Parish Updates Community Updates
From New Year’s to Easter, join with pilgrims from around the Archdiocese of Milwaukee to deepen your faith with the Emmaus 90 program. Over 90 days, you will invite Jesus to draw near, unpack the Scriptures, reveal himself in the Eucharist, and inspire you to go out on mission to others.
Pilgrims who participate in Emmaus 90 will receive daily prayer prompts, challenges to grow in holiness, robust formation sessions (by livestream on Thursdays or recording), and discussions for your small group and family.
Holy Family invites you to take part in this program with a small group of 2-3 friends, family members, or fellow parishioners so you can connect weekly, encourage one another, and join together for discussion.
Registration is required and open through December 10. The cost is $20 per person, but no one will be denied due to financial circumstances. Please contact the Archdiocese if you need assistance.
Parents are invited to join their child to learn about Pope St. Peter at Holy Family’s Faith Builders Club for Kids following the 10:00 am Mass at Holy Family Church, 271 Fourth Street Way, on Sunday, November 12! In about 15 minutes, children will learn more about their faith and make a fun craft to take home!
Join the Holy Family Priest Team as they share the virtues of the Holy Family that we can seek to emulate in our own lives. Talks will take place Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 pm at Sacred Heart Church, 200 S. Peters Ave., November 28-December 19. Treats will follow.
The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, November 28: Patience with Fr. Ryan
Tuesday, December 5: Courage with Fr. Michael
Tuesday, December 12: Purity with Fr. Kevin
Tuesday, December 19: Humility with Fr. Matt
Are you or someone you know grieving? The holiday season can be difficult for those who have lost a loved one. To help you through this time, Holy Family will host Grief Share’s “Surviving the Holidays” seminar from 4:00-5:00 pm on Wednesday, November 15 at Holy Family, 271 Fourth Street Way. Call (920) 921-0580 ext. 305 or email mdenzin@hffdl.org to sign up.
Women are invited to join their fellow parishioners on the Holy Family bus trip to the Women of Christ Conference on Saturday, November 18. The bus will board in the Holy Family Church parking lot, 271 Fourth Street Way, at 6:15 am, leave at 6:30, and travel down to the Brookfield Conference Center. The Women of Christ Conference provides women the opportunity to celebrate their Catholic faith with women from throughout the area. The bus trip will cost $25 per person (an additional $1.75 processing fee if paying online). Register at hffdl.org/women and pay online with credit card or send a check for $25 with “Women of Christ Bus Trip” in the memo line to Holy Family, Attn: Sabina Carter, 271 Fourth Street Way, Fond du Lac, WI 54937. You must register for the conference separately.
Holy Family will offer a free takeout Thanksgiving meal for people in the Fond du Lac community on Wednesday, November 22. Those who reserve a meal can pick it up from noon to 4:00 pm at Holy Family Church, 271 Fourth Street Way. The meal will include sliced turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, a bun, green beans, applesauce, and homemade dessert. Four hundred meals are available on a first-come, first-served basis and must be reserved by Wednesday, November 15 by calling (920) 921-0580. When reserving, please specify how many meals you need and if you will be picking up for anyone else. Need is not a requirement to reserve a meal. All are welcome.
If you would like to contribute to the meal, Holy Family is seeking donations of applesauce cups and canned green beans, as well as monetary contributions to offset the price of turkey, buns, and potatoes. Please bring all donations to the Parish Office at 271 Fourth Street Way.
Celebrate the meaning of the Christmas season at Holy Family’s Living Nativity on Sunday, December 3 at 4:00 pm at Holy Family Church. Featured in The Catholic Herald, this re-telling of the first Christmas will feature live animals, beautiful music from Holy Family choirs and a brass quintet, and Holy Family parishioners! More than half of the Living Nativity tickets are already gone! Get yours now at hometowntickets.com/hf or the Parish Office for $12 each plus tax. Children age 3 and under are free, but still must reserve a seat.
Holy Family is still seeking a family to play the Holy Family of Mary, Jesus, and Joseph. The parish asks that the baby “playing” Jesus be 0-3 months old. If you are interested, please contact Eva at the Parish Office at ethelen@hffdl.org or (920) 921-0580 ext. 202.
Join Holy Family to give thanks to our Lord this Thanksgiving at the parish’s Thanksgiving Mass at 9:00 am on Thursday, November 23 at Holy Family Church, 271 Fourth Street Way. As a reminder, the Parish Office will be closed November 22-24 for the holiday and reopen on Monday, November 27.
Middle- and high-school students are invited to join the Holy Family Youth Group throughout the month of November for activities like their Christ the King Party with Custard, “Gratitude & Thanksgiving” night, birdfeeder ornament making, and volunteering. The Youth Group is open to any student in middle and high school and typically meets on Thursday nights at Sacred Heart School from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. This month, locations vary by date.
Themes include:
November 9 – Gratitude & Thanksgiving (at Sacred Heart School)
November 16 – Birdfeeder ornaments for both middle schoolers and high schoolers (at Sacred Heart School) and movie service night for high schoolers only (at Holy Family Hall)
November 22 – Thanksgiving Meal Distribution (at Holy Family Church)
November 30 – Christ the King Party with custard (at Sacred Heart School)
Parents are invited to join their child to learn about Pope St. Peter at Holy Family’s Faith Builders Club for Kids following the 10:00 am Mass at Holy Family Church, 271 Fourth Street Way, on Sunday, November 12! In about 15 minutes, children will learn more about their faith and make a fun craft to take home!
Holy Family will show the movie “Lifemark” on Thursday, November 16 at 6:00 pm in Holy Family Hall, 271 Fourth Street Way. This film follows a young man who learns that his birth mother almost aborted him, but instead chose to give him up for adoption. Fr. Kevin Tanel will answer questions and lead a short discussion session.
As the Holy Family Warming Shelter prepares to open in less than two weeks, the parish is in need of your help to serve those without homes in our community. Holy Family is currently seeking volunteers, as well as items to help the shelter’s guests including women and men’s sweatshirts and sweatpants, long underwear, winter jackets, individual Kleenex packs, and men’s deodorant. For a full list of items and for information on how to get involved, please visit hffdl.org/warming-shelter. All donations can be dropped off at the Holy Family Parish Office at 271 Fourth Street Way, Fond du Lac.
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.
All are welcome to the annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service sponsored by the Fond du Lac, Ministerial Association on Sunday, November 19, 3:30 pm at Covenant United Methodist Church, 20 N Marr St., Fond du Lac. Local pastors will preside, and an Ecumenical choir will lead the singing. Fr. Kevin Tanel from Holy Family Catholic Church will preach. A monetary collection will be taken up in support of the new warming shelter; hygiene and cleaning supplies will be collected for the St. Katherine Drexel shelter; and non-perishable food items collected for the Fondy Food Pantry.