February 7, 2016 The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Welcome to Holy Family Church. We have a handicap accessible restroom to the left of the Sanctuary, by the elevator, and downstairs accessed from the Narthex. Please silence all cell phones. PROCESSIONAL HYMN Collegeville Hymnal 513 Praise Christ Jesus, King of Heaven LAUDA ANIMA Church of the Holy Family 5900 West Lake Street Saint Louis Park, MN 55416 www.hfcmn.org 952.929.0113 staff@hfcmn.org Reverend Joseph Johnson, Pastor Reverend George Welzbacher Deacon Jim Meyer Deacon Mike Kraemer Mass Times: Sunday Saturday Weekdays Weekday Rosary 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM 5:00 P M 8:00 AM 7:30 AM Confessions: Sunday 8:00 AM to 8:50 AM Saturday 3:30 PM to 4:50 PM Tuesday through Friday 7:30 AM INTROIT (9:00) II. Venite, adoremus Deum Venite, adoremus Deum, et procidamus ante Dominum: ploremus ante eum, qui fecit nos: quia ipse est Dominus Deus noster. Ps. Venite, exsultemus Domino: iubilemus Deo salutari nostro. Come, let us worship God and bow down before the Lord; let us shed tears before the Lord who made us, for he is the Lord our God.. Come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise unto God our Savior. Ps 95:6, 7, & 1 GREETING Celebrant: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. : Amen. Celebrant: The Lord be with you. : And with your spirit. PENITENTIAL ACT Deacon: You were sent to heal the contrite of heart: Lord, have mercy. : Lord, have mercy. Deacon: You came to call sinners: Christ, have mercy. : Christ, have mercy. Deacon: You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us: Lord, have mercy. : Lord, have mercy. GLORIA Mass Setting II - Lumen Christi Missal, p. 844 THE LITURGY OF THE WORD Lumen Christi Missal Page 372 FIRST READING Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8 RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 Cantor, then all; thereafter: all Lumen Christi Missal James Grogan, Principal 5925 West Lake Street Saint Louis Park, MN 55416 www.hfamn.org 952.925.9193 A Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade Catholic School dedicated to excellence in education and fidelity to the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church SECOND READING I Corinthians 15:1-11
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Cantor, then all; thereafter: all Mode VIII THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST OFFERTORY HYMN (5:00) Collegeville Hymnal 377 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence PICARDY GOSPEL Luke 5:1-11 Deacon: The Lord be with you. : And with your spirit. Deacon: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. : Glory to you, O Lord. At the conclusion of the Gospel: Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord. : Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. HOMILY NICENE CREED I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation, he came down from heaven, (All bow while saying:) and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. UNIVERSAL PRAYER : Lord, hear our prayer. OFFERTORY MOTETS 9:00 O How Amiable R. Vaughan Williams Cf. Ps 84; 90 11:00 Laudate Dominum P. de la Rue O praise the Lord, all ye heathen: praise him, all ye nations. For his merciful kindness is ever more and more towards us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise the Lord. Ps 117, tr. M. Coverdale OFFERTORY CHANT (9:00) IV. Perfice gressus meos Perfice gressus meos in semitis tuis, ut non moveantur vestigia mea: inclina aurem tuam, et exaudi verba mea: mirifica misericordias tuas, qui salvos facis sperantes in te, Domine. Render secure my footsteps in your paths so that my feet do not slip; incline your ear and hear my words; display your wonderful mercies, O Lord, savior of those who place their hopes in you. Ps 17:5, 6, 7 INVITATION TO PRAYER Celebrant: Pray brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. : May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church. SANCTUS Mass Setting II - Lumen Christi Missal, p. 845 MYSTERY OF FAITH GREAT AMEN SIGN OF PEACE Celebrant: The Peace of the Lord be with you always. : And with your spirit. AGNUS DEI Mass Setting II - Lumen Christi Missal, p. 845 2
