The New Covenant

St. Michael & St. Francis Bulletin June 6th & 7th, 2015 Pastor: Fr. Harry Tully The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

THE NEW COVENANT

Perhaps this year we could refer to this feast day as “The Blood and Body of Christ,” since the readings we have today use the word “blood” so frequently—eight times to one use of the word “body.” The New Testament authors, when referring to the sacrificial aspect of Jesus’ death on the cross, never refer to him giving his body as a sacrifice for our salvation, but only speak of the shedding of his blood. In both Testaments, it is blood that is the primary source and sign of the covenant between God and people. In our day, while we speak quite a bit about the Mass as a sacrifice, it is a bit of an anomaly that we focus so much (almost exclusively, sometimes) on the symbol of the bread become Body rather than the wine become Blood to give the life of the New Covenant. Here, as in almost every part of life, we would benefit more from living in a “both/and” and not an “either/or” mode.

A BLOODLESS BODY?

We have been given a deep and rich pair of symbols to express the fullness of Jesus’ selfgift on the cross. In its celebration of the Eucharist, even when reception of Communion by all the faithful was infrequent and when the emphasis was on looking upon (called “ocular” communion) rather than receiving the elements, the Church has always preserved the duality of these symbols, since the sacrifice of Christ would not have been possible without both blood and body. So, too, is it for us who are sent from the eucharistic celebration. We are not merely “Christed” bodies in the world; we need to be the very Blood of Christ coursing through the veins of daily life at home, in the workplace, at school—wherever the Spirit leads us and guides us. As we pray “Lord, send your Spirit on these gifts,” we must also pray that the same Spirit is sent upon us through the thanksgiving of our Eucharist, so we may become Body—and Blood—for the life of the world.

Today’s Readings: Exodus 24:3–8; Psalm 116:12–13, 15–18; Hebrews 9:11–15; Mark 14:12–16, 22–26

St. Michael
Charlestown

Eucharists
Sat – 5:30 pm
Sun – 11 am
La Misa en Español
Domingo – 12:30 pm / Fr. Harry Tully, Pastor

Website -
St. Michael - 101 St. Michael Drive, Charlestown, In 47111
Ph. 812-256-3200 - Fax 775-307-6142
E-Mail -
Office Hours – 9:00 am-1:30 pm Tues. Wed., & Fri.
St. Francis Xavier – 101 North Ferguson, Henryville, IN 47126
Ph. 812-294-4682 - Fax 775-307-6142
Office Hours – Thursday 9:30am-2:00pm
Reconciliation – 4:00 pm Saturday or call the Rectory
Marriage – Please contact the pastor a year in advance. Advent and Lent are not times for celebrations.
Baptisms of Infants or Adults Joining the Church – Must be a practicing/registered member for three months. Please contact the DRE: St. Michael–Juliann Eickholtz, St. Francis–Father Tully
New To The Parish: Please call the office to register. Please introduce yourself to the pastor at mass.
Parishioners Who Are Ill: Please call the pastor if a relative or friend is sick. Due to privacy laws hospitals no longer inform churches.
Bulletin Announcements: Get all bulletin announcements to the office in writing by Tuesday evening. / St. Francis Xavier
Henryville

Eucharists
Sunday
At 9:00 am
Las Horas de Oficina - 8:30 am-1 pm Martes, Miércoles, y Viernes
Reconciliación – 12:00 el ultimo domingo de cada mes o llama la Rectoría
Casamiento – contactarse con el padre un año antes el día de la boda.
Advenimiento y Cuaresma no son los tiempos apropiados para bodas.
Los Bautismos de los Bebés o los Adultos Afiliando a la Iglesia – Por favor, llama al Padre, o – Juliann Eickholtz; a San Francisco
Miembros Nuevos de la Comunidad – Por favor, acérquense al Centro de información. También es necesario registrarse en la parroquia. Pregúntenos por el formulario de registro. / Los Enfermos Es muy importante comunicarse con el Padre (debido a las leyes privadas, los hospitales no se comunican con las iglesias).
Doctrina Cristiana: Las clases de educación religiosa para niños son cada domingo de 9:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. en la escuela. Recuerden que la Arquidiócesis requiere que los que van a recibir los sacramentos estén inscritos en las clases de religión.
Monaguillos: Los niños que quieran ayudar como monaguillos en el altar tienen su ensayo el segundo domingo de cada mes después de la misa de 11:00 a.m. Estos niños y niñas tienen que haberhecho la Primera Comunión. Los interesados comunicarse con Pbro.
St. Michael Early Childhood Center – Infancy Care, Pre-S, Pre-K, Kindergarten & Day Care
Rita Poff – Director – School Ph. 256-3503/ Infancy Care 256-3500
El Centro para las Primeras Niñez de San Miguel - Preescolar-Kindergarten y Servicio de Guardería a Infantil
La Directora – Rita Poff – Ph. 256-3503

