Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector",
by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-187
Friends in Christ,
Below are activities in our parish.
COFFEE AND DONUTS AT ST. CLEMENT
Coffee and donuts are served every Sunday at St. Clement following 11:15 AM Mass unless indicated otherwise.
SAINT HEDWIG WOMEN’S CLUB MEETS ON NOVEMBER 9
All women are welcome to join the St. Hedwig Women’s Club on Wednesday, November 9 at 11:30am in Guminga Hall.
Second Harvest Heartland Volunteer Event on November 19
All women are welcome to join the St. Hedwig Women’s Club on Wednesday, November 9 at 11:30am in Guminga Hall.
Second Harvest Heartland Volunteer Event on November 19
During this thanksgiving season, please join parishioners at the Second Harvest Heartland facility in Brooklyn Park for a few hours of service on Saturday November 19 from 9 to 11 am. This event is hosted by the Holy Cross Pastoral Council. We will be packaging food to serve our neighbors and take action against hunger. “For I was hungry and you gave me food.” Matthew 25:35. Please see the Second Harvest Heartland website for more information about their mission. https://www.2harvest.org. To sign up to volunteer, please go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040b4babab28a6f94-second by 11/10/22. If you have any questions or need assistance signing up, please email Mary-Clare Bates at maryclare.bates@yahoo.com.
BUS TOUR TO TREASURE ISLAND
Join Joan Turpin and other parishioners for a fun excursion to Treasure Island Casino for the Ozark Jubilee Country Christmas on November 16, 2022. The trip costs $82 dollars per person, and this includes transportation, lunch, entertainment, and admission. If you are interested in going, contact Joan at 612-379-4488.
SAVE THE DATE: ST. HEDWIG CHRISTMAS FAIR ON DECEMBER 3-4
Save the date for the St. Hedwig Christmas Fair and Bake Sale on December 3-4. The event will take place in Guminga Hall from 9:00am-4:00pm on Saturday (12/4), and following the 10:00am Mass.
Save the date for the St. Hedwig Christmas Fair and Bake Sale on December 3-4. The event will take place in Guminga Hall from 9:00am-4:00pm on Saturday (12/4), and following the 10:00am Mass.
SAVE THE DATE: HOLY CROSS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
The Christmas Bazaar is back! It kicks off on Friday evening, December 2 with a wine and cheese social in Kolbe Hall with Christmas carols, and it will continue through Coffee and Donuts on Sunday, December 4.
MealTrain Ministry
Join fellow members of Holy Cross in a small effort to bear some of one another's burdens by means of an offering of meal delivery (a "meal train") to those going through times of short-term difficulty in our parish. This may include times of bereavement, birth, or hospitalization and can give a small, but much appreciated, respite to the task of feeding the individual/family while overcome with other cares. If you join the meal train ministry, you will be notified when a meal train need comes up and can sign up to cook/deliver meals as you are able. If you regularly cook, or just would be willing to do so on occasion, this is one way to serve one another by offering tangible sup-port in times of hardship along with the opportunity to pray for those you cook for. If you would like join the meal train ministry or have any questions, contact Leigh Miller: leigh.miller@protonmail.com.
PARISHIONERS WELCOME TO PARTAKE IN SCHOOL MASSES
Throughout the academic year, we offer a Mass at 8:45am on Thurs-day for the John Paul II Catholic School student body, and we invite parishioners to join. There are some Thursdays throughout the academic year in which the Mass does not take place due to school holidays or other conflicts. Please refer to the schedule of Mass intentions found on page 6 of the bulletin if you are wondering whether the Mass is scheduled to take place. Also, plan to enter through the courtyard door on the southeast side of the building. The doors on University Ave. and 17th Ave NE locked throughout the Mass.
Throughout the academic year, we offer a Mass at 8:45am on Thurs-day for the John Paul II Catholic School student body, and we invite parishioners to join. There are some Thursdays throughout the academic year in which the Mass does not take place due to school holidays or other conflicts. Please refer to the schedule of Mass intentions found on page 6 of the bulletin if you are wondering whether the Mass is scheduled to take place. Also, plan to enter through the courtyard door on the southeast side of the building. The doors on University Ave. and 17th Ave NE locked throughout the Mass.
