Tel: 705-253-5523 Fax: 705-253-7560
-
BackForwardPauseCaption
-
Mission Statement
Trusting in the will of the Father and guidance of the Holy Spirit, the community of Holy Family Catholic Parish is striving to become active disciples of Christ by reaching out to all through love, understanding, care, and sharing in faith and prayer.
-
Saint of the Day
Saint Berard and Companions
Saint of the Day for January 16
(d. January 16, 1220)
Saint Berard and Companions’ Story
Preaching the gospel is often dangerous work. Leaving one’s homeland and adjusting to new cultures, governments and languages is difficult enough; but martyrdom caps all the other sacrifices.
In 1219, with the blessing of Saint Francis, Berard left Italy with Peter, Adjute, Accurs, Odo and Vitalis to preach in Morocco. En route in Spain, Vitalis became sick and commanded the other friars to continue their mission without him.
They tried preaching in Seville, then in Muslim hands, but made no converts. They went on to Morocco where they preached in the marketplace. The friars were immediately apprehended and ordered to leave the country; they refused. When they began preaching again, an exasperated sultan ordered them executed. After enduring severe beatings and declining various bribes to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ, the friars were beheaded by the sultan himself on January 16, 1220.
These were the first Franciscan martyrs. When Francis heard of their deaths, he exclaimed, “Now I can truly say that I have five Friars Minor!” Their relics were brought to Portugal where they prompted a young Augustinian canon to join the Franciscans and set off for Morocco the next year. That young man was Anthony of Padua. These five martyrs were canonized in 1481.
Reflection
The deaths of Berard and his companions sparked a missionary vocation in Anthony of Padua and others. There have been many, many Franciscans who have responded to Francis’ challenge. Proclaiming the gospel can be fatal, but that has not stopped the Franciscan men and women who even today risk their lives in many countries throughout the world.
-
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
WORLD DAY OF THE SICK 2020
11 February 2020
“Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened,
and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28) -
Parish Calendar Events
-
Sunday, February 9, 5:00 PMSt. Valentine Turkey DinnerRead More
-
-
The Holy Rosary
"...Say the Rosary every day
Pray, pray a lot and offer the
sacrifices for sinners.
I'm the Lady of the Rosary,
Only I will be able to help you.
In the end My Immaculate Heart
will triumph.
Our Lady of Fatima
Come and pray the rosary live around the world.
The 15 Promises to those who pray the Holy Rosary
Greeting Mary with Hail Mary’s is like offering her roses
The practice of the Rosary dates back to the 11th century, when the illiterate religious recited Pater Nosters and Ave Marias in the place of the office in choir. These monks who could not read recited 150 Ave Marias, in lieu of the 150 psalms: this was called the Psalter of Mary. The Dominican Alain de la Roche spread the recitation of the Rosary in the 15th century. The Catholic rosary, made up of beads grouped in five decades, is the material object used for reciting the Rosary which includes joyful, luminous, sorrowful and glorious sets of mysteries.
… The word “rosary” means a crown of flowers …and comes from courtly love. A "rosarium," meaning "field of roses," denoted a collection of poems that a knight dedicated to his lady. To greet Mary with Ave Marias is like offering her roses by meditating with her on the gospel.
Pope Francis is very devoted to the Rosary. His secretary shared on Vatican Radio on March 10, 2014, that "the Pope does not waste a minute, he works tirelessly. When he feels the need for a short pause, he sits down and recites the Rosary. He prays three of them a day. He says: ‘It helps me relax.’ " -
Liturgical Year Circle and Structure of the Eucharistic Celebration
-
How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
The Divine Mercy Chaplet is a relatively recent but very popular devotion revealed by Our Lord to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun. On Good Friday 1937, Christ appeared to Saint Faustina and asked her to recite this chaplet for nine days, starting on Good Friday and ending on the Octave of Easter (the Sunday after Easter Sunday), now known as Divine Mercy Sunday.
click Here for instruction as to how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
Divine Mercy Chaplet sung and prayed by Donna Cori Gibson:
Experience the Power of Divine Mercy Every Day
Start each day off right! Join tens of thousands of Catholics receiving brief, daily reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina every morning.
-
Explanation of the Mass
-
Parish & Groups Photo Events
-
Office Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Click below for access to calendar
-
A PRAYER FOR OUR CHURCH
-
Today's Readings
-
Reading 1 Is 49:3, 5-6Responsorial Psalm Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10Reading 2 1 Cor 1:1-3Gospel Jn 1:29-34
-
-
Catholic Link
-
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time This week we talk about the prophecy of Isaiah that can be looked at in... The post Humility in Teamwork | Liturgy Live appeared first on Catholic Link.
-
Pope Francis has chosen the promotion of world peace as his intention for January 2020 saying, “In a divided and... The post 4 Ways to Promote Peace In Your Everyday Life | The Pope’s Intention...
-
This week on the Podcast we talk about the prophecy of the baptism and the fulfilment in Christ. We really... The post Liturgy Live | Baptism of the Lord appeared first on Catholic Link.
-
-
Catholic News Service
-
St. John Paul II said this prayer every day
Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest,
and in our souls take up Thy rest;
come with Thy grace and heavenly aid
to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
O comforter, to Thee we cry,
O heavenly gift of God Most High,
O fount of life and fire of love,
and sweet anointing from above.Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known;
Thou, finger of God’s hand we own;
Thou, promise of the Father, Thou
Who dost the tongue with power imbue.Kindle our sense from above,
and make our hearts o’erflow with love;
with patience firm and virtue high
the weakness of our flesh supply.Far from us drive the foe we dread,
and grant us Thy peace instead;
so shall we not, with Thee for guide,
turn from the path of life aside.Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow
the Father and the Son to know;
and Thee, through endless times confessed,
of both the eternal Spirit blest.Now to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death, be glory given,
with Thou, O Holy Comforter,
henceforth by all in earth and heaven. Amen. -
Mother Teresa Conference Donation
Mother Teresa Conference of St. Vincent de Paul is a registered non profit group that raises funds to help the poor of our community. We support St. Vincent Men's Shelter, volunteer and provide a lunch for the poor every fifth Saturday, volunteer at the food bank, help families in need when referred to us and any other referrals as needed.
PLEASE DONATE SO THAT WE CAN HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE. BY CLICKING ON LOGO YOU WILL REACH DONATION WEBSITE. PRINT YOUR TAX RECEIPT IMMEDIATELY AFTER DONATION IS MADE.we thank you for your support