August 27th, 2017 Worship Centers: , 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: [email protected] Website: www.holyspiritgf.org

School: 2820 Central Avenue Phone: 761-5775 Email: [email protected] web: www.holyspiritgfschool.org

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WE, the people of Holy Spirit Catholic Parish of Great Falls, Montana, created by God, centered in 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 . WE strive to be the Lord’s presence on earth by welcoming and ministering to all people with compassion and hope. Rev. March 1999

“The knot of Eve’s disobedience was loosed by the obedience of Mary. For what the virgin Eve bound fast through unbelief, this did the virgin Mary set free through faith.” St. Ireneous

Join us in Novena to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots

By request of Bishop Warfel, we will begin a Novena to our Lady on August 28th, 2017. The primary intention of this Novena is to seek the intercession of the Blessed Mother so that whatever decisions are made with regard to a settlement of the claims against the Diocese, they would be just and equitable.

Copies of the Novena are available By the main doors

Beginning September 2nd, the weekly If you are expecting a baby or recently confession times had a baby and want the baby baptized will change. at Holy Spirit, you must attend the Baptism Preparation classes. Father Doug will offer individual confession opportunities The next classes are scheduled for ~ Saturdays from 2-4 p.m. and Sept. 10: 5:00 p.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 17: 5:00 p.m. at Holy Spirit. Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 27, 2017

Holy Spirit Parish Weekend Schedule PARISH STAFF Saturday – 4:30 p.m. Fr. Douglas Krings Pastor Sunday – 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Dcn. Bill Medved Deacon Daily Mass Schedule Dcn. Pete Woelkers Deacon Holy Spirit Day Chapel: Mark Meyer Parish Administrator Tuesdays 5:15 p.m., Wednesdays & Thursdays 8:30 a.m. Mary Dupuis Worship, RCIA (Becoming Catholic) th Aubrey Rearden DRE/Youth Minister Park Place (3200 15 Ave. S) 2nd Wednesday each month 2:30 Cindy Eultgen Christian Service/Elementary Formation Highgate (3000 11th Ave S) 3rd Wednesday each month 1:30 Mary Wingerter Administrative Assistant Holy Family Chapel (2800 Central Avenue) Fridays 8:30 a.m. Chuck Osterman Maintenance

Reconciliation: Saturdays - 4 pm Holy Spirit or by appointment

Liturgical Ministers for September 2,3 Holy Spirit Chapel is open for prayer before the Blessed Sacrament: Monday - Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 4 pm 4:30 PM 8:30 AM 11:00 AM Friday 8:30 - 12.

