“A sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible reality.”
Mother Angelica
Baptism
Baptism is the best gift we have received. Through it, we belong to God and we possess the joy of salvation.
Pope Francis
Through Baptism, God enables us to participate in his life in Jesus Christ and make us his children. It is through Baptism that we receive the Holy Spirit and become members of the People of God. By baptism, God purifies us from sin.
Reconciliation
The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness.
Pope Francis
Saint Padre Pio encourages us to regular confession more than twice a year
In Reconciliation, which is also called ‘Confession’ or ‘Penance,’ a Catholic confesses his or her sins to a priest in the spirit of true repentance and receives forgiveness. The priest acts as a visible representative of Christ, who forgives sins through Him, when he says the words of absolution: ‘I absolve you of your sins in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.’
Monday & Tuesday after 5pm Mass
Saturday 3pm
First Friday 8am
First Saturday 8am & 3pm
Eucharist (Holy Communion)
The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength… It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most powerful means of fostering His love in us.
Saint Damien of Molokai
Those who partake in the Eucharist receive the real Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ in what appears to be bread and wine. During Mass, regular bread and wine are consecrated by the priest, through God’s power, when he repeats Jesus’s words, ‘This is My Body’ and ‘This is the chalice of My Blood.’
Confirmation
For I know well the plans I have in mind for you—oracle of the LORD—plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
“Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the “sacraments of Christian initiation,” whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace…” (Catechism of the Catholic Church #1285)
The Sacrament of Confirmation is one of the three sacraments of initiation into the Catholic Church (together with Baptism and Holy Communion). This special anointing given by the bishop or priest has the effect of increasing, deepening, and strengthening the sanctifying grace of God given to us at our baptism; while baptism removes from our souls the stain of original sin, Confirmation pours into our souls the fullness of the power of the Holy Spirit – just like the Apostles received at Pentecost.
Holy Orders
Christ’s invitation to the priesthood is an invitation to a way of life that is athletic in its intensity and heroic in its form.
Bishop Robert Barron
If you are someone you know feels they have a vocation to the priesthood or permanent diaconate please reach out to a Parish Priest.
Matrimony
There should be in the life of every married couple a continual building of the sacrament.
Mother Angelica
Matrimony joins a man and a woman together in a life-long covenant of self-giving love. The two spouses give their consent to join together in marriage as the Church defines it. God gives special grace to the couple that they may live out their vow.
- Engaged couples must make arrangements with the parish six months in advance before the desired wedding date.
- The date for the wedding ceremony is scheduled only after the initial meeting with one of the priests of the parish.
- A priest will guide you through the process of Marriage Preparation.
- Contact the Parish Office to begin the process of preparation for the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony
989.362.3162
holyfamily@hf-sh.org
Anointing of the Sick
The anointing of the sick can be administered to any member of the faithful who, having reached the use of reason, begins to be in danger by reason of illness or old age” (canon 1004; cf. CCC 1514).
A new illness or a worsening of health enables a person to receive the sacrament a further time.
For emergencies, please call the parish office.