July 31 (Read-Only) - St. Benedict Cathedral

July 31, 2016
Beginning August 7,
SUNDAY MASSES
Saturday 4:30PM
(Rosary at 4:00)
Sunday 6:00AM,
(Rosary at 7:30)
and 10:30AM
From Father Godfrey
- As you read this, I’m in Italy. Somewhere in
Italy. The group I’m with will have sung at the
Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls (the Benedictine Church in Rome) and the Basilica of
St. Francis in Assisi. In many different places,
I will have prayed for you and your intentions.
At the place where St. Peter died filled with
faith. At the tombs of Ss. Francis and Clare.
At the tomb of St. Paul. And in many other places, your hopes and
dreams, your needs and concerns, your preoccupations and worries
— they’ll have been my intentions at these wonderful places filled
with faith. Being in these magnificent places, I’m reminded that we
stand in a long, long line of wonderful, colorful, diverse people who
have done their best to be saints. St. Paul’s outrageous preaching.
St. Peter’s tough memories of the first Holy Week. St. Francis and
St. Clare doing their own seemingly small part that has become so
important in the life of the church. Popes elected to do the impossible-made-possible through faith in Jesus Christ. And that long,
long line of striving sinners has been the lifeline for us and for our
future and for our faith. So much of who we are today rests firmly
on the foundation that they provide for us. May God’s grace move
us to action to change our world. And that first action, that first
step, if it is to be effective at all, must be prayer. Hopeful prayer.
Convincing prayer. Sustaining prayer. There’s no doubt in my mind
that St. Francis would never have been able to envision just how
many gardens he’d watch over, how many religious he’d inspire,
how many sinners he’d encourage, through the simple, humble, but
effective work of changing his little part of the world. May God
give us just the same courage to inspire one another and help make
our world different, better, holier!
- Welcome to Fr. Steven Bauer, who comes to us to make an appeal for the Mary Mother of God Mission Society. We have the
opportunity to do something to help spread the faith, to help reenliven the Church, to help make a difference. Please be kind to
him as you so regularly are!
- Reminder that there will be a SECOND COLLECTION
NEXT WEEKEND, too, to benefit our own St. Vincent de Paul
Society and their work to help the poor. Once again, thanks for
your generosity.
- God willing, I’ll see you next weekend.
- Don’t forget the meeting described below:
Meeting with Bishop Thompson
Diocesan Capital Campaign
Thursday, August 4  6:00PM
Woodward Center
Please make an effort to attend if you
have questions about the Campaign.
St. Benedict Cathedral
Mass Intentions & Readings
Sunday, 7/31 ECC 1:2; 2:21-23; COL 3:1-5, 9-11;
LK 12:13-21
6:00AM +Paul Reinitz
8:30AM Holsey & McElwee Families
10:30AM + Sr Helen Wachel
Monday, 8/1 JER 28:1-17; MT 14:13-21
7:00AM + Margaret McGuire
9:00AM + Paul Rogge
Tuesday, 8/2 JER 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; MT 14:22-36
7:00AM +Gordon Richmond
9:00AM +Jean Clauser
Wednesday, 8/3 JER 31:1-7; MT 15: 21-28
7:00AM +Frances Cummings
9:00AM +George Weigele
Thursday, 8/4 JER 31:31-34; MT 16:13-23
7:00AM +Stephen Jackson
9:00AM +Beverly Wayne
Friday, 8/5 NA 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7; MT 16:24-28
7:00AM +Ruth Phillips
9:00AM Int. Legacy Society
Saturday, 8/6 DN 7:9-10, 13-14; LK 9:28B-36
7:00AM +Gordon Richmond
9:00AM +Paul Rogge
4:30PM +Rachel Grimwood
Sunday, 8/7 WIS 18:6-9; HEB 11:1-2, 8-19; LK 12:32-48
6:00AM +Bernice Rexing
8:00AM +Terrie Hughes
10:30AM For the Parish
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Activities: July 31– August 7
Sunday, July 31
Monday, August 1
11:30AM Adoration (Ch)
1:00PM Bridge Club (PC)
5:00PM Bingo—Kain Team (Caf/WC)
THANK YOU Bingo Workers!!!