Sub requested ~ see Web Terminal Mass Intentions: Bread E Becker Tues., 8/29- 5:15 p.m. - +Steve Timmerman r/b M & P Reagor Baker M Harris Wed., 8/30- 8:30 a.m - +Bernadette Murphy r/b K Walters Thu., 8/31- 8:30 a.m -+ Dale Stewart r/b H & D Wilkins Holy Wash T Dimke Fri., 9/1- 8:30 a.m., HF - +Michelle Mindt r/b C LaValley Sacristan S Mayernik G Matsko K Krattiger Sat., 9/2- 4:30 p.m.- +Colleen Campanella r/b K Walters Schuler family D Dickman, P Ford Schaffer family Sun., 9/3- 8:30 a.m. - Agnes Jiran (sp int) r/b D Martin Greeter Sub requested J Baje 11:00 a.m. - Parishioners Readings for next week: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time T Tomich D Erickson M Stimac Usher A Toeckes C Munsterteiger C Rostad 1st Reading: Jeremiah 20:7-9 T Trunkle 2nd Reading: Romans 12:1-2 Cross Everett Shepherd R O’Neill M Goulet-Barlow Gospel: Matthew 16:21-27 Altar Emerson Shepherd J Gagnon N Stimac Coffee & Rolls Schedule Servers C Polacek G O’Neill J Stimac Aug 27: Holy Spirit Catholic School C Mee V Evans CLW Sept 3: Formation program NOT FILLED NOT FILLED Bus Schedule: K Leggett M Nardinger P Ttremper Reader Sept 2: Don and Elaine Miller P Cahill T McGonigal M Woelkers E White, M Lacher, Warren Family Pahut Family Sept 3: Leesha Ford and Lucius Francis Gifts B Lorenz What’s Happening This Week… B Medved P Woelkers Sub requested C Monday: Novena begins R McDunn T Drake D Hudson Tuesday: Fellowship Lunch - Noon Hall W Walters I Kelley R Seilstad S Edwin G Drake T Balyeat As a Stewardship Parish we are grate- F Polacek T O’Neill G Tremper Extra- A Klundt K O’Neill L Ginnaty ful to have parishioners give generously ordinary T Griffith M O’Neill J Ginnaty from their heart. This allows us to have Ministers C Grau B Cook R Vincent no fee with all our sacramental and of the T Grau B Schlecht K Heffernan Eucharist K Weinheimer Sr. Rita Kohut A Heffernan formation programs for our parishioners. It is through E Becker L O’Neill D Heffernan your generous weekly giving that we are able to offer R Maronick J Stenzel M Heffernan quality religious formation opportunities to everyone from D Maronick L Stenzel S Fehres D Stukey J Bomgardner W Fehres womb to tomb. K Reed Sub requested P. Woelkers Please join us to pray the at 4:45 pm on Tuesday at Holy Spirit, 8 am Wednesday, Care for Creation by Recycling Bins are S. of Sts. Peter & Paul Center along the N. edge of Thursday and Sunday at Holy Spirit, 8 am the parking lot. Newspapers, Cardboard, and Aluminum. Friday at Holy Family and 4 pm Saturday at Holy Spirit. The Knights of Columbus Council Schedule: #9395 will lead the Rosary before the 11 Mass on the 5th Weekend Newspaper Cardboard Sundays of the month. 4th (Aug 25-31) Everett White Schumacher & Nowak 1st (Sept 1–7) K of C 9395 Jernigan & Blair The weekend starts on Friday (shifts are Friday to Thursday).

School Newspapers: Greg Bonilla

Call Parish Office for information on RCIA, Holy Spirit School Adult Formation or Marriage Preparation Jim Wichman - Principal Melissa Hallahan, Vice-Principal Judy Flint & Robin Verzuh, Administrative Assistants HELP!!! Colette Longin, Development Director, [email protected] We need IDEAS FOR providing ADULT FAITH FORMATION 761-5775 www.holyspiritgf.org in our parish. Faith formation for all ages (even adults) is critical NOW ENROLLING for the 2017-2018 school year! HSCS has small for our personal spiritual growth and important to the growth and class sizes, Art, Music and PE teachers and a dedicated staff that vitality of our Church. Big or small we need them all! really KNOWS their students! We have Science Club, Junior Toast- SO... send your ideas along with contact information by email to masters and field trips for all ages, among many other opportunities [email protected] or drop them off at the parish office. for learning and engaging. Our students regularly compete in sports, often bringing home championships! We pray together, worship to- Young Adult Ministry gether, and complete community service projects together. We build Aubrey Rearden 452-6491 ext. 207 aubrey @holyspiritgf.org future community leaders, and our students make regular appear- Cell Phone: 868-6713 (call or text) ances in every local high school’s top 10 at graduation! We’d love for you to be part of our TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE! Come

