HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH WELCOME TO HOLY CROSS CHURCH!

Rev. Charles E. Otsiwah, Pastor LITURGICAL MINISTRY *If you are unable to serve on your day, please find a sub.

(979)335-7551 Saturday, April 24 – 5:00 P.M. Mass Rectory, Cemetery and Servers: Triplett kids Lector: Shelly Popp Faith Formation Offices Ushers: Leo & Sheila Kolafa Eucharistic Ministers: Tammy Triplett, Rachelle Garza APRIL 18, 2021 – THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER Choir: Wisdom REV. CHARLES E. OTSIWAH MOST REV. BRENDAN J. CAHILL Sunday, April 25– 7:00 A.M. Mass P. O. Box 1325 BISHOP, DIOCESE OF VICTORIA Servers: Kulcak kids 839 Church Street P.O. Box 4070 Lector: Amy Kulcak East Bernard, Texas 77435-1325 Victoria, Texas 77903 Ushers: Greg & Joyce Losack Rev. Charles E. Otsiwah: [email protected] Eucharistic Ministers: Melinda Alvarado, Yvonne Naiser Patsy Krenek: Parish Catechetical Leader Choir: Wosnitzky Faith Formation email: [email protected] Evelyn Vacek: Cemetery Administrator Sunday, April 25 – 9:00 A.M. Mass Cemetery e-mail: [email protected] Servers: Camden Fucik Denise Tovar: Secretary/ Bookkeeper Lector: Susan Walters Rectory e-mail: [email protected] Rectory fax: 979-335-7038 Ushers: Chris Morse Fam. RCIA e-mail: [email protected] Eucharistic Ministers: Daphne Fucik, Lynn Pyle

Parish Web site: eastbernardcatholic.org Choir: WVR

For updated or changes in our parish news, "LIKE" our Facebook pages -- Sunday, April 25– 11:00 A.M. Spanish Mass Holy Cross Catholic Church, Holy Cross Faith Formation, and Holy Cross Cemetery. Servers: Alejandra R. Diocese of Victoria Web site: www.victoriadiocese.org Lector: Elda R.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Arrange with Father six months before wedding date. Ushers: Fam. Naranjo y Urguiza Eucharistic Ministers: Yolanda R. QUINCEANERA: Arregla con el padre antes de los quince años. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Saturday from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM and by appointment Mass Attendance Last Weekend: 434 ADORATION: Thursday from 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM Your Gift to God Last Weekend: $5,505.00 SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: By Appointment After Pre-Baptismal Instructions. Parish Development: $765.00 Rectory Office Hours: Tuesday through Thursday – 8:00 AM to 12 Noon and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Holy Thursday Education of Seminarians: $145.00 Good Friday Holy Land: $25.00 th Monday 19 NO MASS Second Collection April 25 Catholic Home Missions Appeal.

Tuesday 20 6:00PM +Joe & +Nollie Konvicka Sanctuary Lamp burns this week for: +Ervin & +Rodney Michalcik Tommy and Yvonne Krenek in thanksgiving for 65 years of marriage and for all of God’s Wednesday 21 7:00AM +Emil Faltisek many blessings.

Thursday 22 7:00AM Catholic Life Ins. Branch #95 Living & Deceased Flowers for the Altar: Easter flowers donated by our parishioners in memory and in honor of our Friday 23 7:00AM +Larry Tichacek loved ones and our special intentions. Saturday 24 5:00PM Tommy & Yvonne Krenek MASS INTENTION REQUESTS: Intentions are available on a first come, first served basis. An offering of $5 th 65 Wedding Anniversary is requested for the priest celebrating the Mass. Intentions are most often for the deceased but can also be for the Sunday 25 7:00AM +Jerome Kucera living e.g., birthday blessings, anniversaries, or in thanksgiving. Sunday 25 9:00AM + Monica L. Krenek eoneSANCTUARY. LAMP REQUESTS: Intentions are available on a first come, first served basis. An offering of $5 is requested for the candle. The candle will burn for your intentions for one week. Sunday 25 11:00AM Parishioners Please plan ahead if you want specific dates.

