Holy Family Catholic Church

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1 Holy Family Catholic Church Cherish the Past, Celebrate the Present, Create a bright Future 15 Gender Road, Newark, DE (302) Very Rev. Mark Kelleher Pastor mkelleher@holyfamilynewark.org Rev. Michael J. Cook Associate Pastor mcook@holyfamilynewark.org Rev. A. William Rajayan Priest in Residence awms@live.com Mr. Joseph Certesio, Sr. Deacon jcertesio@holyfamilynewark.org Mrs. Mare Draper Director of Religious Education mdraper@holyfamilynewark.org Mrs. Judith Stives Business Manager jstives@holyfamilynewark.org Mr. Richard E. Mitchell, III Director of Worship Arts rmitchell@holyfamilynewark.org Our Mission Statement Holy Family parish is a welcoming community of faith rooted in the Roman Catholic Tradition. As members of the Body of Christ, we are a multi-cultural and multi-generational parish called to share our gifts and talents. Our experience of worship in Word and Sacrament compels us to witness to all people through catechesis, service and evangelization. GENERAL INFORMATION Church Office Fax Number Web Page: Office Hours Monday through Thursday: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM & 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM; Friday: 9:00 AM to Noon Saturday: 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM; Sunday: 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM Religious Education Office Fax Number Religious Education Office Hours Monday through Thursday: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Friday: 9:00 AM to Noon Youth Ministry Office ext. 138 Parish Outreach Office Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Wednesday, Friday - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM ST. VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY FINANCE COUNCIL Executive Officer: John Lynch MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Evening: 5:00 PM Sunday Masses: 8:00, 10:00 AM & 12:00 PM Daily Mass: Monday through Saturday 9:00 AM SACRAMENTS Baptism: outside of the Lenten Season. Baptisms are scheduled with the Church Office and normally occur during the Sunday Liturgy or on the 2nd & 3rd Sunday of the month at 1:30 PM. Baptismal Program for Parents: Generally bi-monthly on the 3rd Monday of the month, at 7:00 PM. To register call Matrimony: Consult parish priest or deacon at least one year in advance and before any plans or decisions are made. Reconciliation: Saturday 3:30 PM or by appointment. SICK AND HOMEBOUND If you are sick or homebound and would like to receive Eucharist at home on a regular basis, please call the Church Office at CHRIST THE TEACHER CATHOLIC SCHOOL OFFICE: Our Regional Catholic School Sr. LaVerne King, R.S.M., Principal Address: 2451 Frazer Road, Newark, DE For more information call the school office at Web Page: December 4, Second Sunday of Advent

2 FROM OUR PASTOR: FATHER MARK KELLEHER Because people plan which Christmas Mass to attend around their family plans, here are changes to the Christmas Mass schedule. Please note these changes on your calendar. Christmas Eve Masses 4:00 pm 6:00 pm 8:00 pm Christmas Day Masses: 9:00 am 11:00 am Holiday Office Hours Holy Family Parish Offices will be closed From noon on Dec. 22nd and opening on Dec. 28th. in observance of Christmas. Offices will be closed on December 31st and January 1st in observance of New Year s Holiday. In case of emergency, call THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Holy Family s Giving Tree All gifts from the Giving Tree should be returned unwrapped to the hall by (today) December 4th. Last year was an immense success thanks to our caring parishioners who ensured each child and family had a wonderful Christmas! If you would like to volunteer for sorting or distribution day we would love to have you. Please contact Tammy Ketterer at Thank you for your continued generosity during the season of giving may God richly bless you! The St. Vincent DePaul Society would like to thank our WONDERFUL office staff and parishioners who generously supported our Thanksgiving Day Basket Project. You provided us with the turkeys, food items, script cards and the money we needed. With the support of everyone we were able to provide thirty families in our area a Thanksgiving Day dinner they otherwise would not have had. We are truly blessed to be part of a parish with such loving, caring, parishioners. God Bless you all. 308-Holy Family Page 2

