St. Mary Church P O BOX 67 IR E L A N D, IN Second Sunday of Easter, April 8, St Mary Church

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1 March 18, 2018 St. Mary Church P O BOX 67 IR E L A N D, IN P H O N E : ( 81 2 ) FA X : ( 81 2 ) F R. J O S E P H F. E R B A C H E R, E F F I E, PA S T O R Second Sunday of Easter, April 8, 2018 St Mary Church Fr. Joseph F Erbacher, Fr. Effie, Pastor, Ext 33...jerbacher@evdio.org Deacon John Huether..jhuether@evdio.org Dianne Gogel, Secretary, Ext. 21..dgogel@evdio.org Sherri Hartley, Secretary, Ext. 22..chartley@evdio.org Stan Heim, Property Manager, Ext. 36..sheim@evdio.org Martha Schmitt, PCL, Ext mjschmitt@evdio.org Charlene Sermersheim, Music Annette Witte, Cleaning Parish Contacts Bereavement Meals, Sherri Hartley Church Decorations, Janet Schitter Finance Council, Audrey Wehr Holy Trinity Catholic School, Lauren Emerson , Ext lemerson@evdio.org Ireland K of C, Grand Knight, Allen Reckelhoff Ireland K of C Building Rental, Allen Reckelhoff Parish Council President, Pat Gress Prayer Line, Bev Himsel St Anne s Society, President, Bonnie Meadows Director of St John Bosco Youth Ministry Angie Greulich St. Mary s Mission Statement: St. Mary Church is a community of faith united in Eucharist and committed to seeking God through prayer; sharing our gifts of time, talent and treasure; providing formation and education for children and adults; responding to the needs of people by sharing our faith and resources. We are dedicated to living and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Parish Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm Website:

2 St. Mary Church Mass Schedule Saturday 4:30pm Sunday 7:00am & 10:00am Tuesday at 6:00pm Wednesday, Thursday & Friday at 7:30am *When there is a funeral, there is no weekday scheduled Mass. Sacrament of Reconciliation at St. Mary Church First Friday 6:45-7:10am Saturday 3:30-4:10pm *On Saturday when there is a wedding, there will be no confessions. Anointing of the Sick: If facing surgery, dealing with a chronic illness, serious accident or nearing the end of life, notify the parish office if you would like Fr. Erbacher to administer Anointing of the Sick. Sacrament of Baptism: Baptisms will take place the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month with Fr. Erbacher or Deacon John. Call the Parish Office to make an appointment. Sacrament of Marriage: Parishioners who wish to be married at St. Mary Church are asked to contact the parish office six months prior to setting a date. This will provide time for prayer, preparation and paperwork. Church Support Budgeted Weekly Operating Costs: $14, Collection for the weekend of March 31 & April 1 Palm Sunday Collection $ 13, Easter Collection $ 13, Average ACH weekly deposit for April $ 4, Children s Collection..$ Total Weekend Collection..$ 18, Over $ 4, Year-To-Date-Budget ( to current)...$ 560, Year-To-Date-Total....$ 555, Year-To-Date-Difference. $ (4,371.27) Holy Thursday Collection (Rice Bowl)...$ Good Friday Collection (Holy Lands)..$ Campaign Goal....$ 6,000, Amount in Pledges (as of )... $ 5,380, Cash Collected to date (as of ).....$ 2,975, Thank You!! Mass Attendance for March 31 & April 1 9:00pm [223] 7:00am [471] 10:00am [701] Mass Intentions Sat-April 7 4:30 pm Herman & Mary DeKemper Family No Private Confessions today - wedding (Niehoff & Hopf) Sun-April 8 7:00 am Members of St. Mary Parish 10:00 am Arnie & Cyrilla Heim Tues-April 10 6:00 pm Robert & Dora Hoffman Family Wed-April 11 7:30 am Helen Gress Thurs-April 12 7:30 am Steve Woerner Fri-April 13 7:30 am Albert & Alberta Renner Sat-April 14 4:30 pm Oscar Gehlhausen Family No Private Confessions today. Sun-April 15 7:00 am Members of St. Mary Parish 10:00 am Riley Pitstick Readings for the Week of April 8, 2018 Sunday: Acts 4:32-35/Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, [1]/1 Jn 5:1-6/ Jn 20:19-31 Monday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10/Ps 40:7-8, 8-9, 10, 11 [8a, 9a]/Heb 10:4-10/Lk 1:26-38 Tuesday: Acts 4:32-37/Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5 [1a]/Jn 3:7b-15 Wednesday: Acts 5:17-26/Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [7a]/Jn 3:16-21 Thursday: Acts 5:27-33/Ps 34:2 and 9, 17-18, [7a]/Jn 3:31-36 Friday: Acts 5:34-42/Ps 27:1, 4, [cf. 4abc]/Jn 6:1-15 Saturday: Acts 6:1-7/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, [22]/Jn 6:16-21 Next Sunday: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19/Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9 [7a]/1 Jn 2:1-5a/Lk 24:35-48 Building For Our Future We are accepting aluminum cans as a fundraiser for the new church. Drop off your cans on the trailer in the parking lot. The Building For Our Future Campaign would like to reach out to former parishioners who might have an interest in giving to the new church. If you have a friend or relative who you think might be interested in making a donation, please let the parish office know. We will be glad to get information out to them. Embroidered St. Mary Church hats in the parish office for $5. Easter s 2 - $250 Irish Sweepstakes Raffle Winners are Don Kirkwood and Matt & Natalie Pryor April 1, $500 Irish Sweepstakes Raffle Winner is Julie Wininger April 1, $100 Irish Sweepstakes Raffle Winner is Brad Schmitt.

