Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church Cicero, Indiana

410 S. Pearl St., PO Box 889 Cicero, IN 46034

www.SacredHeartCicero.org 317-984-2115

March 29, 2020

Fifth Sunday of Lent

MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 8:00 AM

10:30 AM

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Wednesday 5:00 to 5:45 PM

Saturday 3:30 to 4:30 PM

Parish Office

M-TH 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Fri 9:00 AM - Noon

317-984-2115

317-984-7185 FAX

Mon. & Wed. 6:00 PM

Tues. & Thurs. 8:30 AM

Devotions

Adoration First Friday Noon-8:00 PM

Every Wednesday 6:30 to 8:30 PM

Sunday Rosary 10:00 AM

Holy Days of Obligation:

Vigil 5:00 PM Day of 8:30 AM

7:00 PM

National Holidays 8:30 AM

First Friday 11:00 AM

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church Cicero, Indiana

Rites of Christian Initiation of Adults To inquire about be-coming a Catholic, please call 984-2115

Sacrament of Baptism Parents should attend baptism classes. To schedule, please call 984-2115.

Sacrament of Marriage Diocesan policy requires

initial contact at least six months prior to the proposed wedding date. To schedule, please call 984-2115.

Vocations to the Priesthood or Religious Life If you are interested in the priestly or religious life, contact Father Derek Aaron or email Fr.DAaron@dol-in.org.

Natural Family Planning Diocesan NFP Coordinator Susan Hoefer at 888-544-1684 or shoefer@dol-in.org.

If the pastor or deacon cannot be reached in an emergency, call Our Lady of Grace, Noblesville 317-773-4275 or St. John the Baptist, Tipton 765-675-2422.

Register at www.sacredheartcicero.org Look under “Online Giving”

To join Flocknote, TEXT “SHJC” to “84576”

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2020 Contributions Actual Compared to Budget

Financial Updates

3/22/2020

Sunday Contributions $3,441

Sunday Contribution Budget $8,887

Overage / (Shortfall) ($5,446)

YTD Overage / (Shortfall) ($6,208)

Other Offerings (in church & electronic)

Food Pantry $150 Catholic Relief $110 Easter Flowers $70 Building Fund $25 Rice Bowl $0

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have put out a prayer during this time of pandemic. It is calling on Our Lady of Guadalupe to intercede for us.

Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Queen of the Angels and Mother of the Americas.We fly to you today as your beloved children.We ask you to intercede for us with your Son, as you did at the wedding in Cana.

Pray for us, loving Mother,and gain for our nation and world,and for all our families and loved ones,the protection of your holy angels,that we may be spared the worst of this illness.

For those already afflicted,we ask you to obtain the grace of healing and deliverance.Hear the cries of those who are vulnerable and fearful,wipe away their tears and help them to trust.

In this time of trial and testing,teach all of us in the Church to love one another and to be patient and kind.Help us to bring the peace of Jesus to our land and to our hearts.

We come to you with confidence,knowing that you truly are our compassionate mother,health of the sick and cause of our joy.

Shelter us under the mantle of your protection,keep us in the embrace of your arms,help us always to know the love of your Son, Jesus. Amen.

Fifth Sunday in Lent March 29, 2020

A Note from Fr. Sean,

Unprecedented

Unprecedented. This is a word that we have heard a lot lately, and it is a scary word. Why?

“Unprecedented” means that nobody who is alive today has experienced what we are experiencing

right now, and even looking back at history is not as much of a help for us because even though

the world has faced pandemics before, we have never been as interconnected and interdependent upon one another as

we are now, and I mean the whole world- nations relying upon other nations, the speed at which information - and

contagion - spreads, the sheer number of people alive all at once, all moving around at great speed and then suddenly

stopped. Unprecedented.

As I write this on March 20 the state of the pandemic is one thing, and by the time you read it the state of things will

be something else, and it will have been something else before that. Unprecedented. Again, that word is anxiety

provoking, because it means we are vulnerable- we have nothing to compare the current situation with and so we are

more subject to error, to confusion, and to our own humanity and faced with our own mortality.

What is even more striking than the government dealing with something new, is that the Catholic Church is dealing

with something new. As a Church history buff, I have always taken a certain comfort in knowing that “the Church has

been here before,” wherever that may be, but now even our 2,000 year-old institution is venturing into new territory.

The Church has dealt with plagues before, cancellation of Masses, closures of Churches, and death, but not like this,

not the whole world all at once coming to a halt. Unprecedented.

As we speak, the pope and bishops are adjusting to the circumstances, using the mechanisms of the Church to

address the needs of the moment and exhibiting the reality that the Church is more flexible than we realize. We can

still take some solace that we, as a Church, have been here before, and yet not, because we can search the collective

wisdom of the past to see how we dealt with similar things before, and then imitate that example. What I am talking

about is the virtue, the faith, the God-given stuff of heroism and human resilience that the saints exhibit.

This is a time for saints. This is a time for witness to faith. While we may be limited as to what we can do given the

constraints of closures and cancellations, we can still BE. We can still exist and live as people of faith, and especially

because we are vulnerable, especially because we don’t know what will happen next, and especially because we have

to be obedient for the sake of the common good; for this we can be saints.

The thing about life is that it is all unprecedented because each one of us is experiencing each day anew, uncertain

of what will happen next. Perhaps for most of us, we had our routines and we thought we were safe from the

unprecedented things of life, but the pandemic is teaching us now that life is more precarious - and more precious -

than we ever thought before. Our mortality is indeed before us. Let us live each unprecedented day to the fullest, one

day at a time.

