Welcome to Our Lady of Grace Parish

All Catholics 18 and older living in the area and

regularly worshipping here are encouraged to

register. Formal registration is required for

persons wishing to participate in our Sacramental

Preparation for Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist,

Reconciliation and Marriage. Baptism or

Confirmation sponsors must be registered and

active at least six months prior to reception of the

sacrament.

STEWARDSHIP

Being a member of our community means that

each one of us is faithful in sharing of the gifts

that God has given us. We are asked to share our

faith and prayer; our time, ability and knowledge

and our financial resources with the parish for the

good of God’s people.

EUCHARIST

Saturday: 4:30 PM

Sunday: 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 AM

(5:30 PM WILL RESUME AT LATER DATE)

Holy Day: CHECK BULLETIN FOR TIMES

Daily: 8:30 AM Mon-Fri;

First Saturday: 8:30 AM

Rosary prayed Monday thru Friday 8 AM

BAPTISM

Baptism is celebrated on the 1st and 3rd Sundays

after the 10:30 AM Mass. Baptism Preparation is

required prior to baptism. The parents must be

registered and practicing parishioners. Godparents

must be active members of a parish and

recommended by their pastor. Adults and/or older

children seeking baptism do so according to the

Rites of Christian Initiation of Adults. Please call

the Parish Office.

RECONCILIATION

Thursdays before First Friday 3:00 to 4:00 PM.

Saturdays 3:00 to 4:00 PM. Communal celebration of

Reconciliation seasonally scheduled, and also by

appointment.

CONFIRMATION

Preparation takes place in Religious Education

classes and our parish grade school. All other

parishioners wishing confirmation please call the

Parish Office to arrange preparation.

MARRIAGE AND MARRIAGE VALIDATIONS

Prior to setting a date, the marriage plans and

preparation should be arranged at least 6 months

before the desired wedding date, sooner if at all

possible. Please contact the Parish Office to make

appointment

ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND VISITATION

Anyone seriously ill, hospitalized for major

surgery or advanced age may be anointed by

contacting the Parish Office. Communion calls to

the sick or shut-in are on the first and third

Sunday of the month. For pastoral visits made to

hospitals or homes, please call the Parish Office,

838-0395.

Mission Statement We, the Catholic Community of faith at Our Lady of Grace Parish, baptized into the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, are committed to make visible His life and ministry through spiritual growth in our lives, worship, community and service to those in need.

Parish Office ................................838-0395 Our Lady of Grace School .........838-2901

3005 Condit Street , Highland, IN 3025 Highway Ave., Highland, IN

Pastor: Rev. Brian Chadwick Principal: Mark Topp Email: ourladygrace@sbcglobal.net Website: www.olgraceschool.org

olgracesecretary@gmail.com

Website: olgcatholicchurchhighland.org olgracealumi@yahoo.com

olgschoolboard@yahoo.com Ephesus Home .............................972-1944 olgkindergarten20@yahoo.com

OLG Outreach Ministry……...923-6085

Religious Education...................972-6388 Knights of Columbus # 8080.....741-2036

Rel. Ed Director: Donna Velez email: olgdre1@gmail.com

Please go to websites for update information Parish and School or call the parish office.

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

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OUR LADY OF GRACE HIGHLAND, IN

SOCIAL OUTREACH COMMISSION PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS ALL THE SICK OF THE PARISH

AND THOSE RECOVERING FROM SURGERY

David Adams, Leonard Alders, Jordan Al-Akel, Margaret & John Amador Family, Peter and

Dorothy Ayala, David B., Sarah Barsic, Rita Bartell, Peggy Baxter, William Beaver, Joseph

Belinsky, Aric Benton, Liz Breslin, Bryant Besson, Betty Bielak, Denyse Buck, George Buck,

Eugene Bukowski Jr., Lorraine Burczyk, Judy Cano, Rocia Cerventez, Mary Kay Conrad, Joel

Cohn, Nicholas Cohn, Gracie Cordero, Norma Cosentino, Andrew Crawford, Delores Dockery,

Beverly Domsic, Patricia Donaldson, Leonard Dora, Zayden Curtis Dover, Audrey Dreher,

Betty Ann Dulla, Allison Elo, Gabriel Esparza, Matt Ferree, Todd Firsich, Elizabeth Fitzgerald,

Sally Folga, Adelaida Flores, Ralph Foster, Eileen Frederick, Linda Friedrich, Monica Furjel,

