Readings for the Week of June 5th

Monday Saint Norbert, Bishop

1 Kgs 17:1-6; Ps 121:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8;

Mt 5:1-12

Tuesday 1 Kgs 17:7-16; Ps 4:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8; Mt 5:13-16

Wednesday 1 Kgs 18:20-39; Ps 16:1b-2ab, 4, 5ab, and 8, 11;

Mt 5:17-19

Thursday Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church

1 Kgs 18:41-46; Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13; Mt 5:20-26

Friday 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16; Ps 27:7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14;

Mt 5:27-32

Saturday Saint Barnabas, Apostle

Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4,

5-6; Mt 5:33-37

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Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Paul begins today’s second reading by stating that he was “called” to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As baptized Catholics who have an oppor-tunity to share in Christ’s life through the Eucharist regularly, we too are called to proclaim the teachings of Christ. We are stewards of Christ’s Gospel. But how are we responding to that call? Do we listen for the guidance of the Holy Spirit? Do we evade, dodge or ignore the Lord’s call? Do we attempt to proclaim the Gospel in a spirit of compassion and love? Reflect on how you exercise stewardship over the Gospel.

~From catholicstewardship.com

Note: Note: Note: Note: If you would like to submit a name please contact the Parish Office. Names are removed af-ter 4 weeks unless re-submitted. Bold Bold Bold Bold names are new to the list this week.

Worship & Word

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This Week’s Readings Next Week’s Readings 1 Kings 17:17-24 2 Samuel 12:7-10,13 Galatians 1:11-19 Galatians 2:16, 19-21 Luke 7:11-17 Luke 7:36-8:3 Gather Book 1121 Gather Book 1123

MONDAY June 6, 2016MONDAY June 6, 2016MONDAY June 6, 2016MONDAY June 6, 2016

9:00 AM � Irena Canalas Reid by Family

TUESDAY June 7, 2016TUESDAY June 7, 2016TUESDAY June 7, 2016TUESDAY June 7, 2016

9:00 AM � Anna Lou Zore (Anniversary) by Family

WEDNESDAY June 8, 2016WEDNESDAY June 8, 2016WEDNESDAY June 8, 2016WEDNESDAY June 8, 2016

9:00 AM � Ann Shanahan by Colette Fike

THURSDAY June 9, 2016THURSDAY June 9, 2016THURSDAY June 9, 2016THURSDAY June 9, 2016

9:00 AM Special Intention

FRIDAY June 10, 2016FRIDAY June 10, 2016FRIDAY June 10, 2016FRIDAY June 10, 2016

9:00 AM � Fran Pella (Anneversary) by Anna Marie Provenzano

SATURDAY June 11, 2016SATURDAY June 11, 2016SATURDAY June 11, 2016SATURDAY June 11, 2016

5:30 PM � John H. Carr (3rd Anniversary) by Mr. & Mrs. Craig Carr

SUNDAY June 12, 2016SUNDAY June 12, 2016SUNDAY June 12, 2016SUNDAY June 12, 2016

7:00 AM � Anna Lekse by Carrico Family

8:30 AM � Ron Deal by Joe & Pat Toth

10:30 AM � Bill Horning by Julie martin

12:00 PM � Ed "Red" Hegarty by Judy Carroll

5:30 PM For the Parish

ILLNESSILLNESSILLNESSILLNESS Bill Archer William Lancaster Jay Archer Rita McAtee Nancy McCracken Baxter Al McCormick David Bedel Keira McMurran Ann M Bozich Angie Meyer Mary Agnes Bussing Dawn Nolan Barb Carrico Linda Osborn Ruth Chandler Joe Pieczko Erin Coddington Sharon Provencher Connie Collins Mark Ray Kristen Decker Bodie Reuter Harry Elliott Joe Schulte Mary Jo Eoff Martha Schwenk Jill Ernst Larry Shelby Jason Euler Dolores N. Sidor Jennifer Euler Judy Sieferman Barbara Fath Bill Smith Fred Fath Linda "Delph" Smith John Folger Paige Squier Dennis Goldsberry Orv Stobb Denise Hake Katherine Tarwater Laura Henneberry Janice Taylor Claire Holloran Molly Townsend Jeanne Johns SteveWeinstein Clint Jones Debbie Whitaker Pamela Jones Ed Williams

Julie Kitley Steve Woolery Joseph Kocha

DEATHSDEATHSDEATHSDEATHS Theresa Oakley Greg Kaufman

Resources & Development

A great way to have some fun on a Friday night & even win some MONEY! The Quickie Games start at 6:30 pm & the Regular Games start at 7:00 pm.