Gracie Cordova Charlie Janecek Margaret Moore Jodie Smaistrla Michael Cromeans Albina Jasek Joe Morse K.L. Smith P. Charles viajará a Ghana este verano. Su viaje fue cancelado el año pasado debido a COVID. Si Jose Cubias Richard B. Jochec Judy Mueller Cindy Sodolak desea enviarle algo para que lo comparta con su familia, amigos y cualquier persona que lo necesite, por Mark Daigle Blake Johnson Raymond & Hector Soliz favor traiga los artículos a la rectoría antes de fines de abril. Los artículos serán enviados, demora alrededor Alphonse David, Jr. Lynnlea Johnson Wilhelmina Muniza Sonny Lucas Drews Jordan Gary Muniz Jessie Soto de 3 meses para la entrega de los envíos. Se aceptarán artículos como ropa bonita de verano, artículos de Drew Dunbar Gene & Joan Karasek Rusty Neuendorff James Stavinoha tocador, útiles escolares / de oficina, artículos pequeños de cocina y artículos que ya no use. Las donaciones Seth Gladys Dusek Larry Karasek Buddy Oldag Beatrice Stelzel monetarias para ayudar con los gastos de viaje del padre también serían una bendición. Si lo sientes en tu Joe Joe Dusek Leo Kolafa, Sr. Ma-Guadalupe Orozco Marcie Stenvall corazón para compartir, ¡será muy apreciado! Si hace una donación monetaria, por favor colóquela en un MDA Kenneth Dusek David Kopecky Isidra Olvera Kim Sulak WDM Stanley Dusek E.J. & Mary E. Kramr Frankie Orsak Harry Supak sobre marcado como “Fr. Charles, viaje a casa”, puede dejar el sobre en la colección o en la caja del porche MJM Anton Dybala Daphne Kresta Larry Pace Hailey Svoboda o llevarlo a la oficina de la Iglesia.

Margaret Flagg Marty Krupp Linda Parish Weston Swoboda MP

Virginia Acuna Fred & Adlena Fojtik John Kubes Traci Paul Stephen Swoboda

Hector & Zilfa Aguilar Sandra Fuechec Brandie LaFleur Mark Pilcik Ed Talas

Isac Aguilar Bernice Futschik Braeden Landgrebe Erick Patino Diane & Phil Teykl J P & Margaret Anderson Gabby Dorothy Layton Bernie Polansky Victor Tichacek Fr. Charles will be taking a trip home to Ghana this summer. His trip was canceled last year due to Joseph Andrews Bill Gerke Liam D.R. Powers Linda Tompson Melvin Baca A.C. Grahmann Danilo Lopez Bernice Pribyl Deacon David Valdez COVID. If you would like to send something for him to share with family, friends and anyone in need Barbara Baker Angeline Grigar Vicente Lopez Rose Repka Pat Vacek please bring items to the rectory by the end of April. The items will be shipped, it takes about 3 months David Barta Carl Gurecky Monica Losoya Mary Soto Reyes Irene Vasquez J.D. Bartek Amanda Guthman Marley Robert Rodriguez Dennis Viktorin for delivery of shipments. Items such as nice summer clothing, toiletries, office/school supplies, small Gene Bartosh Linda Habeeb Patrick Macha Robert Rosenbaum Chuck Waligura kitchen items, items you no longer use will be accepted. Monetary donations to help with Father’s travel Lawrence Bartosh Edward Halcom Lauren McPherson Emily Sanchez Bernard (BJ) Wendel Denise Bates Ranae Hairston Gertrude Majewski Pedro Sanchez Herbert Wendel expenses would be a blessing as well. If you feel it in your heart to share, it will be very much appreciated! A.J. Bennetsen Ben & Penny Herrera Alvin Marek Isaiah Sandoval Bill Whitley If making a monetary donation, please put it in an envelope marked “Fr. Charles trip home” you may drop Cindy Bezdek Robert Heimann Ray Marek Amy Saucedo Ann Doris Wicke Clifton Bram Raymond Hennecke Jake Marik Gayla Schimek Charlie Wicke the envelope in the collection or in the box on the porch or bring to the Church office. Frank Buxkemper Richard Henning JP Marik Debbie Schneider Graysen Wieghat Michelle Carson Mary O. Hernandez Rudy & Cara Mekulec Loraine Schneider Theresa Wysocki Rebecca Carson Rebecca Hewitt Linda Melnar Steven Sheron Leo Zapien Estaban Castaneda Jake Hiatt Barbara Michalec Roman & Georgie Sliva Brock Zimmerman Bernice Cavness Marge Hlavinka Dianne Knippa-Mendoza Albert Smaistrla Mildred Zurovec Florence Chernohorsky Mary Hoot Charlie Minks Dustin Chudalla Daniel Xavier Huidor Mary Montalvo APRIL- Year of the Family

