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The Good News of
Immaculate Heart of Mary
March 22, 2015
Parish & School Staff
Father Bob Sims, Pastor
Father’s Emergency Number (317) 727-2667
Stacy Hennessy, Pastoral Associate/D.R.E.
Joan Lile, Youth Minister
Deb Condon, Business Manager
Kelli Ayres, Administrative Assistant
Lisa Akers, Administrative Assistant
Jeanne Whaley, Office Assistant
Karen Winternheimer, Accounts Payable
Carey Landry, Music Coordinator
Ronda Swartz, Principal
Ed Seib, Assistant Principal
Barbara Horton, School Secretary
Richard Foran, Facilities Manager
Kim Elkins, Assistant to the Pastoral Associate
Jose Moreno, Custodial Services
How to contact the Staff:
Church Office: 317-257-2266
Fax: 317-475-7380
School Office: 317-255-5468
Fax: 317-475-7379
Website: www.ihmindy.org
Bulletin Submissions: (deadline 9am Monday)
[email protected]
The Mission of
Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Immaculate Heart of Mary parish strives
to be a vibrant Catholic community with the
Gospel of Jesus Christ as our guide. We invite
those who seek to strengthen their spirituality
and develop their relationships with God
through our dynamic liturgy, life long learning,
and sharing faith within and outside
our community.
Artist: Jody Flynn
5692 Central Avenue | Indianapolis, Indiana 46220 | 317-257-2266
3/22/2015
Fifth Sunday of Lent
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Thank you
Stewardship for:
March 15, 2015: $ 12,890.25
Thank you for your continued
support of IHM.
Dear IHM Community,
“I shall be their God and they shall be my people.” - Jeremiah 31:33
What does it mean to be God’s people? It means we recognize that everything
we have and everything we are belongs to God. We aren’t “owners” of anything, we are merely “stewards” of the gifts God has given us. It means we are
willing to use our gifts and our lives to care for our neighbors and the world,
just as God cares for us.
Blessings,
Fr. Bob
Schedule of Masses
Mon., Mar. 23
8:15 am (chapel) Lenten Weekday
Bill Hickey
By Art & Carol Boyle
Tue., Mar. 24
8:15 am (chapel) Lenten Weekday
No Mass
Wed., Mar. 25
5:30 pm (chapel)
Thurs., Mar. 26
8:15 am (chapel) Lenten Weekday
Cath Pilotte
By the Family
Fri., Mar. 27
8:15 am (chapel) Lenten Weekday
Mary Jane Sparks (Dth
Anniv) By Bob & Rick Sparks
Sat., Mar. 28
5:30 pm
Vigil:
Palm Sunday
Richard Doyle (Father of
Marie Lowe & Cindy Wadelton) By McDonnell Family
8:00 am
Palm Sunday of the
Passion of the Lord
For the People of IHM
Sun., March 29
The Annunciation of
the Lord
Melanie Esselman
By Donna & Bill Rollman &
Family
9:30 am
Nick Vesper (Dth Anniv)
By Dr. & Mrs. Larry Burch
11:15 am
Dr. James Bowes ( Father of
Andrew) By the Family
Servers & Lectors
Sat., Mar. 28
Sun., March 29
5:30 pm servers
Amanda Boggs, Whitney Nester, Gwyneth Hill
5:30 pm lectors
Stacy Hennessy, Megan Melton
8:00 am servers
Katie Carr, Taylor Oberlies, Genevieve Myers
8:00 am lectors
Kevin Davey, Mark Massa
9:30 am servers
Emily Mees, Maggie Schaffer, Ben Hanchar
9:30 am lectors
Jack Kondrath, Marty Lewis
11:15 am servers Liona Russell, Anna Trieloff, Logan O’Brien
11:15 am lectors
Mary Lynn Hoffmann, Tim Lohrstorfer
Liturgy
Sunday Eucharist: 8:00 & 9:30 am.
11:15 am 3rd weekend of September
until (but not including) Memorial Day
weekend.
Weekdays: Varies. Please consult the
Mass Schedule.
