December ushers in some very familiar experiences – darkness, cold, snow, red kettles and bell ringers, baking, decorations outside and inside our homes, gifts for fam-ily and for strangers, food with family and friends and for the hungry, and year end charitable giving.

You are probably used to hearing about Parish Council and Finance Committee or Ministry at Holy Apostles. Beginning on July 1st we began forming the Parish Pastoral Council and the Parish Finance Council. This change was announced by Archbishop Listecki to be effective on July 1, 2012 and to be implemented in every parish in our diocese by July 1, 2015. Both groups are advisory to the pastor.

The purpose of the Parish Pastoral Council is as follows:

1. To be a vehicle for fulfilling the pastoral mission of Jesus and the Church in a specific part of the Archdiocese. It does this by developing Catholic identity, promoting evangelization, and fostering stewardship.

2. To strive to build a community of disciples who recognize their baptismal calls to lives of holiness, witness, and service.

3. To engage in a continuous process of pastoral planning, which takes into account the needs and priorities of its parishioners, the Archdiocese, the broader community, and the world.

This council will continue to be comprised of thirteen members including nine representatives selected by the parish and four ex-officio members – two trustees, associate pastor, and the pastor. Three new members are selected annually for a three year term. Trustees

are selected for two year terms. This is not a change. Perhaps the major change appears as a result of the responsibility of the Parish Finance Council.

The purpose of the Parish Finance Council is as follows:

1. To provide advice and guidance to the pastor in the administration of parish assets.

2. To prepare the parish budget, any budget for extraordinary expenditures, and review financial statements.

3. To monitor the financial condition of the parish, including regular financial reviews/audits as well as internal financial controls by following the recom-mendations in the audit/review.

4. To review any indebtedness of the parish and assist the pastor in fulfilling his obligations under canon 1284.5 (“pay the interest on a loan or mortgage when it is due and take care that the capital debt itself is repaid in time.”)

5. To provide assistance in the formulation and com-munication of an annual financial report to the parish community as required by canon 1287.2

In the past these responsibilities were done by a Finance Committee and the Parish Council. The Parish Finance Council is now the consultative body in all parish financial matters. The council consists of the following seven members:

• Two representatives selected from the at-large membership of the Parish Pastoral Council by the membership of the Pastoral Council – Frank Busalacchi and Bob Makowski

• Four members of the parish appointed by the pastor – Jerry Batzner, Richard Nuccio, Dawn Keller, Derek Peltier

• The trustee-treasurer – Joe Gibson

The pastor is an ex-officio member. The associate pastor serves as an observer. Our parish Director of Administration (Anne Levendoski) serves as a resource.

December, 2013

by Fr. Don Thimm

Words Of Faith

Something Familiar and Something New

continued on next page

Terms for at-large members are for two years and are limited to two consecutive terms. The names and contact information for members of both councils will appear in the bulletin and our web page.

We have been greatly blessed over the years by many parishioners who have served on our Parish Council

and Finance Committee for which I am most grateful.

Soon it will be Christmas and a new year – 2014. Thanks for keeping Holy Apostles a part of your life.

Peace and Blessings, Fr. Don

Something Familiar and Something New continued from front page

Parish Center or Parish Office . . . What’s What and Who’s Where?

The Parish Office entrance is on National Avenue. The Parish Center is located east of the cemetery, and can be entered through The Gathering Place and door #7. Once inside The Gathering Place, the Parish Center is on your left.

Over the past several months, staff from the Par-ish Office has moved over to the Parish Center. As of October 22nd, the Parish Office of-ficially closed and all staff is now located in one central location – The Parish Center. The Parish Office space will be used by Prayer and Worship in preparing and printing the orders of worship, as well as meeting space.

Signs will soon be placed to better direct people, but we appreciate your patience and understanding while we are getting all the details handled. If you have any questions, please call (262) 786-7330.

OK, so there is the Parish Office and the Parish Center… What is what and who is where you may ask?

