What a wonderful Christmas concert the school children of Holy Cross School put on for their parents and families this evening. Everyone was festively dressed for the Christmas season and it was good to see so many grandparents and family members. Mr. Heim and our teachers did a great job leading the children and are to be congratulated and thanked for making a great contribution to the Christmas spirit at Holy Cross.
Tomorrow is the last day of school before the Christmas break with dismissal at noon. Most of the classes are having class parties and festivities from arrival to dismissal.
Please ask visitors and guests to park only in properly designated spaces and especially to observe the NO PARKING rules on the East side of Ward Avenue.
More than our parking at Christmas masses, which is now diffused over several mass times, haphazard parking at the Christmas show can cause damage to our lawn and our neighbor's lawns.
In the spirit of the Christmas season, please be courteous to our neighbors and each other when coming to tonight's concert.
Thanks to Sean Smyth for the video of this year's Manger and Tree Blessing.
The Holy Family and friends have settled in alongside the Carriage House this winter as the safest place still easily accessible to parishioners.
Everyone, of course, still awaits Baby Jesus' arrival on Christmas eve.
Thanks to John Habeck of Shady Tree Landscape in Long Branch not only for the gift of a living evergreen tree for the campus at Holy Cross, but the offer to have it decorated for the Christmas season! What a perfect gift for the whole parish to enjoy. Check out his website and ask about the other properties he has decorated for Christmas.
The tree will be located in front of Holy Cross School on Rumson Road somewhere near the flagpole and the Rumson Road entry door.
Be sure to check the Christmas mass schedules on the parish website or in the bulletin for the locations and times of the Christmas masses. The schedule is similar to last year's. This will be the last year for masses in Holy Cross Church as presently configured.
Thank you to everyone who helped organize the Stations of the Creche and the refreshments in the gymatorium afterward. Even the fog and the rain could not dampen our longing for Jesus' coming.