Easter Sunday The Resurrection of the Lord

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Worship & Word

Readings for the Week of April 20, 2014

Monday Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16; Mt 28:8-15

Tuesday Acts 2:36-41; Ps 33; Jn 20:11-18

Wednesday Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105; Lk 24:13-35

Thursday Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8; Lk 24:35-48

Friday Acts 4:1-12; Ps 118; Jn 21:1-14

Saturday Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118; Mk 16:9-15

This Sunday’s Readings Next Sunday’s Readings Acts 10:34a, 37 - 43 Acts 2:42-47 Colossians 3:1-4 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:1-9 John 20:19-31 Gather Book 1065 Gather Book 1066

The Resurrection of the Lord Easter Sunday April 20, 2014 The reading from the Acts of the Apostles reminds us that we too, bear witness to the risen Lord. The presence of Christ is within us, making us new, transforming us, turning us into stewards of the Good News. There is no more time for holding

grudges, disliking others, seeking vengeance, maintaining old prejudices, tolerating bias. We are Christ’s joy and instruments of his peace. Our world is reordered. Reflect on how we are called to let Christ’s forgiveness, reconciliation and love permeate our lives. We are Easter people. Rejoice! He is risen! Alleluia! — From the April 2014 Catholic Stewardship e-Bulletin (http://catholicstewardship.com/)

Prayer List

Note: If you would like to submit a name please contact the Parish Office at 241-6314 x122. Names are removed after 4 weeks unless re-submitted.

Altar Servers Apr 26 -5:30 pm M Berghoff / B Record Apr 27 -7:00 am D Matter / TBD Apr 27 -8:30 am A Fritz / B Kruszynski Apr 27 -10:30 am Z / K Bechinski Apr 27 -Noon B / M Sidor Apr 27 -5:30 pm N Mckinley / G Treado

ILLNESS

Ann Bozich Angie Meyer

Mary Agnes Bussing Francine Misuriello

Shelbi Crouch Chris Naberhaus

Judy Daugherty Evan Ollier

Ron Deal Joe Pieczko

Charles Dunkel Ralph Scheller

John Folger Judy Sieferman

Ron Forrester Connie Smith

Denise Hake David Tester

Andrea Heinrich David Townsend

Jan Hosp Dalena Voegele

Robert Kirchoff Joe Valentine

Frank Kosmerl Shirley Volz

Roger Kreighbaum Pang Yang

Edward Kult James Whiten

Mary Maillet Brenda Williams

Hal Mayo

Rita McAtee

MONDAY, April 21, 2014

9:00 a.m. Communion Service

TUESDAY, April 22, 2014

9:00 a.m. Vincie Gish, Aggie Merkley, & Mary Merkley by Clarence & Shirley Bische

WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2014

9:00 a.m. Special Intention

THURSDAY, April 24, 2014

9:00 a.m. Emmett "Al" Thompson by Jim & Anne Traub

FRIDAY, April 25, 2014

9:00 a.m. Special Intention

SATURDAY, April 26, 2014

5:30 p.m. Norma DeWitt by Glenda Parker

SUNDAY, April 27, 2014

7:00 a.m. Garath Boylan by the Snarski Family 8:30 a.m. For the Parish

10:30 a.m. Deceased members of the McCullough Family by the McCullough Family

Noon Ann Noblet by Basil & Cindy Allen Noblet

5:30 p.m. Rose Marie Dryer & Family by Edwin Mader

Resources & Development

April 25, 2014

Callers: J Csenar, R Brooks, J Giesting

Team #5 - Captain: H Julian, M Bruce; Early Setup: K Treado; Supply: C Neukam; Salad: J White; Fryer: B White; Workers: T Drake, N Harcus, J Roesler, P Stubblefield, C / A Basso, C Campbell, V Pipher; Bakers: M Grady, L Adams, J Eisele, M Rippetoe, M Smith; Biscuits: T Snell

Parish Stewardship of Treasure

Love Loving God, we love how You love us. We love how You free us. We love what You have given and created to surround us. Help us to recognize, and to rejoice in, what has been given, even in the midst of what is not given. Help us not to doubt all that You have given us, even when we feel our very real shortcomings. We thank You for the promise and sign of Your love in the Eternally Risen Christ, pervading all things in the universe, unbound by any of our categories of logic or theology. We offer You our lives back in return. We offer You our bodies, our little lives, our racing minds, and restless hearts into this one wondrous circle of Love that is You. My life is no longer just about me, but it is all about YOU.