SEPTEMBERFEST YARD SIGN DROP-OFF
SeptemberFest Yard Signs - Please drop your yard signs off at the garage behind the Parish Office. We will be able to cover the dates with stickers and use them for next year. Thank you!
AS THE WORLD SPINS, THE CROSS STANDS FIRM
THE HUMILITY TO ASK
“The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches its goal.”
-Sirach 35:21
-Sirach 35:21
Last weekend’s Papal Day Celebration in Kolbe Hall marked forty-four years since St. John Paul II’s election as the successor of St. Peter in 1978. In this Month of October, dedicated as it is to Our Blessed Mother and the Holy Rosary, I find a deep resonance in this weekend’s Scriptures with the teaching of St. John Paul II on the theme of prayer as a fervent asking for what we need from Mary and her Son, Jesus. On this theme, I share an excerpt from the Polish pope’s remarkable Apostolic Letter on the Rosary which was promulgated in 2002 on the anniversary of his October 16th election as Pope, which was the Feast of St. Hedwig:
Jesus invited us to turn to God with insistence and the confidence that we will be heard: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you” (Mt 7:7). The basis for this power of prayer is the goodness of the Father, but also the mediation of Christ himself (cf. 1Jn 2:1) and the working of the Holy Spirit who “intercedes for us” according to the will of God…In support of the prayer which Christ and the Spirit cause to rise in our hearts, Mary intervenes with her maternal intercession. “The prayer of the Church is sustained by the prayer of Mary”. If Jesus, the one Mediator, is the Way of our prayer, then Mary, his purest and most transparent reflection, shows us the Way. “Beginning with Mary's unique cooperation with the working of the Holy Spirit, the Churches developed their prayer to the Holy Mother of God, centering it on the person of Christ manifested in his mysteries”. At the wedding of Cana the Gospel clearly shows the power of Mary's intercession as she makes known to Jesus the needs of others: “They have no wine” (Jn 2:3).
The Rosary is both meditation and supplication. Insistent prayer to the Mother of God is based on confidence that her maternal intercession can obtain all things from the heart of her Son. She is “all-powerful by grace”, to use the bold expression, which needs to be properly understood, of Blessed Bartolo Longo in his Supplication to Our Lady. This is a conviction which, beginning with the Gospel, has grown ever more firm in the experience of the Christian people. The supreme poet Dante expresses it marvelously in the lines sung by Saint Bernard: “Lady, thou art so great and so powerful, that whoever desires grace yet does not turn to thee, would have his desire fly without wings”. When in the Rosary we plead with Mary, the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit (cf. Lk 1:35), she intercedes for us before the Father who filled her with grace and before the Son born of her womb, praying with us and for us.
(§16 of the Apostolic Letter, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, 2002)
What a weighty truth to ponder! St. John Paul II had a profound and lifelong devotion to the Holy Rosary and became one of its greatest champions in the history of the Church, proposing to the Church the Five Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary as well as sharing deep insights on the depth of the prayer of the Rosary for the faithful and its perennial value. You can easily find the full text of the letter online with a simple search.
John Paul’s whole pontificate had a beautiful Marian dimension, true to his Papal Motto: Totus Tuus, or Totally Yours [Mary]. As the Church celebrates St. John Paul II’s Feast this weekend—October 22—which is the anniversary of the inauguration of his pontificate, we give thanks for a man who practiced what he preached as he interceded for the needs of the Church and the whole world using the beads of the Rosary.
We sometimes stress how it takes courage to ask for what we need, but it occurs to me that it also takes profound humility. Let us be humble enough to ask.
~Fr. Howe
EUCHARISTIC ADORERS NEEDED FOR THESE HOURS
+ Tuesdays (St. Hedwig)--1 PM - 2 PM, 2 PM - 3 PM, & 4 PM - 5 PM
+ Thursday (Holy Cross Convent)-- 11 AM - Noon
+ Thursday (Holy Cross Convent)-- 11 AM - Noon
Sign up at https://www.ourholycross.org/sacraments#adoration or email marzenalaugen@gmail.com.
