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1 3 S T . L O U I S P L A C E • B A T E S V I L L E , I N 4 7 0 0 6

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time • JULY 2, 2017

St. Louis

"Whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to

drink because the little one is a disciple--amen, I say to you, he will

surely not lose his reward." - Mt 10:42

Parish Office Hours ................... Mon.-Fri. 8:00 am-4:00 pm

Phone ................................... (812) 934-3204

Fax ........................................ (812) 933-0667

Residence Phone ................ (812) 933-0708

Parish Staff Pastor, Fr. Stanley Pondo ............................... x 265

fr.stanleypondo@yahoo.com

Deacon, Ronald Freyer ................... 934-3175

freyer13@etczone.com

Business Manager, Scott Weekley ....... x 221

sweekley@st.louisschool.org

Business Office, Rita Menkedick ......... x 228

rmenkedick@asocpa.com…(812) 663-9999

Director of Religious Education,

Amy Tonges .......................................... x 249

religioused@st.louisschool.org

Youth Coordinator, Carrie Wesseler ..... x 223

cwesseler@st.louisschool.org

Director of Music & Liturgy,

Mike Fritsch .......................................... x 266

Susan Kohrman ................................... x 266

music@st.louisschool.org

Parish Secretary,

Michelle Wachsmann........................... x 251

mwachsmann@st.louisschool.org

Brenda Moll .......................................... x 277

bmoll@st.louisschool.org

Maintenance Wade Ryle .......................... 934-3310, x 271

wryle@st.louisschool.org

Brian Lamping ................... 934-3204, x 231

blamping@st.louisschool.org

School Office Phone ................................... (812) 934-3310

Fax ........................................ (812) 934-6202

Principal, Chad Moeller ......................... x 239

cmoeller@st.louisschool.org

School Secretary, Joan Riedeman ....... x 235

jriedeman@st.louisschool.org

School Secretary, Kathy Forbeck ......... x 236

kforbeck@st.louisschool.org

School Nurse, Lydia Gardner ................ x 283

Parish Council Chairperson, Keith Moenter .......... 560-1117

V.-Chairperson, Ken Bohman .......... 934-4383

Secretary, Nelson French ............... 934-5123

School Commission Chairperson, Mike Fritsch .............. 933-0422

P.T.O., ......................... pto@st.louisschool.org

Faith Formation Commission Chairperson, Leron Giesting .......... 363-3714

R.C.I.A., Darlene Hirt ...................... 934-2603

Finance Committee Chairperson, Erik Tuveson ............. 934-6607

Parish Life Commission Chairperson, .................................. 934-3204

Respect Life, Jerry Ollier ................ 932-1671

Bereavement Luncheon Committee Bonnie Hertel .................................. 934-2840

Anita Brelage ................................... 934-3095

Connie Harmeyer ............................ 934-3616

Carmie Meyer .................................. 934-4922

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Christy Moenter ............................... 239-9164

Welcome to St. Louis Parish!

We are blessed by your presence with us

today. Whether you are a long-time

parishioner, relatively new to the parish,

home from school, or visiting for the

weekend, we are grateful that you have

chosen to worship here at St. Louis

Catholic Church. As Roman Catholics, the

Holy Eucharist is the center of our lives,

and the source or our mission.

Nourished by the Word of God, we strive

to instill family values, promote social

justice, and foster life-long formation in

the Catholic faith. As we work together to

build a community dedicated to living the

Gospel, we commit ourselves to generous

stewardship and the responsible use of

our spiritual and material resources.

If you are new to the parish, we invite you

to register as a member by calling the

Parish Office.

Mass Schedule Weekend: Saturday 5:00 pm;

Sunday 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 am

Weekday:

Tuesday 6:00pm

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8:10 am;

Prayer & Devotion Rosary & Holy Hour: First Sunday of the

month at 7:00 pm

Prayer Service: Saturday at 8:05 am

Sacraments Reconciliation (Confession):

Tuesday after the 6:00pm Mass;

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday after the

8:10 am Mass; Saturday at 4:00pm

Baptism: Second & fourth Sunday by

appointment. Call the parish office.

Marriage: Couples desiring to be married at

St. Louis should be registered, active

members of the parish. Please contact the

parish office to schedule an appointment

with the priest at least six months before

the anticipated date.

N e w s & N o t e s Mass Schedule Change Mass on Tuesday, July 4th will be at

9:00am. There will be NO 6:00pm Mass

that day.

