We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, Through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

 1 Thes. 4:13-14

 In November we are stirred by the fall season and the weather to think about our relatives and friends who have passed away recently or long ago. This time of the year gives us the opportunity to think about them and also to help them with our prayers. Prayer is the only way in which we connect with them on our world. It is a very special channel which joins us with them by the power of God.

Throughout November the Church prays for all who are in the purifying fires of Purgatory, waiting for the day when they will join the company of the saints in heaven. The celebration of Mass is the highest means the Church can provide for charity for the dead, but we can also relieve their sufferings through our prayers, sufferings and penances.

                       The proposal to celebrate All Souls Day in two stations:

Station 1.: Sunday Nov. 04, 2012 At 10:00 AM

The Holy Mass in our Church at 208 S. Broadway, Baltimore, MD for intention of all people mentioned in Remembrances 2012

Station 2.: Sunday Nov. 04, 2012 at 12:00 noon

The procession at our Holy Cross Cemetery with the reading of the names of our departed at 7110 German Hill Road, Baltimore

Jesus Christ departed the earth and he sent apostles and, after them us – to go and proclaim the Gospel to all people on the earth. Over the twenty centuries the Church grew in number and widened the territory of goodness in the world. Today our Church has the same mission to live more deeply by the Gospel and proclaim it making the new disciples for Christ. Today the success of this mission is upon us.

The Eucharist, which we now celebrate, is the anamnesis – Reminder and Participation in the Ascension of the Lord. We remember this event and at the same time we participate in it. Therefore the message of our Master Jesus Christ is in force to us today too. We are the Disciples of Christ and we have to live in the communion with Jesus in his Church and proclaim His message to all people on the world.

Holy Masses

May 20, 2012 – 7^th Easter Sunday – Ascension of our Lord

10:00 AM for ++Alvira & Eugene Przybylowicz from Walter Pry

May 27, 2012 – Pentecost Sunday

10:00 AM for++Cecilia Eyring & Joan Charvat from Pat & Marge Feehley

June 03, 2012 – Trinity Sunday

10:00 AM for+Danny Jagodzinski from Augusta Kutrik

June 10, 2012 – Corpus Christi Sunday

10:00 AM for+Rev. Louis Victor from Denice Funk

Announcements

¨      The May Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary will be on Sunday May 20, 2012 after Holy Mass.

¨      Acolyte Retreat will be from Tuesday June 26th to Friday June 29^th in Spojnia Farm (Waymart, PA). Applications are available – see Father.

¨      The Father’s Day is coming (June 17, 2012) if you would like to mention your Father’s Name in the intention of the Mass please fill out the envelope for Father’s Day in vestibule of the Church.

¨      MY MISSION: When I am the disciple of Christ and the member of his Church I realize this and participate in all matters which concern Him. The Easter season and the Sunday’s Masses are not my challenges are my privilege.

Welcome Our Visitors

We welcome all our visitors who are present with us for worship this Sunday! Please introduce yourself to the Pastor afterMass.Please write your names in the guest book located in the vestibule of the church. Please remember that you are always welcome to join us in worship atHolyCrossChurch.

We believe that Christ is risen and alive. What does that faith mean to us today?

Is Jesus so much alive to us that we can meet him personally in prayer, listening and speaking to him as a friend to a friend, heart to heart?

Do we touch his wounds in those wounded in life whether in their bodies or their hearts?

Do we encounter him in our own sorrows?

Do we encounter him in our joys and the joys of our friends?

Is he alive in our Christian community, and do we encounter him there?

 Let us pray to the Lord in this Eucharist that he may be real and alive to each and all of us.

Holy Masses

April 15, 2012 – 2^nd Easter Sunday

10:00 AM for +Helen Rachuba from William Rachuba

April 22, 2012 – 3^rd Easter Sunday

10:00 AM for +Lidia from Nellie Dobrowolski

Announcements

¨      Many Thanks to all people who cleaned the Church on Saturday.

¨      Thanks Denice and Joyce for helping with the egg hunting prizes.

¨      Thank you for the donations on flowers. God bless you.

