Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 18, 2015 We adore you O Christ and we bless you; by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. 7851 54 th Avenue North St. Petersburg, Florida 33709-2338 Phone: 727-546-3315 Fax: 727-547-2005 E-Mail: Website: com Reverend John D Antonio, Pastor M A S S S C H E D U L E Saturday Vi l 4:00 pm Sunday Masses 10:00 am 12:30 pm Spanish Mass Daily Monday Saturday Holy Cross Pumpkin Patch thru October 31, 2015 on the grounds of our Church Mass with Anointin of the Sick First Friday, 11:00 am SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Confessions are heard on Saturday from 3:00 3:45 pm or by appointment SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE Contact the parish office six months in advance. PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday through Thursday 8:30 am 3:30 pm Friday 8:30 am Noon Sponsored by Knights of Columbus and St. Petersburg Catholic High School
Parish Office Parish Phone 727-546-3315 Parish Office Hours Monday through Thursday 8:30 am 3:30 pm Friday 8:30 am Noon Parish Office E-Mail holycross7851@gmail.com Faith Formation 727-546-9654 Parish Secretary Robin V. Riley Prayer Line Call Parish Office at 727-546-3315 New Parish App has arrived! The app allows us to better communicate with you throughout the week and keep you updated with relevant parish news or updates. The app is very well designed and very intuitive. It is a great resource for parishioners by providing daily Mass readings, Catholic news and prayers, convenient prayer and Confession reminders, our bulletins and more. We hope for our new app to be a tool for fostering stronger parish life at Holy Cross and better engaging the New Evangelization. SCRIPTURE REFLECTION: After healing the blind man in today s Gospel Jesus told him to go, to be on his way. But the man decided to follow Jesus. Being a disciple of Jesus is a choice. The stewardship way of life likewise involves a choice, in fact many choices. We choose to be grateful, we choose to live generously, and we choose to trust that God will always provide for our needs. These are three choices central to the stewardship way of life. What choices will we make this week that give witness to our decision to follow Christ? International Catholic Stewardship Council World Mission Sunday October 18th Pope Francis writes Mission is part of the grammar of faith, something essential for those who listen to the voice of the Spirit who whispers Come and Go forth. Those who follow Christ cannot fail to be missionaries. Our diocesan family joins our brothers and sisters around the world on Mission Sunday, responding to the voice of the Spirit, we connect with our world on mission: with Africa, where six million children receive an education in some 16,000 churchrun schools,..with Asia, where those who are sick are provided with care at 5,000 Catholic hospitals and clinics and..with the Americas, where catechists travel in remote areas to bring the good News of God s great love to families. FREE One Community, next community dinner after the 4:00pm Mass Saturday, October 24 Oct. 4 2015 Offertory Analysis Mass Time Attendance Amount Percentage Average 4:00 PM 202 $2223 41.44% $11.01 8:00 AM 126 1256 23.42 9.67 10:00 AM 214 1413.66 26.36 6.61 12:30 PM 120 451.31 8.41 3.76 Mail X 20 0.37 X Total 662 $5363.97 100% X We encourage you to invite your friends and neighbors in our community to join you at this FREE dinner. All are welcome. Please bring your own plate and utensils to the dinner to help reduce cost so we can provide more dinners for more people. The dinner will be held in the Parish Center and will end around 8:00pm. Celebrate our love for one another! Free Blood Pressure Screening in Parish Office Sunday, October 25-8:45am til 12:30pm under the supervision of Dr. Fadi Saba
