March 7, 2021
Holy Cross
Catholic Church

WELCOME! We are always happy to welcome new people into our Parish Family. If you are new to the parish, please call the Rectory to make an appointment. We want to know and serve you! We hope that you will favor our parish with your prayer, your presence, and your talents. MNJǔǔNJǐǏ SǕǂǕdžǎdžǏǕ Holy Cross Parish, located in the East Forest Park section of Springfield,
was founded in 1949 by the Diocese and the people of Holy Name parish. We have from the beginning drawn strength from our church, school, and neighborhood. We, as a Spirit
filled, prayerful community of people of all ages, are challenged to live the Gospel of Jesus Christ by knowing, loving, and serving God and each other. As
Roman Catholics, we commit ourselves to grow through celebrating the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist, studying the Word, and supporting one another. We are called to reach out to all people, especially the poor and those in need, in a spirit of compassion and love.

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC
CHURCH
221 Plumtree Road, Springfield, MA 01118
1502 Website: www.holycrossparish.orgNEmail: [email protected] Office Hours
Closed until further notice Telephone : (413)783
4111, Fax: (413)783
4112
We ask God to return to eternal life Anne Julie Bovat, Richard PǂǓNJǔlj GNJǗNJǏLj
Champagne, and our recently departed friends and relatives.
OPEN PANTRY This week we ask that you please bring Canned The collection for February Vegetables. Next week we ask that you please bring Cereal. 21 was $5,203. Thank you to all the people who have UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ALL MEETINGS AND EVENTS ARE mailed, dropped off, or gone CANCELLED EXCEPT FOR JUSTFAITH AND THE SANDWICH online for their contributions! MINISTRY.
Our budgeted weekly cost of Tues., March 9
JustFaith 7:00 p.m. in the JustFaith room. operating the Parish is
Wed., March 10
JustFaith 7:00 p.m. in the JustFaith room. $8,300. Thank you all for
Sun., March 14
Sandwich Ministry 11:50 a.m. in the gold room. your continued financial support of our parish. God
bless you and please stay safe!
The Rectory Office is closed until further notice.

Please call 783
4111 if you have any questions or Looking for some quiet time? For a way to get closer to the Lord during concerns. The phones are checked daily for Lent. Please join us every Wednesday, but especially during Lent, for messages. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at 4:00 p.m. in the church. There are no set rules for Adoration. Come for the hour, come for a few minutes. READINGS FOR THE WEEK OF Pray, read, sit quietly, He'll just be happy you're spending time with Him. Adoration ends at 5:00 p.m. with Benediction.
MARCH 7, 2021
If you wish, continue with us as we pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and SUN 3/7
Ex 20:117 or 20:13, 78, 1217/ Chaplet of the Unborn, ending at approximately 5:20 p.m... Jesus grants us Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 [Jn 6:68c]/1 Cor 1:2225/Jn 2:1325 or Ex 17:37/ so many graces through His Divine Mercy. Pray for His Mercy for Ps 95:12, 67, 89 [8]/Rom 5:12, yourself, your loved ones, for our country, for our world. We need His 58/Jn 4:542 or 4:515, 19b26, Mercy now, more than ever. And so do the lives of the unborn.
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For everyone's safety, masks are required, social distancing is observed, MON 3/8
2 Kgs 5:115ab/Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4 and sanitizer is available. In case of inclement weather, please call or text, [cf 42:3]/Lk 4:2430
Kathy at 5755163 before 3:00 p.m. to see if Adoration will be held.


TUES 3/9
Dn 3:25, 3443/Ps 25:45ab, 6 and May you and yours be safe and well and hope you will consider spending 7bc, 89 [6a]/Mt 18:2135
time with Our Lord, especially during this Lenten Season. God Bless!!

