St. Louis

[Pages:6]Parish Office Hours ................... Mon.-Fri. 8:00 am-4:00 pm Phone ................................... (812) 934-3204 Fax ........................................ (812) 933-0667 Residence Phone ................ (812) 933-0708

Parish Staff Pastor, Fr. Stanley Pondo ............................... x 265 fr.stanleypondo@ Deacon, Ronald Freyer ...................934-3175 freyer13@ Business Manager, Scott Weekley....... x 221 sweekley@st. Business Office, Lindsay Jones ............ x 228 ljones@.............(812) 663-9999 Director of Religious Education, Amy Tonges .......................................... x 249 religioused@st. Youth Coordinator, Carrie Wesseler ..... x 223 cwesseler@st. Director of Music & Liturgy, Mike Fritsch .......................................... x 266 Susan Kohrman ................................... x 266 music@st. Parish Secretary, Michelle Wachsmann........................... x 251 mwachsmann@st. Brenda Moll .......................................... x 277 bmoll@st.

Maintenance Wade Ryle.......................... 934-3310, x 271 wryle@st. Brian Lamping ................... 934-3204, x 231 blamping@st.

School Office Phone ................................... (812) 934-3310 Fax ........................................ (812) 934-6202 Principal, Chad Moeller......................... x 239 cmoeller@st. School Secretary, Joan Riedeman ....... x 235 jriedeman@st. School Secretary, Kathy Forbeck ......... x 236 kforbeck@st. School Nurse, Lydia Gardner ................ x 283

Parish Council Chairperson, Hannah Giesting.......363-3714 V.-Chairperson, Todd Tekulve..........363-0066 Secretary, Amy Streator .................212-0402

School Commission Chairperson, Gloria Brelage...........932-6205 P.T.O., .........................pto@st.

Faith Formation Commission Chairperson, Angela Werner ..........212-5090 R.C.I.A., Darlene Hirt ......................934-2603

Finance Committee Chairperson, Brenda Ratcliffe .......932-1449

Parish Life Commission Chairperson, ..................................934-3204 Respect Life, Jerry Ollier ................525-1854

Bereavement Luncheon Committee Bonnie Hertel ..................................934-2840 Anita Brelage ...................................934-3095 Carmie Meyer ..................................934-4922

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Christy Moenter...............................239-9164

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time ? AUGUST 19, 2018

St. Louis C at h o l i c C h u rc h 13 ST. LOUIS PLACE ? BATESVILLE, IN 47006 stlouis-

"Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the

one who feeds on me will have life because of me." - Jn 6:56-57

Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass ?2001, 1998, 1970 CCD

Welcome to St. Louis Parish!

We are blessed by your presence with us today. Whether you are a long-time parishioner, relatively new to the parish, home from school, or visiting for the weekend, we are grateful that you have chosen to worship here at St. Louis Catholic Church. As Roman Catholics, the Holy Eucharist is the center of our lives, and the source or our mission. Nourished by the Word of God, we strive to instill family values, promote social justice, and foster life-long formation in the Catholic faith. As we work together to build a community dedicated to living the Gospel, we commit ourselves to generous stewardship and the responsible use of our spiritual and material resources.

If you are new to the parish, we invite you to register as a member by calling the Parish Office.

Prayer & Devotion

Rosary & Holy Hour: First Sunday of the month at 7:00pm Prayer Service: Saturday at 8:05am

Mass Schedule

Weekend: Saturday 5:00pm Sunday 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00am Weekday: Tuesday 6:00pm Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8:10am

Sacraments

Reconciliation (Confession): Tuesday at 5:00pm; Wednesday, Thursday & Friday after the 8:10am Mass; Saturday at 4:00pm

Baptism: Second & fourth Sunday by appointment. Call the parish office.

Marriage: Couples desiring to be married at St. Louis should be registered, active members of the parish. Please contact the parish office to schedule an appointment with the priest at least six months before the anticipated date.

