Friday, November 11, 2011

Race for Vocations - 2012 - Our 5th Year "Running"

5th Year for the Race for Vocations!!!

Join us on May 5, 2012 to participate in the Indianapolis 500 mini-marathon or 5k race while praying for and promoting vocations at the same time!!!  Sign up today!  Registration for the mini typically fills up by Thanksgiving! 

Watch this promotional video to learn more about the Race for Vocations!!

To register for the Mini-Marathon or 5k:

To register for the Race for Vocations team:

Join us for the 5th year! 
+ 5th year for the race!
+ 50 groups and teams running the race!
+ 500 runners!
+ 5,000 dollars raise for vocations!
+ 50,000 prayers for vocations!

If you have any questions about the race contact:  
Matt Faley (mfaley@archindy.org)
Megan Fish (mfish@archindy.org)


Thursday, November 10, 2011

The 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal... some perspectives... enjoy!

In 16 days, 10 hours, 54 minutes & 52 seconds (or so), the Church in the United States will implement the 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal. As a priest for over five years, I have enjoyed getting used to praying the Mass out of the Sacramentary. However, I am pretty excited for the First Sunday of Advent on November 26/27 to begin using the 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal. The words contained therein are more close to the Latin, which is the language the Church has been speaking and praying for many many years. It will help bring us all into a deeper appreciation of the Mass and also a deeper appreciation of the Sacred Scriptures. It will take a little while to get used to this new edition of the Roman Missal, but as a Church in the United States, we will all literally be on the same page. Enjoy the following videos to help you to learn even more (Thanks to Lifeteen.com for providing these to the Church & Fr. Robert Barron for his insights):

For High School Teens -->


For Parents & Adults -->


For Youth Ministers -->


For Middle School Youth -->


For Anyone Else Who is Interested -->


God bless,
Fr. Janko

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Guerin Catholic High School Trimester 1 & Monumental Half Marathon for Vocations

Serve with Love - Lead with Humility - Trust in Providence!
[Vision Statement of Guerin Catholic High School]

This week wraps up our first trimester at Guerin Catholic High School for the 2011-2012 school year. I arrived at Guerin Catholic in July as the new Director for Catholic Mission. The last 4+ months have come and gone. So far, I have felt like I am becoming more used life working at a Catholic High School. Our Roman Catholic High School is such a wonderful place to minister as a priest. The kids here are incredible as are the faculty/staff/family members and friends who have all helped me to feel right at home. I have especially enjoyed getting to know the students (shout out to my Theology I class), celebrating the Sacraments, helping with our retreats, coaching cross country (great job this season) and attending all the other sporting events and performing arts events that I possibly can. It has been awesome! I also enjoy some of the conversations and meals I share with faculty members around the lunchroom table, teachers lounge and of course the "Los Torros" crew. CORN!!

I am also excited for Guerin Catholic High School's Open House on Sunday November 13th from 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM. Here is an information flyer about it:
This past weekend on November 5th, I ran a half marathon (13.1 mile) race in Indianapolis. The Monumental Marathon/Half Marathon event is one I had always heard great things about. I had hoped to run the full marathon, but that was not meant to be. So, I decided to run the half marathon after a good friend of mine named Hannah convinced me to do it. I am thankful I was able to finish the race. You can see how I did by clicking here. Also, after my race, I had the neat experience of seeing a few people I knew. That is always a good thing to see a familiar face or two after you run 13.1 miles! But, what was really funny was walking up to a lady who looked familiar to me. I went up to her as if I knew her, gave her a little hug and said hello like I had known her for 10 years. I talked to her for a brief minute and finally realized (she was holding a microphone and had a cameraman next to her) that she was a member of the Fox59 News Team. I told her I thought she was there to say hello to the runners and congratulate them, but she was actually covering the event. Boy did I feel like a dork. She asked for an interview and I shared a few thoughts about my race. You can watch my 3.5 seconds of fame right here.
Finally, I just wanted to say it is good to blog once again. I will certainly try to blog a little more regularly. I know I can do this if I put my mind to it. Thanks for reading and please be assured of my prayers. Pray for me too!

God bless you,
Fr. Janko