We will have a special mass schedule to accommodate traffic for the Indianapolis 500. Masses will be as follows…

Saturday, May 26
4:00 p.m. Mass
5:30 p.m. Mass
7:00p.m. Mass in Spanish

Sunday, May 27
7:30 a.m. Mass
9:00 a.m. NO Mass
11:00 a.m. NO Mass

We’ve added a new feature to our website in the form of a liturgy blog page. Initially we will use this blog to update you with information about the changes coming to the mass when we adopt New Roman Missal starting in Advent.

You can access the blog by clicking on the “Mass and Sacraments” button on our menu on the left or access it directly at

http://liturgy.stgabrielindy.org/

Keep checking back as the website will be repeatedly updated in the days and weeks ahead.

On June 6, 2010 we celebrated our final Mass in the old church before it was renovated. That mass also commemorated the closing of St. Gabriel Elementary School and its consolidation with St. Michael’s Elementary and Ritter Junior & Senior High Schools. It was followed by a parish picnic. On February 6, 2011 Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein dedicated and consecrated our new church.

Here are links to photo galleries of these events and to “before & after” 360 degree panoramas of our sanctuary and gathering space to show the results of this beautiful renovation. Also included is a link where you can purchase a poster of these 360 degree panoramas.

• Final Mass, June 6, 2010
• Parish Picnic 2010
• Mass of Dedication, February 6, 2011
• 360 degree Panorama “Before & After” Photos
• Purchase a poster of the panoramic images

St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish needs your help to set a course to journey towards the future. 

Now that we have entered into our permanent church and we continue the implementation of our 21^st Century School, where do we go from here?  Please complete this survey to provide feedback so we can prepare a Parish Strategic Plan. 

English version:  www.surveymonkey.com/s/GB3JSY8

La Iglesia St. Gabriel de Arcangel necesita tu ayuda para poner a corer un curso de trabajo para el futuro.

Ahora que nosotros tenemos tarminada nuestra permanente iglesia y continuamos la implementación de nuestra Escuela en el siglo 21^st , Hacia donde vamos de aqui en adelante? Favor completa esta encuesta para proveer reacción y nosotros podamos preparar un Plan Estratégico para la Parroquia.

En Español:  www.surveymonkey.com/s/GZKPKWR

Our photo gallery now includes a collection of many slideshows of construction photos that show stage by stage how are renovation project has progressed. Starting with the first demolition in early June all the way up until the finishing touches which are now being applied. In addition to our own photo collection you can also see our new furnishings being created at Weberding Woodcarving Shop.

• Weberding Carving Shop Main Page ***NEW***
• St. Gabriel’s project at Weberding Carving Shop ***NEW***

We are now using the Google Picasa photo album service to store our photo galleries. This new format will allow you to view a slideshow from within our website or you can click a link to go to the Picasa photo album page which will allow you to zoom in on the photos for a closer view. The photos are captioned and you can comment on each photo from Picasa webpage. We hope you enjoy this new format for presenting our photos. Click on the “Photos and Videos” button at the left side of our webpages or click on any of these links below to see the progress step-by-step.

• December 25, 2010 Renovation complete! Time to celebrate Christmas midnight Mass***NEW***
• December 17, 2010 The stained glass windows have been installed. The new furniture arrives. ***NEW***
• December 8, 2010 See our pews being installed. Stations of the cross are in place. We’re almost done!
• November 24, 2010 Go behind-the-scenes at Fox Studios to see our stained glass windows being created.
• November 9, 2010 We’ve got a new cross on the outside façade. Inside the painting is completed, tile is going down, and the baptismal font is under construction.
• October 8, 2010 Exterior landscaping, new doors, interior drywall
• September 8, 2010 Exterior brick work and interior framing
• August 27, 2010 Refinishing our pews
• August 26, 2010 Foam insulation added to exterior
• August 24, 2010 Final steel framing on exterior
• August 12, 2010 More framing and interior offices removed
• August 7, 2010 First steel framework goes up
• July 2, 2010 More demolition inside and out
• June 15, 2010 Demolition Begins

Look for more photos as they become available.

We are happy to announce a new feature to our website. Our “Staff and Leadership” section has been updated in the form of a new leadership blog. Here you will find the latest information from our Parish Pastoral Council, Finance Commission, Faith Formation Commission, and school leadership about the inner workings of this parish and the work that they are doing to keep things running smoothly.

To kick things off, we posted the financial report which was delivered by the finance commission at all of the masses this past weekend of 16-17. So if you forgot to pick up a financial report or you were not able to attend mass at St. Gabriel this weekend you can see the financial report material that was distributed.

Coming soon to this new leadership section will be photos and biographies of all the staff and lay leadership as well as overviews of what each of our commissions and committees is responsible for in this parish.

To see the leadership blog click on the “Staff and Leadership” button in our menu on the left or to access it directly go to http://leadership.stgabrielindy.org/

Congratulations to everyone who was a winner at our International Festival last month. This photo is of Father Larry congratulating the Gorman family who were the winners of our $10,000 raffle. Here are our other winners

and here are the results of all poker tournaments…

Thursday night results

Friday night results

Saturday night results

When our church renovation is complete, we are going to want to compare the old and the new. We came up with the idea to take “before” and “after” images of the church. On Friday, May 28 we took a series of 11 photographs from a tripod in the center of the church. The photos were assembled into a 360° panorama that is over 34.5 megapixels. When our renovation is complete we will make a similar panorama for comparison. Click here to see this amazing image. We hope to have lots of images posted during our construction and in December when the project is complete we will create another panorama to compare with this one.