June 10, 2016

Callers: J Csenar, J Geisting, T McCall

Team #3 – Captain: V Hamblen, S Shelby; Early Setup: R Ramos; Supply: L Barber; Salad: A Endres; Fryer: C Fultz; Workers: N Tyron, C Butler, D Reyes, J Rienecker, A Bradley, K Hawkins; Bakers: E Eke, M Cesnik, K Jost, E Nograles, M Hedge, F Fleischmann; Biscuits: D Voegele

The number drawn for this week’s

50/50 will be in next weekends bul-

letin.

Please use the 50/50 envelopes when playing 50/50 so we know

where the money should go. It’s $5 to play each week.

REMEMBER YOU HAVE TO PLAY TO WIN!

Parish Stewardship of Treasure

Budget numbers for the weekend of May 29th

will be in next weeks bulletin.

Bus Drivers: Sunday June 12th, 2016 8:30 am - Randy Long 10:30 am - Pete Martich

Gospel: Luke 7:11-17

The widow’s son raised by Jesus.

Question for Children: How do you help build God’s

Kingdom on Earth?

Question for Youth: What could you say to comfort

someone whose loved one has died?

Question for Adults: How do you handle death? Do

you recognize that you will reunite with your loved one

again? How do you come to terms with the separation?

Liturgical Commission

Altar Servers Jun 11 - 5:30 pm - B / M Record

Jun 12 - 7:00 am - B / J Murphy

Jun 12 - 8:30 am - N Kutcher / S Pontones

Jun 12 - 10:30 am - D Roggero / L Vigil

Jun 12 - 12:00 pm - S Quinnette / S Sgroi

Jun 12 - 5:30 pm - E Diaz / D Kear

St. Chris Festival Raffle Tickets

The raffle tickets for our 79th Mid-Summer Festival are available for pick up in Emmaus Way. There are no names on the packets this year - please pick up as many packets as you want. Tickets are $2 ea or 6 for $10. We ap-preciate in advance all of your support for the annual parish fund raiser.

1st Prize: $5,000

2nd Prize: $2,500

3rd Prize: $1,500

www.indyfestival.com

Second Collection This Weekend

Education of Future Archdiocesan Priests

The archdiocese has 23 seminarians, 13 of whom are

studying theology and approaching their final years of

formation. Thank you for your spiritual and financial

support which provides the necessary education and for-

mation of our priests. Please be generous in support of

this collection and please continue to pray for vocations.

PARISH COUNCIL ELECTION

Thank you to St. Christopher parishioners for your participation in the parish Pastoral Coun-cil election the weekend of May 21st & 22nd. The newly elected members of the Council are Margaret Bauer, Michael Clouse, and Patri-cia Tutsie. The fourth candidate, Annette Ter-win, will serve as an alternate to the Council.

33rd Annual Golden Wedding Jubilee The Annual Golden Wedding Jubilee Celebration on August 14, honoring those celebrating fifty years of marriage and their families, will include Mass celebrated by Rev. Msgr. William F. Stumpf followed by a light reception. The liturgy will begin at 2:00 pm at SS. Peter & Paul Cathedral and will conclude with the reception in Assembly Hall which is located in the Catholic Center. For more information or to register please go to http://www.archindy/weddingcelebration.html. Questions call Keri Carroll at 317-236-1521 or kcarroll@archindy.org.

Around The Archdiocese

Faith Formation

Women’s “Christ Renews” Team # 6

Monday, June 13th, 7 pm in Damascus

ANAWIM GATHERING

Thursday, June 16th, 7:00 pm

Parish Office Building

Women’s Support & Social We meet every 4th Wednesday of the month for lunch at a local restaurant. We are women who have lost a spouse, are di-vorced, or are single. Our next lunch is June 22 at 12:30 pm. Call Martha Caldwell (298- 4389) for the location and to RSVP. Come for fellowship, support, laughter, & lunch!

