Parish & Community News 

February 16th, 2023

Holy Family Catholic Community Prepares for Lent

With Lent approaching, Holy Family is preparing its schedules for Ash Wednesday Masses on Wednesday, February 22nd and Way of the Cross offerings:

See the schedule below for more details:

Lenten Priest Talk Series Begins on 2/28!

Soup du Jour is this Weekend! 

It’s almost here! This weekend, Holy Family Catholic Community will host its Soup du Jour fundraiser supporting the St. Katharine Drexel Shelter and Holyland Food Pantry! With nearly 20 soups on the menu from local restaurants and Holy Family community members, you are sure to find a soup you will love!

Holy Family will sell soup for $4 per container or three for $10 from 2:00 to 3:30 P.M. at Holy Family Church, 271 Fourth Street Way. Customers are asked to come to the northeast side of the church and wait in their cars, where they will be served in the order they arrive. Any soups remaining after 3:30 pm will be sold following the 4:00 P.M. Mass at Holy Family.

Participating restaurants include A&W Restaurant, Avenue 795, Benvenuto’s, Boda’s Restaurant and Catering, Connie’s Diner, Fat Joe’s Burgers & Brew, Friar Tuck’s, Gilles Frozen Custard, Oasis Family Restaurant, Red Cabin at Green Acres, The Sweet & Salty Pig, Theo’s 24, Top Shelf Sports Bar & Grille, and Tucker’s. We will also have soup from Downtown Deli, Market, Cafe donated by Elaine Graf and the Associates of First Weber, as well from Holy Family Commissions, Pastoral Council, and staff.

Holy Family is in need of volunteers to help scoop soup and serve customers for Soup du Jour. Those who would like to scoop soup into containers for the fundraiser would meet at Holy Family at 1:00 P.M. on Friday, February 17th. Those interested in volunteering at Soup du Jour itself would come to Holy Family on Saturday, February 18th from 1:45 to 3:30 P.M. and assist customers. 

If you would like to help, please call Erin at the Parish Office at (920) 921-0580 ext. 301.

Training for new Altar Servers

Training for new Holy Family Altar Servers will be held Saturday, February 18th. This is for boys and girls in 4th grade or older who would like to serve at any of the Holy Family church sites (to get you started!), or as a refresher for current altar servers. 

Please arrive by 3:40 P.M. in the vesting sacristy at Holy Family to attend and observe at the 4:00 P.M. Mass, followed by an hour of training.

Holy Family's 2023 Mission Speaker

Holy Family Catholic Community will host Church on Fire Founder and JP II Healing Center Associate Bart Schuchts for its 2023 Parish Mission from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. February 19th-21st at Holy Family Church. 

Sitting in an NFL locker room, Bart Schuchts had an encounter with God that changed his life forever. At this Parish Mission, he will share what it is like to encounter the Father's love, the fullness of Confirmation, and live into the Resurrection Life of Christ. 

Adoration will be offered each night prior to the Mission from 5:30-6:15 P.M. A social will follow the talk. Childcare is available upon request.

South Shore Chorale's "Cathedral" Concert

Please join us for the South Shore Chorale Cathedral Concert Saturday, March 4th and Sunday March 5th. General admission tickets are $18 in advance at www.hometowntickets.com or $23 at the door. 

We hope to see you there! 

Register for (and Sponsor) our Lenten Luncheon

On March 9th, Holy Family invites you to join them and Archbishop Listecki for Catholic Charities’ Quad-Counties North Lenten Luncheon from 11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, March 9th at Holy Family Hall! 

The luncheon will celebrate Catholic Charities' mission of serving those in need, advocating for justice, and calling upon others to do the same. It will also honor Dr. John and Barbara Lent, Charis Pregnancy and Family Help Center, and Deacon Ed Cody as Treasures of the Church Awardees for their compassionate service to the organization. 

The cost to attend is $25 per person, or $150 for a table of six, and includes a simple lunch of soup and salad, as well as dessert. If you are interested in joining us, or in helping to sponsor the event, please visit ccmke.org/Lenten-Luncheons.

To learn more about how to sign up and various sponsorships available, visit hffdl.org/lenten-luncheon/ or call Sarah at the Parish Office at (920) 921-0580 ext. 201.

CSA Breakfast with Women: Energizing Spirits

Breakfast with Women: Energizing Spirits will be held Thursday, March 16th, 2023, in Fond du Lac, WI, in downtown's historic Hotel Retlaw. Check-in and breakfast will be available at 7:30 A.M. with the event starting promptly at 8:15 A.M. Our interactive keynote address and formal discussion will last until 9:30 A.M., after which attendees are welcome to stay for continued reflecting and connecting with others in the room until 10:00 A.M.

Please join us for a morning of refilling your metaphorical cup together with other women from the Fond du Lac area community, lead by our keynote speaker Sister Dianne Bergant, CSA.

We hope to welcome women from all walks of life to energize their spirits and have kept the cost to attend the breakfast low in an effort to make it accessible. Please join us!

Tickets are $15 per person when purchased prior to March 1st. After March 1st, prices increase to $25 per person.

Get your tickets today at www.csasisters.org/breakfast

Registration Open for Undone: Freedom for the Feminine Heart

Do you desire to dive deeper into the freedom you were created for?


