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St. Paul Catholic CenterThe Newman Center at Indiana University
www.hoosiercatholic.org
All emails end in @hoosiercatholic.orgPastor/Director of Campus MinistryFr. Patrick Hyde, O.P………………. frpatrickAssoc. PastorFr. Reginald Wolford, O.P…………. frreginaldAssoc. PastorFr. Dennis Woerter, O.P……………. frdennisPriest in Residence Fr. Justus Pokrzewinski, [email protected], Ron Reimer……………... deaconronMusic Ministry, Tim Gregson……….. tgregsonSecretary, Mary Reilly………………….. mreillyFront desk............................................….officeDirector of Mission AdvancementTom Recker..........................................treckerDevelopment CoordinatorTori Fourman……………………………...toriBusiness Office Manager Tim Mercer…………………………….tmercerBuilding Manager, Lee Chapman…….lchapmanParish Pastoral Council Chair, Kevin ConwayFinance Council President, Renee PetrinaPastoral Interns Caroline Walker......cwalkerCheyenne Johnson......cjohnsonSam Messier......smessierZach Smith......zsmithPeter Baldan....pbaldanFOCUS Missionaries email ends in @focus.orgTeam Director, Gabe McHaffie….gabriel.mchaffieElizabeth White....elizabeth.whiteElizabeth Joslyn....elizabeth.joslynGabby Hancock....gabrielle.hancockBrennan Skerjannec....brennan.skerjannecOutreach MinistryMarianne [email protected] [email protected]
Mass, Confession, and Eucharistic Adoration Times
Saturday Vigil 4:30pmSunday: 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm (Spanish), 5:30pm, 9:00pm
Weekday:12:15pm Monday-Friday5:30pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday9:00pm Tuesday, Thursday8:30am Saturday
Confession:Monday-Thursday, 6:30-8pm30 minutes before all Sunday Masses
Eucharistic Adoration:8:00am-9:00am Monday-Friday6:00pm-9:00pm Monday-Thursday12:45pm-5:30pm Friday
October 3rd, 2021, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 3rd, 2021, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Office HoursMonday-Friday: 8:30am-6:00pm
Note from the Priests
October 3rd, 2021, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear St. Paul Parishioners and Benefactors,
I am happy to share with you our financial report for the 2021 Fiscal Year. It was a year of remarkable challenges and successes. We started the fiscal in June 2020, emerging from a shutdown of nearly three months, and ended on June 30, 2021, with Masses back to full capacity. Throughout, we faced almost constant uncertainty while renovating the parish basement and navigating ministry during a pandemic.
The dedication and financial commitment of our parishioners and benefactors, paired with prudent cost-reduction measures, contributed to a year of relative financial health and stability.
After an initial (and significant) drop in revenue tied to the Spring 2020 shutdown, our collections and contributions, our primary sources of revenue, returned to pre-pandemic levels and have remained steady.
Additionally, the short-term challenges of that initial drop in revenue, paired with staff transitions, forced us to come to terms with our demographic and financial realities. We saw an opportunity to build our mission in sustainable and creative new ways.
We believe our mission-focused adjustments will have a long-term positive impact, especially our growing campus ministry. Two of the changes we implemented were the collaboration with St. Charles in religious education for children and a more flexible workforce through our Pastoral Intern program. We were able to reduce overall costs while creating new (and exciting) opportunities for greater interaction between resident and student communities.
$258,833.00
$683,406.00
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Donations (22.1% reduction) Collections (3.4% reduction)
Variation in Donations and Collections across Fiscal Years
2019/2020
2020/2021
$894,945.00
$1,043,598.00
$831,462.00 $913,066.00
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Expenses (7.1% reduction) Income (12.5% reduction)
Expenses vs Income across Fiscal Years
2019/2020
2020/2021
To be sure, we still face some major challenges ahead, but our parish is truly blessed to enjoy generous support from our parishioners and benefactors. Over the past year, our community has responded with open hearts, our campus ministry has grown, and our pastoral staff has capitalized on our flourishing campus ministry to build and enhance the broader parish.
