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231 S. College Indianapolis, IN
46202 317-264-3585
Confessions:
Sundays — Before Masses as time allows.
Weekdays — approximately 30 minutes
before each parish Mass.
Public Recitation of the Rosary:
English: Sunday at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Spanish: Immediately after 11:30 Sun. Mass
Weddings:
Weddings can be scheduled only after
meeting with the pastor at least six
months in advance of the ceremony.
Baptisms:
Please contact Teresa Gorsage at (317)
531-0655 or [email protected]
to schedule baptisms and required baptis-
mal instruction.
Joining the Parish:
Parish Registration Forms can be found
in the rotating rack in the vestibule. Com-
pleted forms can be placed in the collec-
tion or mailed to the office.
Parish Staff and Leadership:
The Rev. C. Ryan McCarthy, STD ................................ Pastor
Teresa Gorsage ............... Coordinator of Religious Education
Luke Reese ..................................................... Music Director
David Walden ............................ Director of Communications
Christine Traina ............................... Parish Council President
Carl Miller ..................................... Finance Council President
CENTRAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL:
1155 E. Cameron St., Indianapolis, IN 46203 • (317) 783-7759 • fax (317) 781-5964
Kelly England .......................................................... Principal
520 Stevens St. • Indianapolis, IN 46203
phone: (317) 636-4478 • fax: (317) 636-2522
emergency number: (317) 721-6520
e-mail address: [email protected]
Website: www.holyrosaryindy.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/holyrosaryindy
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La Chiesa del Santo Rosario
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church
February 22, 2015
First Sunday of Lent
The Italian Parish of Indianapolis
Saturday, February 21, 2015
4:30 p.m. — Ordinary Form (Sung)
First Sunday of Lent
Elizabeth Quinlan
Sunday, February 22, 2015
8 a.m. — Anglican Use (Sung)
First Sunday of Lent
Pro populo
9:30 a.m. — Ordinary Form (Sung)
First Sunday of Lent
Mary Ann Caito
11:30 a.m. — Extraordinary Form (Sung)
First Sunday of Lent (1st class)
George & Theresa Di Ruzza
Monday, February 23, 2015
7:50 a.m. — Anglican Use (Sung)
Chair of St. Peter (Solemnity)
Paul Page
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
7:50 a.m. — Extraordinary Form
St. Matthias (2nd class)
Alice Mitchell
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Noon — Extraordinary Form
Ember Wednesday of Lent (2nd class)
All priests and religious
(Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 12:30-5:30)
5:45 p.m. — Ordinary Form
Lenten Feria
Salvatore Rene
Thursday, February 26, 2015
9:30 a.m. — Mother’s Holy Hour
Noon — Ordinary Form (Lumen Christi School)
5:45 p.m. — Extraordinary Form
Lenten Feria (3rd class)
End of abortion
Friday, February 27, 2015
7:50 a.m. — Ordinary Form
Lenten Feria
Mary Ann Caito
(Stations of the Cross begin immediately after Mass)
5:15 p.m. — Evensong
5:45 p.m. — Extraordinary Form
Ember Friday of Lent (2nd class)
(St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows)
Florence M. Crist
(Stations of the Cross begin immediately after Mass)
Saturday, February 28, 2015
9 a.m. — Extraordinary Form
Ember Saturday of Lent (2nd class)
Ida Deck
4:30 p.m. — Ordinary Form (Sung)
Second Sunday of Lent
Pro populo
Sunday, March 1, 2015
8 a.m. — Anglican Use (Sung)
Second Sunday of Lent
Terry Stec
9:30 a.m. — Ordinary Form (Sung)
Second Sunday of Lent
Catherine Peoni
11:30 a.m. — Extraordinary Form (Sung)
Second Sunday of Lent (1st class)
Michael A. Navarra
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Liturgical schedule for the week
PARISH MASS INTENTIONS: The standard stipend for Masses in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis is $10. Requests
should indicate whether people are living or deceased, and must be typed or written legibly. We will attempt to honor re-
quested dates, but cannot guarantee that those dates are available. We recommend such requests be made at least six
months in advance. Place requests in the collection basket or mail them to the office. Make checks payable to Holy Rosary
Church. Holy Rosary Parish does not schedule the intentions for Lumen Christi School liturgical functions.
cent to Holy Rosary Church, will host an
Open House for grades K-8 on Wednesday,
Feb. 25, from 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. For more
information call 632-3174.
The Indiana Catholic Women’s Confer-
ence will be Saturday, March 21, at the Mar-
riott Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. Enjoy
Mass with Archbishop Tobin and hear speak-
ers Fr. James Blount, Annie Karto, Danielle
Bean and Yvonne O’Brien. For information
visit www.indianacatholicwomen.com or call
888-0873 or 881-8797.
