Holy Spirit Catholic Church 2309 Holder Road Mims, FL 32754 (321) 269-2282 holyspiritmims.com Welcome to Holy Spirit in Mims, the “Friendly Town!” Live and grow your faith in the little parish with the big heart. Help celebrate our Jubilee this year! “Come, Holy Spirit. Come now. Come as You wish!” View our color bulletin at holyspiritmims.com or by weekly delivery: thecatholicdirectory.com. RECONCILIATION Wednesday ..................... 6:15pm to 6:45pm Saturday ............................... 3pm to 3:45pm By appointment, call the office, 269-2282. BAPTISM, F IRST PENANCE, F IRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION Contact our Faith Formation Director, Chris McCormick, (321) 269-7785 or FaithFor- [email protected]. MARRIAGE/MARRIAGE CONVALIDATION Call six months in advance to schedule meetings with Fr. Andrew and Angela. If you weren’t married in the Catholic Church, why not call to discuss Marriage Convalidation? ANOINTING OF THE SICK Fr. Andrew anoints the sick after the 11am Mass in the chapel on the third Sunday each month (March 18). Call the office for anoint- ing at home, hospital or nursing home. FUNERALS — DEATH/BEREAVEMENT After a loved ones’ death, call the parish office to speak with Father Andrew, (321) 269-2282. Our bereavement coordinator, Chris Doyon, will contact you to arrange the Funeral Mass and all that it entails. HOLY WEEK & EASTER MASS SCHEDULE HOLY THURSDAY MARCH 29 7:00pm - Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration in the Rectory Garden begins after Mass Closing Prayer; ends at midnight GOOD FRIDAY MARCH 30 Day of Fast & Abstinence 1:00pm to 1:30pm - Reconciliation 1:30pm - Stations of the Cross 3:00pm & 7:00pm - Passion & Death of our Lord HOLY SATURDAY MARCH 31 2:45pm - Blessing of Easter Food 3:00pm - Chaplet of Divine Mercy & Reconciliation 8:00pm - Easter Vigil EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 1 6:30am - Easter Sunrise Mass 8:30am - Easter Mass 11:00am - Easter Mass Black & White by Candlelight Friday March 23 Please wear black and/or white this evening. 6:00 p.m. - Friday Night Lenten Mass 6:40 p.m. - Meatless Soup Supper 7:20 p.m. - Stations of the Cross Music, Altar Server, and Acolyte ministries will provide soups, bread & beverages. If you’re not currently active in a ministry, your contribution tonight is greatly appreciated! Deliver soup in a crockpot, bread or beverage by 5:45pm to Emmaus Hall.
Welcome to Holy Spirit in Mims, the “Friendly Town!” Live and grow your faith in the little parish with the big heart. Help celebrate our Jubilee this year!
“Come, Holy Spirit. Come now.
Come as You wish!”
View our color bulletin at holyspiritmims.com or by weekly delivery: thecatholicdirectory.com.
RECONCILIATION Wednesday ..................... 6:15pm to 6:45pm Saturday ............................... 3pm to 3:45pm By appointment, call the office, 269-2282.
BAPTISM, FIRST PENANCE, FIRST COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION Contact our Faith Formation Director, Chris McCormick, (321) 269-7785 or [email protected].
MARRIAGE/MARRIAGE CONVALIDATION
Call six months in advance to schedule meetings with Fr. Andrew and Angela. If you weren’t married in the Catholic Church, why not call to discuss Marriage Convalidation?
ANOINTING OF THE SICK Fr. Andrew anoints the sick after the 11am Mass in the chapel on the third Sunday each month (March 18). Call the office for anoint-ing at home, hospital or nursing home.
FUNERALS — DEATH/BEREAVEMENT After a loved ones’ death, call the parish office to speak with Father Andrew, (321) 269-2282. Our bereavement coordinator, Chris Doyon, will contact you to arrange the Funeral Mass and all that it entails.
HOLY WEEK & EASTER MASS SCHEDULE
HOLY THURSDAY MARCH 29 7:00pm - Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration in the Rectory Garden begins after Mass Closing Prayer; ends at midnight
GOOD FRIDAY MARCH 30 Day of Fast & Abstinence 1:00pm to 1:30pm - Reconciliation 1:30pm - Stations of the Cross 3:00pm & 7:00pm - Passion & Death of our Lord
HOLY SATURDAY MARCH 31 2:45pm - Blessing of Easter Food 3:00pm - Chaplet of Divine Mercy & Reconciliation 8:00pm - Easter Vigil
EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 1 6:30am - Easter Sunrise Mass 8:30am - Easter Mass 11:00am - Easter Mass
Black & White by Candlelight Friday March 23
Please wear black and/or white this evening.
