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Masses August 23, 2008 — Aug. 29, 2008
Saturday
5:15 p.m. Holy Spirit Parishioners
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Karolina Bokan +
Paul Goodwin +
Nadine Thielen +
Paul Goodwin +
Nellie Asinas, Sp. Intention
Adele Stancyk +
Bertha Ridley +
Betty Ryan, Sp. Intention +
MISSIONARY APPEAL: THIS WEEKEND
During the summer months throughout the diocese,
missionaries are invited to speak at the parishes. The
missionaries come to encourage us to support the Church’s
missionary endeavors and to invite us to join in solidarity
with Catholics in missionary-designated lands. This year,
Fr. Aldrin Basarte will be speaking at all Masses at Holy
Spirit this weekend. Father Basarte will make an appeal on
behalf of the Church in the south of the Phiippines named
Cagayan de Oro.
HELP NEEDED
With school back in session, we will have to set up and
break down the church in the auditorium once again. We
will break it down on Sunday in preparation for school and
set ups begin on Saturday, August 30th.. I appreciate all
those who helped earlier in the year. For the two months
that remain, we need you to sign up once again. We will
need at least 6 volunteers for each Saturday at 12 noon. Set
up takes approximately 30 minutes. Please sign up today for
the weekend that you can help. e.g.. 1st Saturday, 2nd
Saturday, etc. Your help is very much appreciated.
THE DEEP END - Our Inscrutable God
How do you make God laugh? Just tell him your plans!
The hymn of praise that is today’s Second Reading (Rom
11:33-36) soaring on a loftier plane than that opening quip,
nonetheless points to the same reality: the inscrutability of
God.
Down from the heady heights of Paul’s vision of God,
what does it mean for us in daily life that God is
inscrutable? Well, let’s say first what it doesn’t mean. It
doesn’t mean that we can’t know anything about God, so
there’s no point in trying to. It means that we can’t know
everything about him. Coming to terms with God in our
life is our number one priority, or should be. Sadly, for
many it isn’t.
And when we try to come to terms with God we find, as
Thomas Merton points out in Love and Living (p. 111):
‘There is a disconcerting aura of secularity about much of
God’s activity as recorded in the Bible, and uneasiness with
this has generally led certain types of philosophic
religiosity to improve on the concept of God, seeking to
make it more spiritual, more impressive to humans minds,
in a word, more “divine”. Not only is that secularity found
in the Bible, it’s found in real life too.
Compare the number of times we’re told in the Bible to
pray to the number of times we’re told to love our
neighbor. And showing that love is very down-to-earth
stuff indeed—the stuff of the Good Samaritan. The sleeves
up, hands on approach.
God wants action not just intention.
Fr. Tom Cahill SVD
ATTENTION ALTAR SERVERS
Altar server applications are now available for anyone in
the 4th-12th grade. Applications can be obtained at the back
of the auditorium, the parish website at
www.holyspiritparishsac.org, or through the Holy Spirit
School website at www.hp-ps.com. Deadline was August
31, but has been extended to September 5. Applications
can be left in the application box at the back of the
auditorium, at the parish rectory, or mailed to: Kerry
Rossi, 7504 Summerwind Way, Sac, CA 95831. Training
is scheduled for September 13, 20, and 27 a the school
auditorium from 2pm-4pm. When the church remodeling is
completed, there will be three training sessions at the
church and altar servers will be notified. Any questions or
concerns please call Mrs. Rossi at (916) 392-2153 or Dan
Patterson at (916) 395-6460.
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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REGISTRATION
As the summer moves toward its close, it is time to register
your children for Catholic Faith Formation. Registration
forms are downloadable from our website. Please register
your children as soon as possible so that adequate textbooks can be ordered for our classes. You can mail or deliver your registrations to the rectory. Watch for the registration table after Masses beginning this weekend.
RCIA BEGINS SOON!!
September 17th will be the opening date for our RCIA program this year. All who are interested in learning more
about our Catholic faith are welcome to join us. Please let
us know as soon as possible if you are interested in possibly becoming part of our Catholic family! Contact: Fr.
