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A huge THANK YOU to ALL our wonderful volunteers the week of Vocations Bible School! We couldn’t have made the week happen without everyone’s help! We had over 90 kids attend VBS , and we had over 40 adults & teenagers volunteer as helpers! A very special thank you to some volunteers who went above and beyond for months preparing for VBS, Jacque Molitor – leader in games, Michelle Hadd – leader in art, Lisa Briggs-leader in decorating, Gerard LaFramboise- leader in skits. A huge shout out to Pierce Tyndall for being our music leader and leading our amazing VBS band! Thank you to Maggie & Andrew Budd and their family business: “Main Street Gifts” in their generous donation of VBS T-shirts to every child and volunteer! Mea Wesley for being our Artist and hand drawing the altar of Holy Family for our T-shirt design! Father Adam Maher for giving our Priest talk on Wednesday and for Holy Mass. We had amazing speakers each night: Karina Israel, Sophie and Brett Burke, Father Christopher Coman, Father Adam Maher, The Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Emma Geis, and Father Andrew LaFramboise. The week was a tremendous success! Jesus was our main focus and all hearts became closer to His. All glory and honor to you, Jesus! We can’t wait for VBS in the summer of 2025!

*Webmistress’ note: I also thank Stephanie LaFramboise for all she did to organize and keep stuff in order from start to finish. God Bless You for your amazing work! More pictures from the various days and notes to posted.

Using your time and talent (no skill required), we’ll save the parish’s treasure for other expenditures by making our own Altar Candles from past Easter Candles and liturgical candles that are too small to be used during Mass. Let’s be good stewards to the gifts God gave us and the resources already available for reuse.
Limit of six participants per session, participants under 18 must be chaperoned.
Sign up is required, please email Susan Doepker at sedoepker@gmail.com

The dinner & celebration had nearly 150 attendees with many that were from outside the Parish that had personal history with Holy Family. They all seemed to enjoy being back at Holy Family.
All but 30 of the Holy Family wine glasses to commemorate the Centennial were sold raising nearly $400 to our building fund! (we could have sold them all, but we held back 30 glasses for our Shut in Parishioners).
We served roughly 125 pounds of chicken, 25 pounds of ham, 40+ crock pots of food and countless desserts on Wednesday night. Nothing went to waste!
We celebrated two special anniversary milestones at our dinner event: The 35th wedding anniversary of Gil & Rose Urban and the 9th wedding anniversary of Deone & Marissa DeLaCruze. Their shared anniversaries actually were the same day as our dinner celebration!
5 committees with over 60 people volunteered to make this event successful. Thank you to all volunteers who served in any way during the 3 days of events.
We had 3 Holy Family priests in attendance at our dinner event (Fr. Ronald Wagner, Fr. Adam Maher, and Fr. Christopher Coman).

Mass & Adoration with Confession available had nearly 90 attendees with a beautiful reverent mass with divine choral & instrumental music before Mass, during Mass, and during adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and talents that evening including 14 altar servers who served at the Holy Mass.

The history night had nearly 100 attendees of various ages. The tours & stations were very informative & fun too. Thank you to the organizers, volunteers, and to Tom Trombley of the Castle Museum for his presentation.

Please see flyer for information and signup details.

St. Cecelia, Ora Pro Nobis!

Thank you to Father Adam Maher, Father Craig Carlon, and Father Thai Nguyen for offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass & Confessions. Thank you Pierce Tyndall for your music ministry and to all who volunteered in any way, AVE MARIA!

Holy Family is Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of our Church Building dedication May 28-30. For details see the flyer below to RSVP for the dinner and/or history talk or call the office for more information (989-755-8020)

JOB OPENINGS AT HOLY FAMILY – PART-TIME MAINTENANCE AND PARISH SECRETARY                                                                 

Maintenance – This part-time position requires a reliable, skilled janitorial person to be part of a team  performing essential upkeep tasks throughout the main campus.  The person in this position is responsible for a wide variety of activities such as minor repairs and cleaning to ensure that the facilities are both clean and functional.  Being reliable and self–motivated with a keen eye for detail is essential.

Parish Secretary – This part-time position performs secretarial and administrative tasks supporting the overall functions and activities of the church.  The secretary must possess strong administrative skills, ability to work independently without supervision, be a self-starter, good at multi-tasking and prioritizing projects, giving  extreme attention to details with an eye for excellence.  This position maintains confidentiality of church matters.  Computer skills:  (Microsoft Office 365, Publishers Software and Google Calendar)

If you are interested in either of these positions, please contact the Parish Office, 989-755-8020 or email office@holyfamilysaginaw.org.