WELCOME! We invite you to become a member, by registering at the Welcome Table in the Narthex after Mass, or by visiting the Parish Office! - Parish Office Hours: Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m. -12:00 Noon 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. -12:00 Noon - Please contact the following staff members for questions about: Becoming Catholic: Lindee Greer, x43 Baptism & First Communion: Lisa Estrada, x12 Confirmation: Devyn Buschow, x16 Funerals: Please contact Funeral Home or Parish Office Pastor, Rev. Joseph C. Lee Parochial Vicar, Rev. Eugene Okoli Deacon, Al Evans Deacon, Charles Ruelas Deacon, Paul Wood Adult & Family Director, Richard Johnson x23 Adult & Family Associate, Melisa Limones x26 Baptism/First Communion, Lisa Estrada x12 Business Administrator, Ann M. Picha x44 Business Associate, Mary Jorgensen x17 Childcare & Safe Environment, Sharon Bush x19 Children's Faith Formation, Deborah Pearson x14 Community Life, Cindy Meyer x24 Music Director, Felipe Ramirez (972)298-4971 Outreach Coordinator, Donna Greenlee x20 Parish Office, Mary Gruhlke x10 Parish Resource Associate, Veronica Houston x30 Pastor's Office, Cathy Ordemann x11 R.C.I.A., Lindee Greer x43 Youth & Young Adult Ministry, Devyn Buschow x16 Youth Ministry, Rachel Cromwell x45 Saturday Sunday Monday - Saturday Wednesday Saturday 5:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 8:30 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 3:30-5:00 p.m. Holy Spirit Mission Statement We, the Family of Faith at Holy Spirit, proclaim that by our Baptism we share in Christ s mission as Priest, Prophet and King. We recognize our responsibility to give worship to God, reverence to all people, respect to all creation and to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Acknowledging our own brokenness and our need to hope, we seek to be a forgiving and welcoming community committed to service by the sharing of life and love with all, and working together to make peace and justice a reality in our world. Strenghtened by the presence of God in our lives, we undertake all of this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. Alleluia!
Holy Spirit Catholic Church October 22, 2017 From The Pastor s Desk Have you ever known someone who likes to set people up in conversation by asking unanswerable questions? Sometimes they come out with merely embarrassing questions such as How much money did you make last year?, or You must be making a bundle to be able to afford that car! Other times they ask a question to which there is no right answer such as, Are you still cheating on your taxes? People who ask these questions probably feel insecure and so they try to get one up on you in order to make themselves seems witty and superior. Well today the Pharisees are trying to back Jesus into the corner with one of those unanswerable questions. They are hoping to embarrass him in front of his followers and cause him to lose authority with the people. Now, Jesus was very well-known storyteller and had already angered the Pharisees by making them the object of some of his stories. When the Pharisees realized that they weren t coming off very well in the parables, Matthew says they actually went off and plotted to trap Jesus in his words the next time. They very cleverly decided to ask Jesus about taxes as controversial a topic as it is now. Jesus answer seems to say, It s no threat to God s greatness to have the emperor holding some degree of authority in the world; and it s right and proper to pay legitimate taxes. But don t forget there are some much more important areas of our lives over which God does hold supreme authority. In other words, it isn t taxes that we owe to God it s our hearts, our bodies, and our lives. We seem to fall into the same trap that the Pharisees tried to set for Jesus forgetting that God ultimately holds everything in God s own heart. We don t really own anything we have, even our own life. For example, if you re a parent, have you fallen into the trap of thinking your