Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

February 19, 2017

HOLY CROSS CHURCH February 19, 2017 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.

GO THE EXTRA MILE

Jesus tells us to do some-thing that so many find quite hard to do, that is: to love our enemies, to offer no resistance and no act of vengeance to the wicked, to forgive those who hurt us.

Have no doubt, Jesus challenges us to “go the extra mile.”

Christian writer, Corrie Ten Boom, was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Many of her family and friends died a cruel and inhumane death. She herself suffered terribly.

After the war, she traveled about Europe giving talks on forgiveness and reconciliation, urging victims of the war to forgive those who caused so much pain and death.

One night, after a talk in Munich, Germany, a man approached Corrie. Corrie recognized the man as one of the most hated guards of the concentration camp where she had been prisoner. The man held out his hand in a gesture of reconciliation. Corrie froze. She could not move. She could not lift her hand to meet this man's hand. She had too many bad memories. Emotions of hatred and anger swirled around within her.

Yet, in that moment Corrie prayed: "Jesus, I cannot forgive this man on my own. Help me with your grace."

Corrie explains that a power came from within her. Her hand lifted up and toward the other. She told this man: "I forgive you. You are my brother in Christ." And, Corrie never forgot the wave of peace and sense of freedom that swept over her.

Back in 1981, I was teaching at an all-boys high school down in New Orleans, Louisiana. I remember when the announcement came over the PA system that Pope John Paul II was shot in Rome. I could still feel the angry reaction of the boys who were my students. As we processed that tragic information, one of the boys asked: "If the Pope lives, what do you think he will do to the man who tried to kill him?"

I know I said the right words when I said: "I would hope he would forgive him."

The boys had a mild uproar, and questioned: "How could he forgive the person who tried to kill him? And I said: "Because that's what Jesus would do."

And, when Pope John Paul II did recover from his gunshot wounds, he did visit his would-be assassin in prison, and forgave him. The Pope lived out the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.

So, you see, it is possible to love and forgive your enemy. But to do so you need the grace of God. Jesus calls us to “go the extra mile” and He will go with you.

Fr. Dave

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

OUR PARISH

LITURGICAL MINISTER SCHEDULE

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.

7:00 a.m. WEEKDAY SERVER SCHEDULE

M on T u e W e d T hu F r i

20

Ginny Friedman,

Abby Friedman

21

August Christhilf, Anthony Frasca

22

Owen Robinson,

Gavin Clapper

23

Sarah Gibas, Janey

Thomas

24

Bernie Hammel

Saturday, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 25 Lector:

Euch Min:

Servers:

Eric Duchinsky

John Bingaman, Patty Bingaman, Sharon Kristovich, Dennis Menke, Kathy Murray

Emma Brunson, Abby Eilbracht, Rachel Burdette

Sunday, 8:00 a.m.

Feb. 26 Lector:

Euch Min:

Servers:

Jay Geistlinger

John Sullivan, Barry Dickerson, John Deponai III, Greg Koerner

Jon Gibas, Sarah Gibas, J.D. Sexton

10:00 a.m. Lector:

Euch Min:

Servers:

Joe Mefford

Steve Carter, John Dixon, Pat Dixon, Dawn Friedman, Margie Hoss, Jessica McMahon, Bonita Higgerson

Sydney McMahon, Jack McMahon, Bailey McMahon

4:00 p.m. Lector:

Euch Min:

Servers:

Laura Mohrbacher

Anthony Frasca, Beth Frasca, Bob Weber, Jan Weber, Rob MacKichan

Joe Hoffman, Tony Hoffman, John Paul Hoffman

Monday, Feb. 20 7:00 a.m. Paul Somers

Tuesday, Feb. 21 7:00 a.m. Sam & Slava Lily Mikulich

Wednesday, Feb. 22

7:00 a.m. John Foley 6:30 p.m. Marian Mass

Thursday, Feb. 23 7:00 a.m. Thalia Dondero

Friday, Feb. 24 7:00 a.m. Joe, Ruth, & Pat Doyle 8:15 a.m. Joe & Virginia Kisting (All School Mass)

Saturday, Feb. 25 8:15 a.m. Hazel Cacioppo 5:30 p.m. Dorothy Lierman

Sunday, Feb 26 8:00 a.m. Hazel M. Bowen 10:00 a.m. Fred & Katherine Miller 4:00 p.m. For the Parishioners

Mass Intentions for the Week

SPECIAL NEED

A parishioner of Holy Cross is in desperate need of a kidney. 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.

COFFEE & DONUTS VOLUNTEERS for Febru-

ary 26th are the Burton family for the 8:00 a.m. Mass crowd, and Anthony & Jean Thomas for the 10:00 a.m. Mass crowd. Thank you for your gift of time!

