Holy Cross Church is a Catholic church in the

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neighborhood of

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, United States, that serves the Holy Cross Parish of the Diocese of San Jose. The parish is staffed by the

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(Scalabrinians). Holy Cross does not have a parochial school, though it hosts

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(CCD) programs for students of public schools. The parish serves a multiethnic congregation and is considered a mainstay of the local Italian-American community. Masses are said in English,

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History

Holy Cross Parish was founded in 1906 as a mission of Saint Patrick Parish to serve Italian immigrants in the Northside neighborhood of San Jose. The Diocese of San Jose had not yet been established; both parishes belonged to the

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. Holy Cross was designated an Italian

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in 1911. The parish's original church building was constructed in 1919 and dedicated in 1920. The structure was gutted by a four-alarm fire on November 16, 2014, and demolished in June 2015. After the fire, the parish held Masses in Scalabrini Hall, the parish

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. On May 25, 2018, a new church building was dedicated on the site of the original church. Hanging above the altar is a antique Italian gilded wood

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that had hung in the original church but was spared by the fire.

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* {{Authority control Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California Roman Catholic churches in San Jose, California Christian organizations established in 1906 1906 establishments in California 1919 establishments in California Buildings and structures completed in 1919 Buildings and structures demolished in 2015 Roman Catholic churches completed in 2018 Scalabrinians