MaryAnn Gard, Rich Garza, Rose Gerbar, Gordon C. Gladden, Carolyn Goeringer, Liam Arlo

Gonzales, Anna Grcich, Katelyn H., Debbie Halas, David Hardesty, Bethmarie Hedrick, Joan

Hmrovic, Al Hmrovic, Terry Hyland, Kim Hunt, Sam Hus, Shirley Jaworski, Tim Hodges, Mary

Hogan, James Horvath, Nathan Janic, Linda Judge, Janet Justice, Arlene Kane, John Kowalski

Jr., Margaret Kowalski, Jane Kowal, Renee Krinck, John Kruger, Carol/Leighann Lambert, Ian

Lesko, Marge Loehrke, Sharon Lookinbee, Fr. Eduardo Malagon, Joanne Manich, Steve

Manich, John Manion, Matt Mantel, Stephanie McGee, Kathaleen McMahon, Patrick

McMahon, Lynn Mellendoff, Steve Michalec, Jane Morow, Carlos(CJ) Moreno, Robert Murry,

Virginia Michalak, Lisa Nelson, Bernadine Nemeth, Vivian Perez, Dominic Noce, Othon

Martinez, Helen Ostroski, Elsie Palikan, Erica Patricks, Arden Prendergast, Peter Peters, Aubrey

Cameron Raymond, Brian Robert, Yolanda Ross, Charles Rudick, Jeffrey Ryan, Evelyn Sartini,

Parish Life Commission 2021

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

REL. ED OFFICE HOURS:

Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Please call for an

appointment. Email: olgdre1@gmail.com Masks/

Social distancing required.

REL ED CLASSES Please call the Rel Ed office at

219-972-6388 to make an appointment. If you are new to Rel

Ed, bring your child's Baptismal certificate. Please wear a

mask.

Religious Education Registration for 2021-2022

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES began Sept. 7! If

you have a child attending the public schools between the ages

of 6 and 14, you need to contact the Religious Education office

ASAP to register them for classes. Please contact the Director

of Religious Education, Donna Velez, by sending her an email

at olgdre1@gmail.com.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is the process by

which persons become Catholic through Baptism, Confirmation &

Eucharist. This process is for those who have never been baptized,

baptized in a non-Catholic Christian tradition or baptized in the

Catholic faith and never received the sacraments of Eucharist or

Confirmation & are over the age of 7. Please call the Rel Ed office

at 219-972-6388 for more information.

YOUTH GROUP NEWS

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP: Contact Dennis Churilla

at 708-426-6864 if your teen would like to check out the

group's safe and socially-distanced activities.

LIVE THE LITURGY - INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK

Rest in the presence of God simply because God is God and

you are you. This is all that is necessary. Out of this

relationship will come inspiration, understanding, courage,

constancy, truth, and virtues of all kind. We will find ourselves

knowing the true meaning of things and developing a depth of

insight that is not found following purely human venues. It is

God who inspires and opens human hearts to see truth and

beauty. In God, we understand all of our relationships with a

richer appreciation and come to know who Jesus, who speaks of

God’s kingdom, really is. The trust that is fostered from resting

with the Divine One allows us to see that God’s ways are not

our ways. There is something bigger going on in this picture of

life. It is something mystical and magical that seeks to surprise

us at every turn. It is not for us to cling to this world and its

limitations. Our adventure is to dream bigger and brighter,

realizing that it is even in suffering that the radiant light of the

dawn will come. God’s ways allow for our paths to be rocky,

challenging, difficult, and even crippling at times. Purely

human eyes cannot understand the ‘why’ of such experiences.

The eyes and mind of God, however, reveal and detail a journey

that ends in glorious resurrection joy. When we lose our axis

and become too human in our thinking, Jesus rebukes us and

gently reminds us how to see.

EVERYDAY STEWARDSHIP

Can You Walk the Walk?

I’ve met and talked with enough people to feel confident that if

you polled 100 fallen-away Catholics about why they didn’t

want anything to do with the Church, the term “accountability”

would pop up in almost all of their answers. And to be fair, a

lack of accountability isn’t just a Catholic problem. Talking the

talk but not walking the walk has been a shortcoming handed

down throughout the ages, across all creeds and nationalities.