Saturday: 5:30 p.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
4:30 pm Saturday or by Appointment.
Infant Baptisms
All baptisms take place at one of the
weekend Masses chosen by parents.
One preparation class for first time
parents is required. New parents are
encouraged to attend prior to the birth
of the child. Godparents are welcome
as well. Classes are held the first Monday of February, April, June, August,
October & December from 7:30 –9:00
pm. Please call the parish office for the
class you will attend.
Marriages
Engaged couples must start their
preparation at least six months prior to
the wedding. Preparation includes work
with a sponsor couple and Tobit. A
person must be registered & active for
6 months BEFORE plans will be discussed.
Holy Orders
Priesthood or Vocation as a Religious
Sister or Brother. Those considering
entering the Priesthood or a Religious
vocation, please contact our Pastor or
the Archdiocesan vocation Office.
Holy Communion
Holy Communion is offered Monday
through Friday at 15 minute intervals
from 7:00-8:00 a.m. in the Chapel.
New Registrations
Please visit our website at ihmindy.org
or call the Parish Office at 257-2266.
IHM Events & This Week at IHM
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Volunteers Needed to
“Help Celebrate The Light”
The 2015 IHM Illumination Gala planning committee
is looking for vibrant individuals to help with the planning
of the largest fundraising event for our church and school.
This year’s event is being held on November 7th and is
under the leadership of co-chairs Emily Bruns and
Jennifer Gause. There are various sub-committees for the
event from which you can select based on your interest,
including the auction, marketing, and sponsorship teams
just to name a few. Please pray for our great team as we
work together to plan a wonderful event for IHM. Interested?
Please contact Emily at [email protected] or Jennifer at
[email protected]
2015 VBS - Save the Date
We hope you can join us June 15-18th for IHM VBS Everest, where we will be conquering challenges with God’s mighty
power. We are looking forward to a fun week! More registration information will follow. IHM VBS wouldn’t be possible
without the help of the volunteers that assist during the week
and help plan VBS. If would like to be a part of the VBS Committee please email [email protected]. We’d love to have
you!
March 23
Monday
March 24
Tuesday
IHM Fall Kick Off Fest & 5k Run/Walk
The 7th Annual IHM Fall Kick Off Fest and the 6th Annual 5K
Run/Walk will be on Saturday, August 29th, 2015. If you are
interested in sponsorship or becoming a volunteer, please contact Mike Semler at 317.590.5838 or [email protected]
March 25
Wednesday
March 26
Thursday
March 27
Friday
6:30 am
Rosary/Communion
Chapel
Spring Break
School
6:30 pm
Cub Scouts
TBD
7:00 pm
Boy Scouts
Act. Ctr
7:00 pm
RCIA
Parish Conf.
7:00 pm
Choir Practice
Chapel & Ch
6:30 am
Rosary/Communion
Chapel
Spring Break
School
8:15 am
Yoga from a Christian Perspective
Gth. Spc.
7:00 pm
Women’s CRHP
Gth. Spc.
6:30 am
Rosary/Communion
Chapel
Spring Break
School
1:00 pm
Marian Movement/
Rosary Cenacle
Chapel
6:30 am
Rosary/Communion
Chapel
Spring Break
School
10:30 am
Meditation Class
Gth Spc
7:00 pm
Choir Practice
Ch, Chapel
6:30 am
Rosary/Communion
Chapel
Spring Break
School
Women’s CRHP
Apt.
March 28
Saturday
March 29
Sunday
6:00 pm
Parish Ministries & Notes
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Eucharistic Minister Schedule
March 28 & 29
Saturday, 5:30 pm Mass: Gail Lowry (Coordinator)
Mary Claire Chapman, Kathleen Cleary, Karen Daugherty,
Kaylin Dedinsky, Deneen Fitzgerald, Susan Hanchar,
Patsy Johantges
Sunday, 8:00 am Mass: Carl McClelland (Coordinator)
Mary Claire Chapman, Kristen Eisterhold, Jane Franceschini,
Mary Ann Klein, Joe Klein
Sunday, 9:30 am Mass: Barb Kowich (Coordinator)
Sue Tempero, Diane Powers, Rachel Sorvig, Greg Sorvig,
John Platte, Amy Gaisser, Joe LaRosa
Sunday, 11:15 am Mass: Vickie Walsh (Coordinator)
Sharon Ross, Betty Weber, Dawn Zimmer, Anita Wallis,
Jennifer McKendry, Julie Snider
Youth Ministry News
Wishing everyone a peaceful and restful spring break.
