Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

August 21, 2016

HOLY CROSS CHURCH August 21, 2016 CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS

PASTORAL STAFF SERVING HOLY CROSS

Fr. David Sajdak, S.D.B., Pastor Fr. Michael Mendl, S.D.B., Parochial Vicar Fr. William Bucciferro, S.D.B., in residence

Deacon Henry ‘Hank’ Hart Deacon Ed Mohrbacher

Deacon Robert ‘Bob’ Ulbrich

TRUSTEES Tom Murray John Powers

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Cindy Howie

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Scott Montgomery

TRIBUNAL AUDITORS Deacon Ed Mohrbacher Deacon Henry Hart

MASSES

Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass Sunday: 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., & 4:00 p.m. Daily: 7:00 a.m. Mon--Fri, 6:30 p.m. Wed, and 8:15 a.m. Sat.

HOLY CROSS PARISH OFFICE 405 W. Clark St., Champaign, Illinois, 61820 Phone: 217-352-8748 Fax: 217-366-2929 e-mail address: office@holycrosscatholic.org website: www.holycrosscatholic.org

HOLY CROSS SCHOOL Christina Ellis, Principal 410 W. White, Champaign, Illinois, 61820 Phone: 217-356-9521 Fax: 217-356-1745

ADORATION Fridays all day, with Benediction at 4:45 p.m.

RECONCILIATION

Saturday: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday: 6:45 to 6:55 a.m. Or by appointment.

BAPTISM: Second and fourth Sunday of the month,

after the 10:00 a.m. Mass. Parents must be registered members and attend a baptismal preparation session, preferably before the birth of the child. Contact the Parish Office three months in advance to schedule.

MATRIMONY: Couples contemplating marriage should

call the Pastor at least eight months in advance. At least one partner must be a registered parishioner at Holy Cross and be actively practicing the faith. If you have had a previous marriage, set no marriage date until you have discussed this with your Pastor.

CARE OF THE SICK: Call the Parish Office to make arrangements at any time for Communion and/or the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.

BULLETIN DEADLINE: Two Wednesdays prior to the bulletin in which the information will be posted.

THE NARROW GATE

Jesus tells us: “Strive to enter through the narrow gate” to get into heaven. A good question is: “How narrow is that gate?”

Gallop poll showed that 81% of Americans believe in heaven. This includes churchgoers and non-churchgoers, believers in God and non-believers. For churchgoers, 98% of Americans

believe in heaven. Of the believers, 85% were sure they were going to heaven when they die. The believers include, however, people who practice their faith and live Christian morals, and those who do not.

The first two questions of such a poll seemed to have been answered quite easily: Do you believe in heaven? And, where do you think you are going when you die? But, a third question puzzled many of those who were sure they were going to heaven. The question: Why do you think you are going to heaven?

Even though a majority believed they were going to heaven, they didn’t know why or how. Some wondered, why is that important anyway?

What if your neighbor said: “I’m going to Mars,” and you asked, “how?”—and he replied, “I don’t know.” What would you think? You might say to him: “You better know how if you plan on going there and want to get there.”

So many people simply assume or presume that they are going to heaven when they die—because they are “Catholic” or are “good people.” Then, what is this “narrow gate” that Jesus is talking about?

Jesus is the Gate through which all must enter eternal life. The way to eternal life is restricted to just one avenue—Jesus Christ. In this sense, the way is narrow because it is the only way, and relatively few people will go through the narrow gate. Many more will attempt to find an alternative route to God. They will try to get there through manmade rules and regulations, or through self-effort, or going along with what culture dictates. These “many” will follow the broad road that leads to eternal destruction, while the sheep who hear the voice of the Good Shepherd and follow Him along the narrow way will enter eternal life (John 10:7-11).

Following Jesus is more than calling yourself “Christian,” or “Catholic,” or a “good person.” Following Jesus means being obedient to Him—to His Gospel message and to His Church. Being baptized and being a good person does not necessarily mean you are following Jesus Christ in your everyday life, and therefore you may be avoiding the “narrow gate.” Entering the narrow gate means obedience to Jesus Christ.

The gate to heaven is “narrow” in the sense of having a particular requirement for entrance—faith in Jesus Christ, and living that faith. How well are you passing through the narrow gate? Fr. Dave

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time OUR PARISH

HOLY CROSS MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Catholic Community of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is to provide a home for all who wish to join our spiritual family and share our Catholic beliefs and values. We are here to continue the life-giving works of Jesus Christ, to make His name known and loved, and to live our lives according to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, under the leadership of the Bishop of the Peoria Diocese.

