Parish & Community News 

March 2nd, 2023

In this week's Parish News eLedger

Way of the Cross

Join the Holy Family Priest Team as they lead the Way of the Cross at Holy Family, Our Risen Savior, and in Spanish at at St. Mary. All are welcome!

See the schedule below for more details:

Lenten Priest Talk Series on “The Art of Living” Continues

Fr. Justin Weber will lead the next installment of Holy Family Catholic Community Lenten Priest Talk Series on Tuesday, March 7th as he discusses prudence and the Holy Family Christmas read "The Art of Living: The Cardinal Virtues and the Freedom to Love” by Edward Sri. 

While you do not need to have read the book to attend these talks, this installment will cover pages 59-103.

Please see the complete schedule for and more information about our Talk Series below:

Pray With a Sister During Lent

The Sisters of St. Agnes offer time each week of Lent when individuals may call and request a prayer companion.

The general public is invited to call 920-907-2300 from 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. Central Time on Wednesdays during Lent to join with a sister in prayer. Upon calling, your name and number will be collected, and a sister will call you back momentarily to pray with you privately. This year, Lent ends on April 6.

Prayer requests of all varieties, large and small, are welcome and personal information will be kept confidential.


Holy Family Children's Choir Returns!

Holy Family Children’s Choir rehearsals resume Thursday, March 2nd at 4:00 P.M. at Holy Family Church, 271 Fourth Street Way. They will meet each Thursday and lead the music at one Sunday Mass per month in March and April.


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

2023 Steubenville Trip to St. Paul, Minnesota

The Steubenville Youth Conferences, an outreach of Franciscan University of Steubenville, are a series of 25 conferences across North America that help teens encounter the love of Christ every summer. Our mission is to build the Church by evangelizing, equipping, and empowering God’s children to become radical and joyful disciples.

Initial Questions? Want to Sign-Up? Contact Andrew Skiff. 

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! 

Upcoming Holy Family Altar Server Training 

The next group formation session for Holy Family Catholic Community Altar Servers is at 6:00 P.M. on Monday, March 6th at Holy Family Church, 271 Fourth Street Way. All current, weekend altar servers from all Holy Family church sites are asked to attend. 

The session will cover Sacred Places, Sacred Objects, Sacred Vestments, and Sacred Movements.

Help for the Homeless Drive ends Next Week

Sunday, March 5th, is the last day for the Help for the Homeless Drive at Holy Family Catholic Community! For this drive, the parish is asking for your help to collect items for The Solutions Center, which helps those who are homeless and fleeing domestic violence in our community. Please drop off your items at any of any of the Holy Family sites. 

The most needed items include: 

See the complete list of items we're looking to collect below:

Parents - Join Us for Our Next Domestic Church Session!

All parents are invited to attend Holy Family Catholic Community’s next Building the Domestic Church Parent Session on Wednesday, March 8th from 6:20 to 7:20 P.M. at Sacred Heart Church, 200 S. Peters Ave. 

The talk will focus on "The Daily Martyrdom of Family Life." Childcare will be available for ages 3 and up; please sign in and drop off in the gym of Sacred Heart School.

Register for (and Sponsor) our Lenten Luncheon

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.

Men of Christ Conference

All men are invited to attend Men of Christ's "Living Your Vocation Courageously" Conference at Holy Family Church from 7:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. on Saturday, March 11th! 

The hybrid conference will include video presentations from Bart Schuchts, Kevin O'Brien, Mike Sweeney, Fr. John Burns, and Archbishop Jerome Listecki, as well as Mass, Adoration, Confession, Benediction, lunch, and more. A $25 registration fee includes lunch, snack, coffee, and a donation to Men of Christ. 

Please call Al Nicolai at (920) 477-1008 or Mike Frydryk at (920) 602-0155 to register.

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

12 Hours of Reconciliation

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

Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help

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.

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.