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Mark your calendars! Last Thursday, due to the extreme cold, Holy Family postponed its “Breaking the Stigma, Raising Awareness: Understanding the Impact of Addiction and the Resources Available.” The talk is now rescheduled for Tuesday, April 7 at 6:30 pm in Holy Family Hall, and will feature FDL County Drug Court Coordinator Jennifer Laning, CSAC, Gratitude Club Manager Ellen Buretta, and a family from the parish who lost a loved one to addiction. All are welcome and encouraged to attend, particularly families.

Share the gift of life when you donate blood at the Holy Family Blood Drive in Holy Family Hall from 12:00 to 5:00 pm on
Wednesday, February 18. All donors will receive a voucher for a free Milwaukee Admirals ticket while supplies last. Appointments are highly encouraged! To make yours, please call 1-877-232-4376 or visit tinyurl.com/HolyFamilyFeb18.

This weekend, please keep Holy Family’s Confirmation candidates in your prayers as they participate in their Confirmation retreat. We pray that they find this experience fruitful and inspiring as they continue along their journey of faith.

Young adults! Come celebrate Mardi Gras early with us Holy Family at its Faith Paint Night with Creatively Renewed on Wednesday, February 4! The evening will begin with Mass at 6:00 pm at Holy Family Church. After, come to the Fireside Room for a Faith Paint Night with Chris and Jennie Schneider’s Creatively Renewed. Instruction will begin at 7:00 pm. Although the cost is regularly $20 per person, Holy Family will pay half, so those participating need only to pay $10.

On the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord—the last feast of the liturgical year commemorating Christ as an infant—Holy Family will celebrate the Feast of Candlemas at the 7:00 am Mass at Holy Family and 12:00 pm Mass at St. Mary on Monday, February 2. In celebration, parishioners are invited to bring candles from home to be blessed.

Children and families can join the Faith Builders Club for Kids to learn about February’s theme of “Blessed are the Pure of Heart.” The short program will take place after the 10:00 am Mass at Holy Family on Sunday, February 1 and the 9:00 am Mass at St. Mary on Sunday, February 8.

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 on our website hffdl.org/baptism and attend a Sacrament of Baptism preparation class. Sessions are typically scheduled on the first Monday of the month from 6:30 to 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 at hffdl.org/baptism.

Support Holy Family high school students’ trip to the Steubenville Youth Conference by eating at Culver’s at 969 E. Johnson St. from 5:00 to 8:00 pm on Monday, February 9. Purchases made in the restaurant and/or through the drive-thru count. A portion of the sales from that night will benefit the students. Donations are appreciated!

Holy Family is preparing for Ash Wednesday Masses on Wednesday, February 17. Masses will be held at the following times:

Holy Family – 7:00 am, 4:00 pm, 6:00 pm, and in Spanish at 7:30 pm;

St. Peter – 8:30 am; Marian University – 12:00 pm;
St. Mary – 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm;

Our Risen Savior – 6:30 pm.

Confession will also be offered following the 7:00 am Mass at Holy Family and at 5:00 pm before the 6:00 pm Mass at Holy Family.

Great speakers. Powerful experiences. Don’t go alone. Men are invited to attend the 20th annual Men of Christ Conference on Saturday, March 14 at the Miller High Life Theatre in Milwaukee and experience a day of faith, camaraderie, confession, and renewal. The day will include speakers like Jim Wahlberg, Dr. Edward Sri, Dr. John Bishop, Archbishop Grob, and a very special guest this year unlike any other in the history of Men of Christ.

The day will begin with optional morning Mass at 7:30 am, and the conference at 8:45, and conclude with a 4:00 pm Mass with Archbishop Grob. To learn more and to register, please visit https://menofchrist.net/2026-conference

Holy Family will host “GriefShare,” a 13-week support group and seminar designed to help people rebuild their lives after loss on Mondays, February 2 to April 27 from 4:00 to 5:30 pm in the Holy Family Board Room. You must register but can join the program after the start date. To sign up, please email Deacon Dale Paczkowski at dalep@hffdl.org.

Holy Family will kick off their Parish Mission with Lent-A-Palooza on Sunday, February 15! The entire parish is invited to a potluck in Holy Family Hall from 5:30 to 6:15 pm. After, children in first through fifth grade can stay for Lent-a Palooza, a festival style event, while their parents attend the Mission Talk. Younger kids can stay with a parent. If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Trisha Zimmerman at trishaz@hffdl.org or (920) 921-0580 ext. 503.

Join Holy Family Sunday, February 15-Tuesday, Februray 17 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm for their 2026 Holy Family Catholic Community Pre-Lent Parish Mission “Just Rest, Receiving God’s Renewing Prescence in the Deserts of Your Life (A Study of the Exodus)” featuring Sonja Corbitt. Sonja is a best-selling author, Telly Award-winning broadcaster, and “Catholic Evangelista.”Corbitt will teach us about the spiritual discipline, gift, and promise of rest through the story of the Exodus. Please bring your bibles! Adoration will take place each night from 5:30 to 6:15 pm.

Save the date! November 2-11, 2026, Holy Family Catholic Community and Fr. Ryan Pruess will travel to Greece and Ephesus to follow in the footsteps of Saint Paul and you’re invited! Highlights of trip include visiting Thessaloniki, Central Greece, Athens, Mykonos, Patmos & Ephesus, as well as a Greek Island cruise! As you visit historic sites like Crete, Philippi, and Santorini, you’ll learn about the ministry of Saint Paul and how he converted the Greeks to Christianity.

The cost per person is $4,495. The trip will include round-trip airfare, motorcoach transportation to O’Hare and back, English-speaking tour guides, entrance fees to all spots on the itinerary, porter service at the hotel (per one piece of luggage), five nights of accommodations in first-class hotels in Greece, and three nights aboard the Celestyal Discovery in standard exterior staterooms, and more! The trip will leave on November 2 from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport and return to Chicago on November 11. To reserve your spot, please visit https://www.petersway.com/1404.html

Breakfast with Women: Energizing Spirits will be held on March 5, 2026, in Fond du Lac, WI, in downtown’s historic Hotel Retlaw. The Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes welcomes attendees to a morning of exploring the landscape of spirituality with other women from the community. This event will invite women to pause and reflect on their personal spiritual legacy, both the joys and the struggles, and to acknowledge the grace that has guided them along the way.
Sister Anita Henning, CSA, will guide attendees to reflect on and record their spiritual legacies. This reflection has been shown to bolster meaning, dignity, hope, and agency. Some questions that you may reflect on to begin contemplating your spiritual legacy are: Who was the first person who taught you about faith? Are there others you consider spiritual mentors in your life? How does your spirituality guide you as you look toward the future?

Check-in and breakfast will be available at 7:30 a.m. The event will start promptly at 8:15 a.m. with presentation and discussion until 9:30. Attendees are welcome to stay for continued conversation with others until 10:00 a.m.

Visit www.csasisters.org/breakfast to purchase your ticket for $15 before March 1.

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