march 18, 2018 st. mary church · 5/5/2020 · intercession of mary, the mother of god and health...
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Parish Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm Website: http://stmary.irelandindiana.com
St Mary Church - 812-482-7041
Fr. Joseph F. Erbacher, “Fr. Effie”, Pastor, Ext 33 …………………………………………………[email protected]
Dianne Gogel, Secretary, Ext. 21………[email protected]
Sherri Hartley, Secretary, Ext. 22….…[email protected]
Stan Heim, Property Manager, Ext. [email protected]
Martha Schmitt, PCL, Ext. 45……[email protected]
Charlene Sermersheim, Music…..………..…….812-482-7837
Annette Weidenbenner, Cleaning ………..…..812-630-7870
Parish Contacts
Altar Server Trainer, Stan Vollmer……………..812-630-2990
Bereavement Meals, Sherri Hartley……….....812-482-7041
Church Decorations, Janet Schitter……..…....812-482-3500
Finance Council, Audrey Wehr…..…….……....812-639-3393
Ireland K of C, Grand Knight, Adam Hopf…..812-639-6347
Ireland K of C Building Rental, Allen Reckelhoff ………………………………………………………….……...812-631-4449 .
Parish Council President, Pat Gress…………...812-639-0795
Prayer Line, Bev Himsel……………………….......812-639-1384
St Anne Society President, Patty Sermersheim ………………………………………………………………....812-630-5967
St John Bosco Youth Ministry, Jacqueline Ripberger, …………………………………………..……….……….......812-481-2442 812-639-4227
St. Mary Mission Statement:
St. Mary Church is a community of faith united in Eucharist and committed to seeking God through prayer; sharing our gifts of time, talent and treasure; providing formation and education for children and adults; responding to the needs of people by sharing our faith and resources. We are dedicated to living and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
March 18, 2018
St. Mary Church
P O Box 67 • Ireland, Indiana 47545-0067 2829 N 500 W • Jasper, Indiana 47546
Most Reverend Joseph M. Siegel, D.D., S.T.L., Bishop of the Diocese of Evansville, Indiana
Fr. Joseph F. Erbacher, “Effie”, Pastor
Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 10, 2020
Bulletin deadline is 10:00am on the Monday before the upcoming weekend.
Mass Intentions
Effective March 18, 2020 and until further notice - all public Sunday and weekday Masses throughout our Diocese are suspended - as decreed by Bishop Joseph M. Siegel, DD, STL
Sat-May 9 Larry & Bernita Stenftenagel Sun-May 10 Geralyn Brosmer
Tues-May 12 Kurt & Bob Lichlyter Wed-May 13 Helen Gress Thurs-May 14 Members of St. Mary Church
Fri-May 15 Hilda Mehringer Sat-May 16 Leroy & Dorothy Schnaus Sun-May 17 Members of St. Mary Church Fr. Erbacher will continue to celebrate Mass privately for the intentions shown above on the scheduled day even though you cannot attend. Call the parish office if you have concerns or questions
We entrust our local Church to the loving protection and intercession of Mary, the Mother of God and Health of the Sick.
Let us continue to pray for the sick and their families, healthcare providers, public health officials and
all civic leaders during the weeks to come.
Happy Birthday to the following parishioners who will be celebrating their Birthday May 9 to May 15:
May 9: Andrea Ackerman, Sean Jochum, Lane Leinenbach, Morgan Mitchell
May 10: Lyra Auffart, Gina Fromme, Beth Gentry, Jordan Gress, Roman Knies, Emily Schwindel, Joshua Uebelhor, Marilee Young
May 11: Phyllis Craney, Kelli Eckert, Anna Underwood
May 12: Merin Buck, Adam Goeppner, Laura Grammer, Diane Henke, Daryl Schmitt, Teagan Showalter
May 13: Peter Jespersen, Sarah Leinenbach, Cady Mehringer, Alexa Nordhoff, Christopher Schwenk, Craig Schwenk, Griffin Seal, Kevin Sermersheim, Ainsley Small, Sydney Small, Mallory Terwiske, Beth Underwood, Sarah Wyland May 14: Nicholas Borden, Scott Burke, Brad Hopf, Jay Knies, Erin Whaley, Craig Young
May 15: Piper Brescher, Noah McCain, Ted Schmitt, Liam Wagner
Congratulations!
