MASS SCHEDULE

Saturday Vigil 5:00 PM

Sunday 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM

Holy Day Vigil 7:00 PM

8:00 AM

Weekdays 8:00 AM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

HOLY CROSS DIRECTORY

Rev. William C. McGuirk

Pastor & Trust Administrator

Email: Wmcguirk@dioceseofgreensburg.org

Pastoral Council: Gerald Andrews, Bob Kimmick, Anthony & Sharon Rizzardi, Debbie Schotting,

Kay Sofranko, Joe Sostarich, Rose Yoder

Faith Formation: Brian Lohr

Finance Council: Mark Frick, Georgie Gamberoni, Sally Hurrianko, Dennis McManus

Ministry of Care: Facilitator Joan Jones

Prayer Chain: Pat Cassa

Parish Staff Choir Director: Carol Sostarich

Organists: Linda Eismont, Carol Kalich, Mimi McManus

Sacristan: Eleanor Hamrock

Business Manager: Sara Thomas

Women’s Guild: President: Eleanor Hamrock

Health Ministry Coordinator/Parish Nurse: Melanie Orndoff

Knights of Columbus: Charles Stack Meeting 2nd Wednesday at 7:30 PM

Confession Saturday 4:00 PM

Marriages Call the parish office at least 6 months in advance.

Baptisms Contact the parish office.

Anointing of the Sick Call the parish office.

Parish Office Hours Monday-Friday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM

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Sunday, April 2, 2:00 PM

Holy Cross

Monday, April 3, 7:00 PM

St. Bruno

Tuesday, April 4, 7:00 PM

St. Paul

Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 PM

St. Benedict

Thursday, April 6, 7:00 PM

Our Lady of Grace

Saturday, April 8, 11:00 AM

Blessed Sacrament Cathedral

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Third Sunday of Lent March 19, 2017 If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Psalm 95:8

MASS INTENTIONS

Sat: Mar 18 5:00PM+

Sun: Mar 19 8:00AM+ 10:00AM+

Mon: Mar 20

8:00AM+

Tue: Mar 21 8:00AM+ 12:30PM

Wed: Mar 22 8:00AM+ Thur: Mar 23 8:00AM+

Fri: Mar 24 8:00AM

Sat: Mar 25 5:00PM+

Sun: Mar 26 8:00AM+ 10:00AM+

he most common substance on earth—water—is also the most precious. It is no wonder that the stories of our salvation feature it so frequently. When have you wondered whether or not the Lord was in your midst? How has being vulnerable freed you to be honest with God, yourself, or another quenched your deepest longing?

THIRSTING FOR LIFE-GIVING WATERS

Especially during the Lenten, Holy Week, and Easter seasons,

the prayer texts of the Eastern Church revel in paradoxical images

of Christ: the eternal life who is put to death, the host of the sup-

per who is also its meal, the thirsty crucified one with living water

streaming from his side. These images flow from the evangelists’

portrayals of Jesus and from his very ministry, during which he

often upset or reversed people’s expectations about him or the

ways of God. This “reversal” is at play in today’s Gospel, as Jesus

speaks to an enemy foreigner who is also a woman beneath his

status. In addition he, the thirsting one, shows the woman to be the

one truly thirsting. He—whose parched lips will say “I thirst” be-

fore he dies—is the source of life and life-giving water. Lent calls

upon us to dwell on how each of us is thirsting for Christ, and it

leads us, ultimately, back to the life-giving waters of our baptism

into his Body. Copyright © J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.

Third Sunday of Lent (Vigil) Betty Winter (Sister, Ann)

Third Sunday of Lent Living & Deceased Holy Cross Members

Geraldine Genard (Children)

St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Dolores Griffin (Anna Rich)

Lenten Weekday Joseph Acito (B) (Emily Acito) Stations of the Cross

Lenten Weekday Helen Cunningham (Women’s Guild)

Lenten Weekday, St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop Nicholas Lucarelli (Grandma, Louise)

Lenten Weekday, Blessed Oscar Romero, Bishop & Martyr No Mass Fourth Sunday of Lent (Vigil) Barbara Petrella (A) (Fred Petrella)

Fourth Sunday of Lent Living & Deceased Holy Cross Members

Marlene Morgan (Crystal, Sebastian & Gia Scamardi)

Youth Ministry: Here at Holy Cross Youth Ministry we encourage

our young people to hear God’s Word, to nurture a relationship

with God through prayer and heed the call to serve others. We usu-

ally meet every other Sunday from 6 pm - 8 pm in the youth area

below the worship area. March 19th - "Confession" 6 pm- 8 pm - During the Lenten season

we reflect on bettering ourselves. We kind of do a "Spring Cleaning" of

our soul. the sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) helps us do that.

Tonight we will talk a little about this sacrament and have a few

priests on hand to answer questions and hear confessions.

March 25th - "Candle light Stations of the Cross" - We will start at

6:30 pm in the hall with a meager meal of soup and salad. Followed by

a special candle light stations of the cross for youth and their families.

The world-renowned Pittsburgh Symphony will return to Saint Vincent

Archabbey Basilica on Saturday, April 29th at 7:30 p.m., under the direc-

tion of Maestro Manfred Honeck. The Symphony will perform Bruckner’s

Symphony No. 8, the crowning musical achievement of the composer.

There will be a pre-concert reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Fred Rogers Cen-

ter. Maestro Honeck and members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

will be in attendance to meet those attending the reception. The reception

will benefit the Students First Fund. Tickets for the concert are $25 and

tickets for the Reception are $100 and will include preferred seating dur-

ing the concert. For tickets and more information call 724-805-2177 or

visit eventregistration.stvincent.edu/pso2017.

