Thursday, November 5, 2020

No More Reservations Needed for Masses

Beginning this weekend, we will have open seating for all masses. Ushers will be on-hand to assist. Blue tape on the pews marks 2-foot increments to help determine 6-foot social distancing.

Overflow seating is now available at Ss. Peter & Paul in the parish center gymnasium. St. Thomas has overflow seating in the church basement.

Thursday, September 10, 2020

New Instructions for Communion Appointments

When coming to your Communion Appointment at the Rectory, you may drive up Father’s driveway and pull into the area of the driveway that widens near his front door.  If you have mobility issues, there is no need to step out of your car; Father will come to your car window to pray with you and administer Holy Communion.
 

Missing Adoration???  

We are extending the hours of adoration.  They will be 8:00 AM until 8:00 PM Tuesday through Friday in Ss. Peter and Paul Church.  

We have time slots where adorers are needed.  They are: Thursday 4-5pm, 5-6pm and Friday's 4-5pm, 5-6pm, and 6-7pm. These time slots have adoration partners so you need not worry if you cannot make your hour one week. 

It is important that we have scheduled adorers so please be willing to join the adoration team.  Remember, you are always welcome to come and adore Our Lord anytime adoration is open.  See the bottom of page 7 in the bulletin for contact phone numbers.



 

Friday, July 24, 2020

• Face Masks are now required for mass.  We ask that you wear a face mask whenever you leave your pew; however, while you are in your pew you can remove it.  We will have face masks at the entrance of church for those who do not have one.

• Beginning next week, we will start seating every other pew instead of every two pews.  We will still need to sign up for Mass, and the seating guidelines will remain the same (see below). A new sign up schedule was created to renumber and add pews. We transferred everyone who signed up for August 1st and beyond to the new sign up schedule, but please go on and check to make sure we got everything right when the sign up opens on Monday morning at 8am. The Mass Sign-Up button below will take you to the new sign up schedule.

  

                             St. Thomas:     

    A Side                 B Side

XXX or more ------------- (If 3 or more, please reserve both A & B)

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  Ss. Peter & Paul:    

   A Side               B Side

XXXX or more -------- (If 4 or more, please reserve both A & B)

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Click here to sign up for Mass.    

Friday, July 10, 2020

Mass sign-up is now open from Monday mornings through Thursday evenings.

 Click here to sign up for Mass.    

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Because of the holiday weekend, the cutoff for signing up for this weekend's masses is Wednesday at midnight. 

There will be no weekday confessions this week through Tuesday, July 7; and there will be no confessions this Saturday morning or early afternoon. However, there will be confessions this Saturday from 3:30-4pm (before the 4:30pm mass at St. Thomas).  Weekday masses will continue.

Thursday, June 11, 2020
 

Two Announcements from Fr. Jenson

Ss. Peter & Paul Parishioners:

We have just heard from the firm that is going to restore the stain glass windows at Ss. Peter and Paul.  With everything that has been going on, they can begin the work on our windows right away.  Given the rather serious condition of a number of the windows, we have said to go ahead.  They will come to Loretto and remove two of the windows on the side of the church at the back on Monday.  They hope to replace them in about six weeks and then take two more for restoration.  Last fall this project was planned to begin sometime this summer and so we are back on schedule.  

St. Thomas Parishioners:  

After much thought and discussion, it has been decided that we will have to cancel our summer Turkey Dinner festival in August.  This is a hard thing to do, but under the present circumstances it seems like the safest course of action for our folks and for anyone from outside our parish who might choose to attend.  And so, we will join the State Fair in being cancelled this summer.  We will be holding our festival raffle so as to at least have some part of it going on.  Please watch for news about the raffle.  We need a strong participation to make this a success!  Hopefully next year we will have a huge crowd when things are finally safe again!