If your name was omitted or we have the incorrect date, please call
the parish office so we can get our records updated. Also, if your son
or daughter has moved from this area or are back in the area, call and
let us know that too. Helps to keep everything up to date. Thanks!
Church Support Budgeted Weekly Operating Costs: $14,000.00 Collection for the weekend of May 4 & 5
Weekly donations can be mailed to “St Mary Church, PO Box 67, Ireland, IN 47545” or dropped in the slot in the parish office front door. Thank you for your stewardship to our parish.
Weekend Collection…………………………...……..……….$ 7,112.50 Average Electronic Weekly Giving for May...…..….$ 4,837.00 Total Collection…………………..……………………...………$ 11,949.50 Short.………………………………………………………………….$ (2,050.50) Year-To-Date-Budget (7-1-19 to current)…..……….$ 616,000.00 Year-To-Date-Total..……………………….………………….$ 539,535.14 Year-To-Date-Difference………….…………………………$ (76,464.86) Campaign Goal………………….…………………………….....$ 6,000,000.00 Amount in Pledges (as of 05-05-20)…………………....$ 5,756,782.00 Cash Collected to date (as of 05-05-20)……......…...$ 5,386,183.00
Thank You!!
You can do your tithing electronic. This can be by electronic check payment from your bank or by ACH through the parish office. This is an easy way to make your donations on a recurring basis and save St. Mary the expense of sending tithing envelopes. Your support is greatly appreciated.
As the virus may have a real impact on people’s ability to attend
Mass at our parish, we express our heartfelt gratitude for the
continued financial support of all our ministries during this trying
time. If you would like to sign up for ACH, call me at the parish
office at 812-482-7041 or email me at [email protected] and I can
help you get set up for automatic withdrawals from your bank.
Another option could be to go to the Evansville Diocese Site. The
diocese has established an Online Sunday Collection Giving Page
on their website for the benefit of each parish in the diocese.
Go to: http://www.evdio.org
At the top of the menu on the main page go to: “Sunday Collection
Giving”
This will take you to a donation page:
Enter the amount of desired contribution and the date you wish
to contribute
Click “Continue”
Enter personal payment information
Select payment option: Credit Card, Debit Card, Checking or
Savings (ACH)
Select “St Mary Church, Ireland 54”
Follow the remaining on-screen instructions and the donation is
made
Donor information remains confidential
Parishioner can repeat this process as often as desired
(recurring payment options may be available in the future)
The Diocese of Evansville will distribute these contributions to St.
Mary in a timely manner. Thanks for your stewardship. Dianne
Places to find online and televised Masses
St. Joseph Church, Jasper:
11:00am Sunday WJTS (Channel 18-televised)
Holy Family Church, Jasper:
Live-streamed at holyfamilyjasper.com
8:00am Tuesday-Friday
6:00am Wednesday
5:00pm Saturday
8:30 & 10:30am Sunday
Precious Blood Church, Jasper:
Available on Precious Blood Catholic Church-Jasper Facebook page
8:00am Monday-Friday
4:00pm Saturday
8:00am Sunday
WITZ
Mass on air 8:30am Sunday
WTJW 93.1 - Catholic Radio
8:00am EWTN Mass everyday. Tune into this station for different pro-
grams throughout the day.
EWTN: (cable channel 44, not sure satellite channel)
8:00am, 12:00 noon, & 7:00pm Sunday
Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 10, 2020
When earthly lives end, especially when the person is younger, we tend to
focus upon and consider what was lost. We think of lost opportunities —
things they won’t be able to see, babies they won’t be able to cradle, and
adventures that now must go undiscovered. Our minds create this chasm
between earth and heaven that sees the losses of this life as permanent
ones, never possible to achieve again. This perception causes many folks
to remain stuck in their grief as they ponder all of the missed opportuni-
ties and regrets.