WED 3/10
Dt 4:1, 59/Ps 147:1213, 1516, 1920]/Mt 5:1719

THR 3/11
Jer 7:2328/Ps 95:12, 67, 89 [8]/Lk 11:1423

FRI 3/12
Hos 14:210/Ps 81:6c8a, 8bc9,  1011ab, 14 and 17 [cf. 11 and
9a]/Mk 12:2834

The Outreach to the Poor Committee will be collecting canned SAT 3/13
Hos 6:16/Ps 51:34, 1819, 20 food at all Masses the weekends of March 13/14 and March 20/21 21ab [cf. Hos 6:6]/Lk 18:914
for families who will be receiving Easter (Ham) dinners from our
parish. We are in need of coffee, tea, corn, green beans, peas, SUN 3/14
2 Chr 36:1416, 1923/Ps 137:12, sliced pineapple, brown sugar and boxed scalloped or au gratin 3, 45, 6 [6ab]/Eph 2:410/Jn 3:14 potatoes. Please leave your donations in the open pantry baskets at 21 or 1 Sm 16:1b, 67, 1013a/Ps 23:13a, 3b4m 5, 6 [1]/Eph 5:8 the entrances of the church. Thank you for making the Easter 14/Jn 9:141 or 9:1, 69, 1317, holiday special for those in our parish family experiencing 3438
difficulties.

2021 Annual Catholic Appeal
This Lenten Season, we are called to prayerfully consider a sacrificial donation the 2021 Annual Catholic Appeal. “Sowing the Seeds” of our faith will sow the seeds of hope to those who most need our help during this time of COVID10. Ministries and agencies provide emergency food, support services to the family & elderly; services to young people; pastoral and spiritual support services, and supports vocations.

Please help our parish meet our goal!

It is simple to give….send in your onetime contribution, or make a pledge
using the donation card you receive in the mail, or donate online through Join us for Stations of the Cross, Fridays at 7:00 p.m., www.diospringfield.org/aca, or by calling: 4134520670.

in the church, during Lent.
All donations are tax deductible. Thank you.
FAITH FORMATION
VULNERABLE ADULTS


The virtual and live classes for the As members of the community, month of March are the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th. A link will be sent out by we must learn about the threats email for the classes. Grades 2 and 3 that vulnerable populations face will be virtual, 9:30 a.m.  10:45 a.m. and strive to stop the abuse of all The 7th, 8th, and 9th grades will be vulnerable people. By virtual, 10:00 a.m.  11:45 a.m. A link understanding the reality of will be sent prior to each class. Please vulnerable adult abuse, learning As we know, the four pillars of our watch for the email.
warning signs, and reporting Lenten journey to Easter are prayer, The 4th, 5th, and 6th grades will be live concerns, we can protect others abstinence, fasting, and almsgiving. in the school cafeteria with Fr. David who may not be in a position to We would like to offer some Raymond, 12:30 p.m.  1:45 p.m.
protect themselves. Just as with suggestions for helping us participate
more fully along the way, especially FIRST COMMUNION FAMILIES
reports of suspected child abuse, since many of us are not able to
anonymity is given to any abuse gather together in community. For The First Communion classes for reporting.
those who are online and are looking March are the 7th, 9:30 a.m.  11:30 If you are concerned that for something daily, we offer you a.m. and the 28th. A link will be sent out someone is a victim of abuse, call these resources: 1) Franciscan prior to the class please watch for the Adult Protective Services. If the Media, a sponsored ministry of the email.
individual is within a ministry of Franciscan Friars of St. John the
which you volunteer or work, you Baptist Province in Ohio. They have ***Parents please be available for your would want to then communicate daily resources such as "Pause & child in case they need assistance.***
directly with the organization to let Pray", "Minute Meditations" and a
"Saint of the Day". We invite you to There will be a special liturgy for the them know of the situation. The check them out under the First Communion class on Saturday hotlines are available 24/7 to "Resources" tab of their website. March 27th, at 11:00 a.m. I will make accept reports, and calls are This is a free resource throughout the sure the readers for the liturgy have the confidential. For more year. 2) https://formed.org/lent where readings in plenty of time so that they information, (including county/ Scripture scholar, Dr. Tim Gray, are familiar with them.
state phone numbers for offers brief daily videos that will assist
reporting,) visit the National Adult you as you "Live in Christ's love and PRE CONFIRMATION  10TH GRADE
Protective Services Association.
let Him transform
your life." This
resource is free of charge during Materials are due for the 7th and 8th Lent.
chapters, March 21st.
The Parishes of the Springfield If you are not online, we recommend Deanery
Pope Francis' recent book, "Let Us invite you to attend a
Dream, the Path to a Better Future," Lenten Penance Service
or other spiritual books that would be of interest to you. We each make our Thursday, March 18, 2021
own way through this season, yet we Sacred Heart Church
are also united in our search for a 395 Chestnut St.
deeper relationship with God, each Springfield, Massachusetts 01104
other, and all of creation. Please
know we join you on the journey.
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Join us for Mass at 5:15 p.m.
FOOD SOURCE
Followed by Confessions
HOT LINE 18006458333
Heard by area priests in various
languages
Our goal is to help connect folks to food resources large and Sacred Heart Church
small. This can be help with the 395 Chestnut Street
SNAP program or finding local Springfield, MA 01104
food resources closer to home.