Pray for all the sick in our parish, the home-bound, those in the hospital and in the nursing home. Resurrection: Jesus Lives! Please send us a note or call us at 979-335-7551 x2 if you want to add or remove someone. See April Family info. Sheet for fun activities!

Check out the diocesan website for more information: Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament begins every https://victoriadiocese.org/year-of-the-family

Thursday after the 7:00 A.M. Mass and closes at 7:00 PM th April 18 : Pray: Offer one Our Father prayer every morning for those who are Adoration! suffering. Eat: Celebrate Easter weekly with a special meal. Play: Take a Look for the signup sheet in walk and enjoy the nature that surrounds you.

back of the church. You can also submit intentions for each month, anonymously, via our digital prayer jar

Submit your prayers to the Diocese Digital Prayer Jar: https://www.victoriadiocese.org/pray

May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

We pray for the soul of Agnes Minks who passed away. Please keep her family in prayer. CARE: The East Bernard local CARE center is looking for board members if you are interested,

please call Cynthia Klotze @ 281-881-8585. Cemetery Fund: Norma Robinson in memory of Sylvia Preisler, Larry Minks, and Alice Bures. David & Debbie Melton in memory of Larry Minks.

PEACE BE WITH YOU! One sentence that we hear repeated so often in the Eastertide is, “Peace be with you.” Every time Congratulations to our Newly Baptized! Jesus appears to his Apostles, he greets them, “Shalom aleichem!” in Hebrew. ‘Peace’ is a word Damian Rafael Lugo which features a lot in the Christian vocabulary. We use it so often, especially during the Hunter Cole Jasek Eucharistic celebration and in other prayers. As Christians, our very presence in the world is to bring "shalom" to our neighborhood – our homes, our places of work, our schools, and in the streets. During the Eucharistic celebration when the priest invites us to “offer each other the sign of peace,” it is only symbolic of our call to share that peace with others. It might be easy to shake th hands with the one who happens to be next to us during the Mass, but as we do that, are we willing Kolache Klobase Festival June 12 to share our peace with that person out there, who we find so difficult to love? Silent Auction items are needed Contact Janice Polak @ 979-533-0178. For Monetary Donations Contact Big Ed Marik @ 979-335-6402 or The Gospel also describes how the apostles came to believe that Christ had risen and entered into 979-282-1209. Thank you for your support!

his glory. Their journey is the journey we must also travel, and death does not scare us anymore.

We believe that through Christ’s death we have conversion, forgiveness of sin and new life. The first and second readings show us the characteristics of this new life.

Blessings!

Fr. Charles

¡LA PAZ SEA CON VOSOTROS!

Una frase que escuchamos repetida con tanta frecuencia en la Semana Santa es: "La paz sea Knights of Columbus Scholarship: The scholarship application for the Knights of Columbus contigo". Cada vez que Jesús se aparece a sus Apóstoles, los saluda: "¡Shalom aleichem!" en #2500 is ready to be picked up at the EBHS counselor’s office. If you are a KC Member, tell your hebreo. "Paz" es una palabra que figura mucho en el vocabulario cristiano. Lo usamos con mucha child to pick up an application. If your child is being home-schooled during COVID or your child frecuencia, especialmente durante la celebración eucarística y en otras oraciones. Como cristianos, attends a different school other than EBISD, contact Donald Buxkemper at 832-259-5746 to get nuestra sola presencia en el mundo es traer "shalom" a nuestro vecindario: nuestros hogares, an application. Deadline for mailing in the scholarship application is April 30, 2021.