Dear Parishioners,The annual fiscal year 2013 financial report for the parish operations follows. This past year was successful spiritually and financially for which we are very grate-ful and we thank you. The parish operations had a surplus of $1,762. Our generous parishioners donated $1,707,296 in weekly envelopes and cash in the collec-tion basket. Our parish festival profit for this year was

Holy Apostles Congregation Operating FundStatements of Receipts and Disbursements

for the Year Ending June 30, 2013

2013 GeNerAL FUNDRECEIPTS

Administration $ 85,821 Charity & Justice 8,022 Parish Life & Stewardship Financial Giving Envelopes 1,623,129 Offertory Collections 84,167 Festival 142,033 Fish Fry 43,757 Faith Formation 55,874 School 1,082,888 Total Receipts $ 3,125,690

DISBURSEMENTS Administration $ 314,927 Technology 26,376 Building and Grounds 223,341 Prayer & Worship 162,477 Charity & Justice 109,069 Parish Life & Stewardship 114,711 Festival 80,958 Fish Fry 27,228 Faith Formation 170,028 School 1,929,815 Total Disbursements $ 3,158,929

Partnership in Catholic Education Subsidy 35,000Receipts in Excess   (Deficit) of Disbursements $ 1,762

Special Collections for Others Donations Received $ 37,040 Funds disbursed to Others 37,040

Total Receipts in Excess   (Deficit) of Disbursements $ 1,762

$61,075. Our staff was prudent in their expenditures this year and reduced our operating costs by over $101,000 or 3% as compared to last year.

The fiscal year 2013 surplus is a reflection of the good stewardship of our parishioners and parish staff. We want to thank all of you who support the parish with time, talent, and treasure. Keep up the good work.

Holy Apostles Congregation Notes to the June 30, 2013 Operating Fund Statement of Receipts and Disbursemeånts

1. Partnership in Catholic Education contributions of $35,000 were used to subsidize the cost of educating our 380 school students. Our investment in enhanced classroom technology, educational resources and individualized learning programs affirms our commitment to provide the best education for your child. Your continued support is appreciated.

2. Special Collections: Holy Apostles conducts special collections for other organizations through Sunday collections or parishioner’s direct contributions to the non-parish organizations. Since these are special collections for others, they are not included in the Operating Fund Statement. Holy Apostles remains a generous parish in providing the following donations to non-parish groups. For the year ended June 30, 2013, amounts collected were:

Holy Thursday Collection $ 684 Good Friday Collection 1,633 Lent Outreach (World Wide Hunger) 18,688 Oklahoma Disaster Relief 6,069 Las Sagrada 5,379 Combined Collections 3,363 Retired Religious 200 All Others 1,024 Total Special Collections $ 37,040

3. Capital projects accomplished in the last year include replacing the church pendant lighting, upgrading the parish office, purchasing a new church sound system, implementing Project Lead the Way in our school, purchasing mobile learning devices for our students, replacing the computer server and upgrading our software licenses. These projects are the major purchases and improvements that ben-efit the parish for more than one year. The Parish Council approves a capital project budget each year for these items. These projects are funded from special donations, weekly offerings, and accumulated parish reserves. We appreciate the continued funding support to help maintain our parish facilities.

4. We have completed the Archdiocesan Faith in Our Future Program. Through June 30, 2013 our parishioners have donated and interest earned on these donations was $1,122,437 (93% of the total pledged). Of these total donations Holy Apostles has received $673,703 for our portion of the program. We have purchased the land for the parking lot addition, completed landscaping and fencing for the new lot, and replaced the church lighting.

5. This financial report is reflective of many generous people giving not only of their treasure, but also their time and talent to further Holy Apostles and its many programs. Most important is that all of us respond generously to the needs of our parish.

