Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe." Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."   Jn 20:27-29

 

                       

Ladies’ Altar Group # 3 Carol Marthy & Helen Benoit

 

ALTAR SERVERS

SATURDAY April 5, 2008

4:00 PM       Alexis Russell & Brigid Neumann

SUNDAY, April 6, 2008

   8:00  AM      Brendan Behan & Emily Dominiak

10:30 AM         Sara Penna & Rosheilly Torres

 

Lectors and Eucharistic ministers

SATURDAY MARCH 29, 2008

  4:00 PM        Alex McDonnell, Lector

Alex McDonnell, Joan McDonnell, Janice Sacco, Sr. Mary Ellen, Wendy Swift

SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008

  8:00 AM       Diana Koster-Kelly, Lector

Steve Dominiak, Joe Igoe, Agnes Marsh

  10:30 AM     Bob Penna, Lector

                        Mary Bolognino, Dan Kennedy, Maureen

                        Bushey, Jackie Farrell, Thalia Davis

 

LITURGICAL ASSISTANTS

SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008

  4:00 PM                    Irene Riley

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2008

   8:00 AM                    Bob Egan

   10:30 AM                Joe Young

 

 

RICE BOWL CONTRIBUTIONS

These sacrificial contributions have not yet been sent to Catholic Charities, so you still have time to make your contributions.  Please do so as soon as possible.

 

THANK YOU

A very sincere thanks to everyone who helped with our Holy Week and Easter Services.  Our thanks to Deacon McAuliffe, our cantor and organist, our choir, servers, lectors and ministers. 

A special thanks to Sr. Helen Charles for a wonderful decorating job in our sanctuary. 

Also, a word of thanks to everyone who contributed to the cost of flowers for the Church.

 

“500 CLUB” For the week of 3/17/08 there was no winner. 

Congratulations to the bonus winner for the week of 3/24/08, #109, Tom Murphy!

 

SAVE THESE DATES

As you already know, Father Maher will be retiring as Pastor of Holy Cross parish at the end of August this year.  A retirement party for Father is being planned for Sunday, June 1^st.  Please save the date for a special Mass and reception. 

Also, this year marks the 150^th anniversary of the founding of Holy Cross Parish in the downtown Albany area.  We are planning to observe this important occasion with a concelebrated Mass with our Bishop on Sunday, September 15^th, the Feast of the Holy Cross.  The Mass will be followed by a reception and dinner.  We are in the process of making plans for these two events so please keep these dates in mind.   Thank you.

                                                The Committee

 

SCHOOL NEWS

Students will participate in a Hands On Science Program from Scotia Glenville Science Museum this week.  Each grade will have a science lesson based on their grade level.  This program is sponsored by the Home School Association.  Thank you to our parishioners who support the fundraising efforts of the Home School Association to make these programs possible.

 

There will be a meeting of second grade parents whose children will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Eucharist for the first time this year on Tuesday, April 1^st at 7:00 P.M. in the Church.

 

EASTER REMEMBRANCES

Contributions toward the purchase of the flowers for our church are made in loving memory of the following:

Mary, John & Margaret Ruprecht                     

J. Leo Dugan                            Robert Gallup               

Dr. Paul Briscoli                        Arthur E. Couser

Cecilia Dominiak                       John Zalucki

Florence Zabinski                      Al & Margaret Bishop

Margaret Mary Bishop              Helen & Raymond Close

James & Janice McDonald        Bernice & Frank Waterson

Dr. & Mrs. James J. Quinlivan               Ruth Saunders

James Futia                               Carmela & Fred Scuderi

Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Calderazzo           Bess M. Kelly

Carl J. Bolognino                                   Andrew P. Lucas

Fred B. Abele                                       John J. Callanan

Theodora & Joseph Chamberlain            William Gerard

Myrtle & James Egan                            Marian B. Devine

Kathleen & Jack Egan                      Donald R. Cummings

Harry J. McAllister                  

Donald Gary                            

Deceased member of the following families:

The Young & Passenger Families

The Joseph Massara Family

The Polando & Zeller Families

The Zabinski & Smolinski Families

The Dack & Pjontek Families

The Carman & Wood Families

The Greene & McEnaney Families

The Doyle & Kemp Families

The Zwack & Martin Families

The Tartello & Purcell Families

The Zellen & Kaczenski Families

The Cooke & Murphy Families

The Coburn & Finn Families

The Gerard F. Nelligan Family

The Bushey & Tuffey Families

The Andrew J. Carroll Family

The Joseph A. Johnson Family

The Benoit & Costello Families

The D’Amelia Family

The Miller & Kirwin Families

Benefactors:   

James L. Devine

Marcia V. Pezzolla

 

CEMETERIES NOTIFICATION

Cemetery beautification in Diocesan Cemeteries will begin on April 1^st.  All grave decorations will be removed and discarded by cemetery staff.  Lot owners should remove decorations they wish to save prior to this date.  Please call the cemetery office at 463-0134 or visit www.rcdacemeteries.org for more information.