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1 651 East Springfield Road Springfield, Pennsylvania JANUARY 5, 2014 <ff.>eepipi5c\hy Or 'l'f..le~ord IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Business Office / Rectory Parish School Religious Education Convent Pastoral Minister Music Coordinator Korean Catholic Center Website contactus@holycrosscatholics.org MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Evening: 5: 15 PM Sunday, Upper Church: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 AM Holy Day: Weekday: 8:30 AM and 7:00 PM 8:30 AM CONFESSIONS Saturday, Lower Church: 4:00 to 5:00 PM MARRIAGE POLICY Arrangements are made directly with the Parish Priests, within six months before the intended wedding date. Weddings are reserved for active parishioners. Pre-Cana Session is required. Please call Rectory for appointment with Parish Priests. Our next Parish Pre-Cana day will be on March 29, To register, call Bill & , VISITATION TO SICK AND INFIRM Please call the Rectory or Sister Mary Carmela, Pastoral Minister, when a parishioner is hospitalized or homebound. REGISTRATIONS By Appointment. All Catholics living in the parish should register at the Rectory. Please call Parish Office to make an appointment with one of the Parish Priests. PARISH PASTORAL STAFF Rev. John D. Gabin Pastor Rev. Edward B. Cahill. Pastor Emeritus Rev. H. James Hutchins Parochial Vicar Rev. Msgr. Paul F. Curran In Residence Deacon Robert Frankenberger Deacon Joseph N. Gousie Sr. Loretta Saudarg, RSM.._ Business Manager Sr. Mary Carmela, RSM Pastoral Minister Ms. Kathleen Fitzpatrick Principal Mrs. Kelly Meliti Director of Religious Education Mr. John Robinson Music Coordinator BAPTISM POLICY Baptisms are celebrated every Sunday, except for the first Sunday of the month, at 12:30 PM. Please call the rectory at to set up an appointment with a Priest. First time parents and godparents are required to attend a Baptism Preparation Session. Only when Certificates of Eligibility from godparents are presented, then a date for the baptism can be set. The Baptism Preparation Sessions are held the first Sunday of the month at 12:30 PM in the Upper Church, with registration required. To register, please call the parish secretary during regular business hours (Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM). Registration must be made prior to the last Friday of the month. If no registrations are received, a session may not be held. RECTORY OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday: same as the Business Office Saturday: 1:00-7:00 PM Sunday: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM BUSINESS OFFICE HOURS (Entrance through the middle, rear door of the Church) Monday - Friday Only: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Closed for Lunch 12-1 PM); Closed Saturday and Sunday

2 :J p'uuj tftat (j&l' ~ gjtau and peace will fillljo-wi ~ in FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK! One price of living in the nearby suburbs of a large city, as we do here, is not being able to see much of the night sky. A friend of my brother's in Los Angeles never saw the apparent motion of the stars in the night sky until she attended a rural college. Not much seems to have changed in the past 2000 years. Apparently, few inhabitants of Jerusalem noticed the Christmas star until the wise men arrived asking questions about the newborn king. Then and now, we can be too easily distracted by the noise and the bustle of our daily concerns. Yet, through the changing seasons and night skies, Our Heavenly Father is reminding us that nothing in this world truly remains the same. Each moment is a precious gift from the Lord to use for His glory, for our growth in holiness and for the good of others. On the other hand, that moment can simply be wasted and lost. One thing I've noticed about us Catholics is that we are hesitant to share the light of our faith with others. Fundamentalists and born again Christians share their faith, or evangelize, all the time, but not we Catholics. We have the light, the fullness of the light, but we don't have the heat! And yet, the more we love God, the more we'll want to share His truth and love, not only by works of charity, but by speaking and kindly explaining our relationship with Jesus and the truth of our faith to others. St. Francis de Sales said that when we love God, then we will talk about Him! Let us rejoice that Our Lord is with us! Let us ask Him to guide us with His holy light and lead us to reflect His light in our contacts with others. HC 0241

3 BIBLE STUDY MONDAY JANUARY 6 Saint Andre Bessette, Religious 8:30 AM Foy - Greenleaf Family TUESDAY JANUARY 7 Saint Raymond of Penyafort, Priest 8:30 AM Howard McCue WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8 THE BOOK OF GENESIS WITH FATHER GABIN 8:30AM Rita Buchmayer THURSDAY JANUARY 9 8:30AM Marion Ratigan THURSDAYS -7:00 PARISH CENTER PM,. FRIDAY JANUARY 10 8:30AM MichaelO'Kane (School Mass) SATURDAY JANUARY 11 8:30AM Frederick Senderoff NEXT WEEKEND MASS INTENTION SATURDAY JANUARY 11 5:15 PM Frank and Alice Bannon SUNDAY JANUARY 12 Baptism of the Lord 7:30 AM Joseph A. Nardone, Sr. Evelyn Starzi Nardone 9:30 AM Francis Armstrong (9 th Anniversary) 11:30 AM People of Holy Cross Theresa Amoriello Kristi Andrzejczyk Susan Bassetti Denise Berry Jane Berry ~tijxemember~...,~ Our Sick ~~ Patricia McCloskey James McCusker Jeffrey McKeon Anita Mellon Helen Murphy Victoria Cutuli Helene Neary Sharon Diemer Don Palermo Cornelius Dunleavy Eve Palermo Dorothy Eberhard Melanie Palermo Emelia Fagnano Mary Revello Anne Gallagher Margaret Mary Robinson Mario Gambol Danny Hammond Carolyn Henderson Carole Kime Mary Kull Kendall Lambert Karen Landolfi Joanne Marks Rita Ryan Helen Sciarrone Jeff Simmons Joseph Sindoni Mary Ann Sullivan Andre Vigliarolo Michael Wilson Bill Winans, Jr. He 024 2