Youth Ministry's Easter Candy Sale:

Thanks in advance to everyone who is purchasing Easter candy. Forms

can be put in the collection. You can still get forms at the entrances of

the church All orders need to be turned in by April 3rd. Orders will be

ready for pick up Psalm Sunday weekend. Please help support the youth

of the parish and one of our local businesses (Sib's Chocolate). Any

questions contact Bob Chappell

at RChappell@dioceseofgreensburg.org.

Middle School Faith Night “WITH JOY!”

For youth in grades 6th-8th Friday, March 31, 2017 6:30-9:00 PM

Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School $10.00 per person

Featuring: games, music, prayer, a keynote.

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Stewardship 3/12/17 Offertory $4,988 Loose Collection $286 Monthly Inflation $360 Children’s Collection $30 Total $5,664 Candles $136 Ash Wednesday $190 Home Missions $88 Easter Flowers $261 Budget: $6,600 Over/Under -986

Sincere thanks for your financial stewardship to Holy Cross Parish.

Window Candles If you would like to reserve a window

candle in honor or in memory of a loved one,

please call the parish office.

Lenten Candle—$25

Easter Candle—$25

Ministry of Care Meeting Scheduled for Monday, March 27, 7:00 PM

in the church social hall.

Due to HIPPA Law, Westmoreland

Hospital can no longer tell pastors who is

ill. Families must call the office.

If you are admitted to the hospital and wish

to have a Catholic Chaplin visit you, you

must let them know.

Any personal injury on church property,

please make sure you call the office or

speak to the priest.

United Together at Holy Cross. All

weekends in Lent we will collect pa-

per products that will be distributed

at the Youngwood Food Bank. Please

bring paper products to any weekend

mass during Lent.

Thank you

Faustina: Messenger of Divine Mercy, the moving, live production performed

by actress Maria Vargo and directed by Leonardo Defilippis of Saint Luke Pro-

ductions, will be presented at St. Paul Church in Greensburg on Wednesday,

March 22 at 7:00 p.m. Experience firsthand the life and message of Saint Faustina whose personal

encounters with Jesus have inspired a world-wide devotion to Christ’s Divine

Mercy. This drama also brings audiences a riveting modern story that makes Di-

vine Mercy remarkably relevant and urgent for our world today. The program is

filled with all the elements of professional theater, runs 90 minutes, and is suitable

for ages 13 and up.

Admission is a free-will offering. For additional information, contact St.

Paul Parish Office at 724-834-6880 or visit www.pbcatholic.org.

Lenten Luncheon & Service — Youngwood Ministerium — Wednesdays at

Noon. Meager Meal of soup and bread with Lenten Reflection. March 22 St. Paul’s United Methodist Church

March 29 New Beginnings Evangelical Church

April 5 St. Luke’s Lutheran Church

April 12 Holy Week—No Luncheon Scheduled

Luncheon will start at 12:00. A free will donation will be accepted.

THE PARKING LOT BEHIND THE

SCHOOL ABOVE THE RECTORY:

ATTENTION! SAFETY AWARENESS!

Please park like good Christians. Allow

others access by creating three rows. Pull up

so that others can park straight behind you.

One thousand blessings if you implement

this request.

Lent A Sense of the Season The word Lent means springtime. This word comes from the same root as

lengthen. Daytime lengthens during Lent. The northern hemisphere turns toward

the sun, the source of life, and winter turns into spring. In Hebrew, the word for

repentance is the same as the word that means to turn, like the turning of the earth

to the sun, like the turning of the soil before planting.

“Even now, says the Lord, turn to me.” (Joel 2:12) The word sin means separa-

tion. We are called to turn from our separate selves, from our sin, to come together

in community. Self-denial is the way we express our repentance. In the lengthen-

ing brightness from Ash Wednesday until Holy Thursday afternoon, our holy

Lent, we turn to God as our source of life.

Self-denial is threefold, advises Matthew’s gospel. We pray: “Go to your room,

close your door, and pray to your Father in private.” We fast: “No one must see

you are fasting but your Father.” We give alms: “Keep your deeds of mercy secret,

and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.” Through the Lenten exercise

of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, we spring-clean our lives, sharpen our senses,

put tomorrow in its place and treasure the day at hand.

Why are there forty days in Lent? It took forty days for sinfulness to drown in

the flood before a new creation could inherit the earth. It took forty years for the

generation of slaves to die before the freeborn could enter the promised land. For

forty days Moses and Elijah and Jesus fasted and prayed to prepare themselves for

a life’s work.

At the beginning of Lent the bishop calls out the names of the catechumens who

seek to be baptized at Easter. Their names are written in the book of the elect, the

chosen. God has chosen them, and they have chosen to turn to God. Lent is the

forty days before the baptism of the catechumens. The already baptized can share

the excitement and the struggles of the elect and rediscover the meaning of bap-

tism in their own lives. During the forty days, both catechumens and the faithful

journey together to the holy font.

We keep Lent together. We put aside our business-as-usual to support each

other in prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We turn to God to enlighten us and purify

us throughout the lengthening brightness of our holy season of Lent.

“For now is the acceptable time! Now is the day of salvation!” Copyright © 1997, Archdiocese of Chicago. Liturgy Training Publications, 1800 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago

IL 60622-1101; 1800-933-1800. Text by Peter Mazar. Art by Rita Corbin.

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