Support us
The mission of Holy Cross Parish and Friary is sustained through prayer, generosity, service, and faithful partnership. Every offering of time, financial support, encouragement, and practical care helps strengthen the worship, sacramental life, pastoral ministry, and outreach of the parish.
To support Holy Cross Parish and Friary is to share in the work of the Gospel. Through your generosity, the Church is able to continue proclaiming Christ, celebrating the sacraments, caring for souls, welcoming newcomers, and serving the wider community with reverence, compassion, and hope.
Why Your Support Matters
Holy Cross Parish and Friary exists to offer reverent worship, sacramental ministry, pastoral care, and a faithful Old Catholic witness in the life of the Church. Support from parishioners, friends, and benefactors makes it possible for this mission to continue and grow.
Your support helps sustain the daily and ongoing work of the parish, including liturgy, pastoral visits, ministry to the sick and grieving, marriage preparation, prayer, hospitality, outreach, and the practical needs that make parish life possible.
Financial Giving
Financial gifts are one of the most direct ways to support the mission of Holy Cross Parish and Friary. Offerings help provide for worship, ministry, pastoral care, administration, outreach, and the practical responsibilities involved in sustaining a parish and friary community.
Whether a gift is large or small, one-time or ongoing, each offering is received with gratitude. Faithful giving is not only a practical act of support, but also a spiritual offering made in thanksgiving for the life and work of the Church.
If you would like to make a financial gift, please contact the parish for current giving options and instructions.
Volunteer Your Time
Support also comes through the offering of time, skill, and practical help. Holy Cross Parish and Friary is strengthened by people who assist with hospitality, communications, organization, liturgical preparation, outreach, administration, prayer, and many other forms of service.
If you are interested in volunteering, we would be glad to speak with you about ways your gifts may serve the parish and support its ministry.
Support Through Prayer
Prayer is one of the most meaningful ways to support the Church. We ask your prayers for Holy Cross Parish and Friary, for its clergy and people, for those who seek the sacraments, for those in sorrow or need, and for the continued growth of the parish’s mission and witness.
The faithful prayers of the Church sustain its life in visible and invisible ways, and we are grateful for those who uphold this ministry before God.
Partnership in Mission
Some supporters may feel called to assist Holy Cross Parish and Friary in larger or ongoing ways through recurring giving, ministry sponsorship, practical collaboration, or other forms of partnership. These expressions of generosity help create stability and strengthen the long-term life of the parish.
If you would like to discuss how you can partner more deeply in the mission of Holy Cross Parish and Friary, we welcome that conversation.
An Invitation to Support
Every act of support becomes part of the Church’s witness. When you give, volunteer, pray, or partner with Holy Cross Parish and Friary, you help make possible a ministry of worship, mercy, welcome, healing, and faithful service in the name of Christ.
We give thanks for all who help sustain this parish and friary, and for every offering made in faith, love, and hope.
Contact and Visit
Phone: (832) 900-0304
Email: bishopben@myholycross.org
Location: The Woodlands, Texas 77380