S T . L O U I S C A T H O L I C C H U R C H APRIL 8, 2018

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N e w s & N o t e s With Deepest Sympathy Please remember in your prayers the

family of Charles J. Bentfield, age 79,

who passed away Wednesday, March

28th. May he rest in peace.

Natural Family Planning A Natural Family Planning Class will be

held on Sunday, May 6th, from 9:00am

to 12:15pm in the Deanery Resource

Center at St. Louis. There is a $40.00

fee for books and materials. For

reservations call or text Aly at 812-212-

4951 or Mike at 812-212-2719.

Baptism Preparation Class The Baptism preparation class is for

parents who are having their first child

Baptized. The next class will be offered

on Tuesday, April 17th at 7:00pm in the

Deanery Resource Center at St. Louis.

Please call the parish office to register

812-934-3204.

Adoration Chapel The open hours for the

Adoration Chapel are:

Sunday – 8:00am,

11:00am, 12:00pm,

2:00pm, 5:00pm;

Monday – 3:00am;

Friday – 1:00pm

If you are able to sub for

one of these open hours, please sign

up outside the Adoration Chapel. If you

are able to fill an open hour, call Christy

812-932-1789.

Fr. Stan’s Book Club The next book for the book club will be

“The Abolition of Man,” by C.S. Lewis.

Copies of the book are available in the

parish office.

Divine Mercy Sunday Celebrate Divine Mercy

Sunday with a prayer

service at St. Nicholas

Church, Sunman, on

Sunday, April 8th at

2:30pm. All are

welcome.

St. Louis Church will be open for

veneration of the Divine Mercy image on

Sunday, April 8th from 1:30pm—

7:00pm. We invite you to stop in.

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Mass Schedule Fr. Stan will say Mass on Monday, April 9th at 9:00am.

Welcome New Catholics It is with great joy that we welcome the following people who joined the Catholic

Church at the Easter Vigil: Brianna Ballard, Brian Dorrell, Lisa Dorrell, David

Farrall, Koehler Morrissey, Adrianna Shadday, Kimberly Stirn, Ethan Stirn,

Anthony Walke, and Megan Wessel.

Thank you to the RCIA Team for leading them on their faith journey!

Congratulations to Gregory Caudill and Norbert Caudill who were Confirmed.

Parish Pictorial Directory Sign-Ups Volunteers will be in the back of church after all Masses

every weekend in April to schedule parishioners to

have their picture taken for our new parish pictorial

directory.

To schedule your photography appointment online,

simply go to www.ucdir.com, click on schedule your photography session on the

right side, enter in1470 in the Church Code field and enter smile1 the Church

Password field. Follow the prompts to schedule your family’s appointment time. If

you have 6 or more in your family please use 2 consecutive time slots. The online

scheduling option is available Monday through Friday. Appointments fill up

quickly, so schedule as soon as possible to secure your preferred date and time.

St. Louis/St. Anthony Haiti Ministry The next St. Anthony-St. Louis mission trip to Gandou, Haiti, is coming up soon,

June 19-27. We will have several St. Louis parishioners on this trip, but we are in

great need of physicians, pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists, dental

hygienists, and anyone who would like to go and serve the very poor. Your help

can have a huge impact on the lives of the people there. The experience is

unforgettable and life-changing. Please consider joining this June trip. Visit

www.gandouministry.com for more information or call Susan and Paul Roell at

933-0704 or Steve Glaser at 934-5707.

10th Annual St. Louis Cardinal Crawl 5K Saturday, April 21st—Race Day registration begins at 8:00am;

5KRun/Walk starts at 9:00am. $15/person; $40/family

Registration forms are available at the parish or school office.

School Uniform Exchange Dates The Uniform Exchange will be open Saturday, April 7 - 10:00am—11:00am; and

Monday, April 16 - 3:15pm—3:45pm. The Uniform Exchange is located upstairs in

the St. Louis Preschool Building.

Scholarship Information Father Herculan Scholarship Available to any 8th grade student who will be attending a Catholic High School.

Essay due to the Parish Office by April 13th.

