August Discipleship Letter

Hello Holy Family Community, According to the evangelist, Matthew, Jesus’ parting words to his disciples were: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20) Every disciple of Jesus Christ shares in His mission. Adult Catholics look to grow in faith and …

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Reclosing of In-Person Masses at Holy Family

Dear Parishioners and Friends of Holy Family, As I am sure you have heard by now, the State of California is requiring that the County of Los Angeles suspend in-person services in places of worship.  This means that, effective immediately, Holy Family will be closed to in-person Masses, although we will continue to live stream daily Mass from Monday to Saturday at 8:15 a.m. and Sunday Mass at 9:30 a.m. & 11:15 a.m.  While the Pastoral Center will remain closed …

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Our Devotionals and Prayers

Mother of Perpetual Help Devotion The Immaculate Heart of Mary, First Saturday Devotion The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, First Friday Devotion  

Juneteenth Letter from Cambria

June 19th, 2020 Juneteenth Dear Parishioners and Friends of Holy Family,   I write to you today in solidarity with our African American sisters and brothers as we celebrate Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when the last remaining slaves in Texas were freed, 2 ½ years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.   In my letter last week addressing Holy Family’s response to racial injustice, I promised to send you additional resources and ways to become engaged in the ongoing national dialogue about race. …

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Holy Family’s response to the death of George Floyd

“What does the Lord require of you?
 To act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” 
-Micah 6:8 June 8, 2020 Dear Parishioners and Friends of Holy Family, Our community, our country and our world have cried out in anguish and pain at the injustice, callousness and brutality of George Floyd’s death.  Tragically, he is among many generations of known and unknown African American women and men, our sisters and brothers in Jesus Christ, whose lives …

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Walking with Moms in Need

Are you now, or were you at one time an expectant mother in need? Do you know expectant mothers who are in need of help and support during a difficult pregnancy? Do you have ideas for how our parish might support women during this precious time? Holy Family Parish has joined the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in their initiative of Walking with Moms in Need. This year-long initiative will focus on identifying the needs and resources needed to help …

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Racism and the Catholic Church

The Pieta by Tylonn J. Sawyer   Consideration of racism is grounded in fundamental scriptural beliefs: equal dignity of all people, created in God’s image; and Christ’s redemption of all. The Catechism of the Catholic Church spells this out: The equality of men rests essentially on their dignity as persons and the rights that flow from it: “Every form of social or cultural discrimination in fundamental personal rights on the grounds of sex, race, color, social conditions, language, or religion …

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Pentecost…Come Holy Spirit

When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were.  Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.  Acts 2:1-3a   What is Pentecost?  Our friends from Catholic Central put this …

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