Welcome to Church of the Holy Cross 

BULLETIN CONNECTION

It's a pretty rotten deed those tenant farmers pull off: beating servants, killing some, and ultimately killing the owner's son. And they do all of this with the hope that the vineyard will become theirs.

One way of understanding the parable is recognizing that the tenants have their place, just like we do in God's creation. In the end we don't really own anything. We are stewards of what God has given us.

The parable invites us to ask how we exercise our stewardship in this world. While we might not be beating up other servants, we may consider how our buying habits affect others in the world. In what ways does our consumer society help or harm others in the vineyard of the world? Visit the Catholic Relief Service special website on fair trade, www.crsfairtrade.org/, for more information.
CONTINUING OUR TRADITION - Sept. 18, 2005

Goal -                                                                                   $1,500,000.00
Total paid to date (pledge payments and additional gifts)     $1,399,161.70
Pledge still outstanding                                                           $ 100,838.30
                                                                                            $1,500,000.00

We appreciate the generosity of all who continue to give gifts and make pledge payments. Thank you and God Bless you!

Offertory Collection
September 25,2005.........................$6,730.08
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES will begin on Wednesday, October 5th at 6:30 p.m. for grades 1-7. Parents of these students are asked to assemble in Kolbe Hall for a meeting at 6:45 p.m. Questions?? Call Sister Donna at 612-789-7238.

A special thank you to the teachers involved in this program: Liz Yellovich, Sister Digna, Sister Philothea, Sue Kalpiers, Greg Boeser, David Piskorski, Sister Benita and Sister Donna.

HOLY CROSS PRAYER LINE

Call 612-789-7238 weekdays or
leave a message at 763-572-1713.
                                   PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC
                                              ADORATION

Come and visit JESUS whenever you can at the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel.

Open hours: Monday 4:00 p.m., Tuesday 11:00 p.m., Thursday 11:00 a.m., Friday 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Other early hours are listed in the Chapel. To have questions answered or for more information call 612-605- 2558 or 612-781-4806. Thank you!
PHASE II of the Evangelization Initiative will be starting soon. For the continued success of this program, we need people to serve on the Core Team including a chair and vice-chair. If you can help or for information, please call the parish office - 612-789-7238.

Please remember Holy Cross Parish
in your Will.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST TODAY Oct. 2 sponsored by the Holy Cross Educational Task Force from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Kolbe Hall. Adults $5.00 and Children $3.00. Proceeds benefit Task Force children attending Catholic high schools.

WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday, October 1
    4:30 p.m. t LaVern Winkelmann, John & Rose Mankowski, Frank, Mary & Anna Gacek
Sunday, October 2
Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
    8:00 a.m. t Matthew & Joyce Mycko
  10:00 a.m. t Michael & Walter Gliniany
  11:30 a.m. t Sikora, Narog & Backus Families
    6:30 p.m. For the Parishioners
Monday, October 3
    6:45 a.m. t Genevieve Draves - ERS
Tuesday, October 4
    6:45 a.m. t Michael Rutz
Wednesday, October 5
    6:45 a.m. t Media Kozacz - ERS
Thursday, October 6
    6:45 a.m. t Genevieve & Leon Kunca
Friday, October 7
    6:45 a.m. Catalina & Juan Restrepo Saturday, October 8
    8:00 a.m. t Andrew Traczyk
    4:30 p.m. t Deceased Members of the Koval Family
Sunday, October 9
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    8:00 a.m. t Chorzempa and Lenart Families
  10:00 a.m. t Janice Chorzempa
  11:30 a.m. t Deceased and Living Members of the Polish Rosary Society
    6:30 p.m. For the Parishioners

Readings for the Week of October 2, 2005

Sunday: Is 5:1-7, Phil 4:6-9, Mt 21:33-43
Monday: Jon 1:1-2:2, 11, Lk 10:25-37
Tuesday: Jon 3:1-10, Lk 10:38-42
Wednesday: Jon 4:1-11, Lk 11:1-4
Thursday: Mal 3:13-20b, Lk 11:5-13
Friday: JI 1:13-15; 2:1-2, Lk 11:15-26
Saturday: JI 4:12-21, Lk 11:27-28
Next Sunday: Is 25:6-10a, Phil 4:12-14, 19-20, Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10

IN HISTORY THIS WEEK:

October 2, 1967

October 2, 1967
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first
African American justice of the Supreme Court.

October 4, 1965
Pope Paul VI arrives in the United States,
the first pope to visit.