Pastor, Rev. Joseph C. Lee

Parochial Vicar,

Rev. Eugene Okoli

Adult & Family Director, Richard Johnson x23

Adult & Family Associate, Melisa Limones x26

Baptism/First Communion, Lisa Estrada x12

Business Administrator, Ann M. Picha x44

Business Associate, Mary Jorgensen x17

Childcare & Safe Environment, Sharon Bush x19

Children's Faith Formation, Deborah Pearson x14

Community Life, Cindy Meyer x24

Music Director, Felipe Ramirez (972)298-4971

Outreach (972)298-4971

Parish Office, Mary Gruhlke x10

Parish Resource Associate, Veronica Houston x30

Pastor's Office, Cathy Ordemann x11

R.C.I.A., Lindee Greer x43

Youth & Young Adult Ministry, Devyn Buschow x16

Youth Ministry, Rachel Cromwell x45

Deacon, Al Evans

Deacon, Charles Ruelas

Deacon, Paul Wood

Saturday 5:30 p.m.

Sunday 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m.

Monday - Saturday 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Saturday 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Daily Rosary Monday - Saturday 8:00 a.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m.

Holy Spirit Mission Statement

We, the Family of Faith at Holy Spirit, proclaim that by our Baptism we share in Christ’s mission as Priest, Prophet and King. We recognize our responsibility to give worship to God, reverence to all people, respect to all creation and to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Acknowledging our own brokenness and our need to hope, we seek to be a forgiving and welcoming community committed to service by the sharing of life and love with all, and working together to make peace and justice a reality in our world. Strengthened by the presence of God in our lives, we undertake all of this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. Alleluia!

WELCOME!

We invite you to become a

member, by registering at

the Welcome Table in the

Narthex after Mass, or by

visiting the Parish Office!

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Parish Office Hours:

Monday - Thursday:

9:00 a.m. -12:00 Noon

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Friday:

9:00 a.m. -12:00 Noon

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Please contact the

following staff members

for questions about:

Becoming Catholic:

Lindee Greer, x43

Baptism &

First Communion: Lisa Estrada, x12

Confirmation:

Devyn Buschow, x16

Funerals:

Please contact Funeral

Home or Parish Office

Holy Spirit Catholic Church April 15, 2018

From The Pastor’s Desk

Today I would like to reflect with you about the 3 R’s. No not reading, ‘riting, ‘rithmetic, but repentance, resurrection and

renewal.

In today’s Gospel, Jesus declares “Thus it is written that the

Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be

preached in his name to all the nations”.

All three readings talk about repentance. Isn’t this a Lenten theme? Why are we still hearing so much about repentance in the middle of the Easter season?

The connection between repentance and Easter is very strong. During lent we prepared for the feast of the Resurrec-tion by trying to put aside anything in our lives that brought death into our existence – and sin is our worst enemy in this regard. Sin gradually takes the life out of a person. It slowly leeches the goodness out of us and leaves us only faint shad-ows of the person God meant us to be.

Habits of dishonesty or lying, infidelity or addiction can slowly take over our lives. At some point we may find ourselves building our lives around a major disturbing influence in our lives. We spend time, money and energy in nurturing that major disturbance. Our life is no longer our own. We have given it away to that death-inducing element that we call sin.

If you have given your life over to your work, you then build everything around doing your job. Your relationship with your wife or husband, your care of the children, your prayer life – these and all other parts of your life come after your addiction to your work. You actually become married to your work. That’s infidelity, isn’t it?

Jesus’ resurrection is victory over death of all kinds. He has conquered the results of sin and given life back to us. And so we are called to repentance – that is our resurrection - that is where we experience new life.

When we make the decision to no longer live lives that are empty and selfish, then we immediately experience the begin-ning of new life within us. Dying to sin, we rise with Christ. Yes, resurrection is not just for the future. It is meant to be a part of our present experience. The saint is the fully alive per-son. He or she knows the meaning of newness. The grace of God is like an ever-flowing fountain within us. It has the pow-er to bring light to those parts of ourselves that seem to be in danger of drying up.

Renewal comes out of our repentance. Sin actually clouds our vision. We don’t clearly see what we are doing to others and to ourselves. Yes, we actually become blind to many things that are going on in our lives.