HOLY COMMUNION We invite actively practicing Catholics who are properly disposed to come forward to receive Holy Communion. Our brothers and sisters of other faiths are invited to approach with arms crossed over the chest to receive a blessing. At Holy Family we receive the combination of the Body and Blood of Christ on the tongue. If you prefer to receive just the Body of Christ in your hand, please have your hands clearly out before you approach. COMMUNION ANTIPHON VIII. Introibo Introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui lætificat iuventutem meam. I will go into the altar of God, to the God who gives joy to my youth. Ps 43:4 COMMUNION MOTETS 9:00 Draw Us in the Spirit s Tether H. Friedell Rev. Percy Dearmer 11:00 O sacrum convivium L. Marenzio O sacred banquet, in which Christ is received, the memorial of his passion is renewed, the soul is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us, alleluia. Cf. I Cor 11:26; Rom 8:18 SECOND COLLECTION The Care Fund The Care Fund meets the emergency needs of Holy Family parishioners and the wider community. CLOSING HYMN Collegeville Hymnal 583 When In Our Music God is Glorified ENGELBERG Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal 2010, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. (I.C.E.L.). All rights reserved. TODAY AT HOLY FAMILY FOOD DRIVE SUNDAY Donations will go to the St. Louis Park Emergency Program (STEP) which strengthens our community by responding to the basic emergency needs of individuals and families in St. Louis Park. HOLY FAMILY CALENDAR Sunday, February 7 : 5 th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Food Drive Sunday 8:00 AM Confessions 9:00 AM Mass 11:00 AM Mass 1:30 PM Mass: Church of St. Bede 6:00 PM Youth Group Theology a la Carte Nazareth House Monday, February 8 : SAINT JEROME EMILIANI, PRIEST; SAINT JOSEPHINE BAKHITA, VIRGIN 8:30 AM Exercise Class Moorman Hall 3:00 PM Widows and Widowers Holy Hour Adoration Chapel 6:30 PM HFHE Monthly Meeting Moorman Hall Tuesday, February 9 8:30 AM Weekly Scripture Study Father Wilkins Room 6:30 PM Young Adults Nazareth House 7:00 PM Neocatechumenal Way Father Wilkins Room Wednesday, February 10 : ASH WEDNESDAY 9:00 AM Children s Eucharistic Adoration Adoration Chapel 11:45 AM Exercise Class Moorman Hall 7:00 PM Mass Cancelled Wednesday Donuts Cancelled Youth Choir Rehearsals Cancelled Confirmation Thursday, February 11 8:30 AM Exercise Class Father Wilkins Room 7:00 PM Adult Choir Rehearsal Moorman Hall 7:00 PM Natural Family Planning (Billings) Fr. Wilkins Room 7:00 PM RCIA HFA Friday, February 12 8:30 AM Divine Mercy Chaplet and Benediction Church 5:00 PM K of C: Lenten Fish Fry Supper Moorman Hall 7:00 PM Stations of the Cross Church Saturday, February 13 3:30 PM Confessions 4:45 PM Benediction 5:00 PM Mass 6:00 PM Knights of Columbus: Cana Dinner Moorman Hall Sunday, February 14 : 1 st SUNDAY IN LENT 8:00 AM Confessions 9:00 AM Mass 11:00 AM Mass 12:00 PM Single Senior Luncheon Moorman Hall 12:30 PM West Metro Young Adults Father Wilkins Room Registered Parishioners: Pick up your Year of Mercy Booklets in the vestibule! For this week s daily readings, please visit www.usccb.org/bible/readings. 3
