Holy Cross News
October 3, 2023
Blessing of the Animals will be this Saturday, October 7th at 10am in the Holy Cross Church parking lot.
All animals are welcome!
The Synod resumes tomorrow. See below under "Faith Formation."
Adoration and First Friday Mass with Confession/Adoration this Thursday evening and Friday morning.
The viewing of the movie, The Veil Removed was well received by all after the Masses this past weekend.
Watch it below under "worship."
Posters of the Eucharistic Miracles in the Commons will be removed this weekend after Masses so please view them if you have not already!
We need sowers for baptismal Garments given to infants at Holy Cross! See below under "Worshp."
Interested in a potential columbarium at the Holy Cross Cemetery?
See below under "Parish News."
Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you
and given to a people that will produce its fruit." Mt 21:43
and given to a people that will produce its fruit." Mt 21:43
Sign up to attend the Holy Cross Eucharistic Revival Retreat on Saturday, November 4th!
See below under "Parish News."
October is Respect Life Month! Calling all to gather to talk about the Respect Life/Pro Life initiative here at Holy Cross. Join us Thursday, October 19th at noon for lunch.
For more information below under "Social Ministries."
New Job Posting for Holy Cross.
See under "Parish News."
Upcoming Calendar Events
This week
Oct 3 Men of the Cross, 4pm in Commons
Oct 4 Rosary Prayer after 9am Mass
Oct 4 11am Choir practice, 6pm
Oct 5 Adult Formation, Exodus, 10m in Commons
Oct 5 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 7pm
Oct 6 First Friday Mass, Adoration and Confession, 9am - 11am
Oct 7 Blessing of the Animals, 10am in church parking lot
Oct 7 Knights of Columbus Celebration and Picnic, 3pm
Oct 8 Sunday Formation for children, 9:30am
Oct 9 Cenacle of Divine Mercy, 9:45am
Oct 9 Becoming Catholic, 7pm in Commons
Oct 10 Adult Formation, Book of James, 10am and 6:30pm
Oct 10 Eucharistic Ministers of the Homebound Meeting, 4pm upstairs classroom
Oct 11 St Clare Prayer Shawl Ministry, noon in Library
Upcoming
Oct 14 Annual Public Rosary Crusade, noon in Holy Cross Parking Lot
Oct 15 Adult Formation on Catechism, 9:30am in Commons
Oct 15 Ordination Anniversary of Deacon Arturo Ferdinandez-Lopez
Oct 16 Ladies of the Altar, 9:45am
Oct 16 Our Lady of Solace, 1pm
Oct 21 Diocesan Pilgrimage to DC
Oct 22 New Parishioner Breakfast, 9:45am in Commons
Oct 29 Adult Formation, Eucharistic Reformation, 9:30am in Commons
Nov 4 Eucharistic Revival Retreat with Carrie M. Delaney, 8:30am -3:30pm
Nov 6 Mass of Remembrance followed by lunch, 11am
Worship
Mass Intentions for this week
October 4 Living Intention for Jim Blandine
October 5 +Helen and Larry Barrett
October 6 Souls in Purgatory
October 7 Souls in Purgatory
October 8 People of Holy Cross 8am
October 8 Living Intention for Marie Camper 11am
October 8 +Helen and Jim Stapleton 2pm
October 9 Communion Service
October 10 No Mass, Fr Sal's day off
Parishioners to keep in prayer
Due to the graphic nature of some scenes, parental guidance is suggested.
Please pray for...
Todd Beck
If you would also like to be added to our Prayer Line of prayer warriors, or if you'd like strickly confidential prayer, contact Irma Campbell at mincampbell@yahoo.com.
Former parishioner, Mary Steve (Mallan) Meriwether, passed September 30.
To see her obituary, click HERE.
Eternal rest grant unto Mallan, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
Altar Flowers
The flowers by the Altar
are offered to the Glory of God
in loving memory of
Marion O'Keefe
Given by Mimi Eisenmenger
Mass Count
Sept 30/Oct 1
4pm 173
8am 172
11am 185
2pm 110
Total 640
Do you love to sew?
Love children?
Baptisms?
Then we have the ministry for you!
Holy Cross is in desperate need of sewers for the baptismal garments that we lovingly give to families and their children who are baptised! We have the patterns cut...we just need you!
Families love this special keepsake for this most important day!
If interested in helping with this special ministry contact Marge Denham at fdenham08@comcast.net
This video on the Eucharist will change the way you experience Mass forever!
Please watch it if you have not!!
In honor of Our Lady of Fatima's Apparitions,
Holy Cross will gather for the Annual Public Square Rosary Crusade
Saturday, October 14th at 12pm
Holy Cross Parking Lot
Please join us and bring a friend!
The month of October is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary, with the Feast of our Lady of the Rosary being celebrated on Oct 7th each year.
