Fr. Terry Keehan

40th Anniversary Thanks This past summer we began planning our 40th Parish Anniversary. As we discussed and surfaced ideas, we as a staff thought that this milestone celebration should be our gift to YOU as parishioners and supporters of our mission here at Holy Family.  Mentioning specific names for thanks would certainly result in overlooking […]

Happy 40th Anniversary Holy Family Catholic Community The past three article in this space have presented a CONCISE history of our vibrant faith community over the past 40 years. There are so many more details, stories and even myths regarding Holy Family here in Inverness. I want to thank those of you who we acknowledge

A Concise History of Holy Family, Part 3 One Tuesday afternoon in late 2008 I received a call from Bishop George Rassas encouraging me to apply to be your pastor at Holy Family. I was well aware of this community’s strong reputation and I was honored to be asked, but I had two years left

A Concise History of Holy Family, Part 1 By the mid-1980s the Archdiocese of Chicago identified two needs for this area. The first was a new parish to feed people moving into Palatine, Inverness, Hoffman Estates and parts of Barrington. St. Anne was established in 1884, St. James in Arlington Heights in 1902 and St.

Welcome Catholic Charities When thinking of church most people think of the place they go to worship. Churches all over the world gather people in prayer who live relatively close to the worship site, thus thriving churches build a sense of community that is more locally geographic as well as spiritual. Sooner or later, most