6:00PM St. Vincent de Paul Society (PC)
Tuesday, August 2
7:30AM Rosary Prayer Group (Ch)
11:30AM Adoration (Ch)
Wednesday, August 3
11:30AM Adoration (Ch)
4:00PM Dumpling Prep (Caf)
7:00PM Theology Uncapped (WC)
Thursday, August 4
11:30AM Adoration (Ch)
6:00PM Campaign Meeting (WC)
7:00PM Boy Scouts (RR)
Friday, August 5
11:30AM Adoration (Ch)
Saturday, August 6
8:00AM
7:00PM
Year of Mercy Hispanic Celebration (WC)
Angelus Concert (Ch)
Sunday, August 7
Donut & Coffee after 8:00 & 10:30 Masses
Caf=Cafeteria|Ch=Church|PC=Parish Center|S=School
WC=Woodward Hospitality Center|CR=Cathedral Room
RR=Raven’s Roost
Needed for Summer Social……
 Donations of books, CD’s, & movies are needed for
the Book Nook. Donations are also needed for the
Luck of the Draw booth. All items can be dropped off
at the Parish Center. We are in need of chair people
for a couple of booths. Interested parishioners can contact Megan McCombs at 812-204-3375.
 Items needed for the Summer Social Silent Auction.
New items, business gift cards, and antiques or vintage
wares accepted. Please drop off small times at the parish center before Aug. 20. For larger items please call
Rachel Ante at 812 760-4264.
 Quart glass jars are needed for dumplings. Please bring them to the Parish Center.
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St. Benedict Cathedral
FREE
MONEY
If you order from
Schwan’s or would
like to order, please take part in our Schwan’s Cares program, which benefits our school financially. Also, save
your plastic caps for school, too!
St. Vincent de Paul
Last week, 8 St. Ben’s Vincentians
made 15 home visits where 29 people
in need reside (no one was at home at 5
households at the time of our visit).
With just under $900 of the alms you
entrusted to our care, we helped them
to pay on their delinquent bills for Rent (3), and Vectren
(2), and we gave Thrift Store vouchers for household
goods and bedding (3) and for clothing (2) at 5 of the
households. Thank you. God bless you.
Hospitalizations
Because of increased security of healthcare information, we are no longer informed when a parishioner is admitted to the hospital, especially if it's
through the Emergency department. Please call the
parish center when a family member is in the hospital and we will be happy to visit them. The same
goes for Nursing Homes, as well. Also, it's good to
be anointed before surgery. If you're preparing for
surgery, please ask a priest to anoint you beforehand.
Please Keep Our Military in Your
Prayers Today & Everyday!
Joseph Filipczak—US Marine Corps
Reserve. May 1958-May 1964. Chaplain:
local Marine Corps League Detachment
1090.
Senior Chief Matthew Lasher—US Navy. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
LTC Luke Charpentier—Minnesota National Guard
34th "Red Bull" Infantry Division (US Army)
2LT Colin Charpentier—Ft. Drum, NY: Signal
Corps Officer (US Army)
SSGT Jacob Steele—US Air Force, Okinawa, Japan
COL Greg Phipps —US Army National Guard.
Cheyenne, Wyoming
PFC Connor Phipps— US Army National
Guard. Guernsey, Wyoming
W. Michael Wilson Corpsman—US Navy. Suffolk,
VA: Surgical Technician
PFC Benjamin Luecke—US Army. Ft. Leonard
Wood, Missouri: Basic Training
+Prayer Requests
Please contact Nancy Vaught (491-1786) or the Parish
Office (425-3369) for prayer requests.
Help Wanted
Individuals needed to work several hours every afternoon
in our Keyway (after school daycare) Program. Great
income opportunity for any high school student. If interested, contact Misty Humphrey at 812-568-7274.
Save
The
Date
NINTH ANNUAL One Mile or Five Kilometer Walk
Saturday, September 17, at 9:00am
Evansville State Hospital
To benefit the Evansville District Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society
Come for a free “Walk” on a beautiful fall day. Monetary pledges from your family and
friends are appreciated but no donations are required. More information to come!
St. Benedict Cathedral
MINISTRY SCHEDULE
For August 6 & 7
Lectors
4:30PM Megan McCombs, Susan Jones
8:00AM Mark Reitman, Michelle Lansdale
10:30AM Greg Claspell, Glenda Hampton
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion
4:30PM Angela Busler, Joan Creech, Leigh Ann Gamble,
Jim Gorman, Barbara Hammond, Randy Hupfer
6:00AM Marian Seibert, Bryan Bredhold, Francis Brickey,
Steve Kincaid, Lucy Himstedt
8:00AM Melanie Kincaid, Chris Nigg, Pat Shaw, Ann
Scheitlin, Joan Steffenhagen, Mark Steffenhagen
10:30AM Ann Bickett, Mike Broshears, John Cameron,
Justine Cameron, Aaron Clark, Ryan Clark
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Our Weekly Offering
Weekly Offering.......................................$17,405.06
Semi-monthly EFT Offering .............................. $
Weekly Budget .........................................$22,941.85
Sunday Offering Budget to Date .........$91,767.40
Sunday Offering Actual to Budget ...... $(3,300.71)
Annual Fund Paid to Date .................. $318,236.80
Annual Fund Pledged to Date ........ $366,981.53
Annual Fund Participating Families ......... 372
Youth Collection................................................ $8.50
Weekly St. Vincent de Paul Gifts ................. $220.00 Fiscal Year July 1 – June 30
Servers
4:30PM Emma Sorgenfrey, Allie Perkins, Meredith
Perkins
8:00AM Drew Fuqua, Ryan Fuqua, Dawson Hurley
10:30AM Emma Holt, Phoebe Stepto, Jonah Fish
Gift Bearers
4:30PM Jim & Theresa Phipps
8:00AM Matt & Heather Gibson
10:30AM Richard & Tammy Orr
Greeters
4:30PM Louise Mehringer
8:00AM Martha Esparza, Lori Oliva
10:30AM Delores Mason, Bob Wuertz
Raffle tickets for the Summer Social are available in all
three entrances. Please help make this ONE DAY
event a success by picking up a packet for your family
and selling the tickets inside. Think you can sell them
by August 12? You will be eligible for an Early Bird
drawing! Money and ticket stubs can be returned in an
envelope marked “Raffle” and placed in the collection
basket, dropped off at the Parish Center, or taken to
the School Office. More tickets are available in the
Parish center or at any of the entrances. Thanks a
bunch for your help!