MASS INTENTIONS Feb. 8 th Holy Souls in Purgatory 8:00 a.m. Feb. 9 th Beverly Rosenthal 8:00 a.m. Feb. 10 th Leona Cruze 8:00 a.m. Feb. 10 th For the Parish 7:00 p.m. Feb. 11 th Joseph McDaniels 8:00 a.m. Feb. 12 th Al & Marie Sobiech 8:00 a.m. Feb. 13 th Maynard Sieve 8:00 a.m. Feb. 14 th Leo Menke 9:00 a.m. Feb. 14 th For the Parish 11:00 a.m. INTERCESSIONS Please pray for those of our community who are ill, have loved ones who are ill, or who have suffered the loss of a loved one. David Anderson, son-in-law of Judy DaBruzzi Mary Chalmers, mother of Nicholas Chalmers Patricia Cronick John Paul Donahue II John Flesher Jack Gausman Pat Gawarecki Paul Karpinko Angela Kearby Ralph Koenig Connie Looft Janet Marxen, daughter of Virginia Thiel Barbara Memelo Floyd Nerheim Victor Novak, son of Florence Novak Eileen Schaefer, mother of Donna Jacobs Bob Spinharney Father George Welzbacher SUNDAY STEWARDSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR JANUARY 30-31, 2016 Member Envelopes $ 13,223.00 Online Giving $ 3,550.60 Plate $ 2,765.76 Total Contributions $ 19,539.36 SECOND COLLECTION: The Care Fund $ 1,460.46 Next week s Second Collection will benefit the Care Fund. APPEAL FOR ADORERS It is our goal at Holy Family to have at least two adorers present at each hour on the adoration schedule, so that every adorer can have a partner for scheduling back-up and safety during nighttime hours. Please contact Mike Zwack, our Adoration coordinator, if you are willing to make an hour s (or greater) commitment each week, and for information on the other times available: 612.710.5007. Currently, the times of our greatest need are: Mondays: 12-1am; Wednesdays: 12-1pm; Thursdays: 5-6pm; Fridays: 1-2pm 4 DIRECTORY General Staff 952.929.0113 Paul Karpinko Parish Business Administrator ext. 16 Bobbi Hanson Office Manager & Event Coordinator ext. 10 Linda Vos Accountant ext. 11 Trever Bergman Facilities Manager ext. 20 Liturgy and Pastoral Staff Deacon Jim Meyer Sacramental Preparation ext. 14 Sharon Pero Liturgy & Pastoral Ministry ext. 13 Scott Turkington Director of Sacred Music ext. 12 Nicholas Chalmers Associate Director of Sacred Music ext. 24 Faith Formation Staff John Hartnett Director of Faith Formation 952.925.9193 Elizabeth Brown Confirmation Coordinator ext. 19 Apostolates Lee Flesher Pastoral Council pc@hfcmn.org Mike Zwack Perpetual Adoration 952.929.6083 Dona Marek Prayer Partners (9a-9p) 952.926.3130 Alyssa Bormes Altar & Rosary Society abormes@gmail.com Ryan Skoug Knights of Columbus GrandKnight@KofC3949.org Erin Arlinghaus Home Educators erin@arlinghausfamily.com Natural Family Planning: Lorena Dillon Billings Ovulation Method 612.396.4019 Callie Doran Sympto-Thermal Method 612.721.3791 If you or someone you know is in need of emergency assistance, please contact: STEP - Emergency Program 952.925.4899 SEEKING HEALING If you have been abused or victimized by someone representing the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, we want to hear from you. Any and all abuse should be reported to the appropriate civil authorities. We are here to offer you help and healing. We will also help you make a formal complaint of abuse to this Archdiocese or assist you in contacting another archdiocese/ diocese/eparchy. Please call our Victim/Survivor Help line at 651.291.4497. The Archdiocese partners with Canvas health an independent and professional local care provider to offer assistance or referrals for assistance. Learn more at: SafeCatholicsSPM.org HOLY FAMILY SPRING DINNER APRIL 9, 2016 Save the date! The Fall Festival dinner has been moved to the spring. Please join us for a wonderful dinner & live auction at the Church, in Moorman Hall. We are still looking for disciples to help with communications, decorating, and entertainment. Please contact Jason & Dawn Klassen at 763.546.1925 if you can help.
