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St. Thomas the Apostle, Fortville “My Lord, and my God” December 22, 2019 Forth Sunday of Advent
Pastor: Fr. Robert J. Hankee Email: [email protected] Emergency: 812-736-4275
Baptism: All Baptisms are scheduled through the Parish Office.
Reconciliation: Half hour before the Saturday 5 pm Mass & Sunday 10:45 am Mass or by appointment.
First Eucharist: Preparation for first Eucharist occurs in the 2nd grade religious education class.
Confirmation: Prepared during the Freshman year of High School
Matrimony: A six month preparation prior to the wedding is required. Please contact the Parish Office.
Anointing the Sick: Please call the Parish Office to request anointing before a surgery or during any serious illness, or to request a hospital or nursing home visit.
Rite of Christian initiation of Adults: RCIA: This program addresses the needs of adults who wish to learn more about the Catholic Faith. Please contact the Religious Education office.
Staff Deacon Tony Lewis 317-777-1430 [email protected]
Administrator of Religious Ed: Theresa Werking 317-485-5103 [email protected]
Director Of Liturgy & Choir: Stephanie Garst 317-407-7257 [email protected]
Secretary/Bookkeeper: Diane Brady 317-485-5101 [email protected]
We would like to extend a warm welcome to you today,
whether you are visiting us for the first time or have chosen St.
Thomas Church as your parish . We pray that the Lord will
continue to bless you as you desire to serve Him
If you are interested in becoming a Parishioner here at St. Thomas, Please contact the Parish Office at: 317-485-5101
St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church 523 S. Merrill Street Fortville, IN 46040
"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,
Celebrating 150 years of Catholic Faith
Parish Office 317-485-5101
OFFICE HOURS Tue - Friday 8:30 am to 4:.30 pm
Mass Schedule Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am & 10:45 am Tue & Wed 6:30 pm Thursday & Fri 12:00 Noon
Monday Rosary 7.30 pm
Bible Study: Sun. 9:15am, Mon. 6:30pm & Thurs. 1:30pm
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December 24, Tuesday 5:00 pm Mass Christmas Eve Mary Weir by St. Thomas Parish
December 24, Midnight Mass Christmas St. Thomas Parishioners
December 25, Wednesday 10:00am Mass Christmas Day Beth Shine by Mike Shine
December 26, Thursday 12:00 Noon Mass Martha Young & Family by Mr. & Mrs. Lauer
December 27, Friday 12:00 Noon Mass Bonnie Kennelly by Kathy Gammons
December 28, Saturday 5:00 pm Mass Margaret Johnson by Rosemary Ritchie
December 29, Sunday 8:00 am Mass Mary Weir by Faith Martinez
December 29, Sunday 10:45 am Mass Bonnie Kennelly by Kathy Gammons
Ministry Schedule Mass Intentions
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, CHRISTMAS EVE 5:00 PM Children’s Choir begins at 4:30pm
Ushers Faith Martinez, Seth McAlarney Lector Steve Moll, Jeff Young Server Dominic & Tori Apo Euch. Min. Deacon Tony Gifts Children
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, MIDNIGHT MASS Adult Choir begins at 11:30pm
Ushers Al & Matt Dickerson Lector Theresa Werking, Sue Metzger Server Sophie DeWael, Jillian Dierckman Euch. Min. Deacon Frank Gifts Dickerson Family
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, CHRISTMAS 10:00 AM Ushers Bill & Rick Garst Lector Gary Potts, Janice Weber Server Volunteer Euch. Min. Kathy Gammons Gifts Volunteer Family Saturday, December 28, 5:00 pm Ushers Jon Smith, Pat Cairns Lectors Diane Doty, Janice Weber Euch. Min. Deacon Tony
Sunday, December 29, 8:00 am Ushers Steve & Cheryl Middendorf Lector Joan DeWael, Sue Metzger Server Christian & Teddy Hanna Euch. Min. Deacon Tony Gifts Chatterson Family Sunday, December 29, 10:45 am Ushers Bill Dierckman, Wes Nicholson Lector Marvin Massey, Steven Moll Server Jillian Dierckman, Aaron Moll Euch. Min. Deacon Tony Gifts Moll Family
Activities for the week of Dec. 22 — Dec. 28
Sunday NO Classes 9:00 am Giving Tree Distribution
Monday Offices Closed 12:00 Decorate Church for Christmas
7:30 Pray the Rosary in church
Tuesday Offices Closed Wednesday Offices Closed
Thursday Offices Closed
Friday Offices Closed
Saturday Church Offices will reopen on Thursday, Jan 2, 2020
Volunteers the week of Dec. 22 – Dec. 28
Collection Counters—Team D Homebound Minister-Eran McCarty PV Nursing Home —Faith Martinez TB Nursing Home —Rosemary Ritchie
Let Us Pray, Lord, in your loving mercy please bless your servants who are in need of healing and strength: Maryann Bakel, Bailey Barnett, Sally Borowicz, Angela Dierckman, Paul Esser, Kim Garst, Daryl Johnson, Msgr. Paul Koetter, Doug Ley, Brenda Reynolds, Bill Smith
All the sick and suffering from our parish, those serving in the military, and our homebound, hos-pitalized and nursing home residents.
We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.
