Holy Spirit E-News - Feb 4 2010

= Church of the Holy Spirit=20 = E-News

In this = issue...Faith Formation for Children = Schedule=20 LifeTeen Edge 5th=20 & 6th Graders...Let's Pump it Up=20 Catholic Charities Appeal=20 Spaghetti and Italian Sausage=20 Supper... Share the Word Bible Study=20 Reparation and Adoration = Angel Keepers = MCPS News Come Let Us Adore Him = St.=20 Paula's Pals Parish Mission Planning = Father/Daughter Dance = Marriage Encounter Weekend=20 Men's Day of Reflection...=20 Men's Retreat = Dance/Fund Raiser... = HOLY SPIRIT OPEN = New=20 in the Library Pro-Life Ribbions = Sunday Bulletin Deadline...=20 =

February=20 = 4, 2010

Peace be=20 with you Kevin!=20

WELCOME

Visitors and=20 Newcomers

Welcome to Church of=20 the Holy Spirit. New parishioners are = encouraged=20 to join by completing a family registration form = located=20 in our welcome center in the vestibule of the = church or=20 on our web-site at the address below, and = returning it=20 to the parish, through the collection basket or = to the=20 Church Office.=20

Click here for Welcome = Message
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"Name Tag Weekend = February 13 &=20 14"

Every member of = Holy=20 Spirit parish is invited to wear a name tag at = the=20 Saturday vigil Mass and the Sunday Mass on the = SECOND=20 weekend of every month. This will help us = know=20 each other and will help us welcome newcomers. = Loving=20 your neighbor starts with knowing their name. = Wear a=20 name tag and be a great=20 = neighbor.

Mass /Reconciliation = Times

Mass on=20 Saturday (Vigil)

- 5:30pm

Masses on = Sunday

- 8:00am

- 11:00am

- 5:30pm - Life Teen

Mass on=20 Weekdays:
Mon, Tues, = Thurs,=20 Fri

- 8:10am

Weds

- 6:30pm

First = Friday=20 Mass

- 9:00pm with

all night Adoration to follow

First = Saturday=20 Mass

- 9:00am
Rosary and Confessions = follow Mass=20 at about 9:30, concurrently.

Spanish=20 Mass
Last Monday of each = month @=20 6:30pm

Korean=20 Mass
- First Saturday of each = month=20 at 7:30pm.

- Third Sunday of each month at 3:00pm = with a=20 social to follow in the parish = hall.

Reconciliation=20

- Sat: 4:30 - 5:15 pm,
- Weds: 6:10 - = 6:25 pm=20
- and by appointment

(277-5631)

Faith Formation = for Children=20 Schedule

Sunday, = February=20 7     =20 G.I.F.T. Gathering = = (LENT)           &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;   Parish=20 Hall 9:00 to=20 = 10:45
        =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;    =20 NO Classes at the Middle=20 = School
          &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;            = ;  =20 Confirmation Class=20 = #9

           &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p; =20 Conference Room 3:30 PM

Sunday, = February=20 14        NO = Faith=20 Formation Class  President's=20 Day

Wednesday,=20 February 17   ASH =20 WEDENESDAY

Lent = Begins

Please=20 make plans to attend Stations of the = Cross Services=20 on Friday Evenings at 6:30 PM, followed by = Meager=20 Meals.

Faith Formation Sponsors Meager = Meals=20 March=20 = 5th....
=20 Parents of children enrolled in Sunday classes = are asked=20 to attend Stations of the Cross and = volunteer=20 to:
1. Bring a crockpot of meatless soup = and=20 bread
2. Help with set-up and=20 clean-up
3. Help provide drinks (iced = tea (sweet=20 & unsweet), soda, and juice)
Sign-Up in = the=20 Gallery or call Evelyn Moreira 277-1989.=20

Vacation Bible School Planning=20 Meeting
   = Wednesday,=20 February 10, 2010 at 7:00 PM
- = Volunteers are=20 needed in leadership positions for=20 =
=B7 Music,      =20 =B7Skits      =20 =B7Snacks     =B7Group=20 = Leader
=B7 Crafts       =20 =B7Games     =B7Teen=20 = Management

