JPII Weekly Update
July 3, 2020
Dear Friends,
Happy 4
th
of July weekend! Here are this week’s updates.
·
4th of July Mass
will be held on Saturday, July 4, at 9:00 a.m. This Mass will be preceded by First Saturday Devotions beginning at 8:30 a.m.
This Mass will not be Livestreamed
. Confessions will be held after Mass until 10:30 a.m.
·
Copies of
Living Faith
Books
are available for pick up at the parish office. The office is open Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. The office is closed today, Friday, July 3 for the 4
th
of July Holiday.
·
Indiana was supposed to move into Stage 5 in the Back on Track Indiana plan on July 4. Governor Holcomb has pushed that back to July 18
th
. This is the phase that stated: “
Hoosiers 65 and older and those with known high-risk medical conditions should adhere to social distancing guidelines and remain cautious at work and in their communities.”
. My bulletin letter from this week states that Stage 5 begins on July 4
th
. The change was made by the governor after that bulletin went to publication. We continue to encourage all of our parishioners to use their own best judgment as to when they return to Mass. Many seniors have chosen to come back at one of our daily Masses. We are averaging about 15-25 people at our daily Masses. These are our average numbers since we have returned to Masses with a congregation: Saturday 5:00-62; Sunday 7:30-57; Sunday 9:30-71; Sunday 11:30-53.
·
Parish Meeting rooms are available for parish organizations to use following these protocols.
1)
Contact Barbara Smith at the parish office to reserve a room.
2)
The Matthew and Mark rooms can hold between 10-30 people. The lower number is all people sitting separately. The higher number would be if some members of the same family were sitting together.
3)
The St. Joe Gym Activity Room can hold between 16-48 people.
4)
Rooms must stay configured as they are. Chairs can be added when people are not socially distant (for example you could have two chairs together so family members could sit side by side).
5)
If anyone in your group uses the restroom, please clean and sanitize after each use.
6)
The rooms must be sanitized at the end of each meeting. This includes wiping down tables and chairs, light switches, door knobs, and video remotes, etc....A basket of cleaning supplies is provided in each room.
7)
There will be no hospitality supplies available (no food or drinks). If you want hospitality for your group, please use single serve items.
·
We are preparing to open the St. Joe Hill Chapel for weddings and funerals only. Once that is complete we will let everyone know.
Please continue to be safe. We love and miss you all.
Fr. Tom