Further information is available by contacting the Director of Administration, Anne Levendoski at (262) 786-2964.

by Rita Borowski

The year 2020 sounds a long time away and yet it is less than seven short years from now. We have all heard that it is the year we expect to have only one half the number of priests in the US than we have today. We have been quite protected from the realization of that statistic here at Holy Apostles since we continue to be served by two priests. And if we can’t make a Mass at HA, we have many surrounding options. We are truly blessed. That is not the case elsewhere. Imagine not having the opportunity for an actual Mass more than once or twice a month when a traveling priest comes through? Or needing to wait weeks for other sacraments or to be able to consult a priest in person? Consider for a moment the additional workload and stress of each priest as they are taxed to serve mul-tiple parishes or communities of people. It is not just di-ocesan priests. We have 14 religious communities of men in Southeastern Wisconsin and 24 religious communities of women. All are facing similar decreasing statistics that will eventually affect other components of our Catholic spiritual life practices.

It is a bleak and scary picture and it will not solve itself. We need more answering God’s call to religious voca-tions. We received and are celebrating the recent notifica-

Future of Religious Vocations

tion of our own Joseph Doern who is stepping forward from the HA community to join the postulancy program of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars (see news article about his journey). We need to rejoice, congratulate, and sup-port Joseph and his family in every possible way as he moves forward in his religious vocation. And then ask ourselves, what are we doing to encourage, inspire, and feed the potential God call of others who may be con-sidering it or whom we perceive may have a yet unrecog-nized calling? Do we mention the potential? If the person voices a subtle interest or curiosity, do we jump at the opportunity to encourage and support or do we ask them why they would even think of doing such a thing? Religious vocation is a God calling but have no doubt, God is dependent on each of us as parents, grandpar-ents, siblings, and parishioners to be attune to this special calling in ourselves AND others and to actively nurture the potential, guide them to those who can help in their discernment, and champion as avid supporters their po-tential for call to religious vocation. Please read the article, pray, and openly share your faith and nurture others. It is not just our individual calling but also our responsibility to actively work toward changing the grim 2020 figure by encouraging those among us.

by Dolores Gavin Slane

Laughter, giggles and sounds of “Oh & Awe” filled the parish auditorium one Sunday in October. Special People guests dressed in Halloween costumes rushed off the buses and through the open doors leading to the parish auditorium. Music invited them to join together for songs and dancing.

Lauren Engelking and her mother Paula received many hugs from the crowd of Special People numbering about 250. Lauren seemed to be known by all the guests. She is an 8th grader from our parish school and has assisted her mother in giving tender care to all the guests at the dance since she was in 1st. grade. The three hours of dancing, serving food, and socializing with her special needs friends will also be counted as service hours encouraged by her confirmation pledge.

The cookies, treats and loud music encouraged groups to dance together. At times, groups of a dozen or more danced one behind the other and all were patient with

Halloween Party

guests of limited dancing ability. Each guest received several gifts, stuffed animals being a big hit.

Halloween parties were a first for Fr. Arul. He danced and talked with the guests and they all loved him.

Years back, in the late 1970’s, a Human Concerns Com-mittee of HA held the first dance for special needs people. There are far too many people, from days gone by, to list them and recall the history of those years. We can simply say “thanks”.

Dolores Slane, Daniel Schwartz and Fr. Arul

Holy Apostles parish member, Joseph Doern has joined the postulancy program of the Capuchin Franciscan friars.

“My family has a strong background of giving back,” Joseph explains. “We serve people. My parents taught us a sense of duty to country and others. I believe I have always been called to religious life. It wasn’t until recently that the light bulb clicked and I realized that in order to truly serve, I need to pursue my religious voca-tion. I admire how the Capuchins serve others through their many social services ministries.”

Joseph is providing ministry to St. Ben’s Community Meal, assisting the homeless and chronically poor with services including shower program, bus ticket for job interview/medical appointment distribu-tion, and prescription co-pay assistance.

In addition to providing ministry work, the Capuchin postulancy program includes formation studies. After one year of postulancy, the candidates continue their studies and vocational discernment process through training as a novice, which is also one year in duration.

