2400 South Franklin St. Decatur, IL 62521

www.decaturholyfamily.com

Holy Family

Parish

October 9, 2016

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT

Led by the spirit and example of the Holy Family, our parish community embraces as its mission the salvation of all people. Rooted in the celebration of the Eucharist, we go forth to serve, to educate, and to live daily the message of Jesus Christ.

EVER THOUGHT OF BEING A PRIEST?

God maybe calling you at this very moment to serve Him by being a priest for the Diocese of Springfield. Our Catholic Church needs more people to answer His call to priesthood. If you may be interested, please call Fr. Joe at 423-6223.

INVITE SOMEONE BACK TO CHURCH!!

DEAR HOLY FAMILY PARISHIONERS: We are in the midst of October, the month of the Rosary. The Catholic Church calls its faithful to pray this most special prayer in a special way during these days of October. The Rosary is prayed on each weekday morning, ex-cept Thursdays, at 7:10 a.m. before the 7:30 a.m. Mass. The Rosary is prayed for the intentions of all our parish-ioners, for those who have asked for our prayers, for the good of our country & its respecting our religious free-dom, & for all other intentions. What a beautiful way to pray as a community before we enter the most sacred & powerful prayer---the Eucharist. The Rosary is very simple to do, yet powerful in its benefits. I grew up seeing my grandmother pray it sev-eral times a day. I remember my father never forgetting to pray one each day, as well as my mother who prays several a day. It has influenced my prayer life im-mensely. And that is what we can do for each other, es-pecially those in our own families. I ask that each family consider praying the Rosary at least once a week. If daily, great! May the Rosary draw us closer to the Blessed Virgin, the one who intercedes on our behalf. May the praying of the Rosary deepen our faith as a family at home & as a parish family. Let us use the month of October to continue or begin the praying of one of our tradition’s most hallowed prayers---the Rosary. And let us pray----Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are you among women, & blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now & at the hour of our death. AMEN. ---FR. JOE

BAPTISMAL CLASS, Oct. 23rd at 11:15 a.m. Email Sr. Janet at janet.pfile@comcast.net, or call 423-0240.

PRAY FOR OUR SICK: Florene Alcorn, Laura Allen, Claire Behme, Kirk Beyers, Leroy Blakeman, Dave Bowman, Frances Bretz, Steve Brinkoetter, Donna French, Derek Friederich, Pat Hamilton, Rick Harmon, Bob Isom, Dave Kelmel, Kathy Kirby, Sarah Lidy, Todd Malcolm, Cathy Mathias, Phoenix Mogged, Jim Murray, Bernie Naber, Kaye Norlin, Karen Ohl, Gretchen Peters-Hantel, Janet Pope, Jackson Scharf, Terri Schram, Annette Schroeder, Ron Schroeder, Helen Thompson, Bill Wrage

SICK LIST POLICY: Names submitted will be re-moved after 4 weeks unless resubmitted. The new names added each week will be in BOLD for 1 week.

PARISH MISSION HERE from Oct. 9-11. Fr. Tom McCarthy, an Augustinian Father, will enlighten us on Sacraments in an enriching & interesting way. Each evening will begin at 6:30 in church, with a re-ception following in the Parish Center on Sunday & Tuesday. Come & be enriched in your faith!

DEACON MICHAEL’S BIRTHDAY is Nov. 17th. His address is below if you would like to send him a card. Rev. Mr. Michael Friedel Pontifical North American College 00120 Vatican City State Europe Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. If you prefer, his email address is mfriedel@dio.org.

ST. TERESA H.S. OPEN HOUSE will be on Tues., Oct. 11 at 5:30 p.m. This is for all 5th-8th graders, trans-fer students & their parents. RSVP by calling 875-7950.

OCT. 14TH HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY, FR. JOE, FROM YOUR LOVING PARISHIONERS! OCT. 17TH HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MRS. MOLLOY, (FR. JOE’S MOM) FROM THE PARISH!

ANNUAL CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL Have you given to the A.C.S.A. Campaign? We really need

you to help us in our goal of $74,218. Please consider a pledge or donation to this campaign. Your contribution benefits Holy Family Parish. THANKS!

PERPETUAL ADORATION REFLECTION & FEL-LOWSHIP DAY by Fr. Nick Husain will be Sat., Nov. 12th from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. This will be held in the As-sisi Room at St. Mary’s Hospital. All are invited.

