HOLY CROSS CHURCH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2020

HOLY CROSS CHURCH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2020 MENDOTA, ILLINOIS

Sunday, November 29th

9:00 a.m. +Judy Merritt by Tim & Lori McConville

12:00 p.m. +Ana María Hermosillo por Familia

Monday, November 30th

8:00 a.m. +Scott Thompson by Roger Weitzel Family

Tuesday, December 1st

7:00 a.m. Parish: +Janet P. Schmidt

by James Schmidt Family

9:00 a.m. School Mass on Zoom: +Karl Michael Soliman

by Family

Wednesday, December 2nd

8:00 a.m. +Ray & Mary Full by Family

Thursday, December 3rd

7:00 a.m. Parish: +Dave Pohl by Mike & Barb Bokus

9:00 a.m. School Mass on Zoom: +Leo Salz

by Deane & Phyllis Vogel

Friday, December 4th

8:00 a.m. +Christina Lilja by Kevin & Lori McConville

Saturday, December 5th

4:00 p.m. +Karl Michael Soliman by Family

Sunday, December 6th

9:00 a.m. +Ed Lauer

12:00 p.m. +Perfecto Espinoza by Sara Escatel

Lector’s Schedule

Saturday, November 28 Brian Corrigan

Sunday, November 29 Rudy Arteaga

Saturday, December 5 Clare Fischer

Sunday, December 6 Gwen Krenz

Saturday, December 12 Nancy Goble

Sunday, December 13 Rudy Arteaga

Saturday, December 19 Brian Corrigan

Sunday, December 20 Clare Fischer

Saturday, December 26 Nancy Goble

Sunday, December 27 Gwen Krenz

If you are interested in getting on the list of Lector’s

for the weekend Mass schedule, please contact the

parish office, or [email protected]

Tuesday and Thursday at

The Mass will continue to be livestreamed via the Zoom connection we have been using. The Sunday Masses, including the Saturday Vigil Mass will contin-ue to be broadcast to the parking lot via the loud-speaker system. It may be best to leave the sound off, but if you would like to watch, this option may make your Mass experience a better one.

Here is the link for the Zoom site:

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Meeting ID: 913 805 0856

Password: 811195

Please help spread the word so all of our parishioners are aware of this new development. The link, ID, and Password are the same for all of the Masses. If there are any questions, Fr. Pilon may be reached by email

at: [email protected]

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Adoration of Our Blessed Lord exposed in the Most Blessed Sacrament.

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Thanks to all who have made a pledge to the Annual Dioces-an Appeal. Currently, at Holy Cross we have pledges of

$34,635.00 toward our goal of $46,356.00. We have received pledge cards from 136 parishioners.

At Ss. Peter & Paul we have pledges of $12,400.00 toward the goal of $15,422.00 34 pledge cards have been returned.

A gift to the ADA, no matter how great or small can go a long way. A pledge of $10 or $20 a month can add up. Even a one-time gift is helpful. To those who have contributed, we are most grateful. If you have not yet made a gift to the ADA, we invite you to do so today. Every dollar raised to make our goal supports important diocesan services and every dollar raised over our goal will be kept in the parish.

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THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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12:00 noon Mass in Spanish

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2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Confession NOW INSIDE

3:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:15 p.m. Distribution of Communion drive thru

Mon: 8:00 a.m. Mass

9:00 a.m. Distribution of Communion drive thru


Tues: 7:00 a.m. Mass


9:00 a.m. School Mass—On Zoom



Wed: 8:00 a.m. Mass




Thur: 7:00 a.m. Mass


9:00 a.m. School Mass—On Zoom



Fri: 8:00 a.m. Mass




Sat: 9:00 a.m. Distribution of Communion drive thru


4:00 p.m. Mass


The following letter is from Susan Presley, the Pastor at the First Presbyterian Church, and is communicating for the Mendota Area Ministerial Association (MAMA). It is pertaining to the bell ringing for the Salvation Army at local businesses.

Dear Friends in Ministry:

As you know, MAMA is in charge of the Salvation Army bell ringing each year, which raises thousands of dollars, and nearly all of it stays in our community.

