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Holy Spirit Catholic Church
PARISH COUNCIL
PARISH MINISTRIES If you are interested in serving in a liturgical ministry, please contact Fr. Mike MUSIC MINISTRY PARISH HOSPITALITY
Devotions RELIGIOUS EDUCATION YOUTH MINISTRY Youth Groups meet 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM. SOCIAL ACTION PARISH MAINTENANCE PARISH COMMUNICATION Joe Muse Web Ministry 842-2538 SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION BAPTISM FIRST COMMUNION RECONCILIATION CONFIRMATION R.C.I.A. MARRIAGE Arrangements are to be made four months in advance. Contact the office. Guidelines for weddings are available from Lucy Szelengiewicz at 949-7753. MINISTRY TO THE SICK
If you send an email to the office with something you want put in the bulletin, please put “bulletin” in the “subject” part of the email before you send it. Please have your bulletin announcements in the office by Monday morning.
HOLY SPIRIT MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES The Youth Mass will be this Sunday, April 16 at 12:45 PM. PLEASE NOTE: Changes in Schedule due to HOLY WEEK Monday: 9:00 AM Morning Prayer Tuesday: NO Mass, NO RCIA Wednesday: 9:00 AM Mass, No CCD Thursday: No Morning Service Holy Thursday – Mass at 7:00 PM -- Adoration Until 10 PM Good Friday –“Three Hours of Prayer” 12 – 3 PM ** Good Friday – Service at 7:00 PM Easter Vigil – Mass at 8:00 PM Easter – Mass at 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM Easter Egg Hunt – Follows the 10:30 AM Mass **On Good Friday, March 21 in addition to the evening service we will have “Three Hours of Prayer” beginning at Noon with the Rosary. Then personal prayer time until 2:30 PM when we conclude with Fr. Mike leading the Stations of the Cross. On Good Friday, our parish will take up the annual Good Friday Collection for the Holy Land. Your financial contributions help to support the struggling Christian community and to protect Christianity’s holiest places. Please be generous. Ministers For Holy Thursday & Good Friday
Send your personal intentions on pilgrimage! Father Al Humbrecht is offering each person the opportunity to send personal intentions with the diocesan Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of St. Paul, March 31 – April 12. Your intentions will be presented with the gifts at each Mass the group celebrates. Personal Intention slips are in the Narthex on table in front of the water fountain, with a box to put them. The Diocese requests that you put all your intentions on one form, to reduce the weight of the paper they must carry around. Intentions will be mailed March 24. February’s Knight of the Month is Bruce Speer. The family of the month is Ed & Lucy Szelengiewicz. Adult Faith Formation class schedule: Personal Morality – March 25 at Holy Spirit Spirituality and Faith – April 15 at OLPH life center What We Believe – September 30 at St. Stephen The classes are free but require registration, go to rarmstrong@dioceseofknoxville.org to register or for information. Attention All Food Prep People!!! Everyone who works with snacks after Masses, prepares food, sets up or cleans up after any event, is requested to attend a special meeting on Sunday March 30 at 1 PM in the Social Hall. The Alpha/Omega group is planning a camp out at Camp Columbus on Friday, April 4. For information, call Chris at 847-0671 by March 27. Also the group is collecting some items for the patients at the Soddy-Daisy Healthcare Center. Items needed: body & hand lotion, nail polish, tissues, chap stick, lipstick, and makeup. There will be a labeled box in the narthex for the items. The Rosary Makers Guild has several rosaries that would be great Confirmation gifts. The beads are red and the center crucifixes have the dove representing the Holy Spirit. If you would like to purchase a rosary, call Barbara at 580-3316. On Thursday, April 17, 2008 Holy Spirit Parish will sponsor a “Leaving Your Anger at the Foot of the Cross” anger management seminar for adults 21 and over. The evening will be facilitated by Judy Magnussen, MA, MS, of the Elbow Tree Christian Counseling Center. Participants will learn four anger styles, problem solving skills, and how to deal with conflict that leads to resolution and healing. The event will begin at 6:00 PM with a pizza dinner and end at 8:00 PM. Babysitting will be provided. Contact Holy Spirit Church Office for more information. (332-5300). Donations will be accepted. St. Vincent de Paul’s Yard Sale: May 29–31, 2008. Start cleaning your Closets now. Items may be placed in the barn. If you need information call Mary Cooper at 843-1841. Remember Food Collection is the 1st weekend of every month. Please bring staples and place them in the marked boxes in the narthex. The 5:30 PM Mass Choir has practice on Tues. at 7 PM. The 8 AM Mass Choir practices on Tues. at 5 PM New members are always welcome. Events Calendar – Anyone wishing to reserve the social hall, church or conference room should consult the calendar (displayed above the coffee table in the social hall) for open dates. If you wish to reserve a date, leave a post-it note on the calendar. LOOKING AHEAD: Vacation Bible School will be June 16 – 19. March your calendars. Church Cleaning Teams The beige books on the table across from the water fountain are for the people on cleaning teams. Schedules are listed in these books, please take one. Also, e-mail addresses are