Yours in Christ,

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church Cicero, Indiana

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Fifth Sunday in Lent March 29, 2020

1 Joseph McHugh 2 Nancy Shirley

2 Drew Arland 3 Olivia Fenelon

2 Karen Gaspary 4 Phil Munsey

2 Ruth Hayes 5 Katie Fleig

April Birthdays

You Can Register for Online Giving at

www.sacredheartcicero.org

Look under “Online Giving”

You can give online for Sunday donations and special

collections.

Livestreamed Services

Friday Stations of the Cross at 6 PM

Sunday Mass offered by Bishop Doherty

Livestreamed from

Church of the Blessed Sacrament of West Lafayette

The link is at the bottom of their main page.

and is provided on the Sacred Heart of Jesus webpage

Father Dale’s Sunday Mass Recording with homily will be on

www.SacredHeartCicero.org by

Friday evening prior to each weekend.

Please check our website for daily Mass which will be recorded once or twice a week

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church Cicero, Indiana

Please contact the parish office at 984-2115 with updates or changes to this list. Names will be removed from this list if we haven’t received an update or information after six (6) weeks.

The clergy and seminarians of our diocese: Sunday Rev. Ronald Comeau Monday Rev. Phillip Cover Tuesday Rev. John Cummings Wednesday Rev. Cole Daily Thursday Rev. Donald Davison C.PP.S. Friday Rev. Christian De Carlo Saturday Rev. James De Oreo

Jim Aloisio, Drew Arland, Lulu Arzola, Jean Becker, Charlie & Shelby Bell, John Bell, Connie Bently, Joyce Boe, Marty Braley,

Alyssa Bridgewater, Michael David, Henry Day, Paige Dieterle, Lisa Dowell, Jeanne Ecker, Patricia Ehrman, Terry Garrity, Aimee

Gonzalez, Matt Gonzalez, Judy Haight, Dick & Rose Ann Harold, Brett Hart, John Horachek, Richard Huffman, Mary Kay Huse,

Jennie Kimmel, Daniel Edward Kindt, David Kindt, John Omer Kindt, John Lasley, Roland Mariotti, Jo Ann Meunier, Max

Meunier, Brian McCormack, Jill Olecki, Marge Piguet, Mikey Pore, Mary Katherine Mitchell, Carol Pruitt, Doc Rougraff, Rita

Salee, Jan Scearce, Barbara Schinlaub, Tina Seebeck, Austin Seng, Terry Smith, Lori Stumpp, Marilyn and Larry Thewes, Beatrix

Thornton, Ken & Liz Whisman, Don Whiteman, Cindy Zaso.

Please remember our men and women serving in our Armed Forces in your prayers.

SPC Trevor Snair, U.S. Army

W01 Christopher Price, Ft. Rucker AL

SA Grant Webber, U.S. Navy, Sasebo, Japan, 7th Fleet

LTJG Margaret Brumley, U.S. Navy, San Diego, Med Center

LT Eric Hayes, U.S. Navy, San Diego, USS America

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Wed, Apr 1

Dixie Ihnat, Shelby Keller, Theresa Noller, Rita Smith

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Marriage Support: The Third Option at Guerin Catholic High School, www.carmelthirdoption.org / 317-324-8446

Pathways to Healing from Divorce: Sessions are held on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 PM at Matthew 25 Build-ing, 1045 West 146th St., Ste A, Carmel Call 317-663-4039 to register

Addiction Support: Suburban North Club, Noblesville - suburbannorthclub.com, 317-770-1399 (if no answer, someone will respond to your message)

Cicero Birthright: Pregnancy Help: 317-984-7131, 24 hour crisis line 800-550-4900, cicero@birthright.org

Post Abortion Support: If you or someone you know has experienced an abortion, please contact Project Rachel at 317-452-0054. All calls are confidential.

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Pope Francis’ Intentions for March: Catholics in China We pray that the Church in China may persevere in its faithfulness to the Gospel and grow in unity.

No Stations of the Cross on Friday Evenings at Sacred Heart

There are video and audio Stations of the Cross on

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All Classes Cancelled

Fifth Sunday in Lent March 29, 2020

Mass Readings Mass Intentions

Saturday, March 28 † Kay Beath Sunday, March 29 Weston Bridgewater Parishioners of Sacred Heart of Jesus Monday, March 30 † Helen Koenig Tuesday, March 31 † Rita Mariani Wednesday, April 1 † Carl and Mildred Comerford Thursday, April 2 Anna Sommervold Friday, April 3 † Bob Matusz Saturday, April 4 † Kay Beath Sunday, April 5 Parishioners of Sacred Heart of Jesus † Kathleen Carrico

Fasting means one full meal and two small meals with nothing in between, required for people ages 18-59. Abstinence means no meat - required for people over the age of 14.

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are Days of Fast and Abstinence. All Fridays of Lent are Days of Abstinence.

Fast and Abstinence

Readings this Week March 29

Mon Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11

Tues Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30

Wed Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42

Thurs Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59

Fri Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42

Sat Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

April 5

Gospel at the Procession with Palms — Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-11).

First Reading — In spite of my sufferings I am not dis-graced. I am not put to shame (Isaiah 50:4-7).

Psalm — My God, my God, why have you abandoned

me? (Psalm 22).

Second Reading — Christ emptied himself, and God

filled this emptiness with exaltation (Philippians 2:6-11).

Gospel — The account of Christ’s passion according to Matthew (Matthew 26:14 — 27:66).

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