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Carolyn Sanger, who has been the parish administrative assistant for the past 20 years, began semi-retirement Feb. 1. She will continue to hold things together, working full days Mondays and Thursdays and Friday mornings. A reception for her retirement is being planned. Elizabeth Cleveland, who had been the part-time business manager, now works full time at Holy Family.

 

Eucharistic Adoration is scheduled for the third Friday of every month beginning Feb. 17 from 8:30 am-noon in the Chapel. Sign-up is requested, and there are half-hour and hour time slots. To sign up, either email Amy Lovell at amymikelovell@att.net or phone (414) 332-3253. 

 

Ash Wednesday Masses will be held at 8:15 am (school Mass) and 7 pm at Holy Family. Ashes will be distributed. Masses at St. Robert's will be at 8:15 am, 12:10 and 7 pm.

 

The remaining six episodes of the 10-part series, Catholicism by Fr. Robert Barron, will be shown at Holy Family Thursday evenings beginning Feb. 23. Barron is the Francis Cardinal George Professor of Faith and Culture at Mundelein Seminary. 

 

Bible Study on First Corinthians Thursdays, 3-4:40 pm in the Kerstein Center, beginning Feb. 2. It will be facilitated by Rochelle Layde and Mary Johnston. For information, call Mary at 962-8167.

 

Got News? Send updates and word of what is happening to Penny Kelsey at penny.kelsey@att.net or phone 962-2203.

Calling dessert bakers! We need desserts to serve with our fish fries every Friday during Lent. You can deliver your yummies to the parish office beginning the Wednesday before the fish fry or to McCormick Hall on Fridays. 

 

Sessions for Coping with Grief will be held at St. Eugene Parish, Fox Point, Sundays, March 4, Apr. 1 and May 6, at 12:30 -2 pm in the narthex. Call the St. Eugene parish office, 414-918-1100 with questions. 

 

St. Martin de Porres Parish in Milwaukee is looking for a van to transport people. If you have one to sell or donate, please contact Father David Preuss at (414) 372-3090.

 

Operation Rice Bowl, a Lenten practice among American Catholics of giving alms within your home, provides Catholic Relief Services funds to help others around the world. To participate, pick up a rice bowl at church Feb. 18-19. For more information about this, visit www.orb.crs.org. 

 

A silent, preached Men's Retreat will be held March 9-11 at the Redemptorist Retreat Center on Crooked Lake in Oconomowoc. For information or to register, contact Mike Kabara at 962-5490 or email the center at rrc.redeptoristretreat.org.