HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH

Holy Family Catholic Church began as a mission of the Catholic Diocese of Charleston in 1961 when a few Catholic businessmen invited Father John Simonin to come to the island to celebrate Mass. The Mass was held in the former William Hilton Inn with about 40 in attendance – many of which were visitors to the island. As attendance at Sunday Mass grew it became necessary to move the services to larger space at The Adventure Inn.

The Fraser family of Sea Pines Company gifted land for a permanent location and ground was broken for the first building that would seat 340 in December 1971. The Church dedication was held on February 25, 1973.

A Religious Education Building/Parish Hall was added to the campus in 1977.

The number of parishioners grew along with the increase in island residents and plans were developed in 1985 for the construction of a larger worship center. Once the plans were approved by the Diocese and permits obtained construction was begun. A dedication Mass was held on October 30, 1988.

The former church building was converted to a multi-purpose use facility.

Notable additions to the Church campus are the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Stations of the Cross Boardwalk.

There are about 550 active families who call Holy Family their church home.

To learn more about Holy Family you can visit the Church’s website: holyfamilyhhi.org