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Mass Intentions Mar.13
- Mar.21 Intenciones
de Misas Saturday 3/13 Sunday 3/14
9:30 am Gemma
& James Burnett Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday 3/20
Sunday 3/21 9:30 am Angie,
Richard & Family
Francisco Granados (+) |
Bulletin & SHARED GRACE on
line: www.rc.net/losangeles/holycross
The Tidings on
line: www.the-tidings.com
Archdiocese
of
U.S.Conference
of Catholic Bishops: www.nccbuscc.org
Religious
vocations: www.religiousministries.com
Josephite
Fathers: www.Josephiteweb.org
Dear Parishioners,
All are invited to be Irish this
Wednesday.
All are invited to be a Josephite associate,
though, on Friday, March 19, Feast of
Have a blessed, joyful and productive
Lent!
Fr. Ludo
NOW!!!!!!!!!!! CRS Fair Trade
Sunday, March 14th: Help make the economy work for
every one, especially poor and low-income-families overseas: participate in the
Fair Trade Sunday. Buy coffee,
chocolate or handcrafts for which talented artists and farmers receive a fair
price.
In the parish family …
…we pray for the sick
and homebound: Ray Cano, Olympia Marquez, Margaret Herrera, Harriett
& Larry Tupper, Josephine Reed, Ida Hollopeter, Phoebe LaRoche,
Lilia McAustin, and for whom else?¿Por
quiénes más?
Confessions
Mar. 20, 4-4:30pm Fr. Alfred
; Mar. 27, 3:30-4:30pm Fr.Ludo
Tue.,March 30,
Green Cross Tidbit For
any social event in our parish hall, bring your own china & silverware.
Don’t use Styrofoam or throw-away utensils, etc.
Lenten Days of Recollection
“By
Your Cross and Resurrection”
Every Wednesday March 10, 17, 24, 31
Presentations/Reflection/Eucharist/Lunch
led by Frs. Richard,Howard & Angelo,ofm and Sr.Susan Blomstad,osf.
Suggested
donation: $20. Call 682-4713,x133.
The Yale Whiffenpoofs Gentlemen Songsters
At
Wed.,March 17th St. Patrick’s
Dinner Party
still only $5.00!
Everyone is Irish at Our
22nd Annual St. Patrick’s Party. Hayes Hall becomes a magic Irish
gathering place on Wednesday, March 17th.
There will be Irish step dancing, lots of Irish music, Irish comedy and Irish coffee.
If at all possible please bring Corned Beef and Cabbage, and eating utensils or
a favorite dish for the potluck which starts at
Bring your friends!!
The
TAMALES are coming…..
The TAMALES are coming…..
One Day
only!!! – March 21st –
pick-up
Where: Hayes Hall
Chicken
and/or Pork Tamales $20 a dozen
Pre-sale Order Form available
Sponsored by
the Holy Cross Altar Society. For more information call Henriette @ 845-1978.
PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS
For all
travelers: Mass Times provides a national
& International directory of mass
times and other parish information online
www.MassTimes.org
or call 1-410-676-6000
Travel and vacation in Christ’s company!
Is the Holy Spirit Calling you?
Catholic Engaged Encounter needs MARRIED
couples to help prepare engaged couples for marriage. Whether you’ve been
married 2 months or 22+ years, we need your help. Call Tom & Diane Krause
at (310) 316-4857 we’d love to talk with you – OR visit www.CEEofLA.org
During this
50th Church Anniversary Year…
Feb/March
Lenten
Soup Friday’s followed by Stations of the Cross
March –
December
On
Donut Sunday after Masses Parish Ministries will exhibit & explain what
they do so as to invite new members
March 14th
Fair Trade Fair
March 17th
March 22, 23,
25 and 26th Lenten
April 11th Spanish Prayer Group Potluck Dinner
April 25th Spaghetti Dinner
put on by the Confirmation Class
May 9th Spanish First Communion at the 11:15am Mass
May 16th English First
Communion at the 9:30am Mass
May 23rd Confirmation in the
Church at
August any Holy Cross kids want to be
in the SB Old Spanish Days Fiesta Children Parade representing
September 12: the annual Holy Cross BBQ on the Sunday closest to the Feast of the Holy
Cross (Sept.14). Possible boat trip to see the
October a Holy Cross Talent Show: all you singers, actors and
musicians, sign up with Jim Garland.
Sometimes we say, “I can’t figure things out.”
