Spirit News - July 3

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Holy Spirit Parish Weekly Newsletter

This is the Parish Year of the Eucharistic Revival - check the parish website for more updates!

We also have amazing Saints this week including:

A girl who forgave her murderer and would be rapist.
A doubting Apostle
A peace-making Portuguese Queen
A Catholic Reformer in the Reformation
And more!

Of course it's our nation's birthday this week. Pray for all the citizens of our country and for all our leaders!

*Please note that the Parish Office is closed two days this week - Tuesday, July 4 and Thursday, July 6.

As always, check out our Events Page below that is updated weekly so you can know what is coming up.

Here's this week's update with what's going on with the Parish.

Monday,

July 3

St. Thomas the Apostle

Tuesday,

July 4

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal

Parish Office Closed

Happy Independence Day!

Wednesday,

July 5

Saint Anthony Zaccaria

Thursday,

July 6

Saint Maria Goretti

Parish Office Closed

Staff Planning Meeting

Friday,

July 7

Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and Companions

Saturday,

July 8

Saint Gregory Grassi and Companions

Sunday,

July 9

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Events List

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See What's Coming Up in the Parish

Patriotism Begins at Home

As I leave work, I drive up a steep hill. Below me on the right are rooftops. Towering above one is a flagpole that rises a few feet above the street I use. The flagpole sports two flags, the Stars and Stripes and the first Navy jack.

Learning Forgiveness from St. Maria Goretti

The girl was twelve years old, brought to the hospital by the neighbors who had found her. She had been stabbed fourteen times. The panicked women had tried to stop the bleeding by pouring vinegar and salt into her wounds. Now the surgeons held her down as they tried to stitch her torn body.

How Do We Maintain Freedom in America? (#independenceday Special)

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