February 4, 2018

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Pastor - Rev. Glenn L. O’Connor

Deacon - Dcn. Charlie Giesting cgiesting@saintsusanna.com

Principal: Michele Tillery mtillery@saintsusanna.com 317-839-3713 Business Manager: Rick Rader rrader@saintsusanna.com 317-839-3333 Bookkeeper: Katie VandenBergh kvandenbergh@saintsusanna.com 317-838-7722

Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation: Jackie VandenBergh jvandenbergh@saintsusanna.com 317-838-7722

Coordinator of Children’s Faith

Formation: Bridget Schlebecker bschlebecker@saintsusanna.com 317-838-7722 Director of Music: Agnes Magnaye amagnaye@saintsusanna.com 317-839-3713

Youth Minister: Ellice Bedel ebedel@saintsusanna.com 317-838-7723

Saint Susanna Church

1210 E. Main Street

Plainfield, IN 46168 www.saintsusanna.com

317-839-3333 Saint Susanna School

1212 E. Main Street

Plainfield, IN 46168

www.saintsusanna.com/school 317-839-3713 Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.—4 p.m.

St. Susanna has two prayer lines. For prayer requests call one of the following:

Nita Aldridge 317-839-5256 Clara Batchelor 317-918-6326

Parish Mission Statement We, the Catholic Community of St. Susanna Parish,

seek to provide spiritual growth, complete Catholic education, stewardship and community service to all worshippers.

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Follow us on Twitter @StSParish and @StSusannaSchool

www.SaintSusanna.com

ST. SUSANNA’S YOUNG ADULT

MINISTRY

YAM is a group of young adults (ages 18-35) who get together weekly to grow in faith, discussing Church teachings, the Bible, prayer and how it all applies to our real world, everyday lives! If you know someone who fits this de-scription, share our contact and encourage them to join us to see what we’re all about! Contact Katie Maples with any questions or comments (317) 850-0928 or stsuzyam@yahoo.com

Attention St Susanna Bakers - Mark your calendars! Donations of baked items are needed to make the annual Cherries & Chocolate Bake Sale a successful event Date: February 10 & 11 after each Mass. Pies, cakes, cookies, candy & brownies decorated for Valentines Day are extremely popular! Proceeds will benefit the needs of the Parish.

Women’s Club Meeting Please jo

in us on Tuesday February 6 in the Parish Center East. Rosary at 6:30

pm and meeting at 7pm. Have you been thinking about coming to a meeting? We would love to have you join us! Program: Tea & Cookies - Karen Burkhart Hostesses: Karen Burkhart, Judy Otey & Karen Jugg

Ivy Tech President to address

Catholic Business Exchange Sue Ellspermann, Ivy Tech Community College’s ninth president, will address the February Catholic Business Exchange. The title of her talk is: Christian Leadership During Tumultuous Times. The event is Friday morning, February 16, at the North Side Knights of Columbus. Mass starts at 7am and the program will be finished by 9am. Cost for the program includes a great breakfast and is $15 in advance for members and $21 for non-members. Registration is re-quired. To register, pay online and for more information, visit www.catholicbusinessexchange.org.

As we end Catholic Schools Week, I reflect on the Open House we hosted a few weeks ago. It was well attended by prospective fami-lies, who seem excited about St. Susanna School. It was interesting to learn that about ¾ of the people heard about St. Susanna not from signs or advertisements but from St. Susanna parish families! It was appropriate, then, that St. Susanna parishioner Jim Poole spoke at masses last weekend to share his family’s Catholic school journey. His boys – who are now sophomores at Roncalli High School – earn 4.2 and 3.7 GPAs and play varsity golf. In fact, over 90% of St. Susanna graduates have achieved the Honor Roll at their respective high schools. Additionally, 45 St. Susanna gradu-ates are currently playing IHSAA sports at 9 area public and private high schools. More importantly, his boys are continuing to live the Catholic values reinforced by St. Susanna School. Clearly, St. Susanna School prepares children to meet the challenges of high school! Thanks to everyone who helped make the Sparty Party such a fun event! Special thanks to Toni Ellis, who organized the event. Thanks also to the many volunteers who helped make the event run smoothly. Congratulations to the “Speedway” Crew on their big win! Everyone had a great time, regardless of the score. Spartan Spirit Awards - For week of January 22: Mary Burger, Cecilia Prather, Aoife Taheny, Jackson Hewlett, Savannah Acker, Thomas Andres. Keep letting your lights shine! Keep letting your light shine!

