Mass Intentions Nov. 14 – Nov. 22 Intenciones de Misas

Saturday 11/14 5:00 pm Jesus Oliva (+) & Teresa Ramirez (+)

y Jose Herrera (+)l

Sunday 11/15 8:00 am Bobbie Schlagel (+)

9:30 am Francisco J. Campos (+)

11:15 am Serafina Arreola (+)

Monday 8:00 am

Tuesday 8:00 am

Wednesday 8:00 am Communion Service

Thursday 8:00 am Santillan Flores Family

1 - 7pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Friday 8:00 am

Saturday 11/21 8:00 am

12:00 pm XV Aide Sanchez and Sandra Salinas

5:00 pm Jesus Oliva(+) & Teresa Ramirez (+)

y Jose Herrera (+)

Sunday 11/22 8:00 am

CHRIST 9:30 am Arnoldo & Alfredo & Amancio Akala (+)

The king 11:15 am Estela Santos

Bulletin & SHARED GRACE on line: www.rc.net/losangeles/holycross

The Tidings on line: www.the-tidings.com

Archdiocese of Los Angeles: www.archdiocese.la

California Conference of Catholic Bishops: www.cacatholic.org

U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops: www.nccbuscc.org

Vatican: www.vatican.va

Religious vocations: www.religiousministries.com

Josephite Fathers: www.Josephiteweb.org

Mesa Community: www.ourmesaneighborhood.com

Dear Parishioners,

Our Santa Barbara community is mourning the suicide of four young people within a couple of weeks. And this year has been a record year in the number jumping from the Cold Springs Bridge on 154. Was there nobody around to explain 1) that, yes, life can be tough and unfair at times; that 2) in those episodes, we don’t see things in right perspective, overwhelmed as we are by emotions; 3) that no problem is insolvable; 4) all around us are people who can and will help us, for example: suicide help line1-800-400-1572; 5) that each one of us is precious for God; that Christ is always available as confidant? Unfortunately, I can see the mistaken conclusion of some young people when they notice how many peers show up at the funeral of a suicide.

For suicide prevention contact locally the Glendon Association at 681-0415 or www.glendon.org

The good news is that next Sunday we celebrate Christ the King of our life and of the Universe, and at the Saturday 5pm mass we will welcome Debbie as another RCIA catechumen.

Again, in this month of the dead let us commemorate gratefully what we inherited from them.

Fr. Ludo

In the parish family …

…we pray for the sick and homebound: Ray Cano, baby Eliana Georges, Serafina Cantero, Eliseo Prado, Margaret Herrera, Valery Cuthbert, Harriett & Larry Tupper, Josephine Reed, Ida Hollopeter, Clem Creaturo, Phoebe LaRoche, Lilia McAustin, and for whom else? ¿Por quiénes más?

Confessions: Saturdays 4 – 4:30pm

Nov.21 Fr Ludo Nov. 28 Fr Ludo Dec.5 Fr Frank Colborn

Help Transition House Celebrate Thanksgiving

Sign up for 10 servings of any traditional Thanksgiving dinner item or purchase local grocery story Gift Certificates. See details on the church ‘Outreach’ bulletin board. Call Linnea at 966-9668 ext. 115 or lkoopmans@transitionhouse.com

Santa Barbara Art Association’s Annual Benefit Exibit

Domestic Violence Solutions for SB County Santa Barbara’s only agency providing shelter and counseling to women and children whose lives are so dangerous that they must leave home.

Nov. 1^st to 27^th

Gallery 113 #8 La Arcada Court, 1114 State St.

A juried exhibit open to all local artists, among them parishioner John Williams

La Casa de Maria - Montecito

You find on our bulletin board in the church vestibule details about:

- Monthly first Wednesday retreats

- Monthly first Saturdays: Centering Prayer.

- Retreat for people in recovery, Nov.27-29 (Msgr. Richey)

- Días de retiro para mujeres Latinas (sábados)

Call 969-5031 or inquireb@lcdm.org

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in Santa Barbara (Updated)

Sundays: Poor Clares Chapel, 8am-4pm

Monday & Tuesday: Chapel of Bishop High School 8am-8pm.

Wednesdays: at Our Lady of Sorrows, 12:45-6pm

Thursdays: Holy Cross, from 1-7pm. We start the Exposition

at 1pm with the noon prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours;

at 5:30pm we’ll pray the daily liturgical Evening Prayer,

at 6:50pm close with the usual Benediction.

