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Standard Mass Times
check bulletin- Sun: 8:00 AM BilingualBilingualBI San Luis 9:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN Holy Cross
- Tue: 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN Holy Cross
- Wed: 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN Holy Cross
- Thu: 5:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN Holy Cross
- Fri: 10:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN All other Fridays Yorktown Manor Nursing Home
- 1st Fri: 8:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN First Friday at Holy Cross
- Sat: 5:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN Holy Cross
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Confession Times
- 1st Friday: 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM First Fridays after 8:00 Mass during Adoration at Holy Cross
- Saturday: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM or by appointment. Special services during the seasons of Advent and Lent.
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Calendar
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Reporting Abuse/
Safe EnvironmentChild and Vulnerable Adult Reporting Procedures
If you witness, suspect, or know of child and/or vulnerable adult abuse, YOU MUST FILE A REPORT WITHIN 48 HOURS!
Contact Civil Authorities:
Department of Family and Protective Services
1-800-252-5400 or www.txabusehotline.org
If the person is in immediate danger, call 911.
If Church Personnel Is Involved In Alleged Abuse:
Step One— Contact Civil Authorities.
Step Two— Contact one of the following:
· Coordinator of Pastoral Care and Outreach, Vicki L. Pyatt, LMSW, at (361) 827-7186 or email
pastoralcare@victoriadiocese.org
· Bishop or Chancellor of the Diocese of Victoria at (361) 573-0828;
and Written Allegations Should Be Sent To:
Office of the Bishop
P. O. Box 4070
Victoria, Texas 77903
Mark as “Personal and Confidential”
We will also help you bring your concerns to church officials outside the diocese if the abuse occurred elsewhere and you now reside in the Diocese of Victoria. If you are unsure about bringing a complaint or would like further information, please contact Vicki L. Pyatt.
Holy Cross/San Luis/St. Ann's Safe Environment Coordinator is Teresa Foegelle. Mrs. Foegelle may be contacted by phone at (361)564-6142 or by email at holycrossaccting@sbcglobal.net. Training sessions are held frequently throughout the year. Call Teresa Foegelle at (361)564-6412 or the Rectory at (361)564-2893 for the next scheduled sesson. Office hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. and 1:00 P.M. to 3:30 P.M.
All adults who are working in the Diocese of Victoria with youth in classrooms or involved with youth ministry, Religious Education teachers and aides are required to complete Safe Environment requirements before being involved. -
from Bishop Cahill
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volunteer opportunities
Many opportunities to
volunteer are available
Click on the Ministry tab or call the office for
information and find out how you can help!
We still need volunteers for Religious Education,
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catholic based professional counseling
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Welcome to Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church and the Missions of San Luis and St. Ann
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Advocacy Day Participants Needed!
Catholic Advocacy Day- March 26, 2019 Bishop Cahill has committed 100 participants from the Diocese of Victoria for Advocacy Day. We need commitments ASAP in order to plan travel and logistics. T-shirt orders will be placed on February 26, 2019. All registrants after the 26th will not be guaranteed a shirt.
Catholic Faith in Action Advocacy Day 2019: The Diocese of Victoria will be participating in the Catholic Faith in Action Advocacy Day, March 26, 2019 at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Texas. Participants from the Diocese of Victoria will join with thousands of Catholics, from the 15 dioceses in Texas, to advocate for policies promoting life, justice, charity, and religious freedom and to educate our legislators and other state leaders in a better understanding about what we believe as Catholics. A select group of volunteers will also be prepared to visit with the elected state legislators who represent the ten counties of the Diocese of Victoria. If you are interested in participating register online or call Sherry at 361-573-0828.
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Blood Drive
at Holy Cross on Sun. Feb. 24, 10 am to 1 pm, to make an appointment click the picture below.
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Access is free to all parishoners!
Family appropriate movies, ebooks and
audio to grow your faith.
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Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet 3 pm
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Gn 4:1-15, 25Responsorial Psalm Ps 50:1 and 8, 16bc-17, 20-21Gospel Mk 8:11-13
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Historic Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
Holy Cross Catholic
Cemetery is recorded as a
Historic Texas Cemetery.
Click on picture to
access the Victoria Diocese
Catholic cemeteries portal
for maps and directions to
cemeteries in
their database.
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News from the Vatican
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Speaking in his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis petitioned Catholics to pray for an upcoming anti-abuse summit at the Vatican, saying he wanted to call the gathering as a response to the “urgent”
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A range of U.S. Church leaders praised Pope Francis's decision to remove former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the clerical state.
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A new book alleges that 80 percent of clergy inside the Vatican is gay.
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In a widely expected yet still dramatic move, the Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis has approved the removal of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the clerical state, colloquially known as...
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Italian Lucetta Scaraffia is a bit of a troublemaker in the Vatican these days. She discusses women in the Church.
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