{"id":8594,"date":"2026-05-10T17:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/?p=8594"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:08:40","slug":"sta-community-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/sta-community-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"STA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i10.createsend1.com\/ei\/r\/0D\/25B\/233\/065532\/csfinal\/TeaEmpathy-9900000b6d01453c-99079e0a2801453c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TEA &amp; EMPATHY GATHERING: MAY 11th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tea and Empathy will meet, as usual, on the second Monday of the month, May 11th, at the Parish Center (door 8) from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.\u00a0 Tea &amp;\u00a0\u00a0 Empathy is an informal support group for anyone who has suffered any kind of loss at any time. New participants are always welcome. For questions, please call the Parish office at (317) 253-1461.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.createsend1.com\/ei\/r\/0D\/25B\/233\/065532\/csfinal\/SVdP_Logo-38ce12f51b33cf58.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ST. VINCENT DE PAUL<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\"><strong>Needed Items for Boulevard Place Food Pantry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St. Vincent de Paul Boulevard Place Food Pantry appreciates the time, talent, and treasure provided by members of St. Thomas Aquinas. \u00a0Your support helps us support our neighbors in need. \u00a0Please place any items in the cart in the Narthex.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Current needs include:\u00a0<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dish soap<\/li>\n<li>Jelly\/Jam<\/li>\n<li>Mayonnaise<\/li>\n<li>Canned tuna\/meat<\/li>\n<li>Canned salmon\/sardines<\/li>\n<li>BBQ sauce<\/li>\n<li>Salad dressing<\/li>\n<li>Breakfast items<\/li>\n<li>Spaghetti\/pasta sauce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Also, here\u2019s an item you may have extras of, which would go a long way to helping our Boulevard Place Food Pantry clients!&#8230;.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s those\u00a0<u>sturdy wide-mouth shopping sacks<\/u>\u00a0like you might find at Aldi or Marshalls. We use them for Wednesday drive-up service. These to-go totes take up less room in the Pantry than our cardboard boxes and we need all the space we can get to store food. A box is located in the school lobby or you can place them in the red wagon in the Narthex.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for the consideration!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p lang=\"x-size-15\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2022\/02\/Bouldvard-logo1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2022\/02\/Bouldvard-logo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BAGS FOR THE BOULEVARD APRIL-MAY DRIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The current Saint Vincent de Paul \u201cBags for the Boulevard\u201d giving drive theme is\u00a0<strong>April Showers Bring May Flour-ers<\/strong>. Please consider donating pantry staples like flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cornmeal\/cornstarch, cocoa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 powder, yeast packets, vanilla extract, honey, spices, and cooking oil.\u00a0 Just pick-up a bag from the Narthex or provide your own.\u00a0<strong>The final collection date is Sunday, May 17, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"divider\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2026\/05\/gennesaret.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2026\/05\/gennesaret.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2026\/05\/gennesaret-200x102.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2026\/05\/gennesaret-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2026\/05\/gennesaret.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>HYGIENE SMALL SIZES FOR GFC MOBILE CLINIC VAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you have a drawer full of sample size hotel\/motel hygiene items to donate?\u00a0 If so, please drop them off in STA\u2019s Boulevard Place Food Pantry cart in a bag labeled \u201cGennesaret Free Clinics.\u201d Volunteers at St. Vincent de Paul will sort them and take them to Gennesaret Free Clinics where they will be given to homeless and working poor clients. Dental items, shampoo, body lotion and soap are favorites.\u00a0 Do a little spring house cleaning, and we will do the rest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p lang=\"x-size-15\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2016\/08\/creation-care.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2016\/08\/creation-care.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2016\/08\/creation-care-287x300.jpeg 287w, https:\/\/www.staindy.org\/church\/files\/2016\/08\/creation-care.jpeg 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PASTORAL LETTER PRESENTS A \u201cTHEOLOGY OF CREATION\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"size-13\" lang=\"x-size-13\">As we celebrate Mother\u2019s Day, we also honor our mother Mary through whom God became human. In their pastoral letter \u201cIntegral Ecology: A Sacramental Vision\u201d, the bishops of Indiana write \u201cThe same Lord Jesus whom we worship in the Eucharist is the same Lord Jesus through whom creation comes into being.\u201d\u00a0 They ask for people to cultivate a \u201cserene attentiveness\u201d to God, ourselves, our neighbors, and creation. Read the pastoral letter at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tfmail.tomatofishmktg.com\/t\/r-l-tuauijy-l-x\/\">www.indianacc.org\/ecology<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEA &amp; EMPATHY GATHERING: MAY 11th Tea and Empathy will meet, as usual, on the second Monday of the month, May 11th, at the Parish Center (door 8) from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.\u00a0 Tea &amp;\u00a0\u00a0 Empathy is an informal support group for anyone who has suffered any kind of loss at any time. 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