Padua
Press
316 N. Sherwood Ave., Clarksville, IN., 47129
Quarterly publication
June 2015
2015 St. Anthony Parish Picnic
Saturday, June 20 ~ 12 noon to 11:00 pm.
Food Court • Soft Drinks • Beer • Ice Cream • Snow Cones • Funnel Cakes
Mini-Raffles • Bingo • Gambling • Midway Games and Booths
Capital Prizes ~ Grand Prize $5,000, 2nd $1,000 and 3rd $500
Chicken Dinner from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. ~ Beer Garden/Gambling Area opens at 5:00 p.m.
Our Annual Parish Picnic will be a one-day spectacular event this year!
If you have yet to volunteer for, or attend our annual picnic, please join us and sign-up for this year’s
festivities. There are many ways to help, and it will be loads of fun spending time with old friends and
making new ones! The Picnic Committee has been busy planning, and there is a great deal of excitement
over the new one-day format.
Delicious Fried Chicken Dinner
Dinner be served in the air-conditioned
Gym from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Adults $9 ~ Senior Citizens $8 ~ Children $7
Dinner includes chicken, with your choices of
all-you-can eat dumplings, green beans, slaw
and dessert. Beverage includes your
choice of tea, lemonade or water.
Carryout is available.
• Game Booths — There will be great prizes offered including baseball
hats, stuffed animals, inflatable’s, plants and more. Most game booths
will close around 9:00pm. Cheer Wagon, Instant Bingo, Capital Prize
and Mini-Raffles will stay open until the drawings take place at 11:00pm.
• Bingo — Will be held in the air-conditioned Social Hall.
• Children’s Activities — Play Land returns and will feature the giant
inflatable slide and other fun activities for the kids. Kiddie Land will have Leap
Frog as well as the popular Dino Dig/Duck Pond/Ball Toss area. The preschoolers always have a great time in Kiddie Land.
• Food Court — We’re cooking up hamburgers, cheeseburgers, brats, corn dogs,
fish, fries, nachos, and other great items along with ice cream, beer, sodas, etc.
Sno-Cones and Cotton Candy will be available on the midway.
• Beer Garden — The Beer Garden/Gambling will open at 4:00 pm.
• Musical Entertainment — Provided all day by DJ Brian Cash Fisher.
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• Capital Prizes/Raffle Tickets — Raffle tickets will
be mailed to all Parish families by May 15. When
you receive your tickets try to sell as many as you
can. If you have any left over, please return them
to the Church or bring them to the picnic. You can
return raffle tickets to the Parish Office or put them
in the Sunday collection by marking your envelope
“Picnic-Capital Prize/Raffles.” Per Indiana Gaming
Law, please do not combine Raffle money with any
other contributions.
• NEW This Year — The raffling off of a “Preferred
Meats $300 Gift Certificate.” The raffle winner will get
a certificate to customize their own order of packaged
meats from Preferred Meats of Sellersburg, Indiana.
On picnic day, raffle tickets will be available until
around 11:00 p.m. when the drawings take place.
• Masses — Will be held at 4:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
• Sponsorship — A great opportunity to advertise
your business/services or campaign is to be a Picnic
Sponsor. The costs (which are tax deductible) range
from $200 for a professional full-color 2 ft. x 3 ft. sign,
or $500 for a full-color 3 ft. x 5 ft. sign to be placed
for all to see at this year’s picnic. Your name will also
be listed in our church bulletin and on our website
as a business sponsor. Please contact Dena King at
812-944-8581 or Betty Hutt at 502-551-2831 for
more information.
A list of corporate sponsors on page 3
St. Anthony Picnic ~ Week of Events
Looking for a fun way to get some volunteer/service
hours in and help our parish? Here’s a list of activities
that need volunteers to help during the week prior to
the picnic. Many hands make light work, so come on by
and lend a hand (or two). Hope to see you there!