Normally, the five organizations that ring the bell for two weekends are MAMA (Shell), Rotary (Beck's Lakeside), Lions (Cindy's) and Kiwanis (Sullivan's) and

This year, things are different.

The local Kiwanis club has dissolved

Both the Lions and Rotary have opted not to put their members at health risk by having them ring bells, and both clubs are donating the average of what they raised in the last two years.

The police offered to take over the Kiwanis' two weekends at Sullivan's, rather than doing one weekend later in

I said all that to say this—I'm open to suggestions. Here's a few thoughts, but would welcome other ideas, as well.

• We could leave it as it is, with bells only being rung at Sullivan's and Shell, since traffic will likely be very slow at Cindy's, at least.

• Each of the larger churches could take Shell, Cindy's and Beck's

I've made a sign-up sheet online for Shell, https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080e4cadac2fa31-salvation2 So far a total of zero people have signed up, and it's been in our church newsletter.

I'd be glad to hear thoughts from anyone. I think this is an important thing in the community, but it's a tricky year, to say the least.




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In that discourse, Saint Paul writes that the greatest of the three theological virtues is love, the only one that remains when we attain to our heavenly home—God willing. I’ll talk more about love next week.

We begin Advent as a season of expectation—and of hope. The first Advent was a time of hope for Mary and Joseph as they awaited the coming Messiah; our annual Advent, in preparation for that second coming of when we know not, is a time of hope for us. In a sense, when we go into Advent, we are celebrating the first coming of Christ while we hope in that second coming. As the Church begins a new year, it calls our focus to the end of time.

Dr. Brant Pitre points out that Saint Augustine said, “The first coming of Christ the Lord was in obscurity; the second will be in the sight of the whole world. When he came in obscurity no one recognized him but his own servants; when he comes openly he will be known by both good people and bad. When he came in obscurity, it was to be judged; when he comes openly, it will be to judge.” When Jesus comes the second time—to judge—we will not wonder if it is him. We will know. His first coming was in obscurity and his second coming will be known to the whole world.

Additionally, Dr. Pitre continues from paragraph 524 of the Catechism (CCC): When the Church celebrates the liturgy of Advent each year, she makes present this an-cient expectancy of the Messiah, for by sharing in the long preparation for the Savior’s first coming, the faithful renew their ardent desire for his second coming.

The depth and beauty and mystery of the Church can be simply stunning, in my eyes. The way our God has so perfectly woven the intricacies of nature and the created universe, and then revealing them to us as we were fit to understand, finally revealing everything in full in Christ our Lord.

As we enter into the first week of Advent, let us pon-der the hope we hold for salvation—ours, and that of the whole world.

for that real Second Advent. You see, the first Advent actually

took place as Joseph and Mary made their way to Bethle-hem to be counted in the census.

Mary certainly knew that she was to bear the Son of

God, because that is precisely what the Archangel Gabriel told her at the Annunciation, “Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, - and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Lk 1:31-33 emphasis added).

they knew. Mary heard it from the archangel,

like the pondering question that has become a popular song, they knew…

Just as sacramental confession allows us to refresh and begin anew, so in a similar way this season of Advent each year gives us a chance to sharpen the focus on our Christian faith. After all, this is the beginning of a new year in the Church’s liturgical calendar, so what better way to kick off the new year than by having an honest review and assessment of where we are now in our journey of faith.

Each week of Advent we have a particular theme to help us sharpen that focus too. For example, this first week of Advent has as its focal point the theological virtue of Hope.

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Hoy, me gustaría comenzar a ver que significa adorar y por que nuestra adoración es importante.

El Concilio Vaticano II, en su Constitución sobre la Sagrada Liturgia (Sacrosanctum Concilium), pide la parti-cipación activa de los fieles. Nuestra participación activa es clave aquí.

Considere su experiencia típica de la Misa. Muchos afirmarán su propia observación de que la Misa no es al-go particularmente inspirador, y algunos incluso afirman que la Misa es a-b-u-r-r-i-d-a. Eso es solo porque han sido mal catequizados, especialmente en lo que respecta a la comprensión de lo que realmente sucede en la sagrada liturgia.

