The Cathedral of the Assumption Compassion Committee will be holding the 5^th Sunday Drive to benefit House of Ruth clients next weekend, January, 29-30.  Donations of items will be collected before each Mass.  Most needed items are: Shampoo, deodorant, toilet paper, single toothbrushes, toothpaste, bleach, laundry detergent (pods) and sample size toiletries. Non-perishable food items to give out to our clients and any monetary donations are very much appreciated.

House of Ruth thanks the Cathedral Congregation and the Compassion Committee for their continued support.

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Cathedral’s Catholic Fiction Reading Group gears up for 2022. Our first meeting will be on Monday, February 14 beginning at 7:00 PM in the Formation Room. (And we will continue to meet on the second Monday of each month, same time and place.) Our first title will be Dayspring by Harry Sylvester. It’s the story of a university anthropologist who fakes a conversion to Catholicism in order to participate in the Lenten observances of the Penetentes, a brotherhood of Mexicans who practice some rather severe penances. The book is available from Amazon and other booksellers  in both e-book and paperback format. Used copies can be purchased at discounted prices.

Links will be provided to videos, podcasts, and readings prior to each meeting. Each week is independent so one need not attend all sessions.

Discussion leaders will be
Rev. John Judie
and
Susan & Paul Sherman

Start date: Thursday, January 13, 2022
Time: 7 – 8:30 pm

Register by email to: sherman.paul@twc.com.
Zoom link will then be provided.
Feel free to invite others.

Cathedral of the Assumption Parish Retreat – March 5/6, 2022

Retreat Presenter:

Fr. Adrian Burke, OSB – a Benedictine monk and priest of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Spencer County, Indiana.

 Title and Conference Topic:

Christian Hospitality: Welcoming One Another as Christ

Christian Hospitality is not a “soft” virtue, it is hard!  St. Paul believes Christians are called to demonstrate a ready openness to others (whom Jesus calls the neighbor), and to welcome the neighbor as “other selves”.  Being hospitable in a fully Christian way is a virtue, it requires grace. Hospitality also requires the courage to risk feeling vulnerable while making room for the “other” to be themselves – truly other – and love them just as they are. The Christian virtue of hospitality is the basis of true fellowship, the spirit of a community that honors and respects diversity. The most concentrated form of Christian hospitality is the Eucharist, that upon which every truly Christian community is grounded.

In our retreat conferences we will explore various aspects of the Gospel-virtue of Hospitality from the perspective of the biblical tradition and my own Benedictine monastic tradition, to better understand what St. Paul meant when he wrote to the Christians in Rome: Love does no wrong to one’s neighbor, therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law. (Rom 13:10)

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Free Parking for Weekend Masses

Want to check out some 360 degree photos of the Cathedral? Kelsey Hillary of sanctum360.org has provided us with this amazing view of the Cathedral. Click here to see them.

WFPL posted an article about the restored Matthew Harris Jouett painting,  The Dead Christ Mourned (The Three Maries), which goes on display at the Speed Art Museum beginning Saturday, October 12. To view, click here.