St Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church has been serving Catholics and the people of Estill County, Kentucky since 1932. Our parish is small, but our hearts and people are larger than life. We are located at 322 Fifth Street, the very top of the street, in Ravenna, Kentucky.
Sunday Mass: 9:00 AM
Weekday Mass: 6:00 PM Monday and Friday
Holy Hour: 6:00 PM Wednesday
Holy Day Mass: 7:00 PM
Sacrament of Confession and Reconciliation: 15 minutes prior to Sunday Mass
Church Office phone: 606-723-8216
St Elizabeth parishioners living their faith on Fridays during Lent at St Elizabeth.
In observance of the holy season of Lent, in ADDITION to the regularly scheduled services the following changes during April at St Elizabeth are:
Friday April 4: Mass at 6:30pm. Stations of the Cross: 7:00 pm.
Friday April 11: Mass at 6:30 pm. Stations of the Cross: 7:00pm.
April 13: Palm Sunday Procession and Mass: 9:00 am.
April 16: No Holy Hour
Thursday April 17 : Thursday of the Lord’s Supper ( Holy Thursday) and Washing of Feet:7:00pm.
Friday April 18: The Passion of the Lord ( Good Friday) 7:00pm.
Saturday April 19: Easter Vigil Mass: 8:30pm
Wednesday April 23: No Holy Hour
In observance of the holy season of Lent, in ADDITION to the regularly scheduled services the following changes during March at St Elizabeth are :
Wednesday March 5: Ash Wednesday Service: 7pm. No Holy Hour
Friday March 7: Mass 6:30 pmStations of the Cross: 7pm
Update! Monday March 17: NO MASS. Fr Enrique Montoya will not be at St Elizabeth.
Friday March 14: Mass 6:30pm. Stations of the Cross: 7pm
Friday March 21: Mass 6:30pm. Stations of the Cross: 7pm
Wednesday March 26: Fr Alfredo Basualdo will celebrate Mass at 6pm. Afterward, Fr Alfredo will offer the sacrament of reconciliation. No Holy Hour.
Friday March 28: Mass 6pm. Stations of the Cross: 7pm
Las Posadas is a novenario (an extended devotional prayer). It is celebrated chiefly in Latin America, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and by Latin Americans in the United States. It is typically celebrated each year between December 16 and December 24. Latin American countries have continued to celebrate the holiday, with very few changes to the tradition.
Las Posadas derives from the Spanish word posada (lodging, or accommodation) which, in this case, refers to the inn from the Nativity story. It uses the plural form as the celebration lasts for a nine-day interval (called the novena) during the Christmas season, which represents the nine-month pregnancy of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. This celebration has been a Mexican tradition for over 430 years, starting in 1586.
Fr Enrique Montoya, our Parochial Administrator, is a native of Mexico, and brought the Posada celebration to St Elizabeth of Hungary Church. Though our community in Ravenna has few Hispanic people, the Diocese of Lexington has Fr Montoya administering to Hispanic parishioners in Richmond, Winchester, and Mt Sterling. Bringing them together in our parish, we celebrated a Posada, bringing together our primarily Anglo parish members and the Latino parishioners from the surrounding counties. Our celebration began in the Church itself, with the Rosary, alternating in English and Spanish. Christmas carols were sung, again, alternating between the two languages.
Following the service in the Church, we moved to our Parish Center, in which a very good Mexican meal was enjoyed by all.
