PARISH DIRECTORY

 

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

      Father Glen T. Jenson, Pastor

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

         (revglenjensen@onebox.com)

 

      Father Jan Michalski, SChr

 

      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

 

Website:    www.ourholycross.com

 

OFFERTORY COLLECTION - August 21, 2011

 

Sunday Collection - $6,105.50     Thank you!

 

 

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION - From Isaiah 9:6  “To us a Child is born, to us a son is given.  His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”  This is the same JESUS in our Adoration Chapel. 

 

Give Jesus an hour a week for Adoration, Thanksgiving, Petition, and Reparation

 

Open hours: Monday 11 AM & 1 PM; Tuesday 10 AM, Noon, 1 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM; Wednesday 9 AM, 11 AM, 4 PM; Friday 11 AM, 4 PM; Saturday Noon. 

 

For information call: 763-784-1317 or 612-781-4806.

Thank you!

DEVOTIONS - First Saturday Devotions will be held this Saturday, September 3rd, at Holy Cross at 7:45 AM with praying of the first three decades of the Rosary and Mass at 8:00 AM.  After Mass devotions will continue with the final two decades of the Rosary, prayer and meditation.

 

FATHER GLEN’S THOUGHTS…..  

 

 

This Sunday the Lord corrects Peter for declaring that nothing terrible should ever happen to Jesus.  Jesus freely accepted the suffering that came to him for our sake.  Peter couldn’t know that when he said this to the Lord.  The Lord rebuked Peter for saying what he did because suffering will come when it will come.  Like the Lord Jesus we will have to meet it head on.  Many people react to suffering in their lives by rejecting God and falling away from their faith.  If our Lord Jesus suffered and died for us, we know that we too may encounter suffering of various kinds in this life too.  We must also know that Jesus will be with us in the midst of it as well, for he also promised the apostles that he would be with us until the end of the world, Mt 28: 20.

 

Our school Pope John Paul II will be opening on Monday with its highest enrolment since 2003 with 144 students currently enrolled.  At this time we are closing some of our rooms to further registration and establishing waiting lists.  Blessed John Paul II is clearly a powerful intercessor.  The teachers, staff, and I are looking forward to introducing them to the world of learning and of encountering their faith in ever deeper ways.  This year we have a Marian focus and the staff and I are studying Pope John Paul II’s encyclical on the rosary as part of our own growth in faith and understanding in order to better pass on to our students the desire to pray, as well as the knowledge of how to pray.

 

The Northeast Eucharistic Adoration Chapel located in the convent chapel at Holy Cross is in real need of more people who can respond to the Lord’s words to the apostles during his agony in the garden, “So you could not keep watch with me for one hour.”  If you have time during the day between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM to come adore the Lord and intercede for so many who are in need of the Lord’s help, please contact the office at Holy Cross at 612-789-7238 or myself.

 

Father Glen Jenson, Pastor

NEW ROMAN MISSAL - The Roman Missal, Third Edition, affords the opportunity to once again focus on the source and summit of the Christian life, that is, the Liturgy of the Church, and particularly on the Holy Mass.   While the knowledge of new words is important, what is of much greater importance is the meaning of the words and the essence of the liturgical act as a whole.  First use of the new text of the new Roman Missal will be on the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011.