Our parish Pro-Life Ministry alerts all to
the documentary, “The Drop Box,” to be
shown in theaters across the country March 3-
5. The film tells the story of Pastor Lee Jong-
rak’s mission of rescuing children left to die
on the streets of Seoul, South Korea.
FamilyHoliness.com Check it out!
Save the Family, Save the World! Sponsored by Homeward Bound Properties Inc.
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ALTAR MEMORIAL CANDLES
This week, the candles on either side of our
high altar burn for:
+William Heinemann
+Dorothy Heinemann
To have the deceased remembered for a week,
send $5 and his or her name to the parish office.
Immediate openings are available
Plenary indulgence granted for
reciting prayer on Lenten Fridays
On each Friday in Lent, a plenary indul-
gence is granted to the faithful who recite
the following prayer*:
PRAYER BEFORE A CRUCIFIX
L ook down upon me, good and gentle
Jesus, while before Thy face I humbly
kneel and, with burning soul, pray and be-
seech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively
sentiments of faith, hope and charity; true
contrition for my sins; and a firm purpose of
amendment; while I contemplate with great
love and tender pity Thy five most precious
wounds, pondering over them within me
while I call to mind the words which David
Thy prophet said of Thee, my Jesus: “They
have pierced My hands and My feet, they
have numbered all My bones.” Amen.
* To gain the indulgence, one must also make a sacramental confession within 20 day before
or after the work, receive Holy Communion and
pray for the pope’s intentions.
‘Has the secret agony of abortion
robbed you of time and peace?
Have you felt that your life has been put on
hold? The secret to peace with God is to dis-
cover, accept and appreciate His perfect tim-
ing and His perfect forgiveness. Right now is
the time to heal broken hearts and allow God
to restore the treasure of our souls.”
— Yvonne Forezak-Seeman, A Time to Speak: A Heal-ing Journey for the Post-abortive Women
If you or someone you know has experienced
an abortion, we can help. Please contact Pro-
ject Rachel at 452-0054. All calls are confi-
dential. Our next retreat is March 27-29.
Planned Parenthood after First Saturday
Devotion on March 7 to join other prayer
warriors at 40 Days for Life. Carpooling is
encouraged. This gathering would be in ad-
dition to our parish’s assigned time of Sat-
urday 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Further details will
be in next week’s bulletin.
Ladies, do you long to deepen your rela-
tionship with God? Then join the Our
Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Group this
Lent as they bring the Women of Grace
Study Program to Holy Rosary. This mul-
timedia program by Johnnette Benkovic is a
teaching dynamic of faith-building, renewal
and conversion. Each session will involve
prayer, a DVD presentation by Johnnette,
and a study of the Bible, Church docu-
ments, the Catechism and women saints.
The study group will meet every two weeks
starting with an informational meeting
Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. in our second-
floor classroom. Details on how to order
study materials will be given at the meet-
ing. Those who can arrive early are encour-
aged to attend the 5:45 p.m. Mass and pray
the rosary afterward. For more information,
contact Diane Fricker at 459-5326 or di-
[email protected]; Marie Ford at (765)
482-3229 or [email protected]; or
Lori Brown at (765) 755-3329 or
Lumen Christi Catholic School, adja-
FamilyCatechism.com Check it out!
You’ll be glad you did for all Eternity! Sponsored by Homeward Bound Properties Inc.
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Rules for fasting and abstinence during Lent
Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence for Catholics. Ash Wednesday
and Good Friday also are days of fasting. Here are the rules governing these obligations:
Abstinence: In the United States, all who have reached their 14th birthday are obliged to ab-stain from meat on Ash Wednesday and all the Fridays of Lent.
Fasting: On the days of fast, only one full meal may be taken. Two other meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken but together may not add up to a second full meal. The obli-gation to fast binds all between their 18th and 59th years.
Announcements
continued from Page 3
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Announcements
We will take up a second collection this
weekend for Black and Indian Missions. We
will take up a second collection next week-
end to help us offset the expenses of Spa-
ghetti & Spirituality.
Spaghetti & Spirituality begins this
week. Please see Page 5 for details about
our annual Lenten speaker series.
Beginning this week and continuing for the
duration of Lent, additional Masses will be
offered in the Extraordinary Form at 7:50
a.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Saturday (unless
there is a funeral), and in the Ordinary
Form at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday. Evensong in
the Anglican Use will be switched to Fridays
at 5:15 p.m., with Mass in the Extraordinary
Form following at its customary 5:45 p.m.
