Holy Family Catholic Church — Attraction in Tucson

First a bit of background:I am a senior that uses public transportation. I use a walker and wear elastic knee braces under long pants. Bus routes changed just before the pandemic so I had to change from my prior parish. Attire here is very conservative. 90% of the women and girls wear long dresses or skirts and veils or hats. Men are in suits or dress shirts. Here I was in Jeans and no veil. Not a single person smiled at me, welcomed me as a new attendee, or extended courtesy towards helping a senior navigating with a walker. I was viewed as an "outsider" who didn't meet their standards the entire time I attended Mass here. One time I walked 1/2 mile from the bus stop in a light rain. Not one car on the way to Mass stopped to offer me a ride to Mass. I have occasionally attended Mass at several different churches in Tucson. Never was made to feel like a pariah like I was here. At one church a few people remembered me from attending there a month earlier and welcomed me with smiles...

When I first moved to the then overwhelmingly afro-american Dunbar Spring neighborhood on 126 W 4th st., June, 1989, I immediately sensed that SOMETHING exerted a blessing on "de Good Hood" as I and several comrades called it. From then to 2005, I wasn't sure what it was, but December that year, I returned to the True Faith and learned the answer: Holy Family! I was homeless from 2005-2012, and can state without reservation that Holy Family/St. Gianna Oratory LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE during this time.

Once I started the Extraordinary Form (Latin) Mass in 2008, the rain of Blessings became a flood, upon which I rose, found a wife, and a Life in this world and that to come. The Canons of SGO bring a particularly wholesome influence to the area, and I know that God watches that whole area, so that His Special Church there may radiate His True Light for...

We are blessed to have heard the call from our Lord Jesus Christ to move to this community. The reverence and the love for Christ, For His precious Body and Blood the Holy Eucharist is beautiful. The LOVE for Christ is what unites us under one family its the bond that each and every person has here for our Lord is what being a true Catholic is all about. Young, Old, Single, or Families, Rich or Poor. We are all moved to be in total submission to the will of God. We are nothing away from God but when we accept his truth and allow his light to shine upon us we are brought into Communion with Him. Give yourself the chance experience the True and only Path towards God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Spirit....