The Annual Parish Steak & Awards BBQ will take place Friday, June 8, 2007 in the parish hall.

Your $15 ticket gets you an 8oz striploin steak cooked the way you like it, a baked potato, fresh rolls, salad, and dessert. Children, 12 and under, can join their parents at the dinner and have their choice of a free hamburger or hot dogs. Doors open at 6:00 PM and dinner starts at 7:00 PM.

Tickets will be available after all weekend masses. Be sure to get your tickets early, as this great event is always a sell out!

The Annual 4th Degree Knights of Columbus Golf Tournament, hosted by Father J.L. Reynolds Assembly, will take place Monday, June 04, 2007 at the Hylands Golf Club commencing at 1:30 PM.

Holy Cross Parish's third annual Indo-Canadian Gala Dinner will take place on Friday, May 11, 2007. The evening begins at 6 p.m. in the parish hall.

Joe Thottungal and his team from the Coconut Lagoon Restaurant will once again be cooking up many exotic varieties of Indian and Canadian dishes for you to enjoy. Irish and Indian Dancers will provide entertainment and there will be a silent auction, door prizes and much, much more!

Fr Paulson V Veliyannoor, CMF

"In the Lenten journey..., we are exhorted to come out of ourselves in order to open ourselves in trustful abandonment to the merciful embrace of the Father. Blood, symbol of the love of the Good Shepherd, flows into us especially in the Eucharistic mystery: "The Eucharist draws us into Jesus' act of self-oblation... we enter into the very dynamic of his self-giving" (Encyclical Deus caritas est, n. 13). Let us live Lent, then, as a "Eucharistic" time in which, welcoming the love of Jesus, we learn to spread it around us with every word and deed" (Holy Father Benedict XVI)

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