July 20Th and 21Th, 2019: 16Th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Holy Cross Catholic Church 5227 N. Bowdoin St., Portland, OR 97203 Office: 503.289.2834 Fax: 503.283.7056 Hours: 8am - 3:30pm (Mon. thru Fri.) and 10am - 2pm Saturdays and 9am - noon Sundays Email: [email protected] Website: www.holycrosspdx.org Holy Cross Catholic School 5202 N. Bowdoin St., Portland, OR 97203 Office: 503.289.3010 Website: www.holycrosspdx.org/school Welcome: If you are a new parishioner or visiting for the first time, welcome to Holy Cross Catholic Church! We are glad that you are here and hope that you find our parish home to be a warm and welcoming community. If you would like to become a member of our parish, please check with the parish office or give us a call. Homebound: For Communion to the sick or the homebound, please call Sue Unger at 503.953.8328. St. Vincent de Paul: Food Pantry hours are Tuesday and Friday 10am - noon and Thursday evenings 5:30 - 7pm. Funerals: To ensure the availability of a priest and the church, please call the office before you make arrangements with the funeral director. Baptism Preparation: Class offered as needed. Please contact Sue Unger at 503.953.8328 or [email protected] for more information. Se ofrece una clase cada tercer sábado del mes a las 10 de la mañana. Senior Luncheon: Lunch is served once a month at 11:30am in the school hall for Seniors and Friends October through May. PARISH STAFF MASS SCHEDULE Pastor: Fr. Mark Bachmeier Monday - Friday: 8:30am [email protected] Saturday: 5pm Hispanic Ministry: Carmina Perez Sunday: 8am, 10am y 12pm en Español 503.289.7188 Rel. Education Director: Andrea Swanson Adoration: Thursdays 9am - 9pm [email protected] Adoración al Santísimo: jueves 9am - 9pm Evangelization and Adult Formation: Sue Unger 503.953.8328 or [email protected] Reconciliation: Saturday 3:30pm, Wednesday 6:30pm, and by appointment. Parish Office: Lori Kreutzer Reconciliación: Sábados 3:30pm, Miércoles [email protected] 6:30pm, y con cita. Business Manager: Deb Volker 503.289.7130 Anointing of the Sick: Second Wednesday SCHOOL STAFF of each month after the 8:30am Mass. (Anointing is also available at all hours in Principal Holy Cross School: Julie Johnson emergency.) [email protected] Development Director: Kyra Thompson School Mass: Friday 8:30am (Sept. - June) 503.240.6785 Legacy Giving Director: Sister Mary Ryan 503.830.3328 July 20th and 21th, 2019: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Church Teaches... Bulletin Announcements Hospitality is and always has been Thank you to everyone who helped a very important element of life in celebrate Fr. Mark’s 30th anniversary the Middle East. This is not of priestly service in such a joyful and surprising, given the hostile terrain fun way last weekend! of large stretches of waterless desert Thank you, also, on behalf of St. Vincent and hot sun. de Paul for the money given and the food donated to Such hospitality for us has become the Holy Cross Conference Food Pantry. The Confer- a victim of modern urban living. ence can readily translate every $100 donation into We only open our doors to our own $300 worth of food for our hungry neighbors. Thank family or people we know well. Our houses are you for being so generous in helping the Conference constantly locked, even when we are at home. We reach out to our friends throughout North Portland. have peepholes, cameras, and alarms; strangers can no longer be trusted. One wonders if this is a step forward A big “thank you” goes out to Tannus in our so-called civilized, developed, and sophisticated Drakos and God’s Girls for hosting society. another fun and delicious monthly Parish Last weekend, we shared the parable of the Good Potluck. Bless you for your kindness! Samaritan, a story that began with the abstract concept of “loving one’s neighbor as oneself.” The story EXCITING NEWS! revealed that a real neighbor is one who shows A new Parish Directory is coming soon! compassion in deed for a brother or sister in need. The point was made dramatically by making the Please watch the bulletin for future despised Samaritan the real neighbor, while two notices on how/when to sign up for apparently religious people, although aware of the parish directory photos. problem, did absolutely nothing for one of their own. We are in need of volunteers to help: Jesus accentuated the idea that a real neighbor is one who loves like God loves and always responds with • reach out to parishioners by phone compassion. • host picture settings • coordinate photo reservations Both Mary and Martha (in today’s Gospel) respond with compassion toward Jesus. We mistakenly think ** Please note: Future Photography Dates: Sept. 16th-19th, Oct. 1st-5th, and Oct. 7th-9th** that Martha has chosen unwisely by