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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!
November 21st & 22nd, 2020 Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe
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
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 Wednesday & Friday @ 9:00 AM
Saturday @ 4:00 PM
Office Hours Monday thru Friday from 9:00 AM until Noon
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] Office Manager, Ann Hutchinson – [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 Randy Dennis, Principal [email protected] Emily Hollander, School Secretary [email protected]
Pastoral Council Members Jonathon Andrews - Chairman [email protected] Randy Tyler – Co-chair [email protected] Patty Lohmiller – Secretary [email protected] Lyndsay Hays [email protected] Kathy Simon [email protected] Beth Hyde [email protected] Rick Schuler [email protected] Julie Strasemeier [email protected] George Schewe [email protected] Greg Ramsey [email protected]
Sara Dennis [email protected]
Finance Committee Mark Neff, Chairperson [email protected]
School Commission Beth Legge, Chairperson [email protected]
Homebound Ministry: Eucharistic Ministers are available to bring Holy Communion to the homebound. Mrs. Emily Beckman [email protected]
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 Bill Ullrich, Grand Knight [email protected]
Pregnancy Care Center (812) 537-4357 St. Vincent de Paul Society (812) 926-1637
*Aloisia Mattl, *Louis Hill, Jr., *Vernon Myers;*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, 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, Judy, Brenda O’Neal, Liz Day, *John P. Hinrichs, Pam Dean, Graham, John Hobson, Tom Brown, Betty Tyler, Mary Ann Edwards, Susan Dausch & family, Mike Heller & Family, Ray Brown, Carol Smith, Diane Clark, Violet Larbus, George Schewe, Diane Townsend, Terry Wentworth, Joan Vogelpohl.
Please remember our Police Officers, MilitaryTroops, Doctors, Nurses, First Responders
and their families in your prayers.
November 15, 2020 Weekly Collection 10,010.00 School 100.00 SVDP 560.00 Attendance - 126 COUNTERS: Since we only have one mass on a weekend, there is NO need for you to come in on Mondays. Stay safe and we will keep you posted. Thank you.
Congratulations on your Baptism!
Oliver Grant Dozier Griffin Lee Dozier
Maddox Bradley Mann
Welcome to the church!
November 21, Saturday 4:00 PM @ St. Mary (Intention: † David Glenn & Michael Ray Sheets) November 22, Sunday 9:00 AM @ St. Lawrence (Inside) 11:00 AM @ St. Lawrence (Outside) November 23, Monday NO Mass November 24, Tuesday 9:00 AM @ St. Lawrence November 25, Wednesday 9:00 AM @ St. Mary (Intention: † Jacob R. Sebastian) November 26, Thursday (Thanksgiving Mass) 9:00 AM @ St. Mary (Intention: For the People of St. Mary & St. Lawrence) November 27, Friday NO 9:00 AM November 28, Saturday 4:00 PM @ St. Mary (Intention: † Leonard Bauer & † Ben Moster) November 29, Sunday_ 9:00 AM @ St. Lawrence (Inside) 11:00 AM @ St. Lawrence (Outside) 4:00 PM @ St. Mary (High Risk Only) (Intention: For the People of St. Mary & St. Lawrence)
Please check our parish website @ www.mystmarys.com for up to date information
For Mass schedule in our local community go to http://masstimes.org
Dispensation for the obligation to attend the public celebration of Mass on Sundays to all
the faithful in Indiana has been extended until further notice.
