“My Lord, and my God” March 24, 2019 “Repent, and believe in the Gospel”

Pastor Fr. George Nangachiveettil Email: georgenangachi@gmail.com

Cell: 317-965-9892

St. Thomas the Apostle, Fortville.

Baptism: All Baptisms are scheduled through the

Parish Office.

Reconciliation: Half hour before Saturday & Sunday

Masses or by appointment.

Lenten Penance Service Thursday, April 11th 7pm

First Eucharist: Preparation for first Eucharist occurs

in the 2nd grade religious education class.

Confirmation: Prepared during the junior and senior

years of high school.

Matrimony: A six month preparation prior to the

wedding. Contact the Parish Office.

Anointing the Sick: Please call office to anoint

before surgery or during any serious illness, or

to visit hospital or nursing homes.

Rite of Christian initiation of Adults: RCIA:

This program addresses the needs of adults who

wish to learn more about the Catholic Faith.

Please contact the Religious Education office.

A warm welcome: If you are visiting our Par-ish and you are interested to become part of our small Parish, please contact the Parish Office at: 317-485-5102

Jesus says, “If you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!”

The Wedding at Cana

Luke 6:27-38

Celebrating 150 years of Catholic Faith

Third Sunday of Lent

Parish Office 317-485-5101

OFFICE HOURS

Tue - Friday 8:30 am to 4:.30 pm

Mass Schedule

Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 8:00 am & 10:45 am

Tue & Wed 5:30 pm

Thursday & Fri 12:00 Noon

Monday Rosary 7.30 pm

Bible Study: Sunday 9:15 am & Thursday 1:30 pm

John 4:5-42

Luke 13:1-9

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March 26, Tuesday 5:30 pm Mass Deceased Bishops, Priests & Deacons

March 27, Wednesday 5:30 pm Mass Deceased Bishops, Priests & Deacons

March 28, Thursday 12:00 Noon Mass Deceased Bishops, Priests & Deacons

March 29, Friday 12:00 Noon Mass Deceased Bishops, Priests & Deacons

March 30, 5:00 pm Mass Michael Swain by Tony & Chris Miles

March 31, Sunday 8:00 am Mass Lou Faenzi by Bill & Stephanie Garst

March 31, Sunday 10:45 am Mass St. Thomas Parishioners

Ministry Schedule Mass Intentions

Saturday, March 30, 5:00 pm

Ushers Knights of Columbus Lectors Knights of Columbus Euch. Min. Deacon Frank Sunday, March 31, 8:00 am

Ushers Steve & Cheryl Middendorf Lectors Chad Hanna, Jeff Young Servers Sophie DeWael, Luke Zeilinga Euch. Min. Rob Rhinesmith Gifts Fischer Family Sunday, March 31, 10:45 am

Ushers Bill Dierckman, Laura Billstrom Lector Eran McCarty, Wes Nicholson Server Anthony Wallace, Aaron Moll Euch. Min. Deacon Tony Gifts Moll Family

Activities for the week of March 24—30

Sunday 9:15 RE Classes Monday 7:30 pm Pray the Rosary in Church Tuesday 7:00 pm Adult Choir Wednesday 7:00 pm Parish Council Thursday 1:30 pm Bible Study 6:30 pm Vespers & Stations of the Cross 7:00 Building Committee Friday 5:00 pm Stations of the Cross 5:30 pm Lenten Dinner Saturday

Volunteers the week of March 24 – 30 Collection Counters—Team D Homebound Minister—Stephanie Garst PV Nursing Home —Faith Martinez

TB Nursing Home —Rosemary Ritchie

Offerings for the week of March 17, 2019 Weekly Collection: $2,930.00

Average Weekly Online Giving: $815.00

Weekly Collections needed for budget including

online giving $4,056.00

Eastern Europe Collection: $149.62

Thank you for your stewardship

to St. Thomas the Apostle.

