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February Is the Month Dedicated to the Holy Family

Honoring the Holy Family beginning during its traditional month is a major way to restore the family to its truly God-given place.

We easily remember that October is the month dedicated to the Holy Rosary, May the month dedicated to our Blessed Mother, June to the Sacred Heart. Monthly dedications don’t stop there. But for a number of recent years we have let slip such months as February.

Who or what is February dedicated to, you ask?

The answer comes at the beginning, on Feb. 2, when we see the Holy Family go to the Temple for the Presentation of Jesus. The family is together. The Holy Family. There’s the answer. February is traditionally dedicated in the Church to the Holy Family. This month-dedication traces back to the 17th century.

Joseph Pronechen

National Catholic Register

Embracing the Example of the Holy Family and Seeking Their Intercession

In this episode, we reflect on the beauty of holy parenthood, drawing inspiration from the Holy Family—Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Father Kirby explores how their example of love, faith, and sacrifice provides a perfect model for all parents.

By looking to their lives, we can learn how to cultivate holiness in our own families and seek their intercession for guidance and strength. Join us as we ask the Holy Family to help us grow in virtue and raise our children with love, faith, and grace.

Daily Discipleship with Father Kirby

The Missionaries of the Holy Family promote a special Holy Family Novena in December, but this Novena to the Holy Family is intended for use any time during the year.

Opening Prayer for each day

Heavenly Father, your grace reaches us through the hands of your most precious Son, Jesus. His response to the prayers of Mary and Joseph are assured, so we ask for their prayers during this Novena.

Lord, send light to our understanding, inspiration to our decisions, and the fire of pure love to our hearts, so that we will respond to the blessing of your grace in our lives which comes through the prayers of the Holy Family. And you, our Guardian Angels and all the Saints in Heaven, intercede for us so that we may honor Jesus, Mary, and Joseph by the way we live. Help us to find ways to live as they did and to avoid looking for excuses for not changing our ways.

Through this Novena in honor of the Holy Family, place in us the desire to pursue and imitate the virtues of the Holy Family and to accept your answer to our requests as your will for our lives. Amen.

Missionaries of the Holy Family

Ash Wednesday (Day of Fasting) - Feb. 18th
Mass—8:00 am, 12:10 pm (service), 6:00 pm

Every Friday—Stations of the Cross
6 pm—English
7 pm—Spanish

Daily Confessions 7:30 am—8:00 am
Confessions on Appointment

Holy Thursday—April 2nd
The Mass of the Lord’s Supper—7:00 pm
Holy Hours—8:30 pm to 12:00 midnight

Good Friday (Day of Fasting)--April 3rd

(services) 3:00 pm—English
5:30 pm—Stations of the Cross
6:30 pm—Spanish
Followed by Stations of the Cross

Easter Vigil & Easter-April 4th & 5th
Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil) 7:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday 7:45 am, 9:30 am
11:00 am Spanish

For further clarification, please contact the
Parish office

Wednesday

Students don’t miss out on this scholarship opportunity!

The Knights of Columbus at Christ the King parish are
awarding $500 scholarships for students attending a
Community College and $1,000 scholarships for students attending Garces High School or a four-year college, university or technical or vocational school.

If you are a student whose family is registered with Christ the King parish and are attending or will be attending Garces High School, or any college, university, or technical or vocational school, you may be eligible to apply.

But you must hurry.

The application deadline is April 15, 2026.

Applications are available at the parish office.

For more information contact :
Manuel Villicana at villicam@yahoo.com