CATHOLIC CHURCH & NEWMAN CENTER AT BALL STATE UNIVERSITY
Pursuing Jesus Christ: Forming Disciples on Campus & In the Family
Second Sunday in Advent December 6, 2020
Parish Staff Contact Information
Pastor Fr. Eric Underwood [email protected] Associate Pastor Fr. Christian DeCarlo [email protected] Associate Pastor Fr. Coady Owens [email protected] Secretary Tara Edmondson tedmondson@parish.dol-in.org Dir. of Religious Education Christine Wolfert [email protected] Director of Music Ministry Susan Coleman [email protected] Campus Minister Joe Domina [email protected] FOCUS Leader Emily Rohleder [email protected]
Sacrament Preparation
Sacrament of Baptism Marriage Preparation Please contact at least six weeks before the desired Baptism Marriage preparation must begin at least six months date. Parents must be registered parishioners for at least before the marriage date. Marriage preparation may begin at three months & attend Baptism preparation class. Contact St. Francis even if the marriage is celebrated elsewhere. the parish office by phone or [email protected] to Call the parish office at (765) 288-6180 to schedule
register for a class and schedule the ceremony. an initial meeting with a priest.
RCIA & Inquiry to the Catholic Faith Ministry to the Sick Interested in the Catholic Faith? Contact Christine Wolfert at If you or a loved one would like Anointing of the Sick or Holy [email protected] or by phone at (765) 288-6180. Communion, contact the parish office at (765) 288-6180.
Phone: (765) 288-6180 | 1200 W. Riverside Ave. Muncie, IN 47303 | stfrancisnewman.org A note from Father Underwood An Advent Prayer
Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a wonder at the wisdom and power of Your Father and ours. Receive my prayer as part of my service of the Lord who enlists me in God's own work for justice.
Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a hunger for peace: peace in the world, peace in my home, peace in myself.
Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me a joy responsive to the Father's joy. I seek His will so I can serve with gladness, Father Eric Underwood singing and love.
Come, long-expected Jesus. Excite in me the joy and love and peace it is right to bring to the manger of my Lord. Raise in me, too, sober reverence for the God who acted there, hearty gratitude for the life begun there, and spirited resolution to serve the Father and Son.
I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Father Coady Owens Father Christian DeCarlo whose advent I hail.
Amen.
"Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing!" December 8th is one of our feasts celebrating Mary - the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. From the beginnings of the Church, spiritual writers and theologians have acknowledged the innocence and holiness of Mary. St. Irenaeus called her the "new Eve." Both faced with the pure freedom to accept or reject God, Mary began with work of redemption with her yes to Christ! The Church began to celebrate the feast of Mary's conception in the early Middle Ages. In 1854, Pope Pius IX infallibly declared that Mary was free of original sin from the first moment of her conception. On this feast day, we celebrate the beauty and goodness of Our Lady!
2 Liturgical Minister Schedule for Sat/Sun - December 12/13, 2020
Date & Time Sacristan EMHC Reader Greeter/Usher Server
Sat. 12/12 John Burnette Fran Jones Rick Jones Anne Lacey TBD 4:30 pm
Sun. 12/13 Elaine Gillis David Grasso Greg Holzer Dan Wolfert TBD 9 :00 am
Sun. 12/13 Nina Reber Joe Domina B.J. McKay Sue Nunez TBD 11:15 am
Advent Opportunities through FORMED Can you help!
FORMED.ORG is a great online e-learning resource that YFF & Cardinal Catholic are anyone can use to further their knowledge of the faith, coming together for a Service whether they just entered the Church or are cradle Project - Blessing Bags Catholics! (you can sign up for a free account provided On December 13, the students of YFF and by our parish, go to formed.org and click sign up, then Cardinal Catholic volunteers will be working choose parishioner, Muncie, and St Francis). on a Service Project. Each class will have a hand in making Blessing Bags for the
The Road to Bethlehem Advent Muncie Mission and St. Vincent de Paul.
Is a short daily We are asking for donations from our parishioners. reflection throughout The bags will be used as “check-in-bags” for Muncie Mission Advent, you can sign and handed out to those who visit St. Vincent de Paul. up or head to the Donations can be dropped at the Newman Center front desk, website each day! or in the box in the Narthex by Friday 12/18 so we can
organized and see what needs to be purchased.
Please scan the QR code or head to Brother Francis: The Days of Advent www.signupgenius.com/ Brother Francis leads us on a daily journey in this special go/9040D49A8A928A3F49-blessing and sign seasonal celebration of up where you can! the coming of the Lord! Featuring meditations, This was such a well received project prayers, and suggested last year, we are excited to do it again! activities to keep our focus on Christ this High School Youth Group Christmas.
