Holy Family Catholic , 4401 Highcrest Rd., Rockford, Illinois 61107 815-398-4280 | February 21, 2016

. FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR Holy Family · Rockford | 2

During Msgr. Barr’s absence, I will be handling the day to day operations at Holy Family. Please continue to If you are a first time parent—we ask that you keep Msgr. Barr in your prayers—as well as the staff attend our Baptismal Preparation Class prior to and myself during this transition. having your child baptized. Classes are held on the 1st Sunday of the month, immediately following Most of the events that had been scheduled are still the 12:30 PM Mass. going to take place. The Ashes to Easter talk of Msgr. Barr’s has, of course, been cancelled due to his ab- Pre-registration is required so we have enough sence. materials.

First Communion, Confirmation and Graduation will still Please call Teresa at 815-398-4280 to register for be held on the dates originally planned. the class. We will also be having Be Reconciled, throughout the Diocese of Rockford on March 16 from 9 AM until 8 PM. If you have NOT been to confession in a year or more, I would encourage you to come on March 16. If you go to reconciliation on a regular basis, please come to one of our Lenten Confession times—but let those who have been away from this sacrament for some time be able to have the time they need. I would also ask you to encourage people you know who struggle with confession to come this special day. Pope Francis has given us this special Year of Mercy to remind all people of God’s love and mercy. We promise to be very kind and merciful with each penitent. This is a great time of people to relax in the Lord’s Mercy. This truly is a great sacrament. “Be not Afraid!” Enjoy it!!

Closing out our Lenten Journey we will have the Paddy Joe’s Dinner Dance on March 19—please join us for Mass at 4:30 PM with the dinner and dance to follow. Reservations are required. This is a great time to cele- brate the blahs of winter and beginning of Holy Week. So relax and enjoy the fellowship of our parishioners.

I pray that you have a Blessed ,

Fr. Beauvais Be Reconciled

Wednesday, March 16

9 AM—8 PM

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STEWARDSHIP - OUR GENEROUS GIVING

Monday, February 29, Lenten Weekday 6:30 All Souls in Purgatory Holy Family- Stewardship of Treasure 8:30 Eugene Swytnyk February 14, 2016 Tuesday, March 1, Lenten Weekday 6:30 Julienne Radcliff Sunday Collection ...... $39,026.00 8:30 +Mary Roehrig Children’s Collection ...... 10.00 +Hugh Doyle ...... 5,468.00 Wednesday, March 2, Lenten Weekday 6:30 Increase in Vocations to the priesthood 8:30 Deceased members of the Scibona & Dye Our Children’s Giving Spirit and Talents Families  Watching the Babies Thursday, March 3, Lenten Weekday  Cleaning my room and doing my homework this week 6:30 In Thanksgiving  Helping with the twins 8:30 Int. of the Jack Sheridan Family  Talent: reading +Irene Bricco  Play Friday, March 4, Lenten Weekday  Play 6:30 All heavens children  Open car doors for mom—help fold clothes 8:30 +Nick DeLeo  Saturday, March 5, Lenten Weekday I helped my friend with her homework  8:30 Remembrance of Joseph Sisti I helped my mother with chores  I helped my mom make soup 4:30 +Elisabeth Schmit  Cleaned 3 rooms to help mama and papa +Marjorie Ingrassia  Helping with the twins Sunday, March 6, 4th Sunday of Lent  Cleaning dog poo 6:30 +Christopher Timko  Watched Elijah today 8:00 +Walter Harezlak, Sr  Talent: reading +Lillian Larson  Talent: pray 9:30 +Ruth and Charlie Marinaro & +Al Maurici  11:00 Halsted Family Picking up after my dog 12:30 For the people of Holy Family  Dusted down t.v. 6:00 Lisa D. Angileri  Picked up toys for nana  Doing leaning  Do longrey  Helping with babies  Talent: pray  Talent: pray for my mom and dad  I helped my mommy with her cake orders  I ceped my room clean