Esta idea de participación activa supuso un cambio radical para la mayoría de los católicos a raíz del Concilio Vaticano II. Recuerde, fue después de este Concilio cuan-do se pudo celebrar la Misa en la lengua vernácula, es decir, en el idioma del pueblo. Durante siglos, la experiencia de la misa de cada católico fue algo menos que 'activa'. Dado que el idioma de la liturgia estaba casi totalmente en latín, era común que los católicos practicantes hicieran uso de sus rosarios durante la Misa rezando el rosario mientras el sacerdote, y hasta cierto punto, los monaguillos celebraban la Misa en latín.

Con este cambio en el idioma de la Misa posterior al Concilio, también le correspondió al pueblo participar más plenamente en la liturgia. Este fue un llamado al intelecto con el que Dios creó a la humanidad.

Padre Virgil Michel, O.S.B. Tenía esto que decir sobre la idea de la adoración inteligente:

Sin inteligencia, no existe la adoración.

La verdadera adoración, o adoración a Dios, es un ejercicio de la virtud de la religión. Esta virtud consiste en el reconocimiento de Dios como nuestro Creador y Padre y en nuestra total dependencia de él en todos los aspectos.

Por tanto, la adoración es siempre una rendición del debido homenaje a Dios por parte de seres inteligentes. No puede haber adoración sin inteligencia, sin la cualidad de la mente o de la conciencia.

A medida que indaguemos en lo que realmente es nuestra adoración a Dios, llegaremos a una comprensión mucho más rica y profunda de nuestra parte en su cele-bración.

by looking at the meaning of the

word “liturgy.” Today, I would like to begin looking at what it means to worship, and why our worship is important.

Consider your typical experience of the Mass. Many will state their own observation that the Mass is not something particularly inspiring, and some even make the claim that the Mass is b-o-r-i-n-g. That is only because they have been poorly catechized, especially as regards an understanding of what truly transpires in the sacred liturgy.

This idea of active participation was a sea change for most Catholics in the wake of the Second Vatican Coun-cil. Remember, it was after this Council that the Mass was able to be celebrated in the vernacular—that is, the language of the people. For centuries every Catholic’s experience of the Mass was something less than “active.” With the language of the liturgy being almost totally in Latin, it was commonplace for practicing Catholics to make use of their rosary beads during the Mass by praying the rosary while the priest, and to some extent, the altar servers celebrated the Mass in Latin.

Worship is thus always a rendering of due homage to God by intelligent beings. There can be no worship without intelligence, without the quality of mind or of consciousness.

As we dig into what our worship of God truly is, we will come to a much richer and deeper understanding of our part in its celebration.

If you have not checked out the new FORMED.org website, we strongly encourage you to do so. It is chock-full of great videos, movies, eBooks and audio books, Bible studies, talks, and so much more!

All you need to do now is go to: Formed.org and register an account by clicking on “Sign Up,” then select “I belong to a Parish or Organization,” find our parish by name, or zip, enter your email address and you’re in. It’s that easy!

What can we recommend for this week?

Watch THE STORY OF THE NATIVITY: THE TRUTH OF CHRISTMAS

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Listen PREPARE THE WAY OF THE KING BY DR. SCOTT HAHN Your Advent journey will take on new meaning with Dr. Scott Hahn’s illuminating presentation on the greatest gift ever given to mankind—Jesus Christ.

Learn ADVENT This Advent prepare your heart through this exploration of the mystery of the Incarnation, the Virgin Birth, and the events surrounding the arrival of Jesus Christ.

In What Way is God the Truth? † In what way is God the truth? God is Truth itself and as such he can neither deceive nor be deceived. He is “light, and in him there is no darkness” (1 John 1:5). The eternal Son of God, the incarnation of wisdom, was sent into the world “to bear witness to the Truth” (John 18:37). Further reading CCC ¶ [214-217, 231]

† In what way does God reveal that he is love? God revealed himself to Israel as the One who has a stronger love than that of parents for their children or of husbands and wives for their spouses. God in himself “is love” (1 John 4:8, 16), who gives himself completely and gratuitously, who “so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that the world might be saved through him” (John 3:16-17). By sending his Son and the Holy Spirit, God reveals that he himself is an eternal exchange of love.

