October 2020:
Pray with the Saints
ACTS:
ADORATION
CONTRITION
THANKSGIVING
SUPPLICATION


According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, prayer is our “vital and personal relationship with the living and true God” (n. 2558). However, prayer can seem very different from our normal ways of relating to people around us. Maybe one of the biggest questions we may have is, “How should I talk with God when I pray?” 

In this video, our Director of Adult Faith Formation, Michael Rubbelke, reflects on standing before God as adopted sons and daughters who talk to their Father like Michael’s son talks to him. He describes four styles of talking with God: adoration, contrition, thanksgiving, and supplication (easily abbreviated as ACTS). Click on the video to learn more!
For more on praying with ACTS, check out the following:
  • Angela Wilhelmi goes into greater detail and offers suggestions for praying with each part of the acronym here.
  • Katie Bogner offers an ACTS-themed coloring booklet which kids can use during Eucharistic Adoration here.
  • Fr. Jerry Pokorsky describes praying with ACTS at Mass here.
BIBLE STUDY
with Fr. Bill
and Sally

Bible Study is now offered at the parish on Thursday mornings immediately following the 8:45 a.m. Mass.

Bible Study is also live on Facebook at the same time!

Finally, Bible Study is recorded each week and can be found on the parish website, StPius.net. Below is the link to this week's recording.

Note: Technical difficulties prevented the video to record on Facebook this week. We will return next Thursday!
Returning to
Public Mass
Saint Pius X Community and friends,
We have had our doors open since the weekend of May 23-24, with protocols in place to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. We are grateful for your help and cooperation during this time! To date, we have been extremely successful. Mass attendance has increased from an average of 87 attendees per Mass to 225 per Mass or a total of 436 to 1150 across all five Masses. We welcome you back!

While the dispensation is still in effect, we continue to extend an invitation to all to consider returning to public Masses.
(Saturday, 5pm, Sunday, 8am, 10am, noon, 5pm). Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, 572-272-8462.

Below is the official statement from the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend regarding the dispensation due to COVID-19:

While commending our pastors and pastoral life coordinators who have gone to great lengths to assure safe worship spaces in our churches, given the continued increase of Covid-19 cases in our state, the Indiana bishops hereby extend the dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of obligation beyond 1 November 2020 until further notice. The Indiana bishops will continue to monitor the situation to determine when it might be advisable to modify or lift the dispensation.
MOTHER OF DIVINE LOVE PRAYER

The following prayer will replace the parish stewardship prayer at Mass until further notice.

Mother of Divine Love, we entrust to you our nation and world, our families and loved ones, that we may be spared the worst of this illness.

In this time of trial and testing, hear the cries of those who are vulnerable and fearful.

For those already afflicted, obtain the grace of healing and deliverance.

For those working to help the sick and bring an end to this crisis, obtain the strength to continue their work.

Shelter us under the mantle of your protection, conform us to the will of the Father, remind us always of the love of your Son, Jesus, and bring his peace to our land and to our hearts.

Amen.
Saint Rocco, protector against the plague and all contagious diseases, pray for us!