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MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM
Sunday 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM
Holy Day Vigil 7:00 PM
8:00 AM
Weekdays 8:00 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
HOLY CROSS DIRECTORY
Rev. William C. McGuirk
Pastor & Trust Administrator
Email: [email protected]
Pastoral Council: Gerald Andrews, Bob Kimmick, Anthony & Sharon Rizzardi, Debbie Schotting,
Kay Sofranko, Joe Sostarich, Rose Yoder
Faith Formation: Brian Lohr
Finance Council: Mark Frick, Georgie Gamberoni, Sally Hurrianko, Dennis McManus
Ministry of Care: Facilitator Joan Jones
Prayer Chain: Pat Cassa
Parish Staff Choir Director: Carol Sostarich
Organists: Linda Eismont, Carol Kalich, Mimi McManus
Sacristan: Eleanor Hamrock
Business Manager: Sara Thomas
Women’s Guild: President: Eleanor Hamrock
Health Ministry Coordinator/Parish Nurse: Melanie Orndoff
Knights of Columbus: Charles Stack Meeting 2nd Wednesday at 7:30 PM
Confession Saturday 4:00 PM
Marriages Call the parish office at least 6 months in advance.
Baptisms Contact the parish office.
Anointing of the Sick Call the parish office.
Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
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Sunday, April 2, 2:00 PM
Holy Cross
Monday, April 3, 7:00 PM
St. Bruno
Tuesday, April 4, 7:00 PM
St. Paul
Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 PM
St. Benedict
Thursday, April 6, 7:00 PM
Our Lady of Grace
Saturday, April 8, 11:00 AM
Blessed Sacrament Cathedral
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Third Sunday of Lent March 19, 2017 If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Psalm 95:8
MASS INTENTIONS
Sat: Mar 18 5:00PM+
Sun: Mar 19 8:00AM+ 10:00AM+
Mon: Mar 20
8:00AM+
Tue: Mar 21 8:00AM+ 12:30PM
Wed: Mar 22 8:00AM+ Thur: Mar 23 8:00AM+
Fri: Mar 24 8:00AM
Sat: Mar 25 5:00PM+
Sun: Mar 26 8:00AM+ 10:00AM+
he most common substance on earth—water—is also the most precious. It is no wonder that the stories of our salvation feature it so frequently. When have you wondered whether or not the Lord was in your midst? How has being vulnerable freed you to be honest with God, yourself, or another quenched your deepest longing?
THIRSTING FOR LIFE-GIVING WATERS
Especially during the Lenten, Holy Week, and Easter seasons,
the prayer texts of the Eastern Church revel in paradoxical images
of Christ: the eternal life who is put to death, the host of the sup-
per who is also its meal, the thirsty crucified one with living water
streaming from his side. These images flow from the evangelists’
portrayals of Jesus and from his very ministry, during which he
often upset or reversed people’s expectations about him or the
ways of God. This “reversal” is at play in today’s Gospel, as Jesus
speaks to an enemy foreigner who is also a woman beneath his
status. In addition he, the thirsting one, shows the woman to be the
one truly thirsting. He—whose parched lips will say “I thirst” be-
fore he dies—is the source of life and life-giving water. Lent calls
upon us to dwell on how each of us is thirsting for Christ, and it
leads us, ultimately, back to the life-giving waters of our baptism
into his Body. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.
Third Sunday of Lent (Vigil) Betty Winter (Sister, Ann)
Third Sunday of Lent Living & Deceased Holy Cross Members
Geraldine Genard (Children)
St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Dolores Griffin (Anna Rich)
Lenten Weekday Joseph Acito (B) (Emily Acito) Stations of the Cross
Lenten Weekday Helen Cunningham (Women’s Guild)
Lenten Weekday, St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop Nicholas Lucarelli (Grandma, Louise)
Lenten Weekday, Blessed Oscar Romero, Bishop & Martyr No Mass Fourth Sunday of Lent (Vigil) Barbara Petrella (A) (Fred Petrella)
Fourth Sunday of Lent Living & Deceased Holy Cross Members
Marlene Morgan (Crystal, Sebastian & Gia Scamardi)
Youth Ministry: Here at Holy Cross Youth Ministry we encourage
our young people to hear God’s Word, to nurture a relationship
with God through prayer and heed the call to serve others. We usu-
ally meet every other Sunday from 6 pm - 8 pm in the youth area
below the worship area. March 19th - "Confession" 6 pm- 8 pm - During the Lenten season
we reflect on bettering ourselves. We kind of do a "Spring Cleaning" of
our soul. the sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) helps us do that.
Tonight we will talk a little about this sacrament and have a few
priests on hand to answer questions and hear confessions.
March 25th - "Candle light Stations of the Cross" - We will start at
6:30 pm in the hall with a meager meal of soup and salad. Followed by
a special candle light stations of the cross for youth and their families.
The world-renowned Pittsburgh Symphony will return to Saint Vincent
Archabbey Basilica on Saturday, April 29th at 7:30 p.m., under the direc-
tion of Maestro Manfred Honeck. The Symphony will perform Bruckner’s
Symphony No. 8, the crowning musical achievement of the composer.
There will be a pre-concert reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Fred Rogers Cen-
ter. Maestro Honeck and members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
will be in attendance to meet those attending the reception. The reception
will benefit the Students First Fund. Tickets for the concert are $25 and
tickets for the Reception are $100 and will include preferred seating dur-
ing the concert. For tickets and more information call 724-805-2177 or
visit eventregistration.stvincent.edu/pso2017.