Pre-PICNIC
Tuesday, June 16th
6:00pm – Picnic Set-Up
(Help is needed)
Wednesday, June 17th
6:00pm – Picnic Set-Up
(Help is needed)
Thursday, June 18th
6:00pm – Picnic Set-Up
(Help is needed)
Friday, June 19th
6:00pm – Picnic Set-Up
(Help is needed)
PICNIC DAY
Saturday, June 20th
11:00am – Booth Chairs Arrive
12:00 noon – Picnic Opens
2:00pm – Chicken Dinner Opens
4:00 Mass at St. Anthony
(Note change in Mass time)
11:00pm – Capital Prize Drawing
11:30pm – Mass at St. Anthony
Sunday, June 21st
6:00am – Electric tear down begins
8:00am – Picnic clean-up/tear down
(Help is needed)
• Picnic Yard Signs — Please pick up your yard sign
in the back of Church and help promote our Parish
Picnic to your neighbors.
• Picnic Volunteer Sign-Up — We need everyone’s
help to have a successful picnic. Sign up online today
at our Parish website www.stanthony-clarksville.org.
We will also have volunteer sign-ups after Mass on
May 30 and 31 and June 6 and 7.
Donation Items Needed
2 Liter Soft Drinks For the Ring Toss Booth.
Beginning May 30 until the start of the picnic,
grocery carts will be in the back of Church and in
the Social Hall hallway to collect them.
Gift Cards/Gift Certificates Help is needed for
either soliciting vendors yourself, or generously
donating gift cards/certificates in amounts of $5
or $10. Please send gift cards/certificates to the
Parish Center in an envelope marked “ATTN:
Picnic Committee/Gift Card Booth.”
Cakes for Cake Booth Donations will need to
be delivered by Friday evening, June 19 to the
Parish Office basement.
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Focus on Communication
By Fr. Joe
With the next edition of the Padua Press we will be
revising the format in response to the ever changing
communication technologies. Put simply: it will be
smaller. Here’s why:
1) Our parish web site (stanthony-clarksville.org) and
that of the school (stap.us), like those of most organizations, have become the main hubs of communications in the parish.
2) Both the parish and school send out email notes
weekly. The parish’s “Week at a Glance” is sent every
Thursday and the school’s “Bear Facts” is sent each
Wednesday. Visit the web sites to sign-up for one or
both of these super convenient ways to keep up with
all things St. Anthony.
3) For several years now, the school has published its
own quarterly newsletter. This newsletter is sent to
all the recipients of the Padua Press. Therefore, the
need for space has been greatly reduced in the Padua
Press.
4) Our youth communicate extensively by “social media”; text messaging, Twitter and Instagram for example. BTW (by the way), Facebook I am told, is now for
old people, not the younger generation. I can’t keep
up. But our Youth Minister does! These communications by-pass the Sunday Bulletin and other print
forms of communication and appear instantly on the
screen right before their eyes.
My concern with all of this technology is that some
may feel left out. Those who do not have access to, or
choose not to participate in the recent technologies
still want to be kept informed. The Padua Press and
School Newsletters mailed directly to your home will,
along with the Sunday Bulletin continue to communicate the most essential information everyone needs to
know to be actively involved and included.
I hope that wasn’t TMI, but I want to be your BFF
and besides, ILY.
2015 Picnic Sponsors
This is a listing of our current Picnic Sponsors. Thank
you to these companies for your early sponsorship. See
page 2 for information on how you can be recognized at
our parish picnic, in our church bulletin and in the next
parish newsletter.
Carpet Corner
Ernstberger Orthodontics
Joe’s Car Wash
K of C Jeffersonville
Kentucky Truck Sales
The Locker Room
Seabrook, Dieckmann & Naville Funeral Home
Dr. Joseph Fleck DDS
E. M. Coots & Sons Funeral Home
First Savings Bank
Libs Paving Company
Maxcare Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Oral & Maxiofacial Surgeons
One Vision Federal Credit Union
Dennis Ott & Comany
PC Lumber & Hardware
Morrison Chiropractic
Stemler Plumbing
RSS Roofing Services & Solutions
Your Community Bank
Norton Commons
Party Central Rental & Sales
Prosser School of Technology
Sunbelt Rentals
“Give A Little In Memory Of Those Who Gave
All”
St. Anthony Parish hosts a Red Cross Blood drive every
other month thoughout the year. This June we are hosting
a very special drive: The Indiana Fallen Officer Blood Drive.