needed to help keep everyone more informed about upcoming events. If on a team (or want to be), please add your name to the lists. YOUTH NEWS Middle School Youth Group: We need to get busy organizing the annual Egg Hunt. We will have a movie afternoon and an “egg filling” on this Sun., March 16. Meet in the Parish Hall after the youth Mass until about 3:30 PM Summer Camps/Enrichment Programs: OLPH, NDHS and St. Jude Schools will be offering Summer Camps/Enrichment Programs for all ages this summer. For more information and registration please call Kathy Sumrell at 622-1481 or e-mail ksumrell@catholicweb.com OTHER CHURCH NEWS Area-Wide Catholic Women and Friends Bible Study every Thursday starting March 27 at All Saints Catholic Church (Cedar Buff) from 10:30 AM – noon. Facilitator is Ruth Queen Smith, Ed.D. This is an opportunity to learn, pray, and grow together through the scriptures and writings of the saints. Please feel free to invite anyone. Donations and love offerings gladly accepted. ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FORUM: A faith perspective on stewardship of the earth on Saturday, March 29 from 9 AM to 3:30 PM at All Saints Parish, 620 North Cedar Bluff Road, Knoxville (39723). Free, but kindly RSVP by March 27th to Jim Ullrich, (865) 637-8340 or ullrichjim@ntown.com The Chattanooga Deanery is pleased to announce a new ministry for the Divorced and Separated in the Chattanooga/N. Georgia area. The Chattanooga Deanery Divorced and Separated Support Group will meet the 1st & 3rd Sundays of every month at OLPH Parish Office Library, 7-9PM starting April 6, 2008. The support group will provide support through sharing groups, speakers, social activities, and liturgical celebrations. For information and directions, contact Anne Wells, 706-937-6953 or Marian Christiana, 423-892-2310. Next Retreat for engaged couples will be on Sat., June 14 at 8 AM. For registration form contact Marian Christiana at 892-2310 or e-mail to marianchristiana@msn.com. St. Jude School’s Moonlight Escape Silent Auction on Sat., April 19 in the Family Life Center. Proceeds go for further renovations for St. Jude’s Siener Hall. If you would like to volunteer or want to donate an item, call Lora Trotter at 870-0739 or email trotter98@comcast.net. Annulment Seminar by the Office of Family Life –on Sun., April 13 at 2 – 4 PM at the Chancery, in Knoxville. No charge. No registration. For more info., call Dale or Lynne, 865-584-3307. Diocese of Knoxville’s Liturgical Musicians: diocesan choir for the Chrism Mass on Tue. March 18 at 7:30 PM at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Knoxville. If you would like to sing for the Chrism Mass, call Jane Hubbard at 267-9978 Rehearsal on the 18th is at 5:30 PM at the Cathedral. Bring a black, three-ring binder. Retrouvaille: Help and Hope for struggling marriages. No communication in your marriage, separated or divorced, and want to try again? Come for a weekend experience and six additional four-hr-long post sessions. The next program in the Nashville area will be April 4-6. Call (800) 470-2230 or go to www.HelpOurMarriage.com for information. Confidentiality assured. United We Stand! A Banquet in Celebration of Life (sponsored by Chattanoogans for Life and Knights of Columbus) will take place on Friday, April 25 at 7:00 PM at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Banquet tickets are $50 /person or $400 for table of 8. Proceeds will go to continuing the work of educating the community and implementing respect-for-life activities. To reserve your tickets call Sue Shako, 825-5912 or Kitty Cross, 894-1905. Catholic Day on the Hill --- This annual event will be on April 9, 2008. Check in will begin at 8 AM and the morning program begins at 8:30 AM. This is for all women in the Diocese, not just the KDCCW. For more information, and registration forms (to be in no later than March 14 deadline) visit the Catholic Day on the Hill website or contact Kathleen Murphy. (See flyer on bulletin board across from the water fountain). PLEASE NOTE: Registration Deadline has been extended two weeks, the deadline is now March 24. Knoxville Diocese CCW is inviting all women in our diocese to a convention, in Gatlinburg April 11 – 12. Theme: Catholic Women Moving Mountains through Faith and Love. Exhibits, workshops, and awesome speakers on a number of topics with a Memorial Mass for deceased women of the Diocese. See the flyer upstairs on our bulletin board across from the water fountain. March 16, 2008 Alpha & Omega / Young Adults
Meets the fourth Friday of every month @ 6:00 p.m. Contact: Chris Closson@847-0671 Children’s Liturgy
Children who have not yet received their First Communion are excused during the Liturgy of the Word at the 10:30 Mass to learn the Readings on their level. Contact: Aleeta Zeller @503-6181 Knights of Columbus
Meets the 1st and 3rd Mondays @ 7:00 p.m. Contact: Jerry Young @842-860
Mary's Bible Study Meets every Monday @ 9:45 a.m. Contact: Freida Speer @ 842-3164 Rosary Makers
Meets the 2nd & 4th Thursdays @ 9:30 a.m. in the parish hall Contact: Barbara Garrison @580-3316 Shawl Ministries
Day Ministry - Meets on the 1st & 3rd Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Contact: Linda Margio @ 332-7262 St. Vincent de Paul
Meets the 2nd Saturday of the month @4:00 p.m. in the downstairs conference room. Contact: Barbara Hill @ 870-5984
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