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      • The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph is normally celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas. This feast developed at the beginning of the 19 th century in Canada and then spread to the entire Church in 1920. At first, it was celebrated on the Sunday after Epiphany.
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  2. Dec 29, 2020 · The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph is normally celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas. This feast developed at the beginning of the 19 th century in Canada and then spread to the entire Church in 1920. At first, it was celebrated on the Sunday after Epiphany.

  3. Feast of the Holy Family, Roman Catholic religious festival falling on the first Sunday after Christmas. Although major feast days dedicated to each member of the Holy Family—Jesus, Mary, and Joseph—also exist, the Feast of the Holy Family commemorates their life together

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  4. Dec 26, 2021 · The feast of St. Stephen, protomartyr, which is ordinarily celebrated today, is superseded by the Sunday liturgy. Feast of the Holy FamilyDay Two. Today is the feast day of the...

  5. Sunday in the Octave of Christmas—Feast. Model for Christian Families. The Holy Trinity is like a family, and God’s Son lived family life.

  6. www.ewtn.com › holy-family-20564Holy Family | EWTN

    This year (2024) the Feast of the Holy Family is Sunday December 29. Who are the members of the Holy Family? Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and St. Joseph are the members of the Holy Family. The central figure is the Word-made-Flesh, the Son of God made man for the salvation of the world.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Holy_FamilyHoly Family - Wikipedia

    The 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar moved the celebration of the Holy Family to the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, that is, the Sunday between Christmas Day and New Year's Day (both exclusive), or if both Christmas Day and the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God are Sundays, on 30 December, which is always a Friday in such years.

  8. Dec 31, 2023 · The Feast, celebrated on the Sunday between Christmas and New Years Day, emphasizes the Holy Family as a model for Christian families and domestic life. If Christmas and New Year’s Day are both Sundays, the Feast is observed on December 30th, but attendance is not mandatory. Before 1969, it was celebrated on the first Sunday after Epiphany.

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