ABBREVIATIONS: CC Children s Chapel, CH Church, CR Combined Rooms, EFL East Front Lawn, MR Music Room, PC Parish Center, PL Parking Lot, PO Parish Office, RM Room, SH Small Hall THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH 9:00 am 12:00 pm Pancake Breakfast and Bake Sale PC 10:00 am Spanish Choir Practice MR 11:00 am 2:00 pm Hot Dog/Hamburger PC 11:00 am 2:00 pm Pumpkin Decorating PC 3:00 pm Confessions Fr. John Church 4:00 pm Mass Fr. Mangiafico Church 9:00 am Coffee, Donuts & Bagels SH 10:00 am Mass Fr. John Church 11:20 am Faith Formation Classes ALL RMS 12:30 pm Spanish Mass TBA Church 5:55 pm Bingo PC 7:00 pm AA Central Meeting SH 10:00 am Spanish Sunday Choir Group MR 7:00 pm Columbiettes Meeting PC 7:00 pm Presence of God Rosary CR 7:30 pm Presence of God Meeting CR 9:00 am Bereavement Meeting CC 1:00 pm Rosary Makers RM 12 Mass Fr. Mangiafico Church 8:30 am Divine Mercy Chaplet Church Saturday October 17 Colleen Caldana 4:00 pm Richmond Rimando Sunday October 18 Special Intention of Sara L Eon 10:00 am Holy Cross Parishioners 12:30 pm Esteban Montiel Monday October 19 Tuesday October 20 Wednesda October 21 Margaret Kelly Thursday October 22 Robert Alvarez, Jr. Frida October 23 Stephen Burke Saturday October 24 Colleen Caldana 4:00 pm Steve Balog Sunday October 25 Rose Trask 10:00 am Holy Cross Parishioners 12:30 pm Elisa Navarete Stewardship Reflection For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. (MARK 10:45) If you held a mirror up to your life, would it reflect God s love and grace? If you are struggling with this, try changing your attitude from I want more to thank you God for everything you have given me, I have enough to share. This change in perspective will bring you joy through service to others. 10:00 am Spanish Choir Practice MR 3:00 pm Confession Fr. John Church 4:00 pm Mass Fr. John Church 8:45 12:30 Blood Pressure Screenings - PO 9:00 am Bagels, Coffee & Donuts SH 10:00 am Mass Fr. John Church 11:20 am Faith Formation Classes ALL RMS 12:30 pm Spanish Mass TBA Church 4:00 pm 219 $1,631.00 141 $954.50 10:00 am 188 $1,089.20 12:30 pm 114 $396.25 Mail --- $81.00 Bldg. Fund --- $2,189.45
Mass 10/24/15 Altar Servers Eucharistic Ministers 4:00 pm A Haxton T Budniak Lu Fitzpatrick Le Fitzpatrick K Harkins S Tobin W Tobin P Fiedler W Walker A Walker 10:00 am D Ramnarine (L) S Mattern I Carrera S Pacheco A Flexon Sister Michael Patrick T Chaoui M Dixon S Ferriera RM Hughes M Jones S Ramnarine G Ramnarine Readers P Carroll B ARcand W Grieco P Haines L Labelle M Ferreira Readings for the Week of October 18, 2015 Sunday 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 53:10-11; Ps 33; Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45 or 10:42-45 Monday Sts John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests and Companions, Martyrs Rom 4:20-25; Lk 1; Lk 12:13-21 Tuesday Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest Rom 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21; Ps 40; Lk 12:35-38 Wednesday Rom 6:12-18; Ps 124; Lk 12:39-48 Thursday Saint John Paul II, Pope Rom 6:19-23; Ps 1; Lk 12:49-53 Friday Saint John of Capistrano, Priest Rom 7:18-25a; Ps 119; Lk 12:54-59 Saturday Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop Rom 8:1-11; Ps 24; Lk 13:1-9 Sunday Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 31:7-9; Ps 126; Heb 5:1-6; Mk 10:46-52 Please go to our parish website for a further explanation ation of the Sunday readings: www.holycrossrcc.com APA 2015 UPDATE My Good and Faithful Servant 2015 Parish Goal...$74,096.00 Amount Pledged...