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August 9, 2015

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Parish Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm Website: http://stmary.irelandindiana.com

St Mary Church - 812-482-7041

Rev. Gary Kaiser, Pastor…….gkaiser@evdio.org Rev. Jeff Read, Associate Pastor, Ext 24 jread@evdio.org Deacon John Huether……...jhuether@evdio.org Dianne Gogel, Secretary, Ext. 21 dgogel@evdio.org Sherri Hartley, Secretary, Ext. 22 chartley@evdio.org Stan Heim, Property Manager, Ext. 36 sheim@evdio.org Lauren Emerson, Preschool Teacher, Ext. 40 Holy Trinity Catholic School West Campus lemerson@evdio.org Martha Schmitt, DRE, Ext. 45 mjschmitt@evdio.org Charlene Sermersheim, Music……812-482-7837 Annette Witte, Cleaning ……………812-630-7870

Precious Blood Church - 812-482-4461

Rev. Gary Kaiser, Pastor Office…Ext. 128……….Rectory…...Ext. 650 Rev. Jeff Read, Associate Pastor Office...Ext. 137……...Rectory…..Ext 650

Parish Contacts

Bereavement Meals, Sherri Hartley……………….. …………………………………………………..812-482-7041 Church Decorations, Janet Schitter ……………………………………………….....812-482-3500 Finance Council, Audrey Wehr……812-639-3393 Ireland K of C, Grand Knight, John Wilz ……………………………..……………..……812-631-8543 Ireland K of C Building Rental - Allen Reckelhoff ………………………………………………….812-482-4700 Meals for New Moms, Karen Fromme…………... …………………………………………………..812-482-5265 Parish Nursing, Deb Brescher……..812-639-1882 Parish Council, Jamie Clark……...…812-482-9104 Prayer Line, Bev Himsel……………...812-639-1384 St. Anne’s Society, President, Bonnie Meadows ………………………………………...………..812-634-1483 St. John Bosco, Carly Knapp………..812-481-2442

St. Mary’s Mission Statement: St. Mary Church is a community of faith united in Eucharist and committed to seeking God through prayer; sharing our gifts of time, talent and treasure; providing formation and education for children and adults; responding to the needs of people by sharing our faith and resources. We are dedicated to living and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

St. Mary Church

Readings for the Week of August 9, 2015

Sunday: 1 Kgs 19:4-8/Eph 4:30--5:2/Jn 6:41-51 Monday: 2 Cor 9:6-10/Jn 12:24-26 Tuesday: Dt 31:1-8/Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Wednesday: Dt 34:1-12/Mt 18:15-20 Thursday: Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17/Mt 18:21--19:1 Friday: Jos 24:1-13/Mt 19:3-12 Saturday: Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2/1 Cor 15:54b-57/Lk 11:27-28 Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab/1 Cor 15:20-27/Lk 1:39- 56 Next Sunday: Prv 9:1-6/Eph 5:15-20/Jn 6:51-58

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Weekend Masses at St. Mary Church Saturday Vigil 5:30pm Sunday 7:00am & 9:15am

Weekday Masses this week at St. Mary Church Monday, Thursday & Friday at 7:30am Wednesday at 6:00pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation at St. Mary Church Saturday 4:30-5:20pm; 1/2 hour before weekday Masses

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 1/2 hour before weekday Masses

Anointing of the Sick: Notify the parish office if there is a need for Father Gary or Father Jeff to administer Anointing of the Sick.

Sacrament of Baptism: The joy of having children is fully realized in their baptism within the faith community. Call the Parish Office regarding Baptism appointments. First time parents, please stop by and pick up a baptism video.

Sacrament of Marriage: Parishioners who wish to be married at St. Mary Church are asked to contact the parish office six months prior to setting a date. This will provide time for prayer, preparation and paperwork.

Homebound Parishioners: Communion calls are made on Monday mornings to parishioners’ homes. Call the parish office if you would like a visit from our Eucharistic Minister.

