ADVENT PENITENTIAL SERVICE AT HOLY CROSS
Please join us on Thursday December 11th at 7:00 pm in the Church for our Advent Penitential Service. There will be several priests available to hear your confessions. If possible, please plan your Advent Confession for this night.
For information about Penitential services at other Parishes, visit rcav.org/advent.
SHARE CHRISTMAS DROP OFF WEEKEND
Share Christmas Drop-off weekend is this weekend only. If you took a card from the Share Christmas tree last weekend, please return your card together with your food donation to the school gym before or after each Mass, except the 5:00 pm Sunday Mass:
DEC 6 (SAT) 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
DEC 7 (SUN) 9:00 am – 1:30 pm
If you need help in carrying your donation from your car, please ask one of the volunteers by the gym door. All food donations received will be delivered to a convent in the Downtown Eastside this Sunday, December 7. The Sisters will distribute your food contribution to the families and individuals in need at Christmastime. Once again, thank you for your participation in our Share Christmas Program.
SHARE CHRISTMAS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED THIS SUNDAY
We are looking for volunteers to help us load and off-load our delivery truck this Sunday, December 7. We will meet at 3:00 pm in the school gym. Volunteers with strong backs are needed and they can come for either loading or off-loading or both. Also, among the volunteers present, we will be looking for drivers who can carpool to and from the convent in the Downtown Eastside. The work will take about 2.5 hrs to complete. If you are interested, please bring a pair of gloves, wear comfortable shoes, and dress for the weather. For more information, please phone/text Dillon Fong (604 561-6918).
CWL ADVENT BAKE SALE SUN DEC 7
Our CWL is having a Bake Sale in the Gym after the Sunday 8:00 am, 10:00 am and 12:00 Noon Masses. Please drop by after Mass and check out their homemade baking when you drop off your Share Christmas food donation.
Cwl religious articles on sale this weekend
Our Holy Cross CWL has religious articles for sale in the lobby after the 5:00 pm Mass on Saturday December 6 and after the 8:00am, 10:00am & 12:00pm Masses on Sunday December 7. We accept personal cheque or cash for payment.
SECOND COLLECTION: YOUTH MINISTRY
This Sunday’s 2nd collection will help to support Youth Ministry efforts in the Archdiocese, including spiritual and professional formation for those who serve young people. Your contribution helps young people form a deep and lasting relationship with Jesus Christ.
2026 WALL CALENDARS and 2026 SUNDAY DONATION ENVELOPES
Your 2026 wall calendars from Bell & Burnaby Funeral Chapel and your 2026 Sunday donation envelopes are ready for pickup in the Church lobby. Please do not use the 2026 envelopes until January 1, 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. We appreciate all donations, but 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.)
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!
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ANNUAL CHARITY APPEAL
Knights of Columbus Annual Charity Appeal is now live, draw date is December 13th. Tickets can be purchased online from the following link: https://kofccharity.ca/?olc=C05423
First prize is a Ford Maverick Pickup and there are several cash and early bird prizes. A portion of the ticket sales come back directly to our council to support the various charities and ministries in our community.
MASS INTENTIONS for Monday December 8, 2025, to Sunday December 14, 2025 (Requested by)
Mon. Dec 8 8:15 am
+John Hong (Family)
Spl. Int. Margaret Ross (Lanny)
Tues. Dec 9 8:15 am
+Emilia Diaz Clemente (Family)
+Mark Baldonero (Family)
+Jose Coronel
Thurs. Dec 11 8:15 am
+++++Maureen, Wallace, John and Helen Morris and James Harrington (Diva)
+Hernando Gamez (Family)
Fri. Dec 12 8:15 am
+Frank Corea (Mary De Fazio)
Fri. Dec 12 7:30 pm
+Roma Waingnein
+Cesar Diangkinay
++++Dorothy, Allen, Garry and Robert Stevenson
Spl. Int. Thanksgiving for Blessings Received
Spl. Int. for Healing for Alejo Mariano Junior (Angelina)
Spl. Int. for Barbara Van Heiningen and Regina Mattusch (Magda Deck)
Spl. Int. Alpha for Youth Participants and Volunteers
Spl. Int. Francesca, Helen and Joan
Spl. Int. Alba Stevenson
Sat. Dec 13 9:00 am
+Vittoria de Leo de Pollicino (Angela Pollicino)
Spl. Int. Perla Parel (Lanny)
Spl. Int. in Honour of St. Anthony (Cynthia Avelino-Gomez)
Sat. Dec 13 5:00 pm
++Lucio Zucchetto and Silvano Marchiori (Family)
+Mario Santorelli (Angela Pollicino)
+Zeus Custodio (Carmine and Makiko)
Spl. Int. Carmine and Makiko
Spl. Int. for Thanksgiving
Spl. Int. Joanne Arai and Family (Carmine and Makiko)
Sun. Dec 14 8:00 am
+Tony De Santis (Family)
+Melko Anzulovich (Family)
+Mary Maravillas Black (Anzulovich Family)
Sun. Dec 14 10:00am
++John and Rosalind Fernandez (Family)
+Tarcisio Boffo (Gal Family)
+Felomena Barbato (De Angelis Family)
+Wendy Kinkopf (Don and Diane Kennedy)
+Eva Ceolin (Ceolin Family)
+Anthony Arduini (Mariutti and Artuso Families)
Spl. Int. for Mary Jane and Ronnel De Belen and Family (Family)
Sun. Dec 14 12:00 Noon
+Wesley Prahalad (Roberto Baldasso)
+Giovanna Greco (Ceron Family)
++Monique and Stephen Cogan (Richard Cogan)
+++Bernice, Kenneth and Bev Young
+Tony Magistrale (Family)
+Carlo De Renzio (Family)
Spl. Int. Marie and Allen
Sun. Dec 14 5:00 pm
+Ada De Vuono (Anna, Peter, Tina, Maria, Jodi and Angela)
++Maria and Salvatore Demare
+Michael Gomes
Spl. Int. Virgilio Tumbaga