Lights – Camera – Action! Come to the Holy Family Fair “Hooray for Hollywood!” Saturday, October 12, noon to 9:00 pm Sunday, October 13, 10:30 am to 7:00 pm We’ll roll out the red carpet for you! We do this because we love Holy Family and our beautiful community, and we want you to come and enjoy it with us! This is fun for the whole family! Don’t miss the great Rides, the Fabulous Food, …
September 2019 Dear Parishioners, Once again, after nearly twenty years, we thank you for your support of the poor through Mission Haiti. Our annual appeal is the last weekend of this month and we look forward to hearing from Fr. Tom and Doug Campbell at Mass. They have had an extraordinarily busy year, as always, continuing to add to existing programs, cutting back on others, analyzing what works and what doesn’t and never becoming stagnant or still. They work alongside …
August 2019 A Pastoral Reflection from Holy Family’s Pastoral Council Chair Holy Family Church is a vibrant, faith-filled community where Catholic Christians, friends, and visitors learn and practice discipleship through service to other parishioners, to the homeless, to vulnerable individuals, and to the community at large in Southern California and to those in need abroad in Haiti, Central America, and Africa. The many ministries at Holy Family provide volunteer opportunities that embody our shared goals of service through faith, hope, …
Holy Family Catholic Church Master Plan “Faith in Our Future” February 2020 Update On January 29, 2020, the Cuningham Group presented to a packed Connolly Hall their Final Report and Recommendations for the Pre-Design Phase of the Master Plan. At this time, we will be focusing on “Phase One of the Master Plan: Immediate Needs.” There will be four projects within Phase One: 1) Renovations to the Education Center – Classrooms & TK Program 2) Renovations to Education Center …
July 2019 Greetings from the Basement!! I’m sure most of you know that the “treasure” that is the Holy Family Bookstore is located on the lower level of Connolly Parish Hall. We will soon be heading into our 20th year of existence. If your last visit was last week, last year, or even longer, we invite you to come in. We’re sure you will find something interesting and new. Our Baptism gift area is always loaded with appropriate gifts for …
June 2019 Hello Holy Family Community, For more than 20 years, I have had the pleasure of welcoming individuals into the Catholic Way of Life. For the most part, we have three groups of people: those who are in a relationship with a Catholic; those who are seekers looking for a deep connection with God and the Church; and those who have endured some kind of loss. Whatever the reason, the RCIA Team welcomes, nurtures, and engages these people and …
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 …
April, 2019 -The UN has designated April 12 as World Day for Street Children. We are reminded of the millions of throwaway children worldwide – the garbage pickers of Brazil, restevics of Haiti, sewer children of Russia, the unwanted in the US and other countries. They live their lives in prostitution, forced armed conflict, beggars, servitude, child trafficking, …….They have no schooling, no health care, no hope. Some of this is due to familial abuse, poverty, death, war, disasters. Let …
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 …
