Weekday Masses Live Streamed Parish YouTube Channel

MONDAY 15 NOV / 1 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63/Ps 119:53, 61, 134, 150, 155, 158/Lk 18:35-43 6:30 AM - MASS St. Stephen Parish 10:30 AM - Small Faith Group, Kostka Hall 5 PM - Stephen Ministry Meeting, Spirit Hall

TUESDAY 16 NOV / Ez 2 Mc 6:18-31/Ps 3:2-7/Lk 19:1-10

8:15 AM - MASS (+Dunigan & Ziehr families) FSB 10 AM - Stephen Ministry Supervision 9:15 AM - Staff Meeting/Prayer, Conference Room 6 PM - Alpha, Spirit Hall 6:30 PM - Art & Environment Meeting, Kostka Hall

WEDNESDAY 17 NOV / 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31/Ps 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15/Lk 19:11-28

8:15 AM - MASS (+Ann Zurawski) FTM 4:30 PM - Finance Council Meeting, Conference Room 5:45 PM - Faith Formation Community Night, Spirit Hall 6 PM - Reconciliation, Ministry Center Library 6:30 PM - Faith Formation Gr. 7-8, Kostka Hall 8 PM - Point Catholic Late Night Mass FSB

THURSDAY 18 NOV/Wis 1 Mc 2:15-29/Ps 50:1-2, 5-6, 14-15/Lk 19:41-44

8:15 AM - MASS (+Norbert Guzman) FSB

9 AM-3:30 PM - Eucharistic Adoration -3 PM Divine Mercy Chaplet 6:30 PM - First Reconciliation Gathering - Kostka Hall 6:30 PM - Pastoral Council Meeting, Spirit Hall 6:30 PM - Parish Bible Study, Gathering Space

FRIDAY 19 NOV / 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59/1 Chron 29:10-12/Lk 19:45-48

8:15 AM- MASS (+Darlene Okray) FSB 9:15 AM - Alpha, Spirit Hall

SATURDAY 20 NOV / 1 Mc 6:1-13/Ps 9:2-4, 6, 16, 19/Lk 20:27-40

9 AM - Reconciliation, Min. Ctr. Library

FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING / 20/21 NOV

Dn 7:13-14/Ps 93:1-2, 5/Rv 1:5-8/Jn 18:33-37

5 PM - MASS (+Kluck & Kirschling families) FSB

8 AM - MASS & Live-Stream - 7:30 - Rosary (+Ed Lemancik) FSB

10:30 AM - MASS (+Audrey Zurawski) FSB

6 PM - MASS (the people of Holy Spirit Parish) FSB

FEEDING HUNGRY KIDS

Your kindness and generosity can add to the bounty of nu-

tritious snacks Holy Spirit parish delivers every week for

the homeless, low income, food insecure and hungry kids at

SPASH. Buy a box or 2 of NutriGrain bars and bring them

to the Thanksgiving eve Mass or to the weekend Masses

before and after Thanksgiving. Or you can make a mone-

tary donation to purchase fruit, bars and cheese sticks and

add it to the collection in an envelope with a memo, Feed-

ing Hungry Kids. 20-30 hungry high school students will

say thank you every day!

Thanksgiving Mass

Anticipate our nation’s celebration of giving thanks by celebrating Eucharist, the Church’s

primary ritual of thanksgiving.

6:30 PM Wednesday Nov. 24

10AM - 7:30PM Have questions? Contact Lizzy Novak at lizzy@holyspiritstevenspoint.org

Dear Holy Spirit Parish:

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words

will not pass away.” (Mark 13:31)

With the end of the Church year only a week away, our scripture

readings turn to the end of time. Remembering our time in this

world is limited reminds us that this world we now inhabit is not our home. We

await the new heaven and new earth Jesus’ words tell us of.

My world has been shaken by Lee Olsen’s announcement she is retiring the end of

this month. When the foundation moves…. The whole house is shaken!! Please

come next Sunday at 9:15am to Spirit Hall to join in giving thanks for the fun,

faith and determined hard work Lee has brought us these past 20 years. There is

great comfort in knowing that even though Lee will not be working full time in

the office, she will remain involved in parish life and help her successor until she

learns the ropes.

And we have a successor! After interviewing with parish members, the staff, Lee,

and myself, we offered the position to one of three excellent applicants, and she

accepted! Tanya Mlodik comes to us from Wittenberg. Most recently Tanya has

been the Business Health Administrative Specialist and Medical Receptionist at

Aspirus Hospital here in Stevens Point. Earlier in life she was the Administrative

Assistant for two Lutheran Churches in the Rosholt area. Our interview teams

were impressed with her great people skills and her experience with keeping a

church operating smoothly. Lee will begin training her in this week. Please give

Tanya a Holy Spirit welcome when you see her!

Foundations will be shifting at this Thursday’s Pastoral Council meeting. Our

Sacred Worship Committee will be coming with their proposed action plan for

implementing the changes in our Sunday Eucharist recommended by Fr. Mallon in

his book Divine Renovation. They have prioritized things like hospitality, Spirit

focused preaching, integrating both contemporary and traditional music styles,

using quality sound equipment, prayer ministry after Mass, and Name Tag Sun-

days and laid out a plan to implement the top priorities beginning with Advent.