children actually belong to you? Children are like a precious gift given to the community by God, to be nurtured and held in a sacred trust but they are not ever a parent s possession. To give back to God what is God s means to keep this reality in mind as you re making decisions for the children you are raising. Or perhaps you have considered having an abortion or know someone who has, because they believe It s MY body and it s MY decision to end a life inside my body. Or maybe you are a teenager who uses drugs or drinks too much and you believe that It s my body and I can treat it anyway I want. Or there s Dr. Kevorkian, the doctor of death, who believes that we have a right to a certain quality of life, and if we don t have enough quality, we should be in control of ending our lives. Jesus s response to all of these situations is to call us back to reality: Give back to God that which is God s. In the case of anything that affects our bodies and minds, remember that these not only belong to God, they are the sacred places where the Spirit of God comes to us and lives in us in very deep ways. You can help yourself remember this reality. The next time one of these issues comes up in your life, maybe part of your prayer every day could be to ask: Who is it who is keeping me alive? Who is calling me by name, to respond with my life? Whose am I? Weekly Readings & Activities Sunday, Oct 22 Is 45:1, 4-6;1 Thes 1:1-5b;Mt 22:15-21 Monday, Oct 23 Rom 4:20-25;Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday, Oct 24 Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21;Lk 12:35-38 Wednesday, Oct 25 Rom 6:12-18;Lk 12:39-48 Thursday, Oct 26 Rom 6:19-23;Lk 12:49-53 Friday, Oct 27 Rom 7:18-25a;Lk 12:54-59 Saturday, Oct 28 Eph 2:19-22;Lk 6:12-16 Sunday, Oct 29 Ex 22:20-26;1 Thes 1:5c-10;Mt 22:34-40 Sunday, Oct 22 8:00 a.m. Holy Mass Charles Bernabo 9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Food & Fellowship HSCC Library (till 11:30 a.m.) 9:15/11:15 a.m. Children s Faith Formation/ Mornings with Mom & Dad 9:15/11:15 a.m. Adult Clusters 1 & 2/3 9:30 a.m. Holy Mass Leonard Hancock 10:30 a.m. Choir Practice 10:45 a.m. R.C.I.A. Inquiry Session 11:30 a.m. Holy Mass Intentions of Judy Hawkins 5:30 p.m. Holy Mass People of Holy Spirit 6:30 p.m. Youth Ministry Classes Monday, Oct 23 St. John of Capistrano 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass Intentions of Carol Leach 9:15 p.m. Monday Morning Scripture Study 9:30 a.m. Low Impact Exercise 7:00 p.m. Monday Evening Scripture Study Tuesday, Oct 24 St. Anthony Mary Claret 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass Barbara McAllister 6:00 p.m. HSCC Library 7:00 p.m. Consoling the Heart of Jesus Study.Wednesday, Oct 25 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass Intentions of Stephanie Flores 9:30 a.m. Legion of Mary Low-Impact Exercise 6:00 p.m. Confessions/Family Prayer Group HSCC Library 6:30 p.m. Team Spirit Meeting 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Scripture Study The Bible Timeline Study Thursday, Oct 26 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass Intentions of Eric Gross 9:30 a.m. AFM Women s Group 6:30 p.m. The Choice Wine Class 7:35 p.m. Choir Practice Friday, Oct 27 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass Gloria Kelly 9:00 a.m. Holy Hour Saturday, Oct 28 St. Simon and Jude 8:30 a.m. Holy Mass Murray Demarest R.C.I.A. Fall Retreat 3:30 p.m. Confessions 4:00 p.m. Choir Practice 5:30 p.m. Holy Mass Faye Survil 6:30 p.m. K of C Corporate Communion Dinner Sunday, Oct 29 8:00 a.m. Holy Mass People of Holy Spirit 9:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Food & Fellowship HSCC Library (till 11:30 a.m.) 9:15/11:15 a.m. Children s Faith Formation/ Mornings with Mom & Dad 9:15/11:15 a.m. Adult Clusters 1 & 2/3 9:30 a.m. Holy Mass Teresita Fajardo 10:30 a.m. Choir Practice 11:30 a.m. Holy Mass Tyler Timms 2:00 p.m. Lector Training 5:30 p.m. Holy Mass Intentions of Jasmine Souter 6:30 p.m. Youth Ministry Classes/Youth Adoration Pray for PEACE!