LifeTeen =

All 9th through = 12th=20 Graders=20

Feb 5, Friday = - Mardi=20 Gras Lock-In

Feb 7 = - No=20 LifeNight but practice for Stations of the Cross =

Feb 14 - No LifeNight - Holiday=20 Weekend

Feb 19 - Friday - Stations of the=20 Cross

Feb 21 - LifeNight

Feb 28 - LifeNight

The High=20 School Youth Group (Lifeteen)
will be acting = out the=20 Living Stations of the Cross
on Feb. 19th = at=20 6:30 P.M. in the church.
All are = invited to=20 join us.=20 YouthMinister:= =20 Denise Katz - 277-3743

youthminister@holy-spirit-church.com

EDGE =

All 7th and 8th = Graders=20

Snow = Tubing -=20 New Date: Sat. Feb.=20 = 27th

ATTENTION! 5th=20 & 6th Graders=20

Let's Pump it Up... =

Friday,=20 February 5, 2010
From 6:30 to 8:30=20 PM.

Only 25 spaces to = fill.
Cost: =20 $10.00 per person.
Sign up in the = Vestibule of=20 PH.

Hurry!

Catholic Charities Appeal,=20

" In All Things...Charity=20 "

Pledges to = our=20 Catholic Charities Appeal to date ( = through=20 January 31 ) total $123,831,=20 for 85.4 percent of our goal of=20 $145,000. What a great response = thus=20 far from 255 generous=20 givers!

Last year, 325 pledges were = received at Holy Spirit. The potential to make = our goal=20 is therefore favorable. If you have = not made=20 your pledge yet, please do so this week and = place your=20 envelope in the collection basket, or in one of = the=20 containers either in the vestibule or in the = gallery.=20 Our next report to the Catholic Charities office = in=20 Mobile will be made Sunday evening, February = 7th. Let's=20 show Holy Spirit at 100 percent--or = more!

A=20 follow-up reminder will be mailed this week to = those who=20 have not yet pledged.

There are so = many=20 human-care needs to be met. With faith, = hope, and=20 love ( Charity ! ), those needs will be=20 met.

Many thanks to our caring = parishioners who have been splendid in pledging = their=20 support of Catholic Charities. = Please, if you=20 have not yet pledged, give what you can--at the = level=20 you feel you can afford.

God = Bless our=20 parishioners who have shown such remarkable = generosity. May what you have given come back to = you in=20 even greater = measure.

Holy = Spirit Spaghetti=20 and Italian Sausage=20 = Supper

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Spaghetti Supper=20 Thanks

The 30th = Annual Holy=20 Spirit Spaghetti and Italian Sausage Supper was = another=20 success. Thanks to all=20 who participated. Thanks to those who = purchased and enjoyed the meal, those who = prepared the=20 sauce and the rest of the meal, those who = served, those=20 who set up and especially those who cleaned=20 up.

A super big thank you to David = Barranco=20 and Chappy's Deli for their generous, continuous = support.

3D"Chappy's

Share the Word = Bible=20 Study=20 8:45am=20 every Tuesday morning

in the Parish Office Conference=20 = Room

Reparation and=20 Adoration

O come let us adore = Him, Christ=20 the Lord

February=20 Vigil of
Reparation and=20 Adoration
In honor of the = Sacred=20 Heart of Jesus
through the Immaculate Heart = of=20 Mary

First=20 Friday February 5, = 2010
Sorrowful=20 Mysteries of the Holy Rosary at 8:30 = p.m.
Mass of the=20 Sacred Heart of Jesus at 9:00 = p.m.

Followed=20 by all night Eucharistic Adoration=20

First Saturday=20 February 6, 2010
Benediction = at 8:45=20 a.m.
Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary = 9:00=20 a.m.
Followed by the Joyful Mysteries of the = Holy=20 Rosary

Angel = Keepers

Saturday, February=20 6th
4:30-8:30pm in the Parish = Hall
Children to Age 7; $8 per=20 child
Call = Rebecca =20 244-1735 or Katie =20 244-1735

MCPS News=20 =

Let The Good Times = Roll! =20
Join the fun and excitement at the Second Annual Mardi Gras = Monte=20 Carlo Night hosted by Montgomery = Catholic Preparatory School on Feb. 6. = Casino=20 games, food, plus live and silent auctions are = all part=20 of the evening's festivities. It's = the=20 biggest fund raiser with the fun starting at 6 = p.m. in=20 the Dolly Barranco Center on the Middle/High = School=20 Campus of MCPS. Tickets are only $50 and = include=20 $1000 in funny money. Tickets, as well as = 50/50=20 raffle tickets, will be sold after select = Masses=20 and on MCPS school campuses. Interested in = getting=20 your company name out in the community? = Consider=20 being a sponsor! For more = information, call=20 272-7221 Ext: 15 or email Jean Bradley at=20 = JBradley@montgomerycatholic.org.

