sign in sign up
<<
Home , December 1

ST. LOUIS CATHOLIC CHURCH 1, 2019 www.stlouis-batesville.org 2 News & Notes

Blessing of Nativity Figures Holiday Bulletin Deadlines At all Masses on the weekend of & 8, December 1st Bulletin: Articles are due there will be a blessing of Nativity figures. You are in the parish office by 9:00am, Monday, welcome to bring your figures to church and they will 18th be blessed after communion. December 8th Bulletin: Articles are due in the parish office by 9:00am, Wednesday, November 27th A Year With Mary - Begins December 8th December 15th Bulletin: Articles are St. Louis Church will begin a year dedicated to the Blessed Virgin due in the parish office by 9:00am, Mary with a prayer service on Sunday, December 8th at 6:30pm. Thursday, December 5th Light refreshments will be served after the service. Each month we December 22nd Bulletin: Articles are will focus on a Marian feast or devotion. The year will conclude by due in the parish office by 9:00am, consecrating our parish to Jesus, through Mary, on the Feast of Our Wednesday, December 11th Lady of Guadalupe on Saturday, , 2020. December 29th Bulletin: Articles are due in the parish office by 9:00am, Mary Statues Available Tuesday, December 17th Would you like a statue of our Blessed Mother for your home? The 5th Bulletin: Articles are due in statues are 2 feet tall, concrete, and are available painted or plain the parish office by 9:00am, Thursday, white. The cost is $40, which includes delivery to your home. A 3 December 19th foot tall statue is available for $80. If you are interested please call Mike Gerstbauer at 812-212-4965 or 812-934-2088. Adoration Chapel The open hours for the Adoration Chapel Families Helping Families are: Sunday – 10:00am, 12:00pm, Gift tags are available for Families Helping Families (FHF). Many of the tags are for 1:00pm; Monday—5:00am; gift cards for teenage children, who can be difficult to buy for. Monetary donations Wednesday—8:00am; Thursday— are also welcome by writing a check payable to St. Louis Church and specifying 4:00am; Friday – 1:00pm. If you are "FHF" on it. Please return all gifts to church or the parish office by Sunday, able to fill an open hour, call Christy 812 December 8th. Thank you for your generosity. -239-9164.

Second Collection - Retirement Fund for Religious Natural Family Planning Next weekend, December 7th & 8th, is the collection for the Retirement Fund for A Natural Family Planning Class will be Religious Sisters and Brothers and Religious Order Priests. Please share in their held on Sunday, January 5th, from care and be as generous as possible. They have given us so much, now is the time 9:00am to 12:15pm at St. Louis. There for us to say thank you. is a $40.00 fee for books and materials. For reservations call or text Aly at 812- Christmas Flower Memorial 212-4951 or Mike at 812-212-2719. Anyone wishing to memorialize a loved one at Christmas, do so by donating to the flower fund. An envelope is included in your packet of church envelopes. Baptism Preparation Class Names must be received in the parish office by Wednesday, December 11th to The Baptism preparation class is for be included in the December 22nd bulletin. parents who are having their first child Baptized. The next class will be offered Poinsettia/Wreath Pick-Up on Tuesday, December 17th at 7:00pm If you placed an order for poinsettias, wreaths or Yankee candles from the St. in the Prickel Building at St. Louis. Louis Mission Team, the orders will be ready for pick-up at St. Louis School in the Please call the parish office to register old gym on Saturday, December 7th after Mass, and Sunday, December 8th 812-934-3204. from 8:45am-12:30pm. If you are unable to pick up your items at this time, call Carrie at 812-934-3204 or email [email protected]. The Feast of the

Immaculate Conception is Advent Penance Service Our Advent Penance Service will be Wednesday, December 18th, 7:00pm at St. NOT a Holy Day of Louis Catholic Church. Obligation this year.

