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SAINT MARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 203 Fourth St. · Aurora, Indiana 47001 · www.mystmarys.com
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception
Welcome in God’s Name! Through our loving and praying family may you find friendship, peace and serenity in this, God’s house. If you are a visitor interested in joining our parish or the Catholic Faith, please call our parish office for information. If you are returning after being away . . . Welcome Home!
November 7th & 8th, 2020 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Parish Mission
We, the people in the area served by St. Mary of the
Immaculate Conception Parish, Aurora, Indiana, called
to faith and salvation in Jesus Christ in the Roman
Catholic tradition, strive to live the Gospel by
worshipping God in word and sacrament, learning,
teaching, and sharing our faith with those in our parish
ourselves to stewardship through the generous and
responsible use of our spiritual, physical, and material
resources for today’s and tomorrow’s needs.
Holy Mass – Schedule Wednesday & Friday @ 9:00 AM
Saturday @ 4:00 PM
Office Hours Monday thru Friday from 9:00 AM until Noon
Reverend Ben Syberg, Pastor Email: [email protected] St. Mary’s Office: (812) 926-0060
St. Lawrence’s Office: (812) 537-3992 After Hours Emergencies: (812) 537-1297
Anna Townsend, Secretary/C.R.E. – [email protected] Office Manager, Ann Hutchinson – [email protected] Tony Vincent, Facilities & Maintenance Jim Waldon, Director of Music [email protected] Mollie Leibecke, Bookkeeper [email protected]
St. Mary’s School – (812) 926-1558 fax (812) 926-2590 Randy Dennis, Principal [email protected] Emily Hollander, School Secretary [email protected]
Pastoral Council Members Jonathon Andrews - Chairman [email protected] Randy Tyler – Co-chair [email protected] Patty Lohmiller – Secretary [email protected] Lyndsay Hays [email protected] Kathy Simon [email protected] Beth Hyde [email protected] Rick Schuler [email protected] Julie Strasemeier [email protected] George Schewe [email protected] Greg Ramsey [email protected]
Sara Dennis [email protected]
Finance Committee Mark Neff, Chairperson [email protected]
School Commission Beth Legge, Chairperson [email protected]
Homebound Ministry: Eucharistic Ministers are available to bring Holy Communion to the homebound. Mrs. Emily Beckman [email protected]
Anointing of the Sick: Call anytime (812-926-0060 or 812-537-3992) or see Fr. Ben. Given at home, nursing home, hospital or at church.
Knights of Columbus Bill Ullrich, Grand Knight [email protected]
Pregnancy Care Center (812) 537-4357 St. Vincent de Paul Society (812) 926-1637
*Aloisia Mattl, *Louis Hill, Jr., *Vernon Myers;*Travis Miller, *Becky Meyer Clark, *Christina Nelms, Gary Manford, Tim Heller, Neil Selley, Caroline Seaver, *Brenda Murr, ,*Marilyn “Jane” Borth, Hayle Brashears, Jared Hodgkins, Stefanie Veale, Nate Groh, Michael Renner, Larry Hagan, McKayla Schmits, Kelly, Gary Wainscott, Ruth Kern, Colton Mattingly, Agnes Kelnhofer, Tinker Walston, Ron Brunner, Kate Grossmann, Joan Fuch, Karen Kistner, Mark Chase, Velinda Seaver, Rose Donk, B&L Dunseth, Jessica McKittrick, Kristie Bockhorst Gilb,*Candi Elsen, Barb McMurray, Chris Strautman, *Mary Leyendecker, Rebecca Oelker, Debbie Walker Russell, Dottie Fedroff, Judy, Brenda O’Neal, Liz Day, *John P. Hinrichs, Pam Dean, Graham, John Hobson, Tom Brown, Betty Tyler, Mary Ann Edwards, Susan Dausch & family, Mike Heller & Family, Ray Brown, Carol Smith, Diane Clark, Violet Larbus, George Schewe, Diane Townsend, Terry Wentworth.
Please remember our Police Officers, MilitaryTroops, Doctors, Nurses, First Responders
and their families in your prayers.
November 01, 2020 Weekly Collection 6,235.00 School 190.00 SVDP 200.00 Right To Life 45.00 Adopt-A-Student 2,400.00 Attendance - 121 COUNTERS: Since we only have one mass on a weekend, there is NO need for you to come in on Mondays. Stay safe and we will keep you posted. Thank you.
We are delighted to welcome our New Family Members to St. Mary’s Church!
Ms. Rita Armbruster
and The Steelman Family: Billy, Deanna, Ben &
Caleb.
