April 5, 2020







Palm Sunday

Welcome to
St. Joan of Arc Church

Parish Staff:

Father Guy Roberts Pastor
Ext. 1118 [email protected]
Molly Ellsworth Business Manager
Ext 1110 [email protected]
Janet Andriole Principal
Ext. 1114 [email protected]
Robyn Baker Early Learning Director
[email protected]
Joseph Burrows Director of Music
Ext. 1121 [email protected]
Martha Horvath Parish Secretary
Ext. 1112 [email protected]
Kyle Murphy Pastoral Associate
Ext. 1124 [email protected]
Bill Powers Parish Bookkeeper
Ext. 1111 [email protected]
Melinda Rivelli Pastoral Associate
Ext. 1116 [email protected]

After School Care [email protected]

SJOA Website www.sjoa.org

Mass Schedule

Monday, Tuesday

8 :00 AM
Wednesday

5:30 PM
Fridays in Lent

6:30 PM
Thursday


8:15 AM
Saturday


5:30 PM
Sunday


8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 5:30 PM

SJOA Parish Office
SJOA School Office
SJOA Early Learning Center
AYS Office
4217 North Central Avenue
500 East 42nd Street
4186 Broadway St
500 East 42nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46205R1896
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Thoughts from Fr. Roberts

The Church Devoonal

During Lent we’ve been examining different aspects of the Church, and what it means to be Catholic. We’ve explored the Church praccal, missionary, hierarchical, and dogmac. We conclude by focusing on the Church devoonal. Our English word “devoon” is derived from the Lan word devovere, which means “to dedicate oneself by a vow,” or “to sacrifice oneself.” It implies the giving of oneself in love totally to another person, or to a cause, or to God.

We refer to those who have great devoon to God as “devout.” When we think of the devoonal life of our Church, we usually think in terms of the many devoons we enjoy as Catholics. For instance, one of our greatest and most universal devoons is the Rosary. During Lent, we also turn to the Staons of the Cross. As Catholics, we have the Liturgy
of the Hours, chaplets, novenas, and countless ways of expressing our Mass Intentions

devoon to God.



But it is important to recognize that true devoon does not begin with Monday, March 30


our devoon to God; it begins with God’s devoon to us. We did not In thanksgiving for blessing
first love God, or even know Him. God first loved us, and has revealed received for the Dione family
Himself fully to us in His Son, Jesus Christ. Again, we review the Lan
word devovere: “to dedicate oneself by a vow, to sacrifice oneself.” By Tuesday, March 31
sending His Son to us, God proved His devoon to us. By coming into Paul Henn
the world, Jesus became the most solemn vow of God to us by joining
our human nature to His divine nature. In Jesus, God and human Wednesday, April 1
beings are one: and that vow (the Incarnaon) is unbreakable.
Penny Hipskind


This vow was rafied when Jesus entered into Jerusalem on Holy Thursday, April 2
Week. Jesus had gone to Jerusalem for the major Jewish feasts every The Parish of St. Joan of Arc
year of His life on earth. Now, He would enter one last me for the
Feast of Passover, where He Himself would become the lamb of Friday, April 3
sacrifice for the salvaon of the world. At the end of the Passover Intention of Mollie Smith
meal, Jesus established a New Covenant in His own blood. Anything
sealed in blood is solemn and sacred. In the Eucharist Jesus gave us a Saturday, April 4
truly special devoonal, where God’s devoon to us, and our devoon Jo Ann Blackwell
to God, are celebrated in one and the same acon. The Eucharist is the
greatest devoonal on earth!
Sunday, April 5

Leland Johnson
But the devoon of Jesus would go well beyond the acons of the Last
Supper, for those acons pointed to what He would do the next day
upon the cross. There, Jesus would show the full extent of His
devoon to us, and to His Father, by sacrificing His life for us. It was

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Thoughts from Fr. Roberts
not the nails which held Jesus to the wood of the cross, but rather, His devoon. Another word for devoon is love. And that love of God, revealed fully upon the cross, would not end there; for the purpose of that great act of devoon was to open to us eternal life with the Father in Heaven. For the purpose of devoon is to restore all things, according to God’s purpose. So, Jesus would rise from death on the third day, as a promise (a vow) that where He has gone before us, we will one day follow. We possess the fulfillment of that promise even now, by faith.

