PaduaPress

316 N. Sherwood Ave., Clarksville, IN., 47129 Quarterly publication June 2015

2015 St. Anthony Parish PicnicSaturday, June 20 ~ 12 noon to 11:00 pm.Food Court • Soft Drinks • Beer • Ice Cream • Snow Cones • Funnel Cakes

Mini-Raffles • Bingo • Gambling • Midway Games and BoothsCapital Prizes ~ Grand Prize $5,000, 2nd $1,000 and 3rd $500

Chicken Dinner from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. ~ Beer Garden/Gambling Area opens at 5:00 p.m.

Our Annual Parish Picnic will be a one-day spectacular event this year! If you have yet to volunteer for, or attend our annual picnic, please join us and sign-up for this year’s festivities. There are many ways to help, and it will be loads of fun spending time with old friends and

making new ones! The Picnic Committee has been busy planning, and there is a great deal of excitement over the new one-day format.

Delicious Fried Chicken DinnerDinner be served in the air-conditioned

Gym from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Adults $9 ~ Senior Citizens $8 ~ Children $7

Dinner includes chicken, with your choices of all-you-can eat dumplings, green beans, slaw

and dessert. Beverage includes your choice of tea, lemonade or water.

Carryout is available.

• Game Booths — There will be great prizes offered including baseball hats, stuffed animals, inflatable’s, plants and more. Most game booths will close around 9:00pm. Cheer Wagon, Instant Bingo, Capital Prize and Mini-Raffles will stay open until the drawings take place at 11:00pm. • Bingo — Will be held in the air-conditioned Social Hall.• Children’s Activities — Play Land returns and will feature the giant inflatable slide and other fun activities for the kids. Kiddie Land will have Leap Frog as well as the popular Dino Dig/Duck Pond/Ball Toss area. The preschool-ers always have a great time in Kiddie Land.• Food Court — We’re cooking up hamburgers, cheeseburgers, brats, corn dogs, fish, fries, nachos, and other great items along with ice cream, beer, sodas, etc. Sno-Cones and Cotton Candy will be available on the midway.• Beer Garden — The Beer Garden/Gambling will open at 4:00 pm.• Musical Entertainment — Provided all day by DJ Brian Cash Fisher.

2 June 2015

St. Anthony Picnic ~ Week of EventsLooking for a fun way to get some volunteer/service hours in and help our parish? Here’s a list of activities that need volunteers to help during the week prior to the picnic. Many hands make light work, so come on by and lend a hand (or two). Hope to see you there!

Pre-PICNICTuesday, June 16th 6:00pm – Picnic Set-Up (Help is needed)

Wednesday, June 17th 6:00pm – Picnic Set-Up (Help is needed)

Thursday, June 18th 6:00pm – Picnic Set-Up (Help is needed)

Friday, June 19th 6:00pm – Picnic Set-Up (Help is needed)

PICNIC DAYSaturday, June 20th11:00am – Booth Chairs Arrive

12:00 noon – Picnic Opens

2:00pm – Chicken Dinner Opens

4:00 Mass at St. Anthony (Note change in Mass time)

11:00pm – Capital Prize Drawing

11:30pm – Mass at St. Anthony

Sunday, June 21st 6:00am – Electric tear down begins

8:00am – Picnic clean-up/tear down(Help is needed)

• Capital Prizes/Raffle Tickets — Raffle tickets will be mailed to all Parish families by May 15. When you receive your tickets try to sell as many as you can. If you have any left over, please return them to the Church or bring them to the picnic. You can return raffle tickets to the Parish Office or put them in the Sunday collection by marking your envelope “Picnic-Capital Prize/Raffles.” Per Indiana Gaming Law, please do not combine Raffle money with any other contributions.• NEW This Year — The raffling off of a “Preferred Meats $300 Gift Certificate.” The raffle winner will get a certificate to customize their own order of packaged meats from Preferred Meats of Sellersburg, Indiana.On picnic day, raffle tickets will be available until around 11:00 p.m. when the drawings take place. • Masses — Will be held at 4:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.• Sponsorship — A great opportunity to advertise your business/services or campaign is to be a Picnic Sponsor. The costs (which are tax deductible) range from $200 for a professional full-color 2 ft. x 3 ft. sign, or $500 for a full-color 3 ft. x 5 ft. sign to be placed for all to see at this year’s picnic. Your name will also be listed in our church bulletin and on our website as a business sponsor. Please contact Dena King at 812-944-8581 or Betty Hutt at 502-551-2831 for more information.A list of corporate sponsors on page 3

