Scheduled Masses and Intentions

MASS SCHEDULE AND INTENTIONS

SATURDAY APR 25 5:30 PM DALE KIESLER SUNDAY APR 26 8:00AM JAY GELLELFINGER 11:00AM PARISHONERS OF ST. MICHAEL’S ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TUESDAY APR 28 8:00 AM RITA BROWN WEDNESDAY APR 29 7:00 PM ALL SOULS THURSDAY APR 30 8:00 AM HERBERT GETTELFINGER SATURDAY MAY 02 5:30 PM PARISHONERS OF ST. MICHAEL’S SUNDAY MAY 03 8:00 AM JACK NEUMANN 11:00AM CHARLES & PEARL KIESLER

REGULAR WEEKEND MASSES - ST. BERNARD: Sat. 4:00 PM Sun. 9:30 AM ST. JOSEPH MARENGO: Sun. 9:15 AM

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THOSE IN NEED OF PRAYERS comforting one. We can imagine the natural beauty of a shepherd on a hillside, gently leading and guiding his sheep to the places Stanley Zollman, Winsome Lenfert, Jerry where all their needs are met. The shepherd makes sure they are Light, Missy Mattingly, Gunner Shepard, fed, watered, rested, and, of course, safe. This last element is Anna Kaelin & Family, Kenny Jacobi, what separates a good shepherd from a bad one. When a threat Irma Barnard, Michael A. Bennett, approaches his flock, the good shepherd will do whatever is Angela Runkel, Gwen Goss necessary to save them, even at risk of his own safety. The bad shepherd, on the other hand, thinks only of himself and abandons Prayer List Update – The prayer list has been updated. Anyone the sheep in order to protect his own skin. added to the prayer list will be removed after 2 weeks unless It’s important, in understanding the analogy, for us to otherwise stated. Please notify the office if anyone needs added. realize that we, the sheep of Christ’s pasture, do face real threats, though they may be the kind that are hard to recognize. Please remember in your prayers our Military Members The wolves that prowl around our souls are the vices of anger, jealousy, lust, greed, gluttony, vanity, and laziness. We and their Families. traditionally call these the seven deadly sins, and they are truly CPO Jonathan Akers deadly. When we give in to them, we cut off our souls from the Danny Baker source of real life: God. But Jesus is the Good Shepherd, who SRA Benjamin M. Fouts lays down his life for Chris Ethridge us, literally. Jesus suffered and died on Bobby Ethridge the cross, taking Tyler Hall away the deadly Ryan Kays consequence of sin. Eric Kays This selfless act has Major Scott Schroeder saved us by offering Zachary Shinkle the forgiveness and reconciliation that Matt Train our souls, weak and weary from the attacks of evil, WEEKLY COLLECTION INFO: desperately need. What a gift to be in the care of such a Fiscal Year: July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 shepherd. What a joy to be in this flock where, as Jesus says, “I Weekly collection needed to make budget $ 7,135.00 know mine and mine know me.” Weekly collections for 04/19/2015 $ 7,083.00 ©2015 Liturgical Publications Inc, Total collection as of 04/19/2015 $312,868.61 Cumulative (-) in collections Friendly Reminder: Ladies of the For week 42 of the fiscal year $ +13,198.61 parish, at any time you may choose to wear Children and Youth $ a hat at church; however gentlemen of all 10.00 ages are reminded that caps and /or hats are not permitted to be worn in the church

Fourth Sunday of Easter The Five Indiana Bishops have issued a pastoral letter on April 26th, 2015 poverty. The overall goal is to bring awareness to the suffering that is experienced by our fellow Hoosiers and Acts 4:8-12/1 Jn 3:1-2/Jn 10:11-18 motivate us to take further responsibility for helping to “And I will lay down my life for the sheep.” Jesus himself relieve some of this gave us the image of himself as the Good Shepherd. In trying to suffering, Please take the teach us about who he was, his love for us, and his mission to time to read the letter and to save us, he chose to speak in these terms. The picture is a respond to the survey that will be used to develop a pastoral plan to reduce poverty in Indiana~ www.archindy.org. Thank you for helping us be the hands and feet of our Lord.

