COFFEE SUNDAY
Please join our monthly Coffee Sunday after all morning Masses (8am, 10am, 12pm) this Sunday, December 11 in the Music Room in the basement of the Church. We have various baked goods donated by Cobs on Kensington and Valley Bakery as well as some items homemade by parishioners.
ADVENT PENITENTIAL SERVICE AT HOLY CROSS
Please join us on Tuesday December 13th at 7:00 pm in the Church for our Advent Penitential Service. There will be 7 priests available to hear your confessions. If possible, please plan your Advent Confession for this night. For Advent confession times in other parishes https://rcav.org/christmas/confession
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S DAY MASS SCHEDULE
Christmas Masses
• Saturday – Christmas Eve Anticipated Mass
• 5:00 pm
• Saturday – Christmas Eve Midnight Mass
• 12:00 am
• Sunday – Christmas Day
• 8:00 am
• 10:00 am
• 12:00 pm
• (No 5:00 pm Mass Christmas Day).
New Year’s Masses
• Saturday – New Year’s Eve Anticipated Mass
• 5:00 pm
• Sunday – New Year’s Day
• 8:00 am
• 10:00 am
• 12:00 pm
• (No 5:00 pm Mass New Year’s Day).
POINSETTIAS AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR THE CHURCH
If you wish to donate red poinsettias to decorate our Church for Christmas, please drop them off at the Parish Office by Friday December 16th. You are also welcome to give cash for Christmas decorations for our Church.
CWL MEMBERSHIP
Thank you to all CWL members who have paid their 2023 membership dues. It is not too late to pay your $40.00 membership – you can drop it off at the Parish Office or leave it in the collection basket at the front of the Church when you come for Mass. (Please make sure that you label your envelope CWL and if you are paying cash, put your name, address, phone number and email address on the front of the envelope.)
2023 SUNDAY DONATION ENVELOPES AND WALL CALENDARS
Your 2023 Sunday donation envelopes and 2023 wall calendars from the local funeral homes are available for pickup in the Church lobby.
SHARE CHRISTMAS
We are in the Season of Advent and Christmas and, with that, comes the awareness of sharing and giving. With that thought in mind, we are beginning our annual Share Christmas campaign. As in the past, proceeds will be going to the Sisters in the Downtown Eastside. The campaign for “Share Christmas” will run from NOV 27 – DEC 11. To keep things simple, we are requesting cash donations or cheques payable to Holy Cross. If you would like to help the Sisters, please place your donation in an envelope clearly marked “Share Christmas” and deposit it in the collection basket in the lobby of the church before Mass begins. If you are unable to attend a Sunday Mass, or a morning Mass, you can certainly come to the Parish Office and leave it there. Your cash donation, regardless of denomination, will be most graciously received by the Sisters in Downtown Eastside and most certainly used to help bring nourishment and joy to those whom they serve. Also, if you would like to receive a tax receipt, please write your name, address, & the amount of your donation on the envelope.
UNUSED CHRISTMAS CARDS AND 2023 CALENDARS (FOR PRISON MINISTRY)
We are collecting unused Christmas cards and calendars for 2023 for the Prison Ministry. Calendars can be wall, desk or appointment calendars without coils and should have a modest theme. Please put the cards and calendars in the boxes in the lobby of the Church.
MASS INTENTIONS for Dec 12 to 18, 2022 (Requested by)
Mon. 8:15 am
+Silvano Garcea (Toni Pesa and Family)
Tues. 8:15 am
Spl. Int. Perla Parel (Family)
Wed. 8:15 am
+John Ostofy (Judy Talas and Family)
Thurs 8:15 am
+Angelo De Fazio (Marisa and Nick)
Fri. 8:15 am
+John Van Essen (Family)
Fri. 9:15 am
School Mass – Parishioners
Fri. 7:30 pm
+Emma Isaac (Costanza M.)
+Olga Hoffman (Daphne)
+Hyacinth Yang (Parishioners)
+Mitch Tannis (Diana Alfonso & Family)
+John Pavich (Mike and Nicole)
+++++Rogelio, Epifanio, Iluminada, Virgilio and Jesse Dechavez,
+++++++Teofilo, Tomasa, Elisa, Carmen, Rolando, Limwel and Mica Alpajora,
++Edwin and Ciya Sapla,
++Peping and Emma Medomilla (Teresita Dechavez)
Spl. Int. Paul, Martha & Pan Family (Family)
Spl. Int. Marie and Allan
Spl. Int. Diva and John (Kit Wong)
Spl. Int. May and Don Chan (Kit Wong)
Spl. Int. Lanny and Danny (Kit Wong)
Spl. Int. Makiko and Carmine (Kit Wong)
Sat. 9:00 am
+Adriano Van Essen (Family)
Sat 5:00 pm
+Paul Thow (Family)
+Kathleen Heirakuji (Thow Family)
++John and Grace Comuzzi (Ivania and Tony)
+Kazimierz Chojnacki (Dave and Dorothy)
+Stefano Macri (Gal Family)
+Domenica Losorelli (Gal Family)
Sun. 8:00 am
+John Pavich (May and Don Chan)
+Angelin Peretto (Family)
+Francis Fong (Mary Fong and Family)
+Betty Plewes (Family)
+Saverio de Bonis (Wife and Family)
Sun. 10:00am
++Annibale and Lucia Tinaburri (Ada and Carmelina)
++Rosa and Domenico Mobilio (Family)
+John Pavich (Giuseppina G.)
+Frank Folino (Ada and Family)
Spl. Int. Samantha Trang (Edward and Angeline Han)
Sun. 12:00 Noon
+Emma Zordan (Family)
+Saverino Filippelli (Family)
+Hyacinth Yang (Parishioner)
+Carlo de Renzio (Parishioner)
+John Pavich (Rose Sigurnjak and Family)
++Siu Wah Lee and Juana Siu (Family)
+Annamma Augustine (Grace and Family)
Spl. Int. Francesca Quarantotto
Sun. 5:00pm
++John and Antonio Porco (Anna Auld and Family)
+Tony Kanjer (Franca Z.)
+Luigi Unti (De Lazzari Family)