The novitiate year is when they receive the Capuchin habit. The year focuses on classes, personal and communal prayer, silence, and spiritual direction. Novitiate ends with the first profession of temporary vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

“It is a carefully structured program that is aimed to deepen the individual’s faith

and to assist in the exploration of vocational choices,” Capuchin Postulancy Director and friar, Father Steve Kropp, explains.

The Capuchin friars live as a community of brothers, modeling themselves after St. Francis of Assisi, assisting the poor and marginalized. The friars serve in

a variety of ministries including social service, schools, chaplaincy, retreat houses and parishes in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, Arizona, California, Nicaragua, and Panama. There are currently 174 friars serving in the province.

The Capuchin Province of St. Joseph is headquartered in Detroit and serves Capuchin ministries worldwide.

Parish Member Joins Capuchin Postulancy Program

NEW MEMBER WELCOMING DINNER

“It wasn’t until recently that the light bulb clicked and I

realized that in order to truly serve, I need to pursue my

religious vocation.”

by Karen Scholey

The monthly Sunday morning New Member Welcoming breakfast is being replaced by a Welcoming Dinner. The main reason for the change is that many of the topics which were presented during the breakfast are now covered by Fr. Don when prospective new members meet with him and tour the facilities. The new members of Holy Apostles will receive a personal invitation at their homes to attend a WELCOME DINNER. The first dinner will be held in Lofy Hall on Saturday, January 18, 2014 following the 4:30 Mass.

Those who have joined the church since February should receive a formal invitation with a request that

you RSVP to Lorna Bickelhaupt – 414-427-8945 or the6bicks@wi.rr.com. The menu for the January 18, 2014 dinner will be chili, fresh bread, beverages, and dessert. The dinner is complimentary. All members, new and old, are welcome to attend.

Also, while you enjoy your dessert, there will be speakers from many different ministries to share their stories. Future dinners will be scheduled twice per year, during the spring and fall seasons.

Youth Group Fall Festby Ben Rogalla

On October 27th, Holy Apostles Youth launched their first event as a service project to the parish and New Berlin community. A group of HS seniors has become the core leadership of the new, developing ministry, Young Apostles in Action, or YAIA. They have met on a bi-weekly basis looking at where they are now and where they hope to go in the future. They are presently at the event based stage to get the awareness and involvement message out for the youth and families of the parish. Following Confirmation, many have wanted to take ownership of their faith in a leadership role and have found

that here. This has been a way to come together with those of like faith and come up with ways to give back. They hope in the future to have consistent meetings where high school youth can come for a comfortable environment for some fun, fellowship, while growing in a deeper faith with each other in a new way.

The Kid’s Fun Fest was a way to build community among each other, with other

youth of our parish, while giving back to the young kids as they prepared to go trick-or-treating that evening. The efforts by those who helped with the work put into this event displayed their love and passion for being there. Because of that, the kids and even parents enjoyed taking part in the Fall Fest. There were a few games for everyone to play and win tokens for the prize table, face painting, crafts, pumpkin carving help for those who did not want to carve their own, and even a bake sale.

This was a great first event which we hope to expand and repeat in the future. We ask for your support and prayers as we go forward, growing and evolving through this year and see where God’s grace takes our ministry.

Thank you and God bless.

On Saturday, February 15, 2014, the Holy Apostles Speakeasy (school gymnasium) will be the site for a Great Gatsby/Roaring-20’s-themed Casino/Silent Auction event. Activities will begin at 6:30 PM and will include casino-style games, unbelievable Silent Auctions for hopeful bidding, numerous Raffle baskets and items, and live jazz background music. Food and beverage will also be served (including bootleggers’ hooch and bathtub gin). This event will be the cat’s meow! Costumes optional!

Invitations and Ticket Information for this “Can’t Miss” event will be mailed to all parish and school families in early January.

