HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH DECEMBER 18, 2011 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

Altar Servers Dec.24

4:00p.m. Tori Hexamer, Mary O’Connor, Joseph Ritter 6:00p.m. Emma Cummins, MaryGrace Cummins, Ben Woida, Abby Woida 10:00p.m. Mitchell Donlan, Ben Golab Julia Donlan Mass Intentions Dec. 25 Mon, Dec. 19th 8:30 a.m. Souls of Purgatory Req. by Joni Bruks 9:30am Lauren Lahey, Landon Lahey, Andrew Smith

5:30 p.m. Communion Service Tues, Dec. 20th Please remember in your prayers 8:30 a.m. Julia Schaffer & Ray Geilker - Req. by Nancy Ryan, Diane Zeyen, Edwin Coquico, Ed Milligan, Agneda Margaret and Family Arceo, Mike Scaringe, Concepcion Salgado, Mark Minatel, 5:30 p.m . Bolslaw Stygar Req. by Wife and Children Zachery Dobson, Virginia Williamson, Carl Manemann, Mildred Wed, Dec. 21th St. Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor of the Warfield, Lyle Wernimont, Rachelle Perrine, James Kennedy, Sr., Church Phyllis Wildman, Pat Thompson, Jay Ruckelshaus, Jane Begue, 8:30 a.m. Ron Seat Req. by Jim & Liz Hodges Mary Moore, Joann Morris, Loretta Graf, Lawrence Adkins, Erin 5:30 p.m. Connie Gallagher Req. by Family McGinley Gamble Thurs, Dec 22th 8:30 a.m. Gertrude Bennett Req. by Pat Wilson 5:30 p.m. Communion Service Due to some new hospital regulations, we are not notified Fri, Dec. 23th when someone is admitted to an area hospital. If you or a 8:30 a.m. Joe Smith Req. by Marcela Smith loved one is seriously ill and in need of the sacrament of the 5:30 p.m. John R. Preuss Req. by Daughter sick, please call the parish office and let us know! Sat, Dec. 24th Vigil of Christmas 4:00 p.m John Mattz Req. by Tom Griffin If you would like a name added, you may call the Parish Office. 6:00 p.m. Eugene, Joan, & Lisa Humbles - Req. by Family At Nursing Homes and/or Hospitals : 10:00 p.m. Paul Kaperak—Req. by Mike & Paula Slinger Community Nursing & Rehab: Joan Ramsey 12:00 Midnight MASS IN SPANISH Miller’s / Castleton: Rosemary Gill Sun, Dec. 25th The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Westminster Village North: Dorothy Harris, Rita & Joe 9:30 a.m. Carl Keiffer—Req. by wife Janet 12:00 Noon MASS IN SPANISH O’Connell Rosegate: Alex King, Rosewalk: Marge Gundlach Readings for the Week of December 18, 2011 St. Paul’s Hermitage: Helen Welsh, Rosemary Welch, Helen Monday Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71; Lk 1:5-25 Matthews, Rose Callahan, Margaret Callahan, Florence Burke, Tuesday Is 7:10-14; Ps 24; Lk 1:26-38 Mary Scarpone, Sybil Merck Wednesday Saint Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor of the University Heights: Neatha Diehl Church State of Virginia, 60 Cattail Loop, Gordonsville, VA 22942: Sg 2:8-14 or Zep 3:14-18a; Ps 33; Lk 1:39-45 Thursday 1 Sm 1:24-28, Sm 2; Lk 1:46-56 Helen Beach Friday Saint John of Kanty, Priest Wellington Manor: Patricia Webb Mal 3:1-4, 23-24; Ps 25; Lk 1:57-66 Hooverwood : Rosemary Jones Saturday Morning: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89; The Hearth at Windemere: Rosemary Jennings Lk 1:67-79 Greentree/Samara: Michael E. McCarthy, Rita Kieback Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Crestwood Village: Kathleen Harnett Mt 1:1-25 or 1:18-25 Wildwood: Eloise Lanman Midnight: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Rehabilitation Hosp. of In. W 38th and 465 Sandra Ley Sunday The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Berkshire of Castleton: Alice Shanahan, Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14 Please remember in your prayers – our men and women actively serving in the U.S. Military in dangerous locations around the world:

