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Pastorrs Column Holy Week Schedule Volunteer Holy Cross Church April 14, 2019 of Charlotte Our Eucharistic Communityat Holy Cross Welcomes all to faith in Jesus Christ and nurturestheir growth, Celebrates and demonstrates God’s presence in our communities, And sendsforth all to serve God and each other as guided by the Holy Spirit. Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Pastor’s Column Celebration of the Eucharist We Begin Holy Week………………………..page 2 Saturday Weekday (Mass of Anticipation) (MF) 7:30 AM & 5:20 PM Holy Week Schedule 5 PM (Saturday) 8:00 AM Includes Blessing of Easter Food…….……...page 3 Sunday Holydays and Lent Volunteer & Ministry Opportunities 8 AM, 10 AM, & 12 Noon Please see inside bulletin Cleaning & Decorating Church………….....….page 4 Parish Offices Holy Cross Pre KM Gr 6 Tenebrae Service & Passion Play 4492 Lake Avenue 4488 Lake Avenue Invite All to this Powerful Experience..……...page 5 Rochester, NY 14612 Rochester, NY 14612 (585) 6632244 Mary Martell, Principal Please NOTE: Fax: 8655379 [email protected] No Sunrise Service in Charlotte This Year…..page 7 [email protected] (585) 6636533 Please Consider Your Easter Offering Pastor Parish Council Chair Rev. John F. Gagnier Marian Coon, 201819 Your Support Serves Many People ………….page 8 [email protected] Religious Ed Offices Reconciliation by appointment or Senior Priest 4488 Lake Avenue Saturday Eves of First Fridays & Holydays Rev. John T. Reif Rochester, NY 14612 3:30 PMN4:30 PM 4:45 PMN5:10 PM Deacon Faith Formation Coord. Anointing of the Sick and Communion Mary Toot In an emergency, call the parish office (6632244) at any time. Joseph Placious Arrangements for Communion for the sick and infirm can be 5853554978 (585) 6218133 made by calling the parish office (6632244). [email protected] [email protected] Marriage Arrangements must be made at least six months Pastoral Associate Teen/Tween Ministry in advance by calling Deacon Joe Placious for an appointment. Mary Jo DiNoto Donna Jacobi Baptism Baptism is usually celebrated at 1:00 PM on [email protected] (585) 6218133 Sunday afternoon. Every family must be interviewed and have [email protected] attended a recent PreBaptism program. Director of Finance Arrangements should be made at least two months prior. Dan Leitten Music Ministry [email protected] Alessio Giacobone @holycrossroc [email protected] Welcome! If you are new in the parish, please Interested in registering as a parishioner? introduce yourself after Mass or at the Go online and download a registration form or contact the Parish Office. We want to know and serve you! Know parish office at 6632244 between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, that your prayers, your presence, and support are Monday through Thursday. appreciated. www.holycrossrochester.org Items of parish interest for the bulletin must be submitted to Holy Cross Church of Charlotte, Rochester New York the parish office in writing by Monday, noon. Articles as an email attachment are preferred. Registered with GoodSearch.com and GoodShop.com 2 Holy Cross Church, Rochester, New York April 14, 2019 During Lent, please pray for our Catechumen and FROM OUR PASTOR Candidates seeking the Dear Parishioners, sacraments this Easter Today we begin Holy Week which Vigil. They are: Theresa and Dan commemorates the central events VanKouwenberg, of our faith in Jesus Christ. and Lee Gray. He came among us as a vulnerable little child and grew up in a family in the small town of Nazareth. This demonstrates His willingness to experience humanity in all ways but sin. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with Reconciliation Opportunities the Holy Spirit and power. He went During our Lenten Journey we try to about doing good and healing all those have our pathway turn toward God. oppressed by the devil, for God was Our Ashes of Ash Wednesday remind with him. (Acts of the Apostles 10:38) us of our need to “Turn away from sin During His three years of public life, Jesus and be true to the Gospel.” Reflecting was often misunderstood even in the midst of on our need to ‘set things right’ in our relationship his popularity with the people at large. His with our Lord M for the times that we have ‘strayed task was to proclaim the Father’s love and from the path’ and in order to truly walk toward our the availability of the forgiveness of sins and Lord and Savior, we recognize our need to be the reward of eternal life. transformed. To help us look honestly at ourselvesN As we celebrate these events this week, to identify ways in which we need to grow and to let us ask ourselves how we can continue to change, there will be these opportunities for