As the Italians say, Ciao good people and benvenuto (hi and welcome) to another pastor’s update. So glad you can be with the 4 of us and with your brothers and sisters of St Bede where all the women are charming and grace-filled, the men are brave-hearted and the children will give you a run for your money.  

Again our thanks for your cooperation in Sunday Mass and with procedures before and after too. And for Mass on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this past week. It's bad English but it says it best “we done good!”

This Sunday, The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ /Corpus Christi, the 11:30 am mass will end in the piazza after a procession with the Blessed Sacrament. We will be blessed with the monstrance and dismiss from there to our cars.  

There’s a change to the daily schedule. The Mass with and for Seniors - those 65 and older - will be on Wednesday to allow me an opportunity to preside at that mass. I try to take off on Thursdays - if the schedule allows. During the week, we use the procedures and have the same safeguards as on Sunday. We will live-stream these Masses - those with and without a congregation.

We remind you the bathroom guidelines allow only one stall or urinal to be open. That being the case, we encourage you visit the “potty” before mass begins. If you haven’t registered for this week, please do so on the parish website. We’ll close registration on Saturday night at 11:59 pm so we can generate the list we use for check in the next morning. 

Now for other news:

Thank you for the birthday wishes via mail, email and Facebook comments. They helped soothe the sting of leaving the midpoint in my sixth decade!
  
Now that we slowly getting back, we have a couple of announcements concerning dates for upcoming sacraments. We hope in mid- July to celebrate Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist for those adults and young people who would have been fully initiated at the Easter Vigil. 

We plan to Confirm our teens during the week of August 2-8 and to celebrate the Frist Communion for our children sometime in the second week of August.   

Those preparing for Weddings and waiting to celebrate funeral masses and receptions of their loved ones are hoping a few more of the restrictions may soon be lifted – that is, if we and Corona behave.   

So from my mouth to God‘s ears, “Corona and you of St Bede, behave”!


   If you have questions, please email me directly:  msgrjlehman@bedeva.org.
  

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