Holy Cross Catholic Church

Still looking for something to do this summer?

Vacation Bible School at Holy Cross still has openings for children Pre-K (4/5 years old) through 5th grade! Dates are June 29 through July 3, 8:30am-12:30pm. $60 for registration.

We are also still looking for a few more adult volunteers. Children of adult volunteers are registered at no cost.

Learn more and sign up today!
https://church.holycrosspdx.org/vacation-bible-school

As we enter Holy Week, we come together in prayer and reflection. All are welcome—we would love to have you with us.

Bake sale this Sunday at 10am in the new Community Center!

Come support our youth get to the Steubenville NW Conference in Spokane this summer.

It was a lovely evening at our first parish potluck on February 7th. We are looking forward to another evening of fellowship and almsgiving in honor of Father Mark's birthday next month.

Bring a dish to share and/or something to support St. Vincent de Paul. Click on the flyer for a list of needs. Potluck will take place after the 5pm Mass. Questions or want to help with setup, serving, or cleanup? Feel free to call the parish office at 503-289-2834.

When the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson was just a boy, he was gazing out the window one evening and saw the lamplighter lighting the street lights. The future poet is reported to have said, “Look, Nanny! That man is putting holes in the darkness.” He went on to write the poem “The Lamplighter” and, after asking God to bless the lamplighter, the poet described him as “speeding up the street and, at measured intervals, knocking another luminous hole into the dusk.”

The first gas lighting systems in Edinburgh were installed in 1819. At dusk, teams of lamplighters called “Leeries” would stream through the city. Using long poles, they’d ignite the gas in every lamp, whether on street corners, in front of businesses, or on people’s porches. They effectively turned the city from darkness to light.

Our School Mass today included a reminder for all of us to be light in the darkness. Indeed, we are to be like the lamplighters who illuminated the darkened streets of Edinburgh of the 19th century. Turning night into day, we are to put “holes in the darkness” of the world and let God’s light shine through.

We also prayed at our School Mass about how we must light the lamps of others and help to keep them lit. Ideally, as we point the way to Jesus, people should be able to trace the course of where we have been by the light we have left behind.

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“You are the light of the world – like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.” Matthew 5, 14-16

https://church.holycrosspdx.org/news/january-23-the-lamplighter

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe / Our Lady of Guadalupe
12 de diciembre, 2025 / December 12, 2025

Join us for Mass on this day, the Solemnity of The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Mass in English: 8:30am & 5:30pm
Misa en español: 7:00pm

Archbishop Emeritus John G. Vlazny's Funeral Arrangements have been scheduled:

Visitation: Thursday, June 5 from 1:00-6:15 PM at St. Mary’s Cathedral

Vigil Service: (immediately following the Visitation): Thursday, June 5 at 6:30 PM

Funeral Mass: Friday, June 6 at 11:00 AM at St. Mary’s Cathedral

A livestream of the Mass will be available: https://www.maryscathedral.com/Livestreams

A reception will follow in the Cathedral School

Rite of Committal: following the funeral/reception at Mt. Calvary Cemetery at 2:30 PM