holy cross parish announcements
OFFICES CLOSED: Both of our parish offices will be closed on Friday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day.
MASS CHANGES: Mass will be held at 9 am at both Holy Trinity and Mary Help of Christians on Friday, July 4th. Note: The 7:15 am Mass @ Holy Trinity & the Noon Mass @ Mary Help of Christians are both canceled on Friday, July 4th.
ADORATION CANCELLATION: Mary Help of Christians will not have adoration on Friday, July 4th.
PARKING LOT CLOSURE: Holy Trinity's parking lot will be closed for repair following the morning Mass on Monday, July 7th for the entire week. Please do not use the parking lot during the repair. Sorry for the inconvenience, and for your cooperation!
COLLECTION ENVELOPE ERROR: St. Anthony and St. Mary Online Giving parishioners, you may have received collection envelopes in the mail. There was an error transferring the data to the envelope company this time. Feel free to pull out the special collection envelopes if you wish to use them and disregard the Sunday envelopes. Sorry for the confusion!
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.
YEAR END GATHERING — A combined women’s group (7:30 pm Thursday) and men’s group (4:30 am Friday) year end gathering will be held on Wednesday, July 23rd at 4087 Fleetfoot Rd., Coldwater, Ohio 45828 from 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Bring a snack to share and your own drinks. All are welcome to come and enjoy some fellowship if you attended either of these groups this past year.
NEW MEN'S BIBLE STUDY: Meet around the fire pit at 4171 Burrville Rd, Coldwater, Ohio from 7:30 - 8:30 pm every 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month starting on July 10th. BYOB! "Boiiiiis - bring your own beer, bourbon, and bibles." - Fr. Ethan
NEW WOMEN'S BOOK STUDY: Meet at the shelter house at 4171 Burrville Rd, Coldwater, Ohio from 7:30 - 8:30 pm every 2nd Monday of the month starting on July 14th to discuss the book "Home - A Study on the Virtues of Mary". Scan the QR Code Below to buy the book or Contact Olivia Wenning at (419) 852-7822 by July 5th.
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
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.
LOCAL COMMUNITY INTERESTS INFORMATION BELOW
2026 European Tour - June 7-18 (Optional 3-day extension to Dubrovnik, Croatia Travel with "Dorner's Destinations"). Travel with a local group to see... Italy: Venice, Verona& Vicenza (Rialto Bridge, Verona Arena, Olympic Theater); Slovenia: Ljubljana, Lake Bled (Skocjan Caves, Vintegar Gorge, Bled Island); Austria: Salzburg (Mirabell Gardens, Mozart Birthplace); Germany: Berchtesgaden, Munich, Garmisch (Eagle's Nest, Bike Tour, Neuschwanstein Castle); Extension to Croatia: Bubrovnik (City Walls, Old Harbor, Srd Hill Cable Car, Stradun). Informational Meetings about Tour: Wed., July 16 - 7:00 @ St. Henry H.S. Media Center & Sun., July 20 - 7:00 @ Tri Star Career Compact (Celina). For more information contact John Dorner @ 419-733-2235 or John.Dorner20@gmail.com Facebook: John Dorner
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