Liturgy News
We invite all parishioners to attend our Lenten Penance Service: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 6:30 PM, with individual confessions in English and Spanish. (No confessions at our usual time of 6:00 PM)
Invitamos a todos los feligreses a asistir a nuestro Servicio de Penitencia el miércoles, 22 de marzo a las 6:30 pm con confesiones individuaes en inglés y español. (No habra confesiones a las 6:00 pm)
Thursday, March 23, 2022 @ 7:00 PM
Outreach Ministry
Week Four: March 19 - March 26, 2023
Catholic Relief Services
The second collection at all Masses this weekend will support Catholic Relief Services as they continue to provide relief to those impacted by the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. CRS supports emergency relief efforts led by Caritas Internationalis, Caritas Syria in Aleppo and Lattakia (where extensive damage has been reported) and other local partners on-the-ground in affected areas.
PROJECT: This week, please designate a donation to Catholic Relief Services and drop it in the collection basket or at the Outreach table in the narthex. You can also donate online by using the button below. Your gifts will help partners provide safe shelter to those displaced by the quakes, and provide access to food, clean water, and hygiene supplies.
ONGOING PROJECT: We are continuing to collect items needed in the Holy Spirit Food Pantry. Through your generosity, we have sufficient amounts of canned beans and vegetables. We are in need of the following items: hearty canned soups, canned chicken, canned tuna, Vienna sausages, cereal, oatmeal, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, jelly, and canned pasta (Spaghetti-O's; Ravioli).
Please check expiration date on donated items - we CANNOT accept expired items. Please place your items in the collection box or at our Almsgiving table in the Narthex.
Bishop's Pro-Life Dinner Raffle Tickets
Just a friendly reminder that Alex Sabo is selling raffle tickets in support of the Bishop's Annual Pro-Life Dinner. Find him in the narthex after all Sunday Masses or at the Knights of Columbus fish fry on Fridays.
RAFFLE TICKETS
$30 FOR 1
$80 FOR 4
$125 FOR 8
Purchase your Bishop's Dinner raffle tickets today for your chance to win!
GRAND PRIZE:
$10,000 IN MASTERCARD® GIFT CARDS
SECOND PRIZE:
$5,000 IN MASTERCARD® GIFT CARDS
THIRD PRIZE:
$1,000 IN MASTERCARD® GIFT CARDS
Youth Ministry
ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS:
If you are searching for a place to belong, grow in community with your Catholic peers, and deepen your faith in Christ while forming leaderships skills, come join Team Spirit. Our next meeting is Wednesday, March 22nd. We will meet from ~6:30-8:30 PM in room 106.
Adult and Family Ministry
Friday Fish Fry
Our Holy Spirit Knights of Columbus are once again hosting their annual fish fry on Fridays during Lent. Serving starts at 5:00 PM in the gym, and for only $8.00 per plate, you can enjoy 2 pieces of fish, cole slaw, hush puppies, and fries.
Don’t miss out!
Food and Fellowship: March 19
Our Holy Spirit Catholic Daughters of the Americas will be preparing breakfast tacos to serve this Sunday after all morning Masses. Don't rush away after Mass - come enjoy a hot, delicious breakfast burrito and visit with your Holy Spirit family. Available for $2 each while supplies last!
Women’s Retreat (in English)
at St. Raphael Retreat Center
APRIL 27 - 30, 2023.
For more information or to register, look for our team members in the narthex after all Sunday Masses in March or go to our website by clicking on the "ACTS Women" button.
SAVE THE DATE!
– FIESTA –
Sábado, 6 de mayo
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Este es un evento Familiar Habrá comida, bebidas, juegos y música.
Open to the whole Family, with food, drinks, games and music.
Boletos a la venta pronto!
Tickets on sale soon!
Children's Faith Formation
We will celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph with a traditional St. Joseph altar in the Community Center lobby on Sunday, March 19th, complete with baked treats for all to enjoy. Stop by between 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM and grab a pastry to enjoy with a cup of juice or coffee. There will also be prayer cards, a basket for personal payer petitions, and treat bags for children in the Faith Formation program. If you would like to donate baked goods (store bought are fine), you may bring them to the front desk on Sunday morning.
Join us on Saturday, April 1st (Palm Sunday Weekend) for our first Family EGGstravaganza
2:30 - 4:30 PM
The afternoon will include a blessing of the children's Easter baskets, egg hunts for children 10 and under, crafts, snacks, a Palm Sunday parade and other activities to commemorate Jesus's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem at the start of Holy Week!
PLEASE: Bring in donations of plastic Easter eggs, individually wrapped candy and small prizes to ensure successful egg hunts. Drop them off at the Community Center front desk, attention Deborah.
Diocesan News
From the Office of the Bishop:
RESCRIPT GRANTING DISPENSATION FROM ABSTINENCE
ON THE MEMORIAL OF SAINT PATRICK
"...Bishops may dispense of this Friday obligation [of Abstinence from meat] during Lent, especially when 'certain feasts occur which the liturgy or local custom traditionally exempts from the Lenten spirit of penance' (NCCB, Statement, n. 16).
Because the Memorial of Saint Patrick is a common celebratory day in the United States and locally, I hereby decree that on Friday, March 17, 2023, all Catholics of the Diocese of Dallas, no matter where they may be, and all other Catholics actually present in the Diocese on that day, are dispensed from the obligation to abstain from meat (can. 87 § 1).
Catholics are not required to utilize this dispensation and may continue the laudable practice of abstaining from meat on this Friday of Lent. If one chooses to make use of this dispensation, he or she is strongly encouraged, though not required, to alternate or substitute another penance in place of abstinence from meat on this day.
May God continue to bless the faithful and all the people of the Diocese of Dallas during this holy and penitential season."
Given at Dallas this 3rd day of March, 2023.
Because the Memorial of Saint Patrick is a common celebratory day in the United States and locally, I hereby decree that on Friday, March 17, 2023, all Catholics of the Diocese of Dallas, no matter where they may be, and all other Catholics actually present in the Diocese on that day, are dispensed from the obligation to abstain from meat (can. 87 § 1).
Catholics are not required to utilize this dispensation and may continue the laudable practice of abstaining from meat on this Friday of Lent. If one chooses to make use of this dispensation, he or she is strongly encouraged, though not required, to alternate or substitute another penance in place of abstinence from meat on this day.
May God continue to bless the faithful and all the people of the Diocese of Dallas during this holy and penitential season."
Given at Dallas this 3rd day of March, 2023.
Most Reverend Edward J. Burns
Bishop of Dallas
Join us for our next public listening session:
SACRAMENTS AND SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Saturday, April 15, 2023
10 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Holy Family, Irving
Other ways to help:
- Spread the word about the sessions!
- Personally send the link for session registration to any family and friends in the area who may have opinions on sacramental preparation, and encourage them to join you in attending.
- Continue to pray for our diocese as we continue this process!
Únase a nosotros para nuestra próxima sesión
de escucha pública:
SACRAMENTOS Y PREPARACIÓN SACRAMENTAL
sábado, 15 de abril de 2023
Parroquia de la Sagrada Familia, Irving
Ministerio de Alcance
Ministerio de Adultos y Familias
Nuestros Caballeros de Colón del Espíritu Santo organizarán una vez más su fritura de pescado anual los viernes durante la Cuaresma, a partir del 24 de febrero. El servicio comienza a las 5:00 PM en el gimnasio y por solo $8.00 por plato, puede disfrutar de 2 piezas de pescado, ensalada de repollo, papas fritas y papas fritas. ¡No te lo pierdas!