Hello Families from the Cross Rock Area Catholic Community…..
We have officially combined as our ACC. Parishes from Bowlus, North Prairie, Opole,
Rice, and Royalton are together as one ACC. We have been working towards this goal for a couple years now and have made many steps forward in getting settled together. We have combined the Parish Offices to make one Central Office which is located in Rice. The Office is located in the basement of the Church and is accessible by elevator or steps. Hopefully by the time you receive this the Buzzer System will be installed on the front doors for ease of access to the office. If you need to access the office you will be able to push a button and we will let you in. If you need to contact the Office you can do so by Phone: 320-393-2725 or Email: crossrockacc@gmail.com. Father Kirchner and Father Sauer can also be reached by contacting the office. Father Sauer does have an email gsauer421@gmail.com. If you need to mail something in you can mail it to: Cross Rock Central Office PO Box 189 Rice, MN 56367. We are working on making this transition as easy on everyone as possible. We know that change is sometimes hard but we know that if we work together we can make great things happen. Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns.
Church Ministries...Have you given any prayerful thought to becoming an Usher?
Greeter? Eucharistic Minister? Altar Server (even as an adult)? Lector? Cantor? Sacristan? At Home Communion Distributor? Marriage Sponsor Couple? Visitor to the Homebound? If you answered yes...give the Central Office a call and we will put you in contact with the correct person. We are always looking for people to share their time and talent to help make a difference.
Spiritual Resources/Prayers visit:
Livestream of daily Mass at St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville
Give Us This Day, a monthly publication centered on the Word of God, is making available at no charge a digital file of its periodical, which includes daily Mass.
Children’s Offerings at Mass at Holy Cross. Children will be invited to bring their envelopes, cash donation, or a slip of paper describing some “acts of kindness” they have done in the past week and bring that up to the front of the church as their offering. Some parents had asked if this could be done at Holy Cross to get their children more actively involved in the mass and learn about good stewardship, and I would be happy to give it a try.
Children’s Bulletin Children's bulletins are available for two age groups, grades K-3 & 4-6, both on the same sheet of paper.
Becoming a Member If you attend Holy Trinity or Holy Cross Church and are not yet registered in the parish, please contact our office and we will gladly guide you through the simple process. We would also like to set up a meeting with our office staff to better acclimate you to the parish.
If you are a member and do not receive parish contribution envelopes, but would like them, please call the parish office (584-5484), or email htrinityhcross@gmail.com. Likewise, if you are a member and receive envelopes, but contribute to our parish in a different way and would like to be removed from our envelope mailing list, please contact our office as well.