Bulletin January 4

SUNDAY OFFERING
December 25, 2014 Envelopes/Pre-Authorized Giving Program $19,893.06
December 28, 2014 Envelopes/Pre-Authorized Giving Program $15,471.00
Loose $5,941.30
Loose $1,567.00
WE PLEDGE 5% . . . St. Mar y’s Parish Food “Over all these put on love, that is, the bond of
Hamper, $724.12; L’Arche, $1,097.96; Str8Up, perfection. And let the peace of Christ control your
hearts.” Colossians 3:14-15. Jesus is God’s ultimate
$744.79. Thank you.
gift of love to us. The countless other blessings that
God showers upon us are nothing compared to the gift of God’s only Son. And the only appropriate
way for us to respond to such generous love is with our own generous love. When we dedicate our
lives to sharing all the many gifts that God has placed within our hands, the peace of Christ truly will
control our hearts. We will know Christmas joy every day.
BAPTISM Expectant parents please contact the parish office three months prior to the baptism date to
arrange for the baptism preparation program and for the baptism celebration. The next baptism
celebrations are February 1, 2015, March 1, April 19, June 21 and August 23. Please call Sr. Marlene
Aquino at the parish office, 306 374-1425, for information and to register.
MARRIAGE Ar r angements for mar r iage can be made by contacting the parish pr iest eight
months prior to the date of marriage. This will provide adequate time for documentation and the
diocesan required marriage preparation program. A preparation program is offered through Holy Spirit
parish. This program is intended not only for engaged couples but also for couples considering
engagement and marriage. The next six-week Marriage Preparation begins in the new year. Please call
Arch McKay, 306 373-0993/[email protected] or the parish office, 306 374-1425/
[email protected] for information and to register. Catholic Family Services, 306 244-7773,
also offers a marriage preparation program. Please check the diocesan website at
saskatoonrcdiocese.com for more opportunities for marriage preparation.
HOLY SPIRIT PARISH
EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
JANUARY 4, 2015
Caravans of Camels
CHILDREN’S LITURGY The pr ogr am takes place dur ing the r eadings and homily at Sunday
Mass. It is suitable for children age 3 to pre-First Eucharist. Parents and young people interested in
leading the program or helping, please call Shannon Granger, 306 955-0089.
NEW IN THE PARISH? MOVING? Please help us keep par ish r ecor ds up-to-date. It assists us to
serve you. Please complete the following and return to the parish office by mail or in the weekend
collection basket. Thank you for your assistance.
NEW PARISHIONER REGISTRATION/CHANGE OF ADDRESS
NAME ______________________________________________________________
ADDRESS ___________________________________________________________
POSTAL CODE _______________________ TELEPHONE _________________
EMAIL ______________________________________________________________
PARISH OFFERING ENVELOPES? YES ______
PRE-AUTHORIZED GIVING PROGRAM
Paul Turner. Resource Publications, Inc.
NOT AT THIS TIME ______
YES _________
Alleluia. Alleluia. We obser ved his star at its r ising, and have come to pay homage to the Lor d.
Alleluia.
Gospel Acclamation
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 am, 12:00 noon, 7:00 pm
PASTORAL ASSOCIATES
Charlene Nijhawan Ministry of Care
Kelly Wormsbecker Ministry of Care
Arch McKay
Christian Initiation of Adults
Marriage Preparation
Bible Study
Sr. Marlene Aquino Baptism
First Reconciliation
Confirmation
First Communion
Celena Komarnicki Youth Ministry Coordinator
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Delores McLean
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR
Melina Palendat
BUILDING MAINTENANCE
Jack Altrogge
Ed Yuzyk p/t
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
Brent Blazieko
Todd Gursky
Jeannette Chicoine Darroch Robyn Kondratowicz
Jaybee De Castro
Ian Rana
Rhea Johner
Jim Wilson
Bev Jutras
Kim Morrison
THIS WEEK AT HOLY SPIRIT
Monday, January 5
6:30 pm EDGE
Tuesday, January 6
8:30 am Mass
Wednesday, January 7
8:30 am Mass
Thursday, January 8
8:30 am Mass
9:30 am Bible Study
1:30 pm 55+ Seniors Cards/Bingo
Friday, January 9
8:30 am Mass
9:00 am-12:00 noon Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament
Saturday, January 10
11:00 am-12:00 noon Confessions
5:00 pm Mass
Sunday, January 11
10:00 am Mass
11:00 am Finding God
12:00 pm Mass
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament
7:00 pm Mass
PARISH FINANCE COMMITTEE
Loretta Simonot, Chair
Pat Pitka
Ed Solie
Basil Waslen
By leaving a gift in your will or estate
to Holy Spirit parish, the impact will be felt and
remembered for generations.