preparing the food and tending to the household chores. Jesus says Mary To volunteer, please contact Jana Ripley at has “chosen the better portion,” but not that Martha is [email protected] or 503.289.8304. either unwise or mistaken. In a sense, these two sisters Directories become treasured keepsakes, capturing show us the need for balance in the Christian life: this present time in our parish’s history, and in our balance between prayer and action, making sure that lives. So, please, do your small part in this project both are filled with deep love. and participate! Parish Festival— Please plan to join Raise Hope ~ Benefit Gala us on Sunday, August 4th for the annual Holy Cross Parish Festival! Community of Hope exists to empower Portland’s There will be live entertainment, a houseless single-parent families to cultivate hope, wide variety of food from around the healing, and stability while living in a safe, supportive world, and lots of fun for the whole environment. family. Proceeds raised will fund the This has always proven to be a joyful and blessed ongoing operations of the chance to meet and get to know fellow parishioners, shelter. plus share great food and a relaxing afternoon! SATURDAY, JULY 27th, 2019 6pm: Drinks, Snacks & Raffle Youth Ministry Position: 7pm: Dinner, Program & Paddle Raise We are sad to “lose” our Youth Coordinator plus Live Entertainment! Allyson Higgins, but we are now accepting Bauccio Commons at University of Portland applications to fill this position. Please contact Deb Volker to express your interest! Purchase tickets at www.communityofhopepdx.org Bulletin Announcements (cont.), Activities & Opportunities Come join us for the 26th Calendar Update: On July 24th, Annual St. Vincent de Paul/ there will be no evening Confessions Jim Altenhofen Memorial offered here at Holy Cross. The Golf Tournament! Saturday afternoon Confessions will still be offered at 3:30pm and When: Friday, August 16th, 2019 appointments for Confession are also available during the week. Where: Glendoveer Golf Course 14015 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR • Proceeds will go toward the Portland Council’s Catholic Young Adults Emergency Services Program ~ helping the needy with rent and/or utility assistance, and food boxes. • Entry fee of $100 includes 18 holes of golf with A couple of young adults here at Holy Cross cart, lunch, BBQ dinner, prizes, and more. Shotgun have gathered recently with Fr. Mark to investigate the possibility start at 12:30pm. Have fun and help others! of a North Portland Young Adult Community. • Registration and sponsor forms are on our website at www.svdppdx.org. For more information, please Are you interested? contact Brian Ferschweiler at [email protected] We’re working on a website and an easy or 503.234.5287. “registration” form to let you know how to join us for outings, gatherings, and other events CYO Family Camp to help us grow in faith and fellowship August 2nd - 4th, 2019 with other young adults in the area. Come experience Camp Howard as a family! More information will soon follow (watch this space!) but, for now, let us know if you 11010 SE Camp Howard Rd., Corbett, OR 97019 are interested at [email protected] Email: [email protected] or call: 503.231.9484 Summer-time Reflections on the Eucharist: “It is important to know when we should give attention and when we need attention. Often we are inclined to give, give, and give without asking anything in return. We may think this is a sign of generosity, but it might be little more than a proud attitude that says, ‘I don’t need help from others. I only want to give.’ When we keep giving without receiving we burn out quickly. Only when we pay careful attention to our own many needs can we be, and remain, joyful givers. When Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to His disciples, He summarized in these gestures His own life of both giving and receiving. He was (is!) chosen from all eternity, blessed at His Baptism in the Jordan River, broken on the Cross, and given as bread for the world. When we take bread, bless it, break it, and give it with the words ‘The Body of Christ,’ we express our commitment to make our lives conform to the life of Christ. We too want to live as people chosen, blessed, and broken; and thus become food for the world.” ― Henri Nouwen “Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament … There you will find romance, glory, honor, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien “I held the Host with two fingers and thought: How small Jesus made Himself, in order to show us that He doesn't expect great things of us, but rather little things with great love.” ― Mother Teresa of Calcutta Family Page VBS Community says, “THANK YOU!” Focus on true Christian heroes: St.