HERE AT HOLY FAMILY NUN RUN LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR The Little Sisters of the Poor invite all high school and college age ladies to a local Nun Run to visit their convent in St. Paul. Please join us on Monday, February 15 th from 10:30am to 2:30pm to meet with the Sisters, help serve a meal, and learn about their order. Lunch will be included. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Mary Skoug at 952.486.8345 or mary.skoug@focus.org. HOLY FAMILY TRAVELING VOCATION CHALICE We are delighted our Traveling Chalice Program is continuing at Holy Family! This program provides a special kit which families or individuals take home to pray for vocations for one week. Please pick up the Traveling Chalice in the sacristy after 9am Mass and take it home and pray for vocations for the week. Please return to the sacristy before 9am Mass the following week. The program will be moving to Saturday Mass times in March. If your family would like to participate, please email Judy Cozzens: jcozzens@msn.com. 2/7: Robert Morgan Family 2/14: Loretta Dischinger 2/21: Henry Haverstock Family 2/28: Dan Tomaschko Family DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY RETREAT FOR CHILDREN On April 3 rd, Divine Mercy Sunday, children grades K-8 may attend a lunch and retreat at Holy Family Academy following the 11am Mass. After a short lunch, the children will learn more about St. Faustina, her diary, and Christ s promise of Divine Mercy. The children will sing, hear stories, do a craft, pray, and return to church for the Divine Mercy Chaplet with the program concluding at 3:00 pm. See the parish website to register. Cost: $10 for lunch and retreat. HOLY FAMILY ACADEMY Pre-K & Kindergarten Open House Meet the Teachers and hear about the curriculum! Thursday, February 11 th, 9:00 in Kattar Hall, HFA Thank you for all your support at the Academic Fair, Book Fair, and Open House. The research, writing, designing and oral presentation involved with each class's theme were impressive and we should be proud of our students for their excellent work and spirit. Thank you also to their teachers and you parents; behind every great endeavor there are behind-the-scenes people making it all possible. We're excited about the Open House results and the way that our school community was able to share the fruits of our labor with our parish community and families interested in the school. We are well on the way to recruiting enough new families to reach our enrollment goals for next year. A big thank you to Emily Lux and her team of Book Fairers. Great work and we'll let you know how many free books we earned. Finally, as we head into Catholic Schools week, by the time this bulletin is printed we will have had several neat celebrations. Saturday's first ever Sock Hop should be a great opportunity for fellowship and fun. We have the roller skating extravaganza Wednesday as well as the spelling bee and a special talk from Brother Bonaventure OP, a friend of Patrick and Kendra Conley who is scheduled to be ordained as a transitional deacon in March for the Eastern Province of the Benedictines. Brother Bonaventure has had years of experience working with and teaching children. He will be speaking about Thomistic virtue ethics: apparent versus real good, sin, and deception. Lest you think that might be a little too weighty, he is planning on illustrating these concepts using Spike, our bearded dragon pet from Mrs. Conley's room. LENT ASH WEDNESDAY Masses at 8am (with school) and 7pm (with choir). Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of both fasting and abstinence. All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence. Fasting is obligatory for all those ages 18-59 (one full meal and two smaller snacks not to equal a meal). Abstinence from all meat products is binding on those age 14 and up. TUESDAYS 7pm "Spiritual Temperaments" presented by John Hartnett (Moorman Hall). Getting to know your spiritual temperament helps you understand what makes us tick spiritually. This series helps to point out our comparative gifts and shortcomings, so that we don t become prideful regarding God s gifts to us or despair over our limitations. It also