Annual Parish Picnic
The Annual Parish Picnic will be held on Sunday, October 1 in St Joseph Chuch Hall . Doors open at 12 noon and serving begins at 12:30 p.m.
Come with your family and enjoy the food and activities: Hot dogs, hamburgers, Saladsm snacks, dessert and beverages. The picnic is FREE!
A Split the Pot will also be held!
Donations Needed! - Salad sna desserts or monetary donations will help to defray costs.
Those with last names beginning with the letters A through L are asked to donated the desserts.
Those with last names beginning wit the letters M through Z are asked to donate the salads.
All Food Donations must be dropped off at St. Joseph Church Hall on Sunday, October 1, 10:30 - 12:00 noon.
Check Donations - Make out your check to : Holy Family Parish with a note for "Picnic". Place check or cash donations in an envelope marked "PICNIC".
Food Pantry Support: All attending the picnic are asked to bring a canned good to help support our parish Food Pantry.
Volunteers are needed to help in the kitchen, at the serving tables, to run the grills, food runners, help set-up, clean up, etc. from 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. If you can help, please note tht on the Parish Picnic Attendance Formin the Parish Bulletin, and return it in the collection baslket or to the parish office by this Tuesday, September 26.
Blessing of the Animals in Honor of St. Francis of Assisi
We will have our annual Blessing of the Animals of our parish next Sunday, OCtober 1 at 12:15 p.m., following the 11:00 a.m. Mass, on the lawn in front of the former rectory next to St. Joseph Church. All are welcome to join us and to bring your pets (or their pictures).
Autumn Windfall Raffle - Drawing Sunday, October 29.
Our Holy Family Parish Autumn Windfall Raffle will consist of the following five cash prizes.
!st prize = $500 2nd Prize = $250 3rd Prize = $100
4th Prize = $50 5th Prize = $50
We incerely appreciate and thank those who donated towards the raffle.
Raffle Tickets: $5.00 eack or for $10.00 . Tickets will be available for purchase aat the church entrances after the Masses next weekend.
Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day - Monday, October 9
The 8:00 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph Church will be celebrated and the Parish Office will be closed.
Parish Council Meeting
The next Parish Council Meeting will be held Monday, October 16 at 6:30 p.m., at St. Joseph Church Hall. Parish Council meetings are held on the second Monday of the month from September through June. When a holiday falls on a meeting date, the meeting will be moved to the following Monday.
The Parish Council is always looking for new members. If you are interested in joining, please contact the Parish Council President, Ray Kulacz, at
401-724-9190 or 401-474-4372.
Food Pantry
Holy Family Food Pantry is in need of donations of non-perishable food items. We especially need Peanut Butter and Cereal.We also need full-size paper grocery bags, doubled.
Faith Formation
Children's classes: Registration forms will be available at the church entrances in August. Classes begin in September.
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
Meetings are held twice a month on Sundays from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. in St. Joseph Church Hall.
Contact Mrs. Laurianne Down, DRE/Secretary for information at the parish office, 724-9190 or by email at holyfamilycre@gmail. com.