Donation Items Needed2 Liter Soft Drinks For the Ring Toss Booth. Beginning May 30 until the start of the picnic, grocery carts will be in the back of Church and in the Social Hall hallway to collect them.Gift Cards/Gift Certificates Help is needed for either soliciting vendors yourself, or generously donating gift cards/certificates in amounts of $5 or $10. Please send gift cards/certificates to the Parish Center in an envelope marked “ATTN: Picnic Committee/Gift Card Booth.”Cakes for Cake Booth Donations will need to be delivered by Friday evening, June 19 to the Parish Office basement.

• Picnic Yard Signs — Please pick up your yard sign in the back of Church and help promote our Parish Picnic to your neighbors.• Picnic Volunteer Sign-Up — We need everyone’s help to have a successful picnic. Sign up online today at our Parish website www.stanthony-clarksville.org. We will also have volunteer sign-ups after Mass on May 30 and 31 and June 6 and 7.

3 June 2015

By Fr. Joe With the next edition of the Padua Press we will be revising the format in response to the ever changing communication technologies. Put simply: it will be smaller. Here’s why:

1) Our parish web site (stanthony-clarksville.org) and that of the school (stap.us), like those of most organi-zations, have become the main hubs of communica-tions in the parish.

2) Both the parish and school send out email notes weekly. The parish’s “Week at a Glance” is sent every Thursday and the school’s “Bear Facts” is sent each Wednesday. Visit the web sites to sign-up for one or both of these super convenient ways to keep up with all things St. Anthony.

3) For several years now, the school has published its own quarterly newsletter. This newsletter is sent to all the recipients of the Padua Press. Therefore, the need for space has been greatly reduced in the Padua

Press.

4) Our youth communicate extensively by “social me-dia”; text messaging, Twitter and Instagram for exam-ple. BTW (by the way), Facebook I am told, is now for old people, not the younger generation. I can’t keep up. But our Youth Minister does! These communica-tions by-pass the Sunday Bulletin and other print forms of communication and appear instantly on the screen right before their eyes.

My concern with all of this technology is that some may feel left out. Those who do not have access to, or choose not to participate in the recent technologies still want to be kept informed. The Padua Press and School Newsletters mailed directly to your home will, along with the Sunday Bulletin continue to communi-cate the most essential information everyone needs to know to be actively involved and included.

I hope that wasn’t TMI, but I want to be your BFF and besides, ILY.

Focus on Communication

2015 Picnic Sponsors

This is a listing of our current Picnic Sponsors. Thank you to these companies for your early sponsorship. See page 2 for information on how you can be recognized at our parish picnic, in our church bulletin and in the next

parish newsletter.

Carpet CornerErnstberger Orthodontics

Joe’s Car WashK of C Jeffersonville

Kentucky Truck SalesThe Locker Room

Seabrook, Dieckmann & Naville Funeral HomeDr. Joseph Fleck DDS

E. M. Coots & Sons Funeral HomeFirst Savings Bank

Libs Paving CompanyMaxcare Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning

Oral & Maxiofacial SurgeonsOne Vision Federal Credit Union

Dennis Ott & ComanyPC Lumber & Hardware

Morrison ChiropracticStemler Plumbing

RSS Roofing Services & SolutionsYour Community Bank

Norton CommonsParty Central Rental & SalesProsser School of Technology

Sunbelt Rentals

“Give A Little In Memory Of Those Who Gave All”

