Fourth Sunday of Lent - March 11, 2018

Parish Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm Website: http://stmary.irelandindiana.com

St Mary Church - 812-482-7041

Fr. Joseph F Erbacher, “Fr. Effie”, Pastor, Ext 33 ………………………………………………….....jerbacher@evdio.org

Deacon John Huether……………….…….jhuether@evdio.org

Dianne Gogel, Secretary, Ext. 21………..dgogel@evdio.org

Sherri Hartley, Secretary, Ext. 22……..chartley@evdio.org

Stan Heim, Property Manager, Ext. 36..sheim@evdio.org

Martha Schmitt, PCL, Ext. 45…….....mjschmitt@evdio.org

Charlene Sermersheim, Music…..…………….812-482-7837

Annette Witte, Cleaning ……………………….…812-630-7870

Parish Contacts

Bereavement Meals, Sherri Hartley………....812-482-7041

Church Decorations, Janet Schitter……..…...812-482-3500

Finance Council, Audrey Wehr…..……………..812-639-3393

Holy Trinity Catholic School, Lauren Emerson …………………………………………….…..…..812-482-7041, Ext 40

Ireland K of C, Grand Knight, Allen Reckelhoff ……………………………………………………….……..…812-631-4449

Ireland K of C Building Rental, Allen Reckelhoff ………………………………………………………….……..812-631-4449

Parish Council President, Pat Gress…………..812-639-0795

Prayer Line, Bev Himsel………………………......812-639-1384

St Anne’s Society, President, Bonnie Meadows …………..………………………………………...…….…..812-631-2025

Director of St John Bosco Youth Ministry - Angie Greulich………………………………………....812-481-2442 812-639-4227

St. Mary’s Mission Statement: St. Mary Church is a community of faith united in Eucharist and committed to seeking God through prayer; sharing our gifts of time, talent and treasure; providing formation and education for children and adults; responding to the needs of people by sharing our faith and resources. We are dedicated to living and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

St. Mary Church

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F R . J O S E P H F . E R B AC H E R , “ E F F I E ” , PA S T O R

Readings for the Week of March 11, 2018

Sunday: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23/Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 [6ab]/Eph 2:4-10/Jn 3:14-21 Scrutiny: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 [1]/Eph 5:8-14/Jn 9:1-41 or Jn 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38

Monday: Is 65:17-21/Ps 30:2 and 4, 5-6, 11-12a and 13b [2a]/Jn 4:43-54

Tuesday: Ez 47:1-9, 12/Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 [8]/Jn 5:1-16

Wednesday: Is 49:8-15/Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18 [8a]Jn 5:17-30

Thursday: Ex 32:7-14/Ps 106:19-20, 21-22, 23 [4a]/Jn 5:31-47

Friday: Wis 2:1a, 12-22/Ps 34:17-18, 19-20, 21 and 23 [19a]/Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

Saturday: Jer 11:18-20/Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12 [2a]/Jn 7:40-53

Next Sunday: Jer 31:31-34/Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15 [12a]/Heb 5:7-9/Jn 12:20-33

Scrutiny: Ez 37:12-14/Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8/Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 [7]/Rom 8:8-11/Jn 11:1-45 or Jn 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45

St. Mary Church Mass Schedule Saturday 4:30pm Sunday 7:00am and 10:00am

Tuesday at 6:00pm - Way of the Cross after Mass during Lent Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7:30am *There will be no morning Mass on funeral mornings. Also when school is cancelled or delayed because of the weather, there will be no morning/evening Mass.

Sacrament of Reconciliation at St. Mary Church First Friday 6:45-7:10am Saturday 3:30-4:10pm *On Saturday when there is a wedding, there will be no confessions.

Anointing of the Sick: If facing surgery, dealing with a chronic illness, serious acci-dent or nearing the end of life, notify the parish office if you would like Fr. Erbacher to administer Anointing of the Sick.

Sacrament of Baptism: Baptisms will take place the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month with Fr. Erbacher or Deacon John. Call the Parish Office to make an appointment.

