Jesus, our most loving Redeemer, Who having come to enlighten the world with Thy teaching and example, didst will to pass the greater part of Thy life in humility and subjection to Mary and Joseph in the poor home of Nazareth, thus sanctifying the Family that was to be an example for all Christian families, [...]
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The feast of the Holy Family, our patronal feast, falls on Sunday 10 January. The schedule of services will follow the regular Sunday schedule, and there will be a potluck celebration after the 10:30 am High Mass.
The parish will be providing ham for the potluck, so we ask those who will be attending to sign [...]
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Wednesday 6 January
7:30 am Low Mass
7:30 pm Solemn High Mass
The Solemnity of the Epiphany commemorates three manifestations (?????????) of the Divinity of Christ to man: to the Magi in Bethlehem, following His birth; to Saint John the Baptist at His Baptism; and to the Jews with His first public miracle at the wedding feast in [...]
When the secular world starts putting its ‘holiday’ things away, and as shopping malls stop blaring ‘Here Comes Santa Claus’, Catholics should just be getting started their celebration of Christ’s birth! The cleaning and baking during penitential Advent pays off now, and the feasting and carolling begin. The days from the Feast of the Nativity [...]
Tuesday, 8 December
7:30 am Low Mass
7:30 pm High Mass
This feast is often misunderstood even by practising Catholics. It does not refer to Our Lady’s conceiving of Jesus by the Holy Ghost (the Annunciation) but, rather, to the sinless conception of Our Lady in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne, by Our Lady’s father, Saint [...]
Monday 2 November
During the day, Requiem Masses will be offered for the benefit of the Holy Souls in Purgatory.
Morning Masses:
7:20 am Low Mass
8:10 am Low Mass
8:45 am Low Mass
Afternoon & Evening Masses
5:30 pm Low Mass
6:10 pm Low Mass
7:30 pm Solemn High Mass
Note that it is the traditional practice to receive only once on a day [...]
September
29, Tuesday: Dedication of Saint Michael the Archangel. 7:30 pm
October
2, Friday: First Friday. 7:30 pm
4, Sunday: External Solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary. 10:30 am
25, Sunday: Christ the King. 10:30 am
November
1, Sunday: All Saints. 10:30 am
2, Monday: All Souls. 7:30 pm
6, Friday: First Friday. 7:30 pm
15, Sunday: ‘Kirchweihfest’, 61st Anniversary of Holy Family Church
(potluck [...]
High Mass will be celebrated in honour of the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven, at 9:00 am Saturday 15 August.
From the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus of Pope Pius XII, defining the dogma of the Assumption of Our Lady:
‘When this liturgical feast was being celebrated ever more widely and with ever increasing [...]
On Thursday 6 August, the Feast of the Transfiguration, we recall when Moses, representing the Law, and Elias (Elijah), representing the Prophets—two men who had special visions of God—appear with Our Lord on Mount Tabor (St. Matthew 17, St. Mark 9, St. Luke 9). There, the Apostles see the Divine Uncreated Light shine forth from [...]
High Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 am on Wednesday 1 July, followed by a parish picnic on the lawn beside the church.
The month of July is dedicated to the Most Precious Blood of the Redeemer. The Blood of Jesus is the fountain of salvation. Each drop that flowed from the wounds of the Saviour [...]
