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The Holy Family Stained Glass Windows companion tour book and the in-depth meditation book are available for purchase. Both books will be available in the vestibule after all Masses the weekend of November 30th/December 1st and in the Parish Office. Locally, the tour companion book is $5, and the meditation book is $30. The books are also available at Amazon at a higher price!

Holy Family Parish is pleased to invite the community to experience and celebrate the beauty of the parish’s historical and priceless stained glass windows at a special debut. Guests will enjoy self-guided audio tours to accompany each stained glass window or may follow along with a companion book. Light refreshments by the Canal Side Inn will also be served. The event is free and open to the public, but RSVP is required.

The feast day of Saint Thérèse of Liseaux is October 1st. This is a nine-day Novena which will begin on September 23rd and end on her feast day. The first class relic will be available at all Masses at both churches the weekend of September 28th/29th. There will be prayer cards at all entrances to both churches. The prayer card has the Novena on the back.

Bishop Robert Barron’s book, This is My Body: A Call to Eucharistic Revival, is available to parishioners through the generous donation of a donor from St. Joseph Church. Copies are available in church vestibules. Please take time to read the book. Then either share or return the book so others can read it.

Parking options include a free shuttle service. Park vehicles at the Riverside Industrial Park, Industrial Parkway, in front of Building 93, the Arc Herkimer building, a quarter mile from the entrance. The shuttle will run continuous loops from 12:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to and from the festival and Riverside Industrial Park. The approximate loop time is less than 10 minutes. The shuttle is equipped for wheelchairs.

Holy Family Parish, a Roman Catholic Church located in Little Falls, NY, will host a Family Festival, a day filled with live entertainment, over 40 food and craft vendors, children’s activities, a 5k run and walk, church tours, and more on Saturday, June 1.

On Friday, May 24th we will begin praying the Seven Sorrows Rosary. This will take place every Friday at 8:30 a.m. before the 9 a.m. Mass. There will be pamphlets at the entrances of Holy Family Parish and St. Joseph Church that describe the Seven Sorrows Rosary and how to pray this powerful devotion. If you would like to order a Seven Sorrows Rosary, contact Peggy Romano at (315) 717-3012.

All ages welcome (including non-Catholics)! “You cannot give what you do not have!” The Lord Jesus desires that His mercy be known, especially through us, His disciples. But we need a solid foundation in our Faith. These in-depth presentations will increase our appreciation of what it means to be Catholic and inspire us to engage actively in the Lord’s evangelical mission to the whole world! Dinner included nightly! WHERE: St. Joseph the Worker, Parish Hall, 303 W. Main St., West Winfield WHEN: Sun.-Wed. nights (May 19-22), 6:15 pm food; 7 pm - Talk 1, break; 8 pm - Talk 2.

In a world grappling with great disease, a war rages on in Europe. After years of truce, an invasion of Palestine threatens to unsettle the Middle East. Theological debates are politicized and lead millions of believers to abandon the faith. A bishop writes: “Unless the hand of God intervenes directly, all will be lost.” Beginning in March, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke is calling upon ALL Catholics worldwide to join him in a significant 9-month to Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena seeking Our Lady’s intercession.

We apologize for the last minute notice! We hope you can help get the kitchen emptied and cleaned before painting and appliances arrive. Copy the link to sign up. Half-hour (½ hr) slots are available from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Can’t make it? Email a date and time that works best for you. Hopefully, we can get it finished on Saturday!

+ Friday, February 16 - 5:30 p.m. + Friday, February 23 - 5:30 p.m. + Friday, March 1 - 5:30 p.m. + Friday, March 8 - 5:30 p.m. + Friday, March 15 - 5:30 p.m. + Friday, March 22 - 5:30 p.m. + Good Friday, March 29 - 2:30 p.m.

Holy Family hosts Adoration every Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Adoration is open to all parishioners, family, and friends. Please click for more information about signing up!

Holy Family Parish is excited to announce the formation of a new Sodality! The Saint Bernadette Young Ladies Society invites all young Catholic girls between the ages of 8 and 16 years of age to join. Open to all parishes, family members, and friends. Our Sodality is a lay ministry intended to bring Marian devotion, modesty, community service, and a social experience to young female Catholics.

As part of the National Eucharistic Revival, the bishops of the State of New York are hosting a state-wide Eucharistic Congress October 20-22, 2023 at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Martyrs in Auriesville, New York.

Join in the fun of putting on the performance of the first annual Christmas play: “The Story of the Nativity.” This year it will be hosted at the Holy Family Parish Center for two performances on Friday, December 15th at 6 p.m. and Sunday, December 17th at 2 p.m.

Did you know that your sneakers could help support Holy Family Parish AND save our environment? Holy Family will host a Sneaker Drive in the Parish Gym on Saturday, August 12th, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sunday, August 13th, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. On Saturday, get a $5 Snack Pack with a hotdog, chips, and water.

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.