SEMINARIAN
Holy Spirit is either a great training place, or a if-you-make-it-here-you-can-make-it anywhere parish. Our latest is Moises Moreno Urzua, yes Moises, that is the way he spells it. From a family in Guanajuato, Mexico, he is one of four boys and four girls, practically a parish by itself. Moises has been in country about two years after spending the previous nine years in a Mexico City seminary. He is the product of a construction worker father and a stay-at-home mother who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary next year. At the completion of his current training in the San Antonio Seminary, Moises plans a return to this area to celebrate the sacraments of Christ and preach to all those seeking help. You are in our prayers Moises because of our bilingual and spiritual needs.

BURST OF VERSE by Jerry Young
Our first mass together, I remember very well
The First Presbyterian Church invited us to share
They made us welcome there
Now it’s our 7th anniversary and we have our place We have grown so much we’re running out of space
Come celebrate on Sept. 17th right after Mass
Clint, Kelly, and the KofC will serve us with class.
CALENDAR
Sept 17 ANNIVERSARY MASS with Breakfast 9:00 AM
Sept 18 KofC meeting 7:00 PM
Sept 23 Tile Setting at Pavilion 9:00 AM
Sept 25 Parish Council 6:30 PM
Sept 26 Faith Formation with Fr. Mike Sweeney 6:45 PMBell does his job so well most of us remain unaware. Wes is the consummate behind the scenes person at the 5:30 Mass who makes sure things are running smoothly and whatever Fr. Mike needs done gets done. Sacristan Bruce Speer handles these and many more tasks for the 8:00 Mass as does Head Usher Jerry Young for the 10:30. For example, if an acolyte is absent, Wes gets the candles lit. He even sees to it that the church’s climate control is set properly, and makes sure our rites and rituals are performed as prescribed. Sure, most of you thought Wes only did the glamour job of counting attendance and parking cars, but there is a lot more to Wardening than meets the eye. Wes believes we each have two missions in life: to promote and serve our community and that you live in the church you attend.

To honor September’s feast days of The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Rosary will be recited after some weekday Masses. Dee Leigh wants to thank all who participated and extends an invitation for everyone to join the Rosary Group. Call her at 842-2305.
The 35 volunteers of Holy Spirit’s Society of St.Vincent de Paul share their time and talent to help those in need in the Soddy Daisy community. The international society founded in 1833 in Paris under the patronage of St. Vincent de Paul today has almost 900,000 members worldwide, all united by a spirit of poverty, humility, and sharing.
The society’s purpose is to provide direct aid to those who suffer, and to reduce and eliminate the causes of their suffering. Here at Holy Spirit, society members use their own resources, and give the valuable gift of their time and presence. Our volunteers oversee a variety of projects throughout the year offering community impact. These include the recent “Back to School” supply drive, which collected and distributed a ton of school supplies to four local schools. Other charitable projects includes food drives at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. The Society solicits gifts for children at Christmas through the Angel Tree. The tree lists the names, needs and wants for local underprivileged children. Holy Spirit parishioners are then asked to buy gifts on the list for each child. Names are obtained from local schools and through the Good Shepherd Outreach program. Contact Mary Weaver at 842-1442 for more information.

The Parish Lending Library is growing by leaps and bounds. New books for children and adults are being added regularly, such as: I Like Being

Dolorosa, which is the traditional route Jesus followed from Pilate’s Hall to his death and burial. The route is marked at 14 places where stopping, praying, and meditating is viewed as an exercise in devotion and piety. It makes a great deal of sense that most of us will never make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem, so the Catholic Church utilized the Medieval practice of using depictions in local churches to allow worshippers to make that devotional journey. Stations of the Cross came into general use by the seventeenth century and are present today in nearly all Catholic Churches.
There has been a variance in the number of these depictions from eight to fifteen over the centuries, and even going ‘way back, there have been different scenes than we see today, but it appears the revolution has abated and fourteen stations are the standard generally now accepted. What a wonderful world we live in where we can, in our own church, symbolically follow the path of the Via Dolorosa whenever we want.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
The 65 active (and semi-active) members of Council 10479 will provide a wide range of logistical support to the Anniversary food event. Some will help with cooking, serving, clean-up, and even parking (see the article on “Warden.”) There are two upcoming second degree initiations, the Knights call them “exemplification.” The first on September 18th (we will let you know where later), but the 2nd will be here at Holy Spirit on November 12th at 2:00 P.M. Lastly, congratulations to Ed and Lucy Szelengiewicz as the Holy Spirit Council’s “Family of the Month,” ( because they just cruised Alaska? probably not), and to John Eaton for being named “Knight of the Month for July, 2006.
n Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent burn salve

n The British Pound was so named because it was worth one pound of salt.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM
Just when you thought you had the terminology down, they went and changed the name of our education program to “Youth and Adult Faith Formation.” The changes boil down to an adaptation of the Generations of Faith concept. It means similar learning experiences for everyone from the oldest to the youngest among us during the same time frame. This should allow CCD, Adult Ed, et. al to fall under the same umbrella and bring forth additional dialog of similar topics during each month. It should go a long way to keep everyone in touch whether they go to public school, are too young for school, or even too old for school. This way we can build relationships within our parish community through participating in faith-affirming opportunities available to us.