HOLY HOUR/HAPPY HOUR THIS WEDNESDAY!
Join us at Holy Cross Church this Wednesday, October 26, at 6:45pm for a time of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, with silent prayer, music and singing, and Night Prayer followed by a social in Kolbe Hall!
Join us at Holy Cross Church this Wednesday, October 26, at 6:45pm for a time of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, with silent prayer, music and singing, and Night Prayer followed by a social in Kolbe Hall!
FALL BRUNCH AND MISSION BENEFIT ON OCTOBER 29
The Holy Cross Council of Catholic Women will host “Colors of the Season” Fall Brunch and Mission Benefit on Saturday, October 29, at 10:30am in Kolbe Hall. Tickets for the event are $25.
The Holy Cross Council of Catholic Women will host “Colors of the Season” Fall Brunch and Mission Benefit on Saturday, October 29, at 10:30am in Kolbe Hall. Tickets for the event are $25.
‘NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH’: CONCERT ON 10/29
Join us for an enjoyable and enriching interdisciplinary concert on October 29 at 7:00pm at Holy Cross Church. The concert is entitled “Now and at the Hour of Our Death,” a line that we frequently say in the Hail Mary. The concert is thematically centered around Mary’s intercessory role at the end of our earthly lives, and features poetry, art, and music with a Marian inspiration. The program will consist of music by Weitz, Franck, Saint-Martin, Saint-Saëns, and Dupré. The concert is free of charge, about an hour long, and friendly to all age groups. A social reception in Kolbe Hall following the event.
Join us for an enjoyable and enriching interdisciplinary concert on October 29 at 7:00pm at Holy Cross Church. The concert is entitled “Now and at the Hour of Our Death,” a line that we frequently say in the Hail Mary. The concert is thematically centered around Mary’s intercessory role at the end of our earthly lives, and features poetry, art, and music with a Marian inspiration. The program will consist of music by Weitz, Franck, Saint-Martin, Saint-Saëns, and Dupré. The concert is free of charge, about an hour long, and friendly to all age groups. A social reception in Kolbe Hall following the event.
FIRST FRIDAY AT ST. HEDWIG ON NOVEMBER 4
Join us for a Senior Gathering on Friday, November 4 at 10:00am.
We will begin with Veteran Themed Morning prayer from the office of the dead to pray for our deceased service personnel accompanied with patriotic music provided for us by Sam in honor of Veterans day which is Nov. 11. We will enjoy a short reflection, and conclude with bingo and fun in Guminga Hall.
Join us for a Senior Gathering on Friday, November 4 at 10:00am.
We will begin with Veteran Themed Morning prayer from the office of the dead to pray for our deceased service personnel accompanied with patriotic music provided for us by Sam in honor of Veterans day which is Nov. 11. We will enjoy a short reflection, and conclude with bingo and fun in Guminga Hall.
Would you like to deepen your relationship with Jesus Christ? Have you forgiven, but are still experiencing negative emotions? Do you feel like you bring the same sins to confession, again and again? Sin leaves all of us wounded, and as Pope Francis reminds us, the Church is a field hospital with all of us in need of healing from the Divine Physician.
- Unfortunately the in-person retreat option has SOLD OUT but we invite you to join the waitlist and also consider the virtual option as well. Please email Megan Whipple at megan.whipple@ourholycross.org if you would like to do the virtual option with others and we are happy to arrange watch parties if there is enough interest. Regardless, we would like to keep track of the Holy Cross participants so please email Megan if you plan to attend and indicate in which capacity. Hope you'll consider joining this amazing retreat!
- Please ALSO fill out the signup genius if you are planning to attend so we can be aware of who from our parish is attending.