St. Anthony Parish hosts a Red Cross Blood drive every other month thoughout the year. This June we are hosting a very special drive: The Indiana Fallen Officer Blood Drive. Sgt. Dan R. Starnes, a Sheriff’s Deputy with the Mor-gan County Sheriff Department, lost his life in the line of duty on July 10, 2001. To keep Dan’s legacy alive a blood drive was organized in Morgan County in Dan’s honor. The first drive was held in August 2001 in Morgan County, and every year thereafter until it was requested that the blood drive be taken statewide in 2007. In 2007 the blood drives went statewide in honor of Dan and all of our fallen officers. The blood drive was renamed from Sgt. Dan R. Starnes Memorial Blood Drive to Indiana Fallen Officer Blood Drive. We are pleased to announce St. Anthony will be hosting the Indiana Fallen Officer Blood Drive for Clark County in June. On June 9, 2015 Red Cross staff will be here from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the South Social Hall for volunteers to come and donate the gift of life. You may pre- register for the drive at redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code 0241294 or call 1-800- RED-Cross to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins are also welcome.

4 June 2015

A Week at a Glance If we have your e-mail on file with us you get an e-mail each week called “A Week at a Glance.” Each Thursday we will send St. Anthony parishioners an e-mail where they can quickly view: • What is happening in our Parish over the next 7 days; • Review upcoming events that you may want to “Save the Date”; and • Quick Links to the weekend bulletin (placed online each Thursday), ministry schedules and other areas of interest located on our Parish website. If you aren’t getting this e-mail and would like to receive it, then go to our website www.stanthony-clarksville.org, look under Father Joe’s picture and click the link “Join Our E-mail List”.

Will you help provide financial aid to attend St. Anthony School? You can help students needing financial aid at-tend St. Anthony School next year and receive a 50 percent State Tax Credit and Federal Tax Deduction for your donation.

How will your donation helps? Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program provides scholarships to low and middle income children to attend the private or public school of their choice. However, eligibility for this program only starts after attending at least one year in an Indiana Public School or by a scholarship from the Indiana School Scholarship Tax Credit Program. By donating, Parish families can receive these Tax Credit scholarships and then receive a Choice schol-arship without having to go to a public school for a year to qualify. We can also help kindergarten and 1st grade students start at St. Anthony School im-mediately and avoid transferring back to St. Anthony School after they attend a public school for kinder-garten or 1st grade. These scholarships are funded through charitable contribution that can be designated to St. Anthony School as a qualified scholarship granting organiza-tion. St. Anthony School will then provide a scholarship with these funds to help a Kindergarten and 1st Grade students start at St. Anthony immediately.

How does it help the Donor? Donors will receive a 50 percent credit on state tax liabilities for all contributions and a federal charitable deduction. For example, a $500 gift ends up costing $175 if you are in the 25 percent federal tax bracket. In addition, donors have the satisfaction of knowing their gift directly helped a kindergarten or 1st grade student attend the school of their choice from the beginning – St. Anthony School. If you are interested in making a donation, contact Shelia Noon at St. Anthony School for details on how to process an Indiana School Scholarship Tax Credit donation.

Want Ads Thank you to all who have responded to our Par-ish Want Ads in the bulletin each Sunday. This is one way we let our parishioners know some of the many ways they can share their time and talent. As you know, a parish has many needs. As a Par-ish, we need to keep things running well and at the same time keep our expenses down. As parishioners, we have a need to find ways to give back to God some of our many gifts. The Want Ads is a means to com-municate our parish needs to you so you can match them up with your talents. The Want Ads is in a consistent place where you know you can find them. So, please check out them out every week and find the right fit for your talent. If the parish ministry that you work has a special need for volunteers, just let the Parish Office know, and we will put it in the Want Ads to solicit help for your specific ministry.

