2400 South Franklin St. Decatur, IL 62521

www.decaturholyfamily.com

Holy Family

Parish

May 7, 2017

4th Sunday of Easter

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.

HEARING AIDS are available for use during Mass.

CATHOLIC RADIO—WDCR 88.9/96.5 FM

SICK LIST POLICY: Names submitted will be re-moved after 4 weeks unless resubmitted. The new names added each week will be in BOLD for 1 week.

PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Florene Alcorn, Laura Allen, Allen Arndt, Kirk Beyers, Michael Bierman, Susie Christopher, Marie Davis, Paul Fleckenstein, Lacey Gregory, Pat Hamilton, Rick Harmon, Eleanor Jackson, Anna Jeffrey, Dave Kelmel, Kathy Kirby, Sarah Lidy, Sondra Massey, Eileen Milligan, Lola Mogged, Nina Mogged, Phoenix Mogged, Jim Murray, Bernie Naber, James Moore, Kaye Moser Norlin, Charles Patrick, Charlie Pohlman, Mae Rehfelt, Lucy Riley, Greg Saloka, Jr., Delmar Sandage, Paul Scherer, Jack Schram, Margaret Schram, Terri Schram, Annette Schroeder, Dill Sampson, Geraldine Stuckey, McKinley Turner, James Waymack, Garnet Woolard, Bill Wrage, Lorene Zachman.

COUPLES’ NIGHT OUT will be Mon., May. 8th at 7 p.m. at the Beach House. Join other couples from area parishes for light appetizers. Donna & Harold Dausman will be the presenters. Cost is $30 per couple. There will be a cash bar. To make a reservation, call 428-8350.

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.

HELP WANTED: Part-time Pre-K-Grade 8 Music & Band Teacher. Experienced & highly-qualified music & band teacher needed for HFCS beginning with 2017-2018 school year. Catholic individual preferred. Send resume to dsalexander09@aol.com or call 423-7049.

DEAR HOLY FAMILY PARISHIONERS: This Sunday, the 4th Sunday of Easter, is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. It is an opportunity to call our Church to prayer for more vocations & for an enrich-ment of vocations presently. One of the most obvious vocations to pray for is that of the priesthood & religious life. How our Church longs for more priests & sisters! If we look at the last 50 years or so, the numbers of both of them have declined. What used to be parishes with several priests are now one priest parishes or ones without a resident pastor. In the school there were religious sisters in most, if not every. classroom. Now, a sister in a Catholic school is a rarity. Catholic hospitals don’t have many sisters on staff. We are in need of more men to consider priesthood & women to consider the consecrated religious life. Another vocation that we need to pray for is marriage. We see the beauty of love enfleshed in those couples who profess their love through sacred vows. Their commit-ment to each other is a strong example of the oneness that Christ has for His Church. A third vocation is that of the single life. Our prayers need to include all those people who have chosen to live as single persons. They are encouraged to live commit-ted lives of chastity & faith, as are those in the other two above-mentioned vocations. Thank you to Deacon Michael who will be ordained a priest on May 27 & to our new deacon Rob Johnson, just ordained a deacon weeks ago. Thank you to Sisters Mary Jerome & Janet for their religious profession. Thank you to all you married & single people for your witness. Pray each day for vocations. ----FATHER JOE ---------------------------------------------------------------------

8TH GRADE GRADUATION

Congratulations to the following HFCS students who will graduate this Thursday evening! We are very proud of them. Thank you to their principal, teachers, coaches, parents, & others who have brought them to this point in their lives! Ryan Altherr Sydney Becker Tara Becker Caleigh Craft Alexander Croninger Kameron Galloway Hannah Hollis Austin Hughes Kaitlin Jedlicka Quinlan Kremer Michael Martini Grace Pugh Lewis Smith Rachel Smith Samuel Sweeney Sammy Tapscott

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the weekend of July 8th & 9th. Fr. Michael Friedel will return to our parish & preside at all the Masses that weekend. There will be a reception in our Parish Center after each Mass. Continue to pray for him as he nears priestly ordination on May 27.

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CONGRATULATIONS to Joanne Kater & Lisa Rod-dis, our Parish & School secretaries. They are what makes the parish & school run so smoothly. We love you both! AND, to Teresa Steil on being honored as our par-ish nominee for the WDCR Annual dinner. We are proud of all you do for us, Teresa!

BRAVO to our Scholastic Bowl Team who won their Regional & went to Sectional competition. How proud we are of them. Way to go, team members!

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

CARING & SHARING is May 13th & 14th. 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 Charities.” THANKS to those who deliver the food!!.