Our hours are MondayFriday St. Francis Xavier Novena of Grace March 5NMarch 23, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. M 7:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. M 2:00 p.m. We offer help in over 180 languages through our interpreter service.
GOSPEL MEDITATION 
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ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE
March 7, 2021 Saturday, March 6th 3rd Sunday of Lent
3:00 p.m.
Confessions. Many prefer a “create as you go” approach to life where laws and protocols 4:00 p.m. M.For favor received, requested by primarily exist to secure and protect liberties rather than dictate and outline AnnMarie Famiglietti. proper and right behavior. There are no real benchmarks for acceptable ethical
and moral behavior, with a “you can’t tell me what to do” attitude prevailing. Sunday, March 7th Parents are even limited in what they can request of their children, and dealing +8:30 a.m.
Elizabeth J. Griffin, requested by with threatening behaviors, especially from adults, are a challenge as well. Maureen Phillips. Acceptable and expected conduct seems to amount to safeguarding each other’s space rather than increasing awareness of necessary relationships that require a +11:00 a.m.
Mike and Gerry Garrity, requested more refined and higher response.
by the Garrity family.
6:00 p.m.


We have lost our axis to the world of “anything goes” and no longer see the Ten
Commandments as practical and wise guideposts to effective living. We live on Monday, March 8th “relativism island” where only a possible suggestion to “love and do not harm” 7:00 a.m.
 may be the only standard able to be preached. While Jesus most certainly
emphasized love above anything else, it was never about warm fuzzy feelings Tuesday, March 9th or halfhearted humanitarian efforts. The love of which Jesus spoke establishes 7:00 a.m.
 an intimate connection with God, neighbor, self, and creation. Because this
love, who is God Himself, is at the foundational core of our lives, it demands Wednesday, March 10th actions and attitudes that serve to build up, increase, and free up those 7:00 a.m.
 relationships. Love requires proper conduct. Preserving and enhancing these 4:00 p.m.
Adoration, Benediction and Chaplets love centered relationships is at the heart of the Ten Commandments (and the of the Unborn and Divine Mercy. Beatitudes) and the reason for Jesus’ display of anger in the temple.


Thursday, March 11th The Ten Commandments can save the world from turmoil and conflict by +7:00 a.m.
Walter F. Chevalier, requested by instilling basic moral and relational principles within us. They also hold a his wife, Paula.
healthy sense of sin in balance and always remind us of our relationship with Friday, March 12th God and the freedom God offers. Our faith preserves these jewels of truth that 7:00 p.m.
Stations of the Cross. we often look beyond, dismiss altogether, or seek to remove from public view.
Human beings can be so arrogant at times. Our Lenten journey, especially when Saturday, March 13th embarked upon with sincerity and resolve, can restore all of our essential 3:00 p.m.
Confessions. relationships. When we get absorbed in life’s preoccupations and demands, +4:00 p.m. M George Savaria, requested by Fr. things can quickly get distorted and we can find ourselves way off track. In David. short, we find ourselves in sin. Humanity is losing a sense of both grace and sin.
We need both to understand what is real and true. Until we do, the oppressive Sunday, March 14th systems and ideologies that hurt so many will never change. We will never change. We are grateful for those courageous souls who willingly embrace the +8:30 a.m.
Barbara LaValley, requested by her conversion and hard work Lent demands and stand against antiquated systems family. and ideologies. They give us hope that all is not lost.
+11:00 a.m.
Deceased member of the Massa
family, requested by Nina Massa. ©LPi
6:00 p.m.