A big THANK YOU to St. Benedict parishioners and
visitors alike who donated items to the Youth Group’s
Aurora Project. We overwhelmed Aurora with all the
items. We actually filled up the entire
room! They were so appreciative of
everything you gave!
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St. Benedict Cathedral
Beyond our Parish
Women’s Conference
You are invited! Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology and the Sisters of St. Benedict of Ferdinand, Indiana, are collaborating to offer an October 7-9 conference called Women of the Church: Strength of the Past.
Hope for Tomorrow. A Catholic Leadership Conference. Open to women and men, consecrated, married, and
single, the conference aims to honor and support the work of women in the Church, and to provide space to respond
to Pope Francis’s call for “a more incisive female presence” in the Church (Gaudium Evangelii, #103). For more information or to register, see www.womenofthechurch.org or email Agnes Kovacsat info@womenofthechurch.org.
Marriage Workshop
Mark Your Calendars for Wisdom Days
Stress in Your Marriage? – Retrouvaille is a program for
married couples that feel bored, disillusioned, frustrated,
or angry in their marriage. Some experience coldness.
Others experience conflict in their relationship. Most
don’t know how to change the situation or even how to
communicate this with their spouse. This program has
helped thousands of couples experiencing difficulties in
their marriage. For confidential information about or to
register for the August program beginning with a weekend on Aug. 19, 2016 call 270-683-1545 ext. 346 or email:
satkv59@gmail or visit the web site at
www.retrouvaille.org.
Catholic Charities’ 2016 WISDOM DAYS for seniors
will take place in Dubois County (Huntingburg Event
Center, Oct. 24), Vincennes (Green Activities Center, Vincennes University, Oct. 31), and Evansville (St. John the
Evangelist Parish Gym, Nov. 7). Each day is free to attendees and includes lunch, speakers, attendance prizes,
and a visit from Bishop Charles Thompson. Free will
offerings are appreciated. More details are
at www.charitiesevv.org/family-life.html. Registration
instructions are forthcoming!
Marian Education Outreach Golf Outing
mation Day, Saturday August 27th from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the Catholic Center. ValLimar Jansen will use
her gifts of storytelling, song and witness to share the
message of God’s Mercy. Online registration and information on breakout sessions is available at http://
goo.gl/yzs934.
Join us for the 20th Annual Saint Wendel Knights of
Saint John Golf Outing benefiting Marian Education
Outreach on Sunday, August 21, at Cambridge Golf
Course. Shot gun start at 7:30 am. Cost is $55.00 per player. Lunch and refreshments will be served following at
the Knights Home. Team and door prizes a long with
half pot give away. For more information or team sign
ups, contact Kelly at 812-304-0617, Chris at 812-4838654, or Larry at 812-483-9915.
Attention Women of All Ages!!
Join us as we unwrap the “Gift of Mercy” at the first ever Gather in Faith Women’s Conference at St. John the
Baptist Catholic Parish on September 17th from 8:00
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Be inspired by Lisa M. Hendey, founder
and editor of CatholicMom.com and author of numerous
books, including The Grace of Yes; and Jasper native
Kelly Craig Schaefer, teacher and author of her memoir, Fractured Not Broken. Attend breakout sessions on
forgiveness, marriage, prayer, parenting and more! Join us
for a day of discovery about our Faith, our Families and
our own Feminine Genius. Register online
at www.sjbnewburgh.org or contact Bethany Logan
at bpmmjd@yahoo.com. Cost: $25 (includes lunch). Registration increases to $30 after Aug. 31st. Childcare: $5
Save the date for the 6th Annual Catechist For-
Summer Socials:
St. Philip Church Summer Social—Saturday, Aug. 13 and
Sunday, Aug. 14. A pork chop supper will be served
from 5-7:30pm on Saturday evening and a chicken dinner
will be served from 10:30-2:30 pm on Sunday. Bulk
BBQ sales will be available both days. The social will
feature quilts, games, theme baskets, air-conditioned bingo, and food. St. Philip is located 7 miles west of Evansville on St. Philip Road.
