ST. LOUIS CATHOLIC CHURCH FEBRUARY 2, 2020

www.stlouis-batesville.org

N e w s & N o t e s Adoration Chapel The open hours for the Adoration Chapel

are: Sunday – 10:00am; Monday—

5:00am; Thursday—4:00am; Saturday—

7:00pm. If you are able to fill an open

hour, call Christy 812-239-9164.

Natural Family Planning A Natural Family Planning Class will be

held on Sunday, March 1st, from

9:00am to 12:15pm at St. Louis. There

is a $40.00 fee for books and materials.

For reservations call or text Aly at 812-

212-4951 or Mike at 812-212-2719.

Baptism Preparation Class The Baptism preparation class is for

parents who are having their first child

Baptized. The next class will be offered

on Tuesday, February 18th at 7:00pm

in the Prickel Building at St. Louis.

Please call the parish office to register

812-934-3204.

St. Louis $12,000 Cash Raffle Congratulations to the following winners:

Jan. 9 - $100 - Steve Koehne

Jan. 16 - $100 - Barry Lecher

Jan. 20 - $100 - Marilyn Weberding

Jan. 23 - $100 - Jerry Eckstein

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St. Louis Parish Marian Year Event - February 11 Join us Tuesday, February 11th at 6:00pm for an anointing Mass to celebrate Our

Lady of Lourdes.

Festival Committee Looking for New Members The Festival Committee is looking to make big changes to the 2020 Festival and

we need new committee members with big ideas! If you would like to make a

positive impact to St. Louis' Festival, please contact Scott Weekley in the Business

Office at 812-934-3204 or sweekley@st.louisschool.org.

Fr. Stan’s Book Club Discussions for the book, “The Complete Father Brown Mysteries,” by G. K.

Chesterton will be Tuesday, February 4th at 9:30am and 6:30pm.

Snow Tubing at Perfect North! The annual snow tubing trip will be Friday, February 7th. All 6-12 graders are

welcome! To save your spot, print and fill out our registration at:

stlouis-batesville.org/youth/youth. Up to 3 participants in one family can be listed

on the same form. Also, print and fill out Perfect Slope's Liability and Waiver form

at the link above. Please make sure to turn in both forms or Perfect North will not

allow participants to tube. Forms with $20 per participant must be received in the

parish office by February 3rd. We will meet in the St. Louis School cafeteria at

4:30pm for check-in, instruction, and breaking into groups. We will arrive back at

St. Louis by 9:30pm.

Bingo for Haiti Benefit Sunday, February 9th, St. Anthony Shad Hall, Morris. Doors open at 11:00am,

early bird games 12:00pm, regular games 12:30pm. Winners: $50 for regular

games, $125 for special games. Lots of door prizes! Kids are welcome but must

be 18 to play bingo/pull-tabs. Proceeds go to the St. Anthony/St. Louis Haiti

Mission to benefit the poor in Gandou, Haiti. License #150259

Haiti Ministry - Treadle Sewing Machines Needed Saint Louis/Saint Anthony Haiti Ministry are looking for treadle sewing machines.

A treadle sewing machine is one that is powered mechanically by a foot pedal that

is pushed back and forth by the operator’s foot. By selling or donating your sewing

machine, you will be helping someone in Haiti to earn a living. Please call Paul

Roell at 317-697-2367 or 812-933-0704.

Haiti Ministry Soap and Shoe Drive Collection boxes will be at the St. Louis Church exits February 22nd & 23rd and

February 29th & March 1st. We are collecting bar soap only because liquid soap

does not ship well. Please bring gently worn walking and tennis shoes with shoe

strings for adults and children. Please no winter boots or dirty work boots.

St. Louis Parish - Marian Year Prayer

Loving Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior

of the World, we your children, the members of St.

Louis Parish, come before you seeking your

intercession as we honor you this year and as we

prepare to consecrate our parish to you and your

motherly care.

We ask you to intercede with God our Almighty

Father to look upon us with mercy and to forgive

our many sins against Him and our neighbors.

We ask you to intercede with your Most Holy Son to

fill us with a spirit of repentance and reconciliation

so that we may be ready to consecrate our parish

to you in purity of spirit.

We ask you to intercede with the Holy Spirit of God

to purify and sanctify us as He purified and

sanctified you throughout your entire life on earth

from your holy and immaculate conception through

your most glorious assumption into heaven.

Finally, Most Holy Mother of God, we ask for your

motherly love and care in our lives and in our

parish, that we may consecrate ourselves to you.

Amen.

