Are You Ready? FREE Disaster Workshop

July 18, 2024 Holy Family Entertainment Center (old HF gym) 2-5 PM

Free radios for attendees (first come)

for more information contact Alex Brewer at Holy Family

July 27, FREE Financial Literacy Workshop

10-2, St. Mary's Social Hall

Financial literacy empowers you to be in control of your financial well-being and build a secure future. The five principles of financial literacy enable you to use money wisely, make informed decisions about your finances.

There are five principles of financial literacy:

Earning

Saving and investing

Borrowing and managing your debt

Spending and planning

Protecting your assets

These principles of financial literacy serve as a road map for good money management

Prayer Breakfast August 10th

Saturday 9:30 Parish Hall

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July 14, 9:00 am, Holy Famliy Entertainment Ctr.

Joint Parish Town Hall Meeting NOTE: There will not be seperate masses at St. Mary's and Holy Family on the 14th; one Mass at 9:00 am in the gym followed by a town hall meeting and brunch. NOTE: There will be no Saturday Mass

If you attend Saturday Mass, please make a special effort to attend the joint Mass. Stay informed, stay connected and stay involved with the church. Please encourgage all members to attend. your talents are needed.

July 8-12, Vacation Bible School 6-8 pm

The Passionist Community of St. Mary's and Holy Family will host joint VBS; for

details see Wade White or Alex Brewer.

June 30 is Family & Friends Day

Also we will be honoring the 2024 Elizabeth Davis Service Award Recipients. Invite your family and friends and join us for 9:15 am Mass.

June 16, Father's Day Brunch

Hosted by the women to honor the men of our church. St. Mary's Social Hall

May 12, Mother's Day Brunch St. Mary's Social Hall served with love by the men of the parish to honor the women of the church. Please join us after Mass

Community Outreach- The Joint Passionist Leadership meetings (St. Mary's and Holy Family), for details see Fr. Phil and Fr. Hugo; parishioners are asked to make a committment of time and talents for these projects community outreach projects. Each one reach one rech one.

Let us be fruitful and multiply

Adult Catechism (RCIA) refresher classes -

Mondays, 6:30 pm

St. Mary's large meeting room (one hour). Wade White, facilitator

Holy Family Academy Principal Search filled

Holy Family Pre K-4 has a new principal. We are blessed to have a small school population and low teacher pupil ratio. For enrollment information contact Holy FamilyAcademy

HFCA school: (205) 780-5858 for information.

Get Involved With Your Church

There's a Place for You (Church ministries' meetings)

Parish Council: 1st Saturday (Linda Coleman-Madison)

Finance Committee: 4th Saturday (Tammy Rogers)

Liturgy/Altar Society: 3rd Sunday after Mass (Att. Monica Hatcher)

Choir: every Wednesday 6:30 (Donita White)

Fundraising Committee: (TBA) chair vacant

Men's Club: 4th Sunday after Mass (Philip Palmer)

Repast Committee: 2nd Saturday 11:00 am, bi-monthly (Bessy Williams)

Social Action: call of Chair (John Meehan)

Parish Outreach

Your Parish Council Members and Officers:

LaQuita Harris, Att. Monica Hatcher, John Meehan, Linda Coleman-Madison, Jackie McTerry, Philip Palmer, Patricia Rodgers, and Bessie Williams.

Officers: Linda Coleman-Madison, Chair, Vice, Chair, Jacqueline McTerry, Sec., Att. Monica Hatcher

PARISH COUNCIL ELECTION is November 2024 November is Parish Council election month. If you are interested in serving on council, please let a member of the council or Fr. Phil know. All members 18 and over are eligible.

NOTE: The Parish Council meets the First Saturday in each month at 11:00 am.

Meetings are open to all parishioner.

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Saturday, April 13, 11:00 a.m Memorial Mass for Fr. Bob Crossmyer at Holy Family

Saturday April 20, 11:00 am Holy Family Academy Scholarship Jazz Brunch

Holy Family Community Entertainment Center (formally HF gym)

tickets $75. tax deductable support catholic education

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Holy Week/ Easter Schedule

March 24 --- Palm Sunday

March 28 --- Holy Thursday Joint Mass 6:00 pm St. Mary's

March 29 ----Good friday Joit Mass Holy Family 6:30 pm

March 30 ----Holy Saturday Easter Vigil Joint Mass Holy Family 7:00 pm

March 31 --- Easter, Mass 9:00 am (children's Easter program)

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Christmas Schedule

. Dec. 23, No Saturday Mass

. Dec. 24, 9:15 am Mass & Youth Christmas Program

Christmas Eve

. Dec 24, Saturday, Vigil Mass at St. Mary's 4:00 pm

Midnight Mass will be at Holy Family 12 am

Christmas Day

. Dec. 25, Mass at 9:15 am

. New Year's Day Mass at 9:00 am

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Celebrating All Saints and All Souls in November All Saints Mass Nov.1, at St. Mary's 6:30

We've Come This far by Faith

The Passionist Community of Alabama will celebrate over 8 decades October 21, 2023, 3-6 pm., with a banquet. Holy Family Entertainment Center (former HF gym). Tickets are $50, tables $400. Only 240 tickets will be sold: get your ticket(s) now. Don't miss this historic event. Deadline for ticket sales is October 15th.

The 80th Anniversary Banquet of St. Mary's, and 85th anniversary of Holy Family Catholic Churches in conjunction with St. Paul of the Cross; Banquet is Saturday, October 21. We celebrate the history and legacy of the Passionist and their contributions to the Birmingham area and Ensley Communities. We pay honor to all the priests (past and current), nurses, teachers and others who have served and continue to serve the communities of Ensley and Fairfield.

Please contact co-chairs Monica Hatcher, St. Mary's, or Annette Davis, Holy Family.

For tickets see Donita White or Jackie McTerry

Green Mass

The Third Annual Green Mass honoring the Feast Day of St. Francis Assisi patron saint of animals and the earth will take place Wednesday, October 4, at 6:00 P.M. at Holy Family Catholic Church, 1910 -19^th Street Ensley.

The Mass will also honor Environmental Groups for their Advocacy in protecting the earth. Public is invited. For more information contact Holy Family (205)780-3440 or (205)-616-3027.

Holy Family Alabama Historical Commission Designation

Holy Cross Providence Passionist Community of Alabama (Holy Family) is now registered and listed in the Alabama Register of Historic Landmarks and Heritage. The enitre campus of Holy Family including the hospital is listed. These are the footprints of the Passionists and the lgeacy which has endured through the ages. NOTE: All buildings are still in use with exception of the hospital.

New Heating and Air Unit Drive Still Going

Parishioners are asked to donate toward the new HVCA units. Please contribute to St. Mary's Building Fund. Whatever you donate is appreciated. Be Blessed

VIP Senior Mass/ Luncheon resumes

thru May 2024, at noon, St. Mary's parish hall. the meetings will alternate every other month between St. Marys and Holy Family. Come be spiritually fed, socialize with friends and meet new friends and enjoy informative speakers.

St. Mary's Prayer Breakfast

August 10, 2024

Parish Social Hall, 9:30 am

Speaker- Fr. Hugo, C.P.

Join us as the families of St. Mary's pray for our families, church, community, the environment and the world at-large

more information will be posted near the August date.