Feb 23 & 24, 2013 - Holy Family Parish

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For Your Information . . . Page 2 Holy Family is very pleased to welcome our newest parishioners... M/M Roger Bancroft Ms. Rosemary Kern M/M Jacob Babich & Family M/M Benjamin Peterson M/JM Alan Vertin & Family M/M Michael Drenning & Family M/M Jason Opiola & Family Ms. Vida Larucci & Family Ms. Kristina Boutross M/M Antonio Spizzirri & Family Reflection on Stewardship For the week of: 2/7-2/13,’13 Weekly Offertory $ 19,441.33 Budgeted Weekly Need $ 20,553.85 YTD Weekly Offertory $ 681,202 YTD Budget Need Beloved Traditions $ $ 678,277 966.00 Samaritan Fund $ 136.00 Samaritan Awards $ (3,390.00) National Collections: Feb 10 Home Missions $1,585 Children’s Offerings: $6.00 Bountiful Blessings Give and it will be given to you ~ Luke 6:38 Holy Family Parish is remarkably blessed with our fantastic dedicated volunteers in the RE Elementary Program. This year the program is supported by 106 Catechists, Aides & Junior Aides, 12 Office and Administrative Assistants, and 15 fantastic Parking Lot Attendants. These volunteers join us each Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday for our 6 sessions. Each and every volunteer is vital in our mission to educate our 972 children. THANK YOU TO OUR REMARKABLE PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS and STAFF! This Week at a Glance... Monday, February 25th RE 6-8pm Basketball Game 7-8:30pm Catholicism Tuesday, February 26th 9:30-11am School Reconciliation 10:30am-Noon Morning Bible Study 2:30 & 4:30pm Choirs 2:45-3:30pm Year Book Com. 7-8:30pm Catechism-Sacraments 7-8:30pm YM Adult Mtg. Wednesday, February 27th 8:15am School Mass RE 3:30-9:30pm Basketball 6:30-8pm Communion Parent Gathering Thursday, February 28th RE 2:40-3:40pm Battle of Books Practice 2:45-3:45pm Chess Scholars 5:30-7pm Soup-er Thursday 6:30 Chaplet of Divine Mercy 7pm Catechist Mtg. 7pm Adult Choir 7-8:30pm Adult Faith Formation Friday, March 1st Chaplet of Divine Mercy after the 8:15am Mass NO SCHOOL 3:30-9:30pm Basketball 7pm Stations of the Cross Saturday, March 2nd Chaplet of Divine Mercy after the 8:15am Mass Easter Tags 8am-12:30pm Basketball Sunday, March 3rd RE 9:15-11am RCIA 6-8pm YM Emmaus Night Please email your bulletin submissions in Word or Publisher by the following dates to: bulletineditor@holyfamilyshorewood.org Bulletin Date Article Due Date Mar 10th Feb 25th Mar 17th Mar 4th Mar 24th Mar 11th *Submissions will be included as space permits. Thank you.
Page 3 Dear Parishioners of Holy Family, From Your Pastor The news of Pope Benedict’s resignation later this month still echoes throughout the Church. His Holiness has served the People of God as our Chief Shepherd admirably since ascending to the papacy after the death of Blessed John Paul II. Let us offer prayers of gratitude to God for the gift of his papacy. At this time, it is also fitting to begin praying for the College of Cardinals as they prepare to gather to elect the next successor to St. Peter. It is only pure conjecture who will emerge from that conclave as the next pope. Many names, and many ideas are being floated about. I think it is safe to say that much prayer and discernment will be needed. The Church finds herself at a crossroads, like it has at many points throughout her long history. In my own reflection, I would find it intriguing if the next pope was from Africa or South America or where the church is growing. It would definitely put a different face on the church for the world to see. And yes, who wouldn’t like to see a younger, more vibrant man emerge as the Visible Head of the Church Those of us who were around remember the vibrancy and energy that Pope John Paul II brought to the worldwide Church in the early years of his papacy. So, let us pray that as always God’s will be done. We have a new addition to the parish staff, a part-time Information Technology Network Administrator named Craig Kaufman. Most of you will probably never meet this young man as most of his work will be after hours during the week. Like everywhere else, our parish is increasingly dependent on technology to get our work done, to store information, and to do basic tasks. The school, too, has increasing demands for a solid IT infrastructure. Craig was hired to help us make sure our network is up to date and functioning. It is a very cost-effective solution to some of the issues we are facing with aging computers and servers. This hire is by no means a luxury, it is a necessity to control costs and to make sure we are making prudent decisions regarding our IT needs. Craig has a full-time job in this area and has vast experience already working in parishes with schools. He seemed to be a natural fit for what we needed. In the short time he has been here, he has helped us considerably understand our network and is already helping us to make some decisions and get things organized. This weekend, per diocesan directives, we are doing the second round of in-pew solicitation for the CMAA. I want to thank all of you who responded so generously to last weekend’s appeal. Your generous gift will help so many people both within the parish, around the diocese, both in the church and outside of it. This is the first time that the diocese has done it for a second weekend. This is to make sure everyone gets an opportunity to respond and to reduce the costs of future mailings. Please be patient and understanding as we go through this in-pew process a second time. The transfiguration of Jesus read in the gospel at the masses this weekend is an event that was meant to provide encouragement to the disciples as they grappled with who this Jesus was. He had already told them of His upcoming death, but now they seem resplendent in glory. One can only imagine what the event looked like. The Transfiguration teaches us that the passion of the Cross leads to the glory of the Resurrection. It is meant to encourage us during this Lenten season why we fast, pray and do acts of self-denial. This temporary “sufferings” are nothing in comparison to the glory that awaits us in our resurrection. This event reminds us who Christ is and why we follow him: he truly is the Son of God. As we leave the mountain, let us take heed of the Father’s words, “This is my chosen Son, listen to him.” Let us listen to Christ attentively during this holy season. For His words lead us to everlasting life. God bless, Fr. Dennis Paul, Pastor
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