Sacrament of Marriage: Parishioners who wish to be married at St. Mary Church are asked to contact the parish office six months prior to setting a date. This will provide time for prayer, preparation and paperwork.

Mass Intentions

Sat-Mar 10 4:30 pm Frank & Christine Buechler Family Private Confessions 3:30-4:10pm

Sun-Mar 11 7:00 am Members of St. Mary Parish 10:00 am Victor Bohnenkamper, Jr.

Tues-Mar 13 6:00 pm Maurice & Virginia Vollmer Way of the Cross after Mass

Wed-Mar 14 7:30 am Eugenia “Jeanie” Mehringer Thurs-Mar 15 7:30 am Marvin & LaVerne Sermersheim Fri-Mar 16 7:30 am Earl & Lenora Buechler Sat-Mar 17 4:30 pm Members of St. Mary Parish No Private Confessions today - wedding (Gresla & Brescher)

Sun-Mar 18 7:00 am Kurt Fleck 10:00 am Randy Schmitt

March Area Events

11: The Eucharist: What We Believe and Why presentation at Precious

Blood Church, 2:00-3:30pm. Presenters: Steve Luegers and Linus

Lampert. All are welcome.

11, 12 & 13: Parish Mission at St Celestine (March 11), St Raphael

(March 12), St Celestine (March 13), 7:00-8:00pm with Fr. Leo

Patalinghug as the speaker. Open to everyone.

12: Daughters of Isabella Jasper Circle #140 will meet in Room 301

at St. Joseph Parish Center.

15: Mass with Bishop Siegel at St. Joseph Church at 6:30pm. All are

welcome.

16, 17 & 18: Source + Summit 2018 at Mater Dei High School

17: Source + Summit Adult Retreat at Corpus Christi Parish

17: “Understanding How the Church Uses Scripture for the Liturgies

of Holy Week” program at Sisters of St. Benedict, 9:45am-3:30pm.

To register, visit www.thedome.org/events or call 812-367-1411, ext

2915. Presenter is Fr. Eugene Hensell, OSB monk at St. Meinrad.

23 & 24: “Brewing with the Spirit: A Monastic Craft Beer Experi-

ence” at St. Benedict’s Brew Works in Ferdinand. Call Luecke at 812-

719-2301 for more information.

Church Support

Budgeted Weekly Operating Costs: $14,000.00 Collection for the weekend of March 3 & 4

Weekend Collection….....….…..………...………...……...$ 8,850.00 Average ACH weekly deposit for March….…….…...$ 4,968.25 Total Weekend Collection………...………………………..$ 13,818.25

Short.....................………………………………………………$ (181.75)

Year-To-Date-Budget (7-1-17 to current)…..……….$ 504,000.00 Year-To-Date-Total..……………………….………………….$ 497,511.57 Year-To-Date-Difference………….…………………………$ (6,488.43)

Campaign Goal………………….……………………………....$ 6,000,000.00 Amount in Pledges (as of 03-05-18)……….………..…$ 5,376,557.47 Cash Collected to date (as of 03-05-18)……......…..$ 2,921,188.71

Thank You!!

Mass Attendance for March 3 & 4

4:30pm [237] 7:00am [238] 10:00am [305]

Please use your envelope if you are going to one of the area churches. They do come back to our parish. Another way to make sure your tith-ing is coming to St. Mary is to go electronic. This can be by electronic check payment from your bank or by ACH through the parish office.

St. John Bosco Youth Ministry

St. John Bosco Catholic Youth Ministry reaches out to youth in

grades 6 through 12 from St. Mary, Holy Family, Precious Blood,

and St. Joseph. Check out more Bosco info and announcements at:

https://saintjohnboscoyouthministry.wordpress.com/

March 11: Teen Mass and Pizza at Precious Blood at 6:00pm

March 14: High School Youth Night 8:30-9:30pm at the Bosco

House

March 16-18: Source & Summit (for 7th graders and older) at Mater

Dei Catholic High School in Evansville.

March 21: High School Youth Night 8:30-9:30pm at the Bosco

House.

