2024 archive of From the desk of Fr. Tharp
August 11, 2024 - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Julie Kluesener on 8/08/24
Next Sunday: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Celebrant: Fr. Tharp
Feast of the Assumption of BVM
Thursday, August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a Holyday of Obligation. We have anticipatory Mass fulfilling the precept for the Holyday at St. ... Read More »
August 4, 2024 - 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Julie Kluesener on 8/08/24
Next Sunday: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Celebrant: Fr. Tharp
Trial Solution for Deaf and Hearing Impaired at Sacred Heart
When the sound system had to be rewired at Sacred Heart about a year ago, combined Parish Council considered and approved a proposal to allow for two monitors ... Read More »
July 28, 2024 - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Julie Kluesener on 8/08/24
Next Sunday: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Celebrant: Fr. Tharp
Trial Solution for Deaf and Hearing Impaired at Sacred Heart
When the sound system had to be rewired at Sacred Heart about a year ago, combined Parish Council considered and approved a proposal to allow for two monitors ... Read More »
July 21, 2024 - 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Julie Kluesener on 7/19/24
Upcoming Festivals
The Parish Family of Immaculate Heart of Mary (St. Ann and Sacred Heart) will for the long term future continue to need both church facilities, as neither location is large enough to accommodate the number of people in our combined parish boundaries who wish to attend ... Read More »
July 14, 2024 - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Julie Kluesener on 7/12/24
Next Sunday: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Celebrant: Fr. Tharp
Upcoming Festivals
The Parish Family of Immaculate Heart of Mary (St. Ann and Sacred Heart) will for the long term future continue to need both church facilities, as neither location is large enough to accommodate the number of ... Read More »
July 7, 2024 - 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Julie Kluesener on 7/05/24
Next Sunday: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Celebrant: Fr. Tharp
Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 17 through21
I invite you to type into your favorite search engine the “National Eucharistic Congress” set in place for this July17 through 21 in Indianapolis. If you are like me, you ... Read More »
June 30, 2024 - 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Julie Kluesener on 6/28/24
Next Sunday: Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Celebrant: Fr. Tharp
Independence Day
July 4, 2024, a national holiday, falls on a Thursday. Mass at Sacred Heart will be at the usual time of 7:30 a.m. We will NOT have 6:30 a.m. Mass at St. Ann, but rather the ... Read More »
June 23, 2024 - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Julie Kluesener on 6/21/24
Next Sunday: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Celebrant: Fr. Tharp
Letter from Archbishop Schnurr on the 203rd Anniversary of the Archdiocese
To help us integrate this year’s National Eucharist Congress to be held in Indianapolis next month (the last National Eucharist Congress was held in 1941, so unless ... Read More »
June 16, 2024 - 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Julie Kluesener on 6/14/24
Next Sunday: Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Celebrant: Fr. Tharp
Happy Father’s Day
Today, June 16 is Father’s Day. We will have a special blessing for all fathers at the end of Mass. I always use this day as an incentive to remember the love and wisdom my ... Read More »
June 9, 2024 - 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Julie Kluesener on 6/10/24
Next Sunday: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Celebrant: Fr. Tharp
Beacons of Light: Phase Two: “Envisioning”
This week my open question to you for consideration is: What if you could envision an outreach to some sector or group of the community that would be new or innovative; something ... Read More »