Math Teacher and Math Intervention Specialist – Notre Dame Academy – 2025-26

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Notre Dame Academy in Park Hills, Kentucky, seeks a mission-driven, qualified professional for the following position for the 2025-26 school year. The ideal candidate will be and experienced teacher holding at least a Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred), and be properly certified by the state of Kentucky:

Math Teacher and Math Intervention Specialist – full time. This individual will work collaboratively with classroom teachers and other specialists to identify and support students struggling with mathematics. This role involves providing targeted instruction, implementing evidence-based interventions, and monitoring student progress to ensure they achieve grade-level proficiency in mathematics.

Notre Dame Academy is a Catholic all-girls high school sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame. NDA has a rich tradition of success and excellence.  Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to Jack VonHandorf at ndahr@ndapandas.org.

 

Middle School Language Arts Teacher – Sts. Peter and Paul School – 2025-2026

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Sts. Peter and Paul School in California, Ky, is seeking a Middle School Language Arts Teacher for the 2025-2026 school year.  This position could be full-time or part-time.

Interested candidates, please contact the school principal, Micki Humphreys, at mhumphreys@stspp.com

6th Grade Teacher: Science/Social Studies/Math- Immaculate Heart of Mary School

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Immaculate Heart of Mary School is seeking a full-time 6th Grade Science/Social Studies/Math teacher for the 2025-2026 school year.  IHM is a two-time Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.  The ideal candidate is one who excels at developing relationships with students, works collaboratively with a team of teachers, and instills a love of discovery in math and science.  Interested candidates should email their cover letter, resume, and references to the principal, Mrs. Kristin Harper at kharper@ihmkyschool.org

 

Montessori Pre-primary Teacher – Villa Madonna Montessori

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Villa Madonna Montessori is looking for a certified Montessori teacher to add to our team in a co-teaching environment.  This position is full time; duties include, but are not limited to: classroom and child management, set up and care of the environment, conferences and parent meetings.  Individuals will need to be Virtus trained and compliant, as well as maintain 15 hours of yearly training per the state of Kentucky.  The State of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services also requires background check and fingerprinting.  All interested individuals should send a resume and cover letter to the Director at mbuten@villamadonna.net

Diocesan Hispanic Minister

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The Diocese of Covington, Kentucky (www.covdio.org) invites individuals who are proficient in both English and Spanish and who are interested in advancing the mission of our local Church to discern a full-time vocation of ministry and service to the communities of primarily-Spanish-speaking families and individuals living within the boundaries of our diocese. We seek a passionate, committed individual to work to build productive, collaborative relationships, and then to be a proactive advocate for the continuing pastoral care and assimilation of these identified and unidentified persons into the life of our local Church and our communities. The Diocesan Hispanic Minister will work a very flexible full-time schedule, committing time and resources to draw these constituencies closer to the heart of the Church. The Diocesan Hispanic Minister will be a facilitator of care and accompaniment, identifying and implementing new methods of outreach, and acting as a communications bridge. S/he will utilize social media, public gatherings, and other means of group communications to demonstrate and promote opportunities for growth, advancement, and understanding. We are looking for a personable, actively practicing Roman Catholic who is well-versed in Church doctrine and practice, as well as the Hispanic language and culture. A degree in Theology or a related field is preferred, and experience working with or actively participating in a Hispanic Catholic community environment would be important. Interested individuals who may feel called to this kind of ministry should send a letter of interest and a detailed comprehensive resume, including references with contact email addresses, to Stephen Koplyay, SPHR by email at skoplyay@covdio.org.

Father Ryan Stenger recalls the legacy of Pope Francis during evening vespers

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Bella Bailey

Multimedia Correspondent

The death of Pope Francis triggered an outpouring of grief from Catholics worldwide with a reported 400,000 people flocking to Rome for his funeral. Dioceses around the world have been mourning the loss of the Holy Father with stational Masses, Vespers and funeral Masses in his honor. The Diocese of Covington has joined in this mourning, celebrating all three in the week following the passing of the Holy Father.

During the celebration of sung evening Vespers in commemoration of Pope Francis, April 25, Father Ryan Stenger, judicial vicar for the Diocese of Covington and pastor, St. Jospeh Parish, Camp Springs, walked through the hallmarks of Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy.

Father Stenger recalled Pope Francis’ first homily as Pope, “He said, ‘We can walk as much as we want, we can build many things. But, if we do not confess Jesus Christ, nothing will avail.’”

Father Stenger continued saying, “Now he developed that thought a little more a few months later, one of his first general audiences, he said, ‘The Church is not a shop, she’s not a humanitarian agency, she’s not an NGO. The Church is sent to bring Christ and His Gospel to all. She does not bring herself; the Church brings Jesus.’”

Having been in Rome during the conclave of Pope Francis, Father Stenger remembers the feeling in St. Peter’s Square when the cardinal appeared on the balcony ready to announce the next Pope.

“I remember hearing all the different languages being spoken around me in that moment and thinking about whoever stepped out on that balcony would touch the lives of countless people around the world in ways we can never begin to imagine,” said Father Stenger.

The humble nature that often embodied the papacy of Pope Francis, did not escape mention from Father Stenger’s homily, “The Holy Father called us often to go to the very margines of society, to be close to the people most removed from the life of the Church and from a relationship with God,” said Father Stenger.

