ST. LOUIS CATHOLIC CHURCH JANUARY 6, 2019 www.stlouis-batesville.org

N e w s & N o t e s Natural Family Planning A Natural Family Planning Class will be

held on Sunday, February 3rd, 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 or text Aly at 812-212-

4951 or Mike at 812-212-2719.

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, January 16th at 7:00pm in

the Deanery Resource Center at St.

Louis. Please call the parish office to

register 812-934-3204.

St. Louis Adoration Chapel The open hours for the Adoration Chapel

are: Sunday – 8:00am, 9:00am,

12:00pm, 1:00pm, 3:00pm; Monday -

4:00am; Wednesday—8:00am;

Thursday—4:00pm; Friday – 1:00pm;

Saturday—7:00pm. If you are able to fill

an open hour, call Christy 812-239-

9164.

Fr. Stan’s Book Club The book club will be re-reading the very

first book, “A Canticle for Liebowicz.” If

you would like a copy of the book you

can order one through the parish office.

If you have a copy of the book that you

will not be reading, please consider

returning it to the parish office.

CYO Basketball Sunday, January 6th, at St. Louis:

1:00pm: St. Louis 2 vs. St. Mary 2

2:15pm: St. Louis 3 vs. St. Maurice/

Immaculate Conception

Sunday, January 6th, at Greensburg:

1:00pm: St. Louis 1 vs. St. Mary 1

2

House Blessing Fr. Stan and Deacon Ron will be blessing houses for Epiphany. If

you would like your house blessed, sign-up for a time slot on the

sheets in the back of church.

Second Collection - January 12 & 13 Next weekend, January 12th & 13th, there will be an appeal by Catholic Relief

Services for the purchase of anti-malaria bed nets. This collection is sponsored by

the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and will be presented by David and Hilary Baker,

who are parishioners at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Columbus, Indiana.

2018 Year End Contribution Statements Contributions to St. Louis that you want included on your 2018 End of the Year

Contribution Statement must be either received in the parish office or postmarked

by December 31st. Checks dated in 2018 and received or postmarked after

December 31st will be included on your 2019 Contribution Statement.

Contribution statements for 2018 will be mailed by January 31, 2019.

Special Request Please pray for St. Louis parishioner, Joan Dwenger who has kidney disease and is

in need of a kidney transplant. Joan is hopeful that a donor will be found. If you

would like more information about kidney transplants and living kidney donation,

please call Indiana University Health at 317-944-4370. For more information

please contact Joan Dwenger at 812-212-6406.

NEED PRAYER? Prayer needs are addressed in two ways at St. Louis. In the

vestibule of church is a Prayer Request Notebook where

anyone, at any time, can write prayer concerns. The Members

of the Prayer and Praise Ministry commit to praying daily for

these intentions. For more urgent prayer needs (illness,

surgery, etc.) there is a Prayer Chain that will get dozens of

people praying immediately. To begin the Prayer Chain, please

call one of the following: Janice Werner, 932-9200; or Erma Hartman, 934-3678.

Ministry of Prayer and Praise Intentions for January For the Holy Father and all priests, that the Lord will make them zealous and

uncompromising preachers and teachers of the truth.

That the prayers offered for Vocations will result in an increase in vocations to the priesthood and the religious life, and that young men and women may

always seek and discern God’s will.

That all those who are suffering distress after the holidays and during the winter months may not despair but rather may turn to Jesus for healing,

courage, and perseverance.

For Catholic schools as we celebrate Catholic Schools Week, that they may continue to form our children in the fullness of Christ’s truth and respond to

the challenge of secularism with a clear presentation of Catholic doctrine and

moral values.

For blessings on all those participating in the March for Life, that those who

witness to the light of Christ will convert those who walk in the darkness of the

culture of death.

For the protection of Life, Marriage and Religious Liberty.

Save the Date!