paves the way for us to see how the effects of original sin impact us and those around us so that we can better understand how to grow in merciful love in our relationships with God and neighbor. FRIDAYS 5pm Fish Fry (Moorman Hall) 7pm Stations of the Cross with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament (Church) 7:45pm Lecture series on "Saints of Mercy by various presenters (Church) The saints show us the Gospel in action. They also remind us that by baptism we are all called to become saints! The Church has a great variety of saints which demonstrates that holiness is tailored to our individual situations. This series shows us how beautiful it is to practice the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. LENTEN FISH FRY The Knights of Columbus will once again be serving a Lenten Fish Fry every Friday of Lent (February 12 th to March 18 th ) between 5:00PM and 7:00PM. The entrees are deep fried battered fish or homemade macaroni and cheese, and choose two sides from homemade garlic cheddar biscuits, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw or green beans. Adult plates are $8 and children plates are $4. All are welcome, so please invite family and friends to join us. The Youth Group will be selling desserts to raise funds for their trip to World Youth Day! For more information, or to find our volunteer sign up list (all are welcome to help!), check out our website: www.kofc3949.org. VALENTINE S DAY WEEKEND SINGLE SENIORS (55+) VALENTINE S BRUNCH Please join us in Moorman Hall on Sunday, February 14 th, following the 11:00 AM Mass. There is no cost; however, we do need you to R.S.V.P. to the Parish Office at 952.929.0113 no later than noon on Tuesday, February 9 th. CANA DINNER - R.S.V.P. by Tuesday, Feb. 9 th Refresh your marriage by attending a Cana Dinner on Saturday, February 13 th. This event honors Jesus' first miracle and the institution of marriage as a sacrament. The evening includes the regular 5:00 parish Mass, followed by a catered dinner in Fr. Moorman Hall, and a talk by the returning and ever popular Dr. John Buri, along with lots of good fellowship. Dr. Buri, a Professor of Psychology at St. Thomas University, will be presenting, "Sparknotes for Keeping the Love Alive." Tickets are $65 per couple and can be purchased via the Holy Family website. Babies under 1 year are welcome! Contact Dan Gawarecki for inquiries at 612.424.8899. Hosted by the Knights of Columbus. 5
CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL Our parish is now conducting the 2016 Catholic Services Appeal for the 17 Collective Ministries of the Archdiocese that no one parish can support on its own. Please be generous! In 2015, the Appeal did not reach its goal and some Ministries were not fully funded, including the Archdiocesan Hospital Chaplains, Catholic Grade Schools, Catholic Charities and the Venezuelan Mission. The Designated Ministries for this year are: 1. American Indian Ministry 2. Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (ACCW) 3. Campus Ministry Newman Center 4. Campus Ministry Saint Paul s Outreach 5. Catholic Charities 6. Deaf Ministry 7. Catholic Elementary Schools 8. Archdiocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis 9. Catholic High Schools 10. Hospital Chaplains of the Archdiocese 11. Archdiocesan Offices of Latino Ministry 12. Marriage, Family and Life Office of the Archdiocese 13. Parishes 14. Archdiocesan Prison Chaplains 15. Saint John Vianney College Seminary 16. The Saint Paul Seminary 17. Venezuelan Mission of the Archdiocese Please remember that parishes are a benefitted ministry; we receive 25% of the dollars we collect in our parish if we reach our parish goal. Visit www.csafspm.org to read and see more about the ministries benefitted by the 2016 Appeal. This is the Year of Mercy. We should remember that Jesus taught us the Corporal Works of Mercy: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, visit the sick, visit the imprisoned, and bury the dead. These Works of Mercy are precisely what the 17 Collective Ministries of the Archdiocese accomplish. Thank you for your generosity! A Message from Archbishop Bernard Hebda The 2016 Catholic Services Appeal will begin at the