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1 651 East Springfield Road Springfield Pennsylvania ffiarcf.> l"f.)e RE5URREC'T'OH Or' 'Pf.>EuORD MPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Business Office / Rectory Parish School Religious Education Convent Pastoral Minister Korean Catholic Center Website contactus@holycrosscatholics.org MASS SCHEDULE Saturday Evening: 4:30 PM Sunday Upper Church: 8:30 and 11:00 AM Holy Day: Weekday: 8:30 AM and 7:00 PM 8:30 AM CONFESSONS Saturday Lower Church: 3:30 to 4:15 PM MARRAGE POLCY 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 Pre-Cana day will be on April To register call Bill & VSTATON TO SCK AND NFRM Please call the Rectory or Sister Mary Carmela Pastoral Minister when a parishioner is hospitalized or homebound. REGSTRATONS 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...._ PARSH PASTORAL STAFF Rev. John D. Gabin Pastor Rev. Edward B. Cahill Pastor Emeritus Rev. Msgr. Paul F. Curran n Residence Deacon Robert Frankenberger Deacon Joseph N. Gousie Sr. Loretta Saudarg RSM Business Manager Sr. Mary Carmela RSM.: Pastoral Minister Mrs. Maureen Ward Principal Mrs. Kelly Meliti Director of Religious Education Mr. Timothy Reilly Music Coordinator BAPTSM POLCY Baptisms are celebrated every Sunday except for the first Sunday of the month at 12:00 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 12:00 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. f no registrations are received a session may not be held. BUSNESS OFFCE 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 PASTOR'S CORNER With the greatest joy and gratitude we celebrate the most important and solemn feast of the year. JESUSS RSEN A~LeLUA Our Lord has conquered sin fear death and Satan by His death anp Resurrection. By nourishing and living our faith we share- jn His victory and receive the promise and gift of eternal life. The world and ow lives may be filled with suffering but real hope is ours as we triumph with Jesus! May you and your family have a most blessed and joyful Sunday and Easter season. Ea~~er We are very grateful to MonsignorCurran Deacon Frankenberger Deacon Gousie and Mrs. Gousie our Sisters of Mercy our sacristans Mike O'Shea John Kemmey Stella Carmen and Tom Bunting as well as Tim Reilly and our choir altar servers ministers of the Mass church cleaners and decorators and all whd helped with Holy Week services. Many of our parishioners have started Electronic Giving here at Holy Cross. This is area! blessing for you and for our parish. No more envelopes or last-minute check writing! Electronic Giving is free safe and - easy for you and good stewardship for Holy Cross. t's simple secure and convenient with tax benefits for you and financial and administrative benefits for our parish. To get started you just log onto our Holy Cross Parish website click on the Parish Giving Link and follow the easy registration instructions. There's even a card available to drop into the collection basket when it comes to you indicating that you give electronically. For more information see the "Nine Reasons to Give Electronicaliy" in today's bulleti-n. Please consider this great way to support our beloved Holy Cross Parish. &! ~ q)ua &J~~ &!lo~~~ The Resurrection proclaims that Christ wi! be with us until the end of time. The pyramids of Egypt are famous because they contain th~ mummified bodies of ancient Egyptiar Pharohs. Westrnjns~~r Abbey in London is famous because in it rest the bodies of ~nglish!lobility. Mohammed's tomb is noted for the stone coffin and bones it contains. Even the resting place of Christopher Columbus is famous as is Grant's tomb and the burial place of Napoleon. ArlingtO!1 Cemetery n Washington D. c. is revered as the honored resting place of many Americans who gave their lives for their country. of Jesus is famous because it s empty! But the Garden Tomb Hc 0241.' -

