St. Francis of Assisi in Henderson Host Festival

(October 12, 2022) - St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Henderson celebrated their parish festival the weekend of October 8, 2022. The parish festival was comprised of a number of booths representing various ethnic groups, an area for children with bounce houses, a craft sale, a raffle and a live band that performed over the weekend festival.

Fr. John Assalone stated that the parish festival is celebrating its 18th year. The festival was started by then-Fr. Greg, now Bishop Gordon, was the founding pastor of St. Francis in Henderson. “It’s about the community. We get to celebrate the community the whole weekend,” shared Fr. Assalone.

Sean and Allecia Bellinger and their daughter are parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi and were in attendance at the Parish Festival. The family attended the festival all three days of the festival. “The Church does a great job every year. There is always lots of great food booths and different types of entertainment,” said Sean Bellinger. “The kids love the games, and its always a great opportunity to come out and see people you don’t see too often.”

On the evening of October 9, Bishop George Leo Thomas, Ph.D., Bishop of Las Vegas and Auxiliary Bishop Gregory Gordon arrived to greet parishioners and assist with the drawing of the raffle for the parish.

All the funds raised go to the master plan of the building fund to support St. Francis of Assisi Parish.