Holy Family’s 150th Anniversary as a Parish 2022

As we put a most difficult year behind us, we as faithful Catholics look forward to the future. A future full of Hope. Hope in Christ, hope in each other. A great event in our future will be the Celebration of our 150th anniversary as a Parish in 2022. As we look to the future, we also have a great opportunity to “look back” at 150 years of Faith and Family. We believe at our Parish, that we are more than a community – we are a family, and have been a family for many years. We mark a milestone in 2022, and we want to celebrate that achievement abundantly.

Like a wedding, or similar celebration, our 150th requires preparation. We want everyone to be able to be a part of both the preparation and the celebration. We are not planning on celebrating a day, or even a month. We are planning to celebrate the entire year with a number of activities/events.  You can be a part of that.  Get involved and join actively in our community – our Family, as we prepare for this most significant event. We want your ideas, thoughts and effort to make 2022 significantly special.

Please fill out our survey!

• ONLINE – click here!
• PRINT the 150th Anniversary Survey and return it in the collection basket, the Parish Office, or take a photo of the completed form with your smart phone and email it to bbizzi@holyfamparma.org or by text to 440-570-8846.

We want your voice to be heard. We invite you to be an instrumental part of not only our yearlong celebration, but the preparation for it. We are currently forming Committees to address various aspects of the celebration. All are invited to join a committee that interests you. Come with us as we look back, and move forward into the future. There has never been a better time to actively engage in our great parish family.

God Bless our Parish, and all of you who truly are our Parish Family.
Fr. Rich

Parish-wide Survey

Thanks to all that have completed the Disciple Maker Index survey. The diocese has extended the deadline to Monday, April 19th. We highly encourage and hope that you will take the time to share your feedback on the Disciple Maker Index!  This survey allows you to assess how you may be doing both in your discipleship of Christ as well as in your spiritual growth. It will give the leadership of our parish valuable insights into discovering ways that we can use to help make you, our parishioners, better Christian disciples. All responses will be confidential and the parish will only receive information about the community as whole. We are trying to get the highest response rate possible.  This information will be invaluable to Fr. Richard Evans and our various ministries as we plan for the future and strive to be the best disciples we can be.  We will receive the results this spring/summer at which time we will share what we have learned with the entire parish. Thank you for helping with this important project!

Please help us participate by completing a 10-15 minute survey as soon as possible.

• Go to portal.catholicleaders.org/dmi/survey/d81x3dp163 There are also opportunities to obtain a paper copy in the Parish Office or by contacting Holy Family Office at 440-842-5533. A printable version of the survey is also available by clicking on this link English-Disciple-Maker-Index-Paper-Survey. To submit the completed paper survey, please drop off at the Parish Office by Monday, April 19, 2021.

News of the Diocese

Please see the letter to the faithful from Bishop Malesic. Bishop Malesic’s letter to the faithful on the pandemic march 2021

The weekly TV Mass is produced by the Diocese of Cleveland and it originates from the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Cleveland will be aired on Sundays at 10 a.m on WUAB Channel 43, the CW43. The TV Mass also can be accessed on demand starting Saturday evening and running throughout Sunday on the Diocese of Cleveland website, dioceseofcleveland.org. In addition, the Mass can be heard on the radio, at 4 p.m. Saturdays and 10:30 a.m. Sundays on AM 1260 The Rock. Also, radio station WINT-1330 AM airs the Mass at 9 a.m. each Sunday and Cox Communications cable subscribers can view the Mass at 11:30 a.m. Sunday on channel 45.

Please click on the link to watch Bishop Malesic’s message. https://vimeo.com/494143230 Please use this link to donate online, please choose Holy Family-Parma_#227. https://www.catholiccommunity.org/ways-to-give/donate/catholic-charities