Readings for the Week Monday Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn

Children; Saint Vincent, Deacon and Marytr; Saint

Marianne Cope, Virgin

Heb 9:15, 24-28; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5, 6; Mk 3:22-30

Tuesday Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of

the Church

Heb 10:1-10; Ps 40:2 and 4ab, 7-8a, 10,11; Mk 3:31-35

Wednesday The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle

Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mk 16:15-18

Thursday Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops

2 Tm 1:1-8 or Ti 1:1-5; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10;

Mk 4:21-25

Friday Saint Angela Merici, Virgin Heb 10:32-39; Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 23-24, 39-40; Mk 4:26-34

Saturday Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest & Doctor of the Church

Heb 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75; Mk 4:35-41

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Worship & Word

This Week’s Readings Next Week’s Readings Isaiah 8:23-9:3 Zephaniah 2:3, 3:12-13 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Matthew 4:12-23 Matthew 5:1-12a Gather Book 1098 Gather Book 1101

Third Sunday in Third Sunday in Third Sunday in Third Sunday in Ordinary TimeOrdinary TimeOrdinary TimeOrdinary Time

Bus Drivers: Sunday, January 29 8:30 am - Bob Hopper

10:30 - Larry Hurst

Note: Note: Note: Note: If you would like to submit a name for the prayer list please contact Tina at tkoenen@ stchrisindy.org. Names are removed after 4 weeks unless resubmitted.

MONDAY January 23, 2017MONDAY January 23, 2017MONDAY January 23, 2017MONDAY January 23, 2017

9:00 AM � Mary Bowen by Dick & Sharon Carroll

TUESDAY January 24, 2017TUESDAY January 24, 2017TUESDAY January 24, 2017TUESDAY January 24, 2017

9:00 AM � Janet Neal by Angie Wilson

WEDNESDAY January 25, 2017WEDNESDAY January 25, 2017WEDNESDAY January 25, 2017WEDNESDAY January 25, 2017

9:00 AM Communion Service

THURSDAY January 26,2017THURSDAY January 26,2017THURSDAY January 26,2017THURSDAY January 26,2017

9:00 AM � Manuel Ruiz by Daughter & Family

FRIDAY January 27, 2017FRIDAY January 27, 2017FRIDAY January 27, 2017FRIDAY January 27, 2017

9:00 AM � Mary Stal Niemann by Anne Stal & Pat Markowski

SATURDAY January 28, 2017SATURDAY January 28, 2017SATURDAY January 28, 2017SATURDAY January 28, 2017

5:30 PM � Fred Fath by the Brinkman Family

SUNDAY January 29, 2017SUNDAY January 29, 2017SUNDAY January 29, 2017SUNDAY January 29, 2017

7:00 AM � Tim Trusnik by Family

8:30 AM � Ronnie Jenkins by Wilkerson & McCullough Families

10:30 AM � Pierre & Marie Louise Robinot by Anne-Marie Rizzo

12:00 PM � Jim Guthrie by Paula Guthrie

5:30 PM For the Parish

ILLNESSILLNESSILLNESSILLNESS Bill Archer Joseph Kocha Nancy McCracken Baxter Clara KoehlClara KoehlClara KoehlClara Koehl David Bedel Nathan Legge Adelyn Bell Brian Light Lisa Blake Rita McAtee John Blanchard Al McCormick Melissa Bloomer Keira McMurran John Blosson Graham Morey Ann M Bozich Pauline Nester Chuck Brinkman Lisa Dillow O'Brien Joe Brunk Linda Osborn Mary Agnes Bussing Mattie M. Owens Tom Campbell Joe Pieczko Barb Carrico Sharon Provencher Ruth Chandler Connie Quinnette Cathy Clark Lillian Ramion Erin Coddington Bodie Reuter Connie Collins Theresa Rice Kristen Decker Faye Sain Arnold Dizney Joe Schulte Bill DeFazio Martha Schwenk Sheila Devlin Theresa Simmons Jill Ernst Joanie Skiles Jason Euler Bill Smith Jennifer Euler Claudia Smith Barbara Fath Paige Squier John Folger Christopher Stone Russ Forsythe Betty Swisher Connie GriderConnie GriderConnie GriderConnie Grider Katherine Tarwater Denise Hake Janice Taylor Eva Harvie Molly Townsend Beverly K. Hight Donald Updike Claire Holloran Dorothy Ward Jeanne Johns SteveWeinstein Clint Jones Ed Williams Pamela Jones Judy Wilson Richard Kallock Rilynn Wolf Dorothy Kerrigan Lauren Elyse Yates

Rita Klug

DEATHDEATHDEATHDEATH JJ Bovitz

Paul Richard Vondersaar

Resources & Development

What are you doing Friday night? Why not join us for a few rounds of BINGO!

