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    • Off The Top of My Head

      I need your help. 

      In last weekend’s bulletin, I discussed the fifth of my five priorities, which is to attend to my physical, emotional, social, and spiritual health in my remaining years of active ministry before retirement. 

      In order to address this priority, I must delegate significant portions of my workload. In saying this, I am not looking for sympathy because I’m overworked, or for ways to unload my least favorite responsibilities. But I am looking for help with tasks that are important to the life and ministry of the church but not to my role as priest or pastor.  

      Can you help? 

      The most urgent need is for coordinators for our Altar Servers, Lectors, and Communion Ministers in each parish, for a total of nine. The primary responsibility would be to prepare people to serve in these ministries. (We tend to use the word “train,” but that’s what you do with puppies!) We invite and prepare new participants in these ministries once a year. I cannot continue to devote time to this anymore, and I am not asking Fr. DeCarlo to take this over. Coordinators do NOT do the regular scheduling for these ministries, but there may be times when special invitations are needed, e.g. for Holy Days, Ash Wednesday, etc. 

      When our “priest corps” shrunk from three to two, we began asking for help from Frs. Hellmann, Goth, and Johnson with Masses and Confessions. We also need to recruit helpers for Advent and Lent Penance Services. We need a person (or two) who could contact priests on behalf of Fr. DeCarlo and me when help is needed, and to update and communicate our “visiting priest” schedule (spreadsheet). 

      We have great Communion Ministers who take Communion to 60-65 homebound parishioners and nursing home residents. We need a coordinator who matches ministers and parishioners, keeps the list updated, and occasionally touches base with our Communion Ministers to see if they have any questions, needs, suggestions, or updates. It would be a bonus if this person (or persons) could also provide the preparation (not “training”) needed for taking Communion to the sick, although that is not absolutely essential. 

      If you are willing, interested, or mildly curious about any of these roles, contact me yesterday at [email protected] or at the Pastorate Office at St. Ambrose, 765-644-5956. 

      Thank you for prayerfully considering these needs!

      Fr. Tom Metzger
      All Saints’ Day, November 1, 2026


      • Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
        Reading 1  Philippians 2:12-18
        Responsorial Psalm  Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
        Gospel  Luke 14:25-33
      • Memoria de San Carlos Borromeo, obispo
        Primera lectura Filipenses 2, 12-18
        Salmo Responsorial Salmo 26, 1. 4. 13-14
        Evangelio Lucas 14, 25-33
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  • A Special Message From Father Tom 
    Un Mensaje Especial Del Padre Tom

    • Dear brothers and sisters,


      As you probably know, ICE agents have been carrying out detention operations in Indianapolis over the past few days. There are now credible reports of ICE agents being present in Madison County. Some parishioners have expressed fear about coming to church while such operations are active in our community.


      Bishop Timothy Doherty has issued a dispensation for Catholics in our diocese, which Includes Madison County, for those who reasonably fear detention, separation from family, or other threats to their safety related to immigration enforcement. They are dispensed from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass. This dispensation applies regardless of immigration or legal status.


      We would like to offer Holy Communion to families who stay home for this reason. I am asking Communion Ministers throughout the Pastorate to make themselves available to visit these parishioner homes. Even if you do not speak Spanish, you can still minister to these families. In the coming days, we will communicate the procedures we are putting into place for this special ministry.


      As always, our most important response to any crisis is prayer. Please pray for the safety of all our parishioners, for God’s guidance for government agents and officials, and for compassion from all citizens who are not subject

      to these actions.


      Father Thomas Metzger

      Pastor



    • Queridos hermanos y hermanas,


      Como probablemente ya saben, en los últimos días los agentes de ICE han estado llevando a cabo operaciones de detención en Indianápolis. Ahora hay informes creíbles de que agentes de ICE están presentes en el condado de Madison. Algunos feligreses han expresado miedo de ir a la iglesia mientras tales operaciones estén activas en nuestra comunidad.

       

      El obispo Timothy Doherty ha emitido una dispensa para los católicos de nuestra diócesis, que incluye el condado de Madison, para aquellos que razonablemente temen ser detenidos, separados de su familia u otras amenazas a su seguridad relacionadas con la aplicación de leyes de inmigración. Están exentos de la obligación de asistir a la Misa dominical. Esta dispensa aplica sin importar su estatus migratorio o legal.

       

      Queremos ofrecer la Sagrada Comunión a las familias que se queden en casa por esta razón. Estoy pidiendo a los ministros de la Comunión de toda la parroquia que se pongan a disposición para visitar los hogares de estos feligreses. En los días venideros les comunicaremos un procedimiento que estamos formulando para llevar a cabo este ministerio especial.

       

      Como siempre, nuestra respuesta más importante ante cualquier crisis es la oración. Por favor, oren por la seguridad de todos nuestros feligreses, por la guía de Dios para los agentes y funcionarios del gobierno, y por la compasión de todos los ciudadanos que no están sujetos a estas acciones.

       

      Padre Thomas Metzger

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  • INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE DEL PASTORADO ANDERSON-ALEXANDRIA SOBRE LA PRESENCIA DE AGENTES DE INMIGRACIÓN Y CONTROL DE ADUANAS (ICE) EN EL CONDADO DE MADISON.

    • El obispo Timothy Doherty ha emitido una dispensa, con fecha del 4 de septiembre de 2026, para los católicos de nuestra diócesis, que incluye el condado de Madison, para aquellos que razonablemente temen ser detenidos, separados de su familia u otras amenazas a su seguridad relacionadas con la aplicación de leyes de inmigración. Están exentos de la obligación de asistir a la Misa dominical. Esta dispensa aplica sin importar su estatus migratorio o legal.
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      • Conoce Tus Derechos
      • Plan de preparaci n para la familia
      • Asistencia legal en materia de inmigración
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  • Pastorate Events & Encounters

    • Chaplet of Divine Mercy at St. Mary Alexandria
      Wednesday, November 4, 6:30 PM
      Chaplet of Divine Mercy at St. Mary Alexandria
      The Divine Mercy Chaplet is recited every Wednesday evening at 6:30pm in the Church at St. Mary in Alexandria. Everyone is invited to come and join in prayer. Click here for more details!
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    • Eucharistric Adoration at St. Mary Anderson
      Thursday, November 5, 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM
      Eucharistric Adoration at St. Mary Anderson
      Join us for silent prayer and reflection in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. This is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your faith and spend quiet time with the Lord.
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    • Prayers and Stitches at Ambrosian Hall
      Monday, November 9, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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    • Primrose Faith Sharing Group
      Tuesday, November 10, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
      Primrose Faith Sharing Group
      The Faith Sharing Group at Primrose Senior Living is welcoming new participants, and we’d love to have you join us! Come check us out!
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The Anderson-Alexandria Pastorate


St. Ambrose - Anderson
2801 Lincoln Street 
Anderson, Indiana 46016
765-644-5956

St. Mary - Anderson
302 E. 11th Street 
Anderson, IN 46016
765-644-8467

St. Mary - Alexandria
820 W Madison St.
Alexandria, IN 46001
765-724-4459




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