Student News: Congratulations to the students who represented St. Susanna School in the West Deanery Art and Theology competi-tion last Thursday. Our kids did a great job! ART: 8th grade: Ken Ohaya – 2nd place 7th grade: Brooke Cutshall – Honorable Mention 6th grade: Elizabeth Rhoderick – 1st place 5th grade: Caroline Saupp – Honorable Mention 4th grade: Makenna Quinn – Honorable Mention 3rd grade: Kennedy Christian – 3rd place 2nd grade: Aoife Taheny – Honorable Mention 1st grade: Ahmya Journey-Gilbert – Honorable Mention Kdg: Redmond Edo THEOLOGY: 7/8 grade: Hudson Miller (3rd place), Elizabeth Taylor, Ken Ohaya 5/6 grade: Kelvin Ohaya (3rd place), Elizabeth Rhoderick Do you have any good news to share? Anything our students or graduates have accomplished? Please let me know how students and graduates are letting their lights shine!

What Every Parent Needs to Know About Child Development: Thursday, February 8; 6:30pm. Did you know that at certain ages, a child’s brain goes through growth stages that can impact behavior, attitude, and learning? Find out about these stages and how you can help your child navigate through them. *Deanna Nibarger is the Social and Emotional Behavior Coach in MSD Washington Township. She attended Indiana University for undergrad and earned a degree in Elementary Education and Spe-cial Education. Recently, she earned Masters in Educational School Leadership and a Neuroscience Certificate from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Deanna has worked in resource, life-skills, intensive-intervention self contained, and general education class-room settings. Her work in educational neuroscience began in 2013 with Dr. Lori Desautels, professor at Butler University. The two col-laborated in her 5th grade classroom and brought these strategies to life with great success. Deanna continues to integrate this work throughout her district and around the country and is excited to share this framework with each one of you.

God bless,

Michele

School News DOZENS & DOZENS of THANKS!

Thank you to the wonderful group of parishioners who ar-ranged for the reception following the First Reconciliation ser-vice. The children and their families enjoyed dozens of cookies made with love and given from the heart. We are a blessed community!

In the Know with CLOW…

The youth at St. Susanna have really adapted to our implementation of Children’s Liturgy Of the Word. We offer CLOW to the youth in kinder-garten through second grade at the 9:00 am Mass each weekend that there is also morning religious educa-tion. The kids love having a part of the Mass that is just for them. We have special readings, sing our own ‘Alleluia’ to the tune of ‘Jingle Bells’ , offer personal intentions and bring forth the gifts as we process back into Mass. We are always looking for adult volunteers and any older youth that would enjoy “helping” the younger kids pay attention. CLOW is an excellent way to grow the community of St. Susanna. Our young parish family members enjoy “owning” part of the service and love recognizing faces in the crowd dur-ing the exchange of peace. If you are interested in helping CLOW in any way, please contact Laura Demerly at demerly-family@att.net. As we enter the holy season of Lent, we will be inviting the

CLOWers to participate in the regular Lenten activities of our

parish; most specifically we will remind the youth their families

can bring back palms for burning to ashes for Ash Wednesday,

invite the kids to add a prayer on purple paper to the prayer

cross in the Gathering Space when prayer is needed, with their

families they can remove a paper with another church mem-

ber’s prayer need and to offer their Lenten sacrifice on the pink

paper slips to place in the glass vases. We may even have our

own poster board to celebrate our personal growth and love

during Lent as well. So be on the lookout for more from

CLOW. And as always, thank you for your support and

prayers.

Announcement of Scholarships at Mary, Queen of Peace and St. Susanna As part of our mission to support the parish families, the Knights of Columbus Council 11896 is offering a $1,000 college scholar-ship for one student at St. Susanna and one student at Mary, Queen of Peace (total two $1,000 scholarships). The scholar-ships are for graduating high school senior candidates that will be attending a trade school or 2/4 yr college in the fall. The qualifications are outlined in applications that are available in the entrance of the church or on the KOC website (http://www.kofc11896.org). Interested students are to complete the application, attach a copy of their high school transcript, and participate in a short interview in May. The winner for each par-ish will be announced during a Mass in May. For questions, con-tact information is available on the application. Application and transcript are due by April 6th,2018

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Liturgical Ministers Schedule

Treasure

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SUNDAY OFFERING (ENVELOPES & LOOSE) $ 19,226.41 (ELECTRONIC GIVING) $ 2,699.00 HOLY DAY $ 20.00 YEAR TO DATE BUDGET $ 719,830.54 ($23,220.34/wk) YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL $ 764,647.79 TOTAL YTD SURPLUS $ 44,817.25 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS First Offering $ 270.00 2ND COLLECTION JAN. 28th $ 1,121.20 Propagation of the Faith Collection 2ND COLLECTION FEB. 4TH Future Needs 2ND COLLECTION FEB. 11TH Family Promise

Time & Talent

Saturday – 5:30, February 10, 2018

Lector

1. Ron English

Servers

1. Ava Beck

2. Drew Pecar

3. Evan Stader

E.M’s

1. Rick Aldridge

2. Bill Gorman

3. Steve Hulin

4. Denise Harris

5. Tony Trimble

6. Tanya Ethridge

7. Kathy Mickel

8. Joanne Slykas

9. Yvonne Dougherty

Sunday – 7:30, February 11, 2018

Lector

1. Karen Burkhart

Servers

1. Elizabeth Ellis

2. Olivia Rhoderick

3.

