August 30, 2015

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Parish Calendar

September 7 Parish office closed

September 8th Office returns to Fall/Winter Hours Mon-Thur. 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Fri-10:00-1:00

September 12 and 13th Registration for

Religious Ed K-5th Youth Alive High School and Middle School Youth Ministry forms are located at the Faith

Formation table in the Commons. More info in bulletin

October 9 Newsboys Concert!!!!!

More info in bulletin don’t be late Will sell out fast

Contact Shelly Clark 291-9860 Do it!!!!!

Let’s get a bus

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“ Be doers of the word and not hearers only. The only religion that is pure before God is one that cares for widows and orphans.”

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Ministry Schedule September 5 and 6, 2015 Greeters: 4:30 PM— Marlene Bublich, Martha Simonich 9:00 AM— Lee Walsh, Kathy Ruckdaschel 11:00 AM– Jared Walsh, Nathan Steilman Lectors : 4:30 PM— Ed Simonich 9:00 AM— Pam Olson, Bob Rossman 11:00 AM— Northey Tretheway, Clint Connors Eucharistic Ministers: 4:30 PM— Penny Larango, Brian Merritt, Judy Belknap, Peggy Walsh, Virg Petroni 9:00 AM— Shirley Ruckdaschel, Kathy Ruckdaschel, Beckie Hoffman, Angela Grinolds, Lee Walsh 11:00 AM– Karla Ahlborn, Julie Bowman, John Hughes, Kathleen Sweeney Altar Servers: 4:30 PM— 9:00 AM— 11:00 AM—

The Newsboys, A contemporary Christian rock band, will be in concert on Friday, October 9 at the Adams Center, University of Montana, in Missoula. The con-cert begins at 7:00 p.m. This is a wonderful opportuni-ty to experience electrifying corporate worship and be inspired in our common faith. Shelly Clark, from Holy Spirit Cath-olic Church, is coordinating group ticket sales for this event. If members of your congregation, youth and adults alike, would be interested in caravaning with the group to Missoula...we can obtain tickets at $15 each. To purchase tickets for yourself or your youth group, please contact Shelly Clark by Friday, August 28 to insure that we get enough tickets. This concert will SELL OUT FAST. Please contact Shelly at 406.291.9860 for more information and payment in-structions.

Butte Rescue Mission Chili Cook-off and Talent Show Sunday September 20th 10am-3pm Stodden Park Amphitheater Booth Set up begins at 8am Chili cook off begins at 9am Talent Contest begins at 12pm-2pm Talent Contestants must be checked in by 11:00 Chili tasting and judging 12pm-2pm Chili king or queen will be crowned at 2:30 Cost of sampling and voting is $5.00, which includes 3 vote tokens, tasting bowls, cornbread, dessert and drink

Parish Office 3930 East Lake, Butte, MT 59701 406-494-5078-Fax 406-494-5726

holyspiritbutte@q.com www.holyspiritbutte.org

Office Hr’s M-Thru. 9AM-1PM Fr. 10AM-1PM

Pastoral Administrator

Canonical Pastor Fr. Tom Haffey-723-4303

Sacramental Minister

Fr. Bill Dornbos 782-2848 Deacons

Doug Cameron 494-8080

Dan McGrath 593-1040

Office Secretary

Margy Shea-494-5078 mshea@q.com Pastoral Care

Music Director Youth Ministry/Junior High High School /Youth Ministry

bulletin Rene Crosby

494-5078/498-3885 rcrosby@q.com

R.C.I. A. Coordinators Doug & Marilyn Cameron-494-8080

Parish Nurse Renee Ashby-494-3295

Finance Council Chairman Gary Harrington-723-6066

Building & Maintenance

Mike Lewis Lee Walsh

Preparation For Infant Baptism

Coordinators John & Mollie Keeley 782-0329

Preparation for The Sacraments 1st Communion/1st Reconciliation

And Marriage Contact Parish Office

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Weekly Readings Monday: 1 Thes 4:13-18, Lk 4:16-30 Tuesday: 1 Thes 5:1-6, 9-11, Lk 4:31-37 Wednesday: Col 1:1-8, Lk 4:38-44 Thursday: Col 1:9-14, Lk 5:1-11 Friday: Col 1:15-20,Lk 5:33-39 Saturday: Col 1:21-23, Lk 6:1-5

