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WEEKDAY MASS
8:00am Monday-Saturday
CONFESSIONS
Daily: After the 8am Mass
4:00pm Saturday
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE
| | * | Saturday (Vigil)
| | | 5:00pm Mass
| | | | | * | Sunday
| | | 8:00am Mass
| | | 11:15am Mass
| | | 1:00pm Spanish Mass
| | | | | | HOLYDAY MASS SCHEDULE
Please call
the Parish Office
843-785-2895 PLEASE NOTE:
DURING THE SUMMER ONLY
from Memorial Day Weekend
to Labor Day Weekend,
a Sunday 9:30am Mass
is added to the regular
Sunday Mass schedule. ADORATION CHAPEL
HOURS:
Sunday: 2pm-Midnight
Mon-Thurs: 6am-6pm
Friday: 6am-6pm
CLOSED on Saturday |
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| HISTORY OF HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH |
| | 15. CRUCIFIX
The large crucifix above the altar is 20 feet high with a 10 foot corpus. It was hand-carved in Italy from lindenwood and carefully transported to Hilton Head Island by the Mazzolini Art Craft Company Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio. Note the tabby wall which forms a backdrop to the crucifix. It is made up of sea shell and lime consistent with colonial construction on the island.
|  | 16. APSE
| To the left of the altar is a cozy apse which lends itself to private prayer and meditation. The windows illustrate olive trees, fields of wheat and grape arbors of the hills of the Holy Land whose products became the means of the First Holy Eucharist. The carved statue of the Holy Family was donated by the Ladies Guild.
|  | 17. STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
| The west wing of the Church is accented by twelve stained glass windows. If you stand in the back and look up you will see them. They center on the theme of God’s love for children. Viewing from left to right:
1. Mary’s mother, Saint Ann, teaches the art of spinning.
2. Daniel rescues Susanna from elders who charge adultery.
3. Jesus is greeted by children as he enters Jerusalem.
4. “Suffer the little children to come unto me…”
5. Jesus, the youthful teacher, astounds his elders.
6. Simeon, the prophet, receives the Holy Family.
7. Mary visits Elizabeth.
8. Guardian angels shield and guide each child.
9. Our Savior is born.
10. Baptism of the newborn.
11. Holy Eucharist initiates the child in Mass participation.
12. Confession renews and enables reaffirmation of faith.
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18. BAPTISTRY & FONT
| The Baptistry is located with the railing in the back of the nave. The holy water basin is mounted in the stump of cypress tree which was taken from the church grounds during construction. Behind the baptismal font is the most recent stained glass window, installed in 1996. This window displays the baptism of Christ. In Blenko glass, wit the rays emanating from a symbolic lighthouse, you view the outline of the figures of Christ and John the Baptist. Close examination reveals nature in silhouettes of a dragonfly, a rabbit and a mouse. Take you time to find other symbols.
|  | 19. CLERESTORY
| “Clerestory” is a term which refers to the upper wall containing windows to illuminate the central part of a church. In Holy Family Church, the clerestory consists of a wonderful series of stained glass windows telling the history of Christianity in the southeastern United States. The background design for all the panels is ocean waves and sea creature inhabitants. The viewing is best from left to right.
|  | Panel 1
Thirteen years after Ponce de Leon landed in Florida, Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon established the town of San Miguel in 1521 on the Carolina Coast near Winyah Bay. Among the 600 colonists were two Dominican friars and one lay brother. It may be presumed that the first Mass in South Carolina occurred in this settlement. The colony existed until 1526 when its 150 survivors were transported to Hispaniola.
Panel 2
The first permanent Church in the continental United States was at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565. The Jesuit missionaries who were assigned there carried their work as far as Virginia. In 1573, Franciscan missionaries took over. An anti-Christian movement, with a series of raids by The Lords Proprietors (the predominant military power in the Carolinas), took place in 1704.
Panel 3
In 1561, a Spanish expedition took possession of the land surrounding St. Helena (near Parris Island). Dominicans took over religious activities. In 1566, the town of St. Helena was established. The Jesuits used this mission to work with the YeMassee Indians.
Panel 4
The first Christian Church on Hilton Head Island was the Zion Chapel of Ease, founded in 1799. A Chapel of Ease was a trem used for a small, simple church that provided a convenient place of worship for locals rather than having to travel a distance into the city to worship with a larger congregation. We mondern-day Catholics might call it a "mission church".
Panel 5
Until the American Revolution it was illegal to maintain a Catholic Church in South Carolina. In 1791, the state legislature approved the incorporation of Saint Mary’s in Charleston.
Panel 6
The Diocese of Charleston was established under Bishop John England in 1820. Bishop England accomplished many things during his tenure: hefounded the first Catholic newspaper in the United States, “The Catholic Miscellany", started the first Catholic school for black children, sponsored the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy, invited Ursuline nuns from France, and created a seminary. He once addressed the United States Congress on the topic of religious freedom.
Panel 7
The first Catholic Church on Hilton Head Island was built shortly after the Battle of Port Royal in 1861. It was located in Mitchellville (named after the commanding general of the Union forces on the island). The church was destroyed in a hurricane in 1869.
Panel 8
After World War I, the religious needs of the island were taken care of by the priests and nuns who visited the Pinckney Colony in Bluffton. The first church there was Saint Mary in the Woods, built in 1915. It was later renamed Saint Andrew. It was the only Catholic Church in the area until Holy Family Church was built in 1972.
Panel 9
A drawbridge to the Island was constructed in 1956. The toll for the bridge lasted six months.
Panel 10
The first Sunday Masses were celebrated by visiting priests in the Hilton Head Inn. Later, Masses were celebrated at the Adventure Inn (named after Capt. Hilton’s flagship, The Adventurer).
Panel 11
The Fraser family donated land on Pope Avenue and Holy Family Church was built in 1972.
Panel 12
The original church was too small to accommodate the growing number of parishioners and the current structure was erected in 1988.
Panel 13
Catholic slaves freed after the civil war continued their Catholic faith for over 30 years without the assistance of a priest. When the group was united with the Diocese of Charleston, the parish of Saint James was formed (near Walterboro).
Panel 14
In 1987, Pope John Paul II met with Bishop Ernest Unterkoefler in Columbia at the University of South Carolina.
Panel 15
This panel is a remembrance of important people associated with origin of our current church: the Pastor, Father Philip A. Hamilton; the designer of the stained glass, Father Methodius Telnack; and the architectural advisor, Bob Christian.
Panel 16
This panel denotes the relationship of man to church.
Panel 17
The Holy Family, to whom this church is dedicated, is a reminder of the continuing role of the family.
Panel 18
World peace is a goal attainable to man if we trust in God and follow His mandates.
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