FEATURED FAMILY
Speaking in tongues comes naturally to Ken and Lezlie Barrett. Ken is the guy who reads in Spanish at the 10:30 Mass. Both of them have worked for the State Department and have lived and worked in 9 different countries. They met while working in the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal. When opting out of government work, Ken wanted to return to his hometown bringing their two daughters with them. Kelly is a hairstylist locally, and Lezlie keeps the family tradition going being a Nurse Practitioner on a Navaho reservation in Arizona. The Barretts both work similar jobs, Ken as a computer tech support and bilingual customer support for Olan Mills and Lezlie in T-Mobile’s call center. Both also have a real gift of languages with Lezlie, the elder, applying her New Orleans inflections to Portuguese and German while Ken puts a southern Chattanooga accent to Spanish and French. Even though Ken once had a white Arctic Falcon named Bravo as a pet, he plans to keep up his Latino Ministry and is contemplating joining the Secular Franciscans. Both of them especially like the atmosphere here at Holy Spirit and fear that if they move again, would really miss the great feeling of family. By the way, that white bird hunting downtown pigeons answers to the name of Bravo.
PARISH LIFE
Most of us spend a lot of our leisure time sitting around asking ourselves “What is a Warden?” Some of us may even ask “Warden? Do we have a Warden?” Well, yes we do, and because Wesley Catholic (Treasured Traditions, Rituals, and Stories), and Selecting the Pope (Uncovering the Mysteries of Papal Elections) and others. Books for children and teens include: Francis, The Poor Man of Assisi and A Handbook to Becoming an Adult. The latter is for teens, we presume.
Donations of any books, no matter what the subject matter, may be left at the church office. If not used in the library, we turn them in at McKays and use the money to fund our library needs. If there is a specific book that you feel should be included in the library, please contact either Linda at always gumby@ comcast.net. or Lucy at LucyS@ bledsoe.net . If you wish to make a donation toward the purchase of a book, a dedication placard will be attached to the book cover. Contact Linda or Lucy for further information.

YOUTH BOARD
Holy Spirit has formed a Youth Board so that our parish youth may display their leadership skills and play an active role in the youth ministry. Local members are Brianna King, Lori Hanson , Chris Closson, Joe and Nicole Galleta, Sonya Webb, Denise Stockburger, Rayvaughn Jenkins, Jacquelyn King, Lindsay McGirl, and Natalie McGirl. Our council works in conjunction with Deanery and Diocesan youth events. The board is busy planning several deanery and diocesan youth happenings and fund raising events to cover the costs. Their creative leadership brings us a Party With the Pilgrims on November 4, a T-shirt design for parish youths, a Car Wash for Life on September 30, and other exciting events. Special congratulations to Brianna and Lori who are two of five people who made the Diocesan Youth Ministry Advisory Council.
n It takes 1/10 of a calorie to lick a stamp if you still lick stamps.
n Rub the inside of a banana peel on a mosquito bite to reduce swelling and irritation.
n Formula 409 is an excellent flying insect killer
n "Let Mikey try it" aired from 1972 through '84 the longest-running commercial in history.
n The good Lord didn't create anything
without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.
ASK MR. CHURCHPERSON
This issue turns the tables on our legendary church- person so that he may use this information to astound and amaze other churchpersons on his own. The question is, “Why are there 14 Stations of the Cross and where did they come from?” A serious question indeed, one that is based on antiquity. The Stations of the Cross are a series of depictions that coincide with the stations found in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Via

Monthly themes for Youth Faith Formation will coincide with the Adult Faith Formation topics being offered once a month on Tuesdays. For Example, when the Tuesday Adult Faith Formation class on The Liturgy is held, the youth will have a lesson explaining the various aspects of the Mass in age appropriate language. This will ensure the continuity within the program.
Wednesday evening Youth Classes at 6:00 p.m. 45-minute mini Sessions open to all parishioners. They are designed to further enhance the community aspect of our Faith Formation. Scheduled guest speakers for Dessert/Coffee get-togethers will present yet another opportunity to build relationships and expand our knowledge and understanding. Following these sessions at 6:50 p.m. a 15-minute combined prayer service with all school students will be held. The prayer service will be prepared and led by our youth. At this time our younger students will have an opportunity to spend time with their upper class “Buddy”, a middle or high school youth. To further promote this multi-generational concept we are developing a grandparent program. This cool program invites a mature adult parishioner to attend class once a month to read a bible story to the younger children. They even might answer Faith related questions for the middle and high school youth.
We pray that you and your family members will be able to set aside a little time each week to take advantage of these many Faith Formation opportunities and develop new relationships with other Holy Spirit parishioners.
n Arachibutyrophobia: the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
BY THE NUMBERS
1of every 11 cereal boxes sold is a Cheerios-type
1 of our states has only one syllable - Maine
10 percent of US homes had a TV in 1950
98 percent of US homes had a TV in 2000
28 age of Henry Winkler when playing The Fonz
5 typos in the last newsletter issue

HOLY SPIRIT MISSION STATEMENT

Mission Statement Preamble…The Parish Council of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, in order to build a community of love and service in the name of Jesus Christ, shall organize, coordinate, evaluate, unify and support activities within the parish.
Mission Statement text…Holy Spirit Catholic Church strives to meet the spiritual, educational and fellowship needs of our members, as well as the service needs of the larger community. Led by the Spirit, we rely and trust in God’s presence to guide us as we work together to establish God’s kingdom of peace within our faith community and the community of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee. As a Christ-centered community, we affirm the traditions, teachings and values of the Catholic Church as we respond to the universal call to a life of holiness.