Faith is necessary for a devoonal life. Our devoons here on earth are ways we share in the devoonal life of the Saints already in Heaven. And, they are ways we stay connected to God’s devoon to us in Christ. In our devoons, God comes to meet us, and we come to meet God. Our devoons are not ends in themselves, but lead us to the fullness of life with God in Heaven.

May the love of God, poured out to us in Jesus Christ, fill our hearts always!

Fr. Roberts




From The Heart of the New Evangelization, A Parish Manual for the New Evangelization by Fr. Guy Roberts.
If we are to be transformed in Christ, and true evangelists for Christ, we must open our hearts to Him. Jesus says to us in Revelaon 3:20, “Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me.” To have the courage to open the door requires faith in God’s mercy, this faith is our total belief in the Gospel. How does your belief in the Gospel affect your everyday life?

(p. 20)




St. Joan of Arc Parish Mission Statement:
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church is a community gathered in Jesus Christ.
We welcome all people and provide them opportunities to know God, grow in faith, and use their gifts to serve others.
Through Word, Sacrament, Prayer, and Service, we honor our tradition as we extend our ministry to each new generation.

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Weekly Prayer Petition

Heavenly Father, with the raising of Lazarus you showed us that all things are possible when asked in the Father’s name. We ask Even though we are unable to attend Mass on you to bring to health those who are Sundays or weekdays, Fr. Guy will continue to say suffering from the virus and those who live Mass privately every day. He will pray for the in fear of the virus.
intention of the Mass that we have already

scheduled in our Mass Intention book, so please Please Pray For: Missy Ayala (friend of Mary Sommer); know that your loved ones will be remembered.
Kevin Beaty; Adeline Beining; Nancy Bogeman; Katie Bender (Holly O’Neil’s sister); Agnes Brake; Mable Brown; Rose Brown; Frederick Bullard; Gary, friend of Myra Stemnock; Debbie Cassara (mother of Danielle Maynard); Ronerik Christie and Marvin Colbert (brother & brotherRinRlaw of Yolanda Christie); Jim Clendenin; David Colby; Kelly Colen; Ella Comer; Maureen Cox (dRiRl of Judy Cox); Ian Craig (son of Libby); Alison Croker; Judd Cromer; Ellie Davis; Lyla DeArmond; Gregg Dwyer; Dee The team at St. Joan of Arc has been busy EnricoRJanik; Marcia Fasbinder; Barbara Finch; Brian developing, identifying and sharing resources Gaddie; Rita Gatzemeyer; Donna GesellRStuart; Gail (Spiritual Communion, Virtual Adoration Chapels, Gerlach; Joyce Geske (Ed Pritchard’s motherRinRlaw); Larry Grein; Polly & Carl Henn, Jim Henry (brother of Praying the Rosary, Stations of the Cross etc.) Mark); Susie Hoffman (mother of Erin Kelly); Doris online to help you feel connected to your parish. Hogan; many members if the Irwin Family; Harley Here are some ideas:
Janssen; Dalaena Johnson; Judith Jones; Jim Laidlaw;
Charlie Lane; Tom & Marie, (Catherine Hayes brother All of our resources are on our website:
and sister); Kovan McCauley; Peggy McClellan (friend of Dee EnricoRJanik); JoAnn McDaniel; Betty McKillip; hps://sjoa.org/catholicRresources
Sherm McMurray; Sharon Moneth; Buffy
Follow us on Facebook: hps:// Moosbrugger; James Neal; Mona J. Nelson; Michael O’Brien; Teresa O’Connel (daughter of Alison Croker); www.facebook.com/SJOAIndy
Rob Ohlemiller; Angee Poe (friend of Margaret Graves);
Mike M. Pointer; Barb Rainbolt; Christine Rienecker; Daily Readings: hp://www.usccb.org/bible/ Beth Salmon; Margaret Schneider; Helen Setmeyer; readings
Christina Shedrick; Bob Sparks; The Thornburg Family;
Jeanetta Torence; Mary Strigari Vish; James Vodde; Sr. Sunday Mass can be found on our website and Rita Ann Wade; Joe Wainscott (father of C.J.); Drake will be available beginning at 10:30 AM
Williams (son of Kyle and Abby); Gary Williams; Jennifer
Williams; Valorie Woods.
We recognize not everyone has online access.

