Tuesday, May 8th at Saints SkyBar (2nd floor)
131 Breckenridge Ln in St. Matthews
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You may know him as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi parish in the Highlands, chaplain of UofL’s Newman Center or St. Xavier High School, or perhaps you studied with him at Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (maybe that one’s a stretch We’re glad to have him back this Tuesday at Saint SkyBar (on the 2nd floor).

Fr. Lou is a man who lives in the moment, and apparently he’s sharing that joy with us as he won’t quite reveal the topic he’s got in mind to share with us… “something controversial,” which beats “something boring” any day. We get enough of that in class and work

There’s always open question time, so feel free to bring a nagging question or two about anything remotely Catholic. (Personally, I want to know if he took a special course in the art of Trappist monk beer brewing while studying in Belgium.)

See you there!
Jason

Tuesday, Feburary 7th @ 7PM
Saints SkyBar
131 Breckenridge Lane, 40207
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Conversion stories, whether they be of canonized saints or fellow Christians currently sharing this earthly pilgrimage with us, are as diverse as the nations and backgrounds God calls us from: the only common denominator is Grace working in our lives. Last year we invited a deacon to tell his story of how Grace worked in some ironic ways to draw him from atheism into ordained ministry. Next month we’re hearing Martin Cothran’s story. The Lexington Herald-Leader called him “a master of the 30-second sound bite” as he comments in the media on local and national issues. Whatever the state of the Presidential race a month from now, I’m sure he will have something to say about it! He lives with his family in Danville and teaches Latin, Logic, and Rhetoric at Highlands Latin School.

But to find out where he came from… you’ll have to come to Saint’s February 7th

Tues, Jan 10 @ 7PM
Saints SkyBar (2nd Floor)
131 Breckenridge Ln, 40207

We’re taking a little change of pace this time around for LYC so we can have a whole night to enjoy getting to know each other a little better while challenging ourselves to a bit o’ Catholic trivia! Saints has a great menu of pizza, sandwiches, salads, and some good brews on tap, so bring a friend or two and we’ll get some teams together and battle it out.

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Tues, Dec 13 @ 7PM
Saints SkyBar (2nd Floor)
131 Breckenridge Ln, 40207

Pope Paul VI’s Encyclical “Humanae Vitae” marked the beginning of widespread dissent among clergy and laypeople from what we like to call “official” Church teaching (thus distancing our Catholic identity from any craziness we might prefer to ignore). It’s safe to say most practicing Catholics who believe the sacraments, attend Mass on Sunday and Holy Days, go to Confession, and all that external stuff, find this little Pill too tough to swallow. Yet despite  social and media pressure, and the remnant of Catholics who actually believe and practice this crazy teaching, it hasn’t changed. In fact, it hasn’t changed in 2,000 years (the Pill was far from the first contraception, but it was the first effective contraception). Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body shed more light on many controversial issues like this one, and people like Christopher West and Fr. Thomas Loya have helped spread awareness and understanding about JPII’s philosophy.

Thus, Louisville’s own Jenny Hutchinson will join us next Tuesday to tackle this topic, answer your questions, and engage some great discussion! And you’ve got a few links up there to get educated over the weekend

Actually, there is a real Santa Claus and he is alive. That would be good ol’ St. Nicholas, the 3rd century Bishop of Myra in Lycia (that’s over in Turkey) about whom we can’t say much with historical certainty, but apparently he was known to mysteriously deposit food or money at the homes of poor children. Of course, the red-and-white Santa Claus attire was typical winter-wear for bishops back in that day. You might remember Benedict XVI sporting the traditional camauro a few years back… so if you see Archbishop Kurtz stocking up a sleigh of reindeer behind the cathedral, you know what’s up!

Although Christmas is soon approaching, remember Advent is about being ready for the Second Coming of Christ as much as preparing for Jesus at the nativity scene. So save some of your Christmas spirit for the full twelve days of the Christmas Season… we Catholics can party all the way through Epiphany!

In Christ,
Jason