Holy Spirit Catholic Church October 22, 2017 Youth Ministry Permission Slips are online for the Dallas Catholic Youth Conference and for the Youth Stand for Life trip to DC! Deadlines for deposits are coming up so check out www.holyspiritcatholic.com/permission-slips for the forms and more information. We will have our annual volunteer day at the cemetery this month. Join us on October 29th from 1:30-3 p.m. at Little Bethel cemetery. We will make the place look nice for families coming to visit for All Souls Day and el Día de los Muertos. Community Life Ministry Sunday Morning Food and Fellowship Today: Burger Brunch by ACTS Yummy fresh burgers, chips & drinks starting at 10:30am. Find them in the courtyard or in between the two buildings. Eat them here or take them to go. The gym will be available with tables and chairs for eating and fellowship. Liturgy We still need volunteers for the Halloween Spooktacular! If you need service hours approved from the Fall Festival or any recent events please e-mail devynbuschow@holyspiritcc.org. Next Sunday, Oct. 29: Cinnamon Rolls ls Our youth will be selling freshly baked Cinnamon Rolls in the Gym to help support their activities and events. Come and support our youth program next week! Congratulations to Edmundo Escalante and Maria Ontiveros, who celebrated the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony on October 21 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church! May God bless you with joy and grant you the graces to live your wonderful vocation of marriage according to His divine plan. Altar Flowers & Mass Intentions: If you would like to dedicate a mass, lamp or donate flowers in honor or memory of a loved one, please contact Mary Gruhlke, x10 in the Parish Office. The Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week in memory of ɫcharles Bernabo by Loretta Bernabo. All Souls Day Remembrance Novena Masses, Nov. 2-10. If you would like Masses said for your deceased loved ones during this time, please pick up an envelope from the Narthex and fill out the names of your loves ones. Place names in the envelope with your donation, then drop it in the offertory basket from now until Oct. 30. Please print legibly as these names will be placed on the altar during the Novena. All Saints Day, Wednesday, Nov. 1 Pastoral Office Closed Holy Day of Obligation Masses: 8:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. All Souls Day: Nov. 2, Thursday, All Souls Day No 6:00 p.m. Confession Commemoration of All the Faithful Mass at 6:00 p.m. Potluck dinner will follow immediately after Mass. Are you being called into deeper relationship with Jesus Christ through the Catholic Church? Want to know more about the Church and its teachings? Bring your questions and an open heart and join us for this week s RCIA Inquiry session, where our primary topic will be "The Communion of Saints." Sunday, Oct. 22 nd, 10:45 a.m. 12:00 p.m., Room 211. Upcoming Lector Training: Next Sunday, Oct. 29, there will be a Lector Training at 2:00 p.m. in the Church. All those interested should plan on attending. Finances Contributions - Oct. 15 & 16 Collections, Online & Mail $41,418.10 Average Weekly Expenses ($24,785.00) Surplus $16,633.10 Hurricane Relief Efforts: $ 6,434.43 Upcoming Special Collections: Oct. 21/22 Oct. 28/29 World Mission Sunday Diocesan Priest Retirement Thank you to everyone for your continued generous support of the parish, our diocese and the global Catholic Church. May God bless you!!