HOLY FAMILY LITURGICAL MINISTERS

May 13 & 14 2017

SATURDAY, 4:30 p.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Chuck Stone, Sandy Cole, Barb McNutt, Brenda Duncan, Ann Marie Morgan, Jennifer Douglass, Debbie Alexander GIFT BEARERS: Dwayne Creek Family GREETERS: Greg Smith Family READERS: Connie Magoulias & Bill McNutt SERVERS: Kaitlin Jedlicka, Owen Jedlicka, Mia Wenneker USHERS: Lori Stone, Gary Durbin, John Duncan, Michael Rudolph SUNDAY, 8:00 a.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Carol Paglino, Sandy Murray, Janet K. Hogan, Judy Saloka, Deena Warrick, Jake Warrick, Dale Boulier GIFT BEARERS: Ed & Lorrie Durbin GREETERS: Bob Kerans Family READERS: Bob Frey & Ann Carr SERVERS: Emma Babb & Alexa Puckett USHERS: Dale Boulier, John Fitzgerald, Mike Lees, Kevin Peters SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Ed Raycraft, Donna Raycraft, Katie Naron, Patty Bagley, Bill Lindgren, Maddie Snow, Mackenzie Snow GIFT BEARERS: Karel & Maria Rhoades GREETERS: Michael Kernaghan Family READERS: John Barry & Ryle Frey SERVERS: Zia Boulier, Becca Hogan, Joey McGinn USHERS: Jack Hogan, Lynn Brinkman, Randy Frey, Charlie Graham

READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Acts 11:1-18; Jn 10:11-18 Tuesday: Acts 11:19-26; Jn 10:22-30 Wednesday: Acts 12:24 -13:5a; Jn 12:44-50 Thursday: Acts 13:13-25; Jn 13:16-20 Friday: Acts 13:26-33; Jn 14:1-6 Saturday: Acts 13:44-52; Jn 14:7-14 Sunday: Acts 6:1-7; 1 Pt 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12

MONDAY, May 8 7:30 a.m. Raymond Umfleet (Loretta Umfleet) TUESDAY, May 9 7:30 a.m. Holy Family Parishioners WEDNESDAY, May 10 7:30 a.m. Joe Meyer (Meyer Family) THURSDAY, May 11 2:00 p.m. Violet Anderson (H. F. Faculty & Staff) FRIDAY, May 12 7:30 a.m. Dorothy Durbin (Soupy Peters) SATURDAY, May 13 4:30 p.m. Living Intention (Fr. Joe) SUNDAY, May 14 8:00 a.m. Doris Groves (Teresa Steil) 10:00 a.m. Shirlene Richardson & Karon Tague (Family)

CONGRATULATIONS to Jack Gerald Hayes, son of Fredrick & Joni (Dawson) Hayes; Caroline Belle Avioli, daughter of Dominic & Lacy (Morrison) Avioli. They were bap-tized this weekend. May they have a faith-filled life in the Catholic Church!

HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND We ask that you please be generous in helping our excep-tional Catholic Grade School to continue to provide top-notch education. Our students, parents, & faculty/staff are very thankful. May our School be blessed due to your generous giv-ing! NOTE: Extra brochures & donation envelopes in basket on church vestibule shelf. AND, we need ALL ALUMNI to donate!

YOUTH GROUP NEWS BOTH GROUPS, JR. HIGH, noon-2 p.m., & HIGH SCHOOL, 2-4 p.m., WILL MEET THE SAME DAY, MAY 7TH! We need all youth to bring a new friend!!!

PLEASE PRAY for those in our Sister Parish in El Sal-vador, as they pray for us.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (VBS) will be held here from June 5-9. Regis-tration forms are available on the adora-tion table at church. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Joanne Kater at 423-6223 or email at holyfamilychurch1@comcast.net.

MEETINGS: Pastoral Council—5:15p.m. May 8th; School Board—5:30 p.m., May 10th.

SR. M. JEROME & SR. JANET express thanks to our parishioners from the bottom of our hearts for the won-derful donations to the Paper Shower. The food and con-versation were delightful, but the frosting on the cake was the big surprise! You bless us in so many ways! Know that you are remembered in our daily prayers.

PARISH CHOIR will sing on Sat., May 13, 4:30 p.m. Mass.

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.

ADORATION on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please sign up on the sheet in the vestibule. Any ques-tions, call Sandy Yelovich, 855-1196.

EVER THOUGHT OF BEING A PRIEST?

God may be calling you at this very moment to serve Him by being a priest for the Dio-cese of Springfield. Our Catholic Church needs more priests. If you may be inter-ested, call Fr. Joe at 423-6223.

K.C. BREAKFAST on Sunday, May 7th at the Hall downtown. They will serve from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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

INVITE SOMEONE BACK TO CHURCH!!

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

HOLY FAMILY DECATUR LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

Visit Holy Family’s website: decaturholyfamily.com

MASSES AT MILLIKIN’S Pilling Chapel at 4 p.m. on the following Sundays--May 7, 14.

Thank you for your generosity!

Weekend of April 29/30, 2017 Envelopes…………………….$ 17,445.00 Building Fund………………...$ 20.00 Sister Parish……………….….$ 75.00 Easter envelopes…………….. $ 185.00 Children………………………$ 21.00

ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL AUXILIARY is holding a Mother’s Day Basket Raffle. Tickets are on sale until May 11th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the cafeteria and in the gift shop. Tickets are $5 each for 3 for $10.

SAVE THE DATE: 100th anniversary of Fatima, 100 candles for Mary, will be on Sat., May 13th at 11 a.m. with rosary & Mass at St. Thomas Church.

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 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 Rectory Fax......423-6237 School...............423-7049 School Fax........423-0137 Pastoral Associate...423-0240 Convent……….429-5931