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This Sunday, after the 10:00 am Mass at Holy Family Church, Faith Builders Club for Kids will be discussing the Eucharistic Devotion: Bread of Life. This is a 15-minute session for parents and children that includes a video and a take home craft. This is a great family opportunity to learn more about the saints, traditions and faith!

Limited meals remain for Holy Family’s annual takeout Thanksgiving meal! Anyone is welcome to reserve one of our meals and pick it up from noon to 4:00 pm on Wednesday, November 27 at Holy Family Church. Meals must be reserved by this Friday by calling (920) 921-0580. When reserving, please specify how many meals you need and if you will be picking up for others. If you would like to contribute to the meal, we are seeking donations of applesauce cups and dinner rolls, as well as monetary contributions to offset the cost of the meal. Please bring all donations to the Parish Office. Dinner rolls should be dropped off on Monday, November 25.

Children can show off their artistic talents in the Holy Family Thanksgiving Coloring Contest! Children will be separated into three age brackets: grades P3-K4; K5-2, and 3-5. You can pick up a coloring sheet at any of our church sites or print one off at hffdl.org/coloring. All submissions must be returned to the Parish Office, 271 Fourth Street Way, Fond du Lac, WI 54937, or to our church sites by Sunday, November 17 with all the information on the back of the sheet filled out. There will be three winners in each category, and each will receive a Culver’s gift card.

The St. Patrick’s Rosary Guild will sell quarts of delicious chili at Holy Family Church on Saturday, November 16 from 2:00 to 5:00 pm and on Sunday, November 17 following the 8:00 am and 10:00 am Masses at Holy Family Church while quantities last.

Drive-up service will be available in the north parking lot. Cost is $12 per quart. Limited pints available for $6.

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary will offer a candlelit Mass to celebrate their patronal feast day at 6:00 pm on Thursday, November 21, 2024. All are welcome to join us.

Attention Confirmation Candidates: The deadline for choosing a Saint name is November 30. Please be sure to fill out the below form before the deadline.

https://form.jotform.com/242606176256155

The SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac Region and the Alzheimer’s Association invite individuals caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related illnesses to participate in an open gathering to share their feelings, thoughts, and experiences to better cope with and manage the shared challenges of Alzheimer’s and dementia in a safe environment. Free respite care is provided for loved ones during the hour of support group (Fond du Lac only). Groups are offered at the SSM Health Adult Day Services, 420 E. Merrill Avenue, Fond du Lac, the second Tuesday of each month from 1:30-2:30 pm. For more information, call (920) 921-5812.

All interested and committed to serving as a lector at any Holy Family site for the next liturgical year should mark their calendars and plan on attending a lector training on Monday, November 18, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm in Holy Family Church. Continuing lectors should bring their new lector books along with them for this session. New lectors are welcome and if you would like to lector this year but are unable to attend, please contact Michelle O’Brien at michelleo@hffdl.org.

Are you already Baptized, and have received Reconciliation and First Communion in the Catholic Church? Are you wanting to be confirmed in the Catholic faith? Join Holy Family for a six-week session, using Matthew Kelly’s Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic, along with small group discussions on varying topics, to learn more about the faith from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in Holy Family’s St. Agnes Library Wednesdays, January 8-February 26, 2025. *After completion of the program a date for Confirmation will be scheduled (*while this program is six weeks, you may not be Confirmed in six weeks, depending on each individual’s extenuating circumstances).

To sign up, please visit hffdl.org/adult-confirmation or contact Sabina at scarter@hffdl.org or ext. 501.

All volunteers, from any Holy Family parish site, are invited to come to Holy Family’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Packer Party on Sunday, November 17 in the Holy Family Hall following the 10:00 am Mass. If you volunteer in any capacity at the parish, be it as an Usher, Choir Member, Catechist, or with lawn care, Human Concerns, or bringing Communion to the homebound, we want to celebrate you and your family! There will be a main dish, snacks, and soda available and the Packer versus Bears Game playing on the large wall screen in the hall. Door prizes will be drawn at half-time. Come for the fun and encourage other volunteers to join you!

Please RSVP by calling (920) 921-0580 ext. 101 by November 14.

Every year, donations help to decorate each of the Holy Family church sites at Christmas with beautiful flowers. If you would like to donate to these flowers in memory or in honor of someone, we invite you to send in your donation with the names of those you wish to honor/remember listed in or on the envelope. If you receive weekly donation envelopes from Holy Family, you can use the included envelope for Christmas Flowers to make your donation. Please have all donations submitted by Wednesday, December 4.

Pancakes with Santa at Avenue 795
When: Sunday, December 18th 9:00-12:00
Cost: Pancakes & sausage for kid $6.50, pancakes, sausage and scrambled eggs for adults $11.50
Details: Santa and Mrs. Clause will be here make an ornament and decorate two cut our cookies these are both free to do but we will be asking for donations for our Christmas charities While the kids are looking cute and before they get syrup and icing all over themselves feel free to take a picture in our photo area decorated with a Christmas back drop and trees. Please call Pam at 920 921 1290 for reservations.

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