3 From-the-Desk-of-the Pastor, With great joy, Alleluia, did we all celebrate The Easter good news! I was so very well pleased with the attendance at all Holy Week services in a prayerful remembrance as a People of Faith you gave honor and praise to Our Risen Lord, Alleluia! Appreciation likewise is extended to everyone who financially responded to the Rice Bowl, Holy Places, Easter Sunday collections and the Building Fund (note figures elsewhere in bulletin). Thank You! To all ministries of service, the choir, church decorators, church cleaners, and secretarial staff, all of you made for us a triumphant and beautiful celebration of again, great joy. The joy I experienced to celebrate The Holy Mass and behold in the eyes of all families together, and the welcomed guests celebrating too with us, an Easter People, gave me a blessed awesome sense of holiness and gratefulness to each and everyone. Let us each one hold within our minds and thoughts The Glorious and Holy Easter event as we each continue on our journey of faith. May the Risen Lord continue to bless you. (Most Sincerely, Fr. Effie) Divine Providence Eucharistic Adoration Chapel has open hours for adoration. If you are interested in filling any of these hours, please contact the number or send an or dp@adorationmanager.com. Every other Saturday 2:00am - 3:00am The Adoration Chapel is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is located in the Parish Center on the campus of Precious Blood Parish. Please spend an hour with Jesus. Anderson Woods Summer Camp Anderson Woods Summer Camp for children and adults with special needs is now accepting applications for campers, counselors, and volunteers. The camp, located in rural Perry County offers a unique outdoor camping experience. Eight weeks of 4-day, 3-night sessions in June and July are full of fun activities. Camper fees are $200 per session. Counselors receive $2,500 for their eight weeks of service and volunteers are always needed. For more information or an application, visit the website at or call Megan Gatwood at A family from the Celestine area is in need of RN s and LPN s to help bring their son home! RN and LPN nurses that are or would be interested in Home Health Care of a 16 month old boy who is at this time trach/ventilator dependent and G Tube for feedings. He is a very sweet, loving, happy, smiley boy who loves about everything. They must have 7 nights/8 hours per minimum. Position available for full or part time; PRN shifts for day and night shift. For more information, please contact Paula Brown ; Josh Brown or their home number Thank you. It is that time of year we start to collect your donations for picnic quilts. Please send in your Picnic Quilt donations, either to your group leader or to the parish office. Not on a group? Would you consider making a donation of $35 and being added to a group? You do not have to quilt or buy materials for a quilt, just make a donation and your name will be added to a group quilt. Can t give $35? Any amount will be appreciated. Call the parish office for details. Evening of Adoration: On Friday, April 13, at 7:00pm, at Saint Vincent de Paul Church in Vincennes, there will be an Evening of Adoration in celebration of the Ordination to the Diaconate of Luke Hassler and Andrew Thomas. This evening of prayer and worship before the Blessed Sacrament is an opportunity to pray for these men as they prepare for Ordination the following day. In addition, this is also a call for all people to recognize the presence of God among us and to be aware of His invitation to a life of fulfillment in flowing His will. If you have questions, please contact Matt Miller at the Catholic Center: mmiller@evdio.org or St. John Bosco Youth Ministry St. John Bosco Catholic Youth Ministry reaches out to youth in grades 6 through 12 from St. Mary, Holy Family, Precious Blood, and St. Joseph. Check out more Bosco info and announcements at: April 8: Teen Mass and pizza at Precious Blood at 6:00pm. April 11: High School Youth Night 8:30-9:30pm at the Bosco House April 12: Jasper Middle School Bosco Morning April 16: Bosco CORE team meeting at 6:30pm at Holy Family. April 18: High School Youth Night 8:30-9:30pm at the Bosco House Happy Birthday