Sign ups and registrations a breeze on Parish website! Whether it is volunteering for the parish picnic or vacation bible school, it can be done easily on our parish website. You can still sign up and register for many of the parish events after Mass in the back of church, but this is one more way to let our organizers know that you plan to attend. In addition, the online signup process will auto-matically send you a reminder e-mail a day or two before the event. Just look for the signup and registrations buttons on our web-site homepage.

Important Parish information

Congratulations to all 2015 graduates

5June 2015

Vacation Bible School

Mark your calendar. Vacation Bible School is just around the corner! We are so excited about this year’s theme: Nazareth, Where Jesus was

a kid.

This year, the children will hear stories about Jesus’ childhood from the best source of all, his mom, Mary!Everyone knows what it’s like to hear your mom tell

stories from your childhood. Can you imagine the kinds of stories Mary could tell? Take your kids back

to Hometown Nazareth, where they’ll stand up for their faith among people who doubt that the carpenter’s

son is really God’s son.

All children ages 4 year preschool through 6th grade are welcome to attend and learn these wonderful stories of Jesus and his mother

Mary!There will be storytelling, food, crafts, activities and lots of wonderful

music. Student registration begins in May.

This program cannot happen without lots of volunteers. We need more adults to volunteer this year in order to have a safe and caring envi-

ronment. Middle school and high school volunteers are always needed, too!

Volunteer planning meetings will begin soon, so watch the Parish web-site

www.stanthony-clarksville.org for further details.Questions? Contact Mrs. Connie Sandlin at 812-282-2290, ext. 15.

VBS starts on

Monday, July 6

through July 10 from

6 to 8 p.m. each

evening.

6 June 2015

By Stacy Gillenwater St. Anthony had 33 young parishioners exclaim their Catholic faith while taking part in the Sacra-ment of Confirmation in early April. Archbishop Tobin presided over the ceremony at St. Mary of the Knobs. The newly confirmed high schoolers began their journey toward Confirmation many years ago during their Baptism, but they really put in a lot of time, service, bible study and reflection since October. They met as a group and with their spon-sors on many Sundays and were excited to finally receive the special Sacrament. It was great to see so many young people expressing their desire to become a full member of the bigger church! I am very proud of them. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and support.

Youth Confirmation Youth Easter Egg Hunt

Keith AsplundKatie BakerJacob Balz

Bailey BarronCourtney BrownNicolas Cabezas

Jared CoxCaroline Elliott

Connor FinneganEmma FlispartCaitlyn Freville

Natalie GallegosBrady GentryMichael GillAustin Hall

Hannah Hanlon

Trevor HeldmanCourtney Heselschwerdt

McLain HoskinsGrace Kempf

Caleb LindquistMelai McIntoshAshley MilesRylee Pitzer

Jacqueline RichardGino Sartini

Alexis SchmidtManny SchmidtPhillip StonerPaige Tyler

Nathan WayneDaniel Weber

Patrick Williams

Our newly Confirmed

Our Youth Planning Team came up with the idea of a parish Easter Egg Hunt for children from age 1 year through 4th grade. The event turned out won-derfully as Easter was a glorious and beautiful day for the youngsters. More than 500 Easter eggs were hidden in the St. Anthony prayer garden and next to the parish gym. The children were all smiles as they packed their bas-kets and bags full of goody-filled, colorful eggs. Hats off to our awesome Youth Planning Team for organiz-ing and implementing such a great event!

By Connie Sandlin 23 children celebrated their First Holy Commun-ion on April 26 at a special liturgy. Congratulations to all of them and their families: Julia Ayers, Diego Cruz, Emerson Dickson, Henry Dixon, Consuela Edwards, Breanna Fischer, David Fultz, Donna Jo Hickey, Seth Irvin, Andrew Kelly, Jonah Liter, Mi-chelle Landeros, Karla Martinez, Carlye Nixe, Ava Pesavento, Jackson Proctor, Tralynne Shireman, Nicholas Stoner, Audrey Tanner, Ellie Thompson, Liam Tribbey, Abbie Vittitow, Brody Yates. Picture by Paul Bierman photography.