We will pray the Way of the Cross after
both Masses — 7:50 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. —
on all Fridays of Lent except Good Friday.
Spirituality for Children and the adult
apologetics classes will meet today
(Sunday), after the 11:30 a.m. Mass in these
classrooms: 3-6, art room; 7-9, first-floor
classroom; 10-13 and adults, St. John Paul II
Family Formation Building.
We are pleased to announce that our Par-
ish Council has elected Christine Traina
president, and Craig Wenzel vice president.
Father McCarthy and the Italian Street
Festival Committee seek a restaurant
equipment repair technician to be on call
during our festival in June. If you or anyone
you know can help us in this endeavor,
please contact the parish office.
Please pray for our sick and shut-in
friends: Natalie Bennett, Archbishop-
emeritus Daniel Buechlein, Steve Bussell,
Katie Cecil, Son Hui Christensen, Sharon
Conrad, Carol Craig, Alice DeLaCruz, Mi-
chael Diehl, John Farrell, Fred Feld, Vince
Gatto, William Kuenzel, Josephine
Lombardo, Donn Miles, Fernando Mora,
Sidia Mora, Jan Short, Gus Stinnett, Sister
Rita Vukovic and Jeri Webber.
The parish Pro-Life Ministry is formulat-
ing a plan to have parishioners gather at Continued on page 10
BY THE NUMBERS
Sunday Collections (includes online giving)
Regular collection, Feb. 14-15 $ 6,654.26
Aid to Church in Eastern Europe 1,496.50
Propagation of the Faith 160.00
Altar boys’ pilgrimage 125.00
Youth Ministry 25.00
Pro-Life Ministry 10.00
Parish operating expenses/week 11,104.50
Collection budgeted/week 8,500.00
Weekly collection deficit (1,845.74)
Fiscal Year to Date (begins July 1)
Regular collections to date $ 278,280.18
Parish operating expenses 377,553.50
Collections budgeted to date 289,000.00
Total collections deficit to date (10,719.82)
Confessions
Week of February 8 35
Attendance
Daily Masses, week of February 8 482
Sunday Masses, February 14-15 636
ORDINARY FORM LECTORS 4:30 Saturday 9:30 Sunday
Feb. 21: D. Fricker Feb. 22: M. Matthews
Feb. 28: B. Collins Mar. 1: T. Rushenberg
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F rom the very beginning of our Blessed
Lord’s public ministry, the teaching
and authority of Christ was contradicted,
often by the leaders of those to whom He
was primarily sent to save, the Jewish peo-
ple. He was not the savior they envisioned
or imagined. He did not fit their pre-
conceived notions of messiah or their own
practices in their lives.
“Many of Jesus’ deeds and words consti-
tuted a ‘sign of contradiction,’ but more so
for the religious authorities in Jerusalem,
whom the Gospel according to John often
calls simply ‘the Jews,’ than for the ordinary
People of God. To be sure, Christ’s relations
with the Pharisees were not exclusively po-
lemical. Some Pharisees warn Him of the
danger He was courting; Jesus praises some
of them, like the scribe of Mark 12:34, and
dines several times at their homes. Jesus
endorses some of the teachings imparted by
this religious elite of God’s people: the res-
urrection of the dead, certain forms of piety
(almsgiving, fasting and prayer), the custom
of addressing God as Father, and the cen-
trality of the commandment to love God and
neighbor” (Catechism of the Catholic Church,
No. 575).
But to those who did oppose Jesus, they
did so because He seemed a real threat to
Israel in: their understanding of the law; the
role of temple worship; and, perhaps most
shockingly, the very nature of God. “In the
eyes of many in Israel, Jesus seems to be
acting against essential institutions of the
Chosen People … ” (CCC, No. 576).
It is important for us as Christians not to
fall into the same dangerous trap as those
Jewish leaders. As we were reminded by St.
Francis de Sales in the bulletin two weeks
ago: “Take heed not to foster your own
judgment, for, without doubt, it will inebri-
ate you; as there is no difference between
an intoxicated man and one full of his own
opinion, and one is more no more capable
of reasoning than the other.”
Lent is a wonderful time to fast and ab-
stain from the elixir of our own prideful
judgments and submit to the sober judg-
ment of Christ, His Church and the scrip-
ture, thus avoiding the stupor of some of the
Jewish leaders of Christ’s time.
Appunti del Parroco: a Message from the Pastor
Tempering our prideful judgments
Volunteers needed to assist with demolition project at parish
Attention able-bodied men and older teens: We have a great opportunity for you to do
some Lenten penance — and not just any penance, but one that includes a great, free lunch
from City Barbeque. On Saturday, Feb. 28, we will begin the demolition stage of the rectory
renovation project. Volunteers should come to the parish office shortly after the 9 a.m.
