PARISH DIRECTORY

 

Parish Priests.................................... 612-789-7238

      Father Glen T. Jenson, Pastor

      Father Glen at St. Anthony.............. 612-379-2324

         (revglenjensen@onebox.com)

 

      Father Waldemar Matusiak, SChr

         (waldemarmatusiak@gmail.com)

      Deacon John Belian

 

Pastoral Ministry............................... 612-789-9168

      Sister M. Benita, OSF

      Sister Donna, OSF

 

Business Manager............................ 612-789-3430

      Janice Frakie         (JFrakie@comcast.net)

 

Parish Secretary................................ 612-789-7238

      Janice Godlewski  (JGodlewski@comcast.net)

 

Bulletin Announcements due by Monday, noon.

 

Telephone Numbers

      Parish Office................................... 612-789-7238

      Parish Office Fax............................ 612-789-5769

      Pope John Paul II Catholic School... 612-789-8851

      Convent......................................... 612-789-3256

 

Prayer Line

      Weekdays...................................... 612-789-7238

      Anytime.......................................... 763-572-1713

 

Website:    www.ourholycross.com

WELCOME TO HOLY CROSS CHURCH - Holy Cross Church would like to welcome all visitors and anyone who has recently moved into our community.  We are proud of our parish and invite you to join us.  One of our goals for 2011 is 125 new parishioners in celebration of our “125th Anniversary.”  We have a rich history and look forward to many more prayer-filled and wonderful years in the future.  To register or to have questions answered, please contact the parish office at 612-789-7238.

CATHOLIC CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - Thank you for your contributions to the Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development!  Your generosity has laid the foundation for important systemic changes in low-income communities all over the United States.  Through CCHD we manifest Catholic social teaching and carry out Jesus’ mission to “bring glad tidings to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free” (Lk4:18).

            

FATHER GLEN’S

THOUGHTS…..  

 

This Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent and the beginning of the Church’s liturgical year.  It is a time of new beginning and of renewal.  In the midst of the many changes and of all the upset and disturbance this has caused the household of faith in our local churches, we need to keep our eyes sharply focused on Jesus as the one true light for our way ahead.  While things are still under discussion for possible alterations of the proposed changes for our local parishes, the best way to maintain peace of heart is to focus very directly on Jesus in our prayer and to seek to draw closer to him in the midst of all of this.  With God, good can always appear even when least expected by us.  Faith, hope and trust are what we really need right now.  The season of Advent is an excellent time to renew this in our prayer life.  Come Lord Jesus in our midst, and through this time of testing, may we all be blessed!

 

I pray that everyone has had a blessed Thanksgiving Day and weekend.  May our homes and families be blessed with ever deeper love and peace during these holiday times of gathering together.

 

Father Glen Jenson, Pastor

 

‘COINS FOR CRIBS” is an annual Advent outreach project at Holy Cross.  As we prepare to celebrate the Christ’s birth at Christmas, our parish will again collect coins during Advent that will be used to purchase baby cribs.  The money collected will be given to “Cradle of Hope” - a non profit organization that works with mothers and infants in crisis.  All coins received in the weekly collection plate will be given to the project.  Bring extra coins to Church.  If you prefer to give dollars or a check, put your gift in an envelope marked “Cradle of Hope.”  Thank you!

 

ADVENT VESPERS

 

Please join the Northeast community to pray Vespers (Evening Prayer) on each of the four Sundays of Advent.  Prayer begins at 2:30 PM.

 

             November 28 at All Saints

             December 5 at St. Anthony of Padua

             December 12 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel

             December 19 at Holy Cross

 

Help prepare yourself to welcome Christ into your heart more deeply by participating in this prayer of the Church.

CHANGE OF TIME - Please note that the starting time of the Advent Vespers has been changed to 2:30 PM beginning this week, November 28th at All Saints Church.

OUR SYPATHY - We extend our sympathy to the family of Geraldine Ross who was buried from Holy Cross on Tuesday, November 23rd.  Eternal rest grant on to her O Lord.  May she rest in peace.