Parish Announcement – 21st May, 2023 – Holy Family Catholic Church

2023 WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY: Today, May 21^st, 2023 is World Communications Day with the theme; “Speaking with the Heart the Truth in Love (Eph. 4:15)”. Let us endeavour to listen to God and one another in the Church. Our Second Collection will be a special one for Communications in the Archdiocese.

PENTECOST NOVENA: Our Parish Pentecost Novena began last Friday May 19^th and is still ongoing until Saturday May 27^th 2023. Theme: Renew your Wonders Again (Hab. 3:2). It is oldest novena in the history of the Church and we are all expected to participate actively. It begins daily with the 6:30pm mass Below are the topics for each day:
Sun., 21^st May 2023 –           Be Clothed in Love (John 15:12-13)
Mon., 22^nd May 2023-          I will Pour Out my Spirit (Joel 2:28 or 3:1)
Tues., 23^rd May 2023-           True Worshippers bearing Fruits (John 4:23-24 & Galatians 5:2)
Wed., 24^th May 2023-           These Signs shall Follow them (Mark 16:15-18)
Thurs., 25^th May 2023-         Remain Connected (John 15:1-5)
Fri., 26^th May 2023-              Holy Spirit, The Reason of our Being
Sat., 27^th May 2023-             You shall Receive Power (Acts 1:8)
Sun., 28^th May 2023-            Renew your Wonders Again (Habakkuk 3:2)

Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh on us!!

PENTECOST SUNDAY: Next week Sunday, June 28^th 2023 is Pentecost Sunday, the Descent of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church. Let us pray for a spiritual renewal for ourselves and our Church.

MAY DEVOTION: The 2023 May Devotion to Our Blessed Virgin Mary is still ongoing. There have been brief talks on various aspects of the Blessed Virgin Mary after Post-Communion Prayer from Mondays to Friday at 6:30pm Masses, Saturdays at 6:30am Mass and Sundays during Benediction. Let us all endeavour to attend and participate actively. We are also all encouraged to pray the Holy Rosary daily. Below are the topics for our daily talks for your own personal reflection:
Sun., May 21^st 2023                      The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mon., May 22^nd 2023                        Mysteries & Riches of the Rosary
Tues., May 23^rd 2023                   Mary: The First Tabernacle
Wed., May 24^th 2023 (SCC)             Mary Queen of All Hearts
Thurs., May 25^th 2023                       Mary: A Woman of Great Courage & Character
Fri., May 26^th 2023                     Mary, Co-Redemptrix of Mankind
Sat., May 27^th 2023                           Mary and The Blessed Trinity
Sun., May 28^th 2023                          Mary: Star of the Sea
Mon., May 29^th 2023                        Mary: Model in Ordinary Life
Tues., May 30^th 2023                         Mary: At the Foot of the Cross
Wed., May 31^st 2023                         Mary: The Way to Jesus

CHARITY/LOVE BOWL: We wish to remind our parishioners to return their Lenten Charity/ Love bowls to St Vincent de Paul Society. Let us endeavor to be committed. Remember; “whatsoever you do to the least of my brethren, that you do unto me”.

CD SALES: The Video Recording of the Rededication Ceremony is out!! The CD goes for 500 naira only. Ensure you get one for yourselves, friends and family members.

REMINDER: We are reminded that the enrollment of young people between the ages of 0- 16 years with a unique National Identification Number (NIN) in our parish ends today from 8:00am. We kindly encourage all parents of wards within the specified age brackets to make their children available. Please come along with their birth certificates or international passports. Forms will be made available for us to fill. Please note that, NIN of one of the parents is required for this exercise.

SINGLES & MARRIED: Our weekly devotion holds tomorrow Monday, 22^nd May 2023 and every other Monday, immediately after the Evening Mass at the Upper hall. Topic: “Influencing Marriage Partner for a Godly Home”. Speaker: Rev. Fr. Mark Okojie. All parishioners especially Married couples, Singles, Young and Old are specially invited.
Don’t miss it. Come and be richly blessed.
Singles & Married……. together we will make it better.

CYON TEEN CAMP 2023: We are back again, bigger and better! Do not miss this year’s 2023 Teen Camp, packed with daily masses, Rosary, Morning Drills, Leadership Seminars, Skill acquisition, Social nights, movie nights and tons more all for the token of 20,000 naira. This is the only summer camp your child should be attending taking place from Sunday, 12^th August 2023 to Saturday, 19^th August 2023 at St. Gregory’s College Ikoyi, Lagos. For partnership and sponsorship also contact: 07033389154. Camp Sinai_Explore, discover, invent. You don’t want to miss this!!!

CHILDREN MASS: Parents and Guardians are encouraged to take their children to attend the 8am Children Mass at the Upper Hall. Church wardens are to direct them accordingly.

2022 HARVEST: 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.

PARISH ID CARDS: 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.

HOLY CHILD CHOIR: The Holy Child Choir invites all children within the ages of 8 to 15 years who can play any musical instrument to come use their talents and skills to serve the Lord in the choir. The choir meets on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6pm in the upper hall of the parish center. Registration is free. Sing praises… unto the Lord!

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC PARISH LIBRARY: 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 Photocopy etc. 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).

(1%) ONE PERCENT BIBLE CHALLENGE: 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, in other to keep the story of the Ascension fresh in our minds, we shall be reading from the Gospels of John & Luke, and then Acts of the Apostles. Take up this challenge faithfully as stated below and be enriched spiritually.

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.