8/15 and 8/16 , 2015 Stewardship Thank you for your investment in the future of our parish family! Regular Offertory: $ 3,458 Loose:$695 Special Needs: $635 Building & Maintenance: $90 Make supporting the parish easy...sign up for on line giving by going to our parish website: www.holyspiritbutte.org click on the “We Share” link. Note: A parish financial statement and diocesan audit report...are available for review at the parish office.

Children have learned the importance of follow-ing rules. Like the Pharisees in today's Gospel, they often bring to our attention the infractions of others. Even parents sometimes get caught off

guard by their children's observations: “Why don't you have to go to bed at 8:00?” or “But I saw you eat a cupcake before breakfast once.” Our rules for our children are not arbitrary. We establish and enforce family rules with the intention of helping our chil-dren grow to be healthy and mature adults. We foster this maturi-ty when we also initiate conversations with our children about the purposes behind family rules and teach them the essential values that rules help us observe. As you gather as a family, list some of your most important family rules. Together, try to write a single, positive statement that captures the essential value behind your family rules. In today's Gospel, we hear Jesus criticize the Phari-sees for making their rules about ritual purity equal to the com-mandments of God's Law. Read today's Gospel, Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23. When we remember the essential element behind our rules, we see that our rules help us be the good people that Jesus wants us to be. Conclude in prayer together that we may always honor God's Law in our words and deeds. Pray together today's psalm, Psalm 15.

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The kitchen table was the goal line and each child wanted to be first. It was dinnertime, they were starved and the food was hot. The all-seeing mom took a fast count of her charges and began to pray, “Bless us, O Lord …” With a shouted Amen, the little hands quickly moved toward the large pizza that had been pre-cut right before they sat down. The mom suddenly broke the feeding frenzy with a voice accustomed to breaking through wild daily rituals of her children’s precociousness. “Who didn’t wash their hands?” she bellowed. “We are a civi-lized family.” Silence suddenly filled the still air above the pizza that had quickly shrunk to half its original size. There were three children, ages 4, 7 and 10. They each looked at their hands as if seeing them for the first time in their lives. They had been in the back yard looking for worms right be-fore the dinner call. The evidence was undeniable. None had washed. Slowly they pulled back from the table and quietly marched to the sink. They were unclean. They were not ready to share in the family meal. Mom ruled. Today’s gospel re-counts a time when a group of religious leaders asked Jesus why his followers were allowed to eat without first washing their hands. Their question did not arise from health concerns, but rather from a set of traditional religious rules that they rigidly upheld. These rules were ancient. They must be fol-lowed exactly as they had been written. No variations and no exceptions. You could identify a good person by the meticu-lous manner in which they went by the book. That was their interpretation of good religion. But Jesus saw a larger picture. He thought about these religious leaders who did everything right because they sought the praise of others. But they often had self-centered, hard hearts. They spent their spiritual ener-gy mostly judging the seeming inadequacies of others. Jesus knew that they had twisted God’s intent. Jesus knew that God was, first of all, interested in the state of human hearts. In that sacred interior place God hoped to find kindness and humility and a powerful sense of justice for all. And mercy toward oth-ers as Pope Francis tirelessly teaches. Jesus was not against washing before meals. Mom was right in her concerns. But Jesus wanted us to know that we need to be more than clean on the outside. A clean and loving and forgiving heart is what God wants. That will make the pizza taste even more deli-cious.

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Ministry Schedule January 9-10-2010 Greeters 4:30-Del Knievel, Marlene Bublich 9:00 AM-Michele Bren-nick, Lee Walsh 11:00 AM-Kathleen Sweeney, Dawn Johnson Lectors 4:30 PM-Shari Schmit, Vince Fischer

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