Matthew Cypert, Army Belinda Wycoff, Navy Billy Hunt, Navy Army Belinda Parker, Navy Fr. Uzoma Uwakwe, Cory Grizzle, Navy John Ryan Waggle, Navy James Baker, Navy Kevin Slattery, Army

PLEASE REMEMBER HOLY SPIRIT Frances Snow, Patricia Murphy PARISH IN YOUR ESTATE PLANNING! FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

Spiritual Retreat Opportunities

OUR LADY OF FATIMA RETREAT HOUSE ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S EVE RETREAT December 31, 2011 to January 1, 2012 Dear Friends of Holy Spirit, With As you read this, we will be only Rev. Msgr. Paul Koetter one week from Christmas! I pray And Fr. Eric Johnson the Christmas Season is a “Exploring the Gifts of the Holy Spirit” A program that will call for deeper holiness in 2012. blessed time for you and you have the chance to be Cost $128/ person with people you love. It can also be a challenging After December 20th, $138/ person time with conflicting emotions that can sometimes For more information, see brochure in vestibule or arise in family gatherings. Do not expect a perfect www.archindy.org/fatima Christmas (as the commercial tell us!) but DO look 317.545.7681 for the presence of God in these special days. With Christmas falling on Sunday, it simplifies the number of Masses we will be celebrating and attending. From a pastor’s point of view, we also will miss a Sunday collection!! Your packet has an envelope for December 25 th and for Christmas Day so please use both of them!! Thank you. We continue to search for stories of inspiration HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS that have occurred through our parish community

and its ministries. The month of December we are Holy Spirit Parish Office will close at noon on Friday, focusing on times of inspiration that have occurred December 23 and reopen on Tuesday, December 27. through Bereavement Ministry, R.C.I.A., Christ The office will also be closed on Friday, December 30. Renews His Parish, Mercy Meals, Giving Tree or Thank you! Prayer Shawl Ministry. If you have experienced a close moment with God through one of these ministries, please share it with us. You can write or SCHEDULING OF MEETING ROOMS email it to [email protected] . We have ladies in the parish who clean the Please call or email the Parish Office to reserve meeting purificators we use at Mass, each lady taking a week rooms in the Parish Center or School 353-9404, per month. These are the cloths that we use to wipe [email protected] the edge of the chalices during Communion. As you We need to have meetings scheduled so our volunteer can imagine, we use many (60 per week). One of our night receptionists can have the correct information to volunteers is retiring after many years. If there is help our parishioners each evening. someone who would like to undertake this ministry, At this time, for Gym Rental, call Jim McNulty, we would really appreciate the help. It would be once a month. Call or email.

Our Lady of Fatima Council 3228 God’s Blessings and Love, Knights of Columbus, 1040 N Post Rd Fr. Paul 12/20 Bingo 9:30-12 12/22 Movie, 1:00, King of Siam 12/22 Euchre, 7:00 pm 12/22 Colts viewing party, 8:15 pm 12/31 New Year's Eve Party, 6:00 pm, call 897-1577 for more info Please come out and enjoy some fun with us. PARISH NURSE There will be no Lunch and Learn in December due to the Holidays. Call if you need a ride to a medical HOLY SPIRIT – PARISH SUPPORT* THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFTS! appointment. 353-9404 ext 8. If you know someone who Weekly Budget Goal 2011/12 $ 22,962.00 needs a prayer blanket, let us know. Blood pressure Weekly Collection Dec. 1011 $ 20,934.33 screening the weekend of January 7th and 8th. Electronic Contributions: $ 2,800.00 NEEDED YTD Budget Goal 2011/12 $ 528,126.00 RN's and LPN's to assist with blood pressure and YTD Collections 2011/12 $ 486,865.69 glucose monitoring on a rotating schedule. Please YTD Surplus (Deficit) 2011/12 $ (41,260.31) e-mail Joni @ [email protected] if you can help! Loan balance as of 09/30/2011 $ 26,718.68

HOLY SPIRIT CHURCH DECEMBER 18, 2011 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

YOUTH GROUP

Christmas Caroling on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at Crestwood Village and then to Jockomo’s for pizza and CHURCH DECORATING then downtown to enjoy the lights. We will be decorating the church for Christmas on December 22 Meet at Crestwood Village 10th and Edmondson, at 9 a.m. We need strong people to carry the Christmas trees from the storage area and to climb ladders. Please come and Bldg. #6 at 3:45pm. We will return to Holy Spirit help if you possibly can. A pizza lunch will be provided! around 8:30pm. We have had two of our long time members retire from this Cost $5 cash for the pizza committee. Tom & Martha Heazeltine have served faithfully for many years and we will miss them. Thanks Tom and Martha! —-Marilyn Andrews, Art & Environment.

