Monday8:00—4:00Tuesday8:00—4:00

Wednesday8:00—4:00Thursday8:00—4:00 Friday8:00—4:00

MassTimes Office Hours: St. Joseph (Parish Central Office)

Reconciliationis30minutesbeforeMassWed.5pm,Sat.4pm,Sun.10:30am

Pastor:Fr.CrispineAdongo—cadongo@evdio.orgDeacon:JimWoebkenberg—jwoebkenberg@evdio.org BusinessMgr.SJ:DevinCarpenter—dcarpenter@evdio.orgAdmin./HispanicMinistry:AnaPerez—aperez@evdio.org

Admin./YouthMinisterMarkBerghoff—mberghoff@evdio.orgCRE@MHC:MarilynSatkamp—msatkamp@evdio.org CRE@SJ:StephanieWollenmann—swollenmann@evdio.org

St.Joseph(CentralOf ice) Mary,HelpofChristians St.NicholasP.O.Box684 6827E.CR1930N P.O.Box351Dale,IN47523-0684 Dale,IN47523 SantaClausIN47579-0351Phone937-2200 Phone937-4326 Phone937-2385email:stjoedale@evdio.orgemail:maryhelp@evdio.orgemail:stjoedale@evdio.org

www.saintfrancisofassisi.net

Facebook:StFrancisofAssisiParish,Instagram:saintfranyouth

AllMassesCanceledUntilFurtherNotice,Seeinsideforinstructionstoviewmassandotherinspiringcontentonlinethroughformedandotherresources.

Tuesday:7:30a.m.St.Nicholas6:00p.m.St.Joseph(Spanish)

Wednesday:5:30p.m.St.Joseph

Thursday:7:30a.m.MaryHelpofChristians

Friday:7:30a.m.St.Nicholas

Saturday:4:30p.m.St.Nicholas

Sunday:7:00a.m.MaryHelpofChristians9:00a.m.St.Joseph11:00a.m.(Spanish/Espanol)St.Joseph

St. Francis of Assisi Parish

Dear Brother and Sisters in Christ,

Many of us are finding ourselves struggling to cope with the changing of our patterns, our habits, and the most unusual change of all being unable to attend masses for the forcible future.

Last time I missed mass I had the flu or some other sickness, but as far as I know mass has never been cancelled for anything other than bad weather in my life time. Although this is a unique and challenging time, it is also a blessed one. It is not a blessing to be unable to attend mass, but it is to realize how much we have been blessed within our community.

Years ago when I was learning about different cultures I was shocked to learn that many communities in the world do not have access to mass every Sunday. I did not realize the privilege I had by having access to it, not just weekly, but even daily if I wanted it! I heard about a community that only see a priest once a year! Meaning, that you only have access to mass, reconciliation and all the other sacraments once a year no mat-ter how badly you want them. This concept was so foreign to me that it made me realize how ungrateful I was for what I had come to accept in my life as normal. Although its uncomfortable, I am excited to have this time to grow in my faith and appreciate what I have been blessed with.

We can survive and will survive, we can grow and will grow from this trail, and we can and will live our faith without constant access to the mass. We were never called to only be mass going Catholics, our faith is tied into everything we do, not confided to a church, so maybe being unable to attend mass is a blessing in disguise to reflect on our own practice of faith and to ask ourselves, in what ways am I a catholic outside of attending mass?

I recently heard an idea that when we encounter suffering of any type we can become bitter and victimize ourselves or we can use the challenge as an opportunity to love as we ought to, saints are the people who chose the later no matter how challenging.

To help aid you in your development of faith below are several links to give you access to online mass and to fantastic resources to help you develop your faith.

Your Brother in Christ,

Mark Berghoff

————————————————————————————————————————————Ways To Keep Practicing Your Faith While At Home!!!

Mary Help of Christians Church & St. Joseph Church will be open daily!

Watch Daily Mass and Sunday Mass Online!