Anointing of the Sick: This sacrament is for anyone with a serious illness, undergoing surgery, etc., or near death. If you would like to receive the Sacrament of the Sick please call the parish office.

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News & Notes

Parish Festival News

Raffle Tickets

If you have not picked up your raffle tickets PLEASE do so this weekend. The tickets are in the back of church.

Help Needed

We are in need of 125 for the day of the festival. If you can donate a pie or two, please call Diane Fullenkamp 812-934-3558. We also need workers for the carry out food stand. If you are able to help in this area, please call the parish office.

Langen's Steak Raffle

Raffle tickets for the Langen's Steak raffle are available in the parish office. Tickets are $5.00 each and only 100 tickets are sold. These tickets were not included with your packet of raffle tickets and are not sold the day of the festival.

Country Store

The Country Store will be in need of your donations of jellies, pickles, beets, salsa, or any other home canned goods you might have. If you don't make jelly or can vegetables, maybe you can bake some cookies, fudge, bread, pastries, cakes or pies. If you sew, think about making aprons, potholders, coasters, etc. If you crochet or knit, maybe consider making doilies, scarves, small lap blankets. If you happen to have extra fresh garden produce, please consider donating it to the Country Store.

Plant Stand

The Plant Stand is in need of plants and bulbs. Please label your plants & bulbs (name, description, color) and include any special care needed. Plants, flower garden tools & yard ornaments may be dropped off at the Plant Stand the morning of the festival. If you need help bringing your plants to the booth, please call Bill & Pam Koehne, 812-663-5273.

Altar Server Sign-up/Training Meeting

Any students, in 5th grade or older, are welcome to become Altar Servers. Sign up forms are in the parish office or on the back of this bulletin. All current servers should also fill out a sign up form if you wish to continue serving this school year. Altar server training will be held on Sunday, August 26th at 1:30pm for experienced servers and at 2:30pm for new servers. All altar servers must attend one of the training sessions.

Are you in 3rd thru 8th Grade? Do you love to sing? Join the Children's Choir!

St. Louis Music Ministry is looking for singers to join the Children's Choir to sing for weekend parish masses, and other special events. Boys and girls from the 3rd through 8th grades are invited to join. The Children's Choir rehearses Wednesday afternoons after school, from 3:15PM-4:00PM in church, beginning August 22, 2018, and will sing one weekend a month, beginning in September. A permission slip signed by a parent or guardian is required for all members. Permission Slips can be picked up from the Parish Office, or St. Louis School. Contact Mike Fritsch, (812) 212-1164, or Susan Kohrman, (812) 212-2863, or email us at music@st. with questions.

Baptisms

The newest members of the St. Louis Parish Family are: Linus Joseph Brelage, son of Michael & Gloria (Moster) Brelage; Nolan Anthony Fischmer, son of Adam & Linda (Kramer) Fischmer; and Everett Anthony Nobbe, son of Adam & Audrey (Bedel) Nobbe. Congratulations!

With Deepest Sympathy

Please remember in your prayers the family of Rosemary H. "Rosie" Prickel who passed away Saturday, August 11th. May she rest in peace.

Natural Family Planning

A Natural Family Planning Class will be held on Sunday, September 9th, from 9:00am to 12:15pm in the Deanery Resource Center at St. Louis. There is a $40.00 fee for books and materials. For reservations call or text Aly at 812-2124951 or Mike at 812-212-2719.

Baptism Preparation Class

The Baptism preparation class is for parents who are having their first child Baptized. The next class will be offered on Tuesday, August 21st at 7:00pm in the Deanery Resource Center at St. Louis. Please call the parish office to register 812-934-3204.