Sgt. Dan R. Starnes, a Sheriff’s Deputy with the Morgan County Sheriff Department, lost his life in the line of
duty on July 10, 2001. To keep Dan’s legacy alive a blood
drive was organized in Morgan County in Dan’s honor. The
first drive was held in August 2001 in Morgan County, and
every year thereafter until it was requested that the blood
drive be taken statewide in 2007.
In 2007 the blood drives went statewide in honor of Dan
and all of our fallen officers. The blood drive was renamed
from Sgt. Dan R. Starnes Memorial Blood Drive to Indiana
Fallen Officer Blood Drive.
We are pleased to announce St. Anthony will be
hosting the Indiana Fallen Officer Blood Drive for Clark
County in June.
On June 9, 2015 Red Cross staff will be here from 2
p.m. to 6 p.m. in the South Social Hall for volunteers to
come and donate the gift of life.
You may pre- register for the drive at redcrossblood.org
and enter sponsor code 0241294 or call 1-800- RED-Cross
to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins are also welcome.
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Important Parish information
A Week at a Glance
If we have your e-mail on file with us you get an
e-mail each week called “A Week at a Glance.” Each
Thursday we will send St. Anthony parishioners an
e-mail where they can quickly view:
• What is happening in our Parish over the next 7
days;
• Review upcoming events that you may want to
“Save the Date”; and
• Quick Links to the weekend bulletin (placed online
each Thursday), ministry schedules and other areas
of interest located on our Parish website.
If you aren’t getting this e-mail and would like to
receive it, then go to our website www.stanthonyclarksville.org, look under Father Joe’s picture and
click the link “Join Our E-mail List”.
Will you help provide financial aid to attend St.
Anthony School?
You can help students needing financial aid attend St. Anthony School next year and receive a 50
percent State Tax Credit and Federal Tax Deduction
for your donation.
How will your donation helps?
Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program provides
scholarships to low and middle income children to
attend the private or public school of their choice.
However, eligibility for this program only starts after
attending at least one year in an Indiana Public
School or by a scholarship from the Indiana School
Scholarship Tax Credit Program.
By donating, Parish families can receive these Tax
Credit scholarships and then receive a Choice scholarship without having to go to a public school for a
year to qualify. We can also help kindergarten and
1st grade students start at St. Anthony School immediately and avoid transferring back to St. Anthony
School after they attend a public school for kindergarten or 1st grade.
These scholarships are funded through charitable
contribution that can be designated to St. Anthony
School as a qualified scholarship granting organization. St. Anthony School will then provide a
scholarship with these funds to help a Kindergarten
and 1st Grade students start at St. Anthony
immediately.
How does it help the Donor?
Donors will receive a 50 percent credit on state tax
liabilities for all contributions and a federal charitable
deduction. For example, a $500 gift ends up costing
$175 if you are in the 25 percent federal tax bracket.
In addition, donors have the satisfaction of knowing
their gift directly helped a kindergarten or 1st grade
student attend the school of their choice from the
beginning – St. Anthony School.
If you are interested in making a donation, contact
Shelia Noon at St. Anthony School for details on how
to process an Indiana School Scholarship Tax Credit
donation.
Want Ads
Thank you to all who have responded to our Parish Want Ads in the bulletin each Sunday. This is one
way we let our parishioners know some of the many
ways they can share their time and talent.
As you know, a parish has many needs. As a Parish, we need to keep things running well and at the
same time keep our expenses down. As parishioners,
we have a need to find ways to give back to God some
of our many gifts. The Want Ads is a means to communicate our parish needs to you so you can match
them up with your talents.
The Want Ads is in a consistent place where you
know you can find them. So, please check out them
out every week and find the right fit for your talent. If
the parish ministry that you work has a special need
for volunteers, just let the Parish Office know, and
we will put it in the Want Ads to solicit help for your
specific ministry.
