News - December 2024

Gifts to St. Boniface Parish’s Endowment for Pastoral Ministries (for ongoing mission and ministry, general operations, and long-term care of facilities and grounds) will be matched at 50 cents per dollar raised, up to $20,000. If the $20,000 goal is met, an additional $10,000 will be received from the Catholic Community Foundation. Right now, St. Boniface is about $6,000 short of its $20,000 goal. Click/tap heading to make a gift and read a letter from the chair of the parish Finance Commission.

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To view the list of those remembered and honored on the 2024 Christmas Flowers Honor Roll, click/tap the heading.

St. Boniface Church and St. Boniface Parish Center recently received $149.23 in capital credit refunds from Southern Indiana Power, for the year 1999. The funds will be reinvested in the parish’s Endowment for Pastoral Ministry. For more information, click/tap the heading.

As we look ahead to 2025, here are five things that are being planned by the Pastoral Council and Parish Commissions for next year. Click/tap heading for more information.

For individuals, households, family friends, and parish organizations, look for an invitation on Monday, December 16, to sign up to decorate one of five groups of various sizes trees, that will be in the nave and narthex of Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church. Click/tap heading for more information.

St. Boniface Parish and St. Meinrad Parish announce the Mass schedule for Christmas and New Year’s. On Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, Mass will be celebrated at 3:30 p.m. at St. Meinrad Catholic Church and at 6 p.m. at Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church. Click/tap heading for Mass times.

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Celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Luke 1:39-45 - Mary visits Elizabeth, who sings praise to Mary and her child.

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Celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday): Luke 3:10-18 - John the Baptist teaches the path of repentance and announces Christ.

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Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sadler, who were married on November 2, 2024, at Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church. She is the former Samantha Schwindel of Sellersburg, IN. Best wishes as you begin your new life together.

Saint Meinrad Archabbey Library Gallery is hosting an exhibit of ceramics by Br. Martin Erspamer, OSB. The exhibit titled “New Works in Redware” will run from now through January 8. Click/tap heading for more information.

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Advent penance services will be held at the following days and times (all times are Central): • Sunday, December 8, at Christ the King Parish, Ferdinand, 3 p.m. • Sunday, December 15, at St. Paul's Parish, Tell City, 2 p.m. • Sunday, December 15, at St. Mary’s, Huntingburg, 3 p.m. • Wednesday, December 18, St. Boniface Parish, Fulda, 6:30 p.m. • Wednesday, December 18, at St. Joseph, Jasper, 6 p.m. • Sunday, December 22, at St. Joseph, Dale, 4 p.m. Click/tap heading for more details.

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Celebrate the Second Sunday of Advent: Luke 3:1-6 - John preaches repentance and baptizes in the region of the Jordan.