- TITHE SUNDAY: Today, the first Sunday of the month is Tithe Sunday, there shall be a special blessing before the Second Collection. You can also make your transfers to our Fidelity Bank 5080032193 in favour of Holy Family Catholic Church, Festac.
- FEAST DAY: Wednesday, 6th August is the feast day of the Transfiguration of Our Lord. We are all encouraged to observe the feast devoutly. Masses shall be at the usual times.
- FIRST MONDAY ANOINTING: Tomorrow, 4th August 2025, is the first Monday of the month. There shall be special blessing and anointing at all masses. Let us all endeavour to participate in this spiritual exercise.
- ANNUAL ARCHDIOCESAN FAMILY WEEK: This year’s annual Archdiocesan Family Week holds from today Sunday August 30th to 10th, 2025 with the theme: THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENT ON FAMILY WELL-BEING AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE SPIRIT OF LAUDATO SI. There shall be daily talks during the evening mass and renewal of marriage vows during next Sunday at all masses. We are all encouraged to participate actively. The Topic for each day is as follow: SUNDAY AUGUST 3RD: The Goodness of God’s Creation: Family’s Role in Nurturing the Earth (Gen. 1.28-31; LS 67-75).
- MONDAY AUGUST 4TH: A Healthy Environment makes a Healthy Family: Caring for our Common Home (Sirach 38:1-8; LS 20-22).
- TUESDAY AUGUST 5TH: Environmental Factors that Ensure Happy and Flourishing Families across Generational Lines (Matt 25:40; LS 49-52, 158)
- WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6TH: Environment and the Building of Eco-spiritual Homes (Psalm 104:1-30; LS 216-221).
- THURSDAY AUGUST 7TH: Children’s Wellbeing: Reference to Love of Creation (Deut, 6:6-7; LS 159-162)
- FRIDAY AUGUST 8TH: Safe Drinking Water and Family Well-being (John 4; LS 27-31)
- SATURDAY AUGUST 9TH: Consumerism and Family Values (Matt 6:19-21; LS 203-208) (Catholic couples forum)
- SUNDAY AUGUST 10TH: The Family as Agent of Ecological Conversion and Hope (Romans 8:19-22; LS 217- 221).
There shall be no SCC meeting this week, the booklet for the Family week cost N1,000 only.
- ALTAR HOST: Please be reminded that our altar host is now sold for N3,000(per pack). We apologize for any inconveniences.
- HOLIDAY LESSON: The 2025 Holiday Lesson will start on Monday 4th August and end on Friday 29th August. The Lesson shall feature the following: Academic Works, Cathecism, Coding Lesson, Library Studies, Moral Lesson, Skill Acquisition and, Excursion. The fees are same as last year’s; Registration N500, Nursery and Primary N5,000, Secondary N7,500, An additional feature for this year’s Lesson is a Teachers’ Training Program with Qualifying Certificate from a Government approved Institution in eight(8) School Management Courses, for Teachers, within and outside our Parish! Interested candidates should please call 08023047269 Onekpe or 08057028545 Ojo. Go forth!
- OBSEQUIES: There shall be a Christian wake for Late Mr. Edward Inegbenoise Onwuegbuzie on Thursday 7th August 2025 at 6pm at his residence, 71Road, B Close, House 43, Festac Town. Funeral mass holds on Friday 8th August, 2025 at 10:00am. He was a member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.
- ORGANIZATIONS MEETING: Next Sunday, 10th August 2025, will be the Monthly General Meeting of the Catholic Women Organization (after the 10.00am Mass). While the Catholic Men Organization holds on Sunday 17th August due to the Archdiocesan CMO Convention.
- FREE 3-MONTH SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING: Calling all youths and interested parishioners! We’re excited to announce a unique opportunity to acquire valuable skills in software development. Join our FREE 3-month training program, starting on Saturday, August 16, and gain expertise in:
1. Node JS
2. HTML/CSS
3. JavaScript
Registration Details:
– Registration fee: #1,000 (Note: Training is FREE OF CHARGE)
Requirements:
– A working laptop (8gb RAM preferred)
– Passion and willingness to learn
How to Register:
1. Visit the Parish office
2. Reach out to CYAA PRO on +234 813 287 4651
What’s Next:
Further information will be shared with all registrants. Don’t miss this opportunity to boost your skills and career prospects! Register now and take the first step towards a brighter future.
- BLOCK ROSARY: Beloved parishioners, we wish to notify you of the various Block Rosary centre in our parish. (1) 207 Road, C close, house 17, Festac
(2) 512 Road, D close, house 7
(3) 3rd Ave. D close, house 12
(4) 401 Road, G- close
(5) 22 Road, Holy family Catholic Church, For More enquires, please contact the following numbers; Bro Maryvin – 08038385968, Bro Kenneth -08032262966, Lady Ashamu 08053868678.
- CATECHISM CLASSES: Registrations into Catechism classes for Adult Confirmation classes start on Sunday 6th July 2025. Registration ends on Sunday 31st, August 2025.
- PARISH HYMN BOOKS: We appreciatethe Knights and Ladies of St. Mulumba, Festac sub-council for their kind donations of hymns books for our use. We appeal to us to kindly handle them with care and do not take them away.
- BULLETIN ADVERT PLACEMENT: We encourage all parishioners to kindly subscribe to placing adverts in our weekly bulletin publications. The cost are as follows: Full Page: 25,000; Half Page: 15,000; Quarter Page: 10,000. For more enquiries, please visit the Parish Office or call 09036389533.
- (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, we shall be continuing with HEBREWS Take up this challenge faithfully as stated below and be enriched spiritually.
| Day/Month | Bible Passages | |
| 3rd August | Philemon | Chapter1 |
| 4th August | Hebrews | Chapter 1 |
| 5th August | Hebrews | Chapter 2 |
| 6th August | Hebrews | Chapter 3 |
| 7th August | Hebrews | Chapter 4 |
| 8th August | Hebrews | Chapter 5 |
| 9th August | Hebrews | Chapter 6 |
- 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.
PARISH STATISTICS FOR SUNDAY, 27TH JULY, 2025
| MASS | ATTENDANCE | |
| 6:15AM | 894 | |
| 8:00AM | 1383 | |
| 10:00AM | 467 | |
| CHILDREN MASS | 961 | |
| 6:00PM | 332 | |
| TOTAL | 3992 |