March 23-26: St. John Bosco Youth Ministry 1st Annual Middle

School Retreat in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

June 9-16: Catholic Heart Work Camp in Philadelphia, PA

June 21-25: One Bread, One Cup, St. Meinrad

July 16-20: Notre Dame Vision, South Bend

There are 10 open Work Camp spots for Philadelphia this summer

and 3 adult spots. Great opportunity - call Angie for more details

812-481-2442

Prayers and well wishes to John Gresla and Alice Brescher

who will be married on Saturday, March 17. Keep John

and Alice in your prayers. (Pub 1II)

Divine Providence Eucharistic Adoration Chapel has

open hours for adoration. If you are interested in filling any

of these hours, please contact the number or send an email:

812-630-8382 or dp@adorationmanager.com.

Wednesday 12:00am - 1:00am

Thursday 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Friday 2:00am-3:00am

The Adoration Chapel is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is

located in the Parish Center on the campus of Precious Blood Parish.

Please spend an hour with Jesus.

Happy Birthday to the following parishioners who will

be celebrating their Birthdays March 10 to March 16

March 10: Doris Harris, Lauren Heichelbech, Justin Schmitt,

Marissa Schmitt

March 11: Anthony Emerson, Roger Erny, Reece Fromme, Averie

Himsel, Jenelle Himsel, Gene Hopf, John Truesdale, William Wallace

March 12: Casandra Cantu, Lauren Emerson, Mitchell Hile, Jeff

Murry, Albert Rasche, Beth Sermersheim, Jama Wallace, John

Weidenbenner, Michelle Witte

March 13: Brynn Leinenbach, Cooper Seal, Miranda Terwiske,

Kelby Uebelhor, Austin Zehr

March 14: Blaine Best, Penny Gehlhausen, Steve Murry, Laura Otto

Donald Schroeder, Maggie Schwenk, Audrey Stork, John Wallace

March 15: Kenley Lamont, Millie Merkley, Cassandra Miller, Andy

Schwenk, James Smith, Jr

March 16: Zachary Hopf, Zachary Hudson, Audrey Kemker, Jack

Kunkel, Jayme Stenftenagel

Attention Engaged Couples! If you heard that you and your fiancé need to

attend a marriage preparation program before the big day, then you heard

right! Our next Unveiled Marriage Prep. overnight is April 28 & 29. For

details, you can ask your parish staff; call Catholic Charities at 812-423-

5456; review Unveiled online at http://www.ccevansville.org/marriage-

preparation.html or register online at http://wwwccevansville.org/unveiled-

registration-form.html. September 8 & 9 will be the final program for 2018.

Mass with Bishop Joseph M. Siegel, D.D., S.T.L.

Bishop Siegel will be celebrating Mass for the East

Deanery on Thursday, March 15, at 6:30pm, at St. Joseph Church

in Jasper. A reception following Mass will be held in Kundek

Hall. All are invited to Mass and the reception.

Source + Summit Youth Retreat, March 16, 17 & 18 at Mater Dei

High School. Join the hundreds of youth ages 13 and up that will come

together to receive the life giving gift of the Holy Spirit strengthening

them to live their lives for God. Dynamic speakers, friends, fellowship,

prayer and fun. Flyers available in the back of church or for more info

and to register go to www.sourcesummitevansville.org or call 812-490-

0289 or email sourcessummit@evdio.org.

Source + Summit Adult Retreat, March 17, at Corpus Christi Parish,

Evansville. Join the many adults that will come together to discover the

freedom, peace and joy of a life led by the Holy Spirit. Dynamic speak-

ers, reconciliation, prayer and fellowship. Childcare will be available

with advance notice. Call 812-490-0289 or go to

www.sourcesummitevansville.org or email sourcesummit@evdio.org.

St. Mary Parish will be having our Easter Egg Sale and

Easter Bake Sale on March 30 (Good Friday). Eggs will

be $3 per dozen and must be pre-ordered. Call the parish

office at 812-482-7041 to place your order. We will be

asking for help with donations of baked goods. All proceeds will

go to the new church fund.