Sign ups and registrations a breeze on Parish
website!
Whether it is volunteering for the parish picnic
or vacation bible school, it can be done easily on our
parish website. You can still sign up and register for
many of the parish events after Mass in the back of
church, but this is one more way to let our organizers
know that you plan to attend.
In addition, the online signup process will automatically send you a reminder e-mail a day or two
before the event.
Just look for the signup and registrations buttons
on our web-site homepage.
Congratulations to all 2015 graduates
June 2015
Vacation Bible School
Mark your calendar. Vacation Bible School is just around the corner!
We are so excited about this year’s theme: Nazareth, Where Jesus was
a kid.
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All children ages 4 year preschool through 6th grade are welcome to
attend and learn these wonderful stories of Jesus and his mother
Mary!
There will be storytelling, food, crafts, activities and lots of wonderful
music. Student registration begins in May.
This program cannot happen without lots of volunteers. We need more
adults to volunteer this year in order to have a safe and caring environment. Middle school and high school volunteers are always needed,
too!
Volunteer planning meetings will begin soon, so watch the Parish website
www.stanthony-clarksville.org for further details.
Questions? Contact Mrs. Connie Sandlin at 812-282-2290, ext. 15.
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June 2015
Youth Confirmation
By Stacy Gillenwater
St. Anthony had 33 young parishioners exclaim
their Catholic faith while taking part in the Sacrament of Confirmation in early April. Archbishop Tobin
presided over the ceremony at St. Mary of the Knobs.
The newly confirmed high schoolers began their
journey toward Confirmation many years ago
during their Baptism, but they really put in a lot of
time, service, bible study and reflection since
October. They met as a group and with their sponsors on many Sundays and were excited to finally
receive the special Sacrament. It was great to see so
many young people expressing their desire to become
a full member of the bigger church! I am very proud
of them. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and
support.
Youth Easter Egg Hunt
Our Youth Planning Team came up with the idea
of a parish Easter Egg Hunt for children from age 1
year through 4th grade. The event turned out wonderfully as Easter was a glorious and beautiful day
for the youngsters.
More than 500 Easter eggs were hidden in the St.
Anthony prayer garden and next to the parish gym.
The children were all smiles as they packed their baskets and bags full of goody-filled, colorful eggs. Hats
off to our awesome Youth Planning Team for organizing and implementing such a great event!
First Communion
Our newly Confirmed
Keith Asplund
Katie Baker
Jacob Balz
Bailey Barron
Courtney Brown
Nicolas Cabezas
Jared Cox
Caroline Elliott
Connor Finnegan
Emma Flispart
Caitlyn Freville
Natalie Gallegos
Brady Gentry
Michael Gill
Austin Hall
Hannah Hanlon
Trevor Heldman
Courtney Heselschwerdt
McLain Hoskins
Grace Kempf
Caleb Lindquist
Melai McIntosh
Ashley Miles
Rylee Pitzer
Jacqueline Richard
Gino Sartini
Alexis Schmidt
Manny Schmidt
Phillip Stoner
Paige Tyler
Nathan Wayne
Daniel Weber
Patrick Williams
By Connie Sandlin
23 children celebrated their First Holy Communion on April 26 at a special liturgy. Congratulations
to all of them and their families: Julia Ayers, Diego
Cruz, Emerson Dickson, Henry Dixon, Consuela
Edwards, Breanna Fischer, David Fultz, Donna Jo
Hickey, Seth Irvin, Andrew Kelly, Jonah Liter, Michelle Landeros, Karla Martinez, Carlye Nixe, Ava
Pesavento, Jackson Proctor, Tralynne Shireman,
Nicholas Stoner, Audrey Tanner, Ellie Thompson,
Liam Tribbey, Abbie Vittitow, Brody Yates.
Picture by Paul Bierman photography.
