SAINT AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH MARCH 20, 2016

Birthday List March 20 None March 21 Hunter Davisson, Michelle Kahler, Emma Messman, Kerry Stevens March 22 Mary Brown, Rose Marie Groppe, Stacie Klingler March 23 Casey Boose March 24 Ernesto Guzman, Janet Warne March 25 Harold Deno, Riley Todd March 26 Kalyn Deno

Minister Schedule for March 26 & 27

Saturday 7:30PM Greeter– Please Volunteer Lector– R/P Hueser, J. Cole, J/J Mercer Ministers– Please Volunteer Servers– Please Volunteer Sunday 7:30 AM Greeters– Nellie Shide, C. Hay, R. Geleott Lector– Ed Feicht Ministers– Please Volunteer Servers– Tate & Graham Drone 10:00 AM Greeters– Ed Nagel, A. Balvich, M. Steinke Lector– Gail Evans Ministers– B/D Hollerman, Sydney Dobson, R White, D. Reichert Servers– Braden Dobson, Jerrett Nagel, Alex Gull

Care Ministers for March 20-26 March 20– ML Debb March 21– G. Garrity March 22– R. Koebcke

March 23– Fr. Don

March 24– B. Post March 25– D. Myers March 26– M. Chesak

Confessions will not be heard on Holy Saturday, March 26th.

The Church Office will be closed March 21-25th due to Spring break. If you are in need of assistance, please leave a message as Father Don will be checking messages. Thank you!

Stewardship

Total for 3/6/16 $ 6595.00

Envelopes/checks & Loose Collection $ 4283.39

Automatic (Online) Giving (weekly average) $ 505.00

Total for 3/13/16 $ 4788.39

SUNDAY, MARCH 20– PALM SUNDAY 7:30am For the Parish 10:00am David Chesak MONDAY, MARCH 21 8:00am Communion Service 8:30-3:30pm Eucharistic Adoration TUESDAY, MARCH 22 5:30pm Theresa Bard WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23– Mass at the Care Center 10:00am Deceased of the White & Reichert Families THURSDAY, MARCH 24– Holy Thursday 7:00pm Living/Deceased of the Albin Shank Families FRIDAY, MARCH 25– Good Friday 12:00pm For the Parish SATURDAY, MARCH 26– Holy Saturday 7:30pm Bob & Tennis Walter SUNDAY, MARCH 27– Easter Sunday 7:30am For the Parish 10:00am Pama Tonner

Triduum/Easter The Easter Triduum (Latin for “three days”) commemorates the essential elements of our salvation: Christ’s sacrifice, his burial and his resurrection.

Holy Thursday Mass: March 24th at 7:00pm

The Triduum observance begins Holy Thursday evening with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. The liturgy’s Washing of the Feet recalls Christ’s example of loving service. As a whole, the liturgy celebrates Christ’s love for us made manifest in the Eucharist and in the sacrifice at Calvary. There will be Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel Thursday evening until 10:00PM if you would like to spend some quite time with Jesus and reflect on Christ’s invitation to focus on our common faith, common hopes, and Christ’s heartfelt prayer for unity at the Last Supper.

Good Friday Service: March 25th at 12:00pm

A day of fast and abstinence from meat, Good Friday features the Adoration of the Cross in a solemn liturgy focused on Christ’s death and burial. True disciples take up the cross with its intersecting vertical and horizontal beams that reconcile heaven to earth. In this way, they share the vulnerability Jesus embraced by becoming human, becoming brothers an sisters in Christ and co-heirs to Easter glory.

Easter Vigil: March 26th at 7:30pm

We do not seek to commune with darkness, but to keep vigil with full hope of meeting the risen Lord. Beginning with the blessing of the new fire and the light ceremony, the Easter Vigil recounts our salvation history in an extended Liturgy of the Word, culminating in the baptism and/or the renewal of our baptismal promises. The Vigil culminates with the Liturgy of the Eucharist that unleashes our Easter joy for the next 50 days of the Easter season.

Easter Sunday Masses: March 27th at 7:30 & 10:00am

Easter Sunday is the preeminent Sunday, reminding us of why we celebrate Mass and worship the Lord throughout the year. “Alleluia” is introduced back into the liturgy after being absent throughout the Season of Lent.

Second Collection– Good Friday Pontifical Collection Pope Francis has asked our Parish to support Christians in the Holy Land. When you contribute to the Pontifical Good Friday

Collection, you become an instrument of peace in a troubled land. The political, religious and military challenges in the Holy Land are

more complex than ever. Your support helps Christians, along with all clergy and religious who serve there. Please be generous!

PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD 219-866-5351 OR www.saugustine.org

Bulletin Submissions: If you would like to submit a picture or article for the bulletin, please contact the church office by either calling 866-5351 or

emailing marie@rhsi.tv. Submissions must be received by 8:00am on Tuesday in order to be included in the following weekend’s edition.

