Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 12, 2014
NEWS CONCERNING THE HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
I would like to share with you the most current information concerning the old Holy Cross High
School Building concerning its safety and future use so that we all have an understanding of what
has happened and what will happen in the future.
Five years ago the City of Santa Cruz designated the building as an unreinforced masonry building
that needed to be brought up to certain earthquake standards. It was decided at that time not to
retrofit the building but to look for alternative uses for it. Mercy Housing came forward and was
interested in developing the building as a senior citizen residence. They would incur the expenses
involved with the retrofit and lease the property from the parish for a designated period of time.
When the financial markets imploded a few years ago, funding dried up and Mercy Housing was
forced to drop out of the project.
Over the last two years the Parish Finance Council has diligently pursued other options for the
building. It is important to note that the building structure itself is made of reinforced concrete. The
problem is that in the 1920’s, when the building was constructed, they used clay tiles for the interior
hallway walls. This is what has caused the city concern.
Two weeks ago we met with city officials and engineers and
went over our plan to bring the building up to code. The plan
calls for the demolition of the hallway walls so that all the clay
tiles could be removed and replacing them wood framed walls.
This would have the effect of removing the safety concerns
that the city has as well as making the building ‘lighter’ and
more flexible during a seismic event. As part of the project,
work will also be done on the roof to tie it in with the rest of the
building. We are currently waiting for our engineer to submit
plans to the city building department for their approval. Once
that happens, work will begin, however, until this work is
complete, the city has issued a vacate order on the building effective October 29, 2014.
It is believed that the retrofit will take four to six months to complete. During that time some parish
ministries will be relocated to the rectory at 126 High St., with the exceptions of Sr. Barbara, who will
move temporarily to the Meeting Room under the Hall, and the Food Pantry, which will be located
elsewhere on the parish campus. All private tenants and non-parish outreach programs will have to
find new locations.
What is all this going to cost? A lot, literally! In anticipation of this major capital expenditure, the
parish has sold the lots it owned on Mora St. to a developer and has restricted these funds as
starting funds for the high school repair (approximately $675,000). We still do not have a final cost
estimate for the project and I assume that the final cost of the retrofit will be higher. How much
higher depends on materials and unforeseen delays and problems.
We ask for your continued prayers, support and patience over the next several months as we work
to repair the building so that it can once again be the ministerial center of our parish.
If you have question, please speak with Fr. Joe or a member of the parish staff.
Annual Ministry Appeal 2014
Year-end Pledge Commitment Deadline
The Annual Ministry Appeal 2014 will close on
December 31, 2014. If you made a pledge to
this year’s campaign please meet your pledge
commitment prior the closing date so that our
parish receives credit for your gift.
A very special “THANK YOU” to all our
volunteers and supporters who helped make
last Sunday’s Parish and School Carnival a
success. It was a fun filled day and everyone
seemed to enjoy themselves. We will give you
a complete report as soon as it is available.
Once again, THANK YOU!
READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday, October 13: Galatians 4:22-24,26-27,31
-5:1; Luke 11:29-32
Tuesday, October 14: Galatians 5:1-6; Luke
11:37-41
Wednesday, October 15: Galatians 5:18-25;
Luke 11:42-46
Thursday, October 16: Ephesians 1:1-10; Luke
11:47-54
Friday, October 17: Ephesians 1:11-14; Luke
12:1-7
Saturday, October 18: 2 Timothy 4:10-17; Luke
10:1-9
Sunday, October 19: Isaiah 45:1,4-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5; Matthew 22:15-21
LECTURAS DE LA SEMANA
Lunes, Octubre 13: Gálatas 4:22-24,26-27,315:1; Lucas 11:29-32
Martes, Octubre 14: Gálatas 5:1-6; Lucas 11:3741
Miércoles Octubre 15: Gálatas 5:18-25; Lucas
11:42-46
Jueves, Octubre 16: Efesios 1:1-10; Lucas 11:47
-54
Viernes, Octubre 17: Efesios 1:11-14; Lucas
12:1-7
Sabado, Octubre 18: 2 Timoteo 4:10-17; Lucas
10:1-9
Domingo, Octubre 19: Isaías 45:1,4-6; 1 Tesalonicenses 1:1-5; Mateo 22:15-21
COLLECTION
COLECTAS SEMANALES
COLLECTION-LA COLECTA DE LA
SEMANA PASADA FUE
$5,348.00
Consistent Giver: $3,522.72
TOTAL COLLECTION: $8,870.72
WEEKLY SUNDAY PLATE BUDGET: $6,635.00
SECOND COLLECTION SEGUNDA COLECCIÓN
$1,249.50
Last Week—Semana Pasada:Respect Life
This Week—Esta Semana: Capital
Development
Next Week—Próxima Semana:Propagation of
the Faith
Gracias por su generosidad ahora y durante todo
el año. We thank everyone for their generosity,
now and throughout the year.
