Holy Spirit Catholic Church

Holy Spirit Catholic Church
Ministering to the people in Rincon Valley and beyond
1244 St Francis Rd. Santa Rosa, CA 95409
Parish Office & Rectory: (707) 539-4495 FAX (707) 539-3343
E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.holyspirit-sr.org
Pastoral Staff:
Fr Ron Serban, Pastor, Ext. 10
Deacon John Storm, 479-5424, [email protected]
Kathy Stoddard, Office Manager, Ext. 10
Megan O’ Neill, Youth Ministries, [email protected]
Andrew Darrow, Liturgical Music
Paul Von Gottfried, St Vincent de Paul Society, 537-7835
John Caruso, Men’s Club, 696-1279
Charm Smith, Women’s Club, 537-0802, [email protected]
Patty Edson, Holy Communion Visitation, 538-3208
Diane Bowman, Prayer Chain 539-9035
For other Ministerial Staff:
Please phone the office (707) 539-4495
Mass Schedule:
Saturday Vigil: 5pm.
Sunday: 7:30 & 10:15 am.
Liturgy of the Word for Children: Sundays 10:15 am.
Weekdays: Mondays-Friday & First Saturdays 9 am.
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Fridays and First Saturdays 9:45-10:30 am.
For other Sacraments:
Please call the Parish Office
6 months in advance for Marriage
3 months in advance for Baptism
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
August 9 - 10, 2014
In the Second Reading, Paul
enumerates the many blessings
God gave his people in the time
of the Law and the Prophets: the
adoption as children of God,
covenants, commandments and
an order of worship. They had
God’s promises, and the promise
of glory was among them. But Paul makes the list of
these blessings with great sorrow, as he says,
because it is hard for him to see any of the promised
good things in the current state of God’s people.
It can certainly seem to a Christian as if the same
list and the same sorrow are suitable for Christians
now.
Christians are also promised adoption as children
of God. They have a covenant, a new covenant, with
God and a new worship to go with it. They are
promised glory too, the glory of holiness and union
with the Lord.
But for Christians now as for God’s people then it is
often very difficult to see the fulfillment of these
promises in one’s own life. Does anyone have even
one day in which he feels that his life has shown the
fruit of these promises on that day?
So, for every Christian, there is a sorrow of the sort
Paul expressed, because the sins and failures of
one’s life can seem so hard to square with the
promises of God. Where is the adoption and the glory?
What are God’s people to do in this condition and
its sorrow?
The Gospel gives us a picture for an answer: as
long as he has faith and doesn’t look down, Peter
comes to the Lord, walking on water.
No matter how sorrowful a person’s failures, he
can nonetheless come to the Lord. Doing so may feel
like walking without any solid ground under foot. But
faith is a kind of walking on water, too, isn’t it? As long
as one doesn’t look down, as long as one keeps his
eyes fixed on Jesus in faith, even walking on nothing
to come to Him is possible. All the promises of God
are fulfilled in Him.
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COLLECTIONS:
LAST WEEKEND’S COLLECTION:
FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK:
Where do you find God?
Only in church?
Only while praying?
Only in times of need or distress?
Only in those we expect to be holy or pious people?
Too often we look to great people and to the
events in our lives to find God, as if our en-counters
with God have to meet certain standards and
criteria in order to be true. There is a tendency in
some to see God only in the extraordinary, not in the
routine and ordinary. But to do that would be to
limit the ways God reveals Himself to us.
In our readings today we are presented with
two seemingly conflicting ways that God enters our
world. Elijah found God in the gentle breeze, after
the spectacular wind and earth-quake. God was
present in the soft breeze, not the storm. What
beautiful, peaceful imagery. How many times have
you felt that gentle touch of God on your face?
The gospel presents Jesus coming to the
disciples in the middle of a storm, where he brings
peace. In both incidents: God came to bring peace
or was the sign of peace. God brings order out of
chaos – both in nature and in our personal lives.
We can sit on the shore of our lake and find
God present in the lapping of the waves.
-Or feel His strength in the warmth of the sun.
-Or see His splendor in the sunrise or sunset over
the water.
The creating power of God is always evident
in the forceful or the majestic. What God really
wants is to come into our lives and create the peace
and harmony that are his gifts to us. If we allow
ourselves to be taken over by God, if we open
ourselves up to his creative power, we will be
creating space for his peace to dwell within us.
St Paul tells us that nothing can come between us
and love of God, and if we are his dwelling places
this is true.
The world may be raging around us but we
can experience that deep-seated peace which is the
sign of his indwelling.
$5,713.33
SECOND COLLECTION LAST WEEK: Holy
Father/Peter’s Pence $1,499.23
SECOND COLLECTION THIS WEEK: Building
Maintenance Fund
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Peace be with you,
…and with your spirit.
__Father Ron
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MASS INTENTIONS — August 9 - 17:
Sat
9 5:00 For the People of the Parish
Sun 10 7:30 For Family
10:15 +Matt Lenney
Mon 11 9:00 Communion Service
Tues 12 9:00 +Cecilia and Walter Conrad
Wed 13 9:00 +Richard Huffman
Thurs 14 9:00 Intentions of Pat LaRussa
Fri
15 9:00 Intentions of the Celebrant
Sat 16 5:00 For the People of the Parish
Sun 17 7:30 +Anthony J. Castellani
10:15 +Arlene Freitas
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK AND THOSE WHO
NEED OUR PRAYERS: The intentions of the Holy
Spirit Prayer Chain, Isabella LeKander, Claudia Wade,
Teresa Hrones, Baby Maddie, Gail Morgan, Tristan
Humble, Tony Chu, Kay Connor, Tom Hubbard, Virginia
Ford, Marv & Marlene Styskal, JoAnn McGuinness
Susan Makela, John Legnitto, Margaret Ollenbrook,
Catherine Taylor, Karen Cornwell, Cheryl Ong, Kelly
Salas,Thom O’Neill and Pat LaRussa. FOR THE
REPOSE OF THE SOUL: Rosemary Cox and Maxine
Vanucci.
