“My Lord, and my God” March 17, 2019 “Repent, and believe in the Gospel”

Pastor Fr. George Nangachiveettil Email: georgenangachi@gmail.com

Cell: 317-965-9892

St. Thomas the Apostle, Fortville.

Baptism: All Baptisms are scheduled through the

Parish Office.

Reconciliation: Half hour before Saturday & Sunday

Masses or by appointment.

First Eucharist: Preparation for first Eucharist occurs

in the 2nd grade religious education class.

Confirmation: Prepared during the junior and senior

years of high school.

Matrimony: A six month preparation prior to the

wedding. Contact the Parish Office.

Anointing the Sick: Please call office to anoint

before surgery or during any serious illness, or

to visit hospital or nursing homes.

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.

A warm welcome: If you are visiting our Par-ish and you are interested to become part of our small Parish, please contact the Parish Office at: 317-485-5102

“This is my chosen Son; listen to him”

The Wedding at Cana

Luke 6:27-38

Celebrating 150 years of Catholic Faith

Second Sunday of Lent

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 5:30 pm

Thursday & Fri 12:00 Noon

Monday Rosary 7.30 pm

Bible Study: Sunday 9:15 am & Thursday 1:30 pm

Luke 9:28b-36

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March 19, Tuesday 5:30 pm Mass Deceased Bishops, Priests & Deacons

March 20, Wednesday 5:30 pm Mass Deceased Bishops, Priests & Deacons

March 21, Thursday 12:00 Noon Mass Deceased Bishops, Priests & Deacons

March 22, Friday 12:00 Noon Mass Deceased Bishops, Priests & Deacons

March 23, 5:00 pm Mass Lou Faenzi by the Gang

March 24, Sunday 8:00 am Mass St. Thomas Parishioners

March 24, Sunday 10:45 am Mass Patrick Swain by Tony & Chris Miles

Ministry Schedule Mass Intentions

Saturday, March 23, 5:00 pm

Ushers Dave & Lois Ittenbach Lectors Jon Smith, Karen Bilyou Euch. Min. Deacon Tony Sunday, March 24, 8:00 am

Ushers Mark Chatterson, Joe Cerda Lectors Matt Dickerson, Sue Metzger Servers Sam & Will Jackson Euch. Min. Deacon Tony Gifts Ryznar Family Sunday, March 24, 10:45 am

Ushers Wes Nicholson, Tony Garst Lector Carol Flora, Marvin Massey Server Jillian Dierckman, Corey Moll Euch. Min. Deacon Tony Gifts Billstrom Family

Activities for the week of March 17—23

Sunday NO RE Classes Monday 7:30 pm Pray the Rosary in Church Tuesday 7:00 pm Children’s Choir 7:00 pm Finance Bldg & Grounds Wednesday 1:00 pm St. Ann’s Club 7:00 pm Women’s Club Thursday 1:30 pm Bible Study 6:30 pm Vespers & Stations of the Cross 7:00 pm Knights of Columbus Friday 5:00 pm Stations of the Cross 5:30 pm Lenten Dinner 7:00 pm RCIA Saturday

Volunteers the week of March 17 – 23 Collection Counters—Team C Homebound Minister—Eran McCarty PV Nursing Home —Bonnie Sweeney

TB Nursing Home —Deacon Frank

Offerings for the week of March 10, 2019 Weekly Collection: $2,879.18

Average Weekly Online Giving: $815.00

Weekly Collections needed for budget including

online giving $4,056.00

Thank you for your stewardship

to St. Thomas the Apostle.

Let Us Pray, Lord, in your loving mercy please bless your servants who are in need of healing and strength: Janice Arnold, Frank Brady, Marie Collins, Calvin Cox, Ginger Dickerson, Billy Gehring, Robert Kennelly, Beth Shine, Crystal Smith, Thelma Smock all the sick and suffering from our parish, those serving in the military, and our home-bound, hospitalized and nursing home res-idents.

We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Daily Readings

Monday: Dn 9: 4b-10; Lk 6: 36-38 Tuesday: 2 Sm 7: 4-5a. 12-14a, 16; Rom 4: 13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1: 16, 18-21, 24a Wednesday: Jer 18: 18-20; Mt 20: 17-28 Thursday: Jer 17: 5-10; Lk 16: 19-31 Friday: Gn 37:3-4,12-13a, 17b-28a; Mt 21:33-43,45-46 Saturday: Mi 7: 14-15, 18-20; Lk 15: 1-3, 11-32 Sunday:Ex 3: 1-8a,13-15; 1 Cor10: 1-6,10-12;Lk 13:1-9

A Stewardship Moment In today’s second reading we learn that one of Saint Paul’s princi-ples of Christian living is to watch and imitate other followers of Christ. There is a pattern for Christian living that Saint Paul wants others to discover and then imitate. This pattern includes a life of prayer, selflessness, sacrifice, and caring for others, including our family of faith. Good stewards choose their friends wisely. They cultivate friendships with other Christian stewards, spend time with them, observe how they live, ask questions about their faith and learn from them. Who are your friends? Are they good stew-ards of their faith? Are they those who can help you on your own journey of faith?

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Religious Education

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Thank you to everyone who purchased plants from our spring plant sale. They will be deliv-ered on Thursday, May 9th, just in time for Mother’s Day.

There will be no morning RE classes next Sunday, March 17 due to Spring Break. Everyone have a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and a safe & relaxing break.

The Freshman Confirmation Class will host a Youth Sunday Breakfast on Sunday, March 31st. This will be the last Youth Sunday Breakfast for this year.

The Freshman Confirmation Class raised $1320 through the Baby Bottle project. The money raised will go to Birth Line and other organizations that support life.

