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Blessing of the Backpacks: September 1
📚 Blessing of the Backpacks – September 1st! 🎒 As the school year begins, join us for our annual Blessing of the Backpacks on Sunday, September 1st! Whether you’re a student, teacher, professor, or school administrator, bring your backpacks or briefcases to church for a special blessing. Let’s come together to pray for a safe, successful, and…
Sunday 8/25, Holy Cross + Santa Cruz at the Park: Bilingual Service and Congregational Picnic
Join us for a memorable summer service outdoors on Sunday, August 25 at 10 AM at Marbletown Park 350 Tongore Road, Kingston, NY 12401. We will gather for a special bilingual service, followed by a potluck picnic. Please bring delicious food and drink to share, and your own eating utensils to minimize waste. After the service, we will have time to…
FORMATION CLASS: Exploring our Episcopal Identity
Wednesdays, April 17, May 1, 8, and 15, starting at 7:00 pm, in our Parish Hall. From Fr. Eliacín: As we journey through the liturgical season of Easter, we are reminded of the importance of deepening our understanding of our faith and our Episcopal identity. With this in mind, I am excited to announce a…
Holy Week | Semana Santa
HOLY WEEK SERVICES: We are invited once again through the liturgies of Holy Week to enter spiritually into the saving mysteries of Christ’s passion, death and resurrection. Let us keep this time of prayer together: Sunday, March 24, The Liturgy of the Palms & Holy Eucharist 10AM & 4PM (Spanish) Maundy Thursday Liturgy on March 28 – 6PM…
Recent Announcements
FUNERAL PLANNING DURING LENT – AN INVITATION From Fr. Eliacín: For Christians, Lent imparts a profound insight: that death is not solely an event marking life’s end but a constant presence in our everyday. It’s a mystery to ponder amidst life’s journey. In previous years, I’ve urged parishioners to consider planning their own funerals at…
ASH WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES DE CENIZA
ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES AT HOLY CROSS+SANTA CRUZ Join us for Ash Wednesday Services on February 14th, 12:00pm (spoken service, no music) and 6:00pm (with music, with bilingual homily and Imposition of the Ashes). Experience a solemn and reflective time of prayer, repentance, and receiving ashes. All are welcome to participate in this meaningful tradition of…
Jan. 7th Church Services Cancelled
This is a bilingual message / Este es un mensaje bilingüe. Dear Holy Cross + Santa Cruz Congregation, I hope this message finds you well. Due to the inclement weather and heavy snowfall forecasted for the evening of January 6th and part of the 7th, in conversations with the Wardens, I have decided to cancel…