Jan 10, 2015

The Baptism of the Lord
January 10-11, 2015
Saturday, January 10th Vigil: The Baptism of the Lord
4:00 pm Reconciliation / 4:30 pm Rosary
5:00 pm Mass Intention: For Our Parish
Sunday, January 11th, The Baptism of the Lord
8:30 am Mass Intention: † Robert Lucas Cady
10:40 am Rosary
11:00 am Mass Intention: † Nancy T. Brown
Monday, January 12th,
8:30 am Mass Intention: Donnie Townsend
Tuesday, January 13th, St. Hilary, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
5:15 pm Mass Intention: † Anthony Gillispie
Wednesday, January 14th,
8:30 am Mass Intention: † Joe Hautman
6:30 pm Choir Practice
7:30 pm Handbell Practice
Thursday, January 15th
5:15 pm Mass Intention: Jennifer Powers
7:00 pm Respect Life Meeting
Friday, January 16th
8:30 am Mass Intention: † Elsie Borgman
Saturday, January 17th Vigil: Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
4:00 pm Reconciliation / 4:30 pm Rosary
5:00 pm Mass Intention: † Jim McKenna
Sunday, January 18th, Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
8:30 am Mass Intention: For Our Parish
11:00 am Mass Intention: † Helen R. Valencia
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MINISTRY SCHEDULE for January 17&18, 2015: TEAM 3
5:00pm
8:30am
11:00am Mass
Usher/Greeters:
B. & B. Ickenroth
J. Merrilees & J. Chrisman
R. & J. Tyler
J. & S. Fairfield
S. Hutchinson & R. Schuler
S. & C. Couch
Extraordinary Ministers:
S. Alwin
C. Deville
J. Miller
D. Fedroff
S. Wagner
T. Fedroff
J. Hagedorn
A. Hutchinson
A. Townsend
Lectors:
K. Merrilees
M. Neff
G. Schewe
B. Ullrich
Gabe Haverkos
Abby Haverkos
Elsa Meek
William Townsend
Altar Servers:
Andrew Armbruster
Kennedy Miller
Coffee & Donuts 01/18/15 8:30 Vincents
11:00 Walters
01/25/15 8:30 Martings
11:00 Cigolotti
Counters:
01/12/15 Team 4: J. Miller, C & J Hill, A. Hutchinson
01/20/15(Tues.) Team 5: M. Kaiser, A. Townsend, J. Glenn, J. Armbruster
“I came so that they might have life and have it more abudantly.”
~ John 10:10
*Dena McCarter; *Patti Grow; *Diana Moore; *Debby
Grubb; *Aloisia Mattl, *Pat Gerke, *Charles Daria, *Steve Mund; *Mary
Ann Conaway;*Ray Wandstrat;*Linda Wittkorn; * Hazel Kluebber; *Dorothy
Maness, *Quinn Moeller; *Vernon Myers; *Jodi Jerger; *Tim Tyler; Robin
Palaima: Tom & Bill Fedroff; David Helton;Curtis; Don Werne; Tim Tyler;
Robin Palaima; Lily; Jim; Ruth; Judy; Mr. Chong; Paul Weisbrod & Family;
Linda Walker; Tim Smith; Li Hwa; Jean; Liz Day.
“Even if the forces of darkness appear to prevail,
those who believe in God know that evil and
death do not have the final say.” ~ Pope St. John Paul
II, General Audience, Sept. 12, 2001.
Pray for us for Life. PrayerCampaign.org is our
prayer website. Visit there often for prayer campaigns, intentions,
and resources.
Please Remember our Troops and their families in your prayers.
Parish Budget Information - Wk. 28 – 01/04/2015
Weekly Collection: $ 10,643.00
YTD Collection: $ 206,328.66
Weekly Budget:
$ 8,100.00
YTD Budget: $ 215,500.00
Weekly Variance:
+ 2,543.00
YTD Variance: $ -9,171.34
St. Vincent de Paul:
426.00
Envelopes:
159
School Support:
245 .00
Attendance:
460
New Year:
$ 1,343.00
MINISTRY SCHEDULE: Our new ministry schedule is under
construction. Please let Jim Waldon know if you would like a
change in the way you are scheduled. New schedules will be ready
for pick up on the last Sunday of January.
Thanks to Chuck Armbruster, Kim, Bill, Adam, Sam, and Emily
Rector, and our eight graders for their help taking our Christmas
decorations down. Their efficient help made this an easy task!
►The Daughters of Isabella, St. Florentine Circle #267 will be
conducting our first meeting of the year on Monday, January 12th, at 7:15
p.m. in the basement of St. Lawrence Church. Please come! If you are
interested in becoming a Daughters of Isabella member, please contact
Jennifer Hughes at 812-432-9003. New members always welcome.
►K OF C Basketball Free Throw Competition at St. Mary’s Activity
Center on January 17, 2015, Saturday from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. Interested
please Jim Soukup at 926-1155.
►St. Anthony’s Church Schad Hall Morris, IN. Mardi Gras Dance (Over
21) & Silent Auction. January 17, 2015 @ 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. For more
information or to get tickets call Tonya at 812-932-1562 or the church office
at 812-934-6218.
The Feast of the Baptism
of the Lord
As Soon as Jesus was baptized, he
saw the Spirit of God coming down on
Him.
