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Please join us on Wednesday, December 11th at 6:30pm for Holy Family's Advent Taize service. A Taize Prayer Service is a meditative, candlelit community prayer service that combines song, scripture, and silence to prepare our hearts for Christmas. All are welcome!

For several years now our Diocesan St. Vincent de Paul agency has distributed Christmas toys to 3000 children of Baton Rouge and the surrounding area. The toys are all donated, but volunteer help is needed in two phases at the Holmes Building which is a large storage facility located 8.2 miles from Holy Family Church. (After crossing the new bridge, take the Florida Street exit. Continue on Florida Street until taking a left turn onto North Foster and then a right turn on Greenwell Spring’s Rd. Go .8 of a mile and the Holmes Building is located at 6190 Greenwell Springs Rd.) Volunteer work times begin on Tuesday December 3 and continue until December 21 when the toys are distributed. Weekdays will normally feature work shifts from 9:30AM to 12Noon and 12:30PM to 3:30PM. Saturday and Sundays will normally feature a 4PM to o6PM work shift. During this time period gifts will be sorted and wrapped while food donations will be grouped and packed. Then on weekdays from December 30 to January 10 the twice a-day shifts will resume in order to continue wrapping and sorting for next year. For question, please call the St. Vincent de Paul Volunteer Coordinator, Desha Martin at 225-383-7837 ext. 207.

Holy Day of Obligation - All Saints Day All Saints Day is Friday, November 1st. The Mass schedule is as follows: 8:00 am - School & Parish Mass, 12:00 Noon - Parish Mass, 6:00 pm - Parish Mass Blessing of Graves Blessing of graves will take place on Saturday, November 2nd, 11:00 am St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery, Brusly

Please visit www.holyfamilychurchpa.org click on FAITH FORMATION - EDUCATION (Parish School of Religion) OR SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION (First Reconciliation & First Communion or Confirmation) scroll down and click on Registration Form.

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick will be held immediately following the 4:00 pm Mass on Saturday, November 2nd. If you would like to be anointed, please mark your calendar and plan to attend this special ceremony.

All Seniors are invited to come and gather on Sunday afternoon July 28, 3:00pm - 5:00pm for some refreshing fellowship. Please RSVP to Kimberly Coye (225)933-1395 or Debbie Barbier (225)324-4372 Last day to RSVP is Wednesday, July 24.

2024 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - VOLUNTEER FORM- JUNE 24-28: 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Place your Volunteer Form, enclosed in an envelope marked VBS, in the Sunday collection at Mass or drop off at the church office, 474 N. Jefferson Avenue, or place in the “Drop Box” at church door. Or Mail your Volunteer Form to PO Box 290, Port Allen, LA 70767.

It’s that time again - Mark your Calendar - Friday - Sunday, April 19 - 21, 2024 Please visit the Holy Family Bear Fair website at www.hfsbearfair.com Purchase Ride Bracelet, Reserve your Family Tent, Order Bear Fair T-Shirt, Purchase a Raffle ticket for a chance to win $10,000, Come out and enjoy the Fair, Rides, Delicious Food, and Live Entertainment

Ash Wednesday - Masses with Distribution of Ashes February 14 at 8:00am, 12:00 Noon, 6:00pm

Holy Family Parish is again hosting a St. Joseph Altar on March 16th that will be held in Jubilee Hall.   Father Martin will bless the altar at 2:30, followed by the rosary and feeding of the Saints.  We will begin feeding the public between 4:00 - 4:30.  All are welcome to attend.

Wednesday, December 13th, at 6:30pm, Holy Family Church - Come with your joys and your sadness and come with your gratitude and your petitions. This is an opportunity to place your life at the manger of our coming Lord.

The next Senior Citizen Supper will be held on Tuesday, December 12th at 5:30 pm in Marian Hall.

Marianites of Holy Cross May 1, 2024, marks the 175th anniversary of when the Marianites arrived in Louisiana. This order holds a very special place in our heart as they are the ones who established our school in 1949. In anticipation of this joyous event, they will be updating us monthly with information about their group. See below a letter from the Marianites.

Every Friday morning starting at 6AM in Marian Hall. Visit www.TMIY.org for more information or contact Joe DuBoulay at 225-572-3818

Please click here to read attached letter from Fr. Jamin David, JCL.

In consultation with the Clergy Personnel Board, Bishop Michael Duca makes the following appointment effective 01 July 2023: Father Gerard Martin, currently Pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Prairieville, is appointed Pastor of Holy Family in Port Allen. Bishop Duca thanks the transitional team who has served Holy Family the past several months including Father Jamin David for serving as Parochial Administrator, Deacon Minos Ponville for serving as Parish Life Coordinator, and the several priests who have celebrated Mass regularly including Father Frank Uter, Father David Allen, and Father Jon Koehler.

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