Criteria for the essay:

1. How have you given of your time,

talent, and treasure to St. Louis Parish and to the community?

2. Explain your financial assistance need.

Mass Intentions Saturday, April 7

5:00 pm Dottie Voegele

Sunday, April 8, Second Sunday of

Easter

8:00 am Clarence Obermeyer

9:30 am Steve and Bob Wintz

11:00 am For the Parish Community

5:00 pm SPANISH MASS

Tuesday, April 10

6:00 pm Tim & Therese Whalen

Wednesday, April 11, St. Stanislaus

8:10 am Mary Harmeyer

Thursday, April 12

8:10 am Arvilla Schumacher

Friday, April 13, St. Martin I

8:10 am Tony Prickel

Saturday, April 14

5:00 pm Rita Goldsmith

Sunday, April 15, Third Sunday of

Easter

8:00 am For the Parish Community

9:30 am Living and Deceased

Members of the Al & Lil

Fenske Family

11:00 am Paul Suttmann

Altar Servers Tuesday, April 10

6:00 pm Dylan Fledderman & Evan

Flaspohler

Wednesday, April 11

8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Thursday, April 12

8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Friday, April 13

8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Saturday, April 14

5:00 pm Megan Batta, Caroline &

Paul Meer

Sunday, April 15

8:00 am Cole Rudolf, Adam

Muckerheide & Henry

Koehne

9:30 am Santiago Schutte, Aaron &

Kate Weber

11:00 am Grace, Spencer & Christian

Mack

Lectors Saturday, April 14

5:00 pm Deb Weigel

Sunday, April 15

8:00 am Jerry Dickman

9:30 am Beth Enneking

11:00 am James Dickey

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday, April 14

5:00 pm Bill Meer, Carolyn

DIeckmann, Mary Jo Mahle,

Carolyn Billman, Dave

Meyer, Deb Weigel, Mary

Sitterding

Sunday, April 15

8:00 am Natasha Kellerman, John

Gerstbauer, Ellie Amberger,

Jim Kuisel, Connie Meyer,

Rheadawn Young, Keith

Moenter

9:30 am Don & Marilyn Freyer,

Bertie Schmidt, Brooke

Maple, Tom Sullivan,

Michael Brelage, Erin Batta

11:00 am James & Sandy Dickey,

Nelson French, Teri Glaser,

Phil & Pam Ryan, Mark

Masavage

Greeters Saturday, April 14

5:00 pm Mary Jo Mahle, Dave Meyer

Sunday, April 15

8:00 am Mike Gerstbauer Family

9:30 am Ed & Clara Goble, Bertie

Schmidt

11:00 am Linda Kolb

Ushers Saturday, April 14

5:00 pm Roy Streicher, 3 Volunteers

Sunday, April 15

8:00 am Todd Tekulve, Bruce Miller,

Larry Enzinger, Bob

Obermeyer,

9:30 am Matt Weberding, Neal &

Deb Wessling, 1 Volunteer

11:00 am Bob Mattucci, Ted Telles,

Luke Forbeck, Tom

Brunsman

April Prayer Intentions of Pope Francis Universal: For Those Who Have

Responsibility in Economic Matters

That economists may have the courage

to reject any economy of exclusion and

know how to open new paths.

Readings for the Week Sunday: Acts 4:32-35/Ps 118:2-4,

13-15, 22-24 [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, 19-20 [7a]/Jn

3:31-36

Friday: Acts 5:34-42/Ps 27:1, 4,

13-14 [cf. 4abc]/Jn 6:1-15

Saturday: Acts 6:1-7/Ps 33:1-2, 4-5,

18-19 [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

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Wedding Banns Banns I:

Andy Nolan & Megan Eckstein

Saturday Morning Prayer Service

April 14th at 8:05am

This week we pray for those who

wake each day protecting and

defending another, whether at

home or abroad.

Come Pray With Us!

April 8

Veneration of the Divine Mercy

Image— St. Louis Church, 1:30pm—

7:00pm.

Divine Mercy Prayer Service—St.

Nicholas Church, 2:30pm.