Here is the link to the signup genius:
Join Dr. Bob Schuchts, Bart Schuchts & Sr. Miriam James Heidland, SOLT, & the John Paul II Healing Center for the Healing the Whole Person Retreat, coming to St. John Neumann Catholic Church (Eagan, MN) November 3-5 2022 (Thursday & Friday evening and all-day Saturday). This retreat in-person is full, but you can signup virtually via livestream. Learn more at https://jpiihealingcenter.org/events/hwp-eagan-mn/.
A PILGRIM’S SOLACE: A CONCERT FOR NOVEMBER
Join soprano Sarah Jackson and Lutenist Thomas Walker Jr. on Saturday, November 5 at 7:30pm at Holy Cross Church as they perform works from A Pilgrim's Solace, composed by Elizabethan composer John Dowland. This concert is specifically programed for the month of November, which begins with the celebration of All Saints. And is designated for heightened devotion to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Admission is free and open to the public, but a freewill offering to support Music at Holy Cross is encouraged.
Join soprano Sarah Jackson and Lutenist Thomas Walker Jr. on Saturday, November 5 at 7:30pm at Holy Cross Church as they perform works from A Pilgrim's Solace, composed by Elizabethan composer John Dowland. This concert is specifically programed for the month of November, which begins with the celebration of All Saints. And is designated for heightened devotion to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Admission is free and open to the public, but a freewill offering to support Music at Holy Cross is encouraged.
VICTORIA’S REQUIEM WITH THE MIRANDOLA ENSEMBLE
Join the Mirandola Ensemble for Tomas Luis de Victoria's masterful and arresting Officium Defunctorum in the beautiful acoustic of Holy Cross. With special guests, The Augsburg University Choir and Dr. Krisitna Boerger. The concert will take place on Saturday, November 12 at Holy Cross Church at 7:30pm. You can purchase tickets on their website: www.themirandolaensemble.org/concerts/.
Join the Mirandola Ensemble for Tomas Luis de Victoria's masterful and arresting Officium Defunctorum in the beautiful acoustic of Holy Cross. With special guests, The Augsburg University Choir and Dr. Krisitna Boerger. The concert will take place on Saturday, November 12 at Holy Cross Church at 7:30pm. You can purchase tickets on their website: www.themirandolaensemble.org/concerts/.
Abrias Together for Life Gala
Please celebrate life with us Friday, October 28, at The Depot Minneapolis! Tickets are on sale now! For tickets or table information, please contact Danielle at 612-269-8589 or visit supporters.abria.org.
Thank you for helping us put a choice for life within reach!
Art Show: "A Night of Beauty" with Megan Whipple
Each of you are warmly invited to an art show that Megan Whipple and 4 other artists will be hosting on October 28th 6-9pm. It will be in hosted at the Olive Branch which is a new shop in St. Paul that focuses on local and handmade home goods. Please join us for a night of beauty, refreshments, and friendship!
PACIM SOUP FESTIVAL - November 6, 2022 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Kolbe Hall in St. John Paul II School, 1630 4th St. NE, Minneapolis.
We'll be making seven soups: Mushroom Soup, Barszcz, Pickle Soup, Zurek, Krupnik, Tomato and Vegetable Soup. and Bigos.
Tickets: adults $15, children $7.
Quarts of soup for $15 (Sold 30 minutes before closing.)
Prepaid take-out $12.50 per quart.
Send checks before Nov. 1 to PACIM office, 93 Little Canada Rd. W., Suite 106, Saint Paul, MN 55117 or use our website www.pacim.org. Please tell us what soup you want and write ATTN “soup festival” on the envelope. Questions? Email office@pacim.org
Families are invited to hear Saint Thomas Academy students describe their unique journeys, learn about what our experienced and talented faculty can offer your son and discover the benefits of a leadership focused, rigorous academic program. In addition, you will have a chance to learn about the many athletic and co-curricular programs we offer. Admissions Showcases offer an opportunity to receive an exceptional overview of Saint Thomas Academy. For more information or to RSVP, please visit cadets.com/showcase
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proud home to Minnesota’s only Catholic Polish Apostolate
"As the world spins, the Cross stands firm."
