Archdiocese of Miami
Roman Rite
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Holy Family Parish was founded on November 14th, 1959. The first masses were offered in the Red Feathers Farm in North Miami. Ground-breaking for the first Church took place on February 11th, 1950 - the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Construction was entirely by voluntary help of about 20 parishioners under the supervision of James Lynch. The first Mass was celebrated in the nearly-finished building on July 30th of that year. In November of that same year, Archbishop Hurley of St. Augustine Diocese gave the Church its official name - "The Church of the Holy Family" and Msgr. Rowan T. Rastatter was named its first pastor. Fr. Tom Larkin (now Bishop of St. Petersburg) was named its first assistant pastor in February, 1951.
The present Church was completed and dedicated in 1961, followed by the baptistry and bell tower a few years later.
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