If you have any questions, or would like to volunteer, or have a donation for the event, please contact Diane or John Braza at dianeandjohnbraza@yahoo.com or at 262-565-7033.

Casino/Silent Auction Event – You Don’t Want To Miss It! Calling all Flappers and Zoot Suits!

by Natalie Cahlamer

Our 4K program has increasingly become more successful, and as a result exciting changes are in motion to expand and enhance the program. As we entered the registration period for the 2013/14 school year there was a waiting list and we now have the largest class yet. Based on survey feedback, the 2014/15 school year choices for 4K will be either five full days or five half days. In addition to this change the start time for the

4K day will switch from 8:30 a.m. to 7:40 a.m. with the rest of school.

We will highlight these changes and the other wonderful things already happening in 4K. The 4K/5K Experience will be on December 6 from 8:15-10:00 a.m. During the day children can participate in crafts and games, and parents will have an opportunity to see the classrooms and meet with principal, teachers and families. To register call the school office at 262-786-7331. Catholic Schools Week will be another opportunity for families to see the 4K room on January 26, 2014, which is our Open House event.

School News

Karen Scholey

The annual festival is a fun and profitable event for our parish and made a profit of $60,000 in 2013. Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers that made the festival a success. Many helping hands will be needed for next year’s festival as we hope to exceed that goal in 2014.

The 2014 festival has several open chairperson posi-tions. The areas that are in need of chairpersons are Sponsorship, Raffle Tickets, Ice Cream, and Personnel.

There is also a need for two people to shadow John and Betsy Fuhrman, to run the festival in 2015.

Monthly chairpersons meetings begin in January to June. You are welcome to bring new ideas for your

Sarah Borgh, 4K teacher, with Maggie Lemke.

K4 aide, Carol Roder, with Ethan Short.

2014 FESTIVAL COMMITTEE’S SEEKING CHAIRPERSONS

committee to the meetings. There were several successful changes in 2013: Bloody Mary Bar, Irish Dancers, and a model train display. Also, the rum-mage sale and bake sale rooms were interchanged with each other. This helped to alleviate some of the overcrowding in that area.

Signups for your committee’s worker bees take place in April and May of 2014.

For further information about volunteering, please contact Betsy Fuhrman at phone number 262-439-9376 or email betsy.fuhrman@assurant.com. John and Betsy, present leaders of the festival, are happy to answer any questions.

Come join in shaping the 2014 festival!

New experiences can sometimes lead to some of the greatest memories and lessons in a person’s lifetime. One of these new experiences for me was the work camp trip I went on this past summer with the Holy Apostles Parish. Coming into that week I didn’t quite know what to expect. All my friends who had been on other work camps kept telling me how much they enjoyed and how great of an experience it was and I looked at them as if they were crazy. I

Summer Work Campby Ben Rogalla

couldn’t understand how spending a week of summer working was going to be so great. It’s hard to believe how wrong I was.

My work camp group consisted of five of my friends who I had gone to HA with, two other kids I didn’t know well, and four group leaders, one of whom was my mom. It was an interesting group to say the least. We made the long drive, packed into our two vans and the next day we arrived in Belle, WV. Right away I knew this was going to be different. The mountains in the background and the humid, hot climate were already creating an environment that was much differ-ent than here in New Berlin. That night they put us in our groups and we went to our rooms, which were just classrooms with twenty people packed into them. As I lay down in bed that night I thought “Man, this is going to be a long week!”

I woke up the morning and went to the house my new group and I would be working on. My group con-sisted of five other people from places as far away as Florida and we didn’t really know what to say to each other at first. We got there and met the lady whose house we were working on, a nice old grandma who

Chris Setzke on a ladder.

Last summer, eight youth and three adults from Holy Apostles embarked on a journey that would change lives. They left town with the anticipa-tion of not knowing what to expect, and not sure what would happen this whole week that was taken out of their lives and spent somewhere none of them had ever been. Seeing new people, experiencing new things was definitely out of their comfort zone. But over time, there were a few hearts that were transformed. The following is a testimony from Christ Setzke, who is a senior at Catholic Memorial High school and his experience at work camp.

