Dear Parishioners
On behalf of the Parish staff and ourselves, we wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
May our Savior, who was born for us in a little town of Bethlehem, bring us joy, peace, and love in this Blessed Season.
Father Chris and Father Yarek
CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR’S DAY MASS SCHEDULE
CHRISTMAS MASSES
Wednesday, December 24
5.00 pm – Christmas Eve Mass
9:00 pm Advent Antiphons and Carolling followed by
10.00 pm Christmas Eve Night Mass
(NO 12:00 MIDNIGHT MASS on Christmas Eve)
Thursday, December 25
8.00 am – Christmas Day Mass
10.00 am – Christmas Day Mass
12.00 pm – Christmas Day Mass
No 5.00 PM MASS on Christmas Day
NEW YEARS DAY MASSES
Wednesday, December 31
5.00 pm New Year’s Eve Anticipated Mass
Thursday, January 1, 2026
8.00 am – New Year`s Mass
10.00 am – New Year`s Mass
12.00 pm – New Year`s Mass
No 5.00 PM MASS on New Year’s Day
PARISH OFFICE CLOSURES
The Parish office will be closed on Thursday December 25, Friday December 26 and Thursday January 1, 2026.
MORNING MASSES at 9:00 am (for the next 2 weeks)
Weekday morning Mass will be at 9:00 am from Monday December 22, 2025, to Friday January 2, 2026.
CHRISTMAS CARDS AND 2026 CALENDARS FOR THE PRISON MINISTRY
We are collecting 2026 calendars (and unused Christmas cards, all occasion cards (i.e. Happy Birthday, Get Well Soon, etc.) for the Prison Ministry. 2026 calendars are especially needed. 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. (We will be collecting these items until early January 2026.)
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL PUB NIGHT SATURDAY FEB 7, 2026
Please join our Holy Cross Community at our upcoming Night at the Holy Cross Ranch, on Saturday February 7th in the gym. This is an event that you don’t want to miss! Tickets include dinner, dancing, games and a live & silent auction, with many great prizes to be won! Please join us and support Holy Cross Elementary while having a fun filled evening! Everyone and anyone are welcome to come to the event! Tickets are $80 and are available at the Church Office. We look forward to a successful fundraiser with your support!
ALPHA PROGRAM – VOLUNTEERS & BAKERS NEEDED
We are thrilled that Alpha is happening again at our parish on Friday evenings from January 9th – March 27th, 2026 (except February 6th). We are currently seeking your help to make this a successful and fruitful program.
GENERAL VOLUNTEERS – Here are the options for everyone:
- 5-9pm – This would be great if you could commit these hours for various tasks
- If you are only available for a couple of hours:
- 5-7pm – Set up and Serving food
- 7-9pm – Clearing dishes, Washing, Take down
- While volunteers in the above timeframes are not able to join a table discussion, we are still committed to your faith journey and invite you to watch the videos together!
- Please sign up here
BAKERS for Dessert
- Please share your love of baking on our dessert table. Just let us know if you would like to bring a dessert on one of the Fridays.
- Please sign up here
We look forward to hearing from you!
Please email our team at holycrossburnaby@gmail.com if you have any additional questions.
ALPHA – STARTING JANUARY 9, 2026
Do you have big questions about the meaning of life? Do you want to learn more about what it means to follow Jesus? Do you want to grow in your faith?
If so, we invite you to join Alpha at Holy Cross – a set of weekly evening gatherings that will explore these questions.
Each gathering consists of a dinner followed by a short video and small group discussion. Alpha 2026 begins on Friday, January 9th at 6:30pm at the parish and is free of charge.
We’re welcoming all men and women who haven’t taken Alpha before, to come join us. There will be childminding available for children five years old and up (toilet-trained a requirement).
Alpha is open to all faith traditions as well as to individuals with no religious affiliation.
Alpha has changed countless lives. To get a taste of what Alpha is about, watch the short video at this link Alpha Stories – Father Michael Leclerc, St. Ignatius of Loyola on how Alpha transformed a parish in Montreal.
To join Alpha 2026 at Holy Cross, sign up here. Holy Cross Alpha Registration Form 2026. We hope to see you on January 9th!
