Mass Time – Sundays – 1:30 p.m.
Fr. Florante Marcelo, Administrator
Deacon Bill Hill
May 22nd, 2011
MINISTRIES:
May 22nd: 5th Sunday of Easter
Lector: Lyn Backus
Kate Walters
May 29th: 6th Sunday of Easter
Lector: Mike Charlton
Eucharist: Charmin Charlton
June 5th: 7th Sunday of Easter
The Ascension of the Lord
Lector: Betsy Palmer
Eucharist: Jaime Kallgren
June 12th: Pentecost Sunday
Lector: Farish Thompson
Eucharist: Sue Thompson
June 19th: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Most Holy Trinity
Lector: Renee Rainguet
Eucharist: Jack Leaven
June 26th: 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Body and Blood of Christ
Corpus Christi
Lector: Theresa Vasquez
Eucharist: Phil Wanek
UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 17th: Communion Service/ Adoration – 12:00 p.m.
May 18th: Lunch w/ Bishop Etienne – Hegg’s @ 12:00 p.m. Ground Breaking Ceremony @ church site ~ 1:30 p.m. Confirmation – OLM – Jackson – 7:00 p.m. – Wyatt Martin & Wyatt Rauterkus to be confirmed
May 22nd: Living & Giving in Christ – Diocesan Appeal. Support for the Diocese that is supporting us.
May 24th: Communion Service/ Adoration – 12:00 p.m.
May 29th: May Crowning in Mass. Also a Baptism?
June 12th: Adult Confirmation. Servers needed !
June 16th - 25th : NDVision Trip for High School Youth
June 19th: Father’s Day
Wednesday, a long held dream took a big step toward reality. For nine years or more, the Catholic people at Holy Family in Afton have been dreaming of a new church. Their present church is a small building, built years ago as one of the “cookie cutter” churches designed and largely funded by Catholic Extension Society.
Deacon Bill Hill and Bishop Etienne
With recent efforts of pastors and parish leaders, the congregation is growing, along with their ministries. Today, around 30 parishioners gathered for a meal in Afton to celebrate this day of dedication and groundbreaking. A large part of recent effort of both building community and making the final push of fund-raising and planning has come from Deacon Bill Hill. He has a real gift of bringing people together, coordination, and most of all, faith!
The youth ministry particularly seems to be flourishing in this parish, and there is broad community support for the Catholic expansion. Recently, a fund-raiser was held, and over 300 people attended from throughout the Star Valley. The new property is located in Thayne, north of Afton.
Today, we finally blessed and broke the ground! And when we break ground, there is more than a ceremonial shovel required! I had a great time climbing aboard the John Deere tractor and taking a nice “chunk of earth”! May God bless the efforts of our Holy Family parish and the building of their new church
Groundbreaking!!!!!!!!!
What an interesting and stimulating word. To break ground and to move forward in a positive direction. To take the dare and to say to one another, we can do this. The last two years have been tumultuous to say the least. We are finally on the road to realizing that we will have a new church in the Star Valley. Many of you may not know that not only has the staff of Catholic Extension visited the Valley, but Fr. Jack Wall, the president of Catholic Extension has been here as well. This is a high profile project, not only in the Valley, the Diocese, but nationally as well. The reason this is high profile is that we are building a church at a time when churches are closing all over the country. We have received donations from all over the United States to support our project. It would be nice to say that we are on the glide path to completion, but that is not the case. To begin with, we still need to raise $8000 to meet the challenge from Catholic Extension and put us over the $100,000 mark. Your Parish and Finance Councils have recommended that we not put the parish in debt at this time. Consequently, we will build the first $700,000 of a $1.2 million church because we will have that money in hand. To finish the parish hall and the lower classroom level will require additional funding. At this time, we are confident that the Holy Spirit will direct us in a manner to complete this structure. We would like to thank you for your patience, your perseverance, your support and your understanding. We shall move forward and make this project a success.
Thank you and God Bless You – Fr. Flo and Deacon Bill