August 19, 2020
Dear Friends,
Parish Mission – JP2 is excited to offer "Surge of the Heart", a three night mission presented by Jon Leonetti September 13 -15 from 6:30pm - 7:45pm. The mission will be held in the St Paul Chapel and be Livestreamed as well (but not recorded). This family-friendly mission explores the greatest story ever told - the story of Jesus Christ and his Catholic Church. You can reserve your seat by using the Mass Reservation link and clicking on all three nights of the mission!
Lifeline - Phone a Friend How are you managing and coping with all that is going on in our world today? Covid, back to school, in person or virtual, unemployment, pressures on family life, protests and unrest. Coping is one option, but our faith helps us to do more than just cope. Our faith moves us from coping to hoping. If you or anyone in your family is in need of pastoral counseling to help you through this time, our Director of Discipleship, Marlene Stammerman, is available to assist you. Individual counseling and group counseling are available. For more information contact Marlene directly - 317-989-1795 or mstammerman@stjohnpaulparish.org
The Ladies’ Club has cancelled their 2020 Craft Show typically held in November.
Limited Livestream Masses September 1-8. I will be on vacation from August 30 to September 8. During this time we will only Livestream Wednesday Morning Mass on September 2 and the Saturday Mass on September 5.
Job Opening: This announcement was sent to all the area Churches. We also wanted to send it to all of our parishioners (at least on our email list) in case you know of anyone who might be a good fit for this job opening here in our parish.
Saint John Paul II Catholic Church in Sellersburg, IN, a Divine Renovation Network Parish, is seeking a full-time Director of Operations (Business Manager) for the parish and school. Responsibilities include oversight of finance, facilities, cemetery and human resources administration. This role will prepare and administer the budget, monitor collections and maintain accurate filing and record-keeping for all parish financial matters. This position will also administer the payroll process.
Applicants should have knowledge of and be willing to foster the Catholic Church’s mission. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in business or a related field experience. Prior church experience with accounting and record-keeping principles and practices is beneficial. Knowledge of cash-flow management and budgeting processes. Strong organizational and project management skills are required. In addition, the ability to work effectively with employees, parishioners, vendors and the public is necessary.
For additional information or to submit your resume please send to:
The following are all reminders from previous updates:
· Archbishop Thompson has extended his dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass until November 1. This dispensation was originally scheduled to end on August 15, but that has now been extended until at least November 1.
· Wednesday Morning Mass is a school children ONLY Mass beginning this Wednesday. Whenever the children are present on Wednesday, we cannot allow any parishioners into that Mass as we simply don’t have enough room to do so. We apologize in advance for the inconvenience.
· New Indiana Mask Law-Governor Holcomb has issued a new mask mandate that began Monday, July 27, 2020. In order to comply with the law masks will be required to be worn as you enter the church. If you do not have a mask, we have a supply on hand.
· New Confession Times: We are now offering different times for the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. This is actually a little bit of a return to what we were doing before the pandemic. We will have confessions on Saturday afternoon beginning one hour before Mass begins (currently that will be at 4 p.m.) Confessions will last for one-half hour. We will also begin confessions again at 11:00 a.m. on Fridays (during the holy hour). Once again that will last for one-half hour until 11:30 a.m. We will no longer have confessions on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Of course, you can always call me and arrange a time for this sacrament.
Be safe and continue to pray for the day we can put this pandemic behind us.
Fr. Tom
