May 20, 2020

Dear Friends,
 
This update will give you more information as we begin to reopen our parish.
 
First of all, we had about 15 people at our Tuesday evening Mass and we had one person at our Wednesday morning mass. No one showed for confessions on Wednesday morning.
 
·           We will continue to allow a congregation at our daily Masses.  The schedule is as follows: Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and Friday at Noon. If you wish you can join us at any of those Masses.
 
·           Eucharistic Adoration is postponed until further notice . Last week we announce that we would try to begin Eucharistic Adoration tomorrow, Thursday, May 21 st . In order to do so we needed host/hostess to ensure physical distancing. We did not have enough volunteers to begin adoration at this time. We will begin it as soon as we have enough host/hostesses to do so safely. If you are interested in getting more information about how that would work or to volunteer to serve in that capacity, please contact Joan Dilger at  jdilger@stjohnpaulparish.org .  At this time Eucharistic Adoration is postponed until further notice.
 
·           Plans are being finalized for a safe return to Masses this weekend.  We are still in need of Host/Hostesses for each Mass. These hosts/hostesses will assist in seating people and keeping physical distancing between people. They will also assist in directing people for Holy Communion. If you are willing to help with this and can be at Church ½ before the Mass you are attending, please contact Jesse Schuler at  jschuler@stjohnpaulparish.org . To make a reservation for Mass, please use our parish homepage:  www.stjohnpaulparish.org  . As of right now, plenty of seats are available for each Mass.
 
·           We will offer confessions on Saturday morning at 9 a.m.  These will take place in the St. Paul Chapel.
 
·           The parish office is open from 9 a.m. to Noon Monday through Friday  (excluding Memorial Day). You can also make an appointment.
 
Congratulations to Joyce Day! After testing positive for the Covid-19 virus in March, she spent 5 weeks in the hospital (including 21 days on a ventilator) and 3 weeks in a rehab center; today she returned to her home! God bless you Joyce!
 
God bless all of you and let’s continue to pray for one another.
 
Fr. Tom