Holy Spirit Catholic Church October 22, 2017 As part of our ongoing efforts to provide not only educational but lived faith experiences, Children s Faith Formation would like to invite everyone to a Special All Saints/All Souls Day Celebration on Sunday, October 29 in the Community Center lobby. So that we can continue to honor those who have left this world but live on in our hearts, we invite you to bring a framed photo of your special loved one to be placed on a Memory Table. We ask that all photos be turned in to the Faith Formation Office no later than Wednesday, October 25 so that the table can be decorated and ready for all to see on the 29th. Be sure to put your name and phone # on the back of your photo so we know who to contact if you forget to retrieve your photo. Additionally, Catholic Updates will be available with information on both All Saints and All Souls Days, a basket for name submissions to be included in the novena for the deceased and the mass schedule for The Solemnity of All Saints (November 1), which is a Holy Day of Obligation. Contact Deborah with any questions. Como parte de nuestros esfuerzos para proporcionar no solo experiencias educativas de fe, pero vivirlas tambien, el ministerio de doctrina de fe de niños quisiera invitar a cada unos de ustedes, a celebrar el dia de los Santos y dia de los muertos, el domingo, 29 de oct. en el lobby del centro communitario. De modo que podamos seguir honrando a aquellos que han dejado este mundo pero siguen viviendo en nuestros corazones, le invitamos a traer una foto en marco de su ser querido para ser colocado en una Mesa de Memoria. Pedimos que todas las fotos sean entregadas a la Oficina de doctrina de Fe no más tarde que el miércoles, 25 de oct. de modo que la mesa pueda see decorada y lista para que todos puedan ver el 29 de oct. No olvide poner su nombre en la parte posterior de la foto para saber a quién contactar si usted se olvida de recuperar su foto. Al igual tendremos disposable información sobre el dia de los santos y dia de los muertos, una canasta ester disposable para incur nombres para la novena en honor al fallecido y el horario de las misas de la solemnidad de Todos Los Santos (1 de noviembre), que es un Día Santo de obligación. Por favor póngase en contacto con Deborah con cualquier pregunta. Grab your mummy and make plans to join us for a fa BOO lous time on Tuesday, October 31 from 6-8 p.m. in the Community Center gym for our annual HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR! There ll be lots of games, snacks, treats and maybe even a few tricks. Canned good donations, for Holy Spirit s food pantry, may be dropped off at the Spooktacular entrance with one of our spirited volunteers. Be sure to bring a treat bag for all your loot and wear your cutest costume (let s keep it from being too creepy) and enjoy an evening of ghostly fun! We are also graciously accepting donations of bagged Halloween candy, treats and prizes (we ll need a lot as this is one of our largest community events!). Please drop your donations off at the Community Center front desk, attention Deborah. Also, if you would like to volunteer to help out (Confirmation families, here s a great service project!), contact Deborah or Devyn. We will need help with set-up on Tuesday, October 31! 4th Grade Mornings with Mom & Dad are this Sunday, October 22 in the dining room at your child s regularly scheduled Faith Formation class time and does include a Theology of the Body presentation. Mom & Dad, plan on joining your child for some one-on-one time and experience what they are learning in their CFF class. To ensure minimal disruption for the other families in attendance, please take advantage of our nursery for younger siblings. Please note that Mornings with Mom & Dad ARE NOT associated with our sacramental preparation program. 2nd Grade Mornings with Mom & Dad sessions are NEXT Sunday, October 29 in the dining room. SACRAMENTS & SUCH. If you missed the Parent Only meeting for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, please contact Lisa, ext. 12, for continued sacrament options. Our first Parent & Student session is Sunday, November 5 from 1:30-3:45 p.m. in the gym. Please contact Sharon Bush for childcare needs at 972.298.9460. Information and paperwork regarding infant Baptism (ages 6 and under) may be directed to Lisa, ext. 12. Our next baptismal preparation class is Saturday, November 4 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
With the holidays fast-approaching, it is important we remember those who may not be as fortunate. In past years, Holy Spirit parishioners have done a wonderful job remembering others in need! Let s do it again! Listed on the back are the holiday food items that we will be collecting for Thanksgiving in order to help others enjoy a holiday meal. Non-perishable donations: Please drop off items in the Outreach Box in the Narthex or at the Community Center. Frozen turkey donations: Please drop off at the Community Center Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon. Please note: The Community Center is closed 12:00-1:00 p.m. for lunch. Please turn donations in by Monday, Nov. 13. Thank you for your generosity, Holy Spirit Outreach Commission
Thanksgiving Food Basket Needs: Frozen Turkey 1 box of Mashed Potatoes 2 boxes Stuffing Mix 2 cans/ pkgs Gravy Mix 2 Cans Cranberries 2 Cans Green Beans 2 Cans Corn 2 Cans Soup 2 Cans Same Type Fruit 1 Can Sweet Potatoes 1 Can Evaporated Milk 1 Bottle Cooking Oil 1 Can Pie Filling 4 lb. Bag Sugar 5 lb. Bag Flour