Holy Family Catholic Parish

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 Friday, January 21st, 9 am Mass IS cancelled.

Please join us for the March For Life Event and Mass at 7pm.

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We are excited to invite you all to our March for Life event at Holy Family on Friday, January 21^st. This event is for ALL ages and you are welcome to attend some or all of it. We do ask that if you plan to come to the morning session and join us for lunch, that you sign-up HERE so that we have a good count of people. The schedule is as follows:

Morning Session:

• 10:30am Arrival
• 11:00-12:00pm* Live-stream March for Life pre-rally concert
• 12:00-1:00pm MFL Rally live-stream with Fr. Mike Schmitz 
• 1:00-2:00pm Rosary for Life
• 2:00pm morning/afternoon session ends

*light/meatless luncheon will be served

 Evening Session:

• 6:00-6:45pm John Bursch speaks
• 7:00-8:00 Mass for Life

*Parishioner John Bursch is a lawyer who has argued 12 cases in the United States Supreme Court and more than 30 cases in state supreme courts across the country. He has been involved in the Supreme Court’s Dobbs case that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule Roe v. Wade. John will be speaking with us about the Catholic Church’s teachings regarding the sanctity of human life beginning at conception.

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          We have two staff positions available at

Holy Family

Children’s Ministry Coordinator (CMC)-  Visit the link below for the full job description.

Children’s Ministry Coordinator Job Description Link 

Parish Care Coordinator- Visit the link below for the full job description.

Parish Care Coordinator Job Description Link

First Friday Confessions

      Father Mike will be hearing confessions on the 1st Friday of each month from 9:45 – 10:45 AM in the church. Come take advantage of this beautiful Sacrament!

Catholic Services Appeal                 

https://grdiocese.org/csa/#ways-to-give 

         Thank you to all who have committed CSA 2021! 

We broke out of the $30,000 range needed for CSA….now only $14, 681.00   to go, to meet our parish goal!! Thank you to all who have made their pledge to the Catholic Services Appeal 2021 campaign!  If you have not yet made your pledge, it is not too late!  CSA pledges can be made online at grdiocese.org, or you may pick up a pledge card on a table in the Narthex. Even if you can not fit the CSA pledge into your budget this year, PLEASE still fill out the pledge card and return it to the office.

Click on the link above to access the online giving platform today. Thank you for all your support thus far.

Upcoming LANE Pilgrimages

Add a pilgrimage or two, to your bucket list. Join our fellow church, Our Lady of the Lake, through LANE. Join other LANE students and families on extremely well-organized, and with dynamic, faithful Catholic teaching by Greg Smith, the dean of LANE and founder of One Whirling Adventure.

They are offering two overseas pilgrimages in 2022: Italy in May (5/2-5/11) and Ireland (8/22-31) in August. There will also be a one-day pilgrimage to Detroit in late March. Here is the link to the LANE page with all the information, including three short videos describing the Italy trip and one describing the Ireland trip:

https://www.lanecatholic.org/blog/travel

Here are more details on the OWA page (OWA is the co-sponsor): 

https://onewhirlingadventure.org/travel Start planning now!

Get a Free LANE Digital Passport Through Our Parish

Holy Family Parish is partnering with LANE for our Adult Faith Formation program. With your free Digital Passport, you’ll gain access to a full year of online and in-person classes and other educational resources for the whole family. These will include seasonal devotions, stories of the saints, strategies for incorporating the sacraments into your family life, and Growing Families Through the Mass, a sixteen-session video series. See upcoming adult classes and other resources in the click provided below.

1. Go to https://www.lanecatholic.org/subscription/holy-family-digital-passport 

and click the “Subscribe now” button.

2. Create an account, then scroll down and click the “Begin your free trial” button to get 365 days of free access.

3. Now you can begin learning! Browse upcoming and archived LANE classes and family resources.

Click Here

Church Information

Address: 9669 Kraft Ave SE, Caledonia, MI 49316
Phone: 616-891-9259
Fax: 616-891-1346

In the event a priest is needed for a sacramental emergency, please call (616) 536-0477. During regular business hours please call the parish office at (616) 891-9259.

New Holy Family Parish App  Click on this link to read more.

Food Pantry  Click on the link to access resources available through our food pantry, which are available to all registered parishioners and community members. Please call the parish office at 616-891-9259 if you need additional information. Food Pantry Resource List and needed items Food Pantry Information.

Online Giving  If you are unable to attend Mass you can give online by using this link -  online giving, so we can continue to support the community and our Parish when we need it most.  If online giving isn't for you, you can also mail in your contribution or bring it to church between 9am-3pm and drop it in the drop safe in the library hallway or in the parish reception area in the locked box by the office door.

College Connection Parents of college students, please make sure we have your college student’s address whether they are away at college or living at home and commuting.  Please complete this link for so we can remain in touch with them. https://forms.gle/uVgHVKydobkVemm19

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Kent County Mental Health Resources

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