June 2015
Upcoming Anniversaries
We wish to acknowledge these couples celebrating 25,
50 or more years of
marriage. Thank you
for your inspiration to
us all. Please congratulate these couples on
their upcoming anniversaries and keep
them in your prayers.
June
63 years
George & Jeane
Brown
60 years
Martin & Alice
Schindler
52 years
Robert & Mary Kruer
51 years
August & Penny
Reiter
50 years
James & Carol
Henshaw
25 years
Donald & Lisa
Copple
James & Robin
Fischer
July
63 years
David & Janet
Bradley
Ted & Carol Hellinger
53 years
Jarvis & Barbara
Benjamin
Gilbert & Evelyn
Gwaltney
August
69 years
George & Betty Hutt
58 years
Rex & Frances
Gettelfinger
56 years
Edward & Doris
Korte
55 years
Walt & Anna Cannon
51 years
Freddie & Mary
Armstrong
William & Laura
Schwender
John & Joyce Sims
25 years
William & Sharon
Beck
September
61 years
Vernon & Carolyn
Ernstberger
60 years
Elmer & Martina
Renn
59 years
Richard & Marie
Bennett
Gilbert & Alma Jean
Campbell
Allan & Carole Dehli
Michael & Lois
Sellmer
56 years
Joseph & Rosalea
Morris
Robert & Joann
Throckmorton
54 years
James & Margie
Stemle
52 years
Dennis & Pricilla
Lausterer
51 years
Kenneth & Loren
Curtsinger
David & Mary Sue
Mann
25 years
William & Lisa
Heselschwerdt
Michael & Pamela
Jaynes
NCYC is approaching
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By Stacy Gillenwater
One of the most exciting events for young Catholics is quickly approaching, and St. Anthony youth
and adult chaperones have begun preparing. NCYC
(National Catholic Youth Conference) will be held in
Indianapolis later this year, and St. Anthony has 25
high school students and four chaperones excited to
attend. While the event is extremely rewarding from
a faith enriching and fellowship standpoint, it’s also
a significant time and financial commitment for each
participant.
St. Anthony Parish recognizes the importance of
this spiritual conference for our young people and
graciously helps supplement the cost of the 4-day
event. However, NCYC attendees will still try to defray
the cost of NCYC by having a few fundraisers between
now and November. We invite parish members and
friends to participate in a group Yard Sale at a date
to be determined and a yummy Italian Dinner scheduled for Saturday, August 22. We may have another
fundraiser or two in between those two, and we’ll be
sure to let you know all of the details as the dates
draw near.
St. Anthony youth are very blessed to have a
parish that is so supportive of NCYC. I regularly hear
from former NCYC participants about how wonderful
and rewarding the experience was when they attended. Thanks to everyone for your support and prayers!
Don’t forget, this
year’s picnic is
one day ONLY,
Saturday, June
20 from Noon to
11 p.m. Come and
join the fun!!
Parishioner Update for January through April
New Parishioners
Pearl Ferguson and daughters Gena
& Tralynne
Judith Speckner
P. Stephen & Norma Hughes
Derrick & Rachel Smallwood and children
Bella, Deja, Davis & Michael
Larry & Carolyn Edland
Barbara Bibb
Tyler & Marianne Smith
Kenneth & Brandi Hickey and daughters
Kindle & Donna Jo
Patrick & Ellen Holifield and daughters Mara,
Tessa & Emma
Aaron & Tiffany Bordenkircher and children
Keira, Arianna & Aaron
Ronald & Michelle Corbett
Deaths
1-1-15
Tyler Andrew Pitzer
1-3-15
Michael D. Bryant
1-23-15
Wanda Rose Riley
2-7-15
Julie M. Clemons
3-26-15
James S. Bottorff
4-8-15
Charlene Marie Bube
4-13-15
Helen Mary Strunk
4-30-15
Frank Spitznagel
Baptisms
Layla Jane Lynch
Skyler Marie Rose Lyttle
Laci Claire Kochert
Justus Amore Vaughn Bowman
Donna Jo Hickey
Molly Elizabeth Ross
Sophia Evelyn Cano-Pantoja
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