EM’s

1. Michelle Sprinkle

2. Larry Schmitz

3. Gert Grossi

4. Mary Giesting

Sunday – 9:00, February 11, 2018

Lector

1. John Demerly

Servers

1. Adam Bedel

2. Isabelle Bedel

3. Margaret Lamb

EM’s

1. Clark Griffin

2. Paul Otts

3. Linda Otts

4. Kelli Singleton

5. Kristin Schubert

6. Suzanne Mirise

7. Joan Berkopes

8. Alice Defour

9. Al Chlupacek

Sunday – 11:30, February 11,

2018

Lector

1. Phil Burns

Servers

1. Jordan Schmitt

2. Caroline Saupp

3. Bridget Watt

EM’S

1. Ed Burns

2. Eloisa Garza

3. Kathy Authenreith

4. Monique Mohler

5. Bill Verhonik

6. Gayle Lewis

7. David Gooding

8. Anita Raiford

9. Mary Parsons

Counters

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CLOW Leader: Joan Berkopes

Family Promise Host Week

February 25 – March 4, 2018

Our next St. Susanna/St. Mark Family Promise Host Week

will take place at St Mark Episcopal Church from February

25 – March 4, 2018.

Volunteers are needed for setup and tear down, meal prep,

evening hosts, overnight hosts, donations of non-perishable

food /supplies and monetary donations for miscellaneous

necessities during the week.

Middle school and high school volunteers are welcome to

join us as evening event coordinators to work with our

toddlers and elementary school guests.

Signup at your convenience using Signup Genius:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094eaca92ea4fa7-

family6

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094eaca92ea4fa7-

family7 Food, supplies, etc.

Or signup in person after Mass the weekend of February 17

-18, 2018.

Additional St. Susanna and St. Mark Family Promise Host

Week volunteer opportunities for 2018 include Apr 22 -

29, July 8 - 15, and Oct 21 -28.

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Confessions: Saturdays 4:30PM—5:00PM Or by appointment, call 317-407-0755 to schedule.

Baptismal Preparation: Call the Parish Office. 839-3333

Communion to the Homebound, Anointing of the Sick & Emergencies: Call the Parish Office. 839-3333

Weddings: Call the Parish Office. 839-3333

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If you would like to become a registered

parishioner of St. Susanna Church, please fill out

our registration form and return it to the church office.

Parish Registration Forms are available from the

church office and also in the vestibule of church.

More information available from the church office.

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Saturday

02-03

5:30pm Mike Meyer

Lilian Eneh

Sunday

02-04

7:30am

9:00am

11:30am

People of St. Susanna

Ruth Driscoll

Lourdes Camacho

Tuesday

02-06

7:30am

6:00pm

Joe and Louise Vaccari

A.B. Youmans

Wednesday

02-07

7:30am Harold Lyle

Thursday

02-08

8:45am Dorothy Grady

Friday

02-09

7:30am Rose Vereen

Saturday

02-10

5:30pm Patricia Fajt

Sunday

02-11

7:30am

9:00am

11:30am

People of St. Susanna

Thomas O’Donnell

Jose Espique

Monday

02-05

7:30am

Communion Service

Sunday, February 4 Coffee & Donuts Sunday—PC East Girl Scout Cookie Sales—PC East/GS 7:30 AM — Mass 9:00 AM — Mass (CLOW during Mass) 10:00 AM — Religious Education classes 11:30 AM — Mass

Monday, February 5 7:30 AM — Communion Service 6:30 PM — Bible Study: Acts —PC West Tuesday, February 6

7:30 AM — Mass 6:00 PM — Mass 6:30 PM — RCIA—PC West 7:00 PM — Women’s Club Meeting—PC East

Wednesday, February 7 7:30 AM — Mass 7:00 PM — Adult Choir practice—Church 7:00 PM — HS PEER—PC West

Thursday, February 8 8:45 AM — Mass 6:00 PM — Respect Life/Gabriel Project Meetings —Gathering Space 6:30 PM — Alpha—PC West 6:30 PM — Child Brain Development Presentation—PC East

Friday, February 9 7:30 AM — Mass 8:00 AM to 6:00PM — Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament—Church 9:00 AM — Coffee Chat—PC West

Saturday, February 10 5:30 PM — Mass

Sunday, February 11 Women’s Club Cherries & Chocolates Bake Sale In the Gathering Space after all Masses today! 7:30 AM — Mass 9:00 AM — Mass (CLOW during Mass) 10:00 AM — Religious Education classes 9th Grade Retreat Day! 11:30 AM — Mass 6:45 PM — Religious Education classes (except for 9th & 10th grades)

Gabriel Project News

Do you or anyone else you may know need help with a pregnancy? Please contact Michelle Sprinkle, St.