Fr. Guy recommends that we spend an hour in We grieve with parishioners Carl and prayer In our own homes in place of the Sunday Jim Henn on the passing of their liturgy.
brother Paul on March 24th.

Palm Sunday Readings:
We also mourn the passing of Procession with Palms: Matthew 21:1R11
parishioner John McGinty who passed Isaiah 50: 4R7
on March 24th.

Ps 22: 8R9, 17R18, 19R20, 23R24
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR OUR LOVED ONES SERVING IN Philippians 2:6R11
THE MILITARY: Sgt. Dylan Barnett; P.O. 3rd class Matthew Collier, P.O. 2nd Class James Fisher, LCDR Kurt E. Davis; Maj Rocknee Matthew 27: 11R54
Gardner; P.O. 2nd Class Eileen GrosvenorRJarp, LCPL Jonah Hollis,
P.O. 3rd Class Kyle McClelland, CPT Jon Mecker, Marine Jonathan Or listen on the radio at 89.1 or 90.9 FM at 8:00 Price, CPT Kevin Zander, P.O. 3rd Class Madison Bailey Ragsdale. Please call the parish office if you have a relative to add to this list:317R283R AM on Sundays.
5508.

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Because of our early publishing deadlines we’re Dear Parishioners and Guests,
unable to give an update about the Sunday offertory
collection.
The best skillsets with which we can equip today's students are currently being tested
by veterans, novices, young, old, and even 97% of our church’s income comes from your Sunday the very accomplished each day we spend offering. These are your gifts to us in return for God’s sequestered from one another. We are in the midst of an blessings in your life. We know times are uncertain experience that the likes of which are not familiar. We can't for many of our parishioners and we want you to draw upon a similar me or situaon.
Flexibility, technical literacy and creavity are some of these desired employer know we are grateful for your commitment to St. traits teachers, students and, more than usual, our parents Joan of Arc and our ministries here. Please feel free are deploying during these weeks.
to mail your Sunday envelope or enroll in Faith Direct
hps://membership.faithdirect.net/IN403
We find ourselves in uncharted territory, reeling with
quesons that even our naon's leaders and health experts are not finding answers to easily. The other day I was
watching a Chrisan movie about overcoming difficulty and While the pandemic heard a quote that resonated with me as a school leader. consumes much of our Be content with your current circumstances. It should be simple enough, but when put to the test, it seems like a tall lives, our St. Joan of order.
Arc community
remains steadfast in responding to our annual This week, I am thankful for parents who had this to share about how we did our first, challenging week. They also stewardship appeal. Thank you! 371 households shared ideas and obstacles they faced, which is helping have turned in their Live to Give commitment. Our drive what we do with teachers. I have included the feedback below.
goal is 565 families.
Please remember that if you are
a school family (including the ELC or preschool), to  I am amazed at how teachers were able to get everything up and running on such short noce. receive a parishioner discount, we must have a Live to Bravo!
The
classwork is well organized on Google Give form on file. If you’ve not turned in your form classroom and we are slowly geng
the
hang
of
it.

please follow this link to submit it online: https://  Teachers were quick to make and communicate plans
 My son said it was easy to take quizzes and teachers forms.gle/2UcfYXQ7tdCsuugE8
we’re helpful.
The
work assigned was
a
good
challenge.


We enjoy
the
morning meeng. It makes us feel more 50/50 Club: Envelope #2047 was drawn and connected to SJOA
that household did not participate. The new  It gave us structure and
a
semiRfamiliar roune in an pot for next Sunday is $1057. ICG#151082
uncertain me. The morning meeng brought tears on
the
first day. (Our youngest misses you all) It also

helped give our brains something concrete to do
instead
of
screen me or parentRled acvies. we’ll Hold the Corn! Thanks to your generosity, have to do plenty
of
that, so having school work was actually really nice.


we have collected 840 cans of corn to date.  I love
the
amount
of
work and focus on educaon.

Please hold any additional donations until  It allows
children to keep learning while school is out. the North Deanery provides instructions regarding Our kids found
the
eLearning challenging and kept them occupied. It wasn't too meRconsuming, yet how we are to proceed in the midst of the pandemic. wasn't easy either.
A
good balance.

