2400 South Franklin St. Decatur, IL 62521
www.decaturholyfamily.com
Holy Family
Parish
June 11, 2017
The Most Holy Trinity
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
Led by the spirit and example of the Holy Family, our parish community embraces as its mission the salvation of all people. Rooted in the celebration of the Eucharist, we go forth to serve, to educate, and to live daily the message of Jesus Christ.
PRAY FOR OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN. MAY THE LORD GRANT THEM SAFETY.
HEARING AIDS are available for use during Mass.
HAVE YOU MOVED OR CHANGED TELEPHONE NUMBERS? Are your envelopes going to the right ad-dress? Please call the rectory so we can make changes to our records, or drop a note in with the collection.
EVER THOUGHT OF BEING A PRIEST?
God may be calling you at this very mo-ment to serve Him by being a priest for the Diocese of Springfield. Our Catholic Church needs more priests. If you may be interested, call Fr. Joe or Deacon Rob at 423-6223.
SICK LIST POLICY: Names submitted will be re-moved after 4 weeks unless resubmitted. The new names added each week will be in BOLD for 1 week.
PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Laura Allen, Allen Arndt, Frances Bretz, Susie Christo-pher, Marie Davis, Paul Fleckenstein, Lacey Gregory, Pat Hamilton, Rick Harmon, Pat Irish, Eleanor Jackson, Anna Jeffrey, Dave Kelmel, Kathy Kirby, Sarah Lidy, Sondra Massey, Eileen Milligan, James Moore, Jim Murray, Bernie Naber, Reagan Miller, James Moore, Kaye Moser Norlin, Charles Patrick, Charlie Pohlman, Steve Reeter, Mae Rehfelt, Lucy Riley, Greg Saloka, Jr., Delmar Sandage, Paul Scherer, Jack Schram, Margaret Schram, Terri Schram, Annette Schroeder, Dill Sampson, McKinley Turner, James Waymack, Garnet Woolard, Bill Wrage, Lorene Zachman
DEAR HOLY FAMILY PARISHIONERS: This is Trinity Sunday. This is the Sunday of the year that we celebrate one of the deepest mysteries of our Catholic faith. The mystery is that God is One Nature, yet Three Persons. The mystery is that God is Creator, Re-deemer, & Sanctifier. God is Creator. God loved us so much that we were created. We have the life-breath of our Creator in us, as it says in the 2nd chapter of Genesis. In God’s image we have been created. WOW! What a responsibility to carry out in the our lives. Our Creator God has immense love for us, the created. Our Creator has put His life in each of us. Thus, we should respect the God-life of those around us. God is Redeemer. Jesus has saved us all. Our sins have been taken away. WOW! How fortunate we are to have such a Savior. We have been redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb. Jesus is that God-made-Flesh who walked the Way of Calvary for our salvation. He suf-fered, died, & rose so that we might be freed from sin & death & be in the eternal peace of heaven. Our life is a response to that saving & redeeming event. God is Sanctifier. The Holy Spirit sanctifies the world. WOW! The presence of God through the Holy Spirit makes the world holy. The Holy Spirit is the One who enlivens us & purifies us & blesses us as we daily live. Our souls are filled with the Holy Spirit, & we are to live in the Spirit of God. Let us thank God for this beautiful, yet indecipher-able, mystery. May the Father-Creator, the Son-Redeemer, the Holy Spirit-Sanctifier come into our lives in a deeper way! YOUR PASTOR, FATHER JOE
MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the weekend of July 8th & 9th. Fr. Michael Friedel will return to our parish & preside at all the Masses that weekend. There will be a reception in our Parish Center after each Mass.
PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN CLASS There will be a class on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 1:00 in the St. James Parish House basement. Please call 429-5363 or email [email protected] to register. All parents of children who are attending Holy Fam-ily School & who will be volunteering at the school will need the class. Grandparents are also encouraged to take the class. If you are thinking of volunteering, we encourage you to take this class. You only have to take it once, and after your background check, you are ready to volunteer!
