Welcome to Holy Family Parish
Welcome to the website of Holy Family Parish in Amherst, Nova Scotia.
Holy Family Parish was formed in December of 2006 after the amalgamation of the two Catholic Parishes in Amherst - Saint Charles Borromeo and Nativity of Our Lady. This was a result of the Forward in Faith Process put forth by the Archdiocese of Halifax. Plans began in 2008 to build a new Holy Family Church and Parish Center and on July 25, 2010 the new facility was formally dedicated.
HOLY FAMILY CHURCH is open!
Pictures and video of the opening of the Holy Family Church will be presented in the coming days. Parishioners who have photos of the event that they would like to share are welcome to send them to us. Please contact me via the (Webmaster) if you have any questions or to email your photos. Thank you for following our journey to the new Holy Family Church.
A list of surplus equipment and furnishings from Saint Charles has been placed on the Website. Click here to view the SURPLUS SALE ITEMS that are available and to see the terms of the sale.
Except for a short break during the summer months, our Parish Bulletin is published every week for our parishioners to bring home. We also post each bulletin on the website. The latest bulletin was published August 1st. The next bulletin will be published in later in the summer, but in the meantime, any parish news, announcements or important information will be posted here.
Comments from the original Guestbook have been retain are available on the Original Guestbook page.
We have attempted to preserve the history of our two former parishes on this site. Much of our recent past is found on the About Us pages.
For more information about the early history of the Catholic Church on this area, Rev. John McCarthy, M.A. wrote The Story of the Establishment and Development of the Catholic Church in Amherst Nova Scotia. His chronicle is located on the Our History pages.
Weekend Mass Times
Saturday 4:30 pm
Sunday 10:00am
Please click on the link to see the Mass schedule for the current week.
Summer Office Hours
Monday - Friday
9:00 am - 12 noon
We extend a warm welcome to all newcomers to our Parish and hope you will be happy in our midst. To help us keep our records up to date and thus enable us to serve you better, please complete our printer friendly New Member form and place it in the collection. (The form will open in a new window).