SISTER PARISH: Be sure to check out the bulletin board in the vestibule for new pictures. Also, please con-tinue to pray for our Sister Parish in El Salvador, as they pray for us. The amber candle in our Vigil Candle area is lit as a reminder for us to pray for them.

WELCOME to Sharon Gregory who will be fully initi-ated this Monday at the 7:30 a.m. Mass. We are proud of you, Sharon, & pray you have a faith-filled life in the Catholic Church.

HOLY FAMILY LITURGICAL MINISTERS Oct. 15 & 16, 2016

SATURDAY, 4:30 p.m.

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Luke Tapscott, Amy Tapscott, Denny & Marilyn Noonan, Amy Jedlicka, Gracie Sexton, Noreen Duncan GIFT BEARERS: Teresa & Hailey Garrett GREETERS: Tim Altherr Family READERS: Steve Rathnow & Maggy Pugh SERVERS: Lindsey Ohl, Sammy Tapscott, Austin Hughes USHERS: Tyler Ohl, John Duncan, Michael Rudolph, Gary Durbin SUNDAY, 8:00 a.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: John & Pat Merli, Carol Holthaus, Marvin Hughes, Aaron Ross, Hannah Stoneburg, Stephanie Delbridge GIFT BEARERS: Deena & Jake Warrick GREETERS: John & Joan Bennyhoff READER: Bob Frey SERVERS: John Krafka & Emma Stoneburg USHERS: John Fitzgerald, Mike Lees, Kevin Peters, John Merli SUNDAY, 10:00 a.m. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS: Ed & Donna Raycraft, Marcie Naber, Ilene Berger, Paul & Barb Christensen, Suzi Frey GIFT BEARERS: Linda Brilley & Jonnie Taylor GREETERS: Ken Yeakley Family READERS: Sean Hayes & Karen Barding SERVERS: Lewis Smith, Emily Naber, Gabriella Chapple USHERS: Leo Berger, Ethan Spain, Christine Smith, Joe Wagner

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday: Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1; Lk 11:29-32 Tuesday: Gal 5:1-6; Lk 11:37-41 Wednesday: Gal 5:18-25; Lk 11:42-46 Thursday: Eph 1:1-10; Lk 11:47-54 Friday: Eph 1:11-14; Lk 12:1-7 Saturday: Eph 1:15-23; Lk 12:8-12 Sunday: Ex 17:8-13; Ps 121:1-8; 2 Tm 3:14-4:2; Lk 18:1-8

WELCOME to Enrique & Jennifer Lopez and their children Max, Sebastian, & Daniela; Frances Wheeler. They have re-cently joined our parish. We’re glad you are at HF!

MONDAY, Oct. 10 7:30 a.m. Kelly Jo Courtney (Richard & Teresa Steil) TUESDAY, Oct. 11--Note Time 6:30 p.m. Bev Penning (David & Carol Rayhill) WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12 7:30 a.m. Gene Frey (Rosanna Frey) THURSDAY, Oct. 13 2:00 p.m. Sharon Holeman (George & Erma Rubenacker) FRIDAY, Oct. 14 7:30 a.m. Joseph & Ethel Bredar (Davern Family) SATURDAY, Oct. 15 4:30 p.m. Rose Cantwell (Cantwell Family) SUNDAY, Oct. 16 8:00 a.m. Holy Family Parishioners 10:00 a.m. Graham Bradley (Jim & Cinda Farris)

HOLY FAMILY WEBSITE: decaturholyfamily.com

YEAR OF MERCY CONFESSIONS Mon., Oct. 10th, 8 pm, after Mission talk Wed., Oct. 12th, 8:30-9:30 am

YEAR OF MERCY REFLECTION FOR Oct. 8/9

Always on the lookout. Elisha looks out for Naaman (2 Kings 5:14-17). Jesus looks out for the ten lepers (Luke 17:11-19). Both teach us to always attend, always respond to the needs of others. In the Collect today we pray: “make us always determined to carry out good works.” I need to be on the lookout. The need for good works abounds.

• Who is in need? • Who needs me? • What will I do?

HF LADIES GROUP will meet Oct. 17th at 6:30 in the Parish Center. For more info, call Brenda at 428-7730.