the Sacrament of Reconciliation: make Holy Cross Parish a place where people can find Jesus and know His eternal love in a Holy Thursday, April 18, 4:004:30 PM (Fr Reif) new way. Good Friday, April 19, after our 3:00 Good Friday On this Saturday evening, we will welcome ServiceNuntil all are heard (Fr Reif & Fr Gagnier) three adults and two children to our Catholic Saturday, April 20, 3:30N4:30 PM (Fr Gagnier) Faith in Jesus. All of you have inspired these Elect to choose to become part of our family. All are Welcome...Come and Listen….for God’s This Tuesday, I will represent our parish at guidance and experience His loving forgiveness! the annual Chrism Mass at our Sacred Heart Cathedral. As usual, I hope that one or two couples can come who recently had or soon will have a significant wedding anniversary. Please contact me today if you wish to go to Altar Server the Chrism Mass with me. Departure from the Rectory will be at 6:00 PM on Tuesday. Rehearsals with Father Wheeland represented me at the Fr Gagnier 80’s Prom Night at our School on Saturday THIS Holy Thursday Servers while I was with the Knights of Columbus and meet April 18 at 9:30 AM in Bishop Matano at Lakeshore Country Club Church and THIS Good Friday for our annual Bishop’s Burse Dinner. Knights Servers meet April 19 at 10:00 of Columbus Councils and Assemblies present AM Easter Vigil Servers meet financial gifts to help Seminarians preparing Saturday, April 20 at 11:00 AM. to serve as priests in the Diocese. Some of the 155 volunteers from Holy Cross are shown at Foodlink for Day of Goodness last Saturday. Sincerely, Father Gagnier Streaming Live for the Homebound Please let family, friends, and neighbors who are home bound know that Holy Cross will be recording and livestreaming all Holy Week Masses/Services on our website. April 14, 2019 Holy Cross Church, Rochester, New York 3 Blessing of Your Easter Food Baskets SAVE THE DATE! Holy Saturday, April 20 at Noon in Church Join us as we offer this wonderful Polish tradition that is also accepted in the Catholic Church. The food, brought in Holy Cross Parish by parishioners who want to participate, is blessed on Holy Saturday, and then becomes part of their Easter Sunday Celebration of Holy Week meal. HOLY TUESDAY, April 16 Traditionally, the main foods blessed are an egg which is 7:00 PM Chrism Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral broken and shared by all on Easter Sunday morning, and a lamb molded of butter or pastry. This butterlamb and Thursday, April 18 HOLY THURSDAY blessed Easter egg have a place of honor on the festive 7:30 AM Morning Prayer Easter table. 4:00 PM Confessions until 4:30 PM You are encouraged to bring any food you plan on having at 7:00 PM Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Last your Easter celebration to be blessed. All are welcome! Supper followed by Visitations of neighboring Churches. All are invited to take part in this traditional adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. (Doors will remain open until midnight for visits) The Most Wonderful Night Friday, April 19 GOOD FRIDAY of the Year, Easter Vigil: Day of Fast and Abstinence Just a reminder that Saturday’s Easter 7:30 AM Morning Prayer Vigil on April 20 at 7:30 PM is not an 3:00 PM Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s ordinary liturgy. We assemble in dark Passion & Death Sacrament of Penance after Liturgy ness and bring into our midst the new fire until all are heard of Easter. Candles are lit and we bask in the Light of Christ. 7:00 PM The Last Words of Jesus Tenebrae Service Readings remind us of our journey of salvation. Easter Water is blessed. We welcome new members into our faith Saturday, April 20 HOLY SATURDAY community and we sing our Alleluias. Indeed this is a 8:00 AM Morning Prayer different night and all Christians revel in the New Life that 12:00 Noon Blessing of Easter Food is ours. Because of these additional rituals, the Easter Vigil is longer. We invite you to join us because this is the best NO 5:00 PM Mass night of the year. The church pulls out all the stops and 3:30 PM Confessions until 4:30 PM puts into the celebration the best of everything. 7:30 PM Solemn Easter Vigil and Liturgy of the Resurrection, Celebration of Rites of Initiation Adult Choir Sunday, April 21 EASTER SUNDAY 8:00 AM Celebration of Easter Church Organ and Cantor 10:00 AM Celebration of Easter Church Contemporary Music Group 10:30 AM Celebration of Easter School Gym with Fr Gagnier and Fr Wheeland 12:00 PM Celebration of Easter Church Family Celebration of Easter Organ and Cantor Holy Cross has planned a 10:30 AM Mass on Easter Sunday in the School Gym.
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