end of January. As the interim Shepherd of the Archdiocese, I strongly encourage you to participate in the Appeal. I wholeheartedly support the Appeal and will make my personal pledge to it. Last year the Appeal fell short of its goal and the collective ministries of the Archdiocese, like Catholic Charities and Catholic grade schools, were underfunded. I am calling on you to join me in doing our part so that those important ministries of the Archdiocese outreach and programs that go beyond what any one parish could organize and support on its own can be fully funded. The sick, the imprisoned, the student in need, those in the missions, the seminarians, the poor, the homeless, and the hungry are all counting on us. Mindful in this Year of Mercy of the many blessings that we have received, let us commit to being instruments of our God s tenderness and mercy in the lives of our brothers and sisters in need. Please be assured in advance of my gratitude for your participation in the Catholic Services Appeal as well as a remembrance in my daily prayers. 6 Thank you and God bless! IN AND AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE VIANNEY VISIT Vianney Visit provides high school sophomores through college age men (ages 16-24) the opportunity to take a closer look at college seminary. Attend Mass, prayer, and spiritual conferences with SJV priests and hear testimonies from SJV seminarians. February 18-20, Saint John Vianney Seminary, St. Paul Registration: Thursday, 4:00 6:00 p.m. Concludes: Saturday, 11:00 a.m. There is no charge for the event, but space is limited. All meals are provided. To register, call the Office of Vocations at 651.962.6825 and contact your Diocesan Vocation Director to let him know of your interest in the Vianney Visit. Please Bring business casual clothes for Mass and gym clothes for open gym. For more information, call 651.962.6825 or email sjv@stthomas.edu 2016 ARCHDIOCESAN MEN S CONFERENCE Saturday, February 27 th, 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Doors open at 7 a.m. for Adoration and Confession Anderson Fieldhouse, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul Men of all ages and walks of life are invited to a morning filled with faith and fellowship. Bishop Cozzens will lead men to a new mission: The Catholic Watchmen - Calling men to be protectors, providers and leaders of their families. The conference includes: Mass, breakfast, dynamic speakers, and more! $20 per adult; $10 per student (up to high school senior). Get more details, including ways to register, at www.archspm.org/events. Questions? Contact Susanna Bolle at bolles@archspm.org or 651.291.4411. MILES CHRISTI WOMEN S RETREAT A silent retreat for women based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius will be preached by priests from the Miles Christi Religious Order on the weekend of March 11-13 at the Franciscan Retreat Center in Prior Lake. For more information and to register, please contact Karen Hastreiter at 651.451.1132 or at minnesota@spiritualexercises.net. PRO-LIFE CORNER By Kathleen Naab, January 28, 2016, zenit.org. Pope Francis says that the disposal of human embryos and the treatment often given to the elderly and the infirm are marks of the throwaway culture in our society. The Pope said this today when he received in audience members of Italy s national bioethics committee. The Holy Father noted how the committee has many times addressed respect for the integrity of the human being and the protection of health from conception to natural death, considering the person in his singularity, always as an end and never simply as a means. This ethical principle is also fundamental in regard to the biotechnological applications in the medical field, which can never be used in a way that is harmful to human dignity, and even less be guided by industrial and commercial ends alone, he added. Full text: http://zenit.org/articles/popes-address-to-italian-national -committee-for-bioethics/ BULLETIN SUBMISSIONS If you have a parish-related or archdiocesan event or announcement you d like included in the Holy Family weekend bulletin, please submit the item to andrew@hfcmn.org at least two weeks in advance. Thank you!
