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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time January 19, 2020

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Parish Richmond, IN

“In all the Dioceses of the United States of America, January

22 is to be observed as a particular day of prayer for the full

restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life and of

penance for violations to the dignity of the human person

committed through acts of abortion.”

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Pastor: Rev. Fr. Sengole T. Gnanaraj frsengole@setoncatholics.org

Journeying together as missionary disciples, committed to bring everyone to Christ in His Holy Church

St. Andrew St. Mary Holy Family

235 S. 5th Street Sunday Worship:

10:00am - English

01:30pm - Spanish

720 North “A” Street Sunday Worship:

Saturday - 5:00pm - English

815 W. Main Street Sunday Worship:

8:00am - English

PARISH OFFICE: 240 SOUTH 6TH STREET, RICHMOND, INDIANA 47374 Office Hours: 8:30 a.m-4:00 p.m. | Phone: 765-962-3902 | Fax: 765-966-0820 | Web: setoncatholics.org

Deacon: Rev. Mr. Jim Miller deacon_jim@setoncatholics.org

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish C A T H O L I C C H U R C H

Saturday, 1/18

SM SM

08:15 am 05:00 pm

Poor Souls in Purgatory Janet McFeely

Sunday, 1/19

HF SA

SA (SPA)

08:00 am 10:00 am 01:30 pm

Pro Populo JoAnn Kitchin Robert Scheibler

Monday, 1/20 HF 08:15 am Communion Service

Tuesday, 1/21 SA 08:15 am Anna Brinker

Wednesday, 1/22 SM 08:15 am Mary Rose Massmann

Thursday, 1/23 HF 08:15 am Jerome Nicholson

Friday, 1/24 SA 07:00 am Billy Nakis

Saturday, 1/25 SM SM

08:15 am 05:00pm

Celeste Scheibler Dan Cappa

Sunday, 1/26

HF SA

SA (SPA)

08:00 am 10:00 am 01:30 pm

Members of CWU Rick Maurer Pro Populo

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Readings: A cycle January 19, 2020

HOLY MASS SCHEDULE & Intentions Stewardship commitment 1/12

Stewardship Reflection: Today’s responsorial Psalm is the theme song of the good steward:

“Here am I, Lord: I come to do your will.” May I, too, stand ready to offer myself and my gifts in the service of

God.

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Our Mission Statement

As committed Christians of the Roman Catholic Church in Richmond, Indiana, we are a com-

munity, centered in Christ, rooted in the Eucharistic communion, journeying together in our call

to be holy, constantly discerning the charisms of the Spirit,

making one another disciples of Christ and seeking God’s kingdom

in service, stewardship and charity.

“Our Church teaches that all human life is sacred

and inviolable. We are especially conscious of the

need to protect the lives of those who are most

vulnerable: the unborn, infants and children, the

elderly and infirm, migrants and refugees. But we

are challenged to safeguard all human life, includ-

ing our enemies… who would do us harm.

That’s why we oppose the death penalty. It’s also

why we make prison ministry a priority in our

archdiocese. All life is sacred. No exceptions.”

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A note from Fr. Sengole

This Week’s Community Activities

This Week’s Liturgy: Jan. 20 - Jan. 25

MON

1/20

7:35am

8:15am

3:30pm

5:00pm

7:00pm

HF

HF

SA

SA

HF

Rosary

CS - Cancelled

Prayer Group

Holy Hour - Reparation

Bible Study

TUE

1/21

8:15am

4:00pm

6:30pm

7:00pm

SA

SM

SA

FHH

Mass

Individual Confession

Schola Practice

RCIA

WED

1/22

8:15am

11:00am

2:30pm

6:30pm

7:00pm

SM

NH

NH

FHH

FMR

Mass

Mass - Golden Living

CS - Cancelled

School Commission Mtg.

YMI

THU

1/23

7:35 am

8:15am

9:00am

3:00pm

6:00pm

6:40pm

7:00pm

HF

HF

HF

HF

HF

HF

HF

Rosary

Mass

Eucharistic Adoration

Divine Mercy Chaplet

Hour of Power

Evening Prayer

Benediction

FRI

1/24

7:00am

8:00am

3:30pm

SA

SA

SA

Mass

Adoration-Students

Prayer Group

SAT

1/25

8:15am

3:30pm

5:00 pm

7:00pm

SM

SM

SM M.Gym

Mass

Individual Confession

Mass

Seton Spectacular

SUN

1/26

8:00am

10:00am

11:15am

1:30pm

5:00pm

HF

SA

SCHS

SA

FHH

Mass

Mass

Religious Education

Misa en Español

SPRED Mtg.

