PRAYERS FOR ARCHBISHOP SCHNURR: This past Friday, May 3, Archbishop Schnurr received a post-operation diagnosis of stage 3 small bowel cancer. His doctor noted that, generally speaking, the Archbishop’s health is excellent, and that is certainly a source of optimism for the success of the treatment. The treatment plan includes a regimen of chemotherapy over the next six months, preparation for which will begin this week. The Archbishop plans on continuing to work while receiving treatments. We ask all Catholics and people of goodwill to please keep Archbishop Schnurr in their prayers.
MASS TIME CHANGE: St. Joseph's Mass on Sunday, May 19th will be at 11:00 am for the baccalaureates from both St. Joseph and St. Peter Parishes. St. Peter's Mass on Sunday, May 19th will be at 7:00 am.
MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CONSTRUCTION NOTICE: Please avoid using the Main Entrance of Mary Help of Christians as much as possible during construction. A door in the temporary wall will be available if necessary, but it would be best to avoid this area for the time being. The East & South East entrances are available for your use.
40 HOURS LEADING TO CORPUS CHRISTI — Holy Cross Family 40 Hours leading to Corpus Christi will be on Friday, May 31 - Sunday, June 2. The 40 hours starts with noon Mass @ St. Joseph on Friday, May 31. (MHC will not be having noon Mass that day because it will be at St. Joseph instead.) Adoration will start after the noon Mass and runs through Sunday, June 2, 2 pm. Sign up sheets are in the back of each of the 7 churches. One parishioner from each parish is asked to sign up in each time slot.
ONE CALL NOW: Parishioners of the Holy Cross Family are able to update their contact information for the One Call System via a link on the Home Page of the website. Click on SIGN UP / EDIT ONE CALL on the left side of the screen. You can also add yourself to the groups that receive alerts regarding changes in the Mass Schedule, to receive the bulletin via email, or to receive information regarding the Holy Cross Family Women's Group (held weekly in the Grotto).
LOST ITEM NOTICE: All items found in Holy Trinity or the Fr. Yauss Center are put in the cupboards located on the ground level of the choir loft stair well in Holy Trinity Church. If any items are of significant value, they are kept in the Coldwater Office. Currently we have a Fanny Pack & Rosary in the Office. If you are missing any items or these in particular, please call 419.678.4802 or stop by the Office to pick up your items.
WOMEN'S SOCIAL GROUP: All women from the Holy Cross Family are welcome to join the Women's Group that meets on the first and third Thursday of every month from 7:30 - 9pm in the Grotto (Holy Trinity Church basement). Notice: there will be no meetings in the month of June or July.
MEN'S GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT: Men's Group meetings are every first and third Friday of every month @ 4:30am in the Grotto. Men of all ages are welcome to join. There is no commitment to come every meeting. Contact David Bettinger @ 419-852-2582 with any questions. Notice: there will be no meetings in the month of June or July.
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.
HOLY CROSS FAMILY COOKBOOK: To upload your recipe(s) to the Holy Cross Family Cookbook, follow this link: https://www.typensave.com/get-started/ and use the Username: Holy.Cross and Password: Godisgood! All recipes must be submitted by Friday, May 31st. With questions, contact Harlie Metzger at the Fort Recovery Office.
ADORERS NEEDED: Tuesday Adoration at St. Joseph is in need for someone to fill in at the following time: Tuesday, 11am - Noon and Thursdays 5-6pm. You may email adoration.nw1@gmail.com to sign up.
ROSARY LEADERS NEEDED: We currently are having rosary said 30 minutes before the Sunday 8am & 10am Masses at Holy Trinity. We would like to also extent this to before the Saturday 4:30pm & Sunday 6pm Masses. If you are willing to be a rosary leader, please call the Coldwater Family Office to volunteer. Thank You to the parishioners who have already volunteered!
CONFIRMATION 2024/2025 UPDATE: This is a notice of the Confirmation Date for religion year 2024/2025 which will be held at Holy Trinity on October 27, 2024 @ 1:30pm. The Fort Recovery date is to be determined.
MASS INTENTIONS: Currently the Mass Intention scheduling for all our parishes opens up every October for the entirety of the following year. Starting in January of 2024, we will be changing when Mass Intentions are scheduled in order to make it easier. Instead of scheduling in October, you can call or stop in by the Family office to schedule year round. Mass Intentions can be scheduled a year out. As a reminder, each individual parishioner at the Coldwater parishes is allowed to schedule one Mass Intention and each individual parishioner at the Fort Recovery parishes is allowed two Mass Intentions per calendar year. Also, as a reminder, the suggested donation for a Mass Intention is $5. Example formats: John Doe; Jane Doe; John & Jane Doe; L/D of the John & Jane Doe Family; John & Jane Doe Wedding Anniversary.
