Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands..
Welcome New Flocknote Readers:
Phillp, Hiep, Joseph, Thu, Francis
A big thank you to all who attended this months Young Families Potluck. We had roughly 80 people in attendance with lots of great food!
Join us this Sunday, August 23rd at the 11:00 AM Mass as we celebrate our Religious Education Opening Mass. Our English-speaking RE program and the Thanh Linh Community come together to begin a new year of faith. All are welcome. Please note that this Mass is expected to be more crowded than usual.
Interested in singing at Mass?
Join the Holy Spirit choir as a cantor, choir member, musician, or sound tech and attend the Music Ministry Welcome Meeting to meet one another, enjoy refreshments, and discuss all matters Music Ministry for this coming year.
Contact Christian for more information at cnguyen@holyspirit-tempe-az.org
THANK YOU from Father John Hanley Knights of Columbus Council No. 11999
The Knights of Columbus Council No. 11999 would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our entire parish for your generous donations of school supplies. Your contributions have made a significant impact at St. Peter's Mission Catholic School in Bapchule, AZ, and Franklin Elementary School in the Town of Guadalupe. Thanks to your kindness, many children who could not afford essential supplies are now equipped for the school year. The nuns at St Peters, and the Faculty at Franklin Elementary are truly grateful for your support and wish to express their deep gratitude and blessings. Your generosity has made a difference in the lives of these students and their families. Thank you for your continued support and commitment to our community!
Calling all men, women, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents and Godparents.
Are you praying for someone in your family to return to the Catholic Church?
Would you like to join your prayers to others and unite these prayers to God?
Are you praying for someone in your family to return to the Catholic Church?
Would you like to join your prayers to others and unite these prayers to God?
You are invited to our first Holy Mass on the feast day of St. Monica on Thursday, August 27th at 7:00 p.m. to do just that!
St. Monica was likely born in the year 331 AD and died in the year 387 AD. Her husband was a Roman of minor nobility named Patricius, and with Patricius, Monica had three children, one of whom was named Augustine. Augustine would become one of the premiere converts to the Catholic faith, and his works of theology and spirituality are among the greatest of the treasures of the Church.
But the path from Augustine to St. Augustine would not be clear and easy. Augustine spent much of his youth resisting Christ and the Church, and this resistance caused his mother, Monica, much in tears and in turmoil.
Monica petitioned the Lord for years that he might intervene in the life of her son. When this intervention finally did take place, and Augustine came to know Christ and accepted a life as a disciple in the Church, Monica was overjoyed but would not live long enough to see the full flowering of Augustine’s faith.
The Lord knows our needs better than we do and nothing that we request from him comes as a surprise. Further, our petitionary prayer, no matter how eloquent or persistent, has no power to force God to act in accord with our desires. We ask God for many things in prayer, but the deepest purpose of our petitions is not to get what we want, but to discern what God wants. Augustine’s conversion to Christ happened, but it happened on the Lord’s terms, not Monica’s.
St. Monica is one of several patrons of conversion in the Catholic Church and as a Church, we can ask her intercession for our family members who have strayed from the path of the Good Shepherd. Now, we have an opportunity to unite our voices in prayer and petition for our family members at Holy Mass on the Feast of St. Monica! Please join us for this special liturgy on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. August 27th. All are welcome. Please invite anyone you know who is praying for their family member.
St. Monica was likely born in the year 331 AD and died in the year 387 AD. Her husband was a Roman of minor nobility named Patricius, and with Patricius, Monica had three children, one of whom was named Augustine. Augustine would become one of the premiere converts to the Catholic faith, and his works of theology and spirituality are among the greatest of the treasures of the Church.
But the path from Augustine to St. Augustine would not be clear and easy. Augustine spent much of his youth resisting Christ and the Church, and this resistance caused his mother, Monica, much in tears and in turmoil.
Monica petitioned the Lord for years that he might intervene in the life of her son. When this intervention finally did take place, and Augustine came to know Christ and accepted a life as a disciple in the Church, Monica was overjoyed but would not live long enough to see the full flowering of Augustine’s faith.
The Lord knows our needs better than we do and nothing that we request from him comes as a surprise. Further, our petitionary prayer, no matter how eloquent or persistent, has no power to force God to act in accord with our desires. We ask God for many things in prayer, but the deepest purpose of our petitions is not to get what we want, but to discern what God wants. Augustine’s conversion to Christ happened, but it happened on the Lord’s terms, not Monica’s.
St. Monica is one of several patrons of conversion in the Catholic Church and as a Church, we can ask her intercession for our family members who have strayed from the path of the Good Shepherd. Now, we have an opportunity to unite our voices in prayer and petition for our family members at Holy Mass on the Feast of St. Monica! Please join us for this special liturgy on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. August 27th. All are welcome. Please invite anyone you know who is praying for their family member.
If you're a mom of young children looking to grow in your faith through Scripture and build community with other moms in the same season of life, we'd love to have you join us. Children are welcome, with babysitting provided for a small monthly fee. Wednesday mornings from September 2, 2026 thru May 19, 2027 in the Upper Room Coffee Shop. For more information, email Grace Rivera at eastvalleycatholicmoms@gmail.com
Giving Opportunities
Those with Autism, Down Syndrome. Dementia, and other neurodiverse disabilities, are invited to a Sensory-Friendly Mass in English at
St. Juan Diego Church.
The Mass will have:
The Mass will have:
• Low lights
• Softer music
• Easy to understand readings
• More literal homilies
Families and individuals are encouraged to get up and move if needed, to bring alternative seating, fidgets or noise cancelling headphones, and to participate in the liturgy just as they are.
Families and individuals are encouraged to get up and move if needed, to bring alternative seating, fidgets or noise cancelling headphones, and to participate in the liturgy just as they are.
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