Holy Spirit E-News Mar 4 2010

3D"Holy Church of=20 the Holy Spirit=20 = E-News

In this=20 issue...Faith = Formation for=20 Children Schedule LifeTeen=20 Edge=20 Faith = Formation for=20 Adults - Psalms Catholic = Relief=20 Services The=20 Pillars of Vatican II = Share the Word = Bible=20 Study Angel = Keepers=20 Lenten Morning = of=20 Recollection St.=20 Paula's Pals Empty Bowls=20 2010 Lenten = Pilgrimage -=20 B'Ham Dance/Fund=20 Raiser... Monthly Parish = Breakfast Mystery Dinner = Theater... Feast of = Divine=20 Mercy HOLY SPIRIT=20 OPEN Spring=20 Softball New=20 in the Library Pro-Life=20 Rosary Sunday = Bulletin=20 Deadline... Know Your=20 Faith Adult=20 Singles... Parish Lenten=20 Mission Pastors = Corner-Abandon=20 Superficiality In Favor Of = Liturgical = Ministers=20 Schedule=20 =

Thursday, March=20 = 4, 2010

WELCOME =

Visitors and=20 Newcomers

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

Click here for Welcome = Message
Parish = Web-Site

Weekly Bulletins

E-News = Archives

Friday, March 5,=20 6:30pm

Stations of the = Cross
Indian=20 Group from the Native American Mission in=20 Birmingham

Meager Meals Following=20 Stations
Provided by our Faith = Formation

Click here for Stations of the = Cross and=20 Meager Meals Schedule

Friday, March 12, = 6:30pm

Stations of=20 the Cross
Fr. Charles = Troncale

Meager=20 Meals Following Stations
Provided by our = Women of=20 Holy Spirit &
Stewardship Committee = &
Holy=20 Orders & Consecration Life=20 = Comm.

Mass /Reconciliation=20 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, March=20 7 = Faith=20 Formation Class MCPS = 9:25 to=20 10:35=20 = AM
&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 First Communion Parent=20 Class =20 = " = =20 "

Sunday, March=20 14       NO = FAITH=20 FORMATION=20 = CLASSES
          &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           Spri= ng=20 Break All Schools (3/15 to=20 3/19)

Sunday, March=20 = 21        Classes=20 Resume

Lent

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

All 9th through 12th=20 Graders

Mar = 5-7 - N.E.T.=20 Retreat @ Children's Harbor - Lake Martin=20 =

No = LifeNight Mar=20 14 - Happy Spring Break=20

Mar = 26-28 -=20 Search Retreat @ Children's Harbor - Lake=20 Martin

Wednesdays of=20 Lent - Meet for Mass at = 6:30pm

YouthMinister: Denise Katz - = 277-3743=20

youthminister@holy-spirit-church.com=

-=20 Register NOW for EDGE Camp

May=20 31st to June=20 = 5th

$325=20 - $100 due now as deposit=20

Don't=20 Miss It - Last=20 = Chance

<= A=20 name=3DLETTER.BLOCK9> Faith Formation=20 for Adults

Little Rock Scripture Study=20
"Psalms=20 I"
Learn to make the psalms = of=20 descriptive praise, trust,
and wisdom your = own=20 prayer.

7 Weekly Sessions = on:
Tues=20 Evenings
Parish = Conference=20 Room @ 6:30pm
or
Sunday Mornings = starting=20 at
1. MCPS at 9:25am during
Faith = Formation for=20 Children classes
or
2. Parish Library at=20 9:15am

Please call Kevin Ryan at = 277-3428=20 for more information
or go to the Parish = web-site: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=3D1103137791531&s=3D-1&a= mp;e=3D001p5uWbnH7F3iRAv848E1pGfkE7AHRoGUDs1eVVJMe5gUN-fpmj1wF52ySVHalpMM= 2R-Zr-SdeUKAICdn_WRrKgxSk5P02OK3gZNJVUPF3KCNjHqVtAjRIYw=3D=3D

