Mask requirements change for churches
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The Archdiocese of Louisville has announced adjustments to the requirements for wearing masks at Mass and other parish events.
Christ the King Church vandalized
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Father Christopher Rhodes, pastor of Christ the King, said he doesn't believe the damage done to the church was racially motivated.
Church plans for next 10 years of care
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In celebration of Laudato Si,' the church is
launching a new wave of initiatives for the next decade in an ongoing response to Pope Francis' call to care for creation.
Grant brings NASA to Catholic school
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Grant brings cutting-edge research with NASA to Catholic University of America, where graduate students explore the heavens from Earth.
Ascension is home to 358 Madonnas
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A collection of 358 Marian statues displayed on rotation at Ascension was a gift left to the church by a parishioner who died more than 20 years ago. Around the Archdiocese Commentary Bulletin Board Youth Focus Classifieds
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By RUBY THOMAS
Record Staff Writer
As a child growing up in a rural town on Vietnam's north central coast, Deacon Loi Dinh Pham was drawn to the priests' color- ful vestments but thought the priesthood was out of reach. "The preacher always wore something very colorful and beautiful, but I had no idea of becoming a priest," said Deacon Pham in a recent interview. "I never had that thought. Priests were very holy, noble, extraordinary, out of my reach." He will become a priest on May 29. Dea- con Pham along with Deacon Quan Minh Nguyen will be ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz at the Ca- thedral of the Assumption, 433 S. Fifth St, at 11 a.m. The service will be live-streamed for the public to the cathedral's YouTube channel. Deacon Pham was born in Huong Son, a rural town in Vietnam, to farmers who are devout Catholics. He is the fifth of six chil- dren. Deacon Pham said he started thinking the priesthood might be for him after a conversation with one of his older brothers when he was in high school. "He told me very firmly and seriously, 'Loi, I want you to become a priest,' " said Deacon Pham. He found out that day his brother had promised their mother that one of her sons would become a priest, he said. Looking back, Deacon Pham said that conversation with his brother was a sign from God. "I considered God sent him to me to pres- ent that call from God," he said. "That really
By MARNIE McALLISTER
Record Editor
Four friends were ordained to the priesthood together on May 29, 1971, at the Cathedral of the Assumption - Father Joseph Graffis and the late Fa- thers William Martin, James Pottinger and David Stoltz. As Father Graffis remembers it, it was a happy day. He is the only priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville cel- ebrating his golden jubilee this year. Marking 60 years of priest- hood this spring are Fathers Jo- seph M. Fowler and John G. See PRIESTS, Page A9
Ordination set for 11 a.m. May 29
Priests mark jubilees
Deacon Loi Pham to be ordained a Priest
Deacon Loi Dinh Pham
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Record Staff Writer
Jaiden Raney said he expe- rienced the best moment of his life when he ate the body and drank the blood of Jesus Christ for the first time at Easter Vigil. Raney, a 19-year-old Univer- sity of Louisville freshman is one of five students from the school who were received into the Catholic Church during the Eas- ter Vigil at Holy Name Church, 2914 S. Third St., April 3. Raney and the four other stu- dents were prepared through the university's Catholic Cam- pus Ministry's newly estab- lished Rite of Christian Initia- tion of Adults (RCIA) program, said Dominican Father John Paul Kern. Father Kern serves as chaplain of Catholic Campus Ministry on the university's campus and started the RCIA program last September. Raney said he grew up as an atheist, but had a "conversion experience" at the age of 15 in which he believed in the resur- rection but didn't know how to process the experience. "Jesus is God. I believed that, but I didn't think he loved me. I felt like I was outside the possi-
Students find their faith at UofL
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Father Patrick Dolan, third from left, and Dominican Father John Paul Kern, were photographed with University of Louisville students following an Easter Vigil celebration at Holy Name Church April 3. Five students, seen with their sponsors, were received into the church at Easter Vigil. Father Kern serves as chaplain of the Catholic Campus Ministry on the University of Louisville's campus.
Through the RCIA process in Catholic Campus Ministry, five students joined the church at Easter Vigil
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Celebrating the Class of 2021
50 years - Rev. Joseph T. Graffis 25 Years - Frederick W. Klotter 60 Years - Rev. John G. Eifler 25 Years - Rev. Terry L. Langford 60 Years - Rev. Joseph M. Fowler 25 Years - Rev. Kevin A. McGrath, O.P.
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