NEWSLETTER VOLUME 15, ISSUE 2 MAY 15, 2019 SUMMERFEST OF LOVE SPECIAL POINTS May 31, June 1 and June 2 OF INTEREST: Are you ready? It’s almost here! Plans are coming • Summerfest 2019 together for this year’s festival, • Gabriel Project which is right around the • Interview corner. This year’s theme is • The Rosary Priest “Summerfest of Love,” to • Power of Prayer commemorate the 50th • TV Mass & Outreach anniversary of another great • Men’s Club summer festival – Woodstock! • NEAR More details will be available in the next two weeks about the exciting things in store at Summerfest for this year! Watch for information in the weekly bulletin, print ads, and email announcements. We will once again implement the wristband process for entrance into the festival to ensure a safe environment for everyone. Wristbands will be required for entrance, and will be available in advance free of charge to parishioners, neighboring parishes, family, and friends. Others will pay a nominal entrance fee, but will receive the same If you have any up- amount in coupons to be used at the festival. More coming events, please details will be available in the new few weeks. make sure to take lots of pictures so we can Here’s how you can make the festival a success! If useyou themhave inany future up- is- • The Silent Auction will be open all weekend and comingsues. events please makeSubmit sure photos to take and lots is sure to have some great items on which to bid. of infopictures by 07/18/19 so we can in The silent auction committee is very useorder them for in themour up- to be much in need of more donations. For silent comingpublished issues. in the auction donations of new goods or services Submit08/15/19 photos issue. and valued in excess of $25.00, please call Elizabeth info by 04/22/12 in Mann at 463-206-5196 or Andrea Johnson at orderPlease for eit- mailto be all 317-340-5292. publishedpictures inand the info to 05/15/12lfparishnews@ issue. • A successful raffle goes a long way to ensure the Last year’s stained glass raffle yahoo.com. Thanks! success of the festival and we need everyone’s raised $3,300. This year’s goal is Please e-mail all help. Extra tickets are available at the church $5,000. Two beautiful pieces, shown picturesAccess and the info LFG to online doors. THERE IS NO WAY THE FESTIVAL above, are up for bid. For more CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT A lfparishnews@at: information about how to win, see yahoo.comLittleflowerparish.org VERY SUCCESSFUL RAFFLE. page 2. (continued on page 2) The Little Flower Garden * May 2019 1 (continued from page 1) • Advance sale tickets for the rides will be available at a discount beginning May 15th in the parish center, and after all Masses of May 18/19 and 25/26. Our profit percentage is higher on presale tickets. • Plan now to attend, and invite your family, friends, and co-workers. Word of mouth is our best advertising, and it is imperative that we bring guests in from outside of the parish if we are going to be successful. If you are new to Little Flower, don’t miss your first opportunity to enjoy this great start to summer! SEE YOU AT SUMMERFEST! ————————— Stained Glass Raffle Proceeds to Benefit Summerfest 2019 This year the parish is again very fortunate to have not one, but two beautiful pieces of donated stained glass art to be raffled off at the close of the festival. The winner gets first choice of either a Notre Dame glasswork or a crucifix glasswork. Both are featured on the right side of page one of this newsletter. The artist, parishioner Steve Wright, has spent over $400; taken two trips to Nashville, IN, and one trip to North Vernon, IN; and invested countless hours creating these works of art. All of the proceeds from this raffle will go to Little Flower. Because of your past generosity we raised $3,300 in 2018 and hope to reach $5,000 this year. CAN YOU HELP? Tickets are reasonably priced and the per-ticket cost decreases the more tickets you buy. 6 tickets: $5 13 tickets: $10 28 tickets: $20 36 tickets: $25 75 tickets: $50 To enter, please mail a check made out to Little Flower to: Steve Wright 915 N. Hawthorne Lane Indianapolis, IN 46219 Mail entry deadline is June 1. The drawing for both pieces will be at the close of the festival’s silent auction at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 2. You do not need to be present to win but please include your phone number with your check so you can be contacted when you do win! Artwork will be shipped to you if necessary. Thank you for your support! Please note: Steve also does custom work on logos such as those shown below. Contact him separately for a quote. 