The = Catholic=20 Relief=20 = Services

Second=20 collection Next Week

This = Collection=20 helps to fund six Catholic organizations that = improve=20 the quality of life and protect human = dignity. =20 Your gift will support agricultural development = to=20 strengthen economies and create food =20 sustainability, provides outreach services to = survivors=20 of human trafficking, and supply pastoral care = and=20 advocacy for immigrants and refugees. By = helping=20 the marginalized and impoverished, you give hope = to=20 Jesus in disguise. Please be charitable in = next=20 week's Catholic Relief Services=20 = Collection.

The = Pillars of=20 Vatican = II
Adult Faith=20 Formation

Have you ever wondered "what was Vatican II all=20 about?" then this class is for=20 you. We will look at the call of the = Council by=20 Blessed Pope John XXIII, the four = main documents of=20 Vatican II, Sacrosanctum Concilium=20 (the Liturgy), Lumen Gentium = (the=20 Church), Dei Verbum (the Bible) and = Gaudium=20 et Spes (the world). The class will be = held on=20 Tuesdays=20 beginning March = 2nd, 9th,=20 16th, 23rd, and 30th at = Montgomery=20 Catholic Preparatory School. Cost is only = $20.=20 Register online at http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=3D1103137791531&s=3D-1= &e=3D001p5uWbnH7F3gN-JXk6PwD1vQGag9hM5gDPTx6n-kpNXtLjC6KJxXb22GAm6APH= FKBM_75nGzAR4-rsWZuXIgqIRe42Hww8zfxx7IaBRBAob59UJZLzdiEPw=3D=3D=20 or by contacting Tom=20 Riello at PortierInstitute@gmail.com = or by=20 calling = 334-221-4575.

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

in the Parish Office Conference=20 = Room

Angel=20 Keepers
Saturday, March=20 6th

4:30-8:30pm in the Parish Hall, = Children to=20 Age 7; $8 per=20 = child
&nbs= p; =20 Call Rebecca 244-1735 or Katie =20 = 244-1735

A = Lenten=20 Morning of Recollection - This=20 = Sat.
Christ Be=20 Our Light

Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Holy=20 Spirit
Beginning at=20 8:00am

Join us for = Adoration,=20 Benediction & 9:00am Mass, with =20 Breakfast in the parish hall following. = Our=20 speakers are Rev. Linn Harbour, Chaplain = at=20 Maxwell Air Force Base Chapel, and Rev. Michael = Sreboth,=20 Pastor of Our Lady Queen of Mercy Church. = Call=20 Mary Stojak, 279-6998 to let her know you are = coming=20 (head count for breakfast). Sponsored by:=20 the = Montgomery=20 Deanery Respect Life=20 Committee.

St. = Paula's=20 = Pals

Widows and=20 Widowers=20

Come join St. Paula's Pals = for a Pot=20 Luck Luncheon in the Parish Hall on Monday, March 8th at=20 11:30am. Please bring your = favorite salad. Main course and dessert = will be=20 furnished. We will have a guest=20 speaker

Empty Bowls = 2010

A fundraiser = for the=20 Montgomery Area Food = Bank

is being held at = 11:30 on March 10th in the = parish=20 hall. $25 ticket price = (200 being=20 sold) allows you a selection of a handmade = bowl-some=20 crafted by our own talented parishioners-filled = with=20 soup (Leslie Bailey's Silver Spoon) And served = with Anne=20 Ceasar's homemade rolls. The bowl is yours = to take=20 home and enjoy.

For tickets, call = Catherine=20 Preston @ 396-1846
or Margaret Barber @=20 277-2823
Or you can email your request to =
emptybowls1@gmail.com
and=20 have a ticket waiting at the=20 door!

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

Knight's of=20 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.

Monthly Parish=20 = Breakfast

Article=20 Subheading

Sponsored by the = Knights of=20 Columbus

Sunday,=20 March 14, 2010

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

Mystery Dinner=20 Theater=20

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).