Loving our neighbor, welcoming the stranger, clothing the

naked, feeding the poor — it all sounds fantastic, especially

when we’re the ones saying it. But the doing — well, that’s a

different story, isn’t it? We would do well to remember that

Christ calls one of his best friends “Satan” when Peter tries to

convince Jesus to stray from his destiny. Have you ever been

called Satan by one of your good buddies? I’ll bet it’s not a

great feeling. But think about what Peter was doing. He had

just said, “You are the Christ.” And now, mere moments later,

he’s saying: “Don’t say these things. Don’t say you’re going to

suffer. Don’t say you’ll be killed.” He was telling Christ to

squander what the Lord had given him. He was telling him that

having faith was fine, but being faithful? It’s just a little too

hard. God has a destiny for you, too, and He’s asking you to be

open to it. Maybe it’s not in your comfort zone. Maybe you

don’t think you can do it. Lord, give us faith — but help us,

also, to do the work.

— Tracy Earl Welliver, MTS

CYO SPORTS

Coaches for OLG Sports (CYO Soccer, Basketball and

Volley Ball grades 5th-8th grade) are needed. Please contact

Athletic Director Mike Cardone (773) 574-5947 for more

details.

The Offices of Worship and

Intercultural Ministry are

proud to present

CONFERENCE ’21

Training and Renewal for Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers of

Holy Communion, Ministers of

Care, Art and Environment, and

Music Ministers, which will take

place Friday evening November

12that 7pm and Saturday,

November 13th from 9am to 2pm

at St. Patrick Catholic

Community in

Chesterton, IN.

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BAPTISM

Baptism is celebrated on the 1st and 3rd Sundays after the

10:30 AM Mass. Baptism Preparation is required prior to

baptism. The parents must be registered and practicing

parishioners. Godparents must be active members of a parish

and recommended by their pastor. Adults and/or older children

seeking baptism do so according to the Rites of Christian

Initiation of Adults. Please call the Parish Office.

ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

My Jesus. I believe that You are present in the

Most Holy Sacrament. I love you above all

things, and I desire to receive You into my

soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive

You sacramentally, come at least spiritually

into my heart. I embrace You as if You were

already there and unite myself wholly to You.

Never permit me to be separated from You.

Summary from the Bishop McClory

Effective June 11, 2021

The general dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass

will be lifted throughout the state of Indiana.

Diocese of Gary will discontinue the diocesan mask mandate

for liturgies. Masks continue to be strongly recommended by

the CDC for those who have not been fully vaccinated.

The Diocese of Gary will discontinue the requirement to wear

masks at liturgies (effective June 11), but pastors may continue

to ask parishioners to wear masks as part of local guidelines for

accommodating all parishioners at Mass.

From the Desk of Fr. Brian Chadwick

Mask are optional

The use of hand sanitizer recommended and available

Social Distancing recommended (Best as you can)

Daily Weekday: Mon.—Fri. 8:30 a.m.

First Saturday Mass—Sat. 8:30

Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:30 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 8:00 am and 10:30 am

Sunday 5:30 pm Mass will resume at later date

Private Prayer is still allowed in the Chapel

Confessions are at scheduled time. Sat. 3-4 pm

Fr. Brian

ATTENTION OUR LADY OF GRACE CHOIR

CANTORS WANTED

Sing your praises to God and Become a Cantor!!

Celebrate our Masses with your musical talents. Cantor

at Sunday Masses, Holidays, Weddings, Funeral and

Memorial Masses. Please contact Bill Givens for details: 219-577-

3194 or Parish office 219-838-0395.

Our Lady of Grace 2021 Raffle

You have 12 chances to win!!

This month’s raffle drawing is on Sept. 24, 2021, so be sure your

stubs are filled out and turned in to the Parish Office or in the

Collection Basket. You have 12 chances to win. We have additional

tickets in Parish office, 838-0395. Thank you for your support.

License # 010683

Rosary Reminder The Rosary is prayed every

morning in the church, M-F at 8 am. We gather

to pray for our special needs, our family, our

country, our world. Please join us. Holy Mary,

Mother of God, pray for us.

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Tuesday Wednesday

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Thursday

Rosary Prayed and Pinochle/Uno

Note: Everyday additional stimulating activities...Jumbo Crossword

Puzzle, Jigsaw Puzzles and a wide variety of games.

SCHOOL NEWS

OLG will be participating in the Strack & VanTil

Apples for Education program. Start saving your

receipts. Information to come out soon.

Our art program is usually run by parent volunteers. If

you are interested in teaching art to your child's class,

contact the teacher. This does fulfill your HSA school

volunteer hours.