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February 27 & 28

Extraordinary Lector Altar Server Greeter Minister of Holy Communion Ella Domingo Abigail Lauer (Cross ) Carol Dewall Robert Balzer Allison Lauer (Missal ) Mary Haas James Dale Matthew Priola (Candle ) Kathleen Wachowiak Jill Gleitz Saturday, George Fey (Candle ) Karen Zuzevich David Hawkinson 4:30 PM Peggy Lauer Ann Reno Christopher Seivert Robert Street Karen Lukow Lisa Marsili Sunday, Co Mirgain 6:30 AM Sandra Niggemann Donna Street John Kehoe Connor Duke (Cross ) Judith Greier Joseph Altenhoff Alexander Duke (Missal ) Bill Grzelak Bob Grzelak Sunday, Joseph Laisure (Candle ) Marilyn Paladino Bud Harezlak 8:00 AM Michael Way (Candle ) Bob Mclaughlin (sub req.) Robert Tetzloff Paula Mckenzie Brion Sawyer (Cross ) Virgil Grunkemeyer Raymond Brodeski Nathan Montalbano Gil Schimmoler Sharon Brodeski (Missal ) Kathy Schimmoler Mary Garganera Sunday, Isaac Stewart (Candle ) John Spitzer Sophia Himmel 9:30 AM Joseph Cyrs (Candle ) David Leezer Phyllis Tomblin NOT FILLED Joanne Woods Joshua Christy (Cross ) Christine Cooper Terry Bomkamp Joseph Mroz (Missal ) Mark Cooper Marcos Paraggua Sunday, Austin Lombardi (Candle ) Vivian Do Randy Peters 11:00 AM Brooke Lombardi (Candle ) Kevin Retzke David Said Carl Stohlquist Corinne Sosso Gabriel Campos (Cross ) Judy Johnson Daniel Brady Alexia Vant (Missal ) NOT FILLED Mary Jane Corirossi Sunday, Kevin Clemens (Candle ) Judy Johnson 12:30 PM Cole Licklider (Candle ) (sub Bernadette Kur- req.) zawski Patrick Jr Rosen- Matthew Macias (Cross ) Betty Dansdill Sunday, berg Beniamin Twardowski Richard Sherman 6:00 PM (Missal ) Aida Soto NOT FILLED

. Holy Family Catholic Church · Rockford | 6 Mother and Son Bowling!!

Join us on Sunday, February 28—1:30 to 2:30 PM

Cherry Bowl

$6/person includes:

1 hour of bowling Shoes and ball Strike and spare prizes $1 pizza slices  This is a pre-paid reservation event. Please complete 4:30 pm (Saturday masses) - 2 each for odd form and return by 2/22/16 - Attn: Morayma “Mother and and even months Son Event” Checks payable to Holy Family H&S  6:30 am (Sunday mass) - 1 for even months  12:30 pm (Sunday masses) - 2 for even and 1 Name ______for odd months Phone ______Please email John at We would like to bowl with: [email protected]

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This event is sponsored by HF Home and School.

Questions? Call Morayma at 815-979-7558 or email [email protected]

Easter Lilies to decorate the church

The Ladies Auxiliary will be selling Easter lilies to decorate the Church for Easter Sunday. They will be selling them after each Mass the week end of Feb 27 and Feb 28 for $12.00 each. Cash or check welcome. If paying by Have you registered your child for school yet? check make it out to Holy Family Ladies Aux.

We are currently taking registrations for Pre—K through 8th and put lily in the memo. Please help make grade. our church a beautiful place for our Risen

Please call Julie at 815-398-5331 to start the registration pro- Christ. cess OR stop at the school.

