Parish & Community News
March 9th, 2023
March 9th, 2023
In this week's Parish News eLedger
After careful consideration, Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki has granted a dispensation for Friday, March 17th which lifts the obligation of abstinence from meat on Fridays during Lent so Catholics in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
Catholics who partake in the St. Patrick's Day feast are encouraged to engage in another sacrificial or charitable act that day or give up meat on another day.
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:
Join Fr. Pedro this coming Tuesday, March 14th, as he discusses fortitude at the next session of Holy Family Catholic Community’s Lenten Priest Talk Series from 6:30 to 7:30 P.M. at Sacred Heart Church. The discussion will take place in the context of the book "The Art of Living: The Cardinal Virtues and the Freedom to Love" by Edward Sri, which the parish gave out as its Christmas gift to parishioners last year.
While this session will cover pages 107 to 148, you do not have to have read the book to attend.
Please see the complete schedule for and more information about our Talk Series below:
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 rehearsals take place 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.
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.
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
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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