4 MARCH FOR LIFE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 WE MUST SPEAK OUT! BUS LEAVES AT 7:30 AM AND RETURNS BY 8:30 PM $10 PER PERSON PAYMENT RESERVES YOUR SEAT HC _._ -, -- -.~.- -

5 } a fjatnillf ot fj~~ EpiplUuuj - JatuuvuJ 5, 2014 Prayer: Father, lead us to your glory in heaven by the light of faith. Many ancient stories are associated with Epiphany. Beginning in the third century in the churches of the Near East, Epiphany was celebrated as the feast of Jesus' birth. Very soon after that, Jesus' baptism also began to be celebrated on His birthday, and Epiphany became an important day for baptisms. For some, the waters of baptism recalled Jesus' first miracle at the Cana wedding feast, when He turned water into wine, so this day is also associated with wedding imagery. Later on, but still a very long time ago, all the churches in the East and West agreed that Jesus' birthday would be celebrated on December 25. But in the East, the coming of the magi was also celebrated on that day, while in the West the feast was celebrated on January 6. Activity: Today, celebrate a house blessing. Sing afavorite Christmas carol together. MARCH FOR LIFE You are invited to the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, January 22. It is necessary that we stand up for the sacredness of all human life and this is a wonderful way to do it. In Washington, we will visit first the National American History Museum and the National Natural History Museum. Then we will join the March and walk to the Capitol and Supreme Court Buildings where we will greet Archbishop Chaput. Our parish bus will leave the church parking lot at 7:30 AM and return by 8:30 PM. The cost is $10; payment will reserve your seat. Put your payment into an envelope marked "March for Life" with your name, address and telephone number printed on it and drop it off at the Business Office, the Rectory or in the collection basket. Please consider joining us for this much-needed _public witness to life and love. JUST SAY YES! ADORERS ARE NEEDED IN OUR ADORATION CHAPEL... WON'T YOU OFFER rusr 1 HOUR PER WEEK? MONDAYS 2-3 PM TUESDA YS 8-9 AM 7-8 PM FRIDAYS 3-4 PM YOUR REWARDS ARE UNLIMITED! CALL , , , He 024 4

6 THE MYSTERY OF THE MAGI: WHO WERE THEY? The Gospel of Matthew contains the only New Testament reference to these mysterious visitors from the East. Matthew does not refer to them as kings but as magi, astrologers, or wise men, depending on which translation of the Bible we read. The magi were a community of Persian holy men who studied the stars. They were very respected in their day, considered to be wise because they foretold the future and people's destinies; both chapter 60 ofthe prophet Isaiah and Psalm 72, long associated with this day, refer to kings worshiping God's Son, and that may be why we think of the magi as kings. HOW MANY WERE THERE? The truth is, we don't know. The churches centered around Constantinople (modem-day Istanbul, Turkey) said there were twelve, probably, to symbolize the twelve apostles or twelve tribes ofisrael. Roman tradition said there were three, most likely because Matthew mentions three gifts that the magi brought. Each of the gifts has a symbolic meaning: gold represents Christ's kingship; frankincense (incense) is a sign of priestliness; and myrrh (an embalming perfume) is a reminder of death. WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? Matthew's Gospel only identifies the magi as corning from "the East." The great explorer Marco Polo claimed to have seen the graves of the magi in what is now Tehran, Iran. According to Matthew, the magi went first to Jerusalem to ask King Herod where they could find Jesus, the "king of the Jews." This inquiry frightened Herod because, like powerful leaders from all times and places, he didn't want any rivals to his authority. Herod sent the magi to Bethlehem to fmd Jesus and report back to him Jesus' exact whereabouts. The magi, being wise, found Jesus, but after listening to God in their dreams, slipped back to their own country without speaking to Herod again. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? As we already noted, March Polo claimed to have found their graves in the 1270's. St. Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, brought remains said to be theirs to Constantinople in the fourth century. Today those relics are thought to be in a cathedral in Cologne, Germany. Ifyou ever visit there, you can see the shrine. It is said that St. Thomas the Apostle encountered the magi on his way to India and baptized them. Tradition says that they all became bishops, and at the end of their lives they each saw the Star of Bethlehem again and were reunited. HC0245

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