Holy Family

Parish

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT

Led by the spirit and example of the Holy Family, our parish community embrac-es 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.

ROSARY is prayed 20 minutes be-fore each daily Mass, except Thurs-day. Come, pray, & stay for Mass.

THE WORD OF GOD IS AVAILABLE 24/7 on Decatur Catholic Radio WDCR FM 88.9/96.5

PRAYER LINE REQUESTS: Rosanna Frey, 429-6657, or Barb Lesyna, 428-0058.

HOLY FAMILY DECATUR LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

HOLY FAMILY WEBSITE: decaturholyfamily.com

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., 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 Sister Janet Pfile, O.P… …….….Pastoral Associate

Email: janet.pfile@comcast.net Mrs. Joanne Kater............................Parish Secretary

Email: holyfamilychurch1@comcast.net Mrs. Debbie Alexander................................Principal

Email: dalexander@hfcschool.org Ms. Lisa Roddis…………….….....School Secretary Mrs. Diane Keller..…….…….……PSR Coordinator Mr. Peter Miller……... Director of Music Ministries Mrs. Ann Carr..…….………...….Business Manager

Rectory………….....423-6223 School……...............423-7049 School Fax................423-0137 Pastoral Associate….423-0240 Convent……….…....429-5931

ADORATION

WILL RESUME IN SEPTEMBER

Holy Family Parish 2400 S. Franklin St. Rd.

Decatur, IL 62521 (217) 423-6223

DEAR HOLY FAMILY PARISHIONERS: This Thursday, August 15th, is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven. Mary was assumed body & soul into heaven. This tenet of our faith was proclaimed as dogma (a belief that must be believed as Catholics) in 1950 by Pope Pius XII. It had been believed for centuries, but never codified, or en-tered as an article of faith as dogma. For the last 69 years we have celebrated the Assumption as an article of faith that we must believe as Catholics. It has been honored with its own Holy Day. In the United States we have six Holy Days on the books—-Christmas (Dec. 25th), All Saints (Nov. 1st), Assumption of Mary (Aug. 15th), Immaculate Conception of Mary (Dec. 8th), Mother of God (Jan. 1st), & the Ascension (moved in most dioceses to the 7th Sunday of Easter). But, some dioceses still celebrate the As-cension 40 days after Easter on a Thursday. Holy Days are meant to call our attention to some great event or happening in our Catholic faith. These Days are meant to inspire us, move us, help us to praise God evermore. We are OBLIGATED as Catholics to celebrate Mass on these Holy Days. They are Solemnities, the highest form of liturgical celebration in our liturgical calendar. They have the same “weight” as a weekend Mass, which is al-ways a Solemnity. Masses to celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven at Holy Family will be: 7:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. this Thursday, August 15th. Please make sure you are able to attend & give praise to God for this wonderful Holy Day, & to ask the Blessed Virgin to intercede for you to her loving Son, Jesus Christ. _______________________________ Don’t forget to pray for our 3rd graders as they prepare for 1st Communion & Confirmation, & for our 8th graders seeking Confirmation. Bishop Paprocki will be here on Oct. 27th for these sacraments. This will we the first celebration for us with having the Restored Order of Sacraments—-3rd graders receiving both 1st Communion & Confirmation in the same ceremony. Our diocese has adopted this as policy for all young people, coming from the Diocesan Synod held several years ago. YOUR PASTOR, FATHER JOE

EPIC, Everything is Possible in Christ, is the name of our Parish Youth Group. The first meeting of the new school year will be on SUNDAY, AUGUST 25TH, at NOON. This is open to ALL HIGH SCHOOL & JUNIOR HIGH HOLY FAMILY STUDENTS. Please mark your calendars & join us. Bring a classmate to have fun for 2 hours. There will be the three F’S involved—-FAITH, FOOD, & FUN!!

PLEASE NOTE: The EPIC Adult Team has been meeting & has come up with really good things for each session during the entire year. You don’t want to miss out on any of it. Come & find out what is in store for the Youth this year at EPIC—Everything is Possible In Christ! If you have any questions, call Deena Warrick at 855-9845 or Diane Couri-Whithaus at 855-9132.

