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Taize Prayer at Saint Augustine.
Tuesday March 24. 2026
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As Beacons of Light progresses into its fourth year, the Center for Parish Vitality (CPV) – after consultation with Archbishop Casey – is proposing a two-fold approach toward completing the Planning (4) and Mission (5) phases of the Beacons of Light Pastoral Planning Pathway. It is clear (for a variety of reasons) that most Families of Parishes will not be far enough along in
Phases 1, 2, and 3 (Leadership, Vision, and Culture) to complete Phases 4 & 5 (Planning and Mission) by June 30, 2027, the stated completion of the project. This would mean that most Families will not have discerned or created plans for unification by June 2027 (as required by Parameter 3).
One key milestone of the Phase 4 Planning is to “create a plan for becoming a canonical parish that is unified in vision and mission.” To support that, CPV has been creating a Family Unity Discernment (FUD) process that could be undertaken before, during, or after Phase 4. We as a pilot, Holy Spirit Family of Parishes had our Discernment on February 21, 2026, Our Families of Parishes participate in the FUD process with support from CPV from the archdiocese. There will be deanery wide in April 2026 and June 2027, independent of the Planning and Mission phases of the Pathway.
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The Holy Spirit Family communications form
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Parish Council for Holy Spirit Family of Parishes
Chair: Randall Klotz Vice Chair: Consuella Wilson
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Saint Augustine Financial Report
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New Prayer Line
A new prayer line for St Augustine has been established. Please send all prayer requests to: prayerlinesta@gmail.com
SAINT AUGUSTINE PRAYER CHAIN
If you would like to be a part of the St. Augustine Prayer Chain, please contact Marie Klotz at saintapraysingtown@gmail.com
SAINT AUGUSTINE ONE CALL
To be added to the St. Augustine one-call, please contact Fran Delegato at delegatof@outlook.com
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The “Amazing Parish” Reflection series was presented on Monday S
eptember 2nd at Saint Augustine. Other presentation on from Amazing Host of “Amazing Parish series can be seen by going to
https://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisStefanick
Liturgy of the Hours
The Church’s official prayer, and the highest form of prayer after the Mass. It is an ancient, structured way of praying Scripture throughout the day, focusing especially on the Psalms. It hearkens back to the Jewish custom of praying at fixed hours, a practice continued by the early Church.
The practice developed significantly in the third and fourth centuries formalizing with Saint Benedict’s Rule in the sixth century. The current name and format were established after the Second Vatican Council in 1971, though the fundamental practice of sanctifying the day with set prayers has roots in the New Testament itself.
The Dynamic Catholic Prayer
Loving Father,
I invite you into my Life today,
And make myself available to you.
Help me to become the best version of myself,
By seeking Your will
and by being a living example of your love in the world.
Open my heart to the areas of my life that need to change,
so, I can carry out the mission you have imagined for my life
and experience the joy you desire for me.
inspire me to live the Catholic faith in ways that are dynamic and engaging.
Show me how to best get involved in the life of my parish.
Give our community a hunger for best practices and continuous learning.
Glve me courage when I am afraid,
hope when I am discouraged, and clarity in times of decision.
Lead your church to become all you imagined it would be
for the people of our times.
Amen
Religious Education going on now
at (SB) Dominique Akpore dakpore@stbenedictdayton.org
at (QM) Marty Phillips mphillips@qmdayton.org
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For Anointing, Marriages, Baptisms, or other sacramental preparation, please call the rectory at (937) 855-2289 or (937) 268-6697 to schedule.
If you are preparing for surgery or have a serious illness, call the rectory to schedule the Sacrament of the Sick.
For Confessions, please schedule with the priest.
Information for the weekly bulletin must be submitted by Monday at 4:00 pm.