check us out…call 761-5775 to schedule a tour! Coming to you in September… Young Adult Bible Study Interested in making HSCS a beneficiary of your charitable dona- Beginning Wednesday September 6th 7:45-8:30am @ Schulte’s tions? There are many ways to make that happen! Through the Coffeehouse (3800 3rd Ave. S) led by Stacy Peterson. HSCS Endowment Trust, Scholarships, Dare-to-Dream, and more, you can make a difference in a child’s life! Visit us online to donate, Youth Ministry or for more information, call Colette at the school. Aubrey Rearden 452-6491 ext. 207 [email protected] Cell Phone: 868-6713 The First Annual Mike Diekhans Golf Tournament will be held Youth Group Sunday Nights 6:30-8:15pm on Friday, September 8th at the Meadowlark Country Club, benefit- ing the Athletic programs of Great Falls Catholic Schools! If you'd REGISTRATION like to sponsor the event, or enroll a team to play, please is on it’s way to an inbox/mailbox near you! email [email protected]! Youth Group registration was mailed out to everyone on Monday. Exciting stuff headed your way this fall, including 6th Grade joining us for Youth Group on Sunday nights! Christian Service Cindy Eultgen 452-6491 ext. 208 [email protected] Mark your calendars Youth Group back in action beginning Sunday September 17th. Fellowship Lunch

This Week! All are welcome! “Live the Adventure” Tuesday, August 29 at 12 noon CYC 2017 Diocese of Great Falls-Billings Families, children, and young at heart! Free will offering. September 23 & 24, 2017 Great Falls, MT New this month: the bus is available to transport Registration is open to all youth in 6th - 12th Grades in the book those who need...to and from the lunch! rack in the entrance of the church. Call the office by Monday, Aug.28 @ 9 am.

Bibles & Brew High School Bible Study Parish Nurses Every Wednesday morning from 6:45-7:30am @ Prayer Shawls If you would like to knit or cro- Schulte’s Coffeehouse. chet a shawl, packets are in the parish office with prayer directions and yarn. You may do- Elementary Faith Formation nate your time and/or yarn. Still Collecting: eyeglasses/hearing aids, even “over the ear”. Pre-K thru 5th gr. Place in basket by office bulletin board. Sun. 9:30—10::45 am or Wed. 6:30—7:30 pm @ Sts. Peter & Paul Center Men’s Day of Prayer, Cindy Eultgen 452-6491 ext. 208 [email protected] Sunday October 8 Speaker: Fr. Doug Krings

Parents teach the faith by the way they live at home. The HOSPICE needs you! Helping Serve Meals, Patient & Family church supports that work with lifelong faith formation. Registration packets have been mailed out. Please return Support, Office Assistance, Bereavement, and Children’s Be-

them promptly so we can plan for a great start! reavement Team. Volunteer Training: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8:30-12:30 pm. Sept. 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, & 27. All families invited Required: pre-registration and pre-training before Sept 6. Ice Cream Social (with Dairy Free alternative) For more info call 455-3040 or see the bulletin board. Wednesday, August 30 at 6:30 pm

@ Sts. Peter & Paul Center Stewardship do with the priest’s communion or the sacrifice preceding it. The “Although the life of a person is in a land full of priest even distributed communion from the tabernacle rather thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which than the newly consecrated bread and wine on the altar. the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.” In the revisions of the Mass following the Council, the Pop Francis became one of three options for the penitential act near the beginning of Mass. The Confiteor was removed from the Thank you to everyone for unloading cots and making them up, communion rite, where it interrupted the natural flow of events. bringing suppers, staying overnight, donating food and sup- It remained at the beginning, but as one option rather than an plies, doing laundry and cleaning the Monsignor House. Thank you again to all who cleaned the yard in the spring. Our gar- obligatory prayer. It was offered to the entire assembly to recite dens in the front and back look so nice. Thank you to Kevin rather than to the priest alone. This enabled everyone to partici- and his worker at Holy Spirit School for the beauty of our pate in the Mass from the very start as the priestly people. One lawns. Thank you to Martin Triplett who trimmed the tree in way people participate consciously is to acknowledge to one an- front. And thank you to Brenda Meyer for looking after and other and to God that they have sinned, to say aloud, “I confess.” cleaning the little garden in back. The Monsignor House is our Paul Turner Copyright © 2012 Resource Publications, Inc., 160 E. Virginia St. #170, San Jose, CA 95112, Holy Spirit House and we get to share it with homeless families 4 times per year. Milestones

