Parish Update 11-18-2020

Christmas Mass Schedule

This Holiday season is the most cherished tradition of the year.  Father John wants everyone to have the opportunity to celebrate the birth of our Savior with Mass.    He is expanding the number of  Christmas Masses from 3 to 5 - Mass will be held on Christmas Eve at 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. (Children’s Mass), and 11:00 p.m.; and on Christmas Day 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.  Our current social distancing practices will be followed and masks will be required for everyone attending Mass.  We will use the Fellowship Hall as overflow for all Christmas Masses, but please know that seating is limited.  As usual, WBDC (100.9) will broadcast live our 4pm Christmas Eve Children's Mass and all of the Christmas Masses will be live streamed on our website.  More details will come in the next couple of weeks.  

Any parish family interested in participating in the Children’s Christmas Eve Liturgy should fill out this Registration Form and return it to the box in the Narthex or to the Parish Office by Sunday, December 6th.  

Parish Update 11-3-2020

Bibles for Dupity - We recently became aware of the fact that it is exceptionally rare for Haitian families to own a Bible.  It costs approximately 1 month’s wage for them.  In light of this and the mission of the Haiti Committee, we are sponsoring a program to give families in the Dupity area Bibles for Christmas.  Their priest states that each home generally has at least one literate person.  If you are interested in helping with this project, we are asking for a donation of $25 which will purchase a Catholic Creole Bible for a family in the Dupity area.  You can donate a Bible to a Haitian family as a Christmas gift in honor of someone, or you can donate it in your name.  Father Sandley would like to give the donor’s name to the recipient of the Bible.  It is our hope that we can also send the Bible recipient’s name to the donor, allowing us to create prayer partnerships where the Bible donor and the recipient pray for one another.  We are truly grateful to the Holy Spirit for the opportunity to help put God’s word into many homes in Haiti.   Please complete the following form Dupity Bible Donation Form  and return it along with your payment in the collection basket or send it to the parish office (checks should be made payable to Holy Family Church.)  All orders for Dupity Bibles must be received by Nov. 29th. 

“In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.”  John 1:1

“One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.”  Matthew 4:4

Information on Confirmation and 1st Communion 2020-2021 are available at the links provided.

Wednesday Night Religious Education has been replaced with an exciting new project called Together.  Find out more here, or click here to register.

We are excited to welcome you back to public Mass when you are ready.  Please take a moment to review some important guidelines below that we need to follow in order to keep everyone safe and healthy.

• Guidelines for Mass

Remember, if you are uncomfortable with the idea of returning to Mass right now, we are live streaming all of our weekend and weekday Masses on our website, as well as providing a live broadcast of our 8:30 a.m. Sunday Mass on WITZ - FM 104.7.

The Bishop has dispensed the obligation for the faithful to attend Sunday and Holy Day Mass until further notice.

• Dispensation from Bishop Siegel for attending Sunday and Holy Day Masses 
• How to Wear Cloth Face Masks - From the CDC
• A Faith Response to Coronavirus
• Prayer for Protection in a time of Pandemic

What is the origin of All Saint's Day and what does it have to do with this magnificent building? Find out now! If you'd like to ask a question about the Catholic faith or traditions, let us know. You can email your question to Joseph here. We will be answering more in the future!

The lovely photo used in the video was posted to Wikimedia Commons by Stefan Bauer, whose name was accidentally covered up by my mug in the corner. You can find the picture here.

As we participate at Mass in this different way, you and your families are encouraged to make a daily Spiritual Communion by praying:

Recordings of past Masses are available in the players below.  Just scroll down.

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Recording of Sunday Anticipated Mass for the 1st week of Advent given at 5:00 pm on Saturday, November 28, 2020. Celebrated by Father John Boeglin. Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, License #A-737407. All rights reserved.

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