September 16—Home and School Meeting 6:30 pm in

cafeteria

September 24—OLG Picture Day, Dress Your Best

Need gift cards? Gift cards for gas, restaurants, theatre

tickets, groceries, and more. Each gift card purchased

earns money for OLG Parish! Call Georgina Suarez at

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OUR LADY OF GRACE HIGHLAND, IN

Monday, September 13—St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and

Doctor of the Church

8:30 am † Steve and Mary Kuric Int. Daughter, Joan Kuric

Tuesday, September 14—Exaltation of the Holy Cross 8:30 am † Kathy Smolen Int. Delores Smolen

Wednesday, September 15 —Our Lady of Sorrows

8:30 am † Thomas Grenchik Int. Delores Smolen

Thursday, September 16—St. Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian,

Bishop and Martyrs

8:30 am † For the Repose Souls of Bob & Carol Dalton

And Living/Deceased Family Members and Friends

Int. Dalton Family

Friday, September 17—Weekday

8:30 am † Anthony Smolen Int. Delores Smolen

Saturday, September 18—Weekday

8:30 am † No Mass

Sunday Liturgy

Saturday, September 11 Vigil—25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

4:30 pm † George Batcho Int. Wife, Mary Ann and Family

Sunday, September 12—25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

8:00 am People of Our Lady of Grace

† Thomas VerWay Int. Carol Tancredi

10:30 am † Kathy Scott Int. M/M Robert Mangus

5:30 pm Mass Resuming at later date TBD

Gifts of Bread and Wine

Anyone who would like to bring the gifts of bread and wine to the

altar for a weekend Mass, please call the Parish

Ministry to the Sick and Homebound

If a parishioner would like the Sacrament of the Sick before going

into the hospital or spiritual care while in the hospital, call the Parish

Office at 838-0395. The Sacrament of the Sick usually takes place

after a weekday or weekend Mass.

SUNDAY OFFERING

Due to early submission of Bulletin, Sunday Offering for

September 5, 2021 will be posted next bulletin. Thank you.

Collection Envelopes may be dropped off at the parish office or

mailed in, or place in offertory baskets at Mass.

Our Lady of Grace & Amazon search

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OUR LADY OF GRACE

PASTORAL COUNCIL 2020/2021

Rev. Brian Chadwick, Pastor

Richard Fowler Cyril (Cy) Huerter Marilyn Babcock

Dan Garner Kathy Gortat Lynn Strom Sarah Boyer

Nellie Dolatowski Mary VanTil

Georgia Veneziano John Breslin Michael Cardone

Catholic Services Appeal 2021 Week 8/31/2021

GOAL PLEDGED PAID

$ 62,531.00 $ 40,425.00 $ 38,195.00

I am most grateful to those who have responded so generously to the

2021 Catholic Services Appeal. We are currently at 61.08% of our

pledged amount, and 64.65% of our paid amount. We need your

help to fulfill our parish obligation of $ 62,531.00. We will still owe

$ 24,336.00 Your contribution helps provide tuition assistance for

those who seek a Catholic education at Our Lady of Grace grade

school and Diocesan high schools, the seminary education of men for

the priesthood, training and education of lay ministers, support for

retired priest, youth and young adult ministries, Catholic Charities, and

assistance to national and international works. Please consider a gener-

ous gift to this year’s CSA campaign. Thank you.

MASS INTENTIONS 2021

STEWARDSHIP AND PARISH ADMINISTRATION

MASS INTENTION BOOK 2022 –NOW OPEN

DUE TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF MASSES

(5) MASSES Per person is allowed

(These includes an allowance of only (1) Saturday Vigil Mass and (1)

Sunday Mass.) The remaining Masses can be scheduled weekdays.

3-WAYS TO REGISTER AT OUR LADY OF GRACE

If you are not a member and would like to join

Our Lady of Grace parish,

Please come to the parish office to register 3005 Condit

St., Highland. (BEST WAY)

Registration is also available online in the OLG website.

Complete Form & a parish representative will contact you.

Website: olgcatholicchurchhighland.org

You can Simply call Parish Office 219-838-0395 to get

registered

3005 Condit St., Highland, IN

Parish Office 219-838-0395

Office hours are Mon.-Fri., 9 am—5pm

We would like to remind everyone to please visit our parish

website. It is a good resource for weekly bulletins, (past and

present), the weekly readings, Mass Intentions, upcoming events,

meetings, general parish information, and guidelines.

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