the Holy Family

noun

: Jesus Christ, his mother Mary, and her husband Joseph

Examples of the Holy Family in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The following day, the Holy Family school in Gaza City, where Israeli forces have expanded operations in recent days, was hit in a separate strike, Gaza's civil defense agency said in a post on Telegram on Sunday. Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 10 July 2024 The vandal parked his car, an SUV, across the street from the Holy Family Catholic Church on the corner of 74th Ave. Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024 It was later renamed Sisters of the Holy Family; and Delille is now on the path to canonization as the first Black American saint. Cierra Chenier, Essence, 25 June 2024 Every evening, throughout my childhood, my father would come into my room, sit on the ground beside my bed, and say, with me, a prayer in French to the Holy Family. John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024 Only a few dozen Palestinian Christians celebrated Easter Mass at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, but there wasn't much to celebrate. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024 Not far from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, dozens of members of Gaza’s tiny Palestinian Christian community gathered at the Holy Family Church to celebrate Easter, with incense wafting through the rare building that appeared untouched by war. Melanie Lindman, Wafaa Shurafa, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2024 Pope Francis phones Romanelli and the Holy Family staff almost daily. Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 In early October, diplomats from some Western countries had noted to Israeli military liaisons that the Holy Family church was sheltering civilians who could not evacuate to the south. Claire Porter Robbins, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024

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“The Holy Family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Holy%20Family. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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