Welcome to
Holy Cross
Onamia, Minnesota

My key word for today is Joy. I will begin with a true story from when I was serving as the pastor of two small parishes in Nebraska about 40 years ago. In one of the parishes, I baptized a baby named Jason. Jason had only one parent because his father had run away and disappeared before Jason was born. When Jason was 13, his mother dropped him off at her parents’ house and then disappeared. Six weeks later, she left a message on their answering machine: “I’m in Detroit now a