MASS INTENTIONS for Monday December 22, 2025, to Sunday December 28, 2025 (Requested by)
Mon. Dec 22 9:00 am
Parishioners
Tues. Dec 23 9:00 am
+++++Maureen, Wallace, John and Helen Morris and James Harrington (Diva)
Spl. Int. Diva, James and Sean (Bozena)
Wed. Dec 24 5:00 pm
++John and Rosalind Fernandez (Family)
+Norberto De Castro (Family)
+Andreina Artuso (Family)
++Nemencio and Teresita Laxamana (Family)
+++Antonio Urbani, Maria Saletta and Helen Urbani (Maria Danao)
++Deceased Members of Danao and Recto Families (Family)
Spl. Int. Alice and Ernest Tan (May and Don)
Wed. Dec 24 10:00 pm
++Deceased Members of the De Mare Family (Family)
+Norberto De Castro (Family)
++++++Teofilo, Tomasa, Elisa, Carmen, Rolando and Limwel Alpajora (Teresita Dechavez)
++++Edwin Sapla & Ciya Saplan and Baltazar Pamitan and Family (Teresita Dechavez)
+++++++Epifano, Lumen, Jessie, Virgilio, Rogelio, Rosalia Dechavez and Family (Teresita Dechavez)
+++++Dolores, Zacharias, Victor and Bernardo Nopre and Helmut Halfar (Albina Halfar)
Spl. Int. Jeremy & Olivia (Lanny and Danny)
Spl. Int. Suja and Joe (Lanny and Danny)
Spl. Int. Peggy and Nicholas and Family
Spl. Int. Rose Wan
Spl. Int. Robert and Krys and Family (May and Don)
Spl. Int. Jackie and Family (Bozena)
Spl. Int. Dorothy and Dave (Bozena)
Thurs. Dec 25 8:00 am
+Norberto De Castro (Family)
+Tony De Santis (Family)
++Deceased Members of Gomes and Gene Families
+Vincenzo Misceo (Family)
++John and Emilia Mauro (Family)
+Benito Poato (Rosa and Family)
Spl. Int. Jason Fong (Family)
Spl. Int. Andrea and Peter and Family (Giuseppina)
Spl. Int. Cathy K. (Giuseppina)
Thurs. Dec 25 10:00 am
+Elsa Djoenaidi (Lanny and Danny)
+Vincenza Ferro (Corrado Family)
+Norberto De Castro (Family)
+Tarcisio Boffo (Makiko and Carmine)
+Bernardina Liguori (Family)
Spl. Int. Giuseppina (May and Don)
Spl. Int. Grace San Juan (Maria Hu)
Spl. Int. Priscilla, David, Lucas, Gracelyn, Matthew and Samantha (May and Don)
Spl. Int. Carmine and Makiko (Bozena)
Thurs. Dec 25 12:00 pm
+Adolfo Ortiz Junior (Maria)
+Norberto De Castro (Family)
++Nick and Carmen Corea (Mary De Fazio)
+Tony Magistrale (Family)
+++Romeo Villarosa, Elias Sico and May Sico (Tessie Villarosa)
+Domenic Luongo (Franca Z. and Family)
Spl. Int. Catherine Parel (Perla)
Spl. Int. for Quick Recovery of AJ Sico (Tessie Villarosa)
Fri. Dec 26 9:00 am
+Paul Sigurnjak (Family)
Spl. Int. Dorothy (Makiko)
Fri. Dec 26 7:30 pm
No DM Mass
Sat. Dec 27 9:00 am
+Agostino Velenosi (Family)
+Paolo Catania (Family)
Sat. Dec 27 5:00 pm
++John and Rosalind Fernandez (Family)
+Giuseppina Mastromonaco (Joseph and Edna Iorio)
+Erminia Perone (Perone Family)
Spl. Int. Carmine and Makiko Morelli (Diva)
Spl. Int. Dave and Dorothy (Diva)
Sun. Dec 28 8:00 am
+Tony De Santis (Family)
Spl. Int. Bozena and Laszlo (Diva)
Spl. Int. Cathy K. (Diva)
++John and Rosalind Fernandez (Family)
++Eufrasia Sovernigo and Deceased Members of the Sovernigo Family (Family)
+Tarcisio Boffo (Betty and Cheryl)
+Giovanni Recchia (Mafalda Recchia)
+Tony Astorino (Mafalda Recchia)
Spl. Int. Giuseppina (Bozena)
Spl. Int. Sean, Jennifer, Taiga, Rio and Aili (Diva)
Spl. Int. Ragy, Jerome and Prasad (Diva)
Spl. Int. Jackie and Family (Diva)
Sun. Dec 28 12:00 Noon
+Mike De Mare (Livio & Lilia Chiarello, Lina & Vincenzo Catania, Tanny and Larry Gough)
+Ermina Perone (Mary De Fazio)
+Tony Magistrale (Family)
+++Romeo Villarosa, Elias Sico and May Sico (Tessie Villarosa)
++Victor and Zacharias Nopre (Albina)
+Maria Demare (Ada and Family)
Spl. Int. for Quick Recovery of AJ Sico (Tessie Villarosa)
Spl. Int. Marie and Allen
Sun. Dec 28 5:00 pm
Spl. Int. Krys, Robert and Nicholas (Bozena)
Spl. Int. Lanny and Danny (Diva)
Spl. Int. Angie and David (Diva)