Time to celebrate the young adult community in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis!

Archbishop Tobin has graciously invited us to continue the tradition of ‘bashing-it-up’, September 25, 2016 for Mass, dinner, games, live music, and more!  ALL young adults are invited (ages 18-35). In the past years, hundreds of young adults attended this event.  It is a great opportunity to spend time with the archbishop as well as meet the different groups of young adults from all over the central and southern Indiana!

Time and Location: Mass begins at 4pm at Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis. Followed by party, dinner, games, and live music in The Catholic Center parking lot just across Meridian street from the Cathedral. We will have 5 or 6 food trucks coming to us where you can buy what you’d like for dinner! We’ll have a tent with tables and stage for some jams. There will be a few games and opportunities to see what’s going on in Young Adult and College Campus Ministry. Bring friends and family, event is free and open to all!

July 24-30 declared Faith Hope and Love Week by Indy Mayor Hogsett.

The week’s objective is to promote relationships and cooperation among neighbors on the North side through a series of service projects during that week. Over 25 projects have been selected that will enhance the neighborhoods. The Meridian Kessler and Butler Tarkington Neighborhood Associations and many others are key participants. All IHM parishioners are encouraged to learn about the projects and volunteer! See PROJECT LIST.  An opening event is Sunday, July 24 at 2 pm held at Midtown Vineyard Church 4550 Central Ave, where more project details will be available. Questions? Contact Therese Brennan ([email protected]) or Scott Lowe ([email protected]).

SAVE THE DATE!! Healthy Haughville is back again this summer, and we would love your help! The event this year is on Saturday, July 16th, from 9-11:30 a.m. This is a great way to connect with the communities of both St. Anthony and Haughville by helping with health screenings, passing out school supplies, books and lots more. If you’ve helped in the past, we’d love to see you again, if you haven’t been able to, we would love to have you! And of course, there will be an opportunity to donate school supplies and hygiene products that will be passed out at the health fair. Please email Sheila McNelis [email protected] or Jennifer Kappes [email protected] with any questions or to volunteer. We are looking forward to another successful health fair!

If you want to help kids from St. Anthony be ready for school! Help us fill as many backpacks as we can for the students. Pick up a tag for a St. Anthony student on the board at the front of the Church. Purchase the items listed on the tag and return by Sunday, July 10th to the designated bins located in the Church entryway off of Central Avenue. On Saturday, July 16th, we will distribute these during our annual outreach day, Healthy Haughville. This initiative will ensure the students arrive at school with a full backpack. Thanks in advance for your generous support! Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Elections for Pastoral Council, and Stewardship, School, Outreach, Family Life & Faith Formation, School and Athletics Commissions will occur on May 21 and 22. Additional information on the commissions will be available on the IHM website, and in fliers located at the back of the Church after Mass, or feel free to seek out the incoming parish council President, Jarod Brown.

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We have good news! IHM reached 100% of its goal of pledged support for the United Catholic Appeal that was held last Fall.  You might remember when we spoke about this from the pulpit, urging parishioners from our beloved parish to participate in this appeal.

All pledges and donations go directly to the work of many services provided throughout our large archdiocese, serving thousands of families and individuals, regardless of faith.  Charitable giving is about love, expressing love for others.  We cannot always do all the things we would like to do in our hearts; volunteer in soup kitchens, offer services to some of our Catholic social service agencies, be a mentor to kids who need a friend to lean on.  But by our charitable dollars, we are assured that these services are there, are meeting these needs, and that is critical!  In that way, we are meeting the need and being the servant that the gospels ask of us.

Please take a minute to enjoy the video below…it provides a wonderful overview of the communities UCA is serving. Thank you so much for your generosity!

Members of the Stewardship Commission: Betty Tonsing, Steve Robinson, Eric Patz and Ralph Nowak

Year of Mercy – The scene is captured within the madoria, the shape of an almond, a figure quite important in the early and medieval iconography, for it calls to mind the two natures of Christ, divine and human. The three concentric ovals, with colors progressively lighter as we move outward, suggest the movement of Christ who carries humanity out of the night of sin and death. Conversely, the depth of the darker color suggests the impenetrability of the love of the Father who forgives all.

Members of the Respect Life Committee invite you to join with them in 40 Days for Life – Feb 10th (Ash Wednesday) through March 20 (Palm Sunday). This world-wide peaceful, prayerful, pro-life campaign to protect mothers and babies is sponsored locally by the Great Lakes Gabriel Project.

Join in 40 Days of fervent prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. Shine a light on abortion in our community by peacefully praying in front of Planned Parenthood, 8590 Georgetown Road, Indianapolis, the busiest abortion center in Indiana.

For more information on how to participate go to their web site at 40daysindy.org or pick up a brochure and prayer cards in the rack inside the back entrance to church. Join parishioners from IHM, Christ the King, St. Joan of Arc and St. Malachy who commit to praying at the vigil site on Tuesdays for one hour between 7am and 7pm. If you have questions or want to join them please contact Mary Dougherty by email, [email protected] or call her at 317-790-6060.

Pope Francis tells us that true power lies not in taking care of our own wants, but in humbly taking care of the needs of others.  With just a click you can watch how your gift makes a meaningful difference.

View the UCA Ministry Gallery HERE

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Watch the video here and please participate in this year’s Appeal:

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