Mass Intentions

Sat-Aug 8 5:30 pm Finton & Bertha Schwenk Family Sun-Aug 9 7:00 am Members of the Parish 9:15 am Jim Schuler

Mon-Aug 10 7:30 am Emil Goeppner Wed-Aug 12 6:00 pm Reginald Sermersheim Thurs-Aug 13 7:30 am Eileen Nelson Fri-Aug 14 7:30 am Johnny Marks

Sat-Aug 15 5:30 pm Phil & Faurest Jeffries Sun-Aug 16 7:00 am Members of the Parish

9:15 am Tom & Norma Mehringer

August

9: Ireland Volunteer Firefighters Annual BBQ and Open House

beginning at 9:00am.

9: Mariah Hill Picnic 9:00am to 5:00pm CDT

9: Healing Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church, Huntingburg. Fr.

Biju Thomas will be the Celebrant. Praise and Worship will

begin at 3:30pm with Mass starting at 4:00pm.

15: Sisters of St Benedict, Ferdinand are offering a program

“Mary: A Gift to Many” at the Benedictine Hospitality Center at

Kordes Hall. Registration due August 12. For more info or to

register call 812-367-1411, ext 2915 or thedome.org/programs.

16: Precious Blood Picnic: Bring you family!

17: Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, Annual Dome Golf Classic

For info visit thedome.org/golf or call 812-367-1411.

23: St. Ferdinand Church Picnic, Ferdinand, 10:30am to 4:00pm.

29: St. Benedict Cathedral’s Summer Social, Evansville.

**Wisdom Days for Seniors will be October 26 at the Hunt-

ingburg Event Center. Each day is free to attendees and includes

lunch, speakers, and a visit from Bishop Charles Thompson.

More details at http://www.charitiesevv.org/wisdom-days.html.

Church Support

Budgeted Weekly Operating Costs: $13,500.00 Collection for the weekend of August 1 & 2

Weekend Collection……………...…………………………..$ 9,353.75 Average ACH weekly deposit for August........……..$ 3,880.20 Children’s Collection…………………………………………..$ 8.00 Total Weekend Collection………………………………….$ 13,241.95 Short..........………………………………………………………..$ (258.05)

Thank You!!!!!!

Please use your envelope if you are going to one of the area churches. They are coming back to our parish. Another way to make sure your tithing is coming to St. Mary is to go electronic.

This can be by electronic check payment from your bank or by ACH through the parish office. This is an easy way to make your dona-tions on a recurring basis and not have to worry about your tithing

envelopes. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Mass Attendance for August 1 & 2

5:30pm [315] 7:00am [205] 9:15am [320]

Precious Blood Church - Mass Schedule

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday - 8:00am

Saturday - 4:00pm

Sunday - 8:00am & 10:30am

www.preciousbloodjasperin.com

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2015 Irish Sweepstake Winners for August 2

Congratulations to our $500.00 winner, Larry Werner

and or $100.00 winner, Pat Nordhoff.

St. Mary Parish will be doing a “homemade dressing” fund-

raiser for the Ireland Bicentennial. We will be taking orders for

dressing that we will be making in November. Please keep us in

mind when ordering dressing for the holidays. We know it is

early but we wanted to get the word out. We will be needing

clean gallon ice cream buckets. These can be dropped off at the

parish office.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

On Monday Fr. Jeff and I along with the staff of Holy Trinity Catholic School attended the Diocesan opening Mass for our Catholic Schools.

The Diocesan theme for this year is “Christ is the cornerstone.” As the Bishop spoke, he mentioned a quote from St. Theodore Guerin. “Love

the children first, and then teach them.” This quote is Christ like. Jesus taught us first to love our neighbor then teach about the Kingdom of

God. This will be our goal throughout this first year of our School.