The Sanctuary Candle near our Tabernacle burns this week:
In memory of Rae Steele By Joe & Jonnie Gehring
If you would like to have the 14 day Candle dedicated for someone living or deceased, or for a special intention, please contact the Parish Office. The offering is $10.00
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults:
Readings for the week Monday: Mal 3: 1-4, 23-24; Lk 1: 57-66 Tuesday: 2 Sm 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Lk 1 67-79 Wednesday: Mt 1: 1-25; Night: Is 9: 1-6/Ti 2:11-14/Lk 2: 1-14; Dawn: Is 62: 11-12/Ti 3: 4-7/Lk 2: 15-20; Day Is 52: 7-10/Heb 1: 1-6/Jn 1: 1-18 Thursday: Acts 6: 8-10, 7: 54-59 Friday: 1 Jn 1: 1-4; Jn 20: 1a, 2-8 Saturday: 1 Jn 1: 5-2:2; Mt 2: 13-18 Sunday: Sir 3: 2-6, 12-14; Col 3: 12-21; Mt 2: 13-15, 19-23
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Religious Education
Merry Christmas The office of Faith Formation would like to offer a heartfelt Merry Christmas to all St. Thomas Parishioners. Have a safe and happy holiday season with family and friends. To all of our catechists, volunteers, parents, and students…may the joy of the season wrap you in love, grace and mer-cy. Thank you to everyone who makes our RE program pos-sible. There are no words to express the gratitude for your dedication and commitment. Our RE program will take a break over the Christmas holi-day. We will not have classes on Sunday, December 22 or Sunday, December 29. Classes will resume on January 5. We will begin reviewing for the ACRE test on that Sunday.
Godspeed, Theresa
From the Messy Desk of Fr. Rob
Dear Parishioners: “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas/Everywhere you go!” This past week’s snowfall was beautiful to watch and put me right into the Christmas mindset. That is, until I had to shovel it. Thank you to those pa-rishioners, who of their own free will, came over and shoveled the sidewalks on the church grounds. May there be treasures in heaven stored up for you. This is the final weekend before Christmas, and on this Fourth Week of Advent we light all four candles. The Fourth candle representing the Gift of Peace. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: “Peace can-not be attained on earth without safeguarding the goods of persons, free communication among men, re-spect for the dignity of persons and peoples, and the assiduous practice of fraternity. Peace is ‘the tranquili-ty of order’. Peace is the work of justice and the effect of charity” (2304). With the lighting of this fourth can-dle the Advent Wreath is complete. We are a people of Hope, Faith, Joy and Peace. That is what Christmas brings and births in us. We will celebrate our Christmas Masses beginning on Tuesday, December 24. At 4:30pm, the children’s choir will present a Christmas chorale, followed by mass at 5pm. Beginning at 11:30pm, the choir will present their Christmas prelude, with the Midnight mass to follow. On Christmas Day, we will celebrate the mass at 10am. Each of the masses will have the same readings, which comes to us from the Mass During the Night. Have a blessed week! Fr. Rob
Prayer Chain – if you would like to join our Prayer
Warriors who pray for those in the parish who need our prayers– please let Stephanie Garst know at [email protected].
If you have a prayer request please let Stephanie or the office know and we will begin praying. The prayer chain is done by email. If you want to join but don’t do email call Stephanie at: 317-407-7257
Lost & Found There are a lot of items in the lost and found box in the Parish Hall including, adult & children’s glasses, hats, and gloves. Please stop by and pick up any items you may have left behind. Thank you!
Pro-Life upcoming events St. Michael's in Greenfield has invited us to carpool with them on January 21st and January 22nd for the Pro-Life activities in Indianapolis. Please let Janice Weber 317-326-4726 know if you are planning on carpooling. Vigil For Life with Sarah Kroger by The Office of Human Life and Dignity Date and Time: Tue, January 21, 2020 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST Location: St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church 126 W Georgia St Indianapolis, IN 46225 Description: Come join us for a night of prayer and worship including: Eucharistic Adoration, confessions, and a Eucharistic procession, as we encounter our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eu-charist and pray for the respect of all life especially the vulner-able unborn! Praise and Worship led by Sarah Kroger. Check out her music at www.sarahkroger.com Also hear local personal testimonies of hope and healing after abortion. Event is free. Donations will be accepted at the door. Annual Indiana March For Life January 22, 2020
Sponsored by Right to Life of Indianapolis, Archdiocese of Indianapolis, and Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana.
**Be on the look out for a flyer insert with detailed information in the upcoming weeks.
Offerings for the week of December 15, 2019
Sunday Collection: $3,156.00
Average Weekly Online Giving: 900.00
Weekly Collection needed for Budget
Including Online Giving $4,135.00
Thank you for your stewardship to St. Thomas the Apostle.
Happy Birthday Sunday, December 22: Brian Bozymski Monday, December 23: Scott Thomas Tuesday December 24: Cambree Johnson Wednesday, December 25: Cheryl Cary, Christian Hanna Thursday, December 26: Olivia Dunham, Joseph Flora, Santos Gutierrez, Matthew VanSickle Friday, December 27: Roger Billstrom, Holly Gohring Saturday, December 28: Maribel Gutierrez
Advent Wreath Lighting 5:00 pm
December 21st Dave & Lois Ittenbach
8:00 am December 22nd McAlarney Family
10:45 am December 22nd Watt family
Spiritual Life Committee will be hosting
Movie Night Wednesday, January
22nd in the Parish Hall
The movie Unplanned will be shown at 7PM in the Parish Hall As part of the Pro-Life activities surrounding the anniversary of Roe v Wade. Due to the adult theme of this movie and it being rated R, anyone under 18 will need parental ac-companiment. Be on the lookout for more information to come.
Fr. Rob Friday, December
27th
May God Bless you on your birthday and always.