20_OCT_2004 Father Joseph makes final preparations before morning mass at Russell Hall, Nazareth, Ky., where he volunteers his services during the week. " There are so few priests now that people have to double and triple up."

19_OCT_2004 Father Joseph visits his mother, Emma, who lives at the Sansbury Care Center in Loretto, Ky., 3 days a week, taking her for walks in the courtyard whever weather permits. Emma, 88, suffered a stroke last July, eventually leaving her unable to care for herself.

20_OCT_2004 Father Joseph makes a mid-week visit to Holy Cross Catholic Church to tidy up for Sunday mass. Only Sunday masses are held at Holy Cross, which is the oldest Catholic church West of the Appalacian Mountains.

21_OCT_20004 Charles Porter, 44, examines the clothed skeletons which hang in the store-front of New Styles on North Depot St. in Lebanon, Ky. Porter, an employee of the clothing store, had to fix one of the skeletons after the head separated from the torsoe.

21_OCT_2004 Jonathan Moulden(left) and Barry Glass of CIYOE and Glass Farm and Fence set fence posts along a patch of land lining Highway 527 in Marion, Ky.