A NOTE FROM OUR DEACON: I’m excited for the opportunity to have a short section in the bulletin each week during my time at Holy Family. Fr. Joe has given me “free reign” on what to write about…hopefully he won’t regret it! For this week I just want to say thank you again for the welcome, my summer is off to a great start. I enjoyed preaching last weekend very much and on Sunday had the awesome opportunity to drive to St. Joe’s in Chatham after the Holy Family Masses to baptize the daughter of my college roommate and best friend, which was my first baptism! It was powerful and hum-bling to administer the sacrament and also a great re-minder of the dignity that God gives each of us through the grace of baptism. Your baptism makes you a son/daughter of God and an heir to His entire Kingdom, put that reality into practice this week in simple and concrete ways! - Deacon Rob
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HOLY FAMILY LITURGICAL MINISTERS
June 17 & 18, 2017
SATURDAY, 4:30 p.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Chuck Stone, Noreen Duncan, Mark Barthelemy, Peg Phipps, Amy Jedlicka, Janet K. Hogan, Brenda Duncan GIFT BEARERS: Mike & Janet Hogan GREETERS: Dwayne Creek Family READERS: Steve Rathnow & Constance Magoulias SERVERS: Lindsey Ohl, Alexa Puckett, Emma Norton USHERS: Tyler Ohl, Lori Stone, John & Brenda Duncan SUNDAY, 8:00 a.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Franz Grossman, Carol Paglino, Sandy Murray, Judy Saloka, Dale Boulier, Carol Holthaus, Marvin Hughes GIFT BEARERS: Tony & Tina Ielase GREETERS: Kevin & Debbie Peters READERS: Shannon Striglos, & Bob Frey SERVERS: Emma Babb & Gus Striglos USHERS: Terry Schneider, John Merli, Jack Hogan, Mike Lees SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Ilene Berger, Leo Berger, Carma Caceres, Christy Kernaghan, Rita Hogan, Jim Meyer, Leslie Meyer GIFT BEARERS: Ed Raycraft Family GREETERS: Bill & Patricia Lindgren READERS: Robin Caceres & Karen Barding SERVERS: Caleb Kernaghan, Carson Kernaghan, Cameron Kernaghan USHERS: Joe Wagner, Paul Christensen, Charlie Graham, Matt Naber
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: 2 Cor 1:1-7; Mt 5:1-12 Tuesday: 2 Cor 1:18-22; Mt 5:13-16 Wednesday: 2 Cor 3:4-11; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: 2 Cor 3:15 — 4:1, 3-6; Mt 5:20-26 Friday: 2 Cor 4:7-15; Mt 5:27-32 Saturday: 2 Cor 5:14-21; Mt 5:33-37 Sunday: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58
WELCOME to Joshua & Amanda Milligan & their daughter Michelena. They have recently joined our parish. We’re glad you are at Holy Family!
INVITE SOMEONE BACK TO CHURCH!!
MONDAY, June 12 7:30 a.m. Richard Delatte (Jim & Cinda Farris) TUESDAY, June 13 7:30 a.m. Joseph Gregory Holthaus (Connie Elam) WEDNESDAY, June 14 7:30 a.m. Chris Olson (Joyce Rakers) THURSDAY, June 15 7:30 a.m. Kathy Stockon (Lonnie & Mary Monkman Power) FRIDAY, June 16 7:30 a.m. Gerry Stuckey (Loretta Umfleet) SATURDAY, June 17 4:30 p.m. Holy Family Parishioners SUNDAY, June 18 8:00 a.m. Raymond Umfleet & Philip Durbin (Loretta Umfleet) 10:00 a.m. Thomas Ward (Angie Brockley)
PLEASE PRAY for those in our Sister Parish in El Sal-vador, as they pray for us. The amber candle in our Vigil Candle area is lit as a reminder for us to pray for them.
BAPTISMAL CLASS, July 23rd at 11:15 a.m. Email Sr. Janet at [email protected], or call 423-0240.
REMINDER that if you attend another local parish for Mass, you are able to put your collection envelope in their collection & it will be returned to us. Thanks!
CONGRATULATIONS to Jameson Paul Hogan, son of Aaron & Brittany (Kerr) Hogan. He was baptized this weekend. May he have a faith-filled life in the Catholic Church!