CONGRATULATIONS to Margaret Mary Whithaus, daughter of Tom Whithaus & Diane Couri-Whithaus. She was baptized this weekend. May she have a faith-filled life in the Catholic Church!

CONTEMPORARY GROUP will sing on Sun., Oct. 16, 10:00 a.m. Mass. PARISH CHOIR will sing on Sat., Oct. 22, 4:30 p.m. Mass.

DIOCESAN ADULT ENRICHMENT CONFER-ENCE will be Nov. 4 & 5 at the Decatur Conference Center. Visit dio.org/catechesis/daec for more info. and for registration.

F.Y.I.: We received a check for $3,411 from our diocese from the Harvest of Thanks Endowment to be used for scholarships for Catholic students attending HFCS. This year five families benefited from these monies. This En-dowment continues to help school families in need.

ROSARY is prayed 20 minutes before each daily Mass. Come & pray & stay for Mass.

PRAY FOR OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN. MAY THE LORD GRANT THEM SAFETY.

HEARING AIDS are available for use during Mass.

DO YOU PAY YOUR BILLS ONLINE? If you do, you can set up to pay your parish offerings on line, also. You can send a payment weekly or monthly. Just use Holy Family as a vendor, and use your envelope # as an account number or in the memo line. The checks are re-ceived in the mail, and are then posted to your envelope #. Questions? Please call Joanne Kater at 423-6223.

PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS! All the advertis-ers on the back page support our bulletin’s printing each week. Please support them!

ADORATION on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please sign up on the sheet in the vestibule. Any ques-tions, call Sandy Yelovich, 855-1196.

K.C. BREAKFAST on Sunday, Oct. 9th at the Hall downtown. They will serve from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

PRAYER LINE REQUESTS: Rosanna Frey, 429-6657, or Barb Lesyna, 428-0058.

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THE CRADLE AND THE CONVERT: Decatur Catholic Radio 88.9/96.5 FM has their own local pro-gramming on Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. & an encore at 6 p.m. Dave Slade, Mark Barthelemy & Dan Walker interview guests, update you on local views, and educate you about the faith.

Thank you for your generosity!

Weekend of Oct. 1/2, 2016 Envelopes…………………….$ 19,056.00 Building Fund………………...$ 190.00 Sister Parish……………….….$ 273.00 Children………….…………...$ 18.00

MASSES AT MILLIKIN’S Pilling Chapel will be at 4 p.m. on the following Sundays--Oct. 9, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20; Dec. 4, 11.

ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL ADORATION needs volun-teers for Sun. 1, 2 & 9 p.m. If you can help, call Maureen at 521-1755 .

Mass Schedule Weekend Liturgies Saturday 4:30 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Weekday Liturgies Monday 7:30 a.m. Tuesday 7:30 a.m. Wednesday 7:30 a.m. Thursday 7:30 a.m., and during school year 2:00 p.m. Friday 7:30 a.m.

Holy Day Liturgies Masses 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., and during school year 7:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 5:30 p.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday at 3:30 p.m. or by appointment.

Communion Calls Please contact the parish office to make arrangements.

Sacrament of Baptism Arrangements for Baptisms are made by calling the parish office. Participation at the Baptismal Preparation Class for parents is a requirement for the celebration of the sacrament.

Sacrament of Marriage Arrangements for all weddings must be made at least six (6)months in advance. Please call the parish office.

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Classes for those interested in joining the Catholic faith begin in the fall of each year and continue through the Easter season. Please call Sr. Janet to inquire about the sessions.

Staff

Very Reverend Joseph Molloy……………………..Pastor Sister Janet Pfile, O.P…………………Pastoral Associate

Email: janet.pfile@comcast.net Mrs. Joanne Kater.....................................Parish Secretary

Email: holyfamilychurch1@comcast.net Mrs. Debbie Alexander.........................................Principal

Email: dsalexander09@aol.com Ms. Lisa Roddis……………………..…...School Secretary Mrs. Patrice Hunt..……..………………PSR Coordinator Mr. Peter Miller…………... Director of Music Ministries Mrs. Ann Carr…..……..…………...….Business Manager Rectory.............423-6223 Rectory Fax......423-6237 School...............423-7049 School Fax........423-0137 Pastoral Associate...423-0240 Convent……….429-5931