Holy Cross News
May 24, 2022
Parish Administrative Associate needed at Holy Cross. See more information about position and how to apply below under "Parish News".
Regisration for Vacation Bible School ends this Friday. Do you have appliance sized cardboard boxes to be used for VBS? If you have any, please contact
Ginna Haske at ghaske@holycrosslynchburg.org.
Monday, May 30th is Memorial Day.
The office will be closed.
Thank you to all the men and women who served our country and sacrificed their lives for our freedom.
May 29 celebrates the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Click HERE for the readings.
Holy Cross will begin serving Daily Bread every fourth Saturday of the month! Volunteers needed. See under "Social Ministries" below,
Fr. Jim thanks all for remembering his 35th Anniversary of Ordination!!
Upcoming Calendar Events
This week
May 25 Rosary Prayer after 9am Mass
May 26 Ascension of the Lord, will be celebrated on Sunday, May 29
May 26 Choir practice for 11am Mass, 7:3opm
May 30 Memorial Day, Office closed
May 31 Ladies of the Altar, 10am
May 31 Men of the Cross, 4pm
Upcoming
June 1 Staff Meeting, office closed 10-2
June 1 Pastoral Council Meeting, 5:30pm
June 6 RCIA
June 7- 10 Vacation Bible School
July 20-22 Vacation Bible School, Our Lady of Peace in Appomattox
Save the date
Sept 17 Holy Cross Picnic
Sept 30 The 2nd Annual Holy Cross Golf Outing at London Downs Golf Club.
Parish News
New Parish Position: Parish Administrative Associate
Holy Cross is hiring immediately for the position of Administrative Associate for the parish. This full-time position provides administrative support to the pastor and staff, is a professional and pastoral presence to the parish community, facilitates communication among clergy, staff, and parishioners, extends hospitality to all callers and visitors, maintains the parishioner database and sacramental records and handles the weekly offertory
If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete the diocesan application below and forward it to Holy Cross Business Manager, Glynda Flores at gflores@holycrosslynchburg.org. Applications will be accepted through the end of May. Thank you.
For a more detailed job description, see below.
Attention Ministry Leaders!
We need your HELP!
The Ministry Committee is assembling a booklet of volunteer opportunities and services that exist in the parish. .
Please look at the below Ministry List for Holy Cross and make sure the ministry information is correct if you CURRENTLY lead a ministry.
If you find the contact information is incorrect on the list, please contact Tom Pratuch (email: scriptureathc@gmail.com) before Memorial Day Weekend and provide the group’s name, contact person, and contact phone/email.
Prayer/Worship
Mass Intentions for this week
May 25 Nancy McCabe
May 26 The Intentions of the Parishioners of Holy Cross
May 27 The Souls in Purgatory
May 28 Joseph Pisano 4pm
May 29 Steve Fiorito 8am
May 29 The Intentions of the Parishioners of Holy Cross 11am
May 29 The Souls in Purgatory 2pm
May 30 Office closed, Memorial Day
May 31 No Mass, Fr Sal's day off
Parishioners to keep in prayer
Due to the graphic nature of some scenes, parental guidance is suggested.
Prayer Intentons For the Sick:
Jim Harris
James Holland William Distilhuast Chris Arche Jane Kettler Jimmy McDonald Antonio Waller Deborah Langley Marie Murphy
Isabel Perry Cameron Watkins
Rita Seiffert
For prayer requests or to join the ministry, contact Mary Mugnolo at marycmugnolo@cs.com
or 434 846-1786. All requests are confidential.
Altar Flowers
The Flowers by the Altar
Are offered to the Glory of God
In loving memory of
Shirley Helbling.
Given by the Helbling Family
Mass Count May 21/22
4pm 130
8am 174
11am 195
2pm 106
Total 605
Faith Formation
Do you have questions about your Faith??
Read this weekly apologist's column!
My Neighbor Said:
"What Should We Do With Our Hands at Mass?”
See below to learn what the Church teaches.
St Justin Martyr, the First Apologist
Thank you to all who came to the men's retreat on Saturday!!
Youth Ministry
Franciscan University (Steubenville, OH) has a summer retreat in Atlanta starting Thursday, July 7th through Sunday, July 10th. Our diocese is participating and encourages all the parishes to attend if possible
. Our parish would be joining St. Thomas More in driving to Atlanta.
