The Lighthouse is the vision and the core values of our Family of Parishes. This is our response to Jesus’ Great Commission to be his disciples and make disciples of all nations.
Lighthouse Living is how we live as disciple-making disciples who have Jesus at the center of everything we believe, say, and do.
Join us for a 3-part series to explore what The Lighthouse is, how we are called to be disciple-making disciples, so that we can be Beacons of Hope in our communities.
Wednesday, January 21, February 4, and 25; 7pm-8:30pm
Holy Family Parish
777 Valetta Street, London
What is The Lighthouse?
Jesus said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life’ (John 8.12). He draws every person to himself to experience in him unimaginable love, unconditional mercy, and peace which flows from the heart. When we bask in that light long enough, we become like him. He says to his disciples, ‘You are the light of the world’ (Matthew 5.14). We become like the ‘light’ and Jesus sends us out to be the light for others, drawing them closer to Christ through our own witness of life.
We have come to understand that our new Family of Parishes’ Vision and Core Values serve as a Lighthouse of Jesus. He is using us as his humble servants and this simple invitation: to call everyone to Christ. Each person is able to experience his life not only in our present life, but also in eternal life.
Saint Patrick Parish, Lucan and Holy Family Parish, London (Lucan Northwest London Catholic Family of Parishes) is obediently responding to Jesus’ great commission ‘to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching [all] to obey everything that [He] has commanded’ (Matthew 28.19-20).
Come and allow yourselves to be drawn by Jesus, the Light. Find in him what you can find nowhere else and in no one else. Come and see for yourselves!
Our Vision:
Saint Patrick and Holy Family will become an invitational community of disciple-making disciples who have Jesus at the center of everything we believe, say, and do.
Our Core Values
We have 5 Core Values that are fundamental of who we are as disciple-making disciples.
Jesus calls us to be:
Warm-Hearted
We recognize every person as an image-bearer of God. By joining people in their suffering and walking with one another, we are mutually transformed by Christ’s love.
Spirit-Reliant
We are dependent on the Holy Spirit’s prompting and direction that we might respond more fully to Jesus’ mission to make disciples of all nations.
Scripture-Soaked
By taking time everyday with the Word of God, we soak in His Word and are better able to imitate the life of Jesus. We do this because we want to know Jesus and what He wants for our life.
Repentant
We believe in right relationship with God, others, and the environment. This implies that we must own up to our wrongdoings, ask for forgiveness from God and those who we’ve hurt, and do what we can to restore true peace.
Beacons of Hope
We want to be a lighthouse on a dark sea and lead souls to the safety of Jesus, the Light. We do this by sharing our stories of how Christ is transforming us.
So here we are with this core values. Our Vision and Core Values are what we refer to as “The Lighthouse“
How the elements of the new logo align with our Vision:
- The cosmic Christ shines throughout the universe to every land and to every person.
- The gold band reminds us of our ‘Communion in Christ’ embracing Saint Patrick & Holy Family Parishes. It also speaks to us of the gift of the Eucharist.
- Turbulent seas surround the base of the Lighthouse, never to be overcome by them.
Jesus is the light of the world; reaching out first, to those who have not yet encountered Jesus Christ; second, to those whose Christian faith has grown cold or who are lost; and finally, to those who struggle to live faith wholeheartedly.
- Symbols of Jesus as the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and End of all, sit on top of the Lighthouse.
- The stripes on the Lighthouse refer to the formation path of disciples, up toward Christ. The path equips the saints for ministry.
- The base of the Lighthouse is open. Everyone is invited to enter on the path of encounter and formation as disciples.
We are Lighthouse Living
#LighthouseLiving is choosing, by personal decision, to place Jesus at the center of your life by accepting the Core Values of The Lighthouse to become a disciple-making disciple.
Our New Family Prayer
Heavenly Father, we praise and thank you for bringing us together as a Family of Parishes, called to be a light for the world.
We thank you for giving us a vision to become an invitational community of disciple-making disciples, who have Jesus at the center of everything we believe, say, and do.
May we rely on the Holy Spirit to inspire us to love the Scriptures, to share our faith stories, to foster right relationships, and to be warm-hearted.
We entrust our Family of Parishes to the care of Our Blessed Mother and Saint Joseph —the Holy Family— and Saint Patrick, as we work together to bear witness to our Core Values and to become the people you desire us to become.
We ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever.
Amen.
The Beacon
What is The Beacon?
Jesus invites us to be Beacons of Hope. We do this by sharing our stories of how we are being transformed by encountering Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The Beacon is how we are sharing the stories of transformation from members of our community.
Message from Fr. Bob Remark (from our Launch, September 2023)
A humble ‘thank you’ to all of the members of the Saint Patrick and Holy Family Parishes of the newly-formed Lucan Northwest London Catholic Family of Parishes.
The Lord Jesus, through the action of Bishop Fabbro, has brought us together as a single family to serve him and one another. We are better together than what we are on our own.
With the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit, we will reach out to the unchurched, to laxed Catholics, and to those who have not yet encountered the risen Lord, Jesus Christ.
Our geographical boundaries include the territory from the Thames River in the south, to Exeter in the north; from the fork of the Thames downtown London, to Kilworth in the west. In this territory over 75,000 individuals make their home. Our field for evangelization is as big as our vision to reach each person residing within.
Does Jesus desire a personal encounter every person living within our boundaries: a resounding YES!
How will he accomplish this: through the prayers and witness of each one of us! Ours is a broad Vision of what could be, of what is in the heart of God, and what should be our motivation in drawing people to Christ.