Worship Centers: Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 201 44th St. South Holy Family Chapel, 2800 Central Ave. Parish Offices: 201 44th St. South Great Falls, MT 59405 Phone: (406)452-6491 Parish Office hours: Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m. – Noon

Fax: 452-6495 Email: hsparish@holyspiritgf.org Website: www.holyspiritgf.org

School: 2820 Central Avenue Phone: 761-5775 Email: jwichman@holyspiritgf.org web: www.holyspiritgfschool.org

July 9, 2017

WE, the people of Holy Spirit Catholic Parish of Great Falls, Montana, created by God, centered in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the

Holy Spirit, are sharing our journey of faith,

WE are committed to upholding our faith, strengthening our families, and being a joyful people of prayer.

WE strive to be the Lord’s presence on earth by welcoming and ministering to all people with compassion and hope. Rev. March 1999

Are you a registered member of Holy Spirit Parish?

Do you receive regular mailings for religious formation and

socials, etc., envelopes or year-end statements?

If not, you are probably not in our computer! Registration

forms are available in the entryway, download from the parish

website, or fill out the form below and drop it in the collection

basket.

We will send you a registration form.

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Practice acts of mercy. In our own sufferings they give us confidence before God; they

contribute much to the value of our prayers, and they secure for our prayers a reception

full of mercy, seeing they proceed themselves from a merciful heart.

St. Peter

If you have already given to the 2017 Care

and Share Annual Catholic Appeal, Thank

You! If you are still praying about your gift

or just haven’t yet returned your gift to our

parish, please know that support of EVERY

Catholic household is important and needed.

No gift is too large or too small! Your gift

will help Holy Spirit meet our goal of

$110,930 for 2017. We are at 71% of that

total as of July 2nd!

Thank you very much for your support of

Care and Share!

Welcome Father Doug!

Senior Living Options… What are the Differences?

An informative presentation on the differences between Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Skilled Nursing. Question and

Answer afterwards followed by a door prize drawing.

DATE: Tuesday, July 11th TIME: 1:00 pm

PLACE: Holy Spirit Parish Hall Guest Speakers: Eric Spragg & Marlena Azure

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 9th, 2017

Holy Spirit Parish Weekend Mass Schedule

Saturday – 4:30 p.m.

Sunday – 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Daily Mass Schedule

Holy Spirit Day Chapel:

Tuesdays 5:15 p.m. & Thursdays 8:30 a.m.

Park Place (3200 15th Ave. S) 2nd Wednesday each month 2:30

Holy Family Chapel (2800 Central Avenue) Fridays 8:30 am

Reconciliation: Saturdays - 4 pm Holy Spirit or by appointment

Holy Spirit Chapel is open for prayer before the

Blessed Sacrament: Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 4 pm

Friday 8:30 - 12.

Mass Intentions: Tues., 7/11- 5:15 p.m. - +Rich Wilson r/b Hogans

Wed., 7/12- 2:30 p.m Park Place. - +Conry family r/b B Conry

Thu., 7/13- 8:30 a.m -+ Henry & Ceal Coolidge r/b P Coolidge

Fri., 7/14- 8:30 a.m., HF - +Colleen Campanella r/b Donnellys

Sat., 7/15 - 4:30 p.m.– Lucille Krajacich (sp int) r/b K Walters

Sun., 7/16- 8:30 a.m. - +Annie Habel r/b B & E Nevala

11:00 a.m. - +Ardelle Haverlandt r/b S Turner

Readings for next week: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading: Isaiah 55:1-11

2nd Reading: Romans 8:18-23

Gospel: Matthew 13:1-23

Coffee & Rolls Schedule

July 9: Formation Program

July 16: Knights of Columbus

Bus Schedule:

July 15: Dave Stukey and Martin Triplett

July 16: Greg Bonilla and Lucius Francis

What’s Happening This Week… Tuesday: Fellowship lunch - noon hall

Senior Living Options presentation - 1:00 hall

As a Stewardship Parish we are grateful

to have parishioners give generously

from their heart. This allows us to have

no fee with all our sacramental and for-

mation programs for our parishioners. It is through your

generous weekly giving that we are able to offer quality

religious formation opportunities to everyone from womb

to tomb.

Please join us to pray the Rosary at 4:45 pm

on Tuesday at Holy Spirit, 8 am Thursday

and Sunday at Holy Spirit, 8 am Friday at

Holy Family and 4 pm Saturday at Holy

Spirit. The Knights of Columbus Council #9395 will lead

the Rosary before the 11 Mass on the 5th Sundays of the

month.