But in Prov 20:24 we read
that God guides human steps.
Always Our Children
The Catholic support group for parents of Gay and Lesbian Children from
the SB and
“Wisdom (True &
False)”
The Santa Barbara Area-wide
Catholic Prayer Groups invite you to attend and join in a Healing Retreat on March 19th through March 21st at the St.
Raphael Church Parish Multipurpose room. Registration begins on Friday, March
19th at
Attention prayerful
single men!
The Marist Fathers &
Brothers, in Berkeley CA. are hosting several days of vocational discernment on
the days of April 24th &
May 15th. Also, the Holy Trinity Trappist Monastery in
St. Barbara Young
Adults
The young
adults at St. Barbara Parish (the Old Mission) meet for spiritual service and
social activities and would like to invite the young adults of all parishes to
join. This group is geared toward people ages 21 and up, both married and
single. Meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of the month and
weekend for social activity. For more info (blog & calendar)
sbya.blogspot.com or call Andrea Duda
682-4151 X201 or adrea@suscipe.com
Holy Week Silent Retreat –
Holy
Week Retreat:
Experiencing
the Passion & Resurrection of Jesus with the Gospels of Luke and John with
Fr. Felix Just, SJ
To help us enter more deeply into the central mysteries of our
Christian faith, this retreat will focus on the two Gospels used during Holy
Week this year: Luke and John. The week includes daily Eucharist, morning and
evening prayer, scripture presentations, art and music meditations, time for
individual prayer, sacramental reconciliation, and optional faith sharing. It
culminates with the special Triduum liturgies (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and
the Easter Vigil). Cost: per person/shared $490 ($465 if paid in full before
March 12) single room $575 ($550 if paid in full before March 12). Mary &
“Storms of Grace – Soaring in the Winds of Change”
A retreat
for married couples at the
The Last Appeal – but
one
1. To submit your articles for SHARED GRACE #34 – Easter 2010 : jbuckley@earthlink.com
2. To give us a short
anecdote/memory/testimony about your life as a Holy Cross Parishioner to be
incorporated into our updated booklet on our Parish History.
Help decorate for Palm
Sunday (March 28)
As every
year, we’ll need tall green palms for inside and outside our church. Whatever
fronds you, or your neighbor, can miss, please drop them off behind the church
on Friday, March 26.
“I never had my feet
washed…
…on Holy
Thursday, that is.” Therefore, let your pastor know in time that you’re a
candidate of interest because we’ll need 24 feet, regardless of their gender or
age.
Senior Nutrition – Dining Rooms and
Home Delivered Meals Community
Action Commission’s Mobile Meals delivers hot, nutritious meals to seniors who
are not able to leave their homes to shop or eat. There are 12 congregate
dining centers throughout the county. Many of the centers also offer amenities
and activities. Seniors who are over 60 years old qualify for the program. For
more information 683-4458.
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Attend our Holy Cross Lenten mission
event in this our anniversary year. Our
four-night mission with the Catholic lay evangelists
John &
Katrina Rae
starts
Mon. March 22 and takes us through
Tuesday, (not Wed.) Thursday & Friday03/26.
Free love offerings.
The
Confessions in preparation of Holy Week, our
Easter communion and our renewal of baptismal vows. You’re welcome at any of
these penance services:
-
Thu. 03/18, 7pm, Inter-parochial service at Our Lady of Sorrows
- Mon. 03/15
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Read The Tidings with its many short
educational and spiritual topics.
Extra free issues will be available to highlight the
2010 Religious Education Congress In
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6th Annual Lenten Soup Nights are hosted by
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Spanish Prayer Group Feb.19; Thank you!
>>
Confirmation I class on Feb. 26; Thank you!
>> Altar Society on March 5; Thank you!
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Knights of
Spanish Eucharistic Ministers on
March 19; Thank you!
English lectors on March 26; Thank you!
Peace Demonstration
March 19
Friday, 03/19,
Peaceful demonstration calling on the
Sponsored by S.B. Veterans for Peace,
e.o.
“Peace is not merely a
distant goal we seek… Its is a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
M.L.King,Jr
Santa Inez Mission, Feb.21
RCIA Rite of Election
From left: Julie Reed, RCIA catechist;
Amy +, baby, catechumens; Ginny, sponsor of elect Debbie; Corinne, elect with
sponsor Chris.
Please pray for them in these last
weeks of preparation for the Easter sacraments during the Easter Vigil.