Today we celebrate the first Sunday of Advent – the beginning of the new Church calendar. Each year we start the new liturgical year, with the same feasts and the same periods as year before, but we changed ourselves day by day. Thus we start the new liturgical year 2019, now. The topic or the mission statement for this year is: “We are God’s Family”– it means that we need to realize this great privilege to be Catholic Christian in the pagan’s world and put our whole hope and desire only in Jesus Christ who is our Big Brother, who can make our parish a new environment with the atmosphere of good Family who care for all members.

The Eucharist as our core of our worship to God is the time when we discover that Jesus Christ is really present in it and he prays in our name to God the Father. We need to extend this situation which we call real meeting with the Lord for the rest of our daily time.

An advent wreath can help us to get back to the real “Spirit” of the Advent season.

(The Advent wreath reminds us that Jesus is the true source of joy. The circular shape of the Advent wreath denotes that God’s Love for us will never end; it is everlasting. The evergreen is an ancient symbol of victory and glory. The lighting of the candles each week another is also very symbolic. For centuries, it has been a religious practice to represent Jesus, our Lord, by a burning candle “I am the light of the world”. Each week we light another candle to mark our faith journey into our own Advent.)

Holy Masses

December 2, 2018 – 1^st Sunday of Advent

HC 10:00 AM for +Joseph Siatkowski from Janet Lorenz

December 9, 2018 – 2^nd Sunday of Advent

HC 10:00 AM for +Michaelana Mc Grath from Denice Funk

Announcements

• On Sunday Dec. 16, 2018 we will have the Polish Christmas Food Sale in our Hall from 12pm till 4pm.
• Thank you for your donations to the Cemetery Care Fund. God bless you.
• Please check the Blog of our web site: holycrosspncc.org
• Like us on Facebook and give hint of it to your relatives and friends. Share the Good News about our PNC Church.
• Do you have anyone of any reason or life event you would like to pray for – Please see Fr. Andrew.
• As the members of our Church we are responsible for our past and future and we will pray and look for new active members of our Community of Holy Cross Church in Baltimore, MD.
• “Want to keep Christ in Christmas?

Feed the hungry, Clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the stranger and the unwanted child, care for the ill, love your enemies, and go to Holy Mass (from Future direction PNCC Committee)

• Christmas Wafers – OpÅ‚atki – let Father know how many Christmas wafers we need for family’s vigil supper. Next Sunday Fr. will bless the Wafers. Please get how many you need and give donation to Father.
• We need the cookies for the welcome of the singers in our Church please bring it Sunday before Dec 23^rd.

 

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.