7000 Morning Star Dr., The Colony, TX 75056 * Office: 972-625-5252 * Fax :972-370-5524 * www.holycrosscc.org

Pastor Rev. Joy Joseph, TOR

Priests in Residence: Rev. Raphael Eagle, TOR Deacon: Simon Torrez Pastoral Admin. Asst: Martha Diaz Bookkeeper: Jeanne Gilton Religious Education: Renée Bader Music Director: Sara Kazanski Maintenance Director: David Gramm

Mass Schedule Saturday 5:00 p.m. Church Sunday 9:00 a.m. Church 11:00 a.m. Church 1 :00 p.m. Church (Spanish)

Weekdays 8:30 a.m. Church (Mon., Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Saturday 4:00 p.m.

Or by appointment - Call church office Adoration Thursday 9:00 am - 12:00 p.m. First Friday of the Month 8:00 pm - 12:00 a.m. Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 12:00 noon 1:00pm - 4:00 p.m. PPPPlease lease lease lease RRRRemember emember emember emember HHHHoly oly oly oly CCCCross in ross in ross in ross in YYYYour our our our WWWWillillillill

December 20, 2015

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Office: 972-625-5252

Fax: 972-370-5524

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HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH December 20, 2015 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Diciembre 20, 2015

Calendar for the Week SATURDAY, December 19 4:00 P.M. Confessions 4:30 P.M. Rosary 5:00 P.M. Mass - The Dillon Family 7:30 P.M. Posadas SUNDAY, December 20 8:30 A.M. Rosary 9:00 A.M. Mass - Pro Populo RCIA Dismissal 10 :00 A.M. RCIA Classes 10:30 A.M. Rosary 11:00 A.M. Mass - Dianna Cirrincione 12:15 P.M. Confessions (Spanish & English) 12:30 P.M. Rosary 1:00 P.M. Mass - Leticia Nemeth 2:30 P.M. Posadas 2:30 P.M. Apóstoles de la Palabra 6:30 P.M. Advent Tear Down & Christmas Sep Up MONDAY, December 21 PARISH PENANCE SERVICE @ 7:00 PM 8:30 A.M. Mass - Joe Gilton 5:30 P.M. Posadas 7:30 P.M. Knights of Columbus Planning Meeting TUESDAY, December 22 1:00 P.M. Food Pantry 6:30 P.M. Choir Rehearsal 7:30 P.M. Posadas 7:30 P.M. Zumba Classes WEDNESDAY, December 23 8:30 A.M. Mass 7:30 P.M. Posadas 8:30 P.M. Pastorela THURSDAY, December 24 CHRISTMAS VIGIL 6:00 P.M. Christmas Vigil Mass (Children’s

Choir) 8:00 P.M. Christmas Vigil Mass - Beatriz Salazar Bonilla (Spanish) FRIDAY, December 25 CHRISTMAS DAY MIDNIGHT MASS - Pro Populo 10:00 AM Christmas Day Mass SATURDAY, December 26 4:00 P.M. Confessions 4:30 P.M. Rosary 5:00 P.M. Mass - Vince Cirrincione SUNDAY, December 27 8:30 A.M. Rosary

Baptisms / Bautizos

Baptism Preparation classes are held quarterly. Next class will be January 16, 2016 @ 9:00 a.m. Please stop by the church office to register. Las clases de Preparación Bautismal

se llevan a cabo trimestralmente. La próxima clase será el 16 de enero del 2016 a las 9:00 a.m. Por favor vaya a la

oficina de la iglesia para registrarse.

Marriages / Matrimonios

Marriages require a six to nine month preparation period. Please contact Martha Diaz at 972-625-5252, to inquire about marriage preparation. Los Matrimonios requieren un periodo de preparación de seis a nueve meses. Comuníquese por favor con Martha

Diaz al 972-625-5252, para información sobre la preparación matrimonial.

9:00 A.M. Mass - RCIA Dismissal 10 :00 A.M. RCIA Classes 10:30 A.M. Rosary 11:00 A.M. Mass - † Susana Yasno 12:15 P.M. Confessions (Spanish & English) 12:30 P.M. Rosary 1:00 P.M. Mass 2:30 P.M. Apóstoles de la Palabra

Our Prayer Tree Ministry Kindly call the parish office to add some- one to our Prayer List. Por favor llame a la oficina de la parro-quia para agregar a alguien a nuestra Lis-ta de Oración.

Holy Cross Catholic Church

Collections Record / Registro de Colectas Week ending 12-13-15 / Fin de Semana 12-13-15 Budget Week $12,400.00 Actual Week $11,328.07

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Merry Christmas and Blessed �ew Year

Father Joy Joseph, Father Raphael Eagle and the staff wish each and every member of our parish family a Merry

Christmas and a Blessed *ew Year. May the *ew born Babe of Bethlehem bless each one of us, our families and our

loved ones with His gift of peace, joy, love, and choicest blessings. Pray that our *ew Year be one that brings us

closer to God and to our parish family; that praises God for His love and mercy; and that enables us to reach out to

one another in love and charity.

