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Fr. Thomas Kovatch, Pastor

2222 E. Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47401 | (812) 336– 6846

Emergency # : 812-929-1278

Love God,

Serve Others!

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St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

January 30th _{, 2021—February 7}th_{, 2021}

Saturday, January 30th_{, 2021}

8:30 a.m. Mass Intention: DJT & family

Presider: Fr. Tom

4:00 p.m. Mass Intention: Mary Sherman †

Presider: Fr. Tom

Sunday, January 31st_{, 2021}

8:00 a.m. Mass Intention: Marcelle Pfenninger †

Presider: Fr. Tom

10:00 a.m. Mass Intention: St. Charles Parish family Presider: Fr. Tom

12:00 p.m. Mass Intention: Michael Halla †

Presider: Fr. Tom

Monday, February 1st_{, 2021}

8:30 a.m. Mass Intention: Mary Lou Kovatch † Presider: Fr. Tom

Tuesday, February 2nd_{, 2021}

5:30 p.m. Mass Intention: Amy Kellams † Presider: Fr. Tom

Wednesday, February 3rd_{, 2021}

8:30 a.m. Mass Intention: Edoardo Lebano † Presider: Fr. Tom

Thursday, February 4th_{, 2021}

5:30 p.m Mass Intention: Louis Biagioni †

Presider: Fr. Tom

Friday, February 5th_{, 2021}

8:30 a.m. Mass Intention: RoseMary Ives †

Presider: Fr. Tom

Saturday, February 6th_{, 2021}

8:30 a.m. Mass Intention: Ernestina Suarez †

Presider: Fr. Tom

4:00 p.m. Mass Intention: Marsha Kane †

Presider: Fr. Tom

Sunday, February 7th_{, 2021}

8:00 a.m. Mass Intention: Pete & Clare Herbert family

Presider: Fr. Tom

10:00 a.m. Mass Intention: Marcelle Pfenninger † Presider: Fr. Tom

12:00 p.m. Mass Intention: St. Charles Parish family

Presider: Fr. Tom

*Saturday 4 pm and Sunday 10 am Masses will be live streamed. Daily Mass and holy hours will be live streamed as well . See page 5 for our YouTube channel information. † = deceased

Hospital Ministry is suspended for the time being. Please keep all of the sick and hospitalized in your prayers.

Love God, serve others!

SHARING GOD’S GIFTS

2020-21 annual budgeted Sunday/Holy Day contributions through 12/31/2020

2020-21 annual actual Sunday/Holy Day contributions through 12/31/2020* Annual Budget

$ 426,988 $ 403,369 $ 832,000 December 2020 contributions budgeted

December 2020 contributions actual $ 92,367 $ 117,581

Sunday Collections January 24/25: $ 3,083

Thanks for your generosity!

*Fiscal year began 7/1/20

Ministry Schedules Weekend of February 6/7 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Saturday, February 6th

4:00 pm

Cantor: Benjamin Seiwert Organist: Jeremy Woodard Lectors: Tammy Blevins

Sunday, February 7th

8:00 am

Cantor: Benjamin Seiwert Organist: Steve Keucher Lectors: Robert Moore 10:00 am

Cantor: Savanna Webber Organist: Brian McNulty Lectors: Jeremy Hutchins 12:00 pm

Cantor: Elise Miller Organist: Brian McNulty Lectors: Barb Bourbina Counters: TBA

**Schedules can be found on our website. See the link below.

Visit our website for the monthly schedule:

https://parish.stcharlesbloomington.org/ministry-schedules.html

Try Daily Mass! See the schedule to the left.

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It is with great sadness that I was not able to take a group of young people to the March for Life pro-test this year. In October I made the decision to not go as I sadly expected that our young people might be in physical danger if we went to the March in Washington DC. The freedoms we have as Americans in the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave are now being chal-lenged. As a U.S. Marine who gave 6 years of my life in service to our country, I am increasingly shocked at the direction our country is taking.

Blessed Mother Teresa confronted President Clinton on his pro-abortion stand at the National Pray-er Breakfast in 1994 and latPray-er took hPray-er pro-life mes-sage to the highest court in the land. Her lawyers filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court urging it to recognize the unborn child's inalienable right to life.

She urged the court to hear the case Alexander Loce vs. The State of New Jersey, which involves the issue of whether or not the unborn child is a human being entitled to 14th _{Amendment protection. Loce was}

convicted of trespassing for attempting to prevent his fiancé from having an abortion.

Mother Teresa's petition is a powerful witness in defense of life. It includes the following passage:

"America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe vs. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted moth-ers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate human relationships. It has aggravated the derogation of the father's role in an increasingly father-less society. It has portrayed the greatest of gifts--a child--as a competitor, an intrusion and an inconven-ience. It has nominally accorded mothers unfettered dominion over the dependent lives of their physically dependent sons and daughters. And, in granting this unconscionable power, it has exposed many women to unjust and selfish demands from their husbands or other sexual partners.”

"Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government," she said. "They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign.