I am grateful for the many people who have given of their time talent and treasure to make Holy Trinity a reality. The uniting of all 11 parishes

to the goal of Catholic Education is a blessing in deed. The efforts of the Core Group, the School Transition team and our new School Council

are deeply appreciated. The hard work and dedication of our talented staff is remarkable and valued. The leadership of Mrs. Sternberg and Mr.

Lemen is evident and a blessing. Please continue to pray for God’s guidance as we continue this process to make the best use of the resources

in our deanery for all the people in our area.

It is important for Catholic Education to be the best it can be and for our Public School systems to be the best they can be. We are blessed with

amazing schools and we must always strive to do our best for the children. We have only one future and that is with the children. We must

educate them well, as we do this, we must love them as Christ loves all of God’s children. As we begin this school year please keep all stu-

dents, parents, teachers and administrators in your prayers. Yours in Christ,

Fr. Gary Kaiser

September 13 Picnic Information

Have extra blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, etc and

not know what to do with them? Bring your frozen berries

to the parish office and we will store them until picnic time

and use them for the Country Store. They will be used in

our baked items. Also, be sure and keep a few extra jars of jelly for us

to sell at picnic time. You can bring them to the parish office and we

will store them for you.

We need your support. If you are not currently on a quilt group,

please consider donating $35 and having your name added to a group.

If you are on a group, make sure your donation is made either to the

parish office or the person in charge of your group. That is all you

have to do. The more quilts we have, the longer the crowd stays.

Please donate if you can. **The Quilt Show will be Thursday,

August 27, 11:00am to 6:00pm in the church. Drop your completed

quilts at the parish office so we can get them marked off and ready

for the show.

Never to early to be thinking about your Theme Basket. We have

had some great ideas in the past and look forward to what might be

donated this year. Fishing, camping, quilting, cooking, kids, John

Deere, Coca-Cola, car care, hair care, etc are just some of the ideas

that have been used in the past.

Surprise Bag Booth: 700 items $.10 to $10. New or like-new items

(books, games, bubbles, jump ropes, etc). If your time is limited you

may donate to the Surprise Booth and we will do the shopping for

you. Items may be dropped off at the parish office or placed in the

container in the church vestibule. Call Pat Bohnenkamper 631-2904

or Mary Ann Robling at 482-6387 for more information.

Needed for Picnic - Empty, clean baby food jars with lids - all sizes

would be appreciated. Bring to the parish office.

If you were not on last year’s workers list, we could use volunteers of

all ages. Call the parish office and we will put you on the list. We

are looking for some parishioners who are wanting to do a little

more for their parish and picnic is a great time to do so. If you

cannot work on picnic Sunday, please consider working Thursday,

Friday or Saturday before the picnic.

Happy Birthday to the following parishioners who will

be celebrating their 80+ Birthday in the month of

August: Linus Humbert, Aug 8; Betty Schmitt, Aug 10;

Rita Dall, Aug 13; Dorothy Wigand, Aug 14; Marilyn

Pfaff, Aug 15; Elizabeth Schmitt, Aug 15; Martha Stenftenagel,

Aug 15; Fern Bonifer, Aug 19; Lawrence Miller, Aug 23; Mary

DeKemper, Aug 28; and Rosalee Stemle, Aug 30. May God

bless you on your special day.

Congratulations!!

The family of Elizabeth Schmitt would like to have a card show-

er for Elizabeth’s 96th Birthday which will be August 15.

Please send Elizabeth’s card to: Elizabeth Schmitt, 8629 W

300N, Jasper, IN 47546.

Congratulations to the Cardinals for winning the church league softball tourney held July 25 and 26. The Reds finished 2nd. Members of the champion Cardinals are:

Christopher Birk, Steve Durcholz, Ryan Grammer, Pat Hasenour, Brandon Hulsman, Greg Kuntz, Ryan Mathies,

Scott Murry, Ben Popp, Matt Schuetter, Jacob Small, Aaron Stenftenagel, Justin Stenftenagel, Brad Stork,

Nathan Wagner, Chris Weisman, Phil Weisman.