Joan Lile, Youth Minister, IHM - Phone—317-257-2266
Email - [email protected] Web site - www.ihmindy.org
Boulevard Place Food Pantry
Bags will be passed out every third weekend of the month
to help keep the pantry stocked! Please take the bags and
bring your monthly donations to the food carts at the church.
Additionally, if you wish to donate money, you may use the blue
envelopes labeled St. Thomas Food Pantry and turn them in during Mass or to the parish office. (Please address the check to
Boulevard Place Food Pantry if writing a check).
Anyone wanting to make a direct
donation to the Boulevard Place Food
Pantry can send it to: Boulevard Place/SVDP
Food Pantry, 4202 Boulevard Place, Indianapolis, IN 46208
Thank you for the support of this Outreach!
Athletics
The IHM Track & Field season is underway. All 4th-8th
graders are invited to participate. We practice at the Butler Track
(West 52nd Street behind the Butler Baseball Field) on Mondays
and Wednesdays at 6 pm -- Saturdays at Bishop Chatard High
School at 8 am. If you have any questions please contact Larry
Coan at 797-4502 or [email protected].
Mothers' Ministry Bible study group
An ongoing Bible study group that you can join at any time. We
are currently studying the gospel of Matthew and meeting on
Thursday evenings twice a month. Open to all moms and no
prior Bible study experience needed! Contact Sofia Livorsi for
more information: [email protected].
Don't stand in line in front of the Honey Baked Ham
Store for Easter! Order your hams and have them delivered right to the IHM parking lot.
Orders are due in the school or parish office
by Wednesday, April 1. Pick-up date is Good Friday, April
3 at Noon in the parking lot. You can pick your order up
when you pick up your children from noon dismissal. If
you have any questions, call Joan at 257-2266 or
email [email protected].
All proceeds fund outreach programs sponsored by the
teens.
Volunteer Needed at Boulevard Place
The Boulevard Place Food Pantry is looking for a person who
could work for an hour or two once a month cleaning the pantry. That would primarily involve dusting, mopping, wiping
down the kitchen stainless steel and cleaning the bathroom. One
of our two heroes who have been doing this for over 2 years has
had to back-off to once a month and that has required the other
to do it 3 times a month. It can be done anytime the pantry is
not open to clients and the schedule can be worked out with the
other two heroes (Marie and Angela, THANK
YOU).
Please pray and ponder on this opportunity to have a
12 times a year Lenten experience.
Contact Mark Varnau at 846.8885 or 727.4482 or
[email protected]
Anyone who oppresses the poor is insulting God
who made them. To help the poor is to honor God.
Prov. 14:31
Growing in the Faith
Prayers for Those Being Received
Into the Church at Easter
We have twenty four being received into the
Church at Easter, nine for Baptism and 23 for
full communion in the Church. We ask for your
prayers as we approach the Easter Vigil for: Katie
Banta, Blake Buehl, Jake Carlson, Katie Crebo,
Alan Dale, Isaac Dale, Isaac Dale, Kim Donahue,
Joe Greiner, Claudia Johnson, Tara McDonald,
Alex McPeek, Ryan Morton, Ryan Pettibone,
Brad Powlen, Marco Preston, Scott Preston,
Alyssa Scotten, Oliver Scotten, Zach Snyder,
Sheila Ungerer, Amber Vanes, Amanda Waddell,
Chris Weaver, Jeff Wells.