For more information, please contact
the parish office, 306 374-1425.
POPE FRANCIS ON TWITTER
Follow the pope’s tweets: @Pontifex
On our front cover: Children from Holy Spirit
and St. Francis Xavier parishes participating in
a Nativity Pageant.
DID YOU KNOW? . . .
 The diocesan Restorative Ministry office is
seeking donations of metal (not string)
rosaries for men at the Saskatoon
Correctional Centre (preferably not pink in
colour). Please drop off donations at the
Catholic Pastoral Centre or contact Dianne
at 306 659-5845. Also needed are
donations of bibles (soft cover), blank
greeting cards (especially those with
messages such as “I Miss You” and “I Love
You” for inmates to correspond with
families), as well as white socks, sweat
pants and parkas (large, XL, XXL and up).
 if you are going away for the winter and
would like someone to house-sit your home
please call the parish office, 306 374-1425.
 if you have changed your telephone
number, moved from a ‘land line’ to cell
phone, changed your address, or have a
new email address, please contact the
parish
office,
306
374-1425,
info@holyspirit saskatoon.ca, or complete
the form on the back page of the parish
bulletin to update our parish information.
 Personal Hearing Devices are available for
use. Please speak to the sound technician
before Mass and you will be provided with
the necessary information and earphone.
PARISH FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Thank you to all who have contributed
financially to Holy Spirit parish during
2014. Tax receipts for 2014 financial
donations will be available for pickup in
the Place of Welcome beginning January
24/25, 2015.
HOLY SPIRIT
McCLURE
COVENANT PRAYER
As the Christmas season begins we pray
that hope, peace, joy and love fill the hearts
and minds of our Covenant partners at
McClure United and all parishioners of our
own community of Holy Spirit.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 8905
Grand Knight Paul Caves 306 374-3713
 Meeting: Monday, January 12,
7:30 pm
 Volunteers are needed to help with the
50th Knights of Columbus Indoor
Games January 29, 30 and 31. Please
contact Paul Caves, 306 374-3713 or
Jack Altrogge, 306 220-4824 to offer
your assistance.
On behalf of Holy Spirit Knights of
Columbus, I would like to thank
parishioners for supporting our projects
this past year - Wheelchair Mission
Project, Coats for Kids, Columbus
Bosco Farm School, and Christmas
Hampers. Without your help, these
projects would not have been
successful.
To the Knights of our Council, ‘thank
you’ for your gifts of time and talent.
Have a Blessed Christmas and God
bless you and your families.
Fraternally,
Paul Caves, Grand Knight
FOOD FOR THE POOR A food container is available at the chur ch entr ance to r eceive
your gifts of non-perishable food. This food will be distributed to agencies in Saskatoon
involved in helping to feed the poor. Why not try on a weekly basis to bring an item of food? It
will be a great reminder of God’s blessings and how we are called to bless others.
WE PLEDGE 5% … ‘Farm in the Dell’
is a non-profit organization that strives to
enhance the emotional, physical, and
spiritual lives of individuals with
developmental
disabilities
through
residential, vocational, recreational, and
community services. Farm in the Dell
provides opportunities for adults with
developmental disabilities in a rural farmlike setting. We provide a family friendly
home and workplace for 10 individuals
with intellectual disabilities plus another 5
to have a place to work and learn new
skills while developing relationships with
other residents, and their community.
Our parish support this weekend will help
the community provide for the emotional,
physical and spiritual well-being of the
residents. Thank you for your on-going
support.