"Come Let Us Adore=20 Him"
16th = Anniversary=20 of the Montgomery Adoration Chapel

The 16th Anniversary of = the=20 Montgomery Adoration Chapel will be celebrated = with=20 Benediction on Sunday, February 7,=20 2010 at Our Lady Queen of Mercy = Church=20 at 2:30pm. Celebrant and Homilist Father = Michael=20 J. Sreboth, Pastor of Our Lady Queen of Mercy=20 Parish. An Honor Guard consisting of the = Knights=20 of Columbus and the Knights of Peter = Claver will=20 be in attendance. Choir members from the = Catholic=20 Parishes of Montgomery will participate in=20 the celebration. A catered dinner = will follow=20 in the school gym. Donations to cover the dinner = will be=20 gratefully accepted. Please sign the sheet = in the=20 Adoration Chapel indicating the number attending = or call=20 the parish office at 288-2850 to aid us in=20 = planning.

Baptism Preparation=20 Class

Monday,=20 February 8th
7pm in the=20 = Church

St. Paula's=20 Pals

Widows and = Widowers, come=20 join St. Paula's Pals for a Pot Luck Luncheon in = the=20 Parish hall on Monday,=20 February 8th at 11:30am. = Please=20 bring your favorite dish. Meat and Dessert = will be=20 provided. Local Humorist will entertain=20 = us.

Parish Mission=20 Planning

There will be a = meeting on=20 Thursday, February = 11th at=20 6:30pm in the Conference Room to = help=20 plan our Parish Mission. There are many = things to=20 do and we welcome you to join us. = Our =20 parish mission will be Monday-Wednesday, March=20 22-24.

Father/Daughter=20 = Dance

8th=20 Annual Father/Daughter Dance
Saturday, = February=20 13th, = 2010
=20 7:00-9:00p.m.
Church of = the=20 Holy Spirit Parish Hall (all=20 ages!)
*Sponsored by = The=20 Knights of Columbus #12150

Snacks = and=20 drinks will be provided!

DJ Ben = Russo will=20 return to help dance the night away.
This = FORMAL=20 event will begin at 7:00
and end promptly at = 9:00.

Please RSVP by February=20 10th.
RSVP to Ellie Burden 356-9880 or=20
Phyllis Bednarz 271-0888.
**Due to hall=20 capacity....dance is limited
to first 200 = that=20 = rsvp.

Monthly Parish=20 = Breakfast

Sponsored=20 by the Knights of Columbus

Sunday, = February 14,=20 2010

After 8:00 am = Mass, in=20 the Parish = Hall
    =20
Come join us for fun, food and=20 = fellowship!

World Wide Marriage Encounter=20 Weekend

Married = Couples -=20 Worn out from the Holidays? Are = you =20 looking for a way to avoid the start of the = blahs? =20 How about a special weekend, just for the two of = you? Register for a WWME Weekend = today! The=20 next weekend is Feb.=20 12-14 at the Springhill Suites = on=20 Pensacola Beach. For Information call Dan = or=20 Giulia Gerencser at (850) 994-9637=20 or wwmeregister@mchsi.com.

Women of Holy=20 Spirit

You are invited to an = evening with=20 Michelle Rowe as she talks on "A Storm is = coming" a=20 spiritual topic. Michelle is a = fellow =20 parishioner. Tuesday,=20 February 16 at 6:30pm in the = Parish=20 Hall. Light refreshments will be = provided. =20 Questions? Jeanette Gueret=20 260-8234

Men's Day of=20 = Reflection

A Men's Day of=20 Reflection
With
Mr. David = O'Brien
Archdiocese=20 of Mobile
Office of Religious = Education

Our Lady of Guadalupe = Catholic=20 Church
Wetumpka, = AL

Saturday, February 20, = 2010
8:30am to=20 2:30pm

"Being a = Catholic=20 Male in Today's Secular Society"
=B7 The = role of=20 men in the Church and the everyday =
challenges we=20 face
=B7 The power of the Sacraments and = the Gift=20 of Grace
=B7 Tools for a Spiritual=20 warrior

For reservations call the = parish=20 office at 567-0047 or RJ = Arceneaux at=20 285-9553. Lunch and snacks will be=20 provided.
Deadline to sign up is Thursday, = Feb=20 = 18.