3 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND YOUTH MINISTRY Mare Draper, DRE or by phone: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION There will be No Children s Liturgy Of the Word on Sunday December 11 th. Next CLOW will be on Jan. 8, HO, HO, HO! Santa is coming to Holy Family on Saturday, December 10 th! Tickets are available online at religioused. Cost: $11 Adults, $6 Children 10 and under and include a pancake breakfast with sausage/bacon, juice and café bar as well as crafts and activities. Two seatings are available: 8:30 and 10:30am and promise to sell out quickly! REMINDER: Canned Goods for our Giving Tree Baskets are needed. Contribution contest drawing will be held week of December 6 th! Camden Toy Drive is back again this year! We have been contacted by our partners at DeSales Service Works/CASA Services for help to provide children s Christmas gifts for families in need. This year they hit an all-time high of 480 students! Holy Family and other organizations/ friends have rallied together in the past to make their program a success! We hope to do this again! Simply bring in a child s new, unwrapped toy to the Parish or RE Office by December 15th and we will deliver the gifts! All age level gifts appreciated! Thank you! YOUTH MINISTRY *High School Sunday Nite Lites: Our next gathering will be held on December 4th from 7-9pm. Happy Thanksgiving Peeps! *Follow us on Instagram for up-to-the minute news and info: "hfamnewarkyouth". SAVE THE DATE: DECEMBER 10 TH = SANTA BREAKFAST! Elves needed to make the Breakfast a success. Age: 6 th grade and up (including adults!!) No Experience necessary training will be provided. All information is on the website: Signup a MUST! Looking forward to working with Santa s special helpers! Confirmation 2016 Congratulations to our new, fully-initiated teens who have received the Sacrament of Confirmation this weekend! May the gifts of the Holy Spirit remain active in your lives and the fruits they bear be evident in all that you do! Keep learning and serving! It is a pleasure to have you as part of our parish community! HIGHSCHOOL, SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP: Please see website for details and additional information! Check out our website for the latest and greatest service opportunities. If you are in 9th grade, you are welcome to start your Confirmation Service Hours requirements. After all, you have about 1.5 million to go before your life is over. Why wait to start? Lol. As Christmas approaches help your children prepare by urging them to choose at least one of their possessions to give away to someone who needs it more than they do. Page Three 308-Holy Family

4 Parish News and Happenings PRAYERS FOR THE SICK: Denise Robinson Mary Ann Bulatewicz Tim Ziegler Katie Ziegler Mike John Romer Helen Gorski Millie Nash Frances Kulaszewski Theresa Neff Xavier Rohrer Dianna - Franny P. -Judi H. Chris Pruitt Maureen McCloskey Tom Boyle Ava Ponzo Gerald T. Stafford, Jr. Sally Downes Joyce West Jill Martone Joyce Hamilton Loretta McCullough Tom S. - Butch Cicconi Steve Purvis Snapper Jablonski Catherine Perillo Louis Bud Schaub Robert Cichocki Marian Santos Bryan Horner Mary Elizabeth Bulatewicz Miriam Brown Sister Ann McAlpin Anne Neri Donna Thomas Maryellen Schwenk Arianne Shuma Karen Berman Richard Baxter Judy Hughes Mary Wilson Thelma & Robert Morris Rachael Tolliver-Bey and Baby Timmy Robert McClain Patrick Resendiz Joann Criste Nancy L. Lawrence Jayden Hutchison Frances Hamill Nicholas Curran Victor Lusardi Mary Ann Spencer Marlene Kreutz Ed Richards Joan Archangelo Cherie Galliani George Dougherty Jennie Musacchio Stephen Swarter