Further reading CCC ¶ [218-221]

Picture Retake Day We are working on a solution to have a Picture Retake Day. It was supposed to happen on December 3rd.

School Masses Our school Masses are on Tuesdays (Kindergarten, 2nd,

5th, 6th, 8th) and Thursdays (1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th) at 9:00

am like usual. If your child’s teacher is having your child

log into zoom on their own, please make sure the

microphone is on mute. The only unmuted computers

are for those who are reading or given the responsibility

of responding for the rest of us.

Fr. Pilon has the same link for all of his Masses.

Zoom link for Masses


Meeting ID: 913 805 0856 Password: 811195

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From the Principal’s Desk Dear Parents,

Thank you to all of our staff and students who

packed up at a moment’s notice to move home for re-

mote learning. Thank you, parents and caretakers, for

helping us out with the learning process. Also, thank

you to those students who passed on their school

Chromebook so a Kindergartener could use it. We sure

appreciate your family’s kindness to help our little

ones. The Chromebooks I ordered this summer are

still not here. Please keep in contact with your child-

(ren)’s teachers with your questions.

Please read the details below, regarding the Friday pick-up time and details for this week for PreK to Grade 8.

We continue to pray for all of those affected by

coronavirus. Our prayers go out to all of the positive

patients, those being quarantined, those waiting for

results, for the people caring for them and for the

health care workers. May those who have died from

the virus, rest in peace. May God bless you and keep

you.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. Despite our many

challenges, we all have people and things for which we

are grateful. Keep the prayers of gratefulness flowing.

Just an update: My hip replacement got postponed

last week and is rescheduled for this Friday, November

20. God willing. I will be out of the office for a few

weeks. The pro tempore administrator is Mrs. Motter.

Mrs. Doyle and Fr. Pilon will be helping Mrs. Motter.

Peace,

Mrs. Kobilsek

Box Tops for Education has a New System Our school will continue to collect Box Tops for Education this year. You will now download the Box Tops for Education app to your mobile phone and then scan your receipt. When you scan and choose Holy Cross School, you are helping our school to earn cash. If you have any paper box tops, please send them in to the school.

Box Tops (continued)

A good rule to have is to check the boxes and bags before they go into the trash. With the new system, the box top icon is not a coupon but an image to remind you to scan your receipt. If you see a Box Top icon, scan your receipt and choose Holy Cross School, Mendota.

Remote Learning vs. Absence Beginning Immediately

As with anything new, we have learning to do. We have refined our expectations for what it means to be a remote learner and what it means to be absent. Students still need to attend appointments, etc. You can contact your child’s teacher because we still need to take attendance each day.

Here is an explanation. We hope it clarifies this for you. You or your child can email their teacher if you have any questions.

If you or your child is sick and the work can not be completed, please contact the teachers. We are dealing with many different circumstances. Also, if the teachers are sick or unable to teach, they will let your child know through google classroom or their school email.

Collect Your Empty Cartridges One of our fundraisers is to collect your empty ink cartridges.

Scrip The Scrip order form is in the File Library in OptionC. The businesses listed are only a few of the choices. If there is something you would like that is not listed, please write it on the order form and write the amount that you want.

You can always direct your questions to Lorraine Walter in the business office at 538-6151.

This is an easy fundraiser for the school and it helps reduce your tuition for next year, as well.

Coming Up: December 18 - End of Quarter #2

WHY ARE WE HERE? WHAT’S LIFE ALL ABOUT?

Sometimes we get so caught up in the depth of our faith that we forget what it was like to first wrestle with the big questions – Who am I? What am I searching for? What’s our shared story? Who is Jesus? Why do we need a Church? Is there a God? We all need to get back to the basics to make sure the foundation is strong.

Beginning on Wednesday, December 2nd, Fr. Pilon will lead a parish-wide study that will run for seven weeks and will start at 6:30 p.m. The plan is to be open to 90 minute sessions, but in reality will more likely only run about 60 minutes. We will be ordering a number of study guides to enhance the experience. If you are interested in joining in this beautiful and enlightening study and would like a study guide, please call the parish office.