Adult Faith Corner

We meet Sundays after the 8:30 am Mass in Damascus or Jacob’s Well for an open discussion on a variety of top-

Vacation Bible School June 13th – 17th

9 am to Noon

Contact Sr. Mary Ann with

questions or to register

Saint Meinrad Retreats Are you looking to solve your personal problems, get away from worldly distractions, renew your goals or even get some rest and relaxation? Then maybe a Retreat at Saint Meinrad’s is right for you. For more information please see the retreat brochure on the St. Chris website under “In the News.” Dates for upcoming retreats: June 17-23 - The Image as a Window to the Spiritual: An Artist’s Six-Day Hands-on Workshop and Retreat June 21-23 - The Jesus Prayer June 28-30 - The Beatitudes: God’s Logic in a Crazy World July 1-3 - Basic Bach: Appreciating a Creative Genius

Parish Life

Bishop Bruté Days Camp is a retreat that takes

place June 14 - 17 for young men, ages 13 – 17 who are seeking to grow closer to Christ, and who may be

open to the possibility of a vocation to the priest-hood. The retreat gives young men the opportunity

to spend three days with the Bishop Bruté College seminarians learning about prayer, service, scripture,

and the awesome gift of our Catholic faith. For more information: http://www.heargodscall.com/bishop-

brute-days

You are invited!

All parishioners, families, and staff are invited to participate in a Community Workshop to discuss the master plan of our parish facilities and grounds. This interactive session, led by krM Ar-chitecture, will enable us to provide input to shape the vision for future facility and grounds deci-sions. Please plan to attend one of the following meetings in church:

Session 1: Wednesday, June 8, at 6:30 pm

Session 2: Sunday, June 12, at 2:00 pm

Come and be ready to share your ideas!

NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! CATHOLIC WOMEN’S STUDY

GROUP Meet and Greet June 15th

6:30 to 8:30 pm in Damascus This is a 9 week guided course. "Courageous Love - A Bible Study on Holiness for Women" by Stacy Mitch will be our curriculum. Child care will be available. Please contact

Melissa Hedge to RSVP or with any questions at melissa.e.hedge@gmail.com

We look forward to meeting you!

Unarmed Response to Active Shooter Events

The Indiana State Police will present its nationally recognized program, the goal of the program is to provide prevention strategies and response options to increase the opportunity to survive an active shooter event. Representatives from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Speed-way Police Department will be available to answer questions.

June 9 - Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade Center Auditorium, 7320 West 10th Street, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

June 11 - Speedway High School Auditorium, 5357 W. 25th Street, 1-3 p.m.

Youth Ministry

June 12th: 11:30 - 12:30 - Jr. High & High School meet together in the PAR

June 25th: Indians Game, Super Hero Night!

For more information please contact:

Tom at 317-340-4579 or Natalie at 317-517-4545

Christian Services

GOLDEN RULE This quote is from Pope Francis, Visit to the Joint Session of the United States Congress (9/24/16) © 2015 Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission. www.goo.gl/eWyqyG: “Let us treat others with the same

passion and compassion with which we want to be treated. Hif we want life, let us give life... The Golden Rule also re-minds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development.”

Please pray for public servants: May God grant them the hu-mility, wisdom, and courage to defend all human life.

June & July Nursing Home Visitation - We would like to extend this invitation for any interested parishioner to join us! More volunteers allows us to schedule more visits to more facilities. Please contact Flora Villanueva at floravillanueva-89@yahoo.com, if you would like to join us.

St. Michael Parish – 3rd Saturday each month (June 18, 8:30 am) - Mass for the Unborn with Rosary and prayer at the Clinic for Women at 3607 West 16

th Street

The Saint Christopher Respect Life Group is attempting to improve the life of all humans by sharing information and working to support people during their life journey. We are concerned with all human life from conception to natural death. If you would like information or to join our group please contact Mark Folger at m_folger@msn.com or Paul Guenin at 317-627-2309. You may also drop in at any of our meetings which are held the second Monday of every month at 6 pm, in the lower lever of the church in Jericho. Our group needs and welcomes more members.

ARCHDIOCESAN PRO- LIFE EVENTS,

NEWSLETTER, LINKS

Go to: www.archindy.org/prolife

Arise

I love to hear St. Christopher's wonderful choir Singing "I Will Rise"

The voice of Jesus is heard in the text today saying, "Arise"

When I am not feeling so well, I play the Sacred Land CD and

Closing my eyes I listen to the beautiful music.

