking about the Catholic Church? We will offer our Catholic Inquiry Sessions beginning in September on Thursday evenings. As Jesus told his disciples: "Come and See." More information at the Catholic Inquiry page on our website.

Our Summer Mission Trip is planned for June, 2024!. See the Youth Ministry Page for details and registration forms.

In 2019, Pope Francis established the Sunday of the Word of God to be celebrated each year on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. As the Holy Father stated in his apostolic letter instituting the observance, “Devoting a specific Sunday of the liturgical year to the word of God can enable the Church to experience anew how the risen Lord opens up for us the treasury of his word and enables us to proclaim its unfathomable riches before the world” (Aperuit illus, no. 2). On January 21, 2024, in observance of the Sunday of the Word of God, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, through a grant from the American Bible Society, will offer a “Sunday Seminar Series” of four videos about Sacred Scripture in the life of the Church. These videos, available in English and Spanish, will feature some of the bishops and biblical scholars and will be accompanied by discussion/reflection questions. The videos will be made available on January 19, 2024 at: https://catholic.bible/sunday-of-the-word-of-god/ Through these videos, we hope to bring people into an encounter with Scripture. May God's people be inspired and challenged to see, understand, and engage with Scripture in a new and prayerful way.

Note that this year (2024) Jan 1 is not a Holy Day of Obligation. We will be on our normal Mass schedules.

Mass times are Dec 7 at 7 PM, and Dec 8 at 8 and 10 AM.

Remember....our Catholic Inquiry sessions are open to all parishioners. The schedule can be found on the Catholic Inquiry web page under the Faith Formation tab. Sessions are held Thursday evenings in the K of C Hall beginning Oct 12, 2023.

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the way people are initiated into the Christian way of life, specifically in the Roman Catholic tradition. It is a journey of discovery, where participants come to know Jesus Christ. It is a process of awakening to what it means to be a Catholic Christian. It is an opportunity to explore the Catholic faith. It is a period of discernment to help each individual freely decide if the Catholic Church can be the place to call home. The RCIA is a focused experience of the ever-deepening journey into the life of faith, which is the task of a lifetime. RCIA is for adults who have never been baptized, those who have been baptized in another Christian denomination, and even those baptized as a Catholic who were unable to continuing learning about the faith. New sessions begin August 31st!

Join us for the best festival in the world July 14-16, 2023 here at IHM. Friday 6 - midnight; Saturday 5 - midnight; Sunday 4 to 10 PM.

Enjoy this special faith learning resource as a gift from your Parish! "Deacon Greg used FORMED to present the most recent study group session, The Bible and The Virgin Mary. The information was so clear that my typical response to each session was, "aha!", and was so thorough that I came away without questions but instead an affirmation of my faith. FORMED gave me the impression of having a Catholic library right at my fingertips, just type in a topic or scroll through the thumbnails to get more details on anything that is on your mind." --Connie Wolfe, IHM Parishioner