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Vestments in different liturgical colours. Liturgical colours are specific colours used for vestments and hangings within the context of Christian liturgy.The symbolism of violet, blue, white, green, red, gold, black, rose, and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion.
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Miniature in the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany, 1503–1508, by Jean Bourdichon. The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph.The subject became popular in art from the 1490s on, [1] but veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de Laval, the first bishop of New France, who founded a confraternity.
The Holy Family School was opened in 1921 for first and second grade students in the basement of the church, with pews used to form a makeshift classroom. Students were taught by Dominican Sisters. A purpose-built school was opened in 1922 above the church with eight classrooms and was gradually expanded as enrollment increased.
Against a neutral background, interrupted only by the edge of a wall, Mary, on the right, offers her sleeping son to the homage of a saint in the foreground, dressed like a princess and holding the palm of martyrdom, and of Saint John, who kisses the child's foot while St. Joseph bends over him with a paternal gesture, placing a hand on his shoulder.
In 2008, a new larger than life statue of the Holy Family was dedicated. In 2020 Holy Family added a 34,000 sq ft. addition including Engineering rooms, classrooms, a new Auxiliary gym, and renovated many of its other facilities. Holy Family has 65 faculty members, giving the school a 11:1 student/faculty ratio.
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The former Holy Family School, later the Jubilee Museum The construction of the Interstate Highway System in Columbus uprooted many families from the parish and nearly required the demolition of the high school building, but the parish recovered, growing from 150 families in 1968 to 328 in 1989 [ 4 ] to 500 families in 2022.