PARISH PRIEST’S DESK: APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHAPLAINS:
All Organizational and Societal Executives are encouraged to carefully check the complete list of Organizations/Societies and their Chaplains (on the Notice Board or Parish Website) so as to know their chaplains and also fix a date of meeting to introduce themselves and present their Year Plan to their Chaplain(s).
……………..PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS……………………
- Parishioners are hereby encouraged to start returning their blessed palm fronds from last year\’s Palm Sunday to be used for Ashes, either at the Sacristy or the basket(s) at the entrance of the Church on or before Tuesday, 21st February 2023.
- This Wednesday, 22nd February 2023 is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Season of Lent. It is a period of forty days in preparation for the celebration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus. Let us all prepare prayerfully for this spiritual journey. There shall be masses at 6:00am, 12:30pm and 6:00pm.
- Stations of the Cross shall begin this Friday, 24th February 2023. Subsequently, there shall be Stations of the Cross on Wednesdays and Fridays at 12noon and 5:30pm. We are all encouraged to journey with the Lord through His passion and death. Booklets are available at ₦200 only.
- Let us kindly note that the old 1,000 and 500 naira notes is NO longer accepted for offertory or other payments. We are also encouraged to make offertory by bank transfer to the parish account: Fidelity Bank, 5080032193.
- There shall be a crucial Liturgical Assembly of all Liturgical Functionaries (All Choristers, Church Warders, Lectors, Catechists, Altar Servers and Altar Ladies) in the parish today 19th February 2023. Time: 12 noon. Venue: Upper Hall. Attendance is compulsory for all concerned.
- Parents and Guardians are encouraged to all their children to attend the 8am Children Mass at the Upper Hall. Church wardens are to direct them accordingly.
- The Harvest Committee for last year’s Harvest of Divine Peace is winding down their accounts. All those who made pledges should kindly redeem them by cash, cheque or POS at the Harvest Stand (on Sundays) and Parish Office (during the week). You can as well transfer directly to the Harvest Account: HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH, HARVEST, ZENITH- 1014506326.
- We wish to humbly appeal to you our dear parishioners to please kindly avoid stepping on the kneelers in the church.
- Our high-quality uniform is now available at the parish bookshop. Price: 8,000 naira only. Limited quantity available.
- This is to inform parishioners that the Parish ID cards of those who registered since last year and beyond are ready for collection at the Parish Office, kindly go to the Parish Office to check. Also, we encourage our new members to please register at the Parish Office and those whose card is expired can as well renew at the Parish Office.
- This is to inform all parishioners that Pre-Marriage Classes has been rescheduled to hold from 10:00am to 12noon (Venue: Omisesan Hall), and no longer 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Those who intend to get married are to see any of the priests at the Parish Office.
- We are pleased to inform you that the Anthony Cardinal Okogie Reference (Parish) Library located beside the Anthony Cardinal Okojie Lower Hall is here to serve you better. At very affordable prices, we offer the following services: Photocopying, Lamination, Binding, Spiral Binding, Typing, Printing, Colored Photocopyetc. We also offer a vast range of books ranging from Literature to Accounting to Economics and a lot more. Working Hours: Mondays to Fridays. Time: 9am- 4pm. God bless you as you patronize us. For further enquiries on how to use to library or any of its services, please call: 09036389533 or 08169228063 (Ms. Chinwe).
- We wish to encourage all Parishioners to read and study the word of God for at least 15minutes every day; which is about 1% of 24 hours. For this week, we shall be continuing with the Book of 2 Samuel. Take up this challenge faithfully as stated below and be enriched spiritually.
| Day/Month | Bible Passages | |
| 20 February | 2 Samuel | Chapter 10 |
| 21 February | 2 Samuel | Chapter 11 |
| 22 February | 2 Samuel | Chapter 12 |
| 23 February | 2 Samuel | Chapter 13 |
| 24 February | 2 Samuel | Chapter 14 |
| 25 February | 2 Samuel | Chapter 15 |
| 26 February | 2 Samuel | Chapter 16 |