LAY MINISTER SCHEDULE: May 2nd & 3rd Sat. 5:30 PM EM: Linda, Jesse, Janice, Jim, Carol L: Donna W. S: Kathy SVRS: Olivia & Katie Wise St. Michael’s Respect Life Committee U: Alan, Brian, Wayne, Brenda (find us on Facebook as St. Michael‘s Proudly Pro-Life) M: Organ/Cantor~ Cheryl, Kathy, Vickie GOD’S love was revealed to us in this way: God sent His only- Sun. 8:00 AM begotten Son into the world so that we might have life through EM: Katy, Sue, Harlan, Marlene, Cindy Him. L: Fred 1Jn 4:9 S: The bible teaches us that God is love, and it likewise teaches us that this love leads to life. SVRS: Dylan, Cameron Love always gives life; it never takes it. That’s why U: Kenneth, Jeanne, Paul, David Christians are pro-life. M: Quartet~ Tim, Rick, Darrick, Mike Father, thank You for revealing Your love in Sun. 11:00 AM Christ, Who is life and gives life. May we, be immersed in EM: Rick, John, Lisa, Marty, Jason that love so that we too may always be defenders of life. L: Karen H Amen. ~Pro-life Reflections for Every Day S: Kim & Jerry SVRS: Jarrod, Sydney Upcoming events: U: Aaron, Dana, Ryan, Theresa M: All Musicians CARD PARTY Lic# 136630: The Card Party is Wednesday, April 12:00 Noon Children’s Choir Rehearsal 29 th . The Doors open at 6 PM and the Card Party begins at 6:30 PM. If anyone could help set up Monday, April THE WEEK AHEAD: 27th at 6:00 PM and/or help tear down afterwards on SUN: Wednesday April 29th, it would be greatly MON: Bible Study 9:30 am appreciated! TUE: Quilting 9:30 am – 2 pm (LL church) We also are in need of pies or cakes for dessert Parish Council Meeting 7:00 pm for the evening of the card party. It takes everyone to help us continue doing the good works WED: we do. All donations of time, talent and treasure are THUR: RCIA 7:00 pm greatly appreciated. FRI: th SAT: Blood drive here May 4 , 3:00- SUN: 8:00 Readings for the Week Ahead The American Red Cross will host a blood drive at St. Michael’s Monday: Acts 11:1-18/Jn 10:1-10 on Monday, May 4th. in the Parish Life Center. if at all possible come out and give the gift of life that only you can give Blood Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26/Jn 10:22-30 cannot be processed or made any other way. It is truly Wednesday: Acts 12:24—13:5a/Jn huMAN-MADE! And as always we will be serving our 12:44-50 famous St. Michaels chicken n’dumplins to all donors. If you could and would like to help us out that evening in any way Thursday: Acts 13:13-25/Jn 13:16-20 please give Geralyn a call @ 812-364-6678. Any and all th Friday: Acts 13:26-33/Jn 14:1-6 help is so greatly appreciated. This is our 26 continuous year to host the blood drive. Joseph the Worker: Gn 1:26—2:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24/Mt 13:54-58 On May 9, 2015, Mount St Francis will host Saturday: Acts 13:44-52/Jn 14:7-14 a Wine Tasting featuring Turtle Run Winery from Sunday: Acts 9:26-31/1 Jn 3:18-24/Jn 15:1-8 4:00pm - 7:00pm. This fundraiser for the Retreat Center includes hot and cold appetizers, a variety of wines and a commemorative glass for only $45! Tickets are limited and must be purchased by April 30. Additional gift items and bottles of wine will be available for purchase. And after the Wine Tasting winds down, there is Annulments: What the Music @ the Mount from 6:00pm - 8:00pm highlighting live Catholic Church Teaches will jazz at the Lake Shelter and it’s free to attend! Food and be presented by the drink will be available for purchase. This second event Metropolitan Tribunal on supports the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts. th