Monday, August 22 7:00 a.m. Frank Pace, Jr. Tuesday, August 23 7:00 a.m. Bernie Cain Wednesday, August 24 7:00 a.m. Mary Jo Hettinger 6:30 p.m. Memorial Mass Thursday, August 25 7:00 a.m. Dr. and Mrs. C.W. Christie Friday, August 26 7:00 a.m. Bob Cain 8:15 a.m. Rosemary Pisani (All School Mass) Saturday, August 27 8:15 a.m. Kathleen Carpenter 5:30 p.m. Mass of Thanksgiving Sunday, August 28 8:00 a.m. Joe & Velma Jerkovitz 10:00 a.m. Al Hoss & Christie Hoss Malloch 4:00 p.m. For the Parishioners

Mass Intentions for the Week

Being Catholic takes more than simply believing in God. Jesus wants you to be His disciple and friend. Holy Cross will begin 9 sessions of Follow Me: Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John. When? Monday, Sept. 19th, at 6:30 p.m., or Tuesday, Sept. 20th, at 9:30 a.m.

To register, call the Parish Office at 352-8748. Cost is $17 for the workbook.

MEDITATION

What a depth of thought that unreels from the words of Psalm 33: Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in You (Ps. 33:22)…. Indeed, someone might in-quire: “How far can we count on God’s mercy?” For alt-hough in itself it is infinite and limitless, yet we, as created beings, can partake of it only in a limited, finite way. The above-quoted words of David…provide us with an answer:

Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us according to the meas-ure of our hope in you. In other words, the amount of mer-cy obtained by us from God corresponds to the greatness of our hope in him. The more we trust in God, the more abundantly shall we draw from the treasures of his mercy. The measure is, therefore, in our own hands since it de-pends on the hope we have in the Lord.

If we remind God of our hope, we can obtain from him ever more and more. God wishes us to appeal to him with confi-dence because such a confession of faith and hope in his mercy is an unending hymn of praise of his infinite perfec-tion. Saint John of the Cross remembered this well, saying that God never refused him any grace when he implored him with the words of Psalm 119, Be you mindful of your word to your servant: in which you have given me hope (Ps. 119:49). Is that “Word of God” anything other than his mercy revealed to us?

––Servant of God Fr. Hyacinth Woroniecki, O.P. from Magnificat Year of Mercy Companion 2016

NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, and of

Holy Cross, through the Sacrament of Baptism, are: Hunter Joseph, son of Christopher & Brittany Plunk; and Patrick Henry, son of Joseph & Katherine Hackl. Let’s support them on their faith journey!

COFFEE & DONUTS. Come join us for Coffee &

Donuts after the 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Masses. Note: We need “host” volunteers to sign up for the Sundays of their choice through December. The sign-up sheet is at the back of the church.

PARISH NURSE NEWS. The Parish Nurses will

be taking blood pressure in the Parish Center next Sunday from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. This free conven-ient service could save your life!

THE WWII DIARY of Charles “Chick” Bruns will be pre-

sented by John Bruns on Monday, Sept. 19th, at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Center. John will take us on a travelogue of photos and excerpts from his father’s diary, spanning 3½ years across Europe during World War II. Coffee will be served. You are invited to bring some bakery item to be shared.

LITURGICAL MINISTER SCHEDULE

Saturday, 5:30 p.m.

August 27 Lector: Euch Min: Servers:

Tim Spila Dennis Menke, Patty Bingaman, John Bingaman, Sharon Kristovich, Kathleen Murray Emma Brunson, Tom Murray, J.D. Sexton

Sunday, 8:00 a.m.

August 28 Lector: Euch Min: Servers:

Victoria Fitzgerald John Deponai III, Judy Deverall, Mary Shelden, John Sullivan, Candy Rollins Samuel Kisting, Annalise Kisting, Joseph Kisting

10:00 a.m. Lector: Euch Min: Servers:

Joe Mefford Bonita Higgerson, Margie Hoss, Karen Ulbrich, Pat Dixon, John Dixon, Donna Carter, Peg Swanson Kayley Schacht, Noelle Schacht, Adam Zasada

4:00 p.m. Lector: Euch Min: Servers:

Penny Devall Rob MacKichan, Elaine Hershbarger, Ed Seebauer, Juliann Seebauer, Robert Weber, Jan Weber Michael Schmitt, Regina Schmitt, Emily Herges

7:00 a.m. WEEKDAY SERVER SCHEDULE

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Becca. Carolyn, &Colleen

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Gavin Clapper,

Ava Borbely

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Regina Schmitt,

Katie McFarland

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Alex Luna-Ow,

Abigail Eilbracht

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Marshall Gudauskas,

Donavan Gudauskas

FAMILY FORMATION A Whole Family Approach to

Learning and Living the Catholic Faith

The Family Formation Program at Holy Cross serves families with children in Grades K-6. Families are support-ed and encouraged in their efforts to pray, worship, and grow in faith together as a Catholic family.