The quickie games start at 6:30 pm and the regular games start at 7 pm

January 27th Callers: J Csenar, C Winters, R Schwenk

Team #1 — Co-Captains: J Hinshaw, A Meyer; Early Setup: F Rendes; Supply: P Rocca; Salad: S Hartley; Fryer: TBD; Workers: A Bradley, L Mendez, V Fuentes, M Tellez(Guevara), F Gallego, D Gray; W Franko, E Melendez, Bakers: T Maruf, T Smith, D Record, R Gonzalez, T Stidham, Letha, M Ngo; Biscuits: S Buell

Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23 Come with me.

Question for Children: How do you hear Jesus calling you

to do what he wants you to?

Question for Youth: As you grow into young adulthood,

Jesus calls you to follow him in particular ways, both big

and small. What are some of the small ways in which Jesus

calls you to follow him?

Question for Adults: How does Jesus call you to assist in

his ministry: the building up of the Reign of God? How do

you know what God wants of you in this regard?

Altar Servers

Jan 28 - 5:30 pm - L Cesnik / E Jost Jan 29 - 7:00 am - S Campbell / D Matter Jan 29 - 8:30 am - S Pontones / J West Jan 29 - 10:30 am - M Drake / D Roggero Jan 29 - 12:00 pm - D Eke / L Mertz Jan 29 - 5:30 pm - J Barber / I Rocca

Parish Stewardship of Treasure

The UCA is one way we can share with people in need and provide assistance to all of our ministries throughout the

Archdiocese. This year our parish goal is $128,000 and to date we have pledged $99,000. Thank you for your prayerful consideration and generosity.

January 15, 2017

Weekly Budget $25,961.54

Mass Collections $23,279.63

Online Giving $2,382.30

YTD Actual $814,974.36

YTD Budget $752,884.66

YTD Gain (Loss) $62,089.70

Endowment $289.00

Special Collection $6.00

The number drawn this week was 879. This number did not play so the total pot of $3,865 (which would have paid out $1,932.50) will roll over to next

week.

St. Christopher School serves students in

PreK to sixth grade. Registration applications

& financial aid information will be available

at our Open House on Sun, Jan 29, 2017, 11

am - 1:30 pm. Student tour guides will lead potential

new students & families around the school on your vis-

it. Teachers will be in their classrooms to answer any

questions you might have. For more information about

the school, please call the office at 317-241-6314, Ext.

127, check out our website at www.stchristopher

school.net and our school Facebook page at:

www.facebook.com/FriendsofSt.ChristopherSchool.

SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT

Liturgical Commission

Please welcome the following newly baptized into our Parish:

Joseph Michael Custer-Smith

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel we hear Jesus calling Peter, Andrew, James and John to follow him. Following Jesus was a difficult journey for these first disciples. It is difficult for us today. Jesus wants to teach us his way of thinking, acting and encountering the world. But it is not easy for us to embrace his teaching. Good stewards of Jesus’ teachings realize they are on a spiritual journey, and must learn from their experiences of being open and resistant to the Gospel. They realize the need to be liber-ated from those actions that keep them from enjoying a closer friendship with Jesus. What is it in our lives that we need to reform? What keeps us from revealing God’s glory to others?

SECOND COLLECTION

There will be a second collection for the Propagation of the Faith next Sunday. Your prayerful generosity is ap-preciated.

Around The Archdiocese

FAITH FORMATION

Join Women’s Support & Social!!

Have you been thinking about coming to our monthly lunches? Start this New Year meeting other parishioners and enjoy mutu-al support, fellowship, and lunch. We are a group of women who have lost a spouse,

are divorced, or are single. The group meets every 4th Wednesday for lunch at a local restaurant. Our next lunch is January 25

th at 12:30 PM. Call Martha Caldwell (298-

4389) for the location and to make a reservation.

You can have a happy marriage! Retrouvaille provides the tools to help put your mar-riage in order again. The word Retrouvaille™ (pronounced re-tro-vi with a long i.) is a French word meaning rediscovery. Countless numbers of couples headed for cold, unloving relationships or divorce have successfully overcome their marriage problems through Retrouvaille. To request information about Retrouvaille or to register for the Feb. 24-26 weekend in Indianapolis, please visit our website at www.helpourmarriage.com or www.retrouvaille.org. You may also email retrouindy@gmail.com or call 317-489-6811 for confi-dential registration information.