Visit Holy Family’s website: decaturholyfamily.com
MEETINGS: Pastoral Council—5:15p.m. June 12th; School Board—5:30 p.m., June 14th.
HFCS FAMILIES 2017-2018....our Back-to-School information is available now! Each family has a FAM-ILY folder with their name on the outside. Please pick up your folder in the Elder Room of the church following Mass this weekend! Supply Lists are posted on our school bulletin board in the Vestibule. The documents that need to be signed and returned are only available in your FAMILY folder. All other information will be posted to the website soon...our goal is to have that done by July 1. Our address is hfcschool.org. If you have any questions regarding the FAMILY folder, please call the school office at 423-7049 or email Mrs. Alexander via FastDirect.
UPDATING OF MILITARY BOARD: Those parish-ioners who have names on our military board in the church vestibule, please see if your loved one’s name needs to be updated, deleted, or changed, or if a new name is to be added. Call Erica Cheatham--422-2282.
ROSARY is prayed 20 minutes before each daily Mass. Come & pray & stay for Mass.
K.C. BREAKFAST on Sunday, June 11th at the Hall downtown. They will serve from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
PRAYER LINE REQUESTS: Rosanna Frey, 429-6657, or Barb Lesyna, 428-0058.
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A Parent’s Dream Our Father who art in Heaven, I am a parent on earth.
You have given me this gift and responsibility Grant me the wisdom to carry it out.
Let my parent-hood be one of encouragement and support.
Not of expectations and control. Let me protect my children, but not too much.
Advise them but just a little. Let me respect them as individuals,
not as extensions of myself. Let me be honest about my feelings towards them, in-cluding my anger, disappointment, hurt, excitement,
joy and love. Let me be firm without dominating them.
Let me be sensitive to their feelings without trying to change them.
Let me be there for them when they need me and get out of their way when they don’t.
Let me offer them the roots of belonging and the wings of freedom.
Help me, Father in Heaven, to be a Parent on Earth.
FORMED.ORG is for being formed in our Catholic Faith. To get started, go to www.formed.org & click on “Register”. Our case sensitive parish code JMN63Q.
Thank you for your generosity!
Weekend of June 3 & 4, 2017 Envelopes…………………….$ 17,125.00 Building Fund………………...$ 295.00 Sister Parish……………….….$ 165.00 Children………………………$ 41.00
NO ADORATION on Thursdays during the summer months. It will begin again in September.
Mass Schedule Weekend Liturgies Saturday 4:30 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Weekday Liturgies Monday 7:30 a.m. Tuesday 7:30 a.m. Wednesday 7:30 a.m. Thursday 7:30 a.m., and during school year 2:00 p.m. Friday 7:30 a.m.
Holy Day Liturgies Masses 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., and during school year 7:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 5:30 p.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday at 3:30 p.m. or by appointment.
Communion Calls Please contact the parish office to make arrangements.
Sacrament of Baptism Arrangements for Baptisms are made by calling the parish office. Participation at the Baptismal Preparation Class for parents is a requirement for the celebration of the sacrament.
Sacrament of Marriage Arrangements for all weddings must be made at least six (6)months in advance. Please call the parish office.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Classes for those interested in joining the Catholic faith begin in the fall of each year and continue through the Easter season. Please call Sr. Janet to inquire about the sessions.
Staff
Very Reverend Joseph Molloy……………………..Pastor Rev. Mr. Rob Johnson……………………...……...Deacon Sister Janet Pfile, O.P…………………Pastoral Associate
Email: [email protected] Mrs. Joanne Kater.....................................Parish Secretary
Email: [email protected] Mrs. Debbie Alexander.........................................Principal
Email: [email protected] Ms. Lisa Roddis……………………..…...School Secretary Mrs. Patrice Hunt..……..………………PSR Coordinator Mr. Peter Miller…………... Director of Music Ministries Mrs. Ann Carr…..……..…………...….Business Manager Rectory.............423-6223 Rectory Fax......423-6237 School...............423-7049 School Fax........423-0137 Pastoral Associate...423-0240 Convent……….429-5931