Paul Winkleman Madelena Gootee Mike Mandeo Minerva Aponte Carmen McGrory SILENT PRAYER: Our parish has a group of people who will earnestly pray for any needs you have. This is done anonymously via a telephone prayer chain. If you have a special need for which you are in need of prayer call: , , or and we will pray for you. St. Paul reminds us that Christ became a minister of the circumcised to show God s truthfulness, to confirm the promises He made, so that all might glorify God for His mercy. Priests, sisters, brothers and deacons offer their lives as a witness to God s fidelity to His promises. Is God inviting you to live your life as a witness to His truth? If you think so, please call or write Father Norm Carroll, Diocesan Director of Priestly and Religious Vocations ( , vocations@cdow.org). Be sure to visit our website: Religious Retirement Fund Aging religious need your help. Senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests have offered their lives in service to others educating the young, comforting the sick, seeking justice for the oppressed. Today, many are frail, elderly, and in need of assistance. Your gift to the Retirement Fund for Religious helps to furnish medications, nursing care, and other necessities. Please give generously to next weekend s second collection. Holy Family Women s Group News Calling all Holy Family bakers! The Women's Group is holding a Bake Sale after all Masses December 10th & 11th. We welcome your donations of baked goods. Thank you in advance for your support. Christmas Gathering Holy Family Women's Group Christmas Gathering will be Wednesday Dec. 7th at 6:30pm. Please bring $12 for dinner & a wrapped ornament to exchange. We are collecting small toiletries, socks, decks of cards, and word search or puzzle books for our stocking project. 308-HolyFamily Page four

5 MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, December 3 9:00 am - Federico Simpao 5:00 pm Paul Reach Sunday, December 4 8:00 am Intentions of Parishioners 10:00 am Frieda Schweitzer 12:00 pm Ralph Sumner Monday December 5 9:00 am Paul Reach Tuesday, December 6 9:00 am Bud Seifen Wednesday, December 7 9:00 am Judy Rodgers Thursday, December 8 - Immaculate Conception 9:00 am Michael Bolinski 7:00 pm Joe Briggs Friday, December 9 9:00 am Bud Seifen Saturday, December 10 9:00 am Rosa Velazquez 5:00 pm Richard J. Wakeman Sunday, December 11 8:00 am Ann McLean 10:00 am John & Elsie Schurgard 12:00 pm Intentions of Parishioners To help with Next Week s Readings: December 11, 2016 Third Sunday of Advent First Reading: Isaiah 35:,1-6A,10 Second Reading: James 5:7-10 Gospel: Matthew 11:2-11 December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception is a Holy Day of Obligation. We will have 2 Masses to celebrate this beautiful feast. 9:00 am and 7:00 pm WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday, December 4- Giving Tree in Hall Gift Return K of C Christmas Card Sale - GS 9:30 pm - RCIA Sunday Session - AER 10:00 am - REL Ed Pre K and K - REC Rms 2-6 1:30 pm - Just Do It Mtg. - PHCR1 Monday, December 5 6:00 pm - RE Grades REC 7:00 pm - K of C -Cardinal Gibbons - HFH Tuesday, December 6 6:00 pm - RE Grades REC 6:30 pm - RCIA Team Mtg. - GS Wednesday, December 7 10:30 am - Staff Meeting - CCR 6:30 pm - HF Women s Group Mtg. - HFH 7:00 pm - Choir Rehearsal - HFC Thursday, December 8 9:00 am - Prayer Shawl Mtg. - PHCR1 9:00 am - Liturgy for Immaculate Conception - HFC 7:00 pm - Liturgy for Immaculate Conception - HFC Friday, December 9 9:45 am - Eucharistic Adoration - HFC Saturday, December 10 K of C Christmas Card Sales - GS 11:45 am - Tamil Mass - HFC 2:00 pm - Tamil Mass Luncheon - HFH 3:30 pm - Reconciliation - HFC 5:30 pm - HF Women s Group Bake Sale - HFH Sunday, December 11 HF Women s Group Bake Sale - HFH K of C Christmas Card Sale - GS 9:30 pm - RCIA Sunday Session - AER 10:00 am - RE Pre K and K Christmas Play - REC Rms :00 pm - Giving Tree Distribution - REC 1:30 pm - Just Do It Mtg. - PHCR1 1:30 pm - Baptisms - HFC Weekly Schedule Room Key AER Adult Education Room HFC Holy Family Church HFH Holy Family Parish Hall PHCR1 - Parish House Room 1 REC - Religious ED Center May the choir of angels come to greet them and speed them to paradise. Please pray for the souls of Robert Robbie Alan Fredd, Jr. Marie Taylor James J. Walker, Sr. May their souls and all of the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. 308-HolyFamily Page 5