KNITTING AND CROCHET CLASS Our next two meetings of the Knitting and Crochet class will be January 11th and 28th.

Please note time change for the winter will be 68pm

Please use entrance #3 in the school. If the door is locked, please call Alma Middelton, cell phone, 340-5978. If you have HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL NEWS any questions, please call Rita Osborne, 898-2955 Texas Roadhouse will donate 10% of your food purchase on the 3rd Monday of each month. Please pick up coupons in the vestibules!

SCRIP Cash Cards : Available online at Shopwithscrip.com or check our website to download a SCRIP order form. Place your order by Monday and receive your SCRIP cards on Scecina Memorial High School Wrap-Up Day will be held Friday. on Saturday, January 14, 2012 from 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Join us for an opportunity to complete the Application Phase of the Admissions Process, and register to win a $5,000 Tuition Scholarship Drawing! For more information, please contact Allie Ross at 356-6377, ext. 1312 or [email protected]. BIRTHLINE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Birthline, an outreach service of the Archdiocesan Office for Pro-Life Ministry, needs volunteers to serve from the comfort of Scecina will have a new foreign exchange student at the their homes or at the Catholic Center, 1400 N. Meridian Street start of the 2nd semester. Chuqing Gao, a young girl in Indianapolis. Birthline provides services to more than 2000 women and babies living in poverty. The trained crisis hotline from China, is very interested in music and swimming. volunteers respond to abortion-minded women with life-giving She cannot begin at Scecina until a host family is found, options. Telephone schedulers give appointments to women for so please help this young girl’s dream of studying in maternity or baby clothing and supplies on Mondays or America come true. For more information, please contact Wednesdays at the Catholic Center. Volunteers at the Catholic

Allie Ross at 356-6377, ext. 1312 or [email protected]. Center sort donations, put together layettes and provide direct service to the women scheduled for appointments. If you have a heart to work with the poor and are unconditionally pro-life, contact Sister Diane for more information on becoming a trained volunteer. Call 317236 1521 or email [email protected] .

Holy Spirit recognizes PreK-12 Catholic Education as a min- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF INDIANAPOLIS istry to form young people in spirit, mind, and body. We Licensed RN needed 3 days/wk (W, Th, F), 7:30-4:00. support this ministry through Holy Spirit Grade School and A Caring Place Adult Day Services, a program of Scecina Memorial High School, our parish High School. Catholic Charities Indianapolis. Call 466-0015.

Make your Sunday Contribution Automatic!

AUTOMATIC MONEY TRANSFER AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT FOR PRE-AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS

Name______Email ______Address______Phone #______Envelope #______

Regular Sunday Collection

I hereby authorize Holy Spirit Church to deduct the following amounts each month for my Sunday Offering on the dates indicated below. These monthly deductions will continue until the Holy Spirit Business office is notified in person or by confirmed email, [email protected] or [email protected]

Please insert DAY/S amount

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20th 31 (last day)

BANK/DEPOSITORY NAME: ______

YOUR BANK TRANSIT/Routing: ______Checking or Savings (circle)

ACCOUNT NO: ______SIGNATURE______

Please attach a voided check (if checking account) for account verification. Enroll today in the automatic deduction program and make your giving automatic and consistent! Questions? Email (above) or call Suzy McLaughlin or Kathy Peacock in the Business office at 353-9404.