On behalf of the entire St. Paul’s community, thank you to everyone who was able to support us financially through the pandemic. Thank you also for your continued support as we improve our ministry.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Fr. Patrick Hyde, OPPastor
October 3rd, 2021, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Note from the PriestsDrop in revenue matched by a reduction of expenses. Last year, we saw a drop in both revenue and expenses compared to the previous year. Our decrease in income came from several factors: lower Sunday collections, the end of our Lilly Grant, lower donations and contributions, and less collected in fees. Apart from the Lilly Grant, the drop in revenue was largely the result of decreased in-person Mass attendance, activities, and donor visits.The decrease in expenses was achieved mostly though reductions in salaries and benefits, as we did not rehire certain positions and have moved towards a more flexible workforce. We also reduced hospitality and program expenses because the combination of COVID protocols and the basement renovation limited what we could do with campus ministry.
Remarkable Generosity. The generous response of our parishioners and benefactors was remarkable given the realities of limited in-person participation at Mass and the inability of our development officers to meet with benefactors in-person.
At the beginning of the last fiscal year, our Sunday collections were down nearly 20% to the previous year. However, the last six months of the fiscal year saw a marked increase in the generosity of our parishioners. Much of this was made possible when regular donors switched to online giving.
We actually exceeded our budgeted donations goal by 25%. Donations in the prior year were higher, howev-er, this is because in the previous fiscal we received two large, unsolicited gifts totaling more than $80,000. When we take that into consideration, the work of our development office to connect with parishioners and benefactors and to exceed our budget is even more impressive.
Causes for Hope.One of the biggest reasons we saw our Sunday collections return was a shift to electronic donations. We plan to continue to move as many of our parishioners and benefactors to electronic giving as possible, because it reduces variability.
Another reason for hope is our new Pastoral Intern Program. This program provides five, full-time employees for our parish, especially for our campus ministry, at a minimal cost to because the interns are responsible for fundraising some of their salaries. Lastly, more people are now willing to attend in-person meetings from our development team. This enables Tom Recker and his assistant to provide greater care for and engagement with our parishioners and benefactors. As a result, we are confident our development revenue will continue to provide the funds necessary for maintaining and even building our ministry now and into the future.
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$413,646.00
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Benefits (20.5% reduction) Salary (7.9% reduction)
Variation in Benefits and Salaries across Fiscal Years
2019/2020
2020/2021
October 3rd, 2021, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
WorshipPrayers for the Sick of Our Parish
Names of the sick will be listed for four weeks at a time. If you wish for a name to remain on the list longer, please contact the parish office at 812-339-5561 or [email protected]
Tracey Neumann, Zach Simon, Ok-Kyu Park, Nancy Tosick, the Christian family, Pat Meier, Donna Gentile, Anne Novak, Janet Harriet, Kelly deSouza, Dick Lubbehusen, Fr. Dan Atkins, Bob Wasick Sr., Pat Starkey, Tom Lenahan, Peyton Burnheart, and Bobby Burnheart, Michael Tosick, Demi Marie Schnorr, Roger Kraese, Anita Westerhaus, Julie Luella-Anne Wertz, Talia Brown, Hazel Fender, Kathryn Marszalek, Kate Suarez.
Pray for them, and for all who are elderly, infirm, and homebound. If you would like to add a name to the prayer list, please contact Mary Reilly at 812-339-5561.
Mass IntentionsWeek of October 3rd
Saturday Vigil 4:30pm †Leonard PrimianoSunday 8:30am †Erin McGarvey 10:30am Memorial to the Unborn(Spanish) 12:30pm †Joe Evans 5:30pm St. Paul Parishioners 9:00pm Intentions of the Travis FamilyMonday 12:15pm †Robert Brennan 5:30pm †Tracy NeumannTuesday 12:15pm †Provy Pacritti 9:00pm †George Budd & †Jeannie BuddWednesday 12:15pm †Matthew Finegan 5:30pm †Bill GressThursday 12:15pm †Robbie Chapman 9:00pm †Bob Chapman Sr.Friday 12:15pm †Darla Wasick 5:30pm Intentions of Eunice & Matthew Donovan
During a time of prayer on Sunday or while viewing the Mass on TV or online, the faithful are encouraged to make an act of Spiritual Communion. This beautiful devotional practice in the Church is a real source of grace in Communion with our Lord. Below is an example of a prayer for Spiritual Communion.
