Holy Spirit Catholic Church 6201 Stratford Pl, New Orleans, LA 70131, PH# 504-394-5492 • Fax# 504-398-0901 Pastoral Team Father Terry Hayden, Pastor Dan Reynolds, Deacon Ms. Lori Horan, Church Secretary Ms. Pam Kamphuis, Ministry Coordinator/ Music Director Ms. Fran Laudun, Custodian Elliot Glapion, Groundskeeper Mass Schedule Saturday Vigil: 5:00 PM Sunday: 9:00 AM, 11:00 AM Monday through Friday 8:30 AM Tuesday: Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help after 8:30 AM Mass Confession Saturday: 4:00 4:45 PM Monday through Friday 8:15 AM Mary, the Holy Mother of God January 1, 2012 Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. — Luke 2:19 I hope that you all had a happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas wit h family, Re lat ives and Friends. Now we Are entering the New Year of 2012. This is the time when we make resolutions and hopefully we keep them and not breat them by the end of January. I believe that one resolution we should make and keep is that we try to be a better person towards my neighbor. If we can do this then we are truly following Jesus and improving in our discipleship. This will be a challenge for us but a challenge that we can we succeed in if we take our relationship with Jesus seriously. Usually we look back at what happened in our lives in 2011. But those days and months of 2011 are history never to be repeated. We have to go forward and live each day as if it is the last day of our earthly life. Sometimes we concentrate on more of the negatives of life that the positives. There are many good people who have compassion, understanding and love for their fellow human being. I wish you and the family a very Happy, Holy and Peaceful 2012. God Bless you all. Fr. Terry. READINGS FOR THE WEEK 1/2-1/8 Monday: 1 Jn 2:22-28; Jn 1:19-28 Tuesday: 1 Jn 2:29 — 3:6; Jn 1:29-34 Wednesday: 1 Jn 3:7-10; Jn 1:35-42 Thursday: 1 Jn 3:11-21; Jn 1:43-51 Friday: 1 Jn 5:5-13; Mk 1:7-11 or Lk 3:23-38 (23,31-34, 36, 38) Saturday: 1 Jn 5:14-21; Jn 2:1-11 Sunday: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 Novena to Our Lady Of Perpetual Help will be recited every Tuesday after the 8:30a.m. Mass. Novena cards will be available and everyone is invited to participate. We will continue to collect non-perishable food items. Please place your food items in the baskets underneath the tables in the vestibule. Thank you in advance for your generosity! If there is a parishioner who is homebound and would like to receive Holy Communion please call the office at 394-5492 to make arrangements. 12/31 - Saturday 5:00 p.m. - Parishioners 1/1 - Sunday 9:00 a.m. - Thoi Thi Le; Dong Vo 1/1 - Sunday 11:00 a.m. - Louise Davis 1/2 - Monday 8:30 a.m. - Robert A. Philage, Jr. 1/3 - Tuesday 8:30 a.m. - For the Sick and their Caregivers 1/4 - Wednesday 8:30 a.m. - Mr. Fred Borne 1/5 - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - All Nursing Home Residents 1/6 - Friday 8:30 a.m. - Mr. Fred Borne 1/7 - Saturday 5:00 p.m. - Julie Bowes; Sr. Germaine Buckingham 1/8 - Sunday 9:00 a.m. - Louise Davis; Thoi Thi Le; Dong Vo; Julie Bowes 1/8 - Sunday 11:00 a.m. - Parishioners 2012 Contribution Envelopes are available for pickup in the vestibule. Please write your name, address, and phone number on the first few envelopes you use. If you would like to begin using contribution envelopes this year, please call the office at 394-5492. Religious Ed classes will resume on January 10 following the Christmas Holiday. Notre Dame Hospice, a ministry of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, is looking for volunteers to provide caregiver relief, run errands, or help in the office. If you are interested or would like more info please contact Janine Bonner, Volunteer Coordinator, at 504-418-1049.Volunteers are needed to serve in all Church Parishes. In continuing our commitment to support and to facilitate healing, we invite and encourage individuals who have been hurt or sexually abused recently or in the past by clergy, religious, an employee or a volunteer of the Archdiocese of New Orleans to call the Victims’ Assistance Coordinator at (504)861-6253. ********************************************* 855-4LA-KIDS (855-452-5437) for anyone in the state to call and report child abuse or neglect. One number, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to speak to a trained child welfare worker to report possible abuse and neglect. You can also call your local police station to report the abuse. ARCHDIOCESAN NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING CLASSES With professional instruction, Natural Family Planning has proven itself to be safe, effective, and a moral way for couples to plan their families. It is a method which respects the meaning of human sexuality as God created it and thus marital love is enhanced and strengthened. Come join the class series that Family Life Apostolate is offering in the Sympto-Thermal Method of Natural Family Planning conducted by Caroline Sholl of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The dates of the class series are: January 10, January 24, February 7 and March 6, 2012 The classes will be held at St. Dominic Parish in New Orleans. Preregistration is required and the cost is $100.00. For more information and registration please call: Family Life Apostolate (504) 861-6243. Willwoods Married Couples Retreat at St. Joseph Abbey, January 21 - 22, 2012 Would you like to break away with your spouse and spend quality time enriching your marriage? Then join us on our upcoming Married couples Retreat at St. Joseph Abbey Christian Life Center. The retreat begins on Sat., Jan. 21st at 9 a.m. and ends at 1 pm on Sun., Jan. 22nd. If you would like to register or need more information, please call Jason Angelette at (504) 830-3716 or visit www.faithandmarriage.org. Suggested donation of $220 is requested but not required. Pre-registration deposit, which is part of the donation, is $50. These retreats are not designed for deeply struggling marriages. If you need assistance in finding help in this area, please contact your pastor, the Family Life Apostolate or us to help you in your search. Welcome Coffee on Sunday January 8th after the 9 & 11 a.m. Masses Family Dinner on Tuesday January 10th 5:30 p.m. 1st Thursday Evening of Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations The second of a series of monthly events to pray for vocations will be held Thursday, January 5, 2012 at The Visitation of Our Lady Parish in Marrero. The evening will begin at 7 p.m. with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and continue with silent adoration and prayers for vocations, concluding with Benediction at 8 p.m. All are invited as each month (usually the 1st Thursday) a different parish will host an evening of Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations. These parishes are selected by each deanery and will continue throughout the year until all the deaneries have had a chance to host an evening. The beautiful Poinsettias in the Sanctuary are given in loving memory of the following people: Al Mouton III The Rudeke, Brin, & Ferrata Families Matthew Comeaux Rose Simmons Becky Killeen Reaves Dr. Charles Geyer Charles J. McShane Elizabeth B. Debuys Melba Hebert Adams Joseph P. Hebert Virginia D. Bordlee Anthony Bordlee Cimion Nunez Cheryl Glorioso Mary and Ray A. Lorio, Sr. Martha Craft Harvey Craft The Tauzy Family The Rodriguez Family Anna Mae Kuhn Pat Stakelum and Peggy Daniels Bogy Boogaerts The Didier, Lannes, and Ducote Families The deBoisblanc & Bruneau Families The Waitt & Cochran Families Ronald Couget