BAPTISMAL CLASS on August 25th at 11:15 a.m. Email Sr. Janet, janet.pfile@comcast.net, or call 423-0240.

K.C. BREAKFAST will be on Aug. 11th at the Hall downtown. They will serve from 8:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Lord of Creation & Salvation, we need you now more than ever. We, the Church, are hurting. In-crease our faith in Your presence in the Church at this time. Heal our hearts; encourage us in our faith; deepen our commitment to You; enliven us with a renewed love for all that is good & holy. Never let any of us depart from You or the Catho-lic Church, our true home. AMEN.

INVITE SOMEONE BACK TO MASS!!!

FORMED: Looking for some summer reading ma-terial? Try Formed by going to decaturholyfami-ly.formed.org. This does not cost you anything to sign up as the parish pays for the subscription. If you have any questions, contact the parish office.

VACATIONS-Many will take a vacation this summer. Do we also make sure we schedule a trip to a Catholic Church to fulfill our obligation to give praise & worship to God? Let us help you find a Church-- masstimes.org

ALMIGHTY GOD, GIVER OF ALL LIFE, WE BEG YOU TO CHANGE THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF MANY OF OUR STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERS WHO PROMOTE THE SIN AND EVIL OF ABORTION. PLEASE MOVE THEM TO SEE THE ERROR OF THEIR STANCE, AND TO REALIZE HOW THEY ARE ALLOWING THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS. HELP US, AS CATHO-LIC CHRISTIANS, TO PROMOTE LIFE IN THE WOMB AND OUTSIDE THE WOMB. MAY ALL OF US WHO BREATHE AND LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR LORD ALLOW OTHERS TO DO THE SAME, NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU CREATED ALL LIFE. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE TO TAKE LIFE. PERIOD. AMEN.

PERPETUAL ADORATION AT ST. MARY’S Thank you to all have responded to spend time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament! The fol-lowing hours still have openings: Tuesday 12AM, 1AM (1ST & 2ND WEEK), 1PM (4TH & 5th WEEK); Wednesday- 3AM; Thursday-12AM (1ST WEEK),1AM (3RD WEEK), 4PM (ALL WEEKS); Friday 4AM (3RD WEEK), 4PM (ALL WEEKS). All hours need a second ador-er. Call MARY COMERFORD 433-0019

BACK TO SCHOOL NEWS: Aug. 18 - Back-to-School Mass 10:00 & Picnic to follow Mass Aug. 19 - First day of attendance

SAVE THE DATE! Annual Night at the Movies will be Thurs., Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. at the Avon The-atre. “IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA – Soldier + Sinner + Saint” is an inspiring film about conversion of heart.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR LITURGICAL MINISTER DATES!

All who use a computer should have received in-structions this week about our new Ministry Sched-uling Process. You will now enter your own AWAY dates and will receive notice about your scheduled assignments as soon as the schedule is run. All dates must be entered no later than Friday, August 16th. For those without computer use, please contact Sr. Janet (217-423-0240) with your away dates. The next 12 week cycle will cover the dates of August 31 – Nov. 17, 2019.

PLEASE have Holy Family in your will or as a me-morial at the time of a loved one’s death. Also, have our parish as a beneficiary in your insurance policy. Thank you for remembering Holy Family Parish!!

HEARING AIDS are available for use during Mass. See Fr. Joe for details.

PRAY for the repose of the souls of Margaret Gist, mother of Donn Gist; Harvey Baker, Sr., uncle of Tracy Gabriel. May they rest in peace & their families be comforted.

SICK LIST POLICY: Names will be removed after 4 weeks unless resubmitted. New names added each week will be in BOLD for 1 week.

WELCOME to Faye Loraine Bland, daughter of Bill & Taryn (Teeters) Bland; Wolfgang Douglas Ostermann, son of Doug & Katie (Hinton) Oster-mann. They were baptized this weekend. May they grow in their Catholic faith daily.

PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Erwin Behme, Donna Benting, Troy Bollinger, Jamie Brown, AnnMarie Bruah, Dave Bruah, Susie Christopher, Cindy Craw-ford, Carol & Joe Despres, Tom Durbin, Terry Ellis, Rick Finch, Shepherd Garza, Glenn Gilmar, Floyd Grove, Rick Harmon, Cathy Helfrich, Eleanor Jack-son, Sr. Geraldine Kemper, OP, Judy Kitchens, Joey Kretsinger, Sarah Lidy, Perry Marchisello, Jim Mur-ray, Steve Reeter, Mary Reynolds, Katherine Riess, Annette Schroeder, Sharon Steil, Rachel Tillman, Gene Velchek, Erv Walter, Sheila Wendell, Barb Whitsel, Michael Whitsel, Mike Williams, Ed Zach-man, David Zachman.

PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN CLASS

Saturday, August 24 at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 27 at 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 12 at 6:00 p.m.

All parents of children who are attending Holy Family School & anyone who will be volunteering at the school or parish will need the class. Grand-parents are also encouraged to take this 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!

“Thirsting for God?”

Do you know someone not baptized or bap-tized in a non-Catholic Christian tradition, who is thirsting for what it means to become Catho-lic? Do you know someone already Catholic but has not yet received Confirmation & Commun-ion? They may be thirsting too! The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a place to ask questions and seek understanding. Weekly “no obligation” inquiry sessions start in Septem-ber. Contact Sr. Janet for more info. at 423-0240.

MEETINGS: Pastoral Council will not meet in August; School Board—5:30 p.m., August 14th.

PSR NEWS!!! Our Parish School of Religion will begin this year on Wed., Sept. 4th with a Family Opening Mass at 6:00 p.m., followed by Registration in the Parish Center. Classes will meet this year on Wednesday evenings from 6:15-7:15 p.m. from September 11th through April 15th. The book fee remains $30 for the first child of the family & $25 for each additional child. Students new to the program should bring a copy of their baptismal certificate. We are excited to begin the new year with students in 1st through 8th grade. Mark your calendars for Sept. 4th at 6:00 p.m.! If you have any questions, call Diane Keller, PSR Co-ordinator, at 433-1042.

CONGRATULATIONS to LULA SASSANO on being named the winner in the Decatur Celebration’s Junior Miss Beauty Pageant, & to LILLIAN DEER-ING on being named the Pre-Teen winner! We are very proud of these two young women. BRAVO!

CONGRATULATIONS to Dan & Judy Hogan on their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 13th. May God continue to bless you!

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Dt 10:12-22; Mt 17:22-27 Tuesday: Dt 31:1-8; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Wednesday: Dt 34:1-2; Mt 18:15-20 Thursday: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Lk 1:39-56 Friday: Jos 24:1-13; Mt 19:3-12 Saturday: Jos 24:14-29; Mt 19:13-15 Sunday: Jer 38:4-6, 8-10; Ps 40:2-4, 18; Heb 12:1-4; Lk 12:49-53

MONDAY, August 12 7:30 a.m. Tom Cantwell (Cantwell Family) TUESDAY, August 13 7:30 a.m. Robert Klein (Kefalas Family) WEDNESDAY, August 14 7:30 a.m. Richard & Mary Little (Keith Ward) THURSDAY, August 15-NOTE MASS TIMES 7:00 a.m. Thomas Ward (Evelyn Ward) 5:30 p.m. Larry Penning (Patricia Penning) FRIDAY, August 16 7:30 a.m. Cindy Suel (Greg & Maureen Hooks) SATURDAY, August 17 4:30 p.m. Ed Madix (Mary Jane Madix) SUNDAY, August 18 8:00 a.m. Holy Family Parishioners 10:00 a.m. Margaret Howley (Family)

Mass Ministers August 17 & 18, 2019

Thank you for your generosity!

Weekend of Aug. 3 & 4, 2019

Envelopes…………………….$17,283.00 Sister Parish……………….….$ 143.00 Building Fund………………...$ 132.00 Children……………………….$ 34.00