_-- -." ~nir'~i... 0 r. I (' 0.! r" f. I I!....1 ( -: ["d '.,..,. ~ I..".,I:~', 0 r:::_jt&" Fl :... : 1. '1' "",,... r i~'!' I ; I. '"n-!~,r-1;:;,! ~ I~~I ~,~ I 'i pr. :1 Ii. w}~.) " " Or, ~I.' ".~ II' :1~J i ~...O;-"~"'" J......0' Ii '~!~_.;.:. '.,_ I,.,,' -<'> ',..,..,~-.~.,..-'-."..,.~, II'.... j. -:"!..! -~ 651 East Springfield Road Springfield, Pennsylvania 19064 ]AHUt\RY 10, 2016 Tf.:lE Bt\p<f13ffi OY 'Pf.:lE[..ORD IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Business Office / Rectory 61 0-626-3321 610-626-3322 Parish School 610-626-1709 Religious Education 610-626-1057 Convent 610-626-2492 Pastoral Minister 61 0-626-8266 Korean Catholic Center 610-259-2240 Website www.holycrosscatholics.org E-mail 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 CONFESSIONS Saturday, Lower Church: 3:30 to 4:15 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 Pre-Cana day will be on April 23, 2016. To register, call Bill & Nicole @ 610-626-8486. 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. 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 Mrs. Maureen Ward Principal Mrs. Kelly Meliti Director of Religious Education Mr. Timothy Reilly Music Coordinator BAPTISM POLICY Baptisms are celebrated every Sunday, except for the first Sunday of the month, at 12:00 PM. Please call the rectory at 610-626-3321 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. If no registrations are received, a session may not be held. 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
..~r _,~, L.._ ~... ~I'.~ PASTOR1S CORNER Everyone is invited to an important Tuesday, January 12, at 7:00 PM, in the Parish Hall. PARISH MEETING on We will discuss the current pastoral and financial situation of Holy Cross and the future challenges - including a Capital Campaign for needed major repairs for our school. SEE YOU THERE! Seats are still available on our parish bus for the wonderful March for Life all Friday, January 22. Details are in this bulletin. ImRorlanl PARISH MEETING JANUARY 12 7:00 PM PARISH HALL EVERYONE IS INVITED! BIBLE STUDY WITH FATHER GABIN GOSPEL OF SAINT MA TTHEW THURSDA YS, 7:00 PM PARISH CENTER MARCH FOR LIFE You are invited to the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.,on Friday, 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. He 0241
j" MONDAY JANUARY 11,1 BETIY BUCKLEY TUESDAY JANUARY 12 FRANCIS ARMSTRONG Sincere thanks to all our Ministers of Care and volunteers who delivered the parish Christmas Greetings and plant to our homebound and sick of the Parish. We appreciate the time and generosity of our parents, teachers, and sixth grade class who visited and brought the parish greetings to the Nursing Homes. God bless all of you for your thoughtfulness and generosity. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13 Saint Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church HELEN DESMOND THURSDAY JANUARY 14 BERNARD TOAL, JR. Jane Berry John Boyle Louise Casciano Paige Convery Kendall Lambert Rose Leto Patricia Lyons Joanne Marks FRIDAY JANUARY 15 BRIAN KENNEDY SATURDAY JANUARY 16 VINCENT KELLY NEXT WEEKEND MASS INTENTIONS SATURDAY JANUARY 16 Kim Cook Annette Marone Sharon Diemer Maria Me Cann Jim Donahue Catherine Me Nulty Cornelius Dunleavy Don Palermo Dorothy Eberhard Eve Palermo Mary Anne Farrell Laurann E. Pazuier John Gerace Anna Rokos Michelle Goff Joseph Sindoni Carolyn Henderson Beth Spayde Carole Kime Theresa Torelli 4:30 PM BRIAN & WANDA CONNOLLY Mary Kull Jim Zaleta SUNDAY JANUARY 17 GRACE MURPHY FRANK J. PARR 11:00 AM PEOPLEOF HOLYCROSS SUNDAY COLLECTION DECEMBER 13 AMOUNT RECEIVED $10,218 SUNDAY COLLECTION DECEMBER 20 AMOUNT RECEIVED $10,178 SUNDAY COLLECTION DECEMBER 27 AMOUNT RECEIVED $11,951 SUNDAY COLLECTION JANUARY 3 AMOUNT RECEIVED $10,761 HC 0242
FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK Every organization has some sort of initiation which makes the new member a part of the group, with all the rights and duties of belonging to that group. Initiations are something very special. Today we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. It was His initiation into His public ministry- His preaching, teaching and saving us. What does that mean? By being baptized, Our Lord acknowledged His complete unity with the human race. He was, of course, already God's Son. But at His baptism, the Father publicly acknowledged Him as His Son, with Whom He was well pleased, and publicly invested Him with His mission on earth. The baptism we all received, either as children or as adults, is greater than the baptism given by St. John. But the meaning is the same: by our baptism into Christ, we accepted a share in His mission in the world. God publicly acknowledged us His children, and He is well pleased with us. It is a very dramatic mission we have assumed by our baptism, but it is accomplished in very un-dramatic ways. Such un-dramatic things as honesty in business, integrity in speech,patience in time of trial, studying our Catholic faith to better understand, live and share it, concern for the poor and human life in all its stages - these are all means by which we carry out our mission. It seems easier to do something dramatic, but that is not the way of Jesus. It is the day-by-day living out of the faith we received in our baptism that can convert our amilies and the world. LUMINARIES FOR LIFE On the eve of the 43 rd annual March for Life, let us remember the precious lives lost from abortion. To do this, the Respect Life group will be selling luminaries after all of the weekend Masses this weekend and next weekend, January 16-17. We will provide 10 bags and 10 (4 hour) candles for the parish to line the street outside of your home on Thursday evening, January 21. The suggested donation is $5 and proceeds will benefit various pro-life organizations in the area. Rain date for displaying the luminaries will be Friday evening, January 22. For any questions, please call Phyllis Heppard at 610-306-9324. HC0243
MARCH FOR LIFE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FRIDAY, 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 He 024 4
MAJOR WE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF OUR LOVES ONES IN THE ARMED PAUL ALLEN LT. AMY CALLAHAN, USN, MD LT JAMES P. CALLAHAN, USN LT. JOHN R. CALLAHAN, USN LANCE CORPORAL JUSTIN 0' ARCY STAFF SERGEANT CPL. JOHN GERALD DE JOHN G. LAROUCHE SGT. ALEX RANKIN, USMC FORCES: ATTENTION, PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS Our Children"s Liturgy of the Word program is available for your children at the 11:00 AM Mass every Sunday. We hope you will encourage your little ones to hear the Word of God spoken to them at their level. They have the opportunity to interact with the teacher and each other. Then, they return to worship with their families and the Holy Cross Community. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, pray for us! GOD'S UNFATHOMABLE DIVINE MERCY Start this New Year with a promise to spend 1 hour - 30 minutes - 15minutes with Jesus in our Adoration Chapel Callfor information: 610-284-5950 610-623-8412 610-328-2115 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED CHURCH CLEANING TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 6:45PM. HELPING HANDS MAKE GREAT PROGRESS For more information, contact Dolores Morroni at 610-284-5950. HOL Y CROSSKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WILL BE HOSTING A FREETHROW CHAMPIONSHIP. ALL BOYS AND GIRLS, AGES 9 TO 14, ARE ELIGIBLE TO ENTER. IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDA Y, JANUARY 17, IN THE PARISH HALL, BETWEEN 2:00 PM AND 4:00 PM. WINNERS IN EACH AGE GROUP WILL ADVANCE TO THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP IN FEBRUARY. Join in singing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, led by the Contemporary Music Group on the I" and 3 rd Saturdays of each month before Mass, at 4:10 PM, in the church. JESUS, WE TRUST IN YOU! TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF A LOVED ONE, FRIEND OR PARISHIONER. A DONATION OF $150 CAN BE MADE FOR SANCTUARY FLOWERS IN FRONT OF THE MAIN ALTAR ANDTHE BLESSEDMOTHER'S STATUE. A REMEMBRANCE WILL BE PRINTED IN THE BULLETIN FORTHE DONATION. IF INTERESTED, PLEASE CALL THE BUSINESS OFFICE AT 610-626-3321. He 024 5