O’Connor, 443-5442.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR CRISTO REY
Cristo Rey High School located in Sacramento, is currently
looking for Volunteer Van Drivers to transport our high
school students! Cristo Rey High School is a Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory school providing quality
education for youth from low income families. We are
dedicated to the advancement of the human and intellectual
capacities, as well as the religious and the cultural heritages
of all the families it serves. The Volunteers will transport
our high school students in 12 passenger vans to and from
Cristo Rey High School. Volunteers are needed for either 3
hour shifts in the morning for pick-up and/or 3 hour shifts
in the afternoon for drop-off, Monday—Friday. Please
email us at [email protected] or call us at 897-6798.
YOU CAN HELP YOUR MARRIAGE!
Do you feel alone? Are you frustrated or angry with each
other? Do you argue? Does talking about it only make it
worse? Retrouvaille helps couples through times of trouble, disillusionment, and misery in their marriages. This
program has helped tens of thousands of couples experiencing difficulties in their marriage. For confidential information about and/or to register for any of the 2008 Central
Valley weekends, please call 1-800-470-2230 or visit the
web site at www.HelpOurMarriage.com
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
The Creighton Model Fertility Care System is a contemporary and scientifically based program that teaches couples
how to identify when they’re fertile and infertile as well as
assist in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of gynecologic abnormalities, including infertility. All of this is possible by tracking the biological signs of ovulation within
the woman’s menstrual cycle. Not only is it safe, reliable,
and cost effective, the Creighton model is embraced and
promoted by the Catholic Church as well. So come to our
next Introductory Session on Thursday, September 4, at
7:30 p.m. The class will be held at Mercy Women’s Center, 650 Howe Ave #530 in Sacramento. Please call to preregister by calling 614-2200.
PARISH PICTORIAL DIRECTORY
There is still time to have your pictures taken for the parish
pictorial directory and for your complimentary 8 x 10 portrait. The next sign up after Mass will be the first weekend
of September for photo shoots on September 11, 12, 13th
and 18,19 and 20th. You may also register online on the
parish website. Click on the ‘Don’t Miss’ tab and go to the
‘Parish Pictorial directory’.
HOLY SPIRIT SENIOR GROUP
Holy Spirit Senior Group will have a trip to Jackson Casino
September 9th. Bus leaves 9 a.m. from VIC’s AGA parking lot (35th Ave. & So. Land Park) Please call Gloria at
447-5559. Deadline is Aug. 27th.
ATTENTION YOUNG SINGERS
If you are a Holy Spirit parishioner in 1st through 8th
grade, and enjoy singing, the Holy Spirit Children’s Choir
Program is the place for you! We have two choirs: the
Children’s Choir is for 1st through 4th grades and sings
every 1st Sunday, October through May, at 9:30 Mass. The
Youth Choir also sings at special masses and events
throughout the year, including caroling at the Sacramento
Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker during Advent, and
the Diocesan Choir Festival in the Spring. Interested?
Please email Melissa Aliotti at [email protected] for
more information.
CATECHIST MINISTRY DAY
Mark Saturday, September 13th from 8:30 to 3:45 to be at
St. Francis High School for the Catechist Ministry day. All
full day participants will receive five hours toward the Renewal of their Catechist Certification!. “The Word of God
in the Life & Mission of the Church” is the theme for
2008. Bishop Weigand will celebrate the opening Mass
and Bishop Soto will give the keynote address. A wide
variety of workshops in Spanish & English will be presented. Registration materials are available on the Diocese
website www.diocese-sacramento.org. There is a $25 fee
which needs to be included with your registration and includes lunch. After September 5th, the registration fee is
$30 per person. Any questions, call 733-0123.
40 DAYS FOR LIFE
The Sacramento Area Fall 2008 40 Days for Life, forty
days of prayer and fasting to end abortion and to lead others
to Christ, will begin on September 24th through November
2nd. And we plan to have peaceful prayer vigils at seven
different abortuary sites in the Sacramento/Roseville areas.
Your help is needed! Please attend our next planning meeting on Monday, August 18th, from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at the
Monsignor Kavanagh Community Center on Franklin Blvd.
Meeting every Monday evening beginning August 18th
from 7 to 9 pm at the same location through September
22nd. For further information, call Jan at 971-9133 or 7496719.