Mass Schedule Mass Intentions

St. M
St. FX / 8 / Mon / No Mass
St. M
St. FX / 9 / Tue / No Mass
St. M / 10 / Wed / 6:00 pm / Arthur Marking
St. FX / 11 / Thurs / 4:30pm / Mass
St. M / 12 / Fri / 9:00am / Mass
St. M / 13 / Sat / 5:30 pm / Florence & Calvin DeVary
St. FX
St. M
St. M / 14 / Sun / 9:00 am
11:00 am
12.30 pm / Msgr. John M. Wright
Paul McBride
En Español

Pastor’s Corner

Dear Parishioners,

Some of you probably remember the celebrations surrounding this very important feast of "Corpus Christi". The celebration of the Body and Blood of Christ is a proclamation of our Catholic teaching that The Lord Jesus gives us His body and blood in the bread and wine consecrated at our Mass. His 'real presence' in Holy Communion is a sharing in the Devine life and a constant reminder of the Lord's promise that He will be with us always. We know that when we pass a Catholic Church the Divine Presence is there just for us, in good times and bad because that is His promise. Just like the scripture reminds us some find this mystery too hard to believe and yet throughout the centuries The Lord renews the faithful who opens his heart to Him. For us who believe no proof is necessary for we know the power of the gift in our lives. Jesus say to us; "Come to me and I will give you rest". Let us never waver in our faith and if doubt should enter our minds and hearts let us go to Him and he will offer us that insight to recognize who it is we are privileged to hold in our hands and carry in our very bodies, becoming who we receive.

God bless and keep up the 'good' work.

Fr. Tully

Prayer for newly ordained Priest

Loving God, fill the hearts of your newly ordained priests with an abundance of grace and mercy, that they may minister always in the image of Jesus the Good Shepherd. This I pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gracious God,

So often you attempt to offer us a peaceful awareness of

your presence. It is always there, but often we do not slow down enough to become aware of it. Help us to slow down and appreciate the gift of your presence, and come to a deeper understanding of the movement of your Spirit in our lives. Help us recognize those moments when you rescued us, healed us, and reconciled us. Increase our trust in you, And show us how to reach beyond ourselves to minister to others, and be better

stewards and sacraments of your presence each day.

We pray this in Jesus’ name.

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Weekend of June 6/7, 2015

Today’s Gospel gives St. Mark’s account of Jesus gathering his disciples for a last supper, revealing to them a new covenant established through his own sacrificial blood. Every time we participate in the Eucharist, we make a pledge to renew and deepen our participation in Christ’s covenant in practical ways. For the steward, that means making daily, personal sacrifices to strengthen this covenant relationship such as deepening our relationship with the Lord in prayer, supporting our parish, and giving comfort to the poor. Now is a good time to reflect on what we can do to strengthen our covenant with the Lord and our community in practical ways.

Rosary at 5:00before Saturday Evening Mass

Rosary at 10:30 before Sunday Mass

Saturday Evening Mass Intention: Scott Novak

Sunday Mass Intention: John Goedeker

The Prayer Group at St. Michael welcomes everyone to come and pray with them at 6:00pm every Monday in the Church.

Bible Study Class is on Monday at 7:00pm in the basement of the rectory.

St. Michael and St. Francis Confirmation Update Confirmation deepens our relationship with God and strengthens us to live lives of faith and mission. As a parent you will want to talk with your son or daughter about preparation for the celebration of Confirmation. If you will be a junior or senior in the next 2015-2016 year, and have attended Faith Formation classes or a Catholic High School and are currently enrolled in class, you will be eligible to be confirmed. If you are an adult wanting to be confirmed, please contact Fr Tully or Juliann to register for the RCIA class starting in September.

Our service project each week is to collect non-perishable canned goods for the North Clark Outreach Center.