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ALTAR FLOWERS: We would like to thank Maria
Prentiss for our altar flowers given in loving memory of
her husband Ted Prentiss
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP
Wednesday night Youth meetings are done for
the summer. Core team will be training this
week: Thursday 7-9PM and Friday 7PM to
Saturday 6PM. Please keep us in your prayers!
ALL FAITH FORMATION
GRADES 1 – 6 & YOUTH MINISTRIES
Registration for all Faith Formation Classes
Grades 1-6 and Youth Ministry grades 7-12 has
begun for the 2014-2015 school year.
If your child is a returning student welcome back,
a registration packet has been mailed to you.
If you are new to our faith formation classes
welcome! You may pick up a packet in the back of
the church or call the parish office to have one sent
to you.
Registration forms are due in the parish office
before or on:
Junior High/High School: August 20th
Elementary Grades 1-6: September 18th
We are looking forward to a new year filled with
faith, fun and friendship! Any questions, please
call Megan O’Neill, 707-539-4495, ext. 12
ST. VINCENT de PAUL NEEDS OUR HELP!
Our St. Vincent families are in need of school
supplies for their children.
Please place any
donations of backpacks, binders, paper, pens,
pencils, etc. in the “St. Vincent Box” in the Hall. Thank
you……
CLOTHING ALSO NEEDED!
Our St. Vincent families also obtain a significant
portion of their school clothing via a giveaway program
that began a number of years ago. All donated items
are made available, free of charge, to families taking
part in the food distribution program which is
administered here at our Parish by St. Vincent de
Paul.
If you have any gently warn children’s clothes, would
you please consider leaving them in a bag in the rear
of the hall. Please leave a note with “Gloria McKay”
on it. I will also do my best to see that they are
picked-up—just call me. Gloria McKay 527-5906.
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NEWS OUTSIDE THE PARISH:
EWTN
PAPAL VISIT TO SOUTH KOREA
Pope Francis travels to South Korea for the Sixth
Asian Youth Day and the beatification of 124
martyrs—August 14-18. EWTN will provide complete
live coverage of the weekend.
MASS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT on EWTN from the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception—August 28 at 9 a.m. Pacific Time.
SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT CENTER announces a new
series: Catholicism. The new series is based on Rev.
Robert E. Barron video lecture series. It is a thematic
presentation of what Catholics today believe and why.
It is neither about church history nor a bible study. It is
a study program for adults to have a deeper
understanding of their Catholic Faith. The program
will begin the 2nd week of September.
Beginning on Monday, Sept. 8th @ 7:00 pm the
center is offering a new opportunity for weekly
Contemplative Prayer.
All are welcome. For more information, please call the
center @ 546.1781.
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT:
Catholic Charities is
accepting applications for a part-time, 21 hour per
week, “Caregiver” at the Alzheimer’s Respite
Resource Center.
LAST! LAST! LAST CHANCE!!!!
TICKETS & RESERVATIONS
FOLLOWING MASS
SIGN UP FOR PHOTOS AFTER
MASS
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 10th
1:30 to 9 PM
Holy Spirit 50th Anniversary
We also need a
“helper” at each
session to help signin our parishioners.
Please sign up to
help!
“Dinner Dance”
Friday, September 19th
CHURCH PHOTO DIRECTORY
Parish Pictorial Directory: Our parish is going to
publish a new pictorial directory through Lifetouch.
Each family that comes in for photography and
portrait viewing at the church will receive a
complimentary directory and 8x10color portrait.
You will be able to view and select your portraits
electronically from a variety of poses. Additional
Lifetouch portraits will be available for purchase.
Your entire appointment will normally take less than
one hour. This session will be in the Hall.
Adults Only/Reservations
Required/100 total
$35 per person
Dancing to live music!
5:30 pm Cocktails – Dinner 6:30 pm
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Sunday, September 21st
10:15 Celebration of Mass
Followed by
“Parish BBQ”
FREE to All Parishioners
Chicken BBQ, Music, Face Painting,
fun and games……….!
A LITTLE HUMOR: Memory Verse
Sunday school teacher: “Do you remember
your memory verse, Charlie?”
Charlie: “I sure do. I even remember the zip
code…John 3:16.
Please sign up following mass OR call
Lynne DeCota – 707-981-8619
NEXT SUNDAY: 20TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
LECTORS
Sat, Aug. 16
5pm
Sun., Aug. 17
7:30am
Sun., Aug. 17
10:15am
Ma. Davis, K. LeRoy
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
GREETERS
ALTAR SERVERS
P. Dillaway, O. Dorado,
M. Carreon
K. Chavez
D. Krempely
M. DeMeo
P. Edson, P. Smith
Dn. Storm, B. Connolly,
K. Castro
C. Avelar
C. Dowcewicz-Hordyk
C. Albertson
M. Cusack, S. Pola
J. & J. Macy, E. Roque,
G. Asti
M. Howard
Mi, Davis, P. Dillaway,
L. Chrystal
E. & J., Mattingly
Children’s Liturgy of the Word – August 17: Babette O’Shell and Hilary Hill
Homebound Week of August 20: E. Manfredi, T. Pimentel, M. Hoeft
Friends House: Jeanne Huffman