Holy Family. Parish. February 11, th Sunday in Ordinary Time South Franklin St. Decatur, IL

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1 Holy Family 2400 South Franklin St. Decatur, IL Parish February 11, th Sunday in Ordinary Time PARISH MISSION STATEMENT Led by the spirit and example of the Holy Family, our parish community embraces as its mission the salvation of all people. Rooted in the celebration of the Eucharist, we go forth to serve, to educate, and to live daily the message of Jesus Christ.

2 HOLY FAMILY PARISHIONERS: Welcome to the Season of Lent this Wednesday! Our journey of 40 days is upon us, those days of reform & renewal. The Lord will call us to change our hearts & minds from sin & to Him. The challenge of Lent is to see if we will accept the call to enter into the penance & sacrifice of the Lenten Season. Let s think about the word SACRIFICE. We don t often hear that word in today s society. The media & advertising tell us we don t need to give up anything or deny ourselves at all. Many times we are told that whatever we want or need is what we are to have or do. How untrue these thoughts are! To be a Christian is to give to others, to do with less at times for our own good, to help those around us when it costs us in some way. Sacrifice can call us to see that we don t need everything or the newest thing in order to be happy. Sacrifice enables us to get our priorities straight---to put God first & not always ourselves. Sacrifice is a way to cleanse ourselves of selfishness & pride. Will we be those sacrificing people for the Lord? He is the one who sacrificed His very life so we could be saved. Let the next 40 days be our sacrificial offering to our Lord. Please check the Lenten insert in this bulletin. It will give you times of Masses & Stations of the Cross, Bible Study, Rosary, Adoration, Reconciliation, & Lenten regulations. Also, attached to the bulletin this week is a Rice Bowl. We are asked to sacrifice some of our treasure to help those who have little or none. May we all enter this Lenten Season by being more prayerful, giving, sacrificing, & forgiving. May we be what Lent is all about, first & foremost--prayer, fasting, almsgiving, & works of charity. YOUR LENTEN PASTOR, FATHER JOE WELCOME to 11 new 5th grade altar servers! They will begin to serve this weekend & following. We are happy to have them as ministers of the altar, helping Father Joe. We re proud of these 11 young people! EVER THOUGHT OF BEING A PRIEST? God may be calling you at this very moment to serve Him by being a priest for the Diocese of Springfield. Our Catholic Church needs more priests. If you may be interested, call Fr. Joe or Deacon Rob at PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Penny Barry, Alice Bowman, Susie Christopher, Kenny Crawford, John & Marie Davis, Sue Dudley, Elliott Llewellyn, Kevin Fogarty, Craig Gadberry, Charlie Graham, Rick Harmon, Brody Heinz, Warner Hirstein, Dave Kelmel, Sarah Lidy, Mary Jane Madix, Eileen Milligan, James Moore, Jim Murray, Kaye Moser Norlin, Shirley Phillips, Steve Reeter, Mae Rehfelt, Dill Sampson, Cathy Schaffner, Paul Scherer, Annette Schroeder, Jamie Schroeder, Jim Tomlinson, McKinley Turner, James Waymack, Garnet Woolard, Lorene Zachman, Krista Zindel SICK LIST POLICY: Names submitted will be removed after 4 weeks unless resubmitted. The new names added each week will be in BOLD for 1 week. INVITE SOMEONE BACK TO MASS!!! ANNUAL CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL: THANK YOU to all those who have given to the ACSA Campaign. What a wonderful outpouring of generosity from many of you! Holy Family Parish continues to shine. May God bless abundantly those have donated. May we exceed our assessed goal of $80,088 as much as we are able!! WELCOME to Tisha Hess & her family (Hunter, Brian, Jarrett, & Stevie); Jeri & RuthEllen Davis. They have recently joined our parish. We re glad you are at Holy Family! PLEASE PRAY for those in our Sister Parish in El Salvador, as they pray for us. BRAVO to all the Holy Family parish teens who were on the recent Mt. Zion High School Honor Rolls. We are very proud of them & their accomplishments! A PARISHIONER S REMARKS! I just finished listening to Fr. Mike Schmitz talk Changed Forever. I loved it! I subscribe to his weekly podcast Ascension Presents too. He sure is a bundle of energy!!! I m kinda kicking myself for not spending my time researching Formed to learn and be inspired rather than wasting my time on the computer accomplishing nothing. That has changed from this moment on. Thank you for Formed. FORMED.ORG is for being formed in our Catholic Faith. To get started, go to & click on Register. Our case sensitive parish code JMN63Q. BEST LENT EVER is an opportunity to take an incredible journey to become the-best-version-of-yourself with a free program. To receive these daily s with short inspirational videos from Matthew Kelly, go to dynamiccatholic.com/bestlentever to sign up. DON T FORGET TO PRAY for our RCIA Catechumen & Candidates as they journey to Easter Vigil.