Gifts of Financial Participation

Sunday, August 5, 2018 In Church Collections...........$ 12,481.00 Other Collections ...................... $ 980.00 Electronic Collections ..........$ 10,317.00 Total Actual Income .............$ 23,778.00 Budget .................................$ 18,462.00 Over/Under Budget ...............$ 5,316.00

Sunday, August 12, 2018 In Church Collections...........$ 11,872.55 Electronic Collections ............$ 1,717.00 Total Actual Income .............$ 13,589.55 Budget .................................$ 18,462.00 Over/Under Budget ............ ($ 4,872.45)

Year to Date In Church Collections and Other Collections ............ $ 126,410.37 Budget .............................. $ 129,234.00 Over/Under Budget ............ ($ 2,823.63)

Franciscan Mission Service .................... $ 2,565.50

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Mass Intentions

Saturday, August 18 5:00 pm William & Leona Moeller

Sunday, August 19 8:00 am Jeannie Nobbe 9:30 am For the Parish Community

11:00 am Paul & Virginia Enzinger Tuesday, August 21, St. Pius X

6:00 pm Miriam Miranda Wednesday, August 22, The Queenship

of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8:10 am Kayla Fitzgerald Thursday, August 23, St. Rose of Lima 8:10 am Marilyn Todd Friday, August 24, St. Bartholomew 8:10 am Jim Struewing Saturday, August 25, St. Louis; St.

Joseph Calasanz 5:00 pm Anna Roth Sunday, August 26, Twenty-First

Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:00 am For the Parish Community 9:30 am Helen Laker 11:00 am Tony & Lucy Sabino

Readings for the Week

Sunday: Prv 9:1-6/Ps 34:2-3, 10-

11, 12-13, 14-15 [9a]/

Eph 5:15-20/Jn 6:51-58

Monday: Ez 24:15-24/Dt 32:18-19,

20, 21 [cf. 18a]/Mt 19:16-

22

Tuesday: Ez 28:1-10/Dt 32:26-

27ab, 27cd-28, 30, 35cd-

36ab [39c]/Mt 19:23-30

Wednesday: Ez 34:1-11/Ps 23:1-3a, 3b

-4, 5, 6 [1]/Mt 20:1-16

Thursday: Ez 36:23-28/Ps 51:12-13,

14-15, 18-19 [Ez 36:25]/

Mt 22:1-14

Friday:

Rv 21:9b-14/Ps 145:10-

11, 12-13, 17-18 [12]/Jn

1:45-51

Saturday: Ez 43:1-7ab/Ps 85:9ab

and 10, 11-12, 13-14 [cf.

10b]/Mt 23:1-12

Next Sunday: Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b/

Ps 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19,

20-21, 22-23 [9a]/Eph

5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32/Jn

6:60-69

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Altar Servers

Tuesday, August 21 6:00 pm Isabelle Wonnell & Kalli Obermeyer

Wednesday, August 22 8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Thursday, August 23 8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Friday, August 24 8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Saturday, August 25 5:00 pm Noah Livers, C.J. & Calvin Grote

Sunday, August 26 8:00 am Alyssa, Anna & Henry Wanstrath 9:30 am Erin Batta, Evan Flaspohler & Paige Watters

11:00 am Ella Smith, Mary & Ashley Hunter

Rosary & Holy Hour

Sunday, September 2nd 7:00pm

Greeters

Saturday, August 25 5:00 pm Volunteers Needed

Sunday, August 26 8:00 am Volunteers Needed 9:30 am Tom & Cathy Sullivan, Kathy Wagner

11:00 am Bob & Kathy Mattucci

Lectors

Saturday, August 25 5:00 pm Deb Weigel

Sunday, August 26 8:00 am Ken Rudolf 9:30 am Amanda Canessa

11:00 am Susan Glaser

Ushers

Saturday, August 25 5:00 pm 4 Volunteers Needed

Sunday, August 26 8:00 am Todd Tekulve, Jim Scheele, Larry Enzinger, Bob Obermeyer, Bruce Miller 9:30 am Eugene Laker, John Vogelsang, Mike Weigel, 1 Volunteer

11:00 am Jeff Bedel, Ted Telles, John Wilson, 1 Volunteer

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion

Saturday, August 25 5:00 pm Lorraine Hampson, Mary Sitterding, Bob Luesse, Dave Meyer, Fran & Carol Bessler, Susan Roell