Let Us Pray, Lord, in your loving mercy please bless your servants who are in need of healing and strength: Janice Arnold, Sheryl Bornman, Frank Brady, Marie Collins, Calvin Cox, Ginger Dickerson, Billy Gehring, Robert Kennelly, Beth Shine, Crystal Smith, Thelma Smock all the sick and suffering from our parish, those serving in the military, and our home-bound, hospitalized and nursing home residents.

We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Daily Readings

Monday: Is 7: 10-14, 8: 10/Heb 10: 4-10; Lk 1: 26-38

Tuesday: Dn 3: 25, 34-43; Mt 18: 21-35

Wednesday: Dt 4: 1, 5-9; Mt 5: 17-19

Thursday: Jer 7: 23-28; Lk 11: 14-23

Friday: Hos 14: 2-10; Mk 12: 28-34

Saturday: Hos 6; 1-6; Lk 18: 9-14

Sunday: Jos5: 9a, 10-12;2Cor5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3,11-32

A Stewardship Moment In today’s Gospel Jesus offers his parable about last chances. The fig tree will have one last chance to bear fruit before it is cut down and destroyed. Good stewards realize that, like the fig tree, they are endowed with God-given gifts that are meant to “bear fruit” for God and neighbor. God has legiti-mate expectations of them. They also realize they do not know how much time they have left before the gardener returns for an accounting of their fruitfulness. How are we using our God-given gifts? How might we use our gifts to bear more fruit? The answer requires some urgency.

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Dear St Thomas Parishioners,

Peace of Christ! Greetings to all!

March 19th was the feast of St Joseph, the protector of Mary and foster father of Jesus. A thought came to me that we must recognize and pray for those families who have taken the challenge of adopting children. I sincerely appreciate those parents in our Parish who have adopted children, bringing to Church and taking care of their spiritual and phys-ical needs. May God bless them!

Spring, everybody is looking forward to spring. The official day of spring is 21st March. Spring has a spiritual meaning to us and to the nature. This is the season of fertility. Spring, the promise of new life; Easter, the promise of our resurrec-tion! Both events speak to us of the present, and both con-tain the seeds of the future. Spring looks to the fullness of growth and harvest and Easter looks fullness of our rebirth at the end of time. Thank you, Lord, for the spring, and for all your signs and promises that touch both time and eternity.

23rd March is my Ordination anniversary. I was ordained in 1983. By the grace of God I have completed 36 years. A priest's life today is not a bed of roses. Please keep me and all the priests in your prayers

We have a couple of projects coming up during this time. The most important is sealing, filling and repair of our parking lot. The Finance Committee has postponed the replacement the furnace in the hall for the next budget year due to lack of fund in the operational account to do both. We also need to raise a fund for celebrating our 150th anniversary of our Church. I appreciate your generous contributions, and Sun-day collections. Please continue your support for the needs of the parish. You make a difference.

God bless you

Father George Nangachi

Pastor

During Lent Thursdays: 6:30 pm Vespers and Stations of the Cross Fridays: 5:00 pm Stations of The Cross

5:30 pm Lenten Dinner

Joanna Flora – Joanna is the daughter of Dave and Carol Flora. She is a junior at Greenfield Central High School. Joanna has 3 brothers: Greg, Ben and Joseph and 4 sisters Becka, Amanda, Jenny and Amy. Joanna was born in Greenfield. She

has visited Kentucky, Ohio, Maria Stein, North Carolina, and Virginia. Her hobbies are rollerblading, horses, ani-mals, food, and basketball. When asked what she likes best about St. Thomas, Joanna said “The community and the warm smiles everyone has on their faces. It feels like home.” Joanna has helped out around St. Thomas by ush-ering and she is the youth representative on the parish council. Her favorite foods are ham with mashed potatoes and pineapple. Joanna sees her role after Confirmation as spreading God’s word and being a missionary. Joanna would also like you to know that she loves to help people, explaining her faith to her friends, ANIMALS, and she is very thankful for her friends and family for never letting her lose hope during her sickness. After high school Joan-na plans to go to college or radiology school. Please keep Joanna and all our Confirmation candidates in your pray-ers as they journey towards reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Parish Lent Penance Service Thursday, April 11th @7PM

A Very Special Thank You !