Parishioners are to sign up and commit for an hour of prayer (for example, for vocations) on Thursdays p.m.

Fridays: at the Santa Barbara Mission, 1pm-5pm. At Our Lady of Guadalupe, 6pm-8pm

Save the date: Tuesday Nov. 24^th at 7pm Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Service at First United Methodist Church (corner Garden/Anapamu) Sponsored by the greater SB Area Clergy Association of which Fr. Ludo is this year’s Vice Chair. Guest Speaker: Rabbi Steven Cohen. Interfaith Choir. Offering goes to CALM (Child Abuse Listening & Mediation)

* Light reception following. Please contribute cookies

Our Mesa Neighborhood

Wed., Nov.18: The Seniors and the S.B. Village with Dr. Elizabeth Wolfson & Dr. Beverly Schydlowsky, Center for Successful Aging. Village Hall(=H.Cross Parish Hall) 7-9pm. Sat., Nov.28: Launching of Celebrate Lights! In SB & Saturday Nights on the Mesa at The Gathering Place (H.Cross property on Meigs Rd). Noon to 5pm Mesa Young Artists Displays (from McKinley, Monroe, Washington, SBCC, Brooks Institute) 5-8pm Mesa Amateur Talent Show. 5-6pm Children’s Hour. 6-8pm Tree Lighting Ceremony. Young men and women performing artists. (Auditions begin Nov 14^th details in the Mesa Paper.

Green Cross Tidbit:

Which parishioners are interested in developing our Community Garden behind our parish hall ? Which parishioners would like to rent a small plot to grow vegetables or flowers?

Be part of the solution : Become a foster parent

There are 900 children in foster care in S.L.O. and S.B. counties. Family Care Network serves over 100 foster children per month, but turns away 2-30 each month due to lach of foster families. Contact us Rena Smith for Santa Barbara and Carpinteria, 845-5763.

Sign up for a night or two to serve at Casa Esperanza, Homeless Shelter, 800 Cacique St. in this winter season.

You are encouraged to have at least once the privilege of serving food in the main SB soup kitchen. Many Holy Cross parishioners enjoy it over & over. Sign up on the poster in the church vestibule for 5:30 – 7pm. Or call the Community Kitchen Director, 884-8481. Or just show up at 5:45pm. For more information talk to our experienced parishioners

www.casa-esperanza.org/communitykitchen

Flower Offering

You may consider using a special envelope from the

church vestibule to make a donation for flowers on a

weekend of your choice “in memory of…/ in thanks-

giving for…” Drop your gift in the collection basket or

give it to Tina Wietstock. Thank you! We’ll mention it

in the bulletin if you so wish

Festival of Lights:

Celebrating the December Holiday as One Community

Join in for a unique & interactive celebration of: the Jewish Celebration of Hanukah, the Hindu Celebration of Diwali, the Mexican Christian Christmas tradition of Las Posadas, the Islamic tradition of Eid al-Adha, and the African American Celebration of Kwanzaa. Evening moderated by: Anti-Defamation League & Just Communities. Thursday, Dec. 17^th 6pm to 9pm Faulkner Gallery (SB Downtown Library) 40 E. Anapamu. An event for the Entire Family RSVP to: info@justcommunitiescc.org or 966-2063 (helpful but nor required)

PLEASE PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS

Fortunately for you / Unfortunately for the parish:

more spaces are available for your message on the back

“Beginning Experience”

A workshop will be held at the Holy Spirit Retreat Center in Encino Jan 15-17, 2010 for those who’ve experienced the loss of a spouse through death or divorce/separation. This weekend program helps the person move from the darkness of grief into the light of a new beginning with renewed hope. Beginning Experience is part of the Office of Family Life in the Archdiocese of L.A. Website is www.beginningexperience.org For more information, please call Brenda Mikhail (818) 352-5265 or email brendamikhail@msn.com For Spanish, call Arcie Vargas (909) 599-3662 or Maria Rojas (310) 365-0186

Historical Rosaries, passport to virtual shrines, Dec. 8-11 Chatsworth. Bishop Gerald Wilkerson of the San Fernando Pastoral Region has announced in an Oct. 7^th letter a virtual “Family Rosary Pilgrimage: Around the World with Mar,” to be held 8am to 6pm, Dec. 8^th – 11 at Rancho San Antonio School, Chatsworth. He is urging Catholic schools and parishes to attend this approximately two-hour experience that is sponsored by Holy Cross Family Ministries, organizer of The Rosary Bowl in 2007. Get your passport stamped at eight virtual Marian “shrines” and gain a deeper understanding of Mary’s timely messages and the Rosary. Call (800) 299-7729 ext. 2023 or email FamilyRosaryPilgrimage@hcfm.org for more details.