PARISH NURSE NEWS. The Parish Nurses will

be taking blood pressure next Sunday from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Undetected high BP can lead to heart disease and other health problems. Take advan-tage of this free service. It could save your life!

JUST FOR KIDS!

There are children’s church envelopes in a small basket at the back of the church so that you can give your own gift of treasure to God just like Mom and Dad. Pick one up as you come in to church or take a few home to bring back next Sunday. (Parents, teach your children the importance of giving back to God at an early age.)

STEWARDSHIP “Everything is a gift from God”

In today’s first reading, the Israelites are urged to love their neighbors as themselves. In the Gospel, Jesus spells out how we are to do that — to give generously to those who ask of us and not to turn our backs on those who seek to borrow.

PRO-LIFE

LOOKING FOR A NANNY

A Holy Cross Family is looking for a Nanny. Primary role is care of three children, ages 11, 9, and 4. Additional re-sponsibilities include general upkeep and support of the home and of family life. If you or someone you know is interested, please contact the current nanny at 703-732-1525 or sampsoncm1@gmail.com, or the children's father at augustchristhilf@gmail.com.

FRIDAY EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

JESUS IS CALLING YOU!

All Are Invited. Each Friday Jesus holds a special open house in our beautiful church. He invites us to spend quiet time with Him to give thanks for blessings received and to tell Him about our pressing concerns.

Please consider signing up for a half-hour or more to visit Our Lord on Fridays beginning after the All-School Mass and ending with Benediction at 4:45 p.m. Jesus would love your company! And by signing up, the Parish Office Staff will know when someone is spending time with Jesus.

Spring Campaign: March 1st to April 9th

7:00 a.m.—7:00 p.m.

At Planned Parenthood, 302 E. Stoughton, Champaign

Join us for prayer & fasting, community outreach

and peaceful vigil

Join us for the beginning of the end of abortion.

PRAYER CORNER

“Gracious and Loving God, open our hearts so that we may discern your will, and trust you in the choices that we make each day. Renew our lives so that we may always reflect your love in our encounter with others. Breathe in us new life so that we may be inspired to bring comfort to the af-flicted, justice to the poor and hope to those in despair.

“May we be attentive to the needs of our Church and the communion we share. And by the strength of your Spirit, may we always be good stewards of your abundant grace. We ask this in your name. Amen.”

DONATIONS FOR CAKE MIXES & FROSTINGS are needed for the Fish Fry Cake Table. It

takes three boxes of the same mix to make one sheet cake, and three cans of

frosting per cake. Please drop off your donations in the back of the church or

at the Parish Office. Donations for eggs would also help as it requires up to three dozen per week. Please bring eggs to the Parish Office to be put in the refrigerator. We would also appreciate donations of vegetable oil. Thank you!

Proceeds from the cake sale benefit the orphanage that is home to our sponsored child, Lydia Patrick, through Children of Hope and Faith. Volunteers are also needed to bake cakes at the Parish Center and serve at the dinners. Please call Tracy Duchinsky at 721-2524 to volunteer.

Also needed: A gluten-free dessert, one item each week. If you’d like to prepare a gluten-free dessert (brownies, cookies, etc.), please call Tracy Duchinsky to let her know which week or weeks you are willing to bake for.

FISH FRY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Fish Fry will be here before we know it, start-ing Friday, March 3rd through April 7th. We need volunteers to work at least one hour during the Fish Fry. Choose from the following times: 5:15-6:15 p.m., or 6:15-7:15

p.m., or clean-up crew. Jobs include cleaning tables, help-ing people to their seats, taking out trash, refilling supplies, etc. Please call or text Jessica McMahon at 217-898-8846 to sign up. It’s the most fun you’ll ever have working!

Lent is Coming Soon...

OUR SCHOOLS

Holy Cross School 356-9521

www.holycrosselem.org

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK. Our school celebrated a

wonderful week, Jan. 30-Feb. 3. The students enjoyed an out-of-uniform day on Monday. Tuesday was Vocation Day. Fr. Dave and Fr. Mike talked to the students about their own priestly vocations and what it means to them. They gave the students cookies and St. John Bosco balloons too. Wednesday was our Open House. We love to share our school with family, friends, and members of our parish! "Souper Bowl" Thursday was a big hit. We collected cans of soup for St. Vincent DePaul Pantry and soup broth for Daily Bread Soup Kitchen. The students wore their favorite sports jersey. We also played board games that afternoon. We enjoyed Friday most of all. We began the day with our School Mass—a celebration of St. John Bosco's feast day. Our week ended with the annual Holy Cross Talent Show. We enjoyed talent from our Kindergarteners all the way up to our faculty/staff and Father Dave. We feel so blest to have our school. Thank you to everyone for supporting our children in their faith formation and educational growth!