By the time I hear "I Will Rise" I feel much better. I believe through the Sacred Heart of Jesus

We will Rise!

Trudy Bledsoe

Thank you to all the students from St. Christopher School who

helped the Food Panty in any way this past year. We appreciate your help & hope you have a wonderful summer.

Our Cohort St. Anthony’s Young at Heart group

We will be going to the Concert onthe Canal on June 9th. The evening will start around5pm.Park-ing is in the Historical Society lot. Cost is $5.00. Food will beprovided, drinks can be purchased there. For more information or to reserve your spot please contact Ann Bordenkecher @ 247-8347 or797-2126. Hope to see you there.

St. Vincent de Paul

"West Side” Changing Lives Forever -

Bridges out of Poverty

Many of our efforts involve helping people with short term solutions to their needs instead of helping to elimi-nate their need. One way to provide long term help is a learning opportunity we call "West Side” Changing Lives Forever - Bridges out of Poverty. It is a joint ef-fort with Saint Anthony, Saint Christopher, Saint Gabriel and Saint Michael SVdP Conferences.

This training is a Facilitator supported, group based, study program conducted by 12 "Investigators". The Investigators are people who have decided to improve their lives in any of eleven areas including financial, spiritual, mental, etc. so they can move away from gov-ernment and other assistance.

The most recent class started Monday April 18. We still need Mentors, meals and childcare volunteers for the class. The training lasts about 18 weeks. For more in-formation about becoming a mentor please check out http://trustedmentors.org/

These people need our help. They have decided to im-prove their lives, how can you help? Is God calling you to share your skills or time?

If you would like more information on how you might be able to help please call or text Paul Guenin at 317-627-2309 or padeceje2@aol.com.

SVdP Help Line 317-687-0169 Donation Line 317-687-1006 - Mon - Fri 8:30-4:30

www.svdpindy.org

A MOMENT WITH FR DAN

Dear St. Christopher Parish, I hope it’s obvious from my homilies and my writing that I love to read. I love to read be-cause I love stories. Novels, essays, theology, philosophy, fantasy, sci-fi, history. You name it, I love it. Sadly, I feel that I've given short shrift to one of my favorite Catholic authors: GK Chester-ton. Now, many of us have heard of CS Lewis (known for his Chronicles of Narnia and Till We Have Faces) and JRR Tolkien (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) because of the movies that have been made. But Chesterton, in many ways, was the man who had the greatest influ-

ence on these great Christian authors. So, in an attempt to remedy this oversight, I am dedicating this week’s bulletin article to good old GK! For those who've never heard of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, he's not an easy man to sum up. He was a rather large man with an even larger sense of humor. A convert to the Catholic Church in 1922, he used his writings to spread the Gospel message. His keen intellect and wit gave his writing a very quotable, very enjoyable flow. And although his works may not be as popular as Lewis or Tolkien, I believe they are more poignant and hu-morous. So, rather than bore you with an in-depth study of his various novels, biographies, and theological works, I simply want to present the top ten quotes from Mr. Chesterton. I hope you find them as useful and funny as I do: 10. "If there were no God, there would be no atheists!" 9. "Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honor should ever decline." 8. "Fairy tales are not told to teach children there are Dragons. Children already know there are Drag-

ons. They are told to teach them that Dragons can be killed." 7. "The difficulty of explaining 'why I am a Catholic' is that there are ten thousands reasons all amount-

ing to one reason: That Catholicism is true." 6. "The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen." 5. "The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great." 4. "Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair." 3. "I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness dou-

bled by wonder." 2. "The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly." 1. When a newspaper was running an article asking its subscribers to write what they thought was

wrong with the world, GK Chesterton wrote the shortest response: Dear sir, I am. Yours truly, GK Chesterton So, there you go. GK Chesterton using humor to make his point. But my favorite passage of his is about being childlike in our faith: Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, 'Do it again'; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, 'Do it again' to the sun; and every even-ing, 'Do it again' to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appe-tite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we." If you enjoy these quotes as much as I do, I hope you seek out some of his writings. I would encourage start-ing with his Fr. Brown mystery novels and working your way up to Orthodoxy, The Man Who Was Thursday and The Napoleon of Notting Hill. Summer is upon us, and hopefully the longer days afford us more time to dive into some amazing books. Happy reading! Yours in Christ, Fr. Daniel Bedel Sed Lux Lucet In Tenebris