Holy Cross Parish

Please note that Christmas and the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God are Holy Days of Obligation.

All are invited to a free Family Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 15 at 1:30 pm. Featured performers include Marc Coderre, Lindsay Delisle, Sophia Auger, Michael Trolly and Armando Prini. A free will offering will be taken up to support the work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Elimu Resource Centre.

Holy Cross Parishioners have free access to videos, audios, books and study series from Formed.org. To register, visit holycrossottawa.formed.org and complete the one-time registration form.

Holy Cross Parish, a community of clergy, religious and laity who, strengthened in Christ, and thankful for our blessings, seek to root ourselves in an authentic Christian community which is called to serve God in praise, each other in sharing, caring and healing, and our brothers and sisters, near and far, in prayer, peace and justice.

Mass, a reception and a beach party for the children highlighted the parish feast, marked on Sunday, September 15, 2019. Bishop Christian Riesbeck celebrated Mass, which concluded with an outdoor procession and the final blessing at the foot of the cross. The hospitality committee, youth group, Knights of Columbus, choirs, and liturgy committee organized the annual event.

The Hospitality Committee hosted a Ladies Luncheon on Saturday, September 20, 2019. The guest speaker was the Honourable Sharon Carstairs, former member of the Senate of Canada. She shared many humerous and occasionally serious insites from her time in active politics.

Members of the parish brought their pets to our Joy garden for the blessing of animals on October 5. The ceremony is conducted near the feast day of St Francis of Assissi.

Father Eugene O'Reilly preached a four-day mission on the evenings of October 20-23. His topics included intimacy, living the Beatitudes, reconciliation and discipleship. Please visit the video recordings of his inspiring talks.