WELCOME
We take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to all those who will be visiting us. We are pleased that you have come to worship with us. The doors and hearts of our parish family of FAITH are always open, and we invite you to contact us at any time.
Hosted by Holy Family Church on Friday, November 25th, 2022 7:00pm to 10:00pm Theme: ‘Celebrate the Gift of Giving’ All participating youth are asked to bring a canned or non-perishable item to be distributed to the poor.
Retired and Elderly Advent Reflection Day
The Retired & Elderly Advent Reflection Day will be held on Friday, December 2nd, 2022 between 9:30am – 3:00pm at Emmaus Centre, Fox Hill.
Our Theme: Wait for the LORD with courage, be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.
Interested persons may contact Ms. Alfreda Johnson at 326-6004 for more information.
Donation: $20:00 per person.
Marriage Preparation Course
An invitation is extended to all Engaged or Courting couples to register for the Winter Marriage Preparation Classes scheduled to start January 18th, 2023. A small donation of $100.00 per couple is required. (which includes text books and workbooks)
Venue : Emmaus Centre, Fox Hill Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm (Duration: 10 weeks)
Application forms are available via the Archdiocesan website (archdioceseofnassau.org) or the Office of Family Life. Please contact Mrs. Eulie Elliott, Director of Office Family Life for more details @ 322-8919 /328-4310/2 , 322-7744 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
UPDATE OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS
(October 1, 2022)
2022 Catholic Archdiocesan Annual Appeal
This year’s theme is “Journeying Together as Church: Communion/Participation/Mission."
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR’S ARCHDIOCESAN ANNUAL APPEAL. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF DIFFICULT ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL TIMES, AND WE APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICES THAT WERE MADE. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO RICHLY BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU.
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) sessions started (Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 at 6:00pm). The program is a period of Christian formation for those seeking to join Catholic faith. Meetings will be held weekly in the Sacred Heart Parish Hall and will be conducted by Deacon Keith Roberts. So if have been attending mass at one of our Catholic churches as a non member and now want to join the Catholic faith, then this program is designed for you. We also invite those of you who are practicing Catholics but want to enrich your knowledge of our faith and practices to attend. Please register at the Sacred Heart Gift store on Saturdays after our 6:30pm mass, or on Sunday mornings between our 8:30am and 10:30am masses.
Alternatively, kindly contact Deacon Roberts at 242-427-3459.
C.C.D. classes started (Sunday, September 18th, 2022) for in person learning.
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HURRICANE SEASON
The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season begins on June 1st, which is just a few weeks away. It is predicted that this season will be an active one, with 13 to 20 named storms and 6 to 10 hurricanes. We still have vivid memories of Hurricane Dorian of 2019 when Grand Bahama and Abaco suffered catastrophic damage and many deaths. It only takes one storm to change our lives.
Preparedness is key, and we urge all residents of the Bahamas to be prepared. This includes securing your homes, homeowners insurance, extra supplies including non perishable items, water and medications, flashlights/ lanterns and all other tools required in the event you lose power, an escape plan and locating a Hurricane shelter or suitable housing in the event you have to vacate your home. It is never too early to start preparing.
In both human and divine relationships, there can be no romance without a reverent listening to the other. When we make room in our lives for silence, the heaven and earth within us find each other. Then the Word of God is able to put down deep roots. These listening roots sense our desire for bonding with the Holy One.
Pope Francis meditated on the calming of the storm from the Gospel of Mark during the prayer service over which he presided on the steps of St Peter's Basilica on Friday evening. Here is the full text.
“When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities; it has taken over our lives, filling everything with a deafening silence and a distressing void, that stops everything as it passes by; we feel it in the air, we notice in people’s gestures, their glances give them away. We find ourselves afraid and lost. Like the disciples in the Gospel we were caught off guard by an unexpected, turbulent storm. We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all of us called to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other. On this boat… are all of us. Just like those disciples, who spoke anxiously with one voice, saying “We are perishing” (v. 38), so we too have realized that we cannot go on thinking of ourselves, but only together can we do this.
