This weekend, we will celebrate Safe Haven Sunday as an Archdiocese. This awareness day offers us a chance to reflect on the harmfulness of pornography in marriages, families and our culture as a whole, while providing helpful resources to both individuals and families. STRIVE and Restored Vows are both available online and free of charge. We know that the use of pornography in the home deprives its role as a safe haven and has negative effects on families across generations. It is my hope that the resources available to you on Safe Haven Sunday will both encourage and teach all individuals and families dealing with the effects of pornography that loving support is available. We also have complimentary resource books available in the Narthex. We encourage all families to take advantage of these resources.

Please join us for the 2024 Annual HSCC Scout Mass, Sunday, April 21st, at the 11:30 a.m. Mass. All Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts will process in and sit together. To participate, please arrive at church by 11:20 a.m. If your son or daughter earned the Eagle Scout or Gold Award, or if you have any questions, please contact Kelly Angelo.

Please save the date of Sunday, May 19th, for the kick off of our year-long 60th anniversary celebration. We will have a special bilingual Mass at 11:30 a.m. on Pentecost Sunday, our patronal feast day, followed by a picnic. And on Wednesday, May 15th, we will have a prelude to our anniversary kick off with a Easter Evening of Prayer and Worship performed by our Traditional Choir. The concert will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Church. Details about these and other events commemorating our parish’s diamond jubilee are forthcoming.

Fiscal Year 2024:  July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024

As of Sunday, April 7, 2024

Fiscal Year-to-Date Target              $  2,946,154

Fiscal Year-to-Date Giving              $  2,877,798

Fiscal Year-to-Date (Under)           ($      68,110)

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Are you wanting to learn bridge but were afraid to (bid) learn? This is your chance to learn the fun game of bridge. Beginning Bridge lessons will be taught every Monday evening from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. beginning April 22nd. Classes will be held in Malta Hall. Sign up on the parish website. For questions, please contact Greg Vetter at 404-250-1727 or greg@vetterproductivity.com.

Join the Women’s Club for socializing and spirits on Thursday, April 25th, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.. Bring a friend and meet other women of the parish for Happy Hour at Canoe, 4199 Paces Ferry Rd., SE. A $5 donation is appreciated for appetizers. RSVP online if you plan to attend.

Members from our Prayer Shawl Ministry are hosting our last Wednesday Night Dinner of the school year on Wednesday, May 1st, at 6:30 p.m. in McDonough Hall. C. Parks Catering & Events will provide a BBQ dinner, featuring pulled pork and chicken with slider buns and pickles, corn and avocado street corn, mac 'n cheese, cole slaw, salad, baked beans, corn and sweet potato spoon bread, collard greens and chocolate brownie sundaes for dessert. The cost for dinner is $15 for adults, $5 for children, with a family maximum of $35 (for parents and children). Bottles of San Pellegrino are available for purchase, and wine is available for a donation. RSVP by noon on Tuesday, April 30th.

What is God’s plan for us? How can we best serve Him? What are the gifts He gave uniquely to us? Have you aligned your gifts with your actions? Or are you spinning your wheels? On Monday, May 13th, join our speaker and moderator Betsy Orr, Founder and CEO of Heritage, as we all learn to discover, discern, and deploy the spiritual gifts God has given to us. Presentations will take place at both 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in McDonough Hall. Cost is $15 includes lunch/dinner. 

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Join us on Sunday, May 19th, after the 11:30 a.m. Mass for a 60th anniversary parish picnic in McDonough Hall. The Knights of Columbus will grill hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and hot dogs; the Women's Club will prepare salad and dessert, and members of our Latino community will bring side dishes and agua fresca. Volunteers are needed to help with serving and clean up. Please let us know when you RSVP if you would be willing to assist and how many cheeseburgers / hamburgers / hot dogs needed for your reservation.

Today, Sunday, April 21st, Grant Aasen will present on "The Resurrection and the Shroud of Turin." Next Sunday, April 28th, Dr. Andrew McGovern will discuss the "Choir of Angels." Adult Faith Formation meets at 10:00 am in McDonough Hall.

