Dear Friends in Christ,
This morning, Archbishop Sample met with his priests via Zoom webinar. The Archbishop offered his profound gratitude and pledged his support to them. He is aware of the many pressures our priests are facing during this crisis. He reminded them that the number one goal of the Church is to keep people as pastorally and spiritually nourished as possible while observing the directives of public officials and health experts. He called them once again to unity and communion. He feels their communion as a presbyterate is growing stronger during these trying days. Though separated by distance, they are more unified spiritually.
Let us remember to keep all of our priests in our prayers!
Archbishop Sample
- The Video message from the Archbishop released yesterday (March 30) is now available with Vietnamese captions HERE. View the video message in English HERE and with captions in Spanish HERE.
- LIVE Tomorrow at Noon Bi-lingual Rosary - Join Archbishop Sample Wednesday at Noon (April 1) as he leads a bi-lingual (English & Spanish) Rosary from the Pastoral Center chapel. Find it on the Archdiocesan Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/archdpdx/
- LIVE Tomorrow Mass in Spanish at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, April 1. Following the livestream of the bi-lingual Rosary, Archbishop Sample will celebrate a Mass in Spanish. Link here: https://www.facebook.com/archdpdx/
Parish Pastoral Ministry
- Please visit the COVID-19 Pastoral Guidance Webpage which is updated regularly with ministry-related resources and opportunities. The Department of Pastoral Ministries team is ready to serve - whether you're looking for someone to pray with, or you need help setting up videoconferencing for your bible studies and faith formation, or you need help creating a phone tree to reach out to ALL parishioners. Your parish communities are daily in our prayers! Contact us HERE
- DON’T FORGET Pastoral Webinar this Thursday at 1:00 PM All Pastors, Pastoral Staff & Leadership are invited to join this webinar on resources to minister to the faithful in these difficult days. Fr. Todd Molinari and Deacon Kevin Welch will lead the webinar. More information and link to the webinar HERE.
Child Protection Compliance Letter to Archbishop Sample
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, we remain committed to keeping our children safe from sexual and other abuse. It’s time once again to send the annual letter of compliance to Archbishop Sample regarding your parish/school’s child protection training and background screening compliance.
Please note: A letter from each pastor, pastoral administrator and principal is required
as part of the annual Child Protection Audit Process and is not optional.
Archbishop Sample must receive your letter by May 25, 2020.
Compliance letters to the Archbishop may be sent to his attention through the Child Protection Office at:
cshannon@archdpdx.org
.
Thank you for attending to this promptly.
SEE SAMPLE LETTER AND OTHER INFO HERE
Confession Cards and Other Prayer Cards Available for Order
Confession Card available in Vietnamese
HERE
Pastors, pastoral ministers, principals and others may want to order physical copies of prayer cards produced by the Office of Divine Worship. Minimum order numbers apply. These might make great gifts to long term care or other health care facilities, churches or schools. Individual copies could be mailed to loved ones or friends. Check out the options here:
Palm Sunday Mass This Weekend
Palm Sunday is the ancient custom to commemorate the entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem by means of a solemn Procession. If that solemn procession cannot be done at least a simple entrance is made. Then there is a sacred celebration of the Word of God on the messianic entrance and on the Passion of the Lord. Blessed Palms are traditionally distributed to the faithful at this Mass. Red vestments are worn. The Ashes for the next year’s Ash Wednesday celebrations are produced by burning the Palms that are blessed at this Mass.
Sunday, April 5
Live with Archbishop Sample at the Cathedral at 11:00 a.m.
For reminders and links to previously released mailings, see below.
As we come to the end of March and the beginning of April, may you find the peace of Christ reigning in your hearts.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for us!
Todd Cooper
Director of Special Ministries of the Archbishop
COVID-19 Pastoral Center Response, Core Team Chair
REMINDERS
These notices were sent in previous COVID-19 Update mailings. They are listed here as special reminders.
Order Sacred Oils by Friday –
PASTORS ONLY
Pastors or their explicit parish delegate only,
must fill out the following,
f
illable order form for sacred oils
. DEADLINE for orders is this Friday, April 3. Parish sacred oils that are ordered will be delivered to Area Vicars for distribution to the respective parishes. Those few parishes who wish to make other delivery arrangements must contact the Office of Divine Worship directly at
amvandyke@archdpdx.org
or 503-233-8321. Thank you!
In Case You Missed It
Links to previous mailings appear below.