6:00 p.m. - Friday Night Lenten Mass 6:40 p.m. - Meatless Soup Supper 7:20 p.m. - Stations of the Cross
Music, Altar Server, and Acolyte ministries will provide soups, bread & beverages. If you’re not currently active in a ministry, your contribution tonight is greatly appreciated! Deliver soup in a crockpot, bread or beverage by 5:45pm to Emmaus Hall.
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Spiritual Work of Mercy:
PRAY FOR THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
The complete list is online at holyspiritmims.com/prayer-list (Faith in Action tab). New names are printed here for two weeks.
PRAY FOR THE SICK Wade Wright Peggy Niehoff
Trudy Prasky · Georgia Baxter
PRAY FOR THE DECEASED
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon
them. May all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
PARISH NEWS & EVENTS
ANOINTING OF THE SICK—Are you sick or scheduled for surgery? Fr. Andrew anoints on the third Sunday of the month. Join him after the 11am Mass in the chapel today.
SEDER SUPPER—Plan to participate in our parish Seder Supper on Palm Sunday, March 25, at 3:30pm in Emmaus Hall. Invite family, friends, and acquaintances. The $5 tickets are available this weekend after each Mass and cannot be purchased at the Seder Supper. To volunteer, call Dianne in the church office, (321) 269-2282.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS—Earn community service hours at The Attic Shop Thrift Store. Volunteers are needed to sort & stock. Flexible hours. No experience needed. Applica-tions and donations are accepted during business hours (Tu/Th 10am to 5pm; W/F & Sat,
10am to 3pm) at 3234 W Main St, Mims. Don’t leave stuff on the loading dock! Call Mario at (321) 269-1699.
FOOT WASHING CEREMONY—Twelve men (confirmed and practicing Catholics) partici-pate in the annual “Washing of the Feet” on Holy Thursday. Pray about this opportunity to witness to your faith. Sign up in the vestibule; the form is on the round table.
FAMILY STATIONS OF THE CROSS—Families are encouraged to help stage the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, March 30, beginning at 1:30pm. This is not a school holiday; Edge & Life Teen members are not available as in years past. Email Chris at [email protected] for details. You can help with this event!
ELIJAH CUP—Families take the Elijah Cup home for a week and pray daily for an in-crease in vocations in our parish and the Diocese of Orlando. Sign up in the vestibule.
This week: Saturday, March 17, 4pm — Angelamary Next week: Saturday, March 24, 4pm — Stan & Tina Johnson
MASS FOR THE HOMEBOUND—The 4pm Mass on Saturday, April 7, is our Mass for the Homebound. If you know someone who needs help with transportation, contact the parish office (321) 269-2282.
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY—The Divine Mercy Mass is at 2:30pm on Sunday, April 8. The sacrament of Reconciliation will be available with Fr. Andrew before the Masses that weekend (Saturday, 3pm; Sunday, 8am to 8:15am, 10am to 10:50am and 1:30pm to 2:15pm). This is an incredible opportunity for fallen away Catholics to return to the Church. Please share the Divine Mercy message with family, friends & acquaintances! A great resource is available at http://www.DivineMercySunday.com.
REGISTER BEFORE THE PRICE INCREASE—Register for our 50th Anniversary Catch the Spirit 5K Walk/Run before April 3rd to beat the price increase. Registration & Sponsor-ship forms are available on Holy Spirit’s homepage (https://holyspiritmims.com) & on the race website (runsignup.com/catchthespirit5k). We need more participants to make our parish event a success. Email [email protected] or call (321) 269-2282, Tina for info on the race & Monica for training tips or join her at 7am on T/Th mornings at Carpenter Hall.
Our Parish Pantry needs 3 volunteers for three hours one Wednesday each month from 12pm to 3pm to distribute food. No experience is necessary. Call Bobbie Brown for details, (321) 607-0501.
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FAITH FORMATION CHRIS MCCORMICK, FAITH FORMATION DIRECTOR
(321)269-7785 [email protected] Persons ministering to children and/or the infirm are required to be fingerprinted (Diocese of Orlando) and pass the Safe Environment Training. Call the parish office for details, (321) 269-2282.
CLERGY & OFFICE STAFF Pastor ......................................... Fr. Andrew Wojtan Bookkeeper/Manager ................. Dianne Sweeney Facilities / Maintenance .............. Mike Gutman Faith Formation Director............. Chris McCormick Music Director............................. Angela Dirig
E-MAIL …@HolySpiritMims.com Parish Office ............................... Info@... Communication .......................... Bulletin@... Life Teen, Edge, Faith Formation ..... FaithFormation@... Music Liturgy .............................. MusicDirector@...