Fr. Stan’s Book Club The feast is transferred to The next book for the book club is “The Complete Father Brown Mysteries,” by G. Monday, December 9th K. Chesterton. Books are available in the parish office for $10.00. Discussions for and we will have our regular the book club will be Tuesday, January 14th at 9:30am and 6:30pm. morning Mass at 8:10am. Parish Calendar 3

Mass Intentions Altar Servers Greeters Saturday, Monday, Saturday, December 7 5:00 pm Louis & Laura Firsich 8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS 5:00 pm Betty Frey, Mary Jane Kuntz Sunday, December 1 Tuesday, Sunday, 8:00 am Jerry Lake 6:00 pm C.J. & Calvin Grote 8:00 am Joe & Marlene Greiwe 9:30 am Doris Fledderman Wednesday, 9:30 am Thomas & Lisa Brown 11:00 am For the Parish Community 8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS 11:00 am Bob & Kathy Mattucci Monday, December 2 6:30 pm Henry Koehne, Madilyn 8:10 am Ruth Hoff Prewitt & Avery Kuntz Tuesday, December 3, St. Francis Xavier Thursday, Lectors 6:00 pm Alvin & Lois Laudick 8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS Wednesday, December 4, St. John Saturday, December 7 Friday, 5:00 pm Bill Koehne Damascene 8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS 8:10 am Flora Meyer Dennert Sunday, December 8 Saturday, December 7 8:00 am Alan Waechter 6:30 pm Dan Hillenbrand 5:00 pm John, Paul & Olivia Meer Thursday, December 5 9:30 am Megan Raab Sunday, December 8 11:00 am Ken Wanstrath 8:10 am Marie Wessling 8:00 am Catherine Streator, William Friday, December 6, St. Nicholas Huber & Kalli Obermeyer 8:10 am Marian Muckerheide 9:30 am Corrine Volk, Olivia & Isabel Saturday, December 7 Raab Ushers 5:00 pm Jeremy Fasbinder 11:00 am Carson Meyer, Marc & Saturday, December 7 Sunday, December 8, Second Sunday Vincent Meneses 5:00 pm Gary Kuntz, Scot Harmeyer, of Advent Jerry Eckstein, Bob Prickel 8:00 am For the Parish Community Sunday, December 8 9:30 am Cliff & Elvira Timke Rosary & Holy Hour 8:00 am Todd Tekulve, Jim Scheele, 11:00 am Rosemary Holtel Sunday, December 1 Larry Enzinger, Bob 5:00 pm SPANISH MASS 7:00 pm Volunteers Needed Obermeyer, Bruce Miller 9:30 am Eugene Laker, John Vogelsang, Mike Weigel, Rosary & Holy Hour 1 Volunteer 11:00 am Jeff Bedel, Ted Telles, John Sunday, December 1st Wilson, Jake Wilson 7:00pm

Readings for the Week Sunday: Is 2:1-5/ Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, December Prayer Intention 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 [cf. 1]/Rom Extraordinary Ministers of 13:11-14/Mt 24:37-44 of Pope Francis Holy Communion The Future of the Very Young Monday: Is 4:2-6/Ps122:1-2, 3-4b, Saturday, December 7 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9/Mt 8:5-11 That every country take the measures 5:00 pm Deb Weigel, Betty Frey, necessary to prioritize the future of the Dave Meyer, Lisa Tuveson, Tuesday: Is 11:1-10/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, very young, especially those who are Carolyn Dieckmann, Mary suffering. 12-13, 17 [cf. 7]/Lk 10:21 Sitterding, 1 Volunteer -24 Sunday, December 8 Wednesday: Is 25:6-10a/Ps 23:1-3a, 8:00 am Ed Gerdowsky, Ken Rudolf, 3b-4, 5, 6 [6cd]/Mt 15:29- John Gerstbauer, Amy Saturday Morning 37 Streator, Janet Maple, Mary Prayer Service Thursday: Is 26:1-6/Ps 118: 1 and 8- Sitterding, 1 Volunteer December 7th at 8:05am 9. 19-21, 25-27a [26a]/ 9:30 am Beth Hoog, John Brelage, Mt 7:21, 24-27 Meet in the Adoration Chapel Bertie Schmidt, Kathy Friday: Is 29:17-24/Ps 27:1, Wagner, Nancy Werner, Let us bring all of our thoughts and 4, 13-14 [1a]/Mt 9:27-31 Christy Moenter, 1 Volunteer prayers to the Immaculata - The Saturday: Is 30:19-21, 23-26/Ps 11:00 am Ken Bohman, Tyler Myers, woman chosen by God Himself. 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6/Mt Rita Schneider, Mary Jo 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8 Sunderman, Kathy Come Pray with Us! Next Sunday: Is 11:1-10/ Ps 72:1-2, 7- Mattucci, Nelson French, 8, 12-13, 19 [cf. 7]/Rom Mark Masavage 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12 6 W h a t ’ s News & Notes H a p p e n i n g

