Weekend Masses

SATURDAY 5:00PM

SUNDAY 8:00 OR 10:30AM

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE

TUESDAY 6:00 PM

WEDNESDAY 8:15 AM

THURSDAY 6:00PM

FRIDAY 8:15AM

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 8:45-9:45AM CONFESSION AND BENEDICTION

FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 8:15 AM MASS

PRAYER GROUP WEDNESDAY 1:30 PM

T W E N T Y - T H I R D S U N D A Y

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Father Jegan Peter fatherjegan@gmail.com Deacon Tim Harte 765.349.7660 tharte@rnetinc.net Music Director Dr. Owen Hartnett 812.219.8128 ohartnet@gmail.com

Secretary Lynne Kluesner secretarysm@att.net Bookkeeper Catherine Marasch bookkeepersm@att.net Religious Education Adult Faith Formation Deacon Tim Harte 765.349.7660 tharte@rnetinc.net Parish Office Hours Monday – Thursday 8:00am – 4:30pm Phone 765.342.6379 Email Bulletin Submissions to sectretarysm@att.net by 12noon on Monday

Altar Society President Helen Smith Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Randy Cox Ladies Faith Group Chris Urbanowski

P A R I S H C O U N C I L

Father Jegan Peter

David Garrison-President dgarrison@rfslends.com

Anne Reams-Vice President

Connie Feagans Secretary

Kathy Janneck

Victor Szczechowski

John Davis

Parish Council meetings are held on

the 2nd Tuesday of the month

At 7:00pm in the Gottemoeller Ed

Center

*Next Meeting September 10th

Pastoral Staff

Administration Staff

Parish Groups

Sacrament of Reconciliation-Saturdays 4:00-4:30pm Sacrament of Baptism-Call the parish office Sacrament of Matrimony-Pre-marriage preparation is avail-able for all registered members. Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance. Call parish office for arrange-ments. Sick Calls-If you wish to receive the Sacraments at home due to infirmity or hospitalization, call the parish office. Welcome! If you are visiting our parish, welcome! If you are new in our community and are looking for a home parish we hope we have made you feel welcome enough to return. If you will be attending Mass regularly but have not registered, we invite you to do so. This will help the parish to better serve your needs. Registration forms are available in the church vestibules. Need to update your parish information? Go to the parish website at http://www.stmartins-martinsville.org/ set up an account with My Own Church. *You must register with the parish office first before setting up an account.

Website: http://stmartins-martinsville.org/

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Masses and Services This Weekend September 7 Saturday 8:00am +Sally Moorman 4:00 pm Confessions 5:00 pm +Donnie Arthur September 8 Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am People of the Parish 10:30 am +Jerry Cecil

Weekday Masses September 10 Tuesday 6:00pm +Sharon Urbanowski September 11 Wednesday 8:15am Matt Duncan Family September 12 Thursday The Most Holy Name of Mary 6:00pm Altar Society September 13 Friday 8:15am +Bob Altizer September 14 Saturday 4:00 pm Confessions 5:00 pm +Richard Rokosz Jr September 15 Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am +John Smith 10:30 am People of the Parish +Deceased

S e p t e m b e r 8 t h , 2 0 1 9 St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church Martinsville, IN

Meetings for the Week of September 8th, 2019 Sun. 9/8 9:00-10:15am Religious Ed 11:30am Altar Server Training Prayer Warriors available after Masses Tue. 9/10 7:00pm Parish Council mtg. Wed. 9/11 1:30pm Prayer Group 7:00pm Knights of Columbus mtg. Sun. 9/15 9:00-10:15am Religious Ed Holiday Bazaar Raffle Ticket available 12noon Stewardship mtg.

Liturgical Ministers for September 14 /15 Extraordinary Ministers 5:00 pm Howie & Tracy Carter / 1 Volunteer 8:00 am Judy Malan / Shari Hooser /2 Volunteer 10:30 am Carol Schaaf / Patty Baxter / 3 Volunteers Altar Servers 5:00 pm Donald, Thomas, & Matthew Murphy 8:00 am Isaiah Janneck 10:30 am Thomas & Denis Ruplinger Lectors 5:00 pm Tracy Carter 8:00 am Jennifer Tumey 10:30 am Rita Richards Ushers 5:00 pm Jim Abel / Chris Hixson 8:00am Lou Feagans / Bill Siderewicz 10:30 am Vic Szczechowski / Chris Sheets Sacristans 5:00pm Caleb Minor 8:00am Catherine Marasch 10:30am Deacon Tim Saturday 4:30 pm Rosary Leader Karen Simpson Offertory Counters K. Cooper, M. Elsner, J. Davis Altar Linens Mary Speth

Sunday Offertory , September 1 $4, 767.50

Thank you for your weekly, monthly or yearly contributions!

