DOORS OPEN HOLYOKE

Join St. Pauls for Doors Open festivities 10-12!

Doors Open Event-105 year old byzantine style Greek Orthodox Church

the Picknelly Adult & Family Education Center (PAFEC) was established by members of the Juntos Collaborative, Holyoke Public Schools, and Holyoke Community College to provide Holyoke residents with adult basic education and related services in an easily accessible location.

The Print Shop is a non-profit makerspace and classroom providing community access to commercial printing tools, production space, classroom space and programing, and an affordable resources for artists, makers, entrepreneurs, local businesses and community organizations to make signs, copies, flyers, banners, posters, tshirts, and so much more.

Founded in 1971, OneHolyoke CDC is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to improving housing for low- and moderate-income Holyoke residents. Since its establishment, the organization has created over 160 new homes in the Flats, Churchill and South Holyoke neighborhoods, rehabilitated hundreds of apartments and provided thousands of home improvement grants to homeowners through the Neighborhood Improvement Program.

Beyond Walls is a non-profit placemaking agency that uses a creative lens to address community needs. We are a diverse group that believes cities best thrive when they are full of art and have engaged stakeholders and active spaces. Our work revolves around our mission to activate spaces to strengthen communities.

Holyoke Media is an independent, non-profit, multimedia organization funded through the local cable franchise, which was founded with the goal of bringing local media to the city’s residents. Ever since public access television was first established in the United States in 1971, its promise has been to connect people with government, educational opportunities, and with one another. We achieve this by providing local journalism, offering educational courses in media production and literacy, and by supporting and fostering the arts, civic dialog and access to local government.

The Blessed Sacrament Church staff and community welcome you to our parish! We invite you to attend our masses and experience our communal spirit for yourself. Blessed Sacrament is unique because we are a Church in the round. Wherever you sit, you see a friendly face looking back at you.

Our Lady of the Cross Parish was founded on July 1, 2011, the result of a diocesan-mandated merger of two venerable Holyoke parishes, Mater Dolorosa (founded 1896) and Holy Cross (founded 1905). The worship site is at the former Holy Cross parish, just 1.2 miles from the former Mater Dolorosa parish church. The administration of the new parish has been entrusted to the Conventual Franciscan Friars.

St. Jerome's Parish was established in 1856 and features a brick, Gothic Revival-style design and, like many other Catholic churches of the era, was designed by prominent Irish-born architect Patrick Keely.