MISSIONARY SISTERS
OF OUR LADY OF AFRICA
Come with us to serve Africa either
as a:

Lay Missionary for two years

Missionary Sister

“Praying Friend”
Please contact us:
[email protected]
www.msolafrica.org
C A T H O LI C
C O M M U NIO N/
CELIAC
Holy Spirit parish offers ‘low
-gluten’ hosts for Holy
Communion. It is important
that you seek out the appropriate information website provided below/also your own
physician - if you have questions.
The hosts will always be in a separate
container on the altar and will not be in
contact with the other hosts on the altar. At the
time of communion they will be distributed by
the communion minister in the centre isle on
the left side as you come forward. A simple
indication to the communion minister is all
that is required. If you wish to receive less
than the full host, please indicate that to the
communion minister. (Always remember that
the reception of the wine/the precious blood is
the full reception of Holy Communion/the
Eucharist).
If you have any questions, please speak to one
of the priests. Thank you for your kindness as
we try to provide, as possible, for this need in
our parish community.
www.benedictinesisters.org
* A brochure, previously included in the
parish bulletin, is available at the hospitality
desk in the welcome area. The brochure
provides additional information.
DIOCESAN PRIESTHOOD Is there a
desire in your heart to want to offer your
life in service of God’s people as a priest
in the Diocese of Saskatoon?
+ Get in touch
Fr. Dan Yasinski
306 374-1425
[email protected]
LIVING STEWARDSHIP NOW
What are you doing to bring Christ to others beyond your family and parish? Are you young or an active retiree? Consider becoming a
volunteer missionary yourself! Contact Catholic Volunteer Network (catholicvolunteernetwork.org) for opportunities to serve here or
overseas. Alternatively, support Catholic Home Missions, which helps to bring the gospel to the poorest and most remote areas of our
country.
HOLY SPIRIT PARISH
114 Kingsmere Place, Saskatoon, SK S7J 3V7
Office Rectory 306 374-1425/Fax 306 374-3190
Rectory 306 664-4548
Email [email protected]
Website holyspiritsaskatoon.ca
Office Hours 9:00 am-12:00 pm 1:00pm-5:00 pm
Pastor Rev. Ken Beck
Associate Pastor Rev. Dan Yasinski
Diocesan website saskatoonrcdiocese.com
WELCOME to all visiting with us this weekend. Your faith and spirit enrich our
community. May you travel safely and know that God’s presence is always with you.
MINISTRY OF CARE
A visit, Holy Communion
at home, someone to pray
with, sharing the load of
grief or anxiety, support
through
hospitalization,
illness, or difficult times.
Please call parish pastoral
associates Charlene or Kelly at 306 374-1425
if we can be of service to you in this
ministry.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE
President Diane Hergott, 306 955-6120
The new year begins with a CWL Potluck
on Tuesday, January 13 beginning with
Mass at 5:30 pm followed by dinner and
a meeting.
Peace and Blessings
to All
from Holy Spirit Catholic
Women’s League
M
ercy is said to be a virtue influencing
one's will to have compassion for, and, if
possible, to alleviate another's misfortune.
One of the Corporal W orks of Mercy is “to
bury the dead.” Holy Spirit Parish held
approximately 40 funerals and vigils of
prayer this past year. This ministry involves
a number of people: altar servers,
Resurrection Choir, lunch (baking and
serving) and lay presiders. We are grateful to
all who serve in these capacities, caring for
the families and friends of the bereaved. If
you are interested in helping, please contact
Ministry of Care Pastoral Associates Kelly
Wormsbecker or Charlene Nijhawan, 306374-1425. Your support is sincerely
appreciated.
PARISH OFFERING ENVELOPES
The financial support of Holy Spirit by parishioners makes possible the
programs, faith education opportunities and services available to all
parishioners. As a parishioner, you are requested to register and
participate in the support of your parish.
If you are new to the parish or have never requested envelopes, please consider this
invitation to register in the parish and/or request envelopes. Please contact our office
at 306 374-1425, or complete the form on the back page of this parish bulletin.
This invitation is also extended to young people, employed - perhaps still living at home,
sharing the responsibility to support the mission and ministry of the parish community.