Watch Sunday Mass with Fr. Crispine Live or anytime on Sunday (you do not need a facebook account )to watch: https://www.facebook.com/TheStFrancisOfAssisiParish/

Either Daily mass or Sunday mass with Pope Francis!: CatholicTV - http://www.catholictv.org/

Watch / Listen to Catholic Movies, Audio Books, Lectures and more for free: https://formed.org/

Daily Readings and Prayers: The publication Magnificat is providing complimentary access to our online version to help people pray from home. Available in both English and Spanish:

https://us.magnificat.net/free

https://latina.magnificat.net/gratis

Sunday, March 22

Have a Great Day!

Monday, March 23

Have a Great Day!

Tuesday, March 24

Have a Great Day

Wednesday, March 25

Have a Great Day!

Thursday, March 26

Have a Great Day!

Friday, March 27

Have a Great Day!

Saturday, March 28

Have a Great Day!

Sunday, March 29

Have a Great Day!

ThisWeek:

VOCATIONS PRAYER CALENDAR Pray daily for an increase in vocations to the priest-

hood. Pray for the priests and seminarians of our dio-cese. Give thanks for their vocations.

TODAY’S READINGS First Reading — Thus says the Lord GOD: I will open your graves, have you rise from them, and settle you on your land. Then you shall know I am the LORD, O my people! (Ezekiel 37:12-14). Psalm — With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption (Psalm 130). Second Reading — If Christ is in you, the spirit is alive even if the body is dead because of sin (Romans 8:8-11). Gospel — Lazarus, dead for four days, came out of his tomb when Jesus called his name (John 11:1-45 [3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45]).

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 [41c-62]; Ps 23:1-6; Jn 8:1-11 Tuesday: Nm 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-21; Jn 8:21-30 Wednesday: Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dn 3:52-56; Jn 8:31-42 Thursday: Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-9: Jn 8:51-59 Friday: Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-7; Jn 10:31-42 Saturday: Ez 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-13; Jn 11:45-56 Sunday: Mt 21:1-11, Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14 — 27:66 [27:11-54]

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fifth Sunday of Lent Wednesday: April Fool’s Day Thursday: St. Francis of Paola Friday: First Friday; Abstinence Saturday: St. Isidore; First Saturday

St. John Vianney, Patron Saint of Priests, bless all priests with the strength and wis-

dom to follow God’s will.

“Remember that when you leave this earth you can take nothing of what you have re-ceived, only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sac-rifice, and courage”.

- St. Francis of Assisi

These names will be listed in the bulletin 4 times. If you need continued prayers,

please call the office 812-937-2200.

Logan Oser Heillie Kniesiem Mario Jr. Rodriguez

For additional information go to https://www.saintfrancisofassisi.net/

SOURCE & SUMMIT CANCELLED April 17th,18th, 19th

MinisterSchedule

MassIntentions

FinancesMarch15th

Sunday Envelopes $ 4,618.00 Loose Cash/Checks $ 549.00 Total $ 5,167.00

Budget amount needed $10,000.00

YTD Actual: $ 351,207.30 YTD Budget: $ 370,000.00 (37 Sundays) YTD Behind: $ (18,792.70)

Buildings & Grounds $ 95.00 St. Vincent De Paul $ 60.00 NSCAC $ 20.00 St. Pierre $ 1.00 Easter Flowers $ 35.00 Lent Almsgiving $ 416.00 Total Deposit $ 5,794.00

Number of Envelopes Used: 163 (out of 373)

Amount Given # Envelopes $ Amount

$1-$5 7 $35.00 $5.01-$10 14 $140.00 $10.01-$20 40 $775.00 $20.01-$30 16 $435.00 $30.01-$40 12 $455.00 $40.01-$50 11 $540.00 $50.01-$60 3 $180.00 $60.01-$70 3 $205.00 $70.01-$80 5 $400.00 $80.01-$90 0 $0 $90.01-$100 14 $1,400.00 $100.01 + 27 $6,035.00

NO SUNDAY MASS AT THIS TIME PLEASE WATCH FATHER CELEBRATE MASS ONLINE AT: https://www.facebook.com/TheStFrancisOfAssisiParish/

(you do not need a facebook account to watch) Also please remember to send your the into the parish office

or drop it in the dropbox outside St. Joseph Parish Office St. Nicholas — April 4th — 4:30 p.m. GR SE LE CL US GB EM Sacristan Mary, Help of Chris ans — April 5th —7:00 a.m. GR SE LE CL US GB EM 2 Volunteers Rosary St. Joseph — April 6th— 9:00 a.m. GR SE LE CL US EM GB Volunteers Sacristan