Perhaps, it is the most appropriate time to recognize the contributions of those who make our parish family a unique

one; and our celebration of the Eucharist a profound experience for those who gather to worship and praise God.

First and foremost, I want to thank all those who devote so much of their time, energy and life for the parish day after

day and thereby bring immeasurable blessings to the parish.

Thanks to our Pastoral Team: Rev. Joy Joseph, Rev. Raphael Eagle, Martha Diaz, Jeanne Gilton, Renee Bader, Sara

Kazanski and David Gramm for their commitment and selfless giving.

Thanks to the Administration - Clerical Angels, Collection Counting, Facilities Maintenance,

Safe Environment Training, Webminister. Thanks to the Councils and Committees - Finance Committee, Pastoral Council, Stewardship Committee,

Knights of Columbus. Thanks to the Devotional Ministries - Baptismal Preparation, Bible Study, Cursillo Ultreya,

Marriage Preparation, Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA),

Prayer Tree.

Thanks to the Faith Formation - First Communion Preparation, First Reconciliation, Liturgy of the

Word for Children, Religious Education, Rite of Christian Initiation

Adapted for Children, Vacation Bible School (VBS), Youth R.O.C.K.

(Rely On Christ the King), Confirmation Preparation, Quince Años,

Rite of Christian Initation Adapted for Teens, Softball Team, Adult

Youth Facilitators. Thanks to the Liturgy Ministries - Altar Linens, Altar Servers, Art & Environment,

Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, Readers, Sacristans,

Usher / Ministers of Hospitality. Thanks to the Music Ministries - Adult Choir, Children’s Choir, El Coro de Adultos, Instrumentalists,

Saturday Ensemble. Thanks to the Outreach Ministries - CCA Back to School Clothing, CCA Christmas Giving Tree,

Food Pantry, Garden Ministry, Homebound Ministry,

*ursing Home Ministry, Quarterly Blood Drives, Quilt Ministry,

Cancer Support Group. Thanks to the Social Ministries - Fellowship Weekend, Grupo Santa Cruz, Matachines Ministry,

Ladies of Holy Cross, Singles Ministry, Language Ministry (ESL

& Spanish), Welcome Team, Zumba Ministry.

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH December 20, 2015 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Diciembre 20, 2015

Christmas Mass Schedule /

Horario de Misa de Navidad Christmas Vigil Masses

Thursday, December 24 6:00 p.m. (Children's Mass) 8:00 p.m. (Spanish)

Christmas Midnight Mass

Friday, December 25 12:00 Midnight

Christmas Day Mass

Friday, December 25 10:00 a.m.

Please join us 30 minutes before all the English Masses for

community caroling (6pm Mass, 12midnight, 10am).

Advent Penance Service

Servicio de Reconcilición de Adviento The Advent Penance Service will be held on Monday, December 21 at 7:00 p.m. in the church. We will have several priests and Reconciliation in Spanish will be available also. El Servicio de la Reconciliación de la temporada de Adviento se llevará a cabo el lunes 21 de diciembre a las 7:00 p.m. en la iglesia. Tendremos varios sacerdo-tes, y también habrá Reconciliación en Español.

Reconciliation on Sunday La Reconciliación en Domingo

Holy Cross is now offering the Sacra-ment of Reconciliation in Spanish & En-glish, every Sunday from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. until further notice. Holy Cross ahora esta ofreciendo el Sa-cramento de la Reconciliación en Espa-ñol e Ingles, todos los domingos de 12:15 a 12:45 p.m.

Mary, Mother of God

(Holy Day of Obligation) Join us on Thursday, December 31, 2015 for Vigil Mass at 6:00 PM and Friday, Janu-ary 1, 2016, Masses will be at 10:00 AM (English) & 12:00 Midday (Spanish).

Acompéñenos el jueves, 31 diciembre del 2015 en la Misa de Vigilia a las 6:00 PM y el viernes 1 de enero del 2016, la Misas serán a las 10:00 AM (Inglés) y 12:00 del medio dia (Español).

