Holy Family (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
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| Dedication: | Holy Family |
| Type/Classification: | Territorial Parish |
| Non-Parochial: | No |
| Operated By: | Diocesan clergy |
| Venerated Saints: | None specified |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana |
| Deanery: | |
| Address: | 325 E North A St., Gas City, Indiana 46933-1431 |
| City: | Gas City, IN |
| Subdivision: | Indiana |
| Country: | United States |
| County: | Grant County |
| Website: | Website |
| Founded: | 1908 |
| School: | No |
| Email: | None specified |
| AI Confidence: | 4/10 |
| Review Level: | 0/5 |
Holy Family Parish is a territorial parish of the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, located in Gas City, a small community in Grant County, Indiana. The parish is dedicated to the Holy Family—Jesus, Mary, and Joseph—as a model of Christian domestic life and virtue.
According to available diocesan records, the parish traces its founding to 1908, placing its establishment amid the early twentieth-century industrial growth of the Indiana Gas Boom era, when Gas City and neighboring communities in Grant County saw significant population increases tied to the discovery of natural gas in the region. The parish serves Catholics in and around Gas City as part of the wider Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana.
The parish's official website is shared with area parishes under the domain stmaryjohn.org, suggesting a degree of collaborative pastoral administration common among smaller Indiana parishes in the twenty-first century, though specific details of any formal parish clustering or linkage are not confirmed in available sources.
History
Holy Family Parish was founded in 1908 to serve Catholic families in Gas City, Indiana, a town that grew rapidly following the discovery of natural gas in Grant County in the late nineteenth century.[1] No further confirmed details regarding the parish's founding pastor, first church structure, or early parishioners are documented in available sources.
Over the following decades, the parish is understood to have continued serving the Catholic community of Gas City within the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, though a detailed institutional history—including any building campaigns, school foundations, or notable anniversaries—is not documented in the sources currently available for this article.
In recent years, the parish appears to participate in collaborative pastoral arrangements with neighboring parishes, as reflected by its shared website presence, though the exact nature and history of this arrangement is not confirmed in available sources.
Special features
- Devotion to the Holy Family as a model of Christian family life
- Participation in the broader Catholic community of Grant County, Indiana
Relics
According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of a dedicated Catholic church customarily contains relics of saints. Specific details regarding any relics housed at Holy Family Parish are not publicly documented in available sources.
Architecture and Art
Exterior features
Specific details regarding the architectural style and exterior features of the Holy Family Parish church building are not publicly documented in available sources.
Interior features
No confirmed details regarding the interior arrangement or sanctuary design of the church are documented in available sources.
Stained Glass Windows
Specific details on the church's stained glass windows are not publicly documented in available sources.
Statues and Sculptures
Devotional imagery of the Holy Family—Jesus, Mary, and Joseph—may be presumed present given the parish's dedication, though specific statuary is not documented in available sources.
Other Artwork
No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.
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Related parishes
- St. Mary (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Alexandria)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Ambia)
- St. Ambrose (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Anderson)
- St. Francis Xavier (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- Holy Trinity (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- Sacred Heart of Jesus (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Cicero)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Covington)
- St. Bernard (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Delphi)
- St. Cecilia (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Dunkirk)
- St. John the Baptist (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Earl Park)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Elwood)
- Holy Spirit (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. John Vianney (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Louis de Montfort (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- Sacred Heart of Jesus (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Fowler)
- St. Francis Solano (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Frankfort)
- Sts. Peter and Paul (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. John the Evangelist (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana, Kentland)
External links
Social media
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References
- ↑ "Parishes of the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana". Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana. https://www.dol-in.org/parishes.