PARISH STAFF Fr. Douglas Krings Pastor Dcn. Bill Medved Deacon Dcn. Pete Woelkers Deacon Mark Meyer Parish Administrator Mary Dupuis Worship Aubrey Rearden DRE/Youth Minister Cindy Eultgen Christian Service/Elementary Formation Mary Wingerter Administrative Assistant Chuck Osterman Maintenance

Liturgical Ministers for July 15, 16

Care for Creation by Recycling Bins are S. of Sts. Peter & Paul Center along the N. edge of the

parking lot. Newspapers, Cardboard, and Aluminum.

Schedule:

Weekend Newspaper Cardboard

5th (June 30-July 6) K of C #9395 K of C #9395 1st (July 7-13) K of C # 9395 Jernigan & Blair

2nd (July 14-20) Weinheimer Sanders

The weekend starts on Friday (shifts are Friday to Thursday).

4:30 PM 8:30 AM 11:00 AM

Sub requested ~ see Web Terminal

Bread Baker

R. McNamee T. Watson

Holy Wash J. Knutson

Sacristan B. Thelen A. Heppner B. Rasmussen

Greeter Dunston / Edgar Pedro

Longin Family Nicholson Family G. Saunders

Usher J. Porter M. Thompson

D. Erickson Michael Nickol

C. Rostad N. St. Claire Mike Stimac

Cross D. Schumacher G. O'Neill D. Blair

Altar Servers

Reid Moog

C. Polacek

R. Harrington R. O'Neill

R. Blair Mae Kimmel

CLW NOT FILLED K. Blair

Reader K. Bernhardt C. Tucker

K. Malby J. Held

Carol Paul M. Leaf

Gifts Schumacher Family

Lyerly Family Ryan Family

Extra-ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist

E. Becker S. Edwin T. Ewalt L. Ewalt Hans Fehres T. Gilligan T. Hopkins L. Howard G. Howard A. Klundt K. Leggett D. Maronick R. McDunn M. Miner W. Walters

A. Ambuehl J. Bomgardner

Betty Cook

R. Erickson S. Harrington Marley Held Kathleen Hodges Monique Nickol

C. Nunez

T. O'Neill M. O'Neill K. O'Neill L. O'Neill Carla Schnider D. Wilkins

K. Baker T. Balyeat A. Bulger L. Francis M. Francis J. Ginnaty L. Ginnaty H. Houghton D. Hudson S. McAllister Doug Nicholson S. Pahut T. Paul J. Schmit R. Seilstad

Vacation Bible Camp

Cindy Eultgen 452-6491 ext. 208 cindy@holyspiritgf.org

RCIA: The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is the way

our parish prepares people to become Catholic. We are tempo-

rarily on hiatus til Fall. For information, call the parish office.

Are you missing something during the Liturgy of the Word? Join

us for a review with the Sunday by Sunday group. This is an on-

going program that meets Tuesday at 3 pm to study the up-coming

readings. This group plans to begin again in the fall.

Hops & Hope

Fun was had by all at our last Hops and Hope…

the Voyagers baseball game!

Please watch this space for information on our next event.

If you would like to be included in this group text, please text

Aubrey your phone number or email Stephanie at

s_schnider@hotmail.com

Bibles & Brew High School Bible Study Every Wednesday morning from 6:45-7:30am @ Schulte’s

Coffeehouse. (YES! Even in the summer!)

We have had so many valuable volunteers who donate time, money, and goods.

Your efforts have provided an awesome experience for:

89 participants from Pre-K—5th grade

25 pre-teen and teen volunteers

15 adult volunteers

Thank you to all who have worked so hard to volun-teer, donate, and make this week happen.

Please see our display of pictures in the hall.

NOW ENROLLING for the 2017-2018 school year! HSCS

has small class sizes, Art, Music and PE teachers and a dedi-

cated staff that really KNOWS their students! We have Sci-

ence Club, Junior Toastmasters and field trips for all ages,

among many other opportunities for learning and engaging.

Our students regularly compete in sports, often bringing home

championships! We pray together, worship together, and com-

plete community service projects together. We build future

community leaders, and our students make regular appear-

ances in every local high school’s top 10 at graduation! We’d

love for you to be part of our TRADITION OF EXCEL-

LENCE! Come check us out…call 761-5775 to schedule a

tour!

Interested in making HSCS a beneficiary of your charitable

donations? There are many ways to make that happen!

Through the HSCS Endowment Trust, Scholarships, Dare-to-

Dream, and more, you can make a difference in a child’s life!

Visit us online to donate, or for more information, call Colette

at the school.

Fair Trade—Equal Exchange: Otherwise

known as Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate Sales!

See us in the parish hall the weekend of July

8 & 9! Did you know we have coffee in sin-

gle serve cups? With prices comparable to

the store!

Do you want to make a difference here in Great Falls and

across the world?

Your purchase of Equal Exchange goods supports a

trade system that empowers farmers, strengthens

communities, and benefits the environment?

Join the movement equalexchange.coop

Find us on Facebook!

Find out more and volunteer: Be a part of a chain that helps

small farmers with less ‘middle person’ to support a just sys-

tem and provide scholarships for students in Guatemala &

Pakistan.