INTRODUCING FLOCKNOTE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE Though we haven t yet hired a part-time communications coordinator, we have everything in place to start our new communications system. Our plan is that eventually the coordinator will be responsible for a weekly email newsletter. In the meantime, we don t want to delay our various groups being able to send messages to their particular members. We envision one general email for everyone per week. Each group you join may also send a weekly message. Only those who sign up for the Prayer Partners group might possibly receive a message each day because of the timeliness of the requests. All other groups are instructed to keep messages to the minimum to not flood your inbox! Here s how to join: 1. Visit www.flocknote.com/hfc -or- Text HFCMN to 84576 2. Fill in your information and join whichever groups pertain to you. Please be sure to join the group representing your region to keep up with special activities with fellow parishioners in your area. This is especially urgent if you want to be included in the Lenten activities which will start in just a few weeks! A few hints: Be sure to verify your email address and cell phone number: after you sign up you should normally receive a message back asking for verification. Click through and follow instructions to verify. By joining any particular sub-group, you automatically become a member of the overall group (e.g. joining Lectors also makes you a member of the Liturgy group) Check under Notifications (purple bell on menu) to manage how each group you join connects with you (text and/or email). YEAR OF MERCY: CURRENT REGIONAL OFFERINGS Thank you to all who attended the Regional Get-Togethers these past two Sundays! What a wonderful way to meet fellow parishioners in our neighborhoods, and to discuss ways that we can support one another in our mission as disciples of Jesus Christ. If you haven't already done so, check the map on our bulletin boards to see what Region you are in. Several opportunities for local faith study groups have already been formed due to these meetings. To view and sign up for these studies or events in your region, visit flocknote.com/hfc. If you do not have access to this, you may contact the host directly. Other regional opportunities are being finalized and details will be listed as soon as they are available. You may also have a different idea for a faith study or Corporal work of Mercy. We encourage you to gather with fellow parishioners in your neighborhood to create something that fits your needs. If you need ideas, you will find great resources through our new parish subscription to the Formed.org website, where you simply follow the sign-up procedure using the parish code: 2QCG4F. If you do organize a new event, please call the parish office so it can be listed on Flocknote and put in the bulletin, so other parishioners may join you. YEAR OF MERCY Current Offerings: South Region Bible Study: Bible and the Virgin Mary (found on formed.org) Starting Sunday, Feb. 7 th, every other Sunday at 7pm. Open to ages 16+. Hosted by Bill and Kathy Hellkamp: 952.445.7402; kathyhellkamp@gmail.com Women's Group Starting January 28 th, fourth Thursday of the month, 7:30-9pm. The first session will be a meet and greet where our topic will be decided. Hosted by Lynn Heeren: 952.974.5270; heeren5@comcast.net Men's Group Starting February 4 th, first Thursday of the month, 7:30-9pm. Come prepared on the 4 th to discuss what program from formed.org we will be covering. Hosted by Tim Heeren: 952.974.5270; heeren5@comcast.net Current Offerings: West Region Work of Mercy Project: Tie and Talk - Tying fleece blankets for the homeless. Tuesday, February 23 rd at 7pm. Ages 10+. Hosted by Philip and Linda Wandrei: 952.926.8087; boysnlinda@msn.com. NOTE: Please bring two same-size pieces of fleece fabric and a pair of sewing scissors. Mercy Through Personal Encounter - following the example of Blessed Mother Teresa - Study / Service opportunities. One Thursday evening a month for study, various times/dates TBD for service. Starting February 11 th, 7-8:30pm. Open to men and women ages 13+. Hosted by Greg and Claire Roden: 952.946.1249; eprodens@comcast.net and Mary and Bret Hagen: 952.949.0319; hagens7hm@usfamily.net. Women's Book Study Starting Wednesday, Feb. 10 th, 1-2:30pm, every other Wednesday. Coordinated by Jane Montoya: 952.239.8104; jane.montoya@live.com and Terese Jensen: 952.938.0111; teresewhitejensen@gmail.com. First book will be The Context of Holiness by Marc Foley, OCD, pages 1-23. Current Offerings: Central Region Consoling the Heart of Jesus study (found on Formed.org) Every Sunday evening, starting February 14 th, 7-8pm. Ages 16+. Hosted by Mary Kotchevar: 612.926.8324; kotc0006@umn.edu. Location TBD (St. Louis Park) depending on the size of group. Study Materials: Book and Retreat Companion (optional) Watch video at home on Formed.org; meet with group to discuss. Symbolon Series (found on Formed.org) Every other Sunday, starting February 21 st, 4-5:30pm. Ages 16+. Hosted by Roger and Gloria Cruze; 952.926.3198; Location TBA. Materials: Symbolon workbook. Note: Watch video at home on Formed.org; meet with group to discuss. Social Gathering to Decide Study/Event Sunday, March 13 th, 1pm, St. Joseph Room. Hosted by Dona Marek: 952.926.3130. Other regional opportunities are being finalized, and details will be listed as soon as they are available. 7