St. Mary of the Knobs Parish Office June 20, 2021 Pastor Rev. William G. Marks Email: [email protected] Parish Office 812-923-3011 Office Manager-Suzie Didat—[email protected] School Principal-Tracy Jansen— [email protected] Business Manager-Candace Hyde— [email protected] Director of Music-Laura Spalding— [email protected] Coordinator of Evangelization & Discipleship- Garrek Harris—[email protected] Youth Minister-Karrie Quenichet— [email protected] Facilities Coordinator-Melanie Hartlage— [email protected] Facilities Maintenance-Stewart Johnson, II— [email protected] PARISH VISION STATEMENT: Go forth and make disciples of all nations. PARISH MISSION STATEMENT: Forming Disciples and Living Disciples Stewardship Message “So whoever is in Christ is a new creaon: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Just as Christ was renewed through His death and resurrecon, we are called to let go of what keeps us from Christ so that we may be reborn into new life with him. The good steward inspires a spirit of renewal in others. Visit www.yoursmk.org for more information Celebrang Our Discipleship Stewardship Informaon Weekly Budgeted Amount ........................................... $23,640 Collection of 6/13/2021 ............................................ $22,523 Variance to Weekly Budget ........................................ ($1,117) Budgeted total through 6/13/2021 ................... $1,181,988 Actual Collected through 6/13/2021 ................ $1,125,051 Variance to Annual Budget ........................................ ($56,937) THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT! Pastor’s Note We have sold all 10,000 tickets for the Corvette The priests of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis will Raffle! Thanks for all your support and a special be attending a priest convocation evening of thanks to the raffle committee members, great job. Monday, June 20 through Thursday morning, June 24, at St Meinrad Archabbey and the School of Be part of the celebration and fellowship. All are Theology. Fr Bill will be attending the convoca- invited. The Corvette Raffle drawing will be held on tion. Fr John Elmer will be celebrating the Masses June 26, 2021, at 8:30 PM at St Mary of the Knobs Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at SMK. Fr Bill during the Classic Car Cruise. All are invited. plans to return to celebrate Thursday evening. Free admission to the Classic Car Cruise. Classic Cars will arrive and be set up between 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. There will be Food Trucks, Beer & Wine Garden, and music from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM. We Mourn With You Our sincere sympathy is extended to the family and Remember: The Corvette raffle drawing will be friends of parishioner, Barbara VonAllmen. May she held at 8:30 PM that night. rest in peace. Blessings, Mass Intentions June 21 8:00AM John Schmidt June 22 5:30PM Buddy & Patsy Egler June 23 8:00AM Julie Grantz June 24 5:30PM Edwina Lankert June 25 8:00AM Don Didelot June 26 4:30PM Paul & Helen Andres June 27 8:00AM SMK Parishioners June 27 10:30AM William & Ann Engle Gift Bearers for June 26-27 June 26 4:30PM Ron & Cindy Andres June 27 8:00AM Henry & Pat Andres June 27 10:30AM The Engle Family 2 | ST. MARY OF THE KNOBS Today’s Ministry Volunteers Pastoral Plan—Connued Saturday June 19 — 4:30 PM PARISH LIFE COMMISSION UPDATE Joan Banet Eucharistic Ministers - B1 The Parish Life Commission has decided to begin an Peggy Fessel Eucharistic Ministers - B2 outreach/service initiative called R.I.S.E. (Restoring Jane Wiseman Eucharistic Ministers - B3 Independence Supporting Empowerment). This initiative Presider Eucharistic Ministers - Presider (B4) Julie Welch Eucharistic Ministers - B5 will focus on ways SMK families can better serve our Stephanie Hubler Parking Lot Minister parish and community. Our first parish wide R.I.S.E. Debra Huber Greeter opportunity will be installing and maintaining a Bonnie Schindler Greeter blessings box on St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Charities Theresa Distelrath Lector - 2nd reading campus in New Albany. Currently, we have a group of Nancy Spainhour Lector - 1st reading and petitions volunteers busy building the blessings box, but we need NOT FILLED Mass opener/closer a family (or two) that would be willing to take charge Jim Reed Usher (Head Usher) of coordinating donations and maintain a schedule for Jessica Sizemore Usher filling the box each month with nonperishable food and NOT FILLED Usher — NOT FILLED Usher hygiene products. If you can help, please email NOT FILLED Youth Server - Server 1 Michelle Frossard or Carrie Johnsen @ NOT FILLED Youth Server - Server 2 [email protected]. Stay tuned for more info on Graham Sillings Youth Server - Server 3 R.I.S.E. initiatives to come in future bulletins! NOT FILLED Youth Server - Server 4 Sunday, June 20 — 8:00 AM