Rosary & Holy Hour There will be no Rosary & Holy Hour in

July. The next one will be Sunday,

August 6th.

Parish Office Closed The parish office will be closed Tuesday,

July 4th.

Bible Study “The Great Bible

Timeline” will meet on

Fridays at 9:00am

starting August 11th.

If there is enough

interest, an evening

group will be formed. Please call the

parish office 812-934-3204.

Baptism Preparation Class The Baptism preparation class is for

parents who are having their first child

Baptized. The next class will be offered

on Tuesday, July 18th at 7:00pm in the

Deanery Resource Center at St. Louis.

Please call the parish office to register

934-3204.

Natural Family Planning A Natural Family Planning Class will be

held on Sunday, August 6th, from

9:00am to 12:15pm in the Deanery

Resource Center at St. Louis. There is a

$40.00 fee for books and materials. For

reservations call 934-4054 or 934-3338.

Adoration Chapel There are three open hours for the

Adoration Chapel: Sunday—10:00am;

Monday—3:00am; and Friday—1:00pm.

If you are able to fill one of these open

hours, call Christy 812-239-9164.

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Vacation Bible Camp - Thank You! If you see a strand or two of straw floating around the school, it is remnant of all

the fun had in the Barnyard at Vacation Bible Camp held the week of June 19-23.

The campers, known as the Lord's Little Lambs, Devoted Ducks, Courageous Cows,

Cowboys in Christ, Graceful Goats and Faithful Farmers, learned all about Psalm

23, as well as the fact that Jesus Cares, now and forever. Jesus provides, now

and forever. Jesus leads, now and forever. Jesus forgives now and forever and

Jesus is our Savior, now and forever! They had fun visiting the Udderly Cool Crafts,

Bountiful Blessings Snacks, Barn Raising Storytelling, Green Pastures Bible

Challenge and Bales of Fun Games. The campers also donated food to the

Summer Food Program. It takes many volunteers to help make VBC a success. A

big thanks goes out to all the adults and teens that volunteered their time, talent

and treasure to help evangelize our young campers. Thanks to all the parents and

grandparents for allowing their children the opportunity to experience VBC. Thanks

to parishioners for supporting the program. Thanks to our young campers for your

fantastic attitudes. We had a GREAT week!

Save the date for next year: June 18-22, 2018!

If anyone is interested in serving on the VBC planning committee or would like to

provide feedback from the week, please contact Amy Tonges at

atonges@st.louisschool.org or 812-934-3204.

St. Louis Festival News

Festival Sign Up Weekends Mark your calendar for July 22 & 23 and July 29 & 30. Please plan on attending

one of these times to sign up to work at our parish festival. Help is needed setting

up tents, making Turtle Soup the week before the festival, workers for the day of

the festival, and clean up and take down after the festival. Please pick up your

raffle tickets at this time to help cut our mailing cost.

Chairpersons Needed We are in need of volunteers to chair the $100 Wheel and Bingo. If you can help

with either of these games, please call Nikki Hutchinson at 574-299-6515.

Bushels of Baskets The basket booth needs your help! Donations of items for baskets are currently

being accepted. If you don’t have a basket for your items, you can stop by the par-

ish office to pick up a basket or we can put them in a basket for you.

Plant Stand The Plant Stand is in need of pots of all sizes, plants and lawn decorations for their

booth. Clay pots are great if anyone has some to spare. Pots can be dropped off

on the front porch of the parish office. If you have any plants at home getting too

big for the pot they are in, consider splitting them and donating them to the plant

stand. Plants are not needed until the Festival.

Art Teacher Needed St. Louis School is currently

looking for an art teacher for

the 2017-18 school year.

Interested applicants should

submit a resume and refer-

ences to Chad Moeller at

cmoeller@st.louisschool.org.

