Parish History
April 6, 1956
Groundbreaking for Holy Family Parish in Peoria, Illinois
June 1956
Bishop Cousins appoints Father Walter Buche as Pastor of the new parish
July 15, 1956
First Mass celebrated as a parish community in the chapel located in the school building
September 10, 1956
Holy Family Parish School begins its first school year, staffed by three Benedictine Sisters and three lay teachers
Spring 1957
construction of Rectory completed
Fall 1959
Construction of Cafeteria and additional classrooms completed
May 1961
Benedictine Sisters move into new convent on Wagner Lane
March 25, 1973
Groundbreaking for church building
December 24, 1973
First Mass celebrated in the church
April 28, 1974
Mass of Dedication for Holy Family Church
June 12–13, 1981
First annual Heritage Days Festival marks twenty–fifth anniversary of the parish
October 4, 1982
Dedication of new organ for church
Fall 1988
Renovation of Sanctuary and new carpeting in church
April 19, 1991
Dedication of the Holy Family Memory Garden
October 4, 1998
Opening of the Bread of Life Eucharistic Adoration Chapel
July 14–16, 2006
Holy Family celebrates its fiftieth anniversary
November 12, 2006
Rectory/Friary destroyed by fire
Summer 2007
Construction begins on new friary residence and office complex
Spring 2008
New friary residence and parish offices completed
October 2008
Parish celebrates 10th anniversary of Eucharistic Adoration Chapel
October 2009
30th anniversary of the Conventual Franciscans arriving at Holy Family
Spring 2013
Renovation of Church; improvements to parking lot