We WELCOME you into our parish Family!
November 07, Saturday 4:00 PM @ St. Mary (Intention: † Jack Schaerer & † Felisa Ducusin) November 08, Sunday (Stewardship Sunday) 9:00 AM @ St. Lawrence (Inside) 11:00 AM @ St. Lawrence (Outside) November 09, Monday 9:00 AM @ St. Lawrence November 10, Tuesday 9:00 AM @ St. Lawrence November 11, Wednesday (School Mass) 9:00 AM @ St. Mary (Intention: † Marcella Heilig) 1:50 PM School’s Veterans Day Prayer Service November 12, Thursday (School Mass) 9:00 AM @ St. Lawrence November 13, Friday 9:00 AM @ St. Mary (Intention: † Donald Stoll) November 14, Saturday 4:00 PM @ St. Mary (Intention: † Christopher & Viola Powers; † Tom & Ethel Sheets) November 15, Sunday_ 9:00 AM @ St. Lawrence (Inside) 11:00 AM @ St. Lawrence (Outside) 5:00 PM @ St. Mary - Baptism of Griffin & Oliver Dozier & Gwen Searcy
Mass Times and locations are subject to change, please check our parish website @
www.mystmarys.com for up to date information
For Mass schedule in our local community go
to http://masstimes.org
Dispensation for the obligation to attend the public celebration of Mass on Sundays to all
the faithful in Indiana has been extended until further notice.
Source: https://archindy.org/archbishop/dispensation2020.html
Resources for Weekend Catholic Mass
on Your Local Channels
Sunday @ 8:30 AM WKRC/CintiTheCW Ch.12.2 Sunday @ 5:00 PM WLWT/CintiME TV Ch. 5.2
EWTN Mass
Sunday @ 8:00 AM DishNetwork Ch 261 or Direct TV Ch 370
EWTN Daily Mass
Comcast Cable Ch 291
IMPORTANT DIRECTIVES ON COVID19 ♦If you, or anyone you live with or anyone you care for is SICK, you MUST remain at home and not come to church. ♦ If you are 65 years of age or older, or have a pre-existing health condition, you SHOULD stay home and watch Mass online. ♦ If you are not comfortable being out, you CAN stay home. Archbishop Thompson has extended the dispensation from Mass until August 15. ♦ If you test positive with COVID-19 within 14 days of being at Church for Mass, Confession or Personal Prayer, PLEASE NOTIFY THE PARISH IMMEDIATELY BY CONTACTING THE PARISH OFFICE BY PHONE OR EMAIL.
Veterans Day Program
We want to honor all veterans at school in our Wall of Fame and in a special prayer service for November 11 th . A veteran is anyone who has served honorably in our nation’s military. Some returned home after their service, and some died in the service of the United States of America. If you have a family member or friend who served in our military, and if you would like to have their names remembered on November 10th, you are invited to submit the name or names, the branch of the military in which the person served, and the years of life or service. All information must be returned to us at school by November 6 th , 8:30 A.M. Our prayer service will be in the church at 1:55 P.M. on Wednesday, November 11th and will last about twenty minutes. Seating is limited, but guests are welcome. (Note that we will include all names from the past; there is no need to repeat names which you have given us over the last years.)
►All Saints Parish Fall Chicken Dinner- St John Campus- Sun, Nov 8. Please join us from 11AM-5PM or until sold out. All dinners will be carry-out style. Adult dinners $12, children's $6, whole chicken $12. Mega Split-the-Pot. Lic # 002595. Visit alllsaintscatholic.net or call 812-576-4302 for more information.
►All Saints Parish BINGO- Nov 15th & Nov 22nd Sunday, November 15th, St. Paul Gym- New Alsace, Doors Open 5pm, Bingo Starts 6pm. Sunday, November 22nd, St. Martin Hall- Yorkville, Doors Open 4pm, Bingo starts @ 5pm. Everyone is welcome! Bring
►Enjoy a Marriage Encounter Weekend from the comfort of your own home! Married couples finish a Virtual Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend more in love with each other than ever! Want to find out more? Forthcoming Weekends are from 13-15 November and 20-22 November. Visit www.wwme.org for further information.
Quote from a couple who made a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend: “We want you to know we thought we had a great marriage. But Marriage Encounter helped make it fantastic!”
CONFESSION will be heard on Tuesday mornings after the 9:00am Mass at St. Lawrence Church in the main body of the church. Also, at St. Mary’s on Friday after the 9:00am Mass and Saturday after the 4:00pm Mass. Please maintain social distancing and wait your turn in the vestibule.