PRAYER INTENTIONS~
ORACIONES PARA LOS ENFERMOS
Recuerde en sus oraciones—Please pray for those
who are unable to join us:
Rance Johnson, Sr.
Chris Kelly
Cesar Groyon, Sr.
Linda Mauregard
Robert Borges
Ardith Campbell
Virgina Cooper
Wilbert Patten
Matt Iden
Patty Machado
Erma Dalbesio
Pedro Jose Lahoz
Deanne Knapp
Debbie Wilson
Freddy Herrera
Rita Mockus
John Rodriquez
Elena Aspromonte
Ed Lesnowicz
Susie Shelton
Gloria Patten
Gino Panelli
Jackie Ryan
Angelo Ross
Richard Knapp
Lynda Sue McMath
If you know someone who is in need of prayers or if
someone should be taken off the list, please call the
office at 423-4182.
INTENCIONES DE MISA + MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, October 11
5: the Riley family
Sunday, October 12
7: the Byrne family
8:30: Chippo Ramirez, James Seibert
10:30: Eric Easter, Nell Donovan
12:30: Alex Acevedo, Mercedes Acevedo,
Monday, October 13
8:30: Patricia Byrne
Tuesday, October 14
8:30: int. of Rance Johnson. Sr.
Wednesday, October 15
8:30: William & Nancy Graham
Thursday, October 16
8:30: Joseph & Winifred Byrne
Friday, October 17
8:30: int. Carlos Eusse Gil
Saturday, October 18
5: Stan Prolo, Marilyn Navoni
Sunday, October 19
7: the Byrne family
8:30: Greg Varenkamp, Sylvia De Bernardo,
Charlotte Mascia
10:30: Dolores & Leo Esposito, Jim Keefe, Ken
Miller
12:30: int. of Patty Machado
DIRECTORY - DIRECTORIO
Rev. Joseph L. Occhiuto, K.H.S.: Pastor/Párroco
(423-4182 )
Deacon Hugo Patiño: Pastoral Associate/Asciado
Pastoral (423-4182)
Dan McNamara: Office Manager, Secretary,
Director de la Oficina, Secretario
(423-4182)
Lynette de Lara: Administrative Assistant and Bulletin Editor/Asistente Administrativo y Boletín Editor
(423-4182)
Kimberly Cheng: Principal, Holy Cross School (PS8 Coed), 150 Emmet St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(423-4447)
Sr. Barbara Ann Long, O.P., L.H.S.: Liturgy and
Music/Liturgia y Música (423-4973)
Sr. Liza Raphael, I.M.: Faith Formation, Baptism,
and Sacramental Preparation/Formación en la Fe y
la Preparación Sacramental (458-3041)
Elizabeth Borges: High School Youth Ministry/High
School Ministerio de Jóvenes (423-4182)
Frank Benko: Junior High Youth Ministry/Junior
High Ministerio de Jóvenes de Secundaria
(458-3041)
Crissy Roubal: Director, Holy Cross Preschool
(425-1782)
Toni Giovannoni: Business and Facilities Manager/
Contender y Administrador de Instalaciones
(469-3560)
Sr. Betty Pedrazzi, I.H.M.: Missión Galeria, Mission
Museum and Shop/Museo y Tienda de la Mision
(426-5686)
Newman Center: UCSC & Cabrillo College Ministry/
Ministerio Universitario-285 Meder St., Santa Cruz
(423-9400)
St. Francis Soup Kitchen: 205 Mora St. (459-6712)
Siena House Maternity Home: 108 High St.
(425-2229)
Anne McGuire: Pastoral Assistance Coordinator,
Diocese of Monterey, Promise to Protect, Pledge to
Heal – Diocesan Victim Abuse Coordinator
(1-800-321-5220)
Holy Cross Food Pantry……
an item per week is all
that we seek!
Thank you!
The Holy Cross SCRIP Team and Holy Cross
School would like to thank Father Joe and the
entire Holy Cross community for your continued
support of our SCRIP program. Through your
purchases of SCRIP gift cards over the past few
months, we have raised close to $800.00 for
Holy Cross’ Tuition Assistance Fund. We are
incredibly grateful and will continue our efforts in
selling SCRIP gift cards on the first and third
Sunday of each month after the 5 p.m. Saturday
Mass and the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Masses. Thank you again for your generosity
and support!
RECONCILIACIÓN~ LUNES A 7 P.M.
EN LA CAPILLA CON PADRE MANNY
WELCOME TO HOLY CROSS
We are glad and grateful to have new people celebrate with us. If you would like to register at Holy Cross,
please fill out the form below and place it in the collection
basket, or mail it to the parish office.
