Welcome to Church of the Holy Cross

GENEROUS IN FORGIVING

Isaiah proclaims, "Turn to the Lord for mercy, to our God who is generous in forgiving." What a comforting exhortation! Forgiveness is ours if we but turn to God - turn our hearts, our minds, our desires, our expectations, our whole selves. Today you are issued this invitation to experience the generous forgiveness of your God.
                                                    Turn to Him!

CONTINUING OUR TRADITION - Sept. 15,2002

Goal - $1,500,000.00
Pledges & Gifts - - $1.285.026.00
Needed to reach Goal - $ 214,974.00

Pledges & Gifts - $1,285,026.00
Paid to date - - $ 673.505.70
Outstanding - $ 611,520.30

Thank you for your continued generosity in pledge payments and gifts. All gifts are welcome and appreciated. Every donation will help in reaching our goal. Gifts can be mailed to the church or placed in the collection basket. Also, the yellow envelope in the packet mailed to your home is for pledge payments and/or gifts.

Offertory Collection
September 15, 2002........................ $7,087.55

                   PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC
                              ADORATION NEWS
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him!

Jesus wants our love. He wants us to visit Him in prayer, adoration and thanks. We
need Jesus, for He can untie things that are now knotted in our lives. So in prayer and adoration let us turn to Him in the Adoration Chapel.

The Adoration Chapel is located in the convent of Holy Cross. Open hours: Tuesday 2:00 a.m., Tuesday 4:00 a.m. and Tuesday 8:00 p.m. For information call 763-788- 4729 or 612-781-4806. Thank you!
            CONFIRMATION CANDIDATES
                               FUN'D RAISER
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Our Confirmation Candidates are sponsoring an Aluminum Recycling Drive to help purchase new tables and chairs for Kolbe Center. The cost for the tables and chairs totals approximately $17,000. To date we have $8,69.40. The cost of one table and ten chairs is $600.00. Bags of aluminum cans (pop or beer) can be put in the containers by the doors of the church or by the garages behind the rectory. This past week the Tuesday Toilers crushed a huge amount of cans! Thank you, thank you. Keep those cans coming! Questions? Call Sister Benita evenings at 612-789-9168.
HAPPENINGS BOOKS are available from the Educational Task Force. The cost is $25.00 each and you can contact Dennis Barry at 612-788-4209 or Mark Salchert at 763-572-8061.

ATTENTION BOYS GRADES 3 AND OLDER-
Are you interested in serving the Lord in a
special way as an Altar Server?
Please contact Sister Benita
at 612-789-9168.

BANNS OF MARRIAGE:
               Kevin G. Lockman & Meghan L. Drexler - I
               Joseph G. Biernat & Michelle A. Hultman - II
               Andrew J. Pietrzak & Kimberly A. Wagenbach - III

WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday, September 21
    
4:30 p.m. t Vern Jedlenski
Sunday, September 22
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    
8:00 a.m. t Deceased of the Palka Family
  10:00 a.m. t Sophie & Joseph Jadlowski - Anniv. Sophie
  11:30 a.m. t Rose Glowacki
    6:30 p.m. For the Parishioners
Monday, September 23
    
6:45 a.m. t Josephine Kubacki
Tuesday, September 24
    
6:45 a.m. In Thanksgiving of the Godava Family
Wednesday, September 25
    
6:45 a.m. t Emma Olmscheid
Thursday, September 26
    6:45 a.m. t Stefan Czepil
Friday, September 27
    
6:45 a.m. t Edward Wratkowski
Saturday, September 28
    
8:00 a.m. t Joseph Kocon
    1:00 p.m. Andrew J. Pietrzak and Kimberly A. Wagenbach - Wedding
    4:30 p.m. t Leo Schauer
Sunday, September 29
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    
8:00 a.m. t Matthew and Joyce Mycko - Anniv. Matthew
  10:00 a.m. t Michael Gliniany
  11:30 a.m. t Thomas Bochnak
    6:30 p.m. For the Parishioners

Readings for the Week of September 22, 2002

Sunday: Is 55:6-9; Phil 1 :20c-24, 27a; Mt 20:1-16a
Monday: Prv 3:27-34; Lk 8:16-18
Tuesday: Prv 21:1-6,10-13; Lk 8:19-21
Wednesday: Prv 30:5-9; Lk 9:1-6
Thursday: Eccl1 :2-11; Lk 9:7-9
Friday: EccI3:1-11; Lk 9:18-22
Saturday: EccI11:9-12:8; Lk 9:43b-45
Next Sunday: Ez 18:25-28; PhiI2:1-11; Mt 21 :28-32

 

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