Chris experienced God in those at the camp, in his group, and the resident he was helping. It was an amazing experience to spend with our group, growing deeper, meeting new people, and experiencing God in a new way. This next year, Holy Apostles Youth will be traveling to St. Louis, MO for Catholic Heart Work Camp July 13-18th. We ask for any

and all support for our efforts and we invite those who would like to join us as well.

For any information or questions, please contact Ben Rogalla, DYM at 262-754-0158  or brogalla@hanb.org. Please keep us in your prayers as we prepare ourselves for

God’s work next summer.

immediately took us in as part of her family. It was unbelievable to see how grateful she was; which made working for her a great experience instead of a job. As the day went on my group became more familiar with each other and by the end of the day we couldn’t stop talking. Devotions was the next step and my original parish group gathered together to talk about God and how he has touched all of our lives. Before this trip I could have never known how much God has really taken care of me and how fortunate I really was. Our youth group leader, Ben, did a very good job getting us out of our comfort zones and by the end of the trip I

Trent Farrell with his crew working and having fun.

Youth Minister Ben using a saw.

was sharing things that were very personal. It felt great to be able to talk about these things with my friends.

Looking back, work camp was one of the best weeks of my life. I made many new friends, strengthened the bonds with the friends I already had, and saw the face of God on every grateful person we had the privilege of helping. It was truly an experience I will never for-get and I’m excited about next year’s trip. To everyone who thinks a week is too much of a time commitment I say it’s worth every second and more.

For more information, please contact Rob Doucette (262) 786-2039 rdoucette@hanb.org  or Rachel Madden (262) 786-2035 rmadden@hanb.org.

Young At Heart Ministryby Karen Scholey

Young at Heart is a new ministry at Holy Apostles that has been in development by a planning committee for several months. The Ministry is committed to supporting Older Adults at Holy Apostles and the surrounding community making them aware of the many services that are available to them, as well as finding new opportunities for our members to share their time and talent with the parish.

One of the primary areas of focus of the Ministry will to be to reconnect with some of our homebound parishioners to see how we can better support them. The Ministry hopes to expand on some of the excellent work that is already being done by some of our parishio-ners in providing communion, home visits and transporta-tion to some of our homebound parishioners.

Another area of focus will be to establish a parish re-source center that will have information about available resources that all of our parishioners, but particularly our

Parish DirectoryIn November of 2012, meetings were started to create a new Parish Directory. Nearly a year later, our new direc-tory has been printed and is in the hands of most parish-ioners. The last time a directory had been done was for the parish’s 150th anniversary in 2005. Since then, many new families have joined Holy Apostles and new priests have come to lead us. We decided it was a good time for a new directory.

This big project was led by Carlene and Norm Heide-mann and a steering committee of over 20 people. One of those steering committee members is Sue Fuentes. Sue put in countless hours overseeing the layout of the directory. Her artistic talents, as well as layout and printing expertise were invaluable on this project. The volunteers

older or homebound parishioners, may be able to utilize. There are

many resources available in our community and even within our

parish that we need to do a better job of identifying, understanding and communicating so that we can utilize those resources for our parish mem-bers that could benefit from them.

The third area of focus will be to provide meaningful social and volunteer opportuni-

ties for our members in ways that we hope will enrich their lives. We have a large pool of

talent and interest within our older adult population that we would like to find new ways to share with our school children, our homebound and our community in general. We also have members that are interested in participating in social events with other older adults from Holy Apostles. We have members that are leading the effort to identify and provide some social opportunities for our older adults within the parish and the community.

for picture sign up, greeting and picture handouts num-bered over 60. Thank you to all who helped in any way to create this wonderful book full of history and memories.

