The weekday Mass schedule with be:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12:05 p.m.
 
 The weekend Mass schedule will be:
Saturday evening (vigil Mass) at 5:30 p.m.
Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m.
 
This schedule will be in effect until further notice.

CONFESSIONS
Saturdays 4:00—5:00pm  Held inside the church vestible area in the Pieta Room, please enter the church through the  south handicapped door.  

The parish office will operate with limited office hours of M-F 10:00am-2:00pm.

Just a reminder about our new weekend Mass schedule. We will have one Mass on Sunday, at 10:00 a.m. The Saturday schedule is as usual: Confessions from 4:00 to 5:00 and Mass at 5:30.
Do not come to Mass is you are particularly vulnerable! There is only so much we can do to alleviate the risk. Please wear a mask if you are coming. You may be the one who is asymptomatic!

PUBLIC MASSES RETURN TO SAINT BENEDICT PARISH

The St. Benedict Soup Kitchen is in operation Monday through Friday 11:30am-12:30pm for To-Go Lunches, all are welcome!
 To inquire about voluteering in the Soup Kitchen please call            812-232-8421. 

Conversion of St. Paul, Feast, January 25, 2021

(Acts 22:3-16; Mk. 16:15-18)

It makes sense that the beginning of a new liturgical year would have a lot of readings from Scripture that focus on vocation and conversion.  That’s how the story begins.  Paul’s conversion is especially enlightening because it brings into clear focus the “before” and the “after” of such events.  Paul says himself that he was as observant a Jew as a person could be.  He offers his credentials—a Pharisee, trained by one of the great rabbis of the day, zealous, even willing to go after those who would undermine the Jewish faith and get them locked up.  Nobody was more intent on exercising his faith than Paul. 

But then he’s is stopped short, literally knocked off his horse, and confronted by the fact that his activities are persecuting Jesus in the members of his body, the community of Christians.  He’s called to a different sort of religious faith and a different perception of what God’s promises are all about.  His eyes are opened to a new reality.  From then on, he will bring his energy and zeal to bear on responding to this new vocation he has received.  We Gentiles especially are the beneficiaries of Paul’s call and his response.

It’s worth noting that even before the encounter with Christ on the road to Damascus Paul was devout.  He valued righteousness and attempted to love God with heart, soul, mind, and strength.  That’s something he has in common with devout Christians.  But he was still in need of conversion to what it was that God wanted from him, what God intended for him.  We can often shy away from that part of our story and maybe even hide behind the fact that we are trying to live according to the 10 Commandments and Jesus’ law of love of God and neighbor.  God surely wants that.  But is there more?  Is there something God has in mind for each of us in our particularity?  Something that would put our unique gifts to their best use?  It might be worth asking.  There’s nothing quite like knowing that you are in the right spot, doing the very thing that God has in mind for you.  It brings a sense of peace and confidence—maybe not that you are perfect at it, but that you are on the right path, the one that leads to life.

Masses for St. Benedict Church are on the YouTube Channel (search St Benedict Catholic Church Terre Haute, IN OR click on the YouTube icon below.

Province of Indianapolis
Extension of Dispensation
19 October 2020
While commending our pastors and pastoral life coordinators who have gone to great lengths to assure safe worship spaces in our churches, given the continued increase of Covid-19 cases in our state, the Indiana bishops hereby extend the dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of obligation beyond 1 November 2020 until further notice.  The Indiana bishops will continue to monitor the situation to determine when it might be advisable to modify or lift the dispensation. 

Capital Prize 2021 Early Bird Raffle Form

1/15/2021-Calrence Brink #757
1/22/2021-Bob Kramer #005

Announcements for the Week of
January 24th - January 30th

Young Adults - COME ENCOUNTER THE LOVE YOU WERE MADE FOR - Join SEEK21 - February 4-7, 2021
Join thousands of small groups around the world who are seeking a new beginning, a new encounter with Christ and a new moment for the Church. Will you join us? A group of young adults at St. Ben's is participating and we'd love for you to be a part! Learn more at seek.focus.org And contact Rachel, rachel@stbenedictth.org <mailto:rachel@stbenedictth.org> or text Jason at 812.244.3510 to register.

Vaccination Clinic Seeking Volunteers

The Vigo County Health Department is starting an extended walk-through clinic for COVID vaccination, on February 1st. They need Physicians, Nurses, LPN, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Paramedics and Advanced EMTs who can give vaccinations and anyone who is computer savvy to be trained to register the vaccine recipients. The clinic will function 9:00am- 12:00pm and 1:00-5:00pm M-F in the old Sears building at the mall. All appropriate PPE will be supplied.

Anyone interested can email, text or call Dorene G. Hojnicki at 812-230-4688 or ema@vigosheriff.in.gov <mailto:ema@vigosheriff.in.gov>

Religious Education Families - pick up your holy water!

Fr. Martin blessed holy water during our religious education prayer service on January 10. Those holy water bottles are waiting for you! And, remember to bless yourself with the water as soon as you get it. You can pick up your family's bottle of holy water at the North greeters' table near the main doors of church. Or, you can pick up your bottle of holy water at the parish office, M-F, 10:00a-2:00p. Or, contact Rita.


Car Parade for Life
The Knights of Columbus will be holding a Car Parade for Life on January 29th beginning at 1 pm in lieu of the National March for Life and all local parishes are invited to participate. We need drivers/vehicles who can donate about an hour on that day to help bring awareness to this important issue. If you are interested in helping please email info@THKofC541.com <mailto:info@THKofC541.com> for more details.


Canned Soup Drive
We continue to collect canned soups throughout the month of January for the residents of Garfield Towers and Warren Village. The collection barrel in in the back of church near the statue of St. Anthony.