The retreat provides a unique opportunity for your child to gather with teenagers from across the nation in Catholic community. The conference combines awesome talks, incredible music, praise and worship, time for prayer and fellowship, entertainment and liturgies.
To learn more about the retreat, click HERE.
Please contact Kaky if your child would like to attend. Holy Cross will subsidize costs for the weekend.
kbowden@holycrosslynchburg.org
Social Ministries
Interested in serving at Daily Bread??
Holy Cross will begin serving our downtown community every fourth Saturday from 9:30am-12:30pm beginning August 27th.
Four to six volunteers are needed each month to help in serving free, hot, nutritious and ready to go lunches.
Please contact Kaky Bowden if interested in serving at kbowden@holycrosslynchburg.org.
To learn more about Daily Bread, click HERE.
The Knights of Columbus Holy Cross Council 595
would like to thank our parishioners who participated in our can tab collection program. Among our local parishes we collected over 200,000 tabs for Ronald McDonald House. We additionally provided a $500 check from our council to help them with their food pantry.
Please continue to bring your tabs so we can continue to donate in the future.
St. Paschal Food Pantry
is in dire need for the following food items:
Jello
Masa (corn flour)
Spaghetti noodles
Dry milk
Jelly
Peanut Butter
Dry beans
Rice (NOT instant)
mac and cheese
Coffee (ONLY instant)
Thank you for your generosity!
Financial Information
Have you signed up with Kroger Rewards Program???
Please join this easy way to bring our parish money!
The last quarter from
01-Dec-2021 to 28-Feb-2022 had 71 Households participating brought Holy Cross
$ 449.37 in
Total Donations
Diocesan and Universal Church News
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Click here to learn more about Twin River Outfitters.
Fr Sal will be installed as the Pastor of Holy Cross on Sunday, September 19th at the 11am Mass by The Most Reverend Bishop Barry Knesout. All are invited!
We have a New Confession Schedule!
See under "Parish News".
The Feast of our Lady of Sorrows follows the Exaltation of the Cross Why? Read HERE
Holy Cross website click HERE
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”It is easier for a camel to pass through the needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” -Gospel of Mark 10 : 25
Gus Lloyd is coming to Holy Cross this Saturday!!
Join us for a day retreat on Magnetic Christianity!
Saturday, October 16, 8:30am-3:30pm
Light breakfast and lunch included
Retreat is FREE but there will be an opportunity to make a good will offering to cover costs of the retreat.
The blind eyes but seeing heart of Bartimaeus. Mark 10:46-52
Veterans Appreciation Lunch! See below under "Fellowship".
Veterans Day Lunch on Sunday, Nov 7th at 12 noon. See below under fellowship to sign up.
To see the schedule and how you may become involved, see below.
To see the schedule and how you may become involved, see above left.
The Book of Life is in the Santuary for names of our faithful departed. Please add your loved one's name if not in it yet. We will pray for them this month.
The
Come participate in these Mexican Traditions during Advent!
There will be sign up sheets to help at the Food Pantry table in the Commons or by contacting Catherine Madden: cmadden105@gmail.com to sign up
Mass Count
Dec 11/12
The Christmas Masses
are at 4pm and 10pm on Christmas Eve and 10am on Christmas Day.
2021 Jesse Tree Ministry
Elves Delivered! This past week Jesse Tree gifts, food, and even stockings for the younger children, were distributed to 77 households in our area. Families came from our parish community, as well as those referred to us by Interfaith Outreach Association, Lynchburg Social Services, Miriam’s House and McGurk House.
Thanks: Many thanks to all those who made the 2021 Jesse Tree Ministry a success!
We will resume distributing the monthly bags in the Commons the first weekend in February.
SYNOD group sessions available to share and listen about how we are Church. See below to sign up!
What is the Transfiguration?
Please return any books or videos checked out from The Holy Cross Library. It will be c losed for 2 weeks for "spring Cleaning" and reorginization.
Thank you!
We are so blessed to have Cathy as she is a committed parishioner and is involved in many ministries such as the Altar Guild, Greeter ministry, Fellowship to name a few. Welcome Cathy!!