NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Address: 305 N. 2nd St. P.O. Box 10 Montgomery, IN 47558 Telephone: (812) 486-3149 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stpetermont.org Facebook: /stpetermont

FATHER SUDHAKAR [email protected]

MASS SCHEDULE SATURDAY MASS: 5:30 p.m. SUNDAY MASS: 7:45 a.m. & 9:30 a.m. CONFESSION TIMES: 4:30 PM-5:00 PM Saturday at St. Peter 5:30 PM-5:50 PM Tuesday at All

Parish Secretary: Patty Fuhs Tuesday & Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Music Director/Organist: Angie Traylor Parish Catechetical Leader: Donna Bradley Youth Ministry Coordinator: Holly Bittner Parish Janitor: Mike Fuhrman

MISSION STATEMENT: We, the people of St. Peter Parish, Montgomery, IN, profess our PARISH Catholic faith. We celebrate the seven sacraments of the Church. We pledge to witness to our Catholic faith in this community and to be examples of Christian love and service to MISSION: all, regardless of their religious affiliation. OUR PARISH FAMILY

MASS INTENTIONS SP | Saturday, October 31, 5:30 PM † The protection of the unborn November Saturday Sunday SP | Sunday, November 1 7 & 8 5:30 PM 9:30 AM 7:45 AM St. Peter’s Parish Family Reader Beth Kirsch Cindy Sermersheim 9:30 AM † Paul Burch & Mary Ann Mitchell Host Diane Reilly Bob Behme SP | Monday, November 2, 8:00 AM † Deceased Members of Parish Chalice No Chalice No Chalice 6:00 pm Divine Mercy for America (9th Monday) Chalice No Chalice No Chalice AS | Tuesday, November 3, 6:00 PM † Betty Lou Hart Server Anna Shake Faith Sward SP | Wednesday, November 4, 8:00 AM Server Molly Jo Anderson Anna Sward † D of I Deceased members SP | Thursday, November 5, 12:00 PM † Tim Kavanaugh Greeters No Greeters No Greeters SP | Friday, November 6, 8:00 AM † Vonda Elliott Collection No Collection Takers No Collection Takers SP | Saturday November 7 , 5:30 PM † Norbert Steiner Gift Bearers No Gift Bearers No Gift Bearers SP | Sunday, November 8 7:45 AM St. Peter’s Parish Family Collection Albert Kavanaugh, Tony Fuhs, Kevin Hart, & Adam 9:30 AM † John & Ida Mae Healy Counters Strange FROM THE DESK OF FR. SUDHAKAR… A call and challenge to become saints: All Saints Day is a summons, a call, a challenge to every one of us. It gives us the simple but reassuring fact is that nobody is born a . It is something you have to become. All Saints Day beckons us to something beautiful. It reminds us of our great potential—the promise that lies within each of us. The promise of holiness. It is the promise that was fulfilled in the countless people we venerate this day—our models, our companions, our inspirations, our guides. All the saints. They give us blessed hope. Because they assure us again and again: no one is born a saint. But every one of us, by the grace of God, can become one. 1)Consider St. Margaret of Cortona. As a teenager, she was the mistress of a young nobleman. She lived with him for nine years, even had a son with him, hoping at some point her lover would marry her. He never did. When he was finally murdered, the shock caused Margaret to re-evaluate her life. She went on to take vows a Franciscan. Her son also joined the order. She was canonized in 1728. 2) St. Benedict Joseph Labre. Sometimes those who become saints are not the ones we expect. They may be the filthy, the rejected, the outcast, the homeless. People like Benedict Joseph Labre. He grew up the son of a prosperous shopkeeper but felt called to give up everything and follow Christ. He spent his life wandering from church to church in . He rarely bathed, never washed his clothes. Some people were repelled by him. But the purity of his devotion and his love of God moved and inspired those who saw him day after day. When he died at the young age of 35, priests of Rome preserved his filthy clothes as relics, and they buried him in one of the churches he loved. Today, he is the of the homeless. 3) Dorothy Day: In the 1920s, if you had to pick a woman who was the least likely candidate for sainthood, it would probably have been an anarchist and communist from Brooklyn named Dorothy Day. She worked as a journalist and spent many nights drinking with famous writers like Hart Crane and Eugene O’Neill. She had an abortion, and a brief marriage, before finally being drawn to Christ, and the gospel, and converting to Catholicism. Her conversion led her to embark on a radical ministry to the poor, one that is still changing the world. Martin Luther King Jn. said, “I have a dream.” One should have a dream. If anyone doesn’t have a dream, he/she ceases to be. Unfortunately, not many people dream about being a saint/holy, but we should.

SAINT PETER 2 NOVEMBER 1, 2020 LITURGICAL LIFE

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Grades 1 - 5 will continue their online classes. Unit 3 (Chapter 7, 8, & 9) has been released for the month of November.

Grades 6 - 12 meet on Wednesday evening 7 - 8 in St. Peter Women's Bible Study - Several options are offered School. Sunday after 9:30 mass, Monday 2pm, Tuesday 9 am, and Wednesday 7pm. All bible studies will be held in school cafeteria with mask and social distancing observed. For information or to register students in grades 1 - 12, contact Donna Bradley, 812-698-0185.

Neal Jackson Kara (Kavanaugh) Landgrebe Brandon Betty Kay P. V. Steiner Anthony Scioly Gene Gaetano Helen Colvin Ethna O’Haver Mary Ann Kensek Jerry Babrick Shannon Babrick Charlotte Moore Jim Murphy Luke Tolbert Prayer Chain: Belinda O’Brian (812)486-6499

• RCIA—Beginning the first week of November we will begin to offer RCIA Inquiry Sessions. Anyone interested in joining the Catholic Church may participate in the Inquiry Sessions. Please contact Joe Kirsch at 812-459-5364 or simply call the Parish if you wish to participate or know someone that is interested. • St. Peter’s Outreach: Beginning on November 4th St. Peter’s will be hosting AA meetings in our Fellowship Center at 7:00 p.m. We will meet every Wednesday thereafter at the same time. If you or a loved one are struggling with alcohol abuse you are welcome to attend. There is no cost. Additional information can be found at either: www.aa.org or www.recovery.org/alcoholics-anonymous. Feel free to call 812-787-0065 with any questions. • CPC - If you have not returned your CPC pledge card please return as soon as possible.

• Halloween and All Saints celebration: Dress like your patron saint for the weekend Masses of Halloween and All Saints. After the Holy Communion, come forward, tell your saint’s name and get candy. I will be passing out candy to children at Rectory from 1 to 4 pm on Saturday, 31st. Be sure to dress like your patron Saint • Fund Raiser for Luke Tolbert: There will be an HOUR OF ADORATION with PRAISE AND WORSHIP on Sunday, November 1st from 5 to 6 pm. Nichole Bittner will be singing . We will have praise & worship, candle lit adoration, Blessed Sacrament, and fundraising for Luke. Those who can not be there but want to support Luke, please send checks to St. Peter. It’s a great opportunity for us to support our parish member and to #LIFTLUKEUP. • Sunday November 1st: Rosary at all the cemeteries: St. Peter cemetery at 12 pm, St. Patrick at 1 pm, and St. Michael at 2 pm. In the case of rain the rosary will be in the church at 12 pm.

• Join Us for Round Two—November 8, 2020 at 1 PM on the playground of St Peter Catholic School. (this event will be specifically for grades 9-12) All COVID 19 procedures will be observed. You must RSVP to Holly Bittner: (812- 664-3780)

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