Repentance brings a renewal of our vision. We begin to see clearly once more. This new vision enables us to make deci-sions that are more in keeping with Jesus’ commandment to love one another.

Repentance, resurrection, and renewal – may the Lord grant us the gift of all three.

Weekly Readings & Activities

Sunday, April 15

Monday, April 16

Tuesday, April 17

Wednesday, April 18

Thursday, April 19

Friday, April 20

Saturday, April 21

Sunday, April 22

Acts 3:13-15,17-19; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48 Acts 6:8-15; Jn 6:22-29

Acts 7:51-8:1a; Jn 6:30-35

Acts 8:1b-8; Jn 6:35-40

Acts 8:26-40; Jn 6:44-51

Acts 9:1-20; Jn 6:52-59

Acts 9:31-42; Jn 6:60-69 Acts Acts 4:8-12; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18

Sunday, April 15 3rd Sunday of Easter 8:00 a.m. Holy Mass—Intentions of Armida Juarez Romero Sale of Bishop’s Pro-Life Raffle Tickets 8:30 a.m. 2018/2019 Faith Formation & VBS 2018 Registration 9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Food & Fellowship/HSCC Library 9:15/11:15 a.m. Children’s Faith Formation 4th Gr. Mornings with “Mom & Dad” 9:15/11:15 a.m. Adult Clusters 1&2/3 9:30 a.m. Holy Mass—ɫRoman Yzaguirre 10:45 a.m. Choir Practice 11:00 a.m. Adult Confirmation Session 11:30 a.m. Holy Mass—People of Holy Spirit 1:00 p.m. Confirmation Practice 5:30 p.m. Holy Mass—People of Holy Spirit 6:30 p.m. Youth Ministry Monday, April 16

8:30 a.m. Holy Mass—ɫLenard Craig 9:15 a.m. Monday Morning Scripture Study 9:30 a.m. Low-Impact Exercise Tuesday, April 17 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass—Intentions of Menchie Acabado 9:30 a.m. Women’s Spirituality 1:00 p.m. Women’s Spirituality 7:00 p.m. Tuesday Evening Study 7:30 p.m. KofC Officer & Director’s Meeting

Wednesday, April 18 St. 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass—ɫLarry Ciebien 9:30 a.m. Legion of Mary/Low Impact Exercise

6:00 p.m. Confessions Family Prayer Group/HSCC Library Hour

6:30 p.m. Team Spirit Meeting 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Scripture Study “Bible Timeline” Class/ Liturgy Commission Meeting

Thursday, April 19 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass—ɫJanice Moore 7:00 p.m. EM Enrichment KofC 1st Degree Team Installation 7:30 p.m. Choir Practice Friday, April 20 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass—ɫApolonia Mancenido 9:00 a.m. Holy Hour Saturday, April 21 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass—People of Holy Spirit 3:30 p.m. Confessions 4:30 p.m. Choir Practice 5:30 p.m. Holy Mass/First Communion—Intentions of Allen Alonzo 6:30 p.m. Marriage Enrichment Sunday, April 22 4th Sunday of Easter 8:00 a.m. Holy Mass/First Communion—ɫEluterio Llanes 9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Food & Fellowship/HSCC Library 9:15/11:15 a.m. Children’s Faith Formation 9:15/11:15 a.m. Adult Clusters 1&2/3 9:30 a.m. Holy Mass/First Communion—ɫDavid T. Lopez 10:45 a.m. Choir Practice 11:30 a.m. Holy Mass/First Communion—ɫKathleen & Alexander Conors 3:00 p.m. Confirmation Mass with Bishop Edward Burns 5:30 p.m. Holy Mass/First Communion—People of Holy Spirit 6:30 p.m. Youth Ministry

Holy Spirit Catholic Church April 15, 2018

Youth Ministry

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser: Saturday, April 28th! All proceeds benefit our summer mission trip to Mobile, AL.

Tickets will be on sale after all Masses this weekend. Thank you for supporting our youth!

Next week is our Confirmation Mass with Bishop Burns. Please pray for all of our Candidates as they prepare for this special day!