St. Louis

Cardinal

Crawl 5K Saturday, April 13th

Mass Intentions Saturday, January 5

5:00 pm Norbert Roth

Sunday, January 6

8:00 am Irvin & Rita Bischoff; Leo &

Caroline Walke

9:30 am For the Parish Community

11:00 am Living & Deceased Members

of the Mahl Family

Tuesday, January 8

6:00 pm Jack Doll

Wednesday, January 9

8:10 am Marian Muckerheide

Thursday, January 10

8:10 am Gregory Cooley

Friday, January 11

8:10 am Tony Prickel

Saturday, January 12

5:00 pm Ed Nobbe

Sunday, January 13, The Baptism of the

Lord

8:00 am Mary Harmeyer

9:30 am For the Parish Community

11:00 am Rosalie Geis

5:00 pm SPANISH MASS

Altar Servers Tuesday, January 8

6:00 pm Alyssa & Henry Wanstrath

Wednesday, January 9

8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Thursday, January 10

8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Friday, January 11

8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Saturday, January 12

5:00 pm Evelyn Storms, Kathryn &

Mimi Wilder

Sunday, January 13

8:00 am Catherine Streator, Emily

Schebler & Evan Flaspohler

9:30 am Paige Watters, Rhea Miller

& Santiago Schutte

11:00 am Connor Miles, C.J. & Calvin

Grote

Rosary & Holy Hour Sunday, January 6

7:00 pm George & Hank Ritter

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday, January 12

5:00 pm Mary Jo Mahle, Carolyn

Dieckmann, Dave Meyer,

Deb Weigel, Bill Meer, Mary

Sitterding, 1 Volunteer

Sunday, January 13

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, Tyler Myers,

Rita Schneider, Mary Jo

Sunderman, Kathy

Mattucci, Nelson French,

Mark Masavage

Greeters Saturday, January 12

5:00 pm Mary Jo Mahle, Dave Meyer

Sunday, January 13

8:00 am Joe & Marlene Greiwe

9:30 am Thomas & Lisa Brown

11:00 am Bob & Kathy Mattucci

Lectors Saturday, January 12

5:00 pm Jerry Ollier

Sunday, January 13

8:00 am Susan Vergamini

9:30 am Sunny Calvert

11:00 am James Dickey

Ushers Saturday, January 12

5:00 pm Volunteers Needed

Sunday, January 13

8:00 am Todd Tekulve, Jim Scheele,

Larry Enzinger, Bob

Obermeyer, Bruce Miller

9:30 am Eugene Laker, John

Vogelsang, Mike Weigel,

1 Volunteer

11:00 am Jeff Bedel, Ted Telles, John

Wilson, Jacob Wilson

January Prayer Intentions of Pope Francis Young People and the Example of

Mary: That young people, especially in

Latin America, follow the example of

Mary and respond to the call of the

Lord to communicate the joy of the

Gospel to the world.

Readings for the Week Sunday: Is 60:1-6/Ps 72:1-2, 7-8,

10-11, 12-13 [cf. 11]/Eph

3:2-3a, 5-6/Mt 2:1-12

Monday: 1 Jn 3:22—4:6/Ps 2:7bc-8,

10-12a [8ab]/Mt 4:12-17,

23-25

Tuesday: 1 Jn 4:7-10/Ps 72:1-2, 3-

4, 7-8 [cf. 11]/Mk 6:34-44

Wednesday: 1 Jn 4:11-18/Ps 72:1-2,

10, 12-13 [cf. 11]/Mk

6:45-52

Thursday: 1 Jn 4:19—5:4/Ps 72:1-2,

14 and 15bc, 17 [cf. 11]/

Lk 4:14-22a

Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13/Ps 147:12-

13, 14-15, 19-20 [12a]/Lk

5:12-16

Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21/Ps 149:1-2,

3-4, 5 and 6a and 9b [cf.

4a]/Jn 3:22-30

Next Sunday: Is 40:1-5, 9-11/Ps 104:1b

-2, 3-4, 24-25, 27-28, 29-

30 [1]/Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7/

Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 ©LPi

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

Rosary & Holy Hour Sunday, January 6th

7:00pm

Saturday Morning Prayer Service

January 11th at 8:05am

We pray for Pope Francis, Cardinals,

Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and

Missionaries.

Come Pray with Us!

