Parish Updates

Reserve your seat Holy Family Catholic Community’s Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses

With two weeks left until Christmas, make sure to reserve your seat for Holy Family Catholic Community’s Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses. While some Masses have reached their seating capacity, there are still some with seats available. To reserve your spot and view Masses with available seats, please click here

 

Please note that the 4:00 pm Christmas Eve Mass and 8:00 am Christmas Day Mass at Holy Family will be livestreamed on our Facebook page, and uploaded to YouTube.


Help out at Holy Family Catholic Community’s St. Mary’s Outreach Center

Holy Family Catholic Community is seeking volunteers to help oversee its St. Mary’s Outreach Center at 59 E. Merrill Ave., which will provide day shelter to clients of The Salvation Army Warming Shelter. The day shelter will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday and training will be provided to volunteers prior to their start. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the Holy Family Parish Office at (920) 921-0580.


Join Holy Family Catholic Community for Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Join Holy Family Catholic Community’s, Fr. Edward Sanchez, for Children’s Liturgy of the Word every Friday!  In videos posted to the Holy Family Facebook page, Instagram account, and YouTube channel, Fr. Edward explains the upcoming weekend’s Gospel for children and adults alike.  In addition, children can learn how to make crafts related to the Gospel with Crafty Catholic Kids, a series created by Holy Family Parishioner, Linda Uselmann. These videos are also available on the parish’s Facebook page every Friday.


Altar Servers needed

Holy Family Catholic Community is recruiting boys and girls for its Altar Server Ministry. The Altar Server Ministry is a special opportunity for children to participate in the life of the parish as they serve our Lord at the Altar. Altar Server applicants must be Baptized, have received their First Holy Communion, and be in the fourth grade or higher. Training is required. If you and your child(ren) are interested in pursuing this ministry, please complete the Jotform application by clicking here. You will be notified when the training will take place. For any questions, please contact Mary Carol Zunker at mzunker@hffdl.org.


Among Us:

Holy Family hosts weekly prayer for high school students (9-12th grade). These evenings of adoration and reflection are a great way to destress and slow down from the craziness of life in order to encounter our Lord.

  • Cor Jesu: First Thursday of each Month, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Saint Mary’s Downtown
  • Among Us: Every Thursday (except first Thursday), 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Holy Family Church

Sign up by clicking here if you would like to receive notification emails about Among Us and Cor

Jesu!  

 

CONFIRMATION WEBSITE: Logistic details regarding 2020-21 Confirmation can be found on our confirmation website by clicking here


Christian Formation and Sacraments schedule

To see if your child has Holy Family Sacramental Preparation or Confirmation this week, please click here to view schedules.


Community Updates

FdL School District Lunch Update

Dear Fond du Lac School District Families,

 

All of our students and local children not enrolled in our District are eligible to receive free breakfast and lunch for each school day through a special USDA program. These meals are now free until June 30, 2021, or until the USDA funds run out.

 

If you are remote learning, students and local children are able to access weekly meal packs on a pick-up basis. Families can pick up the weekly meal pack on Monday, November 23, 2020, from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm at the following locations: 

 

  • Chegwin Elementary School (109 East Merrill Avenue, Fond du Lac)
  • Riverside Elementary School (Gym Doors, 72 West 9th Street, Fond du Lac)
  • Sabish Middle School (100 North Peters Avenue, Fond du Lac)

 

Please note, there will be no meal pickup on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.

 

In order to help our food service staff plan, please pre-order your weekly meal pack by clicking here. (Pre-ordering is preferred but not required.)

 

More details can be found on our website by clicking here.

 

We are happy to provide these free meals for all children, ages 18 and under as federal funding is available.

 

Thank you for your continued support of our Food Service program!