About St. Benedict · Lebanon Junction, Kentucky
St. Benedict Parish is a small rural Catholic parish in Lebanon Junction, Bullitt County, Kentucky, established in 1907 and today part of a cluster with St. Aloysius in Shepherdsville. The parish draws its members from three counties — Bullitt, Hardin, and Nelson — a heritage stretching back to the days when farm families from Nelson County helped build the original mission. With roughly 130 registered households, the parish is served by a single pastor and is attended from St. Aloysius, but it retains its own Sunday Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, Bible study, and a vigorous tradition of Lenten fish fries and summer Rod Run/Fish Fry fundraisers.
- Established
- 1907
- Patron
- Saint Benedict of Nursia
- Rector
- Rev. Adam B. Carrico
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Louisville
Why belong here
St. Benedict is a close-knit rural parish where families from Bullitt, Hardin, and Nelson Counties come together around the Eucharist and a true sense of community. Worship is intimate — a single Sunday Mass at 9:00 a.m. and weekday Masses on Tuesday and Thursday mornings — and the parish offers rich devotional life with monthly Eucharistic Adoration on First Tuesdays and First Fridays, plus weekly Bible study and Catechism review after Sunday Mass. Members pitch in through fish fries, Rod Run fundraisers, Bereavement Ministry, Ministers to the Homebound, and a women's club that has served the parish since the 1950s — making St. Benedict the kind of parish where a newcomer is quickly known by name.
Mass times at St. Benedict
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
- During Adoration
- Upon request
Adoration times
- First Tuesday of each month: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (following morning Mass)
- First Friday of each month: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
History of St. Benedict
St. Benedict traces its roots to St. Clare Church, where Father Edward J. Hart traveled to Lebanon Junction between 1892 and 1896 to celebrate Mass in private homes. In 1907 Father John Gastaldi asked a substitute priest to serve the community in his absence, and the people — with the Bishop's permission — purchased a building, dedicating the new mission to Saint Benedict. The Catholic population grew when a church at Pitts Point closed and another at Bardstown Junction burned, drawing farm families from Hardin and Nelson Counties. A 1950s population shift made St. Benedict the parish center and St. Clare the mission; the parish ran an elementary school from 1948 to 2001 and a high school from 1949 to 1965. In 1997 St. Benedict and St. Clare were clustered with St. Aloysius in Shepherdsville, and St. Clare later affiliated with St. Ambrose in Cecelia in 2018.
- Established 1907 as a mission out of St. Clare Church
- Three-county membership: Bullitt, Hardin, and Nelson
- Elementary school 1948–2001; high school 1949–1965
- Daycare closed 2003
- Clustered with St. Aloysius in Shepherdsville in 1997
- St. Clare affiliated with St. Ambrose in Cecelia, KY in April 2018
- Fundraisers in early years: five-cent bingo and chicken socials
Bible Study & Faith Formation
Parish faith formation continues after Sunday Mass with Bible study and Catechism review. Recent Bible study series have included 'The Mysterious Bible Code' (January–February).
- Bible Study — Sundays at 10:00 a.m. in the cafeteria
- Catechism Review — Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
Parish Staff
The parish is staffed by a pastor, a permanent deacon, a coordinator of music, an administrative assistant, and maintenance personnel. The bookkeeper position is currently open. Staff are shared with sister parish St. Aloysius in Shepherdsville.
- Fr. Adam Carrico — Pastor ([email protected], 502-543-5918 ext. 204)
- Deacon Kevin Webb — Permanent Deacon
- Jeanie Noltemeyer — Coordinator of Music ([email protected])
- Christy Kirk — Administrative Assistant ([email protected], 502-543-5918 ext. 202)
- Patrick McMurray — Maintenance
- Pablo Fierros — Maintenance
- Bookkeeper — Open ([email protected], 502-543-5918 ext. 203)
Parish Ministries
St. Benedict offers a wide range of ministries for parishioners of all ages — liturgical, service, fellowship, and fundraising. Many ministries are shared with sister parish St. Aloysius.
- Coordinator of Music
- Cantors
- Lectors
- Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
- Ministers to the Homebound
- Altar Servers
- Ushers & Greeters
- Art & Environment
- Bereavement Ministry (Jane Crawford, 502-833-4494)
- Women's Club
- Grounds/Facilities Committee
Fundraisers & Fellowship
Fish fries are a signature parish tradition at St. Benedict, raising funds and bringing parishioners together throughout the year.
- Lenten Fish Fry — every Friday during Lent, 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
- Rod Run / Fish Fry — five events June through October (contact Bobby Hartlage Sr. at 502-833-4997)
Cluster & Diocese
St. Benedict is part of the Saints Aloysius and Benedict cluster under the Archdiocese of Louisville. Day-to-day operations are run from the St. Aloysius office in Shepherdsville, and the parish is listed on the archdiocese's parish directory.
- Archdiocese of Louisville
- Cluster partner: St. Aloysius, Shepherdsville
- St. Clare (formerly a mission of St. Benedict) is now affiliated with St. Ambrose in Cecelia, KY
- Cluster phone: (502) 543-5918
- Cluster email: [email protected]
Pastors & rectors through the years
- Fr. Edward J. Hart1892–1901
Served from St. Clare Church; first to travel to Lebanon Junction to celebrate Mass in private homes. Died 03-20-1904.
- Fr. John Gastaldi1901–1928
Founded St. Benedict as a mission in 1907. Died 06-12-1931.
- Fr. John Joseph Glenn1928–1933
Died 10-20-1960.
- Fr. Wilfrid Joseph Hayden1933–1940
Died 03-22-1990.
- Fr. Charles Harold Ritter1940–1951
Died 05-02-1982.
- Fr. Roger Boehmicke1951–1968
In the 1950s, his pastorate coincided with St. Benedict becoming the parish center and St. Clare the mission. Died 04-15-2002.
- Fr. Bernard Hartlage1968–1974
Died 03-28-1976.
- Fr. Joseph A. Lyon1974–1982
Died 06-01-2020.
- Fr. William K. Miller1982–1990
Died 11-13-2020.
- Fr. Kenneth Kamber1990–1997
Served when parish was clustered with St. Aloysius in 1997.
- Fr. Gerald Bell1997–2002
- Fr. Mike Tobin2002–2004
- Fr. David W. Naylor2004–2010
- Fr. Brian Aloysius Kenney2010–2019
- Fr. Terry L. Langford2019–2023
- Fr. Adam Carrico2023–present
Current pastor.