Mass. Work will end around 2:30 p.m. For more information, contact Fr. McCarthy or Luke
Reese in the parish office.
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F R I D A Y S at Holy Rosary Church
March 6 & March 20 5 p.m.—7:30 p.m.
Full Order (half-pound of cod): $10 Half Order: $5
Traditional fish ’n’ chips meal of beer-battered cod, hand-cut fries,
homemade slaw, tea and lemonade
Takeout available
Proceeds benefit Altar Servers’ Pilgrimage to Rome
T he singing of the Church comes ultimately out of love. It is the utter depth of love that pro-
duces the singing.
— Pope Benedict XVI, The Spirit of the Liturgy The choir NEEDS YOUR CONTRIBUTION if we are to preserve with great care our priceless patrimony of sacred music. If you would like to learn more, contact Mr. Luke Reese at 636-4478 or [email protected].
Knight of
Reflection for men & women of the
parish & their adult guests
Saturday, March 21 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Holy Rosary Church
6 p.m.: Social hour, light meal in Priori Hall.
7 to 9 p.m.: In church for Exposition, brief sermon, opportunity for confession, public and private prayer, Benediction.
Open to parish men age 14 and over. Donations benefit Pro-Life activities.
RSVP at www.kofcsantorosario.org
St. Joseph’s Table Sunday, March 15 • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. • CYO gym
Pre-sale tickets: $8 for adults, $4 for children ($10 & $6 at door) Pre-sale tickets will be sold at weekend Masses, and by Lumen Christi families.
Admission price includes Italian dinner, salad, bread, coffee, tea and water.
Wine, soda, desserts and children’s games cost extra.
Proceeds benefit Lumen Christi Catholic School
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Nyssa was married; and Gregory of Na-
zianzus the Elder, father of Saint Gregory
the Theologian, was a bishop. Neverthe-
less, the imperative of έγκρατεια
[celibacy] also in this respect acquired
institutional form with the rise of Christian
monasticism.
It is important to stipulate that a man can-
not marry after he has been ordained to the
diaconate, and a married cleric whose wife
dies may not remarry; the Church has never
wavered on this practice. However, there
has always been an allowance given to
bishops to ordain men who are already
married.
The married men of the Ordinariates that
have been or will be ordained priests in the
Catholic Church are not interested in chal-
lenging the discipline of clerical celibacy;
we believe it a praiseworthy practice. All
that we desire is to discern and respond in
humility to the call to ordained ministry that
we believe God has made to us, and is
available to married men only when they
were clerics in their respective faith com-
munities before entering the Catholic
Church.
Two significant events this week
This week marks two significant events in
the life of our Ordinariate community’s life.
On Monday, Feb. 23, at 7:50 a.m. is the
celebration of Mass for the American Ordi-
nariate’s patronal feast, the Chair of Saint
Peter. As mentioned at the beginning of this
letter, on Tuesday evening I will undergo
the Rite of Candidacy to Holy Orders which
is the first of several significant steps to-
ward ordination to the priesthood. Everyone
is welcome to attend the services on Mon-
day and Tuesday, as well as a light recep-
tion in Priori Hall on Tuesday following the
Rite of Candidacy.
Both services will be conducted in the li-
turgical forms that make our Ordinariate
distinctive. Like the style of Latin used in
the Extraordinary Form, the English we use
in our services is a liturgical (hieratical)
form of our language not spoken in every-
day life. Even in the time when our liturgi-
cal English was created in 15th century
England, English as it was commonly spo-
ken in everyday life sounded much more
like our modern vernacular.
As Catholics, we share all the same goals
as the Catholic Church. In fact, we con-
verted and came into full communion with
the Catholic Church because we believe
that She alone expresses the full Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ. Our previous eccle-
sial communities were lacking in several
aspects of their authentic relationship to the
Church founded by Christ upon the rock of
Peter (Matthew 16:18). Please pray for our
community as we seek to perfect God’s will
in our lives and that our continued service
in the Holy Rosary Parish community may
reflect the love of the Most Holy Trinity.
Luke Reese
I t is important to stipulate that
a man cannot marry after he
has been ordained to the diacon-
ate, and a married cleric whose
wife dies may not remarry.
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FEB.
25 Fr. Joshua Wagner
The Four Phrases That Will Change Your Life: How the Mass Teaches Us How to Live
Pastor of two inner-city parishes in Columbus, Ohio; educated in three pontifical schools; host and author of “Stump the Priest.”