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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
First Wednesdays:
April 1, 2015
& May 6, 2015
from 6:30 am to 9:00 am, IHM Church
Healing From Loss
Immaculate Heart of Mary in collaboration with St. Joan
of Arc and St. Thomas Aquinas, is offering a Bereavement Support Group beginning Thursday, February 5 at
7:00 pm in the evening and continuing for six Thursdays thereafter. There is NO FEE. The meeting will be
in the Church Basement.
SAVE THE DATE!
Friday April 10, 7:00 p.m. for HOLY SPIRIT IN
SONG. Plan to join the musicians and singers of
IHM in the gathering space, one week after the darkness of Good Friday, rejoice in this first Friday after
Easter musical celebration as we experience the Holy
Spirit in song! If you are a musician and would like to
participate, or if you have any questions, please contact, Lori Bisser, [email protected] or 317-755-6625
Sunday Family Faith
Please note that we DO have class on Sunday, March
22 but no classes on March 29 or April 5 due to
Spring Break and Easter Sunday. May you enjoy the
blessings of Easter and the hopefulness of Spring!
These days there is a lot of
poverty in the world, and that's a
scandal when we have so many
riches and resources to give to everyone. We all have to think about
how we can become a little poorer.
Pope Francis
Confirmation for Adults
If you are over 21 years of age and have not yet received
the Sacrament of Confirmation, you may do so this
year. Here are the requirements: contact Stacy
Hennessy, DRE at [email protected]. The Sacrament will be conferred at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and
Paul on May 28, Pentecost Sunday, at 10:00 am.
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone from the Mother's Ministry
and Sunday Family Faith who helped Joan Lile stuff the
6,000 Easter Eggs! We are so proud of you!
Diocese & Community Events
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From the Community
Volleyball for Young Adult Catholics
Archdiocesan Disability Awareness Mass
and SPRED
Every Tuesday night, from 6:30 - 9:30 at the CYO center. Come! It's
fun!
(Special Religious Development) Family Liturgy - April 26, 2015
All are welcome to join us for Mass at 10:30 am at Saints Peter
and Paul Cathedral, celebrated by Father Pat Beidelman. A reception will follow in the Archbishop O'Meara Catholic Center
Assembly Hall, where you will have the chance to see some of
the faith formation resources available for those with special
needs, as well as some local services and organizations that support people with special needs and their families. For more information, please contact Erin Jeffries at (317)236-1448,
or [email protected].
Bishop Chatard Summer Camps
Summer Camp registration at Bishop Chatard High School is
open! Early Bird pricing will run through April 30th. Visit
www.BishopChatard.org/camps for a complete listing of athletic, enrichment and service camps, details, dates and to register! Register early, spots will fill up!
Spend the day at BCHS! Morning and afternoon camps are
available, plus the option to stay for lunch! New Camps This Year
include our full-day Jr. IntenCity Service Camp (Grades 1-4), Knitting
Camp (Grades 5-8), and Cooking Camp (Grades 5-8).
Camp Invention at STA
Kids entering grades 1-6 in the Fall can join us at STA June 15th
to 19th for fun and games with Camp Invention! Our 2015 curriculum is called Illuminate. You can register and find more
details on our all-new activities at this link:
http://www.campinvention.org/parents/camp-programs/
Summer Camps at Cathedral High School
Cathedral High School’s Summer Camps are open for registration at
campcathedral.com. Camp Cathedral runs from June 8-July 31 and
includes half-day single camps and all-day combo camps. Before
and after care is available! Families can choose from over 35 sports
camps and nearly 60 enrichment camps. Camps are age specific with
offerings for Kindergartners through 12th graders! Make new friends
and new memories! But hurry, as popular camps fill up quickly. Find
more information and sign up at campcathedral.com.
Fatima Retreat House
March 26: Spirituality of Aging - Reflection with Fr. Jeff
Godecker.
www.archindy.org/fatima
The National Grief & Hope Convention 2015
April 16 - 18, 2015
JW Marriott Grand Ballroom
10 S. West Street
(located in downtown Indianapolis)
Indianapolis, IN 46204
www.griefconvention.com
Operation Leftover
Catholic Young Adults are invited to serve the homeless
on Thursday, April 16 from 7-9 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic
Church, 126 West Georgia Street in downtown Indianapolis.
