May 2, 2020
Dear Friends,
Greetings Holy People!
Enjoy today’s Mass. The link is below.
Many people are now asking the question, when will we be back in Church? The short answer is: we don’t know yet. We have been following Governor Holcomb’s press conferences including the one on Friday when he unveiled the Back on Track Indiana, our state’s plan to get things moving again. There are several aspects of the plan that affect our Churches. We are looking at the plan as to what it allows and what it does not allow. At this time, Governor Holcomb is advising that while he is authorizing worship to take place in Churches May 8, he is still advising that
“Places of worship should continue using livestream, virtual services, and drive through services…” (Revised Guidance for Places of Worship, Page 1) We have placed that
document on our parish homepage so that you can read the same information that we are. We are also waiting for direction and guidance from Archbishop Thompson as to when and how we can begin gathering together as the JPII Family. In the meantime, you can read this
pastoral statement from Archbishop Thompson. Please be patient with us as we do the best we can in getting us back as safely and as quickly as possible.
In the meantime:
- WE STILL WANT TO SEE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. We would like to include pictures of our parish families in future weekend Mass videos. To do so we need pictures. This can be a picture from last week or last year. It can be a new picture of your family on your front porch or an older picture of your family on vacation. We just want pictures. We will scroll through these pictures at some point in the video of the liturgy. Send them to stewardship@stjohnpaulparish.org. We are attempting to put around 30 pictures in each weekend video Mass.
- Opportunities for Spiritual Growth Please check the parish homepage for a dozen things you can do to grow in your faith. Links to register for Alpha, starting this Wednesday are below.
- We have cancelled our Vacation Bible School for this summer.
- Now that I believe I have figured out Facebook Live again, Live Facebook Videos (masses, etc) can be accessed by anyone, even if you do not have a Facebook account. Just go to: www.facebook.com/stjohnpaulparish.org/live/ to watch them live or afterwards. Our Facebook page is public and can be viewed by anyone with or without an account. Daily masses will continue to be posted on the Daily Worship page after the live mass and will be kept up until the next mass is available.
That’s it. Hope to see you soon!
Love,
Fr. Tom