Morning RE classes resume on Sunday, March 24th

A very special thank you to all of you for the gift card to Foxgardin. What a lovely surprise and totally not neces-sary. When I use it I will think of all of you!

Godspeed, Theresa

Dear St Thomas Parishioners,

“The prayer of the faith will save the sick persons, and the Lord will raise them up” St James. Your prayers were heard!. My sister returned from hospital. Now she could say few words like “yes” “no” coffee etc. She is still fed through the feeding tube. A home nurse is assisting her 24/7.

Her granddaughter’s wedding is on 5th May. Please contin-ue to keep her in your prayers that she may able to see their wedding. I appreciate your prayers and the support during the time of my anxiety and uncertainty,

Also, Congratulations to the following gentlemen who just received their First Degree in the Knights of Columbus of St. Thomas: A.J. Gaither, Tim Apo and Gabriel Fresquez

Sincerely,

Fr. George Pastor

During Lent Thursdays: 6:30 pm Vespers and Stations of the Cross Fridays: 5:00 pm Stations of The Cross

5:30 pm Lenten Dinner

Elijah Dunham – Elijah Dunham is the son of Dave and Monica Dunham. He is a junior at Mt. Vernon High School. Elijah has a brother – Xavi-er and three sisters – Abigail, Olivia and Caro-

line. Elijah was born in Indiana. He has visited Wisconsin, Florida, Arizona and Chicago. His hobbies include: read-ing, hanging out with friends and golf. Some of the activi-ties that Elijah helps with at St. Thomas are Sunday morn-ing RE Intern for Mrs. Werking and youth group. Elijah’s favorite food is pizza. When asked what he likes best about St. Thomas, Elijah said, “I like the tight knit commu-nity.” After high school Elijah plans to go to college and sees his future role at St. Thomas as guiding younger kids. Please keep Elijah and all our Confirmation candidates in your prayers as they journey towards Confirmation.

Our Growing Catholic Community Continued...

Vocations

Through the years we have had different vocations from our parish. Just to name a few: Br. Paul Kelly, Sister Dan-ielle Garst, Fr. Scott Nobbe, and Deacon Tony Lewis. We have also helped to support the vocation of several priests through the years, including Fr. Joseph and 2 other young seminarians in Uganda and Fr. Martin.

Until 1982 the priest was in control of the parish and grounds with the help of the Men’s Club, Women’s Club, St. Ann’s Club and those he asked. When Father Kos be-came pastor he implemented the Parish Council and Com-mittees. There was a Steering Committee established to help structure our Parish Council. The new committees formed were: Administration Committee (Finance), Board of Education, Parish Life Committee, Social Action Com-mittee and Family Life Committee. The first Parish Council officers were: Tom Marten-president, Dick Dillon-Vice Pres-ident, Linda Wilson-Secretary, and Dave Garst-Treasurer. The committees remain roughly the same as when they were started in 1982.

Religious Education Programs

Prior to 1982 the Priest were in charge of our religious edu-cation program, with the help of the sisters and lay teach-ers. In 1982 when Father Kos came he established a lead-ership program for Religious Education. Gloria Whitaker, Janet Weidman, lead the program for awhile as volunteers. Christy Wilson was our first paid Administer of Religious Education, followed by Ron and Joni Greulich, Debbie Mi-chael, Charlotte Keuhr, Cheryl Woelfel, Lori Hersberger, Jenny Lear, and Theresa Werking. This program has been successful in part due to the efforts of our many teachers. The oldest lay CCD teacher in the parish is Mary Weir at 110 years.

Parish Lent Penance Service Thursday, April 11th @7PM

“Suggested Guidelines” — As a reminder every person 18 years or older must abstain from meat/meat products all the Fridays of Lent. We also recommend spiritual stud-ies, beginning with the Scriptures as well as the traditional Lenten Devotions (Stations of the Cross, and the Rosary), and all the self-denial summed up in the Christian concept of “mortification.”

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Happy Birthday Sunday, March 17: Monday, March 18: John Ward Tuesday, March 19: Wednesday, March 20: Carina Gutierrez Thursday, March 21: Rachel Branson, Stepha-nie Garst, Michael McQuitty Friday, March 22: Diane Dwenger Saturday, March 23: Amy Fistrovich, Beth McCoy, Brett Schroeder, Jim Steele

St. Thomas Lenten Dinner Hosted by The Women’s Club

Friday, March 22nd 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Egg Casseroles, Company French Toast and Fettuccini Alfredo

ALL MEALS WILL ALSO INCLUDE, ASSORTED SALADS, DESSERTS, LEMONADE AND ICE TEA

150th Anniversary We are in the process of making plans for our celebration of 150th Anniversary of being a parish. Those who are helping with the planning are: Stephanie Garst, Deacon Tony, Father George. Theresa Werking, Violeta Watt, Rose-mary Ritchie, Kathi Dickerson, Candy Padgett, Tim Brown and Geoff Branson. On the spiritual side of the event, Mass will be on Saturday, September 14th at 5:00 pm. Archbish-op Thompson will be celebrating mass with us. Also, to prepare ourselves for this big event, we will be offering a parish mission led by Deacon Ralph Poyo from "New Evan-gelization Ministries" on Sunday, July 21 through Tuesday, July,23 in the evenings. The party itself is still in the plan-ning stages, but we will have a meal and music following mass and things for the children to do as well. Please keep an eye out for more details. We will continue to keep you updated!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

From the Staff May your troubles be less and your blessings be more and nothing but love and happiness come through your door. Vespers & Stations of the Cross led by the Knights of Columbus