MARCH
4 Bobby Schindler
The Terri Schiavo Case, Medical Ethics and the Bioethics Movement
Brother of Terri Schiavo, who was dehydrated to death in Florida with court approval; works to protect the lives of the medically vulnerable and disabled from the threat of euthanasia.
Mark Shea
MARCH
11
Mercy Works: A New & Fascinating Look at the Corporal & Spiritual Works of Mercy
Popular Catholic author and speaker; award-winning columnist; written numerous books, in-cluding the Mary, Mother of the Son trilogy.
MARCH
18 Theresa Flores
The Slave Across the Street: The Reality of Human Trafficking
Survivor of human trafficking; best selling au-thor of The Sacred Bath and The Slave Across the Street; victims’ advocate; bachelor’s in so-cial work from Ball State University.
Spaghetti & Spirituality
15th Annual LENTEN SPEAKER SERIES Four Wednesdays during Lent
• Mass: 5:45 p.m.
• Light, meatless pasta dinner: 6:30 p.m.
• Featured presentation: 7:15 p.m.
• Questions & answers ending at 8:30 p.m.; book sale immediately following
Holy Rosary Church
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SUGGESTED DONATION $7 RESERVATIONS REQUESTED
Call no later than 5 p.m. Monday prior to each seminar: 636-4478
or register online at www.holyrosaryindy.org
Register and receive updates ONLINE at www.holyrosaryindy.org
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CLOCKWISE FROM THE TOP: a vialone pipe is carried across the
street; volunteers in the organ chamber above the choir loft wrap
treble pipes in newspaper; next to the rental truck lie various pipes
which await recycling; John Schreiner of Schreiner Pipe Organs Ltd.
oversees the work; pipes are packed in custom-made wooden crates.
Organ project now underway
Eighteen stout-hearted volunteers packed
up our organ pipes Saturday, Feb. 14. CEO
and master builder John Schreiner of
Schreiner Pipe Organs then drove them to
his shop in Schenectady, N.Y., where he
will work on our instrument. The organ
should be up and running again by late June.
Photos by Stephen Scull
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
A s many of you know, Archbishop
Tobin will be at Holy Rosary this
Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. to accept my
candidacy to the priesthood. Many of you
also know that I am a happily married man
and father of seven lovely children. This
possible pairing of vocations to priesthood
and marriage may have raised questions
among the faithful, and so I am writing to-
day to provide an explanation by which to
foster understanding of how combining
both of these vocations is possible.
First of all, I am able to pursue a path to
the Catholic priesthood only with the special
permission of both Archbishop Tobin and
Monsignor Jeffery Steenson. Archbishop
Tobin is, of course, our local bishop. Monsi-
gnor Steenson is the ordinary of the Per-
sonal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter
and, as such, my personal ordinary. (In ec-
clesiastical law, an “ordinary” is a cleric
with ordinary jurisdiction, authority over a
specified territory, who has most of the au-
thority of a bishop but lacks the episcopal
consecration or ordination of a bishop. An
ordinary is, in turn, permitted to extend a
call to holy orders with the blessing of the
Vatican, although a bishop must ordain
those he calls.)
In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI created, via
Apostolic Constitution, what are called
“Personal Ordinariates.” The Holy Father
was seeking to provide a home for thou-
sands of Anglicans who were seeking both
a means to heal the breach caused by the
Protestant Reformation and a way to retain
the devotions which had spiritually nour-
ished them. We Anglicans sought, through
a direct petition to the See of Peter, a means
to fulfill the prayer of Christ, “That they
[Christians] may all be one” (John 17:21).
Pope Benedict XVI looked favorably upon
our petition and mercifully granted us a
home in union with Rome. We who com-
prise the Personal Ordinariates show what
practical ecumenism can look like — an
ecumenism of return to Mother Church
which also retains its liturgical and spiritual
traditions (many of which are pre-
Reformation) along with the beauty, good-
ness and truths of its spirituality.
We have been allowed to retain a married
priesthood, a practice not unknown in the
ancient Church. Jaroslav Pelikan, in his
commentary on Acts, in the Brazos Theo-
logical Commentary series, wrote:
… for centuries compulsory celibacy
was not a rule for the clergy, or even for
bishops: Saint Peter was married (Luke
4:38-39; 1 Cor. 9:5); Saint Gregory of
An open letter from a candidate to Holy Orders:
Understanding the practice of a married priesthood
A s Catholics, we share all the
same goals as the Catholic
Church. In fact, we converted and
came into full communion with
the Catholic Church because we
believe that She alone expresses
the full Gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ.