Parish Groups
Soup Kitchen | Small Christian Communities | Natural Family Planning and the Couple to Couple League | Altar Rosary Society | Prayer Group | Knights of Columbus | St. Joseph's Mens Group

SOUP KITCHEN

The Holy Angels Soup Kitchen provides members of our community with a meal and an environment of friendly belonging without discrimination. These lunches are served on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Alpha Center. In the summer it is held at Holy Angels School cafeteria.

This ministry wonderfully survives on private donations and dedicated volunteers. As Jesus welcomed the poor and the lonely, so shall we.

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SMALL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES
(Small Faith Sharing Groups)

As Catholics we draw from a rich faith tradition and a constant involvement with every aspect of human life and endeavor. We walk with the Lord in order to bring the Lord into every aspect of our human existence and created life. On this journey God has provided us with companions and helpers, brothers and sisters. The Small Christian Community network of Holy Angels Parish is an attempt to enable this Christian Community to support and build up each other so that we may enrich our parish and the Church. Called to support one another we share our resources, our gifts, our talents and our lives so that we may realize in ourselves what it means to be called brothers and sisters in the Lord. We build up Christ's image in each other so that as His Body we may build up His image on earth, so that we may better respond to Christ's command to build the Kingdom of God.

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NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING AND THE COUPLE TO COUPLE LEAGUE

Natural Family Planning (NFP) classes are taught by volunteer teaching couples who have been trained by and are members of the Couple to Couple League (CCL). Attending a series of four monthly meetings plus reading the CCL Manual of the Art of Natural Family Planning comprise the usual instruction process. Private counseling is available whenever needed.

Classes are open to engaged and married couples of all ages. Pre-registration is requested. Couples who take the series are asked to contribute $25.00 to CCL which enables them to become supporting members and entitles them to receive the bi-monthly CCL newsletter. Couples are invited to contact Harold and Mary Schmiesing for registration or information at 937-492-3761.

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ALTAR ROSARY SOCIETY

A society for all women of Holy Angels parish to join together to promote devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to provide supplies for the altar and the rectory, and to create a spirit of friendliness and sociability among members and within the parish. Membership fees are $6.00 per year.

Activities include spring and fall card parties, the Parish Picnic lunch stand, bake sales, visits to Fairhaven, hosting parish receptions, Church Women United, and the annual luncheon for the POOR.

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PRAYER GROUP

The Parish Prayer Group Community was formed in 1975 out of a desire to share more deeply in Christian life. The members come together each week in prayer and fellowship to grow in the maturing life of the Spirit called forth by Vatican II and proclaimed in Pope John XXIII's prayer for the church to have a "new Pentecost."

Meetings are held each Tuesday evening from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in connector of the church. Everyone is welcome to attend and share in joyful prayer and fellowship.

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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic men's organization, founded in 1882 by Reverend Father Michael J. McGivney as a way for Catholics to provide financial assistance for the widows and orphans of its members. It was founded on the ideals of promoting the concepts of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism, and these same ideals are promoted today.

Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of the month at the council hall at 1300 N. Fourth Ave.

Catholic men age 18 or older are invited to join. For more information call 492-9431.

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ST JOSEPH'S MENS GROUP

The St. Joseph's Men's Group formed in 1998 as a result of the annual Catholic Men's Fellowship Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The group's purpose is to help men of Holy Angels Parish study and learn more about their Catholic faith so they can share it with family and the community. They also help with several parish service projects.

Meetings are held twice a month on Saturday morning at 6:45 a.m. in the Parish Meeting Center.
Meeting dates are listed in the church bulletin each Sunday.

All men of the parish are welcome to join these meetings.

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