Novena Prayer Group
The Novena Prayer Group at St. Paul invites you to join us on a journey of prayer. We pray short and long Novenas all year round. For more information, contact Anita Park at [email protected].
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.
Amen.
Baptism
Hayden August Salatin
Congratulations!
Wedding
Jose Luis Cuatlehua-Coatl
And
Elizabeth Cielo-Pani
Congratulations!
October 3rd, 2021, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Campus Ministry
Academic Year Schedule ResumesOur academic year mass schedule has resumed. Please join us for 9pm mass on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sundays.
RCIA Announcement
RCIA meets every Wednesday at 7PM in the St. Thomas Aquinas Classroom and Library in the basement of St. Paul's. Please contact Zach Smith at [email protected] for more info.
Hoosier Catholic Socks for Sale!St. Paul's is excited to announce we have partnered with Sock Religious to produce a unique sock for our Hoosier Catholic community.
These socks are an opportunity for Hoosier Catholics and for those who support us to “walk by faith, not by sight,” as our patron St. Paul tells us, as we work to build up the Kingdom of God one person at a time.
These socks are great for students, alumni, parents, and anyone you know who loves IU and desires to support our work of sharing the Gospel on the IU campus. Your purchase will help us reach more souls and soles.
Socks will be on sale at St. Paul's and through the Sock Religious website.
25% of all sales through link provided (including socks other than Hoosier Catholic's) will come back to St. Paul's to support our campus ministry.
Bookeeper needed in Martinsville
Home Football Games AnnouncementSt. Paul's will offer $20 football parking and Knights of Columbus pulled pork cookouts at St. Paul's for all home football games.
No Saturday Mass on home football games Saturdays: October 16, October 23, November 13, November 20.
Sunday Suppers
Every Sunday after the 5:30pm mass there is a free meal offered for students. If you are a parishioner or sutduent and would like to volunteer to cook a meal please email Caroline Walker ([email protected]).
Small Group Bible Studies
St. Paul Catholic Center offers Fellowship of Catholic Univeristy Students (FOCUS) bible studies to all undergraduate students. Please contact [email protected] for more information
October 3rd, 2021, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Parish Information and News
A Gift from Your Required Minimum Distribution
As calendar yearend is fast approaching, parishioners aged 70 ½ and up, and who have a qualified retirement plan, must take a required minimum distribution (RMD) from that plan each year. Using this RMD as a charitable gift vehicle, called a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), is a great way to help St. Paul’s meet its mission and vision. A QCD allows you to direct your RMD tax free to St. Paul Catholic Center. You simply instruct your plan’s custodian to directly send all or a portion of your RMD to the charity of your choice (in this case, St. Paul’s). You cannot transfer the RMD to you, and then forward it to the charity; it must be sent directly to us from the plan custodian. A QCD is not counted towards a donor’s gross taxable income (AGI). For some donors, it could lower their Social Security benefits tax, and/or their Medicare premium rate (this is something you would need to discuss with your tax advisor). For further information and to discuss utilizing a QCD, contact Tom Recker, Director of Mission Advancement at either 812/339-5561, ext. 214, or [email protected].
50+ Gathering
Please join us for Fun, Food and Fellowship!
When: Saturday, October 9 at 5:45pm (note the earlier start time)
Where: Higgins Hall
Please bring a dish to share, your own plates and utensils and your drink of choice. We look forward to seeing Old Friends and New Faces. Any questions call Debbie or Bob Zerr at 574-220-2561.
Women's Bible StudyWomen's Bible Study continues to meet every Thursday morning from 10:00am to 11:30am. We are using a hyrbid format, with participation both in-person and online. If you are interested in joining us, please contact [email protected]
Join our music ministry! Attention all musicians! If you sing or play an instrument, consider lending your talents in Mass. Also please consider cantoring or playing an instrument for us. Let’s worship together in music and song again! Contact our Director of Music Tim Gregson for more information: [email protected].
September 12, 2021, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time