to the following parishioners who will be celebrating their Birthdays April 7 to April 13; April 7: Matt Bueltel, Bradley Gehlhausen, Kevin Jacob, Kyle Kordes, Charlene Leinenbach, Bridgett Linette, Jennifer Poteet, Dylan Young April 8: Logan Kempf, Brad Leinenbach, Katelyn McCain, Joyce Schulte, Danna Sermersheim, Walker Swan, Tom Wagner April 9: Brooke Kendall, Molly Mehringer, Virginia Nowakowski, Terra Seger April 10: Breanna DeKemper, Judy Jeffries, Laura Renner, Daryl Mehringer April 11: Daryl Mehringer, Ashley Renner, Dean Schneider, Dave Seng, Hannah Vollmer, Heath Vollmer, Joshua Vollmer April 12: Sydney Gehlhausen, Addilyn Leinenbach, Tim Schwenk, Sondra Smith, Cole Taber April 13: Zoe Biggs, Anna Fleck, Ruth Goeppner, Austin Hopf, William Sander, Shane Schwindel, Jenna Sermersheim Congratulations!! (If your name was omitted or we have the incorrect date, please call the parish office so we can get our records updated. Also, if your son or daughter has moved from this area or are back in the area, call and let us know that too. Helps to keep everything up to date. Thanks!)

4 This Week s Parish Events Sunday [04/08]: Christian Mothers Prayers will be said after Mass. All are welcome to stay and pray with them. Congratulations to the following RCIA candidates who will be coming into our church this Sunday at our 10:00am Mass. We are very happy to welcome Ashton Erny, Sarah Gress, Tyler Jochim and Byron Wening, who will receive the Sacraments of Confirmation and the Holy Eucharist. May the Holy Spirit strengthen them as they continue their faith journey. Sunday School during the 10:00am Mass in the basement of the Social Hall. Monday [04/09]: Quilting in the rectory basement at 5:00pm. Crave Bible Study at 6:15pm in the Social Hall Building. Servants of the Holy Spirit at 7:00pm in the Library. Ireland K of C Rosary at 7:00pm; Meeting at 8:00pm. **When there is a funeral, there is no weekday scheduled Mass. Tuesday [04/10]: Mass will be celebrated at 6:00pm. Choir Rehearsal at 6:30pm. Wednesday [04/11]: Rosary at 11:30am in church. Quilting noon to 4:00pm in the rectory basement. St. Mary s Parishioners cooks and serves a meal for the Seminarians at Simon Brute College in Indianapolis. If you would like to give a monetary donation to help with expenses or bring a dessert we can serve - brownies, rice krispies, cake, etc. that would be appreciated. St Anne s Sewing 6:00pm in the Rectory basement. Thursday [04/12]: St. Vincent de Paul Meeting at 6:30pm in the Library. Friday [04/13]: Saturday [04/14]: Second Collection for the Community Food Bank. Mass will be celebrated at 4:30pm - No private confessions today. Sunday [04/15]: Second Collection for the Community Food Bank. Mass will be celebrated at 7:00am and 10:00am. Upcoming Parish Events April 11: St. Mary Parish cooks and serves the seminarians at Simon Brute in Indianapolis. April 14: St. Vincent de Paul Quarterly meeting here. Call Tom Schmitt for details. April 28 & 29: 1st Communion Mass at 4:30pm on Saturday and 10:00am on Sunday. May 3: St. Anne Meeting - Mother s Day Celebration May 5: St. Mary Parishioners Cook & Serve the Community Meal May 20: Graduating Seniors Mass and Meal. June 11-15: Vacation Bible School July 21-23: TEC (Teens Encounter Christ). For information or an application go to September 9: St. Mary Church Picnic October 4: St. Anne Meeting - Game Night November 25: American Red Cross/Ireland K of C Blood Drive 7:30am-12:30pm. December 10: St. Anne Meeting - Christmas Party Cemetery News: Mowing in the cemetery has started. Please remove any item(s) on the ground in our cemetery. It is hard for the mowers to trim with these items around. Shepherds hooks not attached to the stone will be removed. The wind blows items all over the cemetery, so please label your item so it can be put back on the stone it belongs on. Be sure and check the storage container next to the gazeebo for missing items. An updated guidelines and regulations sheet can be found in the back of church. Please let your relatives know about the updates. Our journey of Faith begins in Baptism We welcome into the Family of God: Vivian Noelle Kraft, child of Chadd and Adrienne (Hall) Kraft. Congratulations!! Rogation Day Service