We are excited to introduce The Search, a new seven part Augustine Institute Original Series with the goal of lighting that first fire in those who don’t yet know the faith or reigniting the fire in those who need a primer on the foundational questions.

Due to Covid-19 we will be using Zoom (the same numbers used for the Mass) to host the study sessions. For those who are unable to use Zoom, you may call in on the number we use for our community rosary—425.436.6314. The access number is 604509.



November 2020

Dear Pastors,

In the Diocese of Peoria, we have a lot to be thankful for. In fact, the word Eucharist, the central reality of our

faith, literally means “thanksgiving.” As a bishop, I am particularly grateful every time I ordain a man to the

priesthood and send him out to minister to the people of this great diocese. I am also grateful to those young

men who have said “yes” to discerning a call to the priesthood, and who have entered our seminary program.

This Thanksgiving weekend, please give thanks for these men and show your support by giving generously to

the St. Therese Seminarian Fund.

The fund pays for tuition, room and board for theologians—those seminarians who have already graduated

college (either a university or college seminary). It also covers the salaries, office costs and marketing expenses

that keep our seminarian program afloat.

On this Sunday after Thanksgiving, I invite you to give thanks for those who are giving their lives to the

Church. There will be a second collection at each Mass that weekend. Please make checks payable to the

Catholic Diocese of Peoria Office of Priestly Vocations.

Thank you for your generosity, and please know of my prayers.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C.

BISHOP OF PEORIA

MOST REV. DANIEL R. JENKY, C.S.C. OFFICE OF THE BISHOP

DIOCESE OF PEORIA

OFFICE OF THE BISHOP 419 N.E. MADISON AVENUE

PEORIA, ILLINOIS 61603 PHONE: 309-671-1550

FAX: 309-671-1576

If you would like to spend some time before the Blessed Sacrament, Fr. Pilon will

livestream this Exposition, using the same site as is used for streaming the Holy

Sacrifice of the Mass

The Adoration is scheduled from 2:00—3:00 p.m. every Sunday.

Father will lead the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, fol-

lowing the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

These additional devotions will be every Sunday for the foreseeable future.

**Please note the updated and expanded Confession schedule on page 4 of this bulletin. Father will be offering sacramental confession every day—except Mondays—through Wednesday evening, December 23rd.


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Holy Cross School Honor Roll

8th High Honor Roll Lily Bokus—4.0, Kirby Bond—4.0, Alondra Delao, Ava Eddy, Bailey Engels—4.0, Cassandra Gonzalez—4.0, Lauren Holland, Libby Huffaker—4.0, Korinne Miars—4.0, Izzy Rosales, Grace Royer—4.0, Kenley Wilson—4.0

8th Honor Roll Benjamin Bresley, Natalie Hanaman, Ella Martin

7th High Honor Roll Maren Atherton, Alex Beetz, Anna Cyrocki, Laylie Denault, Dane Doyle, Mae Hagenbuch, Brody Hartt, Alex Holland, Addisyn Jones, Grady Jones, Ella Lewis, Peri Manning, Kooper Novak, Lily Soliman, Joe Stewart, Aden Tillman

7th Honor Roll Addyson Allensworth, Breanna Martinez, Nick Sheridan

6th High Honor Roll Emily Diaz, Emma Huffaker, Elaina Koch, Kara Miars, Alexandrew Tillman,

6th Honor Roll Nolan Hagenbuch, Abbie Kreiser, James Whitmore

5th High Honor Roll Charlee Dankenbring, Komen Denault, Hayley Diaz, Corbin Doll, Karson Doyle, Giselle Gonzalez, Leah Henkel, Kaylee MacDonald, Abby Magallanes, Gaby Martinez, Ashlynn Rickels, Elsie Soliman, Ross Sondgeroth, Cole Tillman, Charles Wilson

5th Honor Roll Emily Diaz, Nolan Hagenbuch, Abbie Kreiser

HOLY CROSS CHURCH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2020

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