Call Parish Office for information on RCIA, Adult Formation or Marriage Preparation

Youth Ministry Aubrey Rearden 452-6491 ext. 207 aubrey@holyspiritgf.org

Cell Phone: 868-6713 Youth Group Sunday Nights 6:30-8:15pm

@ Sts. Peter & Paul Center

Holy Spirit School Jim Wichman - Principal Melissa Hallahan, Vice-Principal

Judy Flint & Robin Verzuh, Administrative Assistants Colette Longin, Development Director, clongin@holyspiritgf.org

761-5775 www.holyspiritgf.org

Young Adult Ministry Aubrey Rearden 452-6491 ext. 207 aubrey @holyspiritgf.org

Cell Phone: 868-6713 (call or text)

Christian Service Cindy Eultgen 452-6491 ext. 208 cindy@holyspiritgf.org

As we reenter the Ordinary Season of the Church

year our discipleship messages from the scrip-

tures and the loving followers of Jesus remind us

that God is Love. We have many ways in which

we can manifest the love that comes from God to us. “Every

volunteer or coworker who came to Calcutta soon heard the

story about the minister from the Indian government who

once said to Mother Teresa, ‘”You and I we both do social

work, but there is a big difference between you and us. We

do it for something, and you do it for someone.’” (Mother

Teresa of Calcutta. Leo Maasburg. P. 60). The loving mes-

sages that teach us how to be the disciples of Jesus come in a

variety of ways. Remembering the someone is key to our

learning.

Come and visit at the Monsignor House on Thursday July 13

from 3:30-5:30. Kathie will be there and the front door will

be open for you. If you have any questions, please come

over on Thursday or call Kathie at 781-5033.

“For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” -

MATTHEW 11:30

When we think of being good stewards, we may think that

God is asking too much of us when He calls us to gener-

ously share our time, talent and treasure. However, we

must remember that we are not “owners” of anything, we

are merely “stewards” of the gifts God has given us. All

He is asking is that we give back a small portion of what

He has already given to us.

Musicians Rehearsals are suspended for the sum-

mer. You are still invited to join the music ministry,

30 minutes before Mass to go thru music. All voices

and most instruments are welcome to help lead the music.

Liturgical Bits and Bytes ~ Homily: You critique your

homilist all the time. Talking with other parishioners, around

the family table, at work, and in your mind over and over

you’ve formed a lot of opinions about what your preacher

says. But have you ever told a homilist what you think?

Most preachers get very little feedback from the assembly.

But preachers have ways of finding out what people think.

Does the parent of a crying child make any effort to calm the

baby? Are people reading the bulletin instead of listening to

the talk? Do jokes fall flat? Are some people poised to stand

up as soon as the homily ends, like sprinters waiting for the

whistle? Preachers have a general idea how attentive the lis-

teners are. But most preachers don’t get systematic feedback.

And homilists rarely get to hear one another. You may try

out several different preachers in the course of a year, but

homilists don’t. They work on Sundays.

If you’ve got something to say to your homilist, you’d do

the whole parish a favor by speaking up. You should say

Worship Mary Dupuis 452-6491 ex. 206 mdupuis@holyspiritgf.org

Stewardship

Courtesy Announcements

positive things as well as negative ones. And never do it anony-

mously. Say it in person, on the phone, or write it and sign your

name. You’ll learn tact and you’ll accept responsibility for what

you say. Your preacher may want to talk with you about your

ideas. Here are some points to consider when you give feedback:

Communication: Do you get the point of the talk?

Organization: Does the homily have a beginning, a middle, and

an end?

Scripture: Does the homily help you understand and apply the

Scripture?

Significance: Does the homily touch your life?

Appearance: Do your preacher’s appearance or habits distract

you from the message?

Sincerity: Does your preacher seem to believe the message?

Audio: Do the sound system and acoustics help you hear?

Improvement: Is your preacher better now than a year ago?

Only you can change your opinions from idle gossip to helpful

dialogue. Paul Turner Copyright © 2012 Resource Publications, Inc., 160 E. Virginia St. #170, San Jose, CA 95112, (408) 286-8505.

St. Vincent de Paul is having a DIAPER DRIVE. Any

sizes are welcome and needed. Diapers may be left at

the thrift store, 426 Central Ave. W. or at the parish and

will be picked up there. Thank you for your support!

Saint Vincent de Paul food bank has grown thanks to wonderful do-

nations. We would like to expand food deliveries to the Vaughn/

Sun River area. Please let us know if someone is willing to make a

once a month delivery out that way. Call June or Isaac at 761-0870.

HELP NEEDED! We are looking for some volun-

teers to help water the community garden behind

Father Dick’s house. The rotation will depend on

how many people volunteer. Please call Chris at

590-4406. Thank you!

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