MON Weekday [2]

TUE St. Agnes, Virgin, Martyr

WED Weekday [2]

THU Weekday [2]

FRI St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, DOC

SAT The Conversion of St. Paul, The Apostle

Last week we celebrated the feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. This week’s gospel serves as a sequel to that event. Jesus comes to John the Baptist, as it were for a second time. John says, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world…” These same words, we actually repeat at every Mass. John the Baptist gives a true witness to Jesus. In his words, we have a clear and unambiguous testimony — that he saw the Spirit de-scending on Him and that Jesus was truly the Son of God. John was a trustworthy person in many respects. He is the last of the prophets and is closely related to Jesus in terms of a direct preaching about Jesus his subsequent preparation for Him. Now, it does not mean that Jesus did not have the Spirit until his baptism, nor did Jesus require the Spirit only un-til after he turned an adult to justify the argument for not baptizing children until they are able to choose what they want to believe. The Spirit descended in order to mani-fest Jesus to the world (St. Augustine). In His human na-ture, Jesus received the Spirit on our behalf (St. Cyril). Jesus’ baptism also reveals the mystery of God as Trinity. John has an important message for us for the work of witnessing to God’s love for the whole world in Jesus. As the Second Vatican Council taught in 1965, “All Chris-tians by the example of their lives and the witness of the word, wherever they live, have an obligation to manifest the new man which they put on in Baptism, and to reveal the power of the Holy Spirit by whom they were strength-ened at Confirmation, so that others, seeing their good works, might glorify the Father and more perfectly per-ceive the true meaning of human life and the universal solidarity of mankind” (Ad gentes, 11). Witnessing to Christ in a meaningful way is possible by witnessing to the Church that is the Body of Christ. Like in Jesus, the Spirit descended on the Church on the day of Pentecost. Now, we as the Church are called to be in the place of Jesus, to go about doing good to the world for the sake of bringing everyone to God’s merciful love. We are not mere agents of Church to evangelize, we are disciples and thus have a sacred duty to preach His name. In love of Christ and his Holy Church,

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Cartoon of the Week!

RCIA Classes: Fr. Hillman Hall at 7:00pm

Mark your calendars!

Jan 25,2020 Seton Cardinal Spectacular

Feb 22, 2020 Chocolate Fest

Jan 21, 2020 Church History

Jan 28, 2020 Christian Moral Living

Feb 4, 2020 Dignity of Life & Consistent Ethic of Life

Feb 11, 2020 Social Justice

Meet our Musicians

Dr. Jessica Raposo’s first “gig” in music ministry was at age 4, standing on a bench to turn pag-es for her church organist. She likes to think that her protest of the injustice that children were not allowed to sing in the choir led to her pastor founding a chil-dren’s choir, which she promptly joined. This, combined with her

ability to carry a tune and improvise a harmony (and a few music degrees along the way), began a now 38-year passion for music ministry for which she has sung, played, conducted and/or directed at almost every parish she regularly attended (plus a few oth-ers, in four different countries). When she is not play-ing and singing for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, she is a professional flutist and an assistant professor of music at Indiana University East.

CHECK REMINDER:

When writing out your check for the New Year,

please make sure you make the check payable to

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton; the dollar amount in the

box and written dollar amount must be the same

amount. For your security, please do not abbrevi-

ate the year 2020 as (‘20). Don’t forget to sign

your check. Thank you.

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January 19, 2020 Segundo Domingo Tiempo ordinario ciclo a

Spanish/Español ANUNCIOS PARA LA COMUNIDAD LATINA

MISION DE LA PARROQUIA

Mensaje por el Padre Sengole Gnanaraj

Fr. Sengole Gnanaraj

Clases de Catecismo

Como cristianos comprometidos con la Iglesia Católica Romana de Richmond, Indiana; somos una comunidad centrada en Cristo y ar-

raigada en la comunión de la Eucaristía, caminando juntos en nuestro llamado a ser Santos, discerniendo constantemente los carismas del

Espíritu, haciendo discípulos unos de otros, buscando el Reino de Dios en servicio, caridad y justicia.

Juan el Bautista es una persona importante en el Antig-

uo Testamento. Él tiene el carácter único marcado por el milagro

de su nacimiento. Elizabeth, su madre, lo concibió cuando ella ya

tenía una edad avanzada. Cuando María, su tía, visitó su casa,

Juan el Bautista saltó de alegría al escuchar la voz de María. El

pequeño brincando de felicidad al escuchar la voz de esa persona

indicó que él sabía la importancia que tenia María, la Madre de

Dios.

Juan es ambos personajes, profeta y precursor (2 Reyes

1:8, Zacarías 13:4-5). A diferencia de los profetas del Antiguo

Testamento, Juan no sólo habla por Dios, sino que también se

prepara para el Mesías a quien ningún profeta tuvo el privilegio

de ver y testificar en persona. Incluso los profetas lo habían

predicho. Isaías habló de un precursor, “La voz de alguien que

clama en el desierto, prepara el camino del Señor, has que camine

en línea recta (Isaías 40). Juan vivió una vida simplificada, la cual

requería que el tuviera una enorme fé y confianza en Dios. Sus

ropas eran hechas de pelo de camello. Él comía grillos, insectos y

miel salvaje para sobrevivir. Su mensaje fue doble para los que

vinieron a bautizarse: “¡Arrepiéntanse, porque el reino de los

cielos está cerca!” En otras palabras, “Preparen sus vidas para

recibir el Reino de Dios y reconozcan a Jesús como Rey, el cual

será el que marque el comienzo de este reino sobre la tierra”.