Humility, a humble heart, is necessary to reach those on the fringes of society in the way Pope Francis so often did. Father Stenger called those at evening Vespers to honor the life of the late Holy Father by humbling their hearts and seeking to renew the love of Christ in others.

At first Mass commemorating Pope Francis’ death, Bishop Iffert recalls devotion to interior freedom and synodality

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Laura Keener

Editor

Over 200 people gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, April 22, the day after the announcement of Pope Francis’ death, as Bishop John Iffert celebrated a stational Mass commemorating the death of the Holy Father. The Mass was the first of several liturgical celebrations in the Diocese joining local prayers to those of all the world for the peaceful repose of Pope Francis, who has led the Universal Church since March 2013.

“We join our prayers to all the Church in assisting Pope Francis as he journeys to the final shore. May he have, for all eternity, the freedom that he tried to share with us by his witness on the largest of stages,” said Bishop Iffert as he closed his homily.

Earlier in his homily Bishop Iffert said that since Pope Francis’ passing, “we’ve heard lots of memories that have no doubt moved us, stirred up in us sadness and moved us with joy.”

From as early as the first days of his election to the papacy, when Pope Francis returned to his hotel to personally check-out and pay his bill, to his final days, when, for years now, he has been calling the last remaining Catholic parish in war-torn Gaza every day asking the hundreds of displaced people gathered there if they have food, water and the ability to charge their cell phones so that they can communicate with loved ones. “Like a father. Right? Thinking about all the necessities of what’s needed there,” said Bishop Iffert.

Many have noted that Pope Francis was the first Jesuit priest in the history of the Church. As a Jesuit, Pope Francis valued the process of discernment of God’s will for individuals and the Church.

“He shared that in a special through that Jesuit practice of spiritual conversation, which was so manifest in his call for synodality in the life of the Church,” said Bishop Iffert. “He wanted to lead us to be a people who could talk to one another and listen to one another without judgement; who could come to conversations without preformed opinions but who could come together and hear the experience of others and pray and ask God to open us to the movement of the Holy Spirit, so that we could discern the will of God and the way forward for us together as the ecclesial Body of Christ on earth.”

Bishop Iffert said that his favorite aspect of Pope Francis was his interior freedom.

“When he believes that the Lord, God is calling him to something, he does it — speedily! He is faithful to the Word of God as he recognizes it in his life and he doesn’t care what people say about him or how they attack him … if he thought something was right, he did it,” said Bishop Iffert. “He was a man, and is a man, who understands that freedom comes from being a child of God and that God intends for us to live as free children.”

Additionally, in the Diocese of Covington, on the day of Pope Francis’ death, churches throughout the diocese rang bells for 10 minutes beginning at 3 p.m. Church doors are draped in black or purple bunting or decorated with black or purple bows or wreaths as a sign of mourning until a new pope is announced. At that time, the buntings will change to the papal colors of white and gold.

‘ A life without love is not a life at all’: Pope Francis remembered at Requiem Mass

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Maura Baker

Staff Writer

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Diocese of Covington concluded a trio of services commemorating the deceased pontiff with a Requiem Mass, April 26, held at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington.

A Requiem, known also as a Mass for the dead, is a special service in the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased and is typically held in the context of a funeral.

The Requiem Mass was celebrated by Bishop John Iffert alongside many of the priests of the diocese, Bishop Emeritus Roger Foys was the homilist.

“Do not grieve like those who have no hope,” Bishop Foys quoted St. Paul, continuing to say that that greeting is often misunderstood. “People say that Paul is telling us we shouldn’t grieve,” he said, “He’s not. We grieve because we love. If we never love we never grieve, but a life without love is not a life at all.”

Instead, Bishop Foys stressed the words that St. Paul said: not to grieve like those who have no hope, and he reminded the congregation gathered that Easter Sunday, celebrated a week prior “is our hope.”

“So, we grieve, yes,” he said, “We grieve the loss of someone we love. We grieve the loss of someone who is dear to us … the difference is we have hope.”

Before his death, Pope Francis declared 2025 as a Jubilee year, with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope,” which Bishop Foys said was “especially important.”

“It sometimes seems to be a hopeless world,” he said, “… you might feel hopeless. In those times, you cling to the hope of Lord Jesus.”

Preschool Aftercare Teacher (Part-time) – Saint Mary School – 2025-2026

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Saint Mary School, a blue ribbon school in Alexandria, KY, is seeking a part-time (M-F 1:30-6:00) Preschool Aftercare Teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma, be over 18 years of age, and have a minimum of 1 year working with children. Job responsibilities include working under the supervision of the directors and lead teachers to create a fun environment with engaging after-school activities, age-appropriate school concepts, positively encouraging children as they develop their fine motor, gross motor, language development, and social/ emotional skills, complying with state regulations, completing 15 training hours per school year, being Virtus trained and compliant, preparing lessons and daily classroom activities. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, résumé, and references to Preschool Director Megan Franzen at megan.franzen@saintmaryparish.com

Childcare Staff position (Part-time) – Julie Learning Center

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Julie Learning Center is in need of a part-time childcare staff member for the 2025/2026 school year:  Monday through Friday from 12:30 until 5:30. This position will involve assisting the teachers and children with the normal routine and require a minimum of a high school diploma.  Interested applicants should contact the director at directorjlc2014@gmail.com for consideration and further information.   Paid training is provided.