• New Indiana Mask Law-Governor Holcomb has issued a new mask mandate that began last Monday, July 27, 2020. In order to comply with the law masks will be required to be worn as you enter the church. If you do not have a mask, we have a supply on hand.

• New Confession Times: Beginning this week we will be offering different times for the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. This is actually a little bit of a return to what we were doing before the pandemic. We will have confessions on Saturday afternoon beginning one hour before Mass begins (currently that will be at 4 p.m.) Confessions will last for one half hour. We will also begin confessions again at 11:00 a.m. on Fridays (during the holy hour). Once again that will last for one half hour until 11:30 a.m. We will no longer have confessions on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Of course, you can always call me and arrange a time for this sacrament.

• Continue to pray for John Frossard, our parish business manager. He has been hospitalized for the last two weeks. Recently he was transferred to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. It is doubtful that John will return to work here at JP2. We will be posting an opening for a Director of Operations (Business Manager). This person will be the administrator over all buildings, grounds, financial records and reports, as well as supervising several employees. If you are interested in this position or learning more about it, contact me at tclegg@stjohnpaulparish.org. If you would like to be considered for this position, send your resume to employment@stjohnpaulparish.org.

• Haiti Water Bottles-The Coronavirus’ impact on Haiti has come in the form of a serious food shortage. Our Haiti Committee has committed $1250.00 to Food for the Poor for direct food relief to our sister parish. This gift was a matching gift and so we were able to get twice the amount of food directly to our sister parish. If you still have a water bottle at home, please return it as quickly as possible to help us as we try to help them. Just place your water bottle on any of the tables in the back of church and we will safely gather them from there. Thanks in advance for your help with this.

• Please do not bring food for the food pantry to Church. You can drop it at Speed Memorial Church on Tuesday and Thursday evenings between 5-7 p.m. You can also drop it by the parish office during normal office hours (Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-Noon).

• We are not collecting plastic bottle caps at this time. Please recycle them.