January 2017

“Our teachers never stop learning!” our Holy Family Catholic Academy Principal Kate O’Brien proudly proclaimed at our Pastor’s Leadership Team meeting this past week.  This is just one more thing that makes our Academy unique. I want to thank Kate and our Assistant Principal, Laura Clark, and all of our faculty and staff for their […]

Welcome to Holy Family! We are in this together.  You will hear this statement more this coming year and I believe that it is a way for us all to connect with our 2017 theme—reNEW.  The past three weekends have given us Gospel passages that refer to Baptism, John the Baptist, and reflections on the

     The Christmas season was shortened this year because of the entire week between the Fourth Sunday of Advent and Christmas Day.  The shortened schedule meant that The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord was moved to Monday, the day after Epiphany, instead of a normal weekend celebration.  Next year will be the

reNEW is our theme for 2017.  Light is, has been, and will continue to be a significant vehicle to express that theme. Perhaps you noticed the darker environment of our beautiful church during Advent that gradually grew lighter as we moved toward Christmas.  This was one way of encouraging you to reNEW.  Hopefully you heard

Mary the Mother of God – Fr. Terry Article January 1, 2017 “Wait a minute. Did you say Mary, the Mother of God?  How can God have a mother?  I can buy that Mary was the mother of Jesus, but God???  Is this another one of those Catholic beliefs that make Mary out to be