Mass Intentions Saturday, July 1, St. Junipero Serra

5:00 pm Art & Rita Gartenman

Sunday, July 2, Thirteenth Sunday in

Ordinary Time

8:00 am Martha Hammerle

9:30 am For the Parish Community

11:00 am Andy Decker

Tuesday, July 4

9:00 am Charles Greiwe

Wednesday, July 5, St. Anthony

Zaccaria; St. Elizabeth of

Portugal

8:10 am Bhuford & Alma Dramann

Thursday, July 6, St. Maria Goretti

8:10 am Intentions of the Gene &

Wende Lambert Family

Friday, July 7

8:10 am Don & Bernice Brebberman

Saturday, July 8

5:00 pm Adrian & Mary Borchelt

Sunday, July 9, Fourteenth Sunday in

Ordinary Time

8:00 am For the Parish Community

9:30 am Kayla Fitzgerald

11:00 am Tyrone Peters

5:00 pm SPANISH MASS

Altar Servers Tuesday, July 4

9:00 am Alyssa & Anna Wanstrath

Wednesday, July 5

8:10 am Rachel & Tyler Kuntz

Thursday, July 6

8:10 am Dylan Fledderman & Ryan

Reder

Friday, July 7

8:10 am Michael & Teresa

Wanstrath

Saturday, July 8

5:00 pm Caroline, John & Paul Meer

Sunday, July 9

8:00 am Blake Tonges, Adam

Muckerheide & Regina

Gerstbauer

9:30 am Lea Cossentino, Benjamin

& Ella Moster

11:00 am Joseph Suttmann, Jackson

& Madison Wanstrath

Lectors Saturday, July 8

5:00 pm Bill Koehne

Sunday, July 9

8:00 am Jerry Dickman

9:30 am Mary Harrah

11:00 am Susan Glaser

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday, July 8

5:00 pm Carolyn Dieckmann, Mary

Jo Mahle, Carolyn Billman,

Dave Meyer, Deb Weigel,

Bill Meer, Mary Sitterding

Sunday, July 9

8:00 am Ed Gerdowsky, Ken Rudolf,

Erma Hartman, John

Gerstbauer, Amy Streator,

Mary Sitterding, Janet

Maple

9:30 am Beth Hoog, John Brelage,

Bertie Schmidt, Kathy

Wagner, Nancy Werner,

Lissa Ritter, Christy

Moenter

11:00 am Ken Bohman, Nelson

French, Rita Snyder, Mary

Jo Sunderman, Kathy

Mattucci, Judy Mang, Mark

Masavage

Greeters Saturday, July 8

5:00 pm Mary Jo Mahle, Dave Meyer

Sunday, July 9

8:00 am Joe & Marlene Greiwe

9:30 am Thomas & Lisa Brown

11:00 am Bob & Kathy Mattucci

Ushers Saturday, July 8

5:00 pm 4 Volunteers Needed

Sunday, July 9

8:00 am Todd Tekulve, Jim Scheele,

Larry Enzinger, Bob

Obermeyer, Bruce Miller

9:30 am Eugene Laker, John

Vogelsang, Mike Weigel,

Tim Fenske

11:00 am Jeff Bedel, Ted Telles,

2 Volunteers Needed

July Prayer Intentions of Pope Francis Evangelization: Those distant from the

Christian Faith

That our brothers and sisters who have

strayed from the faith, through our

prayer and witness to the Gospel, may

rediscover the merciful closeness of

the Lord and the beauty of the Christian

life.

Readings for the Week Sunday: 2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a/Ps

89:2-3, 16-19/Rom 6:3-4,

8-11/Mt 10:37-42

Monday: Eph 2:19-22/Ps 117:1bc-

2/Jn 20:24-29

Tuesday: Gn 19:15-29/Ps 26:2-3, 9-

12/Mt 8:23-27

Wednesday: Gn 21:5, 8-20a/Ps 34:7-8,

10-13/Mt 8:28-34

Thursday: Gn 22:1b-19/Ps 115:1-6,

8-9/Mt 9:1-8

Friday: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-

67/Ps 106:1b-5/Mt 9:9-

13

Saturday: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29/Ps

135:1b-6/Mt 9:14-17

Next Sunday: Zec 9:9-10/Ps 145:1-2, 8-

11, 13-14/Rom 8:9, 11-

13/Mt 11:25-30

P a r i s h C a l e n d a r 3

Saturday Morning Prayer Service

July 8th at 8:05am

This week we pray for our

elderly and the most vulnerable

in our world.

July 3

Daughters of Isabella - Pitch in

Dinner, Knights of Columbus,

Batesville, 6:00pm. Bring a covered

dish. Call Susan Schutte 812-933-

9091 to RSVP by June 29th. Bring

wrapping paper, scissors, & tape.

July 4

Independence Day Celebration—St.

Anthony, Morris. 8:15am Rosary,

Patriotic Hymns, 9:00am Mass

celebrated by Fr. Adam Ahern. All

welcome after Mass for coffee social

honoring our service men and

women. All military are invited to

process into Mass, with reserved

seating in front.