Fr. Glen

 

Seating in Church

Although the Archdiocese has given us the okay to increase attendance to 50% of church capacity, we are still faced with the 6-foot safe-distancing guidelines. So at this point, we cannot change our seating arrangements. 

 

Magnificat:  During this challenging time, many of the faithful are unable to attend Mass. Magnificat is honored to provide complimentary access to its online version to help people pray from home.

Formed.org:  Catholic Movies/Videos for adults & kids, Catholic Studies, Audio and E-Books

• Go to www.formed.org
• Click on Sign Up
• Select I belong to a Parish or Organization
• Under Find your Parish or Organization, enter our parish cluster code:  e223ff
• Ss. Peter & Paul will come up—click on it
• Click Next
• Enter your name and email address
• Click on Sign Up

Formed.org:  Catholic Movies/Videos for adults & kids, Catholic Studies, Audio and E-Books

• Go to www.formed.org
• Click on Sign Up
• Select I belong to a Parish or Organization
• Under Find your Parish or Organization, enter our parish cluster code:  e223ff
• Ss. Peter & Paul will come up—click on it
• Click Next
• Enter your name and email address
• Click on Sign Up

Catholic Kids 101

 

For Ss. Peter & Paul / St. Thomas the Apostle live-streaming Mass on Sundays, click on the relevant banner at top of this webpage.

For Daily Mass on Relevant Radio, click here.

An Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, 
I believe that You
are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. 
I love You above all things, 
and I desire to receive You into my soul. 
Since I cannot at this moment
receive You sacramentally, 
come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.
 
 

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Adoration will begin in Ss. Peter & Paul Church this Tuesday, March 24th, from 8am to 4pm - barring further restrictions from the government and the archdiocese. It will go from Tuesday through Friday each week during those times.

For those who are not signed up for an hour, please remember - if you decide to drop in to visit our Lord during these hours, no more than 10 people can be allowed in the church. When you see someone come in that would push us over the limit, if you have been there for awhile, please leave so they can come in and have time before our Lord, too.

For health reasons, please sit no closer than every 3rd pew. Father is asking that each person sign in with their own pen or pencil. Please use hand sanitizer before you enter into the church and as you leave. Everything in church will be sanitized each morning before Adoration begins.
 

March 19, 2020
An adorer has recommended this website for live-streaming Adoration.
 

March 18, 2020
Dear Adorers,

Our Lady of Loretto Chapel will be closed effective Wednesday, March 18^th, at 7:00 P.M due to concerns with the coronavirus.  The Eucharist will be removed from the chapel.  We are asking that you do not go there to pray.  Our church will be opened at certain times to pray, and the Eucharist will be in the tabernacle in church.  Please check the parish website for updated information on this.  Please be willing to return to your time slot when our chapel reopens. 

We ask that you would prayerfully consider setting aside the hour you usually adore Our Lord and pray to Him during that hour.  If you cannot do that time, please pray sometime during your scheduled day for one hour.  We are sure Jesus will be very pleased that we have not forgotten Him. 

Please try to pray the rosary and the Chaplet of Mercy every day so that we can combat this virus.  Many prayers are needed at this time so that chapels can reopen and masses can be celebrated once more.  Hopefully this situation will bring us all closer to God. 

God Bless,
Our Lady of Loretto Core Team 

March 14, 2020
Due to concerns regarding the coronavirus, we are taking additional steps to protect our adorers:

• Please wash your hands in the chapel bathroom with antibacterial soap before entering the chapel, using paper towels to dry.
• Disinfecting wipes are available for wiping the chair arms and the arm rest of the kneeler.

• Letter from Archdiocese about LITANY in TIME of NEED Prayer
• LITANY in TIME of NEED Prayer

• Litany of Trust - written by the Sisters of Life

• From the Little Sisters of the Poor:

• Coffee & Donuts
• St. Thomas Summer Festival

• You need someone to pick up supplies or prescriptions for you
• You know of someone who would like the bulletin mailed to them weekly

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