2 The Little Flower Garden * May 2019 Gabriel Project and 40 Days for Life by Bobbie Lawless In December, I went to do a referral for the Christmas store at the Catholic Center for a young woman who was expecting her 10th child. I walked in the door and there was no furniture. I asked if she knew about St Vincent de Paul Society and she said she had a referral that would expire soon, but she had no way of bringing things home. We arranged for a truck, she got furniture for the home, but SVDP can only give one mattress. Within a week or two, people called and asked if I knew anyone who needed a bed. It was another of those miracles! This woman now has five beds and had her baby on March 30th. The family is looking for a larger house. She, her husband and their beautiful large family are so grateful to the Gabriel Project and the parishioners of Little Flower. May God bless you all. Editor’s note: In the August 2018 newsletter we featured a story, “Gabriel Project Twice Blessed,” about a parishioner who matched found money from all over the US, Canada and Europe in order to support The Gabriel Project. That parishioner is happy to report that the total amount submitted in baby banks on Palm Sunday was about $250.00, over twice the amount from 2018! 40 Days for Life A man went to pray at Planned Parenthood with his nine-year-old granddaughter. The child kept saying how happy she was to be there praying for the babies and their moms. It was very windy that day and the sign she was carrying kept blowing around. The other folks praying there were teasing her about the wind and her sign, so the grandfather snapped a picture and sent it to his daughter-in-law. Later, the woman replied that the photo made her cry, because 10 years ago she was at Planned Parenthood...but she chose life for her baby. This is why we go and pray for those who choose to have their babies so that, one day, that child can also pray and show compassion for women who think they have no other choice but abortion. ————————— Springing Back to Life Easter Sunday in Washington, D.C. This beautiful redbud tree was on full display just west of Lafayette Park near the White House. The Little Flower Garden * May 2019 3 Meet Little Flower Parishioners Denis and Ita Moriarty Little Flower parishioners Denis and Ita Moriarty were both born in Ireland and came to the USA in the 1950s. They have been members of the parish since 1962 and have five sons and nine grandchildren. LFG: Tell us about your background. About Denis: Denis was born in Sneem, County Kerry, Ireland, a favorite retreat of former French president Charles de Gaulle. He graduated from Mount Melleray College, County Waterford, where he played Gaelic football and hurling. He was a member of the Sneem Rowing and Cycling Clubs, winning many County Kerry cycling championships. In 1949 he managed to place third in the two-mile National Championship of Ireland. He came to the US in March 1950 and settled in Indianapolis. He served in Korea from 1951 to 1953 and, upon his discharge, worked for Chrysler Corporation. He and Ita O’Brien of Limerick, Ireland, were married in 1956 and became members of Cathedral parish. After graduating from Purdue with a degree in Drafting and Mechanical Technology, Denis took a job in 1962 with the Indiana Department of Transportation’s Drafting and Mapping Division. Denis is a charter member of the Kevin Barry Division #3 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), founded in 1958, and has held the office of President, State President and National Organizer. In 1965 he won the National Gold Medal history contest for an essay about soldier-priest Father Duffy of the Fighting 69th. While working for the State of Indiana, Denis created art work for six Indiana governors from Matthew Welsh to Evan Bayh. As state president of the AOH in 1978 and in partnership with Father Murray of the University of Notre Dame, Denis established the Notre Dame Hibernian Fund. Denis was honored in 1995 as a Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor Denis and Ita Moriarty Evan Bayh for his many years of service to the state. In 1998 he was awarded the AOH President’s Award as a person who embodies the Hibernian motto of “Friendship, Liberty and Christian Charity.” In recognition of his Catholic faith, the support of his family and his proud Irish heritage, his five sons now sponsor the Denis J.