Parish Announcements – 20th October

MISSION SUNDAY: Today is World Mission Sunday. Let us reawaken our commitment to proclaiming the gospel as a Parish and individuals. Today’s second collection is a special Archdiocesan collection. Please let us give generously in support of the Church\’s missionary activity.

FROM THE PARISH OFFICE: Please, kindly collect your receipt for every money payment made in the Church through the Parish office. This includes: – (i). Mass Booking (ii). Marriage Registration & Certificate. (iii). Issuance of Baptismal Cards (iv). Harvest/Donations/Remodelling (v). Altar Bread & Wine for Thanksgiving (vi). And any other payments. All Payments must go through the Parish Office.

CONFIRMATION: Confirmation of 1st September, 2019 at Catholic Church of the Nativity, Festac. The cards are ready for collection. Check the CATECHESIS RESOURCE CENTRE on Saturday.

CYON GENERAL MEETING

The CYON Monthly general meeting holds today, 20th October, 2019 at the lower hall immediately after the 8:00am mass. New members are highly welcome.

The CYON of HFCC would be washing all the cars of all parishioners   that came to church with their vehicle. Next week Sunday 27th October 2019. We implore our Daddies & Mummies to support the youths with whatever they have as nothing is too big or too small. For God & for youths… Through Christ

YOUTH FELLOWSHIP
Fellowship with us every Friday at the event center. The fellowship begins with the Holy Mass at 6:30pm and is for all youths in the parish. 

WORSHIP THE KING SPONSORSHIP: Be a part worship the king. Build a house of Praise for Jesus the king. We are calling for sponsorships partnerships, and financial donations. You can start by making your contributions to:
Access Bank PLC
Holy Family Catholic Church Festac: 0026548146.
Partnership slips are also available and can be redeemed weekly or monthly.
The sponsorship should contact the following numbers in the bulletin – 08037496660, 07068101516 or any of the priest.

PARISH LITURGY: let us kindly take note of the following blessings during the week.

  1. Mondays: Blessings for workers for the new week (all Masses)
  2. Tuesdays: Blessing of Sacramentals (6:30pm only)
  3. Thursdays: Blessings for Expectant Mothers and those seeking the fruit of the womb. (6:30pm only)
  4. Fridays: Blessing of workers and general intentions.
  5. Saturdays: Blessing for children (6:30am)

CHAPEL OF ADORATION: We wish to remind parishioners to kindly obey the set rules in front of the Chapel and avoid distracting others there. It is a holy place, let us respect its sanctity.

INDECENT DRESSING: We wish to remind all our parishioners of the importance of decent dressing to the Church. The church is not a fashion Parade or a place for indecent exposure. Let us kindly ensure that we and our children dress properly to the Home of God.

PARISH OFFICE: The Parish Office will now be open for skeletal services on Sundays from 8am to 1pm. Parishioners can take advantage of this opportunity on Sundays to book masses.

TO ALL LAYCLARETIANS & WOULD BE LAYCLARETIANS:  Please, be reminded that the layclaretians Novena is on. It started on 15th October to end on 23rd October and Feast day of St. Anthony Mary Claret is on 24th October, 2019. There will be an Open Thanksgiving in the 6.30pm evening of 24th October being Thursday. St. Anthony Mary Claret, Pray for us… Amen.

PARISH LIBRARY: The Anthony Cardinal Okogie Library is open for use to all parishioners and Non-Parishioners who intent to study for various examinations or read for information purpose. Also, we offer services like (i).Photocopying.
(ii). Perfect Coloured Photocopies and Printouts now available
(iii). Typing
(iv). Laminating
(v). Binding
(vi). Scanning etc at affordable rates.
We open from 9AM – 5pm from Monday to Friday. Kindly Patronize.

USE OF CHURCH FACILITIES: We wish to appeal to all parishioners to kindly handle church equipment and property with care and always return them properly after use. Kindly note that the church hall should not be littered. No eating or drinking of any kind.

BULLETIN SPONSORSHIP: We wish to encourage parishioners to support the printing of Parish Bulletin by sponsoring it and or making generous donations towards it. Sponsorship is N2,000/ N3,000 per week. Please make your cheques payable to Holy Family Catholic Church, Festac. You can also advertise your products and services in the Bulletin. Kindly visit the Parish Office for further information.

RETURN TO THE SACRAMENTS: We wish to encourage those who have been estranged from the sacraments for one reason or the other especially the Holy Eucharist, to return to the Sacraments. Kindly meet any of the priests if you are having any difficulty in this regard. May Christ grant us life through his Body and Blood. Amen.

CHRISTIAN WAKE: There will be a Christian Wake for Late Mrs. Magdalene Akakatang on the 24th October, 2019. Place of Wake: 4th Avenue, 401 road ‘C’ close, Block 2, Flat 1, Festac Town, Lagos. Funeral Mass: 25th October, 2019 at Holy Family Catholic Church, Festac Town, Lagos.

PARISH UNIFORM: This is to remind Parishioners that our Parish uniform is still available for Sale, in the Bookshop on week days.

ST. FRANCIS ADMISSIONS 2020/2021: Sale of admission forms into St. Francis Catholic Secondary School, Idimu, (The Jesuit-Catholic College of Lagos) Begins on November 1, 2019 and ends on February 7, 2020. You can Purchase the form at the school premises, or on the school’s website: www.stfrancismagis.org. For details, please check the parish notice board. Email: stfrancisadmissions@gmail.com.

HOLY FAMILY INFO-TECH SERVICES is pleased to announce the use of internet access at the computer centre. 30min, 1hour and 3hours time use. Computer training activities is in progress for interested individuals. Registration is open to all who wish to gain sound knowledge in both introductory/advanced computer course with SKILL ACQUISITION programs on: ICT ESSENTIAL, DESKTOP PUBLISHING, GRAPHIC DESIGN, DATABASE MANAGEMENT, COMPUTER NETWORKING, COMPUTER ENGINEERING, DIGITAL MARKETING, SOLAR AND INVERTER INSTALLATIONS, INTERCOM INSTALLATION, CCTV INSTALLATIONS, VIDEON EDITING AND BASIC FILM PRODUCTION.
Registration is in progress. For registration, visit us at the youth centre Holy Family Catholic Church Festac.
ATTRACTIVE DISCOUNT FOR JSCE/SSCE FRESH GRADUATE. Why go far when we have better services here at HOLY FAMILY.

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