Welcome to Holy Family and St. Emery Parish 

Holy Family Church - 700 Old Stratfield Rd, Fairfield, CT 06825

St. Emery Church - 838 Kings Hwy, Fairfield, CT 06825

(Parish Office - 70 Laurel St, Fairfield, CT  06825)

203-336-1835

email:  [email protected]

PLEASE JOIN US

Our Procession and Benediction, that were not able to take place last year for Fr. Sean's Installation Mass, will be held on Sunday, May 2.  We will have a reception with sandwiches beforehand starting at 1pm.  It will be held in the area between the Holy Family Rectory and the Fairfield Fencing Academy.  Holy Hour will take place at 3pm (we ask that everyone be seated in Holy Family Church at 2:45pm).  The Procession will start from the parking lot at approximately 3:20pm.  We will proceed to St. Emery where Benediction will take place.  We will be escorted by the Fairfield Police Department.

Whether you are attending the reception and/or participating in the Procession, please rsvp to us no later than Monday, April 26.  This is required so we can order the sandwiches as well as letting the FPD know how many people are participating in the Procession in order to have the appropriate number of Officers accompany us.  You may call the office at 203-336-1835. If you are attending the reception, we will discuss the sandwich choices when you call. (We have varioius types of sandwiches along with vegetarian, vegan and gluten free choices available).  We will also need to know if you have any food allergies. 

The sandwiches will be individually wrapped and be on a seedless, hard roll with lettuce and tomato and served with a bag of chips.  Bottled water will be available for everyone.

We look forward to hearing from you!

INCREASE OF CHURCH CAPACITY

Effective March 19, there are no capacity restrictions.  However, masks must still be worn, everyone must maintain the six foot social distancing guidelines, and every other pew will still be blocked off. 1, Therefore, no reservations for weekend Masses will be necessary for Holy Family.

However, because of the smaller capacity at St. Emery and the need to monitor and maintain the required social distancing, a reservation for the Sunday Mass will still be required .  If you have attended St. Emery on a regular basis, you will be left on the weekly standing reservation list.  Walk-ins will not be allowed if we are at capacity.  Please note there is no reservation needed for the Saturday morning Mass.  For all Masses at St. Emery, please enter through the handicapped entrance only.

Reservations can be made by calling (203-336-1835) or emailing the Parish office ([email protected]) on Monday through Thursday between 9am and 3pm of the week leading up to Mass.  If you call, you must speak live to a staff member in order to have your reservation confirmed.  If you leave a voicemail message, your reservation is not confirmed until you receive a return call from a staff member.  If you email, your reservation is not confirmed until you receive a reply email from a staff member. 

Please do not attend Mass if you are not feeling well, with even the slightest symptom, or have been around anyone with Covid.

GUIDELINES FOR ALL MASSES AT BOTH HOLY FAMILY AND ST. EMERY

Masks or face coverings are required along with social distancing, the use of hand sanitizer when you enter both Churches.  After each Mass, we sanitize the Church using a fogger for a quick, safe, and efficient way to sanitize.  We are now able to pass the Offertory baskets in both Churches are in need of ushers for assistance at all Masses. 

I want to thank all of you that have been following our Holy Family and St. Emery Facebook page.  I also want to express my gratitude for all who have and continue to mail in your offertory.  

Some other parish updates: Fr. Dious has been working hard designing our new Parish website with Our Sunday Visitor, we hope to have the website go live very soon.  Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is before every Mass.  Our Mass schedule is listed below.

Peace and Prayers

Fr. Sean

Public Weekend Mass Times:

Saturday:

8:30am at St. Emery (no reservations needed)

Vigil: 4pm at Holy Family (no reservations needed, doors open at 3:15pm)

Sunday:

  8:30am at Holy Family  (no reservations needed, doors open at 7:45am)

 10:00am at St. Emery (reservations needed, doors open at 9:15am)

  11:30am at Holy Family (no reservations needed as of March 1, doors open at 10:45am)

ADORATION AND EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (prior to all Masses)

Saturday 7:45am until 8:25am at St. Emery

                   3:00pm until 3:50pm at Holy Family

Sunday 7:45am until 8:20am Holy Family

                9:20am until 9:50am at St. Emery

              10:45am until 11:20am at Holy Family

REQUIREMENTS:

• All Mass attendees must wear a face covering that needs to be worn from the time you exit your vehicle to the time you return to your vehicle. The face covering can only be removed when you receive Communion.
  
  
• Please follow all social distancing markers inside and outside of the Church.
  
  
• Anyone who is not feeling well, has a cough or fever or has recently been around COVID-19, flu, colds or any other virus or bacterial infection may not attend Mass. Please do not attend Mass even if you have the slightest symptom.  Please adhere to this guideline for everyone's protection. The dispensation for Sunday and Holy Days obligation is still in affect. 
  

For those attending Mass at St. Emery, please enter using the handicapped entrance only.

 SEATING:
 To maintain social distancing, we have pews that are open and pews that are taped off.  

We will live stream our Sunday 11:30am Mass on our Facebook page which is,

Holy Family and St. Emery Parish

Weekday Masses
Monday through Friday in Holy Family at 7:45am.   No reservations needed, but social distance requirements along with face masks are mandatory. No gathering before or after Mass in the Church.

Adoration and the Exposition Of The Blessed Sacrament

7am - 7:40am

NOTE:  Mass time on all Civic Holidays is 9am

 Confessions
Temporarily by appointment only.  Please call the Parish office, 203-336-1835.

THE PARISH OFFICE IS STILL CLOSED, HOWEVER, THERE ARE STAFF MEMBERS AVAILABLE MONDAY THRU FRIDAY, 9AM-4PM (CLOSED 12:30-1:30).  WE ARE SEEING VISITORS WHEN NECESSARY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

-  WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER CONTINUING TO SUBMIT YOUR WEEKLY OFFERTORY CONTRIBUTIONS AS OUR PARISH NEEDS TO KEEP FUNCTIONING.  YOU CAN MAIL YOUR ENVELOPES TO THE 700 OLD STRATFIELD RD ADDRESS OR DROP THEM IN OUR LOCKED MAILBOX WHICH IS ON THE FRONT PORCH OF OUR OFFICE LOCATED AT 70 LAUREL ST. THANK YOU!