THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED, the gap is slowly closing!! W e are $5,800 away from meeting our goal of $50,000!! #LOVELives@HolyCross #GivingTuesday DONATE NOW Annual Appeal 2023… Read More
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Share the Love! #GIVING TUESDAY
You’re Invited to Share that LOVE with Holy Cross Parish on this Giving Tuesday! #LOVELives@HolyCross #GivingTuesday DONATE NOW Annual Appeal 2023… Read More
HCP: #GIVING TUESDAY
You’re Invited to Share that LOVE with Holy Cross Parish on this Giving Tuesday! #LOVELives@HolyCross #GivingTuesday DONATE NOW to the Annual Appeal 202… Read More
Holy Cross School Graduation 2023
Congratulations the newest members of the Holy Cross School Alumni Association!
Ten eighth grade students graduated on Wednesday evening, June 14. Congratulations are in order as well for Ms. Rosalie Doherty, the principal of Holy Cross School; the students’ teachers; and their parents and guardians, all of whom have shepherded our students on their way to this happy conclusion of their elementary school years.
Visit Us Today: HCP table @Mt Airy Day 2023
Look for our parish table near Lovett Library , on the corner of Sedgwick & Germantown Ave. It promises to be a beautiful day! Come Help Spread the Holy Cross LOVE!! Table Sponsored by: Ladies Guild of Holy Cross Parish in Mt… Read More
Holy Cross Parish Awarded Grant
In January 2022 the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) awarded Holy Cross Parish a Stormwater Management Improvement Grant (SMIP) in the amount of $464,231! This grant award will fund improvements to manage the stormwater runoff from the buildings and hard surfaces of the Holy Cross Campus
A little History about our Grant Award
This journey begins in 2018 with the award of another grant from the Community Design Collaborative (CDC) of Philadelphia to Holy Cross. In 2019 we conducted 3 meetings to gather input from over 40 members and neighbors of Holy Cross along with Holy Cross school students, teachers and staff from Independent Mission Schools (IMS). In 2020, our CDC design team completed the conceptual design plan for the Holy Cross Campus entitled “Conceptual Design for a Campus Sustainability Master Plan”.
One of the many improvements conceptualized in the sustainability master plan was the design of stormwater management projects with the following goals:
- Maximize our stormwater capture onsite to benefit our natural environment and help to relieve current area flooding conditions
- Decrease our stormwater management charges by up to 80%. (Current charges = $933/Month)
- Improve and increase our campus green space for the benefit and beauty of the community and the school children
- Provide ongoing education and a living classroom to the school children and community on the benefits of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI)
- Provide the impetus and support for future improvements to the Holy Cross Campus
Going Forward with the PWD Grant
The grant requires meeting ongoing levels of performance and deadlines. Holy Cross parishioner Tom Halliwell wrote the grant application for Holy Cross in September of 2021. Tom will be both grant manager and project manager for Holy Cross. We still have hoops to jump and deadlines to make as we meet the requirements of the grant. Preliminary testing and site engineering and landscape planning will continue through 2022 and our projected schedule for construction to begin is June 2023.
With the exception of multiple rain gardens most of the final construction will be underground drainage beds and piping.
Our grant writing team at Holy Cross is dedicated to finding grant money which will minimize the overall project costs to Holy Cross in the future. Congratulations to all who participated in and supported the planning process and we look forward to your involvement as we move forward.
Prepared by: Steve Monheim on 02/08/2022
Dec. 8th: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
LET US PRAY Pope Francis Prayer for the Immaculate Conception Click here for prayer or read below. O Mary , our Immaculate Mother, On your feast day I come to you, And I come not alone: I bring with me all those with… Read More
SAVE THE DATE: Arnold Hall, Jr. Viewing & Memorial Service Details
SAVE THE DATE: December 14th & 15th Arnold Hall, Jr. – Viewing & Memorial Service Details LIVE-STREAMED SERVICE AVAILABLE For those who are unable to join in the ‘Celebration of Life Services’ in-person, Holy Cross Parish… Read More
Friday FlockNote: Synod Update, Soles4Souls, Advent Mass Schedule, Young Adult Program, Halfway to Our Goal, Advent Activities & more
What’s Up This Week: – ADVENT Mass Schedule – Now Available, click here – General Mass Schedule – SAT 5pm; SUN 9am, 11am, & 6pm – PPC Installation Weekend – New Parish Pastoral Council members elected will be… Read More