Shepherd's voice

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

Peace of Christ!

God is not in competition with our family, parents, brothers and sisters for our love. Jesus states very clearly, however, that God comes first in our lives, nobody and nothing that become His rival. Giving God the first place, on the other hand, assures us that we practice true love to all people and give each person his rightful place. Jesus has often taught that our love for neighbor is the real test of our love for God. It is mainly in our caring and serving attitude to our neighbor that we cooperate with God’s plan. If we disregard this to please people, it will be a very questionable kind of love we express. Our love for people can never be an excuse to surrender our love for God. God is left without any space in our homes these days. We are in need of bringing God’s presence more in our families, Parishes and in the society.

We begin our Parish Mission on Sunday, September 22 and will conclude on Tuesday the 24th. Parish Mission is a new event in our Parish but it is a very important event for all Parishioners. It revives the whole Parish to renew the spirit of the Parish to grow more and to look back the blessed milestones that God lead us all as a faithful Parish. Parish Mission also focuses on the future growth of our Parishioners. May God through the help of St. Martin of Tours guide and strengthen us all through the com-ing Parish Mission!

To be the witness for His love,

Fr. Jegan

*Altar Server Training, this Sunday, September 8th

Time: Immediately following the 10:30 Mass

Who: current servers and any new servers, if you have recently re-ceived your First Communion, you are eligible to be a server at Mass.

Where: At the Altar Please try to attend. Thanks!

Fellowship Breakfast Next Sunday September 22nd

Our Knight of Columbus cooks, dishwashers and drink masters are back from their summer break and ready to kick off our monthly fellowship breakfast! If you are new to St. Martin’s and not sure what the excitement is all about, stop by Sexton Hall after the 8:00am or 10:30am Mass on Sunday September 22 and join other parishioners for a variety of breakfast treats, coffee, juice and Fellowship. there is no charge, but free will donations are always accepted to help cover the cost. We look forward to seeing you!

Starting in October, the breakfasts will resume to be on the 2nd Sunday of every month.

Parish Registration

If you are attending Mass regularly at St. Martin’s and have not regis-tered, you may pick up a registration form in the pamphlet racks at church. We receive many requests from parishioners to qualify to be Godparents and sponsors for the Sacraments of Baptism and Confirma-tion. The only way we can provide these services is if you are registered, attend Mass and participate in Parish activities.

Also: if you have changed your phone number or dropped your land line recently, please let the parish office know, many families have volun-teered to help with parish events, but we do not have current phone numbers or e-mail address to contact them.

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Please keep in Prayer: Pope Emeritus Benedict, Bob Bechtold,

Dotty Black, Joe & Ann Blandford Family, Shelly Bolton, Becky Levell Cannon, Donald & Barbara Carr, Louie Carrico, Cynthia Clark, Jerry Craven, Vicki Crawford, Paul Ehrgott Lou & Connie Feagans, Dolores Forler, Samantha Freeman, Nola Garrison Sharon Greene, Jacqueline Harper, Carol Henry, Alex Kalscheur, Mary Margaret Hicks, Evelyn Hixson, Mary Ellen Holmes, Eric Hoskins, Erin Hoskins, Bill Jones, Adalyn Kartchner, Frances Kitchen, Arminta Kukman, John Malan, Brad Maxwell, Jane McGrew, Clare McGuire, Eric Murphy, Bill Neal, Cathy Ooley, Brinley Owens, Evelyn Pellow, Margaret Petraits, Fritzi Postel, Megan Richards, Mark Rose, Barbara Sheets, Jeff Sheets, Fr. Joseph Sheets, Tom Sheets, Larry Shelby, Sarah Sichting, Fenton Siebert, Erin Siebert, Karen Simpson, Virginia Clark-Smith, Mike Spencer, Dorcas Torre, Lori Willhardt, Fred Woods.

Family Members Serving Our Country: May all military personnel be

safe as they protect us. We remember especially: David Burton, Azia Dwigans, Jason Fisher, David Guffy, Greg Johnson, Ashley Krulik, Jordan Krulik, Peter Klippel, Andrew Klippel, Tom Nichols, Joe Ooley, Michael Joe Osburn, Justin Pavey, Nicole Pavey, Kyle Richardson, Jacob Schultheis, Harry Smyser, Capt. Nathaniel E. Tiffany, God Protect them and keep them safe!