Again, thank you for remembering those who are in
God bless and thank you for your prayers and support,
need.
Janet Andriole
Principal

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Garden Angels and those who want to Grab and Go" meals will be available for earn their wings! We don’t know with children in and near the St. Joan of Arc certainty when we’ll be able to congregate community (including those who do not or celebrate so our Spring Cleanup is attend our school)
through May 1. This cancelled. However, if you’re out and about on a walk, includes breakfast and lunch and will feel free to pick up any trash you see on campus or pull follow the State Nutritional Guidelines and proce- a weed or two.
dures outlined by the CDC, WHO, and Marion County

Health Department. Breakfasts and lunches will be 40 Days for Life Spring 2020 began distributed on the school parking lot,
"driveRthru" on Ash Wednesday, and runs style.
Please do not get out of your vehicle. Times for through Palm Sunday, April 5th. pick up are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from While we can’t physically be present 8:45 AMR9:15 AM and 11:30 AMR12:30 PM.
Two please continue to join SJOA parishioners in a peaceful breakfasts and lunches per child will be available vigil every Tuesday from 4:00R7:00 PM praying for those each day.
who cannot pray for themselves.
For more
Although the WalkRaRthon is not unl May information, or to sign up to participate, visit 26, it is me to recruit gi s and prizes for www.40daysindy.org or contact Beverly Ross at (317) this event. Our walkathon supports St. Joan 283R1912 or Patty Yeadon at (317) 201R4125.


of Arc ATHLETICS and PHYS ED. Prize dona-

ons can be turned in at the school or parish office.
Contact Claire Jackson with any quesons
Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Queen of [email protected]
the Angels and Mother of the
Americas. We fly to you today as your beloved children. We ask you Unfortunately, the Easter Egg Hunt to intercede for us with your Son, planned by Bishop Chatard High School as you did at the wedding in Cana.
has been canceled, also.

Register now for the Summer Camps offered at BCHS. Pray for us, loving Mother, and Whether your child has a deep interest in a subject or gain for our naon and world, and you would like to expose your child to a variety of new for all our families and loved ones, subjects, BCHS has something available. Take a look the protecon of your holy angels, that we may be spared the worst of this illness.
at: hps://www.bishopchatard.org/camps/


For those already afflicted, we ask you to obtain the Parents of 5th through 7th grade students, grace of healing and deliverance. Hear the cries of those are invited on Thursday, April 23rd from 6 who are vulnerable and fearful, wipe away their tears PM to 8 PM, for a casual event with appe- and help them to trust.
zers and cocktails! Learn more about
In this me of trial and tesng, teach all of us in the the Cathedral admiance process! Meet teachers, Church to love one another and to be paent and kind. administrators and current parents. Register today at Help us to bring the peace of Jesus to our land and to gocathedral.com/admissions/conversaon.
our hearts.

IndyCatholic
exists to seek, find and invite all We come to you with confidence, knowing that you young adults (18R35) in Indianapolis to au- truly are our compassionate mother, health of the sick thentic life in Jesus Christ and to spiritually and cause of our joy.

equip them to become lifelong, missionary Shelter us under the mantle of your protecon, keep us disciples. Pray and play with some likeminded young in the embrace of your arms, help us always to know adults. Check out their website for upcoming events: the love of your Son, Jesus.
http://www.indycatholic.org/events.html

Amen.

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April 10
April 19

What is this all about?

It is about the Divine Mercy of Christ! It is about trusting that God loves you beyond all comprehension and that He is there for you, no matter what you are facing, even if it does not make sense right now. It is about embracing God’s will for us, which is love and mercy itself.
What is the Divine Mercy Chaplet?
The Divine Mercy Chaplet is a short (seven minute) prayer that is said using regular rosary beads. Our Lord Jesus Christ appeared to Saint Faustina Kowalska in 1935 and taught her the prayer. While it can be prayed at any time, it is recommended that you pray it at 3 p.m. , the hour of mercy, when Christ died on the cross for our sins.
What is the Divine Mercy Novena?
A
novena
is typically nine days of prayer in preparation for a celebration of a feast day, in this case Divine Mercy Sunday, which takes place the Sunday following Easter. On each day of this novena, beginning with Good Friday, you will bring to the heart of Jesus a different group of souls to immerse them in his ocean of mercy.
How will I know what to do?
There are many prayer guides online including various resources on Formed. You can also sign up to receive a daily email for the duration of this novena through PrayMoreNovenas.com
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