Our next Healing Prayer Service will be Wednesday, April 24th, at 7:00 p.m. in St. Mary’s Chapel. All are invited to attend. This service does not include the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.

Holy Spirit’s Knights of Columbus are hosting a parish breakfast next Sunday, April 28th, after the 7:00 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Masses. Enjoy pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage and the popular omelette station. Donations are welcome.

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12th. Remember the special women in your life during the Mother’s Day Novena of Masses. Use the spiritual bouquet packets available in the Narthex. Complete the outer envelope and place it in the offertory basket or return it to the parish office. Then send the enclosed card to your special loved one. The packets will be available through Mother’s Day.

Although Mother’s Day is a time of celebration, it can also be a time of profound grief for those suffering from the loss of a child or infertility. The Holy Spirit Pregnancy and Infant Loss ministry invites you to help those in our community who are grieving infertility or loss to know they are seen and loved. The ministry will be providing cards and pressed flowers in the Narthex after every Mass the weekend of May 4th and 5th. Please stop by our table to write a kind word to those in your life who may be feeling sorrowful this Mother’s Day.

During the first three months of 2024, through your gifts, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul brought the love and care of Jesus to the poor by assisting 40 families (102 individuals), providing assistance with food, utilities, rent and temporary lodging. Our hotline continues to be busy as families are displaced due to job loss, skyrocketing rents, and healthcare challenges. Our intake volunteers listen with compassion and our conference members work together to share knowledge and resources, visit the families in their home and help financially to ease their burdens. Almost all of the friends and neighbors we assist live paycheck to paycheck and are often one small crisis away from being displaced from their homes. We are so very grateful for the continued generosity of the Holy Spirit parishioners. Your donations may be put into the 2nd collection basket at Mass this weekend or by using the Venmo code found on the Church website at any time. If you are interested in the learning more about the St. Vincent de Paul society, please contact Jenn Molner. 

On June 1st, Catholic Charities Atlanta will host a first-time literacy fair – Read to Succeed - to benefit our client families’ 700+ children, toddlers to high schoolers. As our case workers can attest, most low-income Georgia families have no children’s books in their homes. With your help, we aim to provide 3-5 books for each child in attendance. To contribute a book, book series or gift card, shop our Amazon Read2Succeed gift list and select “Read2Succeed, Smyrna GA” as the ship-to at check-out, done! Deadline to provide books is May 18th.

For in-person shoppers, we have a local partner — Poe & Company Bookstore (1890 Heritage Walk P101, Milton, GA 30004, 770-797-5566). Stop in or give them a call for a 25% discount on your donation to Read to Succeed and free delivery to our Smyrna address.

Every book counts! Help break the cycle of illiteracy by nurturing a love of reading and learning. Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. - Kofi Annan. Sincerest thanks from Catholic Charities Atlanta.

Parishioner Lauren Wilhelm, a sophomore at Holy Spirit Prep, is in the process of earning her Gold Award. Lauren is working with Catholic Charities Atlanta to collect much needed laundry necessities and provide education about the issues facing refugees when they arrive in Atlanta. Lauren aims to assemble 50 laundry basket kits (each containing laundry detergent, fabric softener, stain remover spray, dryer sheets, and a laundry basket) which will be distributed to refugee families upon arrival. Donations of supplies will be collected in the Narthex between April 10th and April 30th. You may either can the QR code to access the Amazon wish list or shop on your own. Thank you, in advance, for your support.

Calling all campers! Take a "Radical Ride on the Wings of Prayer" the week of July 8 - 12, from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. during our 2024 Vacation Bible School program. Campers who are rising 3 year-olds (as of July 1) through rishing 6th graders are invited to attend. Online registration goes through May 31:  hsccatl.com/vbs. Have questions or want to volunteer? Email religioused@hsccatl.com.

Online registration for 2024-2025 religious education school year is underway. For questions, please contact Sarah Cullen. 

All children who have received the Sacrament of First Holy Communion are invited to become Altar Servers. The next training is Sunday, May 5th, at 3:00 p.m. in the Church. Please contact Deacon Allen Underwood for more information.