Once the Parish Council has approved the work of the Sacred Worship committee,

the other committees can then decide how they will support the plan.

It will also be at this Thursday’s Parish Council meeting that we hear the results

from the Campus Ministry Committee’s study of the feasibility of adding FOCUS

Missionaries to our Campus Ministry. The three factors that have been studied

are: 1) does the mission and spirituality of FOCUS Ministries support the mission

and spirituality of Holy Spirit parish, 2) how will they be funded 3) do we have

the resources (especially facility space) to support an expanding Campus Ministry.

An important meeting happens this week in regard to the funding. We pastors of

parishes with Campus Ministry are meeting with the Director of the Diocesan

Annual Appeal who you may have noticed gave FOCUS ministries a prominent

place in the campaign materials this year. We pastors are anxious to learn the spe-

cifics about the level of support the Diocese is going to commit to.

Answers to the questions written on our survey about FOCUS several weeks back

can be found on the parish website. On the home page, adjacent to the YouTube

graphic, there is a link for the “FOCUS Informational Document.” As always,

Parish Council members welcome your input on these issues so important to the

future of our parish.

Looking ahead a bit, we will again be offering the Sacrament of the Anointing of

the Sick the first Sunday of Advent after the 10:30am Mass. That morning at the

8:00am Mass we will celebrate the Rite of Welcome for our RCIA candidates. If

we keep our eyes focused on the new heavens and new earth Jesus announces, we

will not be as disturbed by the passing of the old.

MISSION STATEMENT Disciples called to worship,

sent to serve.

VISION STATEMENT By the year 2023, Holy Spirit Parish will: provide worship opportunities where all are welcome and welcomed; where each person feels supported and encour-aged to meet Jesus in a real and personal way; where we are strengthened to go forth to share our talents and resources with others within and beyond our par-ish.

support parish committees with prayer-ful consideration and utilization of the generous gifts of time, talent, and treas-ure offered by the members of our par-ish.

engage and awaken people of all ages to the lifelong process of seeking Jesus through faith growth experiences.

invite all to feel welcomed and cher-ished as members of our parish family, and to deepen our connections through ministries of compassion, small group gatherings and fellowship events that reflect the love of Christ.

empower Holy Spirit Parish, according to the Social Teachings of the Catholic Church, to meet the needs of all Crea-tion with love, prayer, and service through acts of Social Justice and Charita-ble Works in our community, nation, and world.

cultivate a community of faith that em-powers and supports students to grow as disciples of Christ.

provide every family, who would like, the opportunity for a Catholic School Education.

PASTORAL COUNCIL Steve Bergin, Katy Czerwinski, Jim Haine,

Bob Ostrowski, Paul Peterson, Chet Przybylski, Sandy Retzki, Dave Rosenthal, Nicole Smith, Joanna Slattery, Susan Zach

Of time talent and treasure

PARTICIPATION AT MASS

November 6/7

5pm — 125 8am — 140

10:30am — 115 6pm — 44

HOLY SPIRIT PARISH GIVING

November 5

Auto drafts & Debit/Credit Cards...…...$9,001

Envelopes………………...……….…..$12,187

Offertory…………………...……....…. $357

Total….………....………….….......$21,545

Homebound Eucharistic Ministers

The Living Liturgy books for the next liturgical year are available for pick up in the Ministry Center Gathering Space.

Weekend Mass Readers

The Workbook for Lectors for the next liturgical year are available for pick up in the Ministry Center Gathering Space.

November Formation Events

THIS WEEK

MONDAY 15 NOV 7 AM - Point Catholic, Lectio Divina 7 PM - Point Catholic Women’s Bible Study, Spirit Hall 9 PM - Point Catholic Intramural Volleyball TUESDAY 16 NOV 3 PM - Point Catholic Rosary, Ministry Center 4 PM - Salvation Army Meal Ministry 7 PM - Point Catholic Men’s Bible Study WEDNESDAY 17 NOV 8 PM - Point Catholic Late Night Mass FSB

A Family of Faith Community Event

Wednesday, NOV. 17 @ 6:30 PM Spirit Hall

Enjoy an Evening of Theater, Craft and Fun!

1st Reconciliation Parent/Student Check-In

Thursday, NOV. 18 @ 6:30 PM Kostka Hall

We’ll Play a Game or Two and review our early Fall study themes

YOUTH MINISTRY Gratitude Dinner

Sunday, November 21 @ 1:00 PM Kostka Hall

We’ll ‘travel’ to Haiti and ‘share’ in a meal With our LaLomas sisters and brothers

ON SALE NOW DAILY PRAYER 2022 offers scripture, psalms and intercessions

for every day of the upcoming Church

year, beginning Nov. 28th. This book is

available in the Ministry Center Gathering

Space. The cost is $10.

November 7, 2021 By Rite of Confirmation, We Welcome these Young People as

the Newest Adult Members of Holy Spirit Parish!