Please call (937) 855-2289 or email the information to csaintaugustine@woh.rr.com
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HOLY SPIRIT FAMILY OF CHURCH INFORMATION
United in Faith, Hope, and Service to the Community
St. Benedict the Moor Church
519 Liscum Dr., Dayton, OH 4il17
937-268-6697 Email admin@unitedinhope.orq
Website https://www.unitedinhope.org
Office hours: Tues.-Thurs. 9:30 arn-1 :00 pm
Queen of Martyrs Church
4134 Cedar Ridge Rd. (Church), Dayton, OH 45414
4144 Cedar Ridge Rd. (Office)
937 -277 -2492 queenofmartyrsdayton.gmail.com
Website qmparish@qmdayton.org
Office hours: Tues. & Thurs. 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Our Lady of Grace Parish Center (Office)
220 W. Siebenthaler Ave. Dayton, OH 45405
937-274-2107 info@ourladyofgracedayton.orq
Website http://ourladyofgracedayton.org
Office hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Corpus Christi Church
527 Forest Ave.
Dayton, OH 45405
Our Lady of Mercy Church
533 Odlin Ave.
Dayton, OH 45405
St Augustine Church
6939Weaver Rd. (Church), Germantown, OH 45327
6891 Weaver Rd. (Rectory)
937-855-2289 Email csaintaugustine@woh.rr.com
Website http://catholicsmart.com
Saint of the Week
April 12, 2026
St. Faustina
St. Faustina (1905-1938) was born Helena Kowalska in Poland to a poor family with ten children. They were devoutly Catholic, and she felt a call to the religious life at age seven, when praying in front of the exposed Eucharist. Despite wanting to become a sister as soon as she finished her schooling, she was sent to work as a housekeeper to help support the family instead.
When she was 18, she had a vision of Jesus suffering and, in the vision, Jesus asked her how long she would keep putting off entering religious life. She decided, at that moment, to travel to Warsaw and join the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy. Upon entering the Congregation, she took the name Sister Maria Faustina.
During her 13 years in the Congregation, Sister Faustina experienced and recorded extraordinary revelations from Jesus. She recorded these experiences and messages into notebooks which became later known as the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska. In these writings, she reveals Jesus asking her to proclaim God’s loving message of Divine Mercy.
Alongside her writings, Sister Faustina also experienced many miraculous phenomena. There are stories of her experiencing hidden stigmata, bilocation, prophecy, and the ability to read into human souls. Despite these occurrences, she maintained that miraculous events were simply “ornaments” for the soul and that her real sanctity came from her deep relationship with Jesus and desire to do God’s will.
After her death at age 33, her writings on Divine Mercy sparked a great movement in the worldwide Catholic church with a strong focus on the Mercy of Christ and how to extend that mercy to others. Saint Pope John Paul II called her “the great apostle of Divine Mercy in our time.” St. Faustina, pray for us!
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Saint of the Week March 15,2026
Saint Joseph Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary First Century
Feast Day: March 19
Patron Saint of the Universal Church, fathers, carpenters, and a happy death
The Father in Heaven chose Mary who was the Immaculate Conception to bear His Son in her womb, bring Him into the world, and raise Him from infancy to adulthood. Of all the men in Israel that the Father could have chosen to be Jesus’ foster father, He chose Joseph of Nazareth, a carpenter. Today’s solemnity honors Joseph and points us to his marital union with the Blessed Virgin Mary and to the effect that their marriage had not only on the Holy Family, but also upon us as members of the Body of Christ.
Joseph was born in the small town of Bethlehem but moved to Nazareth with Mary and Jesus after returning from Egypt in order to keep Jesus safe from Archelaus, the ruler of Judea. Nothing is known about Joseph for certain except what is contained in the Gospels. But the Gospels tell us all we need to know about this holy, obedient, and just man, who was given authority over the Son of God and continues to exercise a holy authority over the entire Church.
Saint Joseph was obedient to the Father in Heaven, and that obedience deepened his union with Mary his spouse, making their marriage the ideal family for the Son of God. Saint Joseph’s obedience is clearly seen in his response to four dreams by which an angel instructs Joseph how best to guard and protect the Son of God. Joseph acts immediately, in obedience, to the angel’s instructions. His obedience to the Father enables him to become a powerful instrument of the Father’s authority on earth, exercised through him.
For More Saint of the week go to
https://www.catholicsmart.com/saint-of-the-week2/
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Father Frances Celebrates 40 years in the Priesthood
Parish Family Picnic Sept 7th.
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Part of our Love in Action team.
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These are the volunteers that came to Sonshine in a Bag to help bag food for Valley View school children in need.
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Special Guest for Sunday Mass May 11, 2025
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Father Krispin, Deacon Daniel Jasek, Deacon Ken Stewart, Father Benoit, Deacon Chris Jasek.
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Taize Prayer at Saint Augustine.
Thursday April 3, 2025
