HOLY CROSS CONNECTIONS

On December 12, 2010, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe fell on a Sunday. To commemorate the conjoining of the feast of the Patroness...

The lady in red leading a walking meditation is parishioner Laurie Bair. She left us too soon. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last...

From the incensing of Holy Oils and Washing of Feet on Holy Thursday to the beautiful rites of the Easter Vigil at Holy Cross, one...

Many who attend the Thanksgiving Mass year after year say it's their "favorite liturgy" - perhaps because it's a more participative...

A STORY OF LOVE IN WORDS AND PICTURES When Fr. Mike was a young man of 70, he retired as pastor of Holy Cross Church, the place where he...

How does a choir rehearse during sheltering-in-place for a pandemic? That was the question recently posed to members of the Holy Cross...

[Editor’s note: The Food Pantry at Holy Cross has become a center of action and grace in the community of Santa Cruz. Here are Jorge...

This photo by Bill Lovejoy, taken in front of Holy Cross Church the evening of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, was on the front page of the...

As Santa Cruz disappeared into a haze of smoke and ash, our mountain communities and fellow parishioners were losing their landscapes,...

Sister Noella Marie McLeod, OP has been a familiar sight at Holy Cross Church for over four decades. Although she's now retired, she...

On Tuesday, June 16th, at 7 p.m. about 50 people gathered via Zoom to pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary for an end to racism and...

We've all seen him at Holy Cross, either scurrying across the parking lot with a mission in mind or at the ambo proclaiming God's Word,...

Red was the dominant color of last year's Pentecost celebration, just as it has been for every "birthday of the church" in recent memory....

Since this story will be told with photos from newspapers, let's begin with this beautiful picture captured by a San Jose Mercury News...

"Santa Cruz is Looking Up!" Those were the words emblazoned on the new sweatshirts of Holy Cross parishioners, also known on this festive...

At the end of Part One of the saga of the earthquake and its aftermath, we learned about all the events leading up to that fateful hot...

A question heard often following the earthquake of '89 and its aftermath was, "What were you doing at 5:04 p.m. on Tuesday, October...

Anyone LiveStreaming Mass last weekend would have met someone new to Holy Cross. Fr. Jhonnatan Carmona joined us this week and will be...

We are blessed beyond belief! How many parishes can boast that their closest neighbors, living in a former convent, are these beautiful...

Since the start of Sheltering-in-Place more than four weeks ago, the Food Pantry has stepped up to provide groceries for people from all...