¨      Philadelphia Seniorate meeting – Saturday April 28, 2012 in Reading, PA

¨      The Mother’s Day is coming (May 13, 2012) if you would like to mention your Mother’s Name in the intention of the Mass on that day please fill out the envelope for Mothers’s Day offering  in vestibule of the Church.

¨      The 12^th Annual Katyn Remembrance – Sunday Apr. 29, 2012 at 1:00PM – Ceremonies at the National Katyn Memorial – Baltimore Inner Harbor East 600 block of President St. (at Aliceanna St.).

¨      MY MISSION: When I am the disciple of Christ and the member of his Church I realize this and participate in all matters which concern Him. The Easter season and the Sunday’s Masses are not my challenges are my privilege.

Welcome Our Visitors

- We welcome all our visitors who are present with us for worship this Sunday! Please introduce yourself to the Pastor afterMass.Please write your names in the guest book located in the vestibule of the church. Please remember that you are always welcome to join us in worship at HolyCrossChurch.

For five weeks of Lent we have been preparing, by works of charity and self-sacrifices, for the celebration of our Lord’s paschal mystery. Today we celebrate the Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion the first day of the Holy Week.

On this day the Church celebrates Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem to accomplish his Paschal Mystery. Accordingly, the memorial of this event is included in every Holy Mass with the procession or the solemn entrance before the Mass.

Our wonderful daily lives can be only express by our worship of God our Creator. By Palm Sunday we praise our Lord Jesus Christ, we call him Holy Son of David and King of Israel. We give him the worship of God to make Him equal with God Creator for his work of our Salvation.

During this Holy Mass we will hear the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Mark. We have to find ourselves in that story of salvation because our sin is the purpose of this event and our own role is very important in the whole economy of Salvation.

The Holy Mass which we now celebrate is the Paschal Mystery of Jesus and ours therefore we need to be present on that event.

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

Apr. 5: Maundy Thursday   - 6:30 PM Holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Apr. 6: Good Friday             - 6:30 PM The Stations of the Cross and Liturgy of the Word and Adoration of the Cross

Apr. 7: Holy Saturday         - 5:00 PM Blessing of Food Baskets and followed by the Easter Vigil Eucharist; Parish Dinner and Hunting the Eggs

Apr. 8: Easter Sunday         - 10:00 AM Holy Mass of Easter with Procession

Holy Masses

April 1, 2012 – Palm Sunday

10:00 AM for +Mary Watcheski from Carolyn Hanson

April 5, 2012 – Maundy Thursday

6:30 PM for all priest who served for the Holy Cross Parish

April 7, 2012 – Holy Saturday

5:00 PM for all sponsors and donors of the Holy Cross Parish

April 8, 2012 – Easter Sunday

10:00 AM for all parishioners living or dead

Announcements

¨       HC – On Saturday April 7, after Easter Vigil Eucharist at 5:00 PM, we will have the Parish Dinner, it is the Agape Supper. Every Parishioner with Family is invited. This is the Potluck Dinner everyone can bring something – please ask Ewa what to bring.

¨       Many Thanks to all people who cleaned the Church on Saturday.

¨       On Tuesday April 3 Father will participate in Clergy Conference and in the Holy Mass of Chrism inScranton,PA.

¨       On Saturday Apr. 14 at 2:00 PM we will have the baptism of Luke William Peyton please pray for good growth of faith for him and his Family.

¨       Philadelphia Seniorate meeting – Saturday April 28, 2012 in Reading, PA

¨       For Easter Letter and Holy Week Schedule look on our web site www.holycrosspncc.org

¨       MYMISSION: When I am the disciple of Christ and the member of his Church I realize this and participate in all matters which concern Him. The Holy Week Liturgy is not my challenge it is my privilege.

Welcome Our Visitors

We celebrate the 5^th Sunday of Lent – the Passion Sunday. Today more like in any time we realize what mean, that unless a grain of wheat dies, it produces much fruit. We saw Jesus who headed for his own dead with great determination, because he knew that this is for the freedom of all of us. This example is very meaningful. In our struggle we fight for our own freedom from the sin, to be the citizens in the Kingdom of God.