Vacation Bible School

VBS is scheduled for Tuesday, June 16, Wednesday, June 17 & Thursday, June 18 from 9am until 11:30am. Help! Help! Help! (Men, Women, Teenagers) Workers are needed. If you have time in the mornings please consider helping with the children’s crafts, snacks or outdoor activities. We need responsible adults and young people to help lead the groups to the different centers. This year the theme is “Discovering God’s Plan 4U=Jesus! As a service and a way for children to be involved in sharing, we ask them to bring a certain non perishable good each day. The donated items go to the North Clark Outreach Center. Suggested items are: Mon-a can of tuna or salmon, Tues- a box of mac & cheese, Wed- a can of soup. On Wednesday we plan to make “stone soup” and will need donations of can vegetables (cash donations are always accepted). Please bring any donations to the school by Mon. June 15th. We ask that you enroll you child ASAP so we can order the needed supplies. Registration forms are in the back of the church. You may also find the registration form online at or contact Juliann, Kim Stamper or Nancy Kinder.You may give the forms to Juliann or put them in the collection basket.

St. Michael and St. Francis Xavier Sacrament Preparation: A child (grade 1 through high school) must be enrolled and attend Faith Formation classes the YEAR BEFORE and YEAR of receiving the Sacrament of First Reconciliation, First Eucharist or Confirmation.. Baptism of children under school age requires the parents to meet with the pastor before the sacrament is received.

What is the Elephant in the room?

Our involvement or participation in Parish and Youth Ministry Events from our parish is lacking. We do a good job with things like, funeral dinners, Septemberfest and the Birthday Bash but, we need to know if there is anyone interested in leading other areas of our “Parish Life”. Do we think that there is someone else with more time to get involved? Let us thank the folks who make the time. What if we all decided to give a little of our time to make sure that our parish is still here 50 years from now. Do you even care? Our parish needs people with enthusiasm, people who want to make a difference in the lives of our parishioners & our community. We will meet once a month on the fourth Saturday, after the 5:30pm Mass beginning June 27th. Please mark your calendar and come help St. Michael be the best it can be.

Collection

May 30 & 31

St. Michael $ 3,243.00

St. Francis Xavier $ 1,202.00

St. Michael Ministries Schedule

Sat. June 13, 5:30pm– St. Michael

Eucharistic Ministers: J. Schafer, S. Seals, Volunteer

Servers: C. Ledbetter

Gift Bearers: T/S Baltz Family

Cantors: S/S Buit

Musician: C. Eickholtz

Lector: M. Cox

Sun. June 14, 11:00 am – St. Michael

Eucharistic Ministers: A. Witten, J. Worley, S. Fouts

Servers: S. Cole

Gift Bearers: S/M Pierce Family

Cantors: J/M Wafford

Musician: N. Kinder

Lector: S. Dumeyer

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER

Sunday Mass Intention: Kenneth Yost

VBS at St. Francis Xavieris scheduled for Tuesday, June 16, Wednesday, June 17 & Thursday, June 18 at 6:30 in the evening. If you have any questions see Traci D’Angelo.

The Fish Fry at St. Francis will start the first Friday in June

5-7pm. Come out and enjoy! The menu includes fish, fries, slaw, fried biscuits, drinks & desserts. Thanks toeveryone for your support.

St. Francis Xavier Ministries Schedule

Sun. June 14- 9:00am

Eucharistic Ministers: Darlene Reul, Lawrence Yochum,

Dan Young

Servers: Samantha Smith, Kate Smith, Kayla Martin

Ushers: Jack Murphy, Tom Nolot

Gift Bearers: Jon & MichelleBanet Family

Lector: Joe Banet

“To everything there is a season and a time to every

purposeunder heaven a time to be born a time to love a time to heal a time to die and a time of peace.”

PLEASE PRAY FOR HEALTH & STRENGTH:

Carroll Adams, Ismael Aguirre, Tim Baltz, Allen Barker, Alicia Blair, Bea Beach, Joyce Bower, Sherry Buit, Darlene Carter, Alvin Collins, Jim Corcoran, Bernice Donahue, Patrick Dunn, Don Hamerla, Rita Hamerla, Bill Hawkins, Shannan Hawkins, Curtis Ingram, Andy Korte, Michelle Korty, Terri Lynn Maples, Bob Masters, Michael Murphy, Dora Nevins, Ian Newland, Mitch Newland, Janeson Payne, Chuck Phillips, Clarence Smith, Dorothy Smith, John Speicher, Teresa Thomas, Billy Wayne Upton, Tim Wafford, Nancy Williams, Paula Wolfe, Emma Yount.Names will remain on the list for 6 months unless you tell us to remove them or request that they be kept longer.