*Limited Spots Available*

ALL current 8th-12th graders are invited to join us for our mission trip this summer! We will be attending Alive in You in Mobile, AL. This is a great week of service work, a Catholic Conference, a chance to tour the USS Alabama

and some beach time! Questions? Contact DevynBuschow@holyspiritcc.org. Find permission slips online here: www.holyspiritcatholic.com/permission-slips

Liturgy

Entrenamiento para ministros de Eucaristía (en el altar) para la misa en Español: El domingo 29 de abril comenzando a las 11:30 a.m. hasta las 2:30 p.m. en el salon # 221. Si usted planea asistir, favor de comunicarse con el diácono Charlie a su correo electrónico ruelascp@gmail.com o con Rolando Sobalvarro al (214) 728-9651. Spanish Eucharistic Minister (to the altar) Training:On Sunday, April 29th 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. in Room 221. If you are planning on attending, please contact Deacon Charlie at ruelascp@gmail.com or Rolando Sobalvarro at (214) 728-9651.

Si quiere participar en el Coro para cantar en la Misa en Español, por favor llame a Felipe Ramirez @ 214-331-0000. Muchas Gracias!

Flowers & Mass Intentions:

If you would like to dedicate a mass, lamp or donate flowers in honor of, or memory of a loved one, please contact Mary Gruhlke, x10 in the Parish Office.

The Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week in memory of Ramon T Delgado Murphy by Doreen Delgado.

Please Pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life!

Finances

Contributions - Holy Thursday $ 1,370.70

Contributions - Good Friday $ 2,254.90

Contributions - Easter Weekend $ 35,247.96

Contributions - April 7 & 8 $ 26,783.38

Collections YTD 2/28 $1,074,938.00 Expenses YTD 2/28 ($1,056,512.00) Surplus YTD-Feb. 28, 2018 $ 18,426.00 Upcoming Special Collections: April 28/29 Catholic Home Missions Thank you to everyone for your continued generous support of the parish, our diocese and the global Catholic Church. May God bless you!!

MILITARY FLAG OPPORTUNITY

It’s that time of year to order United States flags to be displayed on the Church grounds for all 5 of the National Holidays. These flags are in recognition of your loved ones, living or deceased, who have served

in the military. The 2018 national holidays are as follows: Memorial Day, May 28; Flag Day, June 14; Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, September 3 and Veterans’ Day, November 11.

If you would like to add names to the list for 2018, there is a $40 per year cost. Please contact Mary Jorgensen in the Parish Business office or maryjorgensen@holyspiritcc.org. Please include the branch of service and whether living or deceased if mailed in.

Community Life

Sunday Morning Food and Fellowship

Today: Burgers To Go by ACTS ACTS will be selling burgers after all the Sunday morning Masses in the courtyard and in between the church and the Community Center. The gym will be open for those who want to stay and eat their burger.

Next Sunday, April 22: Coffee & Donuts

Annual Parish Golf Tournament Congratulations to all our players! We will see you next year. Thank you to our dinner volunteers!

Holy Spirit would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to Hector Lopez for running our Golf Tournament for the past 30 years! Our volunteers are the best! Thank you Hector.

On May 20th, Pentecost Sunday, our Sunday Mass schedule will change as follows: (El dia 20 de mayo, do-mingo de Pentecostes, nuestro horario de misas de los domingos cambiara, como sigue:)

7:30 am 9:00 am 11:00 am 1:00 pm Spanish Mass (Misa en Español) 5:30 pm

These new Mass times will begin on Pentecost Sunday, May 20, 2018. (Este nuevo horario de Misas comenzará el día de Pentecostes, domingo 20 de mayo del 2018.)

Holy Spirit Catholic Church April 15, 2018

4th Grade Mornings with Mom & Dad are this Sunday, April 15 in the dining room during your child’s normal Faith Formation time. Parents, plan on joining your child for another fun, faith-filled session but remember these sessions are NOT part of the sacramental preparation process. Also, Mornings with Mom & Dad are meant to give you and your child some quality one-on-one time, so please take advantage of our wonderful nursery for younger siblings. This allows ALL families attending to enjoy the session without disruption. This is our final Mornings with Mom & Dad session for the 2017/18

Year!