December 1 Advent Materials  RCIA—St. Louis Parish Office, With the beginning of Advent, please take a copy of the Advent materials located in 9:00am. “Sacraments, the back of church. Take just a few minutes a day and use these materials to help Sacramentals, and Grace” make Christmas much more meaningful for you and your family.  Sausage and Pancake Breakfast— St. Mary’s of the Rock, 7:00am— “Letter to a Suffering Church” noon. Freewill donation benefits the Why stay Catholic with so much scandal? Bishop Robert Baron wrote this book to St. Mary’s of the Rock preservation reach out to fellow Catholics who feel, demoralized, and angry with the scandal in society. the Church. He urges them to stay and fight—for themselves, their families, and December 3 those who have suffered at the hands of wicked people. Copies of this book are  St. Louis Uniform Exchange—St. available at the St. Louis Parish Office and at the Adoration Chapel. Louis Preschool building, 2:30pm— 3:00pm and 4:30pm—5:30pm. Archdiocesan Christmas Tree Lighting/Prayer Service December 4 You are invited on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 6:00pm to the Catholic  Mass and Healing Service—St. Center Assembly Hall, Indianapolis for an archdiocesan Christmas Tree Lighting Ignatius Parish, Cincinnati, 7:00pm. and Prayer Service. Prepare your heart for the coming of Christ and celebrate  OA Christmas Concert—Oldenburg those who have shared their own light by establishing memorial endowments in Academy Auditorium, 4:00pm. the names of loved ones. For a donation of $10 or more, you can dedicate a December 6 luminaria in memory of a loved one. Gifts will be invested in the Catholic  First Friday Community Foundation to support the growth of parish, school and agency  That Man is You—Knights of ministries. A reception will follow the service. Columbus, Batesville, 6:00am. To RSVP, please visit www.archindy.org/CCF/EveningOfLights2019.  Bible Study—St. Louis Parish Office, 9:00am. Oldenburg Academy Placement Test December 7 Any current 8th grade student who is considering the Academy for high school is  First Saturday welcome to take the placement test. The test will be given on Saturday,  St. Louis Uniform Exchange—St. December 7th from 8:00am-12 noon in the main building. During the test all Louis Preschool building, 10:00am— parents are invited to attend a parent orientation meeting in the gym. 11:00am. December 8  RCIA—St. Louis Parish Office, Oldenburg Academy Christmas Concert 9:00am. Reenact the Mass Oldenburg Academy presents “The Magic of Christmas,” on Sunday, December  St. Louis Church Marian Year 8th at 4:00pm in the Oldenburg Academy Auditorium. Join us for an evening of Prayer Service—St. Louis Church, fun, fine music, and relaxation that is sure to put you in the holiday spirit! 6:30pm. Refreshments following.

Grief Share - Surviving the Holidays When you are grieving a love one’s death, the holiday season can be especially painful. Our Surviving the Holidays seminar helps participants prepare for the Mass Schedule holidays and even discover hope for the future. The seminar will be Thursday, Christmas December 12th at 9:15am at the St. Michael Campus, St. Francis Center. There is no cost for this seminar. For more information contact the parish office at 765- Tuesday, 647-5462 and ask for Carla Hertel. 5:00pm

St. Anthony Live Nativity Wednesday, St. Anthony Church, Morris, will host the Annual Live Nativity on Friday, December Midnight, 13th & Saturday, December 14th from 5:00pm—9:00pm. Live manger scene, 9:30am & 11:00am live animals, local church/school choirs performing both indoor and outdoor, sweet treats, hot beverages. All are welcome to attend this free event! New Year’s Day Tobit Weekend - Marriage Preparation Holy Day of Obligation

Tobit is a program designed to make your Christian marriage a success. You will Tuesday, discuss strengths, weaknesses, and practice techniques of communication. There will be only 4 Tobit weekends offered in 2020 at the Our Lady of Fatima Retreat 5:00pm

House, Indianapolis: -19; -3; 26-28; or 18-20. Wednesday, If you have questions or to register for a weekend, please call 317-545-7681 or email [email protected]. 9:30am & 11:00am

News & Notes 7

Finding Time for God Join us at All Saints Parish, St. John Campus Hall, to hear guest speaker Stacey Sumereau on Saturday, January 4th from 6:00pm—9:00pm. This event is geared toward college students and young adults, but all are welcome. This event is free and includes Mass and dinner. To RSVP call 812-576-4302.