Do you feel restricted and bound by the knots of sin and shame that conceal the profound beauty of your feminine heart?


The John Paul II Healing Center's Undone - Women's Retreat is a retreat experience for women who desire healing, freedom, and deep transformation in their feminine identity. You will be immersed in truth and love in God's presence as the knots of Eve, planted in us through sin and shame, become Undone.

This retreat is for sisters, mothers, daughters, friends, or any woman who is seeking a deeper and more meaningful relationship with Mary Our Mother, and the Most Holy Trinity. The weekend includes Adoration, time for prayer, worship, small group discussion, interactive and guided meditation, and much more. 


Undone: A Healing the Whole Person Retreat for Women

March 30 - April 1, 2023

March 30 & 31 in the Evening, April 1 During the Daytime

St. Alphonsus Parish & School, Greendale, WI


Click here for schedule, speakers, and topics

In-Person Registration 

Livestream Registration

Reserve Your Spot for the Celebrate Holy Family Gala!

Devotions Throughout the Year

Are you looking to deepen your life of prayer and worship throughout the year? Holy Family invites you to use its Monthly Devotions guide to help you as you pray and worship. 

This month's Devotion is to the Holy Name of Jesus. 

To see our guide, please visit hffdl.org/prayer.

Healing the Whole Person Series

Our Healing the Whole Person video series will take place on Thursdays from 7:00 PM -9:00 PM beginning Jan. 26th through March 30th at Holy Family Church and Hall 

Facilitated by Jordan Skiff (skiffjordan@gmail.com/(608) 487-6612) and Sheila Skiff, this will be our second time offering this eight-week video series, offering Biblical and Catholic teaching on the wounds and sins that burden us, and how we can find freedom and healing in Christ.  Feedback from our Spring 2022 offering was very positive, and we hope to reach more parishioners with this teaching. 

Led by Fr. Bob Schuchts and Sr. Miriam James Heidland, the teaching is combined with personal journaling, Confession, intercessory prayer and Adoration to create a space for true healing to occur.  In addition to the eight video sessions we plan to meet for two additional Thursdays for times of prayer, Confession and Stations of the Cross.

Additional information and registration found here: https://www.archmil.org/Healing-the-Whole-Person/Story.htm

The Light of Men - That Man is You! is Back

Are you Struggling with Grief? Holy Family's GriefShare Program May be Able to Help


Register for Holy Family's Bible Study/Small Groups!

Getting Ahead Program - Building Your Resources For a Better Life

The Getting Ahead Program will be starting a community class in January at the Sacred Heart Victory Center. This is a free 16 week program that meets on Monday afternoons.  A meal and child care is provided for those attending. 

For more information, please contact Rose at gettingahead@svdpfdlc.org or at 920-979-9120.

Holy Family is Hiring!


Would you like to make an impact on the faith lives of your fellow Holy Family parishioners? The parish is currently seeking a High School & Young Adult Minister and a Christian Formation Administrative Assistant.


For more information about these jobs and application materials, please visit hffdl.org/jobs.


Children's Liturgy of the Word Needs You!

We're looking for volunteers to run Children’s Liturgy of the Word at 10:00 AM at Holy Family, 8:30 AM at St. Peter, or 9:00 AM at Sacred Heart.


If you are interested in running Children’s Liturgy at any of these Mass times, please contact Trisha Zimmerman at the Parish Office at (920) 921-0580 ext. 503 or trishaz@hffdl.org.

Join the Human Concerns Youth Group!

High school students with a passion for service and advocacy are invited to join Holy Family once a month for the parish’s Human Concerns Youth Service Group Night!

The group meets the third Thursday of each month. Contact Andrew Skiff for more information about this program.

Holy Family Children's Choir

Are you ready to sing? Holy Family Children’s Choir rehearses every Thursday from 4:00 to 4:45 PM at Holy Family Church, September through May, and leads the singing for one Mass per month.

 

Children’s choir is open to kids in 2nd grade through 8th grade. No registration is required—simply show up to rehearsal on Thursdays and a Mass schedule will be provided to you.

 

Call the Parish Office at (920) 921-0580 for more details.

Middle School & High School Youth Group

All middle school and high school students are invited to attend the Middle School and High School Youth Groups on Thursday nights.


The groups will meet the first Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at:


Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church

705 Michigan Ave

North Fond du Lac


as part of Cor Jesu, and every other Thursday of the month from 7:00 to 8:00 PM at


Sacred Heart School

678 Western Ave.


Find more information on Holy Family’s website or contact High School Formation Coordinator Andrew Skiff.

Free Injury Evaluation from Aurora Sports Health

If pain has moved you from participant to spectator, call Aurora Sports Health to schedule a free injury evaluation. Performed by a licensed athletic trainer, physical therapist or occupational therapist, the free screening includes a pain assessment and recommendations for treatment or physician referral, if needed. 

 

Click here to complete a free assessment.

Speech Therapy at Aurora Health

Speech-language pathologists or speech therapists work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social-communication, cognitive-communication, voice and swallowing disorders. 

 

Speech-language pathologists work with any age, from infants to adults, to help restore the ability to communicate, eat safely, remember, understand and solve problems.

 

Have more questions contact us at 920-907-7000 or visit us at aurora.org

 

Visit Aurora Health online for more information.