Feast of = Divine Mercy=20 City Wide Celebration
April 11th, 2:00pm
St. = Peter's=20 Catholic Church

On the Sunday after Easter = the entire=20 Church is called to gather and celebrate the=20 extraordinary Mercy Jesus has promised to those = who=20 approach Him with trust and expectant = faith. Join=20 us at St. Peter's for Exposition of the=20 Blessed Sacrament with = confessions,=20 Chaplet of Divine Mercy and Benediction. = Contact=20 Elaine, = 281-4588.

HOLY = SPIRIT OPEN=20 - Save the Date

3D"Chappy's

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

ALL DAY - ALL = NIGHT=20

REGISTER NOW
SPACE = IS=20 LIMITED
CLICK HERE = FOR=20 DETAILS

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

=20 Hey,=20 what a great idea, golf, tennis and dinner dance = events=20 that raise money for the "Building in the = Spirit Campaign".

=20 You should have received your = registration=20 information in the mail. Please = form your=20 teams and get the registration back to us as = soon as=20 possible.

=20 You can mail the registration in the = enclosed=20 envelope or bring it to Mass and put it in the = boxes in=20 the Gallery and Vestibule of Church.

=20 Please call Tom Gietl at 396-0925 for = more=20 information or go to the Parish web-site: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=3D1103137791531&s=3D-1&a= mp;e=3D001p5uWbnH7F3iRAv848E1pGfkE7AHRoGUDs1eVVJMe5gUN-fpmj1wF52ySVHalpMM= 2R-Zr-SdeUKAICdn_WRrKgxSk5P02OK3gZNJVUPF3KCNjHqVtAjRIYw=3D=3D

Spring=20 Softball

Come join us playing = softball=20 this spring with your fellow church members. We = will=20 have at least one men's = team=20 and would also like to consider having a co-ed team if there is = enough=20 interest from some of the ladies in our parish. = The=20 season will start in = April=20 and games will be played on Monday=20 and/or Thursday nights. Holy Spirit = Church will=20 pay for the league fees, and there is a $20 fee per player to = cover costs=20 for softballs, bats, and jerseys. If you are = interested=20 in playing, please contact Mark=20 Sadie via email at marksadie@bellsouth.net

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Look=20 What's New in the Library

One of the "Great Illustrated=20 Classics" series, The = Secret =20 Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett relates the = late of=20 two lonely and unhappy children who find love = and=20 happiness in a long hidden=20 = garden. = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; =20 = (Junior)

Pro-Life=20 Rosary=20
at Beacon=20 Clinic on Monticello = Court

1011 Monticello=20 Court
Tuesday, 10:00am, = led by=20 Chuck Raysich
Wednesday, 10:00am, led by Sue = &=20 Harold Dobbs
Thursday, 11:00am, led by Jeanne = Paxon

Praise=20 Report: Thank-you to all who have = come=20 out...many of you for the first time and despite = being=20 very nervous. God has rewarded your = prayers and=20 sacrifices. We know of 5 girls who have = left the=20 abortion clinic over the last 2 weeks! The = last=20 one was very dramatic in that the girl came to = the=20 clinic just as the rosary group began. = After=20 "side-walk counseling" and sitting in her car = discussing=20 things with her sister for about 20 minutes she = decided=20 to leave...as God would have it, just as the = rosary=20 group was finishing! As she pulled out she = rolled=20 down her window and said,=20 "Thank-you!"

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=20 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!

Parish Lenten Mission=20

Holy = Spirit 2010 Lenten=20 Mission

Pursuing God's=20 Prize

Featuring Fr. R.B. Williams,=20 OP
March 22-24
(Mon - Tues - = Weds)
12Noon Brown=20 Bag Lunch Presentation &
6:30pm Mission=20 Presentation

Healing=20 Mass

Wednesday, March 24th = there will=20 be a Healing Mass at 11:00am in conjunction with = our=20 Parish Mission. All shut-in's are invited = to=20 this Mass and to receive the Sacrament of = the Sick.=20 A brown bag lunch will follow with a short = mission=20 presentation. If you are interested and = would like=20 for someone to pick you up and bring you to = Mass, please=20 call the Church office at=20 = 277-5631.