Source: Radical Grace: Daily Meditations, Richard Rohr

Liturgical Commission

Week of April 13th Weekly Budget $26,346.15 Weekly Offering $30,862.04 YTD Actual $1,076,018.44 YTD Budget $1,080,192.31 YTD Gain (Loss) ($4,173.87)

Special Collection $81.00

Endowment $443.00

Liturgical Commission

SAVE THE DATES!!

Fr. Mike’s Retirement

Liturgy will be June 15, 2014 at

11:00am Reception to Follow

Fr. Dave’s Retirement

Liturgy will be June 29, 2014 at

11:00am Ice Cream Social to Follow

We will not have a 10:30 or Noon Mass

on either of these days.

Parish Life

SAFE AND SACRED As part of its ongoing commit-ment to the care & protection of children, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis has implemented a new online training program called Safe and Sacred. All priests, deacons, employees of

parishes, schools & agencies of the archdiocese, & vol-unteers who have contact with children should com-plete the training by April 30, 2014, even if they have taken Virtus or other child protection programs. The course is available in English & Spanish 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.safeandsacred-archindy.org. It takes about 45 minutes to complete & can be done in parts over a series of days. Thank you in advance for your participation in this training & your commitment to the protection of children. Please contact the Human Resources office of the Archdio-cese of Indianapolis at hr@archindy.org if you have any questions.

Faith Formation

High School Youth

Ministry

The last two meetings are, April 27th - 9:30am to 10:20

am in the Biltmore house

May 4th - 6:30pm to 8pm in

the PAR

Middle School Youth Ministry The last scheduled meeting is Bowling April 26th, there is no meeting April 27th. Bowling April 26th

Western Bowl on Washington St. Time: 1pm - around 3pm

Cost: $10 (includes shoes) We will bowl two games

Please contact Tom or Natalie at ext. 125 if you plan to attend

Check the St. Chris website for the permission slip. CCD Classes: CCD is religion classes held for children 3 years old through elementary grades attending public school. We meet Sunday mornings from 9:30 am to 10:20 am. For more information contact Sr. Mary Ann 241-6314 ext.119 or email at mdefazio@saintchristopherparish.org

The last class is April 27th

BRIDGES FAITH SHARING MEETING

Thursday, April 24 , 7:00 PM Parish Office Building

Save the Dates Vacation Bible School

2014! Monday June 9 -

Friday June 13

9:00 a.m. - Noon Watch for registration, & the

new mascot!...in May For info contact Sr. Mary Ann

at mdefazio@saintchristopherparish.org

MEN Are you looking for an opportunity to spend more time reading the Bible? To build your relationship with God? Why not check out the Men’s Satur-day Scripture Study Group.

Where: Damascus, in the lower level of the Church When: We meet the 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month What/Why: Our discussions are based on the Sun-day Readings.

For additional information please contact Kevin Deardorf at 297-3734. Coffee & Donuts are provided. There is no fee.

BOOK CLUB

The book club of St. Christopher, Explorations in Faith,

meets the first Thursday of each month at

6:30 pm in Jacob's Well (lower level of the

church.) We are a relaxed, fun group who

share thoughts about a different book each

month. The book selection for May 1st is

“The Four Signs of a Dynamic Cath-

olic” by Matthew Kelly. Even if you

haven’t read the whole book please feel free

to come to the gathering and participate in

the open discussion. For more information please

contact Betty Reagan at betty.reagan50@gmail.com

or Kathy Hoya at kakhoya@gmail.com, or check out the St.

