News - August 2024

Celebrate the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 - Jesus teaches that it is that which comes from our hearts that defiles us.

At all Masses on August 31 and September 1, Father Clifford Hasler, MS, will share the mission efforts around the world of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette. Click/tap for more information.

"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.

Join our brothers and sisters throughout the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on Sunday, September 8, 2024, by supporting the annual appeal for The Catholic University of America. Please offer your prayerful, vocal, and financial support of The Catholic University of America, located in our nation’s capital. Click/tap heading for more information.

Communal Anointing of the Sick will be on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, during the 4:15 p.m. Mass at St. Meinrad Parish. After a brief homily, individuals wishing to receive this sacrament move to the end of the pew on the center aisle. The infirm and individuals needing assistance seated in the front pews will receive this sacrament first. For more information about receiving this sacrament, visit https://smcatholic.church/anointing-of-the-sick.

Copies of the October 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 more information.

The September “Wish List” for North Spencer Community Action Center is shampoo and dish soap. Click/tap the heading for more details.

The September “Wish List”" for Catholic Charities Tell City is canned vegetables and soup. Click/tap heading for more details.

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Celebrate the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: John 6:60-69 - Jesus emphasizes that to believe in Him demands faith - a gift from his Father. Many left Jesus, but his Twelve remained.

"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.

Abbey Caskets, a division of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, will host a public open house on Sunday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Central Time. The workshop is located in St. Meinrad, IN, along Indiana 545, just south of the Archabbey Entrance 3. Click/tap heading for more details.

The annual Dolle Lecture on Church Art and Architecture will be held at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, St. Meinrad, IN, on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Fr. Harry Hagan, OSB, a monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, will speak on “The Art and Architecture of the Councils of Trent and Vatican II.” The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. Central Time in St. Bede Theater on the Saint Meinrad campus. Click/tap heading for more information.

Catechists are needed for some grades in the F3 (family faith formation) program that begins this fall. The F3 program serves both St. Boniface and St. Meinrad parishes, and sessions are held on Wednesday evenings at St. Boniface Parish. For more information about the duties of catechist, contact Evangelization and Discipleship Coordinator Jessica Fischer. Click/tap heading for more information.

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The conferring of the Sacrament of Confirmation for St. Boniface Parish and St. Meinrad Parish candidates in grades 9 and 10 will be held on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m. Click/tap heading for more information.

The parish F3 (family faith formation) catechists will be gathering on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at St. Boniface Parish Center for dinner, fellowship, and Safe Parish review before the kickoff of the 2024-2025 F3 (family faith formation) year. The gathering will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Interested in becoming a catechist? Join us! Please RSVP to Jess Fischer, Evangelization and Discipleship Coordinator, before Friday, September 6, 2024. Online August 22, 2024 | Bulletin September 8, 2024

Children's Liturgy of the Word occurs during Mass, throughout the Liturgy of the Word, at 4 p.m. Saturday (Anticipated Vigil Mass for Sunday) at St. Boniface Parish, and at the 8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass at St. Meinrad Parish for children ages 3 to Grade 2 until the child receives his or her First Holy Communion. Click/tap heading for more information.

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