Thanks to all the staff and volunteer mowers for all your help with the softball season. Fred Boehm

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This Week’s Parish Events Sunday [08/09]:

Christian Mother Prayers after Mass. All are welcome. Children’s Liturgy of the Word for grades 1 and 2 during

the 9:15am Mass. Ireland Volunteer Firefighters Annual Open House and

Raffle. BBQ chicken and chop dinners beginning at 9:00am until sold out.

Monday [08/10]: Mass will be celebrated at 7:30am. Adult bible study CRAVE at 6:30-8:00pm, in the parish

rectory. Servants of the Holy Spirit at 7:00pm in the Library.

Ireland K of C Rosary at 7:00pm: Meeting at 8:00pm.

Tuesday [08/11]:

Communion & Liberation at 6:30pm.

Wednesday [08/12]: Rosary at 11:30am in the church. All are welcome.

Quilting noon to 4:00pm in the rectory basement. Mass will be celebrated at 6:00pm.

St Anne’s Sewing Room open 6:00pm in the rectory.

Thursday [08/13]: Mass will be celebrated at 7:30am.

St. Vincent de Paul Meeting at 6:30pm in the Library.

Friday [08/14]:

Mass will be celebrated at 7:30am

Sunday [08/16]: Precious Blood Church Picnic - Good fellowship, food,

and lots to do for the whole family.

Upcoming Parish Events

August 27: St. Mary Quilt Show, 11:00am to 6:00pm. Flyers can be found in the back of church. Help us advertise our quilt show by taking one and hanging it in the community. September 13: St. Mary Church Picnic September 14: Ireland K of C 20/20 begins. September 18: Ireland K of C Fish Fry October 1: St. Anne Meeting October 11: Ireland K of C Fall BBQ October 12: Ireland K of C Deceased Members Mass November 14, 15 & 16: TEC December 7: St. Anne Christmas Meeting December 20: Confirmation here at St. Mary Church February 13 & 14: Women’s CRHP at St. Joseph Church. March 5 & 6: Men’s CRHP at Precious Blood Church.

Catechist Corner

Would you like to grow in your faith, learn the teachings of our church and deepen your relationship with Jesus?

Consider being a catechist! Previous teaching experience is not necessary and lesson plans are prepared for you. Don’t be afraid that you don’t know every detail of your faith - part of being a catechist involves openness to learning as you teach. As a Cate-chist you not only help our youth grow in their faith, you too will grow in yours. We have a great group of adults who help on Tuesdays during the day and Wednesday evenings but could use a few more to complete our team. Please consider helping out with this ministry. If interested contact Martha Schmitt at 482-7041 or by email mjschmitt@evdio.org Martha

Bosco

Registration for National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) is

due Friday, August 21. To register contact Carley for the necessary

forms and turn them in along with a $100 deposit. The total cost for

participants is $300. For more info, contact Carley Knapp at 812-481-

2442 or cknapp@evdio.org.

**Bosco Car Wash on Saturday, August 22, 12:30pm to 4:30pm, at

St. Joseph North Parking Lot. Proceeds will go toward NCYC ex-

penses.

The Brute Society Induction Ceremony will be held at Saint Benedict

Cathedral on November 1 at 2:30pm EST. Nominees for this award

must be good stewards of their time and talent for St. Mary. If you

know of someone who is not necessarily active now but several years

ago played an important part in our parish, please feel free to nomi-

nate them. Send a letter or email of the individual/couple you would

like to nominate and why to Father Gary by August 18.

CRAVE - Join us this Monday evening, August 10, 6:30-8:00pm, in the parish rectory. This will be a short 3 week study based on an interview between a Catholic priest and

a protestant minister called “Common Ground”. This is a great little study to help us understand the similarities and the differ-ences in our beliefs. You will be intrigued by their open discussion about: Salvation - Holy Eucharist - The Virgin Mary - Confession - The Saints - Prayer and Worship - and much more. This is a great way to better understand our faith, our actions and our be-liefs. This study is open to everyone and there is not cost.