3 HOLY FAMILY LITURGICAL MINISTERS Feb. 17 & 18, 2018 MONDAY, Feb. 12 7:30 a.m. Thomas Ward (Evelyn Ward) TUESDAY, Feb. 13 7:30 a.m. Teresa Willenborg (Rosanna Frey) WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14 -ASH WEDNESDAY Note Mass Times 7:30 a.m. Chris Olson (Don & Mary Lou Meyer) 2:00 p.m. Tom Cantwell (Cantwell Family) 6:15 p.m. Laurice Sheehy (Alan & Sylvia Brinkoetter) THURSDAY, Feb. 15 7:30 a.m. Holy Family Parishioners FRIDAY, Feb. 16 7:30 a.m. Sanctity of Life (Lorraine Howard) SATURDAY, Feb. 17 4:30 p.m. Onerine Miller (Family) SUNDAY, Feb. 18 8:00 a.m. Mary Ward (Jean Harner & Mr. & Mrs. Dick Gray) 10:00 a.m. Bob Boaz (Family) PRAY for the repose of the soul of Sr. Ruth Margaret Raupp, SJC, aunt of Linda Brilley, sister of Jim Raupp, aunt of Martha Brinkoetter. May she rest in peace and her family be comforted. WELCOME to Dinah Adelle Dukeman, daughter of Rusty Cole & Ashton Dukeman; Darren Andrew Nunn, son of Andrew Nunn & Ashton Dukeman. They were baptized this weekend. May they have a faith-filled life in the Catholic Church! MEETINGS: Pastoral Council---5:15 p.m. Feb. 12th THANKS for the 446 lbs. of non-perishables & $ in monetary donations collected during the month of December for the food pantry at Catholic Charities. PROTECTING GOD S CHILDREN CLASS Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. This class will be held in the St. James Parish House. Please call or office@ssjpparish.com to register. All parents of children who are attending Holy Family School & who will be volunteering at the school will need the class. Grandparents are also encouraged to take the class. If you are thinking of volunteering, we encourage you to take this class. You only have to take it once, and after your background check, you are ready to volunteer! 2017 CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS are available in the Elderly Room for you to pick up. If you have any questions, please call the rectory at SATURDAY, 4:30 p.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Amy Jedlicka. Kaitlin Jedlicka, Hailey Garrett, Teresa Garrett, Barb McNutt, Noreen Duncan, Debbie Alexander GIFT BEARERS: Tony Douglass Family GREETERS: Rick & Debbie Highcock READERS: Dale Tomlinson & Bill McNutt SERVERS: Sean Jerabek, George Johns Jr., Owen Jedlicka USHERS: John & Brenda Duncan, Michael Peters, Tony Douglass SUNDAY, 8:00 a.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Sue Schneider, Judy Saloka, Sandy Murray, Carol Holthaus, Marvin Hughes, Deena Warrick, Carol Paglino GIFT BEARERS: Bill & Becky Heitz GREETERS: Franz & Leeann Grossman READERS: RuthEllen Davis & John Barry SERVERS: Lucy Corley, Raegan Jesse, Carlie Delbridge USHERS: Terry Schneider, Mike Lees, John Fitzgerald, John Bennyhoff SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Leslie Meyer, Janet Hogan, John Hogan, Christy Kernaghan, Bill Lindgren, Mackenzie Snow, Maddie Snow GIFT BEARERS: Kernaghan Family GREETERS: Jonnie Taylor & Sheryl Murray READERS: Jim Meyer & Ryle Frey SERVERS: Carter Boyer, Ella Woolington, Becca Hogan USHERS: Luichi Caceres, Adrian Caceres, John Venverloh, Kevin Warner CONTEMPORARY GROUP will sing on Sun., Feb. 18, 10:00 a.m. Mass. PARISH CHOIR will sing on Sat., Feb 24., 4:30 p.m. Mass. HF LADIES GROUP will meet Feb. 19 at 6:30 in the Parish Center. For info, call ANNUAL SCHOOL FUND DRIVE is still going on!! Due to your generosity, our Catholic Grade School continues to provide quality, Catholic education for our young people. PLEASE help us now & into the future by contributing--brochures on shelf in the church vestibule. HEARING AIDS are available for use during Mass. READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Jas 1:1-11; Mk 8:11-13 Tuesday: Jas 1:12-18; Mk 8:14-21 Wednesday: Jl 2:12-18; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Mt 6:1-6, Thursday: Dt 30:15-20; Lk 9:22-25 Friday: Is 58:1-9a; Mt 9:14-15 Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Lk 5:27-32 Sunday: Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15

