2400 South Franklin St. Decatur, IL 62521

www.decaturholyfamily.com

Holy Family

Parish

March 4, 2018

3rd Sunday of Lent

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.

FYI: The hospitals here should ask you your religious affiliation & whether you would like to be visited. Remember: If you have been in the hospital for 2 days & have not had a visit from Fr. Joe or Sr. Janet, we do not know you are in. Please call the rectory & let us know you are a patient. Thank you!

PRAY FOR OUR SICK: John Albert, Penny Barry, Alice Bowman, Susie Christopher, Kenny Crawford, John & Marie Davis, Elliott Llewellyn, Kevin Fogarty, Rick Harmon, Mildred Harvey, Brody Heinz, Dawn Henry, Warner Hirstein, Joey Hollingsead, Eleanor Jack-son, Dave Kelmel, Betty Kreher, Sarah Lidy, Lynne Stone Maley, Doyce Mathis, Christina McReynolds, Don Meyer, Eileen Milligan, James Moore, Jim Murray, Kaye Moser Norlin, Michael Pettus, Shirley Phillips, Steve Reeter, Mae Rehfelt, Dill Sampson, Cathy Schaffner, Paul Scherer, Annette Schroeder, Jim Tomlinson, McKinley Turner, James Waymack, Garnet Woolard, Krista Zindel

FORMED.ORG is for being formed in our Catholic Faith. To get started, go to www.formed.org & click on “Register”. Our case sensitive parish code JMN63Q.

HOLY FAMILY PARISHIONERS: Welcome to the 3rd Sun-day & 3rd week of Lent! We have over 2 weeks under our belts as to re-forming our lives & grow-ing in holiness. Let us not waste one of the days this week to make ourselves better & holier in the sight of our God. If we look at the graphic to the right, we see three beautiful & challenging actions, ones that derive from our Lenten season of sacrifice & renewal. How have we been doing in each of these areas? Have we prayed more since Ash Wednesday? Did we sign up for the Adult Education class that is being of-fered this Lent? Have we signed up for a 30-minute slot on Thursdays here for Adoration, or for a 60-minute slot at St. Mary’s Hospital Chapel? Have we come to a daily Mass this Lent? Have we prayed a rosary each day? Have we opened our Bible to reflect on God’s Word? Have we come to the Stations of the Cross? How much fasting has been part of our Lenten lives? Have we kept the Lenten regulations of Fast & Absti-nence? Have we given up those things which keep us from a closer relationship to Jesus, the Lord of the Pas-sion? Have we refrained from actions that cause more sin in our lives? Have we sacrificed at all this Lent? And, have we been active in doing good works of almsgiving & love since Ash Wednesday? Have we for-given someone or shown mercy to others? Have we given money to a charity, to the parish, to a needy fam-ily? Have others been uplifted & enriched due to our loving deeds? May we this week be people of prayer, almsgiving, fasting, & good works. Can the Lord expect any less? YOUR “LENTEN PASTOR,” FATHER JOE HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL BOARD VACANCIES:

There are THREE 3-year openings on the Holy Family School Board for the 2018-2019 school year. Meetings are once monthly, except for July. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age, & a H.F. parishioner or a parent of a H.F. student. Interested persons should send a brief writ-ten description of their interest/qualifications to Fr. Joe by APRIL 3, 2018.

NOTICE in the church vestibule the podium which has the Book of the Elect. The names of our 3 young Cate-chumens are listed. Please pray for our Catechumens, as well as our 2 Candidates.

COMMUNAL SERVICES OF RECONCILIATION: Holy Family---Sunday, March 18 2:30 p.m. St. Patrick---Sunday, March 25 2:30 p.m.

F.Y.I.: To ensure proper security at all weekend Masses at Holy Family, there will be a designated person in our vestibule during those Masses who will oversee security & help watch for any potential concerns. These people are properly trained law enforcement personnel, either presently or in the past. We’re grateful to them for their willingness to serve us in this capacity.

DON’T FORGET to invite someone you know back to Mass! You can be a great ambassador for our parish!

HAVE “FORMED.ORG” SAVED IN YOUR FA-VORITES? Lent is a good time to check out “Opening the Word”, a program offering prayer and insights for the Sunday Readings. It features a variety of experienced presenters who will facilitate thought and reflection for personal faith formation.

PROTECTING GOD’S CHILDREN CLASSES

Monday, March 12 at 6:00 p.m. 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! Please call the rectory at 423-6223 to sign up.

HEARING AIDS are available for use during Mass.

CARING & SHARING is Mar. 10th & 11th. Please be generous in donating non-perishable food items for the poor & hungry, placing them in the church vestibule. You can give money, too. Make checks out to “Catholic Chari-ties.” THANKS to those who deliver the food!!.