Susanna Gabriel Project Coordinator, at 317-437-9991, if help is needed or if you are interested in joining the team. Also, confidential free services are available by calling 877-734-

2444.

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CONFERENCE, MARCH 10, 2018

Right now, we need St. Susanna women to attend the annual Catholic Women’s Conference on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at the Indiana Convention Center’s 500 Ballroom, downtown Indi-anapolis. For the fourth year, St. Susanna Respect Life Ministry has volunteered to coordinate a group table of ten to attend the Conference. The advantage is twofold: first, you can enjoy a day of spiritual renewal and fellowship with other St. Susanna women; second, joining us enables you to get the group rate of $45 per person. Speakers are Monsignor Charles Pope of EWTN fame; Sonja Corbett, Bible Study Evangelista; and Mother Margaret Mary, founder of Mary’s Children. See the poster on the bulletin board in the Gathering Space to sign up. You can also call or text Judy at 317-507-4249 to reserve your seat. Come join us! 40 DAYS FOR LIFE – SPRING CAMPAIGN NEEDS PRAYER

VOLUNTEERS Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, along with St. Valen-tine’s Day and the Spring campaign for 40 Days for Life, the vigil where volunteers pray to end abortion. St. Susanna’s commit-ment for prayer in front of Planned Parenthood is each Sunday in Lent: from Noon to 2 p.m. Please consider spending one hour during the 40 days in front of Planned Parenthood, 8590 Georgetown Rd., Indianapolis. To sign up or to learn more, go to www.40daysindy.org or see the display board in the Gathering Space. For those who can’t get to Planned Parenthood, con-sider taking a few minutes to pray during Adoration on Fridays in St. Susanna Church, between 8 am and 6 pm. RESPECT LIFE MINISTRY & GABRIEL PROJECT JOINT

MEETING – FEBRUARY 8, 2018 Gabriel Project hosts Marvetta Grimes, Director of Seeds of Hope, a women’s addiction center, at the next meeting of Re-spect Life Ministry and Gabriel Project joint meeting on Thurs-day, February 8, 2018, at 6 pm in the Gathering Space of St. Susanna Church. Come and learn about Seeds of Hope and also about Respect Life Ministry and Gabriel Project. FOR GREATER GLORY – MOVIE NIGHT, FEBRUARY 9,

2018 The movie, For Greater Glory, will be shown in the Parish Cen-ter on Friday, February 9, 2018, at 6 pm. The movie is the true story of the Mexican people’s fight for religious freedom during the Cristero War between 1926-1929. Everyone welcome! Re-freshments and snacks served.

Respect Life Ministry Each of us has a mission, each of us is called to change the world, to

work for a culture of life, a culture forged by love and respect for the

dignity of each human person.

You Can Help Your Marriage – Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each other? Do you argue … or have you stopped talking to each other? Do you wonder if your mar-riage might end? Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vī) is a world-wide program that offers tools needed for hurting couples to re-discover a loving marriage relationship. For more than 30 years, the program has helped hundreds of thousands of couples heal their hurting marriages. To learn more about the program or to register for the February 23 - 25 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 con-fidential registration information.

St Vincent DePaul Saturday February 10th is St Susanna Con-ference’s next scheduled Saturday to volun-teer between the hours of 8am—11am at the St Vincent dePaul Pratt-Quigley Food Pantry, located at 3001 East 30th Street, Indianapolis,

IN. Please sign up your volunteer hours at

www.signupgenius.com.

Monday February 12th is our next conference meeting in the Gathering Space from 6pm—7pm.

Parish Council Elections The parish council has three (3) openings for members to serve our amazing parish family. Two (2) "at large" seats and Parish Life Chair seat have opened. Elections will occur the weekend of February 24th and 25th. The terms for Parish Council Seats are three years. The current openings will be up for re-election in June 2021. Please send nominations to parishcouncil@saintsusanna.com. Be sure to include a paragraph as to why the individual is be-ing nominated, a picture, and contact information. Any immedi-ate questions can be directed to Bart Fisher, Parish Council Chair, 317-268-8859 cell.