Welcome to Holy Cross Catholic Church!
¡Bienvenidos a la Iglesia Santa Cruz!
Holy Cross Church is eager to be a part of your life and have you as a part of our life. We are committed to growing in the likeness of Jesus Christ, a daily process that requires prayer, sacraments, discipline and a community of individuals striving for the same goal.
La Iglesia Católica Santa Cruz está muy emocionada de ser parte de su vida y de tenerle a usted como parte de nuestra vida. Estamos comprometidos en crecer a semejanza de Jesucristo, un proceso diario que requiere de oraciones, sacramentos, disciplina y de una comunidad de individuo que luchan por el mismo objetivo.
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Mask use in our parish church is optional but recommended. Masks are recommended in order to protect the more vulnerable in our community, like children and those with compromised immunities. If you are sick in any way or even feeling a little “under the weather,” please stay home! Our concern is for your good health and the good health of those in the pews around you. Thank you.
What's Happening
The Church gladly celebrates today the Feastday of St. Bonaventure. He was a contemporary of St. Thomas Aquinas (they received their Doctoral degrees at the same time) and he also developed a friendship with St. Louis, King of France. In 1257, St. Bonaventure was chosen to serve as the superior of the Friars Minor (the […]
Hoy, la Iglesia celebra la Fiesta de San Buenaventura, religioso Franciscano, quien fue un promotor incansable de paz y unidad, tanto dentro de su Orden y la Iglesia como entre los políticos de su tiempo. En 1257, fue elegido superior general de los Frailes Menores (los Franciscanos). Él gobernó la orden de San Francisco durante […]
Cada 14 de julio la Iglesia Católica en Estados Unidos celebra a Santa Catalina (Kateri) Tekakwitha, la primera santa nativa y, en consecuencia, la primera mujer perteneciente a los pueblos originarios de ese país en llegar a los altares. Santa Catalina es “patrona de la naturaleza y de la ecología,” junto a San Francisco de […]
For the Orthodox Jew in the time of Jesus’ public ministry, “religion” was a matter of burdens. Namely, the 613 Mosaic laws and the thousands of oral interpretations provided by scribes, Pharisees, and other leaders. These laws and interpretations dictated every aspect of Jewish life. Jesus invites the overburdened people of Israel, and us, to […]
Jesus knew that ordinary people with big, sensitive hearts, rather than proud intellectuals like the Scribes and the Pharisees, were able accept the “Good News” which He preached. He promises that big-hearted people will inherit Heaven rather than the learned and the wise who pride themselves on their intellectual achievements and are full of themselves, […]
Uno de los diversos acontecimientos que llevaron a la intelectualmente dotada Edith Stein a convertirse a la fe católica fue ser testigo de cómo una mujer sencilla y corriente entraba en una iglesia para rezar. En palabras de la propia Edith: “Nos detuvimos en la catedral durante unos minutos; y, mientras mirábamos a nuestro alrededor […]