4 ROSARY is prayed 20 minutes before each daily Mass. Come & pray & stay for Mass. PRAY FOR OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN. MAY THE LORD GRANT THEM SAFETY. PRAYER LINE REQUESTS: Rosanna Frey, , or Barb Lesyna, HOLY FAMILY DECATUR LIKE US ON FACEBOOK ADORATION is on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please sign up for a 30-minute slot on the sheet in the vestibule. Any questions, call Sandy Yelovich, HOLY FAMILY WEBSITE: decaturholyfamily.com INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CANTOR? Please contact Peter Miller at for details. 5TH ANNUAL CHOCOLATE EXTRAVAGANZA will be hosted by the HSHS St. Mary s Hospital Auxiliary on Tues., Feb. 13th by the cafeteria from 7:30 a.m. until sold out. New this year is an ice cream & toppings bar. Raffle tickets for the Winter Get-Away Package will be $5 or 3 for $10. Proceeds will go toward lights for incubators, neoblue Bili Blanket for jaundice newborns, and defibrillators. PLEASE have Holy Family in your will or as a memorial at the time of a loved one s death. Also, have our parish as a beneficiary in your insurance policy. THE WORD OF GOD IS AVAILABLE 24/7 on Decatur Catholic Radio WDCR FM 88.9/96.5 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS! THE SPLD DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN will again offer 4 $500 college scholarships to four outstanding Catholic senior girls. Deadline to enter is March 30, Winners will be announced in May and honored at the Woman of Distinction Banquet in June. For info., contact Judy Holmes at sdccwinil@gmail.com. Thank you for your generosity! Weekend of Feb. 3 & 4, 2018 Envelopes.$ 21, Children....$ Sister Parish..$ 1, Building Fund...$

5 Mass Schedule Weekend Liturgies Saturday 4:30 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Weekday Liturgies Monday 7:30 a.m. Tuesday 7:30 a.m. Wednesday 7:30 a.m. Thursday 7:30 a.m., and during school year 2:00 p.m. Friday 7:30 a.m. Holy Day Liturgies Masses 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., and during school year 7:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday at 3:30 p.m. or by appointment. Communion Calls Please contact the parish office to make arrangements. Sacrament of Baptism Arrangements for Baptisms are made by calling the parish office. Participation at the Baptismal Preparation Class for parents is a requirement for the celebration of the sacrament. Sacrament of Marriage Arrangements for all weddings must be made at least six (6) months in advance. Please call the parish office. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Classes for those interested in joining the Catholic faith begin in the fall of each year and continue through the Easter season. Please call Sr. Janet to inquire about the sessions. Staff Very Reverend Joseph Molloy..Pastor Rev. Mr. Rob Johnson...Deacon Sister Janet Pfile, O.P.Pastoral Associate janet.pfile@comcast.net Mrs. Joanne Kater...Parish Secretary holyfamilychurch1@comcast.net Mrs. Debbie Alexander...Principal dsalexander09@aol.com Ms. Lisa Roddis.....School Secretary Mrs. Patrice Hunt.... PSR Coordinator Mr. Peter Miller... Director of Music Ministries Mrs. Ann Carr Business Manager Rectory School School Fax Pastoral Associate Convent