May 30, 2021 The Most Holy Trinity Welcome to St. Joan of Arc Church Parish Staff: Father Guy Roberts Pastor Ext. 1118 [email protected] Molly Ellsworth Business Manager Ext 1110 [email protected] Janet Andriole Principal Ext. 1114 [email protected] Robyn Baker Early Learning Director [email protected] Audrey Brown Bookkeeper [email protected] Joseph Burrows Director of Music Ext. 1121 [email protected] Martha Horvath Parish Secretary Ext. 1112 [email protected] Kyle Murphy Pastoral Associate Ext. 1124 [email protected] Melinda Rivelli Pastoral Associate Ext. 1116 [email protected] SJOA Website www.sjoa.org Mass Schedule Monday, Tuesday , Thursday 8:00 AM Wednesday & Friday 5:30 PM Saturday 5:30 PM Sunday 8:30 & 10:30 AM, 5:30 PM SJOA Parish Office SJOA School Office SJOA Early Learning Center AYS Office 4217 North Central Avenue 500 East 42nd Street 4186 Broadway St 500 East 42nd Street Indianapolis, IN 46205-1896 Indianapolis, IN 46205-1897 Indianapolis, IN 46205-2733 Indianapolis, IN 46205-1897 P: 317.283.5508 P: 317.283.1518 P: 317.644.2700 P: 317.283.6710 F: 317-283-5511 F: 317-931-3380 F: 317.931.3380 Thoughts from Fr. Roberts A Personal God We hear more Chrisans today speak of God as a “personal” God: but what does that mean? To say God is personal does not mean that each individual person creates their own version of God, based on their own opinions and beliefs. To do that would be to make God in our own image. In fact, the opposite is true: we, as human persons, are made in God’s image. The God we profess as Catholic is a great mystery, for our God is a Trinity of Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is the greatest mystery to us how the three Persons can be one God, or how one God can be three disnct Persons. But the Trinity is not beyond our understanding when we recognize God as a unity of three Persons, joined to one another in the bond of love. Mass Intentions May 31-June 6 We are blessed that God is a Trinity of Persons, who love one another. God is not some impersonal, universal “force,” but a God who loves Monday, May 31 each one of us as His own children. What is this divine love like? It is No mass today much more than just affecon, and God does not love us simply because we belong to Him. For in His love, God has given us the Tuesday, June 1 ulmate freedom: to choose to love Him in return, or to reject Him. No mass today The very essence of divine love is self-gi : the Father begets the Son, the Son loves and obeys the Father; the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Wednesday, June 2 love of the Father and the Son. This love of the Persons of the Trinity Intention of Gary Tiplick for one another, which binds them as one God, is the same love God shows to each of us. By loving God in return, and by loving one Thursday, June 3 another as God loves us, we come to share in the life of the Trinity. Nancy Tiplick As human persons, we are made in the image of God. But what does it Friday, June 4 mean to be a human person? Pope St. John Paul II taught a well- developed philosophy called “Personalism.” Catholic Personalism For the souls in purgatory begins with the idea that each human being is a unique creaon of God, and a unique and individual face of God. We are the only Saturday, June 5 creatures created by God for our own sake, that is, we are the Agnes Brake crowning glory of creaon. Therefore, human persons have an inherent dignity, and rights, which are given to us by God. We receive Sunday, June 6 from God the right to life, to freedom from tyranny, a right to self- Ed McNamara determinaon, to privacy, and to personal property; we have from Intention of Pat Gould God the right -in fact, the obligaon- to seek the truth; and above all, The Parish of St. Joan of Arc we have the right to religious freedom. Along with these rights and freedoms from God come dues and 2 | St. Joan of Arc Church | 2 Thoughts from Fr. Roberts responsibilies. For while each person is unique, we were not made to feed our own egos. God created us for communion with Himself and with one another. We are created not to be self-ish, but to be self- less. When we recognize that we each are a unique gi from God to one another, we find true happiness in giving ourselves for the good of everyone else. Such gi of self is love, and it is what makes us most like Jesus Christ, who gave His life for our salvaon. Personalism teaches us that true human fulfillment and happiness are not to be found in mere earthly comforts, and that happiness is not an end or a goal in itself. True human fulfillment and happiness lie in serving God and others in love, and our final happiness is found beyond this world in the Kingdom of our Heavenly Father. Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, Queen of the Angels and Mother of the Americas. St. John Paul II taught that to be truly human is to be divine. What he We fly to you today as your beloved children. We ask you to intercede for meant is that if we live as God intends human beings to live, we us with your Son, as you did at the discover that we are truly the image of God. We become like Jesus wedding in Cana. Christ when we keep His Commands, and follow Him as the way, the truth, and the life. Bapzed into Christ, and filled with His grace, we Pray for us, loving Mother, and gain for learn to call God our Father, and we are empowered to love one our naon and world, and for all our another as brothers and sisters. Our God is a personal God. So, on this families and loved ones, the protecon of your holy angels, that we may be Feast we see that, although a great mystery to the mind, the Trinity is spared the worst of this illness. not completely beyond our grasp if we live in love as a community of persons. For those already afflicted, we ask you to obtain the grace of healing and deliverance. Hear the cries of those Fr. Roberts who are vulnerable and fearful, wipe away their tears and help them to From The Heart of the New Evangelization, A Parish Manual for the trust. New Evangelization by Fr. Guy Roberts. In this me of trial and tesng, teach Our spirit needs prayer and stillness each day if it is to be formed in Christ, as well as the regular nourishment of grace which is offered all of us in the Church to love one through the Sacraments. Just as with anything in life, we become good at another and to be paent and kind. whatever we practice. The practice of imitating the way of Jesus begins Help us to bring the peace of Jesus to with grace, but also requires personal discipline and effort (Pg. 38) our land and to our hearts. We come to you with confidence, knowing that you truly are our com- passionate mother, health of the sick and cause of our joy. St. Joan of Arc Parish Mission Statement: St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church is a community gathered in Jesus Christ. We Shelter us under the mantle of your welcome all people and provide them opportunities to know God, grow in protecon, keep us in the embrace of faith, and use their gifts to serve others. Through Word, Sacrament, Prayer, your arms, help us always to know the and Service, we honor our tradition as we extend our ministry to each new love of your Son, Jesus. Amen. generation. St. Joan of Arc Church | 3 THIS WEEK AT ST. JOAN OF ARC Weekly Prayer Petition The hymns and readings for today’s Mass can be found on page 7 of this bulletin. May God bless all of our veterans, especially those who died while defending our country. In addition to today being Holy We pray that all members of the service will Trinity Sunday, it is also the feel our gratitude for the sacrifices they Feast of St. Joan of Arc. We made and continue to make to insure we can pray that we, too, will follow worship freely. her example and be courageous in promoting justice in the world. Please Pray For: Leslie Ashburn-Nardo; Kevin Beaty; Adeline Beining; Sam Blandina; Kim Bourque (Kathy Today is also the Anniversary of Caparo’s Sister); Mable Brown; LeJean Buehler; Frederick Fr. Guy’s Ordination. Bullard; Cathy Chamberlaine; Ronerik Chrise and Marvin Congratulations on 23 years of Colbert (brother & brother-in-law of Yolanda Chrise); priesthood, Fr. Guy, and thank David Colby; Kelly Colen; Ella Comer; Maureen Cox (d-i-l of Judy Cox); Ian Craig (son of Libby); Alison Croker; Judd you for all the wisdom and Cromer; Ellie Davis; Lyla DeArmond; Mary Ellen Diemer; compassion you have shared with Gregg Dwyer; Dee Enrico-Janik; Brian Gaddie; Rita us over these past 15 years. May Gatzemeyer; Donna Gesell-Stuart; Gail Gerlach; Joyce God continue to bless you abundantly. Geske ;Larry Grein; Owen Griffith; Sara Hanlon; Betsy Harvey: Noreen Hazeur Williams; Polly Henn; Susie Hoffman (mother of Erin Kelly); Doris Hogan; Pay Hughes; Next Sunday is the Feast of Corpus many members of the Irwin Family; Harley Janssen; Christi, and as in years past, we Dalaena Johnson; Judith Jones; Rod Kramer, Jim Laidlaw; will have an outdoor procession Charlie Lane; Tom & Marie, (Catherine Hayes brother and around the near neighborhood at sister); Kovan McCauley; Peggy McClellan (friend of Dee 11:30 AM.