Parish & Community Events

Just around the corner…. St. Martins Annual Holiday Bazaar will be on

Saturday November 2nd. One of the ways you can help our bazaar be a success is to sell raffle tickets, every year our parishioners come together to make the bazaar a success by selling raffle tickets to family, friends and coworkers. Tickets are $1.00 each and the Grand Prize is $599.00 Tickets will be distributed September 14/15 and 21/22. Questionnaires will also be available to sign up for donations and/or help with set-up and at the bazaar.

Catholic Charities Bloomington Skating Party

Saturday, September 21st

9pm-11:30pm

Western Skateland

930 W. 17th St, Bloomington

Join us for skating, fun, music by DJ Old Dirty Bryce, a photo booth, and food by BBQ Soul. $6 entry and $2 skate rental. Proceeds benefit the Catholic Charities Bloomington Mental Health Schol-arship Fund

St. Martin Parish Mission, September 22-24, 2019

Please mark your calendars for this special event coming to our parish on the evenings of September 22, 23, and 24! Father Lou Guardiola of the Fathers of Mercy will present “The Church – The Ark of Salvation.” Talks begin at 6:30 pm Sunday: Confession - The Sacrament of the Prodigal Son Monday: The Holy Eucharist - Sacrifice, Holy Communion, Real Presence Tuesday: Our Lady - Mother Of God and The Church Confession available at 6:00 pm Program followed by Eucharistic Benediction

Come rejuvenate your faith!

Morning with Mary Saturday October 5th

Join Archbishop Thompson and folks from around the archdiocese at the National Shrine to Our Lady of Providence for a prayerful morning honor-ing our Blessed Mother on Saturday Oct 5th from 9am- noon. This will be a bi-lingual event that will include intercessory prayer, a rosary, hymns to our Blessed Mother, and witness talks on Mary's role in our lives. And be sure to plan to stay for lunch and a tour of the amazing grounds and Shrine of Mother Theodore Guerin! Located five miles northwest of downtown Terre Haute, Ind., off U.S. 150 For more information about registration and parking, visit: http:// www.archindy.org/morningwithmary/

MEN of all ages: REGISTER NOW for the Thirteenth Annual Indiana Catho-lic Men’s Conference, which will be held Saturday, October 5th at the Indiana Convention Center.

Join men from across Indiana and nationally known Catholic speakers,

Fr. Michael Lightner and Roy Schoeman, as well as one of the most pop-ular Catholic speakers and authors in the United States, Fr. Donald Cal-loway.

Holy Mass will be celebrated at St. John the Evangelist by Rev. Rick Nagle and our Master of Ceremonies will be Fr. Michael Keucher. Invite your son, father, and/or a friend for this wonderful, spirit filled day.

For more information or to register, go to www.indianacatholicmen.com

RCIA Classes will begin in September

Looking for peace? Needing hope? Thirsting for God?

Do you know someone not baptized or baptized in a non-Catholic Christian tradition, who is thirsting for what it means to become Cath-olic? Do you know someone already Catholic but has not yet received Confirmation & Communion? They may be thirsting too! The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a place to ask questions and seek understanding.

To begin a journey toward becoming Catholic, please contact

Father Jegan fatherjegan@gmail.com or Deacon Tim tharte@rnetinc.net

40 Days for Life Fall Campaign

The fall 40 Days for Life campaign kicks off in Bloomington, Indiana in front of Planned Parenthood at 421 S. College Avenue.

The campaign begins on Wednesday, Sep-tember 25, and runs through Sunday, November 3, 2019.

Our vigil hours will be from 8:00 am until 8:00 pm throughout the 40 days. Sign up today to prayerfully stand vigil outside of Planned Parenthood as we seek to bring about an end to abortion where we live, if you can commit to one hour a week throughout the 40 days, all the better!

Our prayers outside of Planned Parenthood give a voice to the unborn whose lives are threatened by the violence of abortion. Please consider offering one hour of silent prayer to God at a place where the love of God is so desperately needed

Sign up today at www.40daysforlife.com/bloomington

St. Martin’s currently has 16 volunteers who have signed up over the last few years, if you would like to join our St Martin’s team, signup sheets are available at both entrances of the church if you have any questions about volunteering, please feel free to contact Parishioner Mark McCormick Phone: 765-352-1147

Email: marksmccomick@sbcglobal.net

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