 The Eucharist which we now celebrate is once again the participation in the safety dead of Christ on the Cross, the participation in the Hour of Jesus. We know that our salvation is only by the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Mass is the great thanksgiving for that.

Holy Masses

March 25, 2012 – 5^th Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for ++Lawrence Piwinski, Kathrine Piwinski, Michael Piwinski, Elzbieta Piwinski, Bertha Piwinski, Walter Potrzuski, Eva Potrzuski, Mary Stokowski, Vera Dobsakowski from Frank Piwinski

April 1, 2012 – Palm Sunday

10:00 AM for +Mary Watcheski from Carolyn Hanson

Announcements

• We are in Lent. In that season we learn about the power of fasting, praying and almsgiving. These are three great works which can help us to prepare ourselves for Resurrection of our Lord and our own resurrection in the future.
• The Stations of the Cross – the devotion which is a very good reminder of the last moments of Jesus Christ on earth. It will take place on Saturdays – 5:00 PM (March 10, and March 31) and on Good Friday 6:30PM.
• All people who want to help cleaning the Church, we invite them on Saturday – March 31 at2:00 PM.
• The Agape Dinner will be on Holy Saturday. April 7 is the date for it. Please remember of it and provide for it some dishes – this is the dinner in the form of Potluck dinner.
• If somebody wants to be a sponsor for the egg hunting prizes please let Fr. Andrew know of it.
• As the members of our Church we are responsible for our future and we will pray and look for the new active members of our Community of Holy Cross in Baltimore, MD.
• Please check the Blog of our web site: www.holycrosspncc.org

Welcome Our Visitors

- We welcome all our visitors who are present with us for worship this Sunday! Please introduce yourself to the pastor after Mass. Please write your names in the guest book located in the vestibule of the church. Please remember that you are always welcome to join us in worship at Holy Cross Church.

The new period of the Liturgical Year of Lent we started on Ash Wednesday. This period is very important for us because in this time we prepare ourselves by reflection and penance to the great feast of our salvation, which is Easter. Each year God gives us this season when we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery – the transition from death to the fullness of life in Christ.

The Eucharist is the strong power for our discipleship, in which we learn more about the power of fasting, praying and almsgiving. These three things will accompany us during the Lenten season. They are the three things, which characterize the real spirit of penance, so close to us in Lent.

Holy Masses

February 26, 2012 – 1^st Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for +Clara M. Wille from the family of Eleanor Valenti

March 4, 2012 – 2^nd Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for + Charlotte Turkos from Richard Guba

Announcements

• We start the Lent. In that season we learn about the power of fasting, praying and almsgiving. These are three great works which can help us to prepare ourselves for Resurrection of our Lord and our own resurrection.
• The Stations of the Cross – the devotion which is a very good reminder of the last moments of Jesus Christ on earth. It will take place on Saturdays – 5:00 PM (March 10, and March 31) and on Good Friday 6:30PM.
• The annual meeting of the members of Holy Cross parish will be conducted Sunday, February 26, 2012, right after 10:00AM Mass.

The business of an annual meeting of the Parish shall be to receive reports of the Parish Committee, Committees and Pastor; regulate and confirm the salary of the Pastor and the salaries and wages of its employees, elect Parish Committee members and members of the Parish Tribunal (which election may be conducted prior to the annual meeting); adopt resolutions and make enactments necessary for the welfare and development of the Parish. No resolution or enactment shall be adopted or made which shall be in conflict with the Constitution and Laws of this Church.

(The Constitution and Laws of the Polish National Catholic Church Art. VII D. The Parish Meeting SECTION 2.)

• As the members of our Church we are responsible for our future and we will pray and look for the new active members of our Community of Holy Cross in Baltimore, MD.
• Please check the Blog of our web site: www.holycrosspncc.org

Welcome Our Visitors

We welcome all our visitors who are present with us for worship this Sunday! Please introduce yourself to the Pastor after Mass. Please write your names in the guest book located in the vestibule of the church. Please remember that you are always welcome to join us in worship at HolyCrossChurch.

There is the invitation to The Annual Meeting of the members of Holy Cross parish - you will be very welcomed when you are the active member or you like to join Our Parish.