St. Louis Weekly Bingo Volunteers Week 1: Thursday, February 6th

Floor/Bank/Instants: Kurt Amberger, Nick/Abby Becker, John Brelage, Don Bur-

cham, Collette Durham, Mike Gerstbauer, Rich/Melanie Hartwell, Matt Hirt, John

Irrgang, John/Natasha Kellerman, Jeremy Lieland, Sebastian Moster, Randy

Streator

Kitchen: Cheryl Baechle, Ann Edwards, Marilyn Hountz, Brooke Maple, Anne Sche-

bler, Nic Wonnell

Bakers: Lisa King, Beth Koester, Nancy Meer, Jenny Miles, Julie Muller, Amanda

Peters-Jennings, Natalie Wanstrath

Mass Intentions Saturday, February 1

5:00 pm Ed Nobbe

Sunday, February 2

8:00 am Leo & Caroline Walke; Irvin &

Rita Bischoff

9:30 am For the Parish Community

11:00 am Rev. J. David Maher

Monday, February 3, St. Blaise; St.

Ansgar

8:10 am Robert Heidlage

Tuesday, February 4

6:00 pm Irene, Henry & Betty Behlmer

Wednesday, February 5, St. Agatha

8:10 am Living and Deceased

Members of the Louis &

Pauline Niese Family

6:30 pm Helen Decker

Thursday, February 6, St. Paul Miki and

Companions

8:10 am Don Meyer

Friday, February 7

8:10 am Art & Rita Gartenman

Saturday, February 8

5:00 pm Leo Roth

Sunday, February 9, Fifth Sunday in

Ordinary Time

8:00 am Viola Fullenkamp

9:30 am Francis Schwab

11:00 am For the Parish Community

5:00 pm SPANISH MASS

Altar Servers Monday, February 3

8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Tuesday, February 4

6:00 pm Luke & Ben Meyer

Wednesday, February 5

8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

6:30 pm Katie Lipps & Veda

Shadday

Thursday, February 6

8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Friday, February 7

8:10 am SCHOOL SERVERS

Saturday, February 8

5:00 pm Grace Gutzwiller, Mimi

Smith & Evelyn Storms

Sunday, February 9

8:00 am William Huber, Henry

Koehne & Catherine

Streator

9:30 am Corrine Volk, Hank & Meg

Ritter

11:00 am Cora Roth, Ashley Hunter &

Emily Schebler

Rosary & Holy Hour Sunday, February 9

7:00 pm Luke & Adam Meer

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Saturday, February 8

5:00 pm Carolyn Dieckmann, Mary

Jo Mahle, Susan Glaser,

Dave Meyer, Deb Weigel,

Bill Meer, Mary Sitterding

Sunday, February 9

8:00 am Ed Gerdowsky, Ken Rudolf,

John Gerstbauer, Amy

Streator, Mary Sitterding,

Janet Maple, 1 Volunteer

9:30 am Beth Hoog, John Brelage,

Bertie Schmidt, Kathy

Wagner, Nancy Werner,

Christy Moenter, 1

Volunteer

11:00 am Ken Bohman, Rita

Schneider, Mary Jo

Sunderman, Kathy

Mattucci, Nelson French,

Mark Masavage, 1

Volunteer

Greeters Saturday, February 8

5:00 pm Mary Jo Mahle, Dave Meyer

Sunday, February 9

8:00 am Joe & Marlene Greiwe

9:30 am Thomas & Lisa Brown

11:00 am Bob & Kathy Mattucci

Lectors Saturday, February 8

5:00 pm Kim Koehne

Sunday, February 9

8:00 am Alan Waechter

9:30 am Charlie Raab

11:00 am James Dickey

Ushers Saturday, February 8

5:00 pm 4 Volunteers Needed

Sunday, February 9

8:00 am Todd Tekulve, Jim Scheele,

Larry Enzinger, Bob

Obermeyer, Bruce Miller

9:30 am Eugene Laker, John

Vogelsang, Mike Weigel,

1 Volunteer

11:00 am Jeff Bedel, Ted Telles, John

Wilson, Jake Wilson

February Prayer Intention of Pope Francis Universal Prayer Intention -

Listen to the Migrants’ Cries

We pray that the cries of our migrant

brothers and sisters, victims of criminal

trafficking, may be heard and

considered.