MINISTRIES — (321) 269-2282 Adoration .................................... Faye Smith Altar Servers/Acolytes ................ Tony Eckhoff Attic Shop Thrift Store ............. Mario Vento 3234 W. Main St, Mims, FL ...... (321) 269-1699
Bereavement .............................. Chris Doyon Communication .......................... Monica Benninghoff Council of Catholic Women ........ Jackie Hackbarth Edge & Life Teen ........................ Chris McCormick Eucharist Ministers of Holy Communion .. Leila Lee-Pow
Hospitality/Coffee & Donuts ....... YOUR NAME HERE Lectors ........................................ Trudy Martell (Ministry to the Sick .................... June Costello Pantry Outreach ......................... Jim & Bobbie Brown RCIA ........................................... David Tipton Technology ................................. Cindi Cimorelli Ushers ........................................ Marc Lamb
FOR BULLETIN SUBMISSION Next bulletin: April 1, 2018 Easter Sunday
OUR CATHOLIC APPEAL—Please return your envelope this week. “Winning isn’t everything… it’s the only thing!” Let’s get this done—teamwork!
DIOCESE OF ORLANDO DAY!—City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer proclaims Monday, June 18,
as the "Diocese of Orlando Day!" How can you join us in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the
Diocese of Orlando? For a list of events, visit OrlandoDiocese.org/50years/.
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID—According to the National Council for Behavioral Health, one in five Americans has a mental illness. Catholic Charities of Central Florida is stepping up to help. “Through an 8-hour certificate program titled Mental Health First Aid, first-aiders are trained to provide education, support, understanding & connection to real treatment and support services.” Contact Program Assistant Kyle Osborn at [email protected], (407) 658-1818, ext 1069.
THE NEW BIRTH—JOHN 3 FR. ANDREW WOJTAN HOMILY SUMMARY MARCH 11, 2018
Certain signs can only come from God. Nicodemus knew it and assures: we know You are a man of God, You are a holy man. We want to find out who exactly You are?
John clearly points that the Jewish People were not able to believe that God loves them so much that He would come in Person. This incapacity prompts Jesus to say, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.”
The Jewish Leadership allowed religion to degenerate into laws, rules, regulations & prohibitions, so much so that they trapped themselves. They could not perceive this extraordinary love of God. They could not accept that they had to go through another Rite of Initiation to enter the Kingdom of God. They thought they were already in the Kingdom of God. The only initiation they know is the Rite of physical circumcision, which made them the People of God. The idea to start all over again seemed ridiculous to them. They were convinced they had reached their destiny. If you think you are already a saint, would you work to become one? Nicodemus and the Jewish Leadership were in this position.
Jesus said, “I tell you most solemnly, You must be born from above.” There is a difference between religion and spirituality. Many people have their religion (Catholics, Protestants, Moslem, Jews). They each have certain revelations, rules, rituals and worship organization. Religion, if di-rected only for the external, misses the essence, which is this incredible love of God. The aim of the New Evangelization is to make us aware of this invitation, to enter into a personal relationship with God.
Nicodemus does not understand that the Holy Spirit has the right to operate outside of their rules, that the Holy Spirit has complete freedom. The Spirit blows where It wills. John wants us to know that the mysterious coming and going of the Holy Spirit parallels the mysterious coming and going of the Incarnate Word. Both Jesus and the Spirit come from ‘above.’ They can hardly be understood by people who are from ‘below.’
The Jewish Leadership should have understood the meaning of the bronze serpent. (Num 21:4-9) The people fell into rebellion and sinned against God in the wilderness. Moses was asked to raise the bronze serpent as a sign for the people who were in need of healing. Taw sign – symbol of the Mes-siah. It was the sign of salvation. The power of the serpent will be reduced to nothing by the Messiah. It is the pre-Christian crucifix. (Wis 16:6-17). “For he who turned toward it was saved, not by what he saw, but by you, the savior of all.”
Jesus told Nicodemus that He will have to be lifted up, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert. The issue in the sign of the Son of Man is eternal life.
The Jewish Leadership had to remind themselves: by rejecting the light, the alternative is darkness; by rejecting the life, the alternative is death. Those who reject the Beloved Son put themselves out-side of the Salvation offered by the Lord, and so ‘judge’ themselves. The reason that some prefer darkness is their strong attachment to sin: they love their sin. So, the real sin is unbelief, the refusal to accept Jesus and the new life He offers.
God sent His Beloved Son! Anyone who believes in the Son receives the gift of Eternal Life, but any-one who refuses this gift will never experience this new life in the spirit, being offered by Jesus, the only Savior.
EDGE & LIFE TEEN—meet at 6pm in Emmaus Hall today Sunday, March 18.
BIBLE STUDY—Groups meet this week, March 19 & 22, We break for Holy Week and Spring Break, returning the week of April 9.
FAMILY FORMATION—Your next Family For-mation session is Sunday, April 8, at 12:30pm in the chapel.
FAMILY STATIONS OF THE CROSS—Family participation is encouraged on Good Friday, March 30, beginning at 1:30pm in the church. What part can you portray in the Stations of the Cross? Contact Chris.