ST. VINCENT DePAUL
THANKSGIVING BAG-FOOD DRIVE
Last weekend volunteers from our St. Vincent DePaul food pantry passed out grocery bags for parishioners to fill for our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. If you didn’t get a bag, the items needed are as follows: two cans of the following: green beans, corn and peas, one box each of Mac ‘n Cheese, instant
mashed potatoes, stuffing mix and Jello; one can of fruit cocktail or applesauce. SVDP provides the meat, bread and dessert. Please return to the back of church by November 14-15. The pantry gave out 100 bags for Thanksgiving in addition to the families helped every week. Your
generosity is appreciated.
The Word This Week “ Watch early for wisdom”: wise
words, and ones that the foolish
bridesmaids of the Gospel should
have taken to heart. This is the
ultimate in “putting off till
tomorrow...”, since the reading is
about the end of time, when the
Son of Man will come again. Then there will be no
tomorrow. If a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing
today. Quite often we contemplate the end of time
with anxiety and fear: this is not what God wants.
Look at the Psalm, where we hear of desperate
longing, a thirst for the Lord, that cannot wait. We
should not just wait for the Lord with patient
endurance, but with impatient longing: what could
we desire more than the coming of the Lord, the
rising of the dead and an eternity of joy and glory?
Source: https://www.salfordliturgy.org.uk/ordinary26a.htm
UNITED CATHOLIC APPEAL
You will be receiving the Archdiocesan United Catholic Appeal mailing this week. Please return your completed form to church as soon as you fill them in. You can either mail it back to us or just place it in the collection basket. Please prayerfully consider giving to the United Catholic Appeal. Thank you!
Father, bless our veterans and all who serve our nation defending our freedom. For those who bravely gave their lives, grant them eternal rest. For those who are serving, give them courage. For those who served, we offer our gratitude. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen
November: Month dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory
You know, we begin each November with the feasts of All Saints and All Souls, and the entire month is dedicated to remembering (and praying for!) the dead. And since we will all one day be dead (lovely thought, huh?), let’s reflect for a moment on Purgatory. Unfortunately, we live in a very confused culture today. On the one hand, we glorify death and violence (in books, movies, music, video games, etc). But, on the other hand, we ignore the reality of death, particularly the fact that I will one day be dead. Autumn is a great time of year for death. Or I should say a great time to think about death. The leaves are falling, the plants are dying, the days grow shorter. Halloween was traditionally a great reminder of death. Unfortunately, it’s been hijacked by witches and commercialized by big businesses. Too bad. Because the saints have often reminded us that “Memento mori” is a good thing. It is good to remember one’s death. Ideally, remembering the fact that we will die would help us to live a good life. Forgetting the inevitability of death is not good for us. Nor is it good for those who have already died. If we do not remember death, then we won’t remember to pray for the dead. And the dead desperately need our prayers. That is why we often refer to the dead in Purgatory as the Poor Souls. So what is Purgatory? “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1030). “The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned….” “This teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: ‘Therefore [Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin.’ From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God. The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead….” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1031-1032). Traditionally, we liken Purgatory to a purifying fire: “But if someone’s work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved, but only as through fire.” – 1 Cor. 3:15 “In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” – 1 Peter 1:7 “And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.” – Matt. 12:32 “It was a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins.” – 2 Maccabees 12:45 (Douay-Rheims version) The reality of Purgatory, and all that we know about it from tradition and from the visions and revelations of the saints, illuminates the predicament of the dead who are there and their absolute dependence on our help.
“Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful
departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.” AMEN! Source: https://catholicfoodie.com/november-and-the-holy-souls-in-purgatory
K of C Council 2111
HOLIDAY SEASON EVEN
This year we have Christmas auto magnets available. They will
be available in the back of church and are $5 each. Just put the
money in the K of C collection box when you take a magnet.
We are also collecting "coats for kids" (and adults) again this
year, and a box is in the back corner of church. All items
donated will be distributed thru St. Vincent de Paul, as we have
done in the past.
We wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving, and a Blessed
and Merry CHRISTmas!!
St. Mary's
Giving Basket
During our weekly school mass, we are encouraging
children to actively participate in mass through the
Giving Basket. Each week have your child bring an
item from the list below to church. During church,
Father Ben will allow the children to bring their item
up to be placed in the Giving Basket. All items
collected will be donated to our local St. Vincent de
Paul for families in need.
Items: Can soup, vegetables, and fruit Peanut Butter
Spaghetti (1 pound)
Spaghetti Sauce
Cereal
Bread
Noodles