We’re cookin’ up some summer fun at One Way Café, VBS 2018, where children can Taste and See the Goodness of the Lord! Join us at the

intersection of faith, food and fun Monday thru Friday, June 18-22, from 8:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.* for children ages 3 to 6th Grade. Due to a VERY generous donation by our Knights of Columbus, VBS will be free for roughly the first 150 children. We have a set amount to pull from, so once that donation is gone, the fee will be $15.00/child...so register NOW. Due to the format of our VBS, preregistration is required; late registrations will not be accepted. So stop by and pick up a Registration Form beginning Sunday, April 15. Last day to register is Sunday, June 10. *We will be opening early to serve breakfast and staying late to serve lunch to those children who wish to participate. This is a new, and free, aspect of our VBS this year! A special thanks to the KC’s and our VBS Snack Crew for their willingness to step up and take this on. The need is there. If you would like to help feed our children, contact Deborah.

Teen volunteers for VBS must be in the 7th Grade or older and will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis and volunteer space is limited! Adults must meet all diocesan Safe Environment requirements; contact Deborah for the necessary paperwork. $5.00 for the VBS T-shirt. Anyone wishing to help develop and create our VBS DINER environment is greatly welcome! Or if you have some cool diner/restaurant items we could use for our VBS, please contact Deborah for more details. Think Cars, Flo’s

Diner & Route 66. There are NO SECOND GRADE FAITH FORMATION CLASSES next Sunday, April 22 due to First Communion Celebrations. HOWEVER, ALL OTHER

GRADES WILL MEET AS USUAL! So if you don’t have a child celebrating a sacrament on Sunday, they should attend class the 22nd. AND FYI: Our last day of formal Faith Formation for this year is Sunday, May 6. Congratulations to all the children celebrating the

Put on your fancy hat and gloves and join us for an afternoon of tea, light lunch and dress-up at our Mother & Daughter Tea on Satur-

day, May 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Open to ALL mothers and daughters, grandmothers and granddaughters, young and old, parishioner or non-parishioner. Cost is $10.00 per person and needs to be paid in advance. Please make your RSVP at the Community Center front desk on Sundays during Faith Formation or during normal business office hours. Space is limited to the first 250 RSVP’s so make your reservation today!

We’re also looking for a group of hubbies/men who would like to be sharp dressed men and serve at the tea. No cooking involved; just helping serve the food and making the ladies feel special. Contact Deborah if you’re interested in helping! AND if you’d like to help cook and serve at our tea, we can always use extra hands in the kitchen and on the floor. Please contact Deborah if you would like to help. Lunch is included! Teens, this is a great way to finish up those school community service hours. You all do such an awesome job!

Early Registration for the 2018/19 Faith Formation and sacramental preparation year will begin THIS Sunday, April 15 in the gym. Faith Formation times for the 2018/19 year have changed! If you have any questions, regarding next year’s programs, please see any of our available staff.

SPECIAL NOTE: Because of First Communions/Confirmation on Sunday, April 22, we will be unable to accept FF registra-tions due to staff unavailability. This will also be the case on the last day of CFF class, May 6. You will be able to obtain paperwork on Sunday, April 29, or during the work week, Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (no Fridays).

SACRAMENTS & SUCH…. · The next Parent & Student session for the

Sacrament of Confirmation is THIS Sunday, April 15 from 1-4 p.m. in the gym and DOES INCLUDE PRACTICE, as well as Confirmation SPONSORS! Please make every effort to attend since we want to make sure your youth is properly prepared to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation on April 22 with Bishop Burns. Contact Devyn Buschow, ext. 16, with any questions regarding session attend-ance.

You and your daughter(s) are cordially invited to join us for this lovely ladies event. We’ll play dress-up, serve tea

and a lite lunch, share conversation and even build a few lasting memories along

the way…or recall some from the past.

Saturday, May 12, 2018 11:00 a.m. - 1 p.m. $10.00 per person

Please R.S.V.P. at the

Community Center Front Desk by Monday, May 7. Prepayment is required.

Seating is limited to the first 250 reservations.

Open to all moms, daughters,

grand-daughters, nieces, aunts . . .

No boys allowed v

dolls, tiaras & feather boas optional!

Please Be Our Guest…