News - October 2024

Copies of the 2025 Catholic Extension calendar are now available at several locations. The calendar, called “Places of Pilgrimages for the Holy Year 2025,” is a 12-month journey to the holiest and most popular places of pilgrimage for Catholics throughout the world. Click/tap the heading for more information.

Catholic Charities Tell City needs volunteers to assist with hanging up coats and preparing a room for the Coat Drive that begins on November 4. Between now and November 7, an hour or two of time would be appreciated. Click/tap the heading for more information.

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Rev. Augustine L. Kandanatuthura-Mathew from the Diocese of Gallup, NM, will be speaking at Masses on the weekend of November 9-10, 2024, and providing information on ways to help further the mission works in his diocese. Click/tap heading to view a brochure about the Diocese of Gallup and its mission.

St. Meinrad Knights of Columbus Council #5599 will sponsor an all-you-can-eat breakfast on Sunday, November 10, 2024, from 7 to 11 a.m. Breakfast will be $12 per person, $6 for those 5-12, and children under 5 eat free. The meal will be held at the K of C. For information, email or call Adam Fischer.

Parishioners, friends, and neighbors are invited to “stock the pantry” at Martin’s Cloak, a ministry of Catholic Charities Tell City. Items may be delivered to both parishes from Saturday, November 23 - Wednesday, November 27, 2024. Click/tap heading for items that are needed.

The November “Wish List”" for Catholic Charities Tell City is gloves for children, men, and women. When delivering items, please use the handicap entrance at each church and place the items in the container at the Marian Altar. Click/tap heading for more information.

Copies of the December 2024 edition of Give Us This Day: Daily Prayer for Today's Catholics will be available, compliments of the Evangelization Commission, beginning on the second Tuesday of each month, at the courtesy tables near the churches' entrances. Click/tap heading for additional details.

Communal Anointing of the Sick will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, during the 4:15 p.m. Mass at St. Meinrad Parish. Click/tap the heading for more information.

The November “Wish List” for North Spencer Community Action Center is peanut butter and jelly. Click/tap the heading for more details.

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Paul Louis Harpenau, 89, of Louisville, KY, who died peacefully in the Lord on October 19, 2024. He is the brother-in-law of Carol J. Waninger of St. Boniface Parish. Arrangements are in the care of Becher Funeral Home.

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Celebrate the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Mark 10:46-52 - Jesus restores sight to the blind man, Bartimaeus.

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Richard Earl Scheller, 74, of Huntingburg, IN, who died peacefully in the Lord on October 20, 2024. He is the father of Rose (Christopher) Klem of St. Meinrad Parish. Arrangements are in the care of Becher Funeral Home.

"The Criterion" is the official weekly publication of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. It goes out to more than 60,000 households in its coverage area of central and southern Indiana, making it Indiana's largest weekly newspaper.

Registration opens on November 1, 2024, for the summer conferences of the “One Bread, One Cup” (OBOC) youth liturgical leadership program. Youth from St. Boniface and St. Meinrad parishes will be attending the June 27 – July 1, 2025, conference at Saint Meinrad Archabbey and Seminary and School of Theology.

Perry County Bookmobile stops occur in all areas of the county. At these stops, a wide range of materials is available, including the newest books for adults and children, current and classic DVDs, magazines, and MiFi’s. Click/tap the heading for more details.

It's time to clean out your medicine cabinet! The St. Meinrad Volunteer Fire Department is accepting expired or unused medications this Saturday, October 26, between 8 a.m. and noon.

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Catholics from across central and southern Indiana are invited to take part in a series of listening sessions that started on Aug. 24 at St. Louis Parish in Batesville and will be part of a pastoral planning process for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The session for the Tell City Deanery will be Saturday, October 26, at St. Boniface Parish. Click/tap the heading for more information.