St. Christopher CCD Program

Jan 29, Feb 5, 12 & 26 - Classes meet

Feb 5-Pancake Breakfast & “Snowball” fight

For info please contact Sr. Mary Ann at 241

-6314 X:119 or madefazio@stchrisindy.org

Jan 29 & Feb 12 - 9:30 to 10:20 am

High school - Biltmore House, Middle school - Classroom 1

Feb 4 - Youth Rally Noon to 8pm - Contact

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

information

Feb 5 - Indoor “Snowball” fight

CONFIRMATION Feb 8 - 7:30 - 8:30 pm Faith Formation in the PAR Feb 11 - Con�rmation Retreat 10 am - 4 pm starts in Cafeteria

*We will tour all of the Monuments *Go to the National Shrine *Walk in the March for Life

Permission slips are available on the parish website and in the bulletin racks. Sign-up today! Cost of trip is $225 and covers Transportation in a charter bus & Housing.

Leave at 6pm on Thurs. Jan 26th and return at 6am on Sun. Jan 29th, 2017

*Will miss one day of school* High school students ONLY.

Cardinal Ritter is accepting applications The application deadline for Cardinal Ritter Junior High and High School is Monday, January 30th. The application process can be done online at: https://www.cardinalritter.org/apply/ or in person at the school. New students for the 2017/18 school year please plan to at-tend the Pre-Registration/ Curriculum Night on Thursday, February 23rd from 7pm to 9pm in the CRHS Gym. CRHS has been recognized as a Four Star School by the INDOE. For more information, contact: Kyle Powers, Director of Admis-sions at 317.924.4333

LENTEN RETREAT “LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO

THE DESERT” Sat Feb 25, 2017, 9 am – 2 pm

Damascus Rm Open to all adult men and women, cost is $10 and in-cludes lunch. Facilitated by Sr. Kathy, Pastoral Associ-ate. The registration form is on the St. Chris website. Please register by Feb 17th.

ANAWIM GATHERING

Thur, Feb 2nd, 7 pm - Parish Office Building

55 and Over Mark your Calendar! Our next gathering is Thur. Feb. 16, at 12:30 pm. This is a won-derful opportunity to hear Fr. Matt Tucci speak and share pictures on a Lenten Pil-

grimage to the ancient Station Churches of Rome - many of them are little-known artistic treasures. To register please call Barb at 852-7113 or Betsy at 293-6436, let them know if you will need the chair lift.

Annual Feast Check out this annual Feast Sat, Jan 28th at the Slovenian National Home! Get your choice of homemade fresh, smoked, or award-winning Az-man's blood sausage (shipped from Cleveland) complete with ethnic Slovenian sides! Desserts and beverages will also be available! RESERVATIONS are required. Please contact Paul Barbarich [317-727-4802 or barbaricp@aol.com to reserve your spot. Tickets are $20 for adults, $3 for kids 12 and under. Live music provided by the Hoosier Polka Jammers.

THANK YOU FROM THE FATH FAMILY

Our family would like to thank all of Fred’s friends and the parish-ioners at St. Chris who have arranged to have a Mass said for him after God called him home. We would also like to thank those who continue to send condolences to his wife, Barbara. She remains at Brooke Knoll Village and on the St. Chris prayer list. We appreci-

ate the many prayers that have been offered on her behalf.

The Eucharistic Ministry & Server schedule can be picked up in the sacristy.

PARISH LIFE

CHRISTIAN SERVICES

WHY A CHILD IS LOVED “A child is loved because he is one’s child: not because he is beautiful, or because he is like this or like that… Not because he thinks as I do, or embodies my dreams. A child is a child: a life generated by us but intended for him,

for his good, for the good of the family, of society, of man-kind as a whole.” (from Pope Francis, General Audience, Feb-ruary 11, 2015. © 2015 Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.) Please pray for parents who receive a difficult prenatal diagnosis: May they be comforted by the assurance of God’s loving plan for their child’s life.

January 27: ArchIndy Vigil for Life, Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral, doors open at 6:30 pm. This vigil is also in solidarity with the March for Life gathering in Washington, DC. The event at the Cathedral is for all age groups and fami-lies. Music is by Matt Faley and the keynote address is by Ennie Hickman of ADOREministries.com While this is a free event, we are collecting donations for Birthline, a ministry that provides material support for pregnant women and mothers of infants in need. The following items are greatly needed: Diapers sizes Newborn to 5, Baby Wash, Diaper Wipes, and/or Newborn to size 2T, clean, gently used or new clothes. Registration is available at www.vigilforlife. eventbrite.com. Come and pray for a renewal of life with our-selves and our society!

