Holy Family Church - Auburn, NY

11/02/2024

11/01/2024

Daily Feast


On November 1st the Church celebrates all her holy ones in heaven, known and unknown, with the feast of All Saints. The solemnity originally began in the 4th century to commemorate all the Christian martyrs killed during those centuries of brutal persecution before Christianity was legalized. There were so many martyrs that a separate feast day could not be given to each one individually, yet, the Church did not want to leave any martyr without proper veneration. A common feast day developed and was usually celebrated in the Easter season. In the 8th century Pope Gregory III consecrated a chapel in St. Peter’s Basilica to all the saints and moved the feast day to November 1st. The feast of All Saints is a Holy Day of Obligation.

10/31/2024

November 1st is All Saints Day and a Holy Day of Obligation. Our Mass schedule for the holy day is Thursday October 31st at 5:15pm at St. Alphonsus Church and Friday November 1st at 8:30am at Sacred Heart Church and 11:30am at Sacred Heart in the Hall followed by our First Friday luncheon.

10/31/2024

Daily Feast


All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween, is the vigil of All Saints (All Hallows) Day, which is a major feast on the liturgical calendar and a Holy Day of Obligation. Halloween (October 31st) is connected with All Saints Day (November 1st) and All Souls Day (November 2nd). These three days are the “Days of the Dead,” a triduum also known as Allhallowtide or Hallowmas, reminding the faithful of the reality of heaven and hell; the communion of saints; and our obligation to pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory.

10/31/2024

Quote of the Day
"Christ Himself is our mouth through which we speak to the Father, our eye through which we see the Father, our right hand through which we offer to the Father. Without His intercession neither we nor all the saints have anything with God." — St. Ambrose

10/24/2024

I hope you have had the chance to check out the new website (www.sacredheartauburn.org).

With that it was decided that we would also change our page to reflect the same name.
The new page is:
facebook.com/sacredheartauburn

It will still have the same content, updates, news and events for all of our churches. Let me know if you would like to see more of something or less of something.

The Catholic Community of
Holy Family,
Sacred Heart,
St. Alphonsus, and St. Ann
Auburn, NY

10/24/2024

Saint of the Day


St. Anthony Mary Claret
St. Anthony Mary Claret (1807–1870) was born in Spain, the fifth of eleven children, the same year Napoleon invaded the country. He took up his father's trade of weaving before entering the priesthood. He served as a parish priest with a missionary's zeal for the salvation of souls. He often preached multiple sermons in a single day, traveled to preach parish missions and retreats for the clergy, and heard confessions for hours on end. His labors were rewarded by many people returning to a fervent practice of the Catholic faith, especially as a result of his meek and gentle manner. He was made Archbishop of Santiago and sent to Cuba from 1849-1857. His great reforms of the neglected diocese, both ecclesiastically and socially, were so sweeping and effective that his life was threatened. He was recalled back to Spain as confessor to the queen, where his tireless and fruitful priestly work continued. To increase his apostolic efforts he founded the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, known today as the Claretians. He also founded a major Catholic publisher in Spain, and wrote or published hundreds of books. He was so opposed in his efforts that he was severely persecuted and eventually exiled to Paris, along with the Spanish queen, by revolutionary enemies of religion. He took part in the First Vatican Council, his wisdom and sanctity being evident to all, before suffering a stroke and dying in exile in France. During his life St. Anthony Marie Claret had the gift of prophesy and reading of consciences, in addition to performing many miracles. A resplendent light was also observed to shine from his face as he offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. His feast day is October 24th.

10/23/2024

We have a new website:

Sacred Heart 90 Melrose Rd. Auburn, NY 13021 St. Alphonsus 85 E. Genesee St. Auburn, NY 13021 St. Ann 4890 Twelve Corners Rd Auburn, NY 13021 Holy Family 85 North St. Auburn, NY 13021 Welcome to the Catholic Community of Holy Family, Sacred Heart, St. Alphonsus and St. Ann of Auburn, NY

10/21/2024

Quote of the Day
"It is not lengthy prayers, but generous deeds that touch God's heart." — St. Arnold Janssen

10/21/2024

Join us for Trunk or Treat! October 27th after 5pm Mass at
Saint Alphonsus.
(Anyone interested in decorating their trunk and handing out candy to the children please contact Nancy in the office at 315-252-7271 to reserve a space. Spaces are limited!!!)
Kids can ‘trunk or treat’ in the church parking lot! Children are encouraged to put on their costumes right after mass and bring their own bag to collect treats!
*If attending a different Mass that weekend, please arrive around 6pm to participate!
Children must be supervised throughout the event by an adult.