July 9

Chicken Fest 2017—St. Lawrence

Church, Lawrenceburg, 11:00am—

5:30pm. Family style, all you can eat

chicken dinner, jumbo split the pot.

July 13

Our Lady of Fatima 100 Year

Anniversary Prayer Service—St.

Louis Church, 7:00pm.

Batesville Deanery Resource Center News Members needed for this important and new council! WHO ME? Yes you, the innovative thinker. The Batesville

Deanery Resource Center (BDRC) is looking for individuals to

represent their parish in helping the BDRC to address the

learning needs of the 19 parishes in the deanery. During the

two year commitment, you can anticipate an hour or two of

your time per quarter. Contact the BDRC for more details.

Meetings will begin in September. If you are interested or want more info, please

contact Kara or Eva at the BDRC at 812-932-0789 or email Kara at:

ktsuleff@etczone.com.

Double Feature -Movie Nights Finding Fatima and The 13th Day. Finding Fatima: A compelling docudrama that

gives all the crucial details about the appearances of Out Lady of Fatima in 1917.

The 13th Day: Witness the greatest miracle of the 20th Century, and experience

the incredible, emotionally charged and often harrowing world of three young

children whose choice to remain loyal to their beliefs, even in the face of death,

would inspire thousands.

Show times at each Theatre: Finding Fatima - 6:30pm, The 13th Day - 8:15pm.

There will be a 15 min. intermission in between. Free-will donation Call 812-932-

0789 to get your ticket!

Thursday, July 13,-Greendale Cinemas-1605 Flossie Dr, Lawrenceburg, IN

Tuesday, July 18, The Gibson Theatre, 107 S. Main St. Batesville, IN

Tuesday, July 25, The Wolf Theatres-910 W. Ann Blvd, Greensburg, IN 47240

Pilgrimage to St. Mary of the Woods Saturday, July 29th - 7:30am—8:00pm. Attend Mass, tour the Shrine of Saint

Mother Theodore Guerin, visit the alpacas, shop in Linden Leaf Gifts, and visit the

Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. Cost is $55/person. Space is limited! Call the

Resource Center to register TODAY!

You Can Help Your Marriage Do you feel alone in your marriage? If so, there is help. Retrouvaille means

“rediscovery” and offers the chance to rediscover yourself, your spouse, and a

loving relationship in your marriage. Tens of thousands of couples headed for

divorce have successfully saved their marriages by attending the weekend and

follow-up sessions. Retrouvaille is a not spiritual retreat, sensitivity group, seminar,

or social gathering. To learn more about the program or to register for the August

11th - 13th weekend and follow-up post-weekend sessions in Indianapolis, visit

the website at www.HelpOurMarriage.com or www.retrouvaille.org . You can also

email: RetrouIndy@gmail.com or call 317-489-6811 for confidential registration

information.

6 N e w s & N o t e s W h a t ’ s

H a p p e n i n g

Gifts of Financial Participation Sunday, June 25, 2017

In Church Collections...........$ 10,188.00

Other Collections ................... $ 1,045.53

Electronic Collections ............ $ 2,427.00

Total Actual Income .............$ 13,660.53

Budget .................................$ 17,020.00

Over/Under Budget ............ ($ 3,359.47) Year to Date

In Church Collections and

Other Collections ............ $ 883,871.69

Budget .............................. $ 868,020.00

Over/Under Budget .............$ 15,851.69

St. Louis Weekly Bingo Volunteers Week 1: Thursday, July 6th

Floor/Bank/Instants: Sebastian Moster, Matt Hirt, Megan Walke, John/Natasha

Kellerman, Nick/Abby Becker, Collette Durham, Kurt Amberger, Mike Gerstbauer,

John Irrgang, Tony Greiwe, Paul Messerschmidt (Subs: Anita Brelage, Bill Koehne,

Millie Koehne)

Kitchen Workers: Annette Swain, Amy Wonnell, Angie Voegele, Marty Doll

Bakers: Nancy Meer, Joan/Jessica Karbowski, Julie Muller, Laura Grote, Jenny

Miles, Beth Koester, Amanda Peters-Jennings

St. Louis Parish Picnic

Sunday, July 23rd at

Liberty Park.

Join us for

11:00am Mass

in the park.

Fun, games and fellowship for

all ages!