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SAINT MARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 203 Fourth St. · Aurora, Indiana 47001 · www.mystmarys.com
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception
Welcome in God’s Name! Through our loving and praying family may you find friendship, peace and serenity in this, God’s house. If you are a visitor interested in joining our parish or the Catholic Faith, please call our parish office for information. If you are returning after being away . . . Welcome Home!
Divine Mercy Sunday
Parish Mission
We, the people in the area served by St. Mary of the
Immaculate Conception Parish, Aurora, Indiana, called
to faith and salvation in Jesus Christ in the Roman
Catholic tradition, strive to live the Gospel by
worshipping God in word and sacrament, learning,
teaching, and sharing our faith with those in our parish and beyond by serving human needs. We commit
ourselves to stewardship through the generous and
responsible use of our spiritual, physical, and material
resources for today’s and tomorrow’s needs.
Holy Mass – Schedule Saturday 5:00 pm Sunday 8:00 am Wednesday 8:30 am Friday 8:30 am
Office Hours Monday thru Friday from 9:00 AM until Noon
Regular Mass & Office schedule will resume until further notice!!
St. Vincent de Paul Society (812) 926-1637 Pregnancy Care Center (812) 537-4357
Reverend Ben Syberg, Pastor Email: [email protected]
St. Mary’s Office: (812) 926-0060
St. Lawrence’s Office: (812) 537-3992
After Hours Emergencies: (812) 537-1297
Anna Townsend, Secretary/C.R.E. – [email protected] Tony Vincent, Facilities & Maintenance Jim Waldon, Director of Music [email protected] Mollie Leibecke, Bookkeeper [email protected]
St. Mary’s School – (812) 926-1558 fax (812) 926-2590 Bob Brookbank, Principal [email protected] Ann Hutchinson,School Secretary [email protected]
As office hours may vary, please call ahead to find out the hours of availability.
Pastoral Council Members Greg Ramsey - Chairman (812) 438-3109 [email protected] Randy Tyler – Co-chair (812) 584-3024 [email protected] Patty Lohmiller – Secretary (513) 646-8094 [email protected] Lyndsay Hays (812) 907-0312 [email protected] Kathy Simon (513) 405-6268 [email protected] Beth Hyde (812) 584-5894 [email protected] Rick Schuler (859) 512-1985 [email protected] Julie Strasemeier (812) 744-4495 [email protected] George Schewe (513) 312-7104 [email protected] Jonathon Andrews [email protected] (513) 256-5758 Sara Dennis [email protected]
Finance Committee Mark Neff, Chairperson [email protected] (812) 926-3192
School Commission Beth Legge, Chairperson (812) 537-4525 [email protected]
Homebound Ministry: Eucharistic Ministers are available to bring Holy Communion to the homebound. Mrs. Emily Beckman (812) 926-2417
Anointing of the Sick: Call anytime (812-926-0060 or 812-537-3992) or see Fr. Ben. Given at home, nursing home, hospital or at church.
Knights of Columbus (812) 584-4498 Bill Ullrich, Grand Knight [email protected]
St. Mary Prayer List *Aloisia Mattl, *Louis Hill, Jr., *Vernon Myers; *Jodi Jerger, *Travis Miller, *Becky Meyer Clark, *Christina Nelms, Gary Manford, Tim Heller, Neil Selley, Caroline Seaver, *Brenda Murr, ,*Marilyn “Jane” Borth, Hayle Brashears, Jared Hodgkins, Stefanie Veale, Nate Groh, Michael Renner, Larry Hagan, McKayla Schmits, Kelly, Gary Wainscott, Ruth Kern, Colton Mattingly, Agnes Kelnhofer, Tinker Walston, Ron Brunner, Payton Maurice, Kate Grossmann, Joan Fuch, Karen Kistner, Mark Chase, Velinda Seaver, Rose Donk, B&L Dunseth, Jessica McKittrick, Kristie Bockhorst Gilb,*Candi Elsen, Barb MCMurray, Chris Strautman, *Mary Leyendecker, Rebecca Oelker, Debbie Walker Russell, Dottie Fedroff, Eugene Armbruster, Judy Edwards, Brenda O’Neal.
Please remember our Troops and their families in your prayers.
St. Mary’s Parish Collection Information
April 4 & 5, 2020 April 11 & 12, 2020 Weekly Collection 5,921.01 Weekly Collection 7,589.00 School 30.00 School 150.00 St. Vincent De Paul 225.00 St. Vincent De Paul 205.00 Right To Life 5.00 Envelopes 29 Envelopes 33 Credit Cards 13 Credit Cards 14
EASTER FLOWER DECORATIONS
EASTER DECORATION THANKS: We are grateful to everyone who contributed to our Easter flower collection and to Rita Armbruster who helped Jim decorate the church. You can enjoy a view of the interior of St. Mary's if you go to the following link: https://youtu.be/55SpLl-7l7w.