Thank you to all those who helped support the First Year Confirmation Students Baby Bottle Project. Thanks to your generosity we raised $1,320.00 to be given to the Right to Life and Birthline Charities.

Thank you, from the First Year Confirmation Students

Book club Third Friday of the Month Book Club will be on April 26th from 7-9:00pm. Please not this is actually the fourth Friday because of Good Friday. Join fellow readers in discussing Edward Sri’s book, Into His Likeness. “We all might desire to live more like Christ, but we know we fall short. This book simply helps us follow those initial promptings of the Holy Spirit, so we may more intentionally encounter Jesus anew each day and be more disposed to His grace changing us ever more.” Free copies available at the back of the church.

Little Lenten Library

Free Inspirational Books for All Ages

Are you looking for something inspiring for you or your children for Lent? Check out the free, gently used resources from fellow St. Thomas parishioners located in the parish hall. Enjoy!

PICK OF THE WEEK Listen on formed.org Stations of the Cross By Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Journey with Christ to Calvary

Personally follow Christ and His Sorrowful Mother on their jour-ney to Calvary with the Stations of the Cross. Moving medita-tions by Saint Alphonsus Liguori accompanied by the beautiful Latin hymn, Stabat Mater, draw you into a more intimate expe-rience of the Church’s powerful Lenten prayer.

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Happy Birthday Sunday, March 24: Jean Davis Monday, March 25: Sam Gwinn, Dan Jones, Tom Kelley, Delaney Thomas Tuesday, March 26: Wednesday, March 27: Sophia Borowicz, Kathy Gammons, Tim Wilson Thursday, March 28: Tyler Huffman, Kevin Padgett Friday, March 29: Joshua Higdon, Robert Hol-land Saturday, March 30:

St. Thomas Lenten Dinner Hosted by The Women’s Club

Friday, March 29th 5:30 pm to 7:00 p.m.

Fried Fish and Chili cheese Etouffee

ALL MEALS WILL ALSO INCLUDE, ASSORTED SAL-ADS, DESSERTS, LEMONADE AND ICE TEA Fish Dinners $7.00 all other dinners free will offering

Our Growing Catholic Community Continued...

Memories from Mary Weir

Mary remembers when the Church had all wood floors and a runner in the aisle, the kneelers were not padded, the offering basket had a really long handle and no rail-ing on the church steps and no ramp. She also remem-bers having to fast from midnight until time for Com-munion and receiving Communion only on the tongue and kneeling at the Communion rail. Ladies always had to have their head covered…Pat Garst forgot her hat one day and Father Spaulding told her to cover her head with her hanky. She remembers Carol Alfonte playing the organ for many years.

Join us for part of your Holy Week experience. There will be a brief prayer service at the start of the luncheon. The luncheon is a great opportunity to build community and prepare your

heart for Easter.

A $10 donation per person is re-quested

Monies collected by this luncheon will support the Crisis Office which provides assistance for rent, utilities,

transportation, medication expenses and identification for our neighbors in search of help and hope. The Crisis office helped over 36,000 people in need in 2018.

Questions? Contact Cheri Bush at cbush@archindy.org or (317) 236-1411.

Pro-Life Stations of the Cross 49 Days for Life Friday, April 12th 6pm to 7pm

It is our pleasure to invite you to our second Pro-Life Stations of the Cross Live just outside Planned Parenthood on Georgetown Rd and 86th St. (859 Georgetown Rd, Indianapo-lis, IN. this will be an opportunity for prayer, meditation, and active participation in the Stations of the Cross. For questions please call: 317-937-6614