Holy Family Church, Keenesburg, CO,
Our Lady of Lourdes, Wiggins, CO
and Sacred Heart Church, Roggen, CO
Parish News
Now is the Time to Prepare for the Roman Missal, Third Edition
New Words: A Deeper Meaning, but the Same Mass
http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/
The Lord God is Our Father in Heaven, a reflection by Fr. Hector
St. Isidore, the Farmer Novena
is prayed each Sunday
BEFORE the Rosary at each church.
Please join us in prayer.
TOTUS TUUS
Summer fun is around the corner with the week-long TOTUS TUUS program being offered for your children from June 3rd-8th at Sacred Heart - Roggen. Registration forms are at the back of each parish. If you can help with the daily program, or lunches/dinners for the Team of college students, please call Christine 303-884-3466. Leave the registration forms with your CCD coordinators at each parish. Registration is $15 per person or $45 per family.
A big THANK YOU to all of our CCD Teachers for their time & talents this past year in serving the children of Holy Family. You will be remembered in a special Mass for you and your family's intentions on June 3rd.
Memorial Day Program
Everyone is invited to remember those who paid for our Freedom at the 4th Annual Memorial Day Program at Heart of the Plains Cemetery on Monday, May 28th at 9:00 AM. Father Héctor will offer the opening remarks and Fr. Robert Wedow will lead the Invocation with patriotic music by the Weld Central Impressions and special presentations by American Legion Post #180. Please bring your own lawn chair as seating is limited.
Pick up a copy of the Divine Mercy Novena in the back of the church. The novena starts on Good Friday and will end on Divine Mercy Sunday. "On each day of the novena you will bring to My Heart a different group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy... On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls. By this novena I will grant every possible grace to souls." (Diary 1209, 796 - St. Faustina)
Can you spare one hour a month to sit with our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament? Holy Family is in need of 2 adorers for First Saturday Adoration, which follows the 8am Mass at Holy Family from 9am-4:30pm. The 11-12, and 1-2 slots are available, but if a different time works better, we can work with you. Call Susie at 303-536-4308.
The 2nd collection for Catholic Communications is TODAY. This is how the “Good News gets around to you”. Please support this important work which helps with the Denver Catholic Register and El Pueblo Católico, the Archdiocese Website, weekly Mass for the homebound, Archdiocese Facebook page, digital audio feeds of homilies and much much more.
Mark your Calendars
RCIA will meet once a month during the summer at Sacred Heart Church Basement from 9:00 to 10:30 for anyone interested in joining the Catholic Faith. Call the office for more information..
Confirmation will be celebrated May 23rd at 6:00 PM at Sacred Heart with Bishop Conley as the celebrant. Students will meet with Bishop Conley at 5:15 at the Knights Hall. Families of students are asked to bring one sweet snack and one savory snack such as crackers and cheese, or vegetable and dip. Congratulations to those receiving the sacrament: Gabriel Ceballos, Arturo Ceballos, Thomas Marty, Gerardo Delgado, Mary Green, Jacob Jacobo, Liana Rosling, Laura Rosling, Karina Briceno, Denise Beltran, Jackie Lechuga, Diana Delgado, Eduardo Gandara, Yessica Gandara, and Rosa Alegria.
ACA
Catholics throughout twenty-five counties in northern Colorado are being asked to unite and share their material blessings in support of the 2012 Archbishop’s Catholic Appeal. Your gift will assist in sheltering the homeless, feeding the hungry, protecting the lives of the unborn, and educating our seminarians. In all, nearly forty archdiocesan ministries will benefit from your kindness. Please be most generous when completing an in-pew pledge card this weekend. Thank you.
Open Arms Pregnancy Center - Since we moved to our new location our financial needs have increased substantially. We are also in need of committed volunteers to help organize the area that we have for the clothes for the young women and their babies. If there is any way you all could help out, we would be very grateful.
Relief fund established for former St. Malo employees
Our Lady of the Mountains Parish in Estes Park has launched a relief fund for those who lost their jobs and are dealing with emergency needs after a November fire devastated the St. Malo Retreat Center in Allenspark. Tax-deductible donations to the St. Malo Relief Fund may be sent to Our Lady of the Mountains, P.O. Box 1706, Estes Park, CO 80517. Make checks payable to: “St. Malo Relief Fund.”
The 125th Anniversary History books of the Archdiocese are on sale at the back of each church for $35. This is not a money making project for our parishes. The $35 is the cost of the book to the parish and we will need to turn all that money in to the publisher. We have many many books to sell, so please help us make back the cost of the books.
Contribution statements were mailed this week. If you have any questions, please call the parish office and ask for Fr. Héctor. Thank you for your generosity to your church.
Sacred Heart Pastoral
Council - Thursday, May 3rd – 6:30 PM after Mass & Adoration
Our Lady of Lourdes – Tuesday, May 15 – 6:00 PM
Holy Family – Sunday, May 20th after 11:30 Mass – (please note date change)
Finance Council – Wednesday, May 16th – 6:00 PM
Mark your Calendars!!
Camp Wojtyla
Parents: consider for your kids!
