holy cross parish announcements
ADORERS NEEDED FOR CORPUS CHRISTI: Many time slots are still empty or low... Please sign up! 40 hours will start with Noon Mass at St. Anthony leading up to Corpus Christi. Adoration will start after the Noon Mass. We are in need of one parishioner from each parish to sign up in each time slot. You may sign up by either writing your name on a sign up sheet located in the back of each of our 7 parishes or use the QR Code provided to sign up online. 
WOMEN’S GROUP: The next meetings will be held on Thursday, June 26th & Wednesday, July 9th at 7:30 pm in the Grotto’s St. Isidore room. A year ending party will be held on Wednesday, July 24th (time & location TBD).
NEW MEN'S BIBLE STUDY: Meet around the fire pit at 4171 Burrville Rd, Coldwater, Ohio at 7:30 pm every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month starting on July 10th. BYOB! "Boiiiiis - bring your own beer, bourbon, and bibles." - Fr. Ethan
CONFESSION CANCELLATIONS: There will be no confessions at Holy Trinity on Wednesday, June 18th before or during the Noon Mass. There will also be no confessions at Mary Help of Christians on Saturday, June 21st during the 4:30 pm Mass.
ADORATION CANCELLATION: Mary Help of Christians will not have adoration on Friday, July 4th.
MASS CHANGES: Mass will be held at 9 am at Mary Help of Christians on Friday, July 4th instead of Noon due to the holiday. Mass will also be held at 9 am at Holy Trinity on Friday, July 4th.
OFFICES CLOSED: Both of our parish offices will be closed on Friday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day.
REMINDER: Hearts on Fire: Camping with Christ Catholic Family Retreat is a REGISTRATION ONLY Event. Registration was required for attendance... If you did not register this year we are praying you will in the future! Thank You - from the Hearts on Fire Team
HOLY CROSS WOMEN'S GROUP UPDATE: Meetings will be held over the summer to finish out the “Jesus, I Trust in You” book. The meetings will be held on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays on June 12th, June 26th, & July 10th. All meetings will be held in the main room of the Grotto at 7:30 pm. It is tentatively planned to have a year ending party on Thursday, July 24th (location TBD).
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. Please submit information to bulletin.holycrossfop@gmail.com. Thank You!
REMINDER TO ALL BUSINESSES AND PARISHIONERS — We do have a No Soliciting Policy on all of our church grounds. This includes all church properties within our entire Family of Parishes. You may not distribute any forms of advertising on any church premises. For business wanting to advertise in our bulletin, you may contact Sherry Montel 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.
FAMILY COOKBOOKS — Cookbooks are still available at our Coldwater or Fort Recovery Family Offices. Stop by to pick up a Holy Cross Family cookbook for $10. All proceeds will be going towards the Welcome Baskets for our New Parishioners.
ANONYMOUS DONATIONS — It would be greatly appreciated that anyone who turns in anonymous donations write what parish they desire the donations to be attributed to. This would be very helpful for our staff. Thank You!
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.
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, Adoration Schedule, to receive the bulletin via email, or to receive information regarding the Holy Cross Family Women's Group.
MASS INTENTIONS: As a reminder, Mass Intentions are open on a rolling calendar from now to the same month a year out from now. As a reminder, each individual parishioner at the Coldwater parishes is allowed one Mass Intention and each individual parishioner at the Fort Recovery parishes is allowed two Mass Intentions per calendar year. The suggested donation for a Mass Intention is $5. Example formats for Mass Intentions are as follows: John Doe; John & Jane Doe; L/D John & Jane Doe Family; John & Jane Doe Wedding Anniversary.
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FT. RECOVERY JUBILEE CHICKEN DINNERS: Want an easy Fathers Day meal? Help support the Jubilee happening June 12th - 15th and enjoy BBQ chicken dinners on Father’s Day after the parade. Please have orders in by June 10th. Visit fortrecoveryjubilee.com to order online today!
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