. Pray with your little ones Venerable Fulton J. Sheen: We live in a Dear Jesus, thank you for loving us and protecting us “throw away” civilization. Now there like a mother hen protects her chicks. I want to take are thrown-away cells, throw-away my place under the shelter of your wing. Amen. tissue and throw-away fetuses, creating the greater problem of a moral pollution. The assault on life is all the Minutes from Mom more demonic because it so often operates in the darkness of the womb. As long as there are no witnesses Here we are at the 2nd Sunday of Lent. How are except willing cooperators, it claims that moral immunity things going? Do you still have the notes up of other crimes that are done in the dead of night. If reminding you of your Lenten promise? If not re- defects are a basis for the destruction of life, it is well to write them and begin again. Forgiveness and mercy be remembered that for the first three centuries, is the beauty of our Lord Jesus. He knows we can do Christians were “defective” in the eyes of the Roman law it we just need time to figure it out for ourselves. I’m & the Jews had “defective traits” in the eyes of Hitler. We still praying for your success. must also be careful if we give to mothers the right to destroy a child because it may have “defective traits,” MOMS (Ministry of Moms Support) that someday a child may claim the right to destroy the Join us Wednesday March 2 from 9:30 to 11:00am in mother because she has the “defective trait” of poverty the St. Mary’s Room. We will have a Lenten morning or senility. (http://tinyurl.com/zsp4zz6) of reflection. Working on a speaker to come and talk with us. If time allows we can make the indoor “As I write, I’m warm & dry with a blizzard swirling around my residence as the news reports about . We’ll have light food and 85,000,000 people affected by the 2016 blizzard. On drinks, this being lent. Please RSVP no later than January 22, thousands of dedicated pro-life activists February 29. Child care will be provided. braved the snow in D.C. to mark the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I wonder why the so-called woman’s ‘right Mary’s Messengers Rosary Group to choose’ proponents never complete that sentence & We will meet on March 3 in the Msgr. Bales Meeting say ‘choose to end a human life.’ That’s what the choice Room from 6:30 to 8:30. We will continue to make is: death. A blizzard is not a bad time to think about the rosaries for our Be Reconciled day here at Holy millions of human lives taken each year by abortion. We Family and then begin our Lenten Project (to be must be committed to a vision that sees life in a human determined). Anyone can join us. It’s fun, easy and embryo & bring to birth that brimming bud of human relaxing time. Questions call Barb 815-398-4284. potential that lies within the womb.” (http://tinyurl.com/ hbc4tcx)

The pro-life group, Indiana-based BVM (Blessed Virgin Mary) Foundation, purchased a closed Virginia abortion clinic & ever since, phone calls to that number are forwarded to a pregnancy care center. (http:// tinyurl.com/zdkpgm3)

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. GUIDEDGUIDED STATIONSSTATIONS OF THEHE CROSSCROSS AROUND THE DIOCESE FOR MARRIED COUPLESCOUPLELES

REGISTRATION ON-LINE: Learn how to Lead Like Jesus — In your home, at work, www.HolyFamilyRockford.org in your parish and in your community. Learn from the ($10.00 per couple) best leadership teacher and role model of all time. Attend WHAT TO EXPECT: the Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus Encounter at a) SIMPLE LENTEN SUPPER the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Rockford on b) REFLECTION Friday, March 18. The $79 fee includes continental C) PRAYERFUL WAY of the CROSS breakfast, lunch, snacks and all materials. Enrollment limited. For more information, send email to LIMITED FREE CHILDCARE AVALABLE FOR AGES 2-12. [email protected]. Registration deadline is SUPPER PROVIDED! Reservations a MUST!!! Call Barb March 9. Attendance scholarships available.

Becket @ 815-398-4284 or e-mail [email protected]. 83rd Annual Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner Sunday, March 6, 2016, St. Patrick Church, 2505 School Street, Serving 11:00 am – 3:00 pm; Adults: $ 9.00 Adults Senior: $ 8.00 (65 and older); Children: $ 6.00 (12 and Think about how you would like under) to help others BISHOP MULDOON COUNCIL 470, Knights of Columbus & during this Year of Mercy! St. Edward Parish, Annual Lenten ~ All you can eat! Friday, Feb. 12, 19, 26, Mar. 4, 11, 18 & Mar. 25 SERVING 5:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M ADULTS - $9.00 CHILDREN 12 & UNDER - $4.00, 5 & UNDER - FREE ST. EDWARD FR. MURPHY, COMMUNITY CENTER, 3004 ELEVENTH STREET, ROCKFORD. Everyone WELCOME