“But just as you excel in everything-in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in your love for us-see that you also excel in this grace of giving.” 2 Corinthians 8:7 Holy Spirit Church Normal event view

December 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 CRHP#9-Spanish Men' Meeting Giving Tree Items 12:00 AM - AA Meeting 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Giving Tree Items 12:00 AM - Church Decorating (Christmas) OFFICE CLOSED AT NOON FOR Posadas 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PC 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PC Upstairs 11:30 PM Parish Center Parish Center Basement D-Large 11:30 PM Parish Center 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Church/Chapel CHRISTMAS Upstairs RM 6 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM RM 6 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Basement Small 12:00 AM - 11:30 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Basement Small 12:00 AM - 11:30 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Posadas 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PC PM PM English Baptisms 3:30 PM - 5:00 Challenger Girls Meeting 7:00 PM English Women CRHP #13 Upstairs RM 6 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PM Church/Chapel 3:30 PM - 5:00 Middle School Spanish Club 2:30 - 8:30 PM PC Upstairs Room 5 Lunch & Learn 11:30 AM - 1:30 Meetings 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM PC PM PM - 4:30 PM Room 3 School 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PM Parish Center Main C 9:00 AM Upstairs Living Room 2 5:30 PM - - 3:30 PM Giving Tree Items 12:00 AM - 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Finance Comm. Mtg 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM 11:30 PM Parish Center Monday Morning Stewardship 9:00 PM Parish Center Main C Posadas 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PC Giving Tree Items 12:00 AM - Basement Small 12:00 AM - 11:30 Team 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Parish 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Upstairs RM 6 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM 11:30 PM Parish Center PM Center Main C 9:00 AM - 11:00 Giving Tree Items 12:00 AM - RCIA 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Parish Basement Small 12:00 AM - 11:30 Hispanic Youth Group Ages 13-17 AM 11:30 PM Parish Center Center Basement D-Large 6:30 PM 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PC Upstairs Music Rehearsal 6:30 PM - 9:00 Basement Small 12:00 AM - 11:30 PM - 9:00 PM Hispanic Al-Anon Meetings 7:00 Room 5 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PM Church 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM PM svdp 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Parish PM - 9:00 PM Teacher's Lounge Posadas 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PC Posadas 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PC Posadas 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PC Center Main C 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Upstairs RM 6 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Upstairs RM 6 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Upstairs RM 6 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Music Rehearsal 6:30 PM - 9:00 Religious Education 9:00 AM - Quilters 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PM Church 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM 2:00 PM Sch Rms for Rel. Ed 9:00 Quilting Room 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Posadas 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PC AM - 2:00 PM Upstairs RM 6 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Spanish Knights of Columbus 9:00 Spanish Eucharistic Ministers AM - 11:00 AM PC Upstairs Living 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Parish Center Room 2 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Main C 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Spanish Marriage Prep Meeting Spanish Women CRHP Meeting 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Parish Center 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Parish Center Basement D-Large 11:00 AM - Basement D-Large 5:30 PM - 8:30 1:00 PM PM Stewardship Team 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM PC Dining Room Up 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 OFFICE CLOSED FOR AA Meeting 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM RCIA 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Parish English Women CRHP #13 OFFICE CLOSED FOR NEW Baptism: Nora Absi 11:30 AM - CHRISTMAS Parish Center Basement D-Large Center Basement D-Large 6:30 Meetings 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM PC YEARS 12:30 PM Church 11:30 AM - 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM PM - 9:00 PM Upstairs Living Room 2 5:30 PM - Spanish Baptism Prep 5:00 PM - 12:30 PM Challenger Girls Meeting 7:00 PM Staff Meeting 10:00 AM - 12:00 8:00 PM 7:00 PM Parish Center Basement - 8:30 PM PC Upstairs Room 5 PM Parish Center Main Conf Hispanic Al-Anon Meetings 7:00 D-Large 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Rooms B & C 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM Teacher's Lounge Challenger Girls Meeting 7:00 PM PM 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM - 8:30 PM West Vestibule 7:00 PM Hispanic Eucharistic Ministers - 8:30 PM Meeting 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Parish Monday Morning Stewardship Center Main Conf Rooms B & C Team 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PC 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Dining Room Up 9:00 AM - 11:00 Spanish Women CRHP Meeting AM 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Parish Center Small Church Communities 9:00 Basement D-Large 5:30 PM - 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Parish Center PM Main C 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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