It may seem strange, but this is a
Christmas Feast. Not if we think of Christmas only in terms of the Baby in
Bethlehem, but if we have followed the ideas of the Feasts of Holy Family
and especially Epiphany, and have seen the Season in terms of the
growing manifestation or appearing of the Son of God: first to the
shepherds, and then to the wise men from the East. Now in the River
Jordan, Jesus, Son of Mary, is revealed to all as the fullness of all Gods
promises: “This is my Son, the beloved”. On this day, we stand before the
revelation of God’s love for us, such that he would send his only Son into
the world. Christmas without the Baptism of the Lord, and the words that
are spoken from heaven, would be incomplete, since it is only in them that
we fully see the wonder of what happened in Bethlehem, that we fully
understand the reason for the joy with which we celebrated Christmas
Day. As we come to the end of Christmas today, and look forward to
hearing the Gospel in Ordinary Time, we do so having been shown whom
it is we listen to: the only Son of God, the Beloved. ~ Office for Liturgy of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford.
RCIA – Next Class will be January 14th, at 6:30 p.m. focusing on
Charities Foundation in care of Ellen Brunner by Monday, January
12, 2015. The scholarship will be awarded on February 25, 2015.
WORLD YOUTH DAY–World Youth Day 2016 will be held in
Krakow, Poland and is a worldwide encounter for young people
with the Pope. The office of Youth Ministry will be taking
incoming juniors and seniors (as of July 2016) on a 10-day
pilgrimage beginning in Rome, Italy followed by World Youth
Days in Krakow, Poland from July 22 until August 1, 2016.
Applications will be available January 2015. A completed
registration and a deposit of $300 is needed to secure a spot by
June 15, 2015. More information will soon be available at
http://www/archindy.com/#!world-youth-day/cjfd
“Opening the Word” Scripture study is available to all
parishioners! All you need to do is to log on to
www.symbolonrcia.org. Use the username: stmarysimmaculate
and password: aurora. Go to Opening the Word resources.
Disciples For Life. Every January there is a Right for Life march
in Washington D.C. This year the Archdiocese is having Disciples
for Life on Wednesday, January 21, at St. John the Evangelist in
Indianapolis. The night of Prayer, adoration and worship will
begin at 6:30 p.m. The night will feature Steve Angriasano (to
replace Bishop Coyne). The cost is $10.00. Tickets can be obtained
online at www.ARCHINDYYM.com. If a group wishes to carpool,
please call the office.
Christian Morality part II. All are welcome.
A New Year, New Beginnings for the Christian Stewards
YOUTH GROUP – New Day and Time!! Saturday after 5 o’clock
If you are looking for some ideas for your New Year’s resolutions,
here are a few to get you started: (Source: ICSC January 2015 issue)
mass (6-8 p.m.). We will meet in the church after mass. We will
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then go to the AC for some dinner and fun. 7 through 12 graders
are welcome to join in prayers and fellowship. Meeting nights for
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January will be Saturday 17 and 31 .
CONFIRMATION – Decision Point : Meeting tonight, Sunday,
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January 11 at 6:30 p.m. Remember your sponsor’s name and
address, and your confirmation name, if you haven’t turn them in
yet. Please bring your Bible.
ATTENTION SENIORS!!!
BROOKE NICOLE LAHR SCHOLARSHIP. Applications are being
accepted for the Brooke Nicole Lahr Scholarship. Brooke Lahr was
a young woman who found her calling early in life, by age 25,
striving to give hope to the future of marginalized children. As a
young adult, she joined a small but powerful group of missionaries
on a trip to Guatemala through “Hearts in Motion”, but
unfortunately, Brooke’s mission in life was cut short on April 21,
2013. More information about Brooke’s life can be found at
http://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/2013/0927/daughter.html. The Brooke Nicole Lahr Scholarship was
established as an opportunity for high school age and young adults
to find their own calling in mission work and is designed to help
finance his/her first international mission experience. The
application
packet
can
be
found
at
http://www.archindyym.com/#!scholarship/caw8. Please send
completed applications to Archdiocese of Indianapolis Catholic
♥Nurture Friendships – Our friends are those we choose to be with,
those with whom we spend our evenings, with whom we vacation, to
whom we go to for advice. Friends are gifts from God who give us a
greater appreciation of God’s love for us. Friends need our time and
love.
♥Give more – Good stewards realize that everything they have is
entrusted to them as a gift to be shared. There is no better place to
begin than sharing with the community that gathers around the Lord’s
table at mass.
♥Make a difference in your parish community – Believe it or not, your
parish community can use your talents. Offering your talents to your
faith community is one of the most effective ways to feel useful and
connected to others.
♥Consider living more simply – We cannot find fulfillment in
possessions. They add nothing to our self-worth. Jesus blessed the “poor
in spirit” in his Sermon on the Mount; and St. Francis of Assisi urged us
to live with only what was necessary, for that is how we begin to find
God.
♥Get healthy – Studies shows that most people in North America are
accelerating their own decline into premature old age, owing to poor
diet and lack of physical activity. Be a good steward of your body. If
necessary, plan a complete overhaul of your diet and exercise habits.
♥Don’t give up – People give up their New Year’s resolutions because of
perfectionism and unrealistic expectations. So take it slow, be kind to
yourself and keep trying.
♥Turn to the Lord – Ask the Lord for guidance, strength and
perseverance in achieving your resolutions. In his letter to the
Philippians, St. Paul writes: “I can do everything through Him who gives
me strength” (Phil 4:13). If God is the center of our New Year’s
resolution, they have a better chance for success.

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