Readings for the Week Sunday: Mal 3:1-4/Ps 24:7, 8, 9,

10 [10b]/Heb 2:14-18/Lk

2:22-40 or 2:22-32

Monday: 2 Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-

13/Ps 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7

[8a]/Mk 5:1-20

Tuesday: 2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-

25a, 30—19:3/Ps 86:1-2,

3-4, 5-6 [1a]/Mk 5:21-43

Wednesday: 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17/Ps 32:1-

2, 5, 6, 7 [cf. 5c]/Mk 6:1-6

Thursday: 1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12/1 Chr

29:10, 11ab, 11d-12a,

12bcd [12b]/Mk 6:7-13

Friday: Sir 47:2-11/Ps 18:31, 47

and 50, 51 [cf. 47b]/Mk

6:14-29

Saturday: 1 Kgs 3:4-13/Ps 119:9,

10, 11, 12, 13, 14 [12b]/

Mk 6:30-34

Next Sunday: Is 58:7-10/Ps 112:4-5, 6-

7, 8-9 [4a]/1 Cor 2:1-5/Mt

5:13-16

P a r i s h C a l e n d a r 3

Rosary & Holy Hour Sunday, February 9th

7:00pm

Saturday Morning Prayer Service

February 8th at 8:05am

Meet in the Adoration Chapel

This week we pray for those dealing

with mental, physical, and spiritual

cancers of this world.

Come Pray With Us!

February 2

RCIA—St. Louis Parish Office,

9:00am. “Sin and Conscience”

OA Super Bowl Breakfast—Holy

Family Cafeteria, Oldenburg,

7:15am—12:15pm. All you can eat.

Free will offering.

Trap & Stillboard Shoot—Knights of

St. John, Oldenburg at Tri-Township

Conservation Club, 11:00am.

February 3

Daughters of Isabella Meeting—

Knights of Columbus, Batesville,

7:00pm. Wear pink/red.

February 5

Mass and Healing Service—St.

Ignatius Church, Cincinnati, 7:30pm.

February 7

First Friday

That Man is You—Knights of

Columbus, Batesville, 6:00am.

Bible Study—St. Louis Parish Office,

9:00am.

February 9

RCIA—St. Louis Parish Office,

12:30pm. “10 Commandments”

Valentine’s Breakfast—St. Nicholas

Church, Sunman, 7:30pm—

12:00pm

February 11

Marian Year Event—Our Lady of

Lourdes, Anointing Mass, St. Louis

Church, 6:00pm.

February 14

That Man is You—Knights of

Columbus, Batesville, 6:00am.

Bible Study—St. Louis Parish Office,

9:00am.

February 16

RCIA—St. Louis Parish Office,

9:00pm. “Christian Morality”

Breakfast—Knights of St. John at

Holy Family, Oldenburg, 7:00am—

12:00pm. Free will offering.

February 18

Blood Drive—St. Maurice Catholic

Church, Napoleon, 12:30pm—

6:00pm. For appt call Arlene 812-

852-4394

February 21

That Man is You—Knights of

Columbus, Batesville, 6:00am.

Bible Study—St. Louis Parish Office,

9:00am.

February 22

Mardi Gras Celebration—Hosted by

Daughters of Isabella at Holy Family,

Oldenburg, 4:00pm—7:30pm.

Sacrament Day On Saturday, January 18, 2020, the 2nd Grade First Communicants and the 8th

Grade Confirmation students from St. Louis parish buddied up to learn more about

each other but more importantly more about Jesus. The buddy pairs had a

treasure hunt in Church, learned about the items used during Mass, and found

that it REALLY is Jesus in the Eucharist! Please keep them in your prayers as they

continue to prepare to receive these sacraments.

Many thanks to all the volunteers who donated their time, treasure and talent to

make the day a success!

Marriage Preparation The Archdiocese of Indianapolis offers Tobit, Pre-Cana, and One in Christ

marriage preparation programs designed to make your marriage a success. To

learn more about these programs or to register go to:

www.archindy.org/marriageandfamily/marriage.html

All Saints Parish Drawdown Our Spring Drawdown is a reverse raffle that benefits Catholic Education. The

event will be held Saturday, February 15th from 5:00pm—11:00pm at the St Paul

Campus of All Saints Parish, Guilford. Tickets are $25 each and includes entrance

in the raffle, chicken dinner, draft beer & soda. Wine is available for purchase.

Doors open at 5pm, Dinner at 6pm, and Raffle at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased

at the parish office or call 812-576-4302 and we are happy to mail them to you.

Carry-outs available. Must be 21 to enter. License # 002595.

E6 Catholic Men’s Conference Please join us for the 2020 E6 Catholic Men’s Conference, which will be taking

place on Saturday, February 22nd 2020, from 8:00am—4:00pm at the East

Central High School Performing Arts Center in St. Leon, IN. Tickets are on sale now

at www.e6catholicmensconference.com. To join the St. Louis group and receive a

discount, contact James Dickey at jdickey@etczone.com or 812-212-8799.

“Prayer: The World’s Best Wireless Connection” Join us for a Mission with Fr. Vincent Peterson at St. Mary Parish in Greensburg,

February 23rd-25th, 7:00pm each evening. The season of Lent invites us into an

ever deepening relationship with God. Prayer is communication—and it is mutual—

it goes both ways. God desires us to maintain good connections. He continues to

invite us to knock, seek and find as well as to listen, respond and put into action.

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