If you are thinking of helping with Family Promise but are not The Holy Spirit community welcomes Jarett Gundlach who was re- ready to commit please come for a training. Come and learn ceived into full communion with the Catholic Church last weekend. with our Director, Sharon Odden. It will be in the parish hall at Congratulations! We also welcome Hero Quejado, son of Christopher 7:00 on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Refreshments will be served. All and Jessica Quejado, who was baptized in August. We also had these are welcome. families join our parish in the last month: Roberta McGalliard; Connie Morris; Jennifer Wilson with her daughter Natasha; Harold and Lexi If you have any questions, please call Kathie at 781-5033. Hager; Olivia Martin and Robert Freiwillig with their children Ella and “Or who has given the Lord anything that he may be repaid?” - Enya; Donna Woulms; and Jeanna Stephenson with her children ROMANS 11:35 Selena and Serenity. Welcome!

St. Paul reminds us of a central fact of stewardship. We cannot Courtesy Announcements give the Lord anything, because God already owns it all. God SAVE THE DATE! October 6 (5-9 pm) and October 7 (8-12) St. made everything. All that we can do is return a portion of God’s Ann’s Church in Butte. Immaculee Ilibagiza presents a “Healing & many gifts back to Him. Sincere gratitude for our gifts opens Hope Retreat”. She is a Rwandan Genocide Survivor and Author of our hearts to joyful generosity! Left to Tell. For more information go to immaculee.com

Worship ATTENTION ENGAGED COUPLES!! The next Catholic Engaged Mary Dupuis 452-6491 ex. 206 [email protected] Encounter weekend is October 6-8, 2017 in Great Falls. Sign up now! Musicians Rehearsals are suspended for the sum- Information and registration is available online at greatfallscee.org. mer. You are still invited to join the music ministry, 30 Call Brenda & Bill Chafin at 406-771-8658 or Terry & Dave stukey at minutes before Mass to go thru music. All voices and 406-452-3542 for more information. A Wedding is a Day...Marriage is a Lifetime! most instruments are welcome to help lead the music.

NEEDED: 11:00 SACRISTAN / Children’s Liturgy leaders. Do you know someone who is raising a grandchild or a family mem- Call Mary at the parish offices 452.6491 ext 206 for full info. ber? Jona McNamee will be teaching a six week educational series to give grandparents the skills and tools needed to manage the stress of Liturgical Bits and Bytes ~ The Confiteor: Near the begin- raising grandchildren. She will be utilizing the Powerful Tools for ning of Mass, the community acknowledges its sinfulness Caregivers program to help grandparents learn to take better care of and dependence on God’s mercy. One option is for all to themselves, improve communication with family and professionals, recite the Confiteor, the prayer that begins, “I confess to al- reduce stress, guilt, anger, and depression. Classes consist of six, 2 mighty God.” As people admit their sin, they strike their hour sessions. Attendance is free but registration is required. To regis- breast. ter call Benefis Sletten Cancer Institute at 731-8250. Classes begin The Confiteor is an old prayer, but its current place- Sept. 5 at 10:00 am. ment in the Mass is an innovation. Prior to the Second Vati- can Council, the priest recited the Confiteor by himself, one LIVING FATIMA: THE MIRACLE & THE MESSAGE of several at the foot of the altar that introduced the Join Billings Catholic Radio October 13th & 14th for “Living Fatima,” a two-day conference that will touch hearts and dig deep into the mes- Mass, and the servers repeated it after him. The people sages of Our Lady of Fatima, 100 years later. Keynote speaker is prayed the Confiteor later, just before receiving communion. EWTN’s Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S,J. Full program schedule and ticket infor- This was because for many years, people did not receive mation can be found at www.kjcrradio.com under the Events tab or by communion at Mass frequently. When they received com- calling 406-294-5250. Special pricing will soon expire! Register munion outside of Mass—for example, when they were before September 1st for $10 off each registration. sick—they said the Confiteor first. As communion at Mass became more common, the Confiteor came with it. So essen- Michael Radio ~ *FM 97.1 tially, a communion service had been inserted into the “Sharing the Splendor of Truth” priest’s Mass, as if the people’s communion had nothing to