BIENVENIDOS A HOLY CROSS
Estamos felices y agradecidos para celebrar con
nuevas personas. Si usted no está registrado, por favor
llene la siguiente forma y regrésela en la canasta de la
colecta o mándela por correo a la oficina.
NAME/
NOMBRE___________________________________
PHONE/
TELÉFONO__________________________________
ADDRESS/
DIRECCIÓN________________________________
City/Ciudad________________________ ZIP_________
{ } New Parishioner/Nuevo Miembro a la Parroquia
{ } New Address/Por Favor Corrijan Mi Dirección
{ } Please Send Me Sunday Envelopes/Envíenme Sobres
Dominicales
I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE HOLY CROSS AS A/QUIERO AYUDAR
EN LA
PARROQUIA COMO___________________________
E-MAIL _______________________________________
EL GRUPO DE ORACIÓN DE HOLY CROSS
les invita a sus reuniones los miércoles de cada
semana a las 7 p.m. en la Misión. Es una buena
oportunidad para orar y crecer en comunidad.
Para mayor información, por favor contacte a
Juanita al 332-9224. Todos están bien-
FACEBOOK
You have the opportunity to visit and follow
your church on Facebook.
Join us at
https://www.facebook.com/HolyCrossSantaCruz
ADULT CONFIRMATION
(for ages 16 and above)
For individuals seeking the Sacrament of
Confirmation, sessions will be held, in the
Cottage, on Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
For more information call 458-3041.
WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE
CATHOLIC FAITH?
We have a wonderful process for those who are
interested in learning more about the Catholic
faith. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults is
for anyone who has never been baptized, or
was baptized in another faith or even the Catholic faith and would now like to complete their
sacraments of initiation with Eucharist and Confirmation. Meetings are on Thursday evenings
at 7:30 in room 108. Please call 578-4338 for
more information.
BENEDICTINE OBLATE MEETING
Please join us on October 18 at 10 a.m. at St.
Angela Merici Church in Pacific Grove. Father
Stephen Coffey O.S.B. from the Monastery of
the Risen Christ will speak on the Rule based
on Michael Casey’s book, The Road to Eternal
Life. He will also review the Camaldolese response to the New Evangelization. Don’t miss
this opportunity to appreciate Benedictine spirituality and a guide to practical Christian living in
daily life! All are welcome to attend. For more
information you may call Kathy at (831) 3757692.
holycrosssantacruz.com
Check out our website…..
YOUTH MINISTRY & CONFIRMATION
SATURDAY, October 11
First Year Retreat at Shaffer Park followed by
Rite of Welcome at the 5 p.m. Mass
If you have questions please call Elizabeth
at 457-2724 or email her at
[email protected]
A STUDY OF GENESIS
THERE WILL BE A HIATUS IN FR. MIKE MARINI'S STUDY OF GENESIS DURING THE
MONTH OF OCTOBER. SESSIONS WILL RESUME ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5.
A SPOON FULL OF KINDNESS
AT ST. FRANCIS KITCHEN
On Saturday, November 15, from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. St. Francis Catholic Kitchen/Jesus Mary
Joseph Home will host a benefit for the hungry
& homeless, featuring a hearty soup lunch, a
multi-cultural Christmas bazaar, offered by
Rising International, and an opportunity to win
great prizes. For event or donation information, contact board member Beatrice Easter at [email protected] or 345-7523.
Purchase event tickets in advance at http://
spoonfullofkindness.brownpapertickets.com/
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
Do you long for a deeper life and richer awareness of God in your life? Villa Maria del Mar
Retreat House is offering a free information
evening on Spiritual Direction for those seeking
to discern how the Holy Spirit is working in
their life.
Facilitator: Sr. Molly Neville, SNJM
Time: 7-8:15 p.m.
Date: October 14 OR 27
Call or email Mary at the Villa to reserve your
place, 475-1236, [email protected]
BETH MOORE BIBLE STUDY
Holy Cross Women's Ministry would like to invite
you to a study of the Fruits of the Spirit:
Living Beyond Yourself by Beth Moore. Please
join us on Friday morning from 9:15 a.m. to 11
a.m. in the Casita (the cottage behind the
rectory). For more information please call
Kathy Pappas 425-4714.
DOMINICAN MOBILE WELLNESS CLINIC
The Dominican Mobile Wellness van will be at
Holy Cross on the second, fourth and fifth
Wednesdays (October 22 & 29) of each month
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bilingual services will be
provided (English/Spanish) and will include
evaluation and treatment of episodic medical
conditions, identification of medical homes for
those patients with chronic needs, and identification of social services and resources in the
community. There is a fee of $15 at the time of
the visit. For more information call 457-7166.
WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER
“For where two or three are gathered together in
my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Today’s gospel challenges us to come together in
His name. Is God in your Marriage? The next
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend will be
held on October 24-26, at the Saint Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista, California.