Go to this website for details: www.indycatholic.org
World Youth Day 2016 In Krakow, Poland!
July 22—August 1, 2016
Join young adults from the Archdiocese of Indy and Diocese of
Lafayette on a pilgrimage to Prague and Poland. In addition to
World Youth Day activities, our pilgrimage includes sightseeing
in Prague and Krakow before WYD begins.
http://www.indycatholic.org/world-youth-day-2016/
Trojan Treasures Garage Sale
Saturday, April 11th
Save the date for the Bishop Chatard annual Trojan Treasures
Garage Sale hosted by the BCHS Athletic Booster Club on Saturday, April 11th. The sale will be held in the Bishop Chatard
High School Auxiliary Gym. Doors open at 7 a.m. or… New
This Year! Early Bird Shopping! Pay $10 at the door and shop
beginning at 6 a.m. – an hour early!
All proceeds benefit the BCHS Student Athletes.
www.BishopChatard.org.
Become a Providence Associate
Could you benefit from spiritual renewal, a sense of mission, an
intentional community, mentorship and more? Would you like
to help carry out the legacy of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin?
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana,
would like to invite you to consider becoming a Providence Associate. Applications for the coming year are being accepted
until June 30.
You can learn more at www.ProvidenceAssociates.org or contact Providence Associate Debbie Dillow at 317-2503294 or [email protected] to request an application.
Haiti Collection 2015
Each year the St. Thomas Aquinas Church Haiti Committee organizes
a collection of new and lightly used goods which are boxed and sent to
our sister parish in Belle-Riviere (B-R). These items are shipped to
Haiti through a program sponsored by the Parish Twinning Program
of the Americas at a fraction of normal shipping costs by Sea Container. Once in B-R the parish assigns a committee to distribute the
goods as needed. This program has proved both effective and efficient,
and the STA parishioners have always generously responded to this
concept. Please take the time to identify your excess or do some
shopping to identify new items which are not available in B-R.
Collection Dates March 1st through Sunday March 22, 2015
Collection Points: Designated Box in the St. Thomas Aquinas narthex
Please bag or box all items and mark them with “B-R” or “Haiti”
For information and for a list of items accepted, contact Manny
Debono ([email protected]) or phone (317)-251-1386.
Parish Joys & Concerns
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Baptism Class - Membership
Please Pray
Baptism Preparation Class
Please pray for these members of the
IHM Community and their caregivers: Jim Creamer ( John’s Father), David
The next Baptism Class will be held on Monday, April 6.
Participation in a baptism preparation class is required for new
parents before scheduling a Baptism. Please call the parish
office to sign up. (317-257-2266).
Linebarger, Sue Bramlett, Chase Clark, Willie
Flanagan (Mary Ann Wallace’s Sister), Mary
Rose Miller, William Otter (Father of Kathy
Gunn), Matt Pivec, Brooke Hasler
(Granddaughter of Edith Vasu), Kathryn Monbouquette, Henry Hartwell, Roger Broderick, Jane
Jones, Maeve Bigelow, Katherine Free (Ed Free’s
Mother), Rosemary Schilder, Clara Handshoe (IHM
Teacher, Jenny Handshoe’s daughter), David Weber, Joan
Gregory, Jo Ann Cady, Brad McNulty, Brock Cagann, and all
of our frail elderly.
Add to this list by calling the Parish Office, 257-2266.
New Parishioners—Are Always Welcome
Feel free to call the parish office at 257-2266 with any questions. You may join our parish online by visiting our website:
ihmindy.org under “I’m New”.
Karen R. Kamer,
If it’s an emergency, alert Fr. Bob at the parish office,
or call his cell phone: 727-2667.
IHM also has a Prayer Chain, made up of parishioners committed to praying for immediate special needs. The contacts are Gerry
Koors, 251-2562 or Ellen Healey, 253-2086 or [email protected].
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