The Perfect Ministry! No meetings! No fees! Volunteer when you can! Meet others and enjoy our Parish Community! Join the “Ministry of the Tables and Chairs” We at Holy Family are a people of hospitality! This takes all of us working together to welcome others and make them feel part of God’s Kingdom at this special Parish. As St. Paul wrote so eloquently – each of us plays an integral role in the Body of Christ –we can’t all be …
Among several Spanish-speaking countries and among many Hispanics in the United States there is the custom of celebrating the passage from childhood to adolescence with a ritual that expresses thanksgiving to God for the gift of life and that asks for a blessing from God for the years ahead. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Order for the Blessing on the Fifteenth Birthday The Thanksgiving Mass for Quince años (when a girls turns 15 years old) are celebrated at Holy …
Conversion is Not Possible without Recognition of Our Sin Bro. Raymond L. Fitz, S.M. Fr. Ferree Professor of Social Justice President Emeritus, University of Dayton From Open Wide Ours Hearts, The United States Catholic Bishops Pastoral Letter Against Racism “What is needed, and what we are calling for, is a genuine conversion of heart, a conversion that will compel change, and the reform of our institutions and society.” All of us are in need of personal, ongoing conversion. Rosary beads …
The middle of five children, I grew up in a family that was wonderful in bringing Protestants and Catholics together, and this was long before Vatican II. My father was a Protestant and my mother a Catholic, and despite objections from both of their families, they built a good marriage. After leaving the farm in central Ohio, my Dad worked in Cleveland for a Jew, Max Friedman, who was, to mix religions, like Santa Claus to our family. This was …