CANCELLATION: Adoration, Confession, & Mass is cancelled at Mary Help of Christians on Friday, July 3, 2026 due to a funeral.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Holy Cross Family of Parishes Youth Groups will be going to Kings Island on Tuesday, July 7th. There will be a departure Mass at 9am at Mary Help of Christians. Bring a packed lunch and extra money for fast food on the way home. Cost is $40 per person. Please turn your money in to either parish office and register by Friday, July 3rd at the latest. Register using the following link: https://www.cognitoforms.com/HolyCrossFamilyOfParishes/KingsIsland2026
INITIAL SERVER TRAINING UPDATE: Training will be for all Rising 5th grade boys @ Holy Trinity on Thursday, July 9th @ 5:30 pm
ANNOUNCEMENT: There will be NO Adoration held at St. Anthony on Thursdays before the 6:45 pm Mass until the completion of the current St. Anthony Church renovations.
CCD REGISTRATION — Registration is open for the 2026-2027 CCD year. Please register your family by visiting the Religious Education page of our website: https://www.holycrossfop.org/religious-education. Registration is due July 1st.
SERVANTS OF CHRIST: This is a Holy Cross Family of Parishes men's group that meets the first and third Friday of every month at 4:30 am in the Grotto. The meetings are suspended over the summer and will resume again in the fall. Contact David Bettinger @ (419) 852-2582 with any questions.
HOLY CROSS FAMILY OF PARISHES WOMEN'S SOCIAL GROUP: This group meets from 7:30 - 9 pm in the St. Isidore room of Holy Trinity’s Grotto. The meetings will not be held again until Thursday, September 3, 2026. All women from the Holy Cross Family of Parishes are welcome to attend!
HOLY CROSS FAMILY OF PARISHES OPEN ONLINE STORE: Products featuring our Holy Cross Family of Parishes logo are available continuously through our online store. In addition, specialty items will be available at select times. Products can be purchased at https://designsemb.com/holy_cross/shop/home or by using the QR Code below. Please contact either Holy Cross Family Parish Office if you are in need of assistance. Show your faith and support our family of parishes!
EXPECTANT MOTHER'S BLESSINGS: Blessings are held after all Mass the first weekend of every month.
REGULAR BULLETIN SUBMISSION DEADLINE: All information submitted for our bulletin must be received by 8:00 am, 10 days prior to the Sunday publication date in order to be included in our bulletins unless otherwise noted. Please check out bulletin submission requirements on the bulletin page of this website and submit information to bulletin.holycrossfop@gmail.com. Thank You!
REMINDER TO ALL VISITORS, BUSINESSES, & PARISHIONERS: We have a No Soliciting Policy on all of our church grounds. This includes all church properties within our entire Family of Parishes. It is not permitted to distribute any forms of advertising on any church premises including, but not limited to, the promotion of any type of event, activity, non-profit, or for profit information. All promotional materials in any format must be brought to the parish office for review. After review, if approved, the Holy Cross Family of Parishes staff will distribute all materials in their proper place. This policy ensures all materials are in line with the teachings of our Catholic faith and keeps our churches and church grounds orderly, neat, and clean. Please note, it is prohibited at all times to distribute any materials on vehicles in our parking lots. Additionally, for businesses wanting to advertise in our bulletin, you may directly contact Sherry Montell with Diocesan @ smontell@diocesan.com or 614-301-7444.
NON-PROFITS & PARISH EVENTS — All flyers or promotional materials for non-profit organizations or parish events must be approved by the Holy Cross Director of Communications before distribution in any of our churches. Contact: 419-678-4802 or bulletin.holycrossfop@gmail.com.
SCAM WARNING: Please Ignore any Email, Phone, or Text messages from Fr. Witt asking for you to Purchase anything. These are Fraudulent messages from someone trying to Scam Parishioners.
