Bake Sale
“My Time With Mary – A Spa for The Soul” Candlelight Service
Come join us and bring a friend on Thursday, November 4th at 7pm. Let us pray with Holy Mary our Spiritual Mother in a candlelit prayer service with beautiful sacred music.
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2021 National Clergy Conference
A National Clergy Conference was held October 25th through 27th in Lancaster, New York at Holy Mother of the Rosary Cathedral.
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Confirmation Administered
Confirmation, the completion of the Sacrament of Baptism-Confirmation was administered to nine young people and adults on Sunday, October 17th at the 11am Holy Mass.
Confirmands:
- Athena Claire Galindo, Sponsor – Jacqueline Monroe
- Jayden Abel Estacio, Sponsor – Fernando Galindo
- Nicholas Jude Gizzi, Sponsor – Diane Bader
- Steven Patrick Ortega, Sponsor – Nilda Aguirre
- Tyler Matthew Smith, Sponsor – Nicole Piotrowski
- Stephanie Kateri Tarazona, Sponsor – Elvia Guerra
- Diane Valentine Tarazona, Sponsor – Juana Bertha Dulanto
- Amy Theresa Tarazona, Sponsor – Jennifer Sanchez
- Aarti Gianna Taylor, Sponsor – Jennifer Galindo
- Chirag Cosmas Taylor, Sponsor – Leo Coutinho
We thank Bishop Bernard Nowicki for administering the sacrament. We thank the confirmands, their sponsors and family members, and everyone who attended and also joined in fellowship afterward in the parish hall.
Come Holy Spirit!
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God Bless Aaron
On Saturday Sept. 4, 2021 Aaron Cuizon Bardowell, son of Wayne A. Bardowell and Jane B. Cuizon received the Sacrament of Baptism. Proud godparents were Stephen Bradbury Sr. and Judith Sledgianowski. We congratulate Bardowell, Cuizon families, relatives and friends on this special occasion.
Ayden Paredes Blood Drive
Ayden is a handsome and kind 4-year-old who was recently diagnosed with (ALL) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Despite receiving an aggressive chemotherapy and blood transfusions, he remains strong with a smile on his face. His parents, both, NYC first responders, and his older sister, hold his hand as he begins this road of battling and defeating cancer! Come donate blood and join the Be The Match registry to help Ayden or patients like him.
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National Night Out
On Tuesday August 3rd, the Holy Cross Parish participated in Woodland Park’s National Night Out (NNO). We had an eventful evening meeting and greeting our local neighbors as well as our parishioners. Father Joseph, Natalie Cyman, and Paul Murphy handed out free bottles of water, the Tricky Tray flyers, sold 50/50 tickets and offered our Welcome flyers for our local residents.
NNO – is a national event since 1984 a community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships AGAINST DRUG, CRIME AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. National Night Out helps create crime prevention awareness in the neighborhood through a multitude of events, such as block parties, cookouts, parades, contests, youth events and seminars.
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Ś+P Irene Legawiec
Prayers of Sympathy are requested for the family of Irene Legawiec (93) who passed away on Thursday, July 22nd.
śp. Irene was the Beloved wife of the late Edwin Legawiec. Loving mother of Bruce & his wife Debbie Legawiec, Lois & her husband Jeff Volyn, and the late Dr. Barry Legawiec. Cherished grandmother of Staci (Frank), Nick, Eddie, Julian (Jess), Chelsea, & Harrison. Adored great-grandmother of Ailia, Luke, Owen, & Emily. Dear sister of the late Ann Mikulak, Walter Podhaisky, & Nick Podhaiski. Endeared aunt of Alice, Jean, Walter, Vera, Nick & Joe and the late Martha, Barbara, Richard and Cookie. She is also survived by many great nieces & nephews. Except for a few years on a farm in Ringoes NJ,
Mrs. Legawiec was raised primarily in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. While there she received her nursing degree from the Bushwick Hospital School of Nursing in 1949 and later went on to receive her RN. After getting married in 1953, she moved to NJ and raised her family in Fairfield, where she made many friends and was involved in many activities, notably being the West Essex Chapter president of CARIH, a hospital her son Barry had been at for 2 years. She had been a Parishioner of Holy Cross Polish National Catholic Church. Funeral is on Thursday at 9AM from the Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home, 7 Two Bridges Road, Fairfield. Funeral Mass is Thursday at 10AM at Holy Cross parish, 220 Browertown Rd., Woodland Park, NJ. Interment Laurel Grove Cemetery. Friends will be received on Wednesday from 4 -7 p.m. Online condolences may be offered at the funeral home website.
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