SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2019 – 9AM Interested ladies are always welcome to join us to see if this service organization is is for you. We serve the poor, the needy, the sick, and the grieving in the Spirit of St. Vincent DePaul, in Simplicity, Charity and Humility. Some of the ladies will attend Mass at St. Nicholas in Millvale at 8am. A light breakfast will be served starting at 8:30 with the meeting starting at 9AM in the All Saints Activity Building. Hope to see some new faces! Thank you!

The Holy Spirit Christian Mothers will hold their next meeting on Monday, May 20th, at 6:30 PM in the school Cafeteria. Hosted by #2 St. Anthony Guild. We invite the entire grouping to join us on our journey and meet new friends

It is with great pride that we announce the 95th Anniversary of the St. Nicholas Holy Rosary Society. Please join us on Sunday, June 2nd, as we celebrate this special occasion during the 8:30 AM Mass. Fr. Jim Gretz will concelebrate this Mass with the Most Rev. William J. Waltersheid, Auxiliary Bishop. Following Mass, everyone is welcomed to join us for a catered breakfast. If you plan on attending the breakfast, there are sign-up sheets at the entrances of church. In order that we can provide an accurate count for the caterer, please respond by May 26. This is a freewill donation event.

Holy Spirit Parish will celebrate its annual celebration of its patronal feast on Sunday, June 9th at Holy Spirit Church. It will begin with the Sunday 11am Mass which will be followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Holy Hour and Benediction. A free parish dinner will follow in the Lyceum from 1:30-2:30pm. You do not need to register for the Mass or participation in the Holy Hour, however, registration for the dinner is required. Please submit your family name and number attending the dinner either in the collection basket, at the parish office or by calling the parish office during normal business hours.

The ministry of altar server includes boys and girls in grades 4 and above. These young people assist the priest and deacon in the celebration of Mass and other special liturgies. We have a handful of servers currently at HS and while they do an admirable job, we just don’t have enough of them. How many times do you attend Mass at Holy Spirit and see that there is no server? This is happening more and more often. Parents are encouraged to talk to their children about this altar ministry. Training will be provided. Call the parish office if you have any further questions and someone will get back to you.

Entrance Fee and Tables can be purchased at the Door. SAVE THE DATE—FRIDAY, MAY 3RD! Looking for a fun way to spend an evening with family/ friends? We will be hosting our first ever trivia night on Friday, May 3rd, in the Lyceum. Doors will open at 6:00 PM and the games will begin at 7:00 PM. Tables of 8 are available for $100. Don’t have enough to fill a full table? No problem! Individual tickets are available for $15 and we will combine you with another table that is not already full.

Changes coming to our Grouping Please see the communication bulletin from the Diocese of Pittsburgh inserted in the April 14th bulletin regarding the establishment of a new parish grouping.

Our Grouping Administrator, Fr. Jim Gretz, is offering the following workshops on understanding the unique liturgies of the Sacred Triduum, the final three days of Holy Week.  To help make your Holy Week more meaningful, please plan to attend one or all of these sessions. Click on the heading for detailed information

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be conferred on the 8th graders of our four parishes on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 7pm at St. Bonaventure Church. Further details will be forthcoming.

The HSP choir is a fully volunteer, mixed voice ensemble.  Our season runs from mid-September through mid-June.  The choir rehearses each Tuesday night from 7 pm to 8:30 pm in the music room adjacent to the school cafeteria, and meets for a 10:30 am warm up prior to the 11 am Sunday mass.   If you would like further information on becoming a member, please call the director:  Terry Schiebel at 412-821-2099 or email him at  music@holyspiritmillvale.org.  We look forward to hearing from you and remember Singing is like Praying twice.  

These low gluten hosts contain less than 0.01% gluten. (Click here for more information and directions on how to receive them during Mass)

Does our Church database have YOUR family membership record correct? Here is your chance to update YOUR record for our annual Guide Book & Directory (if you haven’t already done so). It is time for us to update our database with any changes, additions, or deletions that may have occurred in your family over the past year. Have you changed your phone number? Have you moved, or are preparing to move soon? If you have not already in- formed the Church Office about changes to your record, please let us know now so that the information in the Guide Book & Directory is correct. Do you want your record published? If not, please notify the Church Office by 1/25/19. Normally, your name, address and phone number would appear in the Guide Book. If there are certain pieces that you would prefer not to appear in the book, please notify us by phone call, email, or stop by the Church Office by 1/25/19.

We are in the process of creating an annual Guide Book & Directory for the church, in which all 4 parishes of our grouping will be included. This book will contain everything pertinent to the churches: the various ministries, organizations, committees, activities, functions and events plus a complete directory of all members. This book is being provided and direct-mailed to each family at no cost to the churches, and it is being subsidized by local businesses that advertise. If you own or manage a busi- ness and would like to find out about advertising in our Grouping’s Guide Book, please call the Church Office by 1/25/19. Recent survey results by Guide Book Publishing show that 92.1% of families would rather patronize a Guide Book & Directory advertiser over a non-advertiser. It “will pay” to advertise in our new Guide Book & Directory.

We will be opening the Mass book for Holy Spirit/St. Nicholas for the “first” part of 2019 only. That is, Mass intentions will be accepted from January 1st thru April 30th ONLY.

St. Nicholas Parish Prayer Cards include Birthday, Get Well and congratulations. They are available for a $25 donation. The names of those who receive the prayer cards are entered into our Parish Book of Prayer and remembered at all Masses. To view the cards, please call Jan Kopec at 412-821-4106.

We have made some changes in the traditional calendar raffle. Tickets are now $25.00 each and good for the entire 2019!

We would like to start a new weekly listing in the bulletin with the names of all who are actively serving our country in the various branches of the military.

February 3rd is the Feast Day of St. Blaise. If you would like to receive the traditional blessing of throats, the blessing will take place after the Saturday Evening mass on February 2nd, as well as, after All Masses on February 3rd.