For more information call Mary Jo and Rich
Castello, at 831-704-6322
([email protected]) or register online at
centralcawwme.org.
All Souls Day envelopes are available
in the back of the church.
Día de los Difuntos sobres están disponibles.
INFANT BAPTISM CLASSES
Parents are asked to register their child for baptism at least one month prior to the desired date
for baptism. To participate in parent – God parent- preparation classes please call Vince Lieggi
at 515 – 7110. Classes are done Second Monday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Casita. Baptisms are celebrated third Saturday of every
month except during Lent. To schedule the date
of baptism please call the office at 458-3041.
LAS CLASES DE BAUTISMO
PARA LOS PADRES
Para inscribir a la clase de bautismo por favor
llamen a la oficina al número 458-3041. Las
clases será n primer lunes del mes a las
6:00p.m. en la Casita. Bautismos se celebran
primer sábado de cada mes excepto durante la
Cuaresma. Para programar la fecha de bautismo, por favor llame a la oficina al 458-3041.
CLUB NOAH
We are looking for volunteers to help re-start
this ministry! Please call Sr. Liza for more information at 458-3041.
BENEFIT CONCERT
Elisabeth Von Trapp, from the family whose story inspired The Sound of Music, will be performing a benefit concert for Catholic Charities of the
Diocese of Monterey at the Old Mission in San
Luis Obispo on Friday, November 14 at 7 p.m.
Admission is $50. Proceeds will assist those in
need throughout our Diocese. For tickets:
www.CatholicCharitiesCentralCoast.org, or
(831) 233-3307.
LIFETOUCH PICTURES
If you had a picture taken for the Directory, and
did not purchase additional pictures, your free
8x10 was delivered to the rectory. Please drop
by and pick up your picture.
SIGNING UP FOR CONSISTENT
GIVING IS EASY!
For more information call Toni
at 469-3560
¡PARA DAR COHERENTE ES FÁCIL!
Para más información favor de
comunicarse con Toni al 469-3560
SYNOD-MASS Oct-5-2014
Opening family synod, pope warns bishops of hypocrisy, pride and greed
By Francis X. Rocca - Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Opening a two-week Synod of Bishops on the family, Pope Francis warned
participants against the temptations of hypocrisy, pride and greed, urging them instead to serve the
church with "freedom, creativity and hard work."
"We can thwart God's dream if we fail to let ourselves be guided by the Holy Spirit," the pope said
Oct. 5, during Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. "The Spirit gives us that wisdom which surpasses
knowledge, and enables us to work generously with authentic freedom and humble creativity."
Pope Francis' homily drew on the day's reading from the Gospel of Matthew (21: 33-43), in which
Jesus describes the people of God as a vineyard, farmed by tenants who betray its owner and seek
to take it over for themselves.
Evidently addressing his words to the 184 bishops and 69 others who would take part in the synod,
the pope said Jesus aimed his parable at the "chief priests and the elders of the people, in other
words the experts, the managers," whose job it was to "nurture, tend and protect" God's people.
"But Jesus tells us that those farmers took over the vineyard. Out of greed and pride they want to
do with it as they will, and so they prevent God from realizing his dream for the people he has
chosen," the pope said.
"We are all sinners, and we too can be tempted to take over the vineyard, because of that greed
which is always present in us human beings. God's dream always clashes with the hypocrisy of
some of his servants," the pope said.
The synod is slated to discuss a range of "pastoral challenges of the family" in preparation for a
larger world synod in October 2015, which will make recommendations to the pope.
"Synod assemblies are not meant to discuss beautiful and clever ideas, or to see who is more
intelligent. They are meant to better nurture and tend the Lord's vineyard, to help realize his dream,
his loving plan for his people," Pope Francis said. "In this case the Lord is asking us to care for the
family, which has been from the beginning an integral part of his loving plan for humanity."
One of the most discussed topics at the 2014 synod promises to be a controversial proposal by
German Cardinal Walter Kasper that would make it easier for divorced and civilly remarried
Catholics to receive Communion. Pope Francis has said the predicament of such Catholics
exemplifies a general need for mercy in the church today.
The pope alluded to the need for mercy when he said that "evil pastors lay intolerable burdens on
the shoulders of others, which they themselves do not lift a finger to move," a paraphrase of Jesus'
words against the hypocrisy of scribes and Pharisees in Matthew 23: 4.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRAYER ON MONDAY
The Blessed Sacrament is exposed every
Monday in the Mission Chapel from
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. All are welcome.
EXPOSICIÓN DEL SANTISMO
Recuerden de acompañar a Nuestro Señor en
la Exposición y Adoración del Santismo Sacramento en la Capilla de la Misión todos los
lunes después de la Misa de las 8:30 a.m.
Pray the Rosary
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