Sunday, August 26 8:00 am Jerry Dickman, Pat Meer, Erma Hartman, Regina Gerstbauer, Janet Freese, Jim Kuisel, Rosie Koehne 9:30 am Bertie Schmidt, John Wilson, Don & Marilyn Freyer, Sebastian Moster, Tom Sullivan, Nancy Werner

11:00 am Kathy Mattucci, Christy Moenter, Maria Mercado, Nelson French, Linda Kolb, Mark Masavage, Sandy Dickey

Adoration Chapel

The open hours for the Adoration Chapel are: Sunday ? 8:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm, 5:00pm; Wednesday--3:00am; Thursday--3:00am; Friday ? 1:00pm; Saturday--5:00am, 7:00pm. If you are able to fill an open hour, call Christy 812-239-9164.

Communion for Homebound

If you or a family member are homebound and would like someone to bring you Holy Communion, please call the parish office and we will help arrange someone to bring Communion to you.

Saturday Morning Prayer Service

August 25th at 8:05am

This week we pray for all students that they will embrace

their God given gifts.

Wedding Banns

Banns I: Devin Combs & Stella Caudill

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First Communion Meeting

Parents of all 2nd graders who will be making their First Communion on May 5, 2019 should plan to attend the meeting on Wednesday, September 12th at 6:45pm in the school cafeteria. This meeting is for parents only.

St. Louis Youth News

Mission Team Information Meeting

Anyone in Grade 8-12 and their parents are invited to an informational meeting about the 2019 Mission Trip to Topeka, Kansas! The meeting will take place on Sunday, August 26th at 4:00pm in the St. Louis School Cafeteria. Come find out if the TriForce Mission Team is right for you! Stay for pizza after the meeting! Go to or email triforcemissionteam@ for more information. High school students stay for youth group 6:30-8:30pm in the gym!

Tony Melendez Coming to St. Nicholas!

International singer and songwriter, Tony Melendez, is coming to St. Nicholas Church on Friday, August 24, from 7:00-9:00pm. Tony was born without arms and a clubbed foot. At the age of 16, Tony taught himself how to play the guitar with his toes. He travels the world, sharing with young and old, the message of hope, encouragement and faith. Tickets are limited and are available for a donation of $10 each. For tickets please call Patty Fledderman 812-623-2675; Angie Meyers 812-907-0391; or Carol Bruns 812-623-8760.

Seasons of Hope - A Group for the Bereaved

If you're in need of consolation after losing a loved one, this Christ-Centered faith sharing group is for you. We will meet for six Mondays beginning on September 10th and continuing through October 15th at St. Mary's, Greensburg in the church meeting room. The program begins at 6:45pm and concludes at 8:30pm. If you are interested in attending this program, please call the Parish Office (812663-8427) and leave your name and phone number. A member of the Bereavement Ministry Team will call you back. You are welcome to bring a friend or relative with you.

Life in the Spirit Seminar

Do you want to know Christ more personally? The Life In The Spirit Seminar is a life -transforming experience where you will discover Christ's personal and unconditional love for YOU. Listen to dynamic teachings to help you experience Christ personally and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This seminar will take place September 19th--October 17th, on 5 consecutive Wednesday evenings from 7:00pm?9:00pm at St. Ignatius Parish in Cincinnati. For more info or to register call Mary Ann at 513-378-4431 or Lighthouse Renewal Center at 513-471-5483. Visit our website at or on Facebook at facebook/

Weekly Bingo Volunteers

Week 4: Thursday, August 23rd Floor/Bank/Instants: Tara Rahe, Todd Tekulve/Deanna Hill, Brenda Moorman/ Pete Schneider, Scott Lamping, Jade Ritter, Jim Vankirk, Rosie Ramey, Travis Scheibler, Nathan Schutte, Brad Nobbe, Marty Doll, Carolyn Dieckmann Kitchen Workers: Jan Narwold, Rose Obermeyer, Carmie Meyer, Margie Walke, Kayla Wuestefeld, Julie Raver Bakers: Faith Batta, Bonnie Hertel, Julie Vankirk, Natalie Scheibler, Sherri Rudolf, Brenda Ratcliffe, Wendi Mohr, Jenny Schebler