HOLY FAMILY LITURGICAL MINISTERS

March 10 & 11, 2018

SATURDAY, 4:30 p.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Deacon Rob, Carol Whitsel, Amy Jedlicka, Karen Barding, Patty Norton, Steve Rathnow, Peg Phipps GIFT BEARERS: Bill & Chris Matuscak GREETERS: Greg Smith Family READERS: Dale Tomlinson & Kaitlin Jedlicka SERVERS: Sean Jerabek, Ella Woolington, Logan Lynch USHERS: Michael Rudolph, Gary Durbin, Michael Peters, Volunteer SUNDAY, 8:00 a.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Deacon Rob, Deena Warrick, Judy Saloka, Sue Schneider, Hannah Stoneburg, Aaron Ross, Shelly Vemmer GIFT BEARERS: Ed & Lorrie Durbin GREETERS: John & Joan Bennyhoff READERS: Melissa Bahls & Amanda Drain SERVERS: Heidi Vemmer, Lucy Corley, Elle Kortte USHERS: Dale Boulier, John Merli, John Fitzgerald, Mike Lees SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Deacon Rob, Tracy Gabriel, Paul Lidy, Rita Hogan, Bill Lindgren, Christy Kernaghan, Jim Meyer GIFT BEARERS: Randy Frey Family GREETERS: Bill & Patricia Lindgren READERS: John Barry & Leslie Meyer SERVERS: Carter Boyer, Hannah Kretsinger, Raegan Jesse USHERS: Ken Yeakley, Ryan Yeakley, Ethan Spain, Lynn Brinkman

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: Jer 7:23-28; Lk 11:14-23 Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137:1-6; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21

PRAY for the repose of the souls of Terrence J. Kenney, father of Terry Kenney; Lorene Zachman, wife of Ed Zachman & mother of Brenda McClerren, and Bob, David & Michael Zachman; John Clark, brother of Judy Garthaus. May they rest in peace & their families be comforted.

MONDAY, Mar. 5-NOTE MASS TIME 6:00 p.m. Deceased Members of Holthaus/Elam Families (Suzanne) TUESDAY, Mar. 6 7:30 a.m. Joseph J. Molloy (Lucia & Fr. Joe Molloy) WEDNESDAY, Mar. 7 7:30 a.m. Chris Olson (Bill & Nancy Sheppard) THURSDAY, March 8 2:00 p.m. Paul & Pat Hogan (Hogan Family) FRIDAY, March 9 7:30 a.m. Lee Rubenacker (Rosanna Frey) SATURDAY, March 10 4:30 p.m. Theresa & Clarence Flemming (Family) SUNDAY, March 11 8:00 a.m. Holy Family Parishioners 10:00 a.m. Robert Stewart (Floyd & Doris Grove)

CONTEMPORARY GROUP will sing on Sat., March 10, 4:30 p.m. Mass. PARISH CHOIR will sing on Sat., March 17, 4:30 p.m. Mass.

ANNUAL SCHOOL FUND DRIVE is still going on!! Due to your generosity, our Catholic Grade School con-tinues 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. THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN!

PROJECT LINUS BLANKETEERS will meet March 8th at 1:30 in the Parish Center. This group has donated 52 blankets. For info., call Mary Lou at 864-0421.

YOUTH GROUP NEWS! The Holy Family Youth Group will meet on Sun., March 11th from noon-2 p.m. in the Parish Center. Both Junior High & High School youth are invited, & please bring a friend. For more info, call Deena at 855-9845.

HOLY FAMILY LENTEN FISH FRY: We hope you can join us for the Annual Fish Fry which will be held March 16 & 23rd from 4-7:30 p.m. The cost is $10 for adults; $7 for high school students; $5 for elementary students; children under 4 are free. We look forward to sharing in a time of fellowship and feast with you!

OLOL FISH FRY will be March 9th from 4:30 - 7 p.m. Carry-out orders begin at 4 p.m. by calling 877-4408.

MEETINGS: Next Pastoral Council---4:30 p.m., Mar. 12th; School Board—5:30 p.m., Mar. 14th.

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.

INCLUDE HOLY FAMILY IN YOUR WILL & as a Memorial at the time of the death of a loved one.

CATHOLIC RADIO—WDCR 88.9/96.5 FM

DIOCESAN CHILD ABUSE REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION NUMBER IS (217) 321-1155.

PRAYER LINE REQUESTS: Rosanna Frey, 429-6657, or Barb Lesyna, 428-0058.

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HOLY FAMILY WEBSITE: decaturholyfamily.com

2017 CONTRIBUTION STATEMENTS are available in the Elderly Room for you to pick up. If you have any questions, please call the rectory at 423-6223.

Thank you for your generosity!

Weekend of Feb. 24 & 25, 2018 Envelopes…………………….$ 14,816.00 Children…………………...….$ 25.00 Sister Parish……………….….$ 125.00 Building Fund………………...$ 14.00

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, 855-1196.

K.C. BREAKFAST on Sunday, March 11th at the Hall downtown. They will serve from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

SAVE THE DATE: Decatur Catholic Radio 7th Annual Dinner will be April 12, 2018 at the Mt. Zion Convention Center. Key note speaker will be Rev. Richard Simon, host of Father Simon Says. Tickets are $50 each. For reservations, call 464-1099.

PART-TIME SECRETARY needed for Ss. James & Patrick Parish. Must be a person of faith who is able to multi-task and have attention to detail. Computer knowl-edge is a must with a working knowledge of Microsoft, Word, Publisher and Excel. Please send resume & letter of application to Fr. John Burnette, 407 E. Eldorado St., Decatur, IL 62523 or email to frjohn@ssjpparish.com.

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

Email: janet.pfile@comcast.net Mrs. Joanne Kater.....................................Parish Secretary

Email: holyfamilychurch1@comcast.net Mrs. Debbie Alexander..........................................Principal

Email: 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.............423-6223 School...............423-7049 School Fax........423-0137 Pastoral Associate...423-0240 Convent……….429-5931