Holy Cross will be supporting the Mary’s Meals program throughout the upcoming year. The foundation of this charity is to provide each and every child one meal a day in a place of education. Work will begin in this new year. More information is coming.
To read about Mary's Meals, please click here.
KNIGHTS KORNER
37 Years of Service to Holy Cross Parish
1988—2025
SALVATION ARMY KETTLES
On Saturday Dec 13, the Holy Cross Msgr Gerein Council contributed to manning the Salvation Army Kettles. They acknowledge and thank the following Brother Knights who so graciously volunteered their time for this activity: Aaron & Bob, Don, Gerald, Pat, Mike, Len, Gerry, Wayne, Ray & Garry.
MSGR GEREIN COUNCIL CHRISTMAS SOCIAL
Also on Saturday Dec 13, the Holy Cross Msgr Gerein Council held its annual Christmas supper & social. A total of 35 Knights and family members attended. They would like to thank the following Brother Knights who volunteered their time to set up for the social: Ray, John & Gerald. Also, they would like to acknowledge the Copper Kettle who provided a delicious Greek style meal.
Thank You from K of C Food and Clothing Drive and Social Action Food Hampers Initiative
This is a very special joint acknowledgement and thank you to all the parishioners who so generously donated to the recent Knight’s food and clothing drive and Holy Cross’s Social Action food hampers initiative. Through this joint effort, a total of 185 lbs of food was collected of which 130 lbs was provided to the food hamper program of the Regina Catholic School Board. The balance was donated to the Marian Centre. In addition, a cash donation from parishioners over $1,000 was provided to the Regina Catholic School Board to support their food hampers program.
In addition to the food collected, several donated clothing items were collected. The adult clothing was provided to the Marian Centre & Salvation Army, while the children’s clothing was given to the Regina Catholic School Board.
As a result of the above efforts, the following written appreciation was received from the Regina Catholic Services Coordinator of the Regina Catholic School Board:
“Our hearts are full of joy with the marvelous support from Holy Cross Parish. Thank you for the fabulous food items and cash donation. This is so wonderful!! We will now be able to help even more families in Regina Catholic Schools who desperately need our support. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so very much!”
Special thanks to Brother Knight Don for coordinating the K of C Christmas food and clothing drive, and to Rita for leading the Social Action food hamper initiative. Also, acknowledgements go to Brother Knights Ray & Wayne who helped Brother Don with the organization and delivery of the food and clothing items.
Catholic Women's League
Holy Cross Parish
Holy Cross’ Catholic Women’s League thanks all their members for the work and support they have provided throughout 2025.
Holy Cross’ CWL currently consists of 48 members for a total of 1,530 years of service, providing funeral receptions for our Holy Cross parishioners and being sacristans. There were nine funerals at Holy Cross Parish this year and the CWL served a reception for eight of them.
The CWL regularly supports Catholic organizations in Regina with donations to Carmichael Outreach, Chili 4 Children, Rooted Connections (formerly Catholic Family Services), Christmas Cheer Fund (women & children’s shelters), St. Maria Faustina School for their Christmas hamper program, Campion College Scholarship Fund, Visitation House, Santa Maria, Marian Centre, Regina Pro-Life and Euthanasia Coalition. They also support Holy Cross Parish as required, as well as meet requests from other needy organizations.
In addition, Holy Cross’ CWL sponsors a child through Chalice, offers a scholarship for post secondary education for children of Holy Cross parishioners and provides a donation to the Holy Cross Cal Murphy Memorial Golf Tournament. Alongside all this work, they also supply Sacred Heart School with breakfast muffins each month.
The CWL’s fundraising efforts consist of events such as the Christmas Bake Sale, cabbage roll making, the trade shows, the Poor Man’s Suppers, and proceeds from donations for funeral receptions. This year to date, Holy Cross’ CWL has given over $5,000 to worthy causes.
Here is a fun fact: The Holy Cross CWL made cabbage rolls three times this year: for Easter, for the Harvest Supper and for the Christmas Bake Sale. Not one cabbage roll got past the pre-order stage! They were all sold out before the events! A total of 3,922 cabbage rolls were made and brought over $3,000 in fundraising. People sure like these cabbage rolls!
The CWL has to thank the many parishioners who are not CWL members, but who regularly help out with baking muffins, making cabbage rolls and with other activities.
Parishioners are invited to participate in a book talk of “The Forgotten Way” by Matthew Kelly. The book can be purchased for $2 to recover costs. All are welcome to attend in person in the Gerein Centre on Wednesdays starting January 14 at 7:00 pm. We look forward to great dialogue and discussion.