6 Parish News and Diocesan News Weekly Offertory Weekly Budget : $ 13, (Amount of $ needed to run the parish on a weekly basis) Actual Offertory for 11/20/2016 $.9, Shortfall for the week - $4, Actual Offiertory for 11/27/2016 $12, Shortfall for the week - $ Budget Goal Year-to-Date: $ 298, Actual Offertory Year-to-Date: $ 274, Shortfall (Deficit) Year-to-Date: $ 24, SCRIP SALES Scrip Sales for week of 11/13/ $5, Net sales for week = $ Scrip Sales for the week of 11/20/ $6, Net sales for the week = $ Total Net Sales for Year = $4, The Flame of Love Devotion is based on the spiritual journal of Elizabeth Kindelmann, a Hungarian woman of great faith who struggled to raised her family during the years of Communism in Hungary. Her husband died in 1946; Elizabeth had to raise their six children as a single mother. She lost many jobs because of her faith, but she never lost her faith in Jesus Christ. Her spiritual journal has been examined and approved by the Church for our study and our growth in faith. Mr. Anthony Mullin is the National Coordinator for the Flame of Love Devotion. He will be giving a dynamic talk on the devotion and how the Flame of Love relates to Our Lady of Fatima and the triumph of her Immaculate Heart on Monday, December 12, at 7:00 pm at Our Lady of Fatima Church. Everyone is welcomed to attend. Also, visit the website at for more information and for a free spiritual journal to follow along. Don t miss this wonderful opportunity to learn about the Flame of Love Devotion. You are encouraged to attend and to bring a friend!! Present this coupon at Tony s Bistro and Raymond will donate 20% of the total bill to Holy Family Church Tony s Bistro - 29 Chestnut Hill Plaza Newark, DE Total Amount of Bill $ Saint Michael - Knights of Columbus Council 4548 Dec. 12 7:00 pm - Business Meeting MEMBERSHIP IN THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS is open to men 18 years of age or older who are practical (that is, practicing) Catholics in union with the Holy See. This means that an applicant accepts the teaching authority of the Catholic Church on matters of faith and morals, aspires to live in accord with the precepts of the Catholic Church.and is in good standing with the Catholic Church. Please contact Bill Black, (Grand Knight), or Joel Watson (Membership Director) Christmas Dance Party with the Geator with the Heator Jerry Blavat..Friday, December 9, 2016, St. Elizabeth s Grant Hall, 7:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight. Cost is $40 per person (must be 21 years of age) includes Dinner, Wine, Beer, & Soda (cash bar available) for tickets call, Mania or Roseann Benefit for St. Elizabeth Church St. John-Holy Angels Lottery Fundraiser: Looking for Christmas gifts for neighbors, teachers, etc.? St. John/Holy Angels Lottery Calendars are $20 each with 90 chances to win between $50 and $250! Only 1000 calendars will be sold! Sales run through December 31. Winning numbers are based on the Delaware State Lottery s Play 3 night drawing from January 1 to March 31. Contact the Parish at 82 Possum Park Road (in Newark), apress@holyangels.net, or (302) Homemade Soup Sale December 10 and 11 at the Benincasa Gallery and Gift Shop, located at Holy Spirit Parish, New Castle. A choice of five soups are available: Chicken Gnocchi, Italian Wedding, Sweet Potato, Pasta Fagioli $8.00 / quart; and Creamy $9.00 / quart.soups must be pre-ordered by Wednesday December 7. Call of visit our facebook page Benincasa Monastery. As an added attraction, homemade "Bread of Grace" will also be available on a first come-first serve basis. All proceeds will benefit the Sisters of Benincasa Monastery. 308-Holy Family Page Six