You Are Invited to Wednesday Evening Meals ! St. Augustine Parish is offering meals on select Wednesday

evenings, and you are welcome to join us! Come for food and fellowship prior to Wednesday evening programs. Dinner begins

at 6:00 pm unless otherwise specified. Free-will donations will be accepted

Menu 3/23 Spring Break… No meal served 3/30 Baked Potato Bar 4/6 Sub Sandwiches 4/13 Pasta Night 4/20 Soup & Salad 4/27 Pizza & Salad 5/4 Grill Night

Peanut Butter and Jelly will be available at every meal as well. Come join us for food and fellowship!

Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Fry’s

Join us for a Fish Fry at the Knights of Columbus Hall this Friday! Proceeds will benefit Birthright. Serving takes place from 5:30 – 7:30 pm.

Take Outs, Child and Senior Prices are available.

HUNGERING TO BUILD COMMUNITY We follow Jesus this week on our Lenten

journey as he enters Jerusalem, a community he knew well. CRS Rice Bowl asks us to prayerfully enter into our own

communities, to find those who are hungry and thirsty, those who need our

help. How does our Lenten journey motivate us to serve those we encounter

in our daily lives? Rice Bowls are available by the church exits. Use this fun resource to deepen your family’s Lenten experience & make a difference in the lives of the poor. Visit crsricebowl.org for

family activities, recipes and more!

Lenten Luncheon Schedule We join with other churches throughout the community this Lenten season to enjoy time together at the annual Lenten luncheons. Luncheons are held from 11:45-12:45pm. A $5 donation is requested. This year’s luncheons are held on: March 23-- First Christian

Mark your calendar to support these churches!

Step up to Stand on our New Floor in 2016

Bishop Dwenger Knights of Columbus Casino Night Saturday, April 2 at the hall

Happy Hour from 5:00 to 6:00 pm Gaming from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Tickets are $30 each and include food and soft drinks, draft beer and wine and a chance to win $250, $500, and $1000 in the raffle. You do not

need to be present to win the raffle. We will have the NCAA Final Four games on the big screen. Should be a fun night for everyone.

Pick up a ticket at the Friday Night fish fry or from a Knight.

SASBUCK$ News: Want to make a photo book of your upcoming spring break trip? Do it with a scrip card for Shutterfly, which is

offering a 2% bonus contribution if you buy the card by March 25, meaning the rebate will be 11% instead of the standard 9%. Also, wash that spring mud off of your car by using a gift certificate from

our March Merchant-of-the-Month, Northside Car Wash. Call the school (866-5480) or the church office (866-5351) with questions.

THE SPRING SOCIAL IS 4/16/2016 The Spring Social Committee would like to thank all of the parishioners who have generously donated toward the event so far! If you intended to send in your sponsorship and haven’t done so yet, we will

gladly accept it! If you were planning to drop it off at the school, please remember that they are on Spring Break and won’t return until Monday, March 28. We have many fun auction items ready to go – Disney Hopper passes, Indianapolis Indians

tickets, Subway picnic packs and a variety of sports memorabilia! Send in your reply card today to reserve your spot!

Now Hiring St. Augustine School is accepting applications for an elementary

classroom teacher for the 2016 – 2017 school year. Cover letter, resume and references may be sent to:

Mrs. Anne Dumas St. Augustine School 328 N McKinley Ave

Rensselaer, IN 47978 dumas@s-augustine.org

219-866-5480 219-866-5663 fax

Movie Night Trinity United Methodist Church is sponsoring a movie night at the Ritz Cinema in Rensselaer, Indiana. The movie, WAR ROOM, will be shown twice: Wednesday, March 30 @ 7:00pm and again on

Sunday, April 3 @ 2:00 pm. Entrance to the movie is FREE! Check out a movie review at www.pluggedin.com

Retirement Celebration in Honor of Our School Principal, Anne Dumas

Save the Date for May 15th following 10:00am Mass and join fellow parishioners,

school families, and friends for a celebration in the school gym. More details to come!

It's time to clean your closets, garages and basements. The

Birthright rummage sale will be held on Apr. 15th and 16th. PLEASE DO

NOT BRING YOUR DONATIONS BEFORE Apr. 11th. We will no longer be able to accept electrical appliances or baby equipment.

Please save your large brown paper grocery bags. If you have any questions please call Germaine at 866-4206.

We have achieved our goal for our floor & pew project, except for monies pledged &

not yet collected from Fruitful Harvest. We are still counting on those pledges being

honored. A total of $14,706.00 of the $36,875.00 pledged towards the floor

dovetail has been paid to the Diocese & will be returned to our parish. Even so, we will be taking up two more floor collections

toward the floor/pew project. These will cover expenses not factored into the origi-nal estimate of the project (more expensive chemical strippers dictated by recent EPA regulations, the cost of kneeler padding where that needs to be replaced). The next collection will be taken up Easter

weekend. The last collection will be taken up the last Sunday of April. Thank you for

your generosity and stewardship!