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What's Up This Week:

- General Mass Schedule - SAT 5pm; SUN 9am, 11am, & 6pm (masks encouraged)

- Light on the Journey (YA Program) - Monday, 1/24th @8pm (registration details below)

- PPC Meeting Summary - in case you missed them in last week's bulletin.

- Respect Life Generation - Listen, Learn & Pray (resources below)

- Help Us Grow - First step to church growth is Member Registration! Get registered or help others register. More info below.

- Food Donations Needed for HOPE Food Pantry, serving Guests Tuesdays from 10am-12pm

BE CATHOLIC +Get Involved

'Light on the Journey' - Monday, 1/24th @8pm

WELCOME PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL (PPC) 2022

Thank you for serving our parish community!

Wasting no time at all, the newly installed PPC kicked off the new year with a meeting to discuss plans for parish outreach, growth, and more. (See meeting summary bullets below.)

Photo: PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL INSTALLATION, Fr Emmons blessing members during the Council installation held Dec 5th, 2021. L-R: Stephanie Coleman, Susan Tobia, R.T. Mail, Bill Faust, Rosemarie LaFollette, Olivia Sharkey, Allegra Willard-Clarke, Evangelina (Anji) Johnson. Click on name to email individual member.

Parish Pastoral Council (PPC)

The purpose of the PPC is to foster full participation of the entire parish in the life and mission of the parish and of the Universal Church.

The general function of the PPC is to advise the Pastor in pastoral matters including:

· developing a pastoral plan,

· recommending policies, procedures, and programs to assist in the implementation of the mission statement and the parish pastoral plan,

· reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of existing programs, and

· serving as a connection to other parish ministries.

The PPC meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. The following are bullet points from our January 4, 2022, meeting:

· A major question in our journey together during the Synod is – How do we engage the unaffiliated (those not in the pews)?

· Parish Staff are working on securing an intern to assist with parish technology.

· PPC members are reaching out to local businesses in an effort to bring more awareness to our mission as church and to solicit their input.

· Communication will go out to our Greeters on the importance of their role. Greeters at each Mass are already “the front line of our Synod outreach."

· Resuming Hospitality Sundays, still on hold for now, will be reconsidered at each PPC meeting going forward.

If you have any questions or would like to make any suggestions, please feel free to contact the Parish Pastoral Council at parishpastoralcouncil@holycrossphl.org. Names and emails for individual members are listed on the website. Feel free to contact any of us.

BE CATHOLIC +Get Registered

We invite everyone to Register Today!

Why register, you ask? It Keeps You Connected, it Keeps the Church Healthy, and it Helps Us Grow Together in belonging & spiritually.

Click to Complete Registration Form*

* Registration Form may also be used to submit updated contact info.

Have more questions about registering with Holy Cross Parish in Mt. Airy? Great! Reply to this monitored email account, and someone from the Welcome Team will respond.

CELEBRATING YOUR LIFE

Happy Birthday to You! (names appear A-Z)

Would you like your name to appear in the Birthday List? Great! Easiest way to do that is to fill out a Registration Form and include your birthday info.

BE COURAGEOUS +Love More & Stay Informed

Bringing Pro-Life movement back to its intended comprehensive human-centric origin

Today, Friday, January 21st 2022, tens of thousands across the country will participate in the March for Life, with the hope of protecting life from inception to natural death. On the eve of the 49th anniversary of Row v. Wade, we challenge you to pause and imagine this… a world where the beauty and dignity of every human life are valued and protected. Think about that for a moment. What social, political and community structures (and misconceptions) would need to change? Let’s consider further how we as individuals might impact this change within our circles of influence?

I hope you will take the time to listen to this important and mind-blowing discussion facilitated by Georgetown University's Global Georgetown & The Initiative of Catholic Social Thought & Public Life.

Learn More: Click here or image below to listen. Please share this link with others to help ignite a better tomorrow.

Pope Francis writes to controversial nun, thanking her for 50 years of LGBTQ ministry

(The Washington Post, 01/07/2022)

Learn More: Click here or on image above for complete article.

LET US PRAY

INTERN OPPORTUNITY - Deadline Feb. 1st

Fully-funded graduate position at Villanova University for a lay Black Catholic

With the support of Sr. Cora Marie Billings and Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt, Villanova University has launched a fully-funded graduate residential position for a lay Black Catholic interested in lay ministry in honor of Sr. Cora Marie’s work. This position will be awarded to an applicant who is committed to Sr. Cora Marie’s work of anti-racism within the Catholic Church in particular. And it includes full tuition remission for a 48-credit M.A. in Ministry and Theology, room and board for two years and a substantial annual stipend.

Deadline: for staring next August, is February 1, 2022.

Questions: Call John P. Edwards, PhD, Director, Center for Residential Ministry (610) 519–3507

More about Sr. Cora Marie Billings, Q & A with Sr. Cora Marie Billings on Black Catholicism and her life of 'firsts' (Nov 30, 2021)