Through the Wilderness: Healing for a Weary World | Mondays 10:30am in person or 7pm ZOOM starting Nov. 24

Are you looking for spiritual depth and honest reflection this Advent season? If so, join our Advent series titled: “Through the Wilderness: Healing for a Weary World”. Over the course of four 1.5-hour sessions, we’ll explore four prophetic visions from Isaiah and discern what they mean for our lives and our world. Last year many of you participated and appreciated the time to join in prayer, community and action.

More details and registration in the flyers in the information center or:    https://tinyurl.com/WildernessAdvent25

Christmas Outreach | St Martins Plaza and Annunciation Catholic School

Tis the season for giving!  We have lots of opportunities to lift the spirits of many in need.

St Martin Plaza: St Martin is an affordable housing residence run by Catholic Charities. We’ll be bringing joy to their season with homemade stockings filled with needed items and good cheer.

Opportunities:

• Donate requested items on the sign up by DEC 8, there’s also an Amazon wish list: https://tinyurl.com/AmazonStocking25
• Decorate stockings Tuesday, Dec 9 at 10am in parish office classroom
• Stuff the stockings on Sunday, Dec14 at 10am in the parish office classroom. Space is limited so sign up early.
• Deliver stocking and enjoy a cup of coffee with residents Dec 15 @ 9am
• Sign up is required so we can get accurate counts. Sign up and more info here: https://tinyurl.com/HFStockings25

Annunciation Catholic School:  Annunciation is a vibrant Catholic school with many families struggling to meet daily needs. To help them out during this season, we are asking for gift cards. Their favorite shopping places are: WallMart, Target, King Soopers and Dicks Sporting Goods. We are hoping to give each family $25 cards. You can make donations for cards on the Holy Family website:  https://tinyurl.com/HFChristmasDonation or drop cards in the bin in the back of church.

There are fliers in the back of church with more details!

Here to Serve | Tuesday, Dec 2 | Regis University Food Pantry

Today, there are more neighbors in need than ever, of our support. Looking for a way to serve? Volunteer to help at the Regis University Mobile Food Pantry. This is a wonderful experience to connect to those in need. And get to know other Holy Family parishioners as we have an active volunteer team who serves monthly. The next opportunity to help will be Tuesday, Dec 2 from 8-11am. Contact Ann if you’d like to carpool. We’ll be outside so dress for the weather. To sign up and obtain more information: https://tinyurl.com/RegisFoodPantry

Our Neighbors Are Struggling as Access to Affordable Food Decreases 

Presently, many of our neighbors are experiencing food scarcity. You can help!  Holy Family has long supported our local food bank, Bienvenidos. Greg Pratt, the director at Bienvenidos, shared that November is their highest need month and the amount of food obtained from grocery stores and Food Bank of the Rockies has decreased. Government subsidy programs such as TEFAP has decreased by ¾.

All that being said, Bienvenidos and other food pantries we support need your support. Consider donating non-perishable food and bringing it to the back of church in the basket. They are especially in need of 2# bags of rice. You can also make a financial donation at https://bienvenidosfoodbank.org/. Or consider donating to Bob Romero’s fresh and healthy food initiative “Good Food for Good People” https://tinyurl.com/GoodfoodGoodpeople. Monetary donations go further as they can purchase food items at better prices. A special thanks to Chuck and Madeline Durbin for delivering donated food to Bienvenidos each week. If you’d like to help with Wednesday delivery to Bienvenidos, or know of someone who needs food, please contact Ann.

Your generosity has been over the top. Thank you!