3 Kim Cook Rose Leto Sharon Diemer Jim Donahue Patricia Lyons Joanne Marks Cornelius Dunleavy Marie McCann Dorothy Eberhard Catherine McNulty MONDAY MARCH 28 Mary Ann Farrell Alex Morrissey Michele Goff Don Palermo 8:30 AM John A. & Cecelia Carolyn Henderson Eve Palermo Poppert Harry ezzi Carole Kime Laurann E. Pazuier Jane Sessa TUESDAY MARCH 29 Mary Kull Joseph Lallier Joseph Sindoni Theresa Torelli 8:30 AM John Mary & Theresa Kendall Lambert Jim Zaleta Bradley WEDNESDAY MARCH 30 THE SOCETY OF ST. 8:30AM Lorraine Shields VNCENT DE PAUL CLOTHNG DRVE THURSDAY MARCH :30AM Jim Jamison FRDAY APRL 1 8:30 AM Bob Miller SATURDAY APRL 2 8:30AM Adele Di Pietro NEXT WEEKEND MASS NTENTONS SATURDAY APRL 2 4:30 PM Di Nicola Family SUNDAY APRL 3 8:30AM Catherine Judge and People of Holy Cross 11:00 AM John Hammond Holy Cross Parish will be hosting a clothing drive to benefit The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Saturday April 2 from 9:00 AM to 12 Noon. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul will be using the services of GreenDrop to support their clothing drive. Look for the GreenDrop truck in the church parking lot where an attendant will be available to assist you with your donations. Please place your donations of usable men's women's and children's clothing into plastic bags or boxes. Household items such as: kitchenware games/toys small appliances under 50 pounds electronics sporting goods books CDs and videos are also accepted. Unfortunately furniture large appliances TVs or computer monitors cannot be accepted. For a full list of acceptable items visit: To learn more about GreenDrop visit their website:www reendro com. HC 0242

4 FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK A little while ago read a news profile about a woman who was the senior editor for a new dictionary. The reporter asked her: "What is your favorite word?" "Home" she said. "My favorite word is 'horne." One of my favorite words is "alleluia." love the way it sounds- open and clear even when pronounced by a sleepy congregation at the earliest Mass on Easter morning. A Hebrew word for a praise joy and thanks "alleluia" probably conveys every positive emotion we could express to God. Today's Scripture readings are filled with hope and joy and the liturgy itself is loaded with alleluias. For us they add much delight and simple gladness to a celebration that might otherwise be overwhelmingly awesome. The Father has accepted His Son's sacrifice. The Resurrection assures us of that and now sin fear and death have been conquered. The gift of eternal life and happiness is ours to receive. And so we sing or say: "Alleluia!" We share in Christ's victory by our faithful by our clinging to Our Lord through t is the holiest and most joyful day of the year!! obedience to the Church and all of her teachings His word and sacraments and so live and share our faith by our devoted care to our families by our respect for all human life from conception to natural death and by our humble and generous love of others especially those in need. Years ago a priest friend of mine received an Easter card from a friend of his. ts message still remember. t read something like this: Despite all the suffering trials and nonsense of life Jesus is Risen! He has won the victory and it is ours! Let us believe it and live it!! HOL Y CROSSALL CLASS REUNON DANCE SATURDA Y APRL 9 4:30 PM REUNON MASS (ALL WELCOME) SCHOOL TOURS FOLLOWNG (ALL WELCOME) DANCE AND DRNKS - AFTER TOURS (MUST BE 21 AND OVER) COST: $25.00/ $30.00 A T THE DOOR ncludes food and draught beer. Shirts bracelets other apparel and tons of baskets will be there to raise funds for Holy Cross School. HC0243

5 Are you grieving the loss 0/ a loved one? Here's 5~~~ A faith-centered support group offering those in mourning an opportunity to come together to share God's love. With support of the faith community we can give voice to our unique journeys grief and find healing. Please join us on April and May and 24. Holy Cross Parish Center - 7:00 PM. Sign-in at 6:45 PM - Meeting: one a half hours. For registration please contact Margaret Mary McNicholas or at mmcnicholas@allstate.com. For further information please contact deacon Tim Baxter at: tbaxter31@comcast.net. of WEDDNG ANNVERSARY MASS MAY 7 Are you celebrating special anniversary this year? The annual Archdiocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass will take place on Saturday May 7 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul at the 5:15 PM Vigil Mass with Archbishop Charles Chaput presiding. This Mass is to pray for and with all married couples who are newlyweds or who have been married 25 years or more or 50 years or more. Friends and family are welcome and encouraged to attend. REGSTRATON REQURED.To register visit: a BRENDA SHARMAN "BEAUTY FROM THE NSDE OUT" Holy Cross School and the Respect Life Committee are delighted to welcome convert professional model and pageant queen founder of Pure Fashions Mrs. Brenda Sharman on Wednesday April 13 in the parish hall. She will speak to 6 th th and 8 th grade girls from Delco Catholic elementary schools at 10:00 AM in the Parish Hall about "Beauty from the nside Out." Parents Home Schoolers and academy students are most welcome - Brenda will address high school young women at O'Hara on Wednesday afternoon. She is not to be missed a truly delightful positive and faith-filled presentation! Mr. Tom Fertal President of Cardinal O'Hara High School has graciously subsidized the entire event. Parents attending please RSVP to: Mrs. Maureen Ward Principal Holy Cross The Holy Cross Knights 0/ Columbus Goi/ outing will be held on Saturday.)tJ'rNC' April 16'. 't will be held agam at Ron s Valleybrook Country Club. t will be a 1:00 PM Registration with a 2:00 PM Shotgun start with dinner wing immediately afterwards at the Club. The price is $95 per gol/er and there are varying degrees 0/ sponsorship that are available. For more in/ormation you can contact Andy Grajek at or com. HC 024 4