Chris website http://www.saintchristopherparish.org/

Looking for a Faith Group to discuss and expand your faith? Check out the

Adult Faith Corner! We meet Sun-

days after the 8:30am Mass for an open discussion on a variety of topics. The next meeting is Sunday, April 27th, we

will have two guest speakers for a Presentation

on the Shroud of Turin. May 4th we will con-tinue with the Bible before the Bible class. For ad-ditional information please check out the St. Chris website.

Happy Easter - He is Risen!!

MOM’S GROUP GATHERING Saturday, May 17

10:00 am – 11:30 am Jacob’s Well (lower level of the Church)

Were you unable to

come to our first gathering in April? Please know you are still welcomed! If you would like to join this new group and have not already done so, please call Sr. Kathy at 241-6314 ext.114 or email her at kmorrissey@saintchristopherparish.org.

Busted Halo A Catholic online ministry that offers podcasts, feature stories, faith guides, commentaries, &

discussions on many topics. You can find answers to questions from the basics of Catholic faith to complex dilemmas of everyday live. http://bustedhalo.com/ Busted Halo is also on Facebook.

Christian Services

Parish Life

93%

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

April 26

May 10th

2013 SVdP Indianapolis Statistics - What YOU, the volunteers, did to help Families Living In Poverty

Paul

Guenin at 244-9731 or padeceje2@aol.com

SVdP Help Line 317-687-0169

www.svdpindy.org

Saint Vincent de Paul

Light of Christ

It was still dark, As she walked to the tomb.

Tears filling her eyes.

It was still dark, The stone was rolled away. The small cloth laid folded

And to the side.

It was still dark, As she ran to tell the others,

Fear alive within.

It was still dark, As the Light of Christ Shown upon us all.

Trudy Bledsoe

RESPECT FOR LIFE

NURSING HOME VISITSWhat a wonderful welcome for those living in nearby nursing homes to receive a visit from St. Chris parishioners. Members of the Respect for Life Committee have been

blessed participating in this needed ministry. We would like to extend an invitation for any interested parishioner to join us! More volunteers allows us to schedule more visits to more facilities.

Even if you are not interested in attending Respect Life meet-ings, you can help with this ministry. Please contact Mark Folger at m_folger@msn.com if you would like to join us.

VULNERABLE?

The core of most Respect Life issues is vulnerability: Hu-mans in a situation without control … Humans in a position where someone else has the power to decide what happens. The situation requires us to care enough to do something to improve the situation. What are you doing to help the vulner-able??

Respect Life Topics are available from the US Conference of

Catholic Bishops website @ HTTP://WWW.USCCB.ORG/ISSUES-

AND-ACTION/HUMAN-LIFE-AND-DIGNITY/INDEX.CFM

For all Archdiocesan Pro-Life events, Newsletter, & links go to: www.archindy.org/prolife

REMINDER The Nursery is open during the 10:30 Mass for infants and children up to age five. When adult supervision isn’t available the Nursery is closed.

EASTER FUND

As we have our traditional Christmas Poin-settia Fund, a few years ago we initiated an additional fund during the Easter sea-

son. This fund assists with the Easter and spring flow-er expenses. The names of those remembered will be published & placed in a special flyer – available in Em-maus Way after Easter - during the Easter season. Enve-lopes are available in the pews. PLEASE PRINT NAMES clearly & return the envelopes as soon as possible.

JOB OPENING

Skyline Exhibits, a leader in the tradeshow display industry,

has two job openings. One for a Service Technician and the

second for a Sales Account Representative. For more infor-mation or if you want to be considered for either of these po-

sitions please go to https://ciims.cindexinc.com/job/510b73.

To be considered you must fill in the information completely.

For more information on Skyline Exhibits please visit their

website at www.skyline.com.