The Diocesan Office of Rural Life and the diocese of Evansville will sponsor a Rogation Day Service at St. Clement Church in Boonville on Tuesday, April 10 at 6:00pm CDT. All who care about the earth, plant gardens, farm the fields, are producers of livestock and poultry, and farm workers are encouraged to attend this Service to seek God s blessings upon their work, and for a fruitful harvest. During the service we also pray that we are spared from pestilence, damaging storms, and farm accidents. Participants are encouraged to bring a bag of soil and seed to be blessed at the end of the services. The Diocese will provide a prayer brochure to bless your gardens, fields and live- St. Mary/Ireland K of C Men s Church Softball League - The league is open to men of the parish who are 16 years or older or any Ireland K of C member. If you were on a team roster last year, your team captain will contact you. Anyone else that would like to join call Fred Boehm at You must have their own personal insurance coverage. Diocese of Evansville and St. Mary Church will not be liable for medical costs. A waiver must be signed by everyone participating in our softball league. Attention Engaged Couples! If you heard that you and your fiancé need to attend a marriage preparation program before the big day, then you heard right! Our next Unveiled Marriage Prep. overnight is April 28 & 29. For details, you can ask your parish staff; call Catholic Charities at ; review Unveiled online at or register online at September 8 & 9 will be the final program for 2018.

5 Servers: Liturgical Ministers for April 14 & 15 4:30 pm Claire Witte - Jasmin Mehringer 7:00 am Riley Merder - Katie Stenftenagel 10:00 am Kaleb Renner - Reece Fromme Extraordinary Ministers: 4:30 pm Audrey Wehr - Jesse Bachman - Michelle Kieffner Diane Gress - Betty Gehlhausen 7:00 am Annie Voelkel - Jenny Hayes - Marlene Goeppner Julie Hopf - Lauren Emerson 10:00 am Larry Goeppner - Helen Giesler - Carla Durcholz Tammy Sermersheim - Bev Himsel Lectors: 4:30 pm Kevin Shepherd 7:00 am LeRay Durcholz 10:00 am Pat Stemle Ushers: Lectors Website: (Year B) 4:30 pm Mark & Diane Brescher 7:00 am Doug Scherle - Larry Vollmer 10:00 am Brian Kellams - Todd Ofer Sunday School: 10:00 am Marci Showalter Thank You!! This bulletin is furnished to the Parish without charge. The advertisements that appear completely defray all publishing costs with which the church would otherwise be burdened. Please patronize these sponsors as a Thank You for their generosity. April Area Events 8: Holy Trinity School Destination Imagination teams yard sale in the Holy Family Cafeteria 7:00am-noon. 8: Celestine Day at the Dubois County Museum 1:00-4:00pm. Celestine and St. Celestine Parish is celebrating 175 years. 8: Divine Mercy Sunday at Divine Mercy Parish, St. Anthony. Confessions begin at 2:00pm, Pre-Service Rosary at 2:40pm, Service begins at 3:00pm. Dinner following the Service 8: St. Mary of the Woods Madrigal Choir Concert 3:00-4:00pm at St. Joseph Church. 8: Me, Myself, and Lies: A Thought Closet Makeover 6 week Bible Study 6:00-7:30pm at Holy Family Fellowship Hall. All ladies are welcome to attend. 9: Jasper Circle #140 Daughters of Isabella meeting in Room 301 in the St. Joseph Parish Center at 7:00pm. 13: Evening of Adoration at 7:00pm at St Vincent de Paul Church in Vincennes in celebration of the ordination to the Diaconate of Luke Hassler and Andrew Thomas. 19: Designer Bag Bingo sponsored by The Timbers of Jasper. Doors open at 6:00pm; Bingo at 6:30pm at St. Joseph Parish Center. 20 games for $20. Tickets must be purchased in advanced by April 17. Proceeds benefit the Alzheimer s Association. Call for more information : Creative Women s Retreat at Kordes Hall, Ferdinand. Info or to register , ext 2915 or 20 & 21: Paraclete CEO Ministries will offer a free War Room movie night as well as a Power of Prayer Retreat at St. Mary, Huntingburg, Activities Center. Call for info. 21 & 22: Jasper Circle #140 Daughters of Isabella Spring Fling at French Lick 24: Memorial Mass for deceased Jasper Circle #140 Daughters of Isabella members at St. Joseph Church, Jasper. 29: Healing Mass at Holy Family Church at 4:00pm. Praise and Worship at 3:30pm. Celebrant Fr. John Judie.