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The History of Our Parish<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Original
Granite Falls Church<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1903-2008<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mass at North Lake Middle School<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2004-2008<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Blessing the Interim Church<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

in use 2008-2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Our History<\/p>\n

At the turn of the last century, Fr. A. T. Bourke, the pastor of\u00a0St. Michael Church in Snohomish recognized the need to serve the\u00a0people in what was considered the wilderness of Granite Falls. For\u00a0years he had traveled by horseback or in a buggy following trails that\u00a0led through the forests. Each trip was a day\u2019s journey. In 1903\u00a0Fr. Bourke convinced Bishop O\u2019Dea on the need for a church to be\u00a0built in Granite Falls. The church, a mission of St. Michael, was built\u00a0without debt because of the zeal of Mr. Klaus, Mrs. Schroeder, and\u00a0Mrs. Hynes, who collected the money to pay for the church. The first\u00a0ceremony in the new church was a nuptial Mass for Elizabeth Hynes\u00a0and William Kelly on May 25, 1903. The first baptism was Michael\u00a0Francis Diffley, son of Michael and Catherine, on October 8, 1903. The first funeral was\u00a0for Katherine Schroeder on December 28, 1910 presided by Fr. Tryphon Van de Walle.<\/p>\n

In 1998, the Archdiocese of Seattle purchased 31 acres of\u00a0former farmland off of Highway 92 for the purpose of establishing a new Catholic parish for the growing communities\u00a0of Lake Stevens and Granite Falls. On July 1, 2004\u00a0Archbishop Alexander Brunett promulgated the Mission of\u00a0Holy Cross as the new parish of Holy Cross with Fr. Joseph\u00a0\u201cJay\u201d DeFolco as pastor. Parish offices were opened in\u00a0downtown Lake Stevens. On August 15, 2004 (Assumption\u00a0of Mary) the first Mass was celebrated at the new property with a parish picnic with\u00a0about 200 parishioners attending. On September 5, 2004 two Masses began to be offered\u00a0each week in Lake Stevens at North Lake Middle School along with the two Masses at\u00a0the old church in Granite Falls for a total of 74 registered households.<\/p>\n

By September 2015, there were 487 households registered\u00a0at Holy Cross Catholic Church with five scheduled Masses\u00a0each weekend. The social hall was used as overflow on a\u00a0regular basis, and was filled to capacity at Christmas and\u00a0Easter. It was time to build a larger church and a capital\u00a0campaign was launched in January of 2016 with a construction horizon of 8-10 years. At the end of 2016, our parish\u00a0had grown to 550 families and we had reached a point\u00a0where we weren\u2019t able to grow and serve the needs of our\u00a0community. It became apparent that we needed a new, larger church sooner than later. Fr. Jay and parish leaders\u00a0broke ground for our new church on Pentecost, May 16,\u00a02018 and construction was completed at the end of February 2019. It\u2019s very fitting that\u00a0our new church dedication is on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 28, 2019.<\/p>\n

As of June 2019, there are now 750+ registered households in Holy Cross parish.<\/p>\n

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The new church was dedicated on April 28, 2019, by Archbishop Peter Sartain of Seattle<\/p>\n

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