Holy Family Church
430 St Peter Ave E2A 2Y2 Bathurst, NB, Canada

Notice to all parishioners of Holy Family Parish the 6 pm Christmas Eve Mass is now full, however, we still have seats available for 11:00 am Mass on Christmas Day. If you wish to attend Mass at 11:00 am on Christmas Day you must call Cathie Boucher at 548-9232 by at Tuesday, December 22 to register because seating will be assigned. Thanking you in advance in helping us organize our Mass schedule for Christmas.

I would like to remind every parishioner that a Mask is now mandatory to enter our church. Unfortunately, if someone does not want to wear a mask they will not be permitted to enter. Thanking everyone for your continuous cooperation. Looking forward to seeing everyone on Sunday!

The previous Holy Family Church after the renovations of 1936!

Sunday Mass - Instructions I would like to inform everyone that because of Government regulations we need to register everyone who is at Sunday Mass. For this reason we are asking everyone to please call Betty Bouma at 783-2345 each week before 5 pm on Friday to register. This will give us Saturday to assign your seat. On June 19, the Government announced we could have more than 50 parishioners as long as we assure the 6 feet apart and that we keep an updated the list of names of Parishioners and their telephone number in case of an outbreak or audit. We are presently working to determine exactly how many more seats we can accommodate. Please feel free to call myself Darlene Salesse-Labonville at 544-0689 or Cletus Boucher at 544-1368 if you have any question.

Sunday, July 26, 2020 after the 11 o’clock Mass we will all gather outside to raise our Canadian Flag. Yes, we have repaired and painted our Flag Pole so please make plans to join us. As our Canadian Flag is raised we will sing OH CANADA! Remember we keep our 6 feet distance and we are all good. For our parishioners who are not attending church because of Covid you are all invited to join us in your vehicles after Mass. Hoping to see you all on Sunday!

Christmas Gift Tree: The annual CWL Christmas Gift Tree for children is ready. You are invited to take a tag from the tree and return it attached to the outside of an age-appropriate wrapped toy or craft. Please drop your gift below the tree by December 8. These gifts will be added to the Bathurst Volunteer Centre’s Christmas boxes. The exact number of required gift tags are on the tree. Please do not add any extra tags. ... Thanks you for your support. See more

Tuesday’s mission with Father O'Reilly was cancelled due to the bad weather. See you tonight at 7pm!

Holy Family’s Thursday evening prayer group is going to be revived if enough people want to take part in it. There’s a sign-up sheet at the back of the church. The prayer group will be meeting Thursday evenings from 7.30 pm to 8.30pm

Save the date - Sunday, December 1, 2019 from 6 pm to 8 pm for our first Lighting of the Christmas Tree and Musical Christmas Concert right here in our church! Tickets will be sold $10.00 each call Darlene Labonville at 544-0689 for more information.

" Christmas fun auction in Basement of Church, on Sunday November 24th, doors open at 6pm. A Charge of$5.00 per person to enter. There will be room set up to sell baked goods, breads,preserves, jams, crafts etc. We will have a 50/50. There will be a silent auction as well as a regular auction. There will be some entertainment. Refresment and sweets available for purchase. Tickets will be sold before and after the 11 o'clock at both entrance of the church.... Tickets will be available at the door." Parishonners are encouraged to help with promoting this fundraiser by attending or encouraging others to attend.

Meet and Greet : Anybody who is concern about dementia is invited at the Meet & Greet , November 7th at the Bathurst City Hall (Salle du Patrimoine) between 1 :30 and 2 :30 pm. Huguette Duguay 1st Link coordinator will be present. Info 506 600-7000.

Holy Family Management Council will hold a General Meeting on Sunday, November 17, 2019 immediately following mass in the church. Please plan to attend and inform other parishioners of this important meeting. The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss our revenues, expenses, and plans for a major fund raising with the support of our Parishioners going forward. A question period will follow.

A retreat with well know Redemptionist priest Father Eugene O’ Reilly will be at Holy Family church, Nov 9 th to Nov 13 th every evening at 7 pm. All are welcome to attend.

Do you want to grow in the faith? Earlier this year, a prayer group met regularly on Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the basement at Holy Family. When summer came, the group stopped meeting. Now, a parishioner is hoping to resurrect that prayer group. It involves prayer, singing praise and worship songs, quiet contemplation, and reading and discussing the week’s biblical readings. If you’re interested, please contact James Risdon at 506 545-7192 or via e-mail at [email protected].

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the event will be cancelled, sorry for any inconveniences !

Please check the Facebook Page that was created: Catechism at Holy Family 2019-2020. There is a notice there that says: Welcome everyone to the 2019-2020 Catechism year at Holy Family Church. We have created this page to have a place to share important information about your child’s year of Sunday School. Important dates are as follows: Registration: Sunday, Oct. 20th in the basement of Holy Family from 12:00-12:30. 1st day of classes: Sunday, Nov. 3rd from 10:45-12:00. Classes will run approximately 2 times per month starting in November until April 2020. We are looking for volunteers. Please contact 226-3984 if you are interested. Also please add parents/students to the page who may want to join in on the fun-filled Catechism learning at Holy Family this year! All are welcome!

All furniture in the Rectory will be sold in a silent Auction Saturday Oct. 26th. Viewing will be done from 8am. to 11:30 am. Bids will then be closed. Minimum bid will be applied to all items in the auction and you can bid in increments of $5.00 until bids close around 11:30am.