Sat. Mar.28, 4:30pm (SN) Thomas Shreve, Jack Hauser

Sun. Mar.29, 7:00am (MHC) Joanne Lehr, Annie Gunselman, Philomena Gogel

Sun. Mar.29, 9:00am (SJ) Cletus & Blanche Arnold & Charlie Arnold, Rosemary Becher

Sun. Mar.29 11:00am (SJ) SFA Parish

Tue. Mar.31, 7:30am (SN) SFA Parish

Wed. Apr.1, 5:30 pm (SJ) Charles DIke

Thur. Apr.2, 7:30am (MHC) Mary Louise Gogel, Anne e Truax

Fri. Apr.3, 7:30am (SN) Anne e Truax Sunday Online Masses: 8:00am SFA Parish 9:00am (Spanish) All Health Care Workers & Providers h ps://www.facebook.com/TheStFrancisOfAssisiParish/

When there is a funeral, the weekday Mass will be cancelled for that day. Please call the office to reschedule your Mass inten on.

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MassAttendanceMar. 14-15 2020 Mar. 13-14 2019

4:30pm: 150 4:30pm: 200 7:00am: n/a 7:00am: 122 9:00am: 150 9:00am: 151 11:00am: 86 11:00am: 113

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Community News

East Deanery Penance Services (CANCELLED)

Sunday, March 29th at 4:00 p.m. ET

St. Ferdinand Church/Christ the King Parish, Ferdinand

(CANCELLED)

Tuesday, March 31st at 6:30 p.m. ET St. Joseph Church,

Jasper (CANCELLED)

Wednesday, April 1st at 12:00 Noon ET

St. Joseph Church, Jasper

(CANCELLED)

Thank You to all of those that donated

to the St. Nicholas Blood Drive! Thirty-seven people came in to give

the gift of life.

Diocese of Evansville 75th Anniversary 7th & 8th grade projects

7th project: Our 7th grade class has chosen to run/walk at least 75 miles during Lent and donate $1 for each mile to the Ronald McDonald House in Louisville. We all know that walking is good for your health. According to Harvard Health, regular walking can also help control sweet craving, de-crease your risk of breast cancer, help with joint pain, and improve immune function. The Ronald McDonald House in Louisville helped families from 15 different Indiana counties last year alone. They provide a place to stay for families of children receiving medical treatment in Louisville hospi-tals. They are in the process of expanding to help even more families. To track the miles, you may use the slips printed in the bulletin or in the back of church. If your family of 4 walks a mile together, then this will count as 4 miles. Invite others to participate and improve your health and contribute to a worthy cause during Lent! You may turn in slips and money in stewardship baskets on the week-end or turn them in Wednesday nights during class. 8th grade project: Our 8th grade class has chosen to raise at least $75 dollars to donate to Memo-rial Hospital Foundation to help purchase a new linear accelerator. This new technology will pro-vide more refined and detailed radiation beams to target cancer cells and leave surrounding tissues untouched. This will be a great technology addition to the area and help more patients receive the latest technology close to home. You may turn in money to Wednesday night class or put the mon-ey in the stewardship baskets.

DECREE

Out of Concern for the prevention of the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, and the following con-sultation with other Bishops, the College of Consul-tors, and the Deans, in accord with the cannons 838 1 and 4 of the Code of Cannon Law, I hereby suspend the public celebration of Masses in the Diocese of Evansville until further notice. I encourage the faithful to join me in prayer for all affected by this illness and to unite themselves spiritually with the Masses which I and the priests will continue to offer without the presence of a con-gregation. The Provisions of this decree are effective 18 March 2020, all things to the contrary notwithstand-ing. Mary, Health of the Sick, pray for us! Given at Evansville, Indiana 16 March 2020

Most Reverend Joseph M. Siegel, DD, STL

Bishop of Evansville

Divine Mercy Sunday St. Anthony Church April 19th at 3:00pm

St Francis of Assisi Parish 123700

Main Contact: Devin Carpenter Phone Number: 812-937-2200

Special Instructions

375 Copies needed by Thursday

God Bless!