The photographs for the directory were taken by Mo-ments and Memories Photography, located in Ocono-mowoc, WI. They worked many long days and nights to make sure anyone that wanted to get photographed for the directory had the opportunity. They were also very generous and gave a free 8x10 portrait and a Parish Directory to anyone who had their picture taken. Thank you, Moments and Memories.

If you haven’t received your photographs or directory, please stop by the Parish Center or call (262) 786-7330. 

Dolores Gavin Slane was presented with the St. Vincent de Paul Society “TOP HAT AWARD” at the Holy Apostles SVDP Meeting on November 7th, 2013. The award acknowl-edges Dolores for more than thirty years of service in providing help to those in need. Whatever it was that needed to be done to help our clients, Dolores was there to pitch in. From client visits, to visiting the sick or elderly, to making quilts or other necessary items, to delivering food baskets; you could always count on Dolores. So we say, “Thank You” and congratulations to our generous helper and Vincention member. God Bless.

“TOP HAT AWARD” by Richard Meyerring

Parish Archivesby Dolores Gavin Slane

Holy Apostles Parish has an interesting history that could be passed on to our children and future parishioners. In or-der to achieve this goal we are looking for parishioners to help sort and put in order hundreds of articles of the past. The boxes of memorabilia of the cost of the first church, the fires, the bell tower and the struggle through the years to meet financial needs are all in boxes in the upper floor of the rectory. They will soon be moved to the lower level allowing better access to them.

In 1842 a missionary priest, Fr. Kun-dig, rode his own mount through the wilderness of this area. He covered about eight miles an hour and took pride in the fact he never got lost. In 1844 he said the first Mass in New Berlin at the home of Catherine and Andrew Snyder and we have much infor-mation of those early years.

Many changes have taken place since then and most of

the early history accounts have been stored in boxes. Now the history of the last quarter century of Holy Apostles School and Church should be preserved and updated. Much of our collected history is from old newspapers, black and white photos, and other personal

memories. With today’s technology it is much easier to research and provide information of the past.

Is there anyone in the parish willing to help us to collect this history elec-tronically? Many of us “old timers” don’t have a clue about Google or web sites. Your computer knowledge would be useful with storing this historical material to possibly include some of it on HA’s web site and to

protect our history from being lost.

Please contact the parish if you are willing to help in this Archive Project. Dates and times will be determined by the volunteers. Thank you.

Now the history of the last quarter century of Holy Apostles School and Church should be

preserved and updated.

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[Dates To Remember]Dec. 7 Advent Communal Reconciliation

(Church) – 10:00am

Dec. 14 Christmas Ministry Food Pack (Church) – 8am

Dec. 18 School Christmas Concert (Church) – 6:30pm

Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Masses 4pm, 6pm and midnight* * Adult Choir and handbells performing at 11:30pm

Dec. 25 Christmas Day Masses 9:15am and 11:15am (Contemporary Music Ministry with concert at 10:50am)

Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve Mass – 4:30pm

Jan. 1, 2014 Mary Mother of God Mass – 9:15am

Jan. 4-5 Presentation of Engaged Couples – 4:30pm and 9:15am

Jan. 18 New Member Welcoming and Parish Dinner (Lofy Hall) – after 4:30 Mass

Jan. 26-31 Catholic Schools Week

Jan. 26 Fellowship Breakfast (Lofy Hall) – After all Sunday Masses

Feb. 7 Fish Fry (Gym) – 4-7pm

Feb. 8-9 Presentation of First Eucharist Candidates – 4:30pm and 9:15am

Feb. 15 Roaring 20’s/Great Gatsby Casino Night/Auction

Feb. 15-16 Renewal of Marriage Vows – All Masses

Feb. 23 Fellowship Breakfast (Lofy Hall) – After all Sunday Masses

march 4 Volunteer Appreciation (Lofy Hall) – 6-9pm 

march 5 Ash Wednesday – 7:15am, 1:15pm (school), 6:30pm