6 BBLE STUDY WTH FATHER GABN GOSPEL OF SANT MATTHEW THURSDA YS 7:00 PM PARSH CENTER WE PRA Y FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTON OF OUR LOVED ONES N THE ARMED FORCES AND ALL OF OUR FRST RESPONDERS (Police O//icers l Fire Fighters l EMrs) MAJOR PAUL ALLEN LT. AMY CALLAHAN USN MD LT. JAMES P. CALLAHAN USN LT. JOHN R. CALLAHAN USN LANCE CORPORAL JUSTN DARCY STAFF SERGEANT GERALD DE JOHN CPL. JOHN G. LAROUCHE SGT. ALEX RANKN ADORATON USMC SHOW YOUR LOVE FOR JESUS BY COMMlmNG TO SPEND JUST ONE HOUR PER WEEK N OUR EUCHARSTC ADORATON CHAPEL 6:00 AM TO 9:00 PM FOR MORE NFORMATON PLEASE CALL RONNE CATHERNE DOLORES NNE REASONS TO GVE ELECTRONCALL Y 1. Electronic giving recognizes your implicit financial commitment to our parish. We know you already support Holy Cross. Because electronic giving is automatic it pledges your consistent financial support. 2. Each weekend 25-30% of our regular parishioners are not in our church becauseof sicknessvacation and other commitments. Electronic giving ensures a steady income for the parish. No more remembering to send your envelope when you're away or doubling your next contribution. 3. Winter weather sometimes means Masses are poorty attended and a collection that the parish was expecting is a fraction of its usual amount. With electronic giving the parish budget is no longer at the whim of the weather. 4. No more weekly check-writing or digging for cash in your wallet or pocketbook. Enter a single amount that is automatically contributed monthly on either the ls or the ls"'. your choice. You need only to log in aga:n if you want to change the amount. 5. o more fumbling with envelopes. You can still receive envelopes and indicate give electronically" in order to participate in the offertory or you can call the office and discontinue envelopes. You can still contribute to special collections through Parish Giving our third-party system. 6. Choose to contribute from your checking account or credit card. Your contributions will be automatically recorded on your monthly statement. Have a rewards card? Earn points on your contributions. 7. n January % of payments in the United States were electronic. As early as 2004 electronic payments surpassedchecks. As we all pay more bills electronically it will be easier to contribute to the parish electronically too. With electronic giving there is no check or cash that can be lost or stolen. ParishGivingour third-party system usesthe same encryption as banks and e-comrnerce sites so your information is secure. TO SGN UP VST and click on the ParishGiving Link. HC024 5

7 .. Sunday. Monday Tuesd~y Wednesday Thursday Friday ". i APR L Saturday AM-12NOON St. Vincent de Paul ' Clothing Drive ~ PM - St. Vincent de Paul 7PM - Bible Study All Year Class Reunion Meeting i Holy Cross School : Mass - 4:30 PM Tours and Social following loam - Brenda Sharman Talk 7PM - Bible Study Knights of Columbus Golf 8'h Grade Pictures Outing - Valleybrook Golf Club Mass PM - Calendar Meeting 10:30 AM - Grandparent (Convent) 7PM - Knights_of Columbus Matinee - School Show Marriage Prep Day Meeting 7PM - School Show Book Fair - Parish Center Book Fair - Parish Center Book Fair - Parish Center Book Fair - Parish Center Casseroles Due 6PM - Home & School 7PM - Bible Study General Meeting & Spring L Fling 7PM - School Concert : 7PM - Respect life Meeting i t c -. [... _l F t