Wednesday, May 6 , 6:00 – Call 812-923-8817 for more information about both events 8:00 p.m. at St. John Paul II or to order your Wine-Tasting tickets! Parish on the St. Joseph Hill Campus in the Gym. If you are T he St. Michaels’ Quilting Circle would like to invite interested in finding out more anyone interested in quilting or leaning to quilt about the Marriage Annulment to join them every Tuesday (weather process this free meeting is for you! Call 812-246-5044 permitting) from 9:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. No experience required. Come join the fun, we’ll for more info. keep you in stitches! Father/Daughter Dance – Fathers are invited to bring their daughters (regardless of age – children, teens, and Faith Formation Office Hours are: St. Michael adults) to our Father/Daughter Dance on Saturday, May Church - Monday - Thursday 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., 16th in the Parish Center. We will serve dinner at 6:30 Fridays 1:30 – 5:00 p.m. and St. Bernard Church – p.m. which will include Roasted Chicken, Cheesy Fridays 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Potatoes, Green Beans, Salad, and Dessert. The dance will follow dinner. The cost is $30.00 per couple and Faith Formation News: $5.00 for each additional daughter. Dads: make sure Upcoming Faith Formation Classes: you invite your daughter to this evening to show her April 26 No Classes – First Communion Sunday how much she means to you! Tickets can be purchased May 3 Grades Pre-School – Grade 12 in the Faith Formation Office or in the back of church May 10 No Classes – Mother’s Day on the weekends of May 3rd and 10th. Formal dress is May 17 Grades Pre-School – Grade 12 optional. Invite your family and friends to join us! All proceeds will go to fund our summer mission trips and First Communion – Our First Communion Class will NCYC this fall. be celebrating their First Holy Communion this Sunday at the 11:00 a.m. Mass. Please keep them in your 5K Friar Run, 1 Mile Family Fun Run/Walk– prayers: Saturday, May 16. Race/Walk begin at 8:30am. The 5K Isabelle Abner Mary Jane Ellis will be an off-road run at Mt. St. Francis. The 1 mile Haiden Huber Sydney Kaelin will be assessable for strollers and/or wagons so bring Jace Martin Adeline McGuirk the whole family. Preregistration is due by May 1. For Ashton Timberlake Chaz Underwood cost and to register online, go to www.nadyouth.org. Brendan Vincent Cody Vincent Scroll down and click on the 5K Friar Run post. For more information contact [email protected] or call Rosary Club – The rosary club will meet each Sunday the Catholic Youth Ministries Office at 812-923-8355. that we have Faith Formation Classes, 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. This is the first leg of the Triple Crown offered in the in the Faith Formation Center. We invite children (2nd Deanery this year. St. Michael’s 5K Race is the second grade and up), youth, and adults to join us in making leg. Plan to participate in all the races this year! rosaries that will be sent to overseas missions. Join us for this fun time as we help others to pray! Donut Sunday! All parishioners are invited to the Parish Center on Sunday, May 17th following the 8:00 Biscuit Breakfast – Thanks to everyone who came out a.m. Mass for donuts and coffee. Spend some time and supported our biscuit breakfast this past Sunday. talking with parishioners and enjoy a donut! A free will Your generosity always amazes us! offering will be accepted to cover the cost of the donuts.