Camp Wojtyla is a Catholic adventure program located in the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains. Immersed in the outdoors, middle school and high school students engage in activities such as whitewater rafting, rock climbing, high alpine summit attempts, backpacking, and more as well as having the opportunity for confession, adoration, and daily Mass. Camp Wojtyla is devoted to faith education and uses the principles of experiential education, meaning that no matter what activity we do, we do it as a way of learning more about and growing closer to God. To learn more, visit www.camp-w.com or contact Brianna Lawson at blawson@jp2adventures.com.
XX Action Alert Colorado Catholic Conference XX
MESSAGE: “Please keep the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act as a part of the omnibus appropriations bill. No health care provider should be forced by government to perform or participate in abortions.”
MESSAGE: Please maintain the levels of life-saving poverty-focused international assistance for FY 2012 as passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee and oppose any amendments that would cut poverty-focused international assistance.
ACTION: Please contact your Senators today by e-mail, phone, or FAX letter. Thank you.
www.cocatholicconference.org for more information and the addresses of our legislators.
Confirmation New
Confirmation will be celebrated May 23rd at 6:00 PM at Sacred Heart with Bishop Conley as the celebrant. Students will meet with Bishop Conley at 5:15 at the Knights Hall. Families of students are asked to bring one sweet snack and one savory snack such as crackers and cheese, or vegetable and dip. Congratulations to those receiving the sacrament: Gabriel Ceballos, Arturo Ceballos, Thomas Marty, Gerardo Delgado, Mary Green, Jacob Jacobo, Liana Rosling, Laura Rosling, Karina Briceno, Denis Beltran, Jackie Lechuga, Diana Delgado, Eduardo Gandara, Yessica Gandara, and Rosa Alegria.
Archbishop Chaput's homilies continue! You may listen to Audio recordings of his homilies which will be available for download each week as .mp3 files at http://archphila.org/archbishop-chaput/homilies/index.htm.
The Open Arms Pregnancy Center celebrates all the precious babies of our clients this season. We thank God for each and every little one, the "gift of life." This last year has been a very busy one for us, as we grew in our clientele, and we thank God for the opportunity to serve them. These women have been going through some pretty difficult times, including the hardships that this economy is bringing to so many of us. Many of our mothers have been deserted by the fathers of their children. Raising a child alone is always tough, and we are seeing more and more need for formula, clothing, jobs, and food. Please remember us in your giving this season, as well as in prayer. Every little bit helps. You may mail your donations to Open Arms Pregnancy Center, Box 917, Ft. Lupton, CO 80621
Samaritan House
needs extra-large men and women's winter coats, lots of hats, gloves, and socks. There is a huge need for these items. There is a bin in the back of all three churches. Any donations would be gratefully accepted by the Samaritan House, who will also keep us in their prayers. Cash donations may be put in an extra envelope and dropped in the offertory marked Samaritan House.XX Kidz Quiltz XX
Kidz Quiltz needs people to sew and tie the quilts for the baskets that will be distributed through Loaves and Fishes for Christmas. Call Wilma at 303-857-8600 to help or for more information.
Fr. Robert Barron “Catholicism”
DVD Adult Education Program
“Clarity, intelligence, passion and elegance – these are the marks of a writer in top form, and Father Barron brings all these gifts to bear in this extraordinary reflection on the Catholic faith. - Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
“Prepare yourself for an entrancing tour of the many facets of Catholicism. From Her art to Her architecture, Her theological riches, to the inspired personalities that have filled Her pews, the Catholic Church is laid bare by a priest who is more than up to the task. Like the Faith it seeks to capture, it is a journey that will leave you full – and then hungering for more.” –Raymond Arroyo EWTN
Holy Family - Friday mornings at 9:00 AM
Sacred Heart - Sunday mornings after Mass - 8:30 AM
Bible Study - Revelation - Monday mornings 10:30
In this intriguing look at one of the most talked-about books in Scripture, Jeff Cavins explores Revelation to demonstrate how the Kingdom established by Christ in His Church is intimately connected with the Kingdom of Heaven, especially through the celebration of the Mass. You will also learn what all the mysterious figures and images of Revelation and what is happening now in salvation history.
Catholics Radio Fund Drive
Please listen to KPIO 1570 AM or online at www.thecatholicradionetwork.com/crndenver.html
Keep Catholic Radio on the air!
Heart of the Plains Cemetery News
Everyone is invited to remember those who paid for our Freedom at the 4th Annual Memorial Day Program at Heart of the Plains Cemetery on Monday, May 28th at 9:00 AM. Father Héctor will offer the opening remarks and Fr. Robert Wedow will lead the Invocation with patriotic music by the Weld Central Impressions and special presentations by American Legion Post #180. Please bring your own lawn chair as seating is limited.
Please consider helping your parish by volunteering to serve on the Finance Council. We need someone from Sacred Heart and Holy Family to help in this very important ministry to your parish. Finance Council meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at Sacred Heart at 6:00 PM. Please call the parish office for more information or to volunteer.
Marriage Encounter
“Do not let your hearts be troubled.” (Today’s Gospel) Learn how to fill your heart with joy and peace, and how to put God into your marriage.
The Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekends for 2012, all to be held at St. Malo Retreat Center.
Please call for dates and availability due to the disastrous fire there.
For more information, please visit: www.northerncoloradome.org
To register, please contact Brenda and Gary Granger, 303-604-6202.
You have been given the gifts of the Holy Spirit in your marriage. Are you using these gifts to show the world the importance of your Sacrament of Marriage? Come and learn how to share your gifts.