This is not resurrection thinking. All of the love that we can give and
receive, the joy and elation that can be experienced, the adventures that
can be undertaken, and the possibilities to be discovered are all part of a
continuous journey. They are not ends in and of themselves but are all
part of the unfolding of a relationship we have with God, who not only
makes all of these wonderful things possible now but sustains them and
fulfills them into eternity. The perception and experience of loss is really
an illusion, because in God’s eternal kingdom and in God’s time, nothing
is ever lost. Even the most intimate and tender of moments we can con-
ceive of sharing with another human being are only part of a journey to-
ward perfect intimate and tender moments to be shared with God in our
resurrected life. We become like God and see God as He is in eternity.
What greater joy, love, and hope can ever be discovered as we walk down
our often dimly lit paths in this world.
This is an awesome wonder and magnificent news to behold. Call to
mind someone you have lost in death. How do you see them now?
How do you see yourself in heaven? Remind yourself, again, that God
is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Our happiness is not going to be
fully realized in this world, and there is nothing we can find here that
cannot be found one hundred fold in eternity. It’s all about relation-
ship, and not solely about the relationships we have with each other,
ourselves, and the world in which we live. It’s about our relationship
with God. If we realize how special that one relationship really is,
then there is only one particular of heaven and life eternal that really
matters: namely, that we fall into love eternal and discover truth. For
when we finally close our eyes in death, then all will be well as long
as we are with God. There are no losses, only gains. ©LPi
Weekly Readings for the week of May 10, 2020 Sunday: Acts 6:1-7/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19 [22]/1 Pt 2:4-9/Jn 14:1
-12
Monday: Acts 14:5-18/Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16 [1ab]/Jn 14:21-26
Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28/Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21 [cf. 12]/Jn
14:27-31a
Wednesday: Acts 15:1-6/Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5 [cf. 1]/Jn 15:1
-8
Thursday: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26/Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [8]/Jn
15:9-17
Friday: Acts 15:22-31/Ps 57:8-9, 10 and 12 [10a]/Jn 15:12-17
Saturday: Acts 16:1-10/Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 5 [2a]/Jn 15:18-21
Next Sunday: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17/Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 [1]/1
Pt 3:15-18/Jn 14:15-21
This Week’s Parish Events Effective March 18 and until further notice, all public Sunday and weekday Masses throughout our diocese have been canceled.
Sunday [05/10]: No Public Mass will be celebrated until further notice. Happy Mother’s Day - Let’s remember and pray for all
mothers!
Saturday [05/16]: Private Confessions 3:30-4:10pm.
No Public Mass will be celebrated until further notice.
Sunday [05/17]: No Public Mass will be celebrated until further notice.
Be sure and check out the table in the back of church. Lots of take home materials for you and your family.
There is a Prayer Intention Jar in the back of church with slips of paper to write down your prayer intentions. Fr. Erbacher will pray for these intentions at his private Mass. Let’s all remember to keep these intentions in our prayers and pray that we will soon be able to gather for Mass as a church family.
Upcoming Parish Events
June 15-19: Vacation Bible School June 28: New Church dedication at 1:00pm. The date has been set with Most Reverend Joseph M. Siegel, DD, STL Jul 18, 19 & 20: TEC (Teens Encounter Christ) here at St. Mary August 1: St. Mary Parish cooks and serves the Community Meal. September 13: St. Mary Church Picnic - Mark your calendar. October 6: St. Anne Meeting - Bingo November 7, 8 & 9: TEC (Teens Encounter Christ)
Act of Spiritual Communion
I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my
soul.
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at
least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself
wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.
May 3, $500 Irish Sweepstakes Raffle Winner
is Jeff Mundy and
$100 Irish Sweepstakes Raffle Winner
is Ben Meyer.
Congratulations!
Our prayers and sympathy to the family Herbert J
Lumpp, Jr who passed away April 29. May they be
comforted by our prayers.
Prayer During Corona Health Crisis
Compassionate and Loving Father,
In the face of confusion and concern impart to us the calm of
Your presence.
In You allow us to find hope and healing.
Be with those who serve the sick and give them Your caring
hands.
