St. Mary Catholic Church

Masks will be required at ALL Masses and events where social distancing is not available at St. Mary in all parish buildings. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

• Our Hospitality Ministers will be here to greet you before weekend Masses, help find seating and to sanitize after each Mass.
• In order to provide social distancing, seating is available every other pew. When seating yourself, leave at least 6 feet between you and a non-related Mass attendee in the pew.
• Please enter through the west main doors and the north side/ramp door.
• These doors will remain unlocked throughout Mass.
• Saturday Confessions--are in the Church, in the back in the Cry Room, 3:30-4:30 pm

When you are in the Church (outside of Mass times) for prayer or Confession, please use the wipes provided to disinfect the space you occupied.

 
 Now is the Time to Choose a High-Quality Catholic Education for Your Children!  St. Michael Catholic School is open for enrollment for the 2021-2022 academic year.  And, as the excitement continues to build – pre-K through 8^th grade classes are filling up.  Some of our classrooms have only a couple of seats left.  Visit stmichaelmuncie.org for more information. 
 
5 Reasons to Stay Until the End of Mass:  Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble wrote a very appropriate article titled “5 Reasons to Stay Until the End of Mass.”  Her spiritual insight gives us all something to help us appreciate the Mass even more.  I wanted to share the highlights with you.  You can read the entire article at:  aleteia.org/2016/04/26/5-reasons-to-stay-until-the-end-of-mass/
 
Communion is About Communing:  When we receive communion, we receive Jesus Himself.  Communion is about communing with our Lord and Savior.  In order to commune, we have to actually savor this special time with Him and take a few moments to be with our Lord.
 
It’s Not Nice to be Rude:  Before Mass in the convent, we have a half hour of silent meditation on the Gospel.  Sometimes I am late.  I walk quickly in with my head down, embarrassed that everyone can see that I slept in.  Recently, I realized that my motivation to be on time should not be to avoid embarrassment but because I am going to see Jesus.  Why is it easy for us to leave early and come late when it is the Creator of the Universe who is hoping to see us?
 
Mass is Not an Activity on a To-Do List:  Often when I see people running out of Mass, it seems like they are checking off an activity on their to-do list and want to be done with it.  The Christian life is not a to-do list.  It is an invitation to be in relationship with God.
 
The Final Blessing is Important:  Blessings are precious.  When a priest, who by his ordination is configured to Christ, gives his final blessing, we are being blessed by God Himself.  If Jesus were standing ready to give us a blessing before we left Mass and went back out into the world, wouldn’t you wait for it?
 
You Get MORE Grace:  According to the Catechism, “the fruits of the sacraments…  depend on the disposition of the one who receives them”  (CCC 1128).  There is a power in the sacraments in and of themselves, but how much of that power seeps into our souls and plays out in our lives depends on our disposition.  If we are rushing out of church after communion, chances are our disposition is not such that we are reverentially aware of the amazing fact that we are consuming the body, blood, soul and divinity of God Himself.
 

 
God bless,
Fr. Eric Underwood

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RCIA is now being offered at two weekly sessions in the Muncie
Pastorate:
 
First, please sign up and watch the video for Symbolon at www.formed.org

Then, please join our Zoom meeting and bring each Session’s resources for Participants. ZOOM meetings are the same time as the regularly scheduled meeting times:

Mondays, 10:00 am meeting hosted by St. Francis

Wednesday, 6:30 pm meeting hosted by St. Mary

Any questions please contact the parish office (288-5308)
 
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) is offered for all adults who are exploring the Catholic faith and for those already Catholic who want to learn more about their faith.

 There is no cost or obligation to attend.
 
All are welcome!
 
 

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School Registration is now Open!!!
Registration for the 2021 – 2022 school year is now open.


You can register at munciecatholic.com/school or call the school 765-288-5878 for an appointment.   Registration packets are also available At St. Mary, St. Lawrence and St. Francis Parish offices.

THE ST. MARY WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION   will be awarding a $1,000.00 Scholarship again this year.   You must be a 2021 graduating senior and a member of St. Mary Church.   The application form, which must be signed by the school guidance counselor, may be picked up at the parish office.     The deadline this year is APRIL 19, 2021 (noon)    If you have any questions you may call Ann Wiley at 747-4047.

Beginning on December 8, 2020, Pope Francis declared this year to be dedicated to St. Joseph and so we ask for his intercession as we pray: In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit… Saint Joseph, Vicar of the Holy Spirit in fulfilling the duties of your wonderful marriage with Mary, introduce the Holy Spirit to my will in order to ignite it with God’s holy love. Present my will to the Most Holy Trinity so that my desires may always be at God’s disposal. Offer my heart to God so that He may dwell in it as on a throne of love and mercy. Present the movements of my soul and all the affections of my heart to God so that through your intercession I will always be faithful to the grace and inspirations of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Applications are now available for the Knights of Columbus Council 560 Scholarship.
Two $1000 scholarships will be awarded to current high school seniors or undergraduate college students.
The applications are available on the Knights of Columbus website, https://kofmuncieindiana.com.
An eligible candidate must be a member of a Catholic church and a resident of Delaware County.

Registration dol-in.org/campcrux