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April 11th & 12th, 2020
1244 St. Francis Rd. Santa Rosa, CA 95409
Parish Office & Rectory: (707) 539-4495 FAX (707) 539-3343
E-mail: [email protected], Website: www.holyspirit-sr.org
*Office Hours: Mon-Thurs 9:30 a.m. to Noon
*Due to coronavirus concerns, office hours will be reduced indefinitely
Holy Spirit Catholic Church
Mass & Service Schedule:
There will be no Masses available to the public indefinitely.
However, even though no one will be in attendance,
Fr. Ron will still hold Masses daily (including Weekends)
at 1 pm, so scheduled Mass intentions will still be said.
Pastoral Staff:
Pastor, Fr. Ron Serban, Ext. 12
Deacon, John Storm, 479-5424, Ext. 11, [email protected]
Office Administrator, Carlea Warren-Rossi, Ext. 10
Director of Faith Formation, Megan O’ Neill, Ext. 13 [email protected]
Director of Parish Music, Brenda Roberts, 321-9057
St. Vincent de Paul Society, 537-7835
Men’s Club, Kirt Schlander, 539-4066
Women’s Club, Jane Hoffman, 540-2997
Holy Communion Visitation, Fred Walsh, 291-4848
Prayer Chain, Diane Bowman, 539-9035
Parish Finance Council Chair, Steve Imboden, 537-9166
Parish Advisory Council Chair, Mike Cusack, [email protected]
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Please call the office 539-4495 to schedule an appointment
For other Sacraments:
Please call the Parish Office
6 months in advance for Marriage
3 months in advance for Baptism
Photo credit: dove image above made by Patty Zack
Easter Sunday
April 11th & 12th, 2020
……from your Pastor’s Desk
My Dearest People of Holy Spirit Parish,
Assuredly, this has
been a Lent like no
other, just as this has
been a Holy Week
like no other. We
have known and
personally partaken in
the sufferings of Christ
these last 40 days.
As the Holy Season of Lent draws to a
close and we prepare for the Easter
celebrations, we are reminded once
again of the mystery within which we
are baptized: the Life, Death, AND
Resurrection of Our Lord. The pattern
of our lives is now to be the same as
Christ’s – the journey through death to
life, through darkness to light, through
falsehood to liberating truth.
However, as I write this and as you
read this, we know not what the future
holds. The quarantine is still in effect
and only those deemed ‘essential‘
can go to work. We are in that middle
place. More deaths are reported dai-
ly. A certain darkness lurks and so much of
what we hear or read is false.
And yet, despite all this - with great
power and purpose we see God re-
vealed and reaching out to us in a
most personal way.
The stories many of you have shared
with me about your faith ‘journey’ in
these times are incredible and inspira-
tional.
What we all have, all share, is …Hope.
This Easter – more than any in our life-
times - The Resurrection of Jesus
means new life for humanity – a new
hope, a new and lasting hope.
Let this Easter be a reminder to us of
the gift of our Catholic faith. A faith
that for all of you is held without the
usual Trappings and Treasures of Tradi-
tion and Sacrament. I imagine that
most of you have not received Holy
Communion in a month. In each of my
private masses I ask the Holy Spirit to
share the Actual Grace of the Sacra-
ment with each and every one of you.
So, how we live our faith day-to-day in
these times has dramatically changed.
But we are all and still constantly
called by Christ to courageously love
even in the face of injustice and per-
sonal sacrifice, to generously forgive,
to compassionately care for the digni-
ty of each human person, to give
God joyful worship and praise.
The Holy Spirit is the Easter promise of
Jesus given to His Body, the Church.
The Spirit guides and empowers her, so
we, her members, share with the world
the reason for our hope, the cause of
our joy, the source of our healing, and
the giver of eternal life. The good
news is that these gifts are for all. For
we know a God who is loving and for-
giving, merciful and generous.
Let our Easter response be bold and
strong, fitting of an Easter People! We
too shall Rise again! Even though we
are practicing ‘safe-distancing’, we
are a growing, living, active community.
The Holy Spirit is truly at work here at
Holy Spirit!
Thank you for your continued gener-
osity as even though we are quiet –
we are not silent. We have our regular
financial responsibilities as well as the
day to day things that occur. Our
phone and doorbell both ring daily!
So, especially in this Grace-filled sea-
son, your gifts of time, talent and
treasure reach far beyond our parish
boundaries as the presence of the Ris-
en Lord’s love is felt by those in most
need.
I wish you, all those you love, and all
those who love you, a Happy, Holy
and Blessed Easter!
Father Ron
Mass Schedule April 11th-19th
04/11 Sat 5:00pm An end to the
Coronavirus
04/12 Sun 10:15am For the People of
Holy Spirit Church
04/13 Mon 1:00pm †Warren Bowers
04/14 Tues 1:00pm Available
04/15 Wed 1:00pm †Josephine Riggio
04/16 Thurs 1:00pm †Anne Katarina Krempely
04/17 Fri 1:00pm Available
04/18 Sat 1:00pm †Carole Dunlap
04/19 Sun 1:00pm †Tom Brady
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR SICK AND THOSE WHO
NEED OUR PRAYERS: The intentions of the Holy
Spirit Prayer Chain, Steve Straessler, Tristan
Humble, Karen D’ Ambrogi, Nina Cantacessi, Pat
LaRussa, Ken Hicks, Jane Young, Becky Crozier
Stephens, Kathy Castro, Helen Hubbard, Leslie
Lindberg, Joanne Maniscalco, Phyllis Smith,
Lorri Pimentel, May Pierce-Betsill, Jeanne Ander-
son, Marlene Knivila, Jenny Lemp, Christine
Bobrowski, Liz Mullins, Fr. David Shaw, Carol Ricci,
Jennifer Shanahan, Mike Murray, Nora Ward,
Doug Harman, Lorena Perez, Victoria Rodri-
guez, Jean Sharp, Karin Lee and all those
affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
FOR THE SOULS OF: Clarence Conrad, Nicoletta
Panizzon, Barbara Torrence, Eric Dohner, Rene
Purugganan, Vivian Brown, Bob Dudley, Gary
Larson, Roger Cooney, Connie Barreto-Fraga,
Erin Gilbert, Gerry Rose, Frank Outcalt,
William Brucker, Diane Lowell, Warren Bowers,
Jesusa Purugganan, James Fitzpatrick, Martin
Bowman, Sandi Eitelgeorge, Carole Posehn,
Barbara Mattingly and Carole Dunlap.
Can you solve this riddle?
It’s something that you should pursue first and all other
things will be given to you. Paul preached about it boldly.
Sinners and those who turn their back on God’s word
will not inherit it.
Answer to last week: Jesus 100 Riddles For Christians by Levar M. Odum