Youth Ministry's Easter Candy Sale:
Thanks in advance to everyone who is purchasing Easter candy. Forms
can be put in the collection. You can still get forms at the entrances of
the church All orders need to be turned in by April 3rd. Orders will be
ready for pick up Psalm Sunday weekend. Please help support the youth
of the parish and one of our local businesses (Sib's Chocolate). Any
questions contact Bob Chappell
Middle School Faith Night “WITH JOY!”
For youth in grades 6th-8th Friday, March 31, 2017 6:30-9:00 PM
Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School $10.00 per person
Featuring: games, music, prayer, a keynote.
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Stewardship 3/12/17 Offertory $4,988 Loose Collection $286 Monthly Inflation $360 Children’s Collection $30 Total $5,664 Candles $136 Ash Wednesday $190 Home Missions $88 Easter Flowers $261 Budget: $6,600 Over/Under -986
Sincere thanks for your financial stewardship to Holy Cross Parish.
Window Candles If you would like to reserve a window
candle in honor or in memory of a loved one,
please call the parish office.
Lenten Candle—$25
Easter Candle—$25
Ministry of Care Meeting Scheduled for Monday, March 27, 7:00 PM
in the church social hall.
Due to HIPPA Law, Westmoreland
Hospital can no longer tell pastors who is
ill. Families must call the office.
If you are admitted to the hospital and wish
to have a Catholic Chaplin visit you, you
must let them know.
Any personal injury on church property,
please make sure you call the office or
speak to the priest.
United Together at Holy Cross. All
weekends in Lent we will collect pa-
per products that will be distributed
at the Youngwood Food Bank. Please
bring paper products to any weekend
mass during Lent.
Thank you
Faustina: Messenger of Divine Mercy, the moving, live production performed
by actress Maria Vargo and directed by Leonardo Defilippis of Saint Luke Pro-
ductions, will be presented at St. Paul Church in Greensburg on Wednesday,
March 22 at 7:00 p.m. Experience firsthand the life and message of Saint Faustina whose personal
encounters with Jesus have inspired a world-wide devotion to Christ’s Divine
Mercy. This drama also brings audiences a riveting modern story that makes Di-
vine Mercy remarkably relevant and urgent for our world today. The program is
filled with all the elements of professional theater, runs 90 minutes, and is suitable
for ages 13 and up.
Admission is a free-will offering. For additional information, contact St.
Paul Parish Office at 724-834-6880 or visit www.pbcatholic.org.
Lenten Luncheon & Service — Youngwood Ministerium — Wednesdays at
Noon. Meager Meal of soup and bread with Lenten Reflection. March 22 St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
March 29 New Beginnings Evangelical Church
April 5 St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
April 12 Holy Week—No Luncheon Scheduled
Luncheon will start at 12:00. A free will donation will be accepted.
THE PARKING LOT BEHIND THE
SCHOOL ABOVE THE RECTORY:
ATTENTION! SAFETY AWARENESS!
Please park like good Christians. Allow
others access by creating three rows. Pull up
so that others can park straight behind you.
One thousand blessings if you implement
this request.
Lent A Sense of the Season The word Lent means springtime. This word comes from the same root as
lengthen. Daytime lengthens during Lent. The northern hemisphere turns toward
the sun, the source of life, and winter turns into spring. In Hebrew, the word for
repentance is the same as the word that means to turn, like the turning of the earth
to the sun, like the turning of the soil before planting.
“Even now, says the Lord, turn to me.” (Joel 2:12) The word sin means separa-
tion. We are called to turn from our separate selves, from our sin, to come together
in community. Self-denial is the way we express our repentance. In the lengthen-
ing brightness from Ash Wednesday until Holy Thursday afternoon, our holy
Lent, we turn to God as our source of life.
Self-denial is threefold, advises Matthew’s gospel. We pray: “Go to your room,
close your door, and pray to your Father in private.” We fast: “No one must see
you are fasting but your Father.” We give alms: “Keep your deeds of mercy secret,
and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.” Through the Lenten exercise
of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, we spring-clean our lives, sharpen our senses,
put tomorrow in its place and treasure the day at hand.
Why are there forty days in Lent? It took forty days for sinfulness to drown in
the flood before a new creation could inherit the earth. It took forty years for the
generation of slaves to die before the freeborn could enter the promised land. For
forty days Moses and Elijah and Jesus fasted and prayed to prepare themselves for
a life’s work.
At the beginning of Lent the bishop calls out the names of the catechumens who
seek to be baptized at Easter. Their names are written in the book of the elect, the
chosen. God has chosen them, and they have chosen to turn to God. Lent is the
forty days before the baptism of the catechumens. The already baptized can share
the excitement and the struggles of the elect and rediscover the meaning of bap-
tism in their own lives. During the forty days, both catechumens and the faithful
journey together to the holy font.
We keep Lent together. We put aside our business-as-usual to support each
other in prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We turn to God to enlighten us and purify
us throughout the lengthening brightness of our holy season of Lent.
“For now is the acceptable time! Now is the day of salvation!” Copyright © 1997, Archdiocese of Chicago. Liturgy Training Publications, 1800 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago
IL 60622-1101; 1800-933-1800. Text by Peter Mazar. Art by Rita Corbin.
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