Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 29 - February 4, 2012
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First Friday Benediction |
Truth Be ToldTrial Subscription2012 Mass BookThe 2012 Mass Book is now available for booking Masses in the parish office. A total of 10 Masses may be booked. Of those 10 Masses only three may be scheduled for the Saturday 4:15PM Mass or any of the Sunday Masses. The suggested donation is $10 per Mass which is requested at the time the Mass is booked.
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42th Annual Batavia Brotherhood Banquet
“A Life of Service with roots in Batavia”
February 21, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School,
950 Hart Road
Donation $15 Tickets available following mass
Featuring Brian Smith, Pastor, Valleybrook Community Church
Holy Cross Parish Gala "A Knight to Remember"

Our 2012 Gala, "A Knight at the Pub"
March 17, 2012, 6:30 PM
Cocktails & Hors d'oeuvres, Buffet Dinner & Dessert
Live Band, Live Auction, Silent Auction, Raffles
Piper's Banquets
1295 Butterfield Road
Aurora, IL 60502
Please join us for an evening of fellowship and fun
while supporting your Holy Cross Parish Community
For tickets and more information, visit www.events.org/HolyCrossGala
To donate, contact Jill Perez at email
Prayer for a New Bishop
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Good and Gracious God, by your providence you have given the
Church of Rockford good shepherds throughout its history.
As our Bishop Thomas retires, we ask that you give him peace and happiness
for all the good he has done in your name.
And we humbly plead that You, Heavenly Father, will send us a new shepherd,
a bishop who will continue the good work his predecessors have achieved.
Grant us a shepherd who will preach the Word joyfully, teach the faith fearlessly, celebrate the sacraments reverently, doing all in a spirit of love and compassion, for the unborn who have no voice, for the poor who are often forgotten, for the young who seek guidance, for the sick who need healing, for the aged who yearn for hope, and for all your faithful people who come together as one Body in Christ to profess one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one Church. Inspired by Mary Immaculate, our patron, we ask this through Christ our Lord, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
First Friday Devotions will be held from 7:30PM-8:30PM in the Chapel on Friday, February 3, 2012.