Participating in the work of the Lord - in the work of the Church - in caring for the needs of
the poor is a practice that must be established early in life. Waiting for the day when one
"has enough and can now afford to share," interestingly, never arrives. God deserves God's
portion - in fact, it all belongs to God. We just manage it, steward it - temporarily. Thank
you for your response that makes possible the programs, educational opportunities,
development and services that characterize Holy Spirit as a living witness to Christ.
Parish offering envelopes for church support 2015 are available in the Place of Welcome.
‘LAST RITES’
Exploring cultural
and religious practices, rituals and customs
surrounding death, funerals and burials.
You are invited to a presentation and
discussion:
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Place: The Edwards Family Centre
333 - 4th Ave N
Time 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Sponsored by Multi Faith Saskatoon
HEARING DEVICES Per sonal
Hearing Devices are available for
use. Please speak to the sound
technician before Mass and you will be
provided with the necessary information
and earphone.
OUR DAILY BREAD
To pray for “our daily
bread” is not simply an act
of childlike faith in God’s
providence. It is also a
commitment to become
daily bread for others. To
receive the Bread of Life
is to make the commitment to become the
Bread of Life for others. As St. Augustine
put it: “Become what you receive.”
We must become the bread that feeds the
hungry people around us with love, care,
compassion, concern, and hospitality.
REST IN PEACE Pr ayer s and
condolences to the family of Evelda
Provost, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother ;
to the family of Brigetta Hagel, mother,
grandmother and great-grandmother. May
the souls of all the faithful departed rest in
God’s peace.
QUILTS for the CWL Clothing Depot
The CWL embers of the Saskatoon area are
going to be making quilts for the CWL
Clothing Depot. All women interested in
helping with this project are invited to
contact Margaret Schwab 306 374-4214 or
[email protected] We anticipate meeting
once or twice a month to work on quilts and
enjoy fellowship in a day long workshop.
The first meeting is set for January 8, 2015,
9:00 am at Holy Spirit Church, meeting
room C. Additional dates to be discussed.
MINISTRIES for January 10/11
Altar Servers
5:00 pm Len Suchan team
10:00 am Nicholas Cody team
12:00 pm Lien Tong team
7:00 pm Angus Palendat team
Children’s Liturgy
10:00 am Krista Schreiter/Roxanne
Weech /Kristyn Young
12:00 pm Sarah Nisbet/Corinne & Katie
Kirkpatrick
7:00 pm Erika & Alexandra Sherven/
Sarah Karwacki
SACRAMENTAL
PREPARATION
FIRST RECONCILIATION/CONFIRMATION/
FIRST COMMUNION
FIRST RECONCILIATION
The usual time for the celebration of this sacrament is at the grade 2
level. Older children are also welcome to attend the program
Children participate in a four-week journey to discover God’s forgiveness
through the themes of Life, Joy, Love and Peace. They learn to understand the importance of
respecting god’s creation, looking to Jesus to guide their actions, loving
their neighbour and celebrating God’s forgiveness.
The program is offered in September/October, 2014 and in January/
February, 2015. Registration is now being taken for the 2015 programs.
Registration forms are available from Sr. Marlene, 306 374-1425 or email
[email protected]. $20 fee per child is due at time of
registration to cover the cost of books, materials and snacks.
(please see parish website for exact dates www.holyspiritsaskatoon.ca)
CONFIRMATION/FIRST COMMUNION
The usual time for the celebration of these sacraments is at the grade 2 level. Older children are
also welcome to attend the program.
The children journey in a program that helps them discover the gifts of God's Holy Spirit, how
the Spirit is present in their lives, and how in the Eucharist they are nourished by Jesus, the
Bread of Life. The program is age appropriate and supported by family and parish life. The
program is offered October-November, 2014 and April-May, 2015.
Registration is now being taken for the 2015 programs. Registration forms are available from
Sr. Marlene, 306 374-1425 or email [email protected]. The $20 fee per child,
to cover the cost of books, materials and snacks, is due at the time of registration (please see
parish website for exact dates www.holyspiritsaskatoon.ca)