PARISH DIRECTORY

 

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

      Father David T. Ostrowski, Pastor

         (DTOstrowski@comcast.net)

 

      Father Waldemar Matusiak, SCh

         (WMatusiak@comcast.net)

 

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.

 

Wedding Coordinator........................ 612-789-9168

      Sister Benita

                          Must be registered in the Parish

               and active for two years before wedding date.

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

      Parish Library................................. 612-781-0435

 

Website:    www.ourholycross.com

 

Offertory Collection

 

         December 24, 2006..................... $6,935.50

         Christmas.................................. $18,612.30
Text Box: BULLETIN CONNECTION Families are the core of society. In the past week, many families have gotten together to celebrate. Those family gatherings may have been filled with cheer, or with trepidation, or sadness, or even anger. The full range of human emotions probably came into play as families came together. When we recall the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, there is a tendency to place them on a pedestal, as though they were the ideal of perfection. But they, too, were a family in which the entirety of humanity played out, from joy to grief, from happy to sad. A holy family is not one in which everything is perfect all the time. A holy family is one that in the experience of their humanity discovers the divine.

CONTINUING OUR TRADITION -   Dec. 24, 2006

(Renovation of Kolbe Hall, Kitchen and Elevator)

   Goal -                                                                     $1,500,000.00

 

   Total paid to date (pledge payments

            and additional gifts)                              $1,483,718.00

   Pledges outstanding                                       +$       16,282.00

                                                                                                                                                                        $1,500,000.00

CHURCH PAINTING FUND -    (South side aisle)

 

  Goal                                                        $80,000.00

  Gift received to date                               -$11,870.00

  Still needed                                             $68,130.00

 

Thank you for the many gifts to the

Painting Fund last weekend.

“COINS FOR CRIBS” - Thank you for celebrating the Birth of Baby Jesus at Christmas by participating in the Advent “Coins for Cribs” project.  The money collected will be given to “Cradle of Hope” - a non-profit organization that works with mothers and infants in crisis.    Total collected $526.00.

 

YOUTH ENVELOPES - The 2007 contribution envelopes for students grades 1 thru 12 are available for pick-up in the vestibule of the Church.

THANK YOU - A special thank you to Zachary Berndt, Jack Duffy, Cindy Gipsky, Jack Hennessy, Sylvester Jedlenski, Dick Kowalik, Frank Nawara, Fred Polkey, Gene Serie, Joan Serie and Joe Sikora for volunteering their time to deliver flowers to our sick and homebound.  It was a task greatly appreciated by your parish and all who received them.