Worship Centers: Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 201 44th St. South Holy Family Chapel, 2800 Central Ave. Parish Offices: 201 44th St. South Great Falls, MT 59405 Phone: (406)452-6491 Parish Office hours: Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m. – Noon Fax: 452-6495 Email: [email protected]Website: www.holyspiritgf.org School: 2820 Central Avenue Phone: 761-5775 Email: [email protected]web: www.holyspiritgfschool.org March 19, 2017 WE, the people of Holy Spirit Catholic Parish of Great Falls, Montana, created by God, centered in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, are sharing our journey of faith, WE are committed to upholding our faith, strengthening our families, and being a joyful people of prayer. WE strive to be the Lord’s presence on earth by welcoming and ministering to all people with compassion and hope. Rev. Marc h 1999 Look upon us as we enter these Forty Days bearing the mark of ashes, and bless our journey through the desert of Lent to the font of rebirth. May our fasting be hunger for justice; our alms, a making of peace; our prayer, the chant of humble and grateful hearts. All that we do and pray is in the name of Jesus. For in his cross you proclaim your love for ever and ever. The 2017 Care and Share Annual Catholic Appeal, “ You are Numbered Among the Saints and of the Family of God” is off to a great start in our parish. If you have not yet made a gift to this year’s ap- peal, we invite you to do so today. Every dollar raised to meet our parish goal for Care and Share benefits our parish and the greater needs of our fellow Catholics throughout the Diocese. 2017 Parish Assessment $110,930 FORMED Are you looking for something different for your Lenten prayer? Find a Lenten study program on Formed. All the material on this website is free for our parishioners’ use. formed.org Parish code: PGMYJZ Fridays during Lent at 6:30
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Worship Centers: Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 201 44th St. South Holy Family Chapel, 2800 Central Ave. Parish Offices: 201 44th St. South Great Falls, MT 59405 Phone: (406)452-6491 Parish Office hours: Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m. – Noon
As a Stewardship Parish we are grateful to have parishioners
give generously from their heart. This allows us to have no fee
With all our sacramental and formation programming for our
parish families. It is through your generous weekly giving that
we are able to offer quality religious formation opportunities to
everyone from womb to tomb.
Wit and Wisdom
“When you were born, you were crying and everyone
around you was smiling. Live your life so that when
you die, you’re the one smiling and everyone around
you is crying.” —Unknown
PARISH STAFF Fr. Dick Schlosser Pastor Dcn. Bill Medved RCIA/Adult Formation Dcn. Pete Woelkers Deacon Mark Meyer Parish Administrator Mary Dupuis Worship Aubrey Rearden DRE/Youth Minister Cindy Eultgen Christian Service/Elementary Formation Mary Wingerter Administrative Assistant Chuck Osterman Maintenance
Liturgical Ministers for March 25, 26
Care for our Environment by Recycling (Shifts run Fri. to Thurs.)
Weekend Newspaper Cardboard
3rd (17-23) Kushnak Shipley 4th (24-30) Matsko, J. Schumacher & Nowak
School Newspapers—Bonilla / Barlow
4:30 PM 8:30 AM 11:00 AM
Sub requested ~ see Web Terminal
Bread Baker
E. Kasayka T. Watson
Holy Wash C. Fuhrman
Sacristan S. Mohler Monique Nickol B. Rasmussen
Greeter Team Schuler D. Koth
Team Olszewski G. Saunders Team Schaffer
Usher D. Hogan A. Toeckes
G. Drake D. Lorang
L. Borchert E. Kelley N. St. Claire
Cross D. Schumacher T. Gardner D. Blair
Altar Servers
Mae Kimmel E Shepherd
R. Bowman J. Gagnon
R. Blair Jade Dougherty
CLW Catherine Lyerly
NOT FILLED NOT FILLED NOT FILLED
Reader C. Tucker E. Dahy
J. Held M. Preciado
T. Lorang M. Leaf
Gifts Schumachers Munsterteigers Heffernans
Euch Ministers
L. Ewalt Hans Fehres K. Frazier-Harris B. Hogan Rita Kuka Rich Kuka D. Maronick R. Maronick S. Mayernik J. McKenna S. McKenna P. Medved M. Miner Marcia Ouellette A. Trunkle
J. Bomgardner T. Cowhick J. Durocher L. Durocher J. Gort S. Harrington Marley Held S. Kohut B. Medved L. O'Neill S. O'Rourke Carla Schnider D. Schwanke J. Schwanke Diane Wilkins
A. Bulger
M. Fehres
W. Fehres S. Fehres D. Hudson I. Kelley B. Medved Don Miller E. Miller T. O'Connell Q. Pray
C Schnider
R. Seilstad V. Williamson B. Williamson
Vacation Bible Camp
RCIA: The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the way
our parish prepares people to become Catholic. We meet every
Thursday from 7 - 8:30 pm in the Sts. Peter & Paul Center.
Are you missing something during the Liturgy of the Word? Join
us for a review with the Sunday by Sunday group. This is an on-
going program that meets every other Tuesday at 3 pm to study the
up-coming readings. Next meeting is 3/28 in the Conference Rm.
Mark Your Calendars…
Join other young adults for Hops & Hope at the Celtic Cowboy on Thursday, March 30th 6:00pm-7:30pm. Share faith and fellowship in a fun, casual setting. Fr. Garrett will be the guest speaker and appetizers will be provided.
Join us this Sunday March 19th for Youth
Group 6:30-8:15pm @ Sts. Peter & Paul
Center.
Bibles & Brew High School Bible Study Every Wednesday
morning from 6:45-7:30am @ Schulte’s Coffeehouse.
This Week:
Sun. March 19 class and Wed. March 22 class
Next Week: Sunday March 26 class
and Wed. March 29 class
Mark your calendar for mornings the week of June 19-23 for
Vacation Bible Camp. Children going into K - 6th
grade. Thank you for your response to our supply
needs! We are looking for empty 3 lb size large
coffee cans (plastic or tin) with lids.
Bread Sharing Weekend: Children preparing to join us at
the Lord’s Table and receive the Eucharist will share bread
with us at all Masses this weekend. Please pray for
these students and their families.
Completion of Initiation (Confirmation & Eucharist)
Mass Saturday, May 13 at 12 noon
NOW ENROLLING for the 2017-18 school year! HSCS has
small class sizes, Art, Music and PE teachers and a dedicated
staff that really KNOWS their students! We have Science
Club, Junior Toastmasters and field trips for all ages, among
many other opportunities for learning and engaging. Our stu-
dents regularly compete in sports, often bringing home cham-
pionships! We pray together, worship together, and complete
community service projects together. We’d love for you to be
part of our TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE! Come check us
out...call 761-5775 to schedule a tour!
Interested in making HSCS a beneficiary of your charitable
donations? There are many ways to make that happen!
Through the HSCS Endowment Trust, scholarships, Dare-to-
Dream, and more, you can make a difference in a child’s life!
Visit us online to donate, or call Colette at the school.
During Lent we use rice bowls from Catholic Re-
lief Services to remind us to pray,
fast, and give alms. Open the calen-
dar to learn about families around the
world who are assisted through your donations to
CRS. Also, 25% of your donations stay here in Great
Falls. Watch this area for more information.
3rd Week of Lent Encounter Opportunity: We encounter
Fernando in El Salvador where, despite a lack of
economic opportunity, youth are pursuing their
dreams of building businesses to better the lives of