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.
Building Our Community ~ Blessing Our Future
Now is the time to turn our dream into reality. Learn more!
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
March 23, 2020- From Catholic Deacon Bill Ditewig: “The word we’re using so frequently now, “quarantine,” can perhaps help us make some sense of this present moment. “Quarantine” derives from the Latin (and then Italian) word for “forty.” By the mid-17th Century, it was associated both with the forty days of Lent but also with […]
Please click here to see a recording of this week’s Mass, the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
Mis Queridos Hermanos y Hermanas en Cristo, Estoy muy feliz de saludarlos a todos, aunque los saludo en estos tiempos difíciles y desafiantes para nuestro mundo, nuestro país, nuestra Iglesia, y ciertamente nuestra parroquia. Quiero que sepan que la decisión que el Arzobispo tuvo que tomar de cancelar las Misas fue una de las decisiones […]
Trusting that we all miss being able to gather in our parish church, here is a reminder that it is still standing and waiting for the day when it will be filled again with worshipers. ~Fr. Mark
Fridays during Lent have always been special days of prayer and abstinence, with fasting included, so as to enter more fully into the penance and penitence of these holy days. In this time of crisis, it would be wrong to say, “Well, nothing has changed. Lent is Lent.” Obviously, a whole lot has changed! When […]
The cancellation of public Masses will have a negative impact on the Church’s weekly offertory. Parishioners are able to continue to support the mission of Holy Cross Church through online giving. For giving online, please go to our website at holycrosspdx.org and: Click on the church picture. There is a “quick-click” on the right side […]
