Re-opening announcement

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Re-opening announcement

My dear parishioners,

Archbishop Coakley has announced a timeline and procedures by which our parishes can resume public Masses and sacramental life. This is joyful news! We are able to re-open, but things will not be normal. We will need charity and patience as we must cooperate with severe limitations upon re-opening. We here at St. Monica will have yet another limitation due to road construction on Western Avenue, beginning incredibly today. The following are important notes for public Mass at St. Monica…

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Fr. Hamilton and our community NEEDS YOU!

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Fr. Hamilton and our community NEEDS YOU!

We have received an email from Fr. Hamilton expressing an urgent need for additional weekend ushers in order to re-start public Mass with the congregation indoors at St. Monica. As you have probably heard, daily Masses are scheduled to start this Monday May 18th and Sunday Mass on May 23/24 (Saturday evening & Sunday.)

The need for additional ushers:Under the conditions given to reestablish Mass indoors with congregation attendance; we will need a at least 12 ushers per Mass to manage entrance, movement inside the church, and exit procedures. If we were just to keep the traditional schedule (1 mass on Saturday evening and two English plus one Spanish mass on Sunday) a total of at least 48 volunteer ushers are needed.

The requirements needed to volunteer…

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Sunday Outdoor Masses Beginning March 22nd / MISAS AL AIRE LIBRE LOS DOMINGOS

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Sunday Outdoor Masses Beginning March 22nd / MISAS AL AIRE LIBRE LOS DOMINGOS

All are invited to arrive in the parish parking lot and tune their car radio to 100.7 FM.

• Sunday, 8:00 am Low Mass (Traditional Latin Mass)
• Sunday, 10:30 am Mass (English)
• Sunday, 12:00 pm Mass (Spanish)

To adhere to social distancing the faithful must remain in their car. Holy Communion will not be distributed.

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Annual Parish Wide Consecration to the Holy Family

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Annual Parish Wide Consecration to the Holy Family

To help families live out the joy of Christ, the Knights of Columbus are sponsoring Consecration of the Holy Family at each Mass March 21—22, 2020.

"By means of prayer, confession, fasting and spiritual preparation in these next two weeks, we have the opportunity to use our freedom to live more deeply the sacramental life that sets us and our families apart as the domestic Church, the place where God dwells in the family home."

We’ll pray the prayer of consecration as a parish at all Masses March 21—22. Through this consecration, each participant is consciously choosing to be a beacon of God’s love through His Church.

Beginning Friday, March 13, for a novena of 9 days or at least for the week leading up to the consecration, we should be engaged in preparation by family prayer, fasting and making a confession.

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For those who have experienced the pain of divorce or separation

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For those who have experienced the pain of divorce or separation

"Surviving Divorce" is a ministry that offers hope, healing, and community to those who have experienced the pain and loneliness of a broken marriage. It is a 13-week program for the newly separated and divorced and those still struggling with issues many years later. It will help them answer their questions, restore hope, and begin authentic healing Classes begin March 7th, 2020 and will meet each Saturday at St. Monica Catholic Church from 9:00am–11:00am. For more information and to register visit stmonica-edmond.org/divorce-ministry/

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Paper Goods Collection benefitting GOLD

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Paper Goods Collection benefitting GOLD

Ladies of the Parish are sponsoring a parish-wide collection for Sr. Maria Faulkner’s Gospel Of Life Disciples + Dwellings (GOLD) Ministry which ministers to the frail elderly.  

At the top of Sr. Maria’s list are two items: Paper Towels and Facial Tissues. These items will be collected for the homes where the elderly live and are cared for…

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