For families whose children are not enrolled in a Catholic school, Family Formation fulfills the need for religious education and sacramental preparation. However, all families with children in Grades K-6 are invited to come and be part of the Family Formation community.

For more information or if you would like to register for this year, please contact Cindy Howie at 352-8748. Deadline extended to Monday, August 22nd.

1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD YEAR CONFIRMATION CLASSES

Confirmation preparation classes for students attending public schools begin in September. Confirmation prepar-ation is a 3-year cycle that typically begins with monthly classes in 6th and 7th grade, and continues with weekly classes for 8th grade.

Registration forms can be sent to you, or pick one up at the Parish Office. Please return them to the Office by Monday, August 22nd. Questions? Call the Parish Office at 352-8748.

CHILDREN’S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

THE CATECHESIS OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is offered for pre-school children and is available at Holy Cross. It is an ap-proach to the religious formation of children that is rooted in the Bible, the liturgy of the Church, and the educational principles of Maria Montessori. The children come to an ’atrium’ where they are given the opportunity to inde-pendently discover the beauty of the Catholic faith and their role as part of the body of Christ.

If you would like your preschooler to participate in this ex-ceptional program, please call Cindy Howie at 352-8748.

WANT TO JOIN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?

If you, or someone you know, want to become Catholic, now’s the time to make that call! Classes are for:

Non-Catholics who know they want to join or who may be interested but need more information;

Catholics who have never received the sacraments of Eucharist and/or Confirmation;

Married couples of mixed religious faiths who wish to unite their religious practice in Catholicism.

Please contact Cindy Howie at 352-8748 for more details.

RCIA The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

OUR SCHOOLS

Holy Cross School 356-9521

www.holycrosselem.org

Position Available: Full-time K-8 Art Teacher

Applicant must be a practicing Catholic. Mail letter of inter-est, resume, and references to Holy Cross School, 410 W. White St., Champaign, IL 61820. Or send email to Principal Chris Ellis at cellis@holycrosselem.org.

Offering for August 13th/14th…....….............$9,869.46

Development Fund…..………………………..$2,027.91

Thank you for your generous contributions.

High School of St. Thomas More 352-7210

www.hs-stm.org

FRUITS & VEGETABLES: The STM kitchen is asking

gardeners to donate their surplus fruits & vegetables to the STM kitchen. Please email Food Service Director Mrs. Tucker at mtucker@hs-stm.org, to donate. The extra food will be put to good use.

SPECIAL NEED

A parishioner of Holy Cross is in desperate need of a kid-ney. If you feel you can help through your donation of a kidney, please contact the pastor. Your name and the name of the one in need will be kept confidential. Thank you.

SCHOOL KIT PROJECT

Thanks to all who are donating supplies for the school kit project. Supplies for one kit are:

4 70-count spiral notebooks 8 unsharpened #2 pencils 1 12-ct box of colored pencils (NO crayons) 1 flexible plastic ruler 1 pink eraser

Please leave your donations at the back of the church or drop them off at the Parish Office. Thank you!

THE REASON FOR OUR FEAST WEEK

The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in celebrated on September 14th. This is the day we celebrate our church recalling three events: (1) The finding of the True Cross by St. Helena; (2) the dedication of the churches built by Constantine on the site of the Holy Sepulchre and Mount Calvary; and (3) the restoration of the True Cross to Jerusalem.

In a deeper sense, the feast celebrates the Holy Cross as an instrument of our salva-tion. This instrument of torture, designed to degrade the worst of criminals, became the life-giving tree that reversed Adam's original sin. There is reason to CELEBRATE!

Please join your parish family during the week of Sunday, Sept. 11th-17th, for various programs and events to praise God for his Son and our parish family. Always home, always family! More details to follow in next week’s bulletin.

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is inspired by Gospel values and leads men and women to join together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person

service to the needy and suffering in the tradition of its founder, Blessed Frederick Ozanam, and its patron, St. Vincent de Paul.

The Holy Cross/St. Matthew Conference is blessed by the generosity of our parishioners who make this outreach possible. Your collective food and financial contributions enabled us to assist 131 adults and 197 children in Cham-paign in July.

Please continue your support and keep the members of St. Vincent de Paul Society and those they help in your prayers. Our donation poor box is in the vestibule of the Church.

For I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. . .” ~ Matthew 25: 34-46

CABARET AT HOLY CROSS

On Thursday, September 29th, our Parish Center will be converted into a nightclub! Geoff Poor and Dave Theis will be performing songs from the Frank Sinatra era. Food and drinks will be provided. A $20 donation is requested. All proceeds go to support the Holy Cross Preschool Program. Call the Parish Office (352-8748) to reserve a table of eight.