MESSAGE FROM FR. DAVE

Below is the continuation from last week’s bulletin of the homily given by Cardinal Sean O’Malley. Previ-ous bulletins can be found on the St. Christopher website. “The author of Hebrews urges us to practice hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly enter-tained angels. He urges us to be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment. We have presently over 30,000 detainees, most of whom have no criminal connections. The cost of these detentions is about $2 billion a year. The system is broken & is causing untold suffering & a tenable waste of resources, human & material. We find in those prisoners, neighbors, fellow human beings who are separated from their families & communities. The sheer volume of the cases has led to many due process violations & arbitrary detentions. At Lampedusa Pope Francis warned of the globalization of indifference. Pope Francis, speaking at the borders of Europe, not a desert, but a sea, said: "We have lost a sense of responsibility for our brothers & sisters. We have fallen into the hypocrisy of the Priest & Levite whom Jesus described in the parable of the Good Samaritan: we see our brother half dead on the side of the road & perhaps we say to ourselves: 'Poor soul' & then go our way. It is not our responsibility, & with that we feel reassured, assuaged. The culture of comfort, which makes us think only of ourselves, makes us insensitive to the cries of other people living in a soap bubble, indifferent to others." Our country has been the beneficiary of so many immigrant groups that had the courage & the fortitude to come to America. They came fleeing horrific conditions & harboring a dream of a better life for the chil-dren. They were some of the most industrious, ambitious & enterprising citizens of their own countries & brought enormous energy & good will to their new homeland. Their hard work & sacrifices have made this country great. Often these immigrants have been met with suspicion & discrimination. The Irish were told "they need not apply"; our ethnicity & religion made us undesirable. But America at its best is not the bigotry & xeno-phobia of the "Know Nothings", but the generous welcome of the New Colossus, that mighty woman with a Torah, the Statue of Liberty, the Mother of Exiles who proclaims to the world: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp," cries she with silent lips, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the home-less, tempest-tost to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" (Emma Lazarus) We must be vigilant that that lamp continues to burn brightly.”

Today is the greatest feast of the church calendar, Easter & it begins at the vigil Saturday night; “it should begin after nightfall & end before the dawn of Sunday.” And at the vigil nine readings can be done, seven from Old Testa-ment & two from New Testament, but most of us use less than nine readings. This is the feast from which all others stem & the only feast kept by the early followers of the Lord. The Resurrection is so important that the Lord’s fol-lowers even to this present time observe every Sunday as the Lord’s Day, as a “little Easter.” Lent has prepared us for the feast & in similar fashion, the Easter season is the liturgical continuation of this greatest of feasts, & lasts for 50 days. This amounts to seven weeks & is crowned with the feast of Pentecost. And at Pentecost we say “50 days have celebrated the fullness of the mystery of your revealed Love.” This entire 50 day season is designed as a pro-longation of Easter. There are two special characteristics of the Easter season; first is the Pascal Candle, which burns until Pentecost at all of our liturgical celebrations & at every baptism & funeral liturgy. Second is the Alleluia, our victory cry or acclimation over the Resurrection of our own Lord. “Alleluia” is a Hebrew word meaning “Praise the Lord.” In the Book of Revelation this is a special song for those who have been saved. As the great St. Augustin said, “We are Easter people & Alleluia is our song.” And Christians always stand for the Alleluia to receive the risen Lord in com-munion as a physical reminder of the resurrection. The first week of the Easter Season is special possessing an essential unity by which every Mass is like Easter itself, & every gospel is an appearance of the risen Lord. These Masses of Easter week, as expected, are among the most stirring & dramatic of the entire year telling how the Lord appeared to his disciples after the holy women found the tomb empty. During East-er Season we read the Acts of the Apostles as this book demonstrates the impact of the Risen Christ on the young church. The special “Gospel of the 50 days” is from John & it is theological & strongly reflective of the Resurrection. The Easter Season is an anticipation of the joys & good things of heaven & reminds us that by faith & baptism we are “risen with Christ,” & that our journey through this life has been strength-ened by the victory of the Lord over death.