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The Holy Family Respect Life Ministry will offer talks on end-of-life planning and care on Thursday, May 14 and May 28 at 5:30 pm in Holy Family Hall featuring Archdiocese of Milwaukee Director of Respect Life Ministry Rich Fedor and Fr. Matthew Kirk. The first talk on May 14 will be a workshop inspired by the Wisconsin Catholic Conference of Bishop’s document “Now and at the Hour of Our Death,” and discuss the importance of forms like the Wisconsin Power of Attorney for Health Care, Catholic Addendum to the WI POA-H, and the Final Disposition, and how to fill them out. The second talk on May 28 will discuss end-of-life issues and end-of-life care from a Catholic perspective, and the importance of discussing this with loved ones, particularly those making decisions on your behalf. Fr. Matthew will talk about the Anointing of the Sick and the Last Rites. Refreshments will be served. You do not have to attend the first talk to attend the second.

This summer, Holy Family needs help to feed children, families, and other individuals in need of a meal through our Summer Bites lunch program. Every Tuesday, from June 9 to August 18, Holy Family will provide hundreds of meals to be distributed at several locations throughout the city. The goal of the program is to reach all who are in need of food, particularly children and families who rely on school meals, by offering free bag lunches at every corner of our community. To provide these meals, the parish needs your help! Over the next few weeks, Holy Family will collect donations of specific items to pack lunches. They will collect the following items on the listed weekends at the Parish Office, 271 Fourth Street Way:

• May 2-3: Single-serve granola bars, cookies, Graham crackers, and fruit snacks
• May 9-10: Brown bags and Ziploc sandwich-size bags, and jars of peanut butter and jelly
• May 16-17: Single-serve chips and crackers
• May 23-24: Fruit cups, applesauce cups, and boxes of raisins
• May 30-31: 8 oz. bottles of water and juice boxes

As the Holy Family Priests travel to Milwaukee to celebrate the ordination of our Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s newest priests, they will not offer Confession on Saturday, May 16 following the 8:00 am Mass at Holy Family. Thank you for your understanding.

Join us as we celebrate Fr. Redmond Tuttle’s ordination to the priesthood at his Mass of Thanksgiving on Wednesday, May 20 at 6:00 pm at Sacred Heart Church. A Mass of Thanksgiving serves as an expression of gratitude to God for the gift of a priest’s vocation and stands as a celebration of grace. All welcome and invited to attend!

Make a double play of your night when you watch the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders take on the Green Bay Rockers and support the Holy Family Warming Shelter at the Dock Spiders’ Faith & Family Night on Friday, June 5! The game begins at 6:35 pm. That night Warming Shelter staff and volunteers will be at Herr-Baker Field, 980 E. Division St., sharing information about the shelter and how to get involved. They will also host a 50/50 raffle with proceeds benefiting the Warming Shelter. Bring the whole family to enjoy a game of baseball and stay after for a fireworks show! Tickets are now available! For an all-you-can-eat experience, join us on the Rooftop Dockyard. Tickets are $33 each and include admission, food, and two drinks. To purchase this ticket, please contact Director of Human Concerns Erin Cobb at ecobb@hffdl.org  by Friday, May 15. For all other tickets, please visit hffdl.org/event/wsdockspiders26 and if prompted, use the promo code Holy26.

Beginning the weekend of May 30/31, Sunday Mass at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church will be offered at 10:30 am rather than 10:00 am in order to give priests more time to get between churches. Thank you for your flexibility and patience.

The Fond du Lac County Health Department will offer a vaccine clinic following the 12:00 pm Spanish Mass at Holy Family Church on Sunday, June 7. From 1:00 to 3:00 pm, adults ages 19 and older who do not have health insurance can receive vaccines like Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, HPV, Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR), Polio, Tetanus-Diptheria-Pertussis (Tdap), and Varicella (Chickenpox). No appointment is required and a Spanish interpreter will be available onsite. For any questions, contact the Fond du Lac County Health Department at (920) 929-3085. For more information on immunizations, please visit fdlco.wi.gov.

Join us as we mark the historic Rededication Mass of Sacred Heart Church at 4:00 pm on Saturday, June 13 at Sacred Heart Church. Celebrate our newly renovated church with Archbishop Jeffrey Grob and our Holy Family Priest Team. A Rededication Mass is a rare rite in the Catholic Church, and considered a feast day in a parish community. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. You are also invited to attend Solemn Vespers, a heighted evening prayer, on Friday, June 12 at 6:00 pm at Sacred Heart.

Mark your calendars for Vacation Bible School, Holy Family’s one week Bible Camp, coming up August 3-7, 2026. Kids going into 4k-6 grade in the fall get to join in an adventure of strength and heroic courage at “Hero Central: Where all our Hero’s are Saints.” Kids going into grades 7-12 and adults are invited to join in the fun as volunteers! Stay tuned for registration and volunteer sign up starting May 5!

If you are expecting to bring new life into the world in the next six months you are probably thinking about baptism. It this is your first child, plan ahead to sign up and attend a Sacrament of Baptism preparation class. Sessions are typically scheduled on the first Monday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm at Holy Family, 271 Fourth Street Way. Meeting with a priest team member is also required. Whether you are expecting your first or your fifth child, requests to schedule a baptism are made through our online registration form. To sign up for a class or schedule a baptism go to our website https://www.hffdl.org/baptism/.

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