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Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

In this Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy I would like to focus on several points which I believe require attention to enable the celebration of the Holy Year to be for all believers a true mo-ment of encounter with the mercy of God. It is indeed my wish that the Jubilee be a living

experience of the closeness of the Father, whose tenderness is almost tangible, so that the faith of every believer may be strengthened and thus testimony to it be ever more ef-fective. My thought first of all goes to all the faithful who, whether in individual Dioceses or as pil-grims to Rome, will experience the grace of the Jubilee. I wish that the Jubilee Indul-gence may reach each one as a genuine experience of God’s mercy, which comes to meet each person in the Face of the Father who welcomes and forgives, forgetting completely the sin committed. To experience and obtain the Indulgence, the faithful are called to make a brief pilgrimage to the churches designated by the Diocesan Bishop, as a sign of the deep desire for true conversion. Likewise, I dispose that the Indulgence may be ob-tained in the Shrines in which the Door of Mercy is open and in the churches which tradi-tionally are identified as Jubilee Churches. It is important that this moment be linked, first and foremost, to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and to the celebration of the Holy Eucharist with a reflection on mercy. It will be necessary to accompany these celebra-tions with the profession of faith and with prayer for me and for the intentions that I bear in my heart for the good of the Church and of the entire world.

I have asked the Church in this Jubilee Year to rediscover the richness encompassed by the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. The experience of mercy, indeed, becomes visible in the witness of concrete signs as Jesus himself taught us. Each time that one of the faithful personally performs one or more of these actions, he or she shall surely obtain the Jubilee Indulgence. Hence the commitment to live by mercy so as to obtain the grace of complete and exhaustive forgiveness by the power of the love of the Father who ex-cludes no one. The Jubilee Indulgence is thus full, the fruit of the very event which is to be celebrated and experienced with faith, hope and charity.

Furthermore, the Jubilee Indulgence can also be obtained for the deceased. We are bound to them by the witness of faith and charity that they have left us. Thus, as we re-member them in the Eucharistic celebration, thus we can, in the great mystery of the Com-munion of Saints, pray for them, that the merciful Face of the Father free them of every remnant of fault and strongly embrace them in the unending beatitude. Trusting in the intercession of the Mother of Mercy, I entrust this Extraordinary Jubilee Year to her pro-tection.

Pope Francis

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH December 20, 2015 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Diciembre 20, 2015

Las Posadas NavideñasLas Posadas NavideñasLas Posadas NavideñasLas Posadas Navideñas Grupo Santa Cruz is sponsoring the

Posadas Navideñas starting Tuesday,

December 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Church.

Las Posadas Navideñas is a tradition

that started in the year of 1587 in San

Agustin Acolman, a small town in Mex-

ico, to remember the journey that the

Holy Family did from Galilee to Bethle-

hem. Join us! Grupo Santa Cruz esta patrocinando Las Posadas Navideñas comenzando el martes 15 de Diciembre a las 7:30 p.m. en la Iglesia. Las Posadas Navideñas es una tradición que comenzó en el año de 1587 en San Agustín Acolman, un pe-

queño pueblo de México, para recordar la jornada de La Sagrada Familia de Galilea hasta Belén !Acompáñenos!

Calendar / Calendario: Tues. Dec. 15 @ 7:30 PM Sat. Dec. 19 @ 7:30 PM

Wed. Dec. 16 @7:30 PM Sun. Dec. 20 @ 2:30 2:30 2:30 2:30 PM

Thur. Dec. 17 @ 7:30 PM Mon. Dec. 21 @ 5:30 5:30 5:30 5:30 PM

Fri. Dec. 18 @ 7:30 PM Tue. Dec. 22 @ 7:30 PM

Wed. Dec. 23 @ 7: 30 PM

Holy Cross has started a fund raising campaign to be used for building expan-sion of our church campus. In support of that effort, the Holy Cross Knights of Co-lumbus will be contributing funds gener-ated from our annual Vegas Night event which will be held on January 30th, 2016. We invite you to come out and support the future expansion of our worship fa-cilities. The Knights will be selling event tickets, raffle tickets and sponsorships after every service beginning on January 9th. Or you may contact Jimmy Lotz jclotz68@yahoo.com or Richard Ander-son randerson@abvlaw.com . So, bring your family, bring your friends and get ready to have a GREAT time while supporting our parish community. Holy Cross ha comenzado una campaña

de donaciones para usar en la construc-ción de la expansión de nuestra iglesia. Como apoyo a esto, los Caballeros de

Colony de Holy Cross estarán contribu-yendo con los fondos generados por su Anual Noche de Vegas, el cual será el 30

de enero del 2016. Los invitamos a que participen y apoyen la expansión de nuestras de adoración y alabanza. Los

Caballeros de Colony estarán vendiendo boletos para el evento, boletos para una rifa y registrando patrocinadores des-

pués de todas las Misas el 9 de enero o Comuníquese con Jimmy Lotz jclotz68@yahoo.com o Richard Ander-

son randerson@abvlaw.com . Así que traiga a su familia y amigos y prepárese para pasa un grandioso tiem-

po al mismo tiempo que apoya a su co-munidad parroquial.

Religious Education & Youth Ministry Educación Religiosa & Ministerio Juvenil Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Religious Education classes resume January 6 & Youth Ministry classes January 10. ¡Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año Nuevo! Educa-ción Religiosa reanuda sus clases el 6 de ene-ro, y el Ministerio Juvenil el 10 de enero.

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