Questions, contact Cathy Wills at 434 229-4749 or cathywills99@comcast.net
Join Bishop Knestout and faithful from across the Commonwealth for a
pilgrimage focused on the source and summit of our faith, the Eucharist. Saturday, October 21st All day
Pilgrims will be invited to talks, tours, Eucharistic Procession, Adoration, music, and Mass with Bishop Knestout, all surrounded by the awe-inspiring beauty of the largest Catholic Church in North America. The Eucharistic focus of this pilgrimage supports the ongoing, nationwide Eucharistic Revival. This pilgrimage will offer resources in multiple languages.
Parish News
Be Transformed by the Eucharist!!!
Parish Retreat 2023
Saturday, November 5th
8:30am - 3:30pm
No cost/ lunch included
All are welcome!
Please join us as we reawaken the mystery of the Eucharist!
We will explore God’s faithful love for us which propels us into mission by looking at God's covenantal love, if we really believe and how God is building his army!
The Retreat will include Adoration and Confession followed by Mass at 4pm.
Led by motivational speaker and owner of Wings to Fly, Carrie Delaney.
To sign up to attend, please click HERE.
OPEN POSITION: Facilities Coordinator
Holy Cross Facilities Coordinator shall be responsible to keep the buildings and facilities, including all facilities at 710 Clay Street, the Rectory, the Cemetery, and the rental house on Bedford Ave, in good working order.
This is a Regular Part-Time Position, 25 hours per week.
For specific details on the job description, please see the document below.
St Joseph of Arimathea Ministry:
Future Columbarium ?
Following our recent Ministry Minute, several questions arose about the Cemetery planning for a Columbarium.
The answer is YES. However, the time and need for one is “not at this time."
Read below to learn more.
If you have any questions about a future Columbarium,
please contact Jim Naples, Chairman of the Ministry. 434-262-6337
Experience walking through the pages of the Bible! Join Holy Cross for this exciting pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Jordan!
When: April 8-18, 2024
With whom: Fr Sal as our Spiritual Director
What to do: Register in the Commons or download with the form below. Spaces are limited. Bring completed registration and deposit to the office to reserve your spot on the trip.
For more information or to get a form, please see the attachments below.
Faith Formation
The Instrumentum Laboris (Working Instrument) will form the basis for the discernment and discussion for the participants of the first session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to be held in October 2023 in the Vatican.
This document comes after the first two stages of the 2021-2024 Synod, the first consisting of local listening sessions held across the world followed by discernment from local bishops’ conferences; and a second stage where continental groupings of episcopal conferences conducted discussion and reflection that concluded with the production of seven continental reports that were submitted to the Holy See in March of 2023.
To read more of overview, see below.
Are You Struggling to Pass on the Catholic Faith to Your Family?
Try “Coffee and Catechesis”!
Try “Coffee and Catechesis”!
“Parents have the first responsibility for the education of their children” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, para. 2223). But this is not an easy task, and many of us have not been trained for it.
If you’d like to know more about your faith, how to pass it on, and how to answer those difficult questions your kids (of all ages) come up with, come to the Commons Sunday, October 15, at 9:30 a.m. for “Coffee and Catechesis.”
Grab a cup of coffee and some snacks and get some help!
Monthly Book Review from the Holy Cross Library
By Tom Pratuch
Africa and the Early Church: The Almost-Forgotten Roots of Catholic Christianity
Read the review below.
Youth and Families
Please join the Knights of Columbus for a Columbus Day Picnic and Celebration!!
When: Saturday, October 7th at 3pm
Where: 201 Sweeney Cir, Forest, VA 24551
Cost: $10 per person or $25 per family, children under 12 are free
Kids games begin at 3pm Cookout and dinner begins at 5pm
Social Ministries
October is Respect Life Month! Calling all to gather to talk about
the Respect Life/Pro Life initiative here at Holy Cross.
Contact Kaky Bowden for more details at kbowden@holycrosslynchburg.org
To learn more about
Respect Life Month, click HERE.
St Paschal's Food Pantry needs
Cereal
Spaghetti Sauce (can or plastic preferred)
Canned Meat (lean, chicken breast)
Canned Tuna
Chunky, hearty and healthy soups (NO creams please)
Canned fruit
Canned vegetables
Mac and Cheese
Financial News
Collections for Weekend of
Sept 30/Oct 1
Mail $ 1,785.00
Online 5,502.00
Env/loose 6,452.55
Total $ 13,739.55
Contingency Fund
$940.00
To Give online, click HERE
Have you signed up with Kroger Rewards Program???
Holy Cross earns money each time you shop at Kroger and use your card. Connect your Kroger card to Holy Cross if you have not already!
Diocesan and Universal Church News
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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!!
To learn more about Diocesan YA activities, Click HERE.
Nurses will be available to take blood pressures after Masses the weekend of August 13th and 14th.
To learn more about the Orchard, click HERE.
The Diocesan Synodal Synthesis Report is available to review. Please click HERE to read it.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Procession, Mass and celebration is this Sunday at 2pm. All are welcome!
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is this Thursday, August 3 at 7pm and First Friday Mass, Confession and Adoration will be on Friday, August 4th. All are welcome.
Please come worship our Lord in Adoration this Thursday pm and Friday am. All are welcome.