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The Pastoral Staff
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Rev. Mr. John Miller (Deacon) (Administrator)
Sacrament of Reconciliation Administration and Finance 3726246, or ext 101
Saturdays, 3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m., and by Richard Allen ……………...7346292

appointment.  Rev. David Raymond

Altar Servers (Priest Minister)
Sacrament of Marriage Maureen Garner……………7836428
3726242
The policy for the Diocese of Springfield 
requires a period of preparation for the Athletic Association Rev. Robert Thrasher (Retired, in Connie Begley…...... 2622241
Sacrament of Marriage, which includes  residence)
sessions with the Parish Priest and Cursillo
participation at either the Pre
Cana Deacon Bill Toller………….3726237
Msgr. David George (Retired conferences or the Engaged Encounter  Maronite Monsignor, in residence)
weekend. Please contact the Priest a Eucharistic Ministers
minimum of six (6) months prior to Maureen Garner…...... 7836428
Msgr. Juan Garcia (Retired, in setting any dates to allow adequate  residence)
preparation. Family Life
Patty Ferrarini………………7823509
ext. 147
Pastoral Care
 Rev. Mr. William Toller (Deacon)
Arrangements for the reception of the Greeters Sacraments at home can be made by Jim Maiolo……………….…3741548
3726237, or ext. 116
contacting the Rectory. Please also notify 
the Rectory when a Parishioner is in the JustFaith Sr. Cindy Matthews, OSF (Pastoral hospital or otherwise confined. If you Deacon Bill Toller...... 3726237
Minister)
have an emergency sick call, please call  3726241, or ext. 117
the Rectory. Knights of Columbus

Bob Bys………………….…5631147
William Lucia (Director, Liturgical Sacrament of Baptism holycrosskofc15864.groupspaces.com
Music)
Baptism is celebrated on the second  Sunday of each month at 12:30 p.m. Lectors 3726238, or ext. 146
Mary Hosmer...... 5377979

Expectant parents should call the Parish office and speak with Deacon John Miller  Cathy Daniel (Director Faith Liturgical Environment  Formation and
to make arrangements. Bob Tyer…………...…...... 7826017
Child Advocate)

 Baptismal preparation takes place on the Outreach to the Poor 3726239, or ext. 121
first Wednesday of the month at 5:30
Ellen Angeli………….……..2048562
p.m. in the church.  Main Number

Pastoral Council  7834111, ext. 100
Youth Faith Formation Pat Pearson……………….....7822033

Classes are held from September through  April. Parish Nursing Weekend Masses:
Sr. Cindy………...... 3726241
  Saturday 4:00 p.m.
Prayer Line Sunday 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and Sue Callahan……………...... 7961950
6:00 p.m.

G o a l O n e  RCIA Daily Mass:

Rectory………….…………..7834111
Create additional opportunities to build  Monday to Thursday
community in our Parish, reaching out to Single Parent Support Group 7:00 a.m.
involve young adults, singles, families, Sr. Cindy...………………….3726241

and seniors.  Holy Days
Sister Parish 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Deacon Kevin McCarthy ...... 3743861

G o a l T w o   Confessions

Spiritual Life Increase the number of opportunities for Saturday 3:00 p.m. 
Deacon John Miller...... 7824602
spiritual growth in our Parish.  3:30 p.m. or by appt.
Take & Eat (Senior Meals)
G o a l T h r e e 
Jan Denney ………….……4268248
Devotions

Provide support and outreach to families Ushers Miraculous Medal Novena
and individuals in need. Monday after 7:00 a.m. Mass
Frank Ryan………...... 7825730

Adoration Wednesday
4:005:00 p.m.

Chaplet of Divine Mercy Wednesday 5:00 p.m.
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