What's

Happening

August 19 Parish Picnic--St. Nicholas,

Sunman, 11:00am--5:00pm, all you can eat chicken & roast beef, games for the whole family. August 25 On Eagle's Wings 5K--St. Mary, Greensburg, 8:00am. Parish Festival--St. Teresa Benedicta, Lawrenceburg, 4:00pm-- 9:00pm. Walk to End Alzheimer's--Liberty Park, 9:00am. More info call Sarah Riehle 812-212-2842. August 25-26 Church Festival--St. Mary, Greensburg, Saturday-Adult Night 5:30pm-11:00pm; Sunday Family Day 11:00am--4:00pm August 28 St. Louis Uniform Exchange--St. Louis Preschool Building, 6:30pm-- 7:30pm. September 3 Church Festival--St. Anthony, Morris, 11:00am--4:30pm chicken & roast beef dinner, crafts, basket booth, raffle. Parish Festival--St. Peter's, Brookville, 10:00am. Chicken dinner, raffle & more. September 5 Mass & Healing Service--St. Ignatius, Cincinnati, 7:30pm.

Coming Events at St. Louis Church Save the Dates!

Sept. 6 - Free Movie Night Gibson Theatre, 6:00pm Sept. 29-30 - Mother Dolores Visit, Details Coming! Oct. 7 - Rosary Coast to Coast, St. Louis Church, 4:00pm Oct. 16 & 18 - Mother of Mercy Messengers, Divine Mercy Oct. 26 - 150th Anniversary Alumni Event, 6:30pm Oct. 27 - 150th Anniversary Dinner/Dance, 6:00pm Oct. 28 - 150th Anniversary Mass & Reception, 11:00am

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Please join us as we take an evening to thank all our volunteers who help make our Bingo program successful.

Bingo Appreciation Event for ALL VOLUNTEERS Weekly and Super Sunday St. Louis Cafeteria; Doors open 6:00pm; Dinner 6:30pm

Drinks, Door prizes, Bingo games, Gift Cards and more!

This is our chance to recognize each other and enjoy an evening of playing games and celebrating success of St. Louis Bingo over the past year.

Hosted by the St. Louis Bingo Committee 812-932-4646

ALTAR SERVER SIGN-UP 2018-2019

5th Grade and Older

Please return completed form to the parish office or school office.

LAST NAME: __________________________________________________

DATE: ________________

SERVER FIRST NAME: ____________________________________ SCHOOL GRADE: ____________

SERVER FIRST NAME: ____________________________________ SCHOOL GRADE: ____________

SERVER FIRST NAME: ____________________________________ SCHOOL GRADE: ____________

SERVER FIRST NAME: ____________________________________ SCHOOL GRADE: __________

PHONE: (Home)______________________________________ (Cell)__________________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________________________

(Is this e-mail different than the one provided last year? YES NO)

WEEKEND MASS PREFERENCE:

Please circle a minimum of TWO times or list your preference in order under each time. We will do our best to honor your preference. Siblings may not always be scheduled to serve at the same Mass times. Siblings will not be scheduled to serve different Mass times on the same weekend.

5:00pm

8:00am

9:30am

11:00am ANY MASS

I/We hereby give permission for my/our son/daughter to be an altar server at St. Louis Catholic Church. I/We understand the importance of serving and the commitment involved. I/We hereby agree that if my/our son/ daughter is not able to serve a scheduled Mass, I/we will find a replacement. I/We also understand that training is involved and agree to have my/our son/daughter attend any necessary training sessions.

________________________________________ Parent/Guardian

Questions: Contact the parish office at 934-3204

________________________________________ Parent/Guardian

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