The Diocese of Rockford Vocation Office is Sponsoring our Annual Spring A Nun Run\ Hope for Haitians. There are still boxes We will be hosting a vocational discernment “Nun Run” for women 17 years of age, college age and older who are available for you in the back of church. interested in a religious vocation. We will be visiting Please return by March 13th. Checks Sisters and Nuns of different orders with different

should be payable to: Hope for Haitians. apostolates, this will include talks on discernment and We will be collecting the following items, religious life, time in prayer with our Lord, as well as many opportunities to meet, share and pray with the for our local agencies, during Lent: sisters. We will be visiting various religious communities, in Wisconsin. Cost is only $90.00. Date of the trip will be February 20 & 21 Personal Care Items — March 17 thru 20, 2016. Deadline for registration is March st shampoo, toiletries, toothpaste, 1 , space is limited. You can contact the Vocation Office at 815/399-4300 ext. 375, our web-site toothbrushes, toilet paper, deodorant www.rockforddiocese.org/vocations Discerning Women or [email protected] for more information. February 27 & 28 monthly food collection Catholic Cemeteries is seeking a part-time (29 hours per week) receptionist at the Winnebago office. Duties March 5 & 6 baby items—diapers (all include: Answering phones, data entry, light accounting, sizes), baby wipes, baby shampoo, baby customer care and proficiency in Microsoft lotion, etc. Office. Please send resume to: Calvary Cemetery, 8616 W. State Road, 61088, attn: Carol Giambalvo

. Paddy Joe’s Dinner Dance Family Event

Saturday, March 19 4:30 PM Mass 5:30—6:30 PM Social 6:30 PM Dinner

Dancing will follow with music by J and M Productions

Salad, corned beef, cabbage and pasta will be served. Punch, beer and wine will be available.

Reservations required— $20—Adults $10—Children (3-12 years of age, under 2 free)

Please RSVP online at www.holyfamilyrockford.org, call the Harte Center Offices at (815-398-4280) or drop this form in the Sunday Collection.

Name ______

Phone ______

# of adults x $20 = ______# of children x $10 ______

Total enclosed: ______

. Coffee At Mary’s Market: We will meet for Serve your parish – Serve your community – Serve God. coffee on Tuesday, Feb. 23rd around 9 a.m. or Become a Knights of Columbus member here at Holy so. We can talk about the warm weather on Family. Contact Membership Director, Sam at (815) 398- the way!! 0441, drop us an email at [email protected] or if you see someone wearing a K of C pin/clothing simply say

hello and inquire. All practicing Catholic men 18 years or Save the date: Our Lenten Reflection will be on th older are welcome. March 17 following the 8:30 AM Mass. Details in the next bulletin! If present, all Knights are eligible to win some CASH by simply attending our general meeting. Not only will you learn about our upcoming events, news, other Catholic Cemeteries of Rockford is looking for a Catholic to noteworthy items but you’ll have a great time. So come work as an office assistant, part-time (29 hours/week) in and participate. May the Luck of the Irish shine upon you our small office. Must be able to greet and serve family fellow Brother Knights. members with compassion who have lost a loved one and work with others in a congenial manner. Must be familiar 1972 with Microsoft Word, Excel and accurately input data. Must K of C fun history fact: This month back in while be able to compose memos and letters with accurate the Winter Olympics were in full swing Rockford’s own, spelling and grammar. Interested parties should send cov- Janet Lynne received the bronze medalist in figures er letter, resume and salary history to [email protected]. skating. Eventually becoming a two-time world No phone calls please. championships medalist, and a five-time U.S. national champion. What a pro!