Annual Men's Retreat: =20 =

Found-Forgiven-Fortified<= BR>

February 19-21 = at Blessed=20 Trinity Shrine Retreat, Ft. Mitchell = Alabama. =20 Jesus is the Father's missionary who is sent to = find=20 us. Once we are found, he forgives and = heals=20 us. The he fortifies us with the Spirit = for life=20 and mission. Each Lent we are invited to = re-enter=20 into the same saving cycle. = Jesus =20 continues to be the Father's missionary to = us. We=20 continue to be found, forgiven and fortified so = that=20 Jesus may accompany us into the challenging = mission that=20 we face every day. Let Jesus find us and = show us=20 his way for this Lenten walk with him. For = registration, call (334)=20 = 855-4474.

Annual Lenten Pilgrimage -=20 B'Ham

The Annual Lenten = Pilgrimage=20 to the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in=20 Hanceville, AL and the EWTN studios in = Irondale,=20 sponsored by the Serra Club of Montgomery, = is=20 scheduled for March=20 10, 2010. We will leave by = chartered bus from St.=20 Bede's back parking lot at 6:30 AM and return at = 9:30=20 PM. The cost is $48 and = includes=20 lunch and dinner. Deadline for = reservations is=20 March 3rd. Sorry, refunds cannot be made = after=20 March 3rd. Please make checks payable to "Serra = Club=20 of Montgomery" and mail to: Beth = Russo, 409=20 Apache Ct., Montgomery, AL 36117 or call=20 = 244-7866.

Knight's of Columbus - = Dance/Fund=20 Raiser

The Knights of Columbus Council 12150 = from Holy=20 Spirit is having a Dance with a Draw Down to the = Grand=20 Prize of $5,000. Second Prize is $1,000 and = Third Prize=20 is $500. There will be other prizes awarded = throughout=20 the evening. You need not be present to=20 win

The event is being held to = raise money=20 to help Archbishop Thomas Rodi purchase an = Ultrasound=20 for a Pro Life Center in=20 = Alabama.

When:       &nbs= p;    13 March=20 = 2010
Where:       &= nbsp;  =20 Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School-Dolly = Barranco=20 = Center
What:         &nbs= p;  =20 Heavy hors devours for=20 = two
           =              = Wine, Beer, Tea and Soft=20 = Drinks
          &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;=20 Dancing to Music by "The Montgomery=20 = Recreators"
         &nbs= p;            = ; =20 One Raffle=20 = Ticket
Attire:         &n= bsp;  =20 Shirt and=20 = Tie
Cost:          &= nbsp;   =20 $100

Only 250 tickets will be sold = so=20 chances of winning are very good.
Knights = will be=20 available after masses to sell=20 = tickets.

Mystery Dinner Theater =

Sponsored by Be a Friend = Ministry, is=20 returning to Holy Spirit for one performance of = "Murder=20 at the Art Gallery" on March=20 27th. If you are = interested in=20 performing in this production or would like to = volunteer=20 to help with sound, set-up, clean up, or any of = the=20 other jobs to make this a = successful performance,=20 sign-up in the Gallery or call Kevin Kornosky. = The=20 beautiful artwork of our very own Lois Miller = will=20 be displayed and available to=20 purchase.

ALL proceeds from this = production=20 will go to American Cancer Society (Relay = for=20 Life).