Easter Service— “Alone on the Altar

Calvary’s Lamb,” St. John’s United

Church of Christ, Batesville,

7:00pm.

Pancake & Sausage Breakfast—

New Alsace Conservation Club,

7:30pm—12:00pm, at the American

Legion.

April 14

St. Louis Confirmation, 11:00am

Smorgasbord Dinner—St. Maurice

Church, Napoleon, 4:00pm—

7:30pm.

April 15

Breakfast—St. Anthony Schad Hall,

7:00am-1:00pm. Benefits youth

trip to Steubenville.

Principal Opening St. Nicholas School, Sunman will be hiring a new principal for the 2018-2019

school year. All qualified candidates should seek application at www.archindy.org.

Confirmation for Baptized Catholic Adults Active Catholics who have not yet been Confirmed are strongly encouraged to

receive this sacrament at the annual Adult Confirmation taking place on Sunday,

May 20th at 10:30am at Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis. If you

are a Baptized Catholic, age 18 or over, and wish to be Confirmed, please contact

the St. Louis Parish Office, 812-934-3204, by Tuesday, May 1st.

Samaritans Group Samaritans Group is a group of people from St. Louis, St. Anthony, and St. Nicholas

Parishes who have joined together to help local needy residents with home repairs.

If you or someone you know needs home repairs or access improvements done but

cannot afford to pay for them, please call Barry Lecher 812-933-0452 or Dave

Meyer 812-934-5457, or email samaritansgroup@outlook.com. We also

encourage you to call if you are interested in joining Samaritans Group to assist

our less fortunate neighbors. All skill levels welcome. Training provided if needed.

6 N e w s & N o t e s W h a t ’ s

H a p p e n i n g

Gifts of Financial Participation Sunday, March 18, 2018

In Church Collections...........$ 10,581.50

Other Collections ...................... $ 390.06

Electronic Collections ............ $ 1,737.00

Total Actual Income .............$ 12,708.56

Budget .................................$ 17,692.00

Over/Under Budget ............ ($ 4,983.44)

Sunday, March 25, 2018

In Church Collections...........$ 11,636.16

Other Collections ................... $ 1,263.00

Electronic Collections ............ $ 1,762.00

Total Actual Income .............$ 14,661.16

Budget .................................$ 17,692.00

Over/Under Budget ............ ($ 3,030.84)

Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018

In Church Collections.......... $ 20,550.61

Electronic Collections ............ $ 1,762.00

Total Actual Income .............$ 22,312.61

Budget .................................$ 17,692.00

Over/Under Budget ............... $ 4,620.61 Year to Date

In Church Collections and

Other Collections ............ $ 720,426.35

Budget .............................. $ 725,372.00

Over/Under Budget ............ ($ 4,945.65)

Good Friday, March 30, 2018

Holy Places ............................. $ 2,236.59

Weekly Bingo Volunteers Week 2: Thursday, April 12th

Floor/Bank/Instants: Julie Cox, Paul Wuestefeld, Jim Saner, Alisha Salatin, Jill

Reidy, BJ/Charlene Weberding, Tim/Jill Weberding, Bob/Autumn Hurm, Kate Te-

kulve, Beth Steinkamp, Rosie Ramey, Adam Maple, Jill Weber (Subs: Ed/Beth Hoog)

Kitchen Workers: Kim Schrank (Set-up), Ann Edwards, Anne Schebler, Nic Wonnell,

Brooke Maple, Marilyn Hountz, Cheryl Baechle (Sub: Maureen Saner)

Bakers: Paula Behlmer, Terri Simmermeyer, Shannon Young, Amy Watson,

Christina Farrall, Chelsea Gillman, Denise Hillenbrand, Holly Seigel

Festival News Chairpersons Needed We are in need of chairpersons for Spin-N-Win, Country

Store, and Bingo. If you are interested in helping our parish

festival or would like more information contact Nikki

Hutchinson at 574-299-6515.

Jars for Turtle Soup Please remember that any quart, half gallon, or gallon jars can be dropped off on

the front porch of the parish office at any time.

St. Louis Vacation Bible Camp

Save the Date:

June 18th - June 22nd

9:00am—11:30am