. THE JUBILEE PILGRIMAGE OF MERCY The Church is celebrating a Holy Year. It began in December and the Church wants to remind us that the entire year is a year of pilgrimage. When we go on a pilgrimage, it is not just a jour- ney. Journeys are for various reasons (work, vacation, visit relatives), but a pilgrimage is to go to something holy to become holy. It is a movement within ourselves. We may use the opportunity to go to a holy place, but the purpose is to interiorly go to a “holy place.” It is a movement within ourselves. We, like the Church as a whole, are holy because we are God’s children and brothers and sisters with Jesus, but we are human and heirs to the fallen state that happened with Adam and Eve. We are both sinful and holy. Now sinful and holy can’t really exist together since they are opposites, so we understand that we are changing— moving from being sinful to being holy, and our pilgrimage sees us as not “both and” but moving from one to the oth- er. Sometimes, in our experience, we feel the frustration of not being consistent in our way of life and wonder if we ever can change to be holy. The answer is “yes.” But we can’t do it ourselves. God makes us holy—we simply cooper- ate. It is a pilgrimage to change our hearts and not just a surface change of actions. IT BEGINS BY ADMITTING GUILT, CONTINUES WITH A CHANGE OF HEART It starts with a realization of the fact that we are sinners! That is sometimes hard in our culture, because we “are” our culture and we are so close, so much a part of our culture that we don’t see where that is opposed to God and his holy way. That is because we think “I am OK and you are OK. ” To a certain degree we are all in the same boat. But we do things that are not OK. We do things that we would not like to admit. The Holy Father began that process of Lent with the whole church by saying “We have sinned.” We have sinned personally, and culturally. Even though the culture en- couraged the Crusades, and the Inquisition, and the condemning of Galileo and science, and a condemnation of cer- tain races, peoples, and religious practices, and an economic system that demanded slavery as a practice, and the in- dustrial system that allowed men to keep women as second class citizens, the Holy Father said it must begin with a recognition that we had a part of that. It must start with a the realization of our sinfulness and a confession of sins. On- ly after the confession of our faults can we be in a position to move beyond that point. Those are social sins and you may say “I didn’t do those things,” but we still live with the results of those things, and if we don’t change those things socially we still feel the effect of those things. We will never begin to move on, until we see we are a part of that. This pilgrimage is a movement of heart. It is to a conversion—a change. That change must be real. It must be sincere. It must be decided. Change can’t happen if we don’t decide to make it happen. Too long we have settled for no change in our lives, but just good intentions. What really holds us to the sinfulness we cling on to—that we say we can’t rid our- selves of? Until we get to the root of the problem, the reason we have not changed, then we will never change. Re- member the rich man who asked Jesus “what must I do to follow you?” Jesus says “follow the law.” He says “I do that, is there anything more?” Jesus says “take all that you have and give it away and follow me.” We don’t hear the end of the story; we are just told that the man went away. How much did he want to follow Jesus—enough to give away the things he relied on—or was that too much? What have we put as more important than God? We need to find the rea- sons behind the reasons. Then we can begin our pilgrimage from who we are, to who we want to be. WHAT CAN WE DO? If we start seeing that people are not perfect, we will begin to see that we, too, are not perfect. Once we see that, we will know that we need to show God we are sorry. We never really deserve to receive God’s Mercy and we would not like his Justice, because we know we are far short of deserving anything. But if we see that Jesus loved us so much that he chose to die for our salvation, we might see that if we sacrifice for him, it might be a good start. Lent has its built in sacrifice: ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ON FRIDAYS. About 50 years ago, all Catholics abstained (did not eat) meat on all Fridays of the entire year, to offer a sacrifice to God for Jesus sacrificing his life on Friday. Shortly after the Second Vati- can Council, the Church said that we would only require the sacrifice of Abstinence from Meat as a common sacrifice on the Lenten Fridays. The other Fridays of the year, we would be required to abstain from meat unless you did some other form of personal sacrifice. The Church assumed we were mature adults who would understand that, but we were more like our kids who hear only what we want to hear. So Abstinence from meat on Fridays was quickly lost without any other sacrifices being made. Now when the whole church is required to abstain from meat on Lenten Fri- days, we hear why does the Church make us do that? Now we know the reason. During Lent, we might also have a simple meal of soup and bread one night a week and take the money usually spent on dinner and feed the poor with that. They are lucky if they have a hot bowl of soup and bread for a meal. We will not have to go out of our way very far to see people in need that we can offer a hand of mercy. Even, at home, we can volunteer to do something extra. We can try the following three things each day for Lent: SACRIFICE, CHARITY, and PRAYER

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