Parish Updates Community Updates

Holy Family’s Altar Server Training previously scheduled for January 13 will now take place this Saturday, January 6 at 8:00 am at Holy Family Church.

Boys and girls in the 3rd grade or older who are interested in serving for Saturday/Sunday Masses throughout Holy Family Parish, as well as those who are currently serving and in need of a refresher, are welcome to attend. The parish apologizes for any inconvenience.

Is your child a middle or high school student? Would they like to connect with kids their age who are also Catholic? Then the Holy Family Middle & High School Youth Group is perfect for them!

The Youth Group meets on Thursdays for a variety of activities. This month’s event calendar includes:

• January 4: Cor Jesu – 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 705 Michigan Ave., North Fond du Lac
  January 11: Epiphany Party – 6:30 to 8:00 pm, Sacred Heart School, 678 Western Ave., Fond du Lac
• January 18: Shopping for School Closet Project – 6:30 to 8:00 pm, Sacred Heart School, 678 Western Ave., Fond du Lac
• January 25: About the Saints – 6:30 to 8:00 pm, Sacred Heart School, 678 Western Ave.

Parents will learn how to teach their children about their bodies when Holy Family Catholic Community’s Building Your Domestic Church Parent Sessions return on Wednesday, January 10 from 6:20 to 7:20 pm at Sacred Heart Church.

Today’s world can be a confusing place to grow up. But the Church has a teaching for that! Pope St. John Paul II dedicated himself to giving us what is called “Theology of the Body.” It shares with us the Church teaching on the great and holy purpose of our body. Come learn how to share this with your kids in talks from Fr. Michael Malucha and a couple from Holy Family.

Does your child love to sing? Holy Family’s Children’s Choir will resume this month! For children in 2nd-8th grades, Holy Family Children’s Choir leads the music at Mass once a month through May and meets for rehearsal from 4:00 to 4:45 pm on Thursdays at Holy Family. All are welcome! No registration is required. Simply show up to rehearsal and you will receive a schedule.

To help raise awareness about human trafficking, the Holy Family Respect Life Committee will offer two free showings of the film “Sound of Freedom” on Thursday, January 18 at 2:00 pm and again at 6:00 pm in Holy Family Hall, 271 Fourth Street Way. A short discussion with Fr. Matthew will follow.

Women are invited to join Holy Family for its Women’s Ministry Morning Retreat: Sharing Our Journey on Saturday, January 20 from 7:00 to 10:20 am at Holy Family Church and Hall, 271 Fourth Street Way.

The day will feature a talk from Sandy Hardie, founder and executive director of Mahala’s Hope. As part of the day, the parish will also collect items to benefit the clients of Mahala’s Hope, a recovery facility in Fond du Lac County for women.

Please bring donations of winter hats/gloves, and personal hygiene items including, but not limited to: tampons, shampoo, and deodorant.

Children and their parents can learn more about the Baptism of Jesus when they join Holy Family’s Faith Builders Club for Kids following the 10:00 am Mass on Sunday, January 14th at Holy Family Church, 271 Fourth Street Way.

In 15 minutes, children will watch a short video lesson and make a fun craft to take home with them! Parents are encouraged to join their children at the club and enjoy refreshments in the Fireside Room.

Would you like to learn more about the Catholic Church and your faith and do so with your fellow Catholics? Then join one—or more—of Holy Family’s Small Groups and Bible Studies beginning this winter! Groups and studies are a great way to connect with others through the faith and to learn more about the Catholic Church and God’s message for us. You can learn more about available classes and register now on Holy Family’s website at hffdl.org/sm.

Love biblical epics? Come watch “Quo Vadis” and imagine what life for early Christians in Rome might have been like. Holy Family will offer a screening of the film on Monday, January 15 at Holy Family Hall, beginning promptly at 6:00 pm. The screening will include an intermission, as it is 2 hours, 54 minutes long. Watch the film to prepare for the Holy Family Monday night class “Epic: The Early Church,” beginning on January 29, or view as a one-time event!

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Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, “Quo Vadis” tells the love story of a young Christian woman named Lygia and a Roman patrician, Marcus Vinicius, set against the backdrop of the Roman empire under the rule of Emperor Nero.

Calling all mothers, wife’s and busy women! A faith study through Holy Family is starting on Friday mornings from 8:15-9:45 on January 19th – March 22.

Enroll

Walking with a Purpose: Seven Priorities that Make Life Work
Lisa Brenninkmeyer understands how it feels when life is stuck on the spin cycle. As a mother of seven, she knows we don’t just need to be told what kind of women we should be. We need some help getting there.

Drawing from her own experience of balancing marriage, motherhood, and work inside and outside the home, Lisa helps you uncover the key to living a busy life with inner calm. What’s the secret? Identifying key priorities, and doing first what matters most.

With humor and wisdom, Lisa will help you:
Stop striving and rest in God’s unconditional love.
– Experience new hope in your marriage.
– Reach your child’s heart.
– Create clarity in a cluttered home.
– Find friendships that go below the surface and satisfy.
– Discover your passion and purpose.

Once in awhile, things may seem as if they’re under control, but we want to walk with purpose regardless of our circumstances. God wants us to daily experience the joy and contentment that comes from knowing we have given our all to what he considers most important. The abundant and purposeful life we were created to live is just around the corner.

Are you searching for meaning in your life and wondering what path God has in mind for you? If you are asking these questions or questions like them, the Catholic way of life awaits you. Join Holy Family’s Rites of Christian Initiation for Adults program, or RCIA. RCIA is a process through which non-baptized men and women enter the Catholic Church. Adults from other faith traditions and those baptized Catholic but not raised Catholic are also welcome. The program will begin this month.

Learn More and Sign Up

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