HOLY SPIRIT OPEN - Save the=20 Date

3D"Chappy's

APRIL 24,=20 2010
GOLF - TENNIS
DINNER -=20 DANCING

ALL DAY - ALL = NIGHT=20

MARK YOUR = CALENDARS!
SPACE=20 IS LIMITED
WATCH YOUR MAIL FOR DETAILS=20

Call Tom=20 Gietl for information -=20 = 396-0925

Look=20 What's New in the Library

In this videotape, Answering God's = Call, the=20 loves of two different parish priests are = related. =20 Their daily challenges and their faith journey = are shown=20 in this = documentary. =20 = (Adult)

Pro-Life=20 Ribbions=20

The Knights of Columbus = are=20 offering this colorful magnetic pro-life = ribbons=20 and are available at $5 each. Proceeds are to be = used to=20 purchase an ultrasound machine for a crisis = pregnancy=20 center. Contact Rick Ragaller at rragaller@hotmail.com or call=20 273-7969.

Sunday=20 Bulletin=20 = Deadline

If you would like to place something = in the=20 bulletin, please give it to Karen in the church = office=20 no later then Tuesday at=20 4:00pm

Know Your=20 Faith

In keeping with our parish theme of = "Know=20 Your Faith", the Stewardship Committee has = placed a new=20 brochure holder in the Gallery. It has = many easy=20 to read topics to increase your knowledge of our = Catholic Faith. Please stop in the gallery = and=20 pick up a few brochures!

Adult = Singles

Holy Spirit has an = Adult Singles=20 Group that is waiting to be formed! Are = you=20 interested in joining us? Let's get = together, do=20 some fun things, make new friends! Call = Jan Sztuka=20 at 271-1298 and let's get some things=20 going!

Pastors=20 Corner

Bibles that are published under = Catholic=20

auspices include = deuterocanonical=20 books

Q=20 I=20 recently received a New=20 International Version New Testament=20 Bible as=20 a gift. =20 When I stopped at a bookstore to exchange = it for=20 a Catholic Bible, I was assured that this is a=20 "universal" Bible. =20 The clerk said there is no longer a = difference in=20 the New Testament, only in the Old = Testament.

=20 I was not aware that there is a Bible = approved by=20 Catholics and Protestants. Please = clarify=20 this for me. =20 I know there is a Catholic edition of the = New=20 International Version. Does = it differ=20 from the Protestant translation?

A = It is not=20 possible to discuss the reasons for these differences here=20 due to space constraints, but Bibles published = under=20 Catholic auspices contain all or parts of = several books=20 in the Old Testament that do not appear as = canonical=20 books in most Protestant traditions.

=20 Labeled as deuterocanonical, these books = are=20 Tobit, Judith, Baruch, First and Second = Maccabees,=20 Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Wisdom, and parts of = Daniel and=20 Esther.

=20 Some Protestant Bibles today, including = the=20 Revised Standard=20 Version and=20 the New=20 International Version,=20 print "Catholic" editions with the = deuterocanonical=20 books included.

=20 The other major difference is that = "Protestant"=20 Bibles historically have=20 not included much in the way of footnotes, explanations or=20 introductions.

=20 Protestant tradition that the Holy Spirit = alone=20 guides each individual is his or her reading of=20 Scripture has moved publishers of=20 these Bibles to avoid anything that could seem = to place=20 a sort of intervention between the reader and = the Holy=20 Spirit. =20 However, that is changing = somewhat.

=20 Otherwise, there is little difference = between=20 most Protestant and Catholic Bibles.

=20 One may still find a few apparent = doctrinally=20 slanted translations of=20 words, but they would be minor for the ordinary=20 reader. = The=20 science of selecting and translating Scripture=20 manuscripts is now so highly developed that any=20 deliberate skewing of this kind is rejected by = reputable=20 scholars of any faith.

=20 Because modern languages are continually=20 developing, as languages in daily use tend to = do, new=20 Bible translations are always in = process.

=20 The most authoritative current = translation for=20 Americans in the Catholic tradition is = arguably the=20 New=20 American Bible,=20 which has undergone and still is undergoing = revisions,=20 especially in passages proclaimed in the=20 liturgy.

=20 In particular, the St. Joseph edition of = the=20 New=20 American Bible is=20 a gold mind of valuable information, including = the Second = Vatican=20 Council Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation,=20 background on the formation and literary forms = of the=20 Bible, plus introductions to each book and = hundreds=20 of textual=20 footnotes.

=20 It's largely true, as someone has noted, = that the=20 best Bible is the one you read. You = may as well=20 get one that will be most useful for = you.

=20 Perhaps the clerk in the bookstore was = not=20 familiar with some of this background about = Catholic=20 Bibles.

Fr.=20 John=20 = Dietzen

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