First Communion

7 June 2015

We wish to ac-knowledge these cou-ples celebrating 25, 50 or more years of marriage. Thank you for your inspiration to us all. Please congrat-ulate these couples on their upcoming an-niversaries and keep them in your prayers.

June63 years

George & Jeane Brown

60 years Martin & Alice

Schindler52 years

Robert & Mary Kruer51 years

August & Penny Reiter

50 years James & Carol

Henshaw25 years

Donald & Lisa Copple

James & Robin FischerJuly

63 years David & Janet

Bradley Ted & Carol Hellinger

53 years Jarvis & Barbara

Benjamin Gilbert & Evelyn

GwaltneyAugust

69 years George & Betty Hutt

58 years Rex & Frances

Gettelfinger56 years

Edward & Doris Korte

55 years Walt & Anna Cannon

51 years Freddie & Mary

Armstrong William & Laura

Schwender John & Joyce Sims

25 years William & Sharon

BeckSeptember61 years

Vernon & Carolyn Ernstberger

60 years Elmer & Martina

Renn59 years

Richard & Marie Bennett

Gilbert & Alma Jean Campbell

Allan & Carole Dehli Michael & Lois

Sellmer56 years

Joseph & Rosalea Morris

Robert & Joann Throckmorton

54 years James & Margie

Stemle52 years

Dennis & Pricilla Lausterer51 years

Kenneth & Loren Curtsinger

David & Mary Sue Mann

25 years William & Lisa Heselschwerdt

Michael & Pamela Jaynes

Upcoming AnniversariesBy Stacy Gillenwater One of the most exciting events for young Catho-lics is quickly approaching, and St. Anthony youth and adult chaperones have begun preparing. NCYC (National Catholic Youth Conference) will be held in Indianapolis later this year, and St. Anthony has 25 high school students and four chaperones excited to attend. While the event is extremely rewarding from a faith enriching and fellowship standpoint, it’s also a significant time and financial commitment for each participant. St. Anthony Parish recognizes the importance of this spiritual conference for our young people and graciously helps supplement the cost of the 4-day event. However, NCYC attendees will still try to defray the cost of NCYC by having a few fundraisers between now and November. We invite parish members and friends to participate in a group Yard Sale at a date to be determined and a yummy Italian Dinner sched-uled for Saturday, August 22. We may have another fundraiser or two in between those two, and we’ll be sure to let you know all of the details as the dates draw near. St. Anthony youth are very blessed to have a parish that is so supportive of NCYC. I regularly hear from former NCYC participants about how wonderful and rewarding the experience was when they attend-ed. Thanks to everyone for your support and prayers!

NCYC is approaching

Don’t forget, this year’s picnic is one day ONLY, Saturday, June 20 from Noon to 11 p.m. Come and join the fun!!

St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church316 North Sherwood Ave.Clarksville, IN 47129-2927

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New ParishionersPearl Ferguson and daughters Gena

& Tralynne

Judith Speckner

P. Stephen & Norma Hughes

Derrick & Rachel Smallwood and children Bella, Deja, Davis & Michael

Larry & Carolyn Edland

Barbara Bibb

Tyler & Marianne Smith

Kenneth & Brandi Hickey and daughters Kindle & Donna Jo

Patrick & Ellen Holifield and daughters Mara, Tessa & Emma

Aaron & Tiffany Bordenkircher and children Keira, Arianna & Aaron

Ronald & Michelle Corbett

Parishioner Update for January through AprilDeaths

1-1-15 Tyler Andrew Pitzer

1-3-15 Michael D. Bryant

1-23-15 Wanda Rose Riley

2-7-15 Julie M. Clemons

3-26-15 James S. Bottorff

4-8-15 Charlene Marie Bube

4-13-15 Helen Mary Strunk

4-30-15 Frank Spitznagel

Baptisms Layla Jane Lynch

Skyler Marie Rose LyttleLaci Claire Kochert

Justus Amore Vaughn BowmanDonna Jo Hickey

Molly Elizabeth RossSophia Evelyn Cano-Pantoja