Be with those who lead and give them Your Spirit of wisdom
Be with those who have fallen ill and give them Your
comforting heart.
Wrap Your arms around our world and hold us in Your love.
Allow us at this time of trial to then serve as instruments of that
love to all we meet.
We ask this in Your Name.
Amen.
©LPi Prayer For Mothers
Happy Mother’s Day
Heavenly Father,
from the beginning you have chosen to
entrust the human person to mothers in a
special way.
We thank and praise you for the gift of mothers;
for their tenderness, care, and compassion, for their intuition and
encouragement, for commitment and sacrifice.
Bless all mothers this day.
Keep, strengthen, and refresh them in your loving care.
May they be blessed by our open-hearted love and gratitude.
Amen.
Monte Cassino Pilgrimages Canceled for May
St. Meinrad Archabbey’s pilgrimages to honor the Blessed Mother at
the Monte Cassino Shrine, typically held each Sunday in May, have
been canceled. Instead, each week during May, a different monk will
post a video of his Marian talk. You can find them at
www.saintmeinrad.org/live. Speaker and their topics are:
May 10: “Mary, Mother of Sorrows” by Benedictine Fr. Adrian
Burke
May 17: “Mary, Mother in Times of Need” by Benedictine Fr.
Jeremy King
May 24: “Mary, Sign of Hope” by Benedictine Fr. Bede Cisco
May 31: “Our Lady of Einsiedeln and Our Lady of Monte
Cassino” by Benedictine Fr. Christian Raab
Please join in saying a rosary (with proper social distancing) on
May 13 at the Mother of God Grotto on Bartley Street at 7:00pm.
Our intention for this month is a renewed call to be disciples of
Christ and to grow in courage to proclaim God’s will for his people
through the Gospels.
Thank You!! This bulletin is furnished to the Parish without charge. The advertisements that appear completely defray all publishing costs with which the church would otherwise be burdened. Please patronize these sponsors as a “Thank You” for their generosity.
Holy Trinity Catholic School
2020 Jeep Wrangler Raffle
Holy Trinity is selling raffle tickets for a chance
to win a 2020 Jeep Wrangler. Tickets are $25
limited to 7500 tickets. Raffle ticket forms can be found in the
back of church. Proceeds from this raffle will help support our
efforts of making Catholic education in Dubois County affordable
for all. Call 812-482-4461 or email [email protected] for
more information.
Prayer of Pope Francis
O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salva-
tion and hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick.
At the foot of the cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with stead-
fast faith.
You, Salvation of the Roman People, know what we need.
We are certain that you will provide, so that, as you did at Cana of
Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine, Love,
To conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus
tells us:
He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to
bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.
We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God.
Do not despise our pleas - we who are put to the test - and deliver
us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin.
Peace in the Mourning (PIM) is an overnight, Christ-focused
healing retreat for widows of all ages (no matter how long ago
their loss). Through personal sharing education, and the
Sacraments, retreat-goers are able to continue, or begin their jour-
ney of healing after the loss of their spouse. Cost includes food,
materials and overnight lodging. The next retreat is October 10-
11, 2020. Register now (registration ends September 1). For addi-
tional information, email Kathy Burton at [email protected]
or call 812-630-0603 or Donna Oeding at [email protected]
or call 812-309-0773. To register, contact the Office of Family
and Life at 812-424-5536.
Daughters of Isabella Jasper Circle #140 announce two
upcoming cancellations due to the present virus situation. The
May Mother’s Day Dinner planned for May 11 is cancelled
and not rescheduled and the Memorial Mass for Deceased
Members planned in late April was cancelled. The Circle
would like to remember our deceased members from the past
year and offer our sympathy to the family and friends of these
faithful members. Members remembered are: Tillie Burger,
Doris Gutzweiler, Margaret Steffen, Aline Brescher, Pat Braun,
Dorothy Schnaus, Mary Catherine Mehringer, Bridget Dwyer,
Liseta Buechler, Louise Schitter, Dolores Bauer, Diane S.
Hasenour, Marie Denu and Beulah Gramelspacher. If it is at all
possible, the Circle will meet on June 8 for their monthly meet-
ing.