Mission:In a letter to artists, Pope St. John Paul II said that the Church needs artists and art needs the Church. This statement can be said to drive our Ministry of the Arts mission. We offer arts programs that are an integral part of Holy Family Church. Through the arts (music, painting, sculpture, literature, dance, theatre, film, and architecture), we aim to deepen a connection to God, emphasize the sacredness and mystery of human life, and inspire a love of …
The Religious Education Congress is a gathering of the brightest and the best in the area of Catholic Religious Formation, Pastoral Leadership, Scripture Study, Music and Worship. Each year Holy Family sends a large delegation of catechists, parish leaders, parents and teens to this four day event. Each year The Religious Education Congress is held in the winter/ or early spring at the Anaheim Convention Center (near the Disneyland resort). Some of our delegates travel each day to Anaheim for …
“Holy Family Lector Ministry would like to invite you to join the Ministry in Proclaiming the Word. If you think you might enjoy being a lector, please join us at the next coaching session. If you’d like more information, please contact Margaret Prietto via e-mail: maprietto@gmail.com.
Six members of the Kindred Spirits had a great time at the Bower’s Museum this Saturday, enjoying the “Gods & Gifts: Vatican Ethnological Collection” exhibition (not to mention the spectacular jewelry in the Van Cleef & Arpels exhibit). Consider joining us (40+ singles) for our monthly mass and dinner on the first Saturday of the month. Please contact ,Linda Long, at kindredspirits@holyfamily.org for more information.
Holy Family is indeed a family. We care for each other and reach out to the members of our family and all others we can help. Part of our approach has been developing an emergency preparedness guide for natural disasters such as earthquakes, fires and other disasters.
In this post we will share real stories of some of our awesome volunteers. “Volunteering, making a difference, that’s what gives me life” says Michele Silveri, “Meesh” to her friends. Michele began her volunteer career at Holy Family when she moved from New York to South Pasadena 20 years ago. Her daughter Danielle went through Holy Family School and she started as a board-member for Religious Education. For many years she set-up the playground for carpool – every day! In …
There are two types of Eucharistic Ministers at Holy Family Church. One type of Eucharistic Minister assists at daily and Sunday Masses distributing Eucharist to the congregation. The other type of Eucharistic Minister is a Eucharistic Minister for Pastoral Care who visits the sick, elderly and the homebound once a week. The visit includes a short prayer service where Eucharist is celebrated. Eucharistic Minister for Pastoral Care Purpose of Position Bring Eucharist to the homebound, or those in the hospital, …
Holy Family’s tutoring ministry at Dolores Mission is seeking volunteers who love children and can commit one half day a week to spend time with selected students at Dolores Mission School in East Los Angeles. Some of our tutors work with children in K-8th grades in reading and math. Some tutors are needed for library aides. This year we would like to have a library aide in the library 4 mornings a week and 2 aides in the library 2 …
When two people marry, the whole complex gathering of rites-some from the state, some from the family, some from the church-serves many purposes. For one, they show what all these groups think about marriage, and they try to impress these understandings on the couple. For another, they let everyone adjust to the idea that there is something new among us: We cannot think of these two tomorrow as we thought of them yesterday. And yet another task of the rites: Some of them are meant to allow us to express our sheer delight in the festival. When ritual does its work, all these things happen. But there are some¬times difficulties when it comes to the church’s part in the wedding. If the couple has no feeling of belonging, they are likely to be indifferent, seeing what happens in the church building as only another obligation. Apart from the bridal party’s entrance procession and a favorite song or two, they may say that “anything Father wants is fine with us.”
Recovering the Rhythm of Daily Prayer Long ago, our ancestors in faith lived lives deeply rooted in daily prayer. Individuals and households praised and thanked God with a poetic richness expressed through morning and evening hymns and psalms—often known by heart. Over time, many of these practices faded. In more recent centuries, some new daily devotions emerged: the Morning Offering, the Act of Contrition, the Angelus, and other prayers tied to the rhythm of the day. But even these, for …