ADVENT - "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas," or, at least that's the assumption based on that familiar holiday song. But what does that look like at your house? Most of us anticipate the great sales at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving, string lights on the outside of our house, and decorating the inside of our homes. But how exactly are we preparing our hearts for the greatest gift we've ever been given? Through an exploration of the mystery of the Incarnation, the Virgin Birth, and the events surrounding the arrival of Jesus, this Advent study offers an opportunity to experience the joy
FORMED.ORG offers a handful of other Advent resources, you can also download the app on your phone, or smart TV!
3 Join Us! Tri Parish Opportunities
Eat, Pray, Learn - Start with Jesus! This 6 week series will begin Monday, January 11th through February at the K of C Hall. Two times are available: 12-1:30pm & 6- 7:30pm. We will share food, pray and learn together using Julianne Stanz’ book: Start with Jesus.
Why should you consider this? Here is an excerpt: "Each of us is asked to bring to others the good news of the gospel and share how it has transformed our lives. This is what God wants for each of us, and it is the deepest identity of the Church: bringing the Good News to others."
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Register by calling St. Lawrence 765- 288-9223 & indicate which time, or if you would like to do live-stream. Registrations due by December 15 so books can be ordered.
Bulletin E-Mail Information Follow us on Facebook to stay up to date on all Please send all bulletin requests/updates to the happenings at St. Francis of Assisi Parish [email protected]. and Newman Center! All bulletin requests must be in by noon on Friday.
4 Weekly Schedule & Mass Intentions Advent Giving Tree
All daily Masses & 9am Sunday Mass This year's Advent Giving Tree will available on Facebook Live-Stream. All are benefit The Soup Kitchen of Muncie and our sister parish of St. Michael in Welcome at our student lead Masses & Adoration! Plaisance, Haiti. For our brothers and sisters in Haiti, we are asking for Mon 5-5:30pm Confessions monetary donations to help fund teacher salaries, school 12/7 5:30pm Mass: +Christopher Doerr lunches, and other needs they may have. 11:59pm Feast of Immaculate Conception (Vigil Mass) The Soup Kitchen of Muncie is currently providing sack Tues PARISH OFFICE CLOSED lunches for their guests. To help with those lunches we 12/8 The Young and the Restless - are asking for: individual fruit and applesauce cups; 9:00am Parish Hall Donuts & Coffee individual bags of chips/pretzels, trail mix, granola bars, Bring your own coffee & donut! desserts, etc.; individual macaroni and cheese cups or 11:15am Feast of Immaculate Conception Mass other instant, non perishable, microwaveable meals. 5:30pm Feast of Immaculate Conception Mass All donations can be left under the Advent Giving Tree in Wed 9:00am - Staff Holy Hour in the Worship Space the Narthex by Sunday, December 20th. 12/9 10:00am All are welcome! 5-5:30pm Confessions For our parishioners at home... 5:30pm Mass: +Robert Sullivan Mass at Home - With the Dispensation being Thur Abiding Together Advent Podcast Study - PH 11:15am continued until further notice, we wanted to make sure 12/10 -must register, contact Parish Office everyone has the proper information for attending 11:45pm Confessions Mass virtually. For those joining us from home via 12:15pm Mass: +Joan Workman Facebook live, we have a digital copy of the Worship Aid for our Sunday Masses, as well as the link to the Fri 5-5:30pm Confessions weekly readings from Mass on our website. Head 12/11 5:30pm Mass: Int of Anne & Dan Scheidler over to our website stfrancisnewman.org and click on Sat 3:30pm Confessions 3:30pm-4:00pm the image for “Virtual Mass & Sunday Worship Aid”,
12/12 4:30pm Mass: +Ernesto Pellegrini there you will see the two images below, click on the image for the aid. Sun 9:00am Mass: +John Mark Bohach
12/13 10:00am Youth Faith Formation
11:15am Mass: Int for the Parish
6-8:00pm Men’s Meet & Greet - Must register w/office
Time, Talent & Treasure Weekly Stewardship November 22, Year-to-Date Report 2020 Budgeted Weekly $8,654.00 $181,734.00 Pray For Those Who Serve Please keep Navy Lieutenant Andy Baierwalter, Weekly Collection $5,437.00 $152,3019.01 *Includes online gifts Lt. Colonel Scott McCarthy, Marine Corporal Colin Holzer, Navy Hospitalman Noel Holzer, Sergeant Over/Short -$3,217.00 -$29,414.99 Nathan Bolka, Specialist Keegan Nuñez, Captain Jon Weekly Stewardship November 29, VanPixteren, Lieutenant Bailey Windell, Year-to-Date Report 2020 Airmen Luis Pepe and all Armed Forces Personnel in your prayers, Budgeted Weekly $8,654.00 $190,388.00 particularly those of our extended Parish family.
Weekly Collection $5,191.50 $157,510.51 If you have a loved one serving, please let us *Includes online gifts know so we can keep them in our prayers: Over/Short -$3,462.50 -$32,877.49 [email protected].
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