Joyful Sound Community Handbell Choir Gifts of Financial Join us for music of the Christmas Season! The handbell choir will present a Participation concert at St. Mary Catholic Church, Greensburg on Saturday, December 7th at Sunday, 27, 2019 6:30pm. Free will donation chili supper begins at 5:30pm. Concert is free and In Church Collections ...... $ 10,196.25 open to the public. Other Collections ...... $ 1,031.32 Electronic Collections ...... $ 1,732.00 E6 Catholic Men’s Conference - Save the Date Total Actual Income ...... $ 12,959.57 The tri-state’s largest Catholic Men’s Conference is coming soon, featuring Fr. Budget ...... $ 18,942.00 Donald Calloway, Dr. Scott Hahn, Doug Barry, and Fr. Jonathan Meyer! Please join Over/Under Budget ...... ($ 5,982.43) us for the 2020 E6 Catholic Men’s Conference, which will be taking place on

November 1, 2019 Saturday, 22nd 2020, from 8:00am—4:00pm at the East Central High All Saints Day ...... $ 2,485.00 School Performing Arts Center in St. Leon, IN. Tickets are on sale now at www.e6catholicmensconference.com. Sunday, , 2019

In Church Collections ...... $ 12,063.00 Other Collections ...... $ 2,791.00 High School Youth Group Electronic Collections ...... $ 10,097.00 High School Youth Group is open to all High School students. For more information Total Actual Income ...... $ 24,951.00 call Angie Moster 812-212-7026, or Carrie Wesseler 812-212-9477, or email Budget ...... $ 18,942.00 [email protected]. Upcoming Dates: Over/Under Budget ...... $ 6,009.00  December 1 - 6:30pm-8:30pm - "Chopped" at the Mosters' Home Sunday, , 2019  - 6:30pm-8:30pm - Christmas Party at St. Louis School Old Gym. In Church Collections ...... $ 11,719.67 Bring a $10 White Elephant gift for the exchange. Electronic Collections ...... $ 1,732.00 Total Actual Income ...... $ 13,451.67 2020 Steubenville Youth Conference Budget ...... $ 18,942.00 We will be joining the parishes of the Batesville Deanery again for another exciting Over/Under Budget ...... ($ 5,490.33) Steubenville Conference -14, 2020. This conference is open to 8th-12th Second Collection graders. For more information or to register, go to: Military Services ...... $ 2,485.00 https://stlouis-batesville.org/steubenville.

Sunday, , 2019 In Church Collections ...... $ 10,155.00 Need Prayer? Other Collections ...... $ 6,283.00 Prayer needs are addressed in two ways at St. Louis. In the vestibule of church is a Electronic Collections ...... $ 1,732.00 Prayer Request Notebook where anyone can write prayer concerns. The Members of Total Actual Income ...... $ 18,170.00 the Prayer and Praise Ministry commit to praying daily for these intentions. For more Budget ...... $ 18,942.00 urgent prayer needs (illness, surgery, etc.) there is a Prayer Chain that will get dozens Over/Under Budget ...... ($ 772.00) of people praying immediately. To begin the Prayer Chain, please call Janice Werner - Year to Date 812- 932-9200 or Erma Hartman - 812- 934-3678. In Church Collections and Other Collections ...... $ 344,697.21 Ministry of Prayer and Praise Intentions for December Budget ...... $ 378,840.00  That those who have left the Church may find this Ad- Over/Under Budget ...... ($ 34,142.79) vent to be a time of reconciliation and a return to their spiritual home.  That those who are troubled in mind, body and spirit Thank You may know the peace of the Newborn King. Renate Wolferst would like to thank  That our festive celebration of this Christmas will result everyone for all of the prayers, cards, in deeper faith, hope and charity within our souls. and well wishes as she is recovering  That all children may be considered as precious gifts of God and may be given from her shoulder surgery. More prayers due respect, understanding and love. are appreciated for a speedy and  That the love and unity of the Holy Family will overflow to all families and make complete recovery. them truly happy.