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May 23, Noon - 4 p.m.; OLMC Sports Fields | We will have the first of many new opportunities to build and strengthen community called "Let's Go!" Join us for our big kick-off with food trucks, games, and live music. Please help us prepare by filling out the RSVP form (not required for attendance). See you there!

St. Joseph probably didn’t see himself becoming a central character in the history of salvation and being given a title like “Protector of the Holy Church.” Yet, because he responded in faith to protect and provide for the Holy Family, the Church teaches that God has called him to protect and provide for the Body of Christ, which is the Church. 

April 30; May 1, 2; OLMC Grounds | It's time for the annual Knights of Columbus Flower Sale! The sale takes place the weekend before Mother's Day, making them great gifts. Flowers are various prices, from $20 - $30. Cash, checks, and credit cards accepted.

April 26 - May 4, 6:30 p.m.; Narthex | Have you, your family, or friends been burdened with the cross of cancer? Please come join in prayer for the intercession of St. Peregrine each evening. We will conclude with a Mass on May 4.

April 22, 7 p.m.; Parish Hall | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a type of psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the emotional distress that can be the result of trauma and other disturbing life experiences. Dr. Melanie Stone, PH.D., will discuss how EMDR has been used successfully in her practice to treat people with PTSD, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and depression.

Parishioner Jeff Semler from Semler Financial Group is hosting financial wellness webinars on April 20 and May 11.

April 11, 3 p.m.; Church | Join us for the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Eucharistic Adoration.

September 21 - October 2, 2022 | Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Fr. Richard Doerr cordially invite you on this once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to see the Oberammergau Passion Play.

God has healed many people through the intercession of St. Joseph. In 1847 when a typhoid epidemic threatened the village of Bytown in Ontario (now Ottawa), the chaplain placed a statue of St. Joseph in the church where people gathered each day. The disease quickly disappeared.

May 7 - 9 | All high school students are invited to join us for our annual spring retreat! An open heart is all that is required to make it a meaningful weekend for you and your friends. Sign-ups are due by April 30.

April 10 and 11 | We are hosting an emergency blood drive! Our goal is 200 donors, so please sign-up if you are available. A sign-up is required in order to donate.

This month marks one year since our last real choir rehearsal at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Those are words I never thought I would say when taking on the mantle of parish music director over two decades ago. Even more unthinkable is what I’ve had to say several times to our assemblies gathered for Mass: “Please do not sing.” What?! Those of us who work in liturgical music dedicate our life’s work to leading God’s people in song together, raising to God the voices that He gave us, powered by the very breath through which God gives us life. Yet for this past year, that same breath has become a potential means of spreading COVID. The deep, profound breaths that are the stock and trade of quality singing have seemingly become slings and arrows of peril.

The season of Lent is always hit or miss for me. I typically jump in wholeheartedly with really good intentions, and then somewhere in the journey my zeal dwindles and I finish not as dedicated as when I began. During the Holy Triduum, I find myself begging for God’s mercy to make up for my lack of faithfulness and praying for the joy of Easter to fill me. I know that the Lord is always faithful to make up for where we are lacking, but I long for this Lent to be different—I long to be faithful to the Lord, remaining with Him in the desert and not abandoning Him for temporary pleasures.

June 14 - 18 | We are taking waitlist names for participants. If you're a teen, you can still volunteer!

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On the first Sunday of Lent, we heard that Jesus was driven by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. This happened immediately following the Lord’s baptism. To understand the significance of the desert temptations, we need to first remember Jesus’ baptism, when the Holy Spirit descended upon him as God the Father pronounced, “You are my beloved Son; with you, I am well pleased” (Mk 1:11). (continue reading by clicking on post title)

Comforting the Afflicted, sometimes called Comforting the Sorrowful, is a spiritual work of mercy because it refers to our need to support each other emotionally and spiritually. God’s mercy towards us is not merely given for our own comfort in affliction, but so that we might also display His mercy as we comfort others.

Next Session: Wednesdays beginning March 3, 7 p.m.; Merciful HELP Center | The purpose of this group is to provide help and encouragement after the death of a spouse, child, family member, or friend. We will run another session when we finish this one, so you can begin and end whenever you would like! The cost is $16 (scholarships available). Register by calling the MHC at 317.663.4039 x4.

I don’t know about you, but sometimes it feels like the past year has been one long Lent. The coronavirus pandemic began shutting down society just a couple weeks after Ash Wednesday last year. Since then, we have experienced prolonged times of imposed fasting and abstinence. It has felt like a long spiritual desert where our religious practices and community gatherings have been disrupted. Like Jesus in the wilderness, as a church and a nation we have experienced a season of temptations which we haven’t always resisted. Our faith in institutions, religious and secular, have been put to the test. (continue reading by clicking on post title)