Pastors = Corner

=20 Abandon Superficiality In Favor Of
Complete=20 Conversion, Says Pope

    =20 VATICAN CITY- The Lenten season calls = Christians=20 to strip themselves of evil, superficiality and = lukewarm=20 morality and to turn themselves fully over to = Jesus=20 Christ said Pope Benedict=20 XVI.
     "Conversion = means to=20 change the direction in life's journey, not by = making=20 tiny adjustments, but by an authentic and real=20 about-face," he said during his weekly general = audience=20 Feb 17, Ash = Wednesday.
     "The=20 call for conversion strips bare and denounces = the easy=20 superficiality that very often characterizes our = way of=20 life," he = said.
    =20 "Conversion is to go against the current where = the=20 current is a lifestyle that is superficial,=20 inconsistent, disillusioned, and which often = tramples=20 us, reigns over us and makes us slaves to evil = or, in=20 any case, prisoners of mediocre morals," he=20 said.
      = Beginning his=20 Ash Wednesday observance with the general = audience, the=20 pope told an estimated 6,500 visitors that Lent, = in the=20 words of St. Paul, reminds people "not to accept = the=20 grace of God in vain," but to recognize that God = is=20 calling everyone to penance and spiritual = renewal=20 every day.
     Even when = life=20 seems exhausting and fraught with difficulties = and=20 failure, even when one is tempted to abandon the = faith,=20 the call is being made to recognize "our need to = open=20 ourselves up to God's love in Christ and to live = according to his logic of    = justice and=20 love, " he said.
     = When people=20 receive ashes, the priest tells them either = "Turn away=20 from sin and be faithful to the Gospel" or = "Remember=20 that you are dust and to dust you shall return," = he=20 said.
     To turn away = from sin=20 and believe in the Gospel are not two different = things,=20 he said; they express the need to completely = turn over=20 one's life to the Gospel by "freely answering to = Christ=20 who offers humanity the way, the truth and the=20 life." Only through Jesus can a = person be=20 saved and free, he = said.
     The=20 words "you are dust and to dust you shall = return" remind=20 people of their human fragility and mortality,=20 especially in cultures that tend to censor = the=20 human experience of death, he=20 said.
     The pope = prayed that=20 the rite of receiving ashes = would   =20 renew people's commitment to following Jesus and = "to=20 letting our old humanity - - tied to sin - - die = and=20 letting new humanity - - transformed by God's = grace - -=20 be born."

By Carol Glatz, Catholic = News=20 Service

Liturgical = Ministers=20 Schedule=20

REMINDER: = Liturgical=20 Ministers please return your Holy Week = Availability Form=20 as soon as possible.

Click here to Sign Up on-line = for Holy=20 Week Liturgical Ministers=20

=20 Liturgical Ministers - In order = to get=20 the next schedule out for Holy Week and beyond I = need to=20 have everyone return their availability = form ASAP=20 or click the link above and sign up on-line. = This=20 schedule will go from Palm Sunday through April = 11th. If=20 you have misplaced your form, there = will be=20 some available on the back table of church for = your=20 convenience. As of today we do not have enough = people to=20 cover any one Mass. Altar Servers, Ushers, = Ministers of=20 Communion; you are very important and = we =20 cannot worship the Lord at His Altar of = Sacrifice=20 without your help.

Links

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Parish=20 Bulletin = Archives

Church of the Holy Spirit = Catholic=20 Church

8570 = Vaughn Rd.,=20 Montgomery, AL 36117

(334) 277-5631 Fax: (334)=20 272-1008
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