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Holy Family Parish & St. Joseph’s Church will bring back a lost but cherished tradition; the blessing of the Easter Baskets. Father Slezak will bless the baskets on Easter Sunday after each Mass on April 9th.

Join us for a Feast of Mercy on April 16th. Divine Mercy Sunday is perhaps God’s greatest gift for our time. The promise of this day is nothing less than the forgiveness of all sins and punishment due to sin for anyone who would go to Confession and receive Jesus in Holy Communion on this very special feast. According to Divine Mercy Productions, one may receive the Sacrament of Confession, also known as Reconciliation, twenty days before or after Divine Mercy Sunday. Here’s the schedule: 2:00 PM - Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 2:15 PM-2:45 PM. Confessions Begin Meditations read from the Diary of Saint Faustina 3:00 PM. Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Benediction, and Veneration 1st class Relic St. Maria Faustina. CONFESSORS: Father Brian Slezak, Father Rendell Torres, Father Paul Catena, and Father Michael Cambi. RESOURCES: Free books and devotionals at church entrances.

Reconciliation and Penance Services in March for Healing of Our Sins! Three priests will be channels of God’s tender mercy at these times and places: Wednesday, March 15th, St. Joseph the Worker, West Winfield, 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23rd, Holy Family, Little Falls, 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29th, Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Frankfort, 6-7:30 p.m.

Each Lent we are encouraged to meditate on the Passion of Christ by walking and praying the Stations of the Cross. “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23)

Ash Wednesday Schedule: Holy Family - 8 a.m. - Usus Antiquior (Latin) Holy Family - 12 p.m. - Novus Ordo (English) St. Joseph - 5:30 p.m. - Novus Ordo (English)

Holy Family Parish and St. Joseph Church will be offering a Lenten educational series this year entitled: “Presence: The Mystery of the Eucharist.” Although the Eucharist appears to be simple bread and wine, it is actually the “source and summit” of the Christian life. This program explores the truth and beauty of Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist, from its origins in Sacred Scripture to its profound role in the life of the Church and its members.

"If we love one another, God lives within us, and his love is perfected in us." —I John 4:12 > > Happy Valentine's Day.

Holy Family Parish is blessed to have such beautiful, historic, and one-of-a-kind stained-glass windows in our church. Author Louis Baum spent countless hours over several years researching and writing a book describing the story of each window. Both Louis and Jean Ronan (who assisted in the project) have graciously donated all their time and efforts to complete this book project. The book will be available at all Masses to view this weekend (Feb 18th-19th) and next weekend (Feb 25th-26th). Now that the book has been completed, the parish is offering it for purchase for only $20 each (to cover cost). Upon receiving your prepayment, we will order the books. Order forms are available in church or by calling/visiting the Parish Office. Please enclose payment with your order. Order soon! (We plan to place the first book order on March 6th.) Upon arrival of the books, we will notify you.

Wear your green and bring your favorite dish to pass as we celebrate St. Patrick with fellowship, great food, music & dance on Sunday, March 12, at 2 p.m. in the Parish Gym. One of our Holy Family parishioners is a Championship Level Irish Step dancer who will perform a few routines along with some special friends. This event is open to all Holy Family/St. Joseph’s Church parishioners, family, and friends.

Can You Share Your Secret Winning Chili Recipe? Do you love Chili? Want to Be Involved in a Family Event! We Need Your Support for Holy Family's Chili Contest Sunday, February 5th from 1:30-4 p.m.!

Holy Family Parish and St. Joseph Church will give out blessed “Chalking the door" kits this weekend at Mass. This is a wonderful way to celebrate and literally mark the occasion of the Epiphany and God’s blessing of our lives and home.

A very Happy New Year to all! What is your New Year’s Resolution? How about brushing up on the fundamentals of the Faith?

Starting January 7th - 22nd, order your frozen homemade Smith’s Orchard pie. Delivery date will be February 12th, just in time for St. Valentine’s Day! There will be a variety of 12 pies to choose from including sugar-free and gluten-free options. You can also choose a crust or crumb topping. Order forms will be available at church and the Parish Office. Include your payment and return by January 22nd. We will need extra help to unload, organize, and handout pies on delivery day. Please contact Michele at (518) 779-3049 or Michele.HFP@gmail.com if you are willing to help!

Christmas is a wake up call, but it is caused by the miraculous and joyful event of the Incarnation.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This is our present Festival; it is this which we are celebrating today, the Coming of God to Man, that we might go forth, or rather that we might go back to God – that putting off of the old man, we might put on the new; and that as we died in Adam, so we might live in Christ, being born with Christ and crucified with Him and buried with Him and rising with Him. For I must undergo the beautiful conversion. Therefore let us keep the Feast, not after the manner of a heathen festival, but after a godly sort; not after the way of the world, but in a fashion above the world; not as our own, but as belonging to Him who is ours, or rather as our master’s; not as of weakness, but as of healing; not as of creation, but of re-creation. – St. Gregory of Nazianzus

"Populus qui ambulabat in tenebris, vidit lucem magnam; habitantibus in regione umbrae mortis lux orta est eis."   "The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone." - Isaiah 9: 2

Advent is a wonderful time to celebrate the reconciling love and the healing graces our Lord offers us. Like all religious experiences, it takes preparation. Wednesday, December 7th - St. Joseph the Worker, 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 14th - Annunciation Church, 6 p.m. Thursday, December 22nd - Advent Penance w/Adoration, Holy Family Parish, 2:30-4 p.m.

Very Reverend Father Longobucco, Vicar General, Fr. Slezak, Holy Family Parish-Little Falls and St. Joseph Church-Dolgeville, Fr. Catena and Deacon Carbone Annunciation Church-Ilion/Our Lady Queen of Apostles-Frankfort, welcomed 30 Confirmands to the completion of baptismal grace on Sunday, October 30th. For “by the Sacrament of Confirmation, the baptized, are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit.” Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed. A special shout out to parents who guided their children to receive a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit! Through Confirmation and their support, the Holy Spirit now gives them the increased ability to practice their Catholic faith in every aspect of their lives and to witness Christ in every situation. Congratulations to all!

One of the seven Spiritual Works of Mercy is to pray for the living and the dead. A great way to fulfill this obligation is to have a Mass said for someone as there is no more powerful prayer than the Mass.