This Week’s Parish Events

Sunday [03/11]:

Daylight Saving Time Begins - Spring forward. Sunday School during the 10:00am Mass in the base-

ment of the Social Hall. Deanery Penance Service at St. Ferdinand Church at

4:00pm.

Monday [03/12]: Quilting in the rectory basement at 5:00pm.

Crave Bible Study at 6:15pm in the Social Hall Building. Servants of the Holy Spirit at 7:00pm in the Library.

Ireland K of C Rosary at 7:00pm; Meeting at 8:00pm.

Just a reminder, when there is no school or a delay in the starting of school or a funeral, there is no Mass.

Tuesday [03/13]: Mass will be celebrated at 6:00pm. Way of the Cross will

be said after Mass. Choir Rehearsal will begin after Way of the Cross.

Wednesday [03/14]: Mass will be celebrated at 7:30am.

Rosary at 11:30am in church. Quilting noon to 4:00pm in the rectory basement.

St Anne’s Sewing 6:00pm in the Rectory basement. No Religion Classes here at St. Mary. The Deanery

Youth Event will be held at Holy Family Church, 7:00-8:00pm. Fr. Leo Patalinghug will be the speaker. Parents, please encourage your child(ren) to attend.

Thursday [03/15]: Mass will be celebrated at 7:30am.

Mass with Bishop Siegel at St. Joseph Church at 6:30pm with reception to follow in Kundek Hall. Everyone is wel-come.

Friday [03/16]: Mass will be celebrated at 7:30am.

St. Mary Fish Fry beginning at 4:00pm until sold out. Fish, baked beans and slaw for $9. Dine in or drive thru. Proceeds go to the religious education department to sponsor Deuve & Naelle in Haiti.

Saturday [03/17]: No Private Confessions on Saturday - wedding.

Irish Mass at 4:30pm. Second Collection for the Community Food Bank. Sunday [03/18]:

Second Collection for the Community Food Bank. Ireland K of C Spring BBQ. Serving starts at 9:00am.

Irish Mass at 10:00am.

Use your Easter Flower Envelope found in your monthly enve-lope packet to remember your deceased loved one(s) at Easter. Money collected will be used all year round for flowers and dec-orations for the church. The deadline for the names to be print-ed in the Easter flyer is March 26.

Upcoming Parish Events

March 16: St. Mary Fish Fry, 4:00pm to sold out. Dine in and drive thru. March 18: Ireland K of C Spring BBQ. Serving starts at 9:00am. March 30: Easter Egg Sale and Bake Sale in the Community Center Cafeteria. April 5: American Red Cross/St. Anne Blood Drive - 2:00-7:00pm. April 11: St. Mary Parish cooks and serves the seminarians at Simon Brute in Indianapolis. April 14: St. Vincent de Paul Quarterly meeting here. Call Tom Schmitt for details. April 28 & 29: 1st Communion Mass at 4:30pm on Saturday and 10:00am on Sunday. May 3: St. Anne Meeting May 5: St. Mary Parishioners Cook & Serve the Community Meal May 20: Graduating Seniors Mass and Meal. June 11-15: Vacation Bible School (This is subject to change de-pending where we are on the building project) July 21-23: TEC (Teens Encounter Christ). For information or an application go to http://www.switec.org/ September 9: St. Mary Church Picnic October 4: St. Anne Meeting November 25: American Red Cross/Ireland K of C Blood Drive

“Our journey of Faith begins in Baptism”

We welcome into the Family of God:

Mayzie Marie Girton, child of Damon and Amber (Schmitt)

Girton;

Aiden Wesley Haase, child of Kevin and Maria (Sermersheim)

Haase;

Lucy Ann Hasenour, child of Davis and Stephanie (Hoffman)

Hasenour;

Ottie Matthew Jochim, child of Matthew and Amanda (Wehr)

Jochim;

Liam Joseph Mundy, child of Kevin and Jill (Mehringer) Mundy;

Easton Andrew Wagner, child of Benjamin and Christina (Ziegler)

Wagner.