2010 Regional Anniversary Masses with Bishop T.Curry

for World Marriage Day

Sunday, January 31^st at 2:30pm

Sacred Heart Church, 10800 Henderson Rd.,Ventura

Or

Sunday, Feb. 14^th at 2:30pm

St. Louis de Montfort Church, 5075 Harp Rd.,Santa Maria

Sign-up form is available at the rectory office.

Archdiocesan Lenten Pilgrimage

A Spiritual journey to the Holy Land

March 12 – 23, 2010

Led by Fr. Jack Stoeger, Spiritual Director of the House of Prayer for Priests. The group will visit the holy sites including Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Galilee, Mt.Tabor, Gethsemane, and walk the Via Dolorosa to Calvary. For Information: Sister Mary Jean Meier, RSM (213) 637-7520.

Luke’s Notebook: Meditations on the Gospel

by Frank (Rev. Francis) Colborn (who has been helping us with confessions and mass on some Sautudays). This is a meditation, or rather, a series of meditations, on the Gospel of Luke, as it might be written in California today. What a reader will find here is a series of scenes, based on different parts of Luke’s Gospel, set in a contemporary California. The stores feature minor characters or people not even mentioned in the original Gospel of Luke, but who must have been present when Jesus was speaking and acting. They are people a little bit like ourselves: not famous, not heroes, but ordinary people who are challenged by what they see and hear. The book can be ordered online at Amazon or Lulu.

What will be your Christmas gift to all parishioners?

Answer: Your article or artwork for SHARED GRACE !

Share with us, for examples, the graced story of a past Thanksgiving or St. Nicholas Day; anecdotes of the faith practices in your family; a memory from the early years of Holy Cross Church on the Mesa: your expectations while it was being built in 1959; or a story about the St.Joseph Chapel;

Calendars for Lompoc Prison

Over 300 men are incarcerated in Lompoc. Once again we are accepting 2010 Calendars. No plastic binding. Calendars can be of scenery, buildings, planes, etc No bathing suit photos! Also, any religious reading material is very welcome. Drop off at the rectory. Thank you

In this FLU Season…

Regardless whether it’s swine or chicken flu, we are recommended extra precautions to protect ourselves and others. For example:

· Always cover your coughs or sneezes

· Wash hands frequently. Do not steal the soap from the church/hall bathroom

· Be understanding of people who prefer not to shake hands, not even for the sign of peace.

· Receiving communion in the hand instead of on the tongue minimizes direct contact. The same is true for abstaining from the communion cup (temporarily), especially when you show symptoms of possible influenza – stay home for 24 hours.

A 34 page H1N1 Flu Guide for Community and Faith-based Organizations, published by US Department of Health & Human Services is available for your perusal at the Rectory Office.

Checks for Special Collections

Please make checks for special collections payable to Holy Cross Church and write in the Memo the name of the collection. We forward the total amount of the collection with one parish check. Thank you.

Please do so for the Campaign for Human Development

(November 21 & 22)

2009: More couples want to go to a Catholic Engaged Encounter Weekend. Yet, there are less weekends given than ten years ago! Why?

Because of lack of presenting married couples! Are you ready to help engaged couples prepare for the sacrament of marriage ? CEE will provide free training. For more information: Tom & Dianne Krause, (310) 316-4857 or visit www.CEEofLA.org

Please help us update our Households list

Please signal us any correction in the exact spelling of your name; any change in (mailing) address or telephone number; give us your e-mail address. Thanks!

! __Mr. ; __Mrs. ; __Mr. & Mrs. ; __Ms. ; __other:_______

!

! Full name:___________________________

!

! Home address:_______________________________

!

! _______________________________

!

! Mailing address if different:_________________________
!

! __________________________

!

! 2009 Telephone ##: _____________________

! _____________________

! E-mail address: ___________________________________