The Constitutional Court of the Federal Repub-lic of Germany ruled: 'The unborn child is entitled to its right to life independently of its acceptance by its mother; this is an elementary and inalienable right which emanates from the dignity of the human being.' "Americans may feel justly proud that Germany in 1993 was able to recognize the sanctity of human life. You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth."

I remember when Blessed Mother Teresa was standing next to President Clinton and this little wom-an spoke words more commwom-anding thwom-an the most pow-erful man in the world could conjure up that day.

How is it that we remain blind to the truth today? I believe that when God is taken out of the environment we live in, that his Grace is taken away from our inter-personal encounters which results in decisions that are more influenced by the devil and our own self-centered desires.

In our current political divide, we have those that support abortion and are going to even further extremes, as they are advocating for the killing of the children after birth. The governor of Virginia is on rec-ord stating that once the baby is born it is okay for the mother and her doctor to decide what to do. How can our political leaders so blatantly ignore the importance of the lives of the unborn?

We are in this position because many Pro-life Catholics just sit back and do nothing while the forces of evil are infecting the thoughts of many in our coun-try. I am saddened to even say Pro-life Catholics be-cause every Catholic should be Pro-life, but over 50% supported a Pro-choice Catholic in our last election. I fear for the end-of-life meeting with Christ for anyone who has supported the killing of over 62 Million of God’s little ones.

We celebrated the conversion of St. Paul this past week and prior to his conversion Jesus blinded him with a bright light. At the same time Saul heard from the sky— “Saul why are you persecuting my peo-ple”. I pray that a bright light will blind us too at this moment in salvation history and that we are finally able to hear the same words coming to us from Christ, refencing how we now routinely kill the unborn with-out understanding that they too are equally loved by their Creator.

Please pray for the protection of the lives of the unborn children that God has created to be born into our world. Let us also pray for the conversion of those in our country that support abortion rights--that God touch their hearts as he guides them to his truth. And finally let’s pray for those fighting for the rights of the unborn in the pro-life movement---that they remain steadfast in their beliefs and continue to find peaceful ways to continue the battle to save the lives of the most poor and vulnerable human beings---those in the womb of their mother. This issue has become political and that saddens me—this issue is a human rights issue and unfortunately we as a country are ignoring the rights of the unborn.

Until next week…

Fr. Tom

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There is a link on our parish website to register. Visit www.stcharlesbloomington.org to learn more! Not computer savvy? Come to the Parish office and we’ll help you!

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RCIA Classes (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) Please pray for the members of this year's RCIA class which is now in session!

Religious Education Classes Contact Rose Johnson:

[email protected] 812-334-1664

Visit our website:

https://parish.stcharlesbloomington.org/ and click on the Religious Ed tab for more information.

Join fellow Young Adult Parishioners! Thursdays at 7:00 am Contact Danielle Sherman

dsherman@stcharles bloominogton.org Youth Ministry Contact: Tony Ditzler tditzler @stcharles bloomington.org

St. Joseph’s Group for Men St. Martha’s Group

for Women

Fr. Tom is starting ministry groups for men and women to assist our parish, school, & fellow parishioners!

The St. Joseph’s Men’s group will assist with things like handyman work, electrical, plumbing, etc. The St. Martha’s Women’s group will assist with household help, meals, running errands, making phone calls, and writing notes, etc.

This is a way to assist all areas of St. Charles and to provide outreach to those who aren’t able to be physi-cally present with us.

What are your talents? Please share them with us! Contact the Parish office to sign-up!

[email protected]

A Joyous Welcome to

Jonas George Gremore baptized on January 24, 2021

“So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away;

behold, new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

Rest in Peace

Virginia Violet Johnson 1923—2021 Wilber England 1940—2021

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let the perpetual light shine upon them. And may the souls of all the faithful departed, through

the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Dr. Kenneth Howell

Dr. Kenneth Howell will present a 5-Part Series for the RCIA classes and everyone in the parish is invited! The 5-part series began January 26. The first presentation was Dr. Howell's conversion witness story entitled, "Why be Catholic?" and can be found on our YouTube chan-nel.

February 2nd _{and 9}th _{will instruct us on the Old}

Testa-ment. The last two in the series will cover the Gospels and St. Paul. Here are the dates so you can mark your calendar!

Tuesdays January 26 February 2, 9, 16 and 23

*All sessions will be from 6:30 - 8:30 pm You can attend the session in person, in the Parish Hall. Masks and social distancing required. All sessions

will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel, so watch for updates on links to those presentations. Contact Rose Johnson for more information!

[email protected] 812-334-1664

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OUR PRAYER LIST

Please pray for those who are sick or suffering. Beatriz Balli, Faye & Fred Browning, John Carlin, Sharon Caulfield, Ted & Sally Ciasto, Kevin Corydon, Davis family, Kelly deSouza, Jim Diana, Gill family, Sharon Haines, Janet Harriet, Andy Hipskind, Mark Hooker, Robert Hunsicker, Becky Kendall, Jack Kobylinski, Elizabeth Langham, Allison Levy, Elijah Ligue, Kathleen McConahay, Mike Miller, Edda Mae Nelson-Sturrup & family, Mary Alice McCarty, Valera Middleton, Michael Murray, Melvin Noah, Sue

Palmreuter, Randy Paul, Michael Sayward, Jr., Gerson Vaca, Jeff Waters and Ted Zawilinski.