Source: https://archindy.org/archbishop/dispensation2020.html
Resources for Weekend Catholic Mass
on Your Local Channels
Sunday @ 8:30 AM WKRC/CintiTheCW Ch.12.2 Sunday @ 5:00 PM WLWT/CintiME TV Ch. 5.2
EWTN Mass
Sunday @ 8:00 AM DishNetwork Ch 261 or Direct TV Ch 370
EWTN Daily Mass
Comcast Cable Ch 291
IMPORTANT DIRECTIVES ON COVID19 ♦If you, or anyone you live with or anyone you care for is SICK, you MUST remain at home and not come to church. ♦ If you are 65 years of age or older, or have a pre-existing health condition, you SHOULD stay home and watch Mass online. ♦ If you are not comfortable being out, you CAN stay home. Archbishop Thompson has extended the dispensation from Mass until FURTHER NOTICE. ♦ If you test positive with COVID-19 within 14 days of being at Church for Mass, Confession or Personal Prayer, PLEASE NOTIFY THE PARISH IMMEDIATELY BY CONTACTING THE PARISH OFFICE BY PHONE OR EMAIL.
St. Mary’s School Charity Fund Drive
DONATE Your Gently Worn, Used and New shoes
NOVEMBER 15, 2020 – JANUARY 15, 2020 Help us raise funds for our orgnaization by donating your gently worn, used and new shoes! And don’t forget to ask friends and family, neighbors and co-workers to donate too! Collected shoes are used to support micro-enterprise vendors. To find out more, please talk to any St. Mary’s student or teacher. Where to drop off shoes:
• St. Mary’s School-211 4th Street, Aurora, IN
• St. Mary’s Church (box in the back of church)
• Under the awning in the front of school (after hours)
• Send shoes into school with kids. Please support this awesome project!!!
►BLOOD DRIVE Hosted by Dillsboro Civic Club, Inc. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020 from 1:30 PM – 7:00 PM. Drive held at the Civic Center 9824 Central Avenue, Dillsboro, IN 47018. To Schedule an appointment, please visit: www.hoxworth.org/groups/indiana or call Hoxworth at (800) 830-1091. Questions? Contact Paula Filter at 812-432-5655 or Mary Lou Powers at 812-432-5680.
►All Saints Parish BINGO- Nov 15th & Nov 22nd Sunday, November 15th, St. Paul Gym- New Alsace, Doors Open 5pm, Bingo Starts 6pm. Sunday, November 22nd, St. Martin Hall- Yorkville, Doors Open 4pm, Bingo starts @ 5pm. Everyone is welcome! Bring
►Enjoy a Marriage Encounter Weekend from the comfort of your own home! Married Couples are enjoying the benefits without having to venture from their doorstep. If you have a good marriage, and want to make it even better, apply to join a Virtual Marriage Encounter Weekend and find out how you can make it happen? Forthcoming Weekends are on 13-15 November and 20-22 November. Visit www.wwme.org for further information.
Quote from a couple who made a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend: “We want you to know we thought we had a great marriage. But Marriage Encounter helped make it fantastic!”
CONFESSION will be heard on Tuesday mornings after the 9:00am Mass at St. Lawrence Church in the main body of the church. Also, at St. Mary’s on Friday after the 9:00am Mass and Saturday after the 4:00pm Mass. Please maintain social distancing and wait your turn in the vestibule.
The Word This Week “Shepherd-King o’er mountain steep, homeward guide thy wand ‘ring sheep.” This hymn which we will probably sing today captures the readings perfectly: our King is not a cruel tyrant or despot, but a shepherd who loves his flock, who would (and did) give his life for them. Love for the flock means that he will have to judge them, separating the sheep from those who do not belong to him. Coming to the end of the Church’s year leads us to look to our final ending, the homecoming the hymn speaks of. The judgement of the end of time we do not view as a trial or a terror, but as a coming home: look back to the Isaiah reading on the 28th Sunday to see what a homecoming party is offered. All we do is put our lives in order, living just and holy lives, longing for the day of the lord to come. Source: https://www.salfordliturgy.org.uk/ordinary33a.htm
From the Desk of Fr. Ben
Last week, the Vatican released the very-much anticipated ‘McCarrick Report.’ Preparation for this document has been exhausting, given its well over 400 pages. It’s possible that the report had been finished and the preparers just weren’t ready to release it. I cannot say. What I can say is this report has been two years in the making. And it ain’t pretty.