Congratulations!!

“Building For Our Future”

We are accepting aluminum cans as a fundraiser for the new

church. Drop off your cans on the trailer in the parking lot.

To date, we are over $2,000!! Money used will go to purchase one of

the new stained glass windows for the church. Thanks to everyone for

your cans.

The “Building For Our Future” Campaign would like to reach out to

former parishioners who might have an interest in giving to the new

church. If you have a friend or relative who you think might be inter-

ested in making a donation, please let the parish office know. We will

be glad to get information out to them.

March 4, $500 Irish Sweepstakes Raffle Winner

is Sandy Ruckriegel

$100 Irish Sweepstakes Raffle Winner

is Dolores Klem.

Liturgical Ministers for March 17 & 18

Servers:

4:30 pm Hannah Schwenk - Brenna Hildenbrand 7:00 am Riley Merder - Katie Stenftenagel 10:00 am Karleigh Lemond - Ally Wigand

Extraordinary Ministers:

4:30 pm Audrey Wehr - Jesse Bachman - Eugene Hopf Jill Weidenbenner - Patrick Gress

7:00 am Julie Hopf - Joe Jerger - Donna Wendholt Shari Weidenbenner - Laruen Emerson 10:00 am Mandy Harris - Julie Truesdale - Donna M Renner Laura Otto - Bev Himsel

Lectors:

4:30 pm Holly Reckelhoff 7:00 am Michelle Schroeder 10:00 am Katie Schuck

Lectors Website: http://lectorsproclaim.org (Year B)

Ushers:

4:30 pm Linda Eisenhut - Gina Scherle 7:00 am Clint Gogel - Phil Gogel 10:00 am P J & Jill Peter

Sunday School:

10:00 am Amanda Vogler

St. Patrick’s Celebration Events

March 16

St. March Fish Fry 4:00pm until sold out

Dodgeball Tournament at Ireland Elementary, starts at 6:30pm.

March 17

Irish Trot at 8:00am.

St. Patty’s Breakfast, Ireland K of C, 8:00-11:00am

For Patty’s Sake Bake Off, St. Mary Community Center, 9:00-11:00

O’Blarney Kids Games, Ireland Fire Station, 9:00am-1:00pm

St. Patrick’s Craft & Vendor Show, Ireland Gym, 9:00am-3:00pm

Homemade Chicken and Dumplings –Ireland Lions Club homemade

chicken & dumplings 8:00am until sold out. Pick up Chicken Place park-

ing lot. $17 a gallon - Ron Mendel at 812-482-1957 to reserve a gallon.

Historical Society Open House 10:00am-3:00pm. Soup and hotdogs

available

Irish Burger Slider Contest Ireland K of C grounds 11:00am-1:00pm.

Craft Brew Tasting: Ireland K of C grounds 11:00am-1:00pm.

Irish O’Ducky: Ireland K of C grounds, 12:00pm.

Luck O’The Pubs: Leed Selling Tools parking lot 1:30pm.

Spud Shoot: Ireland Elementary South Side, 1:00-2:00pm.

Irish I Win Ball Drop: Ireland Elementary South Side, 1:20pm.

Irish Mass: St. Mary Church at 4:30pm.

Ireland St. Patrick’s Dinner/Auction: St. Mary Community Center,

6:30pm. Call Barb 812-630-2204, Jay Terwiske, 812-827-3253 or Kay

hall 812-630-4259 to buy tickets. Tickets are $15.

March 18

Bar-B-Q Chicken & Pork Chop Dinners: Ireland K of C 9:00am until

sold out.

Irish Mass: St. Mary Church at 10:00am.

Irish Service: St. John Lutheran Church at 10:00am.

Irish Heritage Service: Grace and Truth Church at 10:30am.

Parade: Streets in Ireland 1:00pm.

Want to help for St. Patrick’s events? Call Barb 812-630-2204, Janet 812

-630-4861 or Jay 812-827-3253 to volunteer. Lots of help is needed -

great way to get involved in your community.

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