Question of the Week

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

For a large part of the liturgical year, we devote ourselves to listening to the mystery of Christ in all its aspects unfolded as we seek God’s truth and understanding.

Theme: Jesus is our food for the journey.

Step 1: As you hear the story of the Lord’s Supper proclaimed today what words or phrases strike you? What in this reading touches your heart?

Step two: Look into your Life.

Children: Who do you like receiving Holy Communion?

Youth &Adults: What does it mean for you that the bread and wine become Jesus’ Body and Blood during the liturgy of the Eucharist? What feelings or ideas does it surface?

A Message to Our Graduates.

Christian graduates, whatever you do in life, you’ve been formed into more than professionals. You’ve been formed into disciples of Jesus Christ. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. There is something you can give the world that ordinary graduates cannot. It’s something that 12 simple men brought to the world in 33 AD. As you go, you bring the light of Christ, the light of civilization, the light of human dignity, the light of hope.

Remember what your parents see and what God sees in you. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We need you to remind us who He is and who we are.

RCIA will begin in September “The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults” is an adult convert program. If you know of any adults who might be considering becoming Catholic, invite them to our program. St. Michael and St. Francis work together with St. Paul and St. Joe Hill on the program. This is also a great opportunity for Catholic Adults (18years or older) to review their faith and/or to prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation. More information will be posted later.

JUBILEE FAMILY BELLE CRUISE – Saturday, June 20. This event is for everyone. The official birthday party for CYM! This reunion cruise is open to everyone who has cruised on the belle with Catholic Youth Ministries and their families the past 50 years! Come Dance through the Decades, have some birthday cake, and share some stories! Cost is $20 per ticket or $100 for a family! The Belle begins boarding at 6:00 p.m. The cruise begins at 6:30pm and returns at 9:30 p.m. Contact the CYM office at 812-923-8355 or for more information and registering online go to

Fiesta Fridays College Gatherings - All College-Age young adults are invited to join us for Fiesta Fridays - an opportunity to gather with Catholic young adults for faith, fun, food, and a fiesta! Friday, June 12 & 26 and July 24 at 1013 Pebble Creek Drive in Jeffersonville. Pool and Patio opens at 2PM, dinner is served at 5:30. $3 donation would be appreciated. For more info contact

Upcoming Church Picnics

St. Mary of the Knobs

5th Annual Knobsfest

Saturday June 13, 2015

Home-cooked Chicken Dinners

Served from Noon-6:00pm,

Booths, Noon-6:00pm,

Capital Prizes, Quilts, Bingo,

Kids Zone, Beer Garden, Gambling.

“Endless Summer

9:00pm-Midnight

St. Anthony of Padua

316 N. Sherwood Ave. Clarksville, IN

Saturday, June 20, 2015

12 noon-11:00pm

Air Conditioned Chicken Dinner Sat.2-8pm

Lots of Food, Drinks, Games, Raffles,

Cakes, Children’s Playland, Quilts,

Bingo, Beer Garden & Gambling

Open at 4:00pm

Games close at 9:00pm

when the dancing begins.

Capital Prizes & Mini-Raffles

1st $5000/2nd $1000/3rd $500

The Eucharist and UnityImagine a person who receives Communion, accepts the Host when the priest says, "The Body of Christ," says "Amen," and then breaks off a piece, hands it back, and says, "Except this piece, Father!" This is what the person who rejects other people may as well do. In receiving Christ, we are to receive the whole Christ, in all his members, our brothers and sisters, whether convenient or inconvenient, wanted or unwanted, born or unborn.

ST. MICHAEL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

812-256-3503 Rita Poff Director

Mon-Fri. 7AM-6PM

Infant Care/Day Care: Full or part time

Before & After Care: ages 6-12

Summer Camp: ages 6-12

Pre-School: 9-11:30AM Tues. & Thurs.

Pre-K: 9-11:30AM or 12:30-3PM Mon. Wed. & Fri.