I personally encourage those reading my column not to read it. If you’re unfamiliar with all this, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. As a priest I feel it is my job to read it, and painfully see every detail. I do not think that is your job. Many would read it and find themselves hurt and empty. I can’t demand that our parishioners not read it - I just thought I’d read it for you, and hope that’s enough.
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick rose through the ranks of leadership in the American Catholic Church, from the 1970s into the new millennium. And through rumors, hearsay, first-hand encounters, and a lot of ‘look-the-other-way,’ it should have been clear that something was not right. There are instances in the report that suggest good-will on the parts of some priests and bishops and even Pope John Paul in regard to McCarrick’s rise, but there are many failures too. Suffice it to say that some people knew of the Cardinal’s corruption; some felt trapped and unable to make a difference; some tried and got nowhere. It was, in church-language, a corporal failure. I don’t want to get into the heart-wrenching moments of the report. A bulletin is no place for that. I remember hearing this from Cardinal Tobin two years ago (the man who ordained me a priest) - “I had heard rumors about McCarrick, I admit that. But I just couldn’t believe they were true.” It was Tobin who ended a non-disclosure agreement with two victims of McCarrick’s predatory actions. It took us a long time to face reality, and we’re still reeling in it.
I’ve read that Catholics in the US right now by and large trust their priests. They trust their pastors, the men they see on Sundays. But overwhelmingly our churches don’t trust the Bishops. I hope someday that changes. People over time have begun to think, for example, of the horrible mistakes of some priests as different from most priests, who by-and-large are good, holy men (we’re tryin’ at least). Maybe in the future our Catholics will feel better about Bishops, and see that while some made major mistakes, and failed as shepherds, most of our Bishops really are great men. I know that’s hard for people, I understand. I just hope we get there.
I’ve been hearing a line come up on Catholic radio about this report, directed to folks who are so angry about this (understandably) that they want to leave the Church. The line is: don’t leave Jesus because of Judas.
Let’s pray for healing, let’s move forward, and let’s see the truth of these words. God Bless.
The World Apostolate of Fatima St. Mary of Immaculate Conception Parish Chapter
you Live and Practice the Fatima Message
• Offer up your daily sacrifices (Morning Offering) • Daily Rosary • Wear the Brown Scapular • Practice the FIVE FIRST Saturdays Devotion
Please join us. Our first meeting will be on December 5th, 2020, FIRST SATURDAY, at 9:00 AM inside St. Mary’s Church followed by a fellowship in the Activity center. Please call Anna Townsend at 812-926-0060 for more information.
CARPET INSTALLER WANTED!
We are looking for St. Mary’s parishioner who can install carpet squares? Or do you know
of anybody who can install carpet squares? Tony Vincent has been renovating the
Confessional room and made it a dual-purpose room – Confessional/Cry room! It is almost
done, except for the carpet. The room area is 6x7 Sq Ft. We have the materials; we just
need an installer! Please call Tony Vincent at 812-532-0014. Thank you and God Bless.
St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry
MANY THANKS to everyone who donated Thanksgiving bags. We will give them to our
neighbors on Tuesday, November 24. You are so generous! We appreciate your wonderful
support and prayers. Blessings and peace to all of you.
LIVING ROSARY
Come join with us as we celebrate The Feast of The Immaculate Conception, Patron Saint of our parish
with a Living Rosary
Tuesday, December 8th in St. Mary’s Church Starts @ 6:30 PM
St. Mary's
Giving Basket
During our weekly school mass, we are encouraging
children to actively participate in mass through the
Giving Basket. Each week have your child bring an
item from the list below to church. During church,
Father Ben will allow the children to bring their item
up to be placed in the Giving Basket. All items
collected will be donated to our local St. Vincent de
Paul for families in need.
Items: Can soup, vegetables, and fruit Peanut Butter
Spaghetti (1 pound)
Spaghetti Sauce
Cereal
Bread
Noodles