$56,151.15 Total Donors 288 Average Gift - $194.97 Percentage of Goal Paid 75.78% Amount Received... $50,510.15 These figures current as of October 7, 2015 Pumpkin Patch Events this week: Purchase your pumpkin: Sunday thru Friday 12:00pm 8:30pm or Saturdays - 9:00am - 8:30pm Saturday October 24 9:00am 12:00pm: Pumpkin Pancake Breakfast - $4.00 Car Wash Sunday October 25: 11:00am 3:00pm Hot Dog/Hamburger Lunch - $5.00 All Saints Parade 12:00 12:30pm Additional upcoming events: Bake Sale / Car Wash / Trunk & Treat and Harvest Dinner/Dance Saturday, October 31 5:30pm Holy Cross Parish Center To benefit St. Pete Catholic High Tuition Fund Featuring Green Bench Society band Ham, Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkin Corn Chowder, Bread & Butter & Dessert $15.00 per person tickets available after Mass or at Parish Office This event concludes our First Annual Pumpkin Patch. St. Vincent de Paul 548-9878 In the Gospel today Jesus tells his disciples: Anyone among you who aspires to greatness must serve the rest; whoever wants to rank first among you must serve the needs of all. When you give the furniture, household items and clothing you no longer use to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, you give hope to your neighbors who have nothing Suggested Shopping List: Canned vegetables, baked beans, tuna, pasta noodles, pasta sauces, pasta dinners, macaroni and cheese, saltines, crackers and cookies.
Holy Cross Women s Club This Is The Year! Thank you to all those supporting and praying during 40 Days for Life. If you have not signed up yet, please sign up online at 40DaysforLife.com for our St. Petersburg location. Together we can continue working towards an end to abortion. Please contact Kay Mandalinich with any questions March for Life Holy Cross will again have a bus trip to St. Augustine for the Florida State March for Life sponsored by the Diocese of St. Augustine. It is a one day trip on Saturday, January 16, 2016 The bus will leave Holy Cross at 6:00am and return by 8:00pm. It is important to keep the pro-life message alive among our youth and their parents and all our parishioners. The cost of the trip: adult (16 years old and up) - $35.00 per person; teens 12-16 years old - $20.00 children under 12 years - trip is free Children and teens must be accompanied by a parent or other adult at least 25 years old. All are welcome to attend. Go to: www.marchforlifestaugustine.com for more information about the march. If you would like to make a contribution to assist in paying for the bus fare for a child/teen, please contact the office or Merlita Jones at 399-2043. Tree of Life The Tree of Life is a unique opportunity to remember all those who are dear to us, while at the same time helping the church. If there is a someone you would like to remember in a special way, please call the Rectory Office at 546-3315 for information. Next Rummage Sale November 12 13 14 The Rummage Shed is open 7 days a week on the East rear side of the Parish Center. Donations are needed and appreciated. Jewelry should be dropped off at the Parish Office. NO COMPUTERS OR TV S, PLEASE. We do not have room to store furniture and will gladly accept items on set up days. RUMMAGE SALE HELP NEEDED: All are welcome to assist during our set-up days, Tuesday and Wednesday as well as during the sale. We will be in need of cashiers and baggers, along with many other duties for the sale. You may call Sharon Schweikle at 546-5778 or Kathy Harkins at 544-2275. Lap Robe Project: Do you crochet or knit? We would appreciate your help in making lap robes for Jacaranda Nursing Home. If not crafty, 4-Ply Acrylic Yarn is needed or cash to purchase the yarn for this project. Please contact Kathy Harkins at 545-2275 for more information. B-I-N-G-O Mondays at 5: 55 pm Held in Handicap Accessible Air Conditioned Parish Center Reasonably priced Sodas, Snacks and Sandwiches Come early and bring your friends! Please Support Our Advertisers Please use the goods and services of our bulletin advertisers, for without their financial support our bulletin would not be possible. Remember to tell an advertiser that you saw their ad in our bulletin so they know the ad is working!
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