Our Deepest Condolences to the family of Ronald Bradford who passed away on Monday, March 30, 2020. A private funeral service was held on April 3rd. A celebration of Ron’s life will be scheduled at a later date. May God bless and comfort his family in this time of sorrow.
In Memoriam. Vaughn Fischer, great nephew of Rita Cutter passed away on Wednesday, April 8th. Our thoughts and prayers to the Cutter and Wismann Family.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
St. Mary’s Mass Online: You can access Fr. Ben Syberg’s online Mass in our website @ www.mystmarys.com,
youtube and Facebook.
Let us Pray: O Mary, you shine always on our way as sign of our safety and hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who at the foot of the Cross bound yourself to the suffering of Jesus, keeping strong in your faith.
O Salvation of the Roman People, you know what we need and we are sure that you will provide it for us just as at Cana of Galilee the joy and feasting could return after that moment of trial.
Mother of Divine Love, help us, to conform ourselves to the will of the Father and to do what Jesus tells us, He who took upon Himself our sufferings and is marked by our sorrows and so lead us, toward the Cross, to the joy of
the Resurrection. Amen
The following is courtesy of Loyola grad student and Jesuit scholastic Christopher Holownia:
Solidarity Prayer for a Pandemic May we who are merely inconvenienced remember those whose lives are at stake.
May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable. May we who have the luxury of working from home remember those who must choose between
preserving their health or making their rent. May we who have the flexibility to care for our children when their schools close remember those who
have no options. May we who have to cancel our trips remember those that have no place to go.
May we who are losing our margin money in the tumult of the economic market remember those who have no margin at all.
May we who settle in for a quarantine at home remember those who have no home.
Compassionate Jesus is the face of God’s mercy By: Archbishop Charles C. Thompson
Source: https://www.archindy.org/archbishop/column/2020/04-17/archbishop.html)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you who by the power of God are safeguarded through faith, to a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the final time” (1 Pt 1:3-5).
Happy Easter! After a long Lent, the sun is once again shining, and we are blessed with Easter joy!
The Second Sunday of Easter is also known as Divine Mercy Sunday. This is most appropriate because
Easter celebrates the greatest act of divine mercy in human history. Our generous and merciful God has redeemed us by an extraordinary act of humility and self-sacrifice. By his wounds, we are healed. By his extreme suffering and his cruel death, all our sins are forgiven. By his glorious resurrection, we have been rescued and set free.
In the second reading for Divine Mercy Sunday (1 Pt 1:3-9), St. Peter tells us that Jesus’ resurrection from the dead has given us “a new birth to a living hope” (1 Pt 1:3). Not only that, St. Peter tells us that
we will receive “an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading” (1 Pt 1:4). This is the unfathomable mercy of God—not only to forgive our sins, but to grant us a reward “kept in heaven for you who by the power of God are safeguarded through faith, to a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the final time” (1 Pt 1:4-5).
No wonder we shout for joy and sing “Alleluia” during this season of rejoicing. No wonder we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday with such heartfelt gratitude and joy!
The Gospel reading for this Sunday (Jn 20:19-31) tells us that Jesus not only forgave our sins, but he granted the power of forgiveness to his disciples and asked that they continue to share it with all who
seek God’s mercy. “Mercy toward a human life in a state of need is the true face of love,” Pope Francis has said, explaining that it is by loving another that one becomes a true disciple of Jesus and that the face of the Father is revealed. “Jesus is the Face of Mercy, the Face of the Father,” the pope tells us. When we forgive someone who has offended us, we become the face of mercy in that situation. When we show genuine compassion to someone in need, we share with them the love that comes from our merciful Father in heaven.
Sunday’s Gospel tells the familiar story of the “doubting Thomas.” According to St. John:
“Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks
and put my hand into his side, I will not believe’ ” (Jn 20:24-25).
Many of us can understand Thomas’ position. We are practical people and, as the saying goes, “seeing is believing.” But faith in Jesus requires much more than trusting the evidence of our senses. It demands that we encounter the risen Lord as he appears to us in new and different ways—in the sacraments (especially the Eucharist), in the Scriptures, in communion with and service to others (especially “the least of these,” our brothers and sisters).
Jesus, who is the face of mercy, has compassion on his unbelieving disciple. He shows Thomas his
wounds saying: “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe” (Jn 20:27). As with Thomas and the other disciples, Jesus goes out of his way to be present to us, to greet us warmly with “Peace be with you,” and to invite us to believe in him even if we have not seen him with our own eyes.
God’s mercy always gives us a second chance to encounter Jesus and to believe in him. No matter how skeptical or doubtful we may be; no matter how far we have strayed from the experience of communion with Christ in and through his Church; and no matter how seriously we have sinned, Jesus always
reaches out to us with open arms. He embraces us and invites us to experience his friendship and his forgiveness.
We’re right to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday during the Easter season. Let’s rejoice in God’s mercy this Easter by encountering Jesus in the holy Eucharist, in his sacred word and in our love for one another. †
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