Como Juan, Jesús llamó a todo el mundo “a que se arrepientan,

porque el reino de los cielos está cerca” (Mateo 4:17).

El Padre Raniero Cantalamessa, el vocero papal, dice

acerca de éste mensaje de Juan y Jesús. El Padre Cantalamessa (el

cual tiene varios escritos que deberíamos leer) nos despliega el

significado de un mensaje aparentemente similar de arrepenti-

miento. ¿Qué diferencia podría haber de este mensaje predicado

por dos personas? Así como lo parafraseo, el Padre Cantalamessa

dice que para Juan es: “Arrepiéntete y cambia tu vida, para que

puedas recibir a Jesús y su ofrecimiento de misericordia”. Para

Jesús, es: “Arrepiéntete y cambia tu vida, porque ya has recibido

Misericordia”. Simplemente significa que Dios está interviniendo

poderosa y misericordiosamente en nuestras vidas. Esta nueva

intervención en nuestras vidas a través de Jesús era necesaria

para regresar al plan original de Dios, el cual fue frustado por el

pecado original. Aquí debe haber una respuesta de nosotros a esa

poderosa intervención de Dios. Esta respuesta es el arrepenti-

mento marcado por buenos frutos.

Yo siempre he tratado de ver mi vida como una

respuesta a la misericordia de Dios.Todos recibimos las bon-

dades de la misericordia y gracia de Dios. Existe una diferencia

radical entre la gente que no ha sido bautizada y los que ya han

recibido el bautismo.

Hemos sido llamados a vivir una vida en Cristo y en su

Espíritu, a ser verdaderos Cristianos. Durante el adviento, nos

preparamos a nosotros mismos dignamente a celebrar el nacimien-

to de Cristo. La verdadera preparación yace en nuestra purifi-

cación interna y espiritual de tal manera que nuestra vida muestre

los signos de ser tocados por la gracia por la cual Jesús bajó del

cielo.

Amando a Dios y a su Santa Iglesia,

Enero: 5, 12, 19 y 26

Febrero: 2, 9, 16 y 23

Marzo: 1, 8, 15 (no habrá clases los días 22 y 29 por el receso

de primavera)

Abril: 19 y 26 (no habrá clases los días 5 y 12 por la Semana

Santa)

Mayo: 5

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Segundo Domingo Tiempo ordinario ciclo a Segundo Domingo Tiempo ordinario ciclo a

FAITH FORMATION

January 19, 2020

Join the Men of our Parish!

PICK OF THE WEEK

Men’s Ministry—E6 Men’s Conference

• Confirmation Class: Sun, Feb 9th: 11:15am-12:45pm in

Father Hillman Hall/Seton High Cafeteria. All classes are mandatory

for candidates.

• Baptism Class: 2nd Thursday of every Month; Next Meeting is

Feb 13th, 6:30pm at the Catholic Office behind St. Andrew

Church. Please notify Kyle if planning to attend (required).

• First Communion Workshop: Sunday, February, 23rd: 11:15-

12:15pm in the Seton Catholic High Cafeteria.

Save the Date: Dr. Ralph Martin

Preparation for the Sacraments

E6 MEN’S CONFERENCE

Join the Men of our Parish! Contact Dave Rokosz @

daveandpeggy@catholicexchange.com to attend.

2. 22. 2020 8am—4pm

Join us for a dynamic workshop

and presentations on evangelism

with Dr. Ralph Martin!

Dates: May 1st & 2nd (Fri & Sat)

Location: Holy Family Campus

Stay tuned for more updates

Questions about the Sacraments or your faith? Contact Kyle

King, our Parish Catechetical Leader, at kking@setoncatholics.org

or leave him a voicemail or text message at 765-541-8420.

Totus Tuus—- What is it? Save the Date: July 19th-24th

Totus Tuus is a program run across the nation and endorsed by the Archdi-

ocese of Indianapolis. A group of well-trained, young adult Catholics come

to our parish to run a ‘Catholic Vacation Bible School’ for children in grades

1st-6th grade from 9am-2pm every day. Children experience dynamic pro-

gramming that better helps them understand the im-

portance of Christ and His Church in their lives. In

the evenings, these TOTUS TUUS young adults also

run a youth ministry program that will connect with

the teens of our parish.

*We are in great need of parishioners who will offer

their homes to our Totus Tuus team so they have a

place to stay for the week.

Ralph Martin, an internationally known Catholic

leader and teacher, discusses the challenges and

the joys of being fully faithful to all the Church

proclaims as true. Ralph provides practical advice

about building our lives on rock and equipping

ourselves spiritually so that we can reach out to

others with true charity. He shows how our fidel-

ity to the Word of God will give us the strength

to stand victorious in our difficult times.

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