Devall, Desmier, Jensen Families Menke & Leahy Families Jerry & Loretta M. Dano Paul, Joe, & Edward Knoke Dec. Mem. of Henry, Butler, Reynolds Families Dec. Mem. of Donato, Pace, Follis Families Dec. Mem. of Mueller, Neunhoffer, Willard Families Robert F. Reiser Family Dec. Mem. of Corkery, Cox, Murray Families Nichols, Parod, Fotzler Families Bruns Family Dec. Mem. of Happ, Krueger Families William Pellum & Kevin Pellum Thelma Sparks, Parents of Charles & Thelma Sparks Ed & Jean Bown Chuck, Chad, Meghan Schweighart; Larry Hausmann, Bob Soucie Living & Dec. Mem. of Cler & Flavin Families Graham & Huguet Families Pastore, Buzinsky, & Piccolo Families Lamendola/Smith/Hammers Families

Hammel & Mitsdarfer Families Margaret & Eldon Tufte and Dec. Mem. of their family Living & Dec. members of Baum & Decker Families Barham & Bosch Families Tangora & Kovera Families William McMahon, Linda & Mike Wesolowski McNamara & Mulcahey Family Living & Dec. Mem. of Giuffre & Cacioppo Families Boudreau & Arseneau Family Margaret Turkcan Aloysius J. Winka Evelyn Bell Wm. Zeilenga Jr. Eleanor Zeilenga Ellen Zeilenga Arlin Rentfrow Rita Rentfrow Ron Murphy Fred Porter Harold Kremer Rakers-Wade Families

Dec. Mem. of Slykas Family Hershbarger & Kick Families Dec. Mem. of Cochrane-O’Brien families Liv. & Dec. Mem. of David & Bernice Williams Family Liv. & Dec. Mem. of Gilbert & Betty Graham Family John E. Sullivan Family Birdie & Edward Cronau Margaret Hettinger Raymond Timpone Maxine TImpone Living & Dec. Mem. of Schwenk Family Bill Gilles Loretto B. Doyle Perrodin Family Living & Dec. Mem. of McNabney Family Christie & Hoss Families Liv.& Dec. Mem. of Eli & Hazel Kinser Family John Michael Cabutti Living & Dec. of Kincheloe, Helt & Kestel Families

HOLY CROSS FIRST FRIDAY MEMORIAL

OUR COMMUNITY

CDOP OFFICE OF PRIESTLY VOCATIONS PRAYER INTENTIONS

Please pray for our diocesan seminarians or staff members of the Office of Priestly Vocations each day. Listed below are the names of those we should pray for this week:

Aug. 23 – Fr. Tim Hepner, Aug. 24 – Fr. Gary Blake,

Aug. 25 – Mrs. Amy Chovan, Aug. 26 – Fr. Michael Pica,

Aug. 27 – Anthony Alwan, Aug. 28 – John Ayers,

Aug. 29 – Brian Bibb

“Make straight paths for your feet.” Will your path of holi-ness be as a priest, deacon, or in the consecrated life? Call Fr. Tim Hepner at 309-671-1550, or write: fr_hepner@cdop.org.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL IN PHILO TODAY, AUGUST 21ST

Join us for our annual Ice Cream Social Today, August 21st, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Gymnasium at St. Thomas School, 311 E. Madison in Philo. We will be serv-ing BBQ Sandwiches, Hot Dogs, Chips, Drinks & delicious Ice Cream (made the old-fashioned way) with many Top-pings for a minimal price. Hope to see you there!

CHARITY BRIDGE OPEN MEETING

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23RD, 7:00 P.M. HOLY CROSS PARISH CENTER LIBRARY

Betrayed by employer, loss of income devastating: “I come away from each meeting feeling at peace.”

Love lost is an emptiness I wish to move beyond: “I contin-ue to search. But helping others has helped me to cope.”

Note: Open meetings every 4th Tuesday of the month at Holy Cross Parish Center library; and every 2nd Tuesday at St. Patrick in Urbana.

Anonymous letters are welcome and can be sent to: Chris Washo, 1401 Regency Dr. East, Suite A, Savoy, IL 61874. Responses will be posted to the Charity Bridge section of www.\cucoalition.org unless otherwise requested.

ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR IN TOLONO SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH

Calling all crafters! St. Pat’s A&R is hosting their 3rd annu-al Arts & Crafts Fair and Luncheon at the parish hall on Saturday, September 17th, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. during Tolono’s garage sale day. We still have space for vendors. Cost is $10 for a table, or $15 for a 10x10-ft space. If interested, contact Barb Holt at 217-485-5698, or hbarb62@aol.com.

SPONSOR OF THE WEEK

The advertisements that appear completely defray all publishing costs with which the church would otherwise be burdened. Please patronize these sponsors as a thank you for their kind generosity.

ReMax Choice

VOCATIONS “A call from God to live in a particular way”