Monday Morning Bible Study – The Men’s Group – We invite all men of the parish to Story of Salvation History - Our gather with us on Sunday, May 17th at 7:00 p.m. We Monday Morning Bible Study will meet will continue our study of the Gospel of Luke. Join us! this Monday, April 27th at 9:30 a.m. when we will continue our study of salvation Senior Gathering – Our next senior gathering will be history (Luke 10-12). All adults are on Wednesday, May 27th. We will gather for Mass at welcome to join us anytime! noon and then all are invited to bring something to share for lunch. Our featured lunch item for May will be you work the fish fries your only cost will be the Chicken and Gravy. $100.00 deposit. Registration brochures are available in the Faith Formation Office and the deadline to submit Youth Ministry News: your deposit is April 30th while spots last. Rev Bernard Koopman Memorial Scholarship is open to any high school senior from St. Michael National Catholic Youth Conference – NCYC will be Church. It is an award of $500.00 for the first year of held in Indianapolis this November 19 – 22, 2015 and is college and renewable for $250.00 each year thereafter open to anyone currently in grades 8-11. NCYC is an for a total gift of $1250.00. Scholarship application amazing conference for Catholic High School Youth forms are available in the Faith Formation Office. The that attracts youth from all over the country. There will deadline to submit applications is May 4th at 5:00 p.m. be keynote talks by national speakers, concerts, break- out sessions, amazing prayers. Mass, and a huge Cross-Cultural Leadership Forum (CCLF) thematic park! You do not want to miss this life Applications for 2015-2016- CCLF is a group of youth changing event! The cost is estimated at $500.00 per from any cultural background who are willing to person, however your cost is $150.00 if you work the participate in a year of multicultural and leadership fish fries and other upcoming fundraisers. The deadline formation. We gather monthly, go on a mission trip and to register is July 1st. Since we believe that NCYC is a serve as leaders in our community! If you would like to pilgrimage we will have gatherings on August 30th, apply for next year, please contact the Faith Formation September 20th, October 18th, November 1st and Office. The deadline to apply is Friday May 1st. December 13th to help prepare us for the conference and help celebrate it after it is over. Registration materials Jr. High Summer Daze – All Jr. High Youth who will are available in the Faith Formation Office. be in grades 6-8 this fall are invited to join us for Summer Daze on Tuesdays, June 16th and 23rd. We will Young Adult News: gather for service work each day and then do a fun Theology on Tap - is an informal gathering for young activity after each work project. We will work around adults 22-39 to share and discuss issue of life and faith. the grounds at St. Michael one day and participate in the Our Easter Series will be “Isms” – What do Catholics Empty Bowls Project at Mount St. Francis the other day. believe. Thursday nights during Easter beginning at Our fun activities will be a trip to Jammerz Rollerdome 6:30pm at the Fireside Bar & Grill in Sellersburg. Our for roller skating and bowling at Eastern Bowling fourth session will be "Volunteerism" with Marlene Lanes. Our day will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will finish Stammerman on April 30th! up at 4:00 p.m. The cost is $26.00 for both dates or $21.00 for just one day, which includes a t-shirt, Deanery College Celebrate Summer Outing -All transportation, and activity. You should plan on college-age young adults are welcome to join us for an bringing a sack lunch each day. The deadline to register evening of fellowship Thursday, May 21, 6:00pm, Mt. is May 26th. If there are any parents who could help St. Francis Lake Shelter. Contact [email protected] with transportation please let us know. for more info.

Faith in Action is a week-long service opportunity on Question of the Week for the 4th Sunday of Easter: June 18th – 21st, and is open to any youth currently in Question for Children: Jesus tells us he is the Good grades 8-12. Each day participants will do service work Shepherd, but how do you experience God guiding and in Harrison, Floyd, and Clark counties. They will also protecting you? live simply in community at Mount St. Francis. The Question for Youth: How do you feel about Jesus' cost is $245.00, however if you work the fish fries your being your shepherd? What does it mean to you that he only cost will be the $100.00 deposit. Registration lays down his life for you? brochures are available in the Faith Formation Office Question for Adults: What qualities of God does the and the deadline to submit your deposit is April 30th. image of the Good Shepherd suggest? How do you experience God in this way? Appalachian Wolfe Pack Mission Trip to Campton, Kentucky will be July 8th 12th, and is open to any youth currently in grades 10-12. Each day we will do service work in and around the town of Campton. We will live simply in community and work with the Sisters at Good Shepherd Parish. There will also be time to learn about the Appalachian culture. The cost is 325.00, however if