Sponsor Couples - We are looking for couples who would be willing to talk to engaged couples about life as a married couple. We currently have some couples within our parish who have al-ready volunteered but are looking for more couples to step up and help us out. You do not meet with them every week or even every month and you will have a book to help with your sessions. Please consider volunteering for this ministry - there are a lot of weddings on the books for 2015 & 2016 so lots of help is needed. Call the parish office for more information.

Catechists - Save the Date

Faith Formation Day: Creating One Body in the Digital Age on

Saturday, August 29, 8:00am to 2:00pm CST. This event is for

anyone who is involved with any age level of Faith Formation.

The day is filled with good fellowship and a way to meet and

network with other catechists in the diocese. For more infor-

mation or to register, call Martha at 812-482-7041 ext 45.

There will be a Healing Mass today, August 9, at St. Mary

Church, Huntingburg. Fr. Biju Thomas will be the Celebrant.

Praise and Worship will begin at 3:00pm with Mass starting at

4:00pm. Exodus 23: 25 “Worship the Lord your God, and his

blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness

from among you.” Everyone is welcome!

Liturgical Ministers for August 15 & 16

Servers: 5:30 pm Brayden Gehlhausen - Craig Shepherd 7:00 am Trevor Goeppner - Wyatt Goeppner 9:15 am Allison Reckelhoff - Nick Mendel

Extraordinary Ministers: 5:30 pm Marvin Schepers - Eugene Hopf - Audrey Wehr Linda Ackerman - June Erny 7:00 am Marlene Goeppner - Donna Wendholt S Weidenbenner - M Weidenbenner - L Emerson 9:15 am Elizabeth Kempf - Laura Otto - Mandy Harris Bev Himsel - Julie Truesdale

Lectors: 5:30 pm Doug Ackerman 7:00 am Tonya Sander 9:15 am Jenny Clark

Lectors Website: http://lectorsproclaim.org (Year B)

Ushers: 5:30 pm Greg Matheis - Kevin Shepherd 7:00 am Tim Weidenbenner - John Wendholt 9:15 am Linda Eisenhut - Gina Scherle

**We need volunteers to help usher on Saturday evening and Sunday at 7:00am. Please call the parish office for details or to volunteer.

Liturgy of the Word: 9:15 am Kylie Seibert

Respect Life Celebration, Wednesday, October 8. Begins with 5:30pm CDT Mass at Nativity Catholic Church, 3635 Pollack Ave, Evansville. Then catered dinner and keynote address on immigration and human trafficking by Archbishop Thomas Wenski ot Miami. There is not cost to attend; sug-gested dinner offering is $10 per person. Reservations re-quired. To register or for more details, www.charitiesevv.org/respect-life-celebration.html or call Catholic Charities at 812-423-5456.

Thank You!! This bulletin is furnished to the Parish without charge. The advertisements that appear completely defray all publishing costs with which the church would otherwise be burdened. Please patronize these sponsors as a “thank you” for their kind generosity.

Ireland Bicentennial Calendar Events

Saturday, August 15: Steve and Peggy Stemle will be making pork

burgers on the grill. Peggy will have her homemade slaw. Freddie

Hopf will be making homemade curly fries. Serving will start at

4:00pm at the Ireland Historical Society Building and continue until

selling out. Eat in and take out will be available. All are welcome.

October 3: Road Rally to begin at the Ireland Sportsman’s Club.

Details to follow.

Early November: St. Mary Church will be making homemade dress-

ing. Proceeds will go to the Bicentennial Committee. Call the parish

office to place your dressing order.

Engaged Encounter is a weekend experience with other

engaged couples that affords time alone together to plan for sac-

ramental marriage. Trained facilitators lead the program, with is

sponsored by Catholic Charities. Weekend is September 19-20

at the Sarto Retreat Center. Call Catholic Charities at 812-423-

5456 or visit http://www.charitiesevv.org/-encounter.html