Congratulations to our First Holy Communion children

Congratulations to our First Holy Communion children as we begin to celebrate this wondrous sacrament with them this month. Because of the Covid-19 restrictions, we have to celebrate several First Holy Communions and are not able to do large classes as we have in the past. A huge thank you to our catechists and parents for their tremendous service to the children in preparing them for a sacrament. And for their cooperation in accommodating the schedule brought on by the virus. Watch the bulletin and the   website for photographs from these various ceremonies.

On July 1, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of the establishment of Holy Spirit Parish. Thanks to everyone who is working so hard, even under these adverse conditions, to make our parish vibrant in the Holy Spirit! 

A wonderful example of  this vibrancy is our food pantry and distribution at the St. Joseph the Worker site. Since March 14, the Food Pantry opened every Saturday to help those in need. In the month of June, the average number of families served was 118.

Parishioners have been extremely generous—we have received contributions of meat (chicken and hamburger) worth @ $500 on several occasions; bread, eggs, cheese, peanut butter, jelly, cereal etc. have also been supplied. We normally buy about $900 worth of food each week to meet the need. Financial contributions have made this possible. If you wish to make a donation, please write Food Pantry on the memo line of your check or across your donation envelope.

Volunteers continue to help out. We have had 28 volunteers; 16 of whom come almost every week. The first hour is extremely busy—that is when we give out about 85% of the food.  And, we have a lot of fun! “Whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do it for me.” 

Faith Formation reports they are launching a free online VBS from Holy Heroes. Paste the following address into your computer search function: https://www.holyheroes.com/Summer-Faith-Adventure-Catholic-VBS-s/110.htm and choose the July 20-24 button. Middle School youth are recommended to try the Alpha Youth Series at https://diopitt.org/faith-at-home. See our Faith Formation Nation Facebook site for additional information and posts. Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/2016360891842438 or https://www.facebook.com/hsplc/groups/?ref=page_internal.

We are the parish family of Holy Spirit. Thank you to all of our loving and caring family members who  go out of their way not only to help our families, but also to help all the families of our region. Our mission is to Know Christ, Love Christ, Serve Christ and Invite others to Christ through Word, Sacrament and Sacrifice!
        
God love you,