Jubilee Pilgrimage to Italy Oct. 17-27
Venice - Florence - Assisi - Rome... hosted by Fr.
Claude “Dusty” Burns and Fr. Gordon Mann.
$3699 from Louisville. For an itinerary and more
information or to receive a brochure you may
contact Sts. Mary and John Parish office 812-425
-1577 or email Fr. Gordon at gmann@evdio.org.
St. Benedict Cathedral
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RESPECT LIFE CELEBRATION
Alaska on Land and Sea
Thursday, October 20, 2016, the Respect For Life Celebration begins with 5:30 p.m. (CDT) Mass at Good
Shepherd Catholic Church (2301 N. Stockwell Road,
Evansville). Then join us for a catered dinner and keynote address on poverty and solidarity with the poor
by Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo, President and CEO of
Catholic Relief Services. Reservations required ($25
per person/$15 per full time student). To register and
for more details, www.charitiesevv.org/respect-lifecelebration.html or call Catholic Charities at 812-4235456.
A wonderful experience, Aug. 16-28, 2016, visiting Alaska's great Mt. Denali and National Park, viewing exotic
wildlife native to the Northern cold, followed by 7-days on
board a Princess Cruise ship back to Seattle. Glaciers, calving glaciers, rides to enjoy a glacier up close and personal.
All these marvelous sights plus local towns down the coast
are life time memories. For a brochure, contact: Fr. Joseph
Ziliak, 100 W Water St #1, Newburgh, IN 476301174, 812-455-1119 or ziliakjoseph@gmail.com. Engaged Encounter
Are you engaged and looking for an in-depth and personal marriage preparation experience? Join us for an Engaged Encounter weekend on SEPTEMBER 17-18,
2016, Sarto Retreat Center, Evansville! Engaged Encounter is a weekend retreat with other engaged couples that affords time alone together to plan for marriage. Trained facilitators lead the program. For more
information or to register, please visit
www.charitiesevv.org/engaged-encounter.html or call
Catholic Charities at 812-423-5456. Jubilee Year of Mercy Trip to Italy
Join us for a wonderful trip to Italy that will include Venice, Padua, Florence, Assisi, Orvieto, Rome and an optional trip to Pompeii, Oct. 31-Nov. 10, 2016. This includes a
public audience with Pope Francis. Always an exciting
event! The last time we were within eight feet of Pope
Francis in his popemobile. Lasting memories! $3,479 from
Evansville includes flights, food, hotels, coach, and escort.
Please contact Fr. Joseph Ziliak, 100 W Water St #1,
Newburgh, IN 47630-1174, ziliakjoseph@gmail.com 812455-1119.
Most Rev. Charles C. Thompson, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of Evansville
Very Rev. Godfrey Mullen, OSB
(812) 425-3369 gmullen@evdio.org
Deacon David Cook
(812) 425-3369 dcook@evdio.org
Deacon James Flynn
(812) 425-3369 jflynn@evdio.org
Deacon Tom Kempf
(812) 425-3369 tkempf@evdio.org
School Principal
Sister Karlene Sensmeier, OSB
(812) 425-4596 ksensmeier@evdio.org
(812) 425-3369 pmcguire@evdio.org
Pastoral Associates
Sister Patricia McGuire, OSB
Sister Ann Francis Hillenbrand, OSB (812) 425-3369 ahillenbrand@evdio.org
Parish Administrative Asst.
Ms. Kelley Coppens
(812) 425-3369 kcoppens@evdio.org
Parish Accountant
Mrs. Melanie McMinn
(812) 425-3369 mmcminn@evdio.org
Director of Liturgical Music
Mr. Jeremy Korba
(812) 425-3369 jkorba@evdio.org
Director of Choirs
Mrs. Jennifer Korba
(812) 425-4596 jrkorba@evdio.org
Youth Ministry Leader
Mrs. Charlene Fiedler
(812) 449-8559 cfiedler@evdio.org
School Secretaries
Mrs. Ami Pitt
(812) 425-4596 apitt@evdio.org
Mrs. Stacey Ulrich
(812) 425-4596 sulrich@evdio.org
Pastoral Council Chair
Mrs. Ann Green
(812) 449-5697 anngreen@wowway.com
Finance Council Chair
Mrs. Beth Clark
(812) 402-7890 bclark@fieldandmain.com
Cathedral Rector
Deacons
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