The date for it is February 26, 2012, right after 10:00AM Holy Mass.

You can be more involved in your spiritual life by governing your Own Church.

Sincerly Fr. Andrew – Pastor with Parish Committee

The Ordinary Time is for us the simple guidance of the daily moments of our lives.

This Sunday gives us the example of being simply the good friend to our brothers and sisters in Christ. It is very easy to be the anonymous brother or sister to someone. It is very difficult to be the real friend, because the best friend is the person who knows you and helps you in the time of need.

Today we are going to Church for the Eucharist to meet Jesus who heals our body and soul. But we need the real friends who will introduce us to Jesus and who will carry us before his face. Because we are sick before God /as a paralyzed man from today’s gospel – we have sinned. And we need someone who will carry us to Jesus and who will surmount (przezwyciezac) great obstacles on our way to Jesus. We need the healing grace of God like air for life. And this is the main function of the community of the Church to bring us to Jesus. We can help each other in this duty very well…but we only have to want.

Holy Masses

February 19, 2012 – 7^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for + Garfield Gorski

February 22, 2012 – Ash Wednesday

7:00PM for +Clara Wille

February 26, 2012 – 1^st Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for + Charlotte Turkos from Richard Guba

March 4, 2012 – 2^nd Sunday of Lent

10:00 AM for +Clara M. Wille from the family of Eleanor Valenti

Announcements

• Ash Wednesday Mass will be on Wed. Feb 22, 2012 at 7:00PM. We will start by that the Lent Season.
• The Stations of the Cross – the devotion which is a very good reminder of the last moments of Jesus Christ on earth. It will take place on Saturdays – 5:00 PM (March 10, and March 31) and on Good Friday 6:30PM.
• The annual meeting of the members of Holy Cross parish will be conducted Sunday, February 26, 2012, right after 10:00AM Mass.

The business of an annual meeting of the Parish shall be to receive reports of the Parish Committee, Committees and Pastor; regulate and confirm the salary of the Pastor and the salaries and wages of its employees, elect Parish Committee members and members of the Parish Tribunal (which election may be conducted prior to the annual meeting); adopt resolutions and make enactments necessary for the welfare and development of the Parish. No resolution or enactment shall be adopted or made which shall be in conflict with the Constitution and Laws of this Church.

(The Constitution and Laws of the Polish National Catholic Church Art. VII D. The Parish Meeting SECTION 2.)

Welcome Our Visitors

- We welcome all our visitors who are present with us for worship this Sunday! Please introduce yourself to the Pastor after Mass. Please write your names in the guest book located in the vestibule of the church. Please remember that you are always welcome to join us in worship at Holy Cross Church.

We start once again the Ordinary Time which is the special period when we receive teaching concerning ourselves, because Ordinary Time is our time in the whole History of Salvation. Today we have a call like Andrew and the other disciple, John. We need to recognize and to realize this call as the voice of God who speaks directly to us. We have to go and make disciples for God, make our relatives and friends the company of Jesus Christ – this is the simple task of the Church as a community of believers.

The Eucharist, which we now celebrate is our help: from one side there is the explanation of the word of God and from the other the real meal to help us to do the will of God in our own lives.

Holy Masses

January 15, 2012 – 2^nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Thelma Hutson from Michael Rachuba

January 22, 2012 – 3^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for ++Piwinski Family from Frank Piwinski

January 29, 2012 – 4^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

10:00 AM for +Daniel Calvin Funk from Denice Funk

 Announcements

¨      Really thank you to everyone who was involved in the Christmas Caroling through Fells Point (Also thank you for the cookies.) and in Christmas Luncheon.

¨      Thank you for your donation on Christmas and for the flowers donation for our Church.

¨      After Epiphany Feast will be the Pastoral Visit – Kolęda and blessing of the home. Please think over it.

 Welcome Our Visitors

- We welcome all our visitors who are present with us for worship this Sunday! Please introduce yourself to the Pastor after Mass. Please write your names in the guest book located in the vestibule of the church. Please remember that you are always welcome to join us in worship at Holy Cross Church.

 One Main Point

John the Baptizer came “so that all might believe through him.” (1:7b) Through him, the first believers came to Christ.