To add a name email:

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Contact us with questions! [email protected] MASS AND HOLY HOURS on YouTube Fr. Tom is live streaming Masses on YouTube

now. Please subscribe to our St. Charles channel. And you can sign up to receive notifications when new live content is streaming.

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January 31, 2021

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“Brothers and sisters: I should like you to be free of anxieties.”- 1 Corinthians 7:32

How much anxiety do we bring upon ourselves by constantly worrying about not having enough or attaining more things? God won’t necessarily give you everything you want, but He will provide everything you need. Try this – use the word “pray” instead of the word “worry” in the future. Then pray for things instead of worrying about them.

If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

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Want more information about St. Charles School? Contact Principal Madonna Paskash mpaskash@ stcharlesbloomington .org

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PARISH CENTER

Office hours Monday through Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Fr. Thomas Kovatch, Pastor (812) 336-6846; emergency # : 812-929-1278

Rose Johnson, Coordinator of Religious Education (812) 334-1664

Saundra Moss, Religious Education Assistant (812) 334-1664

Tony Ditzler, Youth Ministry (812) 334-1664

Ruth Dubé, Bookkeeper (812) 336-6846

Benjamin Seiwert, Director of Music Ministries (812) 336-6846

Sue Campbell, Admin. Assistant/Facilities/Bulletin

([email protected]) (812) 336-6846

ST. CHARLES SCHOOL

Office open during School Year from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Monday – Friday

Madonna Paskash, Principal (812) 336-5853

Siobhan Dennis, Admin. Assistant (812) 336-5853

Monica Duncan, Office Admin./Bookkeeper (812) 336-5853

Mary Anne Moulden, Office Mgr. (812) 336-5853

Michele Graf, Director of Daycare (812) 336-5853

ORGANIZATIONS Pastoral Council

• Chair: Geoff Glanders

• At-Large: Mary Dedek

• At-Large: Mary Ellen George

• At-Large: Lisa Grabski

• At-Large: Jason Greer

• At-Large: Saundra Moss

• At-Large: Betsy Osborne

• Finance: Scott Shishman, Chair

• School Commission: Melissa Banks

([email protected])

Adoration: Teresa Pearson, Chair ([email protected])

Awakenings Committee: Saundra Moss, Chair

Benedictine Oblates of St. Meinrad Archabbey, Bloomington Chapter

Contact: Ted Castronova Tuesday Bible Study: Jan Pierson

Wednesday Bible Study: Stella Hooker-Haase

D of I: Sharleen Myers, Regent

Hospital Ministry: (812) 336-6846

K of C: Len Tieman, Grand Knight (812) 325-2948 [email protected]

Pro-Life Committee: Margie Sayward, Chair

Rosary Prayer Group: Sandy Biggs

Sacristans: Betsy Osborne

School P.T.O.: Jolene Headley, President

Sharing with Seniors: Lisa Grabski

St. Raphael Singles Group: Dave Martini, Chair ([email protected])

Project Rachel 888-456-HOPE or (317) 452-0054

St. Vincent de Paul ([email protected]) (812) 961-1510

Tri-Parish Seniors: Sandy Lively

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PARISH MEMBERSHIP

Please register at the Parish Center or visit https://

indianapolis.parishsoftfamilysuite.com/ Click on “new user” to get started BAPTISM REGISTRATION

Parents call the Parish Center to register for baptism preparation classes. 336-6846. RECONCILIATION

Confessions heard 30 minutes before every Mass Fr. Tom celebrates daily, and from 3:30 to 3:50 p.m. on Saturday, and also by request or appointment.

MARRIAGE

Pre-marriage preparation is available for registered members. Arrangements must be made at least SIX MONTHS in advance. Information: (812) 336-6846.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION • Programs for Children

Grades First through Seventh.

• Programs for Youth

Confirmation classes, for 8th _{and 9}th _grade

students during the school year. • Programs for Adults

Spiritual Enrichment for College age and older.

• Adult Instruction Classes (RCIA)

Religious Education office: (812) 334-1664. YOUTH MINISTRY

High School Youth Group on Thursday evenings

Info: (812) 336-6846

ST. CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC SCHOOL

The school, a Blue Ribbon Award winner, is fully accredited through Advanced Ed. We offer classes from preschool through eighth grade. Please contact us today for more information, 812-336-5853. PASTORAL MUSIC

Choir, Cantors and Instrumentalists are invited to share their gifts.

For information: (812) 336-6846. DAY CARE MINISTRY

Infant through five years. (812) 331-6740.

HOSPITAL MINISTRY

Communion provided while hospitalized and provided to senior and eldercare facili-ties and homebound. Contact (812) 336-6846. *On hold at this time (COVID-19) SACRAMENT OF THE SICK

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