nuestros lugares de trabajo, nuestras escuelas y las calles. Durante la celebración eucarística, cuando el sacerdote nos invita a “ofrecernos el signo de la paz”, es solo un símbolo de nuestro St. Bernard Council, # 2500 Knights of Columbus meet the first Tuesday of the month, at 7:00 p.m. llamado a compartir esa paz con los demás. Puede ser fácil estrechar la mano de quien esté a nuestro lado durante la Misa, pero mientras lo hacemos, ¿estamos dispuestos a compartir nuestra in the Holy Cross Meeting Room. Please call Grand Knight Richard Carpenter at 360-606-0302 for more information. Next meeting Tuesday, May 4th, 7:00pm. paz con esa persona que nos resulta tan difícil de amar? KJT Society #40 meet on the second Tuesday of every other month, at 7:00 p.m. at Riverside Hall. Please call Big Ed Marik at 335-6402 for more information. Next meeting Tuesday, May 11th 7:00pm. El Evangelio también describe cómo los apóstoles llegaron a creer que Cristo había resucitado y entró en su gloria. Su viaje es el viaje que también debemos recorrer, y la muerte ya no nos asusta. Court St. Bernadette #1108, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, meet on the third Monday of the Creemos que a través de la muerte de Cristo tenemos conversión, perdón de pecados y nueva vida. month, in the Holy Cross Meeting Room, beginning at 7 p.m. For more info, contact La primera y segunda lecturas nos muestran las características de esta nueva vida. Regent Henriette Jalowy, 281-989-7575. Next meeting Monday, May 17th @ 7:00pm.

Baptism Classes are offered quarterly: Next Class to be announced. Bendiciones! For information call Patsy Krenek, 979-335-7551 ext.4

Every second Saturday of the month our local CARE needs help serving our less fortunate. If Fr. Charles interested just show up. CR 291 next to EB Air.

Diocesan News!

Meeting for Grieving parents: Coping with the death of a child is very difficult. Parents are in a place they have never been before, often overwhelmed by the grief that follows. Grief does not end in a prescribed number of days, weeks, months, or years. We are a group of parents who have lost a child and will walk this grief journey with you whether your loss is recent or in the past. Monthly Meetings take place from 6:30- 8:30PM at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, 108 S. 6th Street, Ganado. Meetings include the opportunity to pray, listen to presentations by clergy and other parents who have lost a child, and meet other on the grief journey. Participants are not required to share anything and may just remain silent and listen if they’d like. Registration is FREE using the online form below. Upcoming Meeting Dates: April 13, May 11, June 8, July 13, August 10. Please also save the date for a weekend retreat Oct. 29-31 at the Spiritual Renewal Center in Victoria. For more information, please contact Patricia Hoelscher 979-257-9984, [email protected] or Deacon Larry Hoelscher, 979-578-3934, [email protected]. Meeting dates and webpage for grief support: https://www.victoriadiocese.org/grief-support

CAMP DAVID and HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER RETREATS REGISTRATION OPEN! https://victoriadiocese.org/high-school-retreat-2021 https://victoriadiocese.org/camp-david

Life After Divorce: A day of reflection for anyone who has experienced divorce or separation. Saturday, May 8, 2021 from 9am to 3:15pm at the Spiritual Renewal Center in Victoria All who have experienced divorce or separation are invited to a day of reflection at the Spiritual Renewal Center, the retreat center of the Diocese of Victoria in Texas. Presenters will include Bishop Brendan Cahill, and there will be ample time for reflection, prayer and silence. Just $10 to register via the form below. The address of the Spiritual Renewal Center is 718 Gussie Schmidt Rd, Victoria, TX 77905. Lunch is included with registration.

GET YOUR TICKETS! Father Donald Calloway, MIC is the author of the worldwide phenomenon "Consecration to St. Joseph" which has sold thousands of copies all around the world. He will be coming to Victoria on Thursday, May 27 for a presentation and book signing at the Cathedral Center of Our Lady of Victory starting at 7pm. Doors will open at 6pm.