Jason Meyer Eucharistic Ministers - B1 Jenna Thomas Eucharistic Ministers - B2 Sherry Bledsoe Eucharistic Ministers - B3 Presider Eucharistic Ministers - Presider (B4) Jan Jennings Eucharistic Ministers - B5 Betty Batliner Parking Lot Minister Brian Stack Greeter NOT FILLED Greeter Janice Cook Lector - 2nd reading Mary Worden Lector - 1st reading and petitions Kayte Wright Mass opener/closer Ed Campbell Usher (Head Usher) NOT FILLED Usher — NOT FILLED Usher Garrett Jennings Youth Server - Server 1 NOT FILLED Youth Server - Server 2 NOT FILLED Youth Server - Server 3 NOT FILLED Youth Server - Server 4 SMK Catholic School Update Sunday, June 20 — 10:30 AM Cara Libs Eucharistic Ministers - B1 We invite you to take a look at our A Jeff Libs Eucharistic Ministers - B2 -Rated faith-based parish school! Margaret Akin Eucharistic Ministers - B3 There are still a few spots remaining in Presider Eucharistic Ministers - Presider (B4) Griffin Libs Eucharistic Ministers - B5 the Little Hawks Academy preschool Gerald Banet Greeter; Joey Banet Greeter and pre-k classes. If your child is at Jeanne Landrum Lector - 2nd reading least 3 years of age and fully potty Brittany Geswein Lector - 1st reading and petitions trained, he/she is eligible. Visit Chris & Barb Beach Mass opener/closer smkcatholicschool.com or call Darin Landrum Usher (Head Usher) 812-923-1630 for more information. Doug Wathen Usher; Nick Geswein Usher; Shawn Faye Usher NOT FILLED Youth Server - Server 1 Bella Ferro Youth Server - Server 2 Maggie Foster Youth Server - Server 3 NOT FILLED Youth Server - Server 4 ST. MARY OF THE KNOBS | 3 Drawing Contest for R.I.S.E. Do you like to draw? Do you have an eye for graphic de- sign? Our R.I.S.E. initiative needs a picture logo that symbolizes our parish and the initiative, R.I.S.E (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment). All drawings must be submitted by August 1. You can either drop off drawings to Suzie Didat in the parish office or email them to [email protected]. The winning logo will be featured in the parish bulletin on August 15. The winner will also re- ceive 2 tickets for a delicious Knobsfest chicken dinner and 2 tickets to the Knobsfest kid’s zone. Email Carrie Johnsen or Michelle Frossard with questions @ [email protected]. 4 | ST. MARY OF THE KNOBS 6 | ST. MARY OF THE KNOBS Who Is Adele Brise? When young Belgian immigrant Adele Brise arrived in Wisconsin with her family, she may have expected adventure, but not to witness the first approved Marian apparition in the United States. In October 1859, while carrying grain to a mill, 28-year-old Adele experienced her first vi- sion near the area now called New Franken. Adele saw a woman bathed in a bright light and dressed in white, a yellow sash, and a crown of stars. Unsure and frightened, Adele prayed until the vision disappeared. Our Lady of Good Help, as described by Adele The following Sunday, the lady appeared again on Adele’s way to Mass. Adele im- mediately consulted with her priest, who advised that she should ask the woman, “In the Name of God, who are you and what do you wish of me?” Adele saw the apparition a third time on her way home from Mass the same day, and followed the priest’s instructions. Mary told her: “I am the Queen of Heaven, who prays for the conversion of sinners, and I wish you to do the same.” Our Lady then gave Adele the mission to “gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation.” From that time onward, Adele dedicated her life to catechetical mission work. She traveled a 50-mile radius on foot to serve local families and teach children about the Catholic faith. At the site of the Marian apparition, Adele’s father built a small twelve-foot chapel, where many pilgrims visited and prayed for Our Lady’s intercession. Twelve years after Adele first encountered the Blessed Mother, a great drought beset the Midwest. This drought caused the Peshtigo Fire, the worst recorded fire in U.S. history. As the fire approached Robin- sonville, local families that Adele had served came together at the chapel grounds with their children and livestock to pray the Rosary, beseeching Our Lady to ask Jesus to save them. They prayed through the night—and while the fire destroyed the surrounding land, the chapel area and all who had gathered there remained untouched. This became the first of many miraculous occurrences through Our Lady of Good Help’s intercession. The National Shrine Today In 1942, a new church was constructed at the site. Devotion to Our Lady of Good Help flourished. In 2010, after much time and discernment by expert ST. MARY OF THE KNOBS | 3?? Marionlogists, the Church formally pronounced Mary’s appearances to Adele as “worthy of belief.” The church constructed at the site was later designated as the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, making it the first and only shrine with a Church-approved Marian apparition site in the USA.