St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Catholic Church
23345 Gavin Lane
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
Parish Office Mailing Address: 542 Walnut Street, Lawrenceburg, Indiana 47025
Phone: 812-537-3992
Email: parishoffice@dccatholics.com
FOR YOUTH-RELATED ACTIVITIES AND INFO GO TO Youth Activities | St Teresa Benedicta (stteresacc.org)
Server Training
Any young person interested in serving 3rd grade - 12th grade is invited to any of the following training sessions. Altar Servers are trained the SAME for ALL seven Churches in the County, so it does not matter which training you attend. You will be prepped to serve at your church building of choice! Parents are welcome to attend.
Tuesday- August 30th- 6:30pm- St. Mary's, Aurora
Sunday- September 4- 12noon- St. Teresa, Bright
Tuesday- September 6- 6:30pm- All Saints- St. John
For more information, go to
Altar Server Training | St Teresa Benedicta (stteresacc.org)
TO ALL OUR DEARBORN COUNTY PARISHES!!!THIS IS A COUNTY-WIDE EVENT LOCATED AT ST. TERESA
BRIGHT LIGHTS — MORE LIGHTS & EXTENSION CORDS NEEDED
Behind the scenes planning has been happening …This Event is Going to be HUGE! The grounds of St. Teresa will be beautifully illuminated to kick off the Advent and Christmas seasons this year! We are still in need of Christmas lights, decorations, and outdoor extension cords. Drop off at any parish office or church or call the office 812-537-3992 to arrange for pick up.
RCIA CLASSES - SAVE THE DATE: RCIA will be meeting on Thursdays at 6:30 PM beginning September 15. Location: TBD. Please begin to pray for people to desire to join the Church. Actively invite people to consider joining one of our parishes. If you know family or friends that are interested in the faith, please invite them or contact the office with their name and we will contact them - 812- 537-3992. For more info, go to RCIA | St Teresa Benedicta (stteresacc.org)
Faith Formation and Sacramental Prep Registration: Parents, grandparents, godparents - do you still need to enroll your child for our upcoming faith formation programming? Email kimsprague@dccatholics.com or call the office.
• First Holy Communion - All second graders invited, including those enrolled at St. Lawrence Catholic School
• Confirmation - All high school youth who have not received the Sacrament of Confirmation are invited
• Family Formation & Middle School Class @ St. Teresa - Two meetings per month
• Religious Education for Grades K-8 @ St. Mary - Weekly meetings on Wednesday evenings
Bright Community Parade, July 30, 2022
Thank you to everyone who participated in the St. Teresa Wiffleball Classic this past Friday and Saturday! It was a huge success and will greatly benefit the Bright Lights Christmas Light Project at St. Teresa.
A special Thank You to the K of C for cooking both days.
WINNERS! - Justin Egan won the HR derby. The Marty Gs won the tournament.
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Celebrate Marriage Conference The 11th annual Celebrate Marriage Conference will feature EWTN’s Dr. Ray Guarendi. Married couples of all ages will gather on Saturday, August 27th at Our Lady of the Greenwood, 10 minutes south of Indianapolis. Couples will hear engaging talks to strengthen their faith and marriage. Whether you are empty-nesters or newlyweds, you will learn how to keep your marriage vibrant and alive. Mass is available before or after the conference in the main sanctuary. Go to CelebrateMarriageMinistry.com for tickets.
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Parish Grounds & Landscaping at St. Teresa ~ Adopt a Space Program
St. Teresa Grounds ~ Such An Improvement!
A huge thank you to the volunteers who have taken on sprucing up - and in some cases, overhauling - the landscaping at our various buildings on campus. The rectory, office, and church grounds were all in true need of some TLC this spring. Thank you to the teams who have given much time to these efforts: Rectory Landscaping Team - Wayne and Vickie Stubenrauch and Ray Littelmann
Office Landscaping Team - Mike and Karen Robison
Church Landscaping Team - Bev and Bob Wetterich and Ed Wilke
We Welcome Our Two Deacons!
We are welcoming 2 more Deacons to Dearborn County beginning June 26th- Deacon Mark Schmidl and Deacon Kevin Daily along with Deacon Bob Decker, who has been in the County since 2014 at All Saints Parish. The Deacons, especially our newly ordained Dcn. Kevin and Dcn. Mark will assist at all four parishes "in solidum." Please include these holy men in your prayers as they serve throughout the county.
The role of a deacon will be explained from the pulpit and in upcoming bulletin articles. However, in a practical way, our deacons will be:
~performing all baptisms outside of Mass.
~performing all weddings outside of Mass.
~performing all funerals outside of Mass.
~performing all funeral rosaries/wakes.
~Assisting with baptismal prep (visiting and blessing homes) and marriage prep.
Fr. Mahan and Fr. Meyer will cease doing baptisms, weddings and funerals outside the context of Holy Mass. Since we have Deacons, their work, service and worship will be used and appreciated!
Whole Hearts Psychology
We Welcome Whole Hearts Psychology to Our Campus!
A friendly reminder to anyone using the office building space at St. Teresa for meetings or gatherings: Whole Hearts Psychology is now the only use for the entire first floor office space. For the privacy and confidentiality of Dr. Molitor and his patients, all others accessing the building are to enter through the meeting room side door or the lower level basement door. Additionally, the only restrooms that are accessible to groups using the office space are located in the lower level. Thank you for paying attention to these most important details as we welcome Whole Hearts Psychology to Dearborn County.
Homebound Visits - Pax Christi ministry - If you or someone you know would like a layperson from our Pax Christi ministry to visit your home, please contact the Parish Office at 812-537-3992 or parishoffice@dccatholics.com
Thursday Lunches for Our Priests
Thank you to everyone who volunteered to provide lunches for our priests. Here is the link to sign-up https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d4faba92fa7f85-thursday
Military Appreciation Project (MAP)
All four Dearborn County Catholic Parishes are starting a new ministry to help our military members feel connected and appreciated by their parish. These men and women leave their home and community and are stationed all over the map. Michaela Spangler, a parish member of All Saints and Senior at EC, is starting MAP Ministry to send care packages for birthdays and holidays to the active duty military of our parishes as part of her Gold Award for Girl Scouts. We want our active military men and women to know that their home parish has not forgotten them, and that we appreciate their sacrifice and dedication to our country. There are three components to get this new ministry opportunity off the ground:1. If you have a son or daughter who is currently serving in the military, we would like to know so that we can include them. Please send an email to mic6of6@gmail.com. We are also accepting monetary donations to go towards this project. All donations can be sent to the Parish Office. Please specify that the donation is for MAP.3. Michaela is getting this ministry off the ground but new volunteers will be needed to continue it once she goes away to college. Please pray about getting involved and email mic6of6@gmail.com if you would like to help continue her efforts.
Fr. Meyer joined Marc Tuttle and Kent Blandford on Indy Catholic Radio for a look at the ever-changing role of men in parish and family life in anticipation of the E6 Catholic Men's Conference. Here is a link to the podcast.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vawuy-117bb64?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share
All Seven Churches Are Online
Find each parish on Facebook for live Mass Streaming.
Find and Follow Us On YouTube St. - Teresa, St. Mary, St. Lawrence:https://www.youtube.com/c/StLawrenceStMaryStTeresa
All Saints: www.youtube.com/c/ AllSaintsParishSundayHomilies/videos
