PARISH DIRECTORY

 

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

      Father David T. Ostrowski, Pastor

         (e-mail:  dostrowski@mn.rr.com)

 

      Father Andrew Salapata, SCh

         (e-mail:  asalapata@mn.rr.com)

 

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

      Sister M. Benita, OSF

      Sister Donna, OSF

 

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

      Janice Frakie         (e-mail:  frakiejf@mn.rr.com)

 

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

      Janice Godlewski  (e-mail:  jgodlewski@mn.rr.com)

 

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

 

         March 12, 2006…………………………. $6,340.81
Text Box: BULLETIN CONNECTIONS We’re beginning our Third Week of Lent. In just a month, we’ll celebrate Easter. But before we renew our baptismal promises on the 16th of April, we have a few things to do. Hopefully, we’re still letting the disciplines of prayer, fasting and almsgiving work their way into our lives. If you haven’t had much chance to get on track with this in the last few weeks, don’t give up. You still have a month to go. Pick up and try again. There are some other celebrations along the way for us as well. The sacrament of Penance is part of our Lenten practice. And gathering as one community for the paschal Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night is the culmination of our Lenten preparation. Make plans now to be part of all these feasts!

 

WEEKDAY LENTEN SCHEDULE

AT HOLY CROSS

 

Masses at 6:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

 

Stations of the Cross and Benediction in

English on Fridays at 6:00 p.m.

 

Stations of the Cross in Polish on Fridays

at 7:00 p.m. with Mass following.

with following.

PARISH ALMSGIVING PROJECT - Thank you for your generous donation of non-perishable food items for the Senior Food Shelf for Hennepin County residents.  Next week will be “Ramen” dried soup to be shipped to Poland.  Upcoming dates: April 2 - Breakfast foods - cereal, pancake mix, syrup, canned fruit for St. Joseph’s Children’s Home for Children; April  9 - Second Collection for the Medicine Fund at Our Lady of Good Counsel Free Cancer Home.  Thank you for your continued generosity!

 

CONTINUING OUR TRADITION - March 12, 2006

(Renovation of Kolbe Hall, New Kitchen, New Elevator)

   Goal -                                                                     $1,500,000.00

 

   Total paid to date (pledge payments

            and additional gifts)                              $1,442,523.70

   Pledge outstanding                                              $       57,476.30

                                                                                                                                                                        $1,500,000.00

 

We are now in the final year of the campaign.

Thank you to all who continue to

give gifts and make pledge payments.

 

 

 

Please remember Holy Cross Parish in your Will.

THE CLOSING SERVICE for our Forty Hours Devotion is at 4:00 PM TODAY - March 19.  Father Glen Jensen from St. Anthony Parish will be the homilist.  Music will be provided by a combined choir from several parishes.  Please join us for this beautiful service.  A Wine and Cheese Social will follow in Kolbe Center.  Everyone is welcome.

THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY of many parishioners, to date we have pledges totaling $12,993.00 or 46% of our assigned goal of $28,263.00.  Each gift is important to the mission of our Archdiocese; it takes many people to form the Body of Christ.  No gift is too small.  Please return a pledge slip with your response today.  The archdiocese will conduct a telephone follow-up campaign to all who do not respond on the parish level.