January 6

RCIA— “Baptism and Confirmation”

St. Louis parish office, 9:00am.

Breakfast—Batesville Knights of St. John, 7:30am—11:30am. Free will

offering. All welcome. Part of the

proceeds go to St. Louis School.

January 8

St. Louis Uniform Exchange—St. Louis Preschool Building, 6:00pm-

7:00pm.

January 11

That Man is You—Knights of

Columbus, Batesville, 6:00am.

“Fulfilled” Bible Study—St. Louis

Parish Office, 9:00am.

January 13

RCIA— “Holy Eucharist and Real

Presence” St. Louis parish office,

9:00am.

St. Louis Cash Raffle Congratulations to the following winners:

Dec. 18 - $50 - Greg Schmidt of Batesville

Dec. 20 - $1000 - Richard Riehle of

Batesville

Sacrament Students - Save the Dates Saturday, January 19th, 8:00am—11:00am:

Sacrament Day for all First Communion and

Confirmation students.

Saturday, February 9th, 8:45am—4:30pm: Confirmation Retreat

Saturday, February 23rd, 11:00am: Confirmation

Sunday, May 5th, 1:00pm: First Communion

E6 Catholic Men’s Conference Please join us for the 2019 E6 Catholic Men’s Conference on Saturday,

February 23rd 2019, at the East Central High School Performing Arts

Center. All men are invited to attend this 4th annual event. There will

be inspiring talks, confession, celebration of the Holy Mass and fraternity with

fellow men of Christ. This substance-driven, inspirational and faith-filled event will

change men’s lives and help equip them to be the men Christ calls them to be. Do

not miss this! Tickets are on sale now at www.e6catholicmensconference.com.

Steubenville Youth Conference Registrations for the 2019 Steubenville Youth Conference are now Open! We will

be joining the parishes of the Batesville Deanery again for another exciting

Steubenville Conference June 14th-16th, 2019. Registrations for 8th - 12th

Graders are available at stlouis-batesville.org/ym__steubenville. For more

information, please email TeamJesusSteubenville@gmail.com.

March 4 Life The Batesville Deanery Resource Center 2019 March for Life Pilgrimage to

Washington, DC is open to all youth and parishioners of the deanery. This

pilgrimage will start Wednesday, January 16h through Saturday, January 19th,

2019. Space on the bus is limited, so register early! For more information, go to

stlouis-batesville.org/ym_events

6 N e w s & N o t e s W h a t ’ s H a p p e n i n g

Weekly Bingo Help Needed St. Louis Weekly

Bingo is looking for

two volunteers to join

the Week 3 team

(3rd Thursday of

each month) - Regis-

tration Sales and Floor Worker. If you

have any questions, or are interested in

helping, please contact Amber McGuire

at amcguire@st.louisschool.org or

812-934-3204 x 222.

Weekly Bingo Volunteers Week 2: Thursday, January 10th

Floor/Bank/Instants: Alisha Salatin, Jill

Reidy, Paul Wuestefeld, Bill Fisher,

Adam Maple, Carolyn Dieckmann,

Nathan Schutte, Bob/Autumn Hurm,

Kate Tekulve, Beth Steinkamp, Julie

Cox, Jade Ritter

Kitchen: Ann Edwards, Nic Wonnell,

Anne Schebler, Brooke Maple, Cheryl

Baechle, Marilyn Hountz, Kim Schrank

Bakers: Paula Behlmer, Amy Watson,

Chelsea Gillman, Shannon Young,

Denise Hillenbrand, Diane Jones, Holly

Siegel, Rachael Hornbach

Find Your Greatness: Four Habits That Will Transform Your Life What are your habits? Are they helping you become the-best-version-of-yourself?

Our lives change when our habits change. Based on Matthew Kelly’s book, “The

Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic,” this half-day event will introduce you to four sim-

ple habits that will help you reach your full potential.

This Dynamic Catholic program will be presented by Allen Hunt at St. Mary’s Church

in Greensburg on January 18, 2019 from 6:30pm—10:30pm. Tickets are $25.00

each and can be purchased at the St. Louis parish office.