ARCHDIOCESEN PRO- LIFE EVENTS, and LINKS

Go to: www.archindy.org/prolife

If you put non-food items

in the Usher’s closet

please label them for the

St. Chris Food Pantry or for SVdP. Non-

labeled items go to SVdP. Thank you for your

continued generosity.

Nursing Home Visitation

If you lived in a Nursing Home, you would appreciate visitors. Members of the Respect for Life Committee have been blessed to participate in this needed minis-

try. We would like to invite all interested parishioners to join us! More volunteers would allow us to visit more facilities. Please contact Flora Villanueva floravillanue-va89@yahoo.com if you would like to join us. Make it part of your plans for 2017!

Unity

Divided families, divided religions, divided government. Where to start shining light? How to stop frown lines?

Discussion about differences in a calm atmosphere With the warmth of the Holy Spirit can heal any Rips in relationships, dissolve differences and create Peace by shining light in the darkness.

Our Lord Jesus Christ asks that we have compassion By opening our hearts and minds to the needs of others, Therefore promoting unity, in our family, and our World. Trudy Bledsoe

Thanks for the Empty Aluminum BEVERAGE Cans!

Thanks to Zore’s Recycling we received $700 for a load of cans collected in the past couple months. This money goes to Catholic Relief Services and is used to help people in need around the world. These people truly appreciate your bever-age can donations!

The green aluminum can collection bins are located between the school and the garage, behind the blue SVdP Collection Box. There is always room for your beverage can donations.

Important Note: The bins are only for beverage cans. We can NOT accept other types of aluminum or other metals or plastic. No pet food cans, pie pans, vegetable cans etc. Please be mindful of this when placing your beverage cans in the bins.

St. Chris “Empty Aluminum Can" coordinator needed: We are looking for a volunteer to keep the St. Chris Empty Aluminum Can bins available to accept donations. The volun-teer responsibilities include checking the bins weekly and transferring donations into the St. Chris can storage area. It only takes about 1/2 hour per week and would be a great family activity! To volunteer please contact Paul Guenin at 317-627-2309 or padeceje2@aol.com.

There will be a "5th Sunday” collection for Saint Vincent de Paul at the doors of the church after all Masses next weekend January 28/29.

Thank you to everyone who helps SVdP with prayers, service and donations!

Scout Sunday We will celebrate Sun, Feb 5th at the 10:30 Mass. All Scouts are encouraged to a�end wearing their scout uniforms. Speedway Pack 504 is coordinating minis-tries for that day. Please contact Billy Macleod at scrip@stchrisindy.org if your Scout would like to partic-ipate in the service as a reader, greeter, or gift bearer. Please visit us at our table in Emmaus Way after Scout Sunday mass to learn more about Scouting! All scouts are welcome!"

Dear Friends, As you make your way back to the very rear of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome you will find a beautiful sculpture and window above the Altar of the Chair designed by the baroque artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. An alabaster window depicting the shining Holy Spirit (by tradition not being stained glass as we know it, but carved out of one single piece of alabaster) bursts through a bronze "cloud" of a choir of angels. Once you first see it, your eye always returns to it. This piece is particularly inter-esting because it very clearly depicts a pre-Christian understanding of the manifes-tation of God reconciled with a Christian understanding. When Greek-speaking Jews looked up at the sky (as we still do today) and saw the beautiful sun bursting through, they saw the glory of God bursting through. They even named this phe-nomenon the "doxa," the "glory" of God. They saw this phenomenon as a literal

manifestation of God. When Saint John the Baptist baptized Jesus this very same event took place and God was made

known to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The clouds opened up, the Holy Spirit came down, and God the Father tells us that Jesus is the Son of God. From then on, our Lord brought the Kingdom of God wherever he went: God literally was present. Even though, as the Gospel tells us this week, John was ar-rested (which was probably a scary event for his followers), his mission of repentance and hope in God was not merely carried on, but fulfilled by Jesus’ life and ministry, which continues to this day. God burst through the Heavens to meet his people and continues to do so.

Next time you see the sun bursting through the clouds, I urge all of you to re-member that it is a sign of God’s constant presence among us. His Kingdom is at hand. In Christ, Father Matt

A WORD FROM FR. MATT