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

“Be holy, for I, the LORD your God, am holy.” Is your voca-tion to holiness to be lived out as a priest or in the conse-crated life? Call Fr. Tim Hepner at (309) 671-1550, or email: fr_hepner@cdop.org.

Offering for Feb. 4th-5th….……………….....….$8,685.22

Holy Cross Development Fund…..…………..…$2,025.45

Thank you for your generous contributions.

INCOME TAX STATEMENTS ARE READY!

Would you like to receive a statement of your contribu-tions made in 2016 for tax planning purposes? Simply fill out this form, cut it out, and drop it in the collection basket at Mass. Or you can email your request to:

office@holycrosscatholic.org.

Or call the Parish Office at 352-8748. NAME:______________________________________ Phone Number (optional):_______________________

High School of St. Thomas More 352-7210

www.hs-stm.org

8TH GRADE PLACEMENT EXAM MAKE-UP DATE is

Saturday, Feb. 25th. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. Please register at: http://www.hs-stm.org/admissions.html.

STM 2017-2018 ADMISSIONS. The High School of

Saint Thomas More is now accepting applications for the 2017-2018 school year. For more info please call 819-5702.

STM NEEDS A BUS DRIVER. We are seeking bus

drivers to aid in transportation to extra-curricular events. If you are interested in driving, please contact Krista Hinkley at khinkley@hs-stm.org.

STM NEWS & UPDATES. If you’d like to be added to

STM’s email list of weekly news & updates, please contact Dianna Oliveira at doliveira@hs-stm.org

www.cdop.org

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Subscribe instantly via credit or debit card anytime online at thecatholicpost.com or by calling 1-800-340-5630 during business hours. You may also sent a check to The Catho-lic Post, PO Box 1722, Peoria, IL 61656. Subscription rate remains at $29, but additional levels of support are invited.

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, Oetzel, Parod & Fotzler Families Bruns Family Dec. Mem. of Happ, Krueger Families William & 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 Liv. & Dec. Mem. of 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

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 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 Margaret Turkcan Glen & Helen Jones Betty Madrey

HOLY CROSS FIRST FRIDAY MEMORIAL

OUR COMMUNITY

ST MARY’S CHILI & VEGETABLE SOUP SUPPER

Please join us for homemade chili, vegetable soup, sand-wiches, and desserts Today, February 19th from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. in St. Mary’s parish hall. Our activities include quilt raffles, 50/50 raffle, and Bingo. We are located two and one-half miles east of Pesotum on 200 North. Hope to see you there!

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.

Pankau Masonry

LENTEN MUSIC PERFORMANCE

ST. PATRICK’S, URBANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 1ST

Members of Holy Cross’ Music Ministry are invited to partic-ipate in a Lenten performance of Gabriel Faure’s Requiem, Op. 48, accompanied by chamber orchestra and organ. The performance will be held at St. Patrick Church in Urba-na on Saturday, April 1st at 7:30 p.m.

To prepare for the performance there will be five rehearsals and one dress rehearsal (TBD). Each practice will be held at St. Patrick’s from 2:00-4:00 p.m. on the following five Sundays: Feb. 26, March 5, March 12, March 19, March 26. At the first rehearsal, scores will be available for purchase at $10.00. If you would like to participate in this perfor-mance, please contact Franklin Gallo at 217-531-7003, or franklin.gallo@stpaturbana.org,

CARING COMPANIONS PROGRAM FOR SENIORS

The Good Samaritan Program of Champaign and Piatt Counties is working to expand its Caring Companions Program for seniors. The program provides friendly visiting, help with shopping, transportation to appointments, and help with other needs by matching volunteers with seniors.

We are also looking for adults of all ages who can spare a little time to volunteer. Contact Kim McAvoy at 637-2395 or kmcavoy@ccdop.org to request assistance or to volunteer.

RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREAT

Are you suffering because of an abortion? Rachel’s Vine-yard Retreat offers emotional, psychological, spiritual heal-ing. The next Retreat will be Friday through Sunday, March 24th-26th in the Peoria area. Please call 309-264-1489, or email rvrpeoria@gmail.com. All communications are pri-vate and confidential. Information online can be found at www.rachelsvineyard.org or www.ccdop.org.

A Word from Joy

Did you know that FREE ultrasounds and

pregnancy testing are available at our local

Living Alternatives Resource Center,

205 E. Wilber Ave, Champaign.

9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

If possible, please call ahead: 217-398-6511.