Lent Begins (watch videos) – Ash Wednesday 5 March 2025
HOW TO LIVE THIS LENT & LENTEN OBSERVATIONS – CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO – HOW TO LIVE LENT THIS YEAR – CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO – LENTEN OBSERVATIONS WITH MOTHER ANGELICA
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Jubilee Year 2025
Christmas at the Holy Cross
The Season of Advent
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Continue reading →All Saints and All Souls – 1st & 2nd of November
All You Need to Know about All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days It seems unusual that our Church liturgical calendar schedules two major celebrations on days that are back to back. But that is precisely the situation with the solemnity … Continue reading →
Canonisations – Sunday 20 October 2024
CANONISATIONS AT THE VATICAN – LIVE STREAMING Among them the eleven Martyrs of Damascus Eight of them are Franciscan friars — six priests and two professed religious — all missionaries from Spain except for Father Engelbert Kolland, who was from … Continue reading →
Life of a Saint: St Francis of Assissi (with video)
Watch this video on YouTube SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI – Feast 4 October The patron saint of Italy, Francis of Assisi was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow … Continue reading →
Life of a Saint: St Therese of Lisieux
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Continue reading →The Exaltation of the Holy Cross – Feast
THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS – FEAST 14 September The Story of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Early in the fourth century, Saint Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in search of the holy … Continue reading →
Registrations for Religious Instruction – Come and See
Come and See – Religious Instruction We are inviting all the children of the Holy Cross community to attend the Come and See activities every Saturday afternoon commencing on the 5th of October 2024. Registrations for children aged seven and … Continue reading →
The Nativity of Mary – Feast 8 September
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated at least by the sixth century, when St. Romanos the Melodist, an Eastern Christian who composed many of the hymns used … Continue reading →
Holy Cross Android Smartphone Application
HOLY CROSS SMARTPHONE APPLICATION FOR ANDROID PLEASE SCAN THE QR CODE BELOW WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE TO DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL ON YOUR SMARTPHONE THE FILE FOR THE HOLY CROSS PARISH ANDROID APPLICATION OR FROM THE WEB BROWSER OF YOUR SMARTPHONE, CLICK … Continue reading →
Pastoral Program 2024/2025 – Letter attached
LETTER FROM HE BISHOP BRUNO VARRIANO OFM PATRIARCHAL VICAR FOR CYPRUS PASTORAL PROGRAM FOR 2024/2025
Continue reading →The Assumption of our Lady – Feast 15 August
Watch this video on YouTube The Assumption of Our Lady On Sunday, 15 August, the Church celebrates the Feast Day of the Assumption of Our Lady when according to our faith, the Holy Mother, “having completed her course of her … Continue reading →
Supplication for Peace to Our Lady assumed into Heaven
URGENT Message from Pierbattista Card. Pizzaballa Patriarch of Jerusalem Supplication for Peace to Our Lady assumed into Heaven
Continue reading →Life of a Saint: St Lawrence Martyr
Watch this video on YouTube The Story of Saint Lawrence This famous martyr of Rome lived in the second century. He was one of seven deacons who were in charge of giving help to the poor and the needy. Then … Continue reading →
Life of a Saint: St Joachim & St Anna – Videos
THE GRANDPARENTS OF JESUS CHRIST https://youtu.be/ftIhEKsuTWA Watch this video on YouTube
Continue reading →Summer, a valuable time to read the Gospel, pray and meditate – Pope Francis
Watch this video on YouTube In his Sunday Angelus address the Pope urges the faithful to take time to meditate. Acknowledging that “Jesus overturns our way of thinking many times,” Pope Francis, during his Angelus meditation on July 17, 2022, focused … Continue reading →
Life of a Saint: St Maria Goretti
LIFE OF A SAINT: ST MARIA GORETTI (with videos) Born on October 16 1890 in Corinaldo, in the Ancona Province in Italy, her farmworker father moved his family to Ferrier di Conca, near Anzio. When he died of malaria, Maria’s … Continue